+$300 Today but.......

That doesnt make up for the -$850 I took on Sat & Sun. So I'm minus $550 since my last post. That makes me about + $700 since Vegas. It's the ups and downs of the poker life. You go thru both in poker, every player does. Poker so simulates life.

On a personal note Kassandra and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm so happy that she is in my life.The pic is my screensaver. Isn't she hot? Taylor gets here in 2 1/2 weeks. I can't wait!! Now I have to pony up for the XBox 360. Well its late and I'm what I call happy tired!! Cause I finally won today.In my last heads up match I was short stacked 190 vs 2790 in chips and I came back for the win!!!Pay at this window please! I am the Master!! lol

Steamin Baby!!

Another great week. I have won another $400 since my last post. That now puts me up $1127 since Vegas. Put up the tree with Kassi last night, as you can see.I had a great family Turkey Day, except for the Cowboys losing :( It was the damn uniforms. The same ones Washington beat them in earlier this year. When I saw them wearing them, I knew that they were going to lose. I hope Jerry can figure that out soon. Ditch those Biatches!! Glad I don't bet on football.

Tip of the Day
"Few people realize how intensely competitive you must be to become a good poker player. I couldn’t play poker just for fun, and I don’t think many of the top professionals could. I’ve always played to win, and whenever I’ve discovered any bad habits, I’ve tried to eliminate them just as I would try to eliminate mistakes in a business I might be running."


- Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson
From the book Super/System

All is Good!!!

A great few days of poker. Im now up over $700 since Vegas! Last 2 days I've just played one heads up match for $100 and won and immediately put the $$ in my checking account. My short term goal is to pocket $100 a day. That's $3k a month in profit. If I can do that then I'm stepping up to $200 a day, then $300, then I'll quit my day job lol!Have a blessed day my friends, I am.

My Poker Week.

+$380 since getting back from Vegas 7 days ago. All in all a good week. Won most of it yesterday. I finshed 17th in the early $10 rebuy tourney on Poker Stars. That paid $360. I've just been playing tourneys and heads up matches only this week. Got stocked up on ring games in Vegas. lol I'm in the process of posting my pics from Rob's Birthday party last month. They'll be up later today.

The Grinder & MICADOO

Me And Michael Mizrachi at the WSOP Tournament of Champions 11/7/05 which will air on ESPN Xmas Eve. Final three will be Helmuth, Matsow, and Hoyt Corkins. I got some pics of Matsow and Doyle Brunson on my photo blog. Check em out on my new photo site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/micadoo/

My Poker Stars Cashes since 7/12/2004

Hello everyone!! I've been playing about 5 hrs a day since I got back from Vegas. Net +$150 for 20+ hours of play lol. Least I'm not losing. The following is my Tourmnament money finishes courtesy of thepokerdb.com. Life is good and some of my Vegas pics are on my photo blog. link on the bottom of this post.
Total Winnings: $15,816 Total Final Tables: 8
Date
Tournament/Event
Place
Winnings
11/03/2005
Hold'em NL $10
66
$21
11/03/2005
Hold'em NL $3
96
$31
11/01/2005
Hold'em NL $5
7
$239
11/01/2005
Hold'em NL $5
116
$29
10/02/2005
Hold'em NL $3
102
$6
09/27/2005
Hold'em NL $10
13
$112
09/16/2005
Hold'em NL $10
21
$209
07/11/2005
Hold'em NL $150
6
$2,376
07/10/2005
Hold'em NL $3
135
$5
07/03/2005
Hold'em NL $10
27
$220
06/26/2005
Hold'em NL $3
43
$15
06/07/2005
Hold'em NL $10
48
$30
04/18/2005
Hold'em NL $10
25
$61
04/06/2005
Hold'em NL $30
10
$206
04/04/2005
Hold'em NL $10
44
$38
04/03/2005
Hold'em NL $200
181
$342
03/28/2005
Hold'em NL $5
54
$37
02/20/2005
Hold'em NL $10
66
$97
02/08/2005
Hold'em NL $10
17
$379
02/02/2005
Hold'em NL $10
80
$78
01/29/2005
Hold'em PL $10
25
$36
01/24/2005
Hold'em NL $5
14
$108
01/23/2005
Hold'em NL $20
18
$159
01/23/2005
Hold'em NL $200
167
$368
01/23/2005
Hold'em NL $50
17
$99
01/22/2005
Hold'em NL $10
53
$48
01/19/2005
Hold'em NL $150
30
$264
01/18/2005
Hold'em NL $5
102
$7
01/18/2005
Hold'em NL $10
12
$363
01/13/2005
Hold'em NL $10
9
$505
01/13/2005
Hold'em NL $10
18
$218
01/09/2005
Hold'em Limit $100
11
$140
01/06/2005
Hold'em NL $20
4
$818
12/30/2004
Hold'em NL $10
21
$55
12/28/2004
Hold'em NL $10
5
$536
12/27/2004
Hold'em NL $3
47
$13
12/23/2004
Hold'em NL $10
23
$128
12/22/2004
Hold'em NL $10
51
$78
12/15/2004
Hold'em NL $10
3
$2,593
11/16/2004
Hold'em NL $10
27
$188
11/13/2004
Hold'em NL $10
45
$107
11/12/2004
Hold'em NL $10
9
$474
11/08/2004
Hold'em NL $10
5
$1,821
08/18/2004
Hold'em NL $20
15
$108
08/02/2004
Hold'em NL $1
14
$15
07/30/2004
Hold'em Limit $200
13
$2,035
07/12/2004
Hold'em NL $1
47
$3

