Well following the last post, i have pulled things back. Had a remarkable morning where I won hand after hand, including destroying a guys whole buy-in ($80) within 10 minutes headsup @ Om8$2/$4. He wasnt that good at Poker and seemed to have a bit of a spelling problem too cause when he lost the last hand he wrote "fckn cnut" in the chat box which I didn't understand........probably Danish for something along the lines of "well played sir" . Surprisingly he didnt reload.
Pulled the whole lot I lost yesterday back at one point, although I slumped slightly to finish just $220 up for the day.
This bonus still needs another 200MPPs and i have only a few hours left to get them or I lose the whole $500 bonus, so really am playing as though it is a job now........least thats what i told the wife.
I'll do a whole analysis tomorrow on January's profit/loss, hourly rate , best game and all that stuff.
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Tilty -tilt
In My chase for the Monthly Bonus , I have had to thrash away at PokerPlex and did so for of couple of hours for a small profit of 50 or 60. Then I started to go backwards and lost the profit and then slipped into the red. I wasnt bothered , its all part of the normal swings associated with cash, but then I began a run where everything started to go wrong. I was hitting 2nd nuts and getting drawn out on all the time or getting quartered time after time. I just couldn't win and felt as though my play was suffering, I wasnt chasing , but felt i kept making the odd wrong play. Maybe folding a winning hand when the odds were there to call or betting out when only a better hand was going to call.
When the dust settled i was over $250 down and a bit dejected with poker and my play.
Got up this morning and thought...... fresh start, time to drag it back. An hour later I was another $100+ down ! I am on the way to losing all my bonus in the chase to get it.....which does seem a bit pointless. I have rallied a bit now and am going to focus this evening and avoid the mistakes.
When the dust settled i was over $250 down and a bit dejected with poker and my play.
Got up this morning and thought...... fresh start, time to drag it back. An hour later I was another $100+ down ! I am on the way to losing all my bonus in the chase to get it.....which does seem a bit pointless. I have rallied a bit now and am going to focus this evening and avoid the mistakes.
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Added Value and freerolls
Playing in a big comp is something I haven't yet done , but do think I should have by now.
I can't really justify buying in directly for one, so will have to win one. I dont understand these satellites into them, why not just play a cash game or other tourney and if you win enough then use that to buy-in.
In fact apart from live tourneys i hardly play any tournaments where there isn't 'added' value. Often play the Blue Square league events @ 8:15 Sun thru Thur and then any other bonus events.
I find freerolls to be a bit frustrating, there are a few that play for 1 seat and you get several hundred players. Well I aint sitting there playing my usual waiting game for 2 or 3 hours to bust out for nothing deep into the tournament. So I usually play these hard and fast, not necessarily crazy , but very aggressive and try to get at least 5 x starting stack as quickly as possible. I might then think I have more of a chance and ease off the accelerator a little, but not too much as I intend to play these for the win. I will still limp in as often as possible with any kind of hand that might catch and play my big hands very hard pre-flop and post flop. After the flop i am going to bet and re-raise with any draws, and always put the opponents to the test.
There is a bonus one tonight on Blue Square which is $0+$2.50 with rebuys @$25. So will play this hard early and hope the deck hits me in the face, but will not bother with the rebuys.
Played two comps last night the Will Hill £3.5k added and totally blew it when i was 9/91 from original 400 and ended up going out 71st. Also played the Blondepoker freeroll on Gala last night for a GBPT seat @ Edinburgh and played crazy loose going up n down like a yo-yo before crashing out 18/89.
Got to go and bash away on Pokerplex to get my monthly bonus MPP requirement met, so deal em fast.
I can't really justify buying in directly for one, so will have to win one. I dont understand these satellites into them, why not just play a cash game or other tourney and if you win enough then use that to buy-in.
In fact apart from live tourneys i hardly play any tournaments where there isn't 'added' value. Often play the Blue Square league events @ 8:15 Sun thru Thur and then any other bonus events.
