Saturday, June 9, 2007
Yahoo Update
I traded Kinsler for Arroyo. Arroyo's been 0-5 since with about a 7.00 ERA. The good news is that I was able to pickup Hardy, Castillo, Accardo, E.Encarnacion, and Carmona off waivers. My team has been in first for almost 90% of the season, but every now and then the top three switch places. I still am in desperate need of pitching help since I'm near the bottom in wins, saves, and Ks
CDM Teams
My teams have been in a funk lately, dropping to as low as 250th overall. Nothing to be worried about however since at this time of the year most teams usually burn up too many buys, forgetting how long the season really is.
Right now I have 9 buys left, which is more than I'd expect, but I've been lucky with dodging injuries. I've also kept Edwin Encarnacion, Joe Mauer, and Felix Hernandez on the bench who are going to help out huge now that they are back. EE has already increased his average by 50 points since I started playing him again, all on the road no less. The average buys left for all competing teams is around 6. Remember, since you only start with 14, if the season is 1/3 in the books, you should have roughly 9.5 left.
In August/September, a lot of teams fall out of the race because they are unable to pickup the hot call-up from the minors or unable to drop the high percentage injury. Hopefully I can put myself in a good position to gain some late ground.
Since I've picked up Dice-K, I made one other move - Al Reyes for Houston Street, who hit the DL. The popular pickup was Valverde, but there's no guarantee he doesn't implode in the warm air in Arizona this summer.
Right now I have 9 buys left, which is more than I'd expect, but I've been lucky with dodging injuries. I've also kept Edwin Encarnacion, Joe Mauer, and Felix Hernandez on the bench who are going to help out huge now that they are back. EE has already increased his average by 50 points since I started playing him again, all on the road no less. The average buys left for all competing teams is around 6. Remember, since you only start with 14, if the season is 1/3 in the books, you should have roughly 9.5 left.
In August/September, a lot of teams fall out of the race because they are unable to pickup the hot call-up from the minors or unable to drop the high percentage injury. Hopefully I can put myself in a good position to gain some late ground.
Since I've picked up Dice-K, I made one other move - Al Reyes for Houston Street, who hit the DL. The popular pickup was Valverde, but there's no guarantee he doesn't implode in the warm air in Arizona this summer.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
MLB '07: The Show
For all my loyal readers, Jeff and I will now be recording all the times I kick his ass at the game MLB '07.
5/14 - Sach won 6-3
5/14 - Sach won 6-3
Welcome to the team Dice-K
I dropped Sheets for Dice-K. It sounds like a waste of a buy, but Sheets already got hurt once this year (strained groin) and isn't striking out nearly as many batters as he should be. The Brewers have been playing way over there head and won't provide close to the amount of run support that Boston will give Dice-K.
So far, so good. Dice-K put up a complete game, 5 strike out win today in the first of two starts this week.
As for poker, none in the immediate future :/
So far, so good. Dice-K put up a complete game, 5 strike out win today in the first of two starts this week.
As for poker, none in the immediate future :/
Friday, May 11, 2007
No money = No poker
With finals taking up the entire week and practically no money to my name, Foxwoods will have to hold off for at least a week.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
My Teams
I had another good week and moved up in the standings to 40th overall (from ~75th) in the main game after Saturday. With three pitchers going today, I'm hoping to get up to 30th by the end of the week. I wound up buying Wolf last week and dropped Harden. It proved to be worthless as Wolf got creamed in his first start and the bullpen blew the lead in his start today.
With Mauer and Piazza injured, I'm going to have to pick up a new catcher, most likely Martin.
I dropped to 4th in my $ Yahoo league thanks to my poor pitching. I'm near the bottom in wins and strikeouts and really can't do anything about it because the waiver wire has no talent and I can't afford to trade any hitters yet.
With Mauer and Piazza injured, I'm going to have to pick up a new catcher, most likely Martin.
I dropped to 4th in my $ Yahoo league thanks to my poor pitching. I'm near the bottom in wins and strikeouts and really can't do anything about it because the waiver wire has no talent and I can't afford to trade any hitters yet.
Good News/Bad News
First the bad news. I dropped another $200 in 5 hours yesterday at Omaha. I credit most of my loses to flopping top set four times and not winning a single one of those hands.
