Post WSOP, Olympics and whats coming up..
12 years ago
Monday 14 December 2009
Saturday 12 December 2009
Its been a while....
Since my last update, so have a fair bit to go through.
Live poker:
Have not played a huge amount tbh. Second weekend in September, I went to Leeds for Blonde Bash 8, which was a highly enjoyable and expensive weekend!
Got there Friday afternoon, met up with Bongo off Blonde at the train station, straight to the hotel, saw a few of the guys outside having drinks, so after checking in, when straight out for a quick drink... 4 hours later still there, and luggage still there. Great fun chatting to everyone, missed the comedy moment of Bongo falling backwards down the stairs, but we saw the aftermath!! Drinking in the sun is just awesome :) Bout 8-11pm we were all in Leeds, getting drunk in random places, met up with the Shrewdies after escorting Ling ( ie making sure she didn't fall over) to meet Rooks, then on to the casino for some comedy cash. Sat down with £60 on a 1/1 table. Sure wasn't an all in every hand. Jones sure didn't bink hard. Bongo dealt and prob got the best profit! Went to toilet at approx 3am, next thing I remember its 6am and Bongo's hammering on the hotel room door as he forgot his key. Sure remember how I got back there.
Obv, getting up at 9am to play footy was always tough, but it was managed somehow. Team I played for won on penalties beating the Shrewdies, think we won 4-3 on penalties, scored my 1st and then scored the winner in sudden death before saving FTW. Quick shower/changed/food before going to play the £30 tourny. Managed to get to the last 2 tables fairly comfortably, even tho I got it all in with 74 after calling a raise with it ( 7 4 3 flop he had 7 2), and with J7 blue, beating Bongo's pocket pair. Ran AQ into AK one hand after the break, then watched as Bongo managed to luckbox his way HU, then winning it!! Went to bed fairly early on Saturday as I was exhausted ( still 2am-ish)... Sunday consisted of many many bacon sarnies for breakfast, cricket for 45 mins which was just awesome, then the quiz, F1 watching, HU ( too short n sweet lol) even tho we got a bye ( also managed to deal a HU match which lasted one hand, 2 pr vs nut straight) then general chatting and more drinking in the hotel, midnight cricket which was just the NUTZ and more drinking.
An absolutely awesome weekend, which I hope is repeated fairly soon.
Also played the APAT event in Bolton, a very sick structure, 10k and 45 min levels. My 1st table dind't last that long, my 2nd I had 3 regulars from Manchester G in, so was comfortable. Managed to double up my 6k with AA v 10 10 , then lost 10k the hand after QQ v KK. Managed to grind it all back up to 14k, then at 300/600, got it all in blind on blind with 99, he had QQ. Game over sigh. Stayed in the G playing scrabble, and ended up drinking with Laz and MickyP. Sure didn't have a hellish hangover!!
At the G in Salford, I've won the £15 Wed f/out again ( bout the 3rd/4th time I've won or chopped it) as well as chopping the Saturday afternoon tourny. No other cashes ( all or nothing it seems).
Online poker:
I've run awfully again on Stars, got mega deep in just 1 tourny despite getting some decent stacks, finishing 32nd out of >6000 in a $5 tourny for all of $32. Prize structure is sooo frustrating. Obv, with 40bb stacks, a guy raises from late position, I re-ship it, he comes over the top, I have AQh, auto call, he as A8os, 1st card is an 8 and I have 3bbs left sigh. wp.
On Blonde, I've had to call a halt to my staking, as at the mo, I just don't have the time to play. Have paid everyone back what they're owed bar 2 ( paying them at APAT team in Manchester). Ran really well over the last 2 periods, without getting that mahoosive score. Think I had about 8 final tables, and still didn't show any profit ffs.
Life:
is just poo at the mo. Still single. The ladies I like are all taken. FML. End of haha. Still working my arse off for not enough money. Can't wait for a chance to find a decent paying job when I actually figure out what I wanna do! Will be moving to Bolton at some stage in the 2nd half of next year, so need to find somewhere and someone to live with as I def can't afford anywhere half decent on my own. FML x 2. But c'est la vie, it'll all turn round at some point.
