tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51986833164078070012024-02-19T03:41:34.345-08:00A Uni Drop Outs Poker BlogOne Drop outs story of his poker life through the lucky draws and bad beats.Its Far Better to Burnout Than To Fade AwayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-44055485735339254472009-03-05T13:40:00.001-08:002009-03-05T14:07:30.691-08:00Severe Lack of UpdatesEvening all,<br /><br />Not sure if anyone actually reads this anymore but here goes, what have i been upto?<br /><br />Not much poker is the first answer hence the lack of updates, had the odd £10er here and there but nowt major and no real scores to talk off, having said that i did finish around £200 up for Feb which wasnt too bad i guess.<br /><br />Went to the casino for one of the lads birthdays was a top night, played abit of roulette and black jack, but was waiting til the cash tarbs opened up and it was juicy than juicy fruit chewing gum i tell ya, had a mad russian to my left who was happy to bang em with any two, caught him once when i slow played my KK vs 2 7 on board of K 4 2, only played like 5 hands all night one badly others ok ish see what u think.<br /><br />QQ its raised to £3 to me playing 50p £1, i re raise to £9 get two callers, im thinkin no A and im golden first card down A 10 5 so i check to see what action they bring, they both check behind me ffs im deffo infront gotta be, turn 7 and the donk who was last to act gives off the biggest tell ive ever seen in my life pretends to hate the turn looks away and cant hide his full on boner under the table, i check thinking someone is slow playing AK AQ guy bets and boner bloke re raises im deffo done here and pass, other guy bangs and boner guy calls quicker than he prob jizzed his pants, first guy shows 88 boner shows 77 for set and takes the pot.<br /><br />Other hands i had were KK, JJ, 33 and flop set ever time which wasnt too bad.<br /><br />While ive been writing this ended up playing some PLO on Betfair with some rakeback ive been given and get one outered right here, you gotta laugh his play is so bad its untrue, have a look for yourself i will name them <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3943507">retard player</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-63187690540603987962009-02-08T10:59:00.000-08:002009-02-08T11:14:25.558-08:00January Roundup and happenings....January might aswell start with the poker first of all as i wasnt around very much and couldnt put many hours in due to various reasons i only managed to show a profit or around £250, as i say not playing very often was the only reason i can remember as i dont recall any bad beats.<br /><br />The reason behind the lack of hours was the busy schedule, im back at work full time now and not getting home til well after 7pm most nights, and setting off at 7am, aswell as working most saturdays, The only reason i do this much is at the mo i need the money after not having a job for so long the funds are drying up which is never good.<br /><br />Couple with that the 3 weekends out of 4 we were away in Jan didnt really help either, Had the missus`s aunts birthday down in Birmingham which was a good laugh, fancy dress had to go as Elvis who else.<br /><br />Next up was my old dears wedding, another good laugh and proper pi$$ up never lol so much throughout the night,<br /><br />Then the final one was a weekend away in Cardiff for an evening with Ricky Hatton and Frank Bruno, got VIP tickets to go have a drink and a few photos with them before hand which was a top laugh Bruno is still a legend and Hatton doesnt need to worry about his future as when the boxing finishes no reason why he cant go into stand up he is a right laff!<br /><br />So was a pretty eventful month to say the least, only sour point was hearing that my nan and grandad had bit knocked down crossing the road into town, with my nan smashing the windscreen with her arm and grandad suffering a punctured lung, luckily though they seem to be on the mend which is always good, so fingers crossed!.<br /><br />Cant wait for pay day then i can start logging some proper hours and some proper profit!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-81252485903282210882009-01-20T13:40:00.000-08:002009-01-20T13:48:02.804-08:00Life Tilt!Why does it always come and bite you in the a$$?<br /><br />Just got myself a new job first week went really well and mega enjoying it, just started reffing again and was just getting back into that then Sunday WHWHHHHAMMO<br /><br />In the middle of the game fall down a pot hole and look a rite donkey with the crowd and every one laughing their sacks off, til i didnt move, then the pain hit me like a smack to the face!<br /><br />Managed to get back up and attempted to run it off and it just collapsed under me, ended up in A and E for what seemed forever, for some donkey to tell me that no its not broken this time, but we can see from your X rays that you have broken it in the past, as you can see here the break in the bone is too clean for it be new ( i was like wtf, even i know a clean break means a new break!). But no these clowns send me home without as much as an ice pack!<br /><br />Go to work yesterday and it was sore as fcuk got home and it was all black and the size of horses a$$ so go back to another hospital for them to tell me yes it is broken infact its broken in 2 places! i was like WTF!! what do we pay NI for? these donks obviously dont know their arse from their elbow!<br /><br />So im potted up until Monday when i go back to the fracture clinic if its still bad then it stays in pot for another 6 weeks! if not then the pot is taken off and im sent on my way with abit of strapping a smiley face sticker!