Siigh
Don't think in all the live tournaments i've played i have ever seen a weaker starting table, everybody was just really bad and limping along having a great time everyhand.
Got up to 25k pretty early when random australian limps utg + 1 i make it 725 from mid with a/k and he flats. Flop comes a/kh/4h and he check calls 1100, turn is an offsuit 5 and he check raises my 2200 to 5k, i flat and the rivers a uglyish queen of hearts, he bets 5k again and i just call, he proudly tables his a/10off like its the nuts.
Float between 30k - 40k for the next level when i raise a/kss utg to 850 at 150/300, get 3 callers b4 the bb ships his stack in for 9k, i ship in my 30k and the other 3 guys get out of the way and we're off to the races vs q/q. Flop comes a promising 10 high with two of my suit but i obv have too many outs and the inevitable running bricks come. To make matters worse as i'm counting out the chips to pay the guy he says "thanks for that m8" classy.
2 Hands later and down to 25k its folded to me in the sb and i take a peek at 8/8, with an absolute monkey in the bb i raise it up to 900, he pretty swiftly makes it 3k, have a quick look at his stack which looks around 14k total and ship it in, he insta calls and i think i'm in trouble till he flips a/qoff, he just flops an ace and when its counted out he actally had 17.5k. Shortstacked after that and pick up zero hands and get zero resteal opportunities and eventally shove 11bbs utg +1 with j/10 and get called by a/10 and fail to improve. Another fun live tournament.
Thank god i'm gonna be in australia for a while so i'm not tempted to play anymore stupid live donkaments.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
WHats been happening
Obviously i still have to finish my prague trip report, which i should get around to in the next few days. Had a pretty eventful christmas with plenty of drinking with friends etc.
December turned out to be a pretty good month at the cash tables even though i played relatively low volume with a week in prague and 10 days off for christmas i still managed to profit around £35k.
Left for the PCA in the bahamas on the 4th of January, played day 1a where i finished the day with 40,800 which was slightly below average. In between day 1a and day 2 i played "The world cup of poker" a pokerstars event with 9 teams from accross the world playing off to decide the "world champions". Think we probably had the strongest team in it and we were all a little dissapointed to bust 5th. Think i made a few marginal decisions when i played and was definatly quite nervous as i'd never played on a TV table before. But it was a pretty good experience anyways.
Day 2 of the pca just really sums up my year at live events. Grinded all day with a shortstack picking my spots really well to keep my stack above the danger zone, then with 202 left and 199 paid raise 10/10 utg when i havn't played a hand in forever, the bb who i had been chatting with a bit sets me in for around 25bbs. Meh its the bubble and he was a descent player with a bigish stack so he definatly doesn't need a huge hand to be doing this so i call and lose to a/j when he binks an ace on the river. Standard.
Flying back to london today, where i'm gonna crash with moorman for a few days before we both fly to australia on thursday for the aussie millions and then onto sydney after that to meet up with pab and a few other friends for a month or so, Should be fun.
December turned out to be a pretty good month at the cash tables even though i played relatively low volume with a week in prague and 10 days off for christmas i still managed to profit around £35k.
Left for the PCA in the bahamas on the 4th of January, played day 1a where i finished the day with 40,800 which was slightly below average. In between day 1a and day 2 i played "The world cup of poker" a pokerstars event with 9 teams from accross the world playing off to decide the "world champions". Think we probably had the strongest team in it and we were all a little dissapointed to bust 5th. Think i made a few marginal decisions when i played and was definatly quite nervous as i'd never played on a TV table before. But it was a pretty good experience anyways.
Day 2 of the pca just really sums up my year at live events. Grinded all day with a shortstack picking my spots really well to keep my stack above the danger zone, then with 202 left and 199 paid raise 10/10 utg when i havn't played a hand in forever, the bb who i had been chatting with a bit sets me in for around 25bbs. Meh its the bubble and he was a descent player with a bigish stack so he definatly doesn't need a huge hand to be doing this so i call and lose to a/j when he binks an ace on the river. Standard.
Flying back to london today, where i'm gonna crash with moorman for a few days before we both fly to australia on thursday for the aussie millions and then onto sydney after that to meet up with pab and a few other friends for a month or so, Should be fun.