I'm giving myself some goals for 2010, some poker related, some not.
1) Win a decent NL tournament on Pokerstars, or at least get a 4 figure cash on it.
2) Grind a bankroll playing STT's on whatever site Blondepoker ends up on.
3) Go on a decent holiday for the 1st time in 4 years.
4) After having a year off doing sod all, getting fit again and losing the belly I've so skillfully gained.
5) Final table another good live tourny.
Probs have more to add to that when I think about it.
Live poker:
Have not played a huge amount tbh. Second weekend in September, I went to Leeds for Blonde Bash 8, which was a highly enjoyable and expensive weekend!
Got there Friday afternoon, met up with Bongo off Blonde at the train station, straight to the hotel, saw a few of the guys outside having drinks, so after checking in, when straight out for a quick drink... 4 hours later still there, and luggage still there. Great fun chatting to everyone, missed the comedy moment of Bongo falling backwards down the stairs, but we saw the aftermath!! Drinking in the sun is just awesome :) Bout 8-11pm we were all in Leeds, getting drunk in random places, met up with the Shrewdies after escorting Ling ( ie making sure she didn't fall over) to meet Rooks, then on to the casino for some comedy cash. Sat down with £60 on a 1/1 table. Sure wasn't an all in every hand. Jones sure didn't bink hard. Bongo dealt and prob got the best profit! Went to toilet at approx 3am, next thing I remember its 6am and Bongo's hammering on the hotel room door as he forgot his key. Sure remember how I got back there.
Obv, getting up at 9am to play footy was always tough, but it was managed somehow. Team I played for won on penalties beating the Shrewdies, think we won 4-3 on penalties, scored my 1st and then scored the winner in sudden death before saving FTW. Quick shower/changed/food before going to play the £30 tourny. Managed to get to the last 2 tables fairly comfortably, even tho I got it all in with 74 after calling a raise with it ( 7 4 3 flop he had 7 2), and with J7 blue, beating Bongo's pocket pair. Ran AQ into AK one hand after the break, then watched as Bongo managed to luckbox his way HU, then winning it!! Went to bed fairly early on Saturday as I was exhausted ( still 2am-ish)... Sunday consisted of many many bacon sarnies for breakfast, cricket for 45 mins which was just awesome, then the quiz, F1 watching, HU ( too short n sweet lol) even tho we got a bye ( also managed to deal a HU match which lasted one hand, 2 pr vs nut straight) then general chatting and more drinking in the hotel, midnight cricket which was just the NUTZ and more drinking.
An absolutely awesome weekend, which I hope is repeated fairly soon.
Also played the APAT event in Bolton, a very sick structure, 10k and 45 min levels. My 1st table dind't last that long, my 2nd I had 3 regulars from Manchester G in, so was comfortable. Managed to double up my 6k with AA v 10 10 , then lost 10k the hand after QQ v KK. Managed to grind it all back up to 14k, then at 300/600, got it all in blind on blind with 99, he had QQ. Game over sigh. Stayed in the G playing scrabble, and ended up drinking with Laz and MickyP. Sure didn't have a hellish hangover!!
At the G in Salford, I've won the £15 Wed f/out again ( bout the 3rd/4th time I've won or chopped it) as well as chopping the Saturday afternoon tourny. No other cashes ( all or nothing it seems).
Online poker:
I've run awfully again on Stars, got mega deep in just 1 tourny despite getting some decent stacks, finishing 32nd out of >6000 in a $5 tourny for all of $32. Prize structure is sooo frustrating. Obv, with 40bb stacks, a guy raises from late position, I re-ship it, he comes over the top, I have AQh, auto call, he as A8os, 1st card is an 8 and I have 3bbs left sigh. wp.
On Blonde, I've had to call a halt to my staking, as at the mo, I just don't have the time to play. Have paid everyone back what they're owed bar 2 ( paying them at APAT team in Manchester). Ran really well over the last 2 periods, without getting that mahoosive score. Think I had about 8 final tables, and still didn't show any profit ffs.
