Just read about the special promotion for poker bloggers over at doubleas’ blog :
Argh! Today I had the superb idea to just do a quick kernel-update on the server. So if you were trying to access the site earlier on you were probably seeing that something went wrong. Now I’m in the middle of restoring all the backups. Good thing I keep off-site backups of all files, databases and mails or else I would be in big doo-doo now.
Hopefully I’m done with rebuilding soonish…I want to play some poker, damn it! 😉
Edit: Most of the network sites are back online, can’t be arsed to do anything more today…the rest of the sites can wait until tomorrow…now it’s time to play some poker!
The first home game of the new year was played in Stuttgart tonight. 10 Players entered, all bought in for the same amount (no rebuys or add-ons allowed), two tables were formed in a random seat draw and it was decided that the final three of each table would merge to form the final table. Payouts would be: 1st = 60%, 2nd = 30%, 3rd = 10%. I managed to sneak into the final table without playing any real major hands (although I won a nice pot early on when my K-K won against Q-Q on a 9 high board with a pair and a flush draw). I was pretty shortstacked (with < 10% of the chips)...the first hand I looked down at was A-Jo and I pushed...one caller...who showed a pair of 9s. The Ace on the flop doubled me up. From there on it's quite a blur, but soon enough we were down to 3 and I was able to steal some blinds before that to put me in a better position. Not as good as my two opponents though as they held a combined (estimated) 80% of the chips. I won a pot or two and finally the two big stacks clashed, busting one out...so I was still the short stack, but 30% won already. Nice...then it was a long heads up battle, which I finally won when my suited Ace found help on the board vs a small pair. So I won, w00t! 60% of the price pool...cha-ching. Although it was really early already (2:30am) we decided to play a smaller second round with the buy-in cut in half...five players wanted a shot and we decided to pay out: 1st - 80%, 2nd - 20%...we were down to there pretty quickly (1.5 orbits) and I look down at As-Ks in the BB...I push folded around to the SB who ponders and calls...he shows 9-9...I don't improve and I'm out in 3rd place. Not a biggie though as I already took down the W of the first tourney, so I'm happy as the two remaining players battle back and forth...after some 1h of play (?!) it's finally over and we can make our way home...just walked through the door...5:30am now...need to catch some sleep now....Night night...
I just want to wish a Happy new year to all poker bloggers, players and especially my readers! I won’t be playing today as I’m almost ready to head to a New Year’s eve party. See you all in 2006 🙂
What can I say, I couldn’t resist to test my card run over at PokerStars in Omaha H/L Pot Limit – after all the cards were falling the right way for me the whole day. Bad idea, I’ve never donked off a Buy-In so quick…2hands…great, just great…not a high note to finish the day with…
Tried to continue the good roll today, but couldn’t come through right away…finished 5th of 9 in another 0.50$ S&G…so no cash this time…