CARDRUNNERS

 Hi guys, 

I haven't blogged much recently because honestly, I just haven't had the desire to do so. I guess the first thing to talk about would be poker. November was my biggest month volume and cash wise. As a result, I was talking to my good friend Zimba and he wanted to interview me about that month. I told him a little about how I got involved in mtts and what resulted in a two part interview featuring my friend and mentor, Jason Koon (jakoon1985/novasky). Mine will be up next week! www.pokercurious.com/interviews/view/jason-novasky-koon-interview/

In November, I participated in a PLB team race where captains drafted team members and each person put in 1k to teams of 5. First and second place teams won part of the money and I'm happy to say my team came in second. It really motivated all of us to get our grind on during FTOPS. 

December has been good so far despite the fact that I've been taking lots of time off (lots of time for me anyway!). I won first in the Stars daily 109 fo 40k for 14.4 and in the same day won the FTP daily 30k 6m for close to 9k. A few days later, I won the Stars 100q (2r1a) and then, just had my second biggest day ever on Wednesday. I got two second place finishes one in the UB 20k DS where I spewed hellaciously HU and in the UB 100c (1r1a) where it was all in three handed. The SS had JJ, big stack who covered me shoved into my bb with A9o and I made the call with 1010. He binked trip As by the river. Was sad because there was about a 5.8k jump between 2nd and 1st. I then took down the UB 80k sniper (well got 1st place prize money anyway!), the others wanted to discuss a deal 3 handed but I had about 65% of chips in play and refused to take less than 1st place prize money. They eventually chopped 2nd place money between 2nd and 3rd and gave me 1st for 22.2k and winning 34k for the day. 

I feel as if, I'm finally getting into the swing of mtts. Months leading up to November since July have been all losing months. This downswing particularly hurt because WCOOP was in the midst of all this and I really dug myself in a hole. Overall, I'm extremely happy I made the switch to mtts. It's not for everyone, the grind can really wear a person down and I've learned how to deal with my tilt extremely well. Don't get me wrong, I still have a long ways to go but I used to get so upset over bad beats deep in tournaments and I realize now there will always be another tournament to win so why waste my time and energy over something I can't fix. 

Life wise, I brought my little dog and me back to the South for a few months over the holidays. I'm really not interested in playing live until WSOP time so coming back here didn't conflict with anything. Gam has been extremely spoilt in meeting my family and loves it here. 


Here he is checking out some Christmas decorations. This was the first year that I put up a Christmas tree in a really long time. My best friend's family has been selling Christmas trees and I couldn't resist buying one. I really love real Christmas trees. 

 
I also made sure to take a couple of weekends off from playing mtts. The first weekend, my dad and I went to Clemson's last homegame against UVA and then the following weekend, my old roomie and sorority sister and I went to the Clemson/USC game which we unfortunately lost but still had an amazing time. 





Finally, my best friends and I took a trip up to Lake Lure/Chimney Rock, NC. Lake Lure is where they filmed Dirty Dancing and we rented a mountain cabin near the lake. We had a blast even though it was literally Ghost Town, NC. One night we drove four different places looking for dinner. I later scared my best friend half to death by telling her ghost stories and looking up scary videos on youtube. Poor thing didn't sleep very well. Hah, I'm such a great friend. The next morning, the place was covered in a fog which was incredibly beautiful but spooky as well. 









Ok, that's it for now. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and an amazing 2010!

 It was an interesting Sunday...min cashed in a ton of things mostly on stars and whiffed everything on UB surprisingly haha. This was actually the first weekend I played with a HUD (lol thanks Rodeoblue!). I think having a hud again really helps. Anyway my deep run was at the FTP 150 rebuy where I got 7th or 8th? 7th I think. Oh well, pretty big cooler when I was 2nd in chips I ran JJ into AA really doubt I could fold it. I used to get really upset at things like that but have been working tons on my poker attitude. So, I'm actually really excited that I went deep and final tabled the 150r which was the biggest mtt so far I've ft'd. At least all was not lost, a friend of mine pokerjamers won it! I think the next closest was when I ft'd the Sunday 2nd chance a couple of months ago but even that prize pool wasn't as big as this. My big thing now is I'm pretty much happy breaking even on Sunday since I invest so much. Cash games have been going amazingly well this month, it'd be a huge month for me if I didn't spend all my money in mtts. BLAH. I'll have to see about posting some HEM shots now that its actually working.

Anyway, so onto real life things, I have to get ready to move. I'm actually moving in with a girlfriend here. She also has a little puppup that terrorizes mine haha but fortunately mine is bigger and able to hold his own! I think having another dog around will really help him since I know he gets very lonely and still misses Ava (and I do too everyday :( ). Moving in with another girl will also be fun and good for me, someone wrote a CR blog this week about how lonesome mtt grinding can be. I think the same post applies in general to poker but definitely agree that mtts in general, can really make a person antisocial. I think it'll be good at the end of a long session to have human interaction! 