It's pretty clear that I've been bad as of late. My last 20 hours show a net loss of $500. Being broke doesn't help, as I don't have much of a bankroll to continue playing until I get a job. I finally hit 100 hours of play since I've turned 21 and currently show a depressing profit of $1000. I was at 80 hours/+$1500 at one point.
The funniest hand was one that I wasn't involved in. It was a kill hand, and a guy raises pre-flop AKTT. First of all, that's a terrible hand to raise with, but whatever. The flop comes TKT. The turn was a J, and at that point it was heads-up. It goes, bet, raise, re-raise, re-raise. The river is a blank, and it goes bet, raise, re-raise, re-raise, re-raise, re-raise and then the jew-bag who obviously didn't have quads looks down at his hand in total confusion and says, 'what is going on here?. Re-raise'. So, after 12 total bets of $12 a piece, jew-bag shows KK for top fullhouse, and the pre-flop raiser shows his quad tens. The funniest part was after the hand, jew-bag says, it wasn't until the last raise that he thought the other guy had quads. It took $100 of raises for him to figure that out?
For the good news, Foxwoods has completely changed their tournament schedule. Previously it was strictly NL Holdem games running 2-3 times per day. Now they have added $100 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud hi/lo, and Omaha hi/lo tourneys running on Monday and Wednesdays. They also announced their Fall World Poker Tour schedule.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 10AM - OMAHA HI/LO $600 BUY-IN TOURNAMENT.
There is nothing that's going to stop me from being there.
It's pretty clear that I've been bad as of late. My last 20 hours show a net loss of $500. Being broke doesn't help, as I don't have much of a bankroll to continue playing until I get a job. I finally hit 100 hours of play since I've turned 21 and currently show a depressing profit of $1000. I was at 80 hours/+$1500 at one point.
The funniest hand was one that I wasn't involved in. It was a kill hand, and a guy raises pre-flop AKTT. First of all, that's a terrible hand to raise with, but whatever. The flop comes TKT. The turn was a J, and at that point it was heads-up. It goes, bet, raise, re-raise, re-raise. The river is a blank, and it goes bet, raise, re-raise, re-raise, re-raise, re-raise and then the jew-bag who obviously didn't have quads looks down at his hand in total confusion and says, 'what is going on here?. Re-raise'. So, after 12 total bets of $12 a piece, jew-bag shows KK for top fullhouse, and the pre-flop raiser shows his quad tens. The funniest part was after the hand, jew-bag says, it wasn't until the last raise that he thought the other guy had quads. It took $100 of raises for him to figure that out?
For the good news, Foxwoods has completely changed their tournament schedule. Previously it was strictly NL Holdem games running 2-3 times per day. Now they have added $100 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud hi/lo, and Omaha hi/lo tourneys running on Monday and Wednesdays. They also announced their Fall World Poker Tour schedule.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 10AM - OMAHA HI/LO $600 BUY-IN TOURNAMENT.
There is nothing that's going to stop me from being there.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Baseball Update
With three weeks in the books, the real players are starting to break away from the pack and put up some sizable leads. Fortunately, I am one of them. My teams have been on absolute fire. My highest point was 18th overall in the main game with a $15,000 grand prize. Since then I have taken a few steps back in the standings due to a lack of saves this week.
Throughout the year, you are only allowed 14 player purchases, where you drop a player from either your starting lineup or bench, and pick up a new one. I made my first buy last week, dropping a struggling Olsen for Maine who has two starts (vs. COL, @ WAS). This week, my bench starters include Harden (DL), Hernandex (DL), Sheets (hurt groin in last start). As of today, Sheets is still scheduled to start on Tuesday, but this could change over the weekend.
My outfield is falling apart as well. I have Soriano with zero HRs and one RBI, Taveras who's done nothing so far, and Baldelli and Swisher who are nursing injuries. I'm going to hold off on dropping anyone though because there's no one I really want to buy.
My buy candidates include:
Peavy (expensive) - nasty in last start with 16 Ks in 7 IP.
Wolf (dirt cheap) - 31 Ks in 30 IP with 3 wins.
