What I Like About You #2

Time to move on to the next fabulous blog on my list. The one and only High on Poker by Jordan.

There are many many awesome things about Jordan and his blog. I almost don't want to praise him tooo much because he is already such a egomaniac (self-proclaimed so it is acceptable). He loooooves attention and he knows how to get it!

Jordan has got to be the blogger who puts the most effort into his blog and it really shows. He almost always has something fresh and entertaining. Often posting more than once on the same day. He deserves the recognition received on having a top notch blog.

His blog is full of energy and charisma. You really feel like he is welcoming us into his world. I mean there is poker content, bad beat stories, analysis of his play and strategy, self-evaluations, stories of poker experiences with other players and us bloggers of course, life events, appreciation of his wife (which I think is sooo cool), and ummm details of his self pleasure (perhaps he could be spared us here).

Plus the following cool things:

* Heads Up Challenges
* You Decides
* Pictures

And the bragging..Let's not forget that! Despite all his self praise, he does not come across as arrogant. In fact, he is one of the first to admit his short comings.

He definitely acknowledges and appreciates his readers. If you leave a comment, he will almost always reply..assuming his comment function is WORKING.

On the other hand, he is not one to sugar coat things. You will hear exactly what he thinks (a trait I find appealing).

But more than all this, he is the really super person. Being with him in a IM chat room is always fun. He is one of my favorite people to taunt and tease. And you know how I love to tease! He is a good sport and can handle the smack talk. In fact, he is excellent at retaliating with some smack of his own!

I am looking forward to more good times with one of my favorite bloggers..especially Heads Up Matches.

I must admit..if I were judging on overall qualities of a blog..Jordan would be #1.

Here's to you Jordan. Thanks for making my poker experience more enjoyable.

What I Like About You #1

Part of the reason that I decided to rate the blogs that I read daily is because some of them are just soo exceptional. You can really tell the bloggers that make an effort to post quality content and give of themselves. And these blogs deserve special recongition and appreciation.

So I have decided to explain, why I think they are special. I will start at the top and work my way down through at least the top 10...unless I get lazy..we shall see..so tonight I will start with #1 - Low Limit Grinder (Gary).

What I like about you....

First let me say that Gary is one of the friendliest bloggers that I have met. He is a gentleman and a man of class. So I have a lot of respect for him as an individual and as a poker player. His fine character comes accross in his blogging. While we all use our blogs as a forum for bragging and boasting (myself included), Gary takes time to give others recognition too. His recaps of events are loaded with plays and details about others, not just himself. Such a great story teller too.

Remember, my poker experience is a great deal about the social aspect. He seems to enjoy people. He is great company in the chat room. And brings good vibes with him. When I read his blog, I get a feeling of someone who is enjoying the experience.

That is why he got top rating on the Veneno list.

Hope you enjoy it too.

Laters....

Let's Make a Deal

Here it is the next bounty deal has been made with Weak Player:

ghengis_socrates: you said you don't cook. why would I want your cookies?
ghengis_socrates: can't make cookies without cook.
yosoyveneno: lol
ghengis_socrates: I want photos of you making them. hands only would be okay.
yosoyveneno: okay
yosoyveneno: deal
ghengis_socrates: and packing them and shipping them. posted on the web somewhere I can link to.
ghengis_socrates: you can have the same with the waffles, if you want.
ghengis_socrates: still a deal?
ghengis_socrates: and I want race to 7 on the matches. 2/3 not good enough.
yosoyveneno: okay
yosoyveneno: deal
ghengis_socrates: cool

Someone needs to help Weak negotiate..he wants a picture of my hands..lol..I can't stop laughing..

So game on!!!!!

USA Finally Takes One

Congrats to Sirfwalgman for taking the USA team to victory! I busted out 2nd of the bloggers, but in true blogger fashion I trusted in the hammer. Then TripJax had to point out that it was not truly the hammer at all...because it was soooooted....duh!!!! I didn't even do that right. Dang. At least, Jordan got my chips. He finally lasted longer than most. There is a new Jordan in town and he is looking kinda shark like..lol..Acorn did a fine job again. He was 2nd place for the bloggers. What is really really sad is that not one blogger cashed. Yikes!

