Hey guys, just enjoying my last day in Vegas, wow what a trip! The longest, most expensive, most fun, most stressful, most crazy time of my life. Just so many stories and memories from the last two months both good and bad, and even though I had a bunch of ups and downs I wouldn't change a thing. I am enjoying a great casa fuente cigar at the best cigar bar in the world while drinking a Johnny Walker Blue and I decided to review my online hands from the month so far. I think I am up at least 70 buyins this month and although I thought I was playing some of my best poker ever, here is a conglomeration of some of my biggest losing hands of the month THAT I COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT, that cost me at least 20 buyins. Hopefully this review will help me out.

http://weaktight.com/2487702

This player is exceptionally squeeze happy, but I think that this board is just too dry to attempt this play because he can definitely make a big call with TT-QQ. Additionally, there was a tell that he had that I ignored because this was my plan preflop. Again I need to work on adjusting plans, typically one of the greatest strengths in my game is thinking a few streets ahead, but it can also hurt me like here

http://weaktight.com/2487703

I would really like your opinions on this one, 99 and TT as well as 9t are certainly hands that he would do call a 3bet with in position preflop, but I can never see him raising me on the turn with TT, he could get a little scared with 99, but I really thought my only worry was 9T suited, otherwise I just thought there were a lot of floats that he turned some equity and that I double barrel in 3bet pots enough to justify a shove with a pair and a draw or just a draw, I think I am ok with my play here

http://weaktight.com/2487704

his line here is simply never a bluff and if it is, I should just give him credit for being creative/ a huge nut so fold the fucking river

http://weaktight.com/2487706

well he gave me a chance to avoid the cooler, on this dry a board, while it is possible he is bluffing, he is always bluffing with a hand I beat so I should just be calling and seeing how he reacts, if he shoves I can safely fold or give him credit for a great play, if he shuts down I have the best hand, so there is really no need against all but the best players to 3bet shove my AK high here

http://weaktight.com/2487707

sort of a complicated hand here. Preflop he only raises 5% on the button which is really low among regs, I also felt like he was straight forward enough to justify just calling with JJ and expect that even though stacks are shortish with the 3bet and I am OOP, that I can still play well OOP. Flop I can't see any other play but check call, while the flop is not great for me, I thought it was the ideal flop for me to justify my plan that he is straight forward and I will be able to outplay him on later streets. Turn goes check check and at this point I think I have the best hand at least 80% of the time. Now the river makes an interesting card because if he has a total bluff, it becomes a very easy bet for any reg on the river if I check, at the same time I don't think he has K or even Q of hearts because he would continue with it on the turn. So I am stuck in a tricky spot where I think that he will probably still call with the J of hearts, and the ten a lot of times, but fold all other hands. With this knowledge, I think that making a standard bet on the river is a big mistake, and that I should instead shove the river, repping either the king of hearts, or if he is a very good handreader, AQ with the Q of hearts is exceptionally realistic. He makes the call with the absolute top of his range which is the Q of hearts, very shocked he 3bet me OTB with this hand, but I still believe I made a mistake by not bluffing bigger on the river, although I think turning my hand into a bluff is absolutely mandatory.

http://weaktight.com/2487710

I remember this session quite well, and I thought I played some of my best poker of the month during it with the exception of this one hand. First of all I thought this player was quite tilted, and he also loves to 3bet out of the blinds, so I think I essentially have the nuts on the flop. Also he is more capable than most of 3bet shoving with a bluff on this board so I really like my flop play. The turn becomes far more interesting when he just donk jams into me. Obviously I called because I thought he was tilted and could also be making this with a semi bluff, but from a reg who is competent this line is just so strange that it is rarely anything but a huge hand, and while I was not worried about a flsuh, I am worried that he has a two pair or set hand, in hindsight just a terrible call and when my buddy troy was sweating me, he instantly said bad call before the hands were flipped up.

