Lol

Ha,

I used to play a good bit of online poker and used this blog to go over some tournaments for looking on back on later. I dont have the same enthusiasm for the game (prolly a good thing 8-) )

Still kinda fun to look back over it!

Only "stumbled" across it on old pc's bookmarks !

Sit n Go's....Jeesh they get old

Ok so in the time ive been on a break, any time ive been playin online ive been playin cash games mainly and the odd boring STT, christ they are same ole same ole. now i am a complete cash game novice, but im very keen to how profitable they can be. I can only imagine that Tribecca is one of the softest sites but thats great news! One night i sat down at the 1/2 with about 130 and left just short of a $1000, losin a $400+ pot with top 2 pair to a rivered straight, meanin i would have left with well over 5 buy ins though i did manage to go through that profit over the next few days by tryin to mix it up too much and still not havin that "come back fresh to the tables feelin" (but its there in drips and drabs) but i am being honest and i am learning as i go along. Its a different game to constant rising blinds and im slowy adapting i hope, sayin that
I cant seem to help wanna jump in the 2/4 game where i usuall y end up losing while tryin to adapt lol seems obvious how wrong that approach is but the pots are all that jucier...d'oh!

Cuple of things i love about cash games is how much you have to open your game and with this its a much more fun game, ive been playin short handed and i love building table image and pickin your spots. No point waitin around for ABC cards so ya have to get in there and be imaginative. One thing i feel is important is gettin your stack double the max buy in, then the fun really starts, tonight i was going to bed, played a $27 rebuy came 5th (10 10 vs J7 hittin set on river but gave him his gutshot) and with the $350+ i bought into a 2/4 to see how i would fair out

I won a 700+ pot when i had 77 in SB and made up the blind, i was sittin on about $290,

flop came J 7 9 with 2 limpers and me & BB, pot (16)
I bet straight out 16, UTG makes it 32, UTG+1 calls, i decide to call, possible straight out there but obviously willin to go broke here, BTW flop was rainbow

Turn brings another J fillin me up, i decide to check, UTG bets 67, UTG+1 calls and i push, UTG dwells and decides to call with KJ and i more than double up....then this really fun hand happens

Real Money Ring Game
Table Name	Hand ID	Game	Stakes
Secret Agent	8161211-85018	Holdem No Limit	$2/$4
[May 31 01:27:24] : Hand Start.
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 1 : syekim13 has $255.25
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 2 : ka4fdc has $803.50
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 3 : epkcibol has $738.67
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 4 : sleetard has $190
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 5 : scooterboy has $319.50
[May 31 01:27:24] : Seat 6 : NEUROFUNK has $493.50
[May 31 01:27:24] : sleetard is the dealer.
[May 31 01:27:25] : scooterboy posted small blind.
[May 31 01:27:25] : NEUROFUNK posted big blind.
[May 31 01:27:25] : Game [85018] started with 6 players.
[May 31 01:27:25] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[May 31 01:27:25] : Seat 2 : ka4fdc has 8d 6d
[May 31 01:27:27] : syekim13 folded.
[May 31 01:27:31] : ka4fdc called $4 and raised $8
[May 31 01:27:31] : epkcibol folded.
[May 31 01:27:34] : sleetard folded.
[May 31 01:27:35] : scooterboy called $10
[May 31 01:27:41] : sleetard : given the fact u were drawing to only 2 outs - yes
[May 31 01:27:41] : NEUROFUNK called $8
[May 31 01:27:42] : Dealing flop.
[May 31 01:27:42] : Board cards [9c 7d Qc]
[May 31 01:27:45] : scooterboy checked.
[May 31 01:27:46] : NEUROFUNK checked.
[May 31 01:27:56] : ka4fdc bet $20
[May 31 01:27:59] : sleetard : but its not your fault the site gives u running clubs
[May 31 01:28:02] : scooterboy folded.
[May 31 01:28:10] : NEUROFUNK called $20
[May 31 01:28:11] : Dealing turn.
[May 31 01:28:11] : Board cards [9c 7d Qc 6h]
[May 31 01:28:13] : NEUROFUNK checked.
[May 31 01:28:19] : ka4fdc bet $50
[May 31 01:28:32] : NEUROFUNK called $50
[May 31 01:28:33] : Dealing river.
[May 31 01:28:33] : Board cards [9c 7d Qc 6h 5s]
[May 31 01:28:35] : NEUROFUNK checked.
[May 31 01:28:38] : ka4fdc bet $721.50 and is All-in
[May 31 01:28:40] : NEUROFUNK called $411.50 and is All-in
[May 31 01:28:40] : Showdown!
[May 31 01:28:40] : Seat 2 : ka4fdc has 8d 6d
[May 31 01:28:42] : Seat 2 : ka4fdc has 8d 6d
[May 31 01:28:42] : ka4fdc has Straight 98765
[May 31 01:28:42] : Seat 6 : NEUROFUNK has Qd 5d
[May 31 01:28:42] : NEUROFUNK has Two Pair: Queens and 5s
[May 31 01:28:42] : ka4fdc wins $996 with Straight 98765
[May 31 01:28:52] : Hand is over.

