THE POKER POT

SO FAR NOT GOING AS PLANNED

So the last two CCS tournaments didn't go as well as I wanted to as I was out 2nd in both of them.   I will however be looking to rap up the Mox Poker Series title in the Mox Poker Turbo and will gaurantee i won't be top two out first.  Missing the final table like I did really stung and I realize now that missing four tournaments does hurt more than I thought it would, although I basically blew the last two tournaments and have no one to blame but myself.  Anyway, with that behind me I am looking forward to the final Mox Poker Turbo event and then the Mox Poker Championship bracelet.   Best of luck to the final table in the CCS.

Until the next flop....

DOWN TO THE WIRE!

Could it get more exciting!?  Currently, I'm tied for 8th place in the Courtenay Championship Series with one tournament to go.  I am 1st in the Mox Poker Series and looking to fend off 2 players in the final tournament in the Mox!  I am a little annoyed at how I went out of the last Courtenay Championship Series tournament as I knew how important points are and bluffed off my whole stack early on Q high.  I had a super huge tell on Cory and when I put it into action and moved all in, he made the call with K high (he had the bottom half of a straight draw) which held up against my Q high.  Funny thing is, I actually liked my play there and had it not been a points tournament I would probably make that same play again.   My tell was bang on that he didn't have anything, but for points, I should have just let it go.   The biggest mistake of the whole hand was me calling his raise from the BB.  Raise or fold would have been theplay there.  But, live and learn.  

So, for the final two tournaments my strategy is simple.   Play my game and don't worry about points.   It was what got me to this position and basically I am going to live by the sword or die by the sword, but I won't change my play just to outlast other players.

Until the next very important flop...     

MONEYMAKER OR HENRY ORENSTEIN? 

The first poker I ever watched was Chris Moneymaker winning the World Series of Poker Main event.   An accountant who won his seat for $40 and went on to win the big one.   It started a lot of average people dreaming of one day playing in the main event and winning it.   What a lot of people don't know is who won the main event before Chris Moneymaker?   Robert Varkonyi was an ametuer who won the 2002 main event.   He busted out Phil Hellmuth on day 2 and Phil said if this Donkey wins it he will shave his head.   Well Varkonyi won it and Phil made good on his promise with a very public head shaving.   So why didn't Varkonyi become a house hold name?   Why didn't people look at him and say "Man, I could do that!"  The answer seems simple.   The hole card cam has just as much to do with the success of poker as Chris Moneymaker.   Getting to see pro's and joe's alike making decisions with the cards sparked the poker boom, as a whole different breed of poker player developed through the whole card cam.  Some were aggressive like Gus Hansen, and some were super tight like Phil Hellmuth.  They didn't know why they were playing that way, but they thought it must be right because that is what the pro's did on tv.  This must have been a blessing for the true pro as new players came to their tables thinking they knew what was going on.   What a lot of people didn't know about while they were watching poker on tv, is that they were watching a final table.  Players play a final table different then you do at a start and middle of a tournament.  They saw players shoving with A8 not knowing they were in Shove Mode on the short stack with only 8 big blinds left.  You asked a player 6 years ago what "shove mode" was, they would look at you like you were an alien.  Poker has definately evolved.  

When I look at Chris Moneymakers game on the road to the WSOP main event win, I can't really judge it, because he didn't have a clue on what he was doing.  That huge bluff he put on Farha was perfect, as Farha knew what was going on and the magnitude of the situation, and that is why he laid down top pair.  I have played poker for 7 years and my biggest cash was 6 years ago when I won a $24 tournament for $2200.   I couldn't tell you if I played good or bad because I had no clue (really) on how to play.   It is almost a crutch to know more and more, as someone who plays totally unorthadox has just as good a chance of winning then a seasoned pro in one tournament.   In the long run though, the player with the most understanding of the game will come out on top.  

If you take a look at all the winners after Moneymaker, they were all ametuers who had the dream after watching the 03 main event.   Raymer (ametuer), Hatchem (ametuer), Gold (ametuer), Yang (ametuer) and Eastgate (online pro).  Online pro.  There are some players out there who have played more hands in 2 years, then Doyle Brunsen has played in 55 years!  Internet forums, training websites and poker books have all contributed to the average poker player becoming more knowledgable about the game of poker. 

