I'm still alive and back to poker!

Since last week I'm 100% back to poker and now focus into winning more and more (We always want more lol). I'm now playing NL50 (blinds being 25cent-50cent). I took a break of poker for more than a month (still played few hours a week but basically it was for fun). What did I do in that break? I basically wasted my time playing a game called : WorldOfWarcraft. My suggestion : don't play that, you'll get addicted. I cancelled my account and sold it this week to be able to have lot more of freetime towards poker. This weekend was a poker fiesta for me. Friday I had class from 10 to 1pm. Then at 2pm I played cashgame OmahaPL Hi 50 and NL50 on fulltiltpoker for 5hours. At 7 I went to Montreal to play a 10$ SITnGO which I won then moved to a 20$+rebuy at 10pm (finished at 4am and I splited the pot after 1hour of headsup since we were both really tired). When I came back home I almost played some cashgame again but I told myself 14hours of poker is enought for today. Saturday I played something like 12hours of cashgame and sunday...well 3hours for now. Since I haven't posted in a while here's some hands that you will like to read , enjoy :

Seat 1: calvin4140 ($34.70)
Seat 2: asmrozi ($48.65)
Seat 3: Pailai ($132.35)
Seat 4: FTNIRISH ($20.85)
Seat 5: Motze180 ($9.50)
Seat 6: Move over Rover ($80.50)
Seat 7: Chaucer11 ($49.50)
Seat 8: cobiaking ($34.45)
Seat 9: pokerduke996 ($29.80)
asmrozi posts the small blind of $0.25
Pailai posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to asmrozi [Ah Ad]
FTNIRISH folds
Motze180 folds
Move over Rover calls $0.50
Chaucer11 folds
cobiaking folds
pokerduke996 folds
calvin4140 calls $0.50
asmrozi raises to $3
Pailai calls $2.50
Move over Rover folds
calvin4140 folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 3d Qh]
asmrozi has 15 seconds left to act
asmrozi bets $7
Pailai calls $7
*** TURN *** [5d 3d Qh] [6h]
asmrozi bets $38.65, and is all in
Pailai calls $38.65
asmrozi shows [Ah Ad]
Pailai shows [5h 4h]
*** RIVER *** [5d 3d Qh 6h] [2d]
asmrozi shows a pair of Aces
Pailai shows a straight, Six high
Pailai wins the pot ($95.30) with a straight, Six high
asmrozi is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $98.30 | Rake $3

Seat 1: Boof_Diggety ($9.95)
Seat 2: Mariship ($102.35)
Seat 3: DevilOfHearts ($20)
Seat 4: nuckbasty666 ($62.95)
Seat 5: scowler ($62.45)
Seat 6: asmrozi ($77.75)
asmrozi posts the small blind of $0.25
Boof_Diggety posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to asmrozi [3d Ac As Qh]
Mariship folds
DevilOfHearts calls $0.50
nuckbasty666 calls $0.50
scowler has 15 seconds left to act
scowler calls $0.50
asmrozi raises to $3
Boof_Diggety folds
DevilOfHearts calls $2.50
nuckbasty666 calls $2.50
scowler calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [Ts 5d Ad]
asmrozi bets $8
DevilOfHearts raises to $17, and is all in
nuckbasty666 has 15 seconds left to act
nuckbasty666 folds
scowler folds
asmrozi calls $9
DevilOfHearts shows [Th 6h 7h Td]
asmrozi shows [3d Ac As Qh]
*** TURN *** [Ts 5d Ad] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 5d Ad 8d] [Qs]
DevilOfHearts shows three of a kind, Tens
asmrozi shows three of a kind, Aces
asmrozi wins the pot ($44.20) with three of a kind, Aces

Seat 1: ILOVE7_2 ($57.05)
Seat 2: justineilson714 ($62.25)
Seat 3: Diggs82 ($51.25)
Seat 4: benjisdaddy ($47.75)
Seat 5: jenblue1220 ($45.20)
Seat 6: asmrozi ($48)
Seat 7: LEFTY74 ($53)
Seat 8: onionjoru ($30.20)
Seat 9: skeaton29 ($28)
LEFTY74 posts the small blind of $0.25
onionjoru posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to asmrozi [Kd As]
skeaton29 folds
ILOVE7_2 folds
justineilson714 folds
Diggs82 folds
benjisdaddy raises to $2.75
jenblue1220 folds
asmrozi raises to $6
LEFTY74 has 15 seconds left to act
LEFTY74 folds
onionjoru folds
benjisdaddy calls $3.25
*** FLOP *** [4s 5d 9c]
benjisdaddy checks
asmrozi bets $6
benjisdaddy calls $6
*** TURN *** [4s 5d 9c] [4c]
benjisdaddy checks
asmrozi checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 5d 9c 4c] [4h]
benjisdaddy bets $7.50
asmrozi has 15 seconds left to act
asmrozi: QQ? (called his hand and bluffed but he still called lool)
asmrozi raises to $36, and is all in
benjisdaddy calls $28.25, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $0.25 returned to asmrozi
*** SHOW DOWN ***
asmrozi shows [Kd As] (three of a kind, Fours)
benjisdaddy shows [Qd Qc] (a full house, Fours full of Queens)
benjisdaddy wins the pot ($93.25) with a full house, Fours full of Queens

