The Curse of AQ

Yesterday C-Red, Mr Black and i went to the 150K Guarantee at Starworld Casino. It was $500 rebuy for the first 2 hours and there were 92 entrants. I ended up on the same table as Mr Black. Crazy Mr Black went all in blind first hand and had a caller who also called blindly and so i decided to join and call. Mr Black shows Q6 off suit, this other guy shows Q8 off suit and i have A9 spades putting me ahead. The flop came 3,5,3 turn 2 river 7 giving me an instant triple up!!! Great start!!

Here is a hand i remember playing.. Blinds were 100/200, i have about 8,000 chips (chip leader on my table) and i called in late position Q10 hearts. 4 other people were in the pot. The flop came 3h6h3d, they all check and i raise to 600, 2 call and the rest folds, and the turn comes a 5h. Small blind checks it and Glasses guy checks it, i raise to 800, small blind calls and glasses guy ships his stack of 1450, i call 650 more and small blind calls too. There is no way they had the full house i thought to myself, small blind looks nervous and the river comes a Ace of hearts.. so im thinking hmmmmmmmmmmm, small blind checks it and i check. Small blind shows 65 for 2 pair, glasses guy shows 24 for the straight but i win with the flush and take the pot.

It was end of the rebuy period and i have about 14,000 chips. Average stack is 9,000. Now everyone plays 'properly' and the atmosphere died and went quiet. Didnt really play much hands and said to myself- be paitent! I bled a little and stole a little back and then there was 30 players left. Mr Black, C-Red and myself all made it to the final 3 tables! I Get AQ and it was probably my best hand i had so far so i raise it 2 times the big blind and get one caller. I didnt hit the flop and checked it to him and he checked, and the turn came nothing so i checked it again (wrong move) and he raised 3,000 and covered his face with his hands. I didnt believe him but i folded. What i did wrong was i didnt do the continuation bet on the flop, and lost 1/4 of my stack! I hate AQ. After that Mr Black goes raises preflop with AQ and chip leader re raises him!! Mr Black ships his stack and chip leader calls and he shows AK! They didnt hit the board so AK won the whole of Mr Blacks stack of about 23,000 chips and knocked Mr Black out 24th place. I had about 7,000 chips and the blinds were 800/1600 plus 200 ante so i had to make a move, i was small blind and everyone folded to me so i go all in with K9 to steal against another short stack but he has 1,000 more than me. He calls and shows A4 and hits his 4 on the river so i got knocked out 23rd place.



C-Red went all in with AQ pre flop and huge chip leader goes all in and then this guy goes all in with about average stack and says he wants to win the side pot?! So chip leader shows A9, and the guy shows AJ so C-Red is ahead with AQ. The flop comes 4,7,J the turn a Q... and the river a ....JACK!!!! Sickening!! So C-Red got knocked out with AQ too and came 16th!! we are cursed by the Queens! I was even thinking about it, even in a freeroll when 2 people went all in preflop i folded my AJ. And AQ won. So although we didnt cash out and make the final table we all did really well and played our best.. and we still celebrated with some tasty Korean BBQ.....



Afterwards we went home to play mahjong/carribean stud/3cardpoker/blackjack/bacarat drinking games and got completley wankered, (especially Mr Black) before going to the Fashion Club at Fishermans Wharf.



It was a good night, C-Red performed on stage with MC Khaki and we danced the night away.. we didnt get back til 5 in the morning and we had the Sunday $100 Rebuy madness at 3.30pm!! So we got up completley hung over (especially MR Black) and made our way to the Grand Waldo. It is sad to say today was the last day until they re open for the Macau Poker Cup on March 19th. But the whole pokerstars team is going to move somewhere else.. noooo!!!!!! Because it was the last day they let us play as many $100 Rebuy games as we want til 2am. Jack Nicholson actually came 1st in the original $100 Rebuy. This is Jack Nicholson...



'You cant handle the truth!' says Jack Nicholson.