Im still not playin in my zone so i wont be playin as much as usual but one thing i know is when i come back in form cash games is where ill be at. Ghomoli from Boards is doing great on them too , i watched him clean up on the 3/6 last week and its become so obvious to me, cash fuckin cash games baby..its the only way to go/

here hopin i enjoy the ride!

Give me all your Kitkats !

Quick post to update it all, these past weeks have a worryin trend, my play and my results are bordering very close to that uggghh ugggh January month where i was the biggest fish on the site, im runnin and playin terrible, thankfully i have cut down my game to about 2 STTs a day, where im lucky to maybe Bubble if even, Ive lost about $1,100s in the last fortnight , but what i cant understand is why im playin at all. Theres no excitment when a tournament starts up, more feelings of uncertantity, when the cards are dealt to me they feel more like Ninja stars comin to attack me , bad beats are gettin personal and im findin myself soundin like a bitter old man sayin things like "how can that prick call with that crap" and "hes nothin but a lucky twat"

No no no , when your playin well and in your comfort zone, it takes a beat like Quads gettin bet by a straight flush to even grab your attention yet even the slighest thing like my 6 high flush being bet by a 7 high is enough to make me want to smash the laptop in!! That says it all and with this in mind i am takin a month of poker online, ill probably play in the live tourney here as im currently 2nd in leaderboard and need a win or 2 to catch up with 1st

In january when i played/ran/felt terrible i had no choice but to tae a break, when i came back to the game in march i came out firing on all cylinders and made a nice some of dough so it doesnt take much cop on to realise if i dont stop now ill have no BR and no soul left !!

Alot of posters on Boards say to not play every day and takes breaks during week, ive played every day since Paddys day and quite a few hours at that! Jesus i really am fuckin stoopid alot of the time!

So ill be back in a month or when i feel comfortable, hopefully not too soon!

Finally moved

Im now on Bospoker, under a new alias "ka4fdc" , lol dont ask. I didnt like the look of Bospoker so i copied and pasted the PPP image files to give it that dark green/bluey fele to it and while waitin on a game put in some sad ass touches to it to cover the Paddypower line in the middle of the table...bored + unimaginative ='s image to your left!

Besides that all is going just ok in poker

Came 4th in the $5K yesterday evening with over $2000 for 1st which would have been nice, but my AK was no match for JJ, went out on the bubble in the live tourney last night in 4th with my KK gettin bust by A7 and i tried everything i could to get him to call me and call he did for the biggest pot of the night, over all i was happy as thought i played well and it moved me into 2nd place in the leader board so guess thats something, though some cash prizes would have been nice too.

So now i have my rakeback deal setup it will hopefully provide a nice paypack every fortnight

Not playing very well in the STT's, boredom has set in in poker and STTs especially, one day ill blow about 600 of my BR with probably about 1 3rd in the whole day and one win and then the next day ill come back all guns firing and make about 900.

On the upside i have bought my new car which is so SWEET! I love it, will post a pic of it up in a day or so. I still dont feel right about spendin my whole Bankroll on it, currently i have about $2000 over different sites and on my neteller account but i still feel under Rolled

Anywho at the moment im not really enjoyin the game and its crucial to not play like this..anyway in the middle of a game here so better go ....D'oh!! LOL

Some funny pix

Think this was a first for me .. a 6 card straight flush ...he he
















where do these people come up with this? One of the few times i ever opened the lobby and look what i saw...very funny

A bit of a risk i think

Ok i have built up a BR of about $10,000 from my deposit, I am takin about €8,000 of it and buyin a new car...this i dont like too much at all. I feel like this could be a big mistake and if its already playin on my mind im very concerned it might affect my play at the tables too. The reason being is this is *very* similar to what i done at the start of the year , i withdrew about $4,500 for xmass and girlfriend reasons but i left my BR too short for the games i had gotten used to playin and destroyed my BR.

