Finally worked off my bonus this evening...at last I have the $239.99 sitting in my account! 4799FPPs took a good few months to earn but it's so nice having an extra bit of unearned cash in the account. (Wishing Stars did rakeback so much!!!)
I have moved up and with the exception of one game vs sm1le where my raise to 147 pre was met by 1147 and my AK outdrew his KQ, I have played exclusively $23s. I have worked out if I keep loading them up in sets of 4 basically as soon as the last one goes I can pummel out 16/hour, more than the 13 I think I projected last time! That's pretty sick because I could theoretically (hoepfully!!) be on around $32 an hour with a 9% ROI at the $23s...and with the $$$ being strong, taking home around £18-19ish an hour would be so so sick!
Since I have moved back up, I ran fairly well to start with, had a shocking evening but then won 4/4 at the end of tonight to finish with stats like these,
92
$2.35
$22
10%
$216
The standard is barely better than the $11s, though winning 2/4 hurts me a bit more than before due to the extra rake, so I have to try to keep guaranteeing 2wins and hopefully getting 3 or 4 as much as possible! Despite vicious rumours I am a nit, I can't wait to move up again!!! At the minute it's just to make sure my head is in the right place and prepared for higher losses during bigger games...soon enough I'll be over that!!
My roll is at $2.583.12 atm, maybe another few hundred games at the $23s and I will be up on the $35's...I'm definitely going to give them a go at the weekend to see how soft they are!
Merci,
PS Tony...u ever come round my house at 2am again and I will smash your face in...do you hear me?! (Give me time to get on the stall first though please?!!)
Cheers,
CAPSLOCKFUCK
Monday 27 October 2008
Sunday 26 October 2008
Like A Star, Like A Star, Like A Star!
Wooo life aim completed...I now have a star next to my name when I am sharkscoped! This shows I am 20th for the highest profit 2008 for holdem heads up games average stake $6-$15...thinking about that, maybe there are only 20 people who play that exact game!!! Anyway, for the next couple of days at least, I have a star, boom!!
I'm not going to be able to build on that because I am going straight to the $23's, and giving them a proper shot. Though, hopefully this will only be for a couple of hundred games because I plan on moving up again very soon. Won't bore you with huge updates, will just generally work out how much I have made since I got back to Uni on the 8th October.
Heads up - average prof is $1.47 obv, $411 from 279 games.
MTT's - up $448, most of that originating from the $11 sat I played which consequently I cashed in the Million with, and that's from 14 games.
Live cash - Up around $225 from a few home games, though won most of that when I was sober and others weren't!!
So, up around $1.1k for the 18days I have been back (minus 3days for a trip back home). I have only had one session during the day when I played that satellite, and have had half of my nights relaxing, so I think I must be running pretty well!! Also though, I am making sure I am joining in at Durham loads, and not trapping myself playing poker like I did all the first year and some of the second year!! So when I play I feel fresh, and that's working out pretty good.
Finally, a comment on the SICKEST RE-RAISE I HAVE EVER FACED!!
147_star is on Phone 1, Durham.
Gf is on Phone 2, Sussex.
147_star raises a bit of conflict.
Gf flat calls with some counter-arguments.
147_star is tilted and disconnects for time to think.
147_star tries to re-connect.
Gf has left Seat 2. (The *bitch* hung up...sick sick strength!!)
Gf takes home all the chips, strength, pride, honour and dignity.
147_star is left grovelling, and had an hour and a half feeling awful not able to get through to her!!
Cheers,
Alfaromeo_star
I'm not going to be able to build on that because I am going straight to the $23's, and giving them a proper shot. Though, hopefully this will only be for a couple of hundred games because I plan on moving up again very soon. Won't bore you with huge updates, will just generally work out how much I have made since I got back to Uni on the 8th October.
Heads up - average prof is $1.47 obv, $411 from 279 games.
MTT's - up $448, most of that originating from the $11 sat I played which consequently I cashed in the Million with, and that's from 14 games.
Live cash - Up around $225 from a few home games, though won most of that when I was sober and others weren't!!
So, up around $1.1k for the 18days I have been back (minus 3days for a trip back home). I have only had one session during the day when I played that satellite, and have had half of my nights relaxing, so I think I must be running pretty well!! Also though, I am making sure I am joining in at Durham loads, and not trapping myself playing poker like I did all the first year and some of the second year!! So when I play I feel fresh, and that's working out pretty good.
Finally, a comment on the SICKEST RE-RAISE I HAVE EVER FACED!!
147_star is on Phone 1, Durham.
Gf is on Phone 2, Sussex.
147_star raises a bit of conflict.