I find freerolls to be a bit frustrating, there are a few that play for 1 seat and you get several hundred players. Well I aint sitting there playing my usual waiting game for 2 or 3 hours to bust out for nothing deep into the tournament. So I usually play these hard and fast, not necessarily crazy , but very aggressive and try to get at least 5 x starting stack as quickly as possible. I might then think I have more of a chance and ease off the accelerator a little, but not too much as I intend to play these for the win. I will still limp in as often as possible with any kind of hand that might catch and play my big hands very hard pre-flop and post flop. After the flop i am going to bet and re-raise with any draws, and always put the opponents to the test.
There is a bonus one tonight on Blue Square which is $0+$2.50 with rebuys @$25. So will play this hard early and hope the deck hits me in the face, but will not bother with the rebuys.
Played two comps last night the Will Hill £3.5k added and totally blew it when i was 9/91 from original 400 and ended up going out 71st. Also played the Blondepoker freeroll on Gala last night for a GBPT seat @ Edinburgh and played crazy loose going up n down like a yo-yo before crashing out 18/89.
Got to go and bash away on Pokerplex to get my monthly bonus MPP requirement met, so deal em fast.
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Playing Live in 2008
So for the first time this year I have played live and the last two nights have involved a bit of live play at the two extremes. A low almost underworld Pub game Friday night and then a trip to B'pool G casino on Saturday.
Nice to be able to report a bit of success both nights. In brief, came 3rd on Friday night and a small win on a very loose cash table for only £40 but a win is a win. Last night I came 6th @ B'pool for £330, although by the time ive paid Honeymonster his 25% and take off buy-in and rebuy I have only a £140 profit.
The Pub game was full of poorer players so wont bother with any hands from then , but going to spin 3 of the hands from Yesterday now.
1st one is with about 15 players left Blinds (1k/2k) and i'm in BB. Strangely for this level 3 players limp in so pot is 9k. I have J3 of hearts. Flop comes down A,10,2 with 2 hearts , I am fairly short stacked and decide , there is only an ace can call me if I push my last 10.5k and some might be squeezed out.Larger than life Howard Plant is first to act and dwells, well talks none stop about his decision. Eventually decides to call, rest fold. Before we flip, he says i haven't got anything, to which I reply"neither have I". I couldn't wish him to have better cards 4,7 of hearts for a lower flush draw and the board brought nothing so my Jack high stood up.
I squeeze onto the final table in 8th place out of 9 and am drawn in first to act position, with blinds at 3k/6k , I decide i have to act and so make my mind up to push my last 17k rather than face having to call on my BB the next hand.I look at my first card only and see it is a Queen. All folded to SB who calls as does the BB. Flop comes 5,6,Q and I think "hey I might win this", soon shattered as SB bets , BB folds and he flips 5,5 for trips. Turn 6 , river 6 , someone says "Unlucky mate", but Im the only one at the table thats noticed and push forward my Queen, thank you poker lord for I have actually won with runner, runner for the higher FH.
I pinch a couple of blinds and get no callers when i small raise with AA and then this hand comes up. Im in BB with 55k and have 88. Pro player Dave'nice'Mayall raises 20k from early position. I dwell figure his range includes any pair here and AK,AQ,AJ so repop him. He calls with 10,10 and leaves me with 7k. Was this the right play? I dont know, he was the only player at the table I felt was as strong as me and if id won i would have been able to move up the pay ladder considerably and have a realistic chance of winning it and £1800, so maybe. But on the other hand I had a fair few chips and could maybe have waited for a spot where I could have been the aggressor or a greater favourite. Im unsure now about this play, think I should have waited, with a low stack and two very passive players at the table. Any comments welcome here.
Honeymonster and a few are going to Newcastle next w/end for a good looking comp, but I cant see me getting a ticket out for what will have to be a very family unsociable midday departure.
Other news is that Snapper played the Pokerplex satellite for the 40k for me. 5 seats with only 14 runners this week, and he did the business . Forgot to take a screenshot to match last weeks qualification. I said he could play it , but i think he has left me to play, and we are 50/50 on any cash.
Nice to be able to report a bit of success both nights. In brief, came 3rd on Friday night and a small win on a very loose cash table for only £40 but a win is a win. Last night I came 6th @ B'pool for £330, although by the time ive paid Honeymonster his 25% and take off buy-in and rebuy I have only a £140 profit.
The Pub game was full of poorer players so wont bother with any hands from then , but going to spin 3 of the hands from Yesterday now.