Also, I booked my flight to Aruba! I am sososo excited. I want to go scuba diving or snorkeling down there. I was looking online and I can learn how to scuba dive here in Vegas, its like an intensive week long program. I don't know if I should just learn down there? Anyone who reads this blog that's been through this can comment hehe. 

Lastly, hmm I think I should spend more time in the South when there's not major poker things going on. I just really really miss my best friends, the ones I've had since the beginning of high school. I also really miss my family. My brother just bought a new house and I'm so disappointed I can't be there to see it for myself and they are talking about adopting! Yay, I cannot wait to be an aunt! So I think I'm going to spend every couple of months here and every couple of months there. When I told my friends, they all pretty much told me not to tease them and to call them when I've actually booked a flight haha. I'm such a flake. 

Until next time, xoxo and glgl babes!

I've had some really good results lately and honestly am too lazy to really list them but you guys can check it out on p5s if you wish. www.pocketfives.com/scores/princessdonk

Lots of 2nd place finishes but haven't closed anything out booooo. It's been interesting actually since FTOPS started. For awhile, I would get really depressed when I'd make deep runs and get sucked out on but, I think my results really started to turn when I stopped really caring and moving on to the next thing without letting my results really affect me. Tilt less! It was nice stringing together back to back 10k+ days on Friday and Saturday but, then cry Sundayyyy. Sundays are the worst seriously because I literally invest 4k+ and then nothing. Sick brag tho, I monied in the Stars quarter mill for like fifty bucks haha. I play that to be famous ldo. This was the first weekend I actually felt up to playing the 200r. Surprisingly, I really thought it was a soft field.

Last night , I final tabled the Stars 100k which I really wanted to win again but got knocked out 9th. I was really raping the final table bubble but had some pretty sick hands which I'm completely over. I also made a pretty deep run in the small little 26 dollar 6m 12.5k KO on ftp for 15th and peanuts haha. Lastly, I got 3rd in the 30k 6m on ftp.

Hmm let's see, I have only played one session of cash on UB where I set over setted a reg 200bb deep each at 3/6 which was nice. I also really love the 27 4m tables on ub they are hilariousss and fun!! My mtt friends really love watching me when I play cash tbh, I think they are just fascinated by anything non full ring cash. Unfortunately, I don't get to play cash as much as I want especially with ftops going on. I think I'm really going to have to seriously reevaluate my poker life after WCOOP and aruba is done. In many ways, mtts are ruining my life and my relationships. My mom thinks I'm completely detached and I have to agree. I barely talk anymore to people who I consider close to me. Even my little pup was looking quite depressed last Thurs so after I got knocked out of the ftops shootout I took him to the doggy park and he had a blast. It was really nice getting out and getting fresh air then bringing him to petsmart and wally world (yeah I'm still really southern at heart).

Today I think I'm literally only going to one table the shootout. If I get knocked out I doubt I'm gonna play the 1k Tuesday or the other ftops. I was a little surprised to realize I had used up my 40 hours of Pandora on the 7th which is a testament to really just how much I play. I already got my seat to the 2500 on Saturday and am very excited to play it. I'm starting to get really amped up for WCOOP and can't wait to play the big 5k and 10k events. Lastly, meh at sleeping. Its 8 am here and I'm awake only after 6 hrs of sleep. Ok until next time, glgl babes!

 Sorry for the lack of updates guys! I've just been busy doing my own thing. I got pretty burnt out on mtts and had lots of fun returning to my cash game roots. Its not really to say I've been losing my ass off at mtts but more that the grind really gets to me. I really don't understand how people do it full time. From now on, I will be cutting back and mixing cash games for half the week so I'm not so exhausted when the weekend especially Sunday rolls around! 

I did win an Aruba package though (two weekends ago?)...shippppittt :) I'm very excited because a vacation is exactly what I need and with FTOPS/WCOOP coming up I won't be able to do so. I was really a little disappointed because one of my friends rented a place in the US Virgin Islands but its right smack in the middle of FTOPS (and I have to find a new place to live) so I can't :( 

Speaking of FTOPS/WCOOP I'm really excited because this will be the first time I'm really playing high buyin events online. There's a 2500 6m event on August 15 that I'm really looking forward to playing a few 5ks in both and of course the 10k in wcoop! 

