Into The Deep Blue

Both the Seahawks and the Chargers were in their deep blue uniforms, and they both kicked some arse on yesterday! Woot!

I haven't had much casino time with everything going on at home, but I sure have logged plenty of hours on that thar' Intraweb thingy. So last time I mentioned my online bankroll, I had cashed out over $950 from Caribbean Sun from an initial $500 deposit and after working off a $90 bonus.

I had to withdraw the initial deposit 'cause we had a bit of a problem with a leaky water heater that was soaking some of our things in the garage. I think I got screwed on that deal though, cause I paid Lowes $700 for the heater and installation, and when the guy showed up, he said we needed a special "short" heater for our space and it would cost $150 more... and he just happened to have one on his truck. Hmmm... I didn't have much choice but to pay up.

Anyways, I put most of my online sugar into UltimateBet. I'd read that UB was full of rocks. I thought, c'mon, online poker is online poker... boy was I wrong. I could not get any hands paid off, and I was the sucker that kept running into overpairs or flopped sets. Played a few nights at 2/4, 3/6 and 5/10 and just couldn't hold a profit and was finally depleted. Well, except I have almost $150 in bonus dollars, but I don't know if I'll ever be back to get a chance to work that off.

I took the last $100 of my budding bankroll and went to join the Party. Cha-ching! Believe everything you read, because those 2/4 BBJ tables were just ridiculous! I had taken a few days off to get rid of the sour taste from UB, and my first session at Party netted me over $200 in one sitting! Yes, I was getting good cards and flops, but I just could not believe the number of callers and bluff-raisers that were handing me their cash. After one huge pot, where I flopped a set of Deuces, turned a boat which gave someone trips and another person a flush, someone commented, "When did money go out of style?"

Well, I was able to work that $100 up enough to where I could put $250 into PokerBlue and try out for the WSOP/WPT freeroll. It's been nice to play there, cause you only need 4 hours at their 1/2 table to qualify... so I feel okay logging off after an hour or so even if I've only broken even. If I haven't doubled up, at least I've put some hours towards getting into the Freeroll. And after I get the email confirming my registration, I don't log back on until Sunday.

Last week in the Freeroll, I had QQ run into KK and was out pretty early. This week, I played tight and smart and lasted a bit longer. I recognized the name StB from Beer City Poker on the leaderboard, and I was actually moved to his table (just after he had taken a beating and was no longer in the top 5). I made it down to about 50 out of 170 or so, but the blinds were moving up and it seemed there was a high proportion of large stacks at the table, so I knew I couldn't get away with any steal attempts, and I just wasn't getting any cards to play. I finally put in half my stack with ATs on the button when it was folded to me, the SB called with 77 and hit his set and I was out in 34th. They're running this for a few more weeks, so I plan to get my 4 hours in again and give it another shot. In the meantime, I'll just keep raking it in at the 2/4 BBJ cuz money's never out of style with me!

This was amusing... just after busting out from the PokerBlue freeroll, I hop on a Party table called "Blue Devils." I win a large pot and get disconnected. When I signed back in to make sure I got that last pot, this is what my account was at: