The best laid plans & all that!!

What an arsehole of a start to my week!! 2x $20 stt's and i bubble in 6th in both of them!! All i had to do was 5th in both for $40 but instead i'm $44 down,what a pile of crap!
The 1st game ends for me when trying to bully the BB with A10 suited that i run into AA ffs!! (maybe should have waited but the game was so slow the blinds were on 100/200 & i had about 1400 left) then the 2nd was very similar,i wasnt that short but again decided to make a stand against the chippy... I had AQ and shoved on a Q high flop,fuck me he calls with K rag & the turn gives him the K to shaft me again!! After that i gave up before anymore damage was done,
A $100 for this week??? i will be lucky at this rate to have any thing left! gl all....laterz

Yuk!! (But ive got a plan!!)

Bit of a bummer saturday night!! AK loses to A9 (he miracled a flush!),a flopped nut flush (i held the A),getting rivered by the straight flush!! and KK getting rogered by a straight! 3 $10 stt's where i thought i played well but ended up $33 down due to no fault of my own....Grrrrrr! O well i did play a $5 five player game and somehow won for $17.50!! Maybe i'm too desperate to get back up to evens with my BR,(currently about $90 down) i play well (imo!!) and get some good results,then lose a few and my good work is for nothing! Will i give up....not fucking likely! at $5,$10 &$20 stt's i am good enough to rule the world (well Ladbrokes anyway!!) This week i can play monday,thursday,friday & saturday evenings,i want $100 clear profit,so here goes...it starts tonight.....lets rock!!! gl all...laterz

Give a little,take a little!!

Just a few games tonight,won a $5 stt,then lost one when my AIPF with KK was called by the mighty Qs10s He only had me slightly covered so i was surprised about the call,but not that surprised when the flop came 3 spades! gg me! I then blew another $5 game by getting far too attached to AQ and getting done by AK,i was struggling at the time & only lasted 3 more hands before donking of the last few chips with 95!!! So it was up stakes to a $20 stt,(top 5 all getting $40) this one went well,nothing spectacular but a comfortable cash to end the night slightly up.
I dont know why but i find it easier to do well in the higher buy in stt's,its a bit risky as my BR cant sustain too many $20 losses but this seems to focus me more,i play just as aggro when i need to,but my oppo seems to get tighter which suits me a lot more!! The mini buy in punters call every bet regardless which is fucking fustrating when they get lucky (see above!!) so i may just concentrate on $10/20 stts and make sure i play my AAA game!! gl all...laterz

Ha,Ha,Rivered him for once!!!

Heres the HH from last nigts last game,i went AI,he called behind but flops some help, but the river gives me 1 of the 2 outs i need! my faith in the Random Number Generator is restored............. (like fuck it is!!!)

** Game ID 873766107 starting - 2007-11-19 22:17:57** 10 PAYS 5 (Equal Payout)[1543263]:Table 1 [Sit & Go Hold 'em] (100.00200.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money
- Noddyg sitting in seat 1 with $1290.00 [Dealer]-
smoothplz sitting in seat 2 with $1755.00-
hitmandan sitting in seat 3 with $2208.75-
MasterWoods sitting in seat 4 with $2145.00-
Llooser sitting in seat 5 with $2035.00-
Morchebe sitting in seat 6 with $1568.75-
thewellman sitting in seat 8 with $2182.50-
jazziza sitting in seat 10 with $1665.00
smoothplz posted the small blind - $50.00hitmandan posted the big blind - $100.00
** Dealing card to smoothplz: Queen of Spades, Queen of Diamonds
MasterWoods raised - $400.00
Llooser folded
Morchebe folded
thewellman folded
jazziza folded
Noddyg folded
smoothplz went all-in - $1755.00
hitmandan folded
MasterWoods called - $1805.00
MasterWoods shows: Jack of Hearts, Ace of Spades
** Dealing the flop: Ace of Clubs, King of Hearts, 4 of Clubs (O SHIT!)
** Dealing the turn: 2 of Spades
** Dealing the river: Queen of Clubs (PHEW!)
smoothplz wins $3710.00 from the main pot.

