Hanging on!

Back for a second evening of torture!!! My £100 was converted into $202 with my 1st deposit,i ended last night on $194. Only played twice tonight,a $5 10 seater which pays the top 5 an equal $10 each,started quietly then got busy.I blew 1 big hand by betting far too much on a draw that failed and before i knew it the blinds were huge unlike my chipstack!! Somehow with the blinds 2 away from me i'm still alive with 140 chips only and there's still 6 of us! Luckily the BB goes all in and even luckier gets a call from the chip leader who manages to knock them out and i'm in the money again!! It was my fault i was in that poor position in the 1st place,i must remember not to chase cards (unless its cheap to do so!!) The $10 i won didnt come into it,i must not play like a moron!! Next game was a 5 handed $2. Not much time to hang around here,the blinds get big realy quick. 2 people go and the 3 of us are playing 400/800, with only about 2750 chips each its fold or all in. 1 goes so i'm 2-1 chip underdog. No problem,this KQ should be ok,but not up against AA!! So i'm 2nd for $3!! The bank is now back to $200,happy days!! A few more games and i'm moving up to $10 games.I can beat these people,if i dont i will never play again!!! good luck all.

Same old,Same old!!

Well my 1st night of action so here goes!! I have decided to play very low stakes sit and gos for a while to get some practice on Ladbrokes. The 1st game is a 10 player huge $2 buy in!! I play very few hands early doors,happy to see the standard of play,i win small with a few hands then the turn gives me the nut flush but this time no one wants to call my bet for a change!! A few hands later and its QQ,lovely!! 2nd to act i lump on 4x the BB,matey next to me calls and only him and me see the J high flop.I bet over the pot and he goes all in,i have to call and of course they have got KK! Thats me shorter than Danny Devito!,99 2 hands later and all in for me!! A10 for matey and an A on the flop and i'm out in 7th!! I know its only $2 tables but its just like play money,people call any opening bet with sweet f.a. and hope the flop helps them!
2nd game very similar,again i get QQ,try to thin the field with a half my stack bet,get 1 caller who has to go all in but cant improve his 33!! Then i get AJ suited UTG,I raise 5x BB and get 5 callers!! I throw in a big continuation bet on a K57 flop and 2 people go all in! I muck, then see a set of 5's beat KK with an 8 kicker,some plum called a big bet and an all in holding K8! God,this should be fun!!! Another $2 game goes Pete Tong so for my last 1 i decide to up the stakes to a massive $5 10 player pays 5 equal game. Bingo Bango!! A fairly good run of cards and some terrible play from others and i'm chip leader with only 2 to get rid of,every one else tightens up far to much and smoothplz (my screen name) personally takes the last 2 scalps for my 1st return - a wallet busting $10 back!! Great fun tonight,the standard of play is pretty dire and i hope i can win a few small stake games,slowly increase my buy in amounts,keep improving my game and who knows where i could end up!! Adios amigos.

The Big Beginning!

Ok,here i go,my full on attack for poker superstardom! Having done £200 on PokerStars with limited success (a good learning exercise though!) it was back to the books,back to play money and practice,practice,practice! The USA sites are full of absolute retards, no idea chancers who call everything and anything!! So my £100 has been deposited with the mighty Ladbrokes, at least if i lose its going to be to a European player!!! I played my 1st real money games on their site last night,details to follow!