Leaving the biggest comeback in Bowl history

So we went to the Insight Bowl this year like every other year. This year it was Texas Tech against Minnesota. We expected Texas Tech to blowout Minnesota but I'll just say that we were surprised. The game was at Sun Devil Stadium, which was a change of venue from last year and our seats were high up but pretty much as good as they get. The game started off sloppy and Texas Tech ended up going for it on forth down and on their next possession they threw an interception. Neither team had any type of defense that we could see. Minnesota jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the beginning of the second quarter.

We had set some guidelines earlier in the day so we could leave if there was a blowout. If a team was up by 28 or more at halftime or later then we would leave the game or if a team was up 24 and at least 3 of us were cold then we would leave. Well, the halftime score was 35-7 Minnesota and Texas Tech looked like shit. There was a play where Minnesota threw an interception and the TT guy was running it back and was near the end zone. He was about 7 yards away and fumbled the ball forwards into the end zone. A Minnesota player recovered the ball and it was a touchback for Minnesota. Yuck.

So we decided to leave at half time with the score being 35-7. Once we got home the score was 38-7 Minnesota with six minutes left in the third. We couldn't watch the game on tv because it was on NFL Network (wtf), so we just assumed the game was over. I got a call a few hours later from Megan saying that the game was in overtime. What the hell? I guess Texas Tech some how came back and sent the game into overtime with a 52 yard field goal at the end of regulation. We were all shocked. Texas Tech ended up winning in overtime.

It was the biggest comeback in college football bowl history (31 points) and I had left the game at half time. I just wish I would have stayed to see it all because it seems like it was pretty damb exciting. I guess I can say that I left early from the biggest comeback in Bowl history. Damb. I wonder how Minnesota blew the game. Did they run the ball every play and somehow Texas Tech stopped them without a defense? This seems so strange to me. Oh well, either way, I wish I could have seen it. I guess it's better to have seen part of it than none of it at all.

Nada

Nothing terribly interesting has happened recently. I'm on winter break and basically just waiting for Christmas and the trip to AZ. Meg's in FL and it's boring without her here. I've grinded up $2 that I had on ultimate bet up to around $70. Besides that I've enjoyed playing the $1 and $2 tourneys on PS. Recenly I've gotten deep into them and it's good tournament practice. I also just got HOH 1,2,3 and plan on reading them soon.

Is it me?

I'm definitely questioning the way I play cards. I'm not sure if it's just variance kicking me in the balls or I'm just not very good. Time for a few days break at least.

Many Topics

I'm not sure who reads this but even if no one reads it that's fine because it's my spot to just write what I'm thinking.

I know many people saw the Michael Richard's explosion at the comedy club. The next night he appologized on Letterman and he looked pretty bummed about it. I think he should be forgiven because anyone could be placed in that spot where people are heckling you. You never know what you'll say to get them to stop and he went to far with it, but anyone could have done it. This leads to a thing I've been thinking about.

How many white comedians are able to make fun of African Americans and not get in trouble? Yet African Americans are allowed to make fun of caucasians and can get away with it because ahh it's all a joke. This whole "equality" thing is messed up. It reminds me of the womens rights stuff. If you want to be treated equally then you have expect to be treated how everyone else is treated.

Of course you could bring up that African Americans have no been treated great in this country and they have been hated against for a while. Then how are we supposed to treat them equally? Should we treat them better than we treat white people? Should I say I'm sorry every time I see a black person? I know I don't know a whole lot about the issue but that's just my crappy take on it.


Well I sent my computer in to see if there was something wrong because the fan was making a lot of noise. I sent it in on monday and it is supposed to be back here on friday. I love HP and their fast and spectacular service.

