This was a tournament with a starting field of 4826 and 720 made the money.

Hand 1: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5386494
30/60 Really, this is what you want to see with fours. Maybe I could have bet more on the river, although the hand range I was putting him on was a flush draw that made it on the river. I was quite surprised to see aces there.

Hand 2: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5386696
150/300 a40 Maybe I could have 3-bet pre, and I don’t think I can ever fold on that flop there. So I guess it was eventually getting all in anyway because the tard can’t fold ace high on the flop.

Hand 3: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5387120
2k/4k a500 My favorite hand 56 offsuit! Really, the only hand I was worried about is two pair, 69, and the spade draw. On the turn, a backdoor club draw was possible, but the thought didn’t really cross my mind. But given how retarded the opponent was, I feel like I could have extracted more, although he could have folded had I bet more on any of the streets.

Hand 4: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5387196
2.5k/5k a625 Whenever someone limp-shoves UTG, it annoys me. Also, given that this was the retard from the previous hand, it could very well be that this was done with KK or AA. I figured that either I was flipping or crushed and folded. He told me he had aces, but whatever.

Hand 5: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5388343
4k/8k a1000 I had been card dead for a few orbits and headcheezze had been playing really terribly (4-betting and 5-bet jamming with AQo and KJdd, respectively). I figured I usually have his range beat here and went with it. I felt like this hand was worth it because had I won, the stack I would have had would significantly increase my chances of final tabling with 8 tables left.

Hand 6: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5387281
4k/8k a1000 I probably should have folded pre here, not because of the first shove but because of the second shove. Call this a tilt call and chalk it up. Finished 65th, gg.

3.30 PLO

I had 11 tournament dollars, so I decided to join some random PLO tournament. Ten minutes into the tournament, I started regretting my decision… The field was 783 and 90 made the money.

Hand 7: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5388106
3k/6k I probably should not be playing this hand since it gets into trouble a lot. But the best flop came down, and someone thought that bottom two was good.

Hand 8: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5388138
4k/8k Mistake? Possibly. But I’m okay with it.

Hand 9: http://www.pokerhand.org/?5388153
5k/10k This hand was with 10 remaining on the bubble. Maybe I should have c-bet the flop, but I decided to check. Then the jack fell on the turn, gg.

Hand 10:  http://www.pokerhand.org/?5388203
15k/30k After being passive and watching people bust, there were 5 remaining. I felt that this hand was good enough to push pre with 4BB remaining. I probably should have been more aggressive in previous orbits. But oh well, 5th place.

Hand 1: http://weaktight.com/2252448
600/1200 a125 I was under the gun with sixes. I guess folding pre was an option. Throughout the hand, I got the feeling that I should give up on it on every street. But as you can see, I didn’t…

Hand 2: http://weaktight.com/2252459
800/1600 a150 On the cutoff with a suited ace facing two limpers. Folding pre makes sense, as does raising. However, I decided to limp. I think this was the least I could have lost on the hand mostly because the opponent played too cautiously/passively.

Hand 3: http://weaktight.com/2254023
1500/3000 a300 This hand was so horrible. I folded preflop because something felt really bad. So I decided to fold and take a leak. When I came back, I was in shock and then started laughing.

Hand 4: http://weaktight.com/2253128
5k/10k a1k I felt that this hand was played pretty well. It might have been risky, but opp told me later that he had Q9ss, which was in the range that I assigned him.

Hand 5: http://weaktight.com/2253222
15k/30k a3k I played this hand sooooooo badly. I should have given up on the turn or played the flop more aggressively.

Hand 6: http://weaktight.com/2253223
15k/30k a3k This was my last hand of the tournament. Should I have just given up on the flop?

Hand 1: As 6s on the button
Four people limp, so I raised to 18. The blinds fold, and the limpers all call. The stacks were all around 200 except the guy to my right had about 1200.
Flop: 8c 3c 2c (Pot: 73)
Checks to me, I bet 45. Everyone folds, and the big stack calls.
Turn: Kd (Pot: 163)
Check to me, I bet 61. He folds.

I think this was unnecessary aggression and overplaying the button. But I figured that either he had two small clubs or top pair, etc.

Hand 2: As Qc on hijack
Four people limp. I limp, and the two people after me limp with the blinds limp/checking. I had a little under 300, BB had 150, and button had about 250.
Flop: Td Jc Kc (Pot: 39)
BB bets 10, and everyone folds to me. I call, then the button calls with SB folding.
Turn: Kd (Pot: 69)
BB checks. I bet 45, and the two players call.
River: 6s (Pot: 204)
BB checks. I bet 75, button calls, and BB folds. Button shows K3hh, and I take down the pot of 354.

