God! I am so bored.
I am currently in a period of my life where i am not working (i am not a state sponger either, although now i regret not getting what i could from them) I have worked the odd day here and there (i get a lot when i do work these days) plus a weeks work in Saudi Arabia which i wouldn't exchange for anything (well, most things) and really, as far as material things go i want for nothing. I have a beautiful girlfriend (not that she is a material thing, this is just the start of the list and she is the most important), more clothes and trainers than most women, a 42 inch cock (i mean plasma telly) and a denon surround sound system. I have money in the bank, (although this is fading faster than Barrymore's career did) but i am not happy.
Sick i know. What a spoilt cunt!
It is all career based problems. I have worked in performance since i was a little kid and have just not really had the break that i am looking for. I some senses it is going well, moved to london, got into drama school, graduated, got an agent, got work, lost agent, got another agent etc. Some people cant get into drama school, others that do cant get an agent, others that do cant get work. It could be worse, but it is not good enough. I want to meet the big wigs of this business. I want to work in brilliant films and great TV (there is still some) and to do this i need another agent. Is 3 agents in 4 years too many? Probably. I just know that i will not be satisfied until i start achieving these things and am not prepared to just fucking sit around waiting for her to get me another shit audition.
The way most people get agents is either by being good in something and therefor been commercially viable and therefor investable so you can have your pick of agents, often regardless of genuine talent or experience. Another way is to be plucked from a show or drama school for your ability (must be nice). The final and most demoralising way is to write letters. Some idiots write "dear Sir/ madam" letters which apparently get binned on sight as the writer clearly couldn't even be bothered to find out the correct agents name. Once you have bought nice paper, printer ink, hard backed envelopes, stamps, reproductions of your photo, and sat and personalised 100 letters, which obviously takes a lot of time and thought, you have spent on the way to £150. Doing this and thinking, knowing, in the back of your mind that you will more than likely be ignored completely or have your letter binned is disheartening to say the least. Even if you do get a response it is often in the vain of "currently not accepting any more clients" or the very best response you might get, seriously this is good, "please let us know when you are appearing in something" - HOW CAN I APPEAR IN SOMETHING WHEN I DONT HAVE A FUCKING AGENT --can't get an agent, can't get seen for decent jobs. Vicious circle
It really leaves me no further on having written this. I just wanted to vent in a semi anonymous way and to have anyone who cares understand that being an actor definitely ain't all about glamour!
Good luck you poker playing sickos
Friday, August 31, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Its like a fresh addiction all over again
I am currently watching Gandhi on BBC2 - crazy to see a young Ben Kingsley "blacked" up to play a man of Indian origin and so convincingly too. For such a film buff this is a film that i feel i should have seen buy now, but how often do you fancy watching a semi religious, political epic. Although now i am, i am enjoying it. This may provide enough motivation to finally watch Lawrence of Arabia, again the title in my head of "Desert Epic" is not very appealing. If you want deserts by the way, watch Three Kings and Jarhead.
Guns Woo! religion boo! that's my motto - (it isn't really - please God don't kill me yet)
So yesterday i played 3 x 180's -
1) 24th ish
2) 12th
3) 6th QQ into KK on the final table. I was watching TV (lol) and playing the RTR tournament at the time and so perhaps did not give the situation due consideration (definitely level 1 thinking) and on reflection should have given the second chip leader more credit
Today i have just busted out in 55th - should have gone way further if a guy who had slightly more chips than me had not decided to shove over the top of my raise with 45 hearts which flopped an open ended straight flush draw, turned a straight and rivered the flush. Joke. Hey ho!
The good news here is that i have gone late in 4 tourneys on the trot with 2 cashes. My current plan is to keep playing these 180's to try and build my BR back up which is currently non existent.
Playing the Raise the River league game yesterday was my first outing with them. I have played the bloggerment once but not this one. I decided i would get involved early and dropped a few chips before seeing Yorkshire Pud do a lot of chips after raising in first and representing a bigger hand than the pocket fours he eventually had to show down. Later he raised again in first or very early position, he was called and i moved all in with 99. He paused and called with KQ suited and i was on my way to a few chips. I then played very tight for the next hour at least and hit some hands and built a nice amount of chippys. When we got to 4 handed i had a good chip lead and proceeded to double up each of the 3 remaining players. Pretty fucking embarrassing to be honest. I thought burnley mik played particularly well as his aggression was often well timed and his judgement correct. I think in 2 key hands i did him in though with AK spades against his A9. I raised the button and he shoved from the sb. Later he had amassed chips again and i shoved over his button raise with 44, a while later he called with 33. The hand prior to this he had raised with 72. I figured he'd think, i'd think he'd have a better hand this time, but from a man i know can fold top pair, i thought he'd think that. lol! Pretty funny really but often the way that a lot of money gets involved with less than premium holdings. Pretty uneventful for me 3 handed. Down to HU against a player who i do not know and i seemed to lose it here, at the crucial stage. I picked up a great pot with AK, he folded to my AQ and AT hearts in the first 3 hands wheni was in the bb. Then he open shoved and then did it again and this swung the pendulum for aggression to him. After that i picked up no hands, hit no hands, mistimed a lame bluff attempt and then he shoved into me and i called with KJ. He showed Q4. Is this normal?? If i win this i take a 2-1 chip lead but it is not to be as the flop brings another two 4's. Gutted.
In retrospect, although there wasn't much room for it i would rather have played for smaller pots and seen his holdings. However, in this situation, the raises were big and the blinds were high. The only thing i can really be happy with is the fact that i put my money in good.
In the lead up to this tournament i did post on the forum at RTR that i was going to win but i will have to settle for second and a promise of a comeback of biblical proportions.
As some of you may know i am a blog fiend. If i haven't read your blog yet i will get there. I currently read around 20 regularly. Of which i have read each in their entirety. Reading the whole thing takes time (in the case of Paul Phillips, i may well be dead before i finish his War and Peace sized scribings), but this is part nosey, part learning and part interest in people. I believe that as part of this community it is all the information i have to attempt to get to know you. With that in mind i am currently reading:
Brian Townsend - no explanation needed
Girlie Poker - Rosie's blog - in my opinion this blog is excellent. It has poker content and a genuinely original style written by an intelligent and opinionated person (being opinionated is a good thing btw). When she writes she sounds like a couple of my female friends and it is therefor something i can instantly tap into.
Kennl - given his recent success i am keen to know more about this player. i have just started reading his blog.It is fairly short so shouldn't take too long. I like the idea of posting in tourney breaks. I would steal it but am usually too busy pissing and making tea. I also like his aims. Some huge, some more reasonable but they look like they may be on the way to becoming reality. Good luck sir.
Burnley Mik - I have seen you about a lot. Now you are al over RTR and i am playing with you so you are next . See you there.
Ok more Gandhi to watch, tournies to cash in and blogs to read. Poker feels good again.
Guns Woo! religion boo! that's my motto - (it isn't really - please God don't kill me yet)
So yesterday i played 3 x 180's -
1) 24th ish
2) 12th
3) 6th QQ into KK on the final table. I was watching TV (lol) and playing the RTR tournament at the time and so perhaps did not give the situation due consideration (definitely level 1 thinking) and on reflection should have given the second chip leader more credit
Today i have just busted out in 55th - should have gone way further if a guy who had slightly more chips than me had not decided to shove over the top of my raise with 45 hearts which flopped an open ended straight flush draw, turned a straight and rivered the flush. Joke. Hey ho!
The good news here is that i have gone late in 4 tourneys on the trot with 2 cashes. My current plan is to keep playing these 180's to try and build my BR back up which is currently non existent.
Playing the Raise the River league game yesterday was my first outing with them. I have played the bloggerment once but not this one. I decided i would get involved early and dropped a few chips before seeing Yorkshire Pud do a lot of chips after raising in first and representing a bigger hand than the pocket fours he eventually had to show down. Later he raised again in first or very early position, he was called and i moved all in with 99. He paused and called with KQ suited and i was on my way to a few chips. I then played very tight for the next hour at least and hit some hands and built a nice amount of chippys. When we got to 4 handed i had a good chip lead and proceeded to double up each of the 3 remaining players. Pretty fucking embarrassing to be honest. I thought burnley mik played particularly well as his aggression was often well timed and his judgement correct. I think in 2 key hands i did him in though with AK spades against his A9. I raised the button and he shoved from the sb. Later he had amassed chips again and i shoved over his button raise with 44, a while later he called with 33. The hand prior to this he had raised with 72. I figured he'd think, i'd think he'd have a better hand this time, but from a man i know can fold top pair, i thought he'd think that. lol! Pretty funny really but often the way that a lot of money gets involved with less than premium holdings. Pretty uneventful for me 3 handed. Down to HU against a player who i do not know and i seemed to lose it here, at the crucial stage. I picked up a great pot with AK, he folded to my AQ and AT hearts in the first 3 hands wheni was in the bb. Then he open shoved and then did it again and this swung the pendulum for aggression to him. After that i picked up no hands, hit no hands, mistimed a lame bluff attempt and then he shoved into me and i called with KJ. He showed Q4. Is this normal?? If i win this i take a 2-1 chip lead but it is not to be as the flop brings another two 4's. Gutted.
In retrospect, although there wasn't much room for it i would rather have played for smaller pots and seen his holdings. However, in this situation, the raises were big and the blinds were high. The only thing i can really be happy with is the fact that i put my money in good.
In the lead up to this tournament i did post on the forum at RTR that i was going to win but i will have to settle for second and a promise of a comeback of biblical proportions.
As some of you may know i am a blog fiend. If i haven't read your blog yet i will get there. I currently read around 20 regularly. Of which i have read each in their entirety. Reading the whole thing takes time (in the case of Paul Phillips, i may well be dead before i finish his War and Peace sized scribings), but this is part nosey, part learning and part interest in people. I believe that as part of this community it is all the information i have to attempt to get to know you. With that in mind i am currently reading:
Brian Townsend - no explanation needed
Girlie Poker - Rosie's blog - in my opinion this blog is excellent. It has poker content and a genuinely original style written by an intelligent and opinionated person (being opinionated is a good thing btw). When she writes she sounds like a couple of my female friends and it is therefor something i can instantly tap into.
