Me done Till June now

I didnt think I would play anything, and I havent.
Which leaves me now taking a week away up north to visit Family, and then crack on again full steam ahead come 1st June.
The break will do me good, I just hope to god, these pills dont interupt me playing, because I would be gutted if I couldnt carry on. To be able to play x8 tables you need some sort of wit about you, but if I find I can not concentrate enough I will just have to come up with another plan. But thats being a little negative before I have even tried them. But thats the 3rd June when I take them for the 1st time.

Just to show off my €1.4k balance before I leave you till the 1st June which is below and just to say thanks for the Peeps who keep checking my progress time and time again on here. I thank you all !

The Man from Del Monte, he say Yeahhhhhh

What more can I say.........

€1.4k boom....... But hell I had to work for it.....

I started just 1 table on cash up and kept on playing when a big fat juicy fish appeared. Playing 80% of pots, and noticed if it was checked to him he pot betted everything and Anything. So I sat there for about 3hrs, trying to set the trap. But of course, things didnt turn out like they planned. Dont get me worng, I did bust him..... But only for his last 36c :-(
Someone got there before me, so I then set about the task of recovering all the limp pots I entered and missed everything all the time..... I managed to play 164 hands and the table broke so I was left with a loss of €1.52 which was not bad after all the chasing I was doing.
So decided to play the 11pm to keep me going, with a mission to go deep this time.
Its basically played like a 10c rebuy, the play is crazy, and if you avoid the muppets and get some cards and simple ABC poker is good enough. Which is what I did, and managed a respectful 8th when my 88 shove was called by a muppet who was shoving when he entered a pot regardless of how many BB he had. Anyways I was ahead v KJ but the J on the flop killed me.
I would of loved to win it and totally by-pass the €1.4k and go straight to €1.5k but it was not to be. I never got my money in bad, so I can not complain.
But like I said its now done, and the total is €1405..........

I dont know If I will play anymore now before 1st June, with only 2 days before my trip away. But I will let you know and keep you updated...........

Well that was quick...........

Felt a little better tonight, and took up the 10c rebuy again, and with a total outlay of Just 40c I managed a respectful 43rd for er not much more.

Then played the 10pm €1 turbo Bounty and took 2 out, was a freerolling so was level in that and took some chances and didnt get lucky for mid table finish, and to top it off I played the 11pm and lasted ohhh probably an hour.

Decided to watch the EPT London on stars which took 3 hours and thought I wonder if there is any cash game running, being it a Euro site.
Just 1 table running, so thought meh go on then and bought in. 6 hands later the table died and I decided to leave has well, but not before I managed to double up on the 4th Hand..... KK in early Position raised and BB 3 bet me. Having just watch the EPT I elected to call on the basis of slow playing just like I watched just 30 mins before.
Of course I dread the AA coming out when I have KK, and being tired I though no just once I will slow play and whatever happens I call anything. Flop comes down 887 with a flush draw, but no I check to the aggressor and sure enough he pot bets it and I just shove and he calls, turn 2 river 3 and he flips 99 for my double. Happy days!

So yet again I am so close to the 1.4k and need to reboot the site for the final figure. But its roughly €4 short, and defo want to get there before I go away on Saturday night, which really should not be hard........

You know when you have that feeling.....

Well tonight was it.

Again not been myself recently and didnt play yesterday night.

To be honest I Just want 1st June to arrive, so I can crack on, and it will keep me going in more ways than one.

But tonight I just could not get motivated to even play any Mtt's, but decided late on to try 5 stt 5 seaters. You know its not your night when your getting bullied all over the place, and getting sucked out on. The last game was the final straw for tonight. I like to be fairly active in these and Raise with A6 and get called and flop trip 6's, I bet it and get called, turn blank I pot bet and he shoves and Insta call, and he shows Q2 on a Q664 board..... River Yup Q.

Not moaning, just one of those things, but I should not of bothered in the first place. I am sure the poker gods see this and decide to Punish you !

Anyways only another 4 days to go before my trip up north and lets see if I can break the 1.4k mark before then.

Latest update on the new drugs I will be taking are on hold till the 3rd June. Thats when I take the 1st dose, and until then I dont know how they will effect me.

