Mat's Poker, Life & Other Diaries

First full day at work for over 6 years : )

2012-01-24T13:13:00.004Z

I just started my training for a new job yesterday. I was super tired when I got to work. The night before I had headed out with a friend to play at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room at Nottingham. We soon got bored of that and headed to the G Casino Poker Room at Sheffield. I think I managed to get in around 2:45am then played a session online until 3:20am. I ended up going to sleep at 4am and had to get up at 7:30am. It made it a tough first day training with new colleagues, that’s for sure!

Last year I started to play live and have tracked the sessions. So far I have played 70 sessions. I hoped for a bigger win rate but I guess it is hard to do all the things we do online against people who don’t like to fold anything. Took me a few sessions to adapt but I think I have the hang of these live people now.

I played a few online sessions in the last two days. Resulted in me losing £58.25p (£50 for an MTT entry). I prefer to play live than online now. I like online for the ease and comfort factors but what fun is it when everybody plays such a tight game. Basically your all waiting for either a donk to sit at your table or to be on the better side of a cooler. Not too apealing to me.

Happy New Year :)

2012-01-01T20:37:00.002Z

Last two weeks my heads been emerged within the live games. Few weeks back I played with a bunch of snooker players again. They all came up for some tournament, I don’t recall which as I struggle to follow snooker unless it’s the world championships. Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams, John Higgins, Ken Doherty and a player who is not that well known. His name was Scott if I remember correctly and he played a very solid game. Definitely the best out of all of them. Sorry Scott, couldn’t remember your second name.

I wish you all an excellent 2012, I trust you have all enjoyed the holiday period.

My New Years Resolutions:
Concentrate on my career,
Continue to eat healthy food & get back into cardio and weights pretty much full time.

Belated 'Trick or Treat' & Huge Cooler Pot Thoughts

2011-11-08T21:56:00.000Z

Few Pics From the cardroom on Halloween

06/11/11 - Tough Grinding Session
I slowly turned £40 into £259 over the space of 3-4 hours then this hand took place:

All table limps I’m utg with TT 10 handed.
Flop comes:
Td-8c-6d
I check call £7 after asking this guy how much he was playing(£224).
My thinking is he has either air/straight draw or flush draw. Villan is Chinese player who can play good but will commit to a made hand not thinking of folding. Eg limped pot 10 handed, he would stack off with 2s3s fairly deep on Xs-Xs-Xs-Xc-Xd.

We go to the turn heads up and the turn is 8s giving us:
Td-8c-6d-8s
Check, Check.

River is the 4d giving is a final board of:
Td-8c-6d-8s-4d
I lead for £27, a slight overbet into the pot. My thinking here is he ships higher flush draw and raises other hands as a bluff a a small % of the time.
I get raised £58 a bet of £85 total on the river. I think a very small % of the time he has Quads and here his range is:
T8/68/84/66/44/79/57 and all the flushes.
88.
I can narrow the range down somewhat as he is raising a diamond. So now we put the range down to:
T8/68/66/44/AdXd/KdXd (Ahead of).
88(Behind).
So we beat maybe 6 hands that raise but defiantly 5 hands with the action on this hand up until the river lead by me. Were behind one hand which is very rare to see in this spot.

08/11/11 - Tesco Fuel Station
I filled my car up today after driving around on almost fumes for a few days. My car holds about 60-65 litres of fuel from a bone dry tank. I fuelled up 59.63 Litres of Diesel @ 137.9p Per Litre for £82.23p.
I had a coupon for 5p off a litre, so I saved £2.95p bringing my fuel bill down to £79.28p. Not much change from a ton.

I’m saving up for a smaller more economical car, at the moment I’m driving a 1905cc Turbo Diesel. Thinking of a Citroën C1. Bog standard I think the front of the car looks nice but the rear looks awful. I really don’t care anyway, but just to show you, the appearance of anything can be changed.

Degenerate or Machine?

2011-09-27T21:06:00.002+01:00

Thursday night/Friday morning 10 hour session at the card room, 3 hours sleep, work then travel to Oxford, get four hours of patchy sleep. Wake up and travel to London Saturday for a wedding which surprisingly I enjoyed, helped being with a really beautiful girl though. I travel back to Oxford at night and get 6 hours of sleep. Sunday I knocked in an 11 hour sleep session : )
Monday travel back from Oxford to Derbyshire, home at 2:30pm, clean car, eat, shower then head to the card room for a 16 hour session. Get home at 12:30pm, smash two burgers down the hatch then sleep for 2 hours. Wake up then off to work, sleep for 1 hour.

Hello my name is Mat and I am a degenerate, or is that a machine ; )

Mark Williams spotting at the G Casino's Sheffield Card Room

2011-09-23T13:14:00.003+01:00

I only saw Mark so cannot confirm the others, but was told Stephen Hendry and another player who I didn’t know were there too.

In Sheffield there is an International Snooker Development Centre(or something similar, I can’t quite remember), that’s why all these high profile snooker professionals are knocking around the casino card room.

I promise next time I see anyone I will get a live picture and post to the blog. I can never be bothered to ask, but realise it would make a much better ‘Spotting’ blog.

GG FTP

2011-09-21T01:29:00.001+01:00

I would like to think that this will stop everybody dead, dreaming that one day FullTiltPoker might be up and running again. But it is kind of like why poker is profitable for a skilled intelligent player, dumb people are never far from your table!

Today's Video Pick

2011-09-02T14:21:00.001+01:00

Pretty crazy overtaking manoeuvre!

Ken Doherty spotting at the G Casino's Sheffield Card Room

2011-08-20T12:41:00.001+01:00

So I was playing in the card room last night/this morning, tired out of my mind and I keep looking at this guy. I'm thinking I know you! It’s only Ken Doherty! This is what I want to know, Is he married because he goes home early doors and I know cash flows not the problem : )

If any of you fan boys want an autograph, come down to the G Casino Card Room in Sheffield, England. He will be in there later too.

£1/£1 Back Room Game,Ruling Please

2011-08-13T20:52:00.002+01:00

Re-Post from a post I made at twoplustwo.com

Hi people, thought I would ask a question for the more experienced live
pros:

About me. I used to play online as a $400nl pro for 5 years,
2005-2010 and I have maybe around 100-150 hours at live cash lifetime, so I have
experience but wouldn’t say I’m an experienced live player by any
means.

So last night I had been playing live at my local casino in a GBP
£1/£1 game. After 11 hours the table broke and we moved into the back room where
a self dealt game continued. One person who was not playing dealt the game, on
the 7th hand this occurred:

I raise UTG to £4, four handed with AQ and
BTTN and SB call.
Flop is:

9d-5c-7h (Pot £13)

We all check and
the turn comes:

9d-5c-7h-6d (Pot £13)

Checked to the BTTN who bets
£7, SB calls and I muck. Turn comes:

9d-5c-7h-6d-7d (Pot £27)

SB
bets £15.
After about 30 seconds, BTTN announces, “I don’t care if you have
the straight I’m all in for £22”

Dealer says £7 more to call, SB then
tables over his hand:

9c-9s

Then confidently announces full house.
Dealer says you need to put in £7 more.
About 30 seconds later the BTTN
tables his hand:

Ac7c

Slamming it down and negatively announcing,
“fuking trips” Then he goes into a rage about how it’s his pot as the SB didn’t
call the last £7 so he is taking the pot.

After a brief stating of
somewhat ruling(which I didn’t agree with), SB’s hand is declared dead and the
pot is awarded to the BTTN.

I don’t know this guy, he got unlucky all
night and played good and spoke broken English. I think he was Austrian. I’m
feeling a bit in disbelief about the ruling on the hand and how horrible it was
to have squabbling in a pot without a house dealer.
Floor re-affirms the
ruling given and the pot is awarded to the BTTN. I quit the game and state I
don’t wish to play in a game with such shaky rulings and squabbling at the
table.
After the table breaks.

My thoughts are, who doesn’t call 3rd
nuts for 7 BB’s more into a 64 BB pot! The guy confidently announced his hand
with authority, I thought he was a live noob and just thought he didn’t need to
put the last £7 in as the pot was his, and he didn’t even get more than a minute
to put his 7 blind in.
To me he called when announcing his hand and any
decent floor person would make that decision, but what do I know….as said and I
washed up online pro with not much live experience.

Sorry for such a long
winded post and good luck to you all.

Today's Video Pick

2011-08-07T10:52:00.002+01:00

So I subscribed to this user a while back after stumbling onto her videos. Hope you like : )

Full Tilt Poker's Secondary Client Provider Authorization application

2011-08-03T03:26:00.004+01:00

Hope you are all educated enough to know of the AP & UB scandals under the KGC, do you really think your safe playing under regulation of the the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), as FTP’s secondary CPA. That was of course a rhetorical question.

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has already stated all funds are locked, pending the US DOJ Office’s investigation in relation to the four company’s, Vantage Ltd, Oxalic Ltd, Filco Ltd and Orinic Ltd, collectively trading as FULL TILT POKER.

I don’t think this will change the operational status of FTP, maybe they have found some shady loop hole(highly doubt it though).

Government Announce UK Gambling Reform Plan

2011-07-15T19:07:00.000+01:00

Just caught this at Pokernews.

Link to article

Realise this is a lame blog post,this is a picture to make it for that. Enjoy!

GUKPT - G Casino Sheffield

2011-07-10T17:28:00.001+01:00

I have had a super busy last few days!
Thursday I started working in a School one day a week to mentor young people, Friday I got another job in Derbyshire County Council as a Residential Child Care Worker, I’m already employed as a Youth Worker for D.C.C and have been for almost 4 years now, so I’m really happy I can continue to progress my career with D.C.C.
Earlier on in the week I had been checking out the GUKPT Sheffield leg and decided that I may take a shot at the ME £500+£50. I decided to play a super satellite first in the £35+£5 re-buy on Friday to see if I could luckbox a cheap seat. After I registered I ended up playing a cash game whilst the 5 of us who registered for the super satellite were hanging around waiting for another 5 players to register(they wouldn’t start a table without at least 10 players).
Friday was the first live poker session I’d played in ages! I was so card dead! The big pots I played I lost, TPGK to 5 outta all in on flop, then later on I made a fold in a tricky spot where I was wrong. I ended up making a little money, but basically for the 8 hour session I played, my results were pretty hilarious! I played last night and this morning too.
I met a local lad on the first nights session, who I ended up giving a lift home. He was on his birthday celebration, playing the session with one friend who ended up going home at 12pm. After learning that he lived on the way I would be travelling back home, I offered to take him back as he wanted to continue his session.
So me and this guy have been playing sessions at the card room in at the G- Casino at Sheffield since Friday. So far in total we have put in about 30-32 hours of play. Pretty crazy long sessions! I’m shocked at my ability to maintain patience and discipline for these prolonged periods of time in a live card room enviroment! It gave me an idea, which is to try to play a huge session of 48 hours or more in a live card room, trying to beat my longest session record which was set online.