Down the river!

The river card is cursed by many and loved by a few i reckon! I lost the 1st 2 stt's tonight,once when i ran 10 10 into AA (i raised big preflop,he re raises so of course i dont put him on an overpair,o no,i just shove like coco the fucking clown!!) so thats my fault. The second was a classic,the blinds were starting to bite so i shoved OTB with AK & was called by the mighty 68 of! Which obviously made the impossible straight on the river (i then typed in 'bollox!'-- i take it that doesnt register on Laddies swear dictionary as it appeared,& the cheeky twat said sorry!!) So i decide to play just 1 more game,off to a good start and in the top 3 by level 2! theres no point playing siily buggers in these games,any good hand needs to be hammered and chips taken from the fishes imo,so when i get QQ its time for action!! the blinds are still quite low but he raises to 400,i raises AI so he calls for possibly all my dough,he shows AJ,the muppet!! the flop has an A so im in deep poo,turn is a 2 and ive got 2 cards to help me...........and would you beleive it,for the 1st time this fucking century the river gives me the Q!!!! i'm smiling instead of swearing at the lappy. I ended up slighty down but tonight it's good to know that sometimes the river can help you as well as shaft you!! gl all laterz

Smooth 3, Nemo's 0!!

Great night by me,3 stt's & finished in the top 5 in them all for a profit (after fees etc) of $31.50!! I never seemed to put myself in any tight spots,suffered a couple of bad beats but stuck with it and did the business. 2 things have helped me imo,the 1st was getting hammered a few weeks ago & losing a big chunk of my money!! We can (& do) moan about beats but it was a mixture of them & my bad play,perhaps i had won a few then got complacent with regards to positional play and a lack of discipline etc. It didnt help poncing around on the cash tables! no more of that for the time being,best i learn more about sng's & tourneys,at least ive got half a clue playing these!! The 2nd bit of help was an article i read in the current issue of the 'WPT POKER' magazine.It was written by Frankie Armstrong and covered a 9 player sng that he played,he wrote about every hand whether he played it or not.Reading his thoughts on strategy as the blinds increased and his analysis of his play and his opponents was very helpful. I love to play but i read loads about the game to hopefully improve,time will tell if i can implement this knowledge and be a better player not a losing fish!!! gl all....laterz

Finding my form!

Hi all,just a quick update,only played a bit so far this week,2x $10 stt on wednesday,good for $20 profit,tonight i won a $20 stt (pays top 5 $40) then lost 1x $5 & 1x $10 same format games!! So i switched attack and took down a 6 seater $10 stt for $30,overall a winning week and my BR is nearly back to where i started after getting hammered a few weeks ago!! Last night i had a bash at Laddies player point freeroll for the 1st time($1500gtd & $325ish to the winner)..that is me and 513 other fishes!!!! the standard was dreadfull,i'm no Hellmuth etc but jeez,this was unreal! I made it to the 1st break in 121st place of the 174 remaining but a little short! Luckily soon after i land AA and i take a good pot to be 69 of 155 and on 7k,blinds are still only 150/300 so i'm ok (ish!) It pays down to 99th (although not a lot!) so i reckoned i could make it if i was patient & kept my discipline..
Players were going thick & fast,i was 66/128 but not happy that the C/L was on my table!! As i said the payouts were not worth FA till later so i needed to double up & progress.
Then in the space of 4 hands i was finished,i get JJ early and raise to 750 (5x BB) the C/L goes all in for 30k,....o shit!!! i was stuck,i fucking hate JJ,I reckon now i had him beat but tbh i cacked it & folded, 3 hands later and FFS i get JJ again - GRRRRRRRRR!! this time no messing about,AIPF,it goes muck,muck,muck and then 1 caller,and fuck me,matey has got KK!! no help for me and its gg & g nite from me in 109th place,a shitty 10 places from the money!! Was i unlucky or just a bit of a muppet with that play? i needed to advance and i thought i would. the geezer who called had not been on the table for long so who knows,if it happens again i hope he has 10- 10!!! An enjoyable game though,just wait till next time!! gl all....laterz