http://weaktight.com/2487712

I like this play against this opponent, but at the time I had very little info on my opponent, while at the same time there is a pretty good chance he knows who I am and I am pretty sure my reputation proceeds me. We had only played maybe 30 hands together and while I knew that he was a multitabling reg, I didn't have a good feel for his postflop play and without that info it just becomes far too much gambling to be a great play

http://weaktight.com/2487713

this is a terrible fucking call here on the turn. Remember the fucking importance of relative hand strength to actual hand strength, just because I have AA it should not be harder to fold then AJ in this spot

http://weaktight.com/2487714

I am totally fine with my line here, but the river is just such a painstakingly easy fold I can't even tell you, just horrendous by me here

http://weaktight.com/2487717

I am about 20 dollars in equity off of getting the correct price here, either I made a bad betsize on the turn or a bad call, but I made a mistake nonetheless here

http://weaktight.com/2487724

how many times on this blog have I said that overbets from just complete absolute fish = the nuts and how many times do I still call these donkeys, him being a terrible player convinced me into this call when in fact it should do more to dissuade me from the call

http://weaktight.com/2487726

very tough hand here, this is a player who I respect, is definitely capable of making some deep bluffs, but at the same time I also believe that he can overplay a hand like TT or A9 here. I think deep on this wet a board that my best play is to get ot the turn and evaluate. There are a lot of safe cards where I can stack off here, plus I believe he thinks (unfortunately correctly) that with an overpair I would shove here but with a hand like 98 he can get me off of that with a turn bet, so while I don't have a super safe hand like AA here, I think a call and evaluate is the best play event though it will test my skills as a poker player because a card like an ace or a T or an 8 will be difficult

http://weaktight.com/2487731

while this hand is beyond standard postflop, preflop I make just a big mistake, this is certainly a fold or a 4bet preflop, instead I opt to just call, but he is just not 3betting enough on the button to justify this call even when I get him to check close to the top his range on the flop to see a turn

http://weaktight.com/2487732

when I donk the flop and turn here, especially on a paired board but regardless if I am met with some serious resistance, ESPECIALLY on the turn, this is a spot for me to fold unless I have a great read that he loves to make moves/thinks I am full of shit, I am without that read here, so it is a fold

http://weaktight.com/2487735

well he could not have owned me harder, I was shocked that he slowplayed KK in the sb, and I guess it would up being the perfect line against me, although I stil dont understand the rationale for calling KK in the sb against the UTG raiser, particularly when the bb is not a prolific squeezer.

http://weaktight.com/2487736

when playing against someone that is not a fish, and against someone who can beat my range, but will fold a hand like AQ almost all the time here, this is a call, instead the small bet owned me and I had to fold because the best I could hope for was a chop. Very good play by my opponent here, and although I tanked almost calling here, this is just a call anda poor raise

http://weaktight.com/2487738

with how aggro the games have become, it is very tough to fold top pair in a 3bet pot, but this is certainly a spot that calls for it, I cant see him raising a hand like TT here or QJ, and I am in either terrible shape against the rest of his range, or flipping with his draws, so I think this is a pretty clear fold that I did not make

http://weaktight.com/2487740

the first two streets are good calls by me, but the final one just makes this into such an extreme hero call that I think I need to fold the river and look for a better spot. I knew he was aggro, but to CR two streets and then bet the third without a huge bet, against my range that looks like an overpair, I think I can find a fold here

http://weaktight.com/2487741

just simply fold the river, don't get fucking married to the hand. He is a good player and is just not bluffing into 3 people again, and I think he checks AT here

Really looking forward to a relaxing week at home before I have a crazy August that consists of 4 trips/vacations, obviously I still need to work on one of my bigger leaks in poker which is spending a shit load of money :)

Salud!

PS. After I wrote this blog I won a lot of money at a live poker game, stayed up drinking till 10am, had the most miserable hungover flight ever, and then proceeded to have an avalanche of shit happen during my sessions today where I lost 8bi, one of my biggest losing days of the year. So a new blog of shitty hands will be coming