<br /><br />I know which i want coz ive had this pot on for a day now and its already pi$$ing me right off!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-44871797566901046922009-01-09T18:51:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:58:53.700-08:00This is Bugging Me!!!!Am i infront or behind what do you say????<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3700124">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3700124</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-1407319793598882742009-01-02T09:26:00.000-08:002009-01-02T09:47:38.632-08:00End of Year Review, Aims for 2009Well firstly i gotta say Happy New Year to everyone, hope you had a great one wherever you spent it.<br /><br />So 2008 was it a success or not, Well one thing is for sure it was a really hectic year for me, moving house, getting a new job, losing said new job and just other life stuff meant it was a busy time indeed, But on the poker front ive managed to keep upto date of where i am with profit and loss which is a major plus for me, usually i just sack it off and leave it but no kept upto date records of how much ive put on and how much ive taken off.<br /><br />On that front it shows the totals as:<br /><br />Sept = +£589.15<br />Oct = +£1335.28<br />Nov = -£548.58<br />Dec = +£510.21<br /><br />Total = + £1886.06<br /><br />So if it wasnt for the horror month of November id be up well over £2k which would have been a nice little bonus on top of any wages i was getting. I think looking back i spent too much time messing around at stakes that were peanuts 5c 10c PLO for example, i dont know if its just me but i seem to play worse at lower stakes than i do at stakes i take a shot at, i mean look at October for example i took a couple of shots at the $2.50 $5 games with reasonable sucess, My main problem i feel that is holding me back is the lack of a bankroll.<br /><br />Instead of a roll i play with whatever is in my bank account, which really isnt the best way to sustain poker it should be money set aside for poker, then you arent playing with scared money i guess if its needed for other things.<br /><br />So aims for 2009<br /><br />1. LEARN TO DRIVE ASAP! ( its so annoying not driving and this needs to be sorted asap)<br />2. GET FIT AND LOSE 1 1/2 STONE ( started taking up sports reffing again and im currently 16st 7lb which is no good!)<br />3. PAY OFF ALL DEBTS (After Chritmas has taken its toll ive maxed my CC for 2k and into my overdraft of 1k)<br />4. GET AND KEEP AN ONLINE ROLL ( Earn / Win enough money to be able to keep a roll online and not play with life money)<br />5. DONT TILT!!! ( looking back at HH its easy to spot tilt when ive just spunked off a load of money i didnt need to keeping this in control will maximise my winnings whilst cutting my loses!)<br /><br />Well those 5 will do for now i can think of plenty more but id just be boring you all.<br /><br />Anyways all the best for 2009<br /><br />GazUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-43232673129523926592008-12-20T14:31:00.001-08:002008-12-20T14:34:17.818-08:00Keep on keeping onHad a winning few days taking the profits for this month to +£450.01<br /><br />Probably the last time i will play before christmas as im going away for Christmas tommorow and probably wont have access to a computer,<br /><br />All the best have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year if i dont get to make a post between now and the Jan 1st<br /><br />LatersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-28311859528158358882008-12-17T17:13:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:15:08.419-08:00Recent Results and Year EndHad a couple of disaster days followed by a few ok days to leave the total standing at +£370.21<br /><br />With only a few days left before i go to the inlaws for christmas if i can break the +£400 mark that will be just fine by me!<br /><br />Will do a proper look back on what if anything i have achieved this year playing poker nearer then end of year but what i can see from the records ive kept is that im up almost £1700 from the 3 months i kept records which for someone who plays my stakes aint too shabby.<br /><br />LatersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-70429519514212852342008-12-17T07:21:00.001-08:002008-12-17T07:21:30.318-08:00BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!New Job alert, starting 26th of Jan. Back of the net!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-67378755446402267962008-12-14T20:24:00.001-08:002008-12-14T20:26:28.204-08:00No Poker til after XmasNot worth it after tonights sick sick beats, 3 x 1 outers runner runner flushes and to finish it off had A10JQ double suited<br /><br />Flop 10 10 2 i checked chumpo bet i raised he slammed i call hes got A10K9 turn Q river K wp gg should still be up around £200 for month but not a great deal more id imagine.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-41574530132630476182008-12-07T10:18:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:36:23.901-08:00Seasons Greetings Kiddo`sEvening All,<br /><br />To say its been a while is a slight understatement eh?