Another day another 8k game.

Yes I have forgotten the tourney now from last night, and although I wanted 6th 8th did still do the job and at the end of the day its about making the right decisions in the game I play and that is what I did. You need luck of course to win anything and maybe its my turn in the not to distant future.....

So I played another €6.60 All in Sat, and bagged it on the first go. I played a bit of cash as well today but only for an hr or so and I actually could be bothered to fire up the tracker. I haven't been bothered with it recently, and now can see I am still in the red for the month on the cash tables, but only down 1.5 buy ins which is way better than 5 or 6 which it was at the start of the month. I have a good feeling I can bridge that gap in the next session though.......

I picked up a bounty in my 8k game tonight and was playing pretty well and not going after every all in, and even my exit hand was pretty standard. Some guy last night was slow playing is KK when I had AA, well tonight some guy was slow playing is AA v my KK. No complaints from me its what happens, and its nice to see I went out v a better hand and not some junk like last night. Like I said 1 bounty collected and its still profit on the day.

So overall from the 1st 2 weeks of March, I have smashed the 3k mark, and have already played 8.5k hands in March which for me is amazing considering its been a pretty rough month regards health wise. But I have started getting up earlier with the alarm, ok to you 10-30 / 11am is not early but the peeps who know me, me trying to wake up early is such a hard thing for me to do because of the Med's. Yes I struggle in the day and yes I have to lie down and fall asleep in seconds during the afternoon, but its just like 20 mins or so and that seems to do me. But its still early days for me to be constantly waking up and trying to get a routine going, but hopefully with the drive of my new Hobby on top of poker it can be seen as a major boost for me and Morale........
Anyways back to poker thing...... On checking my rakeback of this month its pretty good reading knowing I have already raked €77 and just €23 to make the rakeback Minimum. I need to move all my cash challenge B/roll into one place so I can screenshot it and post it up. I withdrew €1500 just incase the site suddenly went AWOL or bust. Yes its supported by Sporting Bet but you just never know. Its sitting in my MoneyBookers or whatever its called....... Getting very tired now so cant think but you know what I mean.......

I hate fcuking 9's

I wasn't going to post anymore on the said Tourny, but we are on break and I am still fuming. Yes I was rivered again by a 9 for top 3 spot with 8 remaining. Again AK and I raise only for shorty to shove his 3BB and then the BB shoves. I was UTG+2 but didnt seem to bother this prick who like I said shoves from the BB with A9. Shorty wins the small pot and that river cost me a pay jump on the ladder and also his bounty which was another €40 odd. Now currently 7/8 with just 8BB now.
I wanted 6th when I reached the final and it looks like I wont get that now. On the plus side if there is a plus side, I managed to knock out a bounty who was worth €55.
I'm determined not to get 8th with a guy on 2.5BB regardless. Who just doubles up by hitting trips on the river......... Sighments

Gutted........ Just went out 8th when shorty shoves and I call with 88 he's got 10 3 and of course completes the boat by the time the river arrives and I had 1 BB left and obviously I brick with my 2 4 suited.

Overall you need some luck and I didnt run to good when it mattered. I collect €113.15 in Bounties and €106.42 for 8th. Yes its over the 3k but I am still gutted at the moment. Lets hope tomorrow I can forget and pat myself on the back.......

Screenshot later.

All change...........

Yes all change, and its only been like 15 minutes since the last post. I was hanging on for the cash and manage to hit some cards for a change. JJ UTG and QQ in the BB and squeezed it through pre. Then I managed to double almost anyways but only about 2bb from a double with AA and the guy was slow rolling me with KK and the cash was all in by the turn. He bricked I collect a bounty although for the minimum but I'll take it.
Currently Hand for Hand with me in 8th place. Lets win this thing, I have 50BB.

Mean while, playing poker standing up is quite fun :-0

Back is in bits ut what can I do............

Arrrrrgggghhhhhhhh

Poker is sooooooo frustrating.......

In the 8k I was playing tonight.......

