Am up £850 since my tourney win and have barely played. £550 of that I have withdrawn to keep my bank looking healthy so I now have a £600 roll. Been playing a lot of £1/£2 full ring on crypto and find the game to be incredibly soft. I really wish I was properly rolled for this level because I would quit my boring job and aim to make £100 a day which is £3K a month tax free, yes please!
The last two days I have been 'sick' off work, played about 4 hours and made £650... This would be a better existence than grinding this shit 9-5 for £7.50 an hour, plus I would have so much free time! I realise with just a £600 roll I could easily go bust playing £1/£2 but I'll risk it, I've been playing well recently so hopefully this will continue.
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Friday, 8 February 2008
Get in!!!
Sooooo I decided to play the crypto Lucky $13K tournament tonight for $50 entry, 248 runners annnnnnnddd... only managed to take the bloody thing down! Ship that $3640!!! When it went to heads up I had 60K to his 420K, good effort me thinks! Proper happy now more than made up for what I lost recently, got £2K in my account now, gonna withdraw £1700 I think to leave myself with a £300 roll.
Best get to bed now its 1:45am and I got work in the morning, but I'm buzzing, my 2nd biggest tourney win ever and the biggest field I've ever taken down, man I fucking love poker :-)
Best get to bed now its 1:45am and I got work in the morning, but I'm buzzing, my 2nd biggest tourney win ever and the biggest field I've ever taken down, man I fucking love poker :-)
Wednesday, 6 February 2008
$2/$5 and £2/£5
In my last entry I posted a hand history of a +$1000 pot that I won. I had built up to $1700 at peak from a $200 starting stack in that room. Enough to have made back all that I had deposited from my overdraft and a decent chunk back into the £550 I lost prior to that. But did I leave though? No I didn't, and I proceeded to tilt and get outplayed and outdrawn until it was all gone, and then another $200, then another $200, then finally the last $135 dollars that I had in my bank, which meant my account was at -£1000 and maxed out. I couldn't believe I had tilted off so much money in such a short space of time. In one hand I called a $300 river bet with just AK high only to find that the guy had rivered a straight holding JQ, I was ahead the whole way with AK and went with my read that he was trying to outplay me on the flop but in hindsight it was a stupid call and testimony to why I should have left the room when I started to play bad. (I had been playing for about 4 hours and concentration obviously waning).
£660 of that £1K overdraft had gone to poker and the rest on buying stuff, and paying for my car which died on me again. I had to join Green Flag, pay them to come out etc. Needless to say on Sunday evening I was feeling mega depressed and empty, with no money left in my bank to play with and knowing I wouldn't be able to play again until i could borrow some cash, and playing again was all I could think about. I didn't have to wait long however, the very next day I had booked off work which was a lucky coincidence because I needed to get my car seen to that day and would have had no way of getting there anyway because my Mum and step Dad are away. I borrowed £180 from a mate which I put straight into my bank so that i could deposit it later, and a further £180 from my Dad which I kept in cash for petrol, food and general stuff to last me till I get paid next Friday. When I got home I arranged for my car to be towed to the garage then got to playing. I deposited £150 and sat in one room of £0.50/£1 with £50, leaving after about an hour roughly £83 up. Had something to eat and came back and again sat in a £0.50/£1 room with £50 and left the room this time about £140 up, I was playing well and quitting whilst ahead and it felt good. I withdrew my profit both times so £222 was going into my account leaving me with the £150 still to play with.
Later that night however, I proceeded to lose that £150, then the £30 I had left in my bank shortstacking £1/£2 and playing far too loose, impatiently and shite. So my profit for the day was only about £40, better than nothing but it meant I had nothing to play with until that £222 cleared! Had to hit the sack then which was a good idea seeing as how it was about 2am. Checked my bank the next day and somehow it said I had £318 available to me which often happens when previous transactions temporarily go back into my bank allowing me to spend it, but not actually having the money - not good. When I got home I therefore resisted the urge to deposit the lot and instead put £222 in because I knew that was money I had going in anyway so I wouldn't be charged or anything. Just like Sunday, I started the $2/$5 10 seater table going again by being the first to sit in. I quickly lost $60 and stopped playing.