New Sit and Go Challenge stats:

$20 games
2nd - 2
Lost - 1

$10 games
Lost - 1

Profit/Loss: + 42

Hasta luego y bueno suete!

Next...

I have sooo been in the mood for Heads Up lately...That should be a sign that I am doomed to lose..when I really wanna play something..that is the very thing I should avoid. But..noooo....I want more..more..more..so whoever is ready..just catch me on yahoo IM as yosoyveneno.

Lately my Heads Up matches have been very cold. That was my only hot game and poker pleasure for the longest time. Today, I lost 3 matches. Two versus SoxLover and another to Jordan. With Sox, I screwed it up. Greedy, impulsive, impatient, and undiciplined play on my part. I had such an advantage in the one game with Sox down to 500 in chips and then I call his all in bet with a 67 off..donkey move!!! So he got back in the game..then I get hooked on my set of Kings and fail to drop them to the flush on the board..not such a bad move..he had to have the flush to beat me..which he did.

I can't remember if I was a donkey with Jordan..I was just enjoying our chat..and hoping to win so that he would stay on the USA team for our blogger event today. We had aggreed that if I beat him in a HU match, he would stay on the USA team. The good news was that after I lost, he said he would stick with the USA afterall. Nice!!! Veneno is happy!!!

Thank goodness no bounties today!!!

I do have a plan for my next bounty with WeakPlayer. He mentioned making waffles the other day when we were playing. So I am on a mission to land some homemade Weak Waffles...lol..That is the plan anyway. So next session of HU that I win against him will provide me with a sweet treat..mmmmmmmmm....can't wait!!!! I excel when properly motivated.

Oh and then WeakPlayer(ghengis on IM) offers the following suggestion in relation to
SoxLover's blog...which currently shows the Veneno shark:

ghengis_socrates: just looking at the picture. the chum should say "SoxLover" That should be your next bounty.
ghengis_socrates: you know, the dead fish, hanging from a rope, waiting to be eaten by the shark.
yosoyveneno: lol
yosoyveneno: i love it
ghengis_socrates: you need to ask him when he is drunk.
yosoyveneno: perfect

The other good thing is that while my HU game has been suffering. I finally made a decent cash in a MTT and I am making money at my Sit and Go games. Today I came in 2nd on a $20 game. Sweet!! This is the first of my new Sit and Go challenge.

I was soo excited with my new HTML table for HU..now I want one to track my poker play. I of course am not a HTML developer..so..whoever may already have a cool one..here is what I want:

1. HTML table
2. Easy to update
3. Cool colors
4. If it calculated the total profit/loss automatically with grand totals..would be way cool
5. Track site, game type, rate, for sng 1st, 2nd, 3rd, bust, and profit/loss

Otherwise, if anyone knows of a cool site to track play, which can be linked to my blog, let me know.

Laters...

Veneno Finally Gets Paid

Finally, a decent cash. I placed 17th tonight on a $20/2 MTT on Party with 1577 entrants for a nice payout of $236.55. Below is the final hand...still disappointing..I wanted FINAL table!!! Okay I should be satisfied right?

A special thanks to Fluxer and Scott for sweating and to SirFwalgman for good luck wishes.

NL Texas Hold'em Trny:17963135 Level:17 Blinds (3000/6000) - Sunday, December 04, Table Multi-Table(529168) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 4: yosoyveneno ( $21660 )
Seat 1: vortex ( $197098 )
Seat 7: mattm840 ( $37728 )
Seat 5: buzzeroo1 ( $220633 )
Seat 2: MadTider ( $249313 )
Seat 10: markman212 ( $65560 )
Seat 6: BexBlonde29 ( $65352 )
Seat 9: rage675 ( $149339 )
Trny:17963135 Level:17
Blinds (3000/6000)
Dealt to yosoyveneno [ Kd Ad ]
buzzeroo1 folds.
BexBlonde29 folds.
mattm840 folds.
rage675 raises [22000].
markman212 folds.
vortex folds.
MadTider raises [44000].
yosoyveneno is all-In [15660]
rage675 calls [22000].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 9s, 4s ]
rage675 checks.
MadTider bets [50000].
rage675 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
MadTider shows [ Kh, Ks ] a pair of kings.
yosoyveneno shows [ Kd, Ad ] high card ace.
MadTider wins 94680 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of kings.
MadTider wins 64980 chips from the main pot with a pair of kings.
Player yosoyveneno finished in 17 place and received $236.55

As for my Sit and Go challenge, I ended up $40 ahead. Not bad. Not great, but I will take it. I am gonna start again. Maybe try a few $20 to begin. See what happens. Nice to have something I can acually call a bankroll $313.