Monday, December 22, 2008
EPT Prague
Got to my starting table and recognised nobody. Didn't play a hand for the 1st orbit but 1 guy had been playing every pot and splahing around quite a bit. Raised a/j from the cutoff to 150 and splasher reraised it to 450, i called. Flop came a/3/4 and he fired 700, i called, turn 2, check check, river repeated the 3 and he fired out a pretty big bet of 2400, couldn't really put him on a hand and it looked like he was just trying to buy the pot with a big bet so i called and he mucked k/q.
Few hands later the cutoff makes it 200 and i call on the button with k/q. Flop comes down k/x/x with 2 diamonds, he checks, i bet 300 and he check raises to 1100, i think a few seconds before making the call. turn is the 8 of diamonds, and he checks and i check behind, rivers a blank and he dwells before checking, i fire out 1600 and he calls and mucks.
Few hands later he raises again to 200 from utg, i call utg+1 with q/q and unfortunatly we go to the flop 6 way when splasher and his mates call as well. Flop comes down k/q/j and its checked around. Turn repeats the jack, and the sb leads for 350, bb folds and utg calls, i make it 1350 and its folded back to the sb who insta calls, and utg also calls after a think. Rivers a blank, and i bet 3400 and again sb snaps and utg folds. He tables a/10 and i'm off to a pretty good start. Maybe coulda got his stack if i bet the flop but don't think i played it that bad.
Table broke shortly after and not a lot happened for the next few levels. Stack fluctuated between 30 and 20k. Shortly after get moved to moormans table and just know theres gonna be fireworks. 1st few hands in i raise a/10 off from mid position to 850 at 150/300. Moorfish obv flicks it in on the button and we go hu to the flop. Comes down q/10/7 and i fire 1400ish and he calls. Turns a deuce or something and i check and he checks behind. River repeats the 7 and i "value bet" 2500ish, he slowrolls me for a minute before calling with q/9cc, wtf, your the best.
So with moorman to my left and blinds up to 200/400 i decide to sit tight for a bit with my 17k stack. Then the perfect situation comes up a few hands later, moorman raises utg to 1200, and its folded to me on the button, i look down at k/k on the button and just know hes never giving me credit for a hand and repop it to 3600. Obv he tanks for a few mins before setting me in. I call and am actually a little dissapointed to see he has an overcard with the a/5dd. Flop comes down 8/7/5 with 2 diamonds and i'm just about to go back up to the room and set fire to moormans clothes but miraculously it bricks out bring me back up to around 36k.
Don't play particularly well for the rest of the day and tried to much to steal blinds when i shouldn't with so many short stacks and wittle down to 25k again where i finsih the day.
Few hands later the cutoff makes it 200 and i call on the button with k/q. Flop comes down k/x/x with 2 diamonds, he checks, i bet 300 and he check raises to 1100, i think a few seconds before making the call. turn is the 8 of diamonds, and he checks and i check behind, rivers a blank and he dwells before checking, i fire out 1600 and he calls and mucks.
Few hands later he raises again to 200 from utg, i call utg+1 with q/q and unfortunatly we go to the flop 6 way when splasher and his mates call as well. Flop comes down k/q/j and its checked around. Turn repeats the jack, and the sb leads for 350, bb folds and utg calls, i make it 1350 and its folded back to the sb who insta calls, and utg also calls after a think. Rivers a blank, and i bet 3400 and again sb snaps and utg folds. He tables a/10 and i'm off to a pretty good start. Maybe coulda got his stack if i bet the flop but don't think i played it that bad.
Table broke shortly after and not a lot happened for the next few levels. Stack fluctuated between 30 and 20k. Shortly after get moved to moormans table and just know theres gonna be fireworks. 1st few hands in i raise a/10 off from mid position to 850 at 150/300. Moorfish obv flicks it in on the button and we go hu to the flop. Comes down q/10/7 and i fire 1400ish and he calls. Turns a deuce or something and i check and he checks behind. River repeats the 7 and i "value bet" 2500ish, he slowrolls me for a minute before calling with q/9cc, wtf, your the best.
So with moorman to my left and blinds up to 200/400 i decide to sit tight for a bit with my 17k stack. Then the perfect situation comes up a few hands later, moorman raises utg to 1200, and its folded to me on the button, i look down at k/k on the button and just know hes never giving me credit for a hand and repop it to 3600. Obv he tanks for a few mins before setting me in. I call and am actually a little dissapointed to see he has an overcard with the a/5dd. Flop comes down 8/7/5 with 2 diamonds and i'm just about to go back up to the room and set fire to moormans clothes but miraculously it bricks out bring me back up to around 36k.