Gf flat calls with some counter-arguments.
147_star is tilted and disconnects for time to think.
147_star tries to re-connect.
Gf has left Seat 2. (The *bitch* hung up...sick sick strength!!)
Gf takes home all the chips, strength, pride, honour and dignity.
147_star is left grovelling, and had an hour and a half feeling awful not able to get through to her!!
Cheers,
Alfaromeo_star
Wednesday 15 October 2008
Hannes is a legend!!
Don't know if you've ever met Hannes, but if you have, you will know he is a legend!!
He loves poker, is always laughing, and is so German that he brought German beer over to my house for a cash game, but as he was driving, it was the non-alcoholic stuff!!
Patriotic, funny, keen, what a legend!!
He loves poker, is always laughing, and is so German that he brought German beer over to my house for a cash game, but as he was driving, it was the non-alcoholic stuff!!
Patriotic, funny, keen, what a legend!!
Monday 13 October 2008
Cashed in my first Sunday Million!
Hi, I have played a few heads up since I've been back at uni, running really well and taking home around $141 in 92 games at a 14% ROI. This has got me within $100 of the leaderboard I think, so maybe this week I'll hit it. I could have perhaps done it in the last week, but instead, with the Sunday Million on the horizon went in to tournament mode.
I small cashed in a $11 30k guaranteed and a 3r on Friday and Saturday, and felt I played pretty good poker. On the Sunday, I loaded up $300 worth of tournaments, deciding to play the $50 125k guaranteed, the Sunday 200k, another $11 and the Sunday Million. I feel like I did myself proud in all four, and cashed in three of them, with the other one being crippled by a sick runner runner.
In the 200k, I came like 520/210000000000 and won a measly $20, what a fucking joke...fuck my life!!! I went out shoving K10 into a min raisers AA...the slag had minned two hands before so I read weakness...he said before was KK :-( I flipped pretty bad in this tournie but did suck out on AA with the PS nuts KQsuited, so can't complain...apart from the fucking $20...ridic tournie...pure shite.
In the 125k, in the first hour I had no hands at all, but managed to finish it just above my starting stack...I was rocking it right up. After the break, I took some blinds, put in a resteal or two and eventually managed to cash, left with only 9BB. I doubled up from here and with 18k was looking to putting a good run in. Basically, the next hand, I 4-bet shoved AK suited into KK and missed, leaving me out, disappointed, but pleased I wasn't out of my depth. $82 isn't much but means I'll take more shots and know what to expect in future attempts.
In the Sunday Mill, in the 6th hand I doubled up with AA vs QQ, and was nervous as anything when I saw him flip QQ after taking a weird line vs me!! I ran so cold for the next 30mins, and with two retards on my table, couldn't take any uncontested pots or be aggressive! I then lost a sick coinflip with my AK losing to 99, and that 12k pot bought me back down to around 12k. I got 3bet a couple of times and with no cards stayed around 12k for quite a while, perhaps a good hour and a half in fact.
With the blinds a lot greater, I found a few good spots to resteal with hands such as 78 (which made my heart pound but obv have to do it!) and then in the end shoved K5 against the table fishes perennial raise, to be against his A7. I found a 5 and got up to 27k and finally 20BB+ instead of 10BB. With this fish on my table, I had chances to get back up, but I had to be selective about my hand as I knew he 4bet so so light. Luckily, when I 3bet him with QQ in the most obvious way, he shoved with A6 and I held and won. Then I had AA vs AK to double up to 92k and a very healthy stack!
I then lost 20k of that the next hand, with 99 vs 1010 after I called a shorties shove of 7k, and the BB (who was short also with only 20k) shoved over. With the fish calling the SB, I had to call the BB and was unlucky I guess to see him flip 10s and win. Back to 70k but still feeling good.
From here the bubble was approaching, and I kept facing raises from the table fish, but didn't have any hands to play back at him with. Against a thinker I can 3-bet, but not this clown!! The bubble eventually burst, I switched tables, and found myself up on 85k blinds 2500/5000 at the time of my exit hand!
I raised AQcc from mid position to 12499 and the BB flatted. The flop was 810J, giving me ample draws, and the BB weirdly donked 25k in to me...with some fold equity as he's not taking this line with any decent hands, and multiple outs, I shoved my 72k, and he snapped the extra 47k with 104cc...I missed, and my exciting run was ended by this piece of shit!!! So annoying...I could do nothing more...win that pot and I have a huge stack, confidence, still that fish to pick off and a massive chance. Lose it, and I think...just fold 410cc pre ffs!!!