Meh Bombed.........

I was too tired last night to post and with not a lot happening there was no point really.
I tried to play really well for the 100 seats freeroll. But I guess I was expecting too much when it was a freeroll and my AK was pushed all in pre by the BB who was holding J5 off to hit the 5. Would not mind, but that was for his life. Anyways thats gone now.
I played just 1 stt 5 seater and was too whacked to play anymore but managed 2nd. Pretty standard finish really my AQ was pushed all in pre when he had raised and called with 55 to cripple me when I missed.
I do wonder if I played it different, if he was able to fold 55 after missing the flop when I push. But apart from that nothing to report.
So a small add, and hope to play somemore tonight.

Due to .........................

Had a pretty good night regards poker, and in doing so I have not been able to play at all today in the challenge, and I was desperate to get the €1.4k........

But another of my poker goals / challenges for 2010 was to make $1k in Mtt's without buying into any tournaments. I played a UB deepstack and finished 3rd for $397 which takes that challenge to $935. But it lasted almost 6 hrs and I was drained afterwards.

So it made sense not to play anymore tonight.

I have a freeroll tomorrow on Euro Superpoker ( my 10k challenge poker site ), which is for the top 100 to be entered into the Monthly €100k. Of course if I manage to grab a seat I am hoping I can de reg on the day and pocket the tourney credits, but it will also kill off the above challenge has well because I think its worth €140 + €10 and its a freeroll.

Ohhhhhh I can smell it......

Not much tonight, infact I didnt play anything until Midnight. I was playing PLO on another site so I fired x2 tables to stop me being bored and then lost the 1st 3 hands, which puts me back to Minus, but bollox to it I aint bothered about winning every month. I wrote my reasons for not hammmering it till June. So thats that, medication pending of course.
I was €4.89 down when I give up after just 104 hands when the tables starting closing down.
I then closed down the PLO on the other site winning x2 Buyings, helped by flopping Quads and someone betting pot into you.
Started to look for a 5 seater STT to win to make some cash back, and with the time almost 2am and a European site, the nearest I could find was a €3 with 2 waiting. Jumped in and within the 1st 2 hands we had lost 2 players. Shame it was not to me, but some muppet. Then it was heads up when the other guy flops a flush, granted only 8 high and big stack Muppet shoves with Q9 9 being the diamond and hits another diamond to send him out. Least I cash and with me on 1.2k and him 6.3k not much chance really.................... However I shove all in pre with A8 and he calls with Q7 and he misses. Then I flop a straight and he flops 2 pr so now I own his arse.
Last hand was a good call by me if Im honest, to win it. I have 3 4 and he raised it and I hit bottom pair and checked it on a board of 9 6 3, and bets pot and I call. Turn brings another 9 and he checks this time and then the river brings a Jack, I check and he shoves. He's done it 3 times before and I let it go all 3 times. But after using my thinking time up I call.......... Sure he could have the trip 9's but I dont think he would shove and not get paid. So I think he cant have anything because he wouldnt shove otherwise, because I could of slow played the trip 9's myself. Anyways he shows AQ for nothing and I ship €10.50 for the win. I was chuffed with the way I played in this hence the long speech :-)
So recovered my loss in the cash and now stand at €1394. I might, and I say might play some more tomorrow and get it over the 1.4k for the 1st time.

Ha, Knew I would get my own back......

Nothing Major, had a mare of a day in the personal life, not helped with car refusing to start in a Hospital car park.

So only played the Turbo Bounty game @ 10 pm €1. Yes I managed to win something this time, took out 5 peeps and also cashed, think finishing in 23rd for not much more than the buy in. But takes me ever closer to the €1.4k mark.

