Been a while since the last update and it has been a mixed one on the real and virtual felt with some long nights.
First off, I had the 2 WCOOP games lined up. Unfortunately had to withdraw from the $320 PLO8 as I was just too knackered from work and couldn't really even start let alone last the near 14 hours that the tourney actually lasted.
Lesson learnt so went to bed early and had the alarm blast me into action at 1am for the $215 NLO8 game. I started slow but after the second break started to make a move up the leaderboard, only to get it all-in with AA23 and get called by some donkey with KKJ9 who flopped a King and even scooped when the board paired and was Hi only ~ 5 hours for nowt !
Next day I was free so popped away for the w/end starting with a trip to the new G at Coventry. What a wonderful Casino - like a small Vegas Casino on the inside and situated so close to the M6 and inside the Ricoh Stadium itself - it is sure to become a very popular venue for big festivals/games. So it was a shock to realise that they had only 8 turn up for the £200 game that I fancied and 4 of them had satellited in ! Anyway they delayed it a little and eventuall we got going with 14 players. It was great to play so deep (15k stack, 25/50 start, 30 min clock) with only 7 at the table. Usually the only time you get to play short handed is at the business end of a tourney when there is so little play left. The standard of play was appalling, especially for a £200 game, and I mean "really, really bad" so I fancied a good cash. Everything was going OKish, a few bad beats by shortstacks but on course and then I got AA when 6 handed and managed to get it all in against JJ and QQ.........happy days or so I thought.
The Board came
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D'oh. top 3 paid and I lose on such a sucker river card for best part of half the chips in play. So with the previous night's bad beat and a tragic week on cash at Stars I was feeling as though my poker bankroll was doomed to dwindle away on DONK beat after beat. Anyway enough of the loser talk and stick with getting your chips in with the best of it.
This has taken me a while , I will save the rest ( and better stuff) for next post soon.
Stay lucky
Sunday 27 September 2009
Tuesday 15 September 2009
Long Live Keith Floyd
. Keith Floyd RIP
Just got home from work to find that Keith Floyd has died. I love charachters of life and he was certainly one. I have such vivid memories from uni days of watching his afternoon show and making whatever he was cooking with whatever we had in the house ( NOT MUCH ! ) whilst drinking as much wine, beer or anything else toxic we had lying around...........and the food always tasted great .......Great Days !
Oh and Patrick Swayze has also died , let me tell you how all the girls used to think I was just like him LOL !
Poker has been a bit crap recently, on Stars at least, so I will skip that until the next entry, when I should have a report or two on my big WCOOP games coming up and progress on the local Poker Tour.
Stay Lucky Geezers
Just got home from work to find that Keith Floyd has died. I love charachters of life and he was certainly one. I have such vivid memories from uni days of watching his afternoon show and making whatever he was cooking with whatever we had in the house ( NOT MUCH ! ) whilst drinking as much wine, beer or anything else toxic we had lying around...........and the food always tasted great .......Great Days !
Oh and Patrick Swayze has also died , let me tell you how all the girls used to think I was just like him LOL !
Poker has been a bit crap recently, on Stars at least, so I will skip that until the next entry, when I should have a report or two on my big WCOOP games coming up and progress on the local Poker Tour.
Stay Lucky Geezers
Saturday 5 September 2009
WCOOP off and running
Pokerstars' World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has started. It is the online equivalent of the World Series of Poker and has a bracelet for the winner of each event WSOP style.
As I have mentioned here previously, I had targeted 3 events and had already satellited into 2 of them. The 3rd one was starting at 1am last night so I entered a last minute 50 seat g'tee satellite. And hey presto I was in.......
So I had managed to sat into all 3 tourneys, $644 of entries, for less than $150. Now I had to cash !? Which wasn't going to be easy as many of the world's best live and online players are also in. In the later stages of this one I had previous WSOP Main Event winners Joe Hachem and Tom McEvoy at my table at the same time , and it was only a 6 seater table !!!!
Anyway I made the cash and then laddered myself up rather than really go for it and ended up 134th for $240.. ........................
............................................... so all-in-all a good start , here's hoping to stay Lucky for the next two.
As I have mentioned here previously, I had targeted 3 events and had already satellited into 2 of them. The 3rd one was starting at 1am last night so I entered a last minute 50 seat g'tee satellite. And hey presto I was in.......
So I had managed to sat into all 3 tourneys, $644 of entries, for less than $150. Now I had to cash !? Which wasn't going to be easy as many of the world's best live and online players are also in. In the later stages of this one I had previous WSOP Main Event winners Joe Hachem and Tom McEvoy at my table at the same time , and it was only a 6 seater table !!!!
Anyway I made the cash and then laddered myself up rather than really go for it and ended up 134th for $240.. ........................
............................................... so all-in-all a good start , here's hoping to stay Lucky for the next two.
Wednesday 2 September 2009
August accounts
Accounts for August
PokerPlex : down $160
PokerStars: down $50
Boylepoker: up $90
Playing live: down $490
In total for playing down $610
Bonus this month of $40 and pokerplex rakeback of $50, also $200 bonus at Stars
So -$320 for the month.
and +$4850 for the year.
So not a good month, although I have qualified for $545 worth of Stars WCOOP entries, I don't count these as I can't liquidate them. Also have $400+ of FPPs too that if I do cash will include in Sept figures.
Right off to earn my extra chips on Boyle for the Irish IPO tourney. Stay Lucky guys !
PokerPlex : down $160
PokerStars: down $50
Boylepoker: up $90
Playing live: down $490
In total for playing down $610
Bonus this month of $40 and pokerplex rakeback of $50, also $200 bonus at Stars
So -$320 for the month.
and +$4850 for the year.
So not a good month, although I have qualified for $545 worth of Stars WCOOP entries, I don't count these as I can't liquidate them. Also have $400+ of FPPs too that if I do cash will include in Sept figures.
Right off to earn my extra chips on Boyle for the Irish IPO tourney. Stay Lucky guys !
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