Kennl - given his recent success i am keen to know more about this player. i have just started reading his blog.It is fairly short so shouldn't take too long. I like the idea of posting in tourney breaks. I would steal it but am usually too busy pissing and making tea. I also like his aims. Some huge, some more reasonable but they look like they may be on the way to becoming reality. Good luck sir.
Burnley Mik - I have seen you about a lot. Now you are al over RTR and i am playing with you so you are next . See you there.
Ok more Gandhi to watch, tournies to cash in and blogs to read. Poker feels good again.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Back in the game
Bumblasquat
Now then peeps.
Today i walked past my supermarket in order to walk much further to get to the Tesco express to buy some extra nice stuff. It was covered in scaffolding and closed. Bollocks
In other news i have registered with Poker X Factor. I spent a few minutes looking at it day one and was like "noooo, what have i done..?" now? I firkin love it.
There is tonnes of content. A reported 220 hours of videos. A busy forum with posts from a load of players including Annette 15. There is the facility to upload your hand history and have it play back hand for hand in video format. You can then spped this up/slow it down/ replay hands and generally work on your game from an outside perspective. It is also very cool to hear these pro players perspectives on certain situations.
This has made me really eager to play again. I played a 180 earlier and finished 4 off the money, one later finished 12th and am in another now. I have won a few of these in the past (maybe 6 4.40's and the only $10- 180 i played) so this might not mean anything and i still have to control my rage, but we shall see what happens. I have already spotted a couple of things that i need to change in my game. Really just things to do with discipline and position.
Off now to play the Raise the River tourney and bring the trophey to London. (via yorkshire)
good luck my children
Now then peeps.
Today i walked past my supermarket in order to walk much further to get to the Tesco express to buy some extra nice stuff. It was covered in scaffolding and closed. Bollocks
In other news i have registered with Poker X Factor. I spent a few minutes looking at it day one and was like "noooo, what have i done..?" now? I firkin love it.
There is tonnes of content. A reported 220 hours of videos. A busy forum with posts from a load of players including Annette 15. There is the facility to upload your hand history and have it play back hand for hand in video format. You can then spped this up/slow it down/ replay hands and generally work on your game from an outside perspective. It is also very cool to hear these pro players perspectives on certain situations.
This has made me really eager to play again. I played a 180 earlier and finished 4 off the money, one later finished 12th and am in another now. I have won a few of these in the past (maybe 6 4.40's and the only $10- 180 i played) so this might not mean anything and i still have to control my rage, but we shall see what happens. I have already spotted a couple of things that i need to change in my game. Really just things to do with discipline and position.
Off now to play the Raise the River tourney and bring the trophey to London. (via yorkshire)
good luck my children
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Sing it - "Oh ma God I'm back again"
Whats up ma homies. Ma brothers and sisters. Ma brothers from lots of other mothers.
Been away for some time and now i am back. Sitting my virtual ass at the virtual felt and boy oh boy it is going.....shitly. New word. Hows it going? Shitly. Thanks for asking.
Flopped 2 pr beaten by higher flopped 2 pr. 2 pr beaten by set. 2 pr beaten by set again. Folding AQ in the bb after seeing an early position raise and a reraise all in - they show KJs and AK - i say "Yess" as i see i made the correct decision. Turn Q river Q. Ha! Fur Q!
This was all in some cash game action so some heavy losses were incurred. Balls. I really thought after my time off i would come back and things would slip into place and i would be making moves like a cross between Daniel Negreanu and Yoda. Alas, it would seem that i am still shit.
What else is there left for me to do but eat chicken (breasts, drums, wings and thighs rubbed with salt, pepper, oregano, and chilli flakes, fridge 1 hour, out, pat dry, toss them and some torn ciabatta chunks in olive oil, put the bread on a baking tray and the chicken on top of them, oven 180 for 45mins, serve with rocket and tarragon, mmmm) and watch TV. I have just finished season 1 of Prison break and season 1 of Entourage as well as starting to watch Alias season 1. If you have not seen any of these shows, sort out out and do it pronto vito.
Had more castings this week - short film - corporate and Microsoft photo campaign (as a model, oh yes folks. Not just a pretty fa...hang on!) I'll let you know if anything happens.
In the meantime - good luck and i hope you cards fall better than mine
Been away for some time and now i am back. Sitting my virtual ass at the virtual felt and boy oh boy it is going.....shitly. New word. Hows it going? Shitly. Thanks for asking.
Flopped 2 pr beaten by higher flopped 2 pr. 2 pr beaten by set. 2 pr beaten by set again. Folding AQ in the bb after seeing an early position raise and a reraise all in - they show KJs and AK - i say "Yess" as i see i made the correct decision. Turn Q river Q. Ha! Fur Q!
This was all in some cash game action so some heavy losses were incurred. Balls. I really thought after my time off i would come back and things would slip into place and i would be making moves like a cross between Daniel Negreanu and Yoda. Alas, it would seem that i am still shit.
What else is there left for me to do but eat chicken (breasts, drums, wings and thighs rubbed with salt, pepper, oregano, and chilli flakes, fridge 1 hour, out, pat dry, toss them and some torn ciabatta chunks in olive oil, put the bread on a baking tray and the chicken on top of them, oven 180 for 45mins, serve with rocket and tarragon, mmmm) and watch TV. I have just finished season 1 of Prison break and season 1 of Entourage as well as starting to watch Alias season 1. If you have not seen any of these shows, sort out out and do it pronto vito.
Had more castings this week - short film - corporate and Microsoft photo campaign (as a model, oh yes folks. Not just a pretty fa...hang on!) I'll let you know if anything happens.
In the meantime - good luck and i hope you cards fall better than mine
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
One of those nights
You know it's one of those nights when;
You have won the night before and eagerly sit down to win more money. You are out of the room when the first hand is dealt and fold AK only to return and see lots of action on an ace high flop from early idiots betting with nothing - loss 3000
Then throughout the nest half hour you see the flop many times but on 5 hands in particular would have made the best hand only to have been priced out earlier by idiots betting too much with marginal holdings - loss at least 10k
You then pick up AQ, 66, 88 and lose chips through not connecting with the flop and frustration at what has happened thus far.
You load up another tourney only to drip chips like a lame bastard. Lose a huge pot with a hand which you should have folded pre flop halving your above average, comfortable stack.
Looking for a spot to double up you shove from the BB with A6 hearts only to be called by 2nd position who cant get his chips in fast enough with AK off suit.
Computer - off
You have won the night before and eagerly sit down to win more money. You are out of the room when the first hand is dealt and fold AK only to return and see lots of action on an ace high flop from early idiots betting with nothing - loss 3000
Then throughout the nest half hour you see the flop many times but on 5 hands in particular would have made the best hand only to have been priced out earlier by idiots betting too much with marginal holdings - loss at least 10k
You then pick up AQ, 66, 88 and lose chips through not connecting with the flop and frustration at what has happened thus far.
You load up another tourney only to drip chips like a lame bastard. Lose a huge pot with a hand which you should have folded pre flop halving your above average, comfortable stack.
Looking for a spot to double up you shove from the BB with A6 hearts only to be called by 2nd position who cant get his chips in fast enough with AK off suit.
Computer - off
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Movies and me
Whats up dudes?
Just a quick one to say -
1) Don't watch Ghost Rider, the Marvel comic adaptation starring Nic Cage and Eva Mendes. I am a comic movie fan. All the Batman's, Blade, Spidey etc. This, unfortunately is absolute gash.
2) Instead, why not rent the best films i have seen recently.
- The Science of Sleep - starring the excellent Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Ginsbourg, directed by the fantastic Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine. Such a weird, quirky and uniquely beautiful film.
- The Fountain - starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weizs and Ellen Burstyn who are all excellent. Seriously, if you only know Jackman as Wolverine, check this shit. It is by the writer director Darren Aronofsky who also made Requiem For a Dream, also a must see. This film is unusual. I sat through the first half n hour thinking i was hating it and it resulted in me absolutely loving it. Beautiful, emotional and original. Do it. Do it now.
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints - with Robert Downey Jr and written and Directed by Dito Montiel. This guy Montiel wrote book about his life growing up and this is the film based on that story. It is really very good.
3) That part i went for yesterday. I only went and got it! Can't believe it, i am really chuffed to bits. Had a chat with the writer/director just now and i am really excited. Basically it is a pilot for a sit com for the telly. In case you don't know, what people do is, when they have an idea, they assess levels of interest and test the water. If that is positive they make a pilot of one episode o how the show will look. This is then touted around all the channels to see if someone wants to buy it. So that's the next stage. Get together, talk it through, see the script, learn that, then film it baybee.
In the vain of some other blogs out there - its like flopping quads.
Love ya
Just a quick one to say -
1) Don't watch Ghost Rider, the Marvel comic adaptation starring Nic Cage and Eva Mendes. I am a comic movie fan. All the Batman's, Blade, Spidey etc. This, unfortunately is absolute gash.
2) Instead, why not rent the best films i have seen recently.
- The Science of Sleep - starring the excellent Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Ginsbourg, directed by the fantastic Michel Gondry, director of Eternal Sunshine. Such a weird, quirky and uniquely beautiful film.
- The Fountain - starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weizs and Ellen Burstyn who are all excellent. Seriously, if you only know Jackman as Wolverine, check this shit. It is by the writer director Darren Aronofsky who also made Requiem For a Dream, also a must see. This film is unusual. I sat through the first half n hour thinking i was hating it and it resulted in me absolutely loving it. Beautiful, emotional and original. Do it. Do it now.
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints - with Robert Downey Jr and written and Directed by Dito Montiel. This guy Montiel wrote book about his life growing up and this is the film based on that story. It is really very good.
3) That part i went for yesterday. I only went and got it! Can't believe it, i am really chuffed to bits. Had a chat with the writer/director just now and i am really excited. Basically it is a pilot for a sit com for the telly. In case you don't know, what people do is, when they have an idea, they assess levels of interest and test the water. If that is positive they make a pilot of one episode o how the show will look. This is then touted around all the channels to see if someone wants to buy it. So that's the next stage. Get together, talk it through, see the script, learn that, then film it baybee.
In the vain of some other blogs out there - its like flopping quads.
Love ya
tournaments and tears
Whats up brothers and sisters?
