$10k Guarantee... so close to victory...

3/147 in $30R MTT.
Well what was a nice run at a nice score ($3400 for 1st) ended when I got AK in the small blind, and raised up and induced a shove from A7ss… of course I’m mentioning the suits because that’s how he wins.  Villian flops the flush draw (I’m holding Ks) and he rivers his hand for a huge pot and basically HU against the most aggro player this side of the Mississippi!!! (haha)  We’ll call this the $1200 hand that went wrong!!!!  Oh well.  I played well and got it in good for a chance to win… what more can you ask for?? 

Tomorrow is a new day!  Good luck all.

Charity Tournament on BetOnDrew.com

Check out the link below for recent live poker action.  :)   Pics and tourney results/busts.

http://betondrew.com/post-game-on-charity-tournament

Lots of new stuff on the website.

www.betondrew.com

Got some new people on the team and lots of good momentum right now.  Check it out! - FOUR WINS in 2 DAYS... also a couple 2nds and 3rds!!!

Merge Network News

I'm not sure of the source of this, but this is an interesting blog article.

http://www.ontiltradio.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2219005%3ABlogPost%3A90503&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

More Drama with ONline Poker

http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/doylesroom-truepoker-seized-internet-gambling-indictments-continue-586489/

FernanWho?

FernanDO! 

Congrats to my student/fellow coach/friend who just shipped his 1st big MTT!!! 

Finishing 1/617 is not easy... ever.  So when you finally take down your 1st one it's quite an undescribable feeling.  After winning Fernando told me he had "chicken skin"... I was like what???  Haha.  I did find out though that "chicken skin" is the equivalent of my "goose bumps", so that made it more relatable for me then.  :D 

If you get a chance check out Fernando's blog and congratulate him!!!!

p.s. Fernando (fagrello on pstars) posted a week with 120% ROI!!!  Sick!

PokerStars allowing Withdrawals for US Players

Incase you don't already know here is an article describing more.

http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/pokerstars-now-processing-u-s-cashouts-586422/

Still places for US players to play! Check it out.

Despite the tragedy that has fallen on the online poker world, there are still a few options to play poker for US players. 

Feel free to check out my Merge Network based site, http://www.betondrew.com/ or to email me gonzalez.john.r@gmail.com with questions.  I'm always here to help.

The Merge Network is experiencing boosted traffic, better guarantees, more tourneys, and basically they are trying to accomodate the fact that they, along with Bodog and Cake network are the only real sites offering US player action. 

Also if you are interested in MTT coaching/HH reviews/Staking/etc., let me know.  Again, I'm here to help if you are interested.


Here is to poker being a right, not a luxury!!!!! 

Playing for nothing? Haha...

So I've been running terrible on merge and just frustrated as crap... I decided since Cereus (AP) was still letting US players play (not cashout, or depo.) I would try to blow the rest of my roll since I was mad at my "run bad" on merge. 

Played 2 tourneys that were in late reg. and shipped 1 of them, hahaha figures... 

Ok, so I know maybe I'll be able to get this money 1 day but otherwise I guess I might as well have been playing for free!!!     :(

Oh well, gl all.

-DrewPeacoq8

Online Poker News

I'm still around tho I haven't posted in a long time.  My volume hasn't been what it needs to be, and of course now I lost 3 of the sites I play on so it will hurt more... sucks, and I know everyone else is feeling the effects of online pokers "black friday".

Best news lately is here:
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/April11/pokerdomainnameuseagreementspr.pdf

Who knows what is next tho...

Guess we just gotta keep our ears open...

*Good news tho - during a coaching session tonight I got to watch my boy take down a tourney!!  Congrats Fernando!  Always a good feeling!!!  :)

betondrew.com - updated 3/17/11

Check it the f out!  :)

Cash games can be cruel, but for who?

This was a fun hand that I had thought out a bit and came up with the right solution I think... This type of hand can go either way, especially in cash and you can lose or win lots of money.  I was lucky to be on the winning side here of course.  If anyone wants to discuss it give a shout!