WOW!!! What a Trip!!

5 freaking days in Vegas, Tournament of Champions, the big game, all the pro's out, Jose Cuevro 1800 chilled, no sleep, and pictures galore.

I'm back home!! What a wild ride. Let me break in down on a day by day basis.

Monday head over for the start if day two for the Tournament of Champions, which will air Xmas eve on ESPN, you might see me on it. 30 players left, including Doyle Brunson, Phil Helmuth, Mike Matsow, Hoyt Corkins, "The Grinder" Michael Mizrachi, & Johhny Chan. After that I head over to the $4/$8 at the Belliago, 4 Hrs later +$240 and I won $300 on the Colts blowout of the Pats. + $540 for the 1st day!!!

Tuesday haed over to the final table at Tourny of Champs but too many people in line to watch. 0n too the Bellagio, 3 hrs later + $140. Now +$680 total. I have a work get together on Freemont St. I buy one of those yard long margaritas and it turns into a wild Vegas night with one of my producers named Jason and his wife. They have never been out of TN in their lives, so they are nuts and ready to party. I blow $150 on craps and keno of all things and another $250 on partying at Coyote Ugly with Jason and his wife. All nighter.

Wed. head over to my new job at the Bellagio. lol. I play er for 4 hours and am +$1 then in the next three I get up $250. While I'm playing the Big Game starts right behind me. Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Ted Forrest, Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstien, David Grey, Eli Elizra, Johhny Chan. They play a $2k/$4k mixed game of stud, ohmaha, low ball, 27, and holdem. Then after my Dinner break I finally , after playing 8 hours start playing like an amatuer and end up $-230 for the day. Im beat, I crash.

Thrusday I do this touristy things in the morning. See the casinos I haven't before, shop, then head back to the Bellagio to play. I loss $100 in about an hour so quit. I was playing good just horrible beats like my aa vs jj (river jack). Then I enter a $67 torney at the Luxour about 35 enteries and I finshed third to win $250. That put's me up $150 for the day. I want to check out the night clubs on my last night. So I head over to Coyote Ugly for a Yard Margarita, the RA at the Luxour (ho hum) then to Studio 54 at MGM it was the spot. One of the coolest clubs I've been in. Bout 3 a.m. I head back to the Luxour and find an interesting game. $50 buy in $1/$2 NL Holdem game. You can only buy in for $50 and can only rebuy if you have less than $50. Wow, I shy away from No Limit ring games because u can lose a few k on one hand like aa vs kk.
This was a game that allowed u to play without that danger. It was around 4 am when I sat down at the table with my McDonalds in hand and I'm drunk. I sit down and asct like an out of control tourist who does know what I'm doing. The 1st hand I get is AK. I'm all in for my $50. I lose to 1010. Next $50 all in I lose my 1010 to AK, next I lose JJ to A10, on and on I end up losing $250. I'm to bed at 7am with a 11am check out. Ouch

Friday after checking out I have till 3pm before my flight I play the NL game and suffer three bad beats all 2 or 3 outers and end up -$150 for the final day. So that makes me exactley even for the trip. LOL What the heck? We'll I should of had alot more profit, take out the bad beats and the 3hrs of fish play Wed night I would of been $1000 up. I'm over all happy with my live play. I played all cash games an only one tournament which I finished 3rd. Cash games are not my strong point. I really shy away from them, but this trip has really improved my cash game play and I'm alot more confident in it now.

I'm home a ready to get back to my online game. I'm ready for some big tourney's this weekend. The best part of my trip was coming home to Kas. She makes me so happy. Take care. I'll try to put up the pics tomorrow.