Maybe I should have raised the flop. Betting the turn, I’m only going to get a call from a king or flush draws. Meh.

Hand 3: Qc Qh at UTG+2
This was my first hand at this table; the previous table had broken. I open with a raise to 18, UTG+3 calls, and SB calls. I had around 550, UTG+3 had 100, SB had around 400.
Flop: Td 8s 2s (Pot: 53)
SB checks, I bet 28, UTG+3 pushes for 82 total. Then, after deliberating for a while, SB shoves for 380 total. I fold.
Turn: 7d (Pot: 245)
River: 3h (Pot: 245)
SB shows JJ and UTG+3 mucks.

I was actually quite happy folding here because I figured that I only have a small part of SB’s range beat. So either we were flipping or he had me crushed.

http://weaktight.com/2084904
Looking back at this hand, it was probably unnecessary aggression, but the bet on the flop was so small and MP1 had been playing so many hands. So I played back with a raise, and he folded.

http://weaktight.com/2085018
The way this hand was played, I think the bet sizing on the flop and the shove on the turn was okay. Just curious as to whether a preflop shove would have induced a call from CO.

http://weaktight.com/2085396
For this hand, I had 99 in the small blind. I had a moderate stack, and was facing a 3-bet from the button. I figured that a jam from the original raiser was likely, so I folded. But I probably should’ve folded anyway even if the original raiser would have flatted. Do you ever shove 99 there?

http://weaktight.com/2085443
This hand was actually scary because once I saw that I flopped the nuts, I got disconnected. I reconnected in time to see that OP had shoved lol. Thoughts on whether I should have shoved pre-flop instead of the flat?

http://weaktight.com/2085469
I should have folded on the flop there. But the bet on the flop seemed like a reluctant continuation bet. So instead of doing what I should have done, I raised, which worked out.

http://weaktight.com/2085481
The hand I went out on with 28 players remaining. Obviously, I should have folded preflop.

Hand 1 – Razz: http://weaktight.com/1872404
Hand 2 – Omaha Hi/Lo: http://weaktight.com/1872439
Hand 3 – Pot limit Omaha: http://weaktight.com/1872471
Hand 4 – Stud Hi/Lo: http://weaktight.com/1872741

And then, shit started happening haha.

Hand 5 – Razz: http://weaktight.com/1872754

I reached the final table, and then it switched to the no limit Hold’em stage with 6 players left. After a few hands, I was the chip leader heads up with a 3-1 stack. Then, this hand (Hand 6) happened:  http://weaktight.com/1872808 Standard all in pre-flop flip (55-44), and I lost. At this point, we decided to chop and then play for first place. A few hands later, another pre-flop all in – SB raised, and then I potted, at which point he shoved. I insta-called with tens and lost (Hand 7): http://weaktight.com/1872807 – I was ahead 72-28. Oh well. I guess tens are the bane of my existence. I sacrificed class to make money, but what else is new?

As usual, I have no doubt about my hold’em play, but any input about the other hands would be appreciated.

We went to Applebee’s for the last time in late July 2008. Unfortunately, at UCLA, the closest Applebee’s is 20 miles away. So while we’re both back in NJ, we decided to go back to our favorite joints, such as White Castle, Dusal’s, and Keum Ho Jung. Anyways, we’re back at Applebee’s last night, and we order two boneless wings with marinara sauce. The waiter gives us a weird look, then disappears into the kitchen. A few minutes later, he comes back and asks us for the story behind the marinara sauce… At this point, we’re just like “great…” Then the waiter told us that the guys in the kitchen asked if the “marinara guys are back?” You know it’s a bad thing when the “cooks” at Applebee’s knows us and the liquor store guys don’t check Jeremy’s ID. Jeremy looks like he’s 15.

Anyways, 5 days left till LA!

The classes were pretty bad. Algebra and topology were things I didn’t really care about that much. Algebra was interesting at first when we were doing category theory, but the interest tapered off during group theory. Topology was just terrible. And combinatorics was mostly everything I knew already. So it felt like I didn’t really learn anything; however, the amount of homework was quite impressive. In algebra, there were 10 HW sets with 10 problems each, and in topology, we had to do 95 problems.

However, teaching was fun. Well, “teaching.” I don’t really know what it is, but dealing with the students were pretty good. I was even convinced to TA Math 32B next quarter, which is the horrible integration part of multivariable calculus. *sigh*

Anyway, hopefully things will get better next quarter.