Hey guys, sorry long time no blog, Vegas has been a whirlwind of having a great time with buddies out here, and frustration with poker tournaments. I have to say that I gave and played my absolute best in the final four tournies. At times during both 6max tournies that started my world series, I felt like at times I was simply being outplayed by the tournament pros, they were making better shoves than I was, and took advantage of my lack of awareness about the way they were playing. A good example is a hand that I played in level 3 of the 1500 6max event. I had about 30bbs effective, I called in bb with 88 from a middle position raise by a big stack. Flop comes 942 rainbow and he cbets and I make a very standard call, turn is a 3 and it goes check check. River comes a nine, I think I have the best hand for sure, but I think that by betting there is very little air in my range so I check in hopes that he will make a poor bluff, he bets about 2/5 pot on river I call in about .2 seconds and he shows me pocket kings. So for the first two tournaments, I just was not quite aware how tournament players viewed tournies (they don't want to take any risks postflop and are quite fine waiting till they are in push/fold mode). After that I feel like I really played my best but was just not dealt any cards.

The next 3 tournies were a series of frustrating experiences. Tournament #3 was a 1500 full ring in which I did finally build up some chips to 20k in level 3, but was immediately greeted with JJ vs AA, AQ vs AA, and finally to kick me off KQ vs AQ on a Q4266 board where I check called two streets and he checked back river. Finally went out to an 11bb push K9o vs AT sb vs bb when he flopped JQK lol gg. Tournament number 4 was another 1k in which level two I flopped a pair and flush draw against top pair bad kicker that felt the need to 3bet and call my 4bet all in, he of course made a full house by the river. Tournament #5 was another tourney that I felt exceptionally proud with my play all day. I did cooler the living the hell out of someone in the first 5 minutes where my 55 vs good against his T8 on a T55T8 board (WOW WHAT A COOLER!!!), but then immediately ran KK into AA against the drunk maniac on my left for a total of 28k chips in the middle of level 1!!!! button vs sb. I then proceeded to play some of my best poker of the world series moving from 3k up to 18k by playing postflop poker and forcing the tourney players into bad shoves on the flop and/or turn. I was up to 28k and feeling super confident in level 5 that I would make the end of the day and be in good shape to at least cash when I decided to pull off what I considered to be a good bluff but I will let you guys decide. The blinds are 300-600 and I open in CO with AQ and the sb who is an older lady called. Flop is 245r and I make a cbet and she calls. Turn is a K which puts a back door flush draw on the board and she checks again and I make a half pot bet again of about 3800 into about 7400 and she takes a long time and calls. At this point I put her a hand like 66-99 and very few other hands, I've seen her CR before so I doubt she slowplays a big hand here. River is a 5 that completes the backdoor flush draw, and now I continue to think that she has to fold to a shove with all of her range that is not a boat, so I shove pretty happily for her remaining ~11k and she calls in about 2 seconds with KQ and then says "I caught you right?� Yea you stupid broad you caught me. So frustrating not only that she made a nonsensical float OOP, or the fact that if she hit a Q she would have gone broke, but that she also had no concept of the board texture, the possibility that I could have a flush or a thinnish value bet, but yea you caught me. I followed that up with a 15bb cooler QQ vs AK and he caught his ace on flop to send me home.

Main event might have been even more frustrating. My table was certainly not scary, the two internet tourney players that could not play postflop were on my left, the only competent tourney player was across from me, and had some different types of live donks scattered throughout the table. I hit AA against one of the internet players to take down a 4bet pot in level 2, and besides that did not hit middle pair at any point. Thus I think I was forced to bluff in many different types of spots, 3bet pots, 4bet pots, 3barrels, checkraises, etc. that found my stack moving up and down from a low point of 16k in level 3 (and having about 80% of my stack in the middle on a river bluff), to a high point of 44k in level 5. At this point, I couldn't tell you how excited I was, because I felt like levels 2-4 were my best of the whole series, smelling weakness and just pouncing on it, picking up free chips, and folding in spots I should be folding even though it became tougher because of how few cards I was dealt. Then comes my hand that decided my world series.