Last Online Action Before Vegas.

I got into the $215 buy in for $120 in the $10 rebuy satellitte. I busted out around 1800 of 3450 players. Then I won a $100 heads up match, so I'm -$27 for the day. That's it for poker today, I've got laundry, packing, and a 7:20 am flight to catch. My first stop will be Ceasars to check out the Tournament of Champions. Don't know if they will allow railbirds. I'll find out. I got kicked off the floor of the WSOP for using my camera phone. I'll see who I can get my picture with this time & post em here.

They Say Phil Hellmuth Is a High Stakes Cash Game Donkey.

Well here's some proof in Daniel Negreanu's blog
http://www.cardplayer.com/negreanu-blog/

I dream of playing in this game someday. Nothin like a few $100k swings in one day. It really seperates the men from the boys. I'm sorry, also the girls from the women, please forgive me Jennifer. I partied too much last night at the Stage on Broadway with Rob and a few other friends. I was very hung over and didn't get to bed till 4:30. I'm playing in the big tourney @ 3:30 pm tomorrow on Poker Stars. Maybe I'll see you there. Maybe not. lol 1st should pay well over $100k once again. Does it have my name on it?

3 Days till Vegas!!

All the major players are going to be in Vegas while I'm there. I'll put up some pics when I get back. I didn't play today because I plan on playing a full schedule tomorrow. The beauty of poker as a job, you can play when ever you feel like it. Some advice to you beginners. Unless you get real lucky, it takes a few years of playing to get to a point where you can make a profit. It cost me over $40k to learn how to be a winning player and only became one after the World Series in which I cashed for around$32k in a side tournament. I havent used any of my own money since June, that's a record for me. I'm currently averaging about $1500 a month in profit since the WSOP. I hope my Vegas trip is the beginning of the end for my real job. Who knows it could be the end of my poker career lol. I'm planning to play in the WPT event in January at the Atlantis in the Bahamas. I'm playing in satelittes to win the $12k all expenses paid entry. I'll be there. 1st should be worth over a million.. Have a great day!!

Random Facts...

I picked this up from a fellow blogger, who in turn picked this up from a celebirty's web site. It's just random facts about me.

* My first car was a Fiat X/19, that caught fire, 2 days after I drove it off the lot, on the cruising lane in my hometown of DeSoto.
* My father passed away 2hrs after being discharged from the hospital.
* My brother is my total opposite.
* I sold Rafael Palmerio (Mr. Steriods) his first vehicle he bought after college.
*Robert Newhouse of the Dallas Cowboys, was good friends with my parents when he was playing in the 70's and my Bankruptcy Trustee in 1998. lol
*I'm trained on a 50 cal. machine gun.
*I was kidnapped in the Philippines and engineered my own escape in 1988.
*I've bungee jumped 3 times.
* I've had girlfriends from 10 yrs older than me, to 17 yrs younger. :/
*Hunted for snakes and got bit. Teen years again
*Terrorised the local parks and basketball games with my bb gun as a teen.
*Drove as fast as 180mph running from a cop in a modified Toyota Supra. I got away!!!.
*Been pulled over drunk twice (7 plus drinks) and let go both times. 1st time I was clocked doing 103 mph and was running from the cop. I was so drunk, I forgot I was running, he caught up when I slowed to 80 mph. lol
*Ran away from home, everytime I had to get a haircut, for a couple of hours. lol
* I have social anxiety disorder. Alcohol cures it!!! lol Only in social situations though, not at work. Go figure, the power of money and success.
*Till I was 15, I thought you got pregnant by rubbing belly buttons.
* I only eat breakfast once a week.
* I usaully eat a pound of chocolate chip cookies or chocolate candy before I go to bed.
*My growth spurt didn't happen till I was 18. I gained 50lbs of bulk in boot camp.
* I have been to every State but Oregon,Idaho, N.D.,S.D.,WY and any east coast state north of North Carolina.
*I've been to 10 foreign countries.
*Had the same best friend for 25 yrs.
*Hate guys who don't know how to treat a lady right.
*Didn't have a real job for a year while I was a professional gambler in Vegas in 97. Notice that's year before my BK. lol

I could go on and on but I'll give ya break. That was fun. I'm not proud of a few facts above, that's my life, I'm stickin to it! Maybe I'll post my pet peeve's next.

