Toby's Poker Pages

2008-09-11T16:58:00.000-04:00

Poker Tournament Roster for TOC

2008-07-19T07:29:00.004-04:00

JayBird
Tony Mucci
Eddie S
JayBird (2nd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)
Tommy C
Toby Sherman
JayBird (3rd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)
Andrew
Toby (2nd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards Tob 1k extra in chips)
Vince G
Jim Papp
Jim Giglia

Poker Tournament Roster for TOC

2008-06-21T12:54:00.001-04:00

JayBird
Tony Mucci
Eddie S
JayBird (2nd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)
Tommy C
Toby Sherman
JayBird (3rd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)
Andrew

Drew wins it Toby Calls it Week 8 Poker Results

2008-06-21T12:52:00.001-04:00

One Thing about it, Toby Sherman can call winners. He picked Andrew to win the week 8 poker event and sure enough he did it! Congrats to DREW!!!!!

DO NOT PLAY ON POKER STARS!

2008-06-16T22:48:00.002-04:00

Poker Stars is by far the WORST poker site. It takes forever to get money out....but worst off the random card genarator has been proven to be bugged in favor of upsets. It actually favors the bad players....I didn't believe it at first myself, but 100% now for sure I do. in 4 tournaments I had kk go down to 99. A nut Straight rainbow go down to 999 turned 9 (board paired on river for boat bullshit). JJ go down to 99. Luckily I was able to get my buy in back in a H.O.R.S.E event it was only my second one and PS must favor bad players cause I was clueless in Razz!

DO NOT PLAY ON POKER STARS!

2008-06-03T14:47:00.001-04:00

The Lone Ranger is captured by Indians...

The Indian Chief proclaims, 'So, you are the great Lone Ranger. In honor of the Harvest Festival, you will be executed in three days. But, before I kill you, I will grant you three requests. What is your first request?'

The Lone Ranger responds, 'I'd like to speak to my horse.

'The Chief nods and Silver is brought before the Lone Ranger, who whispers in Silver's ear, and the horse gallops away. Later that evening, Silver returns with a beautiful blonde woman on his back.

As the Indian Chief watches, the blonde enters the Lone Ranger's tent and spends the night.The next morning the Indian Chief admits he's impressed.'You have a very fine and loyal horse, but I will still kill you in two days.

What is your second request?

'The Lone Ranger again asks to speak to his horse. Silver is brought to him, and once again he whispers in the horse's ear. As before, Silver takes off across the plains and disappears over the horizon.Later that evening, to the Chief's surprise, Silver again returns, this time with a brunette, even more attractive than the blonde. She enters the Lone Ranger's tent and also spends the night.The following morning the Indian Chief is again impressed. He tells the Lone Ranger, 'You are indeed a man of many talents, but I still kill you tomorrow.

'So what is your last request?'

The Lone Ranger responds, 'I'd like to speak to my horse.... alone.'The Chief is curious, but he agrees and Silver is brought to the Lone Ranger's tent.

Once they're alone, the Lone Ranger grabs Silver by both ears, looks him square in the eye and says:'Listen very carefully you dumb ass horse.

' 'For the last time . . . BRING POSSEEEE!'

Poker "Tournament of Champions" Roster (up to week 7)

2008-05-30T11:54:00.001-04:00

JayBird
Tony Mucci
Eddie S
JayBird (2nd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)
Tommy C
Toby Sherman
JayBird (3rd win shortens final TOC field by 1 and awards J 1k extra in chips)

Jay Bird THREE PEAT!

2008-05-30T11:36:00.003-04:00

As I have stated in the past I knew this tournament fit Jay Birds "NO CHOP!" style of play! Jay is officially on my DANGER list. He has proved that he only need "a chip and a chair" to win. This is his 3 rd tournament win in 7 weeks, and all 3 times he went in WITH OUT the chip lead. Donk-Dan finished 2nd last night and Jay felt justice was served after his prior heads up all in with JJ lost to 78. On his final all in against Dan, he won with a suck out straight draw.

Here's to you Jay, thanks for bouncing me out on the bubble! Congrats on your "NO CHOP" win, it's always fun to watch!!!!

Top Finishes:

1.) JayBird

2.) D Dan

3.) Eddie "story time" S.