I think I need to add this to the blog, because it effects it to some degree.
I mentioned Hospital and thats because I had to go to Pain Management clinic, and basically thats because yeah I'm in pain. His words were, wow what your taking should knockout a rhino....... Only trouble I have with that statement is there not even touching me.
So how do I play poker then......... Well I feel like Stephen Hawkins actually.... I have reclining chair fully tilted back with cushions and pillows to support me, which then enables me to click away with a cordless mouse.
But back to the Hospital. What hes perscribed are really bad shit, and I have checked out on the internet, and hes not kidding.........
Hes told me I will become addicted to them pretty quickly, and I cant just stop taking them because of the withdrawals I will suffer. If I ever drink with these it could cause death. All thats just for starters.... Obv I dont know how there going to effect me regards alertness or whether I will be proper monged out and unable to play poker. But my health has to come first and foremost, Gutted of course, but there still might be a chance I am ok and painfree. I wont know till I take them. I have decided not to take it till I come back from up north to visit the family and call in and see some friends in Brum, which is in 2 weeks. Also means I can have a drink or two, which of course will be my last. I have to go back in 6 months to see him, hopefully by then I will have had the op on my back to correct all the shit thats gone wrong, and come Next year I hope to be a new person......
For those wondering and if of course anyone have used these drugs Please let me know, because I am bricking it after reading about it.
Anyways there are 2 I will be taking along with some of the other shit I am already taking, but these are called OxyNorm and Oxycontin both in 5mg.

The love of my Life............

When I started this challenge way back in March in 2009, it was a struggle to say the least. But I carried on and on playing the x 3 weekly €20 freerolls and eventually built up enough to play the 2/4c cash tables and also the 10c rebuy tourney.

Well Because I am on a sort of mini break with the cash, and with Stars and tilt both having the Scoop and Ftops running I really didnt have a lot of time for the challenge regards Mtt's.
But then I remembered my old fav back in the days, the 10c rebuy..... Normal rules were I could not rebuy more than once, maybe twice if I was sucked out on and the add on at the end. I would tend to build my stack to about 12k in the 1st hour and then take the add on.
Anyway I decided although I have €1360, to have a bash and keep me entertained while playing both the scoop and Ftops. I also now remember why I stopped playing on both sites........ But this blog is not about Badbeats on other sites tourney's.
So I clicked to play the 10c rebuy. 1st hand all in and trebled. 2nd hand called 5 all ins with 88 and flopped a boat. That was me done unless I got AA.......... Didnt take the add on and was on about 15k after the break.
Long story short, no rebuys, no add ons total out lay 12c.............





I didnt quite make it to the win and finished 2nd for €30.52. I was ahead pre with AK v Q4 lost that and was crippled. Overall I have to be chuffed, these were and still are a total donkfest and its expected with 10c rebuys I guess. But although I have the cash to play much higher, it just goes to show it can still be done if anyone wants to give it a go...............

Comp problems yesterday sorry....

I like to keep this blog updated on a daily basis, but the computer was playing up this morning @ 3am and I was too tired to reboot.

For the record, and I still cant believe this, but I played the bounty €1 for the 4th time and still took no one out and didnt cash. Unreal, I normally take at least 4 or 5 out and normally do pretty well.

I also missed the 11pm €2 for the 2nd time running. I was playing / watching several friends deep in tournies and simply forgot.

So to make up a bit of cash I had wasted on the Bounty games I played 4 Sit n go's 5 man tables for €1. I managed to win 2, bubbled one and 4th in the other. Which basically keeps me on the same amount of cash I started the week with.

ermmmmm Played..........

I decided I was going to play the same as last night, but then left it too late for reg for the 11pm €2. So all I played was the €1 turbo Bounty game, and gained a total of NO Bounties again....... Then crashed and burned.

Was messing about on another site tonight were they give you $100 free playable cash if you deposit $400, so was checking that out, and thinking what I could with it in a form of a challenge.
Anyways I played a Stt and again a 2nd and then played PLO cash and doubled my buy in then lost it, then re gained it, and then come off.
I dont know, I might see if I can turn it into a quick 1k somehow, and then I could book Vegas for Oct. Only prob is you have to play through the $100 x20 times before you can withdraw it, so its going to have be some sort of cash game I guess.
Might see what the No Limits game are like.

Wow no cash play.

Short and sweet today.
Played the 10pm €1 Knockout Turbo, and got rivered 3 times when miles ahead to win Nothing.......
Played the 11pm €2, last almost an hour when I shove Button with x10 BB with A8 and SB has AQ out again win nothing.
Decided I would play a 5 seater €1 Stt and won it for €3.50.
Lost a few cents with rake. But I got my fix :-)

Weeeeeeeeeeee

I say weeeeeeeee, I still had another flop set v flop set........