<br /><br />Where to begin, well as most of you know (if anyone still reads due to the lack of updates), I moved back over the right side of the pennines and back home, we went looking for a new sofa for our new place and ended up with a job aswell, not a bad days work there. All was going well until the past week when on the news it said MFI had gone busto, but when i asked at work that meant good news for us as it meant more stock coming our way... Or so we thought!. All last week the bosses are like we might have to lay you both off, We tjhought he was joking and messing bout that was until we got the news that as we hadnt fully paid for all the stock and by law MFI could request it back and request that we dont sell anymore of it, and thats just what they did, Fking great news, but the bosses did say it could and should be a couple of weeks til they actually came back for the stuff and that they were saying balls to them and selling the stuff anyway, so we thought our jobs were safe til christmas atleast, No such luck we got called into the office on Weds and were given our cards, Fucking great news 3 weeks before christmas, luckily the rent is paid 6 months in advance and all the christmas presents have been purchased in advance so im offically out of work, which in the current climate is a major pain in the arse!<br /><br />Got a few interviews next week one for T Mobile and some other temping jobs in and around the area so hopefully i get somthing going before or start after christmas i aint gonna hold my breath put it that way!<br /><br />On the poker front i was £380 up for the month before i lost my job and to be honest i cant see it rising much over that as i just dont have the funds to play and if i do play the stakes are far smaller which i suppose after last month after ending the month in the minus for the first time ina long time this should teach me some respect for cash and get back on the grind see what i can turn.<br /><br />Anyways back to the job hunting catch you all later, all the best at the tables and whatever else you get upto<br /><br />GazUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-19752307548921824782008-10-23T16:26:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:54:09.135-07:00Nice Winning EveningHad a good night tonight started off sitting at a aggro table of omaha 25c 50c with $30 quickly ran that upto $240 before logging off here are a few hands from tonight the first is standard pretty donkish to be fair but i just had a feeling he had air and hadnt connected as strong as his bets suggested <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359794">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359794</a><br /><br />This one is very fortunate but i didnt feel that the other guy would call aswell, figured my flush draw was good as were my straightening cards just gotta love that river, (sorry to Deano btw, found out he is from my town).<a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359803">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359803</a><br /><br />Then the table broke and just left the three of us, it was very strange game after that they guy keeps raising the pot every single hand, just the way i like it get it in and mix it up wait til you hit the nuts and slam here is one example <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359813">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359813</a><br /><br />Heres one just to show i dont always get it my way, <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359820">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359820</a><br /><br />Same guy again raised every pot and i took this nice pot off him, <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359852">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3359852</a><br /><br />So with the money id won playing poker decided to stick a few bets on the footy,<br /><br />Hamburg to Win @ 1.72<br />A C Milan to Win @ 1.66<br />Sevilla to win @ 1.60 in a £20 treble netting my £92<br /><br />Sevilla to win @ 1.60<br />Aston Villa to win @ 1.61 in a £20 double netting me £51<br /><br />A C Milan to Win @ 1.66<br />Sevilla to win @ 1.60<br />Aston Villa to win @ 1.61 in a £20 treble netting me £86.15<br /><br />So finished up £288 on the night which i cant complain about<br /><br />Profit for the month now stands at £1,463.73<br /><br />Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhip it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-81860631183701584902008-10-15T18:07:00.000-07:002008-10-15T18:15:26.500-07:00Two posts in 24 hours OMG Nuts Anyone?Gotta love this hand.......<br /><br />I was pwning the guy HU after the table broke then this happend,<br /><br />dealt to Gazovcas [9c 6s 6d 3d]<br /><br />Gazovcas: calls £1<br /><br />Ratboy002: raises to £6<br /><br />Gazovcas: calls £4<br /><br />----- FLOP ----- [Ad 8c 7s]<br /><br />Ratboy002: bets £12 Gazovcas: calls £12<br /><br />----- TURN ----- [Ad 8c 7s][3s]<br /><br />Ratboy002: bets £36 Gazovcas: calls £36<br /><br />----- RIVER ----- [Ad 8c 7s 3s][5h]<br /><br />Ratboy002: bets £108 Gazovcas: raises to £296Ratboy002: calls £188<br /><br />----- SHOW DOWN -----Gazovcas: shows [9c 6s 6d 3d] (A Straight, Nine high)Ratboy002: mucks hand [9h 7c 8s 8d]Gazovcas collected £699 from Main pot<br /><br />----- SUMMARY -----Total pot £700 Main pot £699 Rake £1Board [Ad 8c 7s 3s 5h]Seat 3: Gazovcas (small blind) showed [9c 6s 6d 3d] and won (£699) with A Straight, Nine highSeat 4: Ratboy002 (big blind) mucked [9h 7c 8s 8d]Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-68364884220991378882008-10-15T10:01:00.000-07:002008-10-15T10:43:31.967-07:00Finally an UpdateEvening all<br /><br />Sorry its taken so long to make a post, its just things have been so hectic lately with the move and other life and poker stuff that i just havent had the time to sit down and stick owt on here but now i have found some time before the footy kicks off to let everyone know whats been happening.<br /><br />Firstly finally moved from Chester back home to the right side of the penines i csnt believe how much more expensive it is in Chester to here, Mental it really is like twice as expensive, it was a shame to give up the penthouse apartment but it just wasnt big enough for us and we now have an extra bedroom so its all good, So now finally sorted bought everything we need to buy and slowly but surely getting sorted.