I make a great call, although I guess I was a tad lucky but I make a call with 66 after 2 all in's. I have them both covered ( Just ) and they both turn over AK they miss and I pick up my 2 bounties I so wanted. But in a massive hand lying 2/82 and getting dealt AK in the BB were again there are 2 ll in's with the 2nd player over shoving to Isolate I guess and I make the call eventually and up against A3 suited and the over shove of 9 10 suited. I called cos he was worth €30 and I had seen him raise and call with shite. Anyways the short stack rivers the flush and that river being the 9 makes 9 10 hero bag a massive pot and costs me money. Its hard to carry on at the moment, but currently the dipstick with 9 10 is openshoving as I speak everyhand, wouldnt think its a €33 tourney........
Just 14 to go till the money and currently 31/54. Its €20 min for cashing which would go a bit of the way to 3k and could carry on with the stt's, so thats what I am going to do. Cash is cash to me, yes once I cash I will try a few moves with the cash crap from cashing to Final table. Be nice to take another bounty but will see..... 10 to go..........

Soooo whats been happening then?

The answer to that is not a lot to be honest. Although I started like a house on fire, the wheels seem to have come off somewhere.
The BadBeat Jackpot was hit the day after the last post so that sort of knocked me back from playing the cash, so I hit the Stt's and I ended up bubbling like 4 in a row and winning 2 at the lower limit to cover the cost of the Bubbles. I then started a bit of cash and quickly knew I was not able to drag any length at all during sessions. So the seesions turned into session x 3 days with only a handful of hands in each session.
I am still trying and finding it very hard to sit for any amount of time without the Pain Spazzing out and killing anything I was doing at that time, and because of that its really hard to put anything together.
I did actually play a couple of stt's this morning and yet again Bubbled one and bricked the other before I saw the all in Sat for the 8k waiting for 1 player so obliged and bricked it but it filled up pretty quickly and within less than a minute it was full again and I pulled it out and bag the seat for tonight. I did try one more to recoup the €25 I am down on the day but bricked that to, so its on for tonight, and although its just 40 minutes away from the start I am already feeling like shit. But will give it a go and if I can bag 2 bounties it will pull me back.
The 3k mark is there just waiting and I was tempted to play some €20 stt's and just bag 2 in quick sucesession and it will be done, but on the other hand I think, if I lose 5 in a row its going to take longer to hit the 3k mark so thats the reason for not going for it. I'm just too scarred I think.......

You like the new Look?

I decided to have a mess about with the settings and other stuff and I found this nice little pink number. I think its pink but it could be Scarlet.. Anyways I think it looks better than the old one. I cant get my picture in the dead centre though which is the only draw back. I keep going into different settings but nothing about centering my pic.In other stuff, I have started trading in shares. Nothing major but again its something I have been doing now for about 4 months, ever since Thomas Cook shares went tits up actually. I have 3k in there with which 2.5k is already spent and tied up in about 12 companies I have bought shares in and I have £500 just waiting on 4 companies shares to get a bit lower and then its an auto trade. The good thing about the shares is you can set orders on whats called a stop loss trade. Its a good little tool which when set auto sells your companies shares if they fall below the price you set it at, so no chance of going broke so to speak. It keeps me active and I seem to be getting into it more and more. Its pretty cheap @ £5.75 per trade, but for the 1st days it was only £1. Thinking back I might of already told you about the share thing...... Tell ya my memory is getting worse I am sure of it....My latest trade was in the RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) were they had 2 losing days, and with the general swing of other companies raising I sort of knew it wouldn't last going downwards. So I bought £1500 worth of shares which gets me 5709 shares @ 26.31. Yesterday they made a slight gain of 0.12, and today the live price is 26.51. Not really what I was hoping for, and defo thought they would bounce back quicker but meh still got loads of time.....So I guess back to the poker, which is the main reason for the blog, but I like to share other things hence the shares. It also allows me to look back over time and read what was going on back when I was so depressed and in so much pain....I did manage another 1k hands yesterday but I struggled to do it. It took me 3 sessions at just under 3 hours though. Again nothing major sticking out apart from a big bluff with AK in the BB were it was limped round to me with 7 limper's, so I saw the free money and banged it up to €1 and was surprised to see 3 callers. The flop comes J88 and I pot bet it and eventually they all fold, phew...... But other than that just the sets taking a bit of cash. I am still down regards the monthly total, but its coming down bit by bit and its now just €35.83. I managed just over 1 buy in up yesterday which again is another green on the tracker and now is 5 green days compared to 3 red losing days. I am tempted to play some stt's today. But of course will update the blog and let ya know how it went.....

At last I finally play 1k hands in a day !!