What is your longest session everybody? Mine is just shy of 48 hours online(with food, toilet & shower breaks),then for a live card room enviroment just the 8 hours so far.

Think we may be frequenting the G- Casino’s card room this evening too, full of energy after watching this advert:

News International:News Of The World

2011-07-08T09:15:00.001+01:00

When I heard about the news which was of course the closure of one of the most successful newspapers in the world, being in print since 1843, I couldn’t believe my ears. Perhaps the bigger story here is what do these actions translate into?
After further telephone hacking scandals, this time the uncovering of murder victim’s phones being hacked, News International announced they are going to close down the publication, with Sunday 10th July being the last print.

Why would you want to close such a successful part of your empire News International? Is it because you know that by closing News of The World, you can shred all your documents and get rid of any further incriminating evidence, as no court order has yet to be issued to this part of the News International empire.

It’s fun to watch the big corporations hitting all the right buttons to get their selves out of huge tangles, maybe even more so funnier is knowing how many loop holes there still are in modern law today, what would have been even more funnier would have been to see what the public enquiry found after turning up a few stones!

Anyway, well played, good game Mr Murdoch

If you like money and don‘t mind collecting and keeping things for a long time my advice is to buy a few copies of the last print.

Today's Video Pick

2011-07-05T16:07:00.001+01:00

Today’s Video Pick(NSFW)

2011-05-29T12:03:00.000+01:00

Thought this video was hilarious! The guy gives a running commentary of how Mortal Kombat keeps crushing him over and over again. Some of the lines he says are classic :)

The Vampire Diaries

2011-05-11T21:40:00.002+01:00

One of my favourite TV shows at the moment is The Vampire Diaries. Last nights episode was pretty emotional. The combination of such an emotional scene after an action packed episode and this track playing over it brought a tear to my eye.

Elena(Nina Dobrev) didn’t die so I’m ok. Best thing is she didn’t turn into a vampire so I can still to date her someday ;)

MTT Bust Out Hand

2011-05-07T14:30:00.000+01:00

Everybody calls me so wide. Can’t complain, just wish I'd hold.

Heritage Haters?

2011-05-01T21:04:00.002+01:00

Some thoughts on the events of the last week or so.

Pwning the Stock Market Part 2: Kaboom!

2011-04-25T22:28:00.006+01:00

If I could use one expression to describe this last week, it would most definitely be:
Kaboom!

It’s hard not to let good scores go to your head and inflate your ego, this would be one of those scores!
I guesstimated that I could get up to a 30% return on a stock(BPTY)in a one day trade on the stock market. Had I patiently waited the day out I wouldn’t have been far wrong as this stock closed up 29.77%.
I think the days peak on this stock was an increase of 40.2%.
After the first up wave the stock took just over a ten unit dive, this was due to some of the big dogs dumping the stock off. I almost sold the stock at 9:20am after this, nervously I held off! The second wave I had already made my mind up to sell the stock as soon as it approaches the first waves peak. I sold the stock for just under one unit off the first waves peak, which was good considering what I could have sold for if I’d waited the day out.
I’m very happy with my return, a fair bit better than what I’d expected. It’s a shame the big stock ballas dumped the stock this early on in the day but I guess they know what their doing, it just messes it up for small timers like me taking big shots.

I’d not wanted to post this before now as I was unsure if I was going to take another pop at this stock! I’ve been watching the stock for the majority of most days last week and it just seemed too volatile in the short term to attempt another short term investment without any further positive market impacting news. I still stand by my view that this stock is a good long term investment, although it does have some risk factors involved due to the various obvious factors, as does all stock.

The Easter weekend has been amazing also. It has been very sunny here in England, which is somewhat unusual for this time of year. We had a BBQ on Saturday and invited lots of friends. Everyone was so drunk after drinking all day! Lot’s of hilarious conversations came around, that is if this one girl had her mouth full which would allow others to converse! My neighbour/friend, Sarah had invited this girl who is incredibly beautiful, until she opens her mouth that is! No one could get a word in edge ways. I’m a 100% sure If I’d not been so high on life and beer at that point I’d have given her a talking to. Everyone kept making subtle comments which became increasingly un-subtle as the day wore on! HAHA. But really, I wonder how some people do not realise their own self image and how others may perceive them? I’m super conscious of my own self image and how others perceive me. I think maybe that’s why I’m so thoughtful to others. Life shapes us all in different ways and I’m very happy with how life has shaped me so far.

Hope you all had an amazing Easter weekend.

Pwning the Stock Market Part 1: How to make £9000 in one day

2011-04-18T09:00:00.008+01:00

Unless you have been drunk or walking around with your eyes shut since Friday you will know that the F.B.I indicted four poker company’s who have been providing services for Americans to play online poker.
I’m sat here with a stock brokers number and by the time you have read this I will have brought up 75% of my net worth in BWIN.PARTY DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT PLC(BPTY)shares.
I guesstimate I can make up to 30% on my investment in a one day trade. I’m hoping on getting up to £9000 GBP return on £30,000 GBP in a day trade. The historical high for this stock is around £5.77.5p per share, but that was when Party Gaming was operating in the American market.
I did well on my currency conversion a few years back making nearly £6000 GBP in a one day trade.
Opportunities don’t come along often in life and despite all the bad news regarding this stock in the past month or so I’m very confident this stock is going to rise heavily on open today.

This to me is a no-brainer. All the competition is being exterminated and I think a big percentage of the indicted sites player pools will chose Party Poker as their new home. This is a more long term impact which will surely make this stock bullish over the medium-long term.

Random Hand

2011-04-15T21:52:00.000+01:00

I laughed pretty hard at this call! Hand after I shoved QQ and got called by AJo 5000 chips deep. Freerolls are better than laughing gas.

Best Robot Ever!

2011-03-25T11:08:00.008Z

Stumbled upon this today through one of my YouTube subscriptions. Enjoy :)

Crazy 5m Gtd FT Deal

2011-03-07T12:08:00.004Z

Very crazy indeed! This was a huge tournament turning into 11.8m over twice the size of the guarantee.

Charlie Sheen

2011-03-02T12:55:00.005Z

"I am on a drug,it's called Charlie Sheen.
It's not available because if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body"

Interview source

He just got a twitter account also. Expecting some interesting tweets and other news stories

MTTs:Good value

2011-02-28T20:54:00.002Z

No Limit Holdem Tournament • 8 Players

Generated by weaktight.com.

UTG	15,185
UTG+1	3,570
MP1	3,265
MP2	2,440
CO	3,310
BTN	1,575
Hero	2,940
BB	4,000

Blinds 40/80

Pre-Flop (120, 8 players)Hero is SB

UTG raises to 240, UTG+1 goes all-in 3,570, MP1 goes all-in 3,265, 3 folds, Hero goes all-in 2,900, 1 fold, UTG calls 3,330

Flop (13,425, 4 players, 3 all-in)

Turn (13,425, 4 players, 3 all-in)

River (13,425, 4 players, 3 all-in)

Final Pot: 13,425

UTG+1 shows four of a kind, Sevens

MP1 shows a full house, Kings full of Sevens

Hero shows a full house, Aces full of Sevens

UTG shows a pair of Sevens

UTG+1 wins 13,425 (net +9,855)
MP1 lost 3,265
Hero lost 2,940
UTG lost 3,570

Bunga Bunga

2011-02-05T11:17:00.005Z

My homepage is BBC world news.Yep I'm sad, but hey I like to know what's kicking in the world.

So today I log onto my desktop and email a few reports off then I go check out some world news.This caption really caught my eyes:

"The phrase "bunga bunga" has become inextricably linked with the private life of Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, and for those who have puzzled over its the origins an intriguing new explanation of its meaning has been offered."

Ok so if your not too interested in reading the whole article just skim it over then check out the link which provides a few meanings for this term.

Urban Dictionary: bunga bunga

WBCOOP

2011-01-28T12:11:00.002Z

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: XXXXXX 665679

It's not to late lets all register and have some fun :)

Japanese McCrack Shakes

2011-01-25T11:45:00.003Z

Today's Video Pick
Latest Japanese McDonalds advert.Enjoy!

Better dust off the old alarm clock then!

2011-01-14T20:02:00.004Z

Last Friday I got a job offer for full time work. This last 18 month or so poker has become really hard for me and maybe others to deal with? I’m ready for a change and would sooner not hang around spending my own money on the cost of living waiting for some kind of legalisation in the American market which will probably only sustain online poker for a few more years. Fact of the matter is we live off other peoples disposable income. First thing that started to nail a lid on this coffin was the UIGEA, then the final enforcement of this act. Not long after an almost global recession started which led to high commodities and RPI increasing which inevitably means this disposable income that we are all trying to win becomes less and less.

I’d been looking for work since mid October last year. In December I’d been talking with a friend I met during the Full Tilt Poker Million Pound Challenge late 2008 and he was kind enough to offer me a place to stay for free and a job in Singapore. I was due to fly out to Singapore before the end of this month. I was really not to excited about telling him I was staying here to work, but deep down I was hoping to get a decent job as I know another venture like Singapore could ultimately be a bit like poker has been for me. Fun, lots of freedom and a chance to bank some more cash. Thing is I’ll be 31 years of age come April and a career path is much more valuable to me. If I lose another 3-5 years of my life when I should be concentrating on a good career path and future business plans this will make creating a decent career path harder at a later date.

I’m lucky because I got this job which has great career prospects, good money and it’s a job I will enjoy doing. The job is basically working in a private boarding school for young boys who get referred from local authorities. These young boys all have emotional and social difficulties so the job will be pretty challenging at times. I travelled over Christmas and had to come home earlier than planned due to them calling me back for a 2nd interview. I’m a pretty confident person and I feel I always excel if given a job interview. I was confident I’d get this job so it shouldn’t have boosted my ego but it has. So many people applied for this position and so many people got interviewed. I spent ages creating and updating my C.V and I actually look pretty dam good on paper even if I do say so myself and also I think it’s a testament to my good character that I got this position.

I will still play poker but not at a professional level. Over Christmas I’ve played that many MTT’s I think the best plan for me is to just play free rolls and use that money to slowly grind into a bankroll.

Just for fun here is a list of previous poker room screen names I’ve ran over the years.(My initial and current PartyPoker screen names and PokerStars screen name withheld.)

PartyPoker
CardPlayer
PartyScout
PlzDieInFire
LootIsMine
BritishTrick

FullTiltPoker
TILTMILK

InterPoker
MaBoom

DuskTillDawn
ChipWar

TitanPoker
XXXTINAXXX

December 2005-December 2010

gg,wp,nh,kthxbai

New Years Resolution

2011-01-02T15:44:00.003Z

Only have one this year and that's to get up earlier each day, not sleep too late and maintain a healthy sleep pattern.