<br /><br />First thing we did when we moved in was organise a poker night,<br /><br />Speaking of the poker its not been going too bad in the time from the last post to now, (hopefully i wont ruin everything by writing about it)<br /><br />For August i was +£377.48<br />September +£615.65<br />October so Far = +£788.76<br /><br />So not a bad showing from where i used to be at hopefully i can keep running this golden,<br /><br />Below are a few of the memorable hands that ive played in the past month or so<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326717">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326717</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326723">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326723</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326729">http://www.pokerhand.org/?3326729</a><br /><br />And Platonic next time you want to try and insult me you little pleb, you know where you can find me you keyboard warrior!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-46843515497609801072008-08-18T05:45:00.000-07:002008-08-18T05:58:49.045-07:00Recent Goings OnNot played much pokes lately to be honest, as the numb nuts at BT and Sky have fcuked up my internet connection and it would take 20 days to reset everything back up and with us moving in 10 days theres not much point,<br /><br />I have had some winning sessions though found an interent cafe by us and played for a couple of hours over two days and ended up +£300 which aint too bad for 4 hours work.<br /><br />Played abit of live pokes last night, finished 5th in a £20 sngay out of 14 runners took a gamble with my 99 vs AJ all in pre and he spikes runner runner straight on river to half my chips i then slam with JQ suited and double up off someone else, and attempt a steal with K10 suited but called by guy who knocked me down first time, i manage to spike K on the flop but his A10 holds as he hits his A 3 outer on the river. One other hand i have to mention as this guy was going on and on and on about it all night, i have A6ss on BB and its checked to me i raise it up x3 bb get two callers, flop comes Qs 9s 6c i check hoping to check raise him but he checks behind me, turn 2s i bet half the pot he calls, river is 10h he slams with Ks Jh for the straight i insta call with the flush and hes like how can you bet out with the nuts on turn, and wouldnt shut up about it alllll night!<br /><br />So moved over to the £40 cash game, quickly moved upto around £60 after a guy pushes my £3.50 raise for £10 total with KQ vs my AQ then i proceed to hit 2 sets straights a plenty and everything going, then the defining hand i get JJ in mid pos, its raised early to £6 with two callers i re raise £20 raiser calls as does first caller, flop comes 9 10 2 raiser bets £10 caller folds and i shove for rest he calls and flips KK turn is a magical J bomb and i take down a nice £100+ pot, then to the very last hand of the night, i have A4hh flop comes Ad 2h 9h i check he bets £10 i decide to see a turn and call, turn 9c i check again he must have a low Ace so we are splitting at worst here, he pushes for last £15 i insta call and he shows A7o/s and river is magical 5h get in another nice hand.<br /><br />Not a bad nights work +£140,<br /><br />Anyways might not get much poker in over the next couple of weeks as we are in the process of moving back over the right side of the penines, so laters all and best of luck at the tarbsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-60665426150303261312008-08-03T14:41:00.000-07:002008-08-03T14:56:58.264-07:00Its Been a while....It seems ages since i last posted on here so thought id better check in with anyone that reads this if there are any of you left.<br /><br />Been playing mainly PLO and having a good time of it been using a new site which seems like free money to me, people play so bad at PLO, had a couple of nice winning days this month 3 days running cashed for over £200+ a night profit, then had the smart idea of taking a shot at higher limits.<br /><br />Usually play 25c 50c, 50c $1 and $1 $2 but yesterday decided to give $2.50 $5 a go and see what happens, well it was eventful to say the least, lost $200 pretty quickly then decided to re deposit and try again, quickly doubled up getting it on the flop with oppo drawing dead whcih is always nice!<br /><br />Then this.. i was quite safe with the flop and when the turn comes down im golden, all the money goes in and i think im on for the biggest pot of my life, see for yourselves.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2986115">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2986115</a><br /><br />Then playing today i hit my first Royal Flush which is somthing ive been thinking i would never hit!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2989801">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2989801</a><br /><br />Anyways catch you all later.<br /><br />GazUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-83374377193528111762008-07-06T11:45:00.000-07:002008-07-06T12:16:11.985-07:00Changes....I dont know where to start really, Since my last post there have been a few changes to say the least.<br /><br />Finally stopped being a bum and got myself a job, funny thing is its more money for less hours than it was at my old place, always a bonus in my opinion!. Another change is still in the pipeline but hopefully will happen at the end of August now.<br /><br />But the major change is in the poker i havent fancied playing much NL Holdem instead i thought i would try some PLO instead and here are a few interesting hands for you to look at.