Killed by horrible calls

I played my first tourney in like 2.5 months, the $300+20 Wednesday with a prize pool of almost $200K. I was cruising but then I was killed by these 2 hands:

Poker Stars, $300 + $20 NL Hold'em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds, 9 Players

UTG+1: 2,345
UTG+2: 3,520
Hero (MP1): 7,355
MP2: 4,608
CO: 2,630
BTN: 8,260
SB: 4,065
BB: 11,277
UTG: 7,786

Pre-Flop: (300) K A dealt to Hero (MP1)

2 folds, UTG+2 raises to 600, Hero raises to 2,200, MP2 calls 2,200, 5 folds

Flop: (5,300) 4 4 6 (2 Players)

Hero bets 2,600, MP2 calls 2,408 and is All-In

Turn: (10,116) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (10,116) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 10,116 Pot

Hero showed K A (two pair, Queens and Fours) and LOST (-4,608 NET)

MP2 showed 8 8 (two pair, Queens and Eights) and WON 10,116 (+5,508 NET)

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Mmmmmm, calling 50% of your stack preflop after a raise AND a reraise with 88?
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The second one:

Poker Stars, $300 + $20 NL Hold'em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds, 9 Players

BTN: 2,045
SB: 3,820
Hero (BB): 2,747
UTG: 10,116
UTG+1: 2,630
UTG+2: 7,560
MP1: 3,375
MP2: 11,867
CO: 7,686

Pre-Flop: (300) A 7 dealt to Hero (BB)

UTG calls 200, UTG+1 calls 200, 6 folds, Hero raises to 2,747 and is All-In, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls 2,430 and is All-In

Flop: (5,560) 5 Q 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (5,560) T (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (5,560) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 5,560 Pot

Hero showed A 7 (high card Ace) and LOST (-2,630 NET)

UTG+1 showed A 8 (high card Ace) and WON 5,560 (+2,930 NET)

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Calling in EP with a semi-shortstack with A8d, and then calling the 14x all in, just in case your hand is good ??
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Well, a warm welcome to donkaments, to be honest, I don't remember the field for the $300 being this bad, but that's a good thing, right?

Sunday Teasers

Doing all 2,3,4 on PHI,NYG,DET and MIA

Teasing these teams

I'm doing completely all 2,3,4 with BUF,SEA,GB,SD,DEN y HOU. Also doing some PIT.

Too many bets, and the problem is I have too many road teams, but I couldn't help it. Go teasers !!!!

And I couldn't bring myself to bet the Patriots, but I'm really excited for the Patriots-Colts game.

Lots of teasers, no tourneys at all and some cash games

This week I think I'm going to bet too many teasers on the NFL games, probably more than 40 bets, I know there are too many, but I think they have an edge and well, sports betting is all about finding a little edge here and there.

I haven't played a tourney probably since the Main Event of the WCOOP, really I don't even remember the last one I played, but I'm playing some cash games, I wouldn't say in a regular basis, but I put some hours some days of the week, I play 2-4,3-6 and 5-10 No Limit 6-handed, I'm doing well, probably variance is on my side, but I feel pretty comfortable with my 6-handed game. I just need to put more hours, so I can be rich, but I'm pretty lazy, well I guess it's more about lack of focus than laziness, I can't just concentrate for long periods.

I'm also solving a lot of Math Olympiad problems these days, I love them and I have always liked a good Math challenge.

Probably I'll post the teams I'm teasing this week, hopefully I won't lose my sports betting bankroll this week.