Doesn't sound a lot especially knowning I can multi table x24 tables on Stars, but I should of played at least 1 k hands yesterday, but again my health got in the way yet again and had to rest and promptly fell alseep. When I did get onto it I was not in the mood for it and although 848 hands were played I really wanted the 1k. Anyways it was pretty boring session to be honest with not 1 single hand sticking out. I ended the session with a loss of 68c. If I was with it I would of at least made sure I was in the green instead of recording another losing session. But on today, I felt a lot better and for once in the last 6 days I was pain free to a extent that it wasn't killing me like the last few days. But once I started grinding and again after just 30 mins or so I was not good. If its not pain its sleepiness, and promptly fell asleep soon after I just got up out of the bed !! But well rested ( for sure ) and eating my tea, which again is a rare thing these days I felt good for once. So like I mentioned when you feel good you play good, and thats what I did, with what I think were some good lay downs. Yes I aint perfect and got a couple of decisions wrong which cost me more profit but I guess I had a good few flops, you know the ones were you flop quads, full houses and flushes.... Yes not so profitable to actually win anything big and the peeps who know me swear by me never checking set's, but full houses....... Ok but just the flop...... So nothing major and once I started to get tired I was amazed to see I had over 3 hrs in and well over the 1k hands. Infact 1142 hands to be exact with a profit of €11.41. It would of been much more but for the wrong decisions I mentioned earlier. I also tried a couple of the all in Sat's and bombed losing €10 in the process, but you cant win them all the time....... I did some checking as well tonight and these BadBeat Tables are becomming very popular. Its well known that Boss dont have that much traffic with just 4k players online as I write this @ 9-55pm but I could easily sit at 12 to 14 tables all BadBeat tables, and the 2c rake they take per hand on top of the normal rake is nothing compared to the jackpot which was hit again last week and reset to 2k and its already 6.5k with the bigger jackpot currently standing @ just shy of 200k. But the fact I enjoy playing the 5/10c tables and really have no need to move up although yes I could play the €1/€2 tables with the current b/roll and limits I set. Yes I do want to play higher but I also have to come to terms that I might not be good enough if I play any higher. But I have made the decision that once I hit the 3k mark which fingers crossed should be at the end of this month that I do need to at least try higher limits. Lose and its simple I move back down but I also want to play some Stt's on a bigger scale of what I currently do. I have won enough in Stt's on Boss to know I can compete with anyone up to €20. I also now have my RakeBack site up and running and being tracked so I now know exactly how much I have raked which is good because I dont always have to worry about making it. The rakeback deal is my gift to myself for all the grinding I do, and some day I will treat myself instead of blowing it in the online casino's which I use to and was the reason I sent them an email telling them to block my account in the Casino. Anyways bed time for me, and fingers crossed more of the same tomorrow please.......

Meh, When the going gets tough***

March 6Th Late pm,
Sunday arrived and was greeted to some sad news about a family death. Although not really a close family it still hurts to know you have known them all your life and it really put a dampener on the day.
My Gran was the worst apparently and I thought I would have to make the trip up north to be with her, but just come round a bit towards the end of Sunday night. My Mother is going to go to the funeral to represent the family so at least I don't have to travel which is good news for me because I am still suffering from what the hospital told me last week and I would of struggle to keep my emotions in check unlike some forum I am apart of.

But we have to go on and once it was decided I didn't have to travel I wanted to play some poker but even once I hit the tables my heart was not really into it and lost about 4 buy In's in a short space of time so took a break and returned later. The players who had notes on me regarding me as tight as they come must of been scratching there heads when I did play on Sunday night. I was bluffing for the hell of it and raising it up with 3 bets and 4 bets and before I knew it I had clawed 3 buy In's back and ended up just €9.01 down over 512 hands. I had to laugh at my Stats on the tables and almost perfect on all of the 6 tables I was on with 33/23 Vpips. Which if you remembered from last week I was playing something like 7/1 Vpips. But it seem to work for me. But to be honest I didn't care, with what had happened earlier with the death.