So yeah, annoying but in no way disspiriting...I keep thinking of hands I could have stood up to the fish with on the table before when the bubble was approaching, but with his aggro nature, I had no option but to fold and pick up pots when he folded (very rarely!!) from the tight people ahead of me!
Overall, in terms of cards I ran cold overall, but very hot in streaks...I only had AA twice and QQ, but AA was against QQ and AK and I doubled up with both...and QQ got action from A6...
In this respect i was lucky, but a lot of my other hands were fairly weak, and I had to lay down JJ after my UTG raise was shoved into. You have to run like God to win this thing...I ran fairly normally and gave myself a decent shot at getting very deep. Next time, hopefully soon, I can go 712 better and ship an enormous 1st place!! I'm not going to lose heads up after all! ;-)
Still, got to be happy...though these cashes reduced my ROI on OPR ffs!! :-D
Cheers for all the support everyone gives me,
Roll at $1853 now, so taking shots at the next levels soon enough I think...also seem to have grown some balls finally so maybe this next month might be exciting!!
7ducksandasingle_star
I small cashed in a $11 30k guaranteed and a 3r on Friday and Saturday, and felt I played pretty good poker. On the Sunday, I loaded up $300 worth of tournaments, deciding to play the $50 125k guaranteed, the Sunday 200k, another $11 and the Sunday Million. I feel like I did myself proud in all four, and cashed in three of them, with the other one being crippled by a sick runner runner.
In the 200k, I came like 520/210000000000 and won a measly $20, what a fucking joke...fuck my life!!! I went out shoving K10 into a min raisers AA...the slag had minned two hands before so I read weakness...he said before was KK :-( I flipped pretty bad in this tournie but did suck out on AA with the PS nuts KQsuited, so can't complain...apart from the fucking $20...ridic tournie...pure shite.
In the 125k, in the first hour I had no hands at all, but managed to finish it just above my starting stack...I was rocking it right up. After the break, I took some blinds, put in a resteal or two and eventually managed to cash, left with only 9BB. I doubled up from here and with 18k was looking to putting a good run in. Basically, the next hand, I 4-bet shoved AK suited into KK and missed, leaving me out, disappointed, but pleased I wasn't out of my depth. $82 isn't much but means I'll take more shots and know what to expect in future attempts.
In the Sunday Mill, in the 6th hand I doubled up with AA vs QQ, and was nervous as anything when I saw him flip QQ after taking a weird line vs me!! I ran so cold for the next 30mins, and with two retards on my table, couldn't take any uncontested pots or be aggressive! I then lost a sick coinflip with my AK losing to 99, and that 12k pot bought me back down to around 12k. I got 3bet a couple of times and with no cards stayed around 12k for quite a while, perhaps a good hour and a half in fact.
With the blinds a lot greater, I found a few good spots to resteal with hands such as 78 (which made my heart pound but obv have to do it!) and then in the end shoved K5 against the table fishes perennial raise, to be against his A7. I found a 5 and got up to 27k and finally 20BB+ instead of 10BB. With this fish on my table, I had chances to get back up, but I had to be selective about my hand as I knew he 4bet so so light. Luckily, when I 3bet him with QQ in the most obvious way, he shoved with A6 and I held and won. Then I had AA vs AK to double up to 92k and a very healthy stack!
I then lost 20k of that the next hand, with 99 vs 1010 after I called a shorties shove of 7k, and the BB (who was short also with only 20k) shoved over. With the fish calling the SB, I had to call the BB and was unlucky I guess to see him flip 10s and win. Back to 70k but still feeling good.
From here the bubble was approaching, and I kept facing raises from the table fish, but didn't have any hands to play back at him with. Against a thinker I can 3-bet, but not this clown!! The bubble eventually burst, I switched tables, and found myself up on 85k blinds 2500/5000 at the time of my exit hand!
I raised AQcc from mid position to 12499 and the BB flatted. The flop was 810J, giving me ample draws, and the BB weirdly donked 25k in to me...with some fold equity as he's not taking this line with any decent hands, and multiple outs, I shoved my 72k, and he snapped the extra 47k with 104cc...I missed, and my exciting run was ended by this piece of shit!!! So annoying...I could do nothing more...win that pot and I have a huge stack, confidence, still that fish to pick off and a massive chance. Lose it, and I think...just fold 410cc pre ffs!!!
So yeah, annoying but in no way disspiriting...I keep thinking of hands I could have stood up to the fish with on the table before when the bubble was approaching, but with his aggro nature, I had no option but to fold and pick up pots when he folded (very rarely!!) from the tight people ahead of me!
Overall, in terms of cards I ran cold overall, but very hot in streaks...I only had AA twice and QQ, but AA was against QQ and AK and I doubled up with both...and QQ got action from A6...