But I did what I was trying to do when my set rivered a boat on another table too get me profit for May.

Only played x2 tables for 2 hrs while I was playing the €2 Mtt.
KK in SB and the 5 limpers pre before me have to pay, so I up it by x8 BB in the middle stages of the tourny. Hes no way chipped up and elects to call and the flop comes down 2 6 J rainbow, so I auto shove on the flop, and he calls leaving just 5 BB himself. He flips 6 9 off......... Told ya there all mupppets. Anyways he rivers a 9 and out I go......

But I knew these can be awful games, so I just close it down.

Pressed the refresh on the tracker to find I have managed to go Green for May. Happy days......

Hands played tonight are 141 with a profit €5.92 which of course means I am in Profit for May by €1.60, having paid €24.01 in rake.

So going to concentrate on the Mtt's and Stt for a while. Nothing major, just something to tick me over till 1st June.

Nice and easy, nice and easy.......

I have got to the stage now, were its not really profitable for me to play with no reward with the deposit bonus which runs out in 2 days. I am not going to rake €50 in 2 days so I am not going to gain anymore from that, and then the 45% rakeback kicks in, but with only 12 days after till I take my Yearly visit to see the family up north, there is no way I can rake in the minimum of €100 for any sort of rakeback deal to kick off in such a short space of time. I could I suppose if I hammered it. But its not about hammering it, its about me enjoying doing it, and not a daily grind which it would become.

Tonight was basically like that, I am sure I have reached the 2nd release of the deposit bonus regardless if the PT3 is slightly out, just not too sure if its done automatically or what. But I played x4 cash tables while doing other things just to get me over that mark. Nothing major apart from having KK 4 times in 50 hands on 1 table, and twice I met AA. Told ya there cursed on that site..... Sent me into Minus again for the day, but I made some up, and then basically couldn't be bothered with nothing to play for regards rewards.

I have decided to play a few MTT'S till I go up North to see how I go on in them, and its probably the only time I will have really to play them, because once 1st June hits, that's me back to the cash tables and 20k a month min hands.

I did play the same tourney I played in last night, but its pure hell donkfest. Nothing is respected, over shoves are insane, and they basically haven't got a clue. But for €2 you don't expect them to I suppose. Anyways I was slow played when I flopped the top pr top kicker and the nut flush draw to boot, so although he over shoved massive I had the odds to call with me not knowing what he had. Missed and that was game over.

Knocked up a couple of cash tables to just plod on with while doing other stuff, and basically just come off then now after 100 hands or so between them.

Well one thing is for sure I have stopped the losing streak........ Not much but green is better than red on the tracker......

So tonight's figures are played 603 hands and made a profit €3.49. I am still losing for May, and " might " just try and see if I can turn that green before I finish for May with it being only €4.32....

So the daily reports will not really consist of much until 1st June, but I will still update the blog to let you know about the Mtt's over the next 12 days or so.

Never ever slow play AA

Just when I turned everything around BANG it was gone.

Felt a tad better with a small helping of food and later on in the night felt up to opening x6 cash tables. Moving along nicely and was pretty chuffed that I already turned a profit of 1.5 buy ins in less than 200 hands.
This was down to being dealt AA about 5 times on the same table when I have raised it, and got 1 caller only for them to fold on the flop.
So yet again I get AA in the BB this time and its raised UTG +1 to 4.5 BB and folded round to me. Stats show him pretty tightish but not many hands on him. So with me not making money and slightly pissed off with no customers on the previous AA's I elect to call for a change. The flop comes down A 7 J with 2 diamonds. So like I said I wanted to get paid, after all I have the nuts on the flop, and unless hes holding AK diamonds I am pretty safe so I check and he pot bets. Ok now I am thinking hes not afraid of the Ace, maybe hes hit a set of Jacks which yeah was a possiblity, so I elect to call. Turn brings the 3rd diamond and again I check, still convinced hes got set Jacks now, and again he pot bets it. I think ok enough is enough, I am sure if he had the nuts on the turn he would of slowed down and want to get paid, so I ruled out AK diamonds so I then shove and he instant calls and shows Q 10 diamonds. The board doesnt pair and boom buy in down the pan.
Its just frustrating and I know people reading this will say you should never slow play etc etc. But I was getting sick of not reaping the rewards from top hands.
I know if I 3 bet pre he would of prob folded, and again I would of felt I let a chance go. So is there a lesson to be learnt? I still dont know, I tried something different and it caught me, but is it going to catch me the next time I try it...... Maybe I was just unfortunate with the hand........ Anyways reloaded and carried on.
Infact I never recovered and I lost more and more, only little bits to rivered 2 pairs to 4 to straight on the board when your holding a set and flushed. Which brings me to the next hand.