And Because it was the last day we took some photos!



I came 2nd in one game winning $670 and Mr Black came 1st winning $1,350. Then i came first in another $100 rebuy game with the most rebuys winning $2,490!!! Huuraahhhhhhh!!!



The Golden Ticket!

The china woman that gives me evils... and todays freeroll

Hello! i am waiting for an online tournament so thought i'd just update you with my day. This early afternoon, Mr Black, C-Red and i went to eat somewhere nearby and i ordered yang zhou fried rice, and the portions were hugeeeeeeeeee! Like 4 bowls of rice on one plate.. we all didnt finish our dishes and were full up!!!!!!! Then we made our way to the Grand Waldo..

It was the $100Rebuy Madness today and there were quite a lot of people today, the annoying china woman with the donkey came! There were also alot of new faces. And i had to be put on the same table as the china woman, i swear she always gives me evils. There was also this new girl on the table who won quite a bit but kept raising bare and bullying everyone when i knew she didnt have anything. There was one pot when it was just her and the china woman and china woman is small blind so she calls and has only got 300chips left so the new girl raises her all in and she folds like a madwoman as if shes trying to break the table with her cards and has a bitch fit! lol it was hilarious. I used my ticket from the freeroll and gave my other one to Mr Black to use. Anyways we all had our power balls out on our tables, and here are a few hands i remember playing...

I have pocket Kings and i limp, the flop comes 2,K,3 Rainbow.. the guy to my left goes all in with about 350, i call and he shows k8. So i win a little pot. Then im the button and i get K10 hearts and push all in to steal, but i get a caller and he turns over pocket 4's.. 'thats my lucky number' i told him.. and i rivered my 10.
Next i get KJ offsuit and have about 6000 chips above average. This guy raises pre flop to 1200, i call and then this guys goes all in with about 4000.. the guy who raised instantly calls and gives me the impression hes got an amazing hand.. so i fold my lucky KJ, The guy all in flips over pocket 7s and the other guy A8 offsuit... the flop comes 6d,5h,Qd turn an Ah and river a 10d !!!!!!!! 'Oh my god..I would of won with a straight!!' I cried out. That really pissed me off, and the guy who called is china womans friend which annoyed me a little more.

Then there was a 10minute break and about 19 players left. I sit back on my table and get KJ hearts.. i already made up my mind i was going to push all in but i was small blind and then the idiot that called my all in last friday with 10,3 when i had Aces.. goes all in and he has over 10,000 chips but it didnt occur to me and i just kept thinking about 10,3.. So i called and he turns over AQ diamonds. and the flop comes an ace of course followed by three 8's giving him the nuts. He said sorry to me as i left the table. I think i was still frustrated when i didnt call my KJ the last hand so that made me call my KJ this time which i didnt take the time to think through enough, shouldnt go against someone bigger stack than you when they can take you out.. Plus i was above average stack so i should of folded and waited.
Oh well 2 mistakes learnt from todays game. I do think i was playing a little too tight today and then when i get something nice i fucked it up.

Im gonna start grinding online and become Mr Blacks predejae, i think thats how you spell it.. and hopefully i will make over $100,000USD a year from it which is one hundred thousand times more than my wage before. My website is almost done and its green! Also I have set myself a goal to lose at least 17 lbs in 3weeks, Im going to start extreme running tomorrow at the stadium and then go on a liquid diet for a few days.. lets see how that goes...