In this respect i was lucky, but a lot of my other hands were fairly weak, and I had to lay down JJ after my UTG raise was shoved into. You have to run like God to win this thing...I ran fairly normally and gave myself a decent shot at getting very deep. Next time, hopefully soon, I can go 712 better and ship an enormous 1st place!! I'm not going to lose heads up after all! ;-)
Still, got to be happy...though these cashes reduced my ROI on OPR ffs!! :-D
Cheers for all the support everyone gives me,
Roll at $1853 now, so taking shots at the next levels soon enough I think...also seem to have grown some balls finally so maybe this next month might be exciting!!
7ducksandasingle_star
Friday 10 October 2008
I love Standard Assessment Tests!!
Bonjour, had another very nice result yesterday. Decided to play another one of them $11 sats to the Sunday Warm Up, and managed to come 1/27, winning it for the third time in three attempts. I played pretty good most the way, had the guy 2nd in chips when there was 4 left sit out until he'd lost nearly all his stack, and the fish beat the good player to leave my heads up a much easier proposition.
Happy days!! The heads up was a marathon from then as it was 300/600 and i had 30ishk and he had 20ishk. I managed to grind him down and when he shoved his last 10k, I called with 66 and they held vs his K10. Not so sure whether or not to play the Sunday Mill this time, though rekon I will do, especially if I can perhaps sell half of myself as well. It's nice to be able to take shots whilst building my roll, so I am keen to cover myself a little, but if not I might just have a shot anyways.
I might go to Aspers tonight if people are up for it, and try to do something in the £20 freezeout. Probably won't play cash as I don't like shortstacking that game, but who knows!??
Looking forward to Sunday,
adg_19,20,1,18
Happy days!! The heads up was a marathon from then as it was 300/600 and i had 30ishk and he had 20ishk. I managed to grind him down and when he shoved his last 10k, I called with 66 and they held vs his K10. Not so sure whether or not to play the Sunday Mill this time, though rekon I will do, especially if I can perhaps sell half of myself as well. It's nice to be able to take shots whilst building my roll, so I am keen to cover myself a little, but if not I might just have a shot anyways.
I might go to Aspers tonight if people are up for it, and try to do something in the £20 freezeout. Probably won't play cash as I don't like shortstacking that game, but who knows!??
Looking forward to Sunday,
adg_19,20,1,18
Thursday 9 October 2008
5000th Sit n Go on Stars! But what should it be?!
Hi all, interestingly enough (is it interesting?!) my next sit n go on Pokerstars will be my 5000th, and it's led me to wonder which is my most profitable game. I've moved to Heads Up over the last few months, with a decent level of success. However, maybe I moved here because at 9man turbos I had moved up to 15 tabling and had a few downswings which reduced my pretty small roll more dramatically than I could handle...but perhaps 9mans are my most profitable game and I'm missing out on a lot of value?!?
So this post, I'm going to break down my lifetime Stars record, with a stupid September 2007 $300 tilt still skewing my results ridiculously!! My best month on Stars in terms of profit has been $1550 in June 2008, which was started 15tabling turbos and finished caning out the heads up games, to a total of 1404 games which is massive!! However, my best month was August 2007, where I made $750 profit from around 190 games, playing at this time some $6 and $16 turbos and some $4.40s 180mans. The worst month was that September 2007, which would have been break even without the stupid tilt but it happened and can't be forgotten about.
So, what are my lifetime stats (on stars) like...
Heads up...
2,927
$0.91
$12
9%
$2,678
This does include the big $300 tilt and my early days when I was way too aggro, but as an overall thing doesn't look too bad.
9-man turbos...
1,693
$0.98
$6
12%
$1,667
180mans...
55
$15.78
$4
364%
$868
So at the minute, it looks like I am actually pursuing my least profitable games. I do really enjoy heads up though, and perhaps destroyed the 9mans by leaving out playing poker and only using a system to beat the games, so maybe moving down to 10tabling these I would enjoy them more. Again, I really want to give the $16s a go and might do if I have a spell of not being up for heads up.
The rest of the games are made up of around 100 $1's I let my Dad play on my account when he played worse than Rookie62 (seriously, anyone who hasn't, sharkscope him!!)
If I include my tournie stats in here, it again makes me wonder whether I should stick with heads up so religiously...
Prizes
Profit
ROI
ABI
AFS
R/A
ITM
ITM
$3,026
$1,801
147%
$7
1893
13%
36/174
21%
Which again confirms I should play MTT's, especially MTT sats. But then I was thinking maybe I should give some 27-mans or 45-mans a go, as I seem to do ok in these smaller field satellites in particular. And 147%...loving that ROI, might not play another tournie again!!
