Sunday

Figured i should play a few biggies for a change, found it a bit tough taking some nasty beats in the end but here are summaries of games played as best as remember:

$215 $300k on party poker, 1450 entrants. Went out on a pot to have gone to 16k, over double the average with 1000 players left.

$320 on betfair, never got going in this and lost a chunk early with KK against a set when i couldnt fold a tough river bet. Ended up going out in an interesting 3way allin on a flop of 235 with 2 hearts holding Ah9h knowing i was behind to a probable straight. The other 2 actually had A4 and 46, neither had hearts so it was definitely worth a roll of the dice.

$215 $100k on ipoker, started well in this before being rivered for a decent pot and then going out on a bad beat.

£120 40k on crypto, went weak early before recovering to my starting stack. Went out to a backwards dummy 10s vs 8s to have got back to average chips with half the field gone.

$100 mansion, never got going and struggling to remember exit hand.

$50 rebuy on prima (in for $150) $200k guaranteed with about 1700-1800 entrants. Lost a 20k pot QQ vs AQoff to have gone about 60th/300 on 27k at 400,800 blinds. Busted the 7k shortly after when A7std on button ran into AJ in the bb for a 16k exit pot.

That leaves just 1 game (the smallest of the lot) , a 200 player $10k freeroll (488 entered but only 200 not sitting out that is) which ive just abused the bubble on. Also made a huge turn bluff with king high with only 24 players left and just went for an outrageous pot odds call and won a huge pot J9std vs AQoff. A right rollercoaster so far but chipleader for the moment. Ok money for top 6 or so hopefully can manage to get a chunk of the buyins back from all the above. Will update below later i guess. 20 players left now 50k stack (2nd has 35k and blinds 400,800 with a 100 ante)

Later Update:

Ok aggressed and quite a few 60/40s held up to climb to the final table as chipleader still. Ran AK into a guys AA to knock me down to 3rd or 4th with 8 players left. Structure actually allowed proper poker though and after 1 or 2 resteals (including a K9off) and aggression we were down to the last 4 all between 70-85k at 2400bb. I then got a helping hand when a guy limped and my K10 hit nuts straight on turn for free which he paid off 2 pot bets on as he obviously had ace rag. I then sucked out A7std vs AQoff for marginal pot odds which resulted in me having 50% chips in play of the last 3. Managed to dispose of the other 2 with some help from the pokergods on the flops taken. Eventually heads up 200k vs 100k i limped with 86off and called a pot raise to see a flop of 996. He pot bet about 17k and i put him allin for his last 60k or so. He called with AQoff and failed to improve :)

$2500 for 1st results in about $1500 up on the day, big result considering i spent $1000 in tourney buyins and was down to the last tournament with the smallest prize pool.

Thurs - Sat

Thurs: $109 small multi, unplaced

Friday: no play

Saturday: $100 mansion unplaced

Summary Times

For personal reasons poker has taken a back seat at the moment for now and the near future. Im playing a few select games i feel i should and a few i probably shouldnt to fill time but i need to sort some other stuff out before my head is right for hitting the tables full time again. I will still blog but its likely to just be a short summary of results for the time being:

Tuesday:
$109 small multi, unplaced

Wednesday:
$100 mansion, unplaced. KK vs AA for 11k stack at blinds 75,150
£22 sub, bubbled
$77 sub, bubbled
$109 small multi, 2nd for $480
tiny bit 2,4$ cash level

Time Off

I havent played since Friday (45 minutes ) and if i play tonight it will only be for a very small period of time. Im away for Mon/Tues but may play a bit when i get back Tues if not too late. Time planned away from the tables is very good for me but seems to be something most poker players dont do. I usually look forward to playing more when i return and enjoy it more as well.

Anyway on another note i've linked the Caribbean Poker Classic 2007 web page up and once satellites start i will target these in a big way. I really really want to go again and make it 3 years running , its just such a good crack and the timing at the end of November is perfect to split up autumn/xmas. Although no cash satellites have been announced that im aware of, on classic poker there are details of what im sure will be network wide promotions related to the CPC which begin next month. Hopefully CPC cash satellites will start very soon also given the WSOP no satellite buyin rule it would seem to make sense really.

http://www.caribbeanpokerclassic.com/
http://www.classicpoker.com/Promos/$400K_cpc_freeroll.php
http://www.classicpoker.com/Promos/monthly_leaderboards.php


In terms of WSOP at the moment im waiting until my Sunday pool league finishes before playing a lot of cryptologic subs. Even if i win a seat though i would definitely just take the cash but hopefully the free hotel would still be available and that would just be enough incentive for a trip over at that time of year for me personally. I know there are other sites i could play some subs on but just havent felt enough motivation as of yet to try many at all. I think ive only played 1 WSOP sub in the last month actually. My satellite record on cryptologic remains excellent but at the moment the Sunday finals are a joke with a ridiculous payout structure if it doesnt reach 2 packages, which wont help my cause. Bully bubbles / gambles are huge factors in satellites with my tactics and this is limited when a $530 satellite pays, for example, 1 package then $550 for 2nd-17th which is the most extremely stupid payout ive seen so far.

I Can Only Blame Myself

Im such a lightweight at the moment when it comes to drinking. You would think this is a good thing but i still try and drink at levels i was a month or 2 ago which results in partial memory loss and the worst bit, a shocking hangover the next day, which is exactly where i am now. I did play drunk cash but made sure i was tight with 4x10 player tables on the go at 2,4$, no idea how long for really. All i remember is losing about 200-300$ in total and probably throwing the best hand in a couple of tricky situations, eg 10s on a 8 high board with huge preflop and big bets on flop with another guy allin. I wanna sleep this off now but i cant, it seems ive returned to the old habit of waking up far too early drunk/hungover. Another excellent day weather wise, heres hoping i dont waste it lying in bed all day groaning which is about 50/50 at mo.