Im in the SB with 7 4 diamonds and its been limped round 4 callers and I make up and the BB checks. Flop comes J 6 8 all diamonds happy days....... No messing pot bet out because I am sure someone will have the Ace, so have to make then pay, and of course I have gutshot Straight Flush draw. Button raises which then got me thinking I know where the ace is now. I call just incase the another diamond turns up and I can let it go, or if the board pairs again I know I can get away from it. Turn is a blank and I check and again he 3/4 bets the pot and again I call it. I did think about shoving at this point, but I had built my stack up on this table and didnt want to over commit just incase for the reasons given, but it was also coming to my mind he might of flopped a flush. Anyways the river is a blank as well so with no paired board and no 4th Diamond, the only hand I am losing to is another flush. Just incase, I check again going for check call, happy with whats in the pot. He then pots it again, so left with 2 choices, now hes bluffing with the missed ace or hes got the flush. I ponder, sigh because I do think I am beat or is he really that strong. I hit the call button which is what I was going to do, and he flopped the nuts AQ diamonds. Lost a chunk of cash which I had built up but still added up to almost a buy in.
Again I look back and think did I play it right, well I must of done because I didnt want to get greedy, which would of resulted in going broke. But the fact he limped on the button with AQ suited got me. If I checked the flop would he have slow played it a bit..... Again I dont know. But I bet out not thinking someone actually flopped the nuts, which then convinced me he was chasing the 4th Diamond with the strong bets.
I made some back in a silly pot, but I was a bit tilting, and thought bollox to it. I had someone shove after a flop of J high and me holding QQ with only 55c in the pot with no flush or straight draws. He shoves for like €4.40 I called expecting to see anything really. But he flipped A4 off for nothing, and I take it.

Told ya some weird people play some hands strange, although I am still stat building and note taking I know its times like this which make me want to take a break. But if I do I could be losing out on some decent cash, if of course I dont hang myself in the first place. I am also aware Jesus Ferguson did not run good all the time, he got is money in good and took the chance which I tend to do at times, but I also tend to air a bit of caution at the same time. This is not a sprint its is a marathon and I think but not 100% that it took him 18 months to complete his. He also had a slightly different set of rules for him to progress. More so he was allowed to buy into any cash game with 5% of his role which is a lot really thinking about it, its only 20 Buy ins at the level he was playing, and for a decent bankroll its suggested nothing less than 50 Buy ins at the level your bankrolled for. Were mine is 1%. Also he was able to buy into any tournament for 2% of his Bankroll, again its suggested 1% to withstand the variance side of things. With that he also had a 5% buy in for any sit n go, which is very large considering again the Variance side of things.
Maybe mine is a bit small on the STT and could up to 2% max, but quite happy with the current 1% I abide to.
I have tried a couple of STT later in the evenings, just to see if they are worth it, and maybe too tired to really get a grip, but lost a couple heads up, but was only playing 5 handed.

But the challenge continues, and after reading Jesus Fergusons tips on a bankroll challenge I feel ok with what I am doing, although it is 3 losing days playing in a row, but again considering what I have done tonight I should be down a hell of a lot more.

So the figures for tonight are :- played 691 hands in 3hrs and was down €3.87 which gives me a loss of €3.98 for May having played a total of 2753 hands. The only winner seems to be the rake which is €14.06 for May......

Dam pesky Bugs.