Anyway, just a couple of things I wanted to write about that have affected the way I think/play: 1) I've worked really hard recently going over winning Mtters hand histories and there's not one style that is "winning" and my friend Mark really brought up a good point in passing which is that I do have my own style and that's what makes me well, me and I should continue to work on that instead of copying someone else's. 2) After a particularly bad day, one of  my other friends went to the gym to blow of some steam and was watching espn about a coach that had lost both his legs. The quote that he took away from that was "don't whine." 

And it's true. I'm completely guilty of it. It's also annoying as hell when others whine to me. So I'm going to make more of a concerted effort to stop whining and suck it up and play my best. :) Anyway this blog has gotten to be too long and more tables are popping up so until next time. 

xoxo :)

Well I was super bummed because I was one of the 300 or so turned away from Day 1d. I was literally in a state of depression and probably should not have played Monday online at all because I definitely tilted. I decided to take Tuesday off and hang with some friends but, tbh I was still in a really bummy mood so the guys ended up going to Cut at Palazzo which I've been dying to go try. Anyway, I was so pissed off/bummed out that I skipped that. I guess there's always next year and I have been thinking about maybe playing a satellite to the WPT 15k on Monday. I'm still not super comfortable playing live and that field would be more difficult than the ME field so we will see. The other thing is I love online and there are some good tournies on Saturday.

On a side note, I need to balance my life a little better. I've noticed when I get bummed about poker or whatever I skip out on my friends or really cool events. For example on Sunday, I played a full Sunday schedule instead of going to the CR party. Last night I made the FT of the UB 80k sniper but got brutally sucked out on so was in a pretty bad mood after and my friends wanted to get some late night dinner and debauchery...so I skipped out.

I'm so irritated lately because of my results at final tables. I guess I just have this attitude that if I'm not first I'm last (yeah Ricky Bobby). I definitely know I'm better than most mtt guys, they are all just horrible and don't know how to play post flop. I see ranked players make dumb plays post flop all the time and its no wonder they get killed at when they try to play cash. Anyway, I keep telling myself that if I want to be a good tourney player, I  shouldn't care about coolers or bad beats..its so brutal at final tables though. I think I'm usually pretty good about shaking it off but after awhile it just gets to you. Anyway, today is a new day and actually a day off (yay!) so gonna take it easy till Friday for sure...

So until next time xoxo babes!

Haven't really been doing much besides poker and on my days off I go over poker stuff. I finally put in an actual cash game session at UB 2/4 6m and shorthanded and hu it was fun!! I think I was +2kish. I sure miss cash.

Since my last update, I FT'd the ftp 100 1r1a 6m again 5th and then today I goth 4th in the same tourney. I really want to close it so frustrating to come so close yet so far. I got deep in the UB 200k and ft'd the UB 50r as well (7th maybe)? I'm actually pretty awful about knowing what place I finish or how much money was the finish. Tbh, I don't even look at what first place pays at all.

I played the stars 1k and ub 1k this week. I thought the fields were pretty soft tbh. I got really deep in the UB 1k actually 18 payed and I got knocked out 20th...I was actually 2nd in chips it was a super standard cooler, oh well. Always next week.

I've been such a little hermit this WSOP. Everyone has been going out and having fun but I've literally been staying in almost every single night. I did go over to my full ring friends' 4th of July celebration though it was so fun and I ate too much! We also stopped by a little firework place. Eric and I were super duper disappointed...I mean I'm from SC and all kinds of fireworks are legal there. I really miss the south!  Anyway we got these "boats" that obv aren't supposed to go in water but we lit them and set them in the pool anyway haha. They worked surprisingly well in the water. We also played beer pong and someone got the bright idea of playing for $100/cup. Needless to say, I owe some ppl some moolah. FML. Can't hang and be degen like the high stakes full ring ballas amirite?! Hehe. LOL in reality I think its only 200 I owe.

Anyway, I gotta get some R&R, ME starts in less than 12 hours for me!! I'm thinking about letting p5s live and CR know...hmm  I dunno yet. I kinda wanna fly under the radar. Wish me luck babes xoxo.

Hihi lovies! So sorry about the ridiculous lack of updates. I have been super busy and super focused on poker. I really haven't been playing live much. Tbh, I really hate it because its so slow but it is much easier though. I've played a few Venetian DS for 550s and one 330. I was bad beated or super coolered in all of them. I played the Venetian 2k because of the structure and I wanted to play a bigger buyin event before WSOP ME.

I really thought the field was sick soft actually despite a bunch of internet players being there. I was crippled super early on getting in QQ aipf vs 1010 for 60ish bbs each. I tried to pick up good spots from there but was card dead for most of the tourney. I ended up busting the last hand of the night (yik wtf rigged.) but at least I didn't have to bother with day 2. It was a very close spot live actually. It was the only time I've gotten in as a dog all tournament. Online it was an easy jambo but I think bc its live....I could fold.