Eddie S. Story Time

2008-05-30T10:00:00.002-04:00

Warning this particular Story contains explicit content! Readers be warned (especially females)
Time once again for this weeks installment of Eddie S. Story time (as remembered by Tumba)

Eddie (slight NY accent): So me and some friends are out at a strip club one night and I am sittin there you know...relaxing..having some beers when this black chick gets up on stage. Now this girl is relatively attractive but not really my style, so she comes over to my friend after she was on stage and starts talking to him. While she is talkin to my friend my other friend decides to stick his finger up her a**, and make it look like I did it! So I play it smooth and the girl freaks out cause she thinks it was me.....little did I know the girl was on the rag and she decided to go back up on stage...remove the tampon and throw it at me..it hit me right in the chest and left a red mark on my white hoodie. So I threw my beer at the B*&^% and she ducked so the bottle hit the mirrored wall and shattered the entire mirrored wall like BLLAAAMMM!

SOMEONE IN THE ROOM INTERJECTS THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

PERSON IN ROOM: Wait you broke the mirrored wall behind the girl, they had to toss you out of the club using your head to exit you through the door, they had to try and kill you for that didn't they?

Eddie(slight NY accent): Normally you would be correct my friend, and thats exaxtly what was about to happen when one of the bouncers recognized me. You see the owner knew me, but thats a different story.

PERSON IN ROOM: Oh this I gotta to hear. How well could you possible know the guy that you break his mirrored wall and he doesn't kill you?

..............

AND NOW FOR THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION....THE PREQUEL:

Eddie (slight NY accnet): You gotta understand somethin, it's not that I knew the guy that well, it's about what happened the last time I was in the club...

I was just sittin at the bar the last time I was at the establishment, I notice a black guy sitting a couple of seats down from me just minding his own business right, I mean the guy is just sittin there not sayin a word to nobody....All of a sudden another black guy walks in the club sticks a gun to this guys head and BLAM! blows this guys fuckin head off. He was layin there with all types of blood all over him. The guy that capped him just walked out.

PERSON IN ROOM: Wait Eddie didn't the cops come, wasn't it loud? What happened!?!

Eddie (slight NY accent): Simmer down Donkby......haven't you ever heard a gun go off in a club before? It's just a quick pop...So anyway now there's maybe 4 people in the club that witnessed this now the owner comes over and is like "What the Fu*&" great....Now he looks at us and says you guys is good guys right....yous didn't see nothin right. Right this was let me show your our new VIP exit right through da back here....So God knows what happend after that, but we just left the building.

Moral of the the story is if you see someone get capped don't say shit and things will work out fine, even if you do bust up a strip club.

2008-05-29T11:12:00.001-04:00

Harrah's dun' good... real good

BY: DANIEL NEGREANU daniel@fullcontactpoker.com
PUBLISHED: Tuesday May 27, 2008 11:00 PM

Tomorrow at 9:00am the doors open to the public. Today, after doing my radio interview schedule I had a chance to take a look at the Amazon room where the WSOP is held. There is something special about being in that room when it is completely empty- the calm before the storm. I looked around and envisioned the packed house and there was just something special about it.You all are going to absolutely love all of the hard work they have put into this year's WSOP. It's just incredible, and sometimes I just don't think people realize how big of a task running the WSOP is. I want to share with you some highlights from my snooping:

WSOP Structures- the PAC worked very hard on this year's structures and I give them my seal of approval. The limit events have been sped up a tiny bit early in favor of more play at the later stages.Buy in Options- whether you are on a big bankroll looking for bigger buy in events, or a low roller looking to grind on the smaller circuit, there are plenty of tournaments to satisfy everyone.

New $10,000 buy in championship events could become something really special.Satellite Room- there is a separate room outside of the Amazon (not in a tent, but in one of the other convention rooms) dedicated to satellites. There is also a dedicated cage for satellite players only inside of that room.No Tent- there will be no poker played in a tent this year. All tables are indoors.

Aces Club Lounge and Game Room- for $2500 players had the opportunity to receive access to both a lounge as well as a game room equipped with a pool table, golf simulator, etc. so I'm told. I didn't not actually see the game room. Before people scream "More money for Harrah's!" they should understand that the money goes toward charity. In fact, last year's VIP definitely cost Harrah's money. Unfortunately, I think all of the VIP packages have now been sold out.

Sushi and Noodle Bar- you are not going to believe where they put this! Let's just say it's very close to the poker tournament area, is essentially a sit down, first come first serve restaurant that I'm sure is going to be packed.Food Area-remember the tent? Well, the food area takes over there and is very spacious. Also, it's not a tent. It's a much more stable construction with better circulation.

Registration Room-remember the hectic lines leading into the Amazon room? Well, there is now a completely separate room solely dedicated to tournament registration. Probably the greatest change to the set up for this year's WSOP is the usage of space. Things are well spread out which should help in dealing with congestion issues in years past.