PokerStars Game #59332097742:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2011/03/17 3:08:10 ET
Table 'Pogson VI' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: LiftGrind ($79.32 in chips)
Seat 3: leilias ($85.64 in chips)
Seat 4: Kllerfish007 ($63.10 in chips)
Seat 5: UFGator3.8 ($60 in chips)
Seat 6: grigory86 ($62.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Drewpeacoq ($37.12 in chips)
Seat 8: 1080MOJO ($35.59 in chips)
Seat 9: CyberNerd ($30.30 in chips)
UFGator3.8: posts small blind $0.10
grigory86: posts big blind $0.25
Ermii 27: sits out
LiftGrind: posts the ante $0.05
leilias: posts the ante $0.05
Kllerfish007: posts the ante $0.05
UFGator3.8: posts the ante $0.05
grigory86: posts the ante $0.05
Drewpeacoq: posts the ante $0.05
1080MOJO: posts the ante $0.05
CyberNerd: posts the ante $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Drewpeacoq [Td Ad]
Drewpeacoq: raises $0.50 to $0.75
1080MOJO: folds
CyberNerd: folds
LiftGrind: folds
leilias: calls $0.75
Kllerfish007: folds
UFGator3.8: folds
grigory86: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s Qh 2c]
Drewpeacoq: bets $2.22
leilias: raises $2.22 to $4.44
Drewpeacoq: raises $2.56 to $7
leilias: calls $2.56
*** TURN *** [4s Qh 2c] [Qd]
Drewpeacoq: bets $7.77
leilias: raises $7.77 to $15.54
Drewpeacoq: raises $13.78 to $29.32 and is all-in
leilias: folds
Uncalled bet ($13.78) returned to Drewpeacoq
Drewpeacoq collected $45.33 from pot
Drewpeacoq: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47.33 | Rake $2
Board [4s Qh 2c Qd]
Seat 1: LiftGrind folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: leilias folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Kllerfish007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: UFGator3.8 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigory86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Drewpeacoq collected ($45.33)
Seat 8: 1080MOJO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CyberNerd folded before Flop (didn't bet)

WOOT!

Good couple of days...

So, before the last couple of days there wasn't much going for me... other than losing huge pots late in tourneys to bust before the serious money... Of course this is always frustrating, but part of the game so I press on. 

Despite the "run bad" times I've been feeling even better about my game lately, due to a lot of studying and coaching I've been doing (shout out to the boys). 

So as the tables turned around a bit the last couple of days, I managed to get to 2 merge finals (3rd, 5th) for ~$400, several cashes on FullTilt including 2 finals... 1 was a 10th place for ~$100 in a field of over 1,000, and another was a nice 1/848 for $4700! 

To celebrate a nice score I went to the chinese buffet and ate my face off.  As I write this tho I just lost with AA to 88... BB is 300, I got 2 limpers in front with KK in button plus 2... I pump it up to 1500, get the small blind to shove 11k over the top.  Of course who would shove over 30+BBs with AA, so I know I'm ahead here... The veiny of it was AA<8888!

Anyway, poker can be a roller coaster but aren't roller coasters fun??

-Goodluck

Drew

New Site in progress etc etc

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while, I've had a lot of things going on including a staking agreement, new site BETONDREW.COM, and I'm starting to play on other site a bit more.  Check out the new site, I posted about the pokerstars 5 million tourney, and miniFTOPS #1... nothing big, but yeahhknoww.

There she goes again! Always fun to see...

She loves outs! 

Sick hand...

This doesn't happen much!

Title Defense of tourney!!!

Didn't get to play but 4 MTT's today, but got to defend my title in the $2,250 Guaranteed 20R  1R/1A!!!!!
It's not often you can say you won the same tourney back to back days, but the poker gods allowed it this time!!

3 wins in 2 days... I hope this never ends :)

Good Luck all!!! 

Today is my dog Neo's bday!!!

Neo is a Shephard/Terrier mix we adopted from the Animal Shelter when he was a puppy.  Today he is 2 yrs old, and I thought I'd post a video of him... It's just him and I coming back from a walk at our old place. 

Like I said... it comes in bunches!!

So because I was happy about winning the last tourney that I posted about, I decided to stay up and play more... what do you know, BACK TO BACK wins! 

                      $2,250 Guaranteed 1R/1A    -    1/59

It always feels good...

... when you've run poorly for awhile... losing to 1 card str8's/flushes and lower prs spikin sets on you, you can start to really feel like a punching bag. BUT, if you stay focused on playing well and looking past the bad beats, your time will come back around... usually 2 fold.  Good Luck, and I'm feeling gooooddd.  Here's to the next one!                    
       $3,500 Guaranteed 1R/1A on Merge