Life:
is just poo at the mo. Still single. The ladies I like are all taken. FML. End of haha. Still working my arse off for not enough money. Can't wait for a chance to find a decent paying job when I actually figure out what I wanna do! Will be moving to Bolton at some stage in the 2nd half of next year, so need to find somewhere and someone to live with as I def can't afford anywhere half decent on my own. FML x 2. But c'est la vie, it'll all turn round at some point.
I'm giving myself some goals for 2010, some poker related, some not.
1) Win a decent NL tournament on Pokerstars, or at least get a 4 figure cash on it.
2) Grind a bankroll playing STT's on whatever site Blondepoker ends up on.
3) Go on a decent holiday for the 1st time in 4 years.
4) After having a year off doing sod all, getting fit again and losing the belly I've so skillfully gained.
5) Final table another good live tourny.
Probs have more to add to that when I think about it.
Sunday 30 August 2009
Quick update....
Its the busiest time of the year for me at work at the mo, so haven't had the time to play much online. Had one session, bust early in all of them, way ahead when I get my chips in. Way it goes.
Played a few times live, last Monday in the £10 + 1 £5r/b, finished 7th for £40, which was fairly annoying, played pretty well all night in spite of dealing, and lost twice when ahead, QQ v AJ, A river, and KJ v K10, 10 1st card out.
Played both games on Saturday. Only 32 in the £10 + 1r/b, finished 4th for £60. Played extremely well yet again. Had 7 all ins on the final table. Lost 6 of them, all ahead, most ahead 70/30. The other one we split AK v AK. Final hand sb shoved on me, I had JJ and instacalled. He had A9, flop 939... gg me.
Playing the £15 f/out tonight in the G, and having online sessions tomorrow and Wednesday, which will be the last 2 before the Blonde bash in Leeds.
Mega looking forward to it, many people I haven't seen for nearly/just over a year. Lots of drinking and poker to be done!
Played a few times live, last Monday in the £10 + 1 £5r/b, finished 7th for £40, which was fairly annoying, played pretty well all night in spite of dealing, and lost twice when ahead, QQ v AJ, A river, and KJ v K10, 10 1st card out.
Played both games on Saturday. Only 32 in the £10 + 1r/b, finished 4th for £60. Played extremely well yet again. Had 7 all ins on the final table. Lost 6 of them, all ahead, most ahead 70/30. The other one we split AK v AK. Final hand sb shoved on me, I had JJ and instacalled. He had A9, flop 939... gg me.
Playing the £15 f/out tonight in the G, and having online sessions tomorrow and Wednesday, which will be the last 2 before the Blonde bash in Leeds.
Mega looking forward to it, many people I haven't seen for nearly/just over a year. Lots of drinking and poker to be done!
Sunday 26 July 2009
Cursed... and popping bubbles,
Work is fun at the mo. Got 2 lovely 4-midnight shifts today and 2moro, and then lates till Weds night, meaning I won't be playing at all till Thursday.
I've played pretty much all of the tournies at the G, minus the £20 r/b and the £30+1 as those are both on nights I can't play... the only other fairly big one is the Sat night £25 + 1. I've played it about 6 times, and have never cashed. I know its just variance, as the players aren't anything different or special, I just run bad at crucial times.
managed to final table bubble last night, shoved UTG with KJ for 9k at 600/1200, s/stack calls for 5k with 78, which flops 2 pair!
Next hand have Kj suited and lose to A7 suited. LOL
My 3rd staking period has finished, being just over $1k down. Most annoying, when I've hit the final tables, I've never gone above 8th. Also have run bad approaching the bubble, several times losing with KK or AA for a CL pot.
Apart from that life just goes on. Nothing special happening, just saving up for BB8 in Leeds in September. Its kinda my hols for the year ( I have the week off after it as well) so not planning anything expensive till then.
Staking period 4 starts on Thursday, giving it a good go and will see what happens!
I've played pretty much all of the tournies at the G, minus the £20 r/b and the £30+1 as those are both on nights I can't play... the only other fairly big one is the Sat night £25 + 1. I've played it about 6 times, and have never cashed. I know its just variance, as the players aren't anything different or special, I just run bad at crucial times.
managed to final table bubble last night, shoved UTG with KJ for 9k at 600/1200, s/stack calls for 5k with 78, which flops 2 pair!
