I HATE POKERSTARS!!

I'm a little annoyed at the moment...

get into the last 50 of the 10k $10 on stars...

1/50 in chips..

blinds 3.5k/7k

Button +1 raise to 21k with 33

BB calls..

flop 3 4 J

"we're getting paid!!!"

bet 28k he calls...

turn 10... thinking now if he has J 10/AJ/KQ time to ship it in...

bet 70k ( about 65% of pot)... he RR all in... I have to insta call IMO

He obv flips JJ

wp sir. ty stars. gnite

why I do what I do... and other ramblings

Its a Friday night and for a change, I've not been at work today. Since 2 weeks ago, I've not had a day off, and this is the 1st day off of a long weekend. And to put it honestly, I'm exhausted. I've got a new boss at work, and unlike my previous boss, she actually is good at the job, but it does mean on a temporary basis, I need to put that bit more effort into each and every day.

Last Saturday was supposed to be a day off, but I ended up helping in our Wigan store, which is one of the smallest and quietest about. Obv the day I was there it was as busy as it had ever been. But me being me, I've also volunteered helping other stores out and about over the next 2 weeks, 8 shifts in Stockport, which for me is a pain in the arse to get to, 1 in Bolton and 1 in Warrington. Which is all going to be great fun not driving!! But if that what's needed to move onwards and upwards so be it.

All this has left me very little time to play poker. Especially with my stt challenge!!

Managed a FT on the Blonde league game after magically sucking out on 3 straight all ins.. then proceeded to lose the flip to give me the enormous chip lead. Needed 1st to win the league, but busted 7th. Quite happy to have been in contention, seeing I'd only played 2 of the 4 games. Had a giggle on the 10c/20c cash game, where the others all railed me in the 6k on Blonde, finishing in the last 20, quite an achievement, when 40 out, I was down to 1sb!! I did run sick tho, KK, AJ both all ins not called, ( even for 1bb extra) then my next all in called very next hand.. I had KK again which held v 77... can't remember how I went out but was a good laugh nonetheless.

Managed to spend nearly half of the 1k comedy cheque so far, Ipod, Friends series 1-10 box set which was an abs steal @ £55, and a cpl of digicams ( one for my mum.. awwwww)..the rest I think I'll use for poker.

Playing a new tourny on Sunday night at the G, £30 bounty, £10 for the bounties so will be taking a pretty aggressive game I think. I tend to play conservatively and start pushing hard at 10-15bbs, think I'll take more risks this time... must tell myself to NOT limp!!

The stt challenge... total stats so far:

Played 30
1st:4
2nd: 4
3rd: 2

total buy ins $102
total prize money $108
profit $6

I soooo need to develop my stt game... struggling at the $3 level lol!!

Having played them in the past, I'm pretty comfortable at the $10stt level, but I'm going to earn my way there this time rather than just playing them when I fancy it.

Grinding.. and my work night out..

So my decision to play stt's on stars has actually happened. Have slightly changed it tho.

I'm playing $3 turbo 10 seat stt's. They're pretty quick which stops me getting bored, and I can play 4 at a time on my laptop without worry, and can probably get through 12 an hour if I try hard enough. Work at the mo means I don't get home till about 10pm, and after doing all the usual shit it only gives me an hour to play. I've got a bit of a good weekend coming up ( finish 4pm Thursday not back in till Monday) meaning I'll be hammering the tables. Going to see if I can play a good few hundred and see how I run when I'm concentrating properly. I do need to have a slightly higher bankroll, as I want to use Sunday's as an mtt day, using my weekly profit to play some fairly decent ones on stars. So its a decent challenge for me.

So far, I've managed to play a whopping 16 in 4 days! And made a whopping $11.60 profit haha.


My work night out as a comedy night. Started off planned as our store going on the piss in Manchester ( about 20 of us).. ended up being just 5 of us ( a 6th joined later).. At the same time, Vinny ( or celtic as he is known on Blonde) was playing in the EC tourny in London, of whom I had 20% of. He gets into the money.. so I start celebrating buying cocktails... as he gets deeper.. I buy more expensive cocktails.. obv he ships £4k so £800 for me... weeeeeeeeee a beautiful Xmas present.. hopefully when I get to use some of this for playing a weekend/few events at DtD I've already mentioned to him he has 20% of me if I run good...

now if I can just get Trigg to ship me the $100 on stars that no doubt he's forgotten about...

And a quick well done to Le( golden boy) Knave for shipping $77k... fancy staking me??? LOL

A new challenge

I've decided over the last couple of weeks to stick to just 2 sites for the time being, until I have a comfortable roll on them.

Blonde: for mtt's. Especially after a decent start to the year.
Stars: for stt's. Purely about traffic levels. Oh and starting to learn bankroll management.

At the moment, I'm playing the $3 turbo stt's. Don't find them difficult at all, but as I've only started on them tonight, maybe its beginners luck

Played 3. Total spend $10.20
1st = $15
2nd = $9

and lost in the other aipf in the 1st level AA v JJ v 44.. obv 44 won

so a good start. As I'm working a lot over the next week or so, I won't have time for mtt's apart from maybe Sunday night, so am planning on 3-4 tabling stt's on stars which I'm comfortable doing. $300 profit is my target before moving up...

goodbye 2008... 2009 starts with a bang!

December 2008 was probably my worst month in a while. No significant cashes, with my best result being winning a blonde league game, and 2 cashes in one of my favourite mtts, the 4k $15 that starts at 3.30pm on Blonde.

On the 5th Jan, my mini-run started.

I final tabled the 10k $10 on Blonde, but after being chip leader 20 out, managed to play as bad as I could imagine, but 7th for $400 was a welcome boost, both to the bankroll, and the confidence.

Exactly a week later, on the 12th, I managed to final table the same tournament. This time, in a completely opposite situation, laddering all the time, was 10/10 on the final table, before eventually finishing 6th for just over $500.

The night after, I also final tabled the 6k $5 on Blonde. This time, I managed to play fairly well. Followed my instincts and eventually got HU.

We battled for what seemed forever, however I did feel I was getting the better of things. Played very aggressively and forced my way through to a 2:1 chip lead.

In the end, I got him to call all the way with big bets for just 3rd pair, I had 2nd pair.. and SHIPPPPPPPPP the $1.5k+

Astonishingly, just 2 nights later, Geo from the Blonde poker forum took down exactly the same tournament... we Blondes obv pawn that tourny...

So with over £1.4k sitting in my Blonde account, the temptation was to go for a mega spin up...

However, have withdrawn 1k, so I can stay within my current comfort levels with a slightly higher bankroll than I usually keep on Blonde, so I can play a few $20mtts when I fancy it. As I write, I'm 7/14 in one at the mo... ONE TIME!!

Pokerstars:

How the HELL do you run good in mtt's on this site??? I've been chip leader in an mtt after an hour, and lost 12 flips in a row.... whenever I take on, or see anyone else take on a chip leader, the chip leader always, ALWAYS manages to find a card when needed...