Poker has not been going great recently. I've questioned if I even know how to play anymore. I can't see to win anything. Here's a great example of how it's been going recently:

PokerStars Game #7129020816: Tournament #36191584, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/11/22 - 14:17:16 (ET)
Table '36191584 97' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Wsox08 (1240 in chips)
Seat 2: Hornets89 (2205 in chips)
Seat 3: bamaballer11 (9774 in chips)
Seat 4: SHAZZZAMMM (3775 in chips)
Seat 5: strike311 (5100 in chips)
Seat 6: palmito22 (1508 in chips)
Seat 7: Ringwald (3977 in chips)
Seat 8: bfd270 (6667 in chips)
Seat 9: DARK SCHIFF (4928 in chips)
bamaballer11: posts small blind 75
SHAZZZAMMM: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wsox08 [Ts Kh]
strike311: folds
palmito22: folds
Ringwald: folds
bfd270: folds
DARK SCHIFF: folds
Wsox08: raises 1090 to 1240 and is all-in
Hornets89: folds
bamaballer11: calls 1165
SHAZZZAMMM: calls 1090
*** FLOP *** [Kc Th Kd]
bamaballer11: bets 1350
SHAZZZAMMM: folds
*** TURN *** [Kc Th Kd] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Th Kd Jh] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bamaballer11: shows [Ks Jc] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
Wsox08: shows [Ts Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Tens)
bamaballer11 collected 3720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3720 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Th Kd Jh 7s]
Seat 1: Wsox08 showed [Ts Kh] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Tens
Seat 2: Hornets89 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bamaballer11 (small blind) showed [Ks Jc] and won (3720) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks
Seat 4: SHAZZZAMMM (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: strike311 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: palmito22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Ringwald folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bfd270 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: DARK SCHIFF folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Well I think I'll take a poker break for a little while. Jericho is on tonight and I think we might get Chipotle soon. Have a good day.

I got home a few hours ago for thanksgiving break. We're off the whole week which should be nice and relaxing. Chilled with Meg and Brian for a while.

I feel good saying that I actually cashed in a FT 25k. I placed 46th for $79. I lost when blinds were 1k/2k and I had about 14k and was in the sb. I found A4 and went all in and the bb called w/ AJ and that was it for me.

Spectacular Story

Registration for spring and J-term were pretty hectic. Yesterday and today have been crazy days. Basically Megan, some others, and I could not find a J-term class that would satisfy ANY requirements and there was no way I would take a class that wouldn't help me graduate. I was motivated to get any class that I could.

Yesterday my registration time started at 1, but I visited my advisor before then because I wanted to hear what he suggested for classes. He suggested four classes that were full and it seemed like we might have been out of luck, but he found out some positive information. Rumor was that they were going to open some spots in Dinosaurs, bookmaking, and exploring music, all of which are necessary classes for me. He said they would add the spots last night around 5 or 6.

I registered for my spring term with no problems, but I also registered for a back-up j-term class just to make sure I could get something (even though it was only a 1 credit class). So around 5 Meg and I started the crazy refresh party on the computer. This went on for an hour or two until we pretty much gave up. No new spots had opened so we took the rest of the night off. Megan called me this morning around 1:30 and told me that there were 5 open spots for the dinosaur class. We both tried dropping our backup class but for some reason the system wouldn't allow us to drop or add any J-term class. Megan basically went crazy and kept trying while I had some very peaceful sleep.

Meg came here around 7:30 so we could go talk to the people in the registrars office about signing up for the new j-term class. It was freezing outside but we made the long journey. Once we got there and they opened it was pretty much in and out. We both signed up for the dinosaur class. Meg went to her 8:00 class and I headed back to my room to read for Philosophy.

On the way to my 9:15 class some people told me that the teacher for Dinosaurs was very hard and that I should drop the class. I would have but I had no other class to take. I was supposed to have my 9:15 class but the teacher never showed up to play the movie so I was going to meet immediately with Megan to drop this new j-term class. She ended up going to class so I had to make the "long walk" back to my dorm.

I looked on the registration website and there were five openings in Discovery, a nonlab science class that I wanted to take. I texted Megan and told her and we planned on meeting at the registrars office after her class. Well, I ended up getting into Discovery and Megan also got out of the Dinosaur class and it taking Bus. Tech. It was a long and very eventful day to say the least.

This story might have sucked to you but it was very exciting and entertaining for me so that's all.

