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God im so mad, havent been this pissed off after a game for over a month.
$100 24 player, (last 4 times ive played ive made 1st,2nd and 3rd out of 20-25 runners)
Play a almost total "A" game and get up to chipleader with 18 left and up the aggression in all the right spots except when a KK runs into AA for a 5k pot which still left me in 2nd place as i had such a big lead. Anyway i dont tilt and manage to continue the aggression and win a few coinflips as well as losing a couple as well. Final table of 9 and im joint chip leader with 2 others and it pays to 5. I steal lots of blinds as we get more shorthanded and manage to get a comfortable lead then go nuts on the bubble raising about 50% of the time off the blinds and getting little resistance. By the time it goes 4 handed i have 20k and sustain that stack despite crap cards by stealing a lot. Then comes the nice set up hand, im on 20k 2nd place has 16k and there is a 10k and a 2k stack. I raise for the umpteen (if thats how u spell it) time , this time with AA and get reraised by the other big stack. To cut a long story short he has KK and he hits a king on the flop when im committed to the hand anyway. If i hold up there im 36k vs 10k vs 2k with the blinds only at 200,400. To say im livid is an understatement, i get a gay $350 when there is $1470 and $875 for 1st and 2nd. These guys play only premium hands and wouldnt be capable of a decent poker play in their life, what a big joke again.
Oh and just to add to the misery while playing that i played another CPC $20 shootout , same story again, i win my 4 player game and wait about 45 minutes for the other tables to finish as seems the norm. Then a guy decided to flat call my 90 raise with KJoff and reraise the QJrag flop committing himself when i have AQ. Of course the K hits the turn and im left on 240 chips when i should be chip leader with about a 40-50% chance of winning from there imo. Get my money back but again miss out on a seat in the $400 CPC shootout final. I will keep playing these as i know how much equity my buy in is giving me.
Before i played these i was in a ladbrokes freeroll to win a VIP package to Newmarket to watch my horse run on Friday also. About 90 runners with 19 VIP packages up for grabs. No the story doesnt end well, with blinds at 100,200 the dumb big stack is happy to commit 25% of his stack with 43off preflop and of course busts my AQstd for a pot which would have put me 14ish/29 , on paper i would say i was 75%+ to have won a package if that held up. These VIP packages are great and must have value in excess of £500 with booze on tap all afternoon, use of marquee, posh meal and hotel afterwards. Oh well try again if my horse survives to run another race :(
Summary of the night is ive got a nice reminder of how useful this blog is to try to get the shit out of my head, i feel a bit better already !!!
I also have a seat in a sunday lunch $500+$30 game now on Ladbrokes, so combined with my EPT stt on Littlewoods i have a couple of high stake games lined up which i can look forward to. The ladbrokes seat is a funny story, basically i registered for $27.50 for a sub qualifier for the $530 game with only 1 other player in it but their system was playing up and despite them trying to reset the multi section and cancel all games i managed to play the game and the other guy was sitting out. I had to complain when i wasnt registered or refunded my buy in and of course they are happy to put me in the $530 game LOL.
House hunting begins tommorrow with my first ever viewings of a couple of bottom of the market flats. I think im more likely to go for a house at the top of my budget but it doesnt harm to look at the cheapest first so the slightly bigger and better ones look a lot more appealing, well thats the plan anyway.
Monday, August 21, 2006
Same Old Argument
Why do i insist on pushing all in when im heads up against a passive tight person with hands like 1010 ?
Was definitely a bit of frustration in this 19 player $150 game as we were 3 handed for what must have been over an hour and then i was heads up for about 25 minutes before i pushed with 1010 preflop only to see and AK race and i failed. I had pushed with the same hand near the start of the heads up when i was a bit weak and he had folded his 3k raise (A9) so i think i was right to move again in this situation, if the blinds had been 1 level lower then definitely not though.
The blinds were 300,600 and there was 36k in play, i went heads up with only 12k vs 26k and basically floated between 12k and 20k the whole time. Every time i got close to the guy he hit a board bigger than mine, the worst one being a 6-7k pot when i had 10,3 on a J1043Q board and and he held Q10 but luckily he didnt know how top bet big at the river but i had to pay his minimum raise off. I still would have played the same against this guy, i probably won around 80% of the heads up pots as he was that tight.
Put it down to experience and move on, got $950 for my troubles but there was an extra $650 on offer for the winner.
I havent blogged recently as ive only really been playing cash and i dont find that as interesting to blog about.
