| Cash Games | Live | ($15,360) |
| Online | $11.50 | |
| Tournaments | Live | $91,625 |
| Online | ($216) | |
| Poker | $76,060.50 | |
| Staking | $0.00 | |
| Net on month | $76,060.50 | |
I'm lazy this month. All my profit is from that one WSOP event.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
June Monthly Report
I'm lazy this month. All my profit is from that one WSOP event.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
WSOP Adventures - And for the first time, with Color!
So I headed out to Vegas to play poker during the WSOP.
These pictures make me realize I need a higher quality camera than my phone. Oh well.
I get there on Thursday, and play a little cash game poker. I won like 200. I mostly took some time taking in the WSOP. They were playing the 40k annual WSOP event, which was pretty cool. It was a really star studded field of course. I heard Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan (Durrrrr) were sitting right next to each other. By the time I got to the Rio, Durrrr already busted. Lol.
I saw a lot of big name pros. These pictures are from the 10k stud event. It's pretty cool to watch them play.
Howard Lederer and Johnny Chan
Phil Ivey and Greg Raymer
Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, and Jennifer Harman
Also on that table is Eli Elezra, and Andy Bloch
Kinda cool watching the pros, but it got boring after a while. After all, they play good poker, and that usually means folding. If I saw their cards, it would've been more interesting.
I ran into Sam Stein. I know him from magic, but apparently he is plays poker for a living now. He seems pretty good, and he told me he planned to play a lot of the events. He actually got busted by durrrr in the 10k HU championship. Lol sorry Sam, you got durrrred.
Event #4 is the stimulus special. It was a $1k buyin No Limit Hold'Em tournament. It was expected to have a prize pool over 5 million, and actually drew over 6,000 entrants. Pretty crazy. Dor, John and I all played it.
I managed to find a place to put all my money in preflop with QKs in the 2nd level. Of course, the guy had the nuts. I forget I'm not playing online poker, it's live where a squeeze is always the nuts. Somehow despite the fact, I didn't make it to the first break, I managed to win my last longer bet against John. Woot woot, recoup 1/10th of my buyin.
I also play event #7, a $1,500 NLHE event. I also busted in the first two hours although this time, I made a straight on the river when the guy rivered a flush. Not cool.
My cash game results during that time were pretty up and down. I managed to lose an 8k pot at the Wynn with QQ vs AKo. Dude was a complete maniac, and he backdoored into a straight on the T24r flop. Not cool.
After hearing that Johnny takes pictures of the food he eats, I decided to do the same. I was staying at the Wynn for free (I have no idea how I got comped, but I'll take it), so I decided to drop some cash at one of their specialty restaraunts called Stratta.
I ended up spend $100 somehow on a two course meal with a bottle of water to drink.
Expensive menu, but I guess thats Vegas
The Fiji is $9, the salad is $14.
The main course is Lamb Osu Bucco. $47.
For everything else there is Mastercard. Total bill with tip and tax is like $95 or something.
I also noticed that even the Chipotle in Vegas is marked up. How dare they!
I made a really deep run into event #9. It was the 6 handed No Limit Tournament. I put up the $1,500 to buyin and managed to parlay that into a final table appearance! I cashed for $115k. It was a lot of fun, and playing the final table I didn't feel nervous at all. I felt really relaxed.
Pictures of my chip stack throughout the tournament.
End of day 1. I have about 67,000, we started with 4500.
Before is one of my lower points on day 2, around 50k. After I finish my heater, I have about 200k
approaching the final table, with around 450k. Depsite how many chips I have, I'm actually kinda short stacked cause the blinds have gone up so much.
I ended day 2 really well, and now at the final table I have around 1.5 Million.
I busted in 4th place on a coin flip. TT vs KQh. I ran pretty card dead there, but I ran really good to get to the final table, so I can't complain.
I stayed at the Wynn, and the hotel was pretty sick. Zack and I hit the pool and went downstairs and drank and played some blackjack with some friends. I managed to not lose more than $100, which was my original goal.
