End of Year - Merry F-in Xmas

Well well....after playing £0.05/0.10 for a month then £0.15/0.25 this month im actually still in profit and ive played a tonn of hands which i cnt belive, so rare a profit is these days but which im very pleased with. I recently started playing $0.50/1 and testing $1/2 but i knw im properly rolled for it so wont be makin it my home just yet!! We all know this year has been down for me, majorly, but on we go for next year where discipline and bankroll management are my top targets. I aint even gonna set a goal to reach like i did this year for $100k lol! Oh ok ill set $10k for next year which i would be happy with....please please please i prey 2009 be it my year and there onwards.
One joke story while playing today at $1/2 was when some guy mentioned he was gettin TAXED......from poker!! I cudnt quite belive it TAXED from poker surely not lol. Quickly i figured he meant rake but just took the piss outa him, he really was unaware of anything and this was a player playing $1/2 jesus, wehre he goes tax is set at 5% lololol. WOT A DUM FK.

I dont quite know where to play when W-Hill moves to ipoker, dont relly like it there, but never really gave it a proper go, and what about rakeback and fishes??? Or do i go to Cake or Pokerstars or Fulltilt, ahhh questions questions.

Does people still read this shit ???

Am i back?

Well.....i got just over $2 in rakeback from betfair lol! and ive got it up to $15 at time of writing this post. I played at 24+2 tourny on FT yest using some medals to gimme some token as i had no money haha, yes this converted to fuk all i busted 18/90 when my AKspades got busted. I was in top 10 in chips when flop comes 8A8 2 clubs on flop, he checks to me i bet 3/4 of pot and he shoves allin....so i tink for bit and i see its an easy call as i dnt put him on AA or an 8, neway he turns over 99? yeh basically it cam eon river with me fuming as it would of put me 3rd in chips and this tourny i probably played my best poker ive ever played.......ahhhh what can you do...cmon poker gods... ONE TIME!!!!!
Right so other than that screwage im confused lol....i dunno whether to carry on pursue cash or go to tournies or shall i go to full ring cash in stead of six max, decistions decisions, any ideas??
Went to rileys recently won the tournie there for like 146 pounds usual crap 25 player thing, even tho i won i still wasnt happy lol....ohh i dunno maybe im ill. Other than that i just been working fulltime not much poker playing but quite a bit of watching which makes a change jus railing high stakes and medium games and also end game situations in MTT's, also a note is it me or has even low stakes NL got a lot harder, ahh well maybe im rusty but i swear when i used to play this years ago it wasnt like this, bludy fish got better and the biggest one has jus been gettin eaten up this year....im all up for looking at turning bad into good negative into positive so heres my 50 millionth time to make it as a poker player.........

BUSTO!!!!

Yep im fucked, apart frm playing the odd mtt for low stake or a 0.05/0.10p blind cash game, basically means im broke as fuck.....ahhh man i need to stop this whole poker thing lol! I dnt think i will somehow.....
Neway GL probably may not post for a while.

Bubble!

I played a $5 MTT yesterday and ended up blubbling at 28th ffs! I was chip leader probably about 5 or 6 hands prior to this and managed to blow the whole stack just like that!!! Was on corse to win the bludy thing and played well throughout up until that point when i played likea proper donkey....i duno why i do it sometimes when i get myself in good positions like that. I'm trying to find the HH for but cnt seem to.
I also played the $10k guaranteed on Whill earlier and went out early in that where i had basically had AA he called with 88 and hit set...standard stuff. Up until these 2 tournies i think ive placed in every one ive played recently, long may it continue just higher up the pay positions( Basically 1st) lol!
I'm currently playing a $3 knockout tourny on FT right now 6655 in chips 165 players left, blinds 50/100, cmonnn lets win this one!!
People out there may be wondering why i havnt posted anything about my cash game playing recently, well thats because ive decided to keep that hush hush , dunno maybe im superstitious, but everytime i tell ppl i start losing again, and if keep my trap shut i start winning....ahh well lets see hw it goes neway. GL chavies.

On another note an MTV version of cribs for poker players from cardplayer if u havnt had a look, personally Eli elezra's house seems the best!! check it out.

http://www.cardplayer.com/tv/30590

Another MTT...

I just finished playing a $5+0.50 knockout tourny on Fulltilt, ended up coming 18th out of 249 and again should of done alot better. I ended up getting $12.47 lol! yeh i know hardly worth it! I played well throughout nursing a short stack nicely and slowly built it up to be sitting comfortably 9th in chips at the later stages. The way i went out...i hated it.....this is the problems with MTT's, you can play so well for hours and hours, you make the money, then few places in get a hand and booom out u go! Maybe i should of just re-raised all-in preflop with my AQ...hmmm i dunno...any comments would be appreciated....thank you.

AQ misplayed??