I tried a CPC shootout earlier for $154 and never got going only for JJ to run into KK 4 handed ...nice. I also was leading the £27 10k for a while then was top 10 until the hand below which sealed my downfall. I also failed in the 25$k added tournament after a number of beats for middle sized pots to put me above average chips failed.
In the 10k, about 80 players left and i have the raiser covered by an extra 9k spare. I call the minimum raise with Kd10d (800 total) and the big blind also calls. flop is QJ9d for the nuts, chk chk raiser bets 1600 leaving himself 1800 behind, i decide to flat call to hopefully guarantee his push on the nxt card whatever cards he has, turn is 8d which looks nice as i have flush draw as well now but shouldnt need it anyway. chk and he goes all in , i call and he shows Ad7d and the friggen river is a diamond !!! great a 10k pot gone that would have put me on 20k in the top 5 with the blinds only 200,400. Finished 60th not long after when i went card dead before i pushed with 22 only to run into 2 x higher pocket pairs and no help.
At the end of the day im just glad i didnt go on tilt after that especially in the $150 i was playing at the same time ! This is the first time ive played the 10k for a while , sunday has 33% more starting stack which is very useful but the standard is at best laughable and i know i should play it more often if i had the patience to tighten up a bit.
Was definitely a bit of frustration in this 19 player $150 game as we were 3 handed for what must have been over an hour and then i was heads up for about 25 minutes before i pushed with 1010 preflop only to see and AK race and i failed. I had pushed with the same hand near the start of the heads up when i was a bit weak and he had folded his 3k raise (A9) so i think i was right to move again in this situation, if the blinds had been 1 level lower then definitely not though.
The blinds were 300,600 and there was 36k in play, i went heads up with only 12k vs 26k and basically floated between 12k and 20k the whole time. Every time i got close to the guy he hit a board bigger than mine, the worst one being a 6-7k pot when i had 10,3 on a J1043Q board and and he held Q10 but luckily he didnt know how top bet big at the river but i had to pay his minimum raise off. I still would have played the same against this guy, i probably won around 80% of the heads up pots as he was that tight.
Put it down to experience and move on, got $950 for my troubles but there was an extra $650 on offer for the winner.
I havent blogged recently as ive only really been playing cash and i dont find that as interesting to blog about.
I tried a CPC shootout earlier for $154 and never got going only for JJ to run into KK 4 handed ...nice. I also was leading the £27 10k for a while then was top 10 until the hand below which sealed my downfall. I also failed in the 25$k added tournament after a number of beats for middle sized pots to put me above average chips failed.
In the 10k, about 80 players left and i have the raiser covered by an extra 9k spare. I call the minimum raise with Kd10d (800 total) and the big blind also calls. flop is QJ9d for the nuts, chk chk raiser bets 1600 leaving himself 1800 behind, i decide to flat call to hopefully guarantee his push on the nxt card whatever cards he has, turn is 8d which looks nice as i have flush draw as well now but shouldnt need it anyway. chk and he goes all in , i call and he shows Ad7d and the friggen river is a diamond !!! great a 10k pot gone that would have put me on 20k in the top 5 with the blinds only 200,400. Finished 60th not long after when i went card dead before i pushed with 22 only to run into 2 x higher pocket pairs and no help.
At the end of the day im just glad i didnt go on tilt after that especially in the $150 i was playing at the same time ! This is the first time ive played the 10k for a while , sunday has 33% more starting stack which is very useful but the standard is at best laughable and i know i should play it more often if i had the patience to tighten up a bit.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Ooooops
Was running well in the $109 again until i got caught big time when i re-reraised with AJ on a K94 board putting the caller on KQ or KJ and knowing he could fold as i was representing a bigger K or even trips. I knew my aggression would get caught out eventually but he did admit he was close to folding. Was still left with 1k in chips and lost a 2500 pot a few hands later 9,10 vs AJ (and another guy folded AK the same hand blocking some of the AJ).
At the same time i had a £33 sixpac going and it was nice to win it on a classic free cards situation with a huge bet at the end to make the guy think i didnt have the king, see below.