The new layout to this page totally killed the sexy table format I had before. Anyways. I was playing 2/3 NL. Now California cardrooms (“casinos”) have this weird system where at each game, there are fixed buy-ins. For example, the 1/2 NL, you have to buy in for $40, and for 2/3 NL, you have to buy in for $100.

I sat down, and went through six garbage hands. Then I picked up 5c5d at the cutoff spot. There were 4 limpers, so I raised to 25. UTG called and two other limpers called. So the pot is about 100. Flop was 2c 4h 6s. Pretty dead. The SB leads out, putting in 25. The limpers fold; I’m sitting there thinking “what the fuck can he have?” I don’t think he’d have two pair; no way he’d call a preflop raise with that shit. Maybe he has an overpair? Then again, UTG limped under the gun, so I didn’t think he had anything of the sort. So what do I do? I shove for about 70 more. He calls! And flips over… A6. Wow. Seriously? Anyways, turn is Kd, and then, I spike 3d on the river for the straight.

I let a few more orbits of garbage hands go. And then I pick up AsTs under the gun. I thought about throwing it away, but instead, I raise to 12. Dealer calls and SB calls. Pot’s about 35. Flop is Tc 8d 7s. SB checks. I bet 20, slightly over half-pot. Dealer shoves for 30 more, and the SB shoves for 70 total. I have about 350 left, and I’m curious. Well, I guess I knew I was beat, and I don’t know what I was thinking, but I called. Dealer had J9 for the nut straight, and SB had pocket eights. Haha. So fucked. Turn was Ac and the river was 7d, giving the SB the winning hand, eights full of sevens.

After a few bluffs and calling the bluffs, my stack was at about 500. It was my last orbit and last hand, and I pick up Ac2c UTG. I raise to 10. Dealer called, and everyone else folded. Flop was 5s 7d 2c. I bet 15 and he called. Turn was 5d. I bet 30 and he called. I give up my hand; river is 3h and I check. He bets 120, and I fold. I’m just curious as to what he had. High pair? Sevens? Deuces? What was he calling me down with?

+340

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10/14/08:

Nothing to say really. I spent the first ~60 hands throwing away shit. I got K4 twelve times and Q2 seven times. It was truly amazing. First playable hand I get is AsTd UTG. I raise to 12. The guy after me (asshole #1) re-raises me to 24, and the SB (asshole #2) re-raises to 75. Like… what the fuck, guys. I throw the hand away, and the two assholes duke it out. Queens (asshole #2) against Eights (asshole #1), and asshole #1 spikes an eight on the turn for a set. Jackasses.

After two more orbits of garbage, I get TsTc UTG. I raise to 10. Asshole #1 re-raises to 30, and the SB (asshole #3) re-raises to 70. I have ~40 left, and I’m sick of getting shit and these two assholes, so I throw in the rest of my chips. So we’re all all-in. Asshole #1 has nines, and asshole #3 has kings. Bricks all around, and I lose. =[

-100

Probably one of the worst (not monetary but disappointing) sessions.

Math 210A – Algebra
The professor is pretty good at teaching, but one thing I will hold against him is he started out with categories. Categories aren’t really that bad; in fact, they are somewhat intuitive. Maybe I’m just getting old. But it looks like I’ll actually enjoy the material for once… I say that now; I’ll probably hate it once we get to rings.

Math 218A – Probabilistic Methods
This course is really good. Benny is really good, and of course, the material is pretty interesting to me. But it seems that the psets in this class will be as tough, if not more, as Van Vu’s psets. Sounds like work. D= 

Math 225A – Differential Topology
Well, we haven’t really done anything in this class. The professor, for the first two lectures, have just gone over the results that we’ll eventually go over (I think), such as Smale’s H-Cobordant Theorem. Except, it’s apparently pronounced “smells etch cobohdahn seeorem”. The book (Differential Topology by Guillemin/Pollack) seems terrible. Hopefully I’ll survive through the course. Oh, and the professor still haven’t really defined what a manifold, a homeomorphism, a diffeomorphism, or a smooth structure is. Good times.

Math 226A – Riemannian Geometry
I’ve always been a fan of geometry. The lecturer seems good, but he still hasn’t really rigorously proved anything. But the course shows promise.

Math 245A – Real Analysis
Uh. This is probably the most painful class. The material’s been pretty much dumbed down for retards. The pace of the class kills me, and this will probably the first class I skip if I ever do. HAHAHAHA. 

How can I leave out…

Math 32 – Calculus of Several Variables
So I never went to recitations (called discussion sessions here) when I was an undergrad. It seems like the guy running those has no idea what he’s doing and just does the homework requests that the students put out. And he seems pretty awkward… and hot. Oh wait, that’s me.