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Sunday 31 January 2010

Long time no Update - i know!

Real Quick one here, not a lot has happened

have about $350 in online accs atm and rushpoker on fulltilt is my friend!!! playing 2 tables of NL10 started with $50, and double that in 2000 hands!!

w00p w00p

also have roughly 200 sterling in my poker live account - but will be taking out over 100 for the team event at Star City next weekend so that will be awesome

Pool tongight but after im buzzing up to brizzle for a mini reunion game with the Rat, the Snake and Eley, this is pride at stake - lots of pride!!

Wednesday 13 January 2010

Thought 2nite was the night!

Played the $3.30 $1.5k gaureteed hoping for a deep run.
finsihed 98/2800+ which was deep but man i run bad when it matters.

In the first hour i had KK twice - lost to AJ and AQ lol
also had in 1st hr 88, 33, 33, 44 all making sets so built up a healthy stack

was lookin good as the money burst with a healthy stack.

Got chopped in half when i managed to get the table idiot (thats still in!!) to committ his stack aipf with QJo v my AJss only for him to hit a 2 outer!!! 5s 3s 9h Kd ......................Qd lol

from then on in i was v v short, and afterr swiftly tripling up with AA i lost 80% of my stack when i managed to get a idiot to shove all his money in on a flush draw vs my flopped set of 9s - only for him to river it again!

Then i was uber short......comtemplted a shove with 37o in sb with two limpers and bb in hand and didnt - flop then comes 3 5 7 :(

My exit hand is pretty harsh aswell, i shove with J6o on button with v short stack and bb calls offa massive chunk of his stack with........................87dd lol
i flop 2 pair and he rivers his gutshot straight! Honest!!

PokerStars Game #38120076592: Tournament #230841883, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (1250/2500) - 2010/01/13 23:13:05 WET [2010/01/13 18:13:05 ET]
Table '230841883 72' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: s4ooter (16080 in chips)
Seat 2: kennenny (15650 in chips)
Seat 3: malis1000 (41791 in chips)
Seat 4: xxzzxxzzxx (36212 in chips)
Seat 5: cops95 (30571 in chips)
Seat 6: qqgo (75723 in chips)
Seat 8: Theilemania (6770 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: popo74747 (54831 in chips)
s4ooter: posts the ante 310
kennenny: posts the ante 310
malis1000: posts the ante 310
xxzzxxzzxx: posts the ante 310
cops95: posts the ante 310
qqgo: posts the ante 310
Theilemania: posts the ante 310
popo74747: posts the ante 310
kennenny: posts small blind 1250
malis1000: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to s4ooter [Js 6h]
xxzzxxzzxx: folds
SirCooperS is connected
cops95: folds
qqgo has timed out
qqgo: folds
Theilemania: folds
qqgo is sitting out
popo74747: folds
s4ooter: raises 13270 to 15770 and is all-in
kennenny: folds
malis1000: calls 13270
*** FLOP *** [6s 9s Jh]
*** TURN *** [6s 9s Jh] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [6s 9s Jh 2c] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
malis1000: shows [8d 7d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
s4ooter: shows [Js 6h] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
malis1000 collected 35270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 35270 | Rake 0
Board [6s 9s Jh 2c Td]
Seat 1: s4ooter (button) showed [Js 6h] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 2: kennenny (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: malis1000 (big blind) showed [8d 7d] and won (35270) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 4: xxzzxxzzxx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cops95 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: qqgo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Theilemania folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: popo74747 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

lol i run good but i did make a massive $12 i think

Ohhhh yea!!

Winning that pot puts me around 3/4s of an ave stack on a really poor table - again the big run eludes me!!

with $1000+ for shipping this, and 7th getting a 3 figure sum, i coulda really done with a deeper run, but hey ho

Tuesday 12 January 2010

HomeGames FTW

Massive update!!!

Played our monthly home game Saturday night with some great results!!!

Played the 5pound game, Finished 1/6 won 20pounds
Played teh 20 pound game, Finsihed 1/6 won 80pounds
Played the 5pound game, Finished 3/6 won 0

so took 50 quid with me (my monthly limit) and walked away with 120 which is a cool $195

so overall roll is stood at $320

time to rock on now me thinks

Friday 8 January 2010

Small Update of the HU variety!

Played 53 games of  HU and have made $20 profit, which is a lowly 6% ROI, poor i know.

I did misclick and reg to an $11 4 man HU sng oops, 10% of roll on the table!!

but won it, haha.

Ill be honest i find the $6 hu's very VERY beatable, but had 1 dyer session which pretty much fucked everything up, and have just been grinding back ever since.