The odds of another Chris Moneymaker winning the main event continue to go down.   In the same breath, Darvin Moon (an ametuer) is the huge chip leader going into the November 9 final table.  His odds of winning.  4 to 1.   The odds of Phil Ivey (8th in chips) winning 8-1.  The rest of the table has 1 other ametuer, everyone else either plays online or has been involved with poker for the past 6 years. Who would you rather put your money on Ivey or Moon?

Moneymaker never said he was a good poker player.  He never signed up to be the face of poker.   He excepted the role only after it was forst on him.   He wined in later tournaments about being unlucky and being card dead only after he learned what those phrases meant.   Moneymaker may not win another major tournament again, but the one tournament he did win solidified his name and his legacy as a World Series Main Event Champion.    

Moneymaker seems like a nice guy who didn't have a clue and that shouldn't be held against him.   The Card Cam has as much or more to do with the rise of poker the Moneymaker and for that, we thank Henry Orenstein for his patent of the hole cam in 1995.

Until the next flop...

ANYTHING YOU SAY DUANE!

In the last couple of weeks, Duane has phoned me twice about a certain tournament that I should play in.  The first was the $216 buy in FTOPS Event #1 where I finished 183 for a $571 cash.   Then yesterday I had the super long Poker Stars tournament where I won $591 for 2nd place.  So, I am lying on the coach half asleep today when my cell phone rings.  I missed the call but gave Duane a dingle doo back right away.  Duane says "Hey, you should go in this $10 Knockout tournament starting in 4 minutes."  ...Okay.   So, I signed up, and at 12:10 I finished in 4th out of 682 for $415.   Lost a race with AK vs 66.  Bottom line is, any tournament Duane tells me to go into, I am going into!    

DID COLE SAY LONG HAUL?

I deposited $100 on Poker Stars about a week ago and have been playing 2 to 3 tournaments a night on there trying to build my bankroll up using strict bankroll management.   My normal buy ins are $2 and $3 with the occasional $5 and one moment of weekness for an $11 buy in.  

So, Wednesday night I hunker down and get eliminated from two tournaments pretty fast so I registered for the $2.20 (2K Gauranteed) that started at 9pm and the $5.50 tournament starting at 9:15.   I was also playing a couple of Full Tilt tournaments but didn't cash in those.   In the $5.50 tournament i finished 33rd out of 360 for a $9 cash.   I was a little disapointed after I had played pretty solid, but my aggression got the best of me and made an over the top all in with AJ as I thought it would be too much for the player to call.   Not too much for KK and I was out.   Meanwhile, the $2 tournament with 2386 entries just kept going... and going... good night honey (wife went to bed).... and going.... wow we are in the money, but if I go out right now I only make $5!  And going... actually fell asleep.... woke up... and going... sweet down to 3 tables.... and going... two tables... and going... final table.... and going,,,finally heads up!   It was 4:30am when I raised with KQ and got repopped all in.   I insta called knowing that he didn't put me on much as I had been raising every hand ever since we got heads up.  He had a KJ and I was feeling good.   Q, 10, 8 flop.  Oh no... no A or 9!  Turn 8.  No A or 9!  River 9.  And we continue, but by that time I was soooo tired that I didn't care.  I had come all that way, got my money in good to win it and missed.  He took the big chip lead and I managed to shove my K6 into KK and I finished up in 2nd place for a $591 cash.  I then proceeded to lie my head down, but I was sooo tired but so pumped after making it through 2384 players that by the time I fell asleep, sun light was coming through the window.   SWEET.  NOT DOING THAT TOURNEY AGAIN!   I AM F&#*%^*NG TIRED.  Even after success in it, there is no way I can do that again.   Especially on a school night!  LOL.   7.5 hours it took to finish that tournament.  Crazy!  I kept thinking to myself man it would suck to finish in 20th spot for $11 at 2:30am!  Then man it would suck to win $89 for 8th place at 3:30 in the morning!  I guess I was okay with $591, but would have been happier with $819.   Oh well, you.. live... and... you.... lear..n...zzzzzzz  .  

I JUST GOT ROYALY BAD BEATED! REALLY?

It is funny in poker how subtle the differences are between right and wrong, bad beat and bad play.  So, as it is fresh in my mind, as I just busted out of the $2 rebuy on Full Tilt at 1:40am on a Sunday night, I am going to talk about the race I lost, not the bad beat.   

