27th in the 10k .....for gods sake 1010 vs 99 and a lovely 9 high flop , had a fair stack too , would have been top 5 if that pot held.
Highlights before that have to be the button raiser (playing a 15k stack) going 600 to 1800 and i went 11k allin with 85off when there was 32 players left. Showed the bluff after he put he folded 88 lol. 2nd time he raised on button when it folded to button so had to send a message out and did lol. He also mentioned he was qualified for WSOP so i felt able to make a move on such a player that had been bigging it up for a while. Mind you any half decent player would call there , just need some balls lol.
Earlier i did get lucky when i had QJ (no spades) on a J76 board (all spades) in a £12 50k sub qualifier. Got called allin on flop by AA (with ace of spades) and 77 , looked this one up and its about 1.7% for me to win lol. Turn = 6 , River = jack and amazingly i actually did qualify and make use of the luck for a change which i think has been lacking this last month. Luck without a doubt is even as always for the month , its just which spots you get the luck in that decide your real fate.
Sixpacs (played 13) profit +£71
June was destined for no big payouts in any multis and a very poor standard based on profit alone. Profit after everything is a poor £293 , better than a loss anyway :)) .
Ok after very little play in Scotland i thought i might do better but ive just not got deep into enough multis and in the few that i have , i just havent had my name on any big cash at the end of the day. Also wasnt a mile off more package wins , again luck in the right place required.
The sixpac experiment was going well until the bad run a week ago, i think i played too many thunders in the end which do rely on too much luck. Roughly for the month i only made £250 from 107 sixpacs ranging from £11 to £109 but mainly £22 or £33 ones.
Right lets move to July and see whats in store. I have entry to the 50k on Sunday and also have paid for entry to the $50k added tournament also on Sunday. With England playing tommorow will be poker free and lagers a plenty. Sunday i will play those games above as freerolls and see how bad the hangover is as to whether i play much else.
Flights are booked for 27 July to Vegas , just need to print e-ticket thingy, sort out how im getting to/from London, get some insurance and decide how much cash to take which is a bit of a mindboggler. Basically the further i get in the WSOP the less i will spend out there so without knowing that in advance its a grey area. Maybe £600 and just withdraw with charges if i need any more.
Think i will continue to play a fair few sixpacs next month but i think i maybe should vary a bit more and play a few more 10 player ones and probably a bit of cash when im totally against stts. I believe the WSOP is 9 or 10 handed so thats another argument for playing more of that type of game leading up to it as well.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Quick Untilt Purely A Let Off Steam Post
Damn it, thought my luck had finally changed, got deep into the £55 201 player 15k (huge value) , kept overraising at around the cash stages and got nice stack uncalled. Then i overraise button raise 7 handed from sb with 99 , guy takes ages then calls with AK and hits of course. Pot was to go 2/21 with a stack i could have used nicely. Got back with a double A7 vs J10std when only 6-7 x bb of 800 but then i got no cards and finally pushed 8k utg 6 handed , blinds were 600,1200. To my amazement a 30k chippie raises (not even in blinds) with K10off to 15k. Christ thought i was in big trouble with that raise then i see K10off the muppet and of course he hits the 10. That would have put me 8/10 as someone exitted next hand on the other table so i still had a fair chance of winning or placing high. Personally i rather lose to KK or AA not a friggen joke of a call K10off, flaming muppet. Just to clarify i finished 11th :((
Will blog later on full day as currently 30/96 in the 337 entrants £27 10k, boy did i need to let some steam off in this post. Oh also lost AK vs 77 to have gone 1st/180 on a huge stack when the blinds were only 50,100 in this 10k which hasnt helped. As i wrote this i lost pot odds call KJ vs 88 to have gone up 5 places or so. 52/78 now oh dear coinflips doing my head in again.