I went back on at about 12:30am to discover the $2/$5 table still going strong and with one free seat. Naturally I filled it. I sat with $200 there and whilst I was playing I was looking for another room to sit with the final £100 I had in my account. I finally noticed that the £2/£5 10 seater table was running which is a rarity on crypto so I thought fuck it and sat in the last empty seat with £100, the min buy in. Not long into the game I got dealt A6s in mid position, being far too much of an impatient fish I found myself making it £15 to go. I got one caller behind me and checked the A high flop with 1 spade. He bet £15 which I called, turn was the 9 of spades and I checked with the intention of check raising all in with my nut flush draw, whatever he bet. He bet £75 however and I only had £77 so my raise didn't exactly give him much of a decision although he took forever to call I thought he was bluffing. When he did eventually call however he had AQ and I lucked out hitting a spade as one of my 12 outs. The very next hand I got dealt AA in early position and made it £25 to go hoping someone would see it as me being gusto after having just doubled up. Too my delight someone re raised to £80 and the person next to him called! Now I didn't wanna get clever here so I timed for a bit before pushing all in. The re-raiser thought for ages before making the call and the other guy folds, I'm up against, you guessed it - AK and my aces rightfully hold and now I am sitting on a £520 stack in just 2 hands.
I carried on playing in both rooms before cashing out at about 1:15am with £650ish and $375ish respectively. I wanted to bank a win. In just 45 minutes I had made about £650, more than half a months wages! Its times like this that get me wishing that I had the roll to play these levels properly, but where am I gonna get £40,000 from? I could realistically see myself winning £500-£1000 a day at £2/£5 playing standard tight ABC poker without putting too many hours in. This is what I earn in a month at work of a boring 9-5 slog. If only I could get my hands on a bankroll instead of taking these wild stabs and losing money that I need then winning it back later! I still have about £560 more to win to make me 'even' from before I had the bad -£550 weekend. I withdrew £728 last night leaving myself with a £100 bankroll to work with. I haven't felt the need to play since that win, it has left me feeling somehow satisfied and has quenched my thirst to make some money back quickly; finally I can relax and work on building that £40K roll, £0.03/£0.06 anyone?
Edit: Just got back from seeing Cloverfield and it was awesome!
£660 of that £1K overdraft had gone to poker and the rest on buying stuff, and paying for my car which died on me again. I had to join Green Flag, pay them to come out etc. Needless to say on Sunday evening I was feeling mega depressed and empty, with no money left in my bank to play with and knowing I wouldn't be able to play again until i could borrow some cash, and playing again was all I could think about. I didn't have to wait long however, the very next day I had booked off work which was a lucky coincidence because I needed to get my car seen to that day and would have had no way of getting there anyway because my Mum and step Dad are away. I borrowed £180 from a mate which I put straight into my bank so that i could deposit it later, and a further £180 from my Dad which I kept in cash for petrol, food and general stuff to last me till I get paid next Friday. When I got home I arranged for my car to be towed to the garage then got to playing. I deposited £150 and sat in one room of £0.50/£1 with £50, leaving after about an hour roughly £83 up. Had something to eat and came back and again sat in a £0.50/£1 room with £50 and left the room this time about £140 up, I was playing well and quitting whilst ahead and it felt good. I withdrew my profit both times so £222 was going into my account leaving me with the £150 still to play with.
Later that night however, I proceeded to lose that £150, then the £30 I had left in my bank shortstacking £1/£2 and playing far too loose, impatiently and shite. So my profit for the day was only about £40, better than nothing but it meant I had nothing to play with until that £222 cleared! Had to hit the sack then which was a good idea seeing as how it was about 2am. Checked my bank the next day and somehow it said I had £318 available to me which often happens when previous transactions temporarily go back into my bank allowing me to spend it, but not actually having the money - not good. When I got home I therefore resisted the urge to deposit the lot and instead put £222 in because I knew that was money I had going in anyway so I wouldn't be charged or anything. Just like Sunday, I started the $2/$5 10 seater table going again by being the first to sit in. I quickly lost $60 and stopped playing.