With 5 players to go I was 4th in chips with $145,000 and this lunatic beside me had me covered by a hair.  I had 99 in the BB and he moved all in in the SB and I called him.   He showed AK and I then turned away and walked into the Kitchen as I always do now in race situations.   When I came back to the screen it showed me out in 5th place.  I lost the race and was okay with that.  I then went back into the hand history to see what happened.  My 99 vs his Ah,Ks.   Flop was 9d, Qs, 4s. turn was a 3s.  River was a Js.  He had won by getting runner runner spades to my flopped trips.  My first reaction was "That's Gross!"  Then I thought about it.  Who cares when anything came?!  What does it matter that it went runner runner?   One of the biggest mis-conceptions is people saying they got bad beated in a race situation.  You can't get bad beated in a race situation.  When you move all your chips in preflop and know your racing, regardless of the percentages, you could possibly lose this race!  The flop is the flop.  If you look at a bad beat after an all in race, then just change the cards around.  Take my hand for instance.  If the flop was Qs, 3s, 4s.  Turn Js and the river the 9d then it would have been a kick in the groin instead of a bad beat.  So, bottom line is, when you are all in preflop in a race, there is no such thing as a bad beat.  Bring yourself to the conclusion that you could possibly lose this hand regardless of how much of a favorite you are.  (I would also suggest not looking at the hand history of how you lost the hand, as it doesn't really matter in a race situation.)

Now, to clarify the definition of a bad beat, is when you get it in after you have seen the flop or the turn and sometimes the river, when you think "That river card couldn't of helped him!"  Like the hand I shared in the bad beat of the weak, when my A9 was against two players both holding A8 on a A, 9, 3, 8 board with one card to come.  I moved all in on the turn and got called by both players!  The river card, an 8.

So remember, the next time you are all in preflop vs someone, no matter how much of a favorite you are, it can't be a bad beat because of the decision to move in before the flop.  

Until the next flop...        

FTOPS EVENT #1

So I get home Wednesday from work and I get a call from Duane.   "Hey, their is a $200+$16 tourament on Full Tilt starting in 20 min and it is 1 Million gauranteed.  Wanna do it?" 

After a few "I'll do it if you do it(s)",  Cole, Duane and I signed up chasing the first prize of $195,000 and having to get through a field of 5712.  We started with $5000 in chips and the blinds were $10/$20 to start.  I am not sure what happened to Cole but he was out in 5156th and after the first break I was up to $9395 after making a full house and getting paid off.   Duane was down to $3790 and my buddy from Edmonton "blaniac" who plays poker for a living was the chip leader with $24,000! 

So, we start up again and I am watching Duane raise on the button, get reraised by the SB, and a call by the BB.   Duane then puts the rest of his stack in and the SB moves all in as well.   The BB fold and Duane has KK to the SB's 10's.   Blank, Blank, Blank.   Turn Blank.  River 10.  OUCH!   I winced for him!   So, with Duane and Cole out and Blaniac dropping a few spots I continued to get decent cards and play pretty good.  

I was up to $13,500 when I got 55 in mid position.   I raised it up and the SB was the only caller.  She had decent OPR stats, but I knew she was gunning for me as she had put in a bluff bet and I raised her all in and she had to fold after putting in 1/3 of her stack.  So, the flop comes down Qh,4h,Qc.   I c bet and she calls.  Turn is an 8s.  I bet half pot again and she min raises me leaving her with $2400 behind.   I come to the conclusion that she had a flush draw and called her min raise.   My money card came on the river...5!   I finally check and (Ring ring)... my phone rings.   I go to answer it and for some reason its not showing whose calling and it isn't picking up?  I go to hit the talk button again... still nothing all of the sudden I hear a beep from my computer and the SB girl put her whole stack in!   Sweet!  The computer beeps again as my timer starts to run out.  Still holding the phone with my right hand, I grab the mouse with my left hand and move it towards the call button and I clicked the mouse and as I was doing that the mouse akwardly kept going and I clicked.......FOLD.   AAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!   So, instead of being up over $16K I am down to $9600.   Well, I lost it!   I had to walk away to calm myself down.   It was so bad my 6 year old daughter was telling me to calm down!  LOL!  The shitty thing is, from that point on, I couldn't beat that chick if my life depended on it, and she took a lot of chips back off me later on in the tournament which got my goat because she should have been out!   

