Teh Eurodonk plan

Level Goal Status/Target
Stage 1 25/50 EUR >>> 2,000EUR/20BI Completed

Stage 2 50/1 EUR >>> 4,000EUR/20BI Current status

Stage 3 1/2 EUR >>> 8,000EUR/20BI Jan 2010

Stage 4 2/4 EUR >>> 12,000EUR/20BI Feb 2010

Stage 5 3/6 EUR >>> 20,000EUR/20BI April 2010

Stage 6 5/10 EUR >>> 60,000 EUR/30BI June 2010

Stage 7 10/20 EUR >>> 200,000EUR (maybe death?)

(After each stage is completed I will go onto the next stage on a strict 3BI shot rule)


I only needed 2BI today to get to Stage 2 so today I only ended up playing 31 hands and quit after making the 2 BI HU.I would sooner start back tomorrow at 50/1EUR a fresh day than move up today.Plus I want to have some fun this weekend and that means drinks tonight :)

Looking at this year as a whole is still pretty disgusting but I look at this as a new challenge and I'm confident I will be at Stage 3 and hopefully very close to Stage 4 come January 2010.

Back on Da Euro

Back playing at Boss.Ended up busting all my USD BR trying to take a shot at PP 2/4NL with just over 3 BI duh!

I had a very annoying start today.27 hands I had to quit before I smashed the flat up.I had to email Boss Media complaining about the software/server LAG.I asked for a refund as I had a flush in a hand but timed out due to LAG.They said the HH has been passed onto the poker site manager and his team to investigate.Pretty funny as I don't know anyone who folds a flush HU yet alone the 3rd nut flush.

In other news I have not played much this last week or so as I have had to catch up with my Youth Work Diploma studies.I'm nearly back up to date now so hopefully I can make a few £K before the months out.
Also another thing I wanted to share is that I finally got out of the twilight hours that Internet poker brings.I used to go to bed at around 4:45am on an average and get up about 1:30pm.It's took a long while ramping down my sleeping times but I manage to sleep no later than 2am and most nights I'm fast away in the land of nod before 1am which enables me to get up about 9am.
This gives me chance to study for a few hours,train for an hour then hit the shower and grab a bite to eat bringing me to about 12:30/1pm to start grinding on the Euro sites.I think the sites are decent 12pm-11pm during the week.
I'm really happy playing back on Euro sites and the tables are super soft.The sleep thing and regular training/fitness defiantly helps too.

My take on the WSOP FT

I have been up around 3hours today.I was watching the live updates last night till 2:30am.I think Antoine Saout has made the most progress and has looked like he will win imo.But Joe Cada is playing very strong and has came back from a short stacks to be right up there.Also Eric Buchman has played well the whole table.Darvin Buffoon Moon that I have dubbed him has got the chip lead back after a shit load of spews. 4bet CR the flop to 15million and folding for 6million more all-in just shows you what a total donk this guy is.He has made some horrendous plays.So far I think he has made about 6 clear errors.The AQ against Iveys AK really upset me and probably the rest of the poker world but even though he is a donk he has to call really as Ivey was pretty short and just starting to get into JAM mode with his short stack.Still a lucky mistake though never the less.The best spew play for Darvin the Buffoon Moon was 3bet shoving his stack 20million over a 1.5million utg raise of Begleiter's.It gets snapped and QQ is tabled and Moon flips over AQ0 getting there on the river for a 40pot.Jesus this game is retarded and it hurts me to read these updates.Moon is worse than Gold by far.Please don't let another donk win this prestigious event please!

Changing room fun!

I have been super active all year with the fitness stuff.It was part of my NY Resolution to do tons more exercise.I have always been fit so it's really easy for me to get fat burned and muscle gained :) I have been doing a mixture of weights,circuits,runs,bike rides and swimming.Training about 4 times a week on average for the year(was 5 days but slacked off last few months)

Today I decided to go swimming at my regular swimming baths.As soon as I walked in I saw this hot girl I used to work in sales with so that was nice.Still in a daze I collected my change after paying the kiosk lady and headed into the changing rooms.I saw this hippy looking dude with really girly long hair walk in first.I was thinking what a gay,you really look like a girl.I couldn't wait too see how girly his face was.I walked around the corned near the showers and they was all girls in the shower and this hippy looking dude(view from back)was actually the hot girl I used to work with hahaha.Epic!Instead of loads of girls screaming like I thought they would when a man sees them in shower they started laughing.
The hot girl and I laughed my ass out of the changing rooms explaining to her that this is the mens wtf are girls doing in here????
Aparently they only have a male maintenance guy and stuff needed sorting in the females changing room so they temporary changed them around for the day.Because I have been going there like 22 years or whatever in the same changing room you don't really look at the signs on doors anymore.I'm grateful that there was no young girls in the changing rooms,they were all probably 18/19+ so I'm only going to be perceived as a pervert at worst and not a pedo haha.They all had there bathing costumes on anyways.