So yeah, I think just because I like them I will keep playing heads up, but I should mix in 9mans as well, and not lose a strong aspect of my game. I haven't played since I won the satellite until today, so hopefully the 5000th game and the next few after that are wins!!
Can't wait til Sunday, one time let me run well!
3n-2(n=integer<4)_star
So this post, I'm going to break down my lifetime Stars record, with a stupid September 2007 $300 tilt still skewing my results ridiculously!! My best month on Stars in terms of profit has been $1550 in June 2008, which was started 15tabling turbos and finished caning out the heads up games, to a total of 1404 games which is massive!! However, my best month was August 2007, where I made $750 profit from around 190 games, playing at this time some $6 and $16 turbos and some $4.40s 180mans. The worst month was that September 2007, which would have been break even without the stupid tilt but it happened and can't be forgotten about.
So, what are my lifetime stats (on stars) like...
Heads up...
2,927
$0.91
$12
9%
$2,678
This does include the big $300 tilt and my early days when I was way too aggro, but as an overall thing doesn't look too bad.
9-man turbos...
1,693
$0.98
$6
12%
$1,667
180mans...
55
$15.78
$4
364%
$868
So at the minute, it looks like I am actually pursuing my least profitable games. I do really enjoy heads up though, and perhaps destroyed the 9mans by leaving out playing poker and only using a system to beat the games, so maybe moving down to 10tabling these I would enjoy them more. Again, I really want to give the $16s a go and might do if I have a spell of not being up for heads up.
The rest of the games are made up of around 100 $1's I let my Dad play on my account when he played worse than Rookie62 (seriously, anyone who hasn't, sharkscope him!!)
If I include my tournie stats in here, it again makes me wonder whether I should stick with heads up so religiously...
Prizes
Profit
ROI
ABI
AFS
R/A
ITM
ITM
$3,026
$1,801
147%
$7
1893
13%
36/174
21%
Which again confirms I should play MTT's, especially MTT sats. But then I was thinking maybe I should give some 27-mans or 45-mans a go, as I seem to do ok in these smaller field satellites in particular. And 147%...loving that ROI, might not play another tournie again!!
So yeah, I think just because I like them I will keep playing heads up, but I should mix in 9mans as well, and not lose a strong aspect of my game. I haven't played since I won the satellite until today, so hopefully the 5000th game and the next few after that are wins!!
Can't wait til Sunday, one time let me run well!
3n-2(n=integer<4)_star
Monday 6 October 2008
Temporary Bankroll Boost!
Hi, this evening I have increased my bankroll by just under 1/5, taking me up to $1331.
However, this is broken in to T$ as I shipped the same sat that I did before, the $11 satellite to the Sunday Warm Up. 27 played I think, with prizes of one seat and 2-7 getting their entry fees back. Pretty good structure, and haven't I always said I love the top heavy payouts!!
Some hands that took me to my win...
My double up early on standard 7s vs 2s.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288044
Shoved a draw and ran good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288049
Are 10s a fold here?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288054
Key hold.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288062
Getting stacked.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288067
I rivered his turn stop and go!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288079
Shocking shove got what it deserved vs player who should have been out with A2 > my A8 a couple of hands before.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288089
Now I got to heads up vs easily the worst of the two players and despite my 2 to 1 chip deficit I felt confident, and luckily along came this hand!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288119
Now the final hand I ran good but was never committing on the river without hitting so had loads of implieds...so pleased I hit!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288123
So yeah, play or not play...zzzzzzzzzzz...gna grow some and play, though paintball on Sunday may get in the way!! Think I will play the million instead of the warm-up this Sunday if I'm back in time from paintballing and whatever we do in the evening. If not I'll play two weeks after as in the week in between I'm back home. To psychologically help me do this I am going to preserve the T$215 and not use them to play heads up games, as if I did use the T$ I would actually be taking the money out of my BR which would of course be bad BR management!!
So yeah, I'll confirm when I am going to play, and hopefully a few people can rail me and watch me go busto on my first hand probs! Loving that sat, and quite looking forward to going up to Durham tomorrow evening. Should be a sick term before the work etc etc kicks in. Thank fuck I'm not an engineer, they run so bad!!
Rambling now so I'll guess I'll end with some stats.
People who read the blog ... < 10.
People who give a shit about the stats... < or = to 1 (1 if I want to see that I'm running well!!)
Cheers,
147_SundayToAccumulateRoll.
