Stout’s Sunday Report: June 20, 2010

After getting a few massages at the Rio during the World Series of Poker, I started to ponder how great it would be to get them at home during Sunday sessions. It didn’t take long to find one of the massage girls who’d be willing to do it, either!

It was a madhouse here on Sunday, as it often is during the WSOP. Aside from the residents (Paul Wasicka, Jon “sketchy1″ Eaton, and myself), we were hosting: Rohn “herbs23″ Schutsky, Bryan “KUSH OR DIE/APPLEBUD” Berc, Steve “Zugie” Kusturiss, and three of my good buddies from Brooklyn.

With lots of good friends, plenty of good bud, and massages on call, you’d think we were allllllll set to use up all the rungoodsauce my IP address had to offer, right?

Well, you might be right, but if so the IP address had VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY little to offer after how well it treated me last week! I’m pretty sure no one in the house had a winning session. Not one person.  EPIC FAIL!!!

I did make one final table … kind of. I finished 7th of just 81 players in the Cake $162, whose tournament fields have been hurt significantly by two different but related facts:

1) Lock Poker has moved from the Cake Network to the Merge Network, so Cake has lost the traffic of many Lock customers.

2) Cake Poker lowered the guaranteed prize pools of their tournaments, which happened shortly before Lock was leaving the network.

My closest shot of making a profit for the day came when I finished 14th in the Stars $204 hyper-turbo, which had an average stack of about six big blinds and is more of a random distribution of the prize pool than an actual poker tournament. 

Apparently I couldn’t even rely on luck this week, which is strange since I’m usually such a lucksack.

Total tournaments played: 37

Total amount of buy-ins: $9,115

Total number of cashes: 5

- 21/319 in Cake $109, $292

- 52/1380 in Stars $109, $386.40

- 72/934 in Tilt $163, $308.22

- 7/81 in Cake $162, $675

- 14/463 in Stars $204 hyper-turbo, $926

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $2,717.62

Length of session: 12:18

Net win/loss for the day: -$6,397.38

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$98,707.72

- Matt Stout

 

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Stout’s Sunday Report: June 13, 2010

To those of you who read my last blog: you remember how much my last Sunday session sucked? Picture the exact OPPOSITE of that. =)

I definitely punted a few stacks today and didn’t play my A-game in just about every spot like I expect myself to, but the horseshoe up my ass was just too big today to be ignored. I ran really ridiculously well in some tournaments and managed to cash more than 25% of the tournaments I entered for the day.

My roommate Jon Eaton and I were both top stacks in the Cake tournament as we started to get pretty deep. Fortunately we didn’t have to play together until the final table, and 100% played it straight when we did. That donkey even shoved K-Q into my A-A after I raised from early position at the final table and put himself on tilt.

I’m sure my needling and the fact that I took over the chip lead in this hand didn’t help much either!

I got a bit short during the heads up match, but managed to pull off a gigantic bluff and regain the chip lead.

We battled for a while before I executed a semi-bluff that I loved and definitely stand behind. My opponent somehow made an insane call with third pair after three-betting me with 6-9o pre. Sigh. 2nd place for $14.4k wasn’t terrible for my first final table of the day though.

However, I still had some business to finish after that. I had a pretty big stack in the Sunday 500, which is one of my favorite tournaments because of the huge prize pool, great structure, and the fact that it is still the tournament that gave me my biggest online win ($105k, December 2008).

I got very lucky when I had flopped top two with K-Q. I got it all in after a Jack hit the turn, only to find out that my opponent had A-10. Not a problem, though, Kinggggggggggggballllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!! It was only a 300k+ pot, no big deal.

I became a bit short near the final table bubble for a while, but was basically able to ride that lucksack King on the river right to the final table. I was completely in the zone and my opponents were constantly doing just what I wanted them to.

I ended up with a pretty big chip lead shorthanded, then was pretty close to even with the other two players when I picked up 9-9 and stacked off against A-A. I think it was standard to get it in, and that it was just pretty cooler-ish for three-handed play.