I went back on at about 12:30am to discover the $2/$5 table still going strong and with one free seat. Naturally I filled it. I sat with $200 there and whilst I was playing I was looking for another room to sit with the final £100 I had in my account. I finally noticed that the £2/£5 10 seater table was running which is a rarity on crypto so I thought fuck it and sat in the last empty seat with £100, the min buy in. Not long into the game I got dealt A6s in mid position, being far too much of an impatient fish I found myself making it £15 to go. I got one caller behind me and checked the A high flop with 1 spade. He bet £15 which I called, turn was the 9 of spades and I checked with the intention of check raising all in with my nut flush draw, whatever he bet. He bet £75 however and I only had £77 so my raise didn't exactly give him much of a decision although he took forever to call I thought he was bluffing. When he did eventually call however he had AQ and I lucked out hitting a spade as one of my 12 outs. The very next hand I got dealt AA in early position and made it £25 to go hoping someone would see it as me being gusto after having just doubled up. Too my delight someone re raised to £80 and the person next to him called! Now I didn't wanna get clever here so I timed for a bit before pushing all in. The re-raiser thought for ages before making the call and the other guy folds, I'm up against, you guessed it - AK and my aces rightfully hold and now I am sitting on a £520 stack in just 2 hands.
I carried on playing in both rooms before cashing out at about 1:15am with £650ish and $375ish respectively. I wanted to bank a win. In just 45 minutes I had made about £650, more than half a months wages! Its times like this that get me wishing that I had the roll to play these levels properly, but where am I gonna get £40,000 from? I could realistically see myself winning £500-£1000 a day at £2/£5 playing standard tight ABC poker without putting too many hours in. This is what I earn in a month at work of a boring 9-5 slog. If only I could get my hands on a bankroll instead of taking these wild stabs and losing money that I need then winning it back later! I still have about £560 more to win to make me 'even' from before I had the bad -£550 weekend. I withdrew £728 last night leaving myself with a £100 bankroll to work with. I haven't felt the need to play since that win, it has left me feeling somehow satisfied and has quenched my thirst to make some money back quickly; finally I can relax and work on building that £40K roll, £0.03/£0.06 anyone?
Edit: Just got back from seeing Cloverfield and it was awesome!
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Big pot
Just scooped the biggest pot I have won in quite a while :-)
Game #5269773683: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2008/02/03 - 15:12:43 (UK)
Table "Trinidad" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: GrandXx sits out
Seat 2: pokerrush ($493.99 in chips)
Seat 3: ironmonk ($679.67 in chips)
Seat 4: Ultgamb ($614.40 in chips)
Seat 5: roojabaa ($445 in chips)
Seat 6: Ada011019 sits out
Seat 7: esperanza ($292.66 in chips)
Seat 8: Chavinder ($206.40 in chips)
Seat 10: Dr_Ace ($1382.70 in chips)
Ultgamb: posts small blind $2
roojabaa: posts big blind $5
pokerrush: posts big blind $5 + posts small blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to ironmonk [As Ac]
Ste130681 joins the table at seat #9
esperanza: calls $5
Chavinder: folds
Dr_Ace: folds
pokerrush: checks
ironmonk: raises to $30
Ultgamb: folds
roojabaa: folds
esperanza: calls $25
pokerrush: calls $25
----- FLOP ----- [5d 3s 6h]
esperanza: checks
pokerrush: bets $55
ironmonk: calls $55
esperanza: folds
----- TURN ----- [5d 3s 6h][Qh]
pokerrush: checks
ironmonk: bets $100
pokerrush: calls $100
----- RIVER ----- [5d 3s 6h Qh][6d]
pokerrush: bets $306.99 and is all-in
ironmonk: calls $306.99
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pokerrush: shows [Qc 2s] (Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes, Five high)
ironmonk: shows [As Ac] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sixes, Queen high)
ironmonk collected $1019.98 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $1022.98 Main pot $1019.98 Rake $3
Board [5d 3s 6h Qh 6d]
Seat 2: pokerrush (big blind + small blind) showed [Qc 2s] and lost with Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes, Five high
Seat 3: ironmonk (button) showed [As Ac] and won ($1019.98) with Two Pairs, Aces and Sixes, Queen high
Am I a total fish?