Anyways today was a little better although I felt like shite again and really struggled to keep my eyes open so again it was a short burst before closing it down and carried on from last night with the aggression. Not so much spewed this time and yet again made a decent profit over about 200 hands or so, then had a phone call to knock me down even further. Not only am I classed with having Chronic Depression and severe pain control problems I was told I was going to have my benefit stopped on the 30th April. Reason ? Because I have been on ESA for 365 days and under the new wealth fare bill anyone who has been on ESA for 52 weeks will have there money stopped !!! WTF, so on top of everything else that's going or gone tits up in my recent life they come along and make the problem worse. If your off work for 52 weeks or more I am sure that means that is because your not fit enough to work..... Yes I know there are others abusing the system but come on this is a joke and not just to me. I am sure there are loads others in the same boat as me. Anyways I'm rambling and its doing me no good. I am going to make a phone call tomorrow after seeing my Shrink for my Chronic depression that the Government just don't believe or care about and see where I go from there.....
So like I was saying played a tad like 200 hands and felt a bit better after eating some tea and played a total of 2 hrs in total from this afternoon and tonight's sessions. I was quite shocked to see I made a profit being I lost a full buy in on the very first hand of the night, but I did and any figure in green is defo a result, and although I still see the big loss on the 2ND March I now have 3 winning days over the 2 losing days.
I am still almost 6 buy ins down on the month but with plenty of time I think* in March still to go I am hopeful of turning it around.
Today's figures are played 679 hands over 2 hrs with a gain of €4.29.
I also received my own rake back site link to keep tabs on my rake during the month, which is very handy to have because I don't have to do all the working out now or keep asking if I have made the €100 rake for the month.....

I don't know what tomorrow brings, but I want to nail at least 1k hands tomorrow, so till the next updates thanks for reading and y'all comeback now you hear !!

Just a quickie......

Managed 20th with 2 bounties. Didn't have too much to work with and when I did have half a hand thats exactly what it was. But meh €6.60 into €59 I'll take it. Hope for better tomorrow in both cash and tours.....

Hmmmmm its not that Big

Noooooo not that, the amount I was in profit today.
I did say it was going to be a late start and to be honest the way I felt today I am amazed I played any at all. But I fired the site up and found the All in Sat for the 8k tonight just 2 short of it being full. But even after I entered 20 mins later just waiting for 1 more player and still hadn't turned up so I unreg'd.
I come back and yes there were 4 waiting so just me to sit down then and paid my €6.60 and boom I hit the winner and into tonight's 8k. But I still wasnt feeling up to it but knew I couldn't unreg so fired up 4 tables on the cash and made myself play..... Heart wasnt really into it but plodded along and before I knew it I was way down on the starting stack and struggling to even last the 1st hour. Cash was boring the pants off me and I honestly thought by 9pm I would of closed down the computer. But..... since my new approach of not throwing in the towel even when down to less than 10 BB I still try and play post flop poker. Yeah I know it's not the normal thing to do but I am sick of shoving with 10bb and meeting a bigger hand and I have found you can still get people to lay down there blinds to a raise rather than a shove. Anyways I pick my spot and doubled with 10 9 suited and then I am back in it. Little steal here and there and before long its 2nd break. I truely did have enough playing cash and closed them up after just 2 hrs. But I made 499 hands and made a small profit of €2.70. I then take my 1st Bounty and now I can not lose. Also helps when you make the cash and I am currently 25/34. Who knows..... Keep my nose clean here and that 3k could be by tomorrow........ Will update tomorrow on what happens from here.....

Player notes are suppose to help ya !!

March 3rd early AM
Not played today as yet and I was a tad tired last night to write on the blog so here it is today.
I guess playing poker probably works with you and if your up for it and things are going ok you win, and if your not a happy bunny you lose, and thats what happened yesterday. But before I go into details a little about the title.
I was playing 5 tables @ 5/10c and wanted 1 more so opened up a 12/25c table to make it 6 in total. With 6 tables I can do other things as well and playing 6 tables certainly grinds the hands up.
So there I was playing and I noticed I had made a note on a guy and hoovered over the note and it read not afraid to get it all in pre. So when I pick up KK and 3 bet him he shoves for €30 and I had already made a profit of €5 on the table so I had the same 30. Happy with the note I had on him and make the call No Ace out so happy days, that was until he turned over AA. Piss Bollox Fcuk thats a huge pot to lose for me and I started to think if I could of got away from this if I didnt have the note on him. Prob not but I am pretty certain it would not of been a full 3 buy in's at the normal stakes I play......