I will not be playing in the Harrah's Tournament of Champions

They haven't posted the schedule yet but the dates are the 6th thru 10th. I'll be there from the 7th till 11th. I'm back on my game so hopefully this means some major $$$. I wanted to win that tourney last night but I was the short stack with 11 players left and managed to finish 7th. My finall hand was all in with aj vs 88, I didn't catch. I was down to 58k in chips with the blinds of 10k/20k about to go up to 20k/40k. I played the best I could and the few mistakes I made were only against players with much smaller stacks. So I didn't risk much on my gambles. I did miss one hand with about 15 players left I caught 44 2nd utg and the gun raised 2 bets, I folded and sure enough a 4 came on the flop. Oh well.

Finally made a Final Table.

So if it was only a $5 entry, I finished 7th out of 1449 for a $238 win. Plus $200 for the day. Got half of that $400 back today. Yea!! Im done till Thursday night. Hope I can keep my focus. The following is my tournament cashes for every Poker Stars tourney I've entered and made the money. Not included are the results for my old screen name KAHONAS that Poker Stars busted me on for having 2 accounts.

PokerStars Tournament Leader Points for the period from 2003-04-30 to 2005-11-02 requested by MICADOO (MICADOO@HOTMAIL.COM) on 2005-11-02:
Tournament Game Date/Time Buy-In Entrants Place Points
127070 Hold'em Limit 2003-06-05 01:00 $ 100.00 81 4 135.05
164476 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-07-01 01:00 $ 100.00 132 3 199.07
164488 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-07-01 15:00 $ 50.00 216 8 140.36
159653 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-07-06 16:00 $ 200.00 859 87 103.74
248287 Hold'em Limit 2003-08-30 16:00 200FPP 820 72 67.86
306454 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-09-14 20:00 $ 3.00 1147 152 41.53
326958 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-09-17 22:30 $ 3.00 1242 182 39.50
326999 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-09-19 17:00 $ 10.00 665 62 65.85
403745 Hold'em NoLimit 2003-10-11 14:30 freeroll 3639 190 17.42
685655 Hold'em Limit 2003-12-27 16:00 200FPP 602 7 186.47
994606 Hold'em Limit 2004-02-22 18:00 $ 100.00 99 3 172.40
1435573 Hold'em PotLimit 2004-04-21 21:15 $ 10.00 445 19 97.31
1582218 Stud Limit 2004-05-14 18:00 freeroll 2930 430 10.39
1529674 Hold'em Limit 2004-05-15 16:00 50FPP 658 45 55.04
1627760 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-05-17 23:30 $ 20.00 402 10 146.24
1721378 Hold'em Limit 2004-06-04 23:00 $ 30.00 189 12 98.45
1924291 Stud Hi/Lo Limit 2004-07-03 12:00 freeroll 2777 43 31.98
2039228 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-07-12 23:59 $ 1.00 1052 47 51.90
2090273 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit 2004-07-24 22:00 freeroll 4000 92 26.24
2157404 Hold'em Limit 2004-07-26 16:00 freeroll 5735 624 12.06
2157424 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-07-27 03:00 freeroll 5929 778 10.99
1742791 Hold'em Limit 2004-07-30 15:00 $ 200.00 1272 13 326.58
2220389 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-08-02 22:30 $ 1.00 1869 14 126.74
2346271 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-08-18 16:00 $ 20.00 491 15 131.96
2346277 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-08-18 20:05 $ 5.00 1640 162 54.73
2793610 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-10-03 22:15 $ 10.00 1160 157 54.66
3041424 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-10-20 22:15 $ 10.00 884 129 52.64
3310316 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-11-08 22:15 $ 10.00 892 5 268.57
3310461 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-11-12 22:15 $ 10.00 858 9 196.32
3310492 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-11-13 22:15 $ 10.00 1008 45 95.16
3416851 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-11-16 22:15 $ 10.00 846 27 112.55
3919682 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-15 22:15 $ 10.00 777 3 323.60
4046584 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-22 22:15 $ 10.00 842 51 81.70
4046614 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-23 16:45 $ 10.00 450 23 88.94
4179782 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-27 19:05 $ 3.00 1708 47 91.14
4179834 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-28 21:35 $ 10.00 1012 5 286.06
4179921 Hold'em NoLimit 2004-12-30 21:35 $ 10.00 998 21 138.61
4333107 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-06 23:30 $ 20.00 584 4 278.69
4333199 Hold'em Limit 2005-01-09 18:00 $ 100.00 117 11 97.88
4474012 Hold'em Limit 2005-01-10 23:00 $ 30.00 207 32 63.09
4474127 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-13 16:45 $ 10.00 498 18 105.76
4474143 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-13 22:15 $ 10.00 825 9 192.51
4652935 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-18 14:45 $ 10.00 616 74 58.01
4652955 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-18 21:35 $ 10.00 991 112 59.81
4652958 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-18 22:15 $ 10.00 1042 12 187.37
4652960 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-18 22:39 $ 5.00 1438 102 64.59