But anyone who frequently reads my blog knows, I refuse to focus on the negative and whine that I left almost $40k on the table against two unknown players. I had a ~$65k day, and life is good! I’m also near the bubble of the WSOP $1k NL right now with 16k at 300/600, so life is EXTRA good right now! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total tournaments played: 35

Total amount of buy-ins: $9,383

Total number of cashes: 8

- 82/1639 in Stars $109, $262.24

- 168/5507 in Stars $55, $330

- 60/476 in special Tilt $117 super-turbo heads-up, $235.62

- 53/856 in Stars $162 short-handed $436.56

- 2/555 in Cake $162 Sunday major, $14,400

- 3/969 in the Stars Sunday $500, $47,500

- 33/498 in Stars $109+rebuys, $1,034.55

- 32/783 in Stars $162, $528.52

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $64,777.49

Length of session: 14:25

Net win/loss for the day: +$55,394.49

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$105,105.10

- Matt Stout

 

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Stout’s Sunday Report: June 06, 2010

Yea … this report is for last Sunday. Time flies during WSOP! This session can be summed up in two words: BRICK CITY

I took a brutal beat in the Sunday Brawl that I won’t get into because it’s more important to focus on the positive.  Life is good, and it’s WSOP time.  Here are some numbers that I’ll soon be forgetting, except for the last one. =)

Total tournaments played: 37

Total amount of buy-ins: $10,891

Total number of cashes: 4, and they were BIG ones!!!

- 731/5985 in Stars $55, $90

- 58/846 in Tilt $163, $304.56

- 52/573 in Lock $162/$125k gtd, $280

- 17/84 in Lock $162, $195

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $909.56 W00T W00T!

Length of session: 10:42

Net win/loss for the day: -$9,981.44

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$49,710.61

- Matt Stout

 

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 30, 2010

Thanks to the magnificent wonder that is the World Series of Poker, this is officially my most belated Sunday Report on record … despite the fact that I shipped two tournaments! Normally it’s the crappy sessions that I’m not so eager to talk about.

The day actually started out pretty crappy and I was letting it get to me more than I usually do for some reason. I didn’t come anywhere near cashing in my first 13 tournaments of the day and was running pretty gross.

Then I reminded myself that I run great at life and should stop thinking like a whiny little bitch, and suddenly things started to look up again! =)

I went on a pretty nice heater and started making some runs, and won another satellite for the WSOP Main Event.

I also finally took down a tournament that has been a small thorn in my side, the Stars $109 with two rebuys and one add-on. It doesn’t have a giant prize pool or field, but has taunted me for several months since they started running it. I finally took it down though, which helped me to just barely squeeze out a $25k day.

Four events and one cash deep at the WSOP, but that’ll get its own blog in a few days. Time to get some sleep before the second $1k NL of the WSOP tomorrow. Here are the stats…

Total tournaments played: 38

Total amount of buy-ins: $9.926

Total number of cashes: 8

- Tie-1/330 in Tilt $640 WSOP satellite, $12k package

- 107/3030 in Tilt $750k gtd, $750

- 514/7214 in the Pokerstars Sunday $1.5 Million, $465

- 1/154 in Stars $109 (two rebuy, one add-on) $10,685.50

- 96/1249 in Stars 2nd Chance, $450

- 59/787 in the Full Tilt $163, $295.12

- 92/773 in Stars $109 turbo, $200.98

- um…apparently I cashed something on Lock for $175 unless my accounting and math have failed me? I think it was the $109 but I’m not really sure lol

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $25,021.60

Length of session: 11:27

Net win/loss for the day: +$15,095.60

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$59,692.05

- Matt Stout

More Sunday Report Posts from Matt Stout

Stout’s Sunday Report: May 23, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 16, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 9, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report Video Edition: May 25, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 11, 2010

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 23, 2010

Now that the FTOPS and SCOOP are finally over I went back into almost full volume mode and played 43 tournaments this past Sunday. Lots of cashes but only one that was really noteworthy.

Sometimes during the early-middle stages of the tournament you just run so unbelievably well that you know for a fact the site has already decided that you should win the tournament. That’s what happened to me in the Lock $374 WSOP Main Event satellite.

I picked up big pair over big pair over and over and every time I flipped with A-K I automatically won. Good times!

Three $12,500 packages were awarded and fourth was less than $1,000 I believe, so the four-handed bubble took a while. Eventually someone decided to make a stand with K-Q against Alex Kambaris’s 6-6 and binked to wrap things up.

On an unrelated note, I just registered for events 3 and 5 of the WSOP, the first $1k and $1,500 NL events. Feel like a little kid just before Christmas!!! WSOP preview blog coming soon.