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852689">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852689</a><br /><br />In this one i flop top set but am cautious of the flush draw, but when no one bets the flop and it gets back to me on the turn with still no flush draw i figure i have to bet, and when he re raises its either a smaller set or flush draw so i take the gamble and im happy to see his hand.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852704">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852704</a><br /><br />This one was a little more tricky i flop the boat but still unsure as to what im up against, i figure quite quickly when he only calls my raise that he has the set only and no boat himself so stick em in and luckily he doesnt fill up.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852736">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852736</a><br /><br />This is another nice hand abit of a dodgy call pre flop by me but i know full well the guy is tilting after losing the majority of his stack the hand before and leaving himself with $30, i quickly work out im infront on the turn and dont want to let him suck out on the river so make him pay big and its pays off for me<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852761">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852761</a><br /><br />I like this hand from the day before, i think maybe my raise scares off the other guy in the pot but i figure if he calls 10 he will call 20 shame but luckily the other guy slams em for me and hes drawing dead which is always nice!<br /><br />Also im still waiting to hear back from Platonic the little girl who i have challanged to a game at any stakes at any time but he seems to be ducking me i wonder why that is.....? Scared me thinks!<br /><br />Anyways always nice to turn $80 to $500 shame every day aint like this huh?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-89152788591024951562008-06-11T14:02:00.000-07:002008-06-13T10:08:45.223-07:00Check Your Old AccountsIve heard plenty of people " finding " money they had forgot was there, but it had never happend to me.<br /><br /><br /><br />Well anyways i re activated my Betfair account and found $20 there not too sure where it had come from but decided to give it a go, and just slammed the whole lot on a 25c 50c 6 seater cash game.<br /><br /><br /><br />Had a few interesting hands see what you think here.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752301">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752301</a> not really sure about my play here but i couldnt work out what hand he could have that would be strong enough to re raise me pre and also contain an 8 and if he did have an 8 or flopped the full house why he would bet so much on the flop, my only true worries were KK and AA and was relieved when he didnt show either!</p><p><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752307">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752307</a> This is against the same guy not two mins later i think its actually his first hand after rebuying his chips from the first time, on major tilt by the looks of this pre flop call but always nice when they dont suck out!</p><p><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752316">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752316</a> This one mega confused me, i couldnt work out what the hell he had with the two flat calls, it surely had to be a monster ie KK or K9 or a busted floosh draw i dont like the way he flat calls every bet i make, but when he doesnt raise any street that rules out KK because i know he aint that good, K9 is possible but again i dont think hes good enough to slow play to this extent, when he bets on the river i have to call and im glad i dont re shove just a suckout i guess, wp donk!</p><p>Anyways good luck all and i will see you all after i return from my holiday to Agia Napa with the lads on Sunday, Remember check your old accounts it pays to!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-56874886345785041522008-06-06T06:58:00.000-07:002008-06-06T07:14:24.983-07:00All Change Please....Sorry for the lack of updates all but just been mega busy at the mo, so much going on and so much about to happen i hope!<br /><br />First thing to happen was i finally left work, i had to do it before i went mad to be honest. There are some top lads and lasses there you know who you are, but then there are some who i wouldnt give the steam off my pi$$ to, i guess its much the same as anywhere but on the whole top bunch of people<br /><br />Just figures that things wouldnt run as smoothly as id hoped, was meant to start a job on Monday but it now seems that aint gonna start til i come back from the stag do in Agia Napa next week. So all being well i will have a new job to come back to.<br /><br />Also some of you may or not know but me and the missus are looking at moving back over to Yorkshire, hopefully that all goes through in a couple of months moving back home for the time being and then from there who knows.<br /><br />And to top it off my grandad was rushed into hospital last week having taken a fall outside and smashing his face up quite bad, so returned home to see him, first words from him typical grandad " what you bought me flowers for im not dead yet you know!" "thy buys women flowers lad not blokes, when i die thy can buy me all the flowers tha wants you daft bugger"<br /><br />So with it being a poker blog i suppose i best talk about some pokes....<br /><br />Well played abit when i went home fired up abit of PLO 50c $1 and the standard was awful turned $20 into $200 two days in row and in the process ran my £30 into £300, Also went to Rileys for the King of Clubs tourney £10 freeze out blinds started to bite so slammed with KQ sutied and was called by 6 7 o/s flop comes 6 7 8 turn gives me the floosh draw but miss on river and im out, headed over to the cash tables and turned £20 into £70 in no time.