And I'll finish with photos of Zack and Nate showing just how much they enjoy BJ's room at the Wynn. They represent their fraternity well.
I'm heading back on the 21st, and now I'm gonna play the WSOP ME for sure. I had a 5 figure payday, a 6 figure payday, clearly a 7 figure one is on the horizon.
I'll be in Vegas for about 3 more weeks.
I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce Yockey
These pictures make me realize I need a higher quality camera than my phone. Oh well.
I get there on Thursday, and play a little cash game poker. I won like 200. I mostly took some time taking in the WSOP. They were playing the 40k annual WSOP event, which was pretty cool. It was a really star studded field of course. I heard Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan (Durrrrr) were sitting right next to each other. By the time I got to the Rio, Durrrr already busted. Lol.
I saw a lot of big name pros. These pictures are from the 10k stud event. It's pretty cool to watch them play.
Howard Lederer and Johnny Chan
Phil Ivey and Greg Raymer
Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, and Jennifer Harman
Also on that table is Eli Elezra, and Andy Bloch
Kinda cool watching the pros, but it got boring after a while. After all, they play good poker, and that usually means folding. If I saw their cards, it would've been more interesting.
I ran into Sam Stein. I know him from magic, but apparently he is plays poker for a living now. He seems pretty good, and he told me he planned to play a lot of the events. He actually got busted by durrrr in the 10k HU championship. Lol sorry Sam, you got durrrred.
Event #4 is the stimulus special. It was a $1k buyin No Limit Hold'Em tournament. It was expected to have a prize pool over 5 million, and actually drew over 6,000 entrants. Pretty crazy. Dor, John and I all played it.
I managed to find a place to put all my money in preflop with QKs in the 2nd level. Of course, the guy had the nuts. I forget I'm not playing online poker, it's live where a squeeze is always the nuts. Somehow despite the fact, I didn't make it to the first break, I managed to win my last longer bet against John. Woot woot, recoup 1/10th of my buyin.
I also play event #7, a $1,500 NLHE event. I also busted in the first two hours although this time, I made a straight on the river when the guy rivered a flush. Not cool.
My cash game results during that time were pretty up and down. I managed to lose an 8k pot at the Wynn with QQ vs AKo. Dude was a complete maniac, and he backdoored into a straight on the T24r flop. Not cool.
After hearing that Johnny takes pictures of the food he eats, I decided to do the same. I was staying at the Wynn for free (I have no idea how I got comped, but I'll take it), so I decided to drop some cash at one of their specialty restaraunts called Stratta.
I ended up spend $100 somehow on a two course meal with a bottle of water to drink.
Expensive menu, but I guess thats Vegas
The Fiji is $9, the salad is $14.
The main course is Lamb Osu Bucco. $47.For everything else there is Mastercard. Total bill with tip and tax is like $95 or something.
I also noticed that even the Chipotle in Vegas is marked up. How dare they!
I made a really deep run into event #9. It was the 6 handed No Limit Tournament. I put up the $1,500 to buyin and managed to parlay that into a final table appearance! I cashed for $115k. It was a lot of fun, and playing the final table I didn't feel nervous at all. I felt really relaxed.
Pictures of my chip stack throughout the tournament.
End of day 1. I have about 67,000, we started with 4500.
Before is one of my lower points on day 2, around 50k. After I finish my heater, I have about 200k
approaching the final table, with around 450k. Depsite how many chips I have, I'm actually kinda short stacked cause the blinds have gone up so much.
I ended day 2 really well, and now at the final table I have around 1.5 Million.
I busted in 4th place on a coin flip. TT vs KQh. I ran pretty card dead there, but I ran really good to get to the final table, so I can't complain.
I stayed at the Wynn, and the hotel was pretty sick. Zack and I hit the pool and went downstairs and drank and played some blackjack with some friends. I managed to not lose more than $100, which was my original goal.
And I'll finish with photos of Zack and Nate showing just how much they enjoy BJ's room at the Wynn. They represent their fraternity well.