Happy New Year.
2011 will be a good year.

MTT coolers

2010-12-30T12:15:00.003Z

Been playing MTT's on the laptop and thought I'd share some coolers with you all.

Played 9 MTT Freerolls on accounts with no cash in,cashed 6 so feel my game is pretty good right now.Been playing cash and building up a nice roll.

I used to be good at this game to

2010-12-22T17:33:00.006Z

I decided to travel for Christmas. I found my old training bag in the car boot when searching for a bag to stuff some things into for my trip. I decided to have a little play and make a short video to see how bad my technique is with being out of the ABA for a 6 years? I've not been at a training session for over 1.5 years now so that's my excuse :)

Funny tweet I heard from vinnythechin's(guy who did My new haircut video)twitter account.
"Pussy = Bait. Men = Fish.Our job in nature is get as much bait without gettin caught.Women's job is to catch us and reel us in b4 we let go."
2:19 PM Dec 13th via web

Have a Happy Christmas everybody and if I don't post before,all the best for 2011

The Human Snow Plough

2010-12-03T10:30:00.003Z

Too continue the snow theme blog, I thought I’d share yesterdays pictures and a short trip report.

I was going to go food shopping last Friday but had other plans. I’ve been slowly running out of food since, as I’ve been too busy to go shopping. I decided with around 2 meals worth of food left I needed to dig the car and the street out and make my way to the supermarket. I borrowed a shovel from my neighbour and after around 2 hours worth of shovelling I was off on my way.

Human Snow Plough

The reason I spent 2 hours digging car & street out!

Snow Day

2010-12-01T15:11:00.004Z

I went to sleep at 4am last night/this morning and the snow was still falling. For those of you who don't know, the UK has been hit by severe snow this last few days. I think this is the heaviest snowfall I have ever seen. Last years snow was pretty bad but I'd guesstimate this years snow is almost 3 times the amount of snowfall and in a shorter period of time too.

Last night-04:00 01/12/10

Around 5pm I cleared all the snow off the car and the above picture shows how much snowfall we had up until 4am

Short Snowfall Video 01/12/10

This afternoon-16:40 01/12/10

I cleared away all of snow off the car today and around the sides with my bare hands(need to buy a shovel). I probably wasted my time as I'm told more snow is on the way. I might be able to create a more fun video something along the lines of a snow war I'm thinking :)

Instruction manuals for women

2010-11-15T21:41:00.006Z

I think most men would sooner skip instruction manuals when it comes to DIY or the installation of standard electric devices such as game consoles and PC's.
We only really read the manual if we can't figure it out for ourselves.(Sound familiar?)

If women came with instruction manuals I believe most men would certainly read that manual first, if we were lucky enough to acquire the manual for women that is! Then we would probably find out that the instruction manual didn't ship in our language.

Our Dream Their Nightmare!

2010-09-26T15:16:00.005+01:00

Would be pretty epic if they both make it to the final table and play HU with similar stacks.Probably make for the best live HU match ever in any given tournament.

Man this years WSOPE ME is pretty epic.Seems to gather more momentum each year.

Pictures,thoughts and some video.

2010-09-10T20:42:00.014+01:00

So it’s been a while since I last posted. Few reasons why. First I have been super busy in real life doing a lot the last 6 weeks for Youth Service. One of the best things we did was take 15 young people on a residential trip to York, Yorkshire, England. This city is so rich in history and it’s such a nice city to visit even if your not into the epic history which is a part of York.

York Residential 2010

Other things which has kept me busy in real life have been dating a Filipino girl who I’m now in a relationship with. I posted 3 blogs back about scoring her number ha-ha
Also I have now heard back from my manager that I past my Diploma in Youth Work which has taken about 1.5years to complete. Also 4 weeks ago I completed a week long course to become a lifeguard. For almost 3 years now I have ran about 4 miles a week, biked 20-50 miles a week and swum around 1 mile a week. I figured getting into life guarding I could work before the games get good and then get a free swim every time I work if I go early. Has to be +EV.

Surprisingly I have been playing lots of poker too. Over the last 3 weeks my sleep pattern has become really messed up and I noticed I’m not playing as good when the sessions start to give me negative variance. I tilt quicker because I’m mentally fatigued I guess.(LOL at people who say they don’t tilt ever GTFO)

Euro Challenge
I’ve had some real issues with Boss Media’s flag ship site Inter Poker. Man support is usually pretty good for such a small site but recently I have been playing email tennis for two Rakeback payments and 2 Rake Race Payments. I got all of the payments now apart from a Rake Race payment which should be paid on the 15th-18th of this month. I have not played there since they held back the payments. They always pay on time so I suspect business is bad for them right now. Soon as I get the last payment I’m cashing out my roll and transferring to Party Poker which I have been playing since that issue began.

Future of Online Poker
I feel that this second wave of recreational players that will hit the online poker player pool when HR2267 gets through congress and the president signs the bill to make it law will make this game much more fun and obviously more profitable.
My Predictions:
Time line within 1.5years,March 2012
I think the U.S will implement some kind of taxation structure which will affect the global market. Basically making us all pay taxes for playing in their market. If you noticed a few countries have already gone by this route. France was the last to implement this within their own poker economy.
Length of boom will be shorter than the original boom as a fair % of the current player pool has become much more educated by the current resources available like online poker training sites, books and poker strategy forums.
Obviously my choice to play back at party has something to do with this as I think all the recreational players will choose Party Poker. Look how Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars have conducted themselves when the UIGEA first was made law to back up the grey area regarding this market, and look how Party Poker conducted themselves. Party Poker paid up the millions of dollars which they was fined and banned U.S customers from the real money games. Who do you think is going to get preference on operations in a new legalized market place? I’d bet my roll on it!

Sorry for such a long winded blog entry hope this street performer footage from York eases the pain you may have suffered if you read all this

Whats crack-a-lackin

2010-07-12T23:44:00.003+01:00

Hi people!

It’s been a little while since I made a solid poker blog entry so I figured this update of my blog was over due. This blog should update you with up to date info on what I’m up to/been up to.

Saturday I was at DTD poker venue at Nottingham. Played the £36 Freezeout and bubbled 11th and lost 1BI at £100nl. Just some random cold decks, played one hand bad (£16)and rest was fine. I just lost to variance of the game.
I remember coming back thinking man this sucks how can I lose at live poker. I remembered the last time I was there and lost 2 BI at £100nl. I got totally cold decked all night, played amazing and really should have been stuck tons more than I was, then I just started the hyper-agro bet mode and eventually got caught out 3-barrelling an air-ball vs. turned top two pair.

I had been moping around all day today and decided to do a lifetime graph of all my poker winnings which is very impressive apart from the last 20 months. I don’t think it’s because I have not evolved I think it’s because I stopped caring about money. About 14 months ago I took around $50k off-line when I started to feel my self tilt much easier under the variance that kept on building up.
Having money in a bank is nice but it’s like what Matt Damon says in ‘Rounders’. “You can’t lose what you don’t put in the middle, but you can’t win much either.”
Looking at this graph now maybe I shouldn’t have been such a pussy, maybe I should have kept on playing through the variance/breaking even/losing roll or maybe I made a good choice as the games where starting to get a little tougher which seemed like a lot tougher at the time as I was overwhelmed by my downswing/variance.

I made a decision the other day to not play any cash games on FTP/PS or PP until I have one really good last attempt at my EURO-Challenge. I have always been a strong minded person and when I truly set out to achieve something I accomplish it or die trying.
I will have finished my 16 months of studies next month on August 4th and this seems like the right play for me as I can give poker my full attention and discipline.

I have a few business ideas that I’m talking about with a friend at the moment which are close to materialising so I have a stable plan for the future in case poker doesn’t get any better.

It’s Monday night as I’m writing this in a rainy UK. After all of the hot weather we have been having it seemed inevitable it was going to rain sooner or later!

Off to watch some TV now I’ll leave you with a nice hand I played earlier.

South Africa 2010 Superstar left in England: Part-2

2010-06-28T10:59:00.000+01:00

Should have took him......should have took him :)

It hurts losing again but if you ask any honest English fan they will tell you similar;

We played very under par the whole tournament and only looked like the team that we could be the last two matches.Watching the match yesterday was painful,for the first 15 mins Germany looked to be giving us a good spanking.The rest of the match we had the most of the ball but the difference was we had no width,quality,pace,didn't do anything with the ball and very few creative plays.Nearly the whole side looked like they didn't know what role they was playing and Germany played far better.....better ball control,better passing and much more pace!..... sure we had the ball more but every time Germany got the ball they looked to have purpose and the teams passes and shots were quality.

The 2nd goal should have been allowed and the whole world knows it.Maybe it would have lowered the German teams spirits and allowed England to slip another goal in after it lifted our whole teams morale rather than lowered it.

Didn't like Sven but he did a better job and is much more easy to understand than Cappello.

Filipino Day,fun straw & bottle relay game

2010-06-21T15:23:00.007+01:00

My mum works at an old peoples home and as she is management I aways get invites to their events.They have multicultural staff working there and I decided to go to the Filipino Day to see if I could find some hotties :)

Our team won this race where you had to place a straw in each bottle(10 bottles)then on the way back remove them,all without knocking a bottle over or you would have to start again.You would then pass the 10 straws on to another team mate(5 in each team)once completed and then they would do the same until the whole team had completed this.

Was a nice day with some nice food,cake and ice cream.I even managed to score an amazingly good looking Filipino woman's digits.Really funny when I asked her name she said it was Judith,nothing bad about the name just unusual for a Filipino to have such an English name.

It would be easy to have some nice dreams about these Filipino's with this music as my dream theme tune haha.

South Africa 2010 Superstar left in England: Part-1

2010-06-21T15:17:00.002+01:00

This was his left foot,he is right footed.Imagine the damage he would inflict in South Africa with the right foot!

Crazy ass dreams

2010-06-15T00:15:00.002+01:00

I had a crazy dream last night.I woke up and found two miniature squirrel reindeer's in my kitchen hoping around from shelf to shelf then the bigger one picked up a cup and started drinking out of it,dropped it from the shelf and it fell perfectly onto the worktop upright,then he fell into it and got stuck.The little one jumped down and helped him out and then they both hopped off out the window.Mad as fuk.

2010 WSOP Fantasy League

2010-05-27T17:13:00.004+01:00

Just made my A,B & C team picks for this year.

Also created 2 groups so if you have an FTP account and wish to join these are:

Group:LOLDONKAMENTS
Password:omgomgomg

Group:TwoPlusTwo
Password:omgomgomg

Oh yeah it's bank holiday weekend tomorrow in the UK.I plan on getting very drunk and 'partying my dik into the dirt'!