Next hand have Kj suited and lose to A7 suited. LOL
My 3rd staking period has finished, being just over $1k down. Most annoying, when I've hit the final tables, I've never gone above 8th. Also have run bad approaching the bubble, several times losing with KK or AA for a CL pot.
Apart from that life just goes on. Nothing special happening, just saving up for BB8 in Leeds in September. Its kinda my hols for the year ( I have the week off after it as well) so not planning anything expensive till then.
Staking period 4 starts on Thursday, giving it a good go and will see what happens!
Thursday 2 July 2009
In a hole
$500 in my mtt hole...
its quite bluntly fucking me off how bad I'm running from the bubble onwards.
I've cashed 4 times more often in this staking period than in any others, and its the only time I'm way down.
I NEED a win, that much is certain.
its quite bluntly fucking me off how bad I'm running from the bubble onwards.
I've cashed 4 times more often in this staking period than in any others, and its the only time I'm way down.
I NEED a win, that much is certain.
I'm in shock!!!
A final table on pokerstars!!
The fact it was a HORSE tournament ( knowing nothing about the other 4 formats, even tho I played particularly well at stud hi/low) doesn't bother me!!
Ended up finishing 3rd for just over $200, after losing a mahoosive pot to go into HU 10:1 on the river in stud hi.
Happy days :)
The fact it was a HORSE tournament ( knowing nothing about the other 4 formats, even tho I played particularly well at stud hi/low) doesn't bother me!!
Ended up finishing 3rd for just over $200, after losing a mahoosive pot to go into HU 10:1 on the river in stud hi.
Happy days :)
Monday 15 June 2009
A good catch up
Haven't updated for a while. Mainly due to laziness, and a hell of a couple of weeks.
June 10th would have been my Dad's b/day, which always makes the week leading up tough, compounded by the sudden passing away of my grandad the week before. On top of that, work hasn't been fun recently, if I had another place to walk into a job, I may well have done.
On the poker front, I've played much more live than online recently. Online, I KNOW I've played pretty damn well. I'm regularly going much deeper in tournaments, generally getting to within the bubble period. From here on, I'm running awfully. My best result in the last few weeks has been 9th, which was last night. I keep finishing 35th onwards, which is most frustrating, to me and my backers. I know that a big score is close, but its soooooooo annoying!
Live, I had the utter joy of looking forward to the £500 summer series event in Bolton. I somehow lasted 5 hours, having just 2 pp's, losing 4k with one of them hitting trips vs a rivered straight. Had AK once which I managed to raise past everyone, and eventually went out when I shoved all in with A9c after a raise and a call, one of them unsurprisingly called with 66 and the board came 8 high. It was interesting, but oh so frustrating.
Have played about 6 tournies in Salford, going out on the final 2 tables once, but mainly not even troubling anyone. Have dealt pretty much every tourny I've played as I find it helps me focus.
I needed to get Saturday off my back, so played the £10 + 1 £5r/b on Sunday. Played pretty passively, and was paid off pretty much every time I raised. Got down to the last 15 and shoved 64c into KK to leave me with 9.5k at 4k/8k. 2 hands later, shoved Q6d UTG, 2 callers and it somehow won. 2 orbits later I have 110k, picking up KK twice, esp handy after someone had raised all in with JJ before me.
On the bubble I dealt a cruel hand. It was passed to the SB who shoved for 40k, BB insta called with AQ as you would, SB posted K3.. flop... 3 3 3 ... rofl!!
Was a bit of a joke the FT. At no point did anyone stop the clock throughout hand for hand so by the time the bubble was broken we were at the start of 6k/12k.... and I was CL with 110k!! Crazy!! They still hadn't stopped the clock so when we got on the FT it was 8k/16k. We basically refused to play unless we had a round of 6k/12k then start the clock at the start of 6k/12k.... the dealer agreed and we didn't bother telling the guys running the room...