I have just played the sickest 180 ever. I didn't feel like playing much today but by the time tonight came round, i knew I'd be good.
Basically i got smacked full in the face by the deck. An example of the sickness is illustrated below.
I limp in late with 33 after 2 limpers. The flop is A43 with 2 clubs. It checks to me and i bet. One player stays in and calls. The turn is a 5. He shoves all in. I have a tonne of chips by the way but its still a big pot. due to the fact that he has limped in first i figure he has an ace something. maybe has 2 pr. Obviously i consider the 2 for the straight but he has been all in a few recent hands and i doubt he limps in first with a deuce and another card. 22 is the only conceivable option as far as i am concerned. So i call. He has K2 off suit (lol) for the straight and i am a mile behind.
River 3 - implausible quads! Love it.
I reach the final table first in chips with 100k - the closest competitor has 25k. Nice. Obviously there are a few double ups so i am not a monster for long. I witness the most horrific stream of beats and suddenly players who should be out are big contenders.
Then my luck tuns out. I raise the button with AQ clubs - i flop a flush draw but the board is paired 442 with 2 clubs. My opp bets - i raise - he calls. I put him on a pair like 77/88. The turn is an A so i am sure i am well ahead now. He checks i bet he raises i call. He has A4 for a turned FH. I don't really know how i get away from that. Maybe if i was just a better player. lol
I am down to the final 4 but am now 3rd. I raise the button with A8 off suit - same opponent reraises. I fold.
Later same opponent raises - i have AT off - i should have called to see a flop but i shoved. He paused - god knows why and then called with QQ. I am gone. The luck ran out.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Also - played my first bloggerment this weekend. I came 17th of 30 odd. My final hand (after only having 22 and AQ spades in the first hour and determined not to play shit! Ha!) i have AJ clubs in the big blind. Suffolk over raises slightly in the cutoff. I figure out where i think stand and am right when i reraise and he doesn't fold 55. He then hits a 5 on the flop, so i'm fucked. Good work Sir.
In other news, i had an audition today for a part i really want and think i fucked it up. A lot of actors go to auditions and regardless of what happened say "i think i fucked it up". I am not one of these attention seeking types. I usually come out going "yeah it went really well" and then am astounded when i don't get it. PMA baby! Today was different. I was hugely upset. Felt like a failure and had an argument with my good lady. Rubbish.
Later made up and then finished 4th. Every cloud and all that.
I'll let you know tomorrow when they tell me i didn't get it
Night night
I have just played the sickest 180 ever. I didn't feel like playing much today but by the time tonight came round, i knew I'd be good.
Basically i got smacked full in the face by the deck. An example of the sickness is illustrated below.
I limp in late with 33 after 2 limpers. The flop is A43 with 2 clubs. It checks to me and i bet. One player stays in and calls. The turn is a 5. He shoves all in. I have a tonne of chips by the way but its still a big pot. due to the fact that he has limped in first i figure he has an ace something. maybe has 2 pr. Obviously i consider the 2 for the straight but he has been all in a few recent hands and i doubt he limps in first with a deuce and another card. 22 is the only conceivable option as far as i am concerned. So i call. He has K2 off suit (lol) for the straight and i am a mile behind.
River 3 - implausible quads! Love it.
I reach the final table first in chips with 100k - the closest competitor has 25k. Nice. Obviously there are a few double ups so i am not a monster for long. I witness the most horrific stream of beats and suddenly players who should be out are big contenders.
Then my luck tuns out. I raise the button with AQ clubs - i flop a flush draw but the board is paired 442 with 2 clubs. My opp bets - i raise - he calls. I put him on a pair like 77/88. The turn is an A so i am sure i am well ahead now. He checks i bet he raises i call. He has A4 for a turned FH. I don't really know how i get away from that. Maybe if i was just a better player. lol
I am down to the final 4 but am now 3rd. I raise the button with A8 off suit - same opponent reraises. I fold.
Later same opponent raises - i have AT off - i should have called to see a flop but i shoved. He paused - god knows why and then called with QQ. I am gone. The luck ran out.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Also - played my first bloggerment this weekend. I came 17th of 30 odd. My final hand (after only having 22 and AQ spades in the first hour and determined not to play shit! Ha!) i have AJ clubs in the big blind. Suffolk over raises slightly in the cutoff. I figure out where i think stand and am right when i reraise and he doesn't fold 55. He then hits a 5 on the flop, so i'm fucked. Good work Sir.
In other news, i had an audition today for a part i really want and think i fucked it up. A lot of actors go to auditions and regardless of what happened say "i think i fucked it up". I am not one of these attention seeking types. I usually come out going "yeah it went really well" and then am astounded when i don't get it. PMA baby! Today was different. I was hugely upset. Felt like a failure and had an argument with my good lady. Rubbish.
Later made up and then finished 4th. Every cloud and all that.
I'll let you know tomorrow when they tell me i didn't get it
Night night
Friday, July 27, 2007
Back at the cash tables
Whats up ma brothers (and sisters?)
I busted in the 5 dollar, 6pm, 5k guaranteed after some guy couldn't pass AQ on a flop with a player al in. I knew i was ahead on the low flop with 55. He stayed on the flop, turn and rivered a flush that beat my 5 high flush. I was out when it folds to me on the button and i shove with JQ suited, he calls with K3 hearts. This is whilst he is telling me i have given him all my chips. Ok mate. I was actually really angry. Not tilted like normal i mean if i was there i would have smashed him in the face with my frying pan. (i always have one by me)
So what did i do when i was so vexed. Did i have a hot bath with essential chamomile oils? Did i go to the gym and run off the aggression? Did i perhaps go to the local beauty salon for a relaxing massage and facial?
No. I sat at the cash tables. Ha! what am i like? I can't help myself! lunacy
Well, i sat at two .25/.50 tables with $10 at each. By the time i had $30 on 1 i had zero on the other. I just didn't get any cards or hit any flops so it dripped away. In comparison on the other table i caught aces 4 times and just hit loads of flops against idiots. Eventually i left the table approximately an hour and 15 later with $112. Great stuff! So up $90 in an hour.
The last hand was fookin ace. I was much looser than a lot of the players on the table and was in a lot of raised pots. It was really paying off and i was taking down pots with a lots of semi bluffs. I called an early position raise with 55. The flop was a beautiful A95. The initial raiser bet, i raised, he called. The turn was another ace. He checked i bet strong he raised all in i called. He has AK the poor bloke. Raising AK correctly and flopping 3 aces. How the fk is he not going broke.
Oh well its all good. I have deposited a lot of small amounts lately so i can withdraw to cover that and hopefully keep going like this. The cash games should, fingers crossed, provide a profit and buyins for my tourney entries.
Get in ya bitch!
I busted in the 5 dollar, 6pm, 5k guaranteed after some guy couldn't pass AQ on a flop with a player al in. I knew i was ahead on the low flop with 55. He stayed on the flop, turn and rivered a flush that beat my 5 high flush. I was out when it folds to me on the button and i shove with JQ suited, he calls with K3 hearts. This is whilst he is telling me i have given him all my chips. Ok mate. I was actually really angry. Not tilted like normal i mean if i was there i would have smashed him in the face with my frying pan. (i always have one by me)
So what did i do when i was so vexed. Did i have a hot bath with essential chamomile oils? Did i go to the gym and run off the aggression? Did i perhaps go to the local beauty salon for a relaxing massage and facial?
No. I sat at the cash tables. Ha! what am i like? I can't help myself! lunacy
Well, i sat at two .25/.50 tables with $10 at each. By the time i had $30 on 1 i had zero on the other. I just didn't get any cards or hit any flops so it dripped away. In comparison on the other table i caught aces 4 times and just hit loads of flops against idiots. Eventually i left the table approximately an hour and 15 later with $112. Great stuff! So up $90 in an hour.
The last hand was fookin ace. I was much looser than a lot of the players on the table and was in a lot of raised pots. It was really paying off and i was taking down pots with a lots of semi bluffs. I called an early position raise with 55. The flop was a beautiful A95. The initial raiser bet, i raised, he called. The turn was another ace. He checked i bet strong he raised all in i called. He has AK the poor bloke. Raising AK correctly and flopping 3 aces. How the fk is he not going broke.
Oh well its all good. I have deposited a lot of small amounts lately so i can withdraw to cover that and hopefully keep going like this. The cash games should, fingers crossed, provide a profit and buyins for my tourney entries.
Get in ya bitch!
Cash
That was my impulse title for this post as i played a cash game last night. As soon as i wrote it i realised it is what i would have written if i had cashed in a tournament, which i haven't. Yet.
Last night i busted from the 6pm, $5, 5k guaranteed. This is a new regular fixture for me i decided. Not too crowded a field and still 3k in chips and 15 minute levels. Nice one. I don;t know how i went out but no doubt i was a huge favourite. Just kidding.
Later i busted in the midnight after 2 3/4 hours. I made a really dumb play. Basically i called a late position raise from an active player, i had QJ clubs (i fukin love clubs). The flop came K89 with 2 spades. Not a great flop although i do have a gutshot and there is only one over card. I check call a flop bet. Miss. Instead of stopping here i check call again. I hit a queen on the river so now have to call that. He has AK. I don't know why i do this. I need to just drill it into my head that i am calling a raise out of position to hit a flop hard. Not catch half of nothing and do a load of chips with it. Muppet.
Before this hand i had been moved to the right of a player with 24k in chips. He had his fat face as his avatar and was talking shit and playing any hand. I found kings and shoved early position he called with A7 off suit and i doubled. Later i shove QT suited and find myself in bad shape to his KQ and i'm gone.
I am wide awake so i jump to some cash tables. I decide to play a minimum buy in and see what happens. So i sit with $10 at 0.25/0.50. I lose it immediately with QJs vs KJs on a J high flop when i river 2 pr and he makes a straight. I lose another 10 fairly standard.
On the third $10, i call a raise on the button with 77. The pot is approx $5. The flop is an ugly KTx. He pauses and bets $1. This is a pathetic bet here - i call. The turn is a 7. Bingo. This does put 2 floosh draws out. He checks. Pussy. I bet $1, and laugh at my hilarious genius. He raises. I know he is weak so i shove. He calls with JJ.