Interesting hand:

We were 30 minutes away from the end of the day, and certainly a lot of the players were happy to make day 1. I have the craziest image at the table, but very few time had players seen my cards at showdown, and our whole table was there from hand 1 so no one had been eliminated. Blinds are 200-400 with 50 ante when I open AJ UTG+2 or 3 and the bb calls. The bb is the competent internet tourney player, and the very hand before dinner break I check called him on the flop/he checks back turn/and I call river with AT on 22726 and it was good. He was visibly surprised and said what I thought was sincere that he would not be messing with me anymore and he had stopped raising my bb and became one of the easiest bb to steal even though he was probably the best at the table (this becomes important because I think that he can only call with 55 and not a hand like A5 or 56). The flop comes AJc5c and I cbet 1800 into about 2400 and he calls. Turn is a 5 and I try to get 3 big streets from AT/AQ/A9 etc and bet 5200 into about 6k and he makes a rather quick checkraise to 13.2. I call rather quickly, surprised by this line and not 100% pumped about my situation. River is an offsuit 2 meaning the flush draw missed and he thinks for about a minute and a half and bets 18.2. This leaves me about 9k if I call and leaves me exceptionally short and am wrong but it gives me a really great chip stack if I call and am right. I tank for the longest tank of my life, get the clock called on me:

What do you guys do here and why????

I will leave my WSOP blog at this moment and continue soon with the rest of the stories later. Overall I made 4 dinner breaks out of 5 for the preliminary tournies with 0 cashes, and made it to day 2 of the main event without a cash. I am really frustrated not just for myself but also for my backers who believed in me and my abilities. I will have more of an overview type blog later on and also talk about my thoughts on this hand, but I am sorry I lost you guys money. I certainly have a long long way to go to improve my tournament poker game.

Salud!

Hey guys, so far my vegas summer has really been a blast, have been having an awesome time hanging out with the guys, but my poker success has been nonexistent. I have not been playing my best online, something about being away from my home environment has sort of messed up my flow, and there is definitely a big room for improvement.

Today I played in the 2500 6max, really cool to be part of that tournament so many huge names and guys that I have a lot of respect for their games and have helped shaped my own game in small or larger ways like Giggy, Krantz, Irock, Stinger, to name a few. Just really disappointed in myself for my terrible performance. In truth I probably should not have played one hand in the first two and half hours, I didn't have two cards that in any way connected. Unfortunately, I tried to make something out of absolutely nothing, made a few ill advised bluffs, ran into some bad situations, and also got down on myself. My plan going in was to try to really use the first three levels to play like a cash game situation and this would be my biggest edge in the tournament. Instead, I was one of the tightest players at the table due to my cards, but also did not adapt to my image after getting caught with two bluffs, so I ended up playing rather weak tight poker which could not be further from my game. I ended up shoving Jtss for 9bbs in the middle of level 3 and getting surprisingly reshoved on by KJ which held. Just really down on myself for not bringing my A game to one of the biggest tournaments that I have played in the last year. Also just really disappointed in myself for allowing my early questionable bluffs to weigh on my mind, and was constantly thinking about my mistakes as opposed to concentrating on my opponents and looking for a good reshove spot.

Well 0 for 2 so far this year, the first tournament I was really pumped about my performance despite being completely card dead, so hopefully I can get back to that level while at the same time catching a few cards. The next week or so I am going to cut down on the partying and really grind a lot of hands. I also need to find a way to eat more healthy because the shit I have been eating and drinking is killing my body.

Root Alex (Zaitsev) on tomorrow, he made it to day 2 shortstacked, but has been playing some very good poker and has run into some terrible luck, hopefully tomorrow he gets robusto.

Salud!

Hey guys, first few days in Vegas have been really busy. First of all the house we are staying in totally rocks. Been great lounging around the pool and drinking with the guys. So I played the 1500 6max on monday, felt really confident going in, chipped up to 7k through thin value bets a triple barrel, and a double barrel in the first two hours without catching a hand, then the blinds kicked up, everyone had between 15-40 big blinds and everything went to shit. I think in these 6max tournies, table selection is really important and unfortunately I did not run well in that pursuit. The first table, 4 of the 5 guys were big tourney players online, and they did a very good job and 3bet shoving their stacks over my opens. One mistimed checkraise later, I found myself down to 8bbs. I remained between 9-21bbs for the next 9 hours, had two of the chip leaders in the room at my table which was consistently 4 handed because of all the KOs they were getting, and never picked up a hand so it was really a day of frustration. I was lucky enough to suck out A4 vs kk and KJ vs JJ to stay in the tournament, but just was never in a spot to continue to build chips. I have to give credit where credit is due, and I played against at least 5 players that were just extremely good tournament players that never gave me an inch all day. My final bustout hand happened around 10pm when I shoved AJ for 11bbs UTG+1 and ran into kings. GG, I learned a lot about live tournament poker, what I can get away with and what I need to be careful with for my next tournament. Most importantly, I am realizing the general strategy of most good tourney players and have several ideas for how to most exploit them. Still am really proud of myself for grinding the shortstack for so long, I really never had a hand all day, and absolutely 0 value hands for a reshove, but I stayed tough, grinded the short stack and stayed positive to give myself the absolute best chance to go deep. Hopefully I play the same way at the next tournament, and just pick up a few hands in the right spots next time.

