Mar
8
by Katrina Lim
Where has the time gone? Sorry for not blogging sooner. Been jankin’ around. Got lots to report though. Starting with the LAPC, I played a $1065 buy in and it was smooth sailing until David “the Dragon” Pham decided to get lucky against me. I picked up JJ and raised 4 times the big blind because when it comes to JJ, I always get burned and I was happy to take it down preflop. However, Dragon decided to call my raise after some hesitation. And of course, villain #2 next to him wanted in too. Flop comes 2, 4, 8 rainbow and both fools check to me. I throw out a good pot-sized bet. Dragon thinks for a little bit, and shoves. Villain #2 folds and I tanked for a good 5 minutes. Something deep inside told me to throw my JJ away but a few hands before David showed a bluff. My gut was telling me fold. And of course do I listen? Of course not. I called. Dragon flips over 8, 6 off. To add insult to injury, Dragon tells me my JJ should’ve been an instacall. I laughed at him and said I was so close to folding. That pretty much left me crippled and my last hand I held AQ and was called by 77. Of course the villain flops quads. Good game.
Played a home game with the gang and won that. Good stuff. My hands are holding up at showdown and I really feel good about this year. Played the $150k G at the Bike Friday night and here I’m thinking play will stop around 12:30pm. 12 levels later I’m staring at 3am and completely drained. Happy that I was patient the whole time and picked my hands carefully. Built my meager $3k stack back up to a healthy $20k but the fatigue finally took over. I was in the small blind and folded around. Staring down at Q, 10 s and shoved expecting to steal easily. Big blind instacalls me with KJ off. That call was actually questionable to me as we both were almost even in chips and almost in the money. Questionable as in the instacall. But oh well. Good game. I didn’t need to shove there but was already sleeping between hands. Placed 70th of 500. Jank.
Big congrats to Marilou Morelli!!! Scari Mari is on a roll and placed 11th in the LAPC Main Event!!! Last woman standing. When you taking me to lunch? Day after Scari played the $5/$10 NLH cash game at Hawaiian Gardens and turned a $3500 profit. Nice work sista!
My upcoming schedule includes the other guaranteed tourneys at Bike this month and crushing the home game again. But I do have some big news…
I am back in Corporate America. I got a job offer I just couldn’t resist. I am back working with my prior boss of 7 years and best of all, my office is down the street from the house. I can eat lunch at home and no commute. I can even work at home! What a luckbox! I win! As for poker, my boss knows I love playing so much and will let me schedule work time with poker time!!! Amazing! So, I’m still looking forward to the WSOP this summer and hope to hit a few events.
I feel a full-time job will help my poker even more. I have no pressure to win anymore. Poker is a bonus. I will still be grinding on weeknights and weekends especially when the cash games are juicy. Supplemental income is the best! And I will still be playing tourneys too. It’s nice to be part of a team again, having colleagues, and most importantly, I am back with the best boss in the world!! I would work for my boss for free. Seriously. I am extremely fortunate to have this new opportunity. Thank you so much, Boss Lady! We are going to kill the quota this year!
What else is going on? Hmm, oh yeah, with all the bad press Toyota is getting, I scored such a great deal on a RAV4, that we bought 2 of em! Don’t believe the media hype. Toyota is a great brand. Sure, lately they’ve been going 0-60 even when you don’t want them too, but hey, how many millions of Toys are on the road??!! Also, we got RAVs that were made in Japan. Only Toyotas made in the USA were recalled. Perfect example of lost in transalation. Anyway, we love our Toys that we might add a 3rd RAV to the family. Yes, we are cracked. Super jank!
Back to poker, I read Justin’s first blog for Bluff magazine. Brotha, how do you do it?! $180k profit in a cash game with Matusow and a few others…popping bottles of Cristal to boot!! Nice job! When’s the housewarming? I want to school you and Anita in ping pong. Justin and Anita moved into a newer, bigger house in the Hollywood Hills so they could have a game room and buy a ping pong table. Good stuff. I love ping pong and I hope to make bets with them. Easy money. If I can find just half the poker success as Justin, I will be happy. Good enough for me.
Pearljammer and Tracey also picked a date for the wedding and I’m so excited for them!! I’m even more excited that I get to be the maid of honor. I have exactly 1 year to lose 15 pounds. Better start soon. But with all the yummy food I’m finding, OMG! It’s gonna be hard! Time to get back to the gym. Nothing else going on. Just gonna keep grinding and dining. Life is good.