I make may way to $30 and we are even in money. Until this happens.
I raise after it folds to me. I am in the cutoff with 96 diamonds. I am reraised quite strong from the bb. I call. The flop is Q94 - he bets - obviously - i call. Turn 6. I love it. I know i am ahead of his big pp. He bets strong i raise all in he calls. The river is a disaster. It's a 4. So he rivers a better 2 pair with his KK. Mother fucker. He then says thank you. Like he set me up. The fuckin plum. I was steamed and actually called him dumbo! God knows why. I am usually much more intelligently offensive in these situations. He was like, Doh what did you have. I didn't say that if you just thought for a minute there are only 2 hands that he couldn't beat til the river that were screwed by the river card. Them being Q9 and 96. Little bitch.
That did me in. Down to 2 dollars. I sorted that out to $10 and built that up to $40 and left the table eventually with $25.
I definitely had fun playing and if favourable situations had gone my way i would have finished on $70 with a $30 profit for a short session. Definitely beatable. I saw a lot of hands not folded when they should have been and hands like a flopped 2 pr getting paid off till the river by top pr. It was much fun and a while since i played this level. I am thinking about buying August off too and giving myself a small roll. This will be a roll to cover a small venture back into cash games as well as several tournaments a few times a week where my real aim is to make a significant tournament cash, to build on the roll by playing cash games and to be more disciplined as a player. It will probably be a more significant amount like 500 dollars. Eek!
Last night i busted from the 6pm, $5, 5k guaranteed. This is a new regular fixture for me i decided. Not too crowded a field and still 3k in chips and 15 minute levels. Nice one. I don;t know how i went out but no doubt i was a huge favourite. Just kidding.
Later i busted in the midnight after 2 3/4 hours. I made a really dumb play. Basically i called a late position raise from an active player, i had QJ clubs (i fukin love clubs). The flop came K89 with 2 spades. Not a great flop although i do have a gutshot and there is only one over card. I check call a flop bet. Miss. Instead of stopping here i check call again. I hit a queen on the river so now have to call that. He has AK. I don't know why i do this. I need to just drill it into my head that i am calling a raise out of position to hit a flop hard. Not catch half of nothing and do a load of chips with it. Muppet.
Before this hand i had been moved to the right of a player with 24k in chips. He had his fat face as his avatar and was talking shit and playing any hand. I found kings and shoved early position he called with A7 off suit and i doubled. Later i shove QT suited and find myself in bad shape to his KQ and i'm gone.
I am wide awake so i jump to some cash tables. I decide to play a minimum buy in and see what happens. So i sit with $10 at 0.25/0.50. I lose it immediately with QJs vs KJs on a J high flop when i river 2 pr and he makes a straight. I lose another 10 fairly standard.
On the third $10, i call a raise on the button with 77. The pot is approx $5. The flop is an ugly KTx. He pauses and bets $1. This is a pathetic bet here - i call. The turn is a 7. Bingo. This does put 2 floosh draws out. He checks. Pussy. I bet $1, and laugh at my hilarious genius. He raises. I know he is weak so i shove. He calls with JJ.
I make may way to $30 and we are even in money. Until this happens.
I raise after it folds to me. I am in the cutoff with 96 diamonds. I am reraised quite strong from the bb. I call. The flop is Q94 - he bets - obviously - i call. Turn 6. I love it. I know i am ahead of his big pp. He bets strong i raise all in he calls. The river is a disaster. It's a 4. So he rivers a better 2 pair with his KK. Mother fucker. He then says thank you. Like he set me up. The fuckin plum. I was steamed and actually called him dumbo! God knows why. I am usually much more intelligently offensive in these situations. He was like, Doh what did you have. I didn't say that if you just thought for a minute there are only 2 hands that he couldn't beat til the river that were screwed by the river card. Them being Q9 and 96. Little bitch.
That did me in. Down to 2 dollars. I sorted that out to $10 and built that up to $40 and left the table eventually with $25.
I definitely had fun playing and if favourable situations had gone my way i would have finished on $70 with a $30 profit for a short session. Definitely beatable. I saw a lot of hands not folded when they should have been and hands like a flopped 2 pr getting paid off till the river by top pr. It was much fun and a while since i played this level. I am thinking about buying August off too and giving myself a small roll. This will be a roll to cover a small venture back into cash games as well as several tournaments a few times a week where my real aim is to make a significant tournament cash, to build on the roll by playing cash games and to be more disciplined as a player. It will probably be a more significant amount like 500 dollars. Eek!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
I knew i wasn't in the right frame of mind
Good evening sports fans.
Just a quick one. I have just boosted from the midnight 20k guaranteed after about 30 minutes. Truly a pathetic attempt. hands of interest.
1) First hand - i have 22 and limp in third - there are several limpers - flop comes AJ2 - with 2 diamonds - i bet pot -called in 1 spot - the turn is an ace - non diamond - i bet pot - called river 3 - i bet smaller - am min raised and call it - he has 45 diamonds.
Ok so he paid a lot to draw and didn't really get a big river payoff
2) I flop top pr and bet each st - opp is check calling with 8 outs to a straight - hits the river but checks - i check too - expensive draw no payoff.
i now have 1800 from initial 3k and hate having lost so much so soon
3) There is a small raise and a couple of callers - i call in the blinds with A6clubs - the flop brings a KJx - with 2 clubs. I lead out for 200 and am reraised by the button. I can't call here imo so shove. see myself with 12 outs and hit the turn. He mocks me. I think he;s a prick. Fair play he has AK so i have 9 outs and am just shy of 60/40 underdog but i have just lost a bunch of chips and i fail to see what the point is of playing a hand like ace suited if you're not gonna be happy flopping a 4 flush. He was of the opinion that it was early to be all in on a draw. I am of the opinion that i would double up or bust and also of the opinion that he could keep his fuckin mouth shut.
4) Final hand. I limp the button w Q3 diamonds. There is a decent raise from the big blind. Our verbal friend calls and i call too. The flop is a lovely TQ3 but has 2 flush cards and the straight draw. Mr blind raiser bets strong. I have him on aces or kings. Matey peeps calls. He is behind me for sure - a pair perhaps. I shove right there. Raiser calls, so does our friend. How about this for some amusing irony. Our friend is all in on a flush draw. Is he drawing to the nuts? Is he fuck - he has T5 clubs for a monster T high straight draw. Our early position raiser has AA. Fantastic. The turn is a J diamonds. I go further ahead in the hand. The river is a 2 out ace for him to take it down with a set.
Balls.
I am not playing like a maniac at the moment but i am seeing flops with a much more open range when in position.
As you may or may not know i am a blog fiend. Everyone i have spoken to in this community has had or will have their entire blog read by me sooner or later. So make them good, yeah? I am currently reading Rizens blog at www.rizenpoker.com Whats cool about this is that aside from being a skilled cash and mainly tournament player and decent guy he actually posts selected hands from his hand histories in the animated PokerXFactor format and explains them in text. I think its well worth a look for anyone wanting to see how a pro plays and thinks through different spots.
Good luck you dirty mothers
Just a quick one. I have just boosted from the midnight 20k guaranteed after about 30 minutes. Truly a pathetic attempt. hands of interest.
1) First hand - i have 22 and limp in third - there are several limpers - flop comes AJ2 - with 2 diamonds - i bet pot -called in 1 spot - the turn is an ace - non diamond - i bet pot - called river 3 - i bet smaller - am min raised and call it - he has 45 diamonds.
Ok so he paid a lot to draw and didn't really get a big river payoff
2) I flop top pr and bet each st - opp is check calling with 8 outs to a straight - hits the river but checks - i check too - expensive draw no payoff.
i now have 1800 from initial 3k and hate having lost so much so soon
3) There is a small raise and a couple of callers - i call in the blinds with A6clubs - the flop brings a KJx - with 2 clubs. I lead out for 200 and am reraised by the button. I can't call here imo so shove. see myself with 12 outs and hit the turn. He mocks me. I think he;s a prick. Fair play he has AK so i have 9 outs and am just shy of 60/40 underdog but i have just lost a bunch of chips and i fail to see what the point is of playing a hand like ace suited if you're not gonna be happy flopping a 4 flush. He was of the opinion that it was early to be all in on a draw. I am of the opinion that i would double up or bust and also of the opinion that he could keep his fuckin mouth shut.
4) Final hand. I limp the button w Q3 diamonds. There is a decent raise from the big blind. Our verbal friend calls and i call too. The flop is a lovely TQ3 but has 2 flush cards and the straight draw. Mr blind raiser bets strong. I have him on aces or kings. Matey peeps calls. He is behind me for sure - a pair perhaps. I shove right there. Raiser calls, so does our friend. How about this for some amusing irony. Our friend is all in on a flush draw. Is he drawing to the nuts? Is he fuck - he has T5 clubs for a monster T high straight draw. Our early position raiser has AA. Fantastic. The turn is a J diamonds. I go further ahead in the hand. The river is a 2 out ace for him to take it down with a set.
Balls.
I am not playing like a maniac at the moment but i am seeing flops with a much more open range when in position.
As you may or may not know i am a blog fiend. Everyone i have spoken to in this community has had or will have their entire blog read by me sooner or later. So make them good, yeah? I am currently reading Rizens blog at www.rizenpoker.com Whats cool about this is that aside from being a skilled cash and mainly tournament player and decent guy he actually posts selected hands from his hand histories in the animated PokerXFactor format and explains them in text. I think its well worth a look for anyone wanting to see how a pro plays and thinks through different spots.
Good luck you dirty mothers
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Hey guys.
Just in case anyone is worried sick about me, i am okay. "Thank fuck" i bet you're all thinking. I have still been playing the odd 4.40, 180 and the nightly 20k guaranteed. Saturday I came 360th ish out of 2500 ish and last night came 607th out of 3610. Fuckin huge field, i would love to have more money and buy into higher tournies to face a smaller field. I feel pretty good to have got through this many people but pretty shit not to get over that last hurdle into the cash. Despite this and despite the suckouts, i am feeling pretty good about my game. Having just written that i have just boosted from tonights 20k. i got it all in early w AQ on a QJx flop only to be called by the pre flop reraiser who had KT off suit...?