Not a whole lot

I haven't been up to a whole lot recently but I've been trying to qualify to 24+2 tourneys on FT through 8.80 satellites. I played a 24+2 tourney on FT yesterday and cashed in like 70 something for 38. Got it all in w/ 44 vs. 33 vs. A5 and the turn brought a 3. Oh well. Besides that there hasn't been a whole lot going on. It's been a pretty boring stretch of school and I've been up and down in cards.

Realization?

I am starting to realize/see that people around me and just in general mainly basically care about themselves. This is not directed at anyone, but we all (myself included) tend to worry about what we want, need, or feel will work out the best for us. Of course we should worry about ourselves, but why not everyone? I just thought about this because I am not sure that everyone knows that there are many interpretations of how someone can view something you say or the way you act towards them. Well, I'm done rambling about my crazy thoughts. Guess I'll go talk to a wall. See ya.

Time

Why do I hear lots of people claim that they don't have enough time? There is never enough time. Let's get this out of the way: I know some people are insanely busy and actually don't have time. But when I hear that someone doesn't have time I think they just don't have time for something besides what they want to do. I see it as more of a selfish thing. "I would hang out with you Bernard, but I'm busy doing homework." Is that person really busy or do they not want to chill with Bernard. The truth should be the thing that comes out even if it might hurt. It will certainly be easier to deal with if you hear the truth sooner than later. That's all. I'm busy with things so I'll cya later.

Well it's been a while since an update. School started in early September and I've been playing cards but not as much as in the summer. I worked my br on PS up to around 360 and I've only played on ps recently. I'm a silverstar this month from mainly playing .50/1 HORSE tables. I placed in a 3.30 10k guaranteed tourney on thursday for about $33 but it sucked because I lost KJs to KJh. That one hurt a bit. That's all I've got for now but I'm just enjoying college and life at the moment.

Omaha H/L

Played about 500 hands of Omaha H/L .25/.50 on World Px today. I made about $15-20 bucks overall and about $12 bucks in rake that I'll get back Monday.. Started playing on PS and I wish I could keep playing this guy but I had to take the gf home and he left. Here's a preview:


PokerStars Game #6127449262: Omaha Hi/Lo Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/09/01 - 02:27:26 (ET)
Table 'Scorpius' 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 7: rockytakacs ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 8: Wsox08 ($9.15 in chips)
rockytakacs: posts small blind $0.10
Wsox08: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wsox08 [Ah Ac 2h 2s]
rockytakacs: raises $0.25 to $0.50
Wsox08: raises $0.25 to $0.75
rockytakacs: raises $0.25 to $1
Betting is capped
Wsox08: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [6h 4s 5c]
rockytakacs: bets $0.25
Wsox08: raises $0.25 to $0.50
rockytakacs: raises $0.25 to $0.75
Wsox08: raises $0.25 to $1
Betting is capped
rockytakacs: calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [6h 4s 5c] [9h]
rockytakacs: checks
Wsox08: bets $0.50
rockytakacs: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [6h 4s 5c 9h] [4c]
rockytakacs: bets $0.50
Wsox08: raises $0.50 to $1
rockytakacs: calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Wsox08: shows [Ah Ac 2h 2s] (HI: two pair, Aces and Fours; LO: 6,5,4,2,A)
rockytakacs: shows [Qh Tc 2c 4d] (HI: three of a kind, Fours)
rockytakacs collected $3.35 from pot
Wsox08 collected $3.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7 | Rake $0.30
Board [6h 4s 5c 9h 4c]
Seat 7: rockytakacs (small blind) showed [Qh Tc 2c 4d] and won ($3.35) with HI: three of a kind, Fours
Seat 8: Wsox08 (button) (big blind) showed [Ah Ac 2h 2s] and won ($3.35) with HI: two pair, Aces and Fours; LO: 6,5,4,2,A

Stud H/L final table

Hello there. First post and hopefully not the last.

So I played the $1 stud h/l tourney on stars and I got 7th which got me $15.13. It was too bad but here's the final hand.