Yesterday, we played a lot of bball, a lot of beer pong, and a lot of pyramid which has quickly become my favorite drinking game, hopefully today I can actually get my grind on. GL to everyone who is playing the WSOP, hopefully I come back strong next monday.





Salud!

Hey guys, wanted to update you on what has been going on in the last week or so. Well I ended up offering Alex a chop on our bet. The reason being that on the 27th and 28th, I had two night sessions where I really didn't want to play but did have to based on this bet, and on both nights I lost 5 bi, it was really frustrating and I couldn't justify playing at times when I shouldn't be in order to win 250 bucks. There was no doubt that I was going to get to 100k hands, but it looked like Alex would get to 50k hands with a lot of work, and my future in laws were in town so I didn't want that hanging over my head. My final results for the month were 94,336 hands, +76.5 bi.

Right now I am getting super excited for Vegas, just a few days away and I have a ton of little shit to prepare for, going to the bank, making sure I have enough money for the tournies, setting up my new laptop to grind during the month, paying taxes etc. All of the guys from my poker group will be out there for the first week, and its the first time we've seen each other for like 6 months, so I really can't wait for that. I now have a schedule that I will be playing 6 events including the main event which I am so excited about. I am in the process of going through a tournament cram week, trying to pick my tournament friend's brains, playing a bunch of them, and reading plenty of books and watching videos. Wish me luck because I am years behind the current trends in tournament poker, but if I get to play turns and rivers in these tournaments on day 2 or 3, everyone better watch out because my postflop game is nasty.

Just really excited about June, I can't wait for Sunday to get here, hope to see a bunch of you guys out there

Salud!

Hey guys, so I am really excited about the upcoming world series because I am now staked for 6 events including the main event. I played the main event two times in 2006 and 2007, but every year while it was going on, I just felt a real sense of failure in my poker career that as dedicated as I am to cash games, I feel that a true poker player should probably be playing the main event if you play no other tournies. Well I am now going to play it and I couldn't be more excited. Another thing that really made me feel good about myself is that once I posted this package on 2+2, it was completely sold within about 12 minutes of me posting and I had another 10 players or so bummed out that they couldn't get a piece of me. Definitely a waste that I was not in the main event last year because my success in cash games translates very well to the main event in particular, and I am sure that I could have received a stake. Also I think I received one of the larger mark ups that I have seen on 2+2, so that was really cool. In addition to the main event, I will also play 3 1500s, the 1500 6max and 2500 6max. I will definitely need to start preparing by playing more online tournies, picking my buddy Greg's brain about all things tournament associated, and playing some smaller tournies while in vegas. Just really excited, hopefully I can make some people some money.

Also just finished the finale of 24, pretty much a letdown that the first few seasons were some of the best television that I can remember, comparable to my favorite shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, Seinfeld, but the last three seasons or so have just fallen off a cliff and this season my fianc©e and I have both been mad after certain episodes for just how poorly written and constructed they were. It really just ended with a whimper which while the final episodes of the Sopranos and Seinfeld were really bad (Sopranos final minute might have been the worst moment in television history), I think I will remember 24 as a drastically inferior show to those 3 by a significant margin due the dropoff.

Lets get on to poker, this month while grueling has just given me a ton of confidence in my game, and more importantly my concentration and tilt control have really been great, when things aren't going well I have reduced tables, stopped playing hu, etc, and that has been a great progression in my game.