Maybe this is a learning curve as at the start of the year that was the first time I had built up a decent BR and never really knew the importance of buliding it up, i needed extra cash and wanted money to be no problem for me or Danii at xmass. But after going through what i went through in January and febuary i promised i would not let it happen again. Chattin to nevo, he was sayin (and i think he is spot on here) is to keep my $10,000 BR going and now with actually a pretty decent roll see what i can do with this...after all it only came from a €50 deposit !! It could be 2 months before i win a tournament again but i still think i have a good BR and i shouldnt take nearly 80% of it out...uuugh i just know this is wrong but there are a few things that need to be considered also here

1/ I am in bad need of a new car and have been tryin to get one for a good while now

2/ I just received my neteller card yesterday so with this nice timing i was going to have to cash out my full BR from PPP anyway as i am about to move to Bospoker so i can avail of the rakeback deal with ESK (which hopefully will be about $400+ every fortnight).


So im going to deposit about $1,500 on bospoker and take it from there. But thats it, anymore of a serious BR and ill never withdraw more than 20% of it...plus the fact im buyin a car out of it will hopefully show people some "good" is comin from the poker scene!

I hope this isnt de ja vu...but fcuk it...a Sports Golf from €50 aint to shabby!

Got There

So after some last minute dashes at the MTTs I made it to the 1st spot just in time !! He he

prob wont happen again for years ! Not a huge big deal but still happy all the same. I was speakin to gadunne online on saturday and he told me i hadnt a chance so IYF!! lol

I get $500's too for comin 1st which is also pretty cool

$200 MTT

Well least i got back some money i missed out on in last few days with my good hands not holdin upWas called everything under the sun by one player who nearly exploded when i folded with just 2 xBB's when i reraised someone with Air after the river..personally i dont like callin off all your chips if it leaves you broke! There was 4 players left at this stage so i managed to get back only for him to totally break me heads up..must keep an eye out for him 8-)

Jeepers

Im slightly worried about my run in last 2 days, online KK has been beatin 4 outta 4 times all for over $300-$400 pots, last night in a cash game my set of 3's beaten by runner runner better full house for a €300 pot too
All in all about $1,500 bucks have slipped through my fingers in the last 2 days, which isnt good considerin im about to buy a new car with my winnings, i still need about another €1000 so its not really helpin.

Grrr just bubbled in a $200 STT ..ok gonna head to pub and take a break..man i was CL wiht 4 left

Came home last night from playin live, we were playin €1/€1 cash game, i tried in vain to get the blinds to at least 1/2 but nope, plus it was Pot Limi so everyone to the flop etc. Ran my startin stack of €100 up to about €400 but the big hand i lost with my set of 3's took it away from me

There was 4 players to the hand, all limped into pot which was unusual . I am in BB with 33, John on about 160 bucks, me on about 400 pot is €4 (ugh)

Flop comes A Q 3r,
I bet €4, john calls one other player calls (pot €16)

Turn Q, I check, john bets 16, i reraise another 32 on top john calls lookin confused pot over 100, other player folds

River brings a 7 and i was wtchin john and suddenly he was lookin serious, i was first to act but i felt beatin, i said "the sick perve probably has Q7..oh go on i check" to which john says "pot"...
ugh i know im bet and am 50/50 to foldin, i have no excuse i called knowin i was bet and he shows Q7 . oh well nh

Got home and missed the 10K GTD which was a pity cause really wanted to play it 3 nihgts in a row..i ended up railbirding Analyser in it who came 2nd..WP i would have loved to play it, good laugh

Also the 50K GTD which i really havent played or knowin off, there on every sunday and unless im in the pub gettin sloshed i intend playin in these every weekend...though they are SICKLEY top heavy payout, 10 gets $750 and 1st gets $14,000+ thats rough and with over 600 players and only 27 gettin paid...SORT IT OUT TRIBECCA!!!

Was railbirdin JBurelson who i play in the $50 and $100 STTs on a regular basis who was playin in it and on a nice stack but unfortunatley went bust in 10th or 11th with his 77 being no match for A8..an expensive coin flip no doubt !

RIght im off to the pub!