So, after that I settled down and here are my tweets from that night to show how I was doing...

: Just won a race with 99 vs AK... up to 18K and currently 301/2783

: $19,595 and currently 392/2323

: Huge Double up!  Now at $37,705 and 44/1972

: Currently 9th out of 1580

: FTOPS Event#1.  Blinds are $300/$600 ante $75.  I have $87,321 currently 3/1275

: Haven't played a hand in 26 hands Until I won the blinds with AQ and AA

: 487 players leftand I am gauranteed $388.  I am sitting 37th overall with $109,423

: Starting to be gamble time.   at $94,503 and avg stack is $125k.  I am currently 139/227

: I moved all in after big stack raised for the 2nd time in a row and I moved all in with QQ and he called with KK.   I am out in 183/5712 for $571.

Yes I was disapointed, but boy was it fun getting that close to big money!  It showed me that you can't just hang out and wait for cards.  When I tweeted that I hadn't played a hand in 26 hands, that told me that I wasn't doing enough to maintain my stack until I did get a hand.  I didn't 3 bet anyone or defend my blinds as much as I should have.   In defending my blinds I mean 3 betting a LAG's blind steal raise not calling!:).   I'll know for next time.

Until the next flop...

I am on Twitter now... I twitter my Friday night tournaments and cash games as well as my online tourneys during the week.  I follow Doyle Brunsen, Negreanu, Bloc and Howard Leterer's Tweets.  Oh yeah, and Hellmuths... that guy is funny...  My handle on twitter is dobs16 if you want to follow the madness!

RANDOM RAMBLINGS...

Now that the November 9 is set, the biggest news to come out of it is the editor of Card Player Magazine Jeff Schulman, who is one of the 9, saying he will throw the bracelet in the garbage if he wins.   This after he stated that he doesn't believe that the selling of the WSOP rights (bluff) is fair and that the coverage is now unacceptable.  If he truly cared about poker, he would have kept his feelings to himself and this possibly could have oppened the door for Card Player to become a major player.   We will see. 

Even though Phil Ivey is 2nd short stack at the final table, you can only get 8 to 1 on your money against him.   Darvin Moon (chip Leader) is 4 to 1 to win.  

I love poker!  We had a cash game on Monday this past week and everyone had a great time!   Even though I was down I still enjoyed the great banter that goes on at the table.  

Been doing pretty good online at Full tilt.   When you are on a hot streak you always think that you can just quit your job and play full time and actually make a living, but I think you need a good overall live and online game to be successful.  Not just in tournaments, but in Cash games as well.   I am working on my online cash games and I am able to make back my buy ins at the end of the night with cash games so I am not actually losing tournament buy ins.   I am currently beating the $0.10/$.25 cent games right now and will probably (slowely) move up in levels.   Baby steps! 

Ever get frustrated with poker?  Ever on a losing streak and don't know why?  Best way to deal with any of these issues, talk to your fellow poker players.   Between Duane, Cole, Bob and Charles we talk a lot of strategy and I feel with the information i get from my peers, I am a better player and will continue to get better.   Don't be affraid to ingage in a conversation with your fellow player because everyone has something to offer.   Take the information, process it and improve your game.  

That's it for now.... Until the next flop....

THE COMOX VALLEY TRIPLE CROWN

Last week in the cash game a good topic was brought up about the Triple Crown of poker in the Comox Valley which I never really pieced together before, but now that I think about it, it would be really cool to win! 

The first of the triple crown events is the Mox Poker Series Player of the year awarded to the player with the most points throughout the Mox Poker Series.  Basically, the best winning average as well as money earned which was implemented this year, get you points to decide the overall player of the year.  

The next event to win is the Mox Poker Championship bracelet!   The big $100 buy-in year end Championship Tournament closes out the series and the year.  To win it isn't an easy feat as it averages over 25 players and has only been running for 4 years.

To complete the tri-fecta you need to win the final table of the Courtenay Championship Series.   After qualifying over a 20 tournament marathon throughout the year, you then get to play a very stacked and difficult final table of the best players from the past year to win the year end jackpot. 

