Grey Clouds Then A Glimmer Of Sun!

As i wrote on monday my play since my short break has been poxy to say the least! And tuesday was even worse,i couldnt hit a cows arse with a banjo let alone hit a good hand which stood up! the 1st 4 stt's were bad,every time i had a chance matey sucked out on me,overpairs flopped,flushes were rivered etc. You all know the feeling and its not fucking nice!! Going in a clear favourite only to end up a badly beaten loser. unfortunately games 5 & 6 were played with me on super tilt with the right hump so they were quickly over! I know 6 games is 2 little to make judgements but to lose them all when i know ive played ok is annoying to say the least! one plumb even wrote he was sorry for calling my KK all in with bugger all but he was feeling lucky (his 76 off flopped 2 pair) that made me feel a lot happier..... NOT!! So i didnt play last night,i read loads of blogs and the excellent 'raise the river' forums. And of course every one has off times,the general rule is shut up and keep playing your best - which is very true! So tonight i didnt change my play at all, as long as i got my dough in when i hoped i was good then that was that,twice i busted players whose obvious flush draws failed,and i didnt suffer 1 bad beat in the 3 games i played & cashed in. It was a bit of a shock to blow 25% of my BR in 1 night but hopefully it wont happen again,be positive and i hope my results will improve!
gl all ....laterz

I am Judith Chalmers!!

Well i'm back from our short break,we got a good deal at the Copthorne Hotel in Windsor (strange,it was actually in Slough but they obviously think Windsor sounds better!!!) 3 nights b&b and 4 family passes into Lego Land. The kids loved it,loads of good rides for them,the only problem was i'm scared shitless of heights!! and the kids wanted to go on every scary roller coaster thingys there! fair play to them,they loved them all,and being super dad i had to try to look like i was having a great time,not looking like i was about to have a major heart attack just after cacking my wack!! any how,i,d recommend Lego Land if you;
1.are a real man,not a spineless wuss like me!
2.dont mind 1 hour queues for a 3 minute ride! (tricky to avoid if you have to go half term like we had to)
3.take your own food in,i'm not tight but food/drink in there is a fucking rip off!
4.book a local hotel so you can do all the rides and keep the kids happy!

So back to work/school etc. Monday night back to poker,same old story,$5 stt,bowling along nicely,get KK,i shove AI after a hefty raise,matey calls with 88 & rivers an 8! then a $10 stt,on the bubble but a bit short so i shove AI with 99,matey calls with A4,i flop a 9 to make me un beatable,unless the clown catches 235, which of course he did! wp coco & gd nite!
o well,at least i had a nice break, gd luck all..... laterz

Off on hollybobs!!!

Gd couple of nights for me,a huge $20 up in 3 stt's!!! now only $5 from where i started from!! may not sound to good but up to $270ish then had a dodgy spell and went down to $165ish,i cant sustain $100 down swings so lets hope i can carry on up! no poker now till monday at least,going away with wife and kids ,the break should do us all good,i hope to come back refreshed and tear up the tables!! gl all... laterz

They think its all over,it is now!

3 quick stt's last night,won 2,ballsed up the other! i did however register for the laddies Player Point freeroll tourney that started at 9.30. had a fag after the stt's,got another pint of... and prepared to take this baby down!! 743 other people also had the same idea so this could be tricky i thought.I always start ultra cautious but in hand 3 (yes 3) i get AK suited late,matey before me raises to 120 so i call hoping for a good flop,sure enough the flops K high,yeeehaaaa! matey slaps a 200 bet in which i suspect is a c bet so i raise him double,he then shoves the lot in,now whats the chances of;
1.. he's got AA
2.. i call
ans..good and good!! And that was that,not sure i was first out but i must be fairly close to 1st!! not to worry,ive still got enough PP's for another go soon,maybe i'l bust out 4th hand for some improvement!!! gl all laterz.

Nurse,Doctor....Heeeeeeeeeeelp!

Week off work now so i thought i'd slip a couple of games in this afternoon,1st one a stt,i finished in top 5 for a stella $10!! looking at the tourney schedule i registered for a $5 mtt,78 runners,gtd $300. 2nd hand i land JJ so thought a swift re raise should help....Except i couldnt as it was a poxy Fixed Limit game!! O no,ive hardly got half a scooby playing NL let alone fixed!! so i bet the piddly amount and 5 people called! was i pleased to see a KJ7 flop!! the player before me raised so i just reraised him all i could on every bet and scooped large style!! a few more lucky hands and before i know it i'm 6 0f 69!!! level 4 and by some miracle i'm up to 3rd!! this didnt last of course,i had to tighten as i realised most people hang around like a dogs fart until the river and hope to catch!! i'm used to being a bit aggro with the right cards (and with the wrong ones!!) so FL is a bit alien to me,i eventually run top pair top kicker far too hard and matey does me with a set at showdown,that cripples me and i exit in 40th. o well.NL in a while!! gl all laterz

Not a happy Chappy!!

Before i start moaning it was possibly my fault tonight for watching the rugby and playing at the same time! But that doesnt help when my AA gets crushed or i go all in well ahead but lose to shitty hands!! i even played 3 HU matches just to break things up...and yes lost all 3,1 on a dodgy play but 2 were when i was ahead,we all know shit happens and ive got lucky a few times,but its fucking irritating when you've tried hard to build up and it goes in 2 nights!! 5 weeks of trying to get better and improve my skills/discipline goes Pete Tong in 2 nights,so thats it,i'm slightly down overall so i'm quitting poker for ever..............well,till monday night!! Seri0usly,its a right arsehole of a game sometimes,ive just got to tighten up a bit for a while and get my bank up,i just hope i can. gl all laterz

I'm a laydeee dont you know!!

1st the bad news! i lost the $30 i won last night,$20 went when i was on the bubble,the blinds were sky high,i raised aipf but my A9 could not beat 1010! a $5 stt went west purely because of my bad play! My 1st game was a deep stack 5000 chip $5 stt,i was going very well,level 3 and i'm 4th with 7.5k. this was due to me getting JJ and finding someone who called 3 big bets of mine with zilch,the pot was 3500,i even bet only 350 on the river to get a raise but he mucked! a 10 to 1 bet and he mucked,very strange!! he got his own back when i shoved all in with top pair only for him to out kick me,i was out soon after that! So i wasnt best pleased but roll on tomorrow! the good news was the chat on the deep stack game,1 of the players was very busy berating a few other players and justifying it by saying he only wanted a laugh. He then asked if there was any girls on the table,so i said yes, me (this would come as a bit of a suprise to my wife,3 kids & the chaps at work!!) From then on he was as nice as pie,until someone outdrew me and he let rip at them!! every time i won a hand he put 'well played babes' with a few x's!! i'm sure he mucked a few hands to me (which was sweet of him!!!) he asked if i minded being chatted up on line,of course i said no! he was very sad when i busted out,'ul,gd nite babes etc!!'
mind you,i'm taking the piss but he probably went on to win,i didnt hang around in case he wanted some pictures!!( of my 6"2' 15 stone body,now that would have shocked him!!) Very childish i know but i thought it was funny! hope he doesnt read this fucking blog!! gl all laterz.