Losers:

http://weaktight.com/2347546

Very unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2347548

Man this was a frustrating hand, against many regs this is a very standard high variance call, but pretty much the only notes I have on this player is that he is a tight player, and against a tight player I need to adjust correctly and the correct adjustments here were to bet two streets and to check fold the river.

http://weaktight.com/2347551

Not my favorite shove in the world, while KJ serves as a very nice 4bet bluffing hand, it is easily dominated by the 5bet calling range. I just thought the situation and dynamics overwhelmed the value of the hand, but he showed up with a real hand

http://weaktight.com/2347552

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2347554

Not my finest day for 5bet all ins with marginal hands

http://weaktight.com/2347557

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2347558

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2347559

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2347560

This is a god awful bad call by me, the river is beyond awful, and quite honestly against this play I think I can probably find a fold on the turn. I have been working on folding earlier in hands when I am beat, and with that philosophy when you do decide to call on the turn, you do have to call the river more often, which is a fine play but there are still plenty of players that are regulars who still cannot fire three barrels.

http://weaktight.com/2347561

Very rarely do I include a loser that I am thrilled about, but I am so happy with my player here, it is really really good

http://weaktight.com/2347562

Super weird spot here against a guy that all I knew was that he was almost certainly a fish but I only saw maybe 5 hands of his at the table. So my reads were very minimal but obviously I thought he would bet anything when checked to. The overbet concerned me not that he had a flush, but a two pair type hand was my biggest concern, just a note to myself that when fish randomly overbet the pot on the turn or river, warning signals should really be going off, they did but I still called

http://weaktight.com/2349129

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349130

I felt pretty frustrated at certain points during this session, and while this is a really +ev play against certain players, I just had no reason to believe that this player would be raising a lower flush draw in position, so this is just a spot I need to take a breath, slow down, and just take a card off and see if I can hit my flush on the turn because his range might only consist of a 9 here.

http://weaktight.com/2349131

Somehow this guy is crushing this month, his style is super weird, I think I have like 15 notes on him or something extensive like that, unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349133

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349133

ahgkjlahsgklhgsklghsakl, AT really wins twice in a run it twice vs my JJ??? UGGHHH

http://weaktight.com/2349135

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349136

Its funny how off this EV stat is in HEM. There are days this month that I have run a few buyins under EV and I felt like I ran like the sun, and other times it says you ran great or average and you didn't. Definitely one of those days today

http://weaktight.com/2349137

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349138

Really like my bluff here, unfortunately he showed up at the top of his range, I don't think he calls with just AJ/AQ type hand

http://weaktight.com/2349139

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2349140

Please refer to my notes on the AT hand above, 1 tabler overbets on the turn, you should be scared. Definitely a line in the future I will be very aware of after looking over these hands, so that has definitely made this review worthwhile.

http://weaktight.com/2349142

Man this is a tough spot where it really is just a level war. I know this player will take this line with almost all of his range here, value and bluffs. The issue then becomes what level is he on, how does he view my hand, and how does he perceive the game. This was our 3rd hand at the table, and for that reason, I thought that he would be more willing to showdown or not bluff early, so I opted to fold, of course if hes a really good player he might recognize my own disinterest in getting the money in with a second pair type hand and own me. Very tough spot, but its a spot that I think is very tough to analyze just the hh, and it is more important to understand the dynamics between the two players

http://weaktight.com/2349143

I think this is a poor call by me, and not because of the dynamics or table image, or anything like that, this is a simple spot where the timing tell made me not want to call, and everything else about the hand made me want to call, I should have weighed the timing tell as more important than the rest of the hand or the image of the player, because while I think he shoves his whole range here, I don't think he has the same timing with a bluff

http://weaktight.com/2349145

Very unlucky especially against this fish

Day 22: 1944 hands, +4bi

Day 23: 3596 hands, +7bi

Day 24: 3664 hands, -.5bi

Overall: 78551 hands, +77.5 bi, 1432 hands ahead of schedule

Salud!