1st one is with about 15 players left Blinds (1k/2k) and i'm in BB. Strangely for this level 3 players limp in so pot is 9k. I have J3 of hearts. Flop comes down A,10,2 with 2 hearts , I am fairly short stacked and decide , there is only an ace can call me if I push my last 10.5k and some might be squeezed out.Larger than life Howard Plant is first to act and dwells, well talks none stop about his decision. Eventually decides to call, rest fold. Before we flip, he says i haven't got anything, to which I reply"neither have I". I couldn't wish him to have better cards 4,7 of hearts for a lower flush draw and the board brought nothing so my Jack high stood up.
I squeeze onto the final table in 8th place out of 9 and am drawn in first to act position, with blinds at 3k/6k , I decide i have to act and so make my mind up to push my last 17k rather than face having to call on my BB the next hand.I look at my first card only and see it is a Queen. All folded to SB who calls as does the BB. Flop comes 5,6,Q and I think "hey I might win this", soon shattered as SB bets , BB folds and he flips 5,5 for trips. Turn 6 , river 6 , someone says "Unlucky mate", but Im the only one at the table thats noticed and push forward my Queen, thank you poker lord for I have actually won with runner, runner for the higher FH.
I pinch a couple of blinds and get no callers when i small raise with AA and then this hand comes up. Im in BB with 55k and have 88. Pro player Dave'nice'Mayall raises 20k from early position. I dwell figure his range includes any pair here and AK,AQ,AJ so repop him. He calls with 10,10 and leaves me with 7k. Was this the right play? I dont know, he was the only player at the table I felt was as strong as me and if id won i would have been able to move up the pay ladder considerably and have a realistic chance of winning it and £1800, so maybe. But on the other hand I had a fair few chips and could maybe have waited for a spot where I could have been the aggressor or a greater favourite. Im unsure now about this play, think I should have waited, with a low stack and two very passive players at the table. Any comments welcome here.
Honeymonster and a few are going to Newcastle next w/end for a good looking comp, but I cant see me getting a ticket out for what will have to be a very family unsociable midday departure.
Other news is that Snapper played the Pokerplex satellite for the 40k for me. 5 seats with only 14 runners this week, and he did the business . Forgot to take a screenshot to match last weeks qualification. I said he could play it , but i think he has left me to play, and we are 50/50 on any cash.
Friday, 25 January 2008
Love...Love will tear us apart...again
1981, Joy Division...if not my favourite all time song , definitely a dessert island disc.
Last night I went off to bed about midnight and switched on to find this little 2 hour documentary on 'Factory' records label from Manchester and the whole story from Joy Division thru to the creation of the Hacienda nightclub and onto Happy Mondays....My generation totally. Completely absorbing and some great sound clips and interviews. The tragic story of lead singer Ian Wilson and his slide towards suicide and the way New Order was kindled out of the ashes was great.
Funny story along the way was how Ian had gone to the Doctors to be diagnosed with severe epilepsy. The Doc turned to him and said " you need to get plenty of sleep, no late nights. Avoid Loud Music and Flashing lights, and keep away from alcohol and drugs." " What do you do for a living?" , To which he got the reply " I am lead singer in a Punk Rock band! " LOL Brilliant.
Also told how New Order became the first band to play LIVE on Top of the Pops, and how there sales actually went down because they sounded so awful. And then after the show Bono of U2 said "hey man i really respect you for doing that, I wish we'd done it too". To which the whole band replied " well why the fuck didn't you !"
As for the Poker, not much to report on really. I've kept earning the MPPs but will need to speed up a bit to get the bonus before the end of the month. Tried to satellite into the European Deepstack Omaha tourney last night on Blue Square , but played like a girl. Folded my BB when I only had <4 BB left and had K9. Pussy play as there were only 2 seats available , I would have lost anyway but thats not the point, i had a couple of chances to push first in , but bottled it because of weak cards. Need to have a more cavalier attitude in these sats with few prizes
Have come 3rd and 6th in two Om8 tourneys both about 150 runners , which makes 3 final tables on the run in Omaha, but not a great cash reward as only $5 and $10 buyins.
