Yet more positivity....

....it won't last. I had another good week although only really played mon-wed and Fri night. My good form continued though so all is well. Mon-wed was spent playing sit and goes and on Fri I played the $20k on Crypto and $15k on Virgin, I decided to give the sit and goes a miss as I was nursing a hangover from the previous nights alcohol induced carnage so decided I'd try and keep losses to a minimum.

I actually played pretty well and was looking like making the final table in both. However it wasn't to be as I died in 15th in the $15k when I re-raised allin from the BB with AT, button raiser called with KQ and hit on river. I managed to make it onto the FT in the $20k although I took a hit on the FT bubble when my JJ lost to AT so instead of having 70k I had 40k with average 50kish. I then picked up a bad seat on the FT with both the big stacks to my immediate left. I was completely card dead as well which was a little hinderance. I lost a chunk with A5 on A high board. I raised on button and BB smooth called and then called my bet on flop, I sensed I was beat and checked it down, I was outkicked. After that I was in push or fold mode and finally died in 6th shoving K2 on the button and SB called with A3.

I played no poker yesterday as it was my mates birthday so my day involved drinking copious amounts of alcohol and I'm just about to go and get ready for a repeat performance tonight :)

Sunday again!!

No multis this time though and resultantly a winning day :). It had been a bit of a dodgy week up until today, I'd been running poor and playing worse so it had been a struggle. It looked as though it was going to be my first losing week for a while but i managed to turn it around today to show a small profit for the week. I only played two multis this week, the Badbeat and $16k on Betfair on Thursday. In the badbeat I got savaged twice and in $16k I played my exit hand like a donkey and compounded it by making a sick call on the end when I knew I was beat.

To be honest my biggest obstacle at the minute is laziness (a recurring theme) in that I'm not playing enough games. I lack motivation and have too many distractions at the minute and I suppose I will need to get my act together but for now life is good!! :)

Blergh

Not been the best of weekends pokerwise...but the footy was good :).

Deposited $1k in Stars tonight to play the million and WSOP sat (I know I said no multis but it seemed a good idea at the time). Started off well when someone re-raised allin for 6k with 55 blinds 25/50. Then I manage to get my 17k stack (still on level 2) in on the turn v table muppet in a battle of the blinds with AT v 92 on AT92 board with river 9! Standard!! So instead of a tasty looking 35k stack I have nada! Promptly unregistered from WSOP sat and withdrew the rest of my $$ and deleted the software. Am I bitter? Yes lol

Also played the 40k on Crypto with some rakeback that I had in the account.


Game #3996929663: Hold'em NL (150/300) - 2007/05/06 - 22:40:21 (UK)
Table "4" Seat 7 is the button.
Seat 1: cliff (5838.50 in chips)
Seat 2: torkel (4318 in chips)
Seat 3: Zendar (12699 in chips)
Seat 4: lakini9 (24532 in chips)
Seat 5: _tiltiana (5996 in chips)
Seat 6: redmundir (19170 in chips)
Seat 7: Kvista01 (19281 in chips)
Seat 8: Bazza (6585 in chips)
Seat 9: GREEKFISH (34266 in chips)
Seat 10: Jibby147 (7332 in chips)
Bazza: posts the ante 25
GREEKFISH: posts the ante 25
Jibby147: posts the ante 25
cliff: posts the ante 25
torkel: posts the ante 25
Zendar: posts the ante 25
lakini9: posts the ante 25
_tiltiana: posts the ante 25
redmundir: posts the ante 25
Kvista01: posts the ante 25
Bazza: posts small blind 150
GREEKFISH: posts big blind 300
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Bazza [7c 7s]
Jibby147: folds
cliff: folds
torkel: folds
Zendar: raises to 900
lakini9: folds
_tiltiana: folds
redmundir: folds
Kvista01: folds
Bazza: calls 750
GREEKFISH: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Qc Ts 7d]
Bazza: checks
Zendar: bets 900
Bazza: raises to 2400
Zendar: calls 1500
----- TURN ----- [Qc Ts 7d][Qs]
Bazza: bets 3260 and is all-in
Zendar: calls 3260
----- RIVER ----- [Qc Ts 7d Qs][Td]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Bazza: shows [7c 7s] (A Full House, Sevens full of Queens)
Zendar: shows [Jh Qh] (A Full House, Queens full of Tens)
Zendar collected 13670 from Main pot

Why do I bother?? gg and good night

When I said no multis...

.....I meant no flaming multis. But as I was playing the Dream Team multi last night I decided to play another couple as I don't like playing multis and SnG's at the same time. So I play the $20k or whatever it is on Crypto and the Betfair $16k. Crypto game was a bit of a non-event, went up and down and back up again.

However it was not all bad as I was going well in the $16k. I had chips, was feeling confident and playing well with 3/4 tables left. Then things started going tits up. I raise it up with AA and get a caller from SB flop 678 he checks and I bet half pot which he calls turn is a 9 and he bets pot which is roughly half of what I have left. I pass and he shows 97sooooted. I lose another couple of pots and from my peak of 30k im down to 17k as we are on the bubble when I pick up QdQc on my BB. The guy who had 97 earlier limps in cutoff (he liked a limp and was now chipped up), I raise it up to 3k (blinds 400/800) and limper calls. I see a 10 high flop all spades and jam my 14k into the 7k pot which he calls with Q9 spades for the flopped flush and its the bubble for me. Not sure I like the way I played the hand but think I go busto there regardless.

I was also going well in the DreamTeam with 20odd left before it went tits up as well and I eventually jam my 16k (800/1600blinds) with 44 and find KK and QQ behind me. 4 on flop is quickly followed by a K and I finish in 15th or something like that.

A night that promised much and delivered ride all...reminded me why I decided to stop playing multis though :)

It's been a while

The moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived.....a new post :). I finally relented to the badgering from the infamous Spudy who incidentally will be making his poker comeback in a months time after sailing the world. He has been gone so long I might need to explain the rules to him lol.

Anyways where does one start?? It has been a pretty hectic few months (hence the lack of updates..well that my excuse anyway). My good start to the year was followed by a dry spell during late January and February and then my poker playing ground to a virtual halt and my bankroll was decimated. No it wasn't after a tilty session playing 150/300 limit, I actually decided to buy a flat. Since then I have been pretty busy with stuff relating to that and poker has had to take a backseat. Its only really in the past fortnight where I have been able to play regularly and distraction free. I've now settled into my flat and can focus again on my poker..I have bills to pay after all.

Since I came back I've actually ran pretty well (it won't last) and I'm enjoying the game again. I have banned myself from playing multis for the month of May as I attempt to boost the bankroll. Instead I will be focusing 100% on shorthanded sit n goes. Heres hoping it goes well other wise the bailiffs will be round :)

I will try and keep updating this as regularly as I can.

Bazza