Color Coded Time Clocks-remember last year looking over at a tournament clock and not having a clue what tournament it's for? Well, this year the clocks will be color coded. So if you are in, say, the $1500 NL your clock may be purple, and if you are in the $2500 Omaha 8 it might be blue. Also, there are plasmas everywhere so you should never be in a spot where you can't see one. Lastly, the table breaking order will also be posted on these clocks!

Elevated Media Area- There is an elevated area for bloggers and media to cover the tournament. This is going to help make their job easier as they should be able to survey the whole room from where they are. Plus, while they are working they are out of the way.

Dedicated cashier for live games- There is a section for cash games, and those players will have a dedicated cashier cage just for cash games.Four High Limit Cash Tables- in the interest of privacy for high limit players, there are four tables set up with borders to it so that people can't look at your cards before you do!

More Food Options in More Spots- I already mentioned the Sushi bar being close by, but there also appear to be more fast food options for those interested. I saw a Pizza Hut stand, a Krispy Creme, and a coffee shop right outside the poker room.

Guys, it's incredible. Seriously incredible. I'm not one to throw around praise when it's unwarranted, but in this case, it's warranted. From what I can tell, all bases appear to be covered. With such a huge task I imagine something may have been left out, but from what I can tell, this year's WSOP is shaping up to be the best WSOP ever. Wait until you see what I'm talking about. If you don't think the place looks great and is a huge improvement over last year, and year's before... I'll give you $1. Oh, and no lying!Good luck to everyone at this year's WSOP, I can't wait to play!

Toby Sherman (Tumba) has his shot agains Doyle Brunson ONLINE!

2008-05-28T23:11:00.004-04:00

I shove with 3,3 to get Dolye (and everyone else) to lay it down

I Raised Doyles Big Blind with 10,j clubs but donkey two seats down shoves! and finally I got so excited that I decided to "out play" Doyle Brunson when he raised my Big Blind and I had 9,3....it didn't go well (no screen shot).

Spade Club Tumba wins multi for no $$$

2008-05-26T10:46:00.001-04:00

Florida State Poker Championships at the ISLE

2008-05-25T22:16:00.001-04:00

Florida State Poker Championships – $150,000 GuaranteedNo-Limit Hold ‘em, 4 Events. 8 Days. 1 Place.Monday, June 16 – Monday, June 23
Monday, June 16, Buy-in $200 + $25
Tuesday, June 17 & Wednesday, June 18 Buy-in $300 + $30, $100 Bounties
$50,000 Guaranteed, Thursday, June 19 & Friday, June 20 Buy-in $500 + $50
$100,000 Guaranteed, Saturday, June 21 – Monday, June 23 Buy-in $800 + $80
Register at ptseats.com

Rule Change at Bellagio

2008-05-25T21:48:00.002-04:00

After hand completion in Bellagio Tournaments players can elect to only show 1 card as opposed to having to show both.

Daniel Negreanu's new poker site...

2008-05-25T21:41:00.001-04:00

From what I have seen it looks like a winner.

https://www.pokervt.com

Poker "Tournament of Champions" Roster (up to week 6)

2008-05-23T09:44:00.002-04:00

JayBird (with an additional win gives him an extra 1,000 chips and narrows the field by 1 Player)
Tony Mucci
Eddie S
Tommy C
Toby Sherman

Toby Sherman wins Thursday night poker event and qualifies for "TOC"

2008-05-23T09:42:00.004-04:00

Ok, the run down....Toby Sherman played good poker, out drew Dean DiMeola (sorry Dean) and the deck hit Tobias square in the face in heads up play against Matt....

At any rate Toby is happy he qualified for the "TOC", and not a sinlge chip was thrown!

Money Finishes week 6:

1st......Toby Sherman
2nd.....Matt San Fransico
3rd.....Dean "it's all about Toby" Di Meola

Eddie S...Story Time

2008-05-23T09:08:00.003-04:00

A new weekly feature at Toby's Poker pages for every ones enjoyment....Eddie S. Story Time....
As remembered by Tumba..

Eddie (slight NY accent): So me and my buddies are going out to the Hamptons back in the 80's, now mind you this is not the Hamptons as it's known today, in other words the place we
used to stay at was such a dump we had to break into the neighbors to .... be with a girl if you know what I'm sayin.

So, one of our buddies only had one good leg and a fake leg, and he would take it off every night when he went to bed. This kid lost his leg due to a doctor put a cast on too tight when he was a kid..so he lost his leg cause it killed it what ever what ever....so any way this kid (the one with one leg) was a good lookin dude used to get alot of girls....

So one night we are going out and we decide to take his leg and trow it on the roof....no he's hoppin around all like "where's my leg...where's my leg?" so we decide to pretend that we are leaving him, so now he's hoppin around lookin for his leg and we are pulling out to enjoy the evening.