Don't play particularly well for the rest of the day and tried to much to steal blinds when i shouldn't with so many short stacks and wittle down to 25k again where i finsih the day.
Monday, December 15, 2008
F Live Poker!!!!
Another EPT bubble , this is getting frustrating, must be 3 or 4 now with zero cashs lol, anyways, more detailed trip report to follow in next few days
Monday, December 8, 2008
Last minute trip to Prague
Currently sitting in Gatwick airport waiting for a flight. Had decided to skip the ept prague but late friday night moorman convinced me to come along.
Pretty good week in cash banking a £10k winning week even after a pretty bad/tilty day on friday. Just been playing for a half hour on stars while waiting to check in and won $2500 so should cover my expenses for the trip. Ship
Playing day 1b on wednesday so wish me luck!
Pretty good week in cash banking a £10k winning week even after a pretty bad/tilty day on friday. Just been playing for a half hour on stars while waiting to check in and won $2500 so should cover my expenses for the trip. Ship
Playing day 1b on wednesday so wish me luck!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
GUKPT ( Pretty long)
Arrived in London on Tuesday expecting to play the £500 side event. Unfortunatly the event was sold out by the time we got there and with a 50 player strong alternate list me pab and the troid decided to have a few beers and watch the football instead. Obv we ended up drinking double JD's until 6am, and playing in a crazy self dealt £1 / 1 game where buyins were flying all over the place. Good fun.
Moorman, Gregior, Johne147 and Clarkatroid all played day 1a on Thursday and obv Moorman finished the day as chip leader.
Me and Pab played Friday and i don't think i got above my starting stack the whole day. Flucuated between 10k - 15k for the 1st 4 levels before going for dinner. Raised 7/8cc from mid position 1st hand back after dinner and bet folded a k/8/3 rainbow flop against the tightest women in the world who check raised. Was struggling after that and basically played push fold poker for the next 3 levels. Got my stack from 6k back up to around 14k when loose middle aged guy opens to 2400 @ 400/800 from the hijack, i ship my stack in from the button with a/qdd and he snaps me with 5/5. GG me. Pab finished the day with a huge stack just behind moorman.
Saturday, decided to go play some live cash and rail a bit of day 2. Played £5/10 for like 6 hours and finished + £50, basically made no hands the entire time and had no interesting situations. Meanwhile moorman maintained his impressive run of 9 consecutive day 2's with no cashs losing a 220k flip at 1.5/3k. Pab however managed to build a nice stack and maintain it all the way to the final table going in 5 of 9 i believe.
Unfortunatly on Sunday i was travelling home and was unable to rail Pab at the final table that was paying £180k ftw. Got home pretty tired from the early start and decided to try a few of the sunday donkaments. Started at 7pm and promptly unregistered from everything shortly after 8 cause i had no patience and was playing like a mug basically. Decided catching up on the weeks TV was a better option.
Obv after an epic to and fro hu battle Pab managed to ship the GUKPT final as well. Sick result and well deserved. The £140k not to shabby either. Think they agreed to flatten the payouts a little 4 handed.
Been back playing cash since. Booked a small win on monday and have been battling a bad reg yesterday and today. Was up £5k on him yesterday when he quit me but unfortunatly i donated £2,000 of it back just when i was about to call it a night and a couple of weak players sat at my tables.
Today the same guy i killed yesterday came back and sat on 4 of my tables. He plays pretty aggro but spewy imo and i managed to win another £3,500 from him. Played a pretty long session of about 5 hours straight and was 6 tabling for most of it. Managed to come out +£5,000 when all was said and done which i'm obv happy about.
Moorman, Gregior, Johne147 and Clarkatroid all played day 1a on Thursday and obv Moorman finished the day as chip leader.
Me and Pab played Friday and i don't think i got above my starting stack the whole day. Flucuated between 10k - 15k for the 1st 4 levels before going for dinner. Raised 7/8cc from mid position 1st hand back after dinner and bet folded a k/8/3 rainbow flop against the tightest women in the world who check raised. Was struggling after that and basically played push fold poker for the next 3 levels. Got my stack from 6k back up to around 14k when loose middle aged guy opens to 2400 @ 400/800 from the hijack, i ship my stack in from the button with a/qdd and he snaps me with 5/5. GG me. Pab finished the day with a huge stack just behind moorman.