For now check out this week’s stats:

Total tournaments played: 43

Total amount of buy-ins: $10,002

Total number of cashes: 

- 55r3 (35/1055 $729.05)

- t75 (79/1388 $158.02)

- L374WSOP (Tie-1/110 $12,500 pkg)

- 109q4 (22/173 $560)

- t59ST (b10x5=$50) (69/1597 $129.36)

- 19/120 in Lock $109, $175

- 31/256 in the PokerStars $101 hyper-turbo heads-up, $256

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $14,607.43

Length of session: 10:34

Net win/loss for the day: +$4,605.43

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$44,596.45

- Matt Stout

More Sunday Report Posts from Matt Stout

Stout’s Sunday Report: May 16, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 9, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report Video Edition: May 25, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 11, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 4, 2010 + Extras

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 16, 2010

This Sunday was one of the biggest and most epic Sundays of all time as far as online donkament action goes. It was the culmination of the Spring Championship of Online Poker series, which included a $1k event, a $2k event, and even a $10k event with a $5M guaranteed prize pool.

Naturally the $10k was all I focused on the entire day, and mindlessly played my other tournaments in the background while giving them little to no attention.

I made a deep run in the Lock $162 but ended up bricking 14 outs twice for a huge pot against the pocket threes of one of the biggest fish I’ve ever played against. I’d give the hand history but don’t want to whine … but trust me, he sucks LOL =)

I also managed to make a deep run in the turbo $109+rebuy again, but came up just short of making the final table of it in back-to-back weeks.

So that leaves the $10k. I really put everything I had into this tournament all day long, and got off to the right start early when someone decided to gift me their entire $10,000 investment. I was very grateful, as this set me up to remain in the top 15-40 players in chips (out of a 600+ starting field) throughout the tournament.

I cruised through most of the mid stages of the tournament while slowly chipping up and really playing my best, which can be tough when you’re playing nine tables other than the $10k. I managed to stay focused all day, but lost traction and wasn’t able to pick up many chips from the time there were 50 players left until there were about 30.

As a result, my stack slipped down to just under 30 big blinds (~110k @ 2/4k), the lowest it had been all tournament. I was dealt A♣ Q♦ in the cutoff, and AJinOK opened to 12k from the hijack. I made a pretty standard shove despite my vast hatred for the hand, and he called with 9♣ 9♠. His pair held, and I busted in 29th place for $30,750.

As usual I wasn’t really bitter or mad after this elimination, even though it happened almost 17 hours into my session and 5 minutes before the tournament broke for day 1.

The only thing that’ll usually frustrate me is if I feel I’ve made some mistakes that led to me losing chips/busting. I really feel that I played my A-game throughout this tournament, and had I won a flip I’d have most likely made the final table and been playing for $1.16 million.

Total tournaments played: 20

Total amount of buy-ins: $17,872

Total number of cashes: 

- 701/6827 in the PokerStars SCOOP 37-mid (SCOOP version of Sunday Warmup), $409.62

- 28/615 in SCOOP 38-high, the $10k main event, $30,750

- 29/589 in Lock $162, $100k gtd, $550

- 36/1,056 in the Sunday 500, $1,953.60

- 11/634 in the Full Tilt Poker $109+rebuy turbo, $2,278.50

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $35,971.72

Length of session: 16:39 (record for Sunday tournies, but doesn’t beat my ~35 hr session of Tropicana Atlantic City cash games on New Years’ Eve 2006)

Net win/loss for the day: +$18,099.72

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$39,991.02

- Matt Stout

More Sunday Report Posts from Matt Stout

Stout’s Sunday Report: May 9, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report Video Edition: May 25, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 11, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 4, 2010 + Extras

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 9, 2010

It’s pretty sick that the SCOOP has my average buy-ins for Sunday tournaments exceeding the normal World Poker Tour main event buy in of $10k.

Both high-stakes level tournaments were $2k NL events, so that was $4,200 right there before I get to a third tourney.

This Sunday’s session got off to a dismal start. As a highlight, just shy of two hours into play I realized that I had mixed up the $215 mid-stakes SCOOP with the $2,100 high stakes, and had been putting all my attention on the $215.