Like mentioned in the previous post at the end, I was not feeling too well.
It got worse, and ended up with me seeing an emergency Doc.
Anyways 36 hrs later I am feeling a bit better, but I dont know if its just a cover or not. I will know more once I am able to start eating again, I just dont feel up to it yet, but taking plenty of water.
Hope to play tonight if I feel a bit better, and of course will keep ya updated.

The Day the devil shit on Plaza

Wow......... that was some sick session.
I knew I should not of played after yet again feeling unwell just like last week.
But I wanted to play some hands to try and get the next release of my Deposit Bonus.

So Off I went, x6 tables up with You tube on in the background playing my Favourite tunes I had saved.

Did not start off too bad, I was actually winning instead of Losing, which was a surprise. Then like the title says the devil came down and shit on me something bad.
I dont fold the 3rd Nuts to a river shove for anybody unless its a flush of course. But I was not winning the hand from the turn but I was holding the 2nd Nuts on that turn, and like I mention all too often, People shove on the river way too often with the nuts and yes he did the same........ No way was I expecting this.........

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Plaza. [9s 9c]
*** FLOP *** [3c 9h 7h]
jenas86 checks
Plaza. bets €0.45
AngeloCoe calls €0.45
romolo12 calls €0.45
*** TURN *** [3c 9h 7h] [7s]
Plaza. checks (no need to bet now, let them think I dont have anything)
AngeloCoe checks
romolo12 bets €0.30
Plaza. calls €0.30
AngeloCoe calls €0.30
*** RIVER *** [3c 9h 7h 7s] [Kc]
Plaza. bets €1.35 ( ok bit of value bet to be paid off )
romolo12 goes all-in with €11.40 ( wow he must of hit 7's full with Kings )
Plaza. goes all-in with €9.64 ( 3rd Nuts I dont fold to this, happy days )
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €20.89 | Rake €1.09
Board: [3c 9h 7h 7s Kc]
Plaza. won (€0.00), mucks
romolo12 won (€20.89), showed [7d 7c] ( OMG he had Quads and hit the 1 outer on the turn ).

So buy in down, but fair play he did have the best hand and there was no way I was folding.

The hand did not Tilt me, and I was somewhat still focused, although I had to sit out and sit on the loo for another 10 minutes.....

So I get going again and regain some of the lost Buy in back with me flopping Quads on Blind V blind. Checked to the river when I bet yes 20c pot bet, only for him to pot bet again, and then I 3 bet pot bet him and he calls and mucks.

Then another hand I get involved in with a villain I have history with. Hes one of these that can 3 barrel bluff and my notes on him are pretty long.
I have 55 UTG and just call and the villain is on the BB. There is another caller and then Villain pot raises it and I call because I know I can get paid If I hit v him.

*** FLOP *** [3c 5d Td] ( got ya )
Overise bets €0.93 ( 1st barrel )
Plaza. calls €0.93 ( I know if I raise I lose him, and he knows I call him most times )
kamburov calls €0.93 ( prob got the odds to call )
*** TURN *** [3c 5d Td] [9s]
Overise checks ( Oh he must have AK AQ and with another in the pot as well checks )
Plaza. bets €2.02 ( No messing 3/4 pot bet, time to close the hand out )
kamburov raises €8.08 ( WTF, dont tell me hes hit a set has well )
Overise folds
Plaza. goes all-in with €10.67 (I never fold sets, cash going in anyways so shove)
kamburov calls €10.67 ( yup standard )
*** RIVER *** [3c 5d Td 9s] [9h] ( Phew I hit my boat but is it big enough? )
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot €24.12 | Rake €1.26
Board: [3c 5d Td 9s 9h]
Plaza. won (€0.00), showed [5h 5c]
kamburov won (€24.12), showed [9d Th] ( OMG he shoved with 2 pair and sucked out )

Another buy in down. I went over the hand and although I had no info on this guy I did not not even consider him to be strong. The Limp pre, the call raise, called on the flop, nothing showing strength at all and I guessed he must of hit the set of 10's and slow played it. But what can you do, you know your Villain, and you hit he stacks you off. But of course nothing is so simple and hes gets a nice friendly note attached to him........