I love Teasers !!! what a NFL weekend

This weekend I had an all time high of 27 NFL bets. I won 26, pushed 1 and 0 loses !!!! Just incredible, I used the following teams to do the teasers NYG,DAL,HOU,KC,NO,TB,SEA and all of them covered !!!, the only team I was going to use but did not like the line was WAS, the line was -8.5(-2.5 with the tease), so I didn't bet it; at the end it was a good (lucky?) decision, since Washington won 21-19 and didn't cover the -2.5. I do bet one WAS -8(-2) line just like one minute before kick off (my wake up time)and that was my only push.
I feel pretty proud because I almost didn't bet any game since I was pretty tired on Saturday night, Sunday morning, but even I was pretty sleepy, I went to my computer like at Sunday 5AM and did my homework and bet all the games I thought there was a mathematical edge. It worked and I felt proud of my professional gambling responsibility (whatever that means).
There were 2 incredible games where unlikely things happened at the end just to help me cover, the Tampa Bay and the Houston game. After the 3rd quarter, I thought I had already lost the HOU game and all my HOU teasers since the score was 32-7, but with an unbelievable 4th quarter, HOU scored 29 points just to help me cover :), they lost at the end 38-36 with a NFL all time record 8th field goal by Rob Bironas of Tennessee, but since I had HOU+7.5 I was pretty happy, such an unbelievable game. Since it's pretty unlikely I'll win these many bets without losing one in the future in a given day, I just feel the need to post all the bets:


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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:16a 2 Team Teaser
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:33a 2 Team Teaser
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:01a 3 Team Teaser
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9½ Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:53a 2 Team Teaser
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9 Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $220.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:06a 3 Team Teaser
(408) New Orleans Saints -2 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9 Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $360.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:07a 3 Team Teaser
(417) Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9 Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $360.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:12a 3 Team Teaser
(417) Tampa Bay Buccaneers +9 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:11a 3 Team Teaser
(408) New Orleans Saints -1½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:17a 3 Team Teaser
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -1½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:06a 2 Team Teaser
(408) New Orleans Saints -2 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $220.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:04a 2 Team Teaser
(417) Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $220.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:39a 2 Team Teaser
(417) Tampa Bay Buccaneers +9 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:14a 2 Team Teaser
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:19a 3 Team Teaser
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9½ Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:56a 2 Team Teaser
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9½ Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:21a 3 Team Teaser
(408) New Orleans Saints -1½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(412) Dallas Cowboys -2½ Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $320.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 6:57a 2 Team Teaser
(416) New York Giants -2½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.5 points)
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9½ Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.5 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $240.00 to win $200.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 7:02a 3 Team Teaser
(408) New Orleans Saints -2 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(417) Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8½ Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(421) Kansas City Chiefs +9 Sun@4:05p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Win
Risk $200.00 to win $360.00
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Date placed: Oct 21, 2007 1:01p 2 Team Teaser
(406) Washington Redskins -2 Sun@1:00p (Teased 6.0 points)
(428) Seattle Seahawks -2 Sun@4:15p (Teased 6.0 points)
Outcome: Push
Risk $220.00 to win $200.00
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10/21/2007 06:45:35 2 Play 6.5 point Teaser:
Wagered $240.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 15 10/21 SAN FRANCISCO AT NEW YORK G NEW YORK G -9.0 (+6.5) (W)
F 19 10/21 TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON HOUSTON +1.5 (+6.5) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:37:45 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 7 10/21 ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS -8.0 (+6.0) (W)
F 17 10/21 TAMPA BAY AT DETROIT TAMPA BAY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:34:59 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 19 10/21 TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON HOUSTON +1.5 (+6.0) (W)
F 27 10/21 ST LOUIS AT SEATTLE SEATTLE -8.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:31:40 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 17 10/21 TAMPA BAY AT DETROIT TAMPA BAY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
F 21 10/21 KANSAS CITY AT OAKLAND KANSAS CITY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:30:53 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 7 10/21 ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS -8.0 (+6.0) (W)
F 21 10/21 KANSAS CITY AT OAKLAND KANSAS CITY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:29:35 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 19 10/21 TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON HOUSTON +1.5 (+6.0) (W)
F 21 10/21 KANSAS CITY AT OAKLAND KANSAS CITY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:11:27 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 7 10/21 ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS -8.0 (+6.0) (W)
F 19 10/21 TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON HOUSTON +1.5 (+6.0) (W)
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10/21/2007 06:10:27 2 Play 6.0 point Teaser:
Wagered $220.00 to win $200.00 Won Teaser Wager
F 17 10/21 TAMPA BAY AT DETROIT TAMPA BAY +2.5 (+6.0) (W)
F 19 10/21 TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON HOUSTON +1.5 (+6.0) (W)

