Playing like a lemon!

What a night!! A $5 10 seater pays $10 to the top 5 goes west when i overplay a flush draw YET AGAIN!!! wtf am i doing!!? playing as bad as the people i know i can beat thats what,and spewing half my chips for no reason,this has got to stop.I'm soon out of this 1 so i try the same game but $10. I muddle along until with 7 left and me in 6th i decide to go all in with KQ suited after a couple of limpers,but 1 of them calls with AJ so thats another game lost because i played like a lemon!! I then decide to gamble and up the stakes to $20 a game,if i cash im only about even for the night so no pressure!! No messing this time,i play ultra tight to start,mucking A6,A7 etc in early position.My safe play is rewarded when i get KK at level 3 and knock out 2 people,i'm now on 4.5k,i could just wait and win but dont have to;the chip leader puts the short stack all in after the flop,he's flopped 3 Q's against the poor lads set of 3's,a little bit later and 5 have gone,ive cashed for $40 (only about $18 profit after tourney fees etc) I should stop here but thats my biggest win so far on ladbrokes so another game is on,this time only a $10 one,cash here and i'm slightly up! I play safely and after 2 levels have a small lead,then the brown stuff hits the fan!! I flop a straight and decide to bet quite small,the pots getting big with no raising and me slow playing like a pro!! Then the river pairs the board - o shit!! After trying to trap i'm now maybe up against a full house,i put a bigger bet in to put matey all in,he insta calls and shows his quad 8's!!! ouch! i'm raped on the river again!! I should have raised far more after the flop but as he flopped a set the numpty would have called whatever and done me on the river so who knows! Down to 600 but luckily double up with AK then go all in with 1200 holding A6,1 caller who has A7!! This time i river a 6 (sorry mate...f not!!) No more balls up by me,people fall and i keep out of trouble to make the final 5!! 2 back 2 back cashes & i'm up to$219,could have been worse but ive got to up my stakes,$20 tables are still full of fish waiting to give me their money..i hope!!! All i have to do i cut out my mistakes!!! laterz

Tiny stakes= Tiny rewards!!

Monday night and a few more low stakes games,1st up another 10 player $5 buy in pays the top 5 job. Started ok then completely overplayed a flush draw (AGAIN!!) and i'm down to 500 chips,luckily i soon double up when my 66 goes all in against 99 but i flop a 6 for the set!! By level 4 i,m back to 1500 and only 7 of us left. Level 5 and i'm all in with AJ,get a caller with 33 but A on the river and i'm back flying high!! 2 players get taken out quickly and i bank my $10!! Next up a 5 seater $5 with only 2 payed. 3 hands in and i'm BB,i look down and call a small raise with my mighty 33, the flop comes 223!!! I then bet 1/2 the pot and do the same on the turn and river,1 player calls all 3 bets and is left with $3.0 as my flopped full house burys him!! i'm a huge leader and cant balls this up? Well yes i can!!! I lose a little then lose a lot when my KK gets banged by AA!! Down to 800 chips and the blinds are now 100/200! All in soon with KQ against 10/8 but he nabs a 10 to leave me out in 4th! After such a good start i'm gutted not to win but if you face AA then theres not a lot you can do! Played 1 more 6 handed $2 game,it was pretty uneventful and i finished 2nd for a huge $3.6! i,m up to a mind blowing $210 now,a few more tiddly stakes game then up my stakes next week. Laterz!

Losing my cherry

A good night last nite,except my 1st game. The very 1st hand i get QQ in 2nd position,my large raise is folded round to the BB who reraises,i shove it all in and he turns over AK! obviously i'm done for when he flops his 2nd K! O well a quick $5 down the pan! I then decide to have a go with a $1 tourney for a laugh. 275 of us sit down and watch as the blinds shoot up every 3 minutes,and its a turbo event! 30 minutes later the blinds are 300/600 ffs!! I steal the blinds and get busy to have 12k and be in 11th out of 97 but then when we are on 1-1.5k blinds i go all in with A10 and lose to AK for a 60 finish. With quick blinds its really all in or fold and thats not my cup of tea!! Next up a $5 6 handed normal game,level 2 and i'm chip meister and the best player there!! No rush and the only hand i play that level is KK that matey takes on with 33,only 4 left and i,m miles in front,no way can i lose?!! Finally its heads up with me slightly behind,i get a lead then with the blinds at 50/100 i get dealt J2,i check and see a flop of 722! we both check (sneaky!) and the turn is a 4,i bet 400 which he calls,the river ia a A! i throw in 1200 and he raises all in and i call in a nano second! Boooom! my first outright win on Laddies,only $15 for 1st but its not the amount, it confirms to me that with time my game will beat these people!! Yes the cards helped but i showed patience and waited to make my moves. Time for 1 more 10 handed $5 game that pays $10 to the top 5,again i wait for the right opportunities,theres no need to risk it all,i only need to outlast half the field and i know i'm far better than 50% of the players here. Needless to say the fishy people get knocked out and in level 4 its over,my bank is at $208,a huge $5 profit but this i hope will improve next week. laterz!

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!