I then continue to feel like shit and then start to close tables down.
Dreading my loss for tonight I hit the refresh button on PT3 and find its not that bad. Yeah its another losing day, but not that much considering the above........

Hands played 733 just over 2.5 hrs and with a loss of €9.16. It makes me now losing for the month of May but only by 11c.

If I dont feel any better tomorrow I will not be playing. I am amazed I manage to write this to be honest. So now its off back to the loo.........

I knew it couldn't Last.........

Well it had to happen and tonight it did, I lost in a session........

Not much, but once again I lost a buy in very early and was playing catch up after that.
I did get sucked out on more times tonight and I supoose I was due a few beats. But no complaints really.
Just 2 hand sticks out and I had the dreaded KK UTG and raised it and BB 3 bets it, and I call it and flop comes down 556, pretty safe I think, hes either got AA which I have mentioned happens so many times on Boss its unreal, or QQ. I have to decide which it is. He bets the pot, which is not a good sign, so I raise to see were I am, and he calls, the Turn brings the 7 and he checks, so I pot bet and he instant shoves. I am pretty much committed now, and expect to see AA, but he flips over 8 9 off for the Straight and I lose my Buy in.

The other hand is again KK and I play this a lot slower, not that I am afraid of busting, but its a tight guy, and has the word Caution wrote all over his hand......
I call the raise and the flop is 10 high, he bets half the pot I call. Turn is a nothing card and it bets 1/4 pot, and again I just call. The river again is a nothing card and he bets Half the pot and I Instant call. He flips AA. Pretty chuffed with that because I lost the minimum and went with my read which was right.

A few donk calls to suck me out of hands, and then decide enough is enough for tonight, and wanted to play the Scoop game on Stars, so closed the tables down. I was quite pleased overall, it could of been much worse, but a loss is a loss......

So tonights figures are played x6 tables for 2.5 hrs and raked in 698 hands, but with a loss of Just €3.08, but once again I pay more than that in rake........

Another day = Another profit

End of a another week on the challenge, and took things a little easier tonight, played a couple of Mtt's and set x4 cash tables up to keep me entertained.........
Everyting went pretty straight forward tonight, with no major hiccups. Got my cash in good and apart from just a couple of short stacks getting lucky ie my AK v A4 with a rivered 4, and my set running into a runner runner straight thats about it.
Of course its a new month, and although I will not be playing the last 10 days of May due to my yearly visit up north for Whit week. I still want to try and get half way to the poker goal I set myself at the start of the year which was to reach a minimum of €2k by the end of the year.

So like mentioned everything went according to plan, another couple of muppets trying to get me off a pot when I am holding the 2nd or 3rd nuts and me having the cheek to value bet on the end, only for them to fold.........

Wanted to play more hands, but went out this afternoon for the meal, I mentioned last night after the MRI scan results showed the legal people I was not making anything up. But returned really tired and in pain, so went for a lie down and 3 hrs later woke up. I dont know if its the pain that makes me want to lie down or the fact I had not taken any medication for 4 days and then to start taking them again after the bug I caught last week.

So only managed to rack up 631 hands tonight in 3.5 hours playing 4 tables, when once again the eyes started to go.

So new month, and last month I played a total of 14,820 hands with a profit of €58.07 over 17 days.
I paid €133.62 in monthly gross rake and €92.73 in rake myself. So the €100 rake I need to be able to claim the 45% rakeback seems good enough, and like mentioned last night I want to get at least 20k hands in. Again with it being a short month with me missing the last 10 days of May, it looks like I could struggle, but hopefully I can at least match the 15k I played in April.

So tonights figures are..........
Played 631 hands and won €12.13, which considering I dont feel to good I was quite happy with, and I think tonight is the 1st time I did not get AA.......

Just hope its not a flash in the pan, and my graph carries on going upwards.........

Another day another Euro...........