Ggggrrrrrrr8!

Just a quick post really to just say i think ive just become a sick player lol! Just won a £2+0.25p tourny on Whill, 177 runners got £106.20. Dammm cnt belive this recent run......long may it continue i say...wowsers, i no it was only £2.25 buyin and ive won much more in the past but this one feels different as i deserved to win fully lol!

Apart from that played a bit of cash, but fuk cash lol...tournies give that rush of when you win which lame ole grind of cash just cnt match haha, neway have wrk in the morning GL peoples.

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Mtt's

Firstly i played on the cash games tables yest and started on about £2.40 playing 0.05/0.10p NL on Whill's. You may be wondering why im playing so low.....and no im not that broke lol! Basically had that figure sitting in my hills account so decided to see if i could spin it up into some big cash money. I got it up to about £32 happy days!!!
I was also playing on an MTT on fulltilt a measley $2+0.25, i ended up coming 35th out of 298 players, not too bad but could of done a whole lot better, of course the prize money was astronomical $3. Played a PLO $5 tourny on hills as well and came 1st (cha-ching) which payed out top 3 and i ended up with $65 ish, i am really happy with the way i played this one as i was in the top 3, mostly chip leader from the 2nd half of the tourny and maintained it which i normally bleed chips.
Moving on to today and i played a £2+0.25p Headhunter on hills which i just finished a little while ago and ended up coming 3rd out of 248 for £37.42, maybe im just running well, or has the Full ring cash ive been playing also helped me play the MTT's differently, i havent quite figured it out, but ill take it and move up the MTT buyins hopefully properly instead of just plonking and going for the $100+ buyins lol! Heres the hand history below i went out on i no it was bad but how bad was it....any ideas on what i should of done differently???



Game #7215299234: Head Hunter £2 (ID7273307) £2+£0.25 - Hold'em NL (2000/4000) - 2008/05/25 - 15:03:47 (UK)
Table "7273307 - 1" Seat 7 is the button.
Seat 5: Sandpig2 (47140 in chips)
Seat 6: Cbo516 (178764 in chips)
Seat 10: Venom_g (146096 in chips)
Venom_g: posts the ante 500
Sandpig2: posts the ante 500
Cbo516: posts the ante 500
Venom_g: posts small blind 2000
Sandpig2: posts big blind 4000
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Venom_g [9s 9c]
Cbo516: raises to 8000
Venom_g: calls 6000
Sandpig2: calls 4000
----- FLOP ----- [7d 8s 7c]
Venom_g: checks
Sandpig2: checks
Cbo516: bets 16000
Venom_g: raises to 32000
Sandpig2: folds
Cbo516: raises to 170264 and is all-in
Venom_g: is all-in 105596
Returned uncalled bets 32,668 to Cbo516
----- TURN ----- [7d 8s 7c][6h]
----- RIVER ----- [7d 8s 7c 6h][6d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Cbo516: shows [Qs Qc] (Two Pairs, Queens and Sevens, Eight high)
Venom_g: shows [9s 9c] (Two Pairs, Nines and Sevens, Eight high)
Cbo516 collected 300692 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 300692 Main pot 300692 Rake 0
Board [7d 8s 7c 6h 6d]
Seat 5: Sandpig2 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Cbo516 showed [Qs Qc] and won (300692) with Two Pairs, Queens and Sevens, Eight high
Seat 10: Venom_g (small blind) showed [9s 9c] and lost with Two Pairs, Nines and Sevens, Eight high


EDIT:- I just got knocked out of a $10+1 HH on hills......got 1 head lol! No cards at all, hardly any pairs or high cards or anything, ahhh well.....Got 14th out of 212 and a huge $13.75 for my efforts!!!!

Full ring

Ive reverted back to full ring play as i cant take the swings on 6 max anymore, i think this is my game, seem too easy lol!, only been trying 1/2, and a bit of 2/4NL and i think it suits my game a whole lot better. I never really gave it much of a go before, but recently have read a number of blogs who play full ring, which i thought hey if they can make a consistent profit month in month out then surely so can i haha. Other than that not really played too much, been too busy trying to get a new job with better salary. Made $280 today, so not bad, will try to keep this up....oh yeh and post a bit more....

Went for it...

Played the $100k on betfair and nope done nothing at all went out quite early and played terrible, i dont think i will buy in to these large mtt's anymore and keep the $100 the max from now on i reckon. Also my aim is to get a wsop seat this coming month and im going to be playing alot of satallites and freerolls! Other plans is to maintain playing $2/5 and keep working on my game as i knw i can beat this level, i made a measley $183 yest lol! Still profits profit and im not gonna complain i just plan to make my next few month profitable for my own confidence, then switch it up a gear and try to get some discipline going and stop playing higher and on tilt which i do so much which really fuks my bankroll like a bitch.....
On to vegas holiday with mates which should be booked this weds!!! Still deciding where to stay but i think it maybe travelodge which is closer to the casinos than the one we first chose which was circus circus, all in all should be around the £650 mark for 7 nights with direct flights from virgin. Cant wait to rob all them fishess out there with some venomous bite...haha.
Ok off for some pasta and doughballs yum yum, then where else but the grind of online poker.....GLGL.