Anyways it got worse, I flopped a boat and still managed to lose when runner runner Ace crushed my 6's full.
I had my AA cracked about 5 times along with set v set, so in total I lost a total of buy in's. But I always remember what the late Chip Reese said, I feel good about losing a million while playing good, because I can bet ya others would of lost 2 million or words to that affect. Which I guess is true for me. Although its 6 buy ins, another day I could of easily lost 10 or 15 even. So I feel a bit better on that front.
So overall I played 1461 hands yesterday with a loss of €58.16 and actually played for 5 hours, but I reduced the tables to 4 while playing some Mtt's and went pretty deep on a .fr KO but 1 mistake and I was toast, but running 4 tables on the challenge is pretty easy enough while doing other things.

I wont get that volume in today because I didnt sleep very well at all, and on top of that shopping had to be done which leaves me so drained with the pain after. But will play some later in the day.

Late pm 1st March

1st March late pm,

Things aren't that good for me at the moment. I went back to the hospital Yesterday and having time to digest what they told me It sent me deep into my depressive state. The reason being I was told I have to attend a programme at the hospital for 2 weeks in July, the course is quite intense and then after you can then have the Operation which is the Spinal Cord Stimulation. But........ I was there yesterday and all I had to do was some simple excercises. Stretch there crouch here sort of thing but hell did I suffer afterwards with real bad pain and I have to go through 2 weeks of intense stuff. There is no way I can cope with it, there on about reducing the pain control as well. Hell its just been increased to combat the ever raising pain. I sleep between 12 to 16 hrs a day cos of the strength of the pain control and during this 2 week course which is staying at the hospital by the way I have to be up and ready and had Breakfast by 8-30 and it finishes everynight at 5pm. So thats why I am so depressed at the moment knowing there is nothing else after. You HAVE to attend and DO the 2 week course in order to have the Op that would reduce my pain level, so they say. Hell it might not even work for me this Op. Its for really back Sciatica down the legs and I dont have that sort of pain. So its Killing me at the moment.

Well after all that I was amazed to play any poker at all, but with it being a new month and not hitting my €100 rake last month I do get anything back. Which at 55% is a hefty some. But meh can't do anything about it now. So like I said I started playing a bit this afternoon and suck out city was the correct word, only not for me but them Villains. But it wasnt long before I had to sit out and that was that for that session. I think just 40 minutes I lasted. But after evening tea I started up 8 tables for a while knocking it down to 6 when I had other things to play but while I was in those other tourney's I kept the 6 tables open. It got worse before it got better and I was down about 3 buy in's at one stage when my AA were cracked within 30 secs of each other. I did claw a huge chunk back when I flopped a flush King high with 2 all in's after the flop, Lucky for me the board didnt pair and the turn was the Ace of my flush. I also just sat there when I was holding KK and the board come Kxx and the guy to my right over-shoved all in with AK. Those 2 hands pulled it back for me and when I finished I thought I was defo still down but suprised to see I was up. Yeah not much but green is defo better than red.

Played a total of 1382 hands today with the tracker telling me just short of 3.5 hrs playing. I did notice my stats when I was out of my other tourney's and they were so tight it was unreal. On 1 table I was playing 7 Vpips with 0 PFR. Wow that's insane so I did pick up from there raising loads of pots and wouldnt be suprised if thats the reason the Villains did what they did.

Overall still deeply down and hopefully trying to update the blog on a more regular basis might be the therapy I need.

1st March challenge updates.....

Well I waited all day for someone to Propose to me but @ 8-30 pm its likely now I won't be asked. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Another 4 years until the next one :grin: Well back to it then. 23rd Feb arrived and really didn't have any will to play so kept putting it off and off until 10pm I thought meh best try and get this rake over the 100 mark so I played a stt you know the score, 5 seater Speed €3.30 1st hand QQ happy days, but folded round to my raise. 2nd hand AK and ended up all in and boom met AA and although I flopped the king and turned a nut flush draw I ended up bricking and that was that bar 30 chips from the blinds I picked up the hand before. Fired a couple more up in a quick session 1 was €5 the other €15 and both were speed. The difference between speed, Turbo and Normal is, Normal is 8 min blinds, Speed is 5 min blinds and the turbo 3 min blinds. Although I love hypers for the sake of the challenge I found it a bit too spewey, so go for the Speed and 5 min blinds. I do play these quite well and I think it was Mike who said the stt's have almost been mastered now, so its obv pretty good for me that the other 4 players haven't quite got there yet....... Anyways 10 min laters and there both in the bag for a nice €52.50 and €17.50. I should play more of these to be honest...... But again I don't know why I don't.