The Original ZOMG Cat is....

2010-05-14T15:11:00.004+01:00

Today's Video Pick

Another funny video

2010-05-08T18:27:00.000+01:00

Today's Video Pick

Bit old but pretty funny.Sorry but they disabled embedding on this one so you gotta click the link to take you to YouTube to watch

I wonder....

2010-05-01T17:41:00.008+01:00

......what it would be like to work for a poker site.Recently I have had a bit of contact with some sites,and one site PokerStars in particular makes me smile.I'm sure it's not all they do but some dudes are getting paid to read poker blogs and probably surf the net all day.How fucking cool is this shit!I mean just browsing around,browsing around(you see what I did there)

From time to time I play other forms of poker.It's good practice to learn them all.Nothing like being at a friends house or the local card room and the game is 'Dealers Choice' and your the NOOB that doesn't understand what game your playing.

How to Play Pot Limit Omaha

How to Play 7 Card Stud

If you can't process the above why not try this instead

I really like the thought process involved in the third video.I really like how it's broken down and made very easy to understand.

April update:V-Blog style

2010-04-27T13:33:00.000+01:00

In this V-Blog I talk about turning $18(what was left in my FTP account after a failed HU shot)into over $1k playing 6max micro stakes most of the month.Also I talk about some stuff in life this month which made me happy :)

$2NL>>$5NL>>$10NL>>$25NL>>$50NL>>$100NL

Might just be the video picks for a while,need to knuckle down and finish my diploma in youth work studies before August.

GL Everyone :)

Today's Video Pick:The Online Gamer

2010-04-23T15:29:00.002+01:00

If you ever gamed online you have to find this funny.I actually was about to post another video up and found this one through that one.Just another example of my expert YouTube stalking skills :)

Today's Video Pick(NSFW)

2010-04-18T15:39:00.003+01:00

Going to do a V-Blog update before the end of the month,but until then here is 'Today's Video Pick'

Thought you all might like this assuming your not gay or a girl ;)

Happy Birthday to me :)

2010-04-11T20:16:00.008+01:00

Yo peeps.Just a quick one today.

Thanks to all my crew,weekend was brilliant.Went out last night got SMASHED had an amazing night.This morning was spent soaking it all up eating bacon SARNIE's whilst watching the UFC trying to bring myself back to planet earth in time for Go-karting after last nights antics.
Today we went Go-Karting.I was going to make a video but it would have been lame so didn't bother.
I got 2nd as my mate is 1 whole stone lighter than me.Actually I think he may be a little bit better than me.It would be really good if we was same weight though as he was about 1 second a lap quicker on average speed.
After chilling watching You-Tube videos online with a buddy for a while I came up with an idea.
My blog is not very interesting at the moment to the masses but I think I have a good taste in a variety of You-Tube channels/users/videos.
So I will try and pick and post 1 video every few days to keep you all entertained.Some stuff my buddy liked and some stuff he didn't as our tastes are slightly different comedy wise but very similar music wise.See what you all think,feel free to comment and suggest some of your favorite videos so others can share their love.Some great stuff on You-Tube if you have time to sift through the crap stuff.It's an art you know ;)

Today's Video Pick
It's a rap music video by Dumbfounded and a few other musician's.I think this is a really cool video and the idea to have a jam session with people from other parts of the world and bring it together in this creative and innovative format is very pleasing to the ear and eye.
Until I learn how to re-size You-Tube video's(is this possible if so a 'how-t0' would be greatly appreciated)I will be adding the 'Today's Video Pick' at the very top of my blog which you should see as soon as you come to my blog.So if you click on a link to my blog and feel disappointed as there is no video just look at the top of my blog and you shall see 'Today's Video Pick' which will be changed every few days.

SCOOP,Super 50,Tournament Poker and Mirco Poker

2010-04-01T14:39:00.005+01:00

With 31 days to go to the SCOOP I decided it's time to check out the events page.It's crazy to look at the events and all time winners in the series of tournaments run on PS.Over $38.3million USD has been won so far and with the next installment of SCOOP just around the corner with a guaranteed $45million USD prize pool over 38 events its defiantly time to be shot taking.

"No play no pay"
was the cry from your grand pappy.

Join in for the SCOOP.Satellite's running now,events kick-off 2/5/10>>>16/5/10

Saturday Super 50 £15k Gtd

My expectations were high as they always are when I sit down infront of soft opposition.I was pretty upset that I only managed 113th/312

I started off pretty bad after I raised QJs in MP and got a CO caller.Flop was Ace high with one of my suit cards.I C-Bet with the back door and pick up the Ks on the turn with is a pretty good or pretty bad card for me.I decide with the Royal Flush/Flush/Straight back doors I'm betting turn.I miss and check the Jx river praying that some clown called with a mid PP.He checks back and shows AKo.This is crazy I'm thinking.God live players are donks who are so clueless. REDONKULOUS

Few more spots I lost trying to pick up pots and I'm down from 10k starting stack to 3400 at my lowest point.I think I had shot my table image in the first 1.5hrs.I got my chips back to 7800 and I got moved tables.First hand CO raises I'm in BB with QQ.I decided to slowroll and call.9high flop I check he auto-overbet-ships I Meta-Snapped just as he said it and we put them on backs he shows AKo.Turn comes Ace ldo(I'm thinking pretty std I run so bad it's untrue)Then river comes Q and I'm speechless.First time I re-drawed to a 2-outta since the dinosaurs became extinct!

The blinds became pretty big and after being at 18k I soon dwindled down to 8k by about 8:30pm after only winning one other hand at that table.

I got moved tables again and the second hand I'm utg+1 with KK and utg tournament chip leader raises.I take a look up the table(like I'm actually considering the rest of the table lul)and ship after about 12 seconds.Table folds back to him and he says"I got total crap but I'm calling".Think blinds were 800/1600 with 100 antes at the time so after he made it 4200 it was only 3800 to call with his Q9s.I can see why he called as he had over 100k but it didn't feel nice for him to almost lock it up on the flop with the flopped straight.Turn paired board and I'm thinking I will not redraw to another 2-outta until the recession is over now!River is no help and I'm busted out in 113th place.

Feel like I wasted my time 3pm-8:30pm.I know I didn't play great and could have had about 6k more in my stack which might have influenced his decision but that's life.

Tournament Poker

I got a 238/9654 finish in a freeroll event at stars and got about $7 or something.

I have been playing some 25c 90-man sngs on PS with a random $1 free money email from stars wanting me to play the games.I played those before I went on Saturday I think?Can't quite remember things have been upside down for me the last 2 weeks with studies and stuff.I did quite well.Played 18 cashed in seven.I got 3rd,4th,5th,7th,10th and two 12th place finishes.I bubbled one in 13th and came closeish in the rest proablly mid 20th-35th place.

I quickly busted the money I had won taking it to the cash game's as it's not much fun 12 tabling 90-mans for 6.5hrs.Don't know how you sng pros do this.

I won a seat into a WSOP 5 seat giveaway through a Satellite on Full Tilt Poker.Man so far there is 29,945 players registered.It only costs $1+10c to register but I'm so non-balla I took the freeroll root.It's good MTT experience for $1.10c though definitely.If your a luckbox I'd say take a shot and try to get one of the 5 x $12k packages up for grabs for this years WSOP.

FTP Micro Cash game Experiment

After cashing in $100 at FTP and being quickly smashed at HU and sucked out on at $30 cap I was down to $19.I usually just tilt off small potatoes and find someone wanting PLO flips or something but this time I came back a day later motivated.I have been 40BB 6-tabling micro games with a shoving strategy.Amazing what people call with down there!

I was looking last night and I'm 13th for the week at $2nl on Poker Table Ratings which I think is pretty amusing after only having played 3 days.

I have been unmotivated and hating poker for ages,playing this low seems to be motivating and reaffirming my discipline within the game.I think when I play today I'm going to try $5nl with the same strategy.

Sorry this post was so long.

Another Donkament

2010-03-22T22:27:00.003Z

Tonight
Played another tournament on Boss Media tonight.I just remembered why I prefer cash games.Busted in 43rd/218 after this guy calls his 3rd all in against me(after hitting the other 2 hands from behind)I had AJo in MP vs 2 limper's and shoved with 6.5BB he called his CO with A3o with 5 players left to answer my raise.It was 98% of his stack.Q33 flop bleh,wouldn't even throw up a sweat card turn.

Saturday
I'm going to play the £10k Gtd Super-50 this Saturday at Nottingham's Dusk Till dawn poker room at 3pm.If you have never been to this place it's a must when ever you get the chance as it's the biggest card room in Europe.

New Approach
I'm going to try to get into tournament poker a bit more as I have become quite frustrated with poker and feel my cash game is currently not up to much and I don't play my A-Game enough these days.I have always been good at tournament poker but never really played.I always seem to get into the top 20% of the field of big MTT's when I play.Just got to practice closing the deals.I think I've won 4 or 5 and had around 10-11 Final tables(including the wins) MTT's lifetime which I feel isnt bad as I probably have only ever played around 45-50 MTT's lifetime.
I'm that sad that I have a file on my computer with all the HH's from each MTT that I final tabled.I feel pretty bad about poker so to cheer me up I'm going to list them on this blog to make me appear to be better at poker haha.

To Do List
[ ] Post HU HH's into replayer for next blog entry
[ ] Post my lifetime MTT final table's for next blog entry
[ ] Catch up on study work before meeting my manager this Friday(always the important goals that get done last with me)

DTD-Super50 £10k Gtd Seat Shipped

2010-03-21T22:03:00.002Z

Yeah that's right.I'm that good at poker I can beat a whole 27 players haha.
Seriously good value for 250FPP's.It's on Dusk Till Dawn Poker a Boss Media skin.I guess only a few players live close enough to the venue who entered tonight.Always a small crowd for the satellite.Worst hand/set up was 4 handed Bttn raise 2k blinds 300/600 with antes folds to me AJo in sb.
TJTXX
he has teh Kings...
That took away my chip lead but I and chopped my 15k stack in half.Other than that I just pwned.

Sorry this is a quick post without any real thought.I have other stuff to post but really cannot be bothered to run the hands through a re player so will save that blog for another day.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
GL later people.

Creativity

2010-03-12T13:08:00.005Z

For years and years I surfed the net,
All i seem to do is stumble onto twoplustwo,
This ain't all that bad I mean come on we all kinda sad!
For sure I've had better things to do,but what other place is there to be than NVG!
I've said it before and I'll say it some more,I wish I could hit that god dam draw!
My lifestyle ain't habit or addiction like some,pretty sure I ain't that kinda bum.
When all is said and done,only one thing matters,the rest seems kinda dumb!
When you got the chedda life is sweet,this game ain't hard when you choose the right seat :)

wurd

Skill game.Told many times and they still don't get it!

