Joe "Hoodini10" Udine
August, 2008 (4)
July, 2008 (1)
June, 2008 (4)
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8/13/2008 11:57:35 AM EST
My Mood: hungry |
| On the Up and Up |
On the Up and Up
Monday was a turnaround day for me after taking 2nd in the 109r for 28k. This score helped negate a little spew I had in the past week and also uplifted my spirits moving into a big weekend with a lot of great ftops events left. I am so hungry for a big score and look forward to a lot of good mtts upcoming in the end of FTOPS and then WCOOP starting up in September.
Borgata 2k Deepstack went pretty awful. I started out very active and chipped up to around 40k from a 30k starting stack. This tourney had a very good structure so I was just looking for a lot of pot control and maintaining an unpredictable image at the table. I ended up play a real weird pot with this older guy who I kind of recognized from AC donkaments. 7 limpers on my bb at 100/200 and I look at 2 red aces. I make it 2k to go and get 1 caller to a flop of 10d8s7d. I bet 2/3 pot cautiously and he calls and we see a turn of 7s. Again I lead for a little more than half pot this time and he makes it 10k more putting in more than half his stack. This was an amazing card for him to semi bluff a multiway draw or air and somehow I just believed him. I don’t know why because usually I get it in here but I folded. I still had plenty of chips left until my day ended on a board of 3h4h3x with my 35ss against Ax3 gg. Anyway, Ill be playing every day for the rest of the week so look for me deep!
Also, that tennis match v. sloppyklod is going down next week…
-Joe
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8/8/2008 10:33:37 AM EST
My Mood: Chillin... |
| Confidence is back |
The last blog entry I wrote is a perfect example of letting a little variance mixed with some bad play in a few sessions get to me. Looking into the past I’ve come to realize I kind of go through these cycles where I will be disappointed with how I’m managing things whether it be not balancing my schedule, bad play, etc. It’s extremely hard to not fall into these periods of “blah-ness” when u r a full-time mtt player. The last 2 days I’ve mixed it up in a few small sessions in cash and sngs while keeping my mtt schedule a little smaller and it felt great. I recouped on some mtt losses from last week but more importantly restored my confidence big time that I can fight through any downswing and come out on top. In the near future I also want to learn a lot more about PLO and some other forms of poker as I believe this also keeps you fresh and is vital in becoming a well-rounded player. Anyway, just needed to get that off my chest.
In other news, I went to the Jack Johnson concert last night with my girlfriend Alexis and some other friends from high school which was amazing. This was my first Jack Johnson concert and I hadn’t listened to his music in a while but he sounded great live. I downloaded his most recent album, Sleep Through The Static yesterday and definitely recommend it. SLOPPYKLOD and I had to delay the tennis match for now mostly because we were going to the concert at 5 and he didn’t get home from the shore until 230 – but I’m sure he’ll tell you I backed out because I was scared haha. I took him down in a HORSE match the other night and I can’t tell you how good it will feel to take more of his money in this tennis match considering all the talking he’s been doing. I’m staying at his shore house this weekend for the Borgata 2k Deepstack so maybe we’ll get the match in somehow soon – Ill post some quick updates as the weekend progresses. pz
-Joe
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8/5/2008 5:54:10 PM EST
My Mood: anxious |
| Random Babbling |
Quick Update
This past week has been a mess. A few weeks prior I won the 109r and took 7th in the 1k for 2 small 5 figure cashes – only to be mostly given back the past week or so. I’ve gone deep in some big tourneys and have just not played to my liking. This past Sunday I was killing the 109r nightly and right on the money bubble lost 1010<74o ai pre for an enormous lead. I then proceeded to go on uber monkey tilt and took 30th in the 2nd Chance on stars – busting to mattg after 3 betting ai with a9dd to his early po open 7 handed. Of course he goes on to win – you can thank me matt haha. I also went crazy in the 200r – putting another awful awful awful beat on crazymarco who is noraflum on stars. We have become friends and have met at a few live venues so I definitely feel shitty it was him – but I honestly just lost my mind after a couple weeks of frustration and putting in some sick hours with really no return. So, the bad news is that I went off track and kind of put a dent in some profits right before a few big months of tourneys with ftops and wcoop coming up. The good news is that before every big win I’ve ever had I’ve had a bunch of losing sessions beforehand to motivate me to play at the highest level I can. It really sucks how it has worked like that and it is something I am going to work hard on to stop because it just hurts overall confidence and is unnecessary to ever play as bad as I did throughout this whole past week. Yes, I’ve run kinda shitty in some key spots but I hate blaming shit on variance – it never gets you any better. I apologize if the first part of this blog was cluttered and all over the place but I needed to vent some and just start fresh and move forward.
Anyway, moving forward I am very anxious for ftops to begin this week and I am also going to be playing the Borgata 2k deepstack event starting this Saturday. If you have read SLOPPYKLOD’s Blog, I will be playing him in tennis this Thursday and look forward to making him change his avatar to whatever I chose for the duration of wcoop (this is our little prop for the match). Ill be updating this a lot more now as Ill be playing a ton online in the coming months. Pz
-Joe
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8/3/2008 11:21:22 AM EST
My Mood: determined |
| Been a While... |
Been a while since I’ve last posted and I’ll do my best to cover anything eventful that happened since now and the main event. First off, big-ups to Klod (SLOPPYKLOD) for his deep WSOP ME run this summer. He had an impressive summer this year including a 2nd place finish to Greenstein in a 1500 Razz (haha razz) and 12th in the Main Event. It’s been sick to watch his progress in the last year and I’m sure this is only the beginning. My Main Event was pretty mediocre to say the least – I made day 2 only to bust ai vs a naked flush draw AK<A5dd on a Kd3d3x flop.
Since the main event I’ve been taking it easy for the most part. I put in some decent hours 2 weeks ago and took 1st in 109r and 7th in the Super Tuesday 1k on Stars. These deep runs were good for my confidence and I’m looking forward to putting in sick hours in August and Sept. for FTOPS and WCOOP. A big part of my new routine is working out or playing sports 4-5 days a week. This definitely helps keeping a good mindset.
In my spare time I have been going to the Shore and I went to my Cousin Mike’s wedding. Congrats! Mike and Pam the wedding was a lot of fun. I plan to start reading more books also, although I can’t anticipate doing too much reading with all the action in Aug. and Sept. In addition to FTOPS (Schedule) and WCOOP (Schedule) there is a 2k Deepstack Event at Borgata August 9th-12th and the Borgata Open in mid-September. I am looking forward to managing my time well in the next 2 months and make the most I can out of a great schedule of events. I’ve been thinking a lot about my work ethic for the past 2 months and decided it wasn’t even close to what it should be. Poker affords you a lot of time to do whatever you need to be prepared and also learning more about outside ventures to further your business – and I plan on utilizing my time much better moving forward. Anyway, time to do work – its Sunday and anyone who plays online mtts knows what that means - time to own haha. Til next time…
Oh yea also just did an interview with Ryan from Bluff - check it out should be up for a few more days.
-Joe
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