I was down to 30 chips, the bb was 30 and it was me all in with K9 the nest hand. To cut a long story short, within the hour i had over 10k. Unfortunately the prolific button raiser couldn't fold Q9 "but it was suited" after a shoved all in from the small blind with AQ. Called me in a nano second incidentally. Fkin donks out in force. My last hand came when i raised pre in mid w 99 - i was reraised by the button who i was definitely calling due to past history, the bb went all in. At that point i knew i should fold but called anyway after i found the excuse somewhere in a dark corner of my mind. My excuse was, given that the bb had shoved on a few occasions already i could imagine the bb and the button on a similar range to each other, hopefully this might put me ahead with my pair, albeit in a race situation. I called before the rational part of my brain could kick in and i was gone 99 vs AT vs QQ.
Before i knew it i had bought into 2 more tourneys and have just boosted from 1 with 2 pr a flush draw and a straight draw - which lost to a straight.
God damn it.
Despite all this i will say i am feeling good about my game. Over the last few months i have been going deeper more consistently. I have made some changes which include a step back from a lot of thing i have read and seen and just playing tighter poker. I still call raises in position with speculative hands against big stacks but tend to raise with them less. This makes me feel like i don't have to retain control with a shit hand after the flop but i can, if the right flop comes, take the play from the initial raiser. I am also giving up more marginal flop hands easier. Top pair is still just one pair. I can honestly say that if i get a lot of heat at this stage at these limits, the player may be retarded but more often than not has a hand which beats mine. I am also still able to get all my chips in the pot at any stage of the hand if i think i am ahead. I know i still need to improve, especially tilt and playing when not fully fit to, but i can just feel a decent win is on its way. I fookin know it!
I spent today recording a voice over for an animated short film which is going to be submitted to international film festivals. I had a wicked time at this recording studio in Camden and met some wicked people and contacts for the future.
This blog is all over the place but i just thought something else. If you are feeling a little poker jaded, choose a low buy in tourney in your game of choice and basically just shove whenever you feel you have the best hand. I know that betting when we think we have the best hand is how we work, but to shove a raiser pre because you think your 99 is slightly ahead is what i'm talking about. If you are not sure pre flop call, see a flop. Has it helped? Yes? Blast all in. No check raises. No funny business. No jiggery pokery just hardcore US army style, Nuke Em Poker, "Texas Nuke Em" if you will. I'm off to nuke some cunts right now.
Just in case anyone is worried sick about me, i am okay. "Thank fuck" i bet you're all thinking. I have still been playing the odd 4.40, 180 and the nightly 20k guaranteed. Saturday I came 360th ish out of 2500 ish and last night came 607th out of 3610. Fuckin huge field, i would love to have more money and buy into higher tournies to face a smaller field. I feel pretty good to have got through this many people but pretty shit not to get over that last hurdle into the cash. Despite this and despite the suckouts, i am feeling pretty good about my game. Having just written that i have just boosted from tonights 20k. i got it all in early w AQ on a QJx flop only to be called by the pre flop reraiser who had KT off suit...?
I was down to 30 chips, the bb was 30 and it was me all in with K9 the nest hand. To cut a long story short, within the hour i had over 10k. Unfortunately the prolific button raiser couldn't fold Q9 "but it was suited" after a shoved all in from the small blind with AQ. Called me in a nano second incidentally. Fkin donks out in force. My last hand came when i raised pre in mid w 99 - i was reraised by the button who i was definitely calling due to past history, the bb went all in. At that point i knew i should fold but called anyway after i found the excuse somewhere in a dark corner of my mind. My excuse was, given that the bb had shoved on a few occasions already i could imagine the bb and the button on a similar range to each other, hopefully this might put me ahead with my pair, albeit in a race situation. I called before the rational part of my brain could kick in and i was gone 99 vs AT vs QQ.
Before i knew it i had bought into 2 more tourneys and have just boosted from 1 with 2 pr a flush draw and a straight draw - which lost to a straight.
God damn it.
Despite all this i will say i am feeling good about my game. Over the last few months i have been going deeper more consistently. I have made some changes which include a step back from a lot of thing i have read and seen and just playing tighter poker. I still call raises in position with speculative hands against big stacks but tend to raise with them less. This makes me feel like i don't have to retain control with a shit hand after the flop but i can, if the right flop comes, take the play from the initial raiser. I am also giving up more marginal flop hands easier. Top pair is still just one pair. I can honestly say that if i get a lot of heat at this stage at these limits, the player may be retarded but more often than not has a hand which beats mine. I am also still able to get all my chips in the pot at any stage of the hand if i think i am ahead. I know i still need to improve, especially tilt and playing when not fully fit to, but i can just feel a decent win is on its way. I fookin know it!
I spent today recording a voice over for an animated short film which is going to be submitted to international film festivals. I had a wicked time at this recording studio in Camden and met some wicked people and contacts for the future.
This blog is all over the place but i just thought something else. If you are feeling a little poker jaded, choose a low buy in tourney in your game of choice and basically just shove whenever you feel you have the best hand. I know that betting when we think we have the best hand is how we work, but to shove a raiser pre because you think your 99 is slightly ahead is what i'm talking about. If you are not sure pre flop call, see a flop. Has it helped? Yes? Blast all in. No check raises. No funny business. No jiggery pokery just hardcore US army style, Nuke Em Poker, "Texas Nuke Em" if you will. I'm off to nuke some cunts right now.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Update
After pondering what to do with myself poker wise, as well as losing $10 from Ultimate Bet (AK vs AT - strong raising pre - all in on an ATx flop - cunt) and £20 from Will Hill, i have redeposited the minimum on PokerStars, $10. My mission now, shoud i choose to accept it (erm, already have) is to play 1 and 2 dollar games and roll it up until i can play other games. I consider this a good move for 2 reasons. Firstly, it is punishment for treating my new BR with no respect. Now i must grind something together from the lowest of the low. Secondly, i have to respect the game. I am playing like such a twat. I am playing too fast, not thinking things through and not giving people nearly enough credit. Are they clever enough to make big bluffs? Not that often. Are they in fact more likely to have made a big hand by playing rags out of position in a raised pot? Much more likely. Think about it!
So i just played my first. $1 - 45 man tourney. Came first for $14. The best start possible. It was great. I honestly feel like i've won something huge! it's fucking pathetic! But, my A10 beat 66 when i had a bigger stack, that was the only "all in" pre flop i got myself in before i had tonnes of chips. The rest was easy. I busted the huge chip leader in 2 hands and by the time we were 4 handed i think i had 40-50k to their 8k. Funny.
So we'll see what happens now.
I honestly thought that after the 3 wins last week and withdrawing $300, leaving $200 in i had turned a corner in my poker career. I am so gutted i can't believe it. Granted, its not of Blue Scouse proportions, but i was winning sng's, from single table turbo's to multi man long hauls, i did not need to spunk a load playing impatient and high variance cash games.
The upshot to this is that once again i am on the rebuild. I am playing better than i have before but now i just need to get some patience and consistent rational play in mind and i'll really be getting somewhere.
In other news i have just checked my share prices. I got a gift of £1000 in shares about 6 years ago. The price we paid was around 50p per share. Shortly after buying them they rocketed up to £6 odd. If we had sold then we would have made £12k, gutted! Since that point they dropped to an all time low in 2003 of about 25p. Selling then would have made a loss of £500, hilarious. Due to recent activities and contracts with apple and other mobile communications companies they are on a steady rise finishing the day on £1.56 - around £3k as for as i am concerned. All good and more to come apparently. Nice.
Oh yeah. A while ago i mentioned that i had some bizarre searches that had led to my blog. The latest is pretty sick but funny too. Someone has ended up here by searching "Just naked children". It's as if he (or she?) is tired of finding sites with just a few naked kids on, "Tut! too many naked adults". He has used an advanced search to get just exactly when s/he wants. You sick monkey! But hey, thanks for reading.
Goodnight
So i just played my first. $1 - 45 man tourney. Came first for $14. The best start possible. It was great. I honestly feel like i've won something huge! it's fucking pathetic! But, my A10 beat 66 when i had a bigger stack, that was the only "all in" pre flop i got myself in before i had tonnes of chips. The rest was easy. I busted the huge chip leader in 2 hands and by the time we were 4 handed i think i had 40-50k to their 8k. Funny.
So we'll see what happens now.
I honestly thought that after the 3 wins last week and withdrawing $300, leaving $200 in i had turned a corner in my poker career. I am so gutted i can't believe it. Granted, its not of Blue Scouse proportions, but i was winning sng's, from single table turbo's to multi man long hauls, i did not need to spunk a load playing impatient and high variance cash games.
The upshot to this is that once again i am on the rebuild. I am playing better than i have before but now i just need to get some patience and consistent rational play in mind and i'll really be getting somewhere.
In other news i have just checked my share prices. I got a gift of £1000 in shares about 6 years ago. The price we paid was around 50p per share. Shortly after buying them they rocketed up to £6 odd. If we had sold then we would have made £12k, gutted! Since that point they dropped to an all time low in 2003 of about 25p. Selling then would have made a loss of £500, hilarious. Due to recent activities and contracts with apple and other mobile communications companies they are on a steady rise finishing the day on £1.56 - around £3k as for as i am concerned. All good and more to come apparently. Nice.
Oh yeah. A while ago i mentioned that i had some bizarre searches that had led to my blog. The latest is pretty sick but funny too. Someone has ended up here by searching "Just naked children". It's as if he (or she?) is tired of finding sites with just a few naked kids on, "Tut! too many naked adults". He has used an advanced search to get just exactly when s/he wants. You sick monkey! But hey, thanks for reading.
Goodnight
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Kick me when i'm down
I have just busted from the 20k guaranteed on Stars after playing 2 hands. I ran my Ax into a set and i knew it and basically played the hand bad. A third of my chipolatas gone.
Next hand. I am on the button with AQ off. There is a raise from a player 2 to my right. i think to reraise but call. The flop is A9x - with the ace of diamonds. I am raising when he bets but he checks. I bet 3/4 pot. He calls. The turn is like the 4 of diamonds. He checks. I move all in. Its excessive i know but i know he is drawing. He instantly calls. Seriously, in a flash, with KJ diamonds. Hmmm. River 3 diamonds.