Monterrey !! Congreso SMM

Ahora ando en Monterrey en el Congreso de la Sociedad Matemática Mexicana, este próximo Jueves 18 daré una platica titulada: "Beating the odds: existe tal cosa como un jugador profesional de poker", sera de 12:30 PM a 2 PM tiempo de Monterrey en el auditorio del FIME en la UANL. Así que si de pura casualidad lees este blog y vives en Monterrey o cercas, ve a la platica.
Llegue a Monterrey desde el jueves pasado para asistir al curso de entrenadores de la Olimpiada Mexicana de Matemáticas, estuvo muy suave y resolvimos problemas muy buenos, esta semana es el congreso y hay miles de platicas de Matemáticas, algunas se ven muy interesantes, pero yo creo asistiré solo a aquellas que tienen que ver con la Olimpiada o que el expositor es compa, jeje. Ya casi tengo mi platica lista, pero este Miércoles le daré los toques finales, esperemos y todo salga bien.

Cash sessions and a good sports betting month

Cleveland won again and won the series against the Yankees, also since I have Cleveland and Boston, I already secured a good profit in the AL Pennant, just with Cleveland alone almost erase my loses on a 10-20 NL terrible session I had (-2 buy ins), one night I just couldn't sleep and decided to play 10-20 NL (??) for the first time, what a time to start, I couldn't sleep but I was tired for sure, and decided to gamble high stakes !!!! (and yes it was a dumb gamble) and of course I got killed since I'm not in that level yet, but thanks to Cleveland and winning all my sessions after that in lower limits from 2-4 to 5-10 NL, that night has been forgotten.
I'm leaving town today, heading to Monterrey, I'm going to the meeting of the Mexican Mathematical Society at the UANL, I'll give a talk there (program 35:10) about how to beat the odds and showing some examples using mathematics in poker and gambling in general. I have several good examples and I really expect the talk to be successful and I'm pretty sure plenty of people will attend, since gambling (and how to make some money of it) is not a topic well known in Mexico and I'm sure it will generate some interest, hopefully my ideas will be clear and everybody who attends will enjoy it.

Cleveland !!

I won good money betting Cleveland on games 1 and 2 versus the Yankees, didn't bet game 3 and the Yankees won, I was not going to bet game 4, since Yankees are in a must-win situation playing in New York, Wang is a much better pitcher than Paul Byrd, but the price was just too good to pass, Cleveland +222, I could not resist it and bet the tribe, go Indians !!

Some baseball bets

Last week was a very good one for me on Sports Betting, lets see how this one goes,

For today games I have the following:

CHI (Lilly) at ARI (Davis); I have CHI -122
NYY (Wang) at CLE (Sabathia); I have CLE +118 (3 units)
COL (Morales) at PHI (Kendrick); I have PHI -138

I also bought some Boston (35) and Cleveland (22) to win the AL Pennant

My Fantasy Baseball season

I'm really proud of this league (I'm Resurgam Hicetnunc), I just destroyed the competition, it's just amazing winning 7 out of 10 categories in a 12 owner Rotisserie Fantasy Baseball League. Damn, I owned these guys :)

This year I played 2 Fantasy baseball leagues with the following results, 1 out of 12 (4 paid) and 4 out of 13 (5 paid). So, with my 2006 fantasy league I'm now 3 for 3 on fantasy baseball cashes. This is the breakout of the money won this year:

1st place F2: +$1200
4th place F1: +$200
Fees F2: -$250
Fees F1: -$200
Sidebets F1: -$400
Sidebets F2: +$400

So I won $950 for my fantasy baseball addiction.