Shopping in Senedo Square.. and todays freeroll

Today i wanted to buy a pair of shorts that i can wear with anything so i came across these nice black ones in a shopping plaza next to the waffle stand in Senedo Square. I looked at the tag and it was Medium size so i tried them on, which i duno why i bothered cause my gut feeling says they wont fit annnnnnd they didnt, these shops are 99% always selling one size peices. So i browsed around some more shops and spotted a really cute boutique and went inside. They had some really unique styles and i picked a black one with a pink bow and a red and black checkered one and asked the shop assistant if they had large and they said nope, so i didnt bother looking at the price tag and tried them on knowing that they wont fit, but to my suprise.. they did! what a miracle! I was very pleased and asked for the price.. she turns over the price tag... $699!!!!!!!! Thats about £69 for a pair of shorts! The whole idea of me shopping in Senedo Square was to find some cheap clothes or for a decent price especially in China. I really liked the shorts though but its not worth 69quid.. ive not spent 60quid on a pair of jeans before let alone a pair of shorts! Anyway i left the shop and went to the Freeerolllll!!!!!!!!!!

Today i have some really sore ulcers in my mouth so even when i speak or smile it kills me, i come across as a smiley bubbly person but today i was very quiet on the table and people told me to losen up..its just a freeroll!!! lol Anyways i got AK and called a persons raise of 550. the flop came nothing so i folded.. damn Ace King! Never flops for me. so i had 450 left. After my big and small blind i only have 300 left. I hold pocket 4s and being one of my favourite hands i had to push with it. So i get a caller and he flips over Pocket Queens... ooo.. Ok so the flop came 6,2,8.... turn an 8.... river a.............. 4!!!! yaye! i knew it! So i got 900 chips and the next hand i get is pocket AA! I limp and the next person raises and one calls, i push all in and they both call. The flop came 8,4,Q the guy pushes all in and the one that raised folds his AJ. He turns over 10,3???!?!?!!?!?!?! and the turn comes a 3 and river a Q. So i managed to triple up again!
And then it came to the final table and i came a lovely 5th place, and got another ticket for sunday's $100 Rebuy Game which im going to sell for 50 bucks .. anyone interested?

I want that husky!

Me and C-Red went to town today and walked on the street that sells puppies, and i came across a beautiful siberian Husky which was 4months old. It was in a box with his head poking out the window, it was so adorable!! C-Red and I both being Dog lovers really wanted it and asked the owner how much she said $7,500HKD but knocked it to $5,500HKD which was very tempting.. The thing is we wont be home too often and we will be travelling a lot so its just gonna be stuck at home all day long and its not fair. So after playing with it for 20minutes we sadly had to leave it.. but after i win a big tournament im definatley going to buy one and also a white pomerarnian and a shibu inu and a Chowchow and a toypoodle. After wondering around we walked to get the bus to Grand Waldo for the Freeroll.

We arrived on time and got our seats, C-Red, Mr Black and I all bought a lucky ball which are in different stones and each one has a individual special power. My ball of course was Jade and had the meaning of Good fortune and success. So each time we enter a tournament we will have our balls out hoping they will bring some good luck. There was a girl on my left who didnt know how to play and folded her big blinds 3 times. But suprisingly she became big stack as beginners always do!
Heel came around the tables giving out t shirts with macau red dragon cup poker on them! and he gave me XXS which was very flattering but to be honest i think it will be a bit too tight lol! Luckily they had XXL for C-Red!

My first hand came Pocket Kings and it was just me and big blind in the pot. I call and big blind checks. The flop came 7JJ, Big Blind checks and i raise 300. Big Blind folds. After about 30minutes of no hands i bled quite abit and had to push, i get K!10 diamonds and push all in, big stack calls me showing AJ. The flop comes 10,8,5 Turn 4 River 8. Big stack doubles me up! After waiting a bit for others to bleed out, it was already the final table, me and C-Red were short stack! Short stack power! lol. I got pocket 8's and pushed all in, a guy calls with AJ and hits his Jack. C-Red went all in with 79 and gets 3 callers. All showing AK, AQ and pocket 6's, C-Red hits his 9 and triples up! After that hand C-Red went all in again with AJ, and he hits his Jack and doubles up again. Then he goes all in with A2 against KQ and hits his A on the river. So now C-Red has quite a lot of chips and there are 3 players left. Chip leader goes all in and C-Red looks at one card and its an ace, he calls and turns the other card.. a King! and chip leader shows A6! C-Red is feeling good...The Flop comes 683, turn Q and River a Q!!!So there you have it, C-Red came 3rd place and we both got our tickets to Sundays $100 Rebuy Madness. Oh well time to try again tomorrow!

Last night i played a Freeroll $10Daily on SC, and came 2nd! Yaye! I was chip leader all the way through and did a stupid call when i was headsup because i thought the system was helping me win lol! but it was a silly call which made me lose most of my chips then the system helped the other player,lol! Congrats! Good Game.

Jade cashes out in $10K Guarantee!!!!

Today i woke up at 2pm, really late.. as the $100 Rebuy madness tournament was at 3.30pm! So i dragged myself out of bed and got ready to go, Mr Black, C-Red and I left about 3.15pm and C-Red and myself prayed to the lucky cat before we departed.We have a lucky cat in a cabinet because we cashed out in a $10K Guarantee tournament before, and each time we cash out we are going to buy another lucky cat, the bigger the tournament the bigger the cat! We all just woke up so we wanted to grab a quick bite to eat, normally we would get the roast meat with rice and veg but Jason said I wasnt allowed because Im on a diet so we went to Soo's Kitchen which sells really nice Vietnamese style noodles. We slurped it as fast as we could and made our way to the Waldo.

We got there and we were placed on different tables, i used my $100 Ticket which i won from a freeroll 2 days before. The best hand i got was AQ unsuited, i pushed all in, but no one called, it got to the 2 final tables fairly quickly and i was moved to Mr Blacks table. The blinds were 300/600 and I had King clubs and Queen of diamonds and raised to 1500, one called me. The flop came 9, K, 4 Diamonds. I looked at his face and could tell straight away he was mortified of the flush on board, i instantly represented the flush but had Top pair and shipped my stack in which was about 4,500 below average- 6,000. He has more chips than me and he thinks for a long time, mumbling to himself and trying to work out the odds. Finally he calls and turns over pocket 10s with one diamond. The turn came Ace clubs and river an Ace spades, short stack doubled up! After that i was big blind and had Q10. I checked the big blind and the flop comes 2,10,7 rainbow. I raise to 600, one guy calls me, the turn comes a 5 and i check, the guy raises to 1000, i think and then call. The River comes a 2. I push all in, the guy thinks and folds and shows me Q10!!! I am over the moon! After that hand i was up about 10,000 and above average stack.

Mr black did some crazy moves during the tournament but somehow managed to get to chip leader! C-Red got unlucky and flopped 2 pair J2 but the guy put him all in, of course he called, the guy shows AK and what comes on the turn and the river?? AK!! Sickening! C-Red came out 16th and me and Mr black were still in. After about 30minutes it was final table and Mr black and i made it! yes! I folded most hands in the beginning and let others take others out. Mr black took a few people out and was chip leader. It was the last 6, 1 more out for the bubble! This guy was short stack he had 3,000 chips left, a guy raises, short stack goes all in, the guy calls and turns over pocket 5s. short stack turns over AK!The flop comes 9,A,A!!! Short stack jumps for joy screaming happily 'YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS' the turn comes a 7 and the river ........... a 5!!!!!!!!!!! Giving pocket 5s a FULLHOUSE!! short stack goes bright red and cant believe his eyes.. a tear slowly falls down his cheek. He is in shock!! Thats what you get for celebrating a little too early.. make sure the person is completley dead before you celebrate!! dont want to burst your bubble, that was very harsh!!

So now we are in the bubble top 5! After a few minutes mr black takes short stack out and then its the 4 of us, mr black still in chip lead and us 3 with about the same ammount. Big blind guy raises.. i fold my pocket 7s, Mr Black pushes all in.. small blind folds, and big blind calls!!! Big blind shows AQ mr black shows AK! The flop comes A,Q,10.. Mr black stares at the board hard... the turn comes a K! Mr black is relieveeddd, the turn a 4. Mr black takes out 4th place! Later on small blind reveals he folded AK! So it was down to the final 3. And it was getting nowhere and because we are super nice people and i had a bigger stack than the other guy i decided to split 2nd and 3rd place with him while mr black takes the 1st prize money of $4000!! So i won 2nd place! My first cash out in a live tournament! Woppeee!!! Time to buy a lucky Cat!!!