Game #5269773683: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2008/02/03 - 15:12:43 (UK)
Table "Trinidad" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: GrandXx sits out
Seat 2: pokerrush ($493.99 in chips)
Seat 3: ironmonk ($679.67 in chips)
Seat 4: Ultgamb ($614.40 in chips)
Seat 5: roojabaa ($445 in chips)
Seat 6: Ada011019 sits out
Seat 7: esperanza ($292.66 in chips)
Seat 8: Chavinder ($206.40 in chips)
Seat 10: Dr_Ace ($1382.70 in chips)
Ultgamb: posts small blind $2
roojabaa: posts big blind $5
pokerrush: posts big blind $5 + posts small blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to ironmonk [As Ac]
Ste130681 joins the table at seat #9
esperanza: calls $5
Chavinder: folds
Dr_Ace: folds
pokerrush: checks
ironmonk: raises to $30
Ultgamb: folds
roojabaa: folds
esperanza: calls $25
pokerrush: calls $25
----- FLOP ----- [5d 3s 6h]
esperanza: checks
pokerrush: bets $55
ironmonk: calls $55
esperanza: folds
----- TURN ----- [5d 3s 6h][Qh]
pokerrush: checks
ironmonk: bets $100
pokerrush: calls $100
----- RIVER ----- [5d 3s 6h Qh][6d]
pokerrush: bets $306.99 and is all-in
ironmonk: calls $306.99
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pokerrush: shows [Qc 2s] (Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes, Five high)
ironmonk: shows [As Ac] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sixes, Queen high)
ironmonk collected $1019.98 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $1022.98 Main pot $1019.98 Rake $3
Board [5d 3s 6h Qh 6d]
Seat 2: pokerrush (big blind + small blind) showed [Qc 2s] and lost with Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes, Five high
Seat 3: ironmonk (button) showed [As Ac] and won ($1019.98) with Two Pairs, Aces and Sixes, Queen high
Am I a total fish?
Friday, 1 February 2008
Cars are shit!
On my way home after the gym last night my fucking car decided to spaz out and basically completely die on me at the traffic lights of a busy roundabout. I had to ring my step dad for some emergency assistance and he towed me back to work where I left my car for the night and it was bloody freeeezing! All in all a bit of a nightmare so when I finally got home got fed and warmed up I had to relax in a $50 MTT on crypto and a bottle of red. I managed to come 7th overall for $230 but was obviously dissapointed as first was $1400 and I busted in a big pot AIPF with KK against AJd. The flop came A high with 2 diamonds giving me a whopping 1 out, unlike the other day when I hit it with ease however, I failed to this time. Incidentally it was one of the longest bubbles EVER, there was 11 people left for seriously about an hour, and only burst when some guy who had a huge stack got disconnected for forever and was eventually blinded out. I fucking hate long bubbles!
Have made £140 in 2 sessions now since my 3am stint. Hopefully I can continue the winning.
On another note, just read bluescouse's blog on 88percent, he's got into debt and is now selling his house that he basically bought through poker. This really is a new low for him and it is worrying to see what online poker can do to people as young as he is. He is at least a deterrent from ever playing way, way beyond your means.
Have made £140 in 2 sessions now since my 3am stint. Hopefully I can continue the winning.
On another note, just read bluescouse's blog on 88percent, he's got into debt and is now selling his house that he basically bought through poker. This really is a new low for him and it is worrying to see what online poker can do to people as young as he is. He is at least a deterrent from ever playing way, way beyond your means.
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