2010-02-27T16:16:00.009Z

Lot's of games can be played for money,particular are casino games such as craps,baccarat,roulette,blackjack,casino brag draw poker these are to name only a few games of chance.
Some of the noobs that we talk to every day associate poker with games of chance and put them into the same category as casino games.So when they find out what we do and clearly don't understand that we are not actual gamblers it always annoys the hell out of us.I bet some of us are still trying to explain the concept from time to time to family members.I class poker as a game of skill with some chance involved but mainley skill.The better the opponents the less chance,the worse the players the more chance is involved as they chase more hands with improper odds,which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill

NOOBS

Luke Schwartz's Balla Whip

2010-02-20T14:47:00.006Z

Sorry If you already saw this,I saw a thread on 2p2 a few weeks back but only just remembered about it.The show starts off with a positive spin on online poker but as always we ended up stinking by the end!

Back at the Eurosites

2010-02-19T18:53:00.004Z

The last few months I have hated poker so much so that on more than a few occasions I have thought about work.I really don't want to have to work again but in life we all have to do things we don't want to from time too time.Have to see how things play out I guess.
I decided that I'm going to go back to Boss to beat up on the lower levels and avoid 100nl at all costs.Man I really got hammered at that level.That's definitely my worst level on any site.It's the smallest toughest rock garden/nit-fest online imo.I will play higher levels when the games seem good and my roll is a little more padded than it's current state.
Also I'm just going to play as much as I feel like each day.I have always played my best when just playing as much as I feel.I started very late this month and have played around 2300 hands in 8 days I think.I'm up nearly 10 BI.My plan is to win at least 1 BI a day and keep my mind positive.The past year I feel my biggest fall has been my mindset.I ran bad yada yada yada but for sure I let it get to me and that kind of destroyed my soul and confidence in poker.
Another thing I'm finding hard is studying.When I feel productive I choose poker to make money.When I'm done with a session it's either because I'm happy with the amount I just won or I feel I have played enough,thus making me unproductive.

I had been planning on having a mate over tonight for beers and games but he pulled out so I'm off round the town it looks like.Have a fun weekend everybody what ever activity's you choose to do :)

Hit or Run Promotion & Free PP Monies

2010-02-05T14:06:00.009Z

Everybody is just so good at hitting against me all in.Also when I have a hand I run into the top of someones range.When they have a hand they run into top of my range.So what's the difference?I don't hit 2 outta's......moan over die FTP scum whores

I just picked up the mail today,usually all junk mail through my door.No doubt your door is the same.Party Poker...hmmm what's this.At first I threw it on the floor,then I just couldn't wait to open it as I know Party going to be offering me chedda.

I just logged on and the $50 is a bonus which I just accept then the money is mine after 300 PPs.This should be fun HHs to come....

EDIT:
I showed him the first hand so on hand 2 he decides he wants to raise for value? :)

The 25PL was the most fun my balance at PP now $156.62 not bad for picking up the mail and Stakin-Sum-Nubz....

I just played 1 game of the "Hit or Run" promotion.1 st hand cooler dealer for 1 pair with 72o vs AK
2nd hand I spilt with 72o again(which counts as a win in this promotion)
After this I decided I'm hitting until I get up to a few Hundo at least....
3rd,4th,5th,6th hands I win with utter shit so I'm thinking PP just going to give me chedda because they love me and want me to play their site.....so this enforces my hit theory right?
I'm up to $64 in free monies
7th hand busted I lose oh noeeeees I have to wait till tomorrow for another game which is going to probably get me hooked on Black Jack
If any body has any suggestions for what I should "Run" on tomorrow comment.You can "Hit" all the way up to $1024USD which is 10 successful hits I managed 6 and lost my 7th hit :(

off for a shower now think my buddy coming over for drinks and an online killing spree on the PS3 later

I Heart Rush Poker

2010-01-25T17:01:00.002Z

This weekend sucked

2010-01-24T20:06:00.002Z

"MeCrushYa" HU4ROLLZ on Quantum Of Solace PSN anyone?

2010-01-20T00:54:00.003Z

Had a really bad day at the tables on Monday.I decided to cash out my roll until I have completed my VRQ L3 studies.I have a whole unit to complete before Friday night as this weekend I have Saturday & Sunday full day training days with the delivery of the next two units of my VRQ L3 in Youth Work.So from now until probably Monday I'm not going to be playing poker at all.I'm break even for the month after a huge losing day on Monday :(
I will probably take the rest of the month off and just play the WBCOOP events at PokerStars.They have a prize for best blogging achievement or something.Think that daleroxxu will win though so not sure if I'm going to bother attempting a cool blog post.

You can just watch me pwn the shit out of Quantum Of Solace on the PS3 Network.You really can't teach this shit it's just raw talent ;)
(or a years worth of 2-3hrs a day slamming buttons on the PS3)

Not played in ages so was a bit rusty.Obvious I still crush though ;)

It's the taking part that counts right?

2010-01-13T23:36:00.004Z

I should have posted these when I moved up.But better later than never!Above are all my hands played at 25/50NL/EUR 5max(2,594 hands played at HU)The level is pretty weird as it plays very weak.It is definitely the best value on Boss Media.It's nearly the same as 50/1NL/USD and no where near the class of FTP and PS and PP.So thumbs up for value from these games.

Today I felt pretty good about grinding so played the most hands in one day for a long long time.I usually play 300-600 hands a day because I'm a lazy bum!

With how the hands/spots panned out It's an achievement to break even for the day.It sucks but I guess if you can break even/slight loss/slight win whilst the variance runs against you that's half the battle won in poker.

Here are the main highs & lows of the day.I had to put the hands on 3 session uploads because the player couldn't deal with 14 hands!Can't complain it is a free service.Forget which replayer it's in whilst writing this but I V-Towned myself pretty good with AA.My initial plan failed after I had limped my last 4/5 hands and getting squeezed out of the pot each time.Pretty funny how he raises the T9 to see where he is then decides to call the 4bet.I was sure he had a draw or something he just played it so spazzy.Big "wut" at showdown anyway meh!

Can't Scoop em!
My favorite hand today was definitely the AK squeeze spot where I shipped the 8 high flop and the drooler calls with Jhigh and a gutshot.I swear I don't hold ever 65% to win.

I had a sick cooler a few days ago against a similar drooler that limped called K8o in MP against my KQs BTTN iso and a short stacker with 40BBs calls his SB.
Flop: Ks-Ts-4x
c/c I bet 10EUR,SB shoves all-in and MP thinks for 4-5 seconds and calls.........I'm like wtf.I manage to figure out he is a drooler and ship all in 100BBs totall and he ends up calling.
Final Board: Ks-Ts-4x-Tc-Th
85% aiof and I still can't scoop

Cash game donk......

2010-01-11T18:44:00.006Z

.....to come donk off to torno donks!

Torno donks feel free to come donk off at cash.

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! PokerStars.com is the home of Free Online Poker Games, bloggers can play for free in the exclusive WBCOOP tournament.

Details of last longer bet?We all throw monies in winner scoops?Places?

Do I get odds for being a cash game donk ;)

Happy 2010,lets do this!!!

2010-01-03T20:45:00.001Z

Rush of cards is always welcome

2009-12-17T00:05:00.003Z

Since I brought the new jeans I have run pretty good getting the better side of the cooler spots(me with AA v KK rather than the other way around)
I'm starting to think these jeans are some kind of luckbox.
AA x 5
KK x 1
QQ x 2
JJ x 1
AKs x 2
AKo x 4

Since the 15th -17th(midnight my last session) in the space of 255 hands above is the hand distribution.Up 4 BI at 100nl EUR

I updated the software before I started my session just and below was the big hand distribution for the 123 hand session:
AA x 4
KK x 1
QQ x 2
JJ x 1
AKs x 1
AKo x 1

[x] Boomswitch activated
[x] Jeans lucky
[x] Jeans paid for nearly double fold

Sorry if this seems like a lame brag post,but I guess it is and this rush of cards has put a smile back on my face after continually bitting the dirt all year long.

Happy Christmas everyone, I'm sure there is enough boomswitch to go around as long as your not on Boss media ;)

USC Clothes store

2009-12-16T00:15:00.004Z

Went to this shopping centre today "Meadowhall"Sheffield,England. Ended up spending £250 on a belt and 2 pairs of Diesel jeans.Expensive taste,meh sucks because I'm tight with money and hate spending it :(

I'm at the checkout and I see a sign spend over £100 get £20 off your bill.I'm like "cool £40 notes back in my sky rocket".I ask them if I can get £40 discount,the cashier looks at his manager and she says no because it's one transaction.I turn around and say how about if I pay for half in one transaction then pay the other half on another transaction.She says that will be fine if you want to do that.(I'm thinking £20 is £20 and I'm tight as fuk so I'm definitely doing this even if it means joining back of Que again haha).Seriously though wtf is happening here can't they just do it in one transaction.Took the cashier(thick as fuk weed smoking,pill popping looking type)about 20 mins to figure out how to do it after he messed it up 3 times!I didn't mind as I had 30mins to wait for a group of young people we took out to the shops to meet us back at the meeting point.

Poker has been proving pretty good this month touch wood.I had a terrible night on Monday making 3 huge mistakes then I got frustrated and made a few spews ended up dropping £580 for the night at 200nlEUR 150nl EUR and 100nl EUR.The biggest mistakes were at the 200s.
other than that I'm in the green a good amount :)

I played a few more $1.10c HU sngs and the lat 5 I played went pretty bad,losing the first 3(2 of these to horrendous calls preflop and losing to a 3 outta on both occasions)and only just managing to win the last 2.This fired my AGG-LAG game into play and I decided it was time to play 2nl PLO with about $6.I lost half of this then ended up agreeing to do some flips with some other random English guy.Was fun but pretty obvious I bust my mini FTP bankroll as I don't run too good at flipping unless its pancakes.

Cliff notes:
take some variance at HU sngs,play PLO then decide to flip as there all mirco NITs who manage to make marginal hands hold vs me ldo.

How the hell do I refuse PLO flipaments ever?Come on I am a degenerate

Official $1.10c into over $1,000 Challenge
wins/Games: 8/12
Bankroll: $0

[x]Epic Fail :)

Another Challenge

2009-12-11T17:12:00.002Z

Official $1.10c into over $1,000 Challenge

Late 2007 before I moved to FTP from PP I had about $1.23c in my FTP account.I started to play sngs at FTP after I won a few.I would quit a $400nl session at PP when the table became allot less EV then play a few HU micro sngs at FTP. It took a long time but basically I turned that $1.23c into over $14k(think it was $15 or maybe $16k).It was really good as I already had around a $20k roll over at PP.By the time I got to around $70ish I started to short BI 20BBs into .50/1 untill I had around $1200/1300ish.Then i remember playing Allen Cunningham at 3/6 HU after I had just cashed in a FTOPS for about $500/$700(can't quite remember).After this I started playing sessions of $400nl and FTP and remember knowing the good times to play PP and the good times of the day for playing FTP.