PokerStars Game #6115116106: Tournament #30628847, $1.00+$0.10 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit - Level XVIII (7500/15000) - 2006/08/31 - 00:39:16 (ET)
Table '30628847 30' 8-max
Seat 1: linuspfs (114850 in chips)
Seat 2: breddz (120212 in chips)
Seat 3: katmai2 (88288 in chips)
Seat 4: ljap12 (18637 in chips)
Seat 5: wormhole (102500 in chips)
Seat 6: gimethatthat (18230 in chips)
Seat 7: bullets13 (153883 in chips)
Seat 8: Wsox08 (31400 in chips)
linuspfs: posts the ante 1500
breddz: posts the ante 1500
katmai2: posts the ante 1500
ljap12: posts the ante 1500
wormhole: posts the ante 1500
gimethatthat: posts the ante 1500
bullets13: posts the ante 1500
Wsox08: posts the ante 1500
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to linuspfs [8c]
Dealt to breddz [3s]
Dealt to katmai2 [8h]
Dealt to ljap12 [9s]
Dealt to wormhole [9c]
Dealt to gimethatthat [3d]
Dealt to bullets13 [2c]
Dealt to Wsox08 [6s 3h 2d]
bullets13: brings-in low 2250
Wsox08: calls 2250
linuspfs: calls 2250
breddz: calls 2250
katmai2: folds
ljap12: folds
wormhole: folds
gimethatthat: calls 2250
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to linuspfs [8c] [As]
Dealt to breddz [3s] [3c]
Dealt to gimethatthat [3d] [2s]
Dealt to bullets13 [2c] [Qs]
Dealt to Wsox08 [6s 3h 2d] [Ac]
breddz: checks
gimethatthat: checks
bullets13: checks
Wsox08: bets 7500
linuspfs: calls 7500
breddz: calls 7500
gimethatthat: raises 6980 to 14480 and is all-in
bullets13: folds
Wsox08: raises 520 to 15000
linuspfs: folds
breddz: calls 7500
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to breddz [3s 3c] [4h]
Dealt to gimethatthat [3d 2s] [Kd]
Dealt to Wsox08 [6s 3h 2d Ac] [Qd]
breddz: bets 15000
Wsox08: calls 12650 and is all-in
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to breddz [3s 3c 4h] [6h]
Dealt to gimethatthat [3d 2s Kd] [Th]
Dealt to Wsox08 [6s 3h 2d Ac Qd] [Qc]
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Wsox08 [6s 3h 2d Ac Qd Qc] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
breddz: shows [5s 6d 3s 3c 4h 6h Ad] (HI: two pair, Sixes and Threes; LO: 6,5,4,3,A)
Wsox08: shows [6s 3h 2d Ac Qd Qc Kh] (HI: a pair of Queens)
breddz collected 13170 from side pot
breddz collected 13170 from side pot
gimethatthat: shows [4c 4d 3d 2s Kd Th 5c] (HI: a pair of Fours)
breddz collected 37095 from main pot
breddz collected 37095 from main pot
linuspfs said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 100530 Main pot 74190. Side pot 26340. | Rake 0
Seat 1: linuspfs folded on the 4th Street
Seat 2: breddz showed [5s 6d 3s 3c 4h 6h Ad] and won (100530) with HI: two pair, Sixes and Threes; LO: 6,5,4,3,A
Seat 3: katmai2 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ljap12 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: wormhole folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: gimethatthat showed [4c 4d 3d 2s Kd Th 5c] and lost with HI: a pair of Fours
Seat 7: bullets13 folded on the 4th Street
Seat 8: Wsox08 showed [6s 3h 2d Ac Qd Qc Kh] and lost with HI: a pair of Queens

Oh well, a final table is a final table. Stakes and antes were pretty high and I had to make a move. I'm happy that I won at something. After the $1 I got on Pokerstars I'm back up over 100 after that 1k withdrawl.

Also, the Sox kicked some ass tonight and are up 1 1/2 in the wild card. I fell confident that we can even win the central.