Seat 2: Mariship ($88.10)
Seat 4: nuckbasty666 ($77.60)
Seat 5: thor1123 ($31.20)
Seat 6: asmrozi ($51.10)
asmrozi posts the small blind of $0.25
Mariship posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to asmrozi [As Qc Qd 5d]
nuckbasty666 raises to $1.75
thor1123 has 15 seconds left to act
thor1123 folds
asmrozi calls $1.50
Mariship calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2s 9h]
asmrozi bets $3.25
Mariship raises to $15
nuckbasty666 folds
asmrozi raises to $49.35, and is all in
Mariship calls $34.35
asmrozi shows [As Qc Qd 5d]
Mariship shows [Qs 8s 3h Ah]
*** TURN *** [Qh 2s 9h] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2s 9h 3s] [2d]
asmrozi shows a full house, Queens full of Twos
Mariship shows two pair, Queens and Threes
asmrozi wins the pot ($101.95) with a full house, Queens full of Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $103.95 | Rake $2

If you are wondering what is Omaha, it's pretty simple, it's like NoLimitHE. The only difference is you start with 4 cards instead of 2 (you HAVE to use 2 of your cards to make the best 5 cards possible, that means you can't play only 1 out of your 4 cards to complete a straight or flush. I.E : There's 4 clubs on the board and you've 1 in your hand, you do not have the flush, you need two of them if your hand to complete the flush. There's a lot more action in Omaha, especially shorthanded.

Seat 1: Cmunstrocity ($20.90)
Seat 2: bodaadob ($25)
Seat 3: fubaroz ($25.75)
Seat 4: nastynoe44 ($22.55)
Seat 5: asmrozi ($79.70)
Seat 6: onz3145 ($29.85)
onz3145 posts the small blind of $0.10
Cmunstrocity posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to asmrozi [Ac Ah]
bodaadob folds
fubaroz folds
nastynoe44 folds
asmrozi raises to $0.85
onz3145 folds
Cmunstrocity raises to $2.50
asmrozi raises to $4.15
Cmunstrocity raises to $20.90, and is all in
asmrozi calls $16.75
Cmunstrocity shows [Qd Qc]
asmrozi shows [Ac Ah]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kh Ts]
*** TURN *** [Jd Kh Ts] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kh Ts Kc] [2s]
Cmunstrocity shows two pair, Kings and Queens
asmrozi shows two pair, Aces and Kings
asmrozi wins the pot ($39.85) with two pair, Aces and Kings

Something funny about this session of Nl25 (rebuilded some confidence since I was down and making bad plays), I finished with Seat 5: asmrozi ($97.90). 97.90-25= +72.90$ on a 1 table lol. It's almost +3 buy-ins, pretty nice.

Geocube : DVDplayer portable!

Étape 5 : trouver un produit pertinent pour votre veille technologique.

La technologie d'aujourdhui au niveau des lecteurs portables DVD est croissante. Chaque année qui passe est un vent qui amène une nouvelle amélioration à cet engin extrêmement convoité. Dans très bientôt, le Geocube Portable Media Player (PMP), écran de 3.6" et un disque dure avec une capacité maximale de 20gigs. Cet objet pourra faire fonctionner des MP3, films(6h d'autonomie) ou même pour le visionnement de JPG. J'ai trouvé l'interface, comme l'article qui me l'a présenté, assez original et attirant l'oeil.

Référence:
http://www.vtr-hardware.com/news/n7428-plein-de-nouveautes-multimedia-chez-gecube.html

Ludovic Lachance

HOTW and report

This week I barely played any poker, to be honest I didn't feel like playing at all. I had a pretty busy week with exams and work so I couldn't make any long session which is the way to make money in the online poker world. Actually, I played 1 session, a shorthanded (6people max), played around 800 hands and won something like 50$USD. I played friday at my friend's house and almost left before we actually started because people were arguing for no reason and I just wanted to chill and relax for a bit, I didn't want to hear that kind of talk after my week. After a bad week the sun always shine and it was true last week. Sunday I was invited to deal in a 1$/2$ cashgame live in Montreal (200$ buyin). I dealt from 16h00 to 9am non-stop (I went to the bathroom once, that's it lool) and pretty much runned the game from the start to the begining. My boss was playing in the game so if I had any questions he was siting next to me. It was a pretty good experience, and a pretty lucrative one also :D (basically my salary is tips only but I can assure you that players aren't cheap when they win over 600$). I won't say exactly how much I won in that dealing session but I was happy to miss my early classes monday to get that much money and receive a pretty good live dealing experience.