2 were out within 3 hands, I had AQ knocking A 10 out with one of them. I had pretty much the chip lead knocking a cpl of people out, until we got to an interesting hand 4 handed. The 2 short stacks had both shoved in, and I was in SB holding A6 suited... had 160k back if I called the raise so 10bbs... and was about to call... then noticed BB 's antics.. looking very nervous.... eventually I folded.. BB auto shoves as you would in that position with AA... LOL.. he knocks them both out..
He had maybe a 100k lead, but he said it'll be a coin flip, lets split it.. I wasn't saying no with £480 for 1st and £270 for 2nd... £20 for the dealer and £365 each was a good Sunday afternoon!!
Won't be playing any mtt's at all this week. Working lates all week, with my grandad's funeral on Thursday, then stocktaking all weekend meaning I'll be working silly hours.. .so to relax I'll go back to my stt grinding on stars... $3 stt's aren't fun, but I need to build a roll on stars. Am now up to 50 buy ins at that level from a start of 30, and intend to carry on until I hit approx $275 so I have 50 buy ins at the $5 level.
June 10th would have been my Dad's b/day, which always makes the week leading up tough, compounded by the sudden passing away of my grandad the week before. On top of that, work hasn't been fun recently, if I had another place to walk into a job, I may well have done.
On the poker front, I've played much more live than online recently. Online, I KNOW I've played pretty damn well. I'm regularly going much deeper in tournaments, generally getting to within the bubble period. From here on, I'm running awfully. My best result in the last few weeks has been 9th, which was last night. I keep finishing 35th onwards, which is most frustrating, to me and my backers. I know that a big score is close, but its soooooooo annoying!
Live, I had the utter joy of looking forward to the £500 summer series event in Bolton. I somehow lasted 5 hours, having just 2 pp's, losing 4k with one of them hitting trips vs a rivered straight. Had AK once which I managed to raise past everyone, and eventually went out when I shoved all in with A9c after a raise and a call, one of them unsurprisingly called with 66 and the board came 8 high. It was interesting, but oh so frustrating.
Have played about 6 tournies in Salford, going out on the final 2 tables once, but mainly not even troubling anyone. Have dealt pretty much every tourny I've played as I find it helps me focus.
I needed to get Saturday off my back, so played the £10 + 1 £5r/b on Sunday. Played pretty passively, and was paid off pretty much every time I raised. Got down to the last 15 and shoved 64c into KK to leave me with 9.5k at 4k/8k. 2 hands later, shoved Q6d UTG, 2 callers and it somehow won. 2 orbits later I have 110k, picking up KK twice, esp handy after someone had raised all in with JJ before me.
On the bubble I dealt a cruel hand. It was passed to the SB who shoved for 40k, BB insta called with AQ as you would, SB posted K3.. flop... 3 3 3 ... rofl!!
Was a bit of a joke the FT. At no point did anyone stop the clock throughout hand for hand so by the time the bubble was broken we were at the start of 6k/12k.... and I was CL with 110k!! Crazy!! They still hadn't stopped the clock so when we got on the FT it was 8k/16k. We basically refused to play unless we had a round of 6k/12k then start the clock at the start of 6k/12k.... the dealer agreed and we didn't bother telling the guys running the room...
2 were out within 3 hands, I had AQ knocking A 10 out with one of them. I had pretty much the chip lead knocking a cpl of people out, until we got to an interesting hand 4 handed. The 2 short stacks had both shoved in, and I was in SB holding A6 suited... had 160k back if I called the raise so 10bbs... and was about to call... then noticed BB 's antics.. looking very nervous.... eventually I folded.. BB auto shoves as you would in that position with AA... LOL.. he knocks them both out..
He had maybe a 100k lead, but he said it'll be a coin flip, lets split it.. I wasn't saying no with £480 for 1st and £270 for 2nd... £20 for the dealer and £365 each was a good Sunday afternoon!!
Won't be playing any mtt's at all this week. Working lates all week, with my grandad's funeral on Thursday, then stocktaking all weekend meaning I'll be working silly hours.. .so to relax I'll go back to my stt grinding on stars... $3 stt's aren't fun, but I need to build a roll on stars. Am now up to 50 buy ins at that level from a start of 30, and intend to carry on until I hit approx $275 so I have 50 buy ins at the $5 level.
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