Feb 25th and again not much happening so Played a €1 hyper tournament and surprised myself with a 4th place finish for €17.20. Sort of played about 5 hands and then after that because the blinds were so fast you were all in whenever its your blinds and then pure luck. So makes a small increase in the overall ROI with the result. But really struggling to grind any length of time on the cash tables, but what can you do if your in bits with pain after playing an hour?

So whats the worst thing that can happen after reading the last couple of lines above ? Thats right you end up having the biggest tournament win of the challenge so far the day after. Fantastic !! Let me explain, Feb 26th was a Sunday and Normally Sundays are a minefileld with those all in 1 Jobbies for the Sunday €50k. But I have been very good with holding myself back from playing these over the last month well Feb at least. But I still take the odd shot for the evening's €8k if I see the all in sat nearly full. Its not like stars were they fill really fast and it can takes hours sometimes to fill a 10 seater. So if I see it nearly full I normally take my shot for €3.30. Well 1st attempt Boom ave it, thats me in tonights game and cant recall the last time I played this. But while sitting there chuffed with my luck I see it almost full again and chance my arm again...... Boom OMG thats twice in 2 sat's I win with the best hand. Well actually not true, I chopped the 2nd so we had to have another hand which I won with my 2 3 v AQ. So because I am in it already I get the cash in my account thank you very much for the extra €33... So I have my seat and @ 8pm the cards are in the air.2000 chips and 12 min blinds. 2nd Hand I get dealt AK on the button and with 1 limper already in the pot I make it 90 to go and all 3 see the flop of 2J4 with the 2&4 both spades. I have the Ace Spades and its checked round to me. The pot is 290 and I make it 217 to go and just the BB call. The turn is the 7 clubs making 2 flush draws out now with the Jack on the flop being a club. Again he checks to me, I dont like checking here because has soon as I do I virtually give up the hand. BB could of re popped pre with any biggish hand to get me off my Button bluff but I often fire twice with AK to avoid just that. There is 724 in the pot and I make it 362, looking back I think it was a bit too low, but I remember at the time anymore and it screams I want him out of the hand. Once he calls again I pretty much knew he was waiting for the Spade flush or an open ender str draw. Anyways he just calls again and the turn is an harmless 10 Diamonds. I have 1331 behind with 1448 in the pot. I consider jamming if he doesnt but once he checks again I can resist the urge to fire the 3rd Bullet. Get it wrong and its pretty much game over but I just bet half the pot leaving 607 behind. I must of thought I could get back in the game with a bit of luck and promptly smile when he folds....... So I'm off and win some more chips with AK on the 5th hand.

30 mins in I take my 1st bounty with 10 8 suited when UTG shoves for 10bb and I call it in mid Position. Happy to take the chance here, I have 3833 in chips and pretty certain I should be live here. Not happy to see the guy to my left call as well like but at least he didnt shove to isolate..... Flop 492, I check and he checks, turn 6 to give me a gutshot and I check again and again so does the guy to my left. Boom the river is the Nut str card 7 for me and promptly bet half the pot and for the Brucie Bonus the guy calls and shows AJ for Ace high, Hmmmmmm Not sure on that one but happy days. All in Guy has AQ and he's toast. Thats my 1st Bounty and worth €12.50. Always good to get the 1st one because I dont buy into this so if I play its cos I won the sat for either €6.60 or €3.30 so its all profit from here.

I wont bore you with all the juicy hands after that, but it stood me in a good Position to go a little deeper. The top 40 were paid and when I made the cash I was sitting pretty in 11th. Cashing in a bounty game is no big deal because the amount is pretty low with I think €19.78 ish for 31-40 and not much higher for 21-30 and even 10th only collects about €62.

However my wheels well and truley fell off. I lost half my chips a few hands back when on the BB holding 20bb and calling a shorty shove for about a third of my chips with Q6 Suited when he had KQ and then 2 hands later on the button had to fold after the SB shoved to my raise.

Amazing, just checking back on the HH I actually call a min raise while in the BB with just 4 BB left and fold after I miss with my 8 9. I know why I called because someone was all in for less than 1 BB and just had to see the flop.......

So I am 31/31 with 3BB left and not 1 like I worte in the 1k thread. I checked on the tracker just now, but I was defo 31/31 and on the button with QJ knowing full well it was going in. Were 6 handed so just had to be done. I'm up against KQ off & A9, the Board comes 4 8 10 turn 6 so any 9 or Jack, B O O M jack, takes me back to 11 BB.