I had 6k of my 10k starting stack left when I realized it, and was suddenly disappointed to find that the 14k stack actually belonged to me in the $215 event instead of the $2,100. Sigh … maybe I should wake up more than 12 minutes before I start playing a $2k.

After ultimately busting that $2k pretty early, the day started to look up when I made a back-to-back appearance at the Lock $109, $40k guaranteed final table. I ended up heads-up and we got it in for literally 99%+ of the chips in play with my 8-8 to his A-9. The board ran A-10-8-6-7.

Despite having my opponent backdoor a straight for $3k, it was all in before the flop as a coinflip and I pocketed almost $6k. I also managed to top my third place finish from last week with a second this week, which means I’m due to win it this week, right?

I also lucksacked the biggest tilted gamblefest in Sunday history, the late $109+rebuy turbo on Tilt. I had a decent stack throughout despite it being a turbo and went on a super-heater as the final table approached.

I finally cooled down a bit at the final table, which is a shame because turbo structures make for awkward stacks and little room for shenanigans. I ended up losing a race and busting to my friend Shane Schleger in fourth place for ~$18k.

Shane then got unlucky against another friend of mine, Isaac Baron, heads up. Isaac ended up taking home the top prize of $51,550. Good game, fellas.

I also spent the late part of my session min-cashing the SCOOP 20 – mid stakes (SCOOP version of the Sunday Million) and near-bubbling the $2k SCOOP 20 – high stakes tournament…but negative energy sucks so I’ll stop talking about that and get to the numbers. =)

Total tournaments played: 27

Total amount of buy-ins: $11,498 (broke my record I think)

Total cashes: 3 (definitely did not break a record here, but made ‘em count)

- 646/8266 in SCOOP 20-Mid Stakes (SCOOP Sunday Million), $540

- 4/590 in late Tilt $109+rebuys turbo $18,042.50

- 2/340 in Lock $109, $5,860

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $24,482.50

Length of session: 13:08

Net win/loss for the day: +$12,984.50

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$21,891.30

- Matt Stout

More Sunday Report Posts from Matt Stout

Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report Video Edition: May 25, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 11, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 4, 2010 + Extras
Stout’s Sunday Report: March 28, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: March 21, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: March 14, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: March 7, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: February 28, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: February 21, 2010

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010

Two huge online tournament series’, the FullTilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) and Stars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), overlapped on this Sunday, creating one of the top 10 sickest action Sundays in online poker history.

As a result I decided to cut back on the number of tournaments I played dramatically so that I could focus on the big ones.

You’ll notice in the stats that we weren’t slacking on the total buy-ins, though. That’s because the Spring Championship of Online Poker features three levels of buy-ins for each event, with the same type of tournament being spread across three buy in levels.

The medium stakes level is 10x the buy in amount of the low stakes level, and the high stakes is 100x the low. So for each NL event on Sunday (one short-handed, one full-ring) there was a $22, $215, and $2,100 event.

I finished third in the early Lock $109 freezeout after having a pretty big chip lead, but punted it by not focusing and playing my best game. I also made a deep run in the early Stars $109+rebuys, which had 1,374 entrants and paid $95k to first. I ended up getting short and busting 14th though.

But the big story came from the biggest tournament of the day, the SCOOP 2-High Stakes $2,100 NL . Despite the fact that I was playing as many as 8 other tables around it I managed to stay pretty focused on this one. I stayed at or near 100 big blinds the whole tournament, which is obviously a very comfortable stack.

135 entrants were paid out of a field of 1,077, and I was cruising with a pretty big stack until there were 106 players left. I ended up stacking off a boatload of chips with #QQ♠ against Jon “ifftari” Jaffe.

We went to the races for about 250k chips at 700/1400, which was enough to put me 3rd in chips if I won the pot. He flopped a King though, and a very long and marginally profitable day came to a bittersweet end.

Here’s this week’s breakdown:

Total tournaments played: 23

Total amount of buy-ins: $11,460

Total cashes: 4

-435/6783 in $215 short-handed NL SCOOP 1-Mid Stakes, $474.81

-14/1374 in early Stars $109+rebuys, $3,925.50

-3/395 in Lock $109, $3,960

-106/1077 in SCOOP2-High Stakes $2,100 NL, $4,308

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $12,708.31

Length of session: 13:50

Net win/loss for the day: +$1,248.31

Net win/loss online on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$8,906.80

 - Matt Stout

 

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