Game #2230962183: Hold'em NL (100/200) - 2006/08/17 - 23:10:31 (UK)
Table "SixPak30 3272958 - 1" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 3: Animal (3382 in chips)
Seat 6: steviemac (2618 in chips)
Animal: posts small blind 100
steviemac: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Animal [5c Kh]
Animal: calls 100
steviemac: raises to 400
Animal: calls 200
----- FLOP ----- [Tc 2d Qh]
steviemac: checks
Animal: bets 600
steviemac: calls 600
----- TURN ----- [Tc 2d Qh][Ad]
steviemac: checks
Animal: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Tc 2d Qh Ad][Jc]
steviemac: checks
Animal: bets 2382 and is all-in
steviemac: is all-in 1618
Returned uncalled bets 764 to Animal
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Animal: shows [5c Kh] (A Straight, Ace high)
steviemac: shows [Ts Qs] (Two Pairs, Queens and Tens, Ace high)
Animal collects 5236 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 5236 Main pot 5236 Rake 0
Board [Tc 2d Qh Ad Jc]
Seat 3: Animal (small blind) showed [5c Kh] and won (5236) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 6: steviemac (big blind) showed [Ts Qs] and lost
That covers the entrance fee to the $109 and more anyway :))
Also played 2 x 6 player 2,4$ NL tables on the tribeca network for a few hours to see how bad they were. They were pretty much as expected and at the end i was another $200 up. The downside to this is no rakeback but i will try some others in the near future that i can get rakeback on. I think Full Tilt is next on the list once i bother to set up an account with rakeback.
At the same time i had a £33 sixpac going and it was nice to win it on a classic free cards situation with a huge bet at the end to make the guy think i didnt have the king, see below.
Game #2230962183: Hold'em NL (100/200) - 2006/08/17 - 23:10:31 (UK)
Table "SixPak30 3272958 - 1" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 3: Animal (3382 in chips)
Seat 6: steviemac (2618 in chips)
Animal: posts small blind 100
steviemac: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Animal [5c Kh]
Animal: calls 100
steviemac: raises to 400
Animal: calls 200
----- FLOP ----- [Tc 2d Qh]
steviemac: checks
Animal: bets 600
steviemac: calls 600
----- TURN ----- [Tc 2d Qh][Ad]
steviemac: checks
Animal: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Tc 2d Qh Ad][Jc]
steviemac: checks
Animal: bets 2382 and is all-in
steviemac: is all-in 1618
Returned uncalled bets 764 to Animal
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Animal: shows [5c Kh] (A Straight, Ace high)
steviemac: shows [Ts Qs] (Two Pairs, Queens and Tens, Ace high)
Animal collects 5236 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 5236 Main pot 5236 Rake 0
Board [Tc 2d Qh Ad Jc]
Seat 3: Animal (small blind) showed [5c Kh] and won (5236) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 6: steviemac (big blind) showed [Ts Qs] and lost
That covers the entrance fee to the $109 and more anyway :))
Also played 2 x 6 player 2,4$ NL tables on the tribeca network for a few hours to see how bad they were. They were pretty much as expected and at the end i was another $200 up. The downside to this is no rakeback but i will try some others in the near future that i can get rakeback on. I think Full Tilt is next on the list once i bother to set up an account with rakeback.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Close But Disappointing
Jet lag is still nuts, slept from 4:30am - 8:30am and from 2:30pm - 7:30pm today LOL.
Anyway ive only played 2 multis and 1 stt, both multis great results but not great enough given the finishes.
A $22 CPC shootout with 32 players, went heads up with 3/1 advantage only to double the guy up K6 vs K7 with the 7 kicker counting after the chips went in on a king high flop. Then i got 77 and ran into his QQ when we were level in chips so i just got a return of $48 instead of going through to the $400 shootout final. The standard is terrible in these shootouts though, i must play as many as possible , on paper i think my $22 entry is worth 3 times that when i just sit down given the format and the standard.
I played the same $109 as last night and was very pleased with my play finishing 3rd/24 in the end for $525, i wont post the details but again my gambling around the bubble time and shorthanded paid off big time and i could have easily won the tournament again with a tiny bit more luck. Never mind i cant win them all :(( .
Other bonuses i have received today include a bottle of champagne and a seat in a 10 player stt (date to be confirmed) for a win only 6600 euros EPT package of winners choice from Littlewoods. Apparantly there was meant to be more hospitality at the WSOP but wired money never made it so this stt is a bonus for qualifiers instead. Personally i thought the hospitality was fine but what the heck i can wait for a freeroll 1/10 chance of an EPT package , the way im playing i hope its very soon as i would like to think im 1/5 not 1/10 to win it at the moment if the structure is kind.