Online has been going pretty well. I think I'm going to start playing the 1ks which I'm very excited about! Umm let's see for June I've had some pretty solidish results. Disappointing because I haven't closed anything which is what is really important to me.

3rd in the 100r on Stars
6th or 7th (don't remember?) in the 109 2x chance Stars
8th in 109 turbo on Stars
3rd in the UB 50r
7th in the 100 cube the Sunday before on FTP 6m
5th in the UB 10k gtd

A whole bunch of other FT bubbles...blah and finally 7th in the Stars 2nd Chance. I was pretty stoked about the way I played the entire MTT. The hand I got knocked out on 7 were left I was 2nd in chips and it was an awful bad beat...but tbh, I'm not even super upset about it. I just realize that all I can do is play well and shake off bad beats when they happen in mtts. I think that's a really important mindset that most people do not have when it comes to poker.

Tournies have been a funny thing in my life. I absolutely love them and think I have an edge in anything I play now. The lifestyle is a bit brutal. I literally have not been out partying with my friends at all this WSOP except in May. I have been super focused on poker and hope to start putting up really solid results live as well. I talked to my friend Jason (NovaSky) last night and he's really encouraging me to play higher online such as the 1ks and more of the 100rs. I'm very excited about playing the 1k on Stars tonight. Anyway, that's about it for now....I can't wait to play the ME.

Until next time, xoxo glgl babes!

First, I'd like to thank you guys for all the sweet comments in my last blog. I'm still really sad over Ava and I think about her every single day at least 20 times a day. I've become much more attached to my other dog and its bad because now he has bad seperation anxiety. I can't help myself...I can't really bear for him to be out of sight as if something will happen to him. He really does need another doggie, he was always the passive one even to Ava (which is hilarious if you've ever met her because she's so laidback and passive). I'm just not ready. The breeder has Ava's grandchildren who were just born and two of them look like her. I cried when I saw the pictures so I take that as a sign I'm not ready? I guess its a little silly to be so sad over a dog, but she really was much more to me than that.

Anyway, Eric came in town and moved into their house mid May. Vizer and him both have small dogs so Gambagam and I were invited to stay. He had such a good time...every morning the dogs would run laps around the pool and fear the humans throwing them in. The guys also set up beer pong and cornhole which were great! Gamby looked like a little wet rat every single time since he's red and skinny. He got the nickname of Ewok since he looks like one! I had such a good time staying with the guys, I wish I didn't live alone sometimes. I was super focused on mtts for the most part though and didn't go out with them every single night. We did however hit up Tryst which was just a ridiculous night of debauchery and resulted in patron shots....which made me super hungover for Sunday mtts. Needless to say, I didn't play my best. That will not be happening again! Sundays are too importantttt. Oh haha, I also have to add I lost my first CC roulette ever!!! Booooooo. Luckily, it was at Buffalo Wild Wings where the bill was $70. Run better fish.

Anyway, here are some pics.

Little Ewokie enjoying the sun and festivities by the pool.



We lovingly named this creepy looking thing D'Shawn



Sunning it!



Goofing off at the Excalibur where I raped the guys at the plo tables. We're tryin to be srs bizness.


Beer pong at Osheas!!! I <3 these guys hahaha.



So much fun!


Finally, the gals and I at Tryst. I absolutely LOVED them. I really miss having good girlfriends out here. These girls were Eric's friends from VA Tech and were just absolutely adorable. I was so thrilled to be hitting up a club with girls for once!



Onto poker things, I am really pleased with my results for the first month. Since my last poker blog, I've had a couple of final tables.

2nd in Stars 15k for 3k and some change
9th in FTP 30k KO (I was severely shortstacked throughout this entire tournament so it was a miracle I even got to the FT)
2nd in FTP 25k rebuy for 4k and change
1st in Stars nightly 100k for 18900

I really need to continue to work hard and am looking forward to WSOP. I am only going to be playing a few events which so far are the Ladies, Main Event and Ante Up. I might play some live satties...I'm not really sure. I know it really hurt my soul when I played the 1k satty on FTP and lost :(. I'm still a bankroll nit at heart...but it was a good one to play because of overlay.

Anyway, that's about it for now. I won't be playing the 1k today because my friend got us tickets to the Offspring concert tonight and boy, am I excited! I told him its his job to make sure I don't drink!! Haha I can't have a repeat of last weekend! I think I might go lay by the pool at my friend's house aka the Liquidpoker house where the other Eric and my friends are. I feel bad but I'm pretty focused on poker right now and all my wonderful poker friends are coming into town so I don't want to neglect hanging with anyone!

Until next time babes,
xoxo glgl at the tables!