<br /><br />Came back home and from running like god i ran like crap and dropped about £150 from the £300 so cashed out the £150, i will see if i can dig a few HH`s out later on, it was mainly me running like a donkey as far as i can remember playing poor hands and playing too high i think.<br /><br />Just fired up a game today see how i get on from there hopefully win myself some spending money for my holiday!<br /><br />Laters all and gl at the tables.<br /><br />GazUnknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-86626391057631985452008-05-20T04:51:00.000-07:002008-05-20T05:08:52.719-07:00Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5861vQpG-tdH5_gT7s9vT1SCQnox-pBiMVu-SLW6hPireSjxyn6cGtEvtOCmekQP_bRqcZqnCn1ASAFV6OyS9MqzkchDbs05Km4-CTX-zE_Gt8L4F2i5Nwez1aUnS7nIZX2GQDP_Fqm7w/s1600-h/Abstract_H_Drive-slowly_Img_2005-02-27_13-59-08-DSC_1898.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202430859119366946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5861vQpG-tdH5_gT7s9vT1SCQnox-pBiMVu-SLW6hPireSjxyn6cGtEvtOCmekQP_bRqcZqnCn1ASAFV6OyS9MqzkchDbs05Km4-CTX-zE_Gt8L4F2i5Nwez1aUnS7nIZX2GQDP_Fqm7w/s200/Abstract_H_Drive-slowly_Img_2005-02-27_13-59-08-DSC_1898.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Not really sure if anyone is still checking this out or if you have all deserted me after I said i was taking a break from the game. Ive decided to ease myself slowly back into poker after taking the break</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Well abits happend since then, I left poker alone for two weeks before having a game on a new site to see how it was and the standard was poor to say the least, made a nice tidy profit only for me to stupidly lose it all the next night.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Next up was the APAT event in Manchester, and again to be honest the standard was dire.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>3k starting chips and 30min blinds didnt really hit many hands early on until the last hand before the first break had QQ on the BB and raised x3 bb guy calls in mid pos flop brings Q 10 7 i check hoping to induce a bluff but he checks behind me, Bugger!. Turn brings the 10 and i give it the hollywood like its just busted my hand, I again check this time he bites, and puts 800 into a 1600 pot i decide to slow play making it look like im weak, turn brings another 7 i bet 1500 and slams i insta call for a nice 9k or so pot.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then after the break the hands were rolling in, only problem was they werent standing up, firstly i get K9 in BB on board of 996 for a large chunk of my chips he plays 78 soooooo badly on the river there are 4 diams obv he hits his str8 but doesnt figure for the 4 card flush on the board rivers checked down and i ask does he have a diamond to which i get a no just the str8 wp donk!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Next up AQ vs shorties push with 1010 and i dont improve. I then get AK two hands running dccide against slow play and open shove the first time the bb tanks and folds saying he much A10. Very next hand AK again couple of callers same play all in they surely couldnt figure me for the same hand again but no callers either. Then get AQ against another semi shorties JJ and again dont improve. Then final hand i make a play vs first position caller he flips over KK and thats me done.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So to the cash game sat with £65 and to say the standard was way bad was an understatement, atleast 4 of the guys had seen every flop after the first hour or so. Some decent pots i decided to gamble early on and got all my money in pre flop with AKc vs 88 first card out lovely K and i have a nice stack of around £120 </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Later on i make what i believe to be a good laydown only for it to backfire on a £120 pot, see what you all think...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I get KK raise the re straddle up to £12 playing 1 and 1 NL get 4 callers flop brings A A 5 i bet £20 at the flop to which i get two callers turn brings J i fear im behind to a rag A so check guy shoves other guy calls and its back to me to which i fold, they then flip over KJ and 99 unreal river brings other A</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I did manage to get some back later on though with a slow played top set vs a donk with nothign trying to bluff. The standard at this game was awful it really was. But good day had by all except i suspect Tom who lost a ton, quick mention to Mike though who made a top laydown again with KK on board of J 10 2 he bets £25 at the flop is raised to £75 and two others ship for £25 each they show hands of J10 vs 89 vs AQ turn brings Q river brings J, and they call with these hands even though he raised to £10 pre flop.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Played some hands online last night and managed to run super hot having JJ 4 times and 3 / 4 time flopping a set and getting paid each time other time i was all in on the flop on a 7 high board vs AK managed to come off with a final balance of $708, so not a bad nights work if only every night was like this eh?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-34087606095342365222008-05-04T13:40:00.001-07:002008-05-04T13:42:19.609-07:00They Think its All Over.....It Is For NowYup thats right folks decided to call it a day, A few reasons really, but the main one is the time its taking up i could and should be doing other things with my life but not.