I said both his calls were mental and he said he knew it was coming. I tell you. As if it is not enough that we have to deal with betting patterns, bad luck, cold runs, 2 outers, etc. Now we have to deal with players who think they know what is coming next. I admit, from time to time in my early days, i too sometimes knew it was coming. I will also admit to feeling a right cunt when it didn't and i had no chips left. Wp mate.
As is that wasn't enough i have just busted from a 180 on Stars after tangling with the guy who already has 7k in chips at level 1.
I have just observed the following things happen to this same guy;
1) hand 1 he flops a set and turns quads and gets most of the chips off the guy with top pr and another guy with an over pr.
2) Some guy bets all his chips on a 9 high flop into him after he has raised pre flop - opponent has J9 off, he has KK
3) He calls 900 or so all in with 66 - makes a boat beating A10
4) A limped pot - he checks to me on a J96 flop - i bet my 9 - he calls - turn 8 - he leads out small - i call - river 8 - he bets like 1/4 pot - i call - he has 68 for flopped bottom pair and runner runner FH
5) I limp in second with AA (ace of clubs) - several limpers - oops - flop KJx - 2 clubs - first to act bets - i raise - he calls - turn low club - i shove with over pr and noot floosh draw - he calls - shows KQ with the Q of clubs - nice - river Q diamonds
Someone said he had a load of outs to beat me including the clubs. I corrected him but said when a guy is going from bottom pair to runner runner full houses, who am i to try an put my measly aces in his way.
Unreal. GG me. GG him. GG PokerStars R(LOL)NG (on the floor laughing)
Next hand. I am on the button with AQ off. There is a raise from a player 2 to my right. i think to reraise but call. The flop is A9x - with the ace of diamonds. I am raising when he bets but he checks. I bet 3/4 pot. He calls. The turn is like the 4 of diamonds. He checks. I move all in. Its excessive i know but i know he is drawing. He instantly calls. Seriously, in a flash, with KJ diamonds. Hmmm. River 3 diamonds.
I said both his calls were mental and he said he knew it was coming. I tell you. As if it is not enough that we have to deal with betting patterns, bad luck, cold runs, 2 outers, etc. Now we have to deal with players who think they know what is coming next. I admit, from time to time in my early days, i too sometimes knew it was coming. I will also admit to feeling a right cunt when it didn't and i had no chips left. Wp mate.
As is that wasn't enough i have just busted from a 180 on Stars after tangling with the guy who already has 7k in chips at level 1.
I have just observed the following things happen to this same guy;
1) hand 1 he flops a set and turns quads and gets most of the chips off the guy with top pr and another guy with an over pr.
2) Some guy bets all his chips on a 9 high flop into him after he has raised pre flop - opponent has J9 off, he has KK
3) He calls 900 or so all in with 66 - makes a boat beating A10
4) A limped pot - he checks to me on a J96 flop - i bet my 9 - he calls - turn 8 - he leads out small - i call - river 8 - he bets like 1/4 pot - i call - he has 68 for flopped bottom pair and runner runner FH
5) I limp in second with AA (ace of clubs) - several limpers - oops - flop KJx - 2 clubs - first to act bets - i raise - he calls - turn low club - i shove with over pr and noot floosh draw - he calls - shows KQ with the Q of clubs - nice - river Q diamonds
Someone said he had a load of outs to beat me including the clubs. I corrected him but said when a guy is going from bottom pair to runner runner full houses, who am i to try an put my measly aces in his way.
Unreal. GG me. GG him. GG PokerStars R(LOL)NG (on the floor laughing)
Sing "Sometimes it's hard to be....
....a poker player"
My God! I have no idea what the hell is going on. It seems to be a combination of factors but the result is, I have no idea how to play at the moment. I am caning through my bankroll at an alarming rate. My sharkscope is looking like Raymer's after some dude hacked his account and played with his dollars. I looked at my sharkscope this morning to see the words "SuperTilt". As i am playing more multi table sng's this does not worry me too much. Gone are the days of being labelled "Super Hot" as i storm the 6 seater, single table turbos!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Just wrote a load of shit and accidentally wiped it. I am steaming so much!!! I need to turn off the pokes or reduce myself to dollar buyins for the night. I am SHIT.
What i wrote and lost was basically saying that; to be frank, my play is embarrassing. I sit here night after night hour after hour laughing at the plays of the "idiots" (reference Nathan Barley) and yet here i sit for the last 3 days, destroying my bankroll as one of the biggest fish out there. There i have said it. I am a fish. Yes, I may have won 3x 180 man tourneys in 7 days earning $630+ profit. But right now that means shit as i swear, these last 3 days anyone could beat me. I don't know what to do.
A lot of people at low limits read a lot about poker, myself included and get carried away blaming a "sick run" or variance. But if we are honest, the reason we are flailing around helplessly at the low limits is due to holes in our game. Variance is something professionals allow for when they play near perfect poker. They expect that despite getting their money in with the best of it, this will not always be enough. Of course these outdraws happen to us too, but i fail to judge them as variance because i can admit that i am not always getting my money in with the best of it, nor am i consistently out playing my opponents. Although God only knows how i can't consistently beat these ass clowns.
Another thought like this is the idea of cash games versus tournament play. Books and articles offer the fact that in a cash game you can rebuy should you go broke. A lot of under rolled, low limit players read this and think that this is the way to go. The thing is, whilst reloading is clearly an option, the books and articles are more reference for a better player. You can reaload if you go broke, but this should be assuming you are out drawn rather than out played or out classed. If any pro was sat at a table where he was losing and felt he had no edge, he would be gone in a flash. If he was out drawn and rebought, then lost again but maintained that he had an edge, he would reload all night. I'm thinking more Negreanu's 6's full versus Gus's quads as oppose to Matusows daily blow ups! There are tonnes of players, myself once included, who are consistently spaffing money away because its so fucking easy to reload. They are not constantly outdrawn, but occasionally. More often than not they reload and remain at a table hoping "this (non existent) sick run" will end. More often than not when their variance kicks in, they will still lose their money rather than win it.
I'm sooo frustrated its unbelievable. Just placed 4th in a sng whilst writing this because i made an "obvious bluff" as a third party fish called it. However i fail to see how he could have called unless he held the pair that he did.
Now where did i put that gun...
My God! I have no idea what the hell is going on. It seems to be a combination of factors but the result is, I have no idea how to play at the moment. I am caning through my bankroll at an alarming rate. My sharkscope is looking like Raymer's after some dude hacked his account and played with his dollars. I looked at my sharkscope this morning to see the words "SuperTilt". As i am playing more multi table sng's this does not worry me too much. Gone are the days of being labelled "Super Hot" as i storm the 6 seater, single table turbos!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Just wrote a load of shit and accidentally wiped it. I am steaming so much!!! I need to turn off the pokes or reduce myself to dollar buyins for the night. I am SHIT.
What i wrote and lost was basically saying that; to be frank, my play is embarrassing. I sit here night after night hour after hour laughing at the plays of the "idiots" (reference Nathan Barley) and yet here i sit for the last 3 days, destroying my bankroll as one of the biggest fish out there. There i have said it. I am a fish. Yes, I may have won 3x 180 man tourneys in 7 days earning $630+ profit. But right now that means shit as i swear, these last 3 days anyone could beat me. I don't know what to do.
A lot of people at low limits read a lot about poker, myself included and get carried away blaming a "sick run" or variance. But if we are honest, the reason we are flailing around helplessly at the low limits is due to holes in our game. Variance is something professionals allow for when they play near perfect poker. They expect that despite getting their money in with the best of it, this will not always be enough. Of course these outdraws happen to us too, but i fail to judge them as variance because i can admit that i am not always getting my money in with the best of it, nor am i consistently out playing my opponents. Although God only knows how i can't consistently beat these ass clowns.
Another thought like this is the idea of cash games versus tournament play. Books and articles offer the fact that in a cash game you can rebuy should you go broke. A lot of under rolled, low limit players read this and think that this is the way to go. The thing is, whilst reloading is clearly an option, the books and articles are more reference for a better player. You can reaload if you go broke, but this should be assuming you are out drawn rather than out played or out classed. If any pro was sat at a table where he was losing and felt he had no edge, he would be gone in a flash. If he was out drawn and rebought, then lost again but maintained that he had an edge, he would reload all night. I'm thinking more Negreanu's 6's full versus Gus's quads as oppose to Matusows daily blow ups! There are tonnes of players, myself once included, who are consistently spaffing money away because its so fucking easy to reload. They are not constantly outdrawn, but occasionally. More often than not they reload and remain at a table hoping "this (non existent) sick run" will end. More often than not when their variance kicks in, they will still lose their money rather than win it.
I'm sooo frustrated its unbelievable. Just placed 4th in a sng whilst writing this because i made an "obvious bluff" as a third party fish called it. However i fail to see how he could have called unless he held the pair that he did.
Now where did i put that gun...
Saturday, July 14, 2007
for any film fans...
I posted yesterday that i was watching Save the Green Planet by Stephen Chow. Whilst watching the film i became aware that it was nothing at all like the other films of his that i have seen. This is simply because what i said was in fact untrue. Whilst i was indeed watching this film, it would seem that Stephen Chow had nothing to do with the making of it. Save the Green Planet is in fact written and directed by Joon- Hwan Jang.
Steven Chow did however, write, direct and star in Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. Kung fu Hustle, as mentioned yesterday, must be seen.
Check in the Dark apologises to both Stephen Chow and Joon-Hwan Jang, both of whom are known to read this blog religiously. I hope that you can find it in your hearts to forgive me.
Steven Chow did however, write, direct and star in Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. Kung fu Hustle, as mentioned yesterday, must be seen.
Check in the Dark apologises to both Stephen Chow and Joon-Hwan Jang, both of whom are known to read this blog religiously. I hope that you can find it in your hearts to forgive me.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Well, well, well...
Good evening troops.
Just sitting around playing 'da pokes' and seeing what happens. I have had an up and down few days. As i posted recently, i had a few wins and then spooonked half of it up the cash game wall. I recouped a few dollars at William Hill, cashing out 40 quid leaving 20 still in. I won a couple of sng's and then lost more. I was profitable though. I did sit at a $25 cash table while my house mate was watching. I played about 3 hands in an hour and left with $60. Very fishy indeed. I am not rolled to play at these games but the truth of the decision was 2 fold. 1, the stats window in the lobby; it was a very loose table and the average pot was high. I thought/knew/hoped that sitting tight would reap rewards. And 2, does anyone else play better when they have someone watching them? I tend to have to explain situations aloud and thus analyse my own play. Definitely good for someone who tends to get splashy in too many pots - like me.