Anyway off to play live in town at a new venue for us around with Sneaks, dont know what it is , but cash games after are supposed to be a bit loose ~MMMmmmm. And tomorrow off to Blackpool 'G' with Honeymonster to play in their £50 (+1rb/addon) which has all the makings of a good tourney.
Live Play, cant beat it, deal 'em good !
Last night I went off to bed about midnight and switched on to find this little 2 hour documentary on 'Factory' records label from Manchester and the whole story from Joy Division thru to the creation of the Hacienda nightclub and onto Happy Mondays....My generation totally. Completely absorbing and some great sound clips and interviews. The tragic story of lead singer Ian Wilson and his slide towards suicide and the way New Order was kindled out of the ashes was great.
Funny story along the way was how Ian had gone to the Doctors to be diagnosed with severe epilepsy. The Doc turned to him and said " you need to get plenty of sleep, no late nights. Avoid Loud Music and Flashing lights, and keep away from alcohol and drugs." " What do you do for a living?" , To which he got the reply " I am lead singer in a Punk Rock band! " LOL Brilliant.
Also told how New Order became the first band to play LIVE on Top of the Pops, and how there sales actually went down because they sounded so awful. And then after the show Bono of U2 said "hey man i really respect you for doing that, I wish we'd done it too". To which the whole band replied " well why the fuck didn't you !"
As for the Poker, not much to report on really. I've kept earning the MPPs but will need to speed up a bit to get the bonus before the end of the month. Tried to satellite into the European Deepstack Omaha tourney last night on Blue Square , but played like a girl. Folded my BB when I only had <4 BB left and had K9. Pussy play as there were only 2 seats available , I would have lost anyway but thats not the point, i had a couple of chances to push first in , but bottled it because of weak cards. Need to have a more cavalier attitude in these sats with few prizes
Have come 3rd and 6th in two Om8 tourneys both about 150 runners , which makes 3 final tables on the run in Omaha, but not a great cash reward as only $5 and $10 buyins.
Anyway off to play live in town at a new venue for us around with Sneaks, dont know what it is , but cash games after are supposed to be a bit loose ~MMMmmmm. And tomorrow off to Blackpool 'G' with Honeymonster to play in their £50 (+1rb/addon) which has all the makings of a good tourney.
Live Play, cant beat it, deal 'em good !
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Making a dreary life intersting.
Since I started this I have become aware of how mundane and plain old dull my writing is. I showed it my 5 year old Daughter yesterday and she smiled her heartbreaking way when she saw my pic. So I got her to start reading some of it and she must have lasted half the first line ( admittedly this took about 10 minutes for her to read) before she lost total interest.
On BlondePoker, there are a couple of "diary/blog" type threads that show how the most mundane of topics can become a must read.
The first is by Tom McCreedy, otherwise known as Red Dog, who is a player on the UK Poker circuit. http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=30601.0
And then the Man himself Tikay Kendall has also a diary up that is now almost 200 pages long. http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25486.0.
Their topics of conversation vary from driftwood, roma caravans, latest epitaphs, price of rail tickets, best roads in the UK, cheese and even occasionally a bit of poker. It is a combination of good descriptive writing and an pair of minds that see fascination and interest where there is no right to be any.
I dont want to drift off the poker , because i started this blog to help me focus on the poker but i may every now and then make reference to something that 'crops' up that i cant let lie without a mention. Unfortunately I rarely travel much these days , so it could be very dreary aspects of Furness life that i disect.
As for the Poker, I played Sunday night in the $10 entry , 20.000 entrants on Stars that generates $200,000 prize pool for $10 entry !!!! Never got going and didn't even make the top 15,000 LOL.
Also had the £40k on Crypto that i had got into with that ridiculous value freeroll. I made it to 100 left when I pushed with A10 into a big stack stealing my blind. He felt compelled to call, although I do think he should have left it , especially as he flipped over A2.
" YES" I thought.
"YES" again I thought as the flop brought a 10.
"I cant lose this now, unless it comes turn 2 river 2...oh that is NOT going to happen."
"BUT.... I suppose it could come with 2 more hearts to give him the flush?"
Turn is 5 of hearts. "Oh NO it is going too"
River 3 of hearts. "Knew it !!".
