Dead to the Reds!

What a bunch of tossers!! dont blame the pitch,injuries,time adjustment or any other bs,just put that shirt on and have some pride!! right,rant over!!
Back to a mini win last night,$20 stt and i manage to make all the right moves for once!! tight early on,level 5 and i'm sitting pretty, above average and only 2 to knock out before its $40 to the remaining 5. i get AhQc and the flop comes JQ7,all diamonds,matey's only got 850 left and shoves,i hope hes on the draw so with some trepidation i call,lose & i'm shortish,win & i'm laughing,he has Ad5c! laddies do me a favour & he blanks so i scoop! No messing about know as i take out the last player with 44 that holds to his QJ all in,i ty,$40 to me! While i'm doing this i'm also in a $5 30 player sng (god,i'm the multi table king!!) this goes ok till i pair my J with not much action,try to take it there and the c/l calls my huge overbet with K high! this time laddies shaft me by putting a K on the river so i'm out in about 20th.o well (sh)it happens!! i would love to play more multi player sng's but laddies hardly have enough small stake action (should i jump ship back to Stars etc,all comments welcome!) Just to get that $5 buy in back i sail through a $5 stt with no bother! BR on just under $250. gl all laterz!

Give me carrots & sugar cubes!!

When you play like a donkey you deserve to lose and there's no excuses!! I played 2 micro stake stt's last nite,the 1st $5 i ballsed up by completely over playing 44!! you know how it is,raise pre flop,the flop has an A so i bet heavy to represent it only to find out Mr call station's got the ace and calls for a large part of my stack!! This is quite late on and the blinds are huge (200/400) so i have to shove with QJ that gets done by K5.Totally my fault for not being patient!! Next game was even sadder play by me, i flop A10 suited in the BB,its limped to me so i raise to 150 (only level 1 so 10/20) folded round to c/o who re raises to 500! i consider he's having a chuckle so push the lot in (about 1250),he calls with AJ. Oooooooo fooooooook!! its only a $2 game but thats not the point,i played like a donkey!! England v Ruskies later so may not play till tomorrow. gl all laterz

Moving on up!

1st game tonight & i decide to play a $20 stt,it nearly backfired as i didnt get a hand all game! i had to work really hard to survive and hope the others knocked themselves out,luckily they did,why late on 2 of the big stacks went to war with each other i dont know,in this format the last 5 get double the buy in back,there was 7 left,2 of which were down to about 3xBB,this helped me to hold on for my $40 return,ironically after we had all cashed,my next 2 hands were AA & 10 10!! could have done with them earlier to stop me sweating! Next game was a disaster,only $10 and full of lemons! i waited for ages then got AK suited,i raised early to 150 and got 1 caller,the flop was 48Q,hoping it missed him i bet 300 more,again he only called,the turn was a 10,so i bet 400,and yes he called again! river was a 5 but i'd given up by now,i knew he'd do whatever i would,we checked and he had 87 for a pair,all that fucking way,all those calls and he couldnt lay down a poxy pair of 8's!! Maybe i,m the lemon for overplaying AK but maybe not!! a little while later & i,m all in for my last 500ish again with AK that fails to out do QQ! Ho Hum,next plz!! Finally a $5 game (no $10 or $20 available) i start slow as i keep getting A5,A3,KJ etc but dont want to risk it too early,the standard here is dire!! 2 medium stacks go all in and both show the same hand KQ o/s! Maybe when the blinds are high and players are short but its not a hand i'd risk that early!! Eventually we lose a couple,i'm in the BB with A7 suited & shorty goes all in for his last 450, he could have anything as he's near death so i call,he has A6,WHAT A CALL,I'M GOD!!! Except for the 6 on the turn so i kindly double him up!! however i remain calm and when another small stack goes for it,i call with AQ,looks like i'm Father Fucking Xmas again when he shows AK but i spike a Q and he's out,most players go ape shit when they get out drawn or get sucked out but seem to forget when they go in behind only to finish on top!! that lucky Q put me nicely safe and its not long till the 6th player exits, 2 from 3 isnt bad,i'm now on $234. Progress is painfully slow but its only been about 5 weeks on Laddies,much more to come i hope!! gl all, laterz

Three little ducks!!

A couple of small stt's tonight,1st a huge $2 game!! no problems here,more important for me to be disciplined and wait for hands(strangely enough i was dealt A9 o/s 3 times in a row in the 1st level,all early position and didnt play them once!! hows that for low stakes discipline!!!?!) for $2 most players will call any bet so bluffing is fairly pointless! next a $10 game,finish in the top 5 for double the stake etc. to start of everyone was tight (must be reading the same books/forums as me!!) then at level 3 (25-50) half the table goes loopy! i just wait for a biggy and go 'loopier' knowing i'm miles ahead and will get a call! 10/10 and a A104 on the flop was enough to double up,matey called my all in with A7 off,ty fishy! i then tightened up again,played hands hard when i got them and let the others spew their chips!!ty,give me my $20!! i said that this week i want to play higher,maybe stick to $10 games and knock the $2 & $5 ones on the head,the level of play is no more of a threat to me but the rewards are more (even these are small,must multi soon or play mtt's!) BR is $222 (hence the blog title!) gl all laterz.

WSOP glory!!

Well it was actually on the tele as i played!! a couple of quick $5 stt cashes, 1 $5 loss,then a $10 stt win.gg me, as they are equal top 5 payouts its not a fortune but my BR is now $215, i only lost the one game because of getting outdrawn,the rest of my wins i thought were fairly easy!!
maybe from next week its time to up the stakes again or try multi table sng's. its a tricky call,i know i'm good enough but all it takes is a bad run at $20 tables for my $200 BR to dive pretty quick,of course i could win!! gl all laterz!

Doctors and Nurses

Never did get the home game going,wifey was taken poorly so i had to cancel,will have to re arrange it soon.I did play on line of course,won 4,lost 2!! it was the equal payout to the top 5 stt's, the 1st ($5) one i ballsed up by betting far 2 much with 66,matey waited till the river to get his flush! i was out soon after when my 99 all in was beaten by 10 10! 2nd game ($10) in the 1st level i got JJ, there was 2 all ins before me (even that early!) i guessed AK & maybe 10,s or the like,well it was AK and 66, with my luck that early in the game i mucked!! the flop had a K but the river was a J!!! could have had a right result,oh well. then in level 3 i get the dreaded KK! no messing i'm all in and get 1 caller with JJ,again the river has a J!! & thats good night for that game!! poxy KK,it never holds for me!! from then on (game 3) it went better,winning 4 on the spin,allthough 2 were only $2 games. i actually went all in with KK and they held (about fucking time!!) so i ended on $202.

Not winning,but winning!

hi all,only managed 1 game yesterday,a piddly $2 stt where the top 5 get equal payout ($4),hardly a fortune but it killed 20 minutes! obviously at these levels players tend to be errrrr....whats the word? .........oh yes ....SHIT!!! (sorry but they are!!!) in the 1st level 1 went out after calling an all in with KJ,and by level 3 there was only 7 left! the good thing was i was 4th in chips and i hadnt won a hand!! in fact i'd only played 1 hand,mucking A8suited on the BB after my 120 bet was re raised all in (i was probably facing 84 off but who knows!!) so after the 6th player donks all his chips off we all get $4,1 hand played all game,i hope to meet these players at $5,$10 & the $20 stt's!! no lappy poker tonite,a homegame at mine,will let you know how it went. laterz