Afterwards we celebrated at a Korean Restaurant and had the lovliest Korean BBQ which filled our bellys up then we went on a hunt for a lucky cat, we were browsing in random shops and came across a Mahjong table, we bought a mahjong set 2 weeks ago so we decided to get the table to go with it. After dropping the mahjong table back at the apartment we continued our hunt for the lucky cat! We went around taipa and then up to the venetian! There were no lucky cats anywhere, oh well just have to look tomorrow! I recentley won a qualifier to a 30K Guarantee game online and its on in 2 hours! Wish me luck!!

$100 Rebuy Madness!

Mr Black, C-Red and I went to the $100 Rebuy madness Sunday game, there were about 38 people I got my ticket and i got seat number 4.. my lucky number so i was feeling veryyy lucky today. I quickly doubled my stack with KJ and the flop came K,7,3 Rainbow. A guy raised and i pushed all in.. he thought about it and called. His cards were 76. The turn came a 9 and River a 4. After that hand i was big blind. I held 73 diamonds. I checked the flop and it came 4d5d6h, i checked, everyone checks, the turn comes a 3s a guy raises 400, i call the rest folds. The River comes a 9c. The guy checks to me and i raise all in.. he thinks.. and calls and shows a 28 lower straight.Final 2 table, Mr black and C-Red are big stack.

The average chip stack now was 5.800 i had 4,000. I had no good hands so i bled a little and stole the blinds when i could. Short stack goes all in everyone folds and i think for a moment...... i call with J9 diamonds. He turns over pocket Queens! Im busted... The flop came 8KJ rainbow... 'JACK JACK JACK JACK' everyone chants... the turn comes a... Jack!!! and the river a 9! giving me the nuts!! thank you god!Mr black, C-Red and i made it to the final tables... at this time Mr Black was chip leader with about 15,000 Chips. I had about 10,000. I got Rockets and pushed all in under the gun.. big mistake! Everyone folded.. lesson learnt that i should have limped it. 6 people left on the table.. I had A 10 spades and a guy pushed all in...... i called and then some other guy spent agesss thinking about whether he should call... now i think i shouldnt have called so that i'd definatley would be in the money!!! silly fool. He called. he turns over Ace J offsuit. the other guy has pocket 9's. The flop came 439, turn, 2, River, Q giving the guy a set. I came 6th again!!! one off from the bubble... it is quite frustrating!!!!!!!!!!! maybe i should have waited a lil longer.

Anyways back to the game, C-Red got dealt a card 2 of spades which was exposed. This Donkey goes all in preflop and may i remind you a 2 of spades was exposed..... C-red has AK so he calls.. the donkey turns over POCKET 2'S!!! what an idiot!! c-Red didnt hit anything on the board so the donkey wins with his pair of 2's... how unbelievable!! Anyways the final 3 players were the Donkey, C-Red and Mr black. Mr black was big stack and was prepared to split the winnings but the donkey didnt say anything... after one hand the donkey won, he suddenly thought he was chip leader and said NO SPLIT CARRY ON PLAYING!! . Donkey goes all in, Mr Black calls with Q4hearts, the donkey shows 76hearts the flop comes KQQ,turn4 river 9 giving mr black a FULLLLL HOUSEEE!! donkey is back to short stack.. thats what happens when your greedy!! HE did offer to split but o well!! Donkey goes all in, C-Red calls with A10 donkey has ace5. The board comes an Ace and C-red takes the pot !!!!!!!!!!! Mr black and C-red split the winnings of $6750! Success..time to buy a lucky cat!