Friday 13th February
Last minute rush I hoped!
Ran poor day 1 and lost 300k pot Js v Q9o 10.9BB effective shove v my utg min click when ave ended
500k so this one was pretty annoying but what can i do. Last level of the day too :(
Ended up bagging 207,000 for the final day.
Sunday 22nd February.
After 2 levels i was blinding down with no spots. The next level later i found a spot and got up to 309k. Shorty after our table broke. By the first break my stack was 424k 2058/216. 45 minutes or so later Js hold v AQ and I'm at 595k 2058/198 ITM. This table was proving to be a good one, not long later i was up to almost 1.05 million at 980k average which felt nice for the first time in over 9 levels of this MTT. The top 50 seats in this tournament would be awarded £1000 Sky UKPC Main Event seats but i felt now was the time to put the hammer down around this bubble. I ended up running AcQc into AK for 12.75BB effective to bust me out. There was no avoiding the spot. 2058/84 GG. I felt I played the the best i could with my cards.
Lots of chips :)
I played this Final day on an empty stomach so this meal was gobbled up like PacMan :)
Lad i know who plays the same poker scene as me final tabled and ended up winning the comp. I can't remember how much for, £26,000 i think. Well done again mate. Luck box haha.
Congrats Shaun.
Few of my peers enjoying £5 a point at OFC Pineapple. Hate this game, maybe i will learn it and change my mind.
My goals:
Live MTT: I am due to play UKIPT Mini £200k Gtd tomorrow, that will put just behind target. Later this month there are 2 other events I have my eyes set on. One which is 25/25 Series in Leeds which i will almost certainly play, which would put me back on track. If i do well in the Mini it could lead to UKIPT seat for top 50 finishes too. This would put me on 4-5 MTTs at the end of April. Fingers crossed!
Online MTT: I have earned seats for Final UKIPT $165 from $33 and won a UKIPT Mini Seat £120 from $27.50c. I plan to play a 50 Seat gtd UKIPT main event satellite this Sunday.
Live Cash Games: On target, been mega tired this month and took Sunday-to Thursday off to recharge the batteries. I actually ended up playing live cash for 3.25 hours yesterday. So not a clean break but i needed some time to refresh my batteries for sure. Thinking about how tired it makes me grinding live is horrible so i just need to stay fresh and focus on this goal.
Study: Not much effort other than trying to develop a different HU style which can be deployed late stage in MTTs and all the time in Cash HU. Need to invest more time and stay ahead of the curve.
Travel: I've been looking into going to Barcelona for 1-3 months around the EPT. No plans made yet. Because i've become really tired from grinding i'd like to have a reward for myself so i need to push on with this and other ideas.
Exercise: I did some weights on Monday. I tore some muscles which was not good. My left arm only has so much movement now until my muscle rebuilds itself. I need to drift back into this much less painfully. I need to put in 100% more effort as that was the 1st form of training I've done this year! I walk 2-3 times a day on average for 25 minutes a time. But other than this i don't regularly exercise. I need to get back into a routine. I walk because when i had long term back problem from grinding too much live poker it's the only thing that keeps movement in my body. I was told, as all i was doing is sleeping and sitting it's terrible for my body. I'm ok now but i'd love to get back to the fitness level i was in my mid 20s.
Social Life: I went for 1 drink with a mate the other week. It was real fun but other than that, nothing else. I will be going for a drink this Saturday as it's my birthday.
Increase Blog Updates: Sorry! I really can't get the motivation, i really am finding this goal the hardest! I have been making funny little clips of grinding live and some HU where bum hunters sit me out. Maybe i will make a compilation of funny video clips. Got some epic slowrolls, tons of HU denial of action videos and some fuked up live rulings to report. Lots of content to blog but my lack of motivation is keeping my thoughts under wraps for now.
I'm going to wrap this blog up for now. I will update on the UKPC Mini and any other action this festival brings my way. By for now, will leave you with this Gem from the other month.
I had just bluffed an old lady, then the hand before the above hand took place she opens, I 3b, CO jams we both muck. Very next hand she opens TT, I 3b AA, same player jams again, this time he has QQ. Woman calls I jam, she calls. Board rolls out 7TQ as I can see her holding her cards i feel sick and i'm getting ready to auto muck without showing, Que the turn Ace and river Ace :) Excellent dealing, shame they were both shorties :(