This was a pretty good exercise for discipline,something that I feel I'm lacking at the moment as I keep playing different stakes over at the Euro sites.

I was playing a friend the other night at PLO 2nl after he shipped me $5 as my FTP account is depleted.After a few games I think I shipped it him all back and ended up with $1.10c spare.the correct amount for 1 BI into the lowest micro HU sngs.I played 4 matches last night and won all,3 vs same really bad and supremely tilted opponent.I just played 3 today and got 2 wins so it looks like a solid start for my challenge.

I don't blog much these days as it's depressing to list all the fails when I'm not doing so well.But from now on I will add an update to my challenge at the bottom of each blog.I will be playing mainly HU sngs until I get to around $70ish then I will start short buying for 100nl like before.

Official $1.10c into over $1,000 Challenge
wins/Games: 6/7
Bankroll: $5.40c

Last month of this horrible year

2009-12-02T23:24:00.006Z

Last few days for me have been very swingy.I have been shot taking at 2/4 EUR with mixed success.The players seem very solid or very bad.There are not many of the latter.I managed to make £700 on Tuesday for less than 250 hands which was a nice start to the month and I got £250 in rakeback so being up nearly £1k on the first day of the month is fine by me :)

Tonight was a different matter,the tables looked dry so i decided no shots were to be taken tonight.I ended up playing 50/1EUR which turned out to be another cooler session.I swear 50/1 must be rigged at Boss just like no one wins at 3/6 Party

We have all had coolers in the past but it's pretty sick to be 3-tabling and get coolered left right and centre in the space of 30minutes or so.

*Edit*(Missed this hand out.)

Thoughts
#The As hand I know donker is a strong player,maybe my raise should have been 18-24ish but I feel I achieved a good fold.Maybe he might be underplaying Qs or overplaying Js but it sure feels alot more like a set than anything else.I'm either a flip or a long way behind.He 4bets my raise OOP with a player in the middle which indicates a made hand or a combo.I'd go for a made hand as it looks like the player in this middle is drawing and the donker wants to re-protect his hand.I think most players at this site are that tight they would call with a combo or any weak hand.I'm certain this is a good lay.

#I think the T-8s hand I played well but maybe 30-40EUR might have a better chance of getting called?I decided to shove as it looks like I'm turning my hand into a bluff when the board runs out like this.The river 7 is a pretty bad card is it completes 2 pair hands I could have.I think he has 1 pair type hands here?

#The AKs hand I said to myself the other day from now on I should be flatting AKs IP then jamming when people squeeze if their image warrants it.This table was pretty tight like most tables at Boss.basically if you get 4bet at Boss by a good reg he has KK/AA very rare he has AK.Some get it in with Qs from the BTTN/Blinds but most just call the 3bets.I decided to flat here.Think I should just fold pre given how tight people are.Crazy I know plays well different from American sites.

#The Qs hand in the blind I flat the 3bet as UTG is super tight.After he ships it I know there is a good chance he is value pushing AA/KK and trying to get AK or any pair to call.The hands above are in order as played so i guess I took a line that was to get the most value out of the hand but I'm committed preflop.I'm not sure my thinking is right for assuming this player can shove AK in this spot.Looking back this is a fold.This is how tight poker is becoming.

#The Ks hand is pretty standard.I like his line here makes me fold a ton of my range.Just annoying 14%ers get there all the time it seems vs me.

#The set of 5s I decide to go for value and ship the turn as it makes any Ace call from the blinds and any straight draws.I put him on any ace after he called flop and the player was very weak.

#The TPGK hand I added for pure comic value,player folds for 40c into a 100EUR pot or something.Pretty crazy but I'm sure his computer messed up.If it's not his computer he must be very messed up.

I think I'm just going to play 1/2 and skip 50/1 as I have ran supremely bad there.I did well tonight not to spew after having about 3 nights with only 4-5hours sleep in last 5 days.I caught up on sleep last night so I feel very fresh compared to 2 days ago.I know I'm still tired so I quit the session stuck and decided to watch TV until I'm tired enough to sleep.

I'm at a house party on Friday so maybe I'll post a few pics if it does not get too messy.
GL to everybody for December unless your playing at my tables of course ;)

Thanks Dad

2009-11-28T19:55:00.005Z

I have had a few problems the last few days after Boss media updated the client software it added an extra "5000000"tag to all the game numbers which my poker software can not read.It became so bad I couldn't play until I found a solution to fix this.Still means I have to mess around a bit to convert & import hands but at least now thanks to a 45minute phone call with my Dad this morning I can do this allot faster than messing around with each hand manually.

I want to apologise to everyone who reads and comments on this blog.After a poster commented yesterday "pokercoach2007" I believe I replied and then all of my comments from every single blog got deleted.Very strange indeed!At first I thought I made the mistake and deleted them but after further inspection you can only delete one comment at a time whilst on comments.I don't know what's happened here so sorry everyone :(

Another thing about the Internets,if you go on twoplustwo be careful as they have been hacked and malware posted onto the site.
I found something strange the other day with an old twplustwo link.I think it was the same day as my comments got deleted.

PartyScout

Teh Eurodonk plan

2009-11-21T15:04:00.007Z

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

2009-11-16T16:25:00.003Z

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

2009-11-08T12:25:00.002Z

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!

2009-10-27T17:24:00.003Z

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

2009-10-06T00:44:00.004+01:00

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

2009-09-28T21:10:00.002+01:00

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

2009-09-24T23:05:00.002+01:00

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

Getting bored of cheeseburger stakes

2009-09-18T00:19:00.004+01:00

I just fall to bits the more hands I play it seems.My game has been sucking at 50/1 for the last 2-3k hands.I'm break even this month at the level for about 6k hands and have lost motivations.

I played some $400nl on FTP and got into some really interesting spots,one I managed to win a 3bet pot of calling a 3bet preflop in MP after CO had raised and SB called.I'd post the hand if it wasn't so horrible.

Tonight I phoned Party Gaming and asked them to give me a bonus.I got a pretty good deal.
Bonus $925 ( No deposit required)
Hit 5,500 Points in 30 days and you get the lot.It's released in 5 increments of $185-1100 points.

I have always said the PP regs are better than everywhere else and I still think thats true.One habit I know that is a bit of a leak for me at FTP is calling light.This habit is from all the PP fish bluffing or betting light.This is something that everyone does at PP.Everyone calls light in small-medium pots,some times all in 100BB pots(rarer).Maybe this is my theory of why Party Poker tables always seem to produce more action in general.
Anyways I'm trying to play $400nl very underolled.In totall I have about 10 BI for the level with all my funds but at Party I started playing with 2.5BI today which is now just over 3.5BI.Some people may think this is crazy but I actually think it helps me respect money and play better,concentrate harder etc etc.When I first started $200nl in 2008 I had less than 4BI and managed to run up a 15BI BR for $400nl.
I'm definitely going to need all my monster hands to hold up or I'll be BUSTO'd pronto(at least my PP account anyways).

Back on track

2009-08-24T22:54:00.006+01:00

I have got my shit together this month big time.I'm playing really good against the 50/1 regulars and fish of FTP. I have knocked in 19,525 hands so far and I think I'm going to get in another 5,000 hands before the months out.My thought process is much more improved and I'm just bot-ing 6max and using what ever strong reads I have against the regulars tendencies to add a bit more EV to my game.

Bit of HU & 90% 6max
Just 6max

Today I have actually had the worst session in terms of BI's lost ever at poker in one session.My first session I made nearly 2 BI so the whole day I'm stuck 5 BI which is good considering how I could have tilted allot of money away.I'm really pleased I didn't tilt even after starring hard at the screen after about the 3rd beat.Poker can be pretty dissatisfying at time and today was no exception.The main hands which I felt I couldn't have played any better if I had tried so I'm happy."Skylansky's" banked I guess!

Beatsville

Todays last session :(

Update

2009-08-05T00:22:00.005+01:00

I was messing around on FTP and found out that I was 4th in the twoplustwo league for the fantasy poker.I picked my team ages ago,forgot about it and not made any alterations to my team.Maybe I should be a sports bettor.

I have had a rough time so far with poker this year,the main thing is people are improving,not as much dead money as there used to be and I have played bad/run bad.So yeah I use every excuse in the book to cover why I'm sucking so hard right now.

Well hopefully this will all change soon,I wouldn't say I'm super motivated but I'm certainly motivated to improve my game and get back up to scratch.At the moment I have been trying to improve heads up.The main things I'm trying to nail are less tilt,spew,ill advised moves and just all more all round solidness of my game.I think when I'm playing good I'm a great player but I find it hard to keep my A-game up and I veer off from the best paths at times.This is definitely the most important thing to me.I have spent around 20k hands focusing on improving my red line.As a result of this I have been playing my arse off in very light spots indeed.I think it's improved one part of my game and destroyed another.Well not destroyed as I just need to get out of the habit of always having air :) I'm sure my blue line would go up a bit in another 40k hands maybe :)
From now on when I play I want to always follow these rules:

Play my A-game

Quit when I feel that I can't bring my A-game or I'm veering from my A-game

Don't play tired or with negative emotional feelings

Soon as I feel the tiltmonkey inside swinging around quit the session

After I have a better control on all of the above I will look into not be such a lazy arse and play allot more than 2hrs a day(I have not even managed this lately)

Over & Out

$50k gtd Donkament win...

2009-06-18T19:14:00.003+01:00

.... Not me my friend Tom!

My friend Tom well this is a good story.Few years back I met his brother online in a $22 sng I believe.I noticed his location and mentioned I live pretty close by.We got talking and swap mails and I met Tom thought Martin.I don't got many friends as my head has been wrapped up in poker for so many years and you don't get much of a social life.I have even less poker friends so Tom & Martin were a welcome addition to my poker friend/friend network for sure.

I don't talk to Martin & Tom much these days as I have not had MSN messenger on for months.I probably turn it on once a week to check mails or just be nosey and see who is online.Anyway too my surprise I turn MSN messenger on a couple of days back and Tom informed me of some great news.He told me that he took down the $50k gtd for $13,762.50c which is fantastic news well done buddy.I still think Martin runs better though,remember his story of how he sat in first hand at AP and won the BBJ :) sick!

Congrats Tom really pleased for you mate,about time something nice happened for you mate :)

FTP WSOP Fantasy Team

2009-06-06T21:47:00.002+01:00

Doubtfull I will be arsed to chaange the team for each event but thought I might as well have a bash even though I have not played FTP for a few months.