Overall for the challenge im a month in and i feel i just spent the first of the 13 months testing out some diff types of games to see where my edge is.  Definatly found it in HU comps, but roll is not really where it needs to be. 
Need 30-50 BI to be comfortable and im nowhere near that.

i was thinking of playing the following more regulary:

$5 winner takes all HU mtt
$2.20 winner takes all HU mtt
$22 HU mtt, $5k gaurenteed, need to start playing that as soon as roll allows as its a whopping $1.5k on average for first, which is definatly achievable.  Just need the roll!

Any backers out there, ;) ;) ;)

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Wednesday 6 January 2010

Update HU swongs - painful ;(

Round Up of last couple of days.

After a good start to my $6 hu marathon i had a really big downswing, and oh my god didnt it hurt!

Won 13 Lost 7 in first session, 3 losses due to connection issues :(

Then played another 14 yesterday and only won 3!! had an 8 game losing streak, which saw me get money in 2 times with turned flush, only for villian to get a paired board on river for full houses!! a couple of sick 3 outers and AA aipf getting busted by Q5o lol

so in total i had:

Played 34
Won 16
Lost 18

Tonight i played a set of 8

Won 5
Lost 3

I lost 2 consecutive to "imperial01" who was nothing short of awful, but managed to get a hot deck and i lost 4 flips on the trot to him.  Both games saw me take a big advantage.  And then with blinds at 50/100, and me with 2000-2300 and him with 700-1000 chips. I lost the following:
Game 1
AK v 55 (leaves me short stack)
77 v AT (he hits - busto!)
Game 2
88 v JT (he hits - leaves me ss)
44 v K5o (he hits im busto!)

The only other person that bt me tonight was a silverstar reg called "dochvtech" who was pretty soft, but (like every $6 HU player) got shove happy as soon as he had 1000 or less!!

i did play one guy who just shoved EVERY hand which was insane.  Luckily for me i picked up QQ first hand and he had 58o and a scary 8 on board had me on edge (tell ive been running poo eh?!) but turn and river blanks settled my nerves!

which now makes me breakeven - rake, which i am happy to be at considering the horrible downswing i experienced.

i also played a $5 32 man HUsng and decided if i cashed i would play in tonights $22 $5k gaurenteed HU.
1st pays $50+
5-8 pays $10

1st rd (last 32)
played Mandat33 - 7/10
He was actually the hardest player out of all i played in this.  And the chips swang for a while.  However i noticed a leak, and that he checked raised his draws alot.
On a Qd 5h Ad board he check raised me all in, i called with AJ and he had diamond draw :) Nothing better when your tell is right!
Turn and River Blank sees me through to the last 16

2nd Rd (last 16)
played Crispyones - 3/10
This guy just wanted to gambol!!!
Lucky for me i flopped straight flush with 87cc on 6c 5c 4c board and he open shoved into me!
ty

1/4s
Emmerich444 - 5/10
had cashed now and was chuffed although only $10 and wanted one more round so the $22 wasnt costing too much out of my roll.
BUT was card dead, and only saw two starting hands which ko'd me pretty quick in the 50/100 level
i limped the button with 22, he raises, i shove he calls with k8o (huh)
flop 8Q7 (always the first card!!!)

shortstacked i limp button few hands later with 22 and flop comes 3 2 9
he shoves i call and he has 33 :(

Never mind - on to the $22 tourny (which is actually costing me $17 ha)

An unusally high number of runners (389) with 64 paid and top 2 both getting a $1k score

Round 1 i get a bye - yay - only 2 more wins to the money!!!!

Round 2 - i busto!!! lol

Played a guy called Griske1

The match lasted forever, and i got him down to 600chips, with blinds at 50/100
He shoves with Q9o v my A8ss and hits his Q on the turn. He then proceeds to shove EVERY hand (this seems to happen a lot in these HU tournys!)
Going into the break with blinds raising to 75/150 he has me dominated 2100 v 900 lol
FUCKED!
I end up shoving with AJ v his KQ, flop comes KKx and the dream is over.

Roll is looking pretty bleak, as mentioned prior im back at $100.

But i think i can definatly start to win $$$ at this and just grind away.  Obv a score would be nice!

Only need to win 13/20 to have a 20% roi which is substantail and easily obtainable.

Also gonna allow myself mini shots if i win more than 6buyins a night.  If so i will play 1x 32 man $5 hu sng, as i fancy shipping one of these very soon

Also gonna try and play the $5.50 64 man winner takes all mtt (HU) and the $2.20 128 man winner takes all varient!
Only got a win the $5 one once in 63 attempts and the $2 one in 127 attempts to be profitable!!!