Long story short one leg finds out his leg is on the roof and calls the maintenance guy to get him a ladder...naturally maintenance guy thinks he's ****in with him, finally he comes over and sees on leg is telling the truth, so we come back for one leg and maintenance guy goes the **** off on us on how can we do this to a cripple his leg is on the roof, this guy was pissed...so we had to tell him, this guy (one leg) is going to get more girls than all of us....we don't treat him like a cripple, he's just one of the boys!

What did I learn from this story? Treat a cripple like a person, cause he's a person.
Now you know...and knowing is half the battle.

Next week's story.....Eddie....a strip club....a tampon...and some bullets, oh yeah and broken glass.

A new game to play on the golf course

2008-05-23T00:22:00.001-04:00

Posted by: Iron Mike

Pros Duke It Out on the Greens in a Poker-Like Golf Competition
It seems that golf, poker, and gambling continue to cross paths, and the World Series of Golf is a product of that. The second-annual event began Monday at the Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas, and the original 80 players are now down to 20.
A few poker pros who have already been sent packing are Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Chris Ferguson. A few who are still in contention for the $250,000 first-place prize are Erick Lindgren, Allen Cunningham, comedian Ray Romano, and last year’s second-place finisher Rhett Butler.
In this unique format, players compete in fours until one has eliminated the other three. All four begin with same starting stack of chips. At the beginning of each hole, players ante and then wager on each shot. For example, players can go all-in after a tee-shot that lands on the green, or fold and move on to the next hole if they are in the trees. The player with the fewest strokes from each hole wins the pot for that hole.
CBS recently cemented a multi-year deal with organizers to air the event on the network. This year’s World Series of Golf is scheduled to run on June 28-29.
Last year, of the 60 amateur golfers, it was Mark Ewing who won the inaugural event held at the Mirage Hotel and Casino. The 31-year-old day-trader from Newport Beach took home $250,000. Unfortunately for Ewing, he has already been knocked out of this year’s running.

Check out the Spade Club!

2008-05-22T09:18:00.001-04:00

Worst Poker Night of my life......

2008-05-20T09:41:00.004-04:00

Posted by: Iron Mike

They say in poker you never remember the all the good wins and suck-outs you make but ask a player about his bad beats and he can tell you many of them. What if you experience 10 of them in one night. Just makes you wanna cry and wonder what you did to make the poker gods mad at you.

My night at Pompano 5/19/08

I get there at 6:00 to play in the $120 multi. I have 1/2 hour before the tournament starts so I sit at a 5/10 no limit game. I buy in for the $100 max. 3rd hand in I'm dealt A,4. I limp in along with 5 others ($50 in pot) Flop comes 2,3,5 rainbow. It checks to me I push all in for my remaining $50 with a flopped straight. The button player calls me and shows 4,7 suited. Turn card brings the 6 and I lose to a bigger staright. - $100

I re-buy another $100. I win a couple of pots and now have $180 in front of me. Under the gun player raises to $35. (by the way this player is one of the most beautiful woman I have ever seen play, and she plays very well. Doc referred to her as Nice Tits girl) I have 99 I call. Button player goes all in for $90. Nice Tits girl calls the $90, I call the $90. Flop comes J,9, rag. Nice tits girl bets $50 I move all in with my set of 9's. Nice tits girl call and shows pocket Jacks for a higher set and wins $500 pot. - $200

Its time for my tournament now so I go to play it. 15 minutes in Im in the big blind and I check a non raised pot with 9,8 off suit with 3 others in the pot. Flop comes 9h, 8d, 3h. Small blind checks I bet $600 with top 2 pair to get heart draws to fold and get 1 caller. Turn is no help so I push all in and get called with 3, 3. I never put him on a set. BUSTED -$325

I buy into a 2/5 game now for $100. I quickly double up to $200 when the donkey at the table (Isrealy guy I will call him) calls my AK all in raise with 10,J and I hit an A. A little while later a player makes it $50, Isrealy guy calls the $50, I look down at KK and shove all in. Original better calls for his remaining $40 or so and Isrealy guy calls and has me covered by $20. Noone shows thier cards and board comes out something like 10, 6, 3, 9, 4 on river. I show my Kings thinking IM the winner, Isrealy guy shows 2,5 suited to make a straigh and take down the $500+ pot. -$425

IM thinking to myself this is exactly the player I want at my table so I re-buy back in for another $100. Like the 3rd hand after. The pot is raised to $30 and there is 1 caller. I look down at AK so I push all in for $100. The original better calls me and the next guy folds and shows his pocket 5's. We both show our cards and I have him dominated my AK off suit against his AQ diamonds. Flop comes 3 rags with 1 diamond and IM sure you know the ending to this story. runner, runner diamonds for a flush. Another $250+ lost -$525