In other news. I have just placed first in another 180 for another $216. Yeah, yeah, just another $216. Ha! Its great news 'cos as you may or may not know i don't work properly at the moment, so its all welcome. I said that i would not cash any out as i wanted to build my BR up, but i did just take out $180/ £90, leaving me with over $200. The reason for this is that whilst i really do want to build a roll, at the same time i need money and was so angry at myself for spunking money away the other day, i would rather withdraw it and "bank" it than risk it. I withdrew it this time but will definitely win more bankroll contributions soon! Watch this space.
So i worked last Saturday for £175, withdrew £150 poker profit this week and am getting £220 to work tomorrow. For being a Pirate! Arrrrrrrr! Not a bad week - £545. I don't need more than that in a week. That amount per week more regularly would be nice though!
Sometimes i think my life is so dull. Other times, like this week. I fookin' love it!
Currently;
reading - True and False - David Mamet (Book about being a better actor - work you see)
watching - Save the Green Planet - Steven Chow (also made the must see Kung Fu Hustle)
listening to - The Pussycat Dolls - (foxy bitches)
good luck everyone
Just sitting around playing 'da pokes' and seeing what happens. I have had an up and down few days. As i posted recently, i had a few wins and then spooonked half of it up the cash game wall. I recouped a few dollars at William Hill, cashing out 40 quid leaving 20 still in. I won a couple of sng's and then lost more. I was profitable though. I did sit at a $25 cash table while my house mate was watching. I played about 3 hands in an hour and left with $60. Very fishy indeed. I am not rolled to play at these games but the truth of the decision was 2 fold. 1, the stats window in the lobby; it was a very loose table and the average pot was high. I thought/knew/hoped that sitting tight would reap rewards. And 2, does anyone else play better when they have someone watching them? I tend to have to explain situations aloud and thus analyse my own play. Definitely good for someone who tends to get splashy in too many pots - like me.
In other news. I have just placed first in another 180 for another $216. Yeah, yeah, just another $216. Ha! Its great news 'cos as you may or may not know i don't work properly at the moment, so its all welcome. I said that i would not cash any out as i wanted to build my BR up, but i did just take out $180/ £90, leaving me with over $200. The reason for this is that whilst i really do want to build a roll, at the same time i need money and was so angry at myself for spunking money away the other day, i would rather withdraw it and "bank" it than risk it. I withdrew it this time but will definitely win more bankroll contributions soon! Watch this space.
So i worked last Saturday for £175, withdrew £150 poker profit this week and am getting £220 to work tomorrow. For being a Pirate! Arrrrrrrr! Not a bad week - £545. I don't need more than that in a week. That amount per week more regularly would be nice though!
Sometimes i think my life is so dull. Other times, like this week. I fookin' love it!
Currently;
reading - True and False - David Mamet (Book about being a better actor - work you see)
watching - Save the Green Planet - Steven Chow (also made the must see Kung Fu Hustle)
listening to - The Pussycat Dolls - (foxy bitches)
good luck everyone
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Next one...
I had just taken a very big hit and was about half stacked - 700 or so.
Everyone limped and i raised all in with A7 off suit. I got called in 2 spots. A first position plater insta-called me ..."OH SHIT!".... as well as a mid position player.
The mid position flipped the monster that is Q7 suited or as it is known on the pro circuit "Old Faithful", ahem
The early limper - mother fucker - i didn't want to see those cards....hang on - he called with A3....off suit. Fuckin ace! i've got the best hand. It held and i won. Tripled up to over my starting stack.
Lets call Mr A3 "Genius" for the purpose of this next hand. Which incidentally was the very next hand.
I limp and complete with J10.
Genius raises in the bb - raises to about 500. I did have 600 - now i have 1600 - so i feel like i'm free rolling and call. I love the hand anyway. The flop is nice. 88T - i check raise him all in.
He insta calls with....
A7 diamonds. I shit you not, ladies and gentlemen
Turn 6
River 9 - creating the most improbable straight since....well since last time i posted about an improbable suck out.
Whilst writing this, in another tourney, i just moved all in from the sb and got called by first position who had 83 off suit.
A few minutes later - i had raised pre flop with A9 of hearts. We had checked down a board which finally read
QQTT7 -
I made a small bet with my ace, confident i was ahead. He called and mucked. I asked what he called with. He didn't speak. He is probably licking his cat or eating a faeces sandwich or something. So i checked the hand history. He called with J8 off suit.
This is what is so tough about playing these levels. If you play an hand strong you could just as easily run into AK or 83. Its that simple.
Don't even think that guy is calling for information either people. This is stupidity at its basest level. When can i play higher limits.
Hello...?
Everyone limped and i raised all in with A7 off suit. I got called in 2 spots. A first position plater insta-called me ..."OH SHIT!".... as well as a mid position player.
The mid position flipped the monster that is Q7 suited or as it is known on the pro circuit "Old Faithful", ahem
The early limper - mother fucker - i didn't want to see those cards....hang on - he called with A3....off suit. Fuckin ace! i've got the best hand. It held and i won. Tripled up to over my starting stack.
Lets call Mr A3 "Genius" for the purpose of this next hand. Which incidentally was the very next hand.
I limp and complete with J10.
Genius raises in the bb - raises to about 500. I did have 600 - now i have 1600 - so i feel like i'm free rolling and call. I love the hand anyway. The flop is nice. 88T - i check raise him all in.
He insta calls with....
A7 diamonds. I shit you not, ladies and gentlemen
Turn 6
River 9 - creating the most improbable straight since....well since last time i posted about an improbable suck out.
Whilst writing this, in another tourney, i just moved all in from the sb and got called by first position who had 83 off suit.
A few minutes later - i had raised pre flop with A9 of hearts. We had checked down a board which finally read
QQTT7 -
I made a small bet with my ace, confident i was ahead. He called and mucked. I asked what he called with. He didn't speak. He is probably licking his cat or eating a faeces sandwich or something. So i checked the hand history. He called with J8 off suit.
This is what is so tough about playing these levels. If you play an hand strong you could just as easily run into AK or 83. Its that simple.
Don't even think that guy is calling for information either people. This is stupidity at its basest level. When can i play higher limits.
Hello...?
Lol - all in with the best hand and suffer back to back suck outs to bust out - aments
Cunts!
What do these idiots think they are doing.
It is just coming up to the first break in the 20k guaranteed on Stars. I have about 6300 chips and the average is about 5k.
Everyone folds and the player to my right raises. I call with QT off suit.
flop KxQ - 2 spades.
he bets - could mean anything - i call
turn 10 spades - 2 pr me and i know i have gone ahead. This is further clarified for me by his desperate and unnecessary all in. I call.
He has KJ hearts. Lovely.
River - 9 -gives him the straight and half my chips.
That was the last hand before the break. I hate going into the break having lost a stack. Hey ho.
First hand back.
My Nemesis raises the minimum bet in early position. To me this means a weak hand that he wants to see a cheapish flop with A10/middle pair. I have 99 and i know i am ahead and just shove it all in. He folds when it arrives back to him but not before another player had called for all his chips. Fook. Race on.
Cards on their backs. Pocket sevens?! Erm...np...?
The flop was Kx7 - and that was that.
ALL HIS CHIPS - 77- then he "lol"'d in the chatbox, the classless cunt. So i unleashed a small but intellectual verbal bashing upon him. He said "ok you can rest now". At that point i let fly with the "R" rated version.
Laters. I'm off to play tourneys until my eyes fall out or my bankroll is gone.
GG muppets
What do these idiots think they are doing.
It is just coming up to the first break in the 20k guaranteed on Stars. I have about 6300 chips and the average is about 5k.
Everyone folds and the player to my right raises. I call with QT off suit.
flop KxQ - 2 spades.
he bets - could mean anything - i call
turn 10 spades - 2 pr me and i know i have gone ahead. This is further clarified for me by his desperate and unnecessary all in. I call.
He has KJ hearts. Lovely.
River - 9 -gives him the straight and half my chips.
That was the last hand before the break. I hate going into the break having lost a stack. Hey ho.
First hand back.
My Nemesis raises the minimum bet in early position. To me this means a weak hand that he wants to see a cheapish flop with A10/middle pair. I have 99 and i know i am ahead and just shove it all in. He folds when it arrives back to him but not before another player had called for all his chips. Fook. Race on.
Cards on their backs. Pocket sevens?! Erm...np...?
The flop was Kx7 - and that was that.
ALL HIS CHIPS - 77- then he "lol"'d in the chatbox, the classless cunt. So i unleashed a small but intellectual verbal bashing upon him. He said "ok you can rest now". At that point i let fly with the "R" rated version.
Laters. I'm off to play tourneys until my eyes fall out or my bankroll is gone.
GG muppets
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Today i gave a lot of my winnings to charity!
That charity being the ever needy succession of players at the low limit poker tables. I played some triple draw and misread a hand, lost 1 stack. There was an idiot player at the table who kept moving all in pre flop. I waited for genuine hands then could only draw aces and hit pairs. 2 and 3 stacks.
I logged off for a while and came back later to play some cash (I had won 4 buyins already this morning) and just wanted to repair some of the triple draw damage. 3 and 4 stacks in very quick succession. The first was against a very aggressive player who was hitting everything, i should have known better, but refused to fold my A on an A high flop - he had AK. I see him call all in pre flop w A10 and lose to KK so i know he is wreckless. I have 56 and call in mid/late position, he calls too. The flop comes Q56. Beautiful. I bet - he raises. I pause and shove - he calls. He has Q5 for a flopped higher 2 pr.
I recover 1 buyin when i hit an ace high flush and he cant pass KK with the K high flush.
I then revel in watching him lose the $100 stack he has accumulated back to the table. Every red cent. No more to me however.