Will blog later on full day as currently 30/96 in the 337 entrants £27 10k, boy did i need to let some steam off in this post. Oh also lost AK vs 77 to have gone 1st/180 on a huge stack when the blinds were only 50,100 in this 10k which hasnt helped. As i wrote this i lost pot odds call KJ vs 88 to have gone up 5 places or so. 52/78 now oh dear coinflips doing my head in again.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Still No Joy
Yesterday, sixpac loss -£30
Actually played 12 and cashed in 6 but unfortunately 5 of them were seconds for tiny returns
Today, sixpac profit (yes profit believe it) + £125 , 6 games played
Unfortunately i lost that profit playing 3 multis, 109euros, £55 and £27. Exits as follows:
£55 in bb raise 100 to 300 (playing a unimproved 2k stack) with KK and get 2 callers, flop 865 2 clubs , 1 caller has 97clubs , not nice.
£27 latish raise 30 to 111 (playing a weak 900 stack) with KK and get 3 callers, flop 10,9,7 with 2 clubs, bb bets 200ish i go allin get called by AJclubs and original better J10off. Got my chips in first ahead, what else can i say.
109euro bb 100 with 33 (playing a 1375 stack) , guy late on with a 5k stack flat calls with KJ suited , sb tops up, i go allin assuming that im ahead to take 300 there and then. Of course the KJ suited has spare chips and is quite prepared to gamble calling instantly "backwards dummy" style and hitting flop straight away. These are the ones that piss me off when they have no idea how to play a large stack by raising initially to put pressure on my 33 but are quite happy to call 13xbb preflop anyway.
Dont like to think about how bad my profit for the month is, was ok till this bad mini run that ive had for the last 4 days or so, may even have wiped out my profit completely, anyway it will probably be my worst or 1 of worst months since i started records depending on the next 24 hours.
Only positive i can think about at the moment is starting a fresh month with the WSOP to look forward to at the end of it.
Actually played 12 and cashed in 6 but unfortunately 5 of them were seconds for tiny returns
Today, sixpac profit (yes profit believe it) + £125 , 6 games played
Unfortunately i lost that profit playing 3 multis, 109euros, £55 and £27. Exits as follows:
£55 in bb raise 100 to 300 (playing a unimproved 2k stack) with KK and get 2 callers, flop 865 2 clubs , 1 caller has 97clubs , not nice.
£27 latish raise 30 to 111 (playing a weak 900 stack) with KK and get 3 callers, flop 10,9,7 with 2 clubs, bb bets 200ish i go allin get called by AJclubs and original better J10off. Got my chips in first ahead, what else can i say.
109euro bb 100 with 33 (playing a 1375 stack) , guy late on with a 5k stack flat calls with KJ suited , sb tops up, i go allin assuming that im ahead to take 300 there and then. Of course the KJ suited has spare chips and is quite prepared to gamble calling instantly "backwards dummy" style and hitting flop straight away. These are the ones that piss me off when they have no idea how to play a large stack by raising initially to put pressure on my 33 but are quite happy to call 13xbb preflop anyway.
Dont like to think about how bad my profit for the month is, was ok till this bad mini run that ive had for the last 4 days or so, may even have wiped out my profit completely, anyway it will probably be my worst or 1 of worst months since i started records depending on the next 24 hours.
Only positive i can think about at the moment is starting a fresh month with the WSOP to look forward to at the end of it.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Things Can Only Get Worse
Well thats what i believe at the minute , i seem to making some of the best reads of my life online and playing really well only to get outdrawn time after time or stitched up by juiced up tables.
Sixpacs loss (3 played) -£32
Played a few multis and again i can confirm im damn annoyed, pissed off and about ready to smash something.
Think it was AJ vs A10 in a blind battle in a £20 muti when the blinds are smallish , i go allin over the sb raise, never a call but the A10 calls immediately and flops top pair and a flush draw , that sums up the day best probably.
$100 game ,20 minute blinds im incredibly active , pull off 1 or 2 good semi bluffs only to lose A7 vs 33 , 33 vs AK , 1010 vs KK (5 handed when very active and couldnt fold to the overaise despite the other guy making it obvious he had better). The only hand i won preflop all game was a AJ vs A3 , bring on WSOP with a deep stack and the opportunity to play some proper poker.