Hey guys, I made a few changes to my package to make it more acceptable to my backers. I have listened to all of the suggestions in this blog and elsewhere, and have come up with a new proposal. First of all I have reduced my markup to 1.25. Also I have completely eliminated the 5k 6max from my list of events, and added 3 1500 events that I should not only have a big edge in, but also should help to prepare me for the main event. If you have any other questions let me know. I have made the revised changes below:

My planned schedule is:

June 7th: $1500 6max

June 14th: $2500 6max

June 23rd: $1500

(if not still in the June 23rd tourney) June 25th: $1500

June 28th: $1500

Main Event: $10000

Total Buyins: $18,500

$18,500 * 70% = $12950 * 1.25 mark up = $16187.50

1% share = $161.87

5% share = $809.35

10% share = $1618.70

25% share = $4046.75

Again, I really appreciate the support of the CR community. I have already sold 7% of myself through fellow CR guys, and it would be great if we could greatly increase that number! I promise I will work my butt off in preparation for the series as well as during the tournaments to make your investments worth it, thanks again guys, as always leave your comments or pm me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

- grant

EDIT: My new package sold out on 2+2 in about 6 minutes. Anyone still interested in some staking let me know because I will be doing a private package for just the 5k 6max at a lower markup.

Hey guys, I just posted this on 2+2 so I guess I will post the same thing here. This is my first time ever selling shares or being staked, so if you have any questions you guys can always pm me or post in the comment section, thanks again for your support hopefully i can make some money for the CR community!

Hey guys, my name is Grant Coombs III and I have been playing poker for a living for almost 4 years now. I play just under the screen name:

u2killers on FTP.

I started off as a tournament and SNG grinder and starting in 2008 I have been one of the biggest winners in SSNL 6max 100nl and 200nl while playing almost no tournies at all. This is the first time asking for a stake and I am quite new to this process but please let me supply you with as much information as possible to make your decision.

• I have a winrate of 3.72ptbb while playing 9-12 tables over more than 1.6 million hands of 100nl and 200nl combined

• Here is a link to my table ratings: http://www.pokertableratings.com/fulltilt-player-search/u2killers

• I have been at a minimum one of the top 3 winners on Full Tilt at 200nl for over 18 months now

• I am a Cardrunners authorized coach

• I have an extreme dedication to the game, playing over 70k hands a month, reviewing my play and discussing hand histories in detail every day, as well as watching a minimum of one poker video a day, and working currently with at least 5 students.

• I also work on my game through receiving lessons from my coaches such as 93tilinfinity, nxtwrldchmp, and Irock.

• Due to my extreme bankroll nittiness and crazy amount of spending in my personal life, I have not tried to move up at all, nor play many big tournaments, but I do think I have a substantial edge in these tournaments based on my cash game background, as well as a comfort level and experience with playing in live tournaments and cash games

• In the past two years, I have played almost no tournament poker, my only big buyin tourney that I played was the $3,000 Winter Open Event at Borgata where I finished 80th and in the money out of ~1200 entrants.

The last two years I have rented out a house in Vegas to play cash and hang out and this year I am doing it with my buddies (gses75, eagle 214, and zaitsev/yenmaster). I am looking to play the three, 6 max events which should showcase my skills the best, as well as the main event which I have played twice in the past (finished out of the money in day 3 both times) and is a tournament I believe really highlights the strengths of a successful cash game player.

My planned schedule is:

June 7th: $1500

June 14th: $2500

June 17th: $5000

Main Event: $10000

Total Buyins: $19,000

I will be charging a 1.30 markup on these tournaments, and am looking to sell up to 70% of my action. I am charging a 1.3 mark up based on my long history of success in cash games as well as my "game selection� when it comes to these tournaments. I have been grinding cash games for over two and half years and have only had one breakeven month and no losing months while maintaining one of the largest winrates for 6max over a very large sample size. The math works out to:

$19,000 * 70% = $13,300 * 1.30 mark up = $17,290

1% share = $172.90

5% share = $864.50

10% share = $1729

25% share = $4322.50

To transfer, my FTP name is U2killers, City A, Vampire

Also if really needed, my stars name is: Balbomb

Any further questions or to talk about things that I should have addressed which I failed to do, pm me or post in this thread, I really am excited about this possibility and will give my absolute 100% to hopefully make your investment well spent. Thanks again for your interest and attention.