The HOTW (hand of the week) happened sunday in that 1$/2$ cashgame. Blinds are 1$ and 2$. My boss is first to act, he bumps to 4$, a really agressive player siting on my left reraises to 12$, SB (small blind) calls so does my boss. Three players in pot is around 38$ so far. Flop comes : 2-2-9 (2clubs). SB (with around 350$) raises to 32$, my boss reraises to 82$, the really agressive player (with over 500$ in front of him) rereraises to allin. SB thinks for a while and finally calls, my boss fold (he tryed to steal the pot lool, bad timing). Pot is over 800$, both flip their cards, both have 2-3. The really agressive player have one club so he has a backdoor flushdraw or else it's a split pot. Turn is : Jclub... River: Kclub and wins the pot with a flush. That happens like 1% of the time...he got really lucky and I got a nice 25$ tip right away haha. Insane pot.

New section and more!

There's a lot more than poker in my life, one of my favorite hobby is to actually create layout for websites and such. In the newest section, located on the middle-right of my site, you can find my lastest realisations designwise.

Another thing, I had to do four layouts on specific themes in my design and creativity class. I chosed skiing, trip, astronomy and the futur of our world.

Blog's criticism

For my design and creativity class we had to criticism one of our friend's blog. I decided to choose David Vu's blog, Etchii's blog.
Ludovic Lachance
Etape3 /Critique constructive d'un blogue.
Les liens ont tous une corrélation avec la création de blogues ou bien le visionnement de fichiers vidéos. Personnellement, j'aurais inscrit d'autres liens par rapport à ce qui touche à ton interface. Sinon, les couleurs sont bien agencées et j'aime bien le mixe du rouge et du orange sur les pages. Les images ont une uniformité par rapport au sujet traité sur le blogue qui donne un air "cartoon asiatique". Par contre j'aurais changé l'arrière-plan en couleur unie et non en couleur disposée en contraste (le noir et blanc ici). Sinon, très beau site jusqu'à maintenant lâche pas David!

HOTW and report

Sorry for the late update. The last week I mainly played SNG turbo (4 tables at once) of 3.40$ each. I played around 290 to gain 100$USD, was pretty bad $/hour but I'm just practicing to get into the 6.5$ ones and then 12$ etc. My ROI was around 26%. What is a ROI? Return on investment, ROI is calculated as (100 * total profit/total buy-in). To summarize, I won roughly around 116.50$ in a lot of hours. Let's say a cheap 5.6$/hour :[

For the hand of this week I decided to show you what's the downfall of poker : swing. In this hand (even thought I played it bad) you're going to feel why is luck part of this game. Even thought luck dosen't make you a winning player, it does affect good player like me (LOOL I'm modest) that we can't win every hands even if we know we're ahead. Pot is over 104$USD dollar. :[

POKERSTARS GAME #7619430706: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/12/26 - 19:37:00 (ET)
Table 'Irma V' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bryan2137 ($78.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Jaguar ($50.35 in chips)
Seat 4: lwyns2005 ($16.90 in chips)
Seat 5: supastar66 ($29.70 in chips)
Seat 6: theplux ($52.45 in chips)
Seat 7: GardienAngel ($42.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Mr.Zacard ($58.60 in chips)
Seat 9: gatsby123 ($28.95 in chips)
Jaguar: posts small blind $0.25
lwyns2005: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to theplux [Ah As]
supastar66: folds
theplux: calls $0.50
GardienAngel: calls $0.50
Mr.Zacard: folds
gatsby123: folds
bryan2137: raises $1.50 to $2
Jaguar: folds
lwyns2005: folds
theplux: calls $1.50
GardienAngel: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [7h 8s 2h]
theplux: checks
GardienAngel: checks
bryan2137: bets $4.50
theplux: raises $7.50 to $12
GardienAngel: folds
bryan2137: calls $7.50
*** TURN *** [7h 8s 2h] [4s]
theplux: bets $25
bryan2137: calls $25
*** RIVER *** [7h 8s 2h 4s] [6s]
theplux: bets $13.45 and is all-in
bryan2137: calls $13.45
*** SHOW DOWN ***
theplux: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
bryan2137: shows [Ts Js] (a flush, Jack high) <-- BACKDOOR FLUSH DRAW LOOL
bryan2137 collected $104.65 from pot

High Stakes Poker AA vs KK

High stakes poker is THE cashgame show on T.V. This hand feature two worldclass poker players (Barry Greenstein with AA and Samy Farha with KK). It was really unfortunate for both players to hold down those monsters when that hand is actually the last one of the night.
Summary of the hand :
Barry raises to 2,100$
Samy reraises to 12,500$
Barry reraises to 50,000$
See what happens next by clicking the video!