However, this is broken in to T$ as I shipped the same sat that I did before, the $11 satellite to the Sunday Warm Up. 27 played I think, with prizes of one seat and 2-7 getting their entry fees back. Pretty good structure, and haven't I always said I love the top heavy payouts!!
Some hands that took me to my win...
My double up early on standard 7s vs 2s.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288044
Shoved a draw and ran good.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288049
Are 10s a fold here?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288054
Key hold.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288062
Getting stacked.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288067
I rivered his turn stop and go!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288079
Shocking shove got what it deserved vs player who should have been out with A2 > my A8 a couple of hands before.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288089
Now I got to heads up vs easily the worst of the two players and despite my 2 to 1 chip deficit I felt confident, and luckily along came this hand!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288119
Now the final hand I ran good but was never committing on the river without hitting so had loads of implieds...so pleased I hit!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3288123
So yeah, play or not play...zzzzzzzzzzz...gna grow some and play, though paintball on Sunday may get in the way!! Think I will play the million instead of the warm-up this Sunday if I'm back in time from paintballing and whatever we do in the evening. If not I'll play two weeks after as in the week in between I'm back home. To psychologically help me do this I am going to preserve the T$215 and not use them to play heads up games, as if I did use the T$ I would actually be taking the money out of my BR which would of course be bad BR management!!
So yeah, I'll confirm when I am going to play, and hopefully a few people can rail me and watch me go busto on my first hand probs! Loving that sat, and quite looking forward to going up to Durham tomorrow evening. Should be a sick term before the work etc etc kicks in. Thank fuck I'm not an engineer, they run so bad!!
Rambling now so I'll guess I'll end with some stats.
People who read the blog ... < 10.
People who give a shit about the stats... < or = to 1 (1 if I want to see that I'm running well!!)
Cheers,
147_SundayToAccumulateRoll.
"Duck" and "Heads up"...which command helps you to avoid the bullet?
Hi, boring post...! Played some tournies last night.
The Sunday 200k where I had 810 vs 10s on a 1086 flop when it had been minned by someone else in to my big blind. Standard...stupid tournie that I will never cash in!!
Some freeroll thing, 100k prize pool...Small cashed for $9.
$2.75 Multi...lost a huge pot with 99 < 66 and then busted out later with AJ < AQ.
$3r...in for about $16, started after the break with an average stack, lost a sick 10k pot with top two vs a rivered better 2pair, dwindled, got up to above average with KK > AJ, but then as the blinds got high I lost a BB v SB battle with my A8 < his QQ (so illegal!!) and then my J8 didn't hit against the most dwelt 6BB call from 7s ever. Finished around 850th, 630 cash. Lovely tournament so might play the earlier version a bit more often.
Apart from that, just been boring playing HU, working up towards the leaderboard. On $2170 now, so just $250ish to go to break on the leaderboard. I'm hoping to play loads more tonight so maybe have a chance before the end of the week.
Roll is at $1121.16, so probably around the time when I might be taking shots at $23s given my thoughts on the standard last time round, but I'm going to stick with the $11s, unless I'm feeling good and then I might move up.
After Nathan's post that he loves "The Gambler", I was thinking about whether or not I should listen to music when playing poker. I used to and used to love it, but never bother any more. I am trying to tihnk if it affected my mood, and I'm pretty sure it kept me calm, so maybe I might try to play a bit whilst getting my jam on and see if it helps! But if tracks start jumping that's insta-tilt so I better be careful of that!
Laters,
EinsVierSeben_Star
The Sunday 200k where I had 810 vs 10s on a 1086 flop when it had been minned by someone else in to my big blind. Standard...stupid tournie that I will never cash in!!
Some freeroll thing, 100k prize pool...Small cashed for $9.
$2.75 Multi...lost a huge pot with 99 < 66 and then busted out later with AJ < AQ.
$3r...in for about $16, started after the break with an average stack, lost a sick 10k pot with top two vs a rivered better 2pair, dwindled, got up to above average with KK > AJ, but then as the blinds got high I lost a BB v SB battle with my A8 < his QQ (so illegal!!) and then my J8 didn't hit against the most dwelt 6BB call from 7s ever. Finished around 850th, 630 cash. Lovely tournament so might play the earlier version a bit more often.
Apart from that, just been boring playing HU, working up towards the leaderboard. On $2170 now, so just $250ish to go to break on the leaderboard. I'm hoping to play loads more tonight so maybe have a chance before the end of the week.
Roll is at $1121.16, so probably around the time when I might be taking shots at $23s given my thoughts on the standard last time round, but I'm going to stick with the $11s, unless I'm feeling good and then I might move up.