<br /><br />That and i just dont have the correct BRM to play like i want to at the minute.<br /><br />So gonna take some time out couple of months or so and see where we go from there, get some cash together and come back bigger and better than before.<br /><br />Thats the plan anyways<br /><br />Catch you all later!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-82133263218311817742008-05-01T10:42:00.000-07:002008-05-01T10:47:34.537-07:00Is it sometimes better to be lucky rather than good?Had to take the day off work again today due to this bug that i thought id shifted before i went to France but it appears to have come back after taking all the tablets to get rid of it. So it was another trip to the docs today to get some more tablets and see whats up with me.<br /><br />Got back and fired up two tables and now i normally tile the tables so i dont click on the wrong table when they flash up but for some reason i didnt and this was the result of it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548460">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548460</a><br /><br />When he comes back over the top im about to lay it down but another table flashed up and distracted me and i ended clicking call instead of fold and got super lucky!<br /><br />from there on the fisheees at the table never believed me when i had a hand, as you can see below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548477">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548477</a><br /><br />Gotta love this flop<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548541">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548541</a><br /><br />By this time they were calling me down with any two which is always nice with a good starting hand<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548545">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548545</a><br /><br />On reflection it is an awesome flop and maybe should have bet but i didnt know what he was holding and could have been air so i check to trap him but he checks right back.<br />But it all worked out for a nice little pot in the end.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-33541069472623585322008-04-29T15:28:00.000-07:002008-04-29T16:11:40.391-07:00Holiday, Poker and Near Death ExperiencesJust got back from a long weekend away in France with the lads, went to watch the rugby Castleford and Catalan in the superleague, top weekend although proper expensive somthing around £5 a pint in some places.<br /><br />Got back sunday and went round one of the lads houses for a home game, £10 tourny busted out early but was allowed a rebuy and went on to finish second after sucking out twice or so along the way, i begrudgingly accepted a split of £80 - £40 heads up i just felt he was lucky as fuck and i was right, hes a proper donk and called a raise with 2 3 off suit for the flop to come 2 2 3 and me to have nut flush draw A high,<br /><br />Then came the usual lets see how much money Gaz can lose at shoot just £10 this time so not too bad.<br /><br />Played abit over the weekend managed to turn £30 into £200 and cashed some out and again tonight turned $50 into $260 so not a bad night tonight, here are a few hands from tonights play.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541128">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541128</a><br />Looking at this one it was a poor read by me and just got lucky on the turn simple as.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541134">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541134</a><br />This one having seen the guy play a little he could be doing this with any 2 the river just does me in<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541142">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541142</a><br />I like this play with 4 4 because with the pre flop raise infront of me i know if i hit a 4 and higher cards come with it im getting paid of 70 - 80% of the time<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541169">http://www.pokerhand.org/?2541169</a><br />I really like this one i again figure with the preflop raise there are some decent hands about so i make a big enough re raise to push all the raggy aces out and only get called by the genuine hand when no A comes on the flop they are all going in, and get called twice to boot, was infront start to finish but the turn does help a little<br /><br />Also a big shout out to Mike D who finished 2nd on Sunday night in an online 10gtd tourny for a nice $1,600 pay day, wp old boy!<br /><br />The near death experience i hear you cry, I Was sat on the train back from Manchester the other day and some little scrote throws a brick at the train it hits the window im sat right next to and cracks the outside payne of glass a few inches above my head, if the inside payne would have broken the brick would have hit me on the head and the broken glass cut my face to bits!<br /><br />And to top it off the bloke who i move from the aisle seat to the window seat for has torrets and keeps repeating himself over and over again the same words " Fking cut her" needless to say i moved pretty sharpishUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-80931721932918478992008-04-18T17:24:00.000-07:002008-04-18T17:35:15.362-07:00Here comes the painAfter recently running in a God like state, the beats wouldnt be far away i knew this but was hoping i could make some $$$ before they came,<br /><br />So anyways from my inital 20 ive cashed out £200 leaving myself another £70 to play with here and there.