I havent been beat up enough so I buy in for another $100. For the next hour and a half I play perfect poker. (Not that I think I made any mistakes on any of the post I lost previously) I built my stack up to about $350. Isrealy guy is still at the table and after I almost took all his money but he now has well over $1000 in front of him. Under the gun player Andy (hes a driver at pompano) raises to $50, Isrealy guy calls the $50. I look down at KK and shove all in. (sound familiar... if not see above) Andy calls with about $130 more and Isrealy guy says hes now priced in and calls my $350. I show KK, Andy shows AK and Isrealy guy shows A10. Flop comes 3 rags, turn a 10, river a 10. Isrealy guy takes $900+ pot and I walk away from table in disgust. -$625

I walk around the casino to find someone to tell all my bad beats to when I see Anthony, Eidelberg and Tommy all still in the tournament. I sit at a 5/10 table next to them so I can watch them and play at the same time. I buy in for $100. Very loose table I can see from the start and I quickly notice that Kenny Tran is at the table. You dont ever expect to see one of the best players in the world at a $100 buy in cash game but there he was. Not too many hands in player raises to $40. 2 callers and I look down at 10.10. I just call. Flop comes J, 10, 5. Original better goes all in for his remaining $80 or so. I go all in for my remaining $60 and we get another caller. I show my set of 10's, Second caller shows his AJ third player doesnt show. Turn is a blank and river is a K. Third player is now happy to show his Poket Kings and wins a $400+ pot. -$725

I re-buy in for everything left in my pocket $93. Now Kenny Tran has moved to a seat next to me so he can have a better view of the Spurs basketball game because he has a $22,000 bet on the Spurs. I go on a nice run of cards building my stack to approx $300. Next hand player under the gun raises to $30. Every player calls the $30 and on the button I look down at 6 clubs, 7 clubs and make the $30 call. Small blind calls and of course Kenny calls. Family pot of $300 preflop. Flop comes 7 Diamonds, 6 Spades, 3 Diamonds. Everyone checks to me on the button and I move all in for $270 into a $300 pot with top 2 pair because of the flush draw out there. Kenny looks at me and says I know your on the flush draw and calls my all in for about $250 he had in front of him. I show top 2 pair and he says SHIT I guess I misread you and shows 7, 8 of hearts. Of course this blog wouldnt be written unless Kenny spiked and 8 on the turn to take down a $900 pot. -$818

Now I did something I have NEVER done in my life. I asked Tommy first if he could loan me $200. He was broke. I then asked Anthony who was at the final table of the tournament and he told me "Dude your asking the wrong guy". The came along Doc who said yeah but needed get money from Eidelberg first. I think Doc borrowed money from Eidelberg to lend me since he knew he was getting paid for having a piece of Anthony in the tournament and Anthony was already guaranteed $1100. Something like that. Either way I now had 2 fresh Franklins.

This part you would only believe if you saw it and many did see it. I re-buy for $100. Pot is raised to $35 with 2 callers. I look down at QQ. I push all in for my $100. Orginal raiser call me and shows AA . -$918

I re-buy for $100. Very next hand after the QQ. Theres a $20 stadle on board. 1 caller and I look down at QQ again. I push all in for $100 and Kenny says "Damn you have pocket queens again" . I answer "Yup lets see if they hold up this time." Everyone folds and with 1 player to go before I take down the pot the guy who had called the pot calls me and shows KJ. Of course the Mother F'er catches a King. Time to go home and cry. -$1018

If I hurry up and get all my work done I can be back there by 5;30. :-)

Poker Dents...Toby's throwin chips!

2008-05-19T13:37:00.001-04:00

Poker Dents

2008-05-19T13:24:00.001-04:00

Poker "Tournament of Champions" Roster (up to week5)

2008-05-18T22:38:00.004-04:00

JayBird (with an additional win gives him an extra 1,000 chips and narrows the field by 1 Player)
Tony Mucci
Eddie S
Tommy C

Tommy is EN FUEGO!

2008-05-18T22:06:00.004-04:00

Tommy C. taking some time off from Poker to hit the links

This week was all about Tommy! First he wins the Wednesday night satellite to the Battle for The Season Pass, but then he goes to bed, just to wake up a few hours later and win the Thursday night TOC event! I would say the event was pretty mild mannered for the most part, Congrats to Tommy for Qualifying and winning two separate tournaments back to back!

Money Finishes Week 5:

1st.......Tommy

2nd.....Toby/Shocker