Hasta luego y bueno suerte!!

Blogger's are soo Cool

Today I was chatting with Weak Player and he was messing with his blog trying to create a html table. So it got me to thinking that I would like to have a html table too. Much easier to maintain my HU stats if it were a html table right here on the blog.

So I start working on the thing. I don't know much at all about coding in html mind you. I was thinking I could do it in MSWord and SaveAs html, but that didn't work out. In the meantime, I am chatting with Sirfwalgman, Fluxer, and Weak who all helpful with some suggestions, links, etc. Then just when I throw in the towel, both Fluxer and Weak tell me they have he code for my new html HU table. I didn't even ask. Awesome!!!! Of course, I needed to add some touches of my own, so with Fluxer's help I try to change the colors and make it more beautiful. In the end, he just took over. Very, very sweet. I was extremely grateful for all the help from these guys. That is what is soo super about the Blogger Community. Eveyone is so helpful and supportive. Thanks again guys!!!!

Then another really really cool thing happened this week. The "Blog Father" - Iggy, was gracious enough to provide a link to my blog on a recent posting with newbies. I was very honored. I read his blog of course, but I didn't even realize he had ever read my blog. I have noticed a nice increase in traffic recently that I know is due to his support. Thanks Iggy!!!

Lastly, I have given a special ranking to my top 10 favorite blogs on my reading list. Check it out!

Hasta luego...

USA vs ROW

Round 4 of the Blogger USA vs ROW (Rest of the World) tournaments is on this Sunday. If you wanna join leave a comment on Gary or Acorn's blog. Okay guys we have got to win!!

I played a live no limit tournament for $100/25 and busted with KK which really really sucked. So then I went to the $40 nl cash table...played a couple of hours..was up over $100..but do I leave..nooooooooooo...of course not..ended up $30 ahead.

Okay..here are Veneno's poker goals:

V = Variety..must have a mix of games to play..Limit, No Limit, SnG, HU, Omaha...
E = Entertaiment..I must chat, have fun while I play, and hang out with my cool pals.
N = No rules..I like freedom to choose what, when, and where based on mood, etc.
E = Easy..Play games that are easy to understand..don't wanna focus too much!
N = New bounties..Gotta come up with some new ideas for bounties..just love it
O = Opportunity to hit it big. I would love to make some real money in a MTT.

You feedback is welcome...

Hasta luego and bueno suerte!!!

Goals?

Check this out - Weak's Poker Blog. Weak has defined some goals for poker and got me thinking of my own goals.

Veneno's Poker goals - Have fun!

Okay I might have a few more than just this one. Perhaps I will chew it over and let you know in a later post.

By the way, concert was fabulous!!!!! Worth a night off from poker..lol..can you believe it?..It's true. I had that much fun.

Laters....

Another Concert..What a life..lol

Tonight I get to see Paul McCartney in concert at the Staples Center, box seats, and all the Magaritas I want. Gonna be sweet!

For my poker play, I am continuing with the Sit and Go Challenge played another 2 $10 games last night and finished 2nd in one (Davee took first) and lost another. So up $8 for the night...any progress is pleasing at this point. So in total, I am up a whole $2 i think after over a dozen games.

Hasta luego y mucho suerte para ustedes!!

Get it on Boys

Okay enough with the stalling TraumaPoker and Drizz. It is time to get the final Heads Up match on. It is only fair for all of us who played. There must be a winner. Otherwise, what was the freakin point? If you wanna split the dough, you can work that out later. Just set a date and time.

Check out Trauma's blog. He finally got his prize.

Yesterday BigChiefToke got me in another HU match..thank goodness there were no bounties involved!

As for my Sit n Go challenge, I finally took another 1st yesterday and one loss..still it is a positive..so I was happy.