<br /><br />Decided to play abit of omaha and here was the first beat it was the old AA vs KK<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776423">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776423</a><br /><br />This technically aint too bad a beat as he does have a fair few outs to hit, but still flopped set vs runner runner flush<br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776433">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776433</a><br /><br />Managed to turn it around at the end and still come away with a nice £20 profit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-58700169898217547522008-04-18T10:36:00.000-07:002008-04-18T10:41:59.650-07:00Running GoldenThe bug seems to be disappearing but part of me wants it to stay, i mean while ive had this ive been running golden<br /><br />Decided to take today off work today aswell just to make sure i was properly over this, sat down played a 50c $1 table with $50 and come off with $250, Check these out....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1774677">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1774677</a><br /><br />Just thought this was an awesome read, he had been at it in my mind quite a few times the table was quite fishy, somthing just didnt add up in this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1774707">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1774707</a><br /><br />Dont think i could have wished for a better flop on this one, top pair and nut flush draw think i may have been able to extract more from him on the flop raise if i had made it a little bigger possibly but it was still a nice pot non the less.<br /><br />Also entered the first round of the Betfair 6pak tourny and managed to get a seat to level 2 will let you all know how that goes later on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198683316407807001.post-85630765443153050962008-04-17T15:50:00.000-07:002008-04-17T16:24:08.862-07:00Running Like God....Feeling Like Shit<div><div>Whats that old saying you cant have everything....its true. </div><br /><div>Like the title suggests i was running red hot today but felt absolutely dog $hit, Was up all night last night praying to the toilet god, so when i finally got to bed about 4 or 5am i was in no mood for getting up for work some 4 hours later, it takes the mick a little bit in the same week i hand my notice in i get smacked with some dirty bug niiiiiiiiice.</div><br /><div>Anyways was just checking out my emails (between toilet breaks) and stuff and had one from Betfair saying i had some kind of deposit waiting on my account so fired it up and found £20 sat there i figured i had the day off, but knowing my luck i would need to leave in tne middle of a hand so with sick bucket at my side i started blasting the 25c 50c tables </div><br /><div>This is one of the first few pots i got involved in not too sure what they were chasing to be honest but anyways its a nice start</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771396">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771396</a></div><br /><div>Not too sure about the next hand i got more than a little fortunate on the river but then again hes not playing a premium hand and even when he hits hes not really defining his hand either</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771412">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771412</a></div><br /><div>This one im not convinced with his play here somthing smells fishy with the river bet how can he call call then bet, it smells like a missed flush to me and what do u know....</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771421">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771421</a></div><br /><div>Decided to go back to bed after this i was feeling so so weak it was untrue so logged off with a nice profit. Had a few hours but figured i wouldnt be able to sleep tonight if i slept for too long so decided id try my hand at a omaha game and im glad i did!</div><br /><div>Didnt start off too well as you can see from this one....<a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771454">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771454</a></div><div><br /> </div><div>Wasnt really too fussed here as it was only a small buyin i thought about it and sat out for a while should i leave with what i have, i was just about to when i saw the rubbish that one fish at the table was playing with and it wasnt long before he had gone busto for the 4time for $300ish dollars in total he rebought so i thought im having some of this. And just look what the poker gods served up!</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771467">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771467</a> </div><br /><div>Thinking about it this could be one of the biggest pots ive won online almost $300, ive never been more glad to see a 2 in my life i can tell you!.</div><br /><div>Played the Betfair 1k gtd aswell and managed a cash as you can see below, dont remember many hands apart from this one, all in 3 way on the final table i had KK vs AK vs AA guy with AA trebles up and goes on to win with ease, this is the hand <a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771488">http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771488</a></div><br /><br /><div>And here is the final positions...</div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWGrUVFRkDlyJMmENfoFNvyHu9bkX7hhmCWEXD56z4tFyFQx15TOu6cfJCvHyQTPVVsUmbsIKyh20A6edT7q4YWSOFaPhiMN9jTSd7ebMhw97k21fqjQ7IYH0C2XRXhPVdy-hRQN1qwlm/s1600-h/tourny.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190358781005705154" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWGrUVFRkDlyJMmENfoFNvyHu9bkX7hhmCWEXD56z4tFyFQx15TOu6cfJCvHyQTPVVsUmbsIKyh20A6edT7q4YWSOFaPhiMN9jTSd7ebMhw97k21fqjQ7IYH0C2XRXhPVdy-hRQN1qwlm/s400/tourny.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0