Sabathia (moderately expensive) - great start, but he's still a fat fuck.
Remember, ERA and WHIP don't matter, just Ks, IPs, and wins.
I'll post an update next Monday with my changes.
Throughout the year, you are only allowed 14 player purchases, where you drop a player from either your starting lineup or bench, and pick up a new one. I made my first buy last week, dropping a struggling Olsen for Maine who has two starts (vs. COL, @ WAS). This week, my bench starters include Harden (DL), Hernandex (DL), Sheets (hurt groin in last start). As of today, Sheets is still scheduled to start on Tuesday, but this could change over the weekend.
My outfield is falling apart as well. I have Soriano with zero HRs and one RBI, Taveras who's done nothing so far, and Baldelli and Swisher who are nursing injuries. I'm going to hold off on dropping anyone though because there's no one I really want to buy.
My buy candidates include:
Peavy (expensive) - nasty in last start with 16 Ks in 7 IP.
Wolf (dirt cheap) - 31 Ks in 30 IP with 3 wins.
Sabathia (moderately expensive) - great start, but he's still a fat fuck.
Remember, ERA and WHIP don't matter, just Ks, IPs, and wins.
I'll post an update next Monday with my changes.
Live Omaha, Online Cash Games Update
I took a pretty big hit at Foxwoods last Friday to the tune of -$250 in 4 hours. I started out in a must move game that was short handed. Basically I opened up my starting hand selection and was seeing approximately 75% of flops. I missed every draw imaginable and was quickly down $100. When I got moved into the main game, there were plenty of regulars playing, but a few guys were donating chips. Again, I was missing draws left and right.
When I was down to my last chips, a donk raises preflop on a kill. I was in the big blind, so I called, along with about six others. The flop came QQJ. With 6 players in the hand, its very unlikely for someone to not have a Q. The raiser bet the flop, a few folded and I called. Note that since it was a kill, on the flop I had to call $6 into a roughly $70 pot. The turn brought a 7, and I lead out with my xx77. It was now down to me and the preflop raiser. I was fairly certain I had the lead at this point. If he did have a queen, I would be afraid of a low card, such as a 2, or an ace. I was putting him on a A2Qx type hand, or even better, AA2x. The river brought a king. Since I was down to my final $20 in chips, I bet, got raised, and the prick shows me KQJ5. Unbelievable. Great raise pre-flop guy.
Even if the table looks good, I like to cut my loses at a certain point. In the long run, this is pointless, but there's a psychological disadvantage to playing when you know you're down a decent chunk of change.
After next Friday, I should have a 100 hour update at the tables since I've turned 21. I want to play some $5-$10 Stud though. First of all, I' m starting to get burnt out from playing some much Omaha. Secondly, my goal is to eventually play in the $10-$20 Stud game. There shouldn't be a real difference in the playing ability going from the $1-$5 to the $10-$20 table, just people willing to gamble for more money.
When I was down to my last chips, a donk raises preflop on a kill. I was in the big blind, so I called, along with about six others. The flop came QQJ. With 6 players in the hand, its very unlikely for someone to not have a Q. The raiser bet the flop, a few folded and I called. Note that since it was a kill, on the flop I had to call $6 into a roughly $70 pot. The turn brought a 7, and I lead out with my xx77. It was now down to me and the preflop raiser. I was fairly certain I had the lead at this point. If he did have a queen, I would be afraid of a low card, such as a 2, or an ace. I was putting him on a A2Qx type hand, or even better, AA2x. The river brought a king. Since I was down to my final $20 in chips, I bet, got raised, and the prick shows me KQJ5. Unbelievable. Great raise pre-flop guy.
Even if the table looks good, I like to cut my loses at a certain point. In the long run, this is pointless, but there's a psychological disadvantage to playing when you know you're down a decent chunk of change.
After next Friday, I should have a 100 hour update at the tables since I've turned 21. I want to play some $5-$10 Stud though. First of all, I' m starting to get burnt out from playing some much Omaha. Secondly, my goal is to eventually play in the $10-$20 Stud game. There shouldn't be a real difference in the playing ability going from the $1-$5 to the $10-$20 table, just people willing to gamble for more money.
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