Saturday, decided to go play some live cash and rail a bit of day 2. Played £5/10 for like 6 hours and finished + £50, basically made no hands the entire time and had no interesting situations. Meanwhile moorman maintained his impressive run of 9 consecutive day 2's with no cashs losing a 220k flip at 1.5/3k. Pab however managed to build a nice stack and maintain it all the way to the final table going in 5 of 9 i believe.
Unfortunatly on Sunday i was travelling home and was unable to rail Pab at the final table that was paying £180k ftw. Got home pretty tired from the early start and decided to try a few of the sunday donkaments. Started at 7pm and promptly unregistered from everything shortly after 8 cause i had no patience and was playing like a mug basically. Decided catching up on the weeks TV was a better option.
Obv after an epic to and fro hu battle Pab managed to ship the GUKPT final as well. Sick result and well deserved. The £140k not to shabby either. Think they agreed to flatten the payouts a little 4 handed.
Been back playing cash since. Booked a small win on monday and have been battling a bad reg yesterday and today. Was up £5k on him yesterday when he quit me but unfortunatly i donated £2,000 of it back just when i was about to call it a night and a couple of weak players sat at my tables.
Today the same guy i killed yesterday came back and sat on 4 of my tables. He plays pretty aggro but spewy imo and i managed to win another £3,500 from him. Played a pretty long session of about 5 hours straight and was 6 tabling for most of it. Managed to come out +£5,000 when all was said and done which i'm obv happy about.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Update
Cash still going pretty well. Heaters definatly over now and its been quite a bit of grinding, which isn't as much fun :(
Last week involved quite a few days of breaking even and think i finished the week a few k in profit.
Played donkaments on sunday with the usual heartbreak. Final tabled the weekly mixed holdem tournament on stars where a win would seen me breaking even for the day but busted 6th 4 betting all in on the turn with just a flushdraw against the bb's turned 2 pair.
Finished 10th in the ipoker Irish Open feeder which paid 4 seats and cash prizes to 7th. Shoved 10bbs from the cutoff with 6/6 and the bb called me with a/k, a rivered king putting the end to that tournament.
Had a few other cashs along the way including a run in the early ftops and the million and ub 200k, had stacks in all of them at one point or another but nothing matterialised busting them all for a small cash.
Just to top of the night i bubbled the 200r on stars finished 47th with 45 paying where i had a top 10 stack from the 2nd break. F Donkaments
This week has been a lot better though at the hu cash tables with me showing a £11.5k profit since monday, a lot of which came this evening on william hill. My opponent got pretty badly tilted early on in the match then joined another table and continued to spew for the next hour resulting in a £4,500 win for me.
Heading off to London on Tuesday to meet up with Pab, Moorman and Clarkatroid. We're all gonna play the GUKPT Main event and prolly the £500 side event on the tuesday night. Wish us luck, about time 1 of us did something at one of these.
Last week involved quite a few days of breaking even and think i finished the week a few k in profit.
Played donkaments on sunday with the usual heartbreak. Final tabled the weekly mixed holdem tournament on stars where a win would seen me breaking even for the day but busted 6th 4 betting all in on the turn with just a flushdraw against the bb's turned 2 pair.
Finished 10th in the ipoker Irish Open feeder which paid 4 seats and cash prizes to 7th. Shoved 10bbs from the cutoff with 6/6 and the bb called me with a/k, a rivered king putting the end to that tournament.
Had a few other cashs along the way including a run in the early ftops and the million and ub 200k, had stacks in all of them at one point or another but nothing matterialised busting them all for a small cash.
Just to top of the night i bubbled the 200r on stars finished 47th with 45 paying where i had a top 10 stack from the 2nd break. F Donkaments
This week has been a lot better though at the hu cash tables with me showing a £11.5k profit since monday, a lot of which came this evening on william hill. My opponent got pretty badly tilted early on in the match then joined another table and continued to spew for the next hour resulting in a £4,500 win for me.
Heading off to London on Tuesday to meet up with Pab, Moorman and Clarkatroid. We're all gonna play the GUKPT Main event and prolly the £500 side event on the tuesday night. Wish us luck, about time 1 of us did something at one of these.
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