Shame as well in a tourney with a first prize of +£10k.
I decided to pull the plug on the pokerstars Sunday Million game as i was feeling too tired and didnt fancy an all nighter till 8 the next morning. Ive saved the Tournament $s and will have to decide whether I should use them in one big prize tourney or just flitter them away with small tourneys.
Till next time, deal 'em up.
On BlondePoker, there are a couple of "diary/blog" type threads that show how the most mundane of topics can become a must read.
The first is by Tom McCreedy, otherwise known as Red Dog, who is a player on the UK Poker circuit. http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=30601.0
And then the Man himself Tikay Kendall has also a diary up that is now almost 200 pages long. http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25486.0.
Their topics of conversation vary from driftwood, roma caravans, latest epitaphs, price of rail tickets, best roads in the UK, cheese and even occasionally a bit of poker. It is a combination of good descriptive writing and an pair of minds that see fascination and interest where there is no right to be any.
I dont want to drift off the poker , because i started this blog to help me focus on the poker but i may every now and then make reference to something that 'crops' up that i cant let lie without a mention. Unfortunately I rarely travel much these days , so it could be very dreary aspects of Furness life that i disect.
As for the Poker, I played Sunday night in the $10 entry , 20.000 entrants on Stars that generates $200,000 prize pool for $10 entry !!!! Never got going and didn't even make the top 15,000 LOL.
Also had the £40k on Crypto that i had got into with that ridiculous value freeroll. I made it to 100 left when I pushed with A10 into a big stack stealing my blind. He felt compelled to call, although I do think he should have left it , especially as he flipped over A2.
" YES" I thought.
"YES" again I thought as the flop brought a 10.
"I cant lose this now, unless it comes turn 2 river 2...oh that is NOT going to happen."
"BUT.... I suppose it could come with 2 more hearts to give him the flush?"
Turn is 5 of hearts. "Oh NO it is going too"
River 3 of hearts. "Knew it !!".
Shame as well in a tourney with a first prize of +£10k.
I decided to pull the plug on the pokerstars Sunday Million game as i was feeling too tired and didnt fancy an all nighter till 8 the next morning. Ive saved the Tournament $s and will have to decide whether I should use them in one big prize tourney or just flitter them away with small tourneys.
Till next time, deal 'em up.
Friday, 18 January 2008
3 out of 3
Today I had to go and revisit the hospital, for my first check since the operation 10 weeks ago. And I go the three things I was hoping for too.
1. Everything is Good with the new hip, I suspected so but good to get the x-ray and have it confirmed medically.
2. Dr. said I can drive again. Can finally get out of the house when I want.
3. Dr. signed me off until Easter. Which was a bit of a no brainer really as I still cant walk without a big limp, let alone run PE lessons. After Easter it is all Rounders, Cricket , Athletics so a lot easier.
Didn't play much this evening, but what i did was quality. About half an hour on PokerPlex Om8 $2/4 tables for about $100 profit and then found a pokerplex freeroll to the Sunday £40k. It was for Plex players only who have earnt 200 MPPs in the last week. But get this they are offering 5x£120 seats and 11 entered !!
With 7 left I had to take on a fellow short stack with KK v his AQ, but apart from that didnt really play a hand.
So now Sunday night I have got 2x£100+ tourneys to look forward to.
Deal'em good and it might yet be a very profitable month
1. Everything is Good with the new hip, I suspected so but good to get the x-ray and have it confirmed medically.
2. Dr. said I can drive again. Can finally get out of the house when I want.
3. Dr. signed me off until Easter. Which was a bit of a no brainer really as I still cant walk without a big limp, let alone run PE lessons. After Easter it is all Rounders, Cricket , Athletics so a lot easier.
Didn't play much this evening, but what i did was quality. About half an hour on PokerPlex Om8 $2/4 tables for about $100 profit and then found a pokerplex freeroll to the Sunday £40k. It was for Plex players only who have earnt 200 MPPs in the last week. But get this they are offering 5x£120 seats and 11 entered !!
With 7 left I had to take on a fellow short stack with KK v his AQ, but apart from that didnt really play a hand.
So now Sunday night I have got 2x£100+ tourneys to look forward to.
Deal'em good and it might yet be a very profitable month
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