Nice MTT result...just not 1st.

Played the Daily $16k on betfair which ive played once or twice before which is a $109 buyin i came 4th!!happy days.! I think i played so well and should of gone and won it, ahh well i think ill play it more often. I never hardly played a hand for the 1st hour as i wasnt getting jack shit, then i started stealing and re-stealing which seemed to work as i got respect. Also i tried isolating the original raiser quite a lot which i never used to do and used to jus flat call there raise with hands like 44 lol. I cant fully rememba the hand i went out on but basically i had AQs, low stack raises to 8k, chip leader calls, and i raise to 30k....bad move i knw i should of pushed cos it gave the chip leader good odds i had....fuk fuk fuk lol. flop came somthing like 789 and i had fk all jus ace high and i called the all-in cos i was pretty much committed, he had and 8 and that sent me packing.
Apart from that cash games has been jus evens stevens, think im $55 up from last post frm them just playing 1/2.

PROFIT..

Well...its been a while ppl dunno if anyone actually reads this dam blog but anyway if u do things have started to look up. So far im up $3.6k for the month and gosh im playing so much better, playing 2/5 and 5/10 with abit of 1/2 chucked in there as well lol! Ive been hitting them draws, catching them sets and overpairs holding up, i nearly forgot wot it was like to stack someone it had been so bludy long. but to be fair this is fukin due to me after hw ive been past few months. More importantly confidence is back and with this confidence i logged into stars and tried there steps thingy for LAPT and WSOP, started on the $27 buyin ( fink its step 2) and got my up to the last step which is a $2000 buyin stt with the winner gettin a package. Naturally yep.....i went out 1st lol. I had QQ which i overplayed on a low board with all spades and i had the Q of spades. He had a set and that was that. I no i no i coul dof played it differently and lost less and tried to control the pot a bit better, but yeh ahh well ill start back at the $27 level i guess and do it again. Also got to the last step for the LAPT for rio but flunked that too coming 8th, where i flopped a set of 666 but he had JJJ......fkin gr8 stuff where top 4 get a package.
I think this steps thing has made me realise i might not be as shit as i thought with STT's as i once thought, duno fk knws maybe ive just improved recently on them or maybe it was a fluke, but neway im gona give it a good go probly on the $30 ish dollar buyin mark and see how it goes .
Other than that vegas should be booked end of the month for october, cnt wait. Anyone know where to get good deals let us knw....cheers....

Back again....

Landed yesterday from luton airport to find it bludy freezin and a temperature of 1 degree! FFS! Was around 25 degrees in marbella. Had a brilliant time out there, went to a few bars got a tan, and just generally relaxed. Done alot of thinking about life really while i was chillin on the sun lounger lol. A new job is for a starters, build some of that motivation which has been lacking recently, also on the poker front really concentrate on it and take it seriously enough where each decision is thought through. Will post when ive played my next session, which will definitely be a profitable one, i aint gona take no shit no more and im gona stop blaming variance and bad beats etc etc. I'm losing far too much when on these downswings than i should be which keep piling on top of each other......anyway watch next post.

GL

Off to SPAIN!

I know i hardly post lately but ive hardly been playing and if i have its been low levels most of the time, btw which i still cnt fukin win to save my life...same ole bullshit which i wont bore you lot with the details. Basically going on holiday with the bird to dads apartment in marbella. Gonna take this time to relax and it will probably be the only full week i will not be touching poker lol! The obvious aim is come back with a clean head and buss up the tables, and concentrate fully at all times....i no i no eaasier said than done. Another aim this year is to go vegas in october time to vegas with some work mates which would be kool.......GLGLGLGL.

This is it.......

I've decided this has to be my last effort to make this work, otherwise im seriously considering not playing online and just in the odd casino or home game. I cant carry on losing like this its really damaged my confidence and thus playing bad running bad, just a big circle. My only aim this month is to make a basic profit, cmonnnnn plss!!!! Soz for not posting but i havent been playing for a long time cos i keep getting cunted and i cnt be bothered to post. But basically im dwn right nw.....ohhh and i made a loss of $2.7k total this month.

Great start to new year.....NOT!

I aint even gonna write much as im playing so shit right now its unreal i dont no why either, maybe cos ive got the flu and im still playing like a twat when i know i shudnt be! Neway its just a quick post im $1.2k down this month so far. I think im gonna start off fresh new database on tracker for this year and start off at 0.25/0.50 NL till i get my confidence back.