Looking at it right now, there is only one player with 2 out of the 3 events and that is Rick Lidberg who won the Mox Poker Bracelet and won the first ever Courtenay Championship final table and only needs the Mox Poker Player of the year to win the Triple Crown.  Unfortunatly, it would take an epic run in the remaining 4 Mox tournaments for him to catch the leaders as he has only played in 4 events this year.  Cole Harmon has come close in getting to two as he already has a Player of the Year under his belt and came in 2nd to Lidberg in the Courtenay Championship Final Table.   Cole has a chance at both the bracelet and final table to get the triple crown this year.  Brett Bedford is currently in the November 8 for the Courtenay Championship and has a shot at the bracelet which he almost had in 07 as he finished 2nd to Gord G.  Duane Doskoch is in 9th place in the Courtenay Championship race but has missed 4 tournaments so when the bottom 5 tournaments are dropped he will gain valuable postions on the people ahead of him.  So he has a chance this year at the triple crown as well.  I currently hold a spot in the November 8 as well as have a shot at the Mox Player of the year and will be pumped and ready for the Mox Championship, but winning the triple crown in 1 year would be HUGE and next to impossible, so for now, I would be thrilled for any 1 of the 3! 

If anyone does get the triple crown it would be a pretty good achievment and they will go down in the record books as one of the best ever!  LOL Until the next flop.... 

RANDOM RAMBLINGS

Okay, I have a lot to get to and this is the second time I am writing this article (stupid computer ARG!) so here we go.

I love the World Series of Poker.   I am truly sad that I didn't make it down this year with Cole to play in an event, but unfortunately extra poker funds are going towards the new car.  I am eager to hear how Coles WSOP experience went this time.   I know it is different going down and playing in the WSOP alone as uposed to playing in it with buddies.  My first time down there I was pretty bumbed out after I lost.  I phoned my wife and told her I was out, but didn't want to meet them for dinner.  I just reflected in my hotel room for a while.  Then got my will to play again and went to grind it out at the cash tables.   The next year when Cole and Bedfarts came with me, I couldn't wait to find them and talk to them about theirs and my hands during the tournament.  Then jump right into cash games.   I will be interested to see what Cole did after he was out of event #24.  

The WSOP fantasy pool is really exciting and is forcing me to pay attention this years WSOP.   In the bracelet pool everyone but Cotty is tied at 2 bracelets courtesy of Phil Ivey (How can you not take IVEY Cotty?!) who has won two bracelets so far and looks motivated to play in more events than he normally would.  After he won his second bracelet the announcers asked him how he was going to celebrate?  Champaigne?  Party? Friends?  Nope, Ivey said he will probably head over to the Bellagio to see what game is going on.  

Interesting hand came up during the tournament in my office just this last Friday.  It is level two with the blinds at $100/$200 and I have 99 on the button when Laura raises to $600.  Charles, Tyler and I make the call when Bob K raises to $2500 in the BB.   It folds around to me, do I make the call?  Well, lets take a closer look at the hand to see if I should make the call or not.   Now, it is safe to say that Bob has our pair beat, or is it?  I have seen Bob Re-raise with pocket pairs no better than 88.   So there is a very slim chance we have the best hand.   As well, because it is early enough in the tournament, $2500 off my stack of 21K (at the time) isn't a big hit, especially if the outcome could get all your opponents chips!   So, I was getting over 2 ot 1 to call and I had position, so I made the call, knowing full well that I might have to throw the hand away depending on the flop and Bob's C bet.   The flop was 9 high and I had hit my set.  After Bob bet out $4000 I bumped it to $8k and before you know it our stacks were in the middle.  I had cracked AA with my 9's and all it cost me was $1900.   Now you won't hit a set every time, but if you think that you are royally dominated and could get the persons whole stack if you hit your set, and you have enough chips, it's not a terrible play!  

Now, I have to follow that hand up with a cash game hand where Bob got the better of me, and boy did he ever!   After Bob and another player had limped in a bumped the pot up with A10 and everyone folded except for Bob.   The flop came 2, 6, 7 with two clubs.   Bob immediatly bet out and knowing Bob's betting patterns like I do, smelled like a draw.   I made the call intending on floating Bob and taking the hand on the turn.   A 3 hit on the turn and Bob bet out quickly again which meant he didn't hit and my hand is still good.  I called.  The river brought another 2 and no club.   Again, Bob bet out quickly but this time it was a stack of $5's for $100.  hmmmm, I still think I got him.  So, I counted out $100 from my stack and tell him "I am making a hero call here Bob!"  and just as I am putting the chips in the middle my hands stops.  What if he had a pair with his draw?   Then I would look pretty dumb!   Arg.  I went to put the chips in again and again, my hand stopped before I could put the chips down.   Nice hand Bob.  My gut told me to go with it and my head told me he could have a pair with his draw.  So I laid it down.  Right after that, he showed me the 89 offsuit bluff.  Nice hand Bob, tap tap. 