NVG poster video of LV-WSOP

2009-06-06T12:51:00.002+01:00

DIAGF Pretty plz

2009-05-27T16:03:00.002+01:00

Every now and then I go back to that first instinct of believing online poker is rigged because I lost money.This month seems like it's very rigged.
I just played a 52 hands session of HU cheezeburger stakes and it tilted the shit out of me!
55 aipf winner
99aipf winner
So I have this crazy image now after 30 hands or so(obv I adjust) and I start shipping monsters the same way.
KK v A6o aipf loser
KK v AJo aipf loser(185BB deep)

Forget about this Red-Line bullshit everyone.....You get a sexy Red-Line starting to develop and the poker Karma Police just rape you for stealing money "I tell you!"
I really feel lame and dirty.I just wired the last of my USD BR into my account so I really don't know what to make of poker as the above graph is the last of my poker monies BR in GBP.I ran it up to 20 BI for 50/1EUR and just ran bad and seem to continue getting raped at 25/50EUR.

Some people just run good at this game and then there are people who run normal.Myself,I have come to believe that I just run bad.If I could be arsed to graph all my hands I ever played I think I would just be sick and die!

Warning Cheeze Burger Stakes

2009-05-10T13:36:00.005+01:00

Poker Update
I really have not been to impressed with poker this year one bit.The last 8 months I have run like dirt and the last 4 months I have run like dirt and played bad also making my downswing even worse.
I was in need of a change of pace so made the decision to try out a Euro poker site.I'm only playing low stakes for a few reasons;

1: I only had £1,149 BR in my E-Wallet account
2:I think I need to work my way back up through the levels
3:By doing #2 I feel I'm only going to improve my re-adjusting skills

I have mainly played 25/50(50nl) mixtures of EUR/GBP tables.
Obvious this is higher than the equivalent USD tables but it is really low for a Mid-Stakes-NL player.
I'm trying to follow a 20 BI rule and take 5 BI shots at the next level until/if I reach 5/10 and then just take 3 BI shots.

I feel all of the above is good for me at this time as I need some focus/structure because my mind has not been in the best of tune towards poker.

Here is my graph so far at the site(about 3/4 days last month of play also) I think I'm doing fairly good after running around 7.5 BI under All-In EV so far.I'm really impressed with my non showdown winnings-(red line) but I think this may be because 75% of the hands are HU

Dusk Till Dawn
Last night me and a friend visited Dusk-Till-Dawn at Nottingham.The night was very slow and I booked a losing session at 50/1 GBP -£19

I was pretty cold all night for 3hrs play I got bottom set in on flop vs nut straight and 50BBs effective got dealt AJo as my highest ace which was a fold preflop due to action preflop and just got a bunch of trash hands with no potential.

Only intresing hand was where I 3bet the CO with 6d-7d on the BTTN.Everybody folds CO calls.

Ac-3d-2h

Check,Check

4d

Check Check

5s

Bing!

Check,All in £46 at £26

"I think you have a 6 but I call"

I'd double barrowed him off a hand earlier and showed a total air ball :) Plus I know he has to snap this as he thinks I'm trying to take the chop away.I think he has to be right about 3.85 times to break even/slight profit on the call.Guess he didn't add this in his decision to call.

Dusk Till Dawn Pics:

Poker gods please let me run just normal,or if you find it in your heart of hearts slightly warm would be appreciated

Bleh,can't be arsed anymore....

2009-04-15T01:31:00.002+01:00

This was the second hand I played tonight.I had not played for a while due to my game being way off and running a little below average.I managed to play the orbit then I thought it was best to just leave.I'm hating poker right now.I really don't want to play this game for much longer.I'm due to go to San Remo on the 18th for the EPT.The way I feel at the moment I'm leaning towards staying well away from any place poker related so may give the trip a miss.

I'm getting really sick of the game.I was thinking about taking the summer off,going on holiday then taking a £8k shot at HSNL.If I bust I return to normal life with a few quid in the bank,if I do ok I stay out in the crazy lifestyle for however long my body can last?

BIG FAT CHEATER

2009-02-09T03:41:00.005Z

Already been posted in NVG at 2p2 but if you followed or know about the AP online poker cheating scam from 2004-2008 here's the guy behind it:

Raw Vegas dudes do a fantastic job in trying to get Mr Hamilton to speak here.There is no real point to the guy trying to respond as we all know he did the dirt anyway.After all far too much incriminating evidence links himself to the scandal,but him keeping quit and trying to act as cool as an old dude can under pressure defiantly makes him the most hated person in poker by a long shot for anyone serious about the integrity of the game.

January blues leads to february blues imo

2009-02-05T20:16:00.007Z

I'm kinda on a break from poker right now as my mind is in a weird place,torn between frustrated and angry and of course my "A Game" is no where to be seen.I'm slowly coming out of this weird place but at my own pace.I'm still playing,just no where near as much!I have played 90% HU so far this month,too try to regain confidence in my game.So far I have crushed HU but I'm only playing piss ants at low levels up to 1/2.

Basically last month apart from playing bad/running bad I think I genuinely got crushed,saying that though I think it was me playing horrendous which lead to me getting crushed on various sessions.

I have been just chilling out the last few days and will continue to just drift along for however long it takes my mind to recover from the disappointment of January.I have been really enjoying my time,watched a ton of You Tube vids,listened to a ton of various music and have made an effort to be much more social hooking up with a few friends and what not.

Also I have been talking to a number of girls recently,maybe I shouldn't chat about stuff like this here but I think it's kinda funny.Basically I used to Pwn girls,now I really have not got much of an clue and have very low confidence levels.Poker has proper denied me over in my social skills and I intend to amend this asap.After all this is a good excuse to buy lots of nice new clothes,hit a few various destinations and get utterly pissed amirite?

Post Saver:

Things that are annoying me

2009-01-30T17:07:00.007Z

I woke up today with a man hammering on my door trying to tell me I would be better off to switch energy providers blah blah blah.....after about 15 seconds of his mantra I was like "your not listening,I'M NOT INTERESTED"

So my day got off to a bad start.I feel so ffffing tired today it's untrue.I had a fairly good day yesterday and got back to nearly even again after all of this months doom & gloom.

Things that are annoying me today:

Some clown woke me up
I'm pretty tired and I get angry why I'm tired
Party Poker update has messed me up as now I have to manually re size all table onto my primary then move the excess onto my secondary
Party Have not responded to my mails from over 18hrs ago,I can't wait for this so called VIP high balla level of support to start in February.I'm so going to mess with them like never before :)
I spent time on Thursday looking at other poker sites VIP reward system and it looks clear as day that PokerStars Crushes the fuk out of every other poker site it terms of bonuses,VIP rewards,Store items,Rakebackpan(once right VIP level achieved).I heard that starts MSNL is a rock garden and have never tried this out.I worked out that I'll be supernova after 1 yrs play and I'll make Platinum after the first month making 28k+ FPP's per month so that's like a new Nintendo WII every month or a PS3 every 1.3 Months.I might be shipping some money over to starts to give them a few months of my time.The only thing that is attractive at party at the moment is if you keep your VIP every month you can change your screen name which is sweet as fuk.I think this is worth a ton if you have an image like I put down this month.So I guess this is making me angry in a way as I can't decide what the fuk I wanna do.

On another note I have put in a fair bit of work on what was going to be a Poo-Bah post for my account at 2p2.I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet as it still needs a little bit of work,but it's shaping up to be a fairly interesting article about alternative ways too maximise our profitability at poker and how to prolong the profitability of the poker games in the current economic climate.It could be worth seeing if I can get it into a poker magazine of some sort.I really don't know how to go about this for best.I hear that Tommy Angelo is a good contact to have to talk about these types of things so maybe I'll approach him if the article has good potential at end result.

"What Ya Gonna Do"

2009-01-26T15:40:00.003Z

I have been feeling the pressure of variance lately like never before.I guess the only good thing I can think of that may come of this would be that I get to practice greater tilt control.Things have been pretty sick this month to say the least.

Today I just logged on today too play and only got 119 hands into the session before I need to take a break because of the coolers.

Here are the main 3 hands that I got involved posted in the order which they happened.The last hand was the first hand at the table with a fish,so I think his play(for a fish)is pretty good.Obvious he shouldn't have seen the flop but I guess first hand he thinks it's a squeeze,exactly what we intend the play to look like but hey,"what ya gonna do"

I run that bad that this was not even a BBJ table and if it was where the hell was the Jh on the river and the last god dam Ace in the deck on the turn.I mean come on Party if you wanna doomswitch me fine but have decency to drop me the BBJ when I'm at those tables.Not too much to ask I feel :)

I also was looking into big hands and the more I look the more ill I feel.AA aipf 13 times for 85BBs+ lost 5 times.
8/5 with AA all in preflop for the last 18k hands.... wtf is happening KKx2/QQ/JJ/AK

I'm also changing views on AK as I can't win a flip with it against 44/77/99/QQ x 3 and ran it up against AAx2 and KKx3 this month.

AK=AIR imo

Back in teh green

2009-01-22T03:15:00.003Z

Yes,I'm back in the green finally after a really awful start to 2009.Man the last 10 days I have played awesome(even tho my red line sucks/I had to give up on double & 3barreling my monies off to stubborn regs).I ran about 8.5 BI under EV from 1st-11th of this month.I'm about even on the EV now only 2.25 BI under EV so I can't grumble not to bad for 17k hands :)

Last 10 days

Today started off shocking,I raise AA in MP,CO & BTTN call,SB squeezes $69,BB 4bets Cold $169 pretty much turns his hand face up,I'm thinking of calling but the SB is lol bad and decide I would want to die if they hit something on me(bad thinking?)so I just shove and let the hand play out.Luckily this was only 100BBs,after the board runner runners to ship him with KK a 4card straight board.

I have played really amazing all day taking down pots where I believe I have folded out TPTK and made really non-standard plays against the right opponents to maximize the EV of each hand in each situation.This hand is a classic example of over aggressive maniac types:

I ended up netting $960 for just under 3hrs for the day,after the AA v KK hand and I also escaped KK v AA utg vs MP I 4bet small too induce $102 he trap calls and we both check it down all the way as it's JTK flop blank turn and rivers.I was so happy about how that one played out.Never had that happen before,so really I have $300 more than I would normally have in the spot :)Take a look at it lolzors indeed :)

Also I was thinking today how lazy I have been last year missing out on tons of $$$$$ I should have been grinding towards.I really think you can make allot of money still at this game.One things for sure I'm glad you can now change your SN once at month at Party as everyone will get really used to a certain style which I'm applying in the 6max games.I been thinking about just changing the bet sizes preflop when I change SB just to throw players off the scent mahwhahahaha.