I'm heading back on the 21st, and now I'm gonna play the WSOP ME for sure. I had a 5 figure payday, a 6 figure payday, clearly a 7 figure one is on the horizon.
I'll be in Vegas for about 3 more weeks.
I'll see you across the felt.
Bryce Yockey
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
May Update
Brutal month. I'm having consistency issues. I'm really alternating between playing great and terrible. It's frusterating.
Online Cash Games: -$5,610.88
YTD: -$5,266.17
Online Tournaments: -$1,098
YTD: +$10,292.79
Live Cash Games:-$1,100
YTD: +$290
Live Tournament Poker:-$1,320
YTD: -$1,540
Net for poker: -$9,128.52
YTD: +$2,561
Stakes: -$1,023
YTD: -$2,767.56
Total Net for: -$10,151.52
YTD: -$206.22
Online Cash Games: -$5,610.88
YTD: -$5,266.17
Online Tournaments: -$1,098
YTD: +$10,292.79
Live Cash Games:-$1,100
YTD: +$290
Live Tournament Poker:-$1,320
YTD: -$1,540
Net for poker: -$9,128.52
YTD: +$2,561
Stakes: -$1,023
YTD: -$2,767.56
Total Net for: -$10,151.52
YTD: -$206.22
Twitter I guess.
So I have a twitter account now. It's @SuddenlyBryce. I'll have may updates and WSOP updates later.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
1000 minute poker session
Friday night I started played at around 9pm. I quit 2193.45 full tilt points later, down -$1,548.85 and running about $900 below expectation in all in pots. I manged to get enough points to play the Full Tilt WSOP ME freeroll but I busted in that relatively early.
Playing the Sunday Million at the moment, and it's going pretty well. Hopefully I can make a big score in that, this month has been going pretty bad. Down 7.5k at the moment.
Notable hands from this past session.
Biggest pot of the session I won.
I felt his two barreling range was pretty wide, but didn't include a lot of big aces.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274489
Tricky spot, John thinks bet/folding river is better.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268797
This one is pretty gross too, raising turn is probably better. I was a bit concerned he might have 76 or a set, but even if he does, I'm probably stacking off on blank rivers.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268795
This is a really sick spot. I think I have to bet/call it off. I don't really see a better way to play.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274866
I lost two big pots with QQ < AA, and QQ < A9 where he rivered an A. Also lost $600 BVB with AK vs KK. Pretty standard imo.
Mostly just run bad, but I was definitely tired and didn't play my best.
The World Series of Poker starts tomorrow. Can't wait, I'm going to be playing Event #4, the $1,000 buyin. They are expecting over 5,000 players, so the prize pool should be over 5 mill. First will be around $900k. Saving all of my run good for this donkament? I hope so.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Playing the Sunday Million at the moment, and it's going pretty well. Hopefully I can make a big score in that, this month has been going pretty bad. Down 7.5k at the moment.
Notable hands from this past session.
Biggest pot of the session I won.
I felt his two barreling range was pretty wide, but didn't include a lot of big aces.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274489
Tricky spot, John thinks bet/folding river is better.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268797
This one is pretty gross too, raising turn is probably better. I was a bit concerned he might have 76 or a set, but even if he does, I'm probably stacking off on blank rivers.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4268795
This is a really sick spot. I think I have to bet/call it off. I don't really see a better way to play.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4274866
I lost two big pots with QQ < AA, and QQ < A9 where he rivered an A. Also lost $600 BVB with AK vs KK. Pretty standard imo.
Mostly just run bad, but I was definitely tired and didn't play my best.
The World Series of Poker starts tomorrow. Can't wait, I'm going to be playing Event #4, the $1,000 buyin. They are expecting over 5,000 players, so the prize pool should be over 5 mill. First will be around $900k. Saving all of my run good for this donkament? I hope so.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
My Pet Project
So, ever since I graduated, I've been trying to get a Pot Limit Omaha game going at the Hustler. Most people are familiar with No limit hold'em, PLO differs in that the most you can bet is whatever is in the pot at the given time and you are dealt four cards instead of two. It is a very very different game that seems similar enough to Hold'em that many people who play Hold'em will give it a spin.