Lets see what else do we have oh this is a good one. 15k £55 buy in. I have 1700ish and blinds are 15,30. 88 utg flat call , 1 other caller and sb makes it 150 to go. I consider fold as dont like 5xbb raises but decide to call as can afford the knock if miss and he may only have overcards, other guy calls. Flop K84 chk chk chk. turn = 9 chk i decide to bet as want big pot or someone to pay for gutshot (no flush draws possible) or whatever and bet 210 into the 480 , next guys folds , sb raises single element to 420. I way up situation and decide he has KK or AK (mayb 99 but unlikely) , decide to flat call and decide on river as AK might not pay me if i go back over top here. River is a 3 and this guy bets 450, now for me the only option is to call or raise allin online , i put the guy on KK but call anyway to see and im correct that the suspicious betting indicates. Im left with 700ish chips and thank the guy for not busting me. In reality i was congratulating myself for somehow not pumping the pot and busting. I know for a fact thats the first time ive only called someone down on a rainbow board with no possible straights out there with trips. board was K8493 , 3rd nuts trips as well LOL. I think that is without doubt my best escape online (although of course u never get to see what the other has if u normally make a big fold). Anyway left with 700 chips i get to 800 before this hand really does me. 9,10off towards button i call 50 after utg caller and just blinds in flop is KJ7 giving me double gutshot. utg bets 50 i call and happy to only lose 50 if miss , turn is Q to give me straight although there are 3 diamonds out there. utg bets 200 , makes me suspicious with increased bet but im too weak to fold so go 700 allin, he calls instantly with A2off including ace of diamonds and the river is the lovely diamond to prevent me getting right back into a tournament i should have bust on already.
Cant remember my exit on a £12 sub for the 50k but know it was a outdraw as well.
And the £27 10k i raised a 150 blind to 600 with 88 (when only holding a 1200 stack) commiting to hand no matter what only to be overraised by KJstd. Yes that hand must have looked pretty to fool with spare chips , absolutely no way he would have been ahead of any hand i was holding there as i know my exact position stackwise and wasnt gonna be pushing or raising with worse. Anyway flop is , u could guess , KJ and a rag , what a surprise.
Im actually amazed at the last 2 days of poker , i know everyone has bad runs but the draws and fools getting lucky by playing hands awful are really doing me in. Due to the shorthanded nature of most of my games there arent as many preflop allins so im very surprised at this run.
Not sure how to approach the game now as i thought today playing more multis would make me feel bit better but the outdraws have been worse. May well go lower in entry stakes if i can handle it for a bit to try and guarantee winnings or more importantly confidence.
Sixpacs loss (3 played) -£32
Played a few multis and again i can confirm im damn annoyed, pissed off and about ready to smash something.
Think it was AJ vs A10 in a blind battle in a £20 muti when the blinds are smallish , i go allin over the sb raise, never a call but the A10 calls immediately and flops top pair and a flush draw , that sums up the day best probably.
$100 game ,20 minute blinds im incredibly active , pull off 1 or 2 good semi bluffs only to lose A7 vs 33 , 33 vs AK , 1010 vs KK (5 handed when very active and couldnt fold to the overaise despite the other guy making it obvious he had better). The only hand i won preflop all game was a AJ vs A3 , bring on WSOP with a deep stack and the opportunity to play some proper poker.
Lets see what else do we have oh this is a good one. 15k £55 buy in. I have 1700ish and blinds are 15,30. 88 utg flat call , 1 other caller and sb makes it 150 to go. I consider fold as dont like 5xbb raises but decide to call as can afford the knock if miss and he may only have overcards, other guy calls. Flop K84 chk chk chk. turn = 9 chk i decide to bet as want big pot or someone to pay for gutshot (no flush draws possible) or whatever and bet 210 into the 480 , next guys folds , sb raises single element to 420. I way up situation and decide he has KK or AK (mayb 99 but unlikely) , decide to flat call and decide on river as AK might not pay me if i go back over top here. River is a 3 and this guy bets 450, now for me the only option is to call or raise allin online , i put the guy on KK but call anyway to see and im correct that the suspicious betting indicates. Im left with 700ish chips and thank the guy for not busting me. In reality i was congratulating myself for somehow not pumping the pot and busting. I know for a fact thats the first time ive only called someone down on a rainbow board with no possible straights out there with trips. board was K8493 , 3rd nuts trips as well LOL. I think that is without doubt my best escape online (although of course u never get to see what the other has if u normally make a big fold). Anyway left with 700 chips i get to 800 before this hand really does me. 9,10off towards button i call 50 after utg caller and just blinds in flop is KJ7 giving me double gutshot. utg bets 50 i call and happy to only lose 50 if miss , turn is Q to give me straight although there are 3 diamonds out there. utg bets 200 , makes me suspicious with increased bet but im too weak to fold so go 700 allin, he calls instantly with A2off including ace of diamonds and the river is the lovely diamond to prevent me getting right back into a tournament i should have bust on already.