Oh,I got an order through on Tuesday from Full Tilt Poker store.I got lots of stuff clothes and digital camera and other stuff,just wanted to say if anyone wants any FTP poker clothes the Armless Fleece jacket rocks,ima have to take a few shots of me at the poker table with it on because I look like I know what I'm doing when I wear that ;) Pukka mate!

Busting a reg up and a few speed cameras also :(

2009-01-19T16:42:00.004Z

Yesterday was fun.I made a two fairly bad calls whilst 6 tabling in games which were not that profitable so I was just about to quit then I coolered one of the better regs a few times.The QQ hand looks passive,but his 3bet stat is ridiculously low in this position and he showed down one of the 2 hands I expected to see.

Live Pokahs
I have a friend who likes poker,he is not a terrible player but definitely no where near good enough to be profitable online.He was asking me a fair few times over the last couple of weeks to go too "Dusk Till Dawn". This poker card room is one of the best I've played in the UK.Last night I couldn't believe how busy it was with all the tournaments running.I only played £0.50p/£1 which is the equivalent to around $1/$2nl online.The game a sat in was really soft like it mostly is at that level as it's the lowest spread.I made 0.8 BI for around 2hours grind.I'd been raisin lots IP and had limped a few times UTG with various hands.New player had just sat on my UTG and I decided to limp with AA.He pops to £8 everyone mucks it back to me.I'm thinking this is going to look so obvious now if I pop.I think a little more and decide to pop to £32 as he probably won't be able to fold any kind of hand being as it's his first hand and he may think that I think that he is trying to bully the table on his first hand,and this could be a good reason for my limp-repop.Sure enough he falls for it humming and haring and sticks it in with JJ.Saying this though,he only bought in for £60 so I was pretty disappointed.God I hate games which are not 100BB effective!!!

So my day was pretty good,I think I netted around $1300 online & live combined.It might turn out to be not as good though.My eyes are pretty bad when I'm driving in the dark,I think I busted 3 speed cameras in the 35 mile trip down to Nottingham(DuskTillDawn) from where I live meh!

HH Replayer I forgot about

2009-01-18T12:42:00.002Z

I found a HH replayer ages ago which I forgot about until reading another blog today.I was trying to get a HH Replayer like Poker X factor so I could show some HH's from sessions or tournaments here to make the blog a little more interesting.I'm not too sure If I can get multiple hands on this site,but here is a nice hand at the end of yesterdays session.

$1350 day feels nice after swinging down $4k.Only 4 BI stuck now so things feel much better and I'm really working hard on my game.

Also I have been into Katers17 for ages and feel that I must show her love here.She has some really funny videos on You-Tube.Go on check them out next time your on You-Tube and subscribe if you think she's cool.

Busy Bee

2009-01-17T03:45:00.002Z

Wow,this month is insane for me.What a difference a day makes,what difference a year makes more like.I'm banging in hands like never before.I almost have surpassed my biggest volume in one month already.
I'm not just busy at the tables either.I'm working out a ton at the moment.Weights,Running and Circuits.I trained that much today I was actually sick when I got back from my run.Only a little bit of sick but still.I'd not been running for a few weeks so going today was hard.I had to stop and walk for 30 seconds or so twice as I was getting burning in my throat after a lack of fluids before I hit the road,so that was not so clever of me.

I'm running under EV at poker but whatever,with how much I'm playing at the moment I should do well in the next few months after I run through this dodgy spell hopefully.

I was thinking about playing some big tournaments this year,but I guess I'll have to make some money first then decide as I go :)

OK I'm done,this was just a quick post while Party Poker was down.So bad everyone gets disconnected then after 5-6mins me and a fish are HU and rest sat out,I get him for 3 hands then Party goes Kaput!

Solid as wet poop

2009-01-12T03:22:00.004Z

I really don't know why,but when I play at Party I play very loose in comparison to how I play at Full Tilt.This is pretty bad,or at least it feels that way at the moment because I'm running 9.5 BI under EV and I think I've tilted off about $3.5k(tilt bad play,retarded bluffs,and retarded calls)over about 8k hands I think.

I'm going to take a few days off and have a breather.I'm finding things very hard at the moment,and I think I'm the one making things harder on myself with all the FPS and retarded stuff I've been doing.

I'm writing this as I couldn't sleep tonight.I was tired at 1am,went to bed and just rolled around for 45minutes so I decided to take on Vista at chess.lol.3-1 to me and we got a gay draw as well.Rigged!!!(level 4 ldo,can only win level 5 like 30% of the time and mostly just get a draw)

Nightmares

2009-01-09T02:14:00.003Z

I keep having this nightmare.The only problem with this nightmare is that I'm awake and it's re-occurring.

I feel that the games are becoming tougher and tougher making it less an less profitable to be a poker player.As our game evolves through this period of financial burden which has struck the world pretty hard,I just keep on thinking "Jesus look at all this NITs"
OK I play pretty tight most of the time so I guess I'm guilty as well.But if you care to look back in time 3month----9months----16months----24months---36months yep you guessed it.The standard just gets better and better all the time.
I think it's defo very good for a player to study this game and live for poker and let poker consume your every thoughts.If you don't you won't get very far at this game.This being said I have always hated on training sites and the coaches that think there pretty good because there a coach for Card Runners,Leggo or Deuces or what other site.Most of the coach's on these site are no where near the top players at each level.
Ask me how I know this,well it's pretty fukin easy.I mean if you knew a good strategy for a game of skill which when you played other players in a game of skill why would you want to give these other players the edge that you have other them?
OK there is an exception to this.I do know that there are good players,even SIK players that do coaching(and it's these guys that I think that are the most retarded!)

Lets try to think of another way how we can fuk ourselves out of another 1-2PTBB/100

IMA MFKIN-HATER

"Ho Ho Ho" & 10 BI HU

2008-12-01T17:56:00.008Z

Goals for November

[ ] 15k+ hands

[ ] Play my "A" game at all times

[ ] $6k+ profit

[ ] Buy Christmas presents

[x] Go out and get drunk tonight :)

One out 5 not bad :)

December

I just got some new poker software HEM on the 1st and I didn't have a clue how to configure it all and get it up and running so I have been playing around with that for a few days.The worst thing was getting my party dataming software sorted but that's done now so I have all month to try HEM out.I actually just brought it instead of the trail.$80 is next to nothing really for software so it's all good :)

I had been running PT2 & PAHUD all this time and the software has got worse and worse.I can manage to play with it but it really is lolbad at Party Poker so I DL'd the HEM software as everyone is talking about it and also I understand it has sexy 3bet/4bet %'s and ranges which will be nice to play around with.

Because I really didn't like allot of stats on the screen(I like the pop-ups allot)I made 2 new HUDS.One for PP and one for FTP(as the seats are in different locations)I think in a way I have done this to make me feel more at home with it as I had a pretty basic HUD with PAHUD which I got used too.As said above I am looking forward to using the 3bet & 4bet stats and feel this can only be a good thing for ones game to actively think of all those ranges.

For December I am pretty much going to be playing as and when I feel like it.I'm going to enjoy myself and splash some cash around as I'm happy enough with how much $$$$$ I made this year playing poker plus the ££££ I get from the real world :)

10-BI HU

I doubt I will be making many more blogs for a while as I have become a bit unmotivated by poker and more motivated in real world activities like drinking and pulling sexy HOES...

So here's a bonus picture of my final stack from Tuesday mincing around at $50nl HU for 485 hands...yes that is 25/50c I even play micro HU sngs when unmotivated.

The match would have made an awesome video actually even although out of the 5/6 players I only played 1 decent player and 1 competent player,but my trails ran out and I'm not Balla enough to buy the Cam Tasia Studio Software sorry :(

Merry Christmas and all that stuff,enjoy the festivities and time with your family's and what not.

44/1 oooooooo partttty pokah

2008-11-30T22:00:00.000Z

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($667.07)
CO		($94.45)
Hero (BTN)		($633.80)
SB		($474.57)
BB		($679.43)

Pre-flop: ($6, 5 players) Hero is BTN

UTG calls $4, 1 fold, Hero raises to $18, 2 folds, UTG calls $14

Flop: ($42, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $28, UTG raises to $56, Hero raises to $156, UTG calls $100

Turn: ($354, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $165, UTG calls $165

River: ($684, 2 players)
UTG goes all-in $328.07, Hero goes all-in $294.80

Final Pot: $1306.87
UTG shows:
Hero shows:

UTG wins $1304.87 ( won +$637.80 )
Hero lost -$633.80

not quite an epic missclick but still

2008-11-13T02:10:00.003Z

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:

UTG		($817.00)
UTG+1		($590.10)
CO		($651.00)
Hero		($443.00)
SB		($606.30)
BB		($1272.50)

Pre-flop: ($6, 6 players) Hero is BTN

3 folds, Hero raises to $122, SB goes all-in $606.30, 1 fold, Hero says "ridic missclick", Hero calls $321

Flop: ($1053.30, 2 players)

Turn: ($1053.30, 2 players)

River: ($1053.30, 2 players)

Final Pot: $890
Hero shows:
SB shows:

Hero wins $887 ( won +$444 )
SB wins $163.30 ( lost -$443.00 )

I have miss clicked a fair bit but never had a caller/pusher.Recently I changed my raise size to 3x rather than my standard 3.5x and since this change as I play 2/4 I have been typing 122 allot rather than 12.This is happening because of the micro lag on my Logitech number pad.I'm just going to have to keep my eye on it.I always notice and change the bet but on this occasion I didn't notice it was 122 before it was too late.Always nice to have an easy call after a miss click.

Today has been a grind to say the least,just grateful for the miss click hand

More online poker doom & gloom

2008-11-13T00:00:00.003Z

Agencies Issue Final Rule to Implement UIGEA

The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board today announced the release of a joint final rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The Act prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with unlawful Internet gambling, including payments made through credit cards, electronic funds transfers, and checks.

The Board and the Treasury are required by the Act to develop a joint rule in consultation with the Department of Justice. The final rule requires U.S. financial firms that participate in designated payment systems to establish and implement policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent payments to gambling businesses in connection with unlawful Internet gambling. The rule provides non-exclusive examples of such policies and procedures and sets out the regulatory enforcement framework. For purposes of the rule, unlawful Internet gambling generally would cover the making of a bet or wager that involves use of the Internet and that is unlawful under any applicable federal or state law in the jurisdiction where the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.

Compliance with the rule is required by December 1, 2009.

Thoughts
So basically in another 6-9months online poker in the US is going to be very hard making it even more tougher in the games as the fresh money brought into the games by fish,regular hobbyist's,casual players are not going to go to the great lengths that most US pros are going to have to go too.

Back to PartyPoker soon me thinks.