On Monday, I finally got them to run a small stakes PLO game. It had 2-2 blinds with a 100-400 buyin. The game went really smoothly because the blinds are the game. It makes a pot sized raise preflop $8, and generally only needs a $2 chip to make it work. However, the guys who run the casino didn't like that for some reason and gave me a hard time for it. Whatever, right? Well they changed it to a 2-3 blind 100-500 buyin. This is bad for two reasons. First it allows someone to shortstack the game by buying in for around 30 big blinds, and then also makes calculating the pot way harder. Now a pot sized raise is $11 which means you need two $5 chips and a $1 chip. That's way worse. But I get no respect, so whatever, they don't listen to me. Can't do much else.
At the end of April, I won a WSOP ME seat on Pokerstars. I entered a $650 Sunday satellite and won one of the 57 seats. I don't know if I'll play yet, because if I choose not to play, I'll have $12,000 in cash. That's a lot of money and it might be better if I just don't play. If I can win another $10k before it starts, I might take my shot and try to play. I'd really, really like to play the WSOP ME, so I'm a bit torn.
The brown chip game at the Hustler ran last night (5/10 NLHE), and we made it a mix with 5-5 PLO. I won around $1500, which is a solid win. I won most of it on a big semi bluff that got there on the river.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
On Monday, I finally got them to run a small stakes PLO game. It had 2-2 blinds with a 100-400 buyin. The game went really smoothly because the blinds are the game. It makes a pot sized raise preflop $8, and generally only needs a $2 chip to make it work. However, the guys who run the casino didn't like that for some reason and gave me a hard time for it. Whatever, right? Well they changed it to a 2-3 blind 100-500 buyin. This is bad for two reasons. First it allows someone to shortstack the game by buying in for around 30 big blinds, and then also makes calculating the pot way harder. Now a pot sized raise is $11 which means you need two $5 chips and a $1 chip. That's way worse. But I get no respect, so whatever, they don't listen to me. Can't do much else.
At the end of April, I won a WSOP ME seat on Pokerstars. I entered a $650 Sunday satellite and won one of the 57 seats. I don't know if I'll play yet, because if I choose not to play, I'll have $12,000 in cash. That's a lot of money and it might be better if I just don't play. If I can win another $10k before it starts, I might take my shot and try to play. I'd really, really like to play the WSOP ME, so I'm a bit torn.
The brown chip game at the Hustler ran last night (5/10 NLHE), and we made it a mix with 5-5 PLO. I won around $1500, which is a solid win. I won most of it on a big semi bluff that got there on the river.
See you across the felt.
Bryce
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Double Monthly Updates - March and April
Monthly Updates. I've been swamped with school, but I'm done now, so I can start posting again.
Online Cash Games:
March: +$2,630.35
April: -$1,692.75
YTD: $344.71
Online Tournaments:
March: -$1,790.19
April: +$10,375.19
YTD: +$11,390.79
Live Cash Games:
March: -$6,015
April: -$1,700
YTD: +$1,390
Live Tournament Poker:
March: -$510
April: +$625
YTD: -$220
Net for poker:
March: -$6,900.48
April: +$7,607.44
YTD: +$11,689.86
Stakes
March: -$911.71
April: -$44
YTD: -$1,744.56
Total Net for
March: -$7,812.19
April: +$7,563.44
YTD 2009: +$9,945.30
Online Cash Games:
March: +$2,630.35
April: -$1,692.75
YTD: $344.71
Online Tournaments:
March: -$1,790.19
April: +$10,375.19
YTD: +$11,390.79
Live Cash Games:
March: -$6,015
April: -$1,700
YTD: +$1,390
Live Tournament Poker:
March: -$510
April: +$625
YTD: -$220
Net for poker:
March: -$6,900.48
April: +$7,607.44
YTD: +$11,689.86
Stakes
March: -$911.71
April: -$44
YTD: -$1,744.56
Total Net for
March: -$7,812.19
April: +$7,563.44
YTD 2009: +$9,945.30
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