Come on Dann the HU wiz!

Amazing as if you asked me 6months ago, i HATED Heads Up with a passion!

Monday 4 January 2010

Maybe things happen for a reason

Supposed to have a pool match tonight, in the singles, of which i am playing well in w00p!
Anyway that got cancelled, as i received the phonecall en route!!

Got home and went against my better judgement and loaded up my stars account which has taken all those horrible hits in the first month of the impossible challenge, or so it seems.

I decide ill just play 1 $6.25 turbo HUsng and see how it goes.

1st hand AA, i raise he shoves i call woohoo
anyways decide to play 2tables at a time and see how good my heads up actually is

first 10 games i win 8/10.  One of my losses was due to me not adapting to a more aggressive hu player than me and the other was to a sic 2 outer on the river (aipf kk v 99)

the 2nd batch of 10 games i ran 5 wins, 5 losses however the last 3 games i lost as my internet went down and by the time it was back it was all over :(

all in all my roll is now $116, and a wee upswing seems to be taken shape! god forbid!

Games played - 20
Profit - $31
roi - 25%

ill be honest if ican maintain this roi i will be chuffed - and it shoulda been a lot more due to the disconneciton!

grrr


anyways happier times

and i promise to get another 20 in tomorrow night

25%roi for the win!!!!

Nite

Sunday 3 January 2010

Right then, Seriously, Turn teh Doomswitch off please!

Back to where we started. $103 to be exact.

These microstakes are horrendous, they really are, makes you wonder how those online legends, like Boku87 etc do these challenges.
Summery of last month went from $100 to as high as $300 and as low as $27 and back

Day off tomorrow so will sit down and try and find/fix some leaks.

Kinda at a crossraods and dunno where to go from here.

Do i persist with these 180mans? A win wil double bankroll instantly!
Do i move down to the 45 man, stlightly less varience?
Move back to cash? Seem to always do ok there
Try $5 HU matches?

Man im soooooooooo pissed off right now i could stab my gran!!!

Saturday 2 January 2010

2010 is here - and i reckon i should just quit!

Seriously had enough right about now

terrible session again tonight, mainly playing the $3 10 man turbos.

wonder if i am just destined to run like dog shite all the time!

started off with 8 180 mans, which i managed one cash in 11/180.
Although got JJ v AJ and lost both times appraoching the money in 2 others.

Then played a session of 25 10 man turbos
managed only 4 cashes but ran like fucking poo again.
All are exit hands below:
Q9 v A9 on Q 7 9 3 - river then comes A
66 v AK - lose another race
QQ v 58dd aipf
AK v KQ aipf Q on turn sends me out on bubble

Then i walk JJ into KK, TT into AA and 88 into KK all in the bubble as well.

Roll is actually at $150 and i seem not to be moving anywhere really - $40 losing session tonight.

I have to start to run good soon as i am running dyer, and am gettin my money in ahead roughly 75% of the time and still losing.

Granted im only a 1st in a 180 man from adding 66% to my roll but it seems like it will never come, at all.

Volume wise i have put in 57 180mans, so have to complete another 18 by the 3rd to be on track, however i have completed half of my 10 man requirement that i hadnt scheduled till week 4 of the month, reason being bar that last session of 5 which i didnt cash in any due to Mr Cold Deck kicking me in the face again, i was running a positive ROI in them.
i will complete the quaotas i gave myself but think these will be a tangable income for the future.

all i want in the 200 games at $2.20 180 is 3 wins, which is certainly possible.

Gladly with th enew stars fpp situation you can reclaim $$$ from 750fpps earned so these will help early on in the challenge.

I have also decided that during this challenge i will dabble in many different types of game to make it more interesting, like this month it is mainly multi table and singel table turbos.  I think in Feb i may concentrate on playing more Double or Nothings and HU Sngs as well.  Obv once i find a game i am cracking well, then i will keep that one and hammer volume out of it.

Come March i think i will try some of the non turbo 180mans (although TIME CONSUMING!!) and more cash, as it is my strength, i just cant face NL10!

i know its a positive attitude for a guy running the last week on a negative roi, but im happy with the way im playing, its just a shame that luckboxes seem to run riot with my chippies!!!


OHHHHHH YEA

Awesomely huge wp to Stato_1 tonight who shipped the Stars $22, $5k gaurenteed finishing 1/1210 for $4k + change!!

awesome score, and at least now you dont have to drink that can of petrol you mentioned!!

Signing out guys and girls, expect a lot more volume from me over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday as Leiu days mean i am having a long weekend!!!   Volume, Volume, Volume!