After Nathan's post that he loves "The Gambler", I was thinking about whether or not I should listen to music when playing poker. I used to and used to love it, but never bother any more. I am trying to tihnk if it affected my mood, and I'm pretty sure it kept me calm, so maybe I might try to play a bit whilst getting my jam on and see if it helps! But if tracks start jumping that's insta-tilt so I better be careful of that!
Laters,
EinsVierSeben_Star
Friday 3 October 2008
"All night long!"
After a break away from poker, sometimes I feel like I can't really be bothered to play. 5 days qualifies as a break away from poker for me, but since I have got back from Camber Sands I have been raring to play! I have played 91 games of heads up and 14 frames of snooker since 3pm...my head/eyes/brain are fkd!
My new cue (for those who don't know as a 21st present I chose to buy a £380 John Parris cue...so expensive but hopefully won't be left on a train like my last one!!) is feeling lovely but I haven't smashed out any breaks with it yet, a 77 the best yet but hopefully can get playing and get that up.
Made $120 from my 91 heads up games, and I think I have been getting a little unlucky, so that's a pleasing start to October. I have made around 270FPPs as well which helps me towards my bonus, which is in sight now!
My roll is nearly at the $1k mark, on $973...I want to get up over that landmark now but my head is throbbing so I can't!
Having the leaderboard on Scope as a target has helped to drive me to play more, which is gdgd. If/hopefully when I've reached it I may move up to $23's again at fruity times like late evenings and weekends and try to get on that leaderboard whilst playing $11s during the days until I'm better rolled for 4-tabling $23s.
I'm on $2009 now on the Scope leaderboard which is $400 away from 20th...so hopefully that's not too far away! My ROI has been 13% over the 1611 games for this leaderboard which considering I'm usually 4-tabling is something I'm chuffed with.
Fuk my life HUSNG's are boring to report, but I have a hand for once...wooohooo...
A sick hand between me and a certain James Keys, who may ship £££s for fun and then still run good vs me!!
Dealt to 147_star [Qh 5h]
skolsuper: raises 20 to 40
147_star: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [5c 4h 8h]
147_star: checks
skolsuper: bets 40
147_star: raises 100 to 140
skolsuper: raises 220 to 360
147_star: raises 1080 to 1440 and is all-in
skolsuper: calls 1080
*** TURN *** [5c 4h 8h] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [5c 4h 8h Qd] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
147_star: shows [Qh 5h] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
skolsuper: shows [5d 8d] (a full house, Eights full of Fives
Pure sick!!
But I'm 3-1 up vs him so let me revel in my glory whilst it lasts!!
Tomorrow spending the evening with the girlfriend before she goes to Uni on Sunday so can't play until Sunday, where I'm definitely going to play a few tournies I think, and maybe play a few sats into the Mill.
Night...
OFS_star
My new cue (for those who don't know as a 21st present I chose to buy a £380 John Parris cue...so expensive but hopefully won't be left on a train like my last one!!) is feeling lovely but I haven't smashed out any breaks with it yet, a 77 the best yet but hopefully can get playing and get that up.
Made $120 from my 91 heads up games, and I think I have been getting a little unlucky, so that's a pleasing start to October. I have made around 270FPPs as well which helps me towards my bonus, which is in sight now!
My roll is nearly at the $1k mark, on $973...I want to get up over that landmark now but my head is throbbing so I can't!
Having the leaderboard on Scope as a target has helped to drive me to play more, which is gdgd. If/hopefully when I've reached it I may move up to $23's again at fruity times like late evenings and weekends and try to get on that leaderboard whilst playing $11s during the days until I'm better rolled for 4-tabling $23s.
I'm on $2009 now on the Scope leaderboard which is $400 away from 20th...so hopefully that's not too far away! My ROI has been 13% over the 1611 games for this leaderboard which considering I'm usually 4-tabling is something I'm chuffed with.
Fuk my life HUSNG's are boring to report, but I have a hand for once...wooohooo...
A sick hand between me and a certain James Keys, who may ship £££s for fun and then still run good vs me!!
Dealt to 147_star [Qh 5h]
skolsuper: raises 20 to 40
147_star: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [5c 4h 8h]
147_star: checks
skolsuper: bets 40
147_star: raises 100 to 140
skolsuper: raises 220 to 360
147_star: raises 1080 to 1440 and is all-in
skolsuper: calls 1080
*** TURN *** [5c 4h 8h] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [5c 4h 8h Qd] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
147_star: shows [Qh 5h] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
skolsuper: shows [5d 8d] (a full house, Eights full of Fives
Pure sick!!
But I'm 3-1 up vs him so let me revel in my glory whilst it lasts!!