Later i call a raise in late position with J10. There is just me and the raiser to the 10 high flop. He bets i call. I narrow him to over cards or an over pr. He fires again on the turn. I call. The river is a 10! He bets i raise. He moves all in (i see this all the time here with an over pair they cant let go of) i call - he has A10. FUK!
So in that hand, between the 2 players heads up and the board, we had all the 10's in the deck. Earlier we had shared 3 of the decks 4's and aces prior to this. Arse.
So i have hugely dented my stackage.
The good news? There are tourneys starting all the time. Woo.
I also played some cash on William Hill today having singned up to them through Gatsby's blog and rake offer. I was playing much better and was way ahead on the full ring cash table. I sat with £15 - left with £53 after what felt like an hour. Just played tight and my good hands better than others. I cashed out £20 which is £5 more than i deposited. This means my actual bank account shows a profit (£5!) on the day, and although my online BR took a heavy blow i think it is easily recoverable.
Good luck ma homies
I logged off for a while and came back later to play some cash (I had won 4 buyins already this morning) and just wanted to repair some of the triple draw damage. 3 and 4 stacks in very quick succession. The first was against a very aggressive player who was hitting everything, i should have known better, but refused to fold my A on an A high flop - he had AK. I see him call all in pre flop w A10 and lose to KK so i know he is wreckless. I have 56 and call in mid/late position, he calls too. The flop comes Q56. Beautiful. I bet - he raises. I pause and shove - he calls. He has Q5 for a flopped higher 2 pr.
I recover 1 buyin when i hit an ace high flush and he cant pass KK with the K high flush.
I then revel in watching him lose the $100 stack he has accumulated back to the table. Every red cent. No more to me however.
Later i call a raise in late position with J10. There is just me and the raiser to the 10 high flop. He bets i call. I narrow him to over cards or an over pr. He fires again on the turn. I call. The river is a 10! He bets i raise. He moves all in (i see this all the time here with an over pair they cant let go of) i call - he has A10. FUK!
So in that hand, between the 2 players heads up and the board, we had all the 10's in the deck. Earlier we had shared 3 of the decks 4's and aces prior to this. Arse.
So i have hugely dented my stackage.
The good news? There are tourneys starting all the time. Woo.
I also played some cash on William Hill today having singned up to them through Gatsby's blog and rake offer. I was playing much better and was way ahead on the full ring cash table. I sat with £15 - left with £53 after what felt like an hour. Just played tight and my good hands better than others. I cashed out £20 which is £5 more than i deposited. This means my actual bank account shows a profit (£5!) on the day, and although my online BR took a heavy blow i think it is easily recoverable.
Good luck ma homies
Monday, July 09, 2007
3pm and all's well
Hey gang
I thought this was going to be a bit of a sad post as after hitting $322 the other day i went on a moronic rampage yesterday. I played short handed, full tables, mtt's and sng's and cash. I literally played all day and won fuck all. I must have gone through about $80. I was playing bad, calling with weak hands pre flop and not letting go when i hit the flop in some way. On top of this i lost all the races and missed all my draws. I was annoyed with myself and clearly tilted but couldn't stop. At one point yesterday i logged off Pokerstars and immediately fired it up again to play 2-7 triple draw there were no tables available so i played a few HU games instead.
The reason this is not a sad post is because like any addict, when i woke up this morning i fired up the laptop just wanting to play "The Poke". I saw a 180 - $4.40 was almost full so i joined. I only went and won the fucker! Unbelievable. $216 ship it.
I went chip leader with about 90 left but not by along way. By the time we were getting to the bubble i was about 11th -15th and not planning on bubbling. A few all in's with everyone folding served me well. Down to 2 tables i lost a crucial pot for half my shortish stack. A player limped in first. He was short and rather than seeing a trap i saw weakness. When it came to me i had AK and moved all in. He paused for ages which is good news for me. He called with QT off suit. Ha! The flop was much less amusing than the call giving him trip tens and the turn a Q for the "salt in wounds" full house. Muppet.
I head into the final table last and seriously low. I had 6k to the chip leaders 39k. The next stack to me had 25k. I was just going to raise and try to double up using cards and/ or position. I picked up the blinds and then lost a huge pot which left me crippled.
There was a raise in first, a newly short stack moves all in. I am on the button with AK and move all in. First calls and shows nearly the worst hand he could have - AK. We are up against 33 which holds. I think its over but we split a small side pot to leave me with just over 2k. The bb is 1200 for fucks sake. I move all in whatever my next hand is. Its 98 and i'm all in. Two players call. The flop is a beautiful 89T with 2 hearts. There is a bet and a fold and i see i am up against A7. I hold and triple up. 10k
I hang around, slightly less desperate and push with A3. I make a heart flush which beats my caller foir a 20k pot.
I get some severely needed breathing room when i am in the bb with a pretty looking 63 diamonds. There are 4 limpers to me. Nice one. The flop is 477. If i could just catch a 5 i'll have a well disguised straight. Amazingly i get a free card. """"5"""" Amazing. I check and late position bets. I raise al in - he calls with A4 off suit (?). I take it
I now have 40k and seriously think there is a chance i can win.
I pick up good pots by reraising all in pre flop with AK and 99 forcing the aggressors to fold.
It's now 6 handed and the game dries up. Raises are rarely called and it is a very serious game of poker. I know something has to give- (it's usually me) - there is a lot of blind stealing going on. I call a raise from the shortest stack with A10 spades in the bb. I check the Q high flop to him. He bets small. I know he hasn't got it so i raise him all in. He "lol"'s and folds. I told him i had AQ and he said "nice check" i thanked him. Nice.
I am now chip leader with 77k but it's tight at the top.
Down to 3 and the lead is switching between us.
Then a monster developed in the blinds. The button strangely folds and i raise the bb with 86 diamonds. He calls. The flop is Jx8. I be and he calls. The turn is an amazing 6. I move all in and he calls with J10. Bootiful.
I am now on 155k with double 2nd place.
I hands later i raise the button with 22. I am reraise by the sb, the guy i just beat with the 68. I think and move all in. He calls with AJ and i flop a set.
HU with 200k to 60k
We exchange blinds for 3 hands. Then i raise with 67. He calls. The flop is 6J7. I bet, he raises all in and i call. I avoid jax and tens and seal another one.
So the thing i MUST learn. Is don't fucking play when you know you are playing like a retard. You'll play too many games. Play then badly and undo all the hard work in a flash.
It's tough to win money. It's too easy to lose it. Listen to your heads people.
BR = $441
Sharkscope profit = $904
ROI = 14%
I thought this was going to be a bit of a sad post as after hitting $322 the other day i went on a moronic rampage yesterday. I played short handed, full tables, mtt's and sng's and cash. I literally played all day and won fuck all. I must have gone through about $80. I was playing bad, calling with weak hands pre flop and not letting go when i hit the flop in some way. On top of this i lost all the races and missed all my draws. I was annoyed with myself and clearly tilted but couldn't stop. At one point yesterday i logged off Pokerstars and immediately fired it up again to play 2-7 triple draw there were no tables available so i played a few HU games instead.
The reason this is not a sad post is because like any addict, when i woke up this morning i fired up the laptop just wanting to play "The Poke". I saw a 180 - $4.40 was almost full so i joined. I only went and won the fucker! Unbelievable. $216 ship it.
I went chip leader with about 90 left but not by along way. By the time we were getting to the bubble i was about 11th -15th and not planning on bubbling. A few all in's with everyone folding served me well. Down to 2 tables i lost a crucial pot for half my shortish stack. A player limped in first. He was short and rather than seeing a trap i saw weakness. When it came to me i had AK and moved all in. He paused for ages which is good news for me. He called with QT off suit. Ha! The flop was much less amusing than the call giving him trip tens and the turn a Q for the "salt in wounds" full house. Muppet.
I head into the final table last and seriously low. I had 6k to the chip leaders 39k. The next stack to me had 25k. I was just going to raise and try to double up using cards and/ or position. I picked up the blinds and then lost a huge pot which left me crippled.
There was a raise in first, a newly short stack moves all in. I am on the button with AK and move all in. First calls and shows nearly the worst hand he could have - AK. We are up against 33 which holds. I think its over but we split a small side pot to leave me with just over 2k. The bb is 1200 for fucks sake. I move all in whatever my next hand is. Its 98 and i'm all in. Two players call. The flop is a beautiful 89T with 2 hearts. There is a bet and a fold and i see i am up against A7. I hold and triple up. 10k
I hang around, slightly less desperate and push with A3. I make a heart flush which beats my caller foir a 20k pot.
I get some severely needed breathing room when i am in the bb with a pretty looking 63 diamonds. There are 4 limpers to me. Nice one. The flop is 477. If i could just catch a 5 i'll have a well disguised straight. Amazingly i get a free card. """"5"""" Amazing. I check and late position bets. I raise al in - he calls with A4 off suit (?). I take it
I now have 40k and seriously think there is a chance i can win.
I pick up good pots by reraising all in pre flop with AK and 99 forcing the aggressors to fold.
It's now 6 handed and the game dries up. Raises are rarely called and it is a very serious game of poker. I know something has to give- (it's usually me) - there is a lot of blind stealing going on. I call a raise from the shortest stack with A10 spades in the bb. I check the Q high flop to him. He bets small. I know he hasn't got it so i raise him all in. He "lol"'s and folds. I told him i had AQ and he said "nice check" i thanked him. Nice.
I am now chip leader with 77k but it's tight at the top.
Down to 3 and the lead is switching between us.
Then a monster developed in the blinds. The button strangely folds and i raise the bb with 86 diamonds. He calls. The flop is Jx8. I be and he calls. The turn is an amazing 6. I move all in and he calls with J10. Bootiful.
I am now on 155k with double 2nd place.
I hands later i raise the button with 22. I am reraise by the sb, the guy i just beat with the 68. I think and move all in. He calls with AJ and i flop a set.
HU with 200k to 60k
We exchange blinds for 3 hands. Then i raise with 67. He calls. The flop is 6J7. I bet, he raises all in and i call. I avoid jax and tens and seal another one.
So the thing i MUST learn. Is don't fucking play when you know you are playing like a retard. You'll play too many games. Play then badly and undo all the hard work in a flash.
It's tough to win money. It's too easy to lose it. Listen to your heads people.
BR = $441
Sharkscope profit = $904
ROI = 14%
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