Cant remember my exit on a £12 sub for the 50k but know it was a outdraw as well.
And the £27 10k i raised a 150 blind to 600 with 88 (when only holding a 1200 stack) commiting to hand no matter what only to be overraised by KJstd. Yes that hand must have looked pretty to fool with spare chips , absolutely no way he would have been ahead of any hand i was holding there as i know my exact position stackwise and wasnt gonna be pushing or raising with worse. Anyway flop is , u could guess , KJ and a rag , what a surprise.
Im actually amazed at the last 2 days of poker , i know everyone has bad runs but the draws and fools getting lucky by playing hands awful are really doing me in. Due to the shorthanded nature of most of my games there arent as many preflop allins so im very surprised at this run.
Not sure how to approach the game now as i thought today playing more multis would make me feel bit better but the outdraws have been worse. May well go lower in entry stakes if i can handle it for a bit to try and guarantee winnings or more importantly confidence.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Hangover Poker
I know the two dont mix, the trouble is when your luck is useless in the right places and you combine that with a hangover you usually end up with one of your worst days of poker for losses and enjoyment. The other problem is when i have one of my hangovers i never seem to motivate myself to do anything physical so often end up playing anyway knowing i wont enjoy it, but through serial boredom.
Sixpac Loss (played 12) : -£244
Multis were a joke lost $109 and £27 ones with beats and no luck when you really need it for the massive pots or ones that guarantee money, cards were pretty bad in both and when i did get a hand it was usually beaten. Played the $100 very agressive especially at the final table and it was paying off until suddenly there seemed to be a premium hand or 2 out there every hand , very juiced up in my experience and impossible to steal with big stack as constantly being overraised by a table of rocks. my A10 beat AK to stay in with 10 left but as you expect when you have been running bad all day i lose every preflop allin after that 77 vs AA vs QQ, J9 vs AQ, KQ vs A10 to name a few.
I know there is swings both ways but its damn annoying when you run into huge hands and lose 3 preflops or more on the trot as seemed the case too often today, whether it be sixpac or multi.
Had my only losing omaha cash day for weeks too , only $60 but that was in such a short period of maybe 10 minutes and was to such a bad player calling my $40 bet with a straight draw on the turn (when i only have $40 left) with no implied odds then when he rivers me he doesnt bet and i check out and take the mickey then leave.
Finish early and try to start a complete fresh tommorrow after that rubbish.
Sixpac Loss (played 12) : -£244
Multis were a joke lost $109 and £27 ones with beats and no luck when you really need it for the massive pots or ones that guarantee money, cards were pretty bad in both and when i did get a hand it was usually beaten. Played the $100 very agressive especially at the final table and it was paying off until suddenly there seemed to be a premium hand or 2 out there every hand , very juiced up in my experience and impossible to steal with big stack as constantly being overraised by a table of rocks. my A10 beat AK to stay in with 10 left but as you expect when you have been running bad all day i lose every preflop allin after that 77 vs AA vs QQ, J9 vs AQ, KQ vs A10 to name a few.
I know there is swings both ways but its damn annoying when you run into huge hands and lose 3 preflops or more on the trot as seemed the case too often today, whether it be sixpac or multi.
Had my only losing omaha cash day for weeks too , only $60 but that was in such a short period of maybe 10 minutes and was to such a bad player calling my $40 bet with a straight draw on the turn (when i only have $40 left) with no implied odds then when he rivers me he doesnt bet and i check out and take the mickey then leave.
Finish early and try to start a complete fresh tommorrow after that rubbish.
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