I also have read that my 1% shared ownership horse "Laddies Poker" is to run for the first time in a maiden at Newmarket a week Friday. I was not overly impressed when i saw it at the stables a couple of months ago, i hope im proved wrong as im no horse racing expert. Either way it will be a laugh to watch it run , walk, hobble , fall over or whatever. :)
Anyway ive only played 2 multis and 1 stt, both multis great results but not great enough given the finishes.
A $22 CPC shootout with 32 players, went heads up with 3/1 advantage only to double the guy up K6 vs K7 with the 7 kicker counting after the chips went in on a king high flop. Then i got 77 and ran into his QQ when we were level in chips so i just got a return of $48 instead of going through to the $400 shootout final. The standard is terrible in these shootouts though, i must play as many as possible , on paper i think my $22 entry is worth 3 times that when i just sit down given the format and the standard.
I played the same $109 as last night and was very pleased with my play finishing 3rd/24 in the end for $525, i wont post the details but again my gambling around the bubble time and shorthanded paid off big time and i could have easily won the tournament again with a tiny bit more luck. Never mind i cant win them all :(( .
Other bonuses i have received today include a bottle of champagne and a seat in a 10 player stt (date to be confirmed) for a win only 6600 euros EPT package of winners choice from Littlewoods. Apparantly there was meant to be more hospitality at the WSOP but wired money never made it so this stt is a bonus for qualifiers instead. Personally i thought the hospitality was fine but what the heck i can wait for a freeroll 1/10 chance of an EPT package , the way im playing i hope its very soon as i would like to think im 1/5 not 1/10 to win it at the moment if the structure is kind.
I also have read that my 1% shared ownership horse "Laddies Poker" is to run for the first time in a maiden at Newmarket a week Friday. I was not overly impressed when i saw it at the stables a couple of months ago, i hope im proved wrong as im no horse racing expert. Either way it will be a laugh to watch it run , walk, hobble , fall over or whatever. :)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Back to Online Winning Ways
Thankfully my headache was gone when i woke up for the third time today having slept 3am - 7am, 10am - 1pm and 2:30pm - 6pm. This jet lag is weird when combined with a chest infection as i just sleep when i know i will get to sleep as i cant force myself to stay awake when i feel like crap lol.
Played omaha cash and made 2-300$ and cleared the mpp points so im registered for the $25k added this sunday now.
As my head was clear i decided to give a few tournaments a go, got nowhere in the £27 10k after a silly gamblers call near the start as i wanted to try and get a stack early. Played a couple of $22 CPC shootouts which are of a very poor standard, the second one had value and i got to last 3 with winner only getting to the $400 shootout final before i lost AJstd vs AQoff (4 handed) and 66 vs AQoff to have gone heads up with equal chips, i had to take a coinflip as i was card dead for most of the six player final anyway.
Last tournament i entered was a 27 player $109 game and i won that , dare i say with ease once it went shorthanded, for $1470. It paid to be ultra agressive short handed as i got a big stack and then was able to dominate the table, it was a big bouns when the tighter player knocked out 3rd place and with a 2/1 chiplead at the start of heads up i knew i would be fine unless i did something silly. 5 minutes later i had 44k vs 10k and got the guy allin preflop AQ vs A9std which held up nicely for me despite a scary flush draw for him on the flop !
The shorthanded bit has taken it out of me a bit so i guess i had better switch off early tonight.
Played omaha cash and made 2-300$ and cleared the mpp points so im registered for the $25k added this sunday now.
As my head was clear i decided to give a few tournaments a go, got nowhere in the £27 10k after a silly gamblers call near the start as i wanted to try and get a stack early. Played a couple of $22 CPC shootouts which are of a very poor standard, the second one had value and i got to last 3 with winner only getting to the $400 shootout final before i lost AJstd vs AQoff (4 handed) and 66 vs AQoff to have gone heads up with equal chips, i had to take a coinflip as i was card dead for most of the six player final anyway.
Last tournament i entered was a 27 player $109 game and i won that , dare i say with ease once it went shorthanded, for $1470. It paid to be ultra agressive short handed as i got a big stack and then was able to dominate the table, it was a big bouns when the tighter player knocked out 3rd place and with a 2/1 chiplead at the start of heads up i knew i would be fine unless i did something silly. 5 minutes later i had 44k vs 10k and got the guy allin preflop AQ vs A9std which held up nicely for me despite a scary flush draw for him on the flop !
The shorthanded bit has taken it out of me a bit so i guess i had better switch off early tonight.
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