Not been to clever today with the back playing up, I maybe over did it today but its been giving grief, so with that I didnt play my challenge till after 10pm tonight, but I opened up x8 tables and loaded up.
Per usual played tight early on to get the feel of the tables. Weekends always brings new players I haven't seen before so I like to weigh them up before hand and commit to anything big.
Of course we have the usual muppets. I wont bore you with loads of HH tonight, but there is just 1 hand that stands out.
I flop mid set and I bet out with 5 in the pot and get 3 callers and the 5th guy min raises. I should be glad really, because I was not overly impressed with all the callers.
So I 3 bet, and all fold to him and the board is K75 with 2 spades. If hes drawing he pays simple. So he then pushes, and I obv call turn is a nothing 2 and the river is a nothing Ace unless he called an all in with 3 4 or has AA of course or the KK, but I dont think it was raised, so can often rule that out ( most times ).....
Totally baffled when I get to see the cards. I am holding like I said set of 7's and he shows bottom pair on the flop he called an all in with 5 9 OFF..... Thank you very much.

Anyone remember the guy who has only 3 bet once in the 1.2k hands I had on him?
Well I now have 2.2k on him and hes now 3 bet twice.......
I know about Full tilt for dealing AA V KK all the time, but Boss network comes a close 2nd. Anyways our friend is to left, and I have KK and I have raised it and I think I am UTG + 1 and hes 3 to my left, its folded to him and OMG he 3 bets me, and also gets a call. I know I will prob get abuse and all that, but when your almost certain what hes holding, just like the 10 10 hand I previously posted a couple of days ago. But this is slightly different, because if I had missed with my 10's to the same situation its an easy fold. But with KK and I miss the flop could I really fold if the board comes out 7 high....... Thats what I was telling myself. So I folded KK preflop......... Yes I repeat that I folded KK preflop. I spent $90 on Poker Tracker and if I had not had it I would of not known about him never 3 betting, because normally I have other things going on has well.
So I fold, and the flop is 10 high rainbow and he then bets 3/4 pot and the other guy folds. I then check his Continuation bets and its approx 30% of all flops seen when he leads out.
Am I really wanting to pay to find out I was right? I think not and only lose 28c instead of a full buy in of €10.

Another hand stands out has well but this is on another table, I have AA in the cut off but before it gets to me its been 4 bet all in...... I think whats the best way to play this..... When I am thinking, the guy who just shoved says hes got AA, yeah right when I have AA, so I shove to isloate and we end up with 5 all in pre...... Great, but only 1 player has the same chips as me. Flop comes Q48 2 clubs, quick glance I dont have the Ace of clubs. ( People who know me will know why I checked too see if I have the Ace of the flush ). Turn brings a 3 clubs, so making a possible flush and dont forget there is 5 all in. The river is black jack and we all reveal our hands, I say all 2 are mucked and I cant work out with the percentages what they were holding. But the Guy who claimed to have AA did actually have AA, but we lost the hand to QJ, but the fortunate thing was he only had 26c invested when he pushed all in UTG. So me and AA guy chop the rest.
I then get told about a forum member doing ok in a stars tourny, so I have to somehow try and fit him in with the 8 tables going, when he was 12 out. But then the tables started to close and I was left with 4 open, which I carried on until he got busted in 4th. I then thought I had had enough, and was still in a bit of pain from the back so called it quits for the night.

I dont know if its just a run I am on, but apart from a losing 16c day, I have won the last 9 days I have played. Pretty pleased with that. I have found the way to beat them, combined with PT3 and the notes I make on players I seem to know when to raise to get them off pots, when to slow down, when to fold, when to bet OOP. Ok your going to get some donks who will hit, there bound to given enough hands played its the law of the game......
Just hope I know when I make the decision its the correct one hence the KK pre fold. I still think its a good fold now.........

Anyways todays figures........
Played a total of 867 hands in just 2 hrs 45 mins and made a profit of €15.09 which is a 1.5 buy in, and of course the rakeback keeps mounting up. Which when kicks in will be a nice little bonus at the end of every month.

Hoping to feel a bit better tomorrow backwise, but wifey wants to go for a meal, to celebrate the good news that there is something wrong with me...... Work that one out !!!!!
She's referring to the MRI results I received today showing the reason why I keep suffering with cronic Back pain. The MRI shows what the matter is and now have to wait for the appointment to go into Hospital which is likely to be July, and have major Back surgery, which means no poker............... :-(