4652980 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-19 16:30 $ 10.00 690 70 63.13
4652993 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-19 21:10 $ 150.00 352 30 108.82
4653121 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-22 19:45 $ 10.00 1908 53 120.64
4653135 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-23 05:00 $ 50.00 165 17 84.15
4473625 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-23 16:30 $ 200.00 2300 167 122.53
4653157 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-23 23:59 $ 20.00 721 18 145.97
4786452 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-24 12:30 $ 5.00 504 14 103.21
4786482 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-01-24 23:30 $ 20.00 636 94 59.99
4786678 Hold'em PotLimit 2005-01-29 15:30 $ 10.00 600 25 98.50
4953160 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-02 22:15 $ 10.00 986 80 70.59
4953191 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-03 15:49 $ 5.00 1035 128 48.91
4953277 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-05 13:30 $ 20.00 700 98 61.64
5121676 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-08 22:15 $ 10.00 961 17 151.18
5286133 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-20 22:15 $ 10.00 1281 66 88.58
5472154 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-21 16:45 $ 10.00 668 83 57.04
5472398 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-02-26 22:15 $ 10.00 1302 168 55.98
6255962 Stud Hi/Lo Limit 2005-03-24 18:05 freeroll 3231 398 11.34
6452286 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-03-28 18:30 $ 5.00 751 54 64.15
6254714 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-03 17:30 $ 200.00 2443 181 121.30
6637188 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-04 19:45 $ 10.00 1276 44 108.28
6637240 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-05 20:30 $ 20.00 724 104 60.85
6637287 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-06 20:30 $ 30.00 624 10 195.96
6448099 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-10 16:30 $ 200.00 2339 330 87.90
7060231 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-04-18 19:45 $ 10.00 1360 25 148.30
8621526 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-06-07 19:45 $ 10.00 1182 48 99.78
8871028 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-06-14 14:45 $ 10.00 769 85 60.48
8871148 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-06-16 14:45 $ 10.00 709 77 61.01
9111692 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-06-25 23:30 $ 1.00 1737 234 29.89
9111720 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-06-26 20:00 $ 3.00 1681 43 94.53
9361335 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-07-03 22:15 $ 10.00 1204 27 134.27
9608843 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-07-10 21:47 $ 3.00 1732 135 54.15
9858179 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-07-11 21:10 $ 150.00 352 6 243. 33
10400834 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-07-31 22:15 $ 10.00 1417 213 51. 86
12384379 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-09-16 22:15 $ 10.00 1161 21 149. 51
12956733 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-09-27 21:35 $ 10.00 1396 13 208. 36
12956874 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-09-30 03:15 $ 10.00 626 77 57. 33
12956898 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-09-30 17:00 $ 10.00 857 91 61. 71
12957001 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-10-02 21:47 $ 3.00 2059 102 67. 93
14413722 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-10-31 01:00 $ 30.00 326 42 69. 11
14413835 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-11-01 18:30 $ 5.00 1279 116 57. 12
14413840 Hold'em NoLimit 2005-11-01 20:10 $ 5.00 1449 7 247.49
Total points: 9234.32

Some good poker advise & a dead Halloween ...

If you can't play your best poker game, it's simple, dont play. You must be mentally focused and clear in order to keep from going broke. If you are depressed or thinking too much about other things that are bothering you, you lose. That's exactley why I have lost $400 since Saturday. The ups and downs, the bad beats and of course the bad plays all arise when you're not mentally on your game. My ablity to recognize my problem allows me to address and correct it. Thus I'm playing winnig poker today. Cashed in my first tourney today that started with 1279 players, I finished 115th and am already in the money in the 2nd tourney today that started 1449 players.

On a personal note, Halloween was dead in Nashville. It's the biggest party of the year in many places. The most infamous place I've been for Halloween was 6th street in Austin. Kas & I went to dinner on Demonbraun (dead) , checked out Broadway (dead), went to The Slaughter House, which was a good haunted house for $10. After that we stopped by Silverados, on the way home, and it was hosting a swing dancers party.(what a joke) So we rented a few movies, bought a bottle of crown {4 me) and went home.

Well I'm 22 of 79 left in this tourney so I better go. Plus the Mavs are playing their opener vs Phoenix on TNT right now. I'll keep ya posted.