Just a quick update before I head off to Vegas (again!) tomorrow.
Almost busto online after continuing bad beats, bad play and, admittedly, getting outplayed on a couple of occasions; thankfully still have my stack of dollars from the last two trips - we'll see how long that lasts ;)
Many thanks to Zack for letting me crash in his hotel room at Caesar's Palace, meaning I only need to pay for a hotel the last two nights of my stay after Zack's conference is over.
Looking forward to live play as usual, but I'm folding everything but quads and straight flushes to ensure no more bad beats !!!
Enjoy scraping the frost off your car windscreens without me....
Saturday, 16 February 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Paint a Vulgar Picture
The title of the last post clearly upset the poker gods and it's been a shitty week.
Going out tonight for a friend's leaving do from work and then away for the weekend - need a break from losing to rivered gutshots.
:(
Going out tonight for a friend's leaving do from work and then away for the weekend - need a break from losing to rivered gutshots.
:(
Monday, 4 February 2008
We hate it when our friends become successful...
...but when it happens to us, it's wonderful!!!
That rather long-winded title is a way of saying I won the TPOAPC 2008 Main Event on Saturday evening, beating Buzz HU for the bracelet.
Was down to 1400 early on from a starting stack of 3000 but got healthy again when AA decided A10o was a good hand to re-raise me with, my JJ held. Also doubled through AA again with a great call IMHO with AQ on a KK6 flop in a blind v blind battle after I had just limped in from the SB. I check-raised the flop, Zack shoved and I was really confident I was in front and called - he tabled A10 and I held.
That gave me a big stack and I cruised into the money and then got HU when Sportsfreak surprisingly called my re-raise jam with 44, I had 77, game over.
Buzz started the HU really well and was raising a lot but eventually I started to find some decent hands and hit a few very nice flops. Got it all in with A6 v 33 and flop was A88, but turn was a 3 LOL.
However, next hand was my turn to get lucky with A7 v A9 and it was all over. I promise to only mention this victory about 20 times a day!!!
Also, had a good betting weekend with Spurs +1 drawing with Man Utd and 3 of my Super Bowl bets coming good - Under 53 points (never in doubt!!!), Maroney scoring first TD and Giants +12.
That rather long-winded title is a way of saying I won the TPOAPC 2008 Main Event on Saturday evening, beating Buzz HU for the bracelet.
Was down to 1400 early on from a starting stack of 3000 but got healthy again when AA decided A10o was a good hand to re-raise me with, my JJ held. Also doubled through AA again with a great call IMHO with AQ on a KK6 flop in a blind v blind battle after I had just limped in from the SB. I check-raised the flop, Zack shoved and I was really confident I was in front and called - he tabled A10 and I held.
That gave me a big stack and I cruised into the money and then got HU when Sportsfreak surprisingly called my re-raise jam with 44, I had 77, game over.
Buzz started the HU really well and was raising a lot but eventually I started to find some decent hands and hit a few very nice flops. Got it all in with A6 v 33 and flop was A88, but turn was a 3 LOL.
However, next hand was my turn to get lucky with A7 v A9 and it was all over. I promise to only mention this victory about 20 times a day!!!
Also, had a good betting weekend with Spurs +1 drawing with Man Utd and 3 of my Super Bowl bets coming good - Under 53 points (never in doubt!!!), Maroney scoring first TD and Giants +12.
Friday, 1 February 2008
Optimistic*
February 1st, so a good time to start finally keeping an accurate record of my bankroll and wins and losses as I aim for the ultimate goal - paying off my mortgage as soon as possible.
That may well be helped by switching to a Virgin One account but I won't bore you with the details of that.
Instead, this is an inventory of my current bankroll:
Absolute: $2,165.16
UB: $23.89 (with $489.55 in unclaimed bonus!)
Full Tilt: $0
Party: $1,711.21
Stars: $345.69
Cash: $2,600 (this was taken from my Party account for the recent Vegas trips)
Not exactly earth-shattering, but not bad either I suppose, and certainly enough to attempt not to worry about dropping the odd buy-in here or there, but instead to focus on a more long-term approach.
To that end I'll only update the figures on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, assuming I don't just go busto!!
One rather sick hand to report from this afternoon from a 1/2NL 6-max table on Party. I raise with AA and get one caller. Flop is KKx. We both check. Turn is an Ace. Nice. He bets, I'm now praying he does have a King and flat call. River is a King!!!!
He had K7s.....
*For those keeping track, the title comes from Radiohead's Kid A album. Let's see if I feel optimistic in a week...
That may well be helped by switching to a Virgin One account but I won't bore you with the details of that.
Instead, this is an inventory of my current bankroll:
Absolute: $2,165.16
UB: $23.89 (with $489.55 in unclaimed bonus!)
Full Tilt: $0
Party: $1,711.21
Stars: $345.69
Cash: $2,600 (this was taken from my Party account for the recent Vegas trips)
Not exactly earth-shattering, but not bad either I suppose, and certainly enough to attempt not to worry about dropping the odd buy-in here or there, but instead to focus on a more long-term approach.
To that end I'll only update the figures on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, assuming I don't just go busto!!
One rather sick hand to report from this afternoon from a 1/2NL 6-max table on Party. I raise with AA and get one caller. Flop is KKx. We both check. Turn is an Ace. Nice. He bets, I'm now praying he does have a King and flat call. River is a King!!!!
He had K7s.....
*For those keeping track, the title comes from Radiohead's Kid A album. Let's see if I feel optimistic in a week...
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