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brad2002tj
Located: Houston, TX
 
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Lawyer, government employee, and part-time poker donk.

Poker Blogs by brad2002tj
An update of events since the WSOPPosted September 22nd, 2009
I haven't updated this blog in quite some time. I lasted 3 days in the WSOP ME, but busted well before the money. I probably played at least one (more)
Adding to my already pretty awesome year, this evening I won one of the $33 rebuy WSOP ME packages on pokerstars. I plan to play it, and already book (more)
Drama always follows stakingPosted April 8th, 2009
I've seen many staking dramas play out over the years I've played poker, from disputes over terms/fpps/when the relationship was over etc. but never e (more)
New biggest score Posted March 30th, 2009
Today I final tabled the 10 rebuy and ended up getting heads up as a short stack, clawing my way to the chip lead, and then losing with JJ < 46o for a (more)
How Poker is Like The MatrixPosted March 11th, 2009
Mega City residents: We all start out as Mega City residents. They accept everything as it appears. They play their hand based on the absolute s (more)
Running Hot is FunPosted February 23rd, 2009
2009 is off to a good start. I've been running hot at SNG's after starting to 8-table them and yesterday took 5th in the big pokerstars $5 rebuy for (more)
Amusing Donk EnragementPosted February 20th, 2009
So I made a pretty standard 12/180 play and made a new friend: Poker Stars $11+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t400/t800 Blinds + t75 - 8 players (more)
2008 Poker Results ReviewPosted December 16th, 2008
I haven't posted much lately, mainly because I've been trying to overcome a crushing downswing. With about a week and a half left to go in 2008 and (more)
Brad's Poker MaximPosted October 3rd, 2008
My maxim is as follows: We all suck at poker. Ok, maybe not all, but almost all, even good winning players with access to all the poker inform (more)
Hurricane Ike Trip ReportPosted September 16th, 2008
I'm sitting on my back porch eating yet another can of progresso chicken gumbo I heated up on the grill. This is the exciting life of someone in a tow (more)
The GF and I went on a trip to Northen California last week. I really wanted to stop by Club One in Fresno but I just didn't have time to make it dow (more)
New biggest online score, everPosted July 13th, 2008
Today I took second out of around 5900 runners in the stars $10 30k guaranteed tournament for my biggest online score ever, $5k. First paid $7300, so (more)
Deja Vu at the Beau Rivage Posted June 23rd, 2008
It was my girlfriend and my third anniversary so we spent last weekend at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS. We flew into New Orleans and drove a rental (more)
So I'm driving down I-45 today from Dallas to Houston and decide to stop at McD's in Madisonville to try one of their new "Southern Style" chicken san (more)
I spent a day at Winstar casino this week and although it wasn't a terribly profitable trip I was really impressed by the poker room. First of all th (more)
The Big Score that Got AwayPosted June 4th, 2008
The following takes places the 2nd or 3rd hand of the final table of the Cake 30r $20k guaranteed. If I win this hand I have a sizeable chip lead and (more)
Ship the Cake 20RPosted May 15th, 2008
Took down my biggest online score today, the Cake $12.5 guarantee $20rebuy tournament, for $2900. Nice bankroll boost and changing the tide of my bad (more)
Busto in New OrleansPosted May 11th, 2008
I played 2 donkaments in New Orleans, both Friday. I played Circuit Event # 1, a $500 event, and a $300 "second chance tourney." Neither tournament (more)
April was a great month for me, I finished up about $3k and finished 185th on the Stars TLB (got a fat $50 bonus from Stars). The first week of May (more)
I got a PM on 2+2 that posed an interesting question so I thought it might me good to post the question and my response on here. Question: You (more)
April: So far, So goodPosted April 21st, 2008
In addition to a 33rd place finish in the Pokerstars Sunday Hundred Grand and some other deep cashes, grinding $12/180 turbos on stars has been going (more)
Choctaw Durant OK Trip ReportPosted April 17th, 2008
I was staying with my parents in DFW so we decided to head up to the Choctaw casino in Durant. My parents play the slots but I would have at least a (more)
33rd out of 22,287Posted April 6th, 2008
After 6 hours of play I just finished 33rd in the Stars Sunday hundred grand. Only $334, but at least it's paid for all the Sunday 100k lotterys I've (more)
Most of you work a 9 to 5 job like me and play poker for recreation and extra income. Poker only made up about 10% of my income in 2007 and although (more)
Villian had been lagtarding his crap hands and limping his strong hands. He must not have gotten the memo that deception only works if you don't do i (more)
The Happy Meal Heater ContinuesPosted March 19th, 2008
I'm continuing a good run at Full Tilt. I've been playing almost all $11 turbo STT during this stretch but also final tabled a large donkament. Gri (more)
Brag: Had a straight flush with 9[d] 9[s] on a 8[s]10[s]J[s]Q[s]5[d] board. Beat: Lost the $500 pot (1/2NL) when villian turns over A[s]K[s] (more)
Cheeseburger Stakes Heater at FTPPosted March 11th, 2008
I used to play at Full Tilt a while back, where I grinded out $200 or so playing STT, cashed out profits, and then ran (played) horribly and went bust (more)
Where does this put me?Posted March 6th, 2008
For the longest time I played regular smaller-field MTT's on AP and only SNG's on Stars and FTP, except the occasional huge field Stars MTT. I'm ab (more)
This blog was inspired by Bond18's current heater as described in his blog and Body Man D's sick heater the last two weeks: It's funny how poker ca (more)
STT updatePosted February 21st, 2008
After a loooong break even stretch I've started making some money again. My stars bankroll is now up to $700 and my plan is to get it up to $1000 by (more)
I should avoid Tuesdays IMOPosted February 19th, 2008
Does this make any sense at all? (more)
Ship the AP 5rPosted February 15th, 2008
Pokerstars was on the fritz again last night so I loaded up $100 on AP to play some small stakes donkaments. First one I play is the nightly $5r whic (more)
4-tabling STT = teh nutsPosted February 4th, 2008
I love MTT, but with time demands and bankroll taking a hit is there any better way to build a roll than mult-tabling low-stakes STT? I was playing t (more)
2nd in stars $4/180Posted January 15th, 2008
Just finished 2nd in a stars $4/180. I've played a lot of these and this is my best finish. Unfortunately I am not happy with my heads up play at al (more)
Sunday Bustout HandsPosted January 14th, 2008
I played a few major tournaments on Sunday, the Sunday 100k on stars and Sunday 100k on Cake. Was way up early in stars 100k but went card dead for a (more)
A pictorial analogy of my SundayPosted January 7th, 2008
I've been playing on Cake, where I have been winning and placing in almost any satellite I play. Unfortunately, I did not do so well in the Sun (more)
Vegas SucksPosted December 27th, 2007
Just got back from 2 days in Vegas and boy did I run terrible. I didn't feel i played my best game at times but I also had some bad beats. I lost 10 (more)
New Orleans WSOP Circuit Event CashPosted December 4th, 2007
This is my first chance to discuss my 3rd place finish at the WSOP Circuit Event in New Orleans, LA. I took Monday off work to fly to NOLA and play (more)
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