- Grant

Salud!

Hey guys, well 10 days go to in this grind. Thankfully it has been a pretty profitable month, and I have an outside shot at passing the great 100 buyin mark which I have only done two other months. I have really been thinking about the WSOP a lot the last few days, and tomorrow I will be finalizing my staking deal which hopefully a lot of you are interested in backing me. I think I will be playing the 3, 6 max events and the main event, I think with my big results on PTR I will be a good investment, but who knows because I really haven't played a tournament seriously in over a year and half. I have a ton of confidence in myself, and I think my cash game skills will really translate nicely to these 4 tournies.

5/20: 4125 hands, +4.5bi

5/21: 2888 hands, +8bi

Overall: 69247 hands, +67bi, +1522 hands ahead of schedule

Salud!

Hey guys, well lets first start off on some awesome news. I finally got my television delivered today and man is this thing a beast! 82 inch TV!!! I watched my first game on it tonight and it really feels like you are at the movie theater how large it is compared to the room, but as my fianc©e says, you can never have too big of a television. I think I now officially have the ultimate 15 year old guys apartment with a giant tv, blu ray player, surround sound, playstation, guitar hero, and a bunch of booze lol.

In regards to the bet, I am officially saying that this was one of the stupider ideas that we have had in a long time. The first two weeks, the bet was great because I was winning, it was motivating me to grind way harder, and I had a positive attitude. The last what feels like a week but might be less, it has really hurt my overall game. I feel like I am a zombie while playing, just playing far too much ABC poker, just playing some bored overall poker, playing with over a 30% VPIP while 12 tabling, it just has not been pretty. Thankfully, I guess my overall comfort and skill level have helped me to make a small profit over that time period. Tomorrow I am getting a lesson with my coach to hopefully put me back in a place that I need to be to take me through the end of the month in a really positive way. Lets take a look at the losing hands from the past two days.

http://weaktight.com/2341614

I was pretty sick when he CR the turn here, but not sure I can find a fold.

http://weaktight.com/2341616

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2341618

Certain players I could definitely define their hands far more towards big flush draws, but this player has the potential to have a stone bluff here, be bluffing with flush draw, or betting hard for value with worse so I think I like my CR on the turn all in because he committed so much that any draw will call it off, pretty unlucky that he hit his two outer here because I am quite sure he continues on any turn card

http://weaktight.com/2341619

I think this is a pretty good example of some of the mistakes I have been making. He only squeezes about 4% overall, and 3bets 6% from the bb, so I don't think he is getting too out of line here, but I had two pretty big cards so I called. I think after I make the mistake preflop, the rest of the streets are pretty standard, I definitely contemplated folding turn, but I took the donk way out call the turn and then folded river. Not really concerned about a bad fold here, but the mistake was clearly caused by my preflop play

http://weaktight.com/2341624

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2341625

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2341626

Really unlucky especially against this guy who is dying to lose money

http://weaktight.com/2341627

Unlucky

http://weaktight.com/2341629

Didn't know a ton about this player, but he was definitely tight over 18 hands or something tiny like that, I think if I am playing my best I go with my instinct which was worried throughout about my hand and this is a rather easy fold on the river I think

http://weaktight.com/2341630

Unlucky

Really not sure these hands illustrate my level of poor play over the last week or so. Like I have mentioned a ton in my blog, the way to judge my play is based on the small and medium pots and I have just given away far too much money with my preflop play.

Things to work on:

1)STAY FOCUSED AT THE TABLE

2)Have fun

3)Look to improve, not just to maintain

4)If I am going to play 30%+ VPIP, do it on 9 tables, not 12

5)Pay close attention to how people are viewing my game, I am not making very good adjustments based on how loose I am playing.

Day 15: 1824 hands, +3.5 bi

Day 16: 3946 hands, +6 bi

Day 17: 3851 hands, + 2 bi

Day 18: 2636 hands, +1.5bi

Day 19: 784 hands, -2.5 bi

Overall: 62,169 hands, +54.5 bi, 894 hands ahead of pace

Salud!