Thanks for letting me know of your temporary changes kiosk lady!

Was today a good day

I think so.I really need to just stop playing online I know this much.I just can't do anything other than tilt & spew at the moment.I started the day off losing just under a stack at $50nl HU on PP.
After this I took the liberty of updating my PP screename into something cool.Like it wasn't already ;)
I got allot done today,that's the main thing about a poker players lifestyle that I'm in love with.Everything else about poker/the game I pretty much hate at the moment.
I had a productive day anyway:
*Weights,
*Sit-Ups,
*3-Mile Run,
*Food Shopping,
*PS3/PSN Quantum Of Solice 360 kills.I'm now rank 116th in the world with a kill ratio of 2.29,
*Travel to DTD in Notts and put in 2hrs work live.I breaked to get food but after I ate I didn't feel like playing anymore so came home a few stacks up.

I made 2 clear mistakes,one which I'm not sure about.
The main mistake was after limping in utg with AdQd and flopping TPNFD/Combo on:
TdQc4d
The flop was about 5/6 players.I lead for £4,everybody folds and SB makes it £9,BB mucks and it's back on me.I think about re-popping but decide its FR and he has T4/Q4/few flush draws(not sure he raises these)and a few Qs(more likely to be in his range as the raise was small.Think some bad players do this with weak top pairs to find out were there at)
I call the £5 and the turns:
3s
He checks and I say is this a ten or a weak Q to which he replies I have 3 tens.I decide to check back as it feels like a ploy to CR me on the turn,and I would hate myself if I bet the turn as I feel I'd have to call a raise and be even more frustrated if I miss the river.
The river is the:
Js
He bets £16 pretty quick and I tank and level myself.
Because I checked back turn I made my hand look weak which sometimes induces bluffs and gets other stuff to V-bet.I'm running through the hands and say this and also add the only real hand I think I lose to which is likely is T4s.
I decide to call and quickly he shows T4s as my cards hit the muck :)

So my thoughts were spot on but I leveled myself into calling.I don't think my play here is bad even after calling the river.I'm not sure how I would rate my river call here.I know its not horrible as I'm at top of my range and with bluff induce factors and what not.

Another thing that's annoying me at the moment is the M1 to and from Notts is 50mph like all the way due to the extra lane constructions.FFS this is tilting!!!


Thanks to some Chinese man calling my 3bs and stacking off on gutshot flops

This was my attire for the evening.I keep hearing people say Full-Tilt this full tilt that.I think this top was tilting people,usually I don't do poker clothes but I will make sure I wear this number again +EV imo

Thread saver,huge lattice/sausage roll that i ate for my dinner last week.It was nearly as big as my laptop.HUGE

Going to have a long break from online

This year has been bad due to bad luck.Because of this I have played fairly bad out of frustration so I have decided to quit online cash for a while.I can't maintain my A-Game due to frustrations from how bad I seem to run.I shouldn't let it get to me but I can't help it just latley so that's that for online cash.I'd been playing HU SNGs and it's hillarous.Last 18 games I have played about 11 times I had 60/40 all ins and lost everytime.I always seem to lose favorites and don't get lucky much either.

I'm going to play more live poker from now on and play MTT's live and online.I have less than $1000 USD online.Part of me thinks I should have played through the bad spot at $400nl on FTP last year rather than move sites,levels but I can't change that stuff now.

Heyho it's off online to live pokers I go.

Live updates,TRs to come.

Huge WTF

I have not won an all in Kings hand for a while.Running terrible with king.Might just open shove it now up to 160BBs try to get some weird value.



The player that I shove on were fish.The ATo v KQs hand he was 96/72/5 with a 3bet of 32% Hand before he had 50BBs and I shoved KJs into his AQs and doubled him up.It was like any ace im smashing it in his face.

The hand with the fish picking up the OESD I was readless other than the HUD.Maybe I should just c/f but I just feel weak if I cant successfully go with my read him being very weak.

I have little confidence in poker these days and days like this make me want to quit.I never seem to run hot.All I seem to do is run bad,super bad or normal.I even have a NITTY style to reduce variance but these fuckers keep on BINKING me lol