Tomorrow spending the evening with the girlfriend before she goes to Uni on Sunday so can't play until Sunday, where I'm definitely going to play a few tournies I think, and maybe play a few sats into the Mill.
Night...
OFS_star
September...SO SICK!
September was such a class month, and the money made over the early stages of the summer really helped me to enjoy myself!
Zzzzzzzzz at happy posts all the time, but it's a good time to post as unless I run bad and degree work gets in my way I should be able to pummel out the hours in October.
Since my last post I have had 3 trips away.
I went on a trip up to Liverpool to see Uni mates which was dead boss man, a golf trip with the Durham Poker lot to Bournemouth where I got a hole-in-one (such a sick luckbox!!) and had cleverly inserted a clause in the facebook group saying that if anyone gets a hole-in-one everyone buys them a round instead of the reverse. Love it.
Finally, I had a break away with Louise just down to Camber Sands which was a quality time away and has helped to make us very close before we part for a while at our different Uni's.
So, poker in September was kind of on the back burner, though as a standard course of events, once a week I will be railing Ptevey or Nathan running deep in a MTT...especially Ptevey who consistently runs deep, usually at times most inconvenient for me!!
Despite this, I have managed to work up a roll from the $39 of a month ago, and currently have $882 in my account. I am still a fair way away from the $240 bonus I am working off, but this should be done by the end of the month I hope. Hopefully I'll have blitzed on to the leaderboard by then...a few hundred $$$ to go but I hope to get there soonish.
September stats...
577
$1.42
$9
20%
$820
So bring on some playing in October, before maybe knuckling down November on working towards a good degree.
Some wps for this post..
1) Keys for cashing in the WSOPE again...the hardest tournie in the world negotiated to the cash twice shows how class he is.
2) Ptevey for being so good online and helping my tournie game come along heaps and bounds, without me even having to pay a learners tax (yet). I'm going to play a lot more in October, mainly because of our hand discussions and how much this has helped my game.
3) Nathan for crushing the low limits all the time, even with playing 100% of flops at $5NL. When he wants to move up he can do so with ease.
4) Gambon for sticking at poker, still enduring a sick downswing but being man enough to post about it and expose his game to improve. The road to crushing it is close imo.
5) Tony for shipping the live tournie..have faith son, u got potential, and online will come soon enough.
6) Me for getting a hole-in-one...and then being such an idiot that I lost the ball I got it with and didn't take a picture of one of the hardest par 3s I've ever seen!
Cheers for reading,
redbrownblack_star
Zzzzzzzzz at happy posts all the time, but it's a good time to post as unless I run bad and degree work gets in my way I should be able to pummel out the hours in October.
Since my last post I have had 3 trips away.
I went on a trip up to Liverpool to see Uni mates which was dead boss man, a golf trip with the Durham Poker lot to Bournemouth where I got a hole-in-one (such a sick luckbox!!) and had cleverly inserted a clause in the facebook group saying that if anyone gets a hole-in-one everyone buys them a round instead of the reverse. Love it.
Finally, I had a break away with Louise just down to Camber Sands which was a quality time away and has helped to make us very close before we part for a while at our different Uni's.
So, poker in September was kind of on the back burner, though as a standard course of events, once a week I will be railing Ptevey or Nathan running deep in a MTT...especially Ptevey who consistently runs deep, usually at times most inconvenient for me!!
Despite this, I have managed to work up a roll from the $39 of a month ago, and currently have $882 in my account. I am still a fair way away from the $240 bonus I am working off, but this should be done by the end of the month I hope. Hopefully I'll have blitzed on to the leaderboard by then...a few hundred $$$ to go but I hope to get there soonish.
September stats...
577
$1.42
$9
20%
$820
So bring on some playing in October, before maybe knuckling down November on working towards a good degree.
Some wps for this post..
1) Keys for cashing in the WSOPE again...the hardest tournie in the world negotiated to the cash twice shows how class he is.
2) Ptevey for being so good online and helping my tournie game come along heaps and bounds, without me even having to pay a learners tax (yet). I'm going to play a lot more in October, mainly because of our hand discussions and how much this has helped my game.
3) Nathan for crushing the low limits all the time, even with playing 100% of flops at $5NL. When he wants to move up he can do so with ease.
4) Gambon for sticking at poker, still enduring a sick downswing but being man enough to post about it and expose his game to improve. The road to crushing it is close imo.
5) Tony for shipping the live tournie..have faith son, u got potential, and online will come soon enough.
6) Me for getting a hole-in-one...and then being such an idiot that I lost the ball I got it with and didn't take a picture of one of the hardest par 3s I've ever seen!
Cheers for reading,
redbrownblack_star
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