I had a revolation while playing in my office these past couple of weeks.   MAN we are spoiled at HARMON AVE!   Nice chairs, nice tables, nice chips, nice cash games, nice big fridge, nice tournament program and nice AC.   I would like thank Cindy and Cole for sharing their special place with us every week!   We truly are lucky!

I am going to attempt to go from $0 in my PKR and Poker Stars account and run it up to $100 on either site in 6 months.  Obviously I would be starting with Freerolls and then either playing low limit cash games or low buy in sit n goes.   Do I have anyone who wants to bet I can't do it?   I will take bets up to $20 if anyone wants to take the action!

I have started playing $5 Limit HORSE touranments and have cashed once in 11th place out of 145 recently.   I am really enjoying the change and find it challenging to try and play the different games especially in limit.   In Holdem there is a comfort zone because I have been in almost every situation and feel that I can make the right decision most of the time.  In other games like Razz for instance, I am not familiar with what I should do in certain spots because I have never been there before and don't really know what to do.   Anyway, I will be turning to my teachers on www.pokerxfactor.com to show me a thing or two about tournament HORSE. 

And finally, the more I think about this idea the more I like it.  Cotty has made a suggestion for a new Mox Tournament.   It is an 8 table 4 handed tournament.  Instead of 8 or 6 players at a table, there will be 4.   We will break down the tables like we would in a regular tournament until we get down to one table.  We would do like we did with the heads up tournament and tape a line down the middle of the tables to seperate them.  This tournament would give players the opportunity to practice their short handed play that normally they don't often practice unless you make it to top four like Steve P does all the time!   Anyway, I will be finalizing the rules and it will be after the Mox Poker bigstack event.  

That's it for me!   Until the next flop....  

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DOBS16 DIES ON FULL TILT

About 5 years ago before I played for money online, I created my Dobs16 account on fult tilt and played some play money tournies.   I used my work e-mail and I then put real money on Party Poker and forgot all about Full Tilt.  Many years later (two years ago) I put money on to Full Tilt and went to create my account, but found that someone already used the name Dobs16!  (hehe see where this is going)  Crappy, so I came up with a new account name "Yamanashi" (Bobby Lee's character from the Coach Hines skits on Mad TV) and deposited "real money" into this account.   After about 4 months my initial $100 was gone and I was focusing more on Party Poker and Pokerstars and forgot about my Full Tilt account.  

When I started back with Konica Minolta and got my old e-mail back I got e-mails from Full Tilt regarding my dobs16 account....  Oh yeah, that was me that opened Dobs16 (LOL Knee Slapper) so, I proceeded to put money on this account and now had dobs16 as a handle for Party Poker, Poker Stars, Full Tilt, PKR, True Poker, Sports Interaction, Absolute Poker, Titan Poker, VC Poker and Pacific Poker (yeah, I chased bonuses early in my online career)   and now was working on building my bankroll on Full Tilt again.   I managed to get my bankroll up over $1000 and had a bunch of FT Points so I figured I would cash $500 out every time it hit $1000.   So, I started the process and all of the sudden, BOOM!  I get an e-mail about me multi accounting from full tilt and they tell me that Dobs16 account has been shut down and my Yamanashi account will be my main account.   They did Transfer the money over to yamanashi from Dobs16, but I then told them to close down yamanashi (as it was the 2nd account I opened and had no money in it anyway) and keep dobs16 open as it has money in it as well as FT points and I was slowly getting my OPR ranking up into the high 90's which is my goal with all my accounts.  (www.officialpokerrankings.com tracks online status for Full tilt, Poker stars and Party Poker)  

So, long story short, they kept saying that Yamanashi was my main account and wouldn't waiver, even though I opened dobs16 first.  How do they even let me open two accounts as both accounts had identical personal information and address.  I told them that at no time did I have real money on both accounts as their history would show.   So anyway, I start from the ground up again with Yamanashi and hope for the best.   Crappy that my dobs16 streak ends with Full tilt, but here's looking for a great career with yamanashi! 

Until the next flop...