Few hands later I'm in again K2 suited on the button v A10 BB, hit the King on the river and knock out a big bounty for €45.

I make the Final table sitting in 7th out of 10 and double up in the SB with 3 7off v AJ on a flop of 3 7 J flop, That puts me in the mix and then AK v AQ with a Q on the flop but a river King sends me top of the pack with 6 left.

I sit back and really want to land 3rd min for a €482.62 + bounties cash and before I know it I am Heads Up. Totally knackered, my back in Peices and well and truely zonked. HU was going great for me and then boom back to were I started, which was a 2/1 dog. Again after 15 mins I almost get it back to 50/50 and he sucks out again. Its 2-20 am and to be honest I give up. I wanted 3rd min to reach 2nd was a bonus and thats why I took a stand with just a gutshot and I called an all in with it. He had top pr which of course held. Yes given different times and a different night I would of hung around grinding him down. But meh with the bounties I take home a very nice €814.50 and all for €3.30 ave it.........

I did manage to win a €6.60 sat to play on the 28th Feb but luck was not my side and went out without any Bounties. They also had a couple of special tournaments on the 29th Feb. One was a €5k added €5.50 and the other was a €5k freeroll for playing 250 hands or more during the Month of Feb. It was a nice surprise but thats all it was after the Donkey's decided to enter both of them and it wasn't long before I was of both.

Well thats the tournaments covered I guess I had better start on the cash tables I managed to rip up since my last update. Has mentioned earlier I am finding it harder and harder to grind the tables so its always bits here and there. But overall it was a good month and I recouped all of January's losses and make a bit more on top. I have posted both screenshots of my playing days with profit and although I only played 14 days out of 29 it was a feeling knowing I only had 2 losing sessions. The BadBeat tables are back up and running and I do try to play more because when it goes that would be that and the challenge complete. Anyways you can also see my Stats and carrying on from the last update I have been aware more of my playing Stats and did look to raise more pots and do different things in Postion and after seeing the stats I was pretty chuffed about them. Yes there is still room for improvement but dont forget I only play full ring games and not Short Handed cash games.

So I made a total of €146.69 on the cash tables this month and not bad considering I only played 677 hands on the 12/25c tables. So 15 buy in's up over the month is again pretty good going I hope you agree.......






I am hoping for a good month in March with nothing really getting in the way. I visited family in the Middle of Feb for 8 days and all appointments have freed up March as well, I just hope I can grind a bit more than the last 2 months. But I did say I wanted to play at least 5k hands in the year...... So thats been smashed and 12k hands in 2 months is good going for me.

I forgot to mention about the rakerace that I was so looking forward to and I did a bit of checking and found Opoker wasnt the only poker site to be running it. Its not a network race it was an independant race, anyways having checked it earlier in the month found it totally bollocks and never attempted in the end. Fail !!!!



Now for the big totaliser.............€2935.90, just €65 to make the 3k mark........ and my New year's poker goal will be complete. Once again thanks for reading and hopefully next update will be the Magical €3k

OMG I'm back...............

Wow, I cant believe its been nearly 12 months since I last blogged. So sorry for not updating it sooner, but meh not been able to really...... I'd better explain what has happened over the last 12 months of my life then....

Well thepeople who know me know I love my gran to bits and would do anything I could to make her life any easier. So I was in total shock when I was told she had been rushed into hospital and was almost dead. She had contracted a virus and it had wiped her out almost and was not expected to pull through cos she was so weak. Anyways she did pull through but it was a very slow process and it meant I had to stay up north more than I would of wanted to, but if needs must needs must... During that time I to was still suffering with my back complaint, and my medication was getting increased to combat this, but there has to be a limit and over the last 12 months I have virtually hit that limit of daily Morphine I am able to take daily, but meh I'll survive.

So my time spent up north was worth it because my family got to see me more than they or I could of imagined, and of course well I like to think so anyways my gran pulled through and I think it was down to me being there for there. I would visit twice a day in hospital, she was there for 3 months or so and then she was moved to Glossop for re-habiltation, basically because she had spent so long in bed that she needed physio and other things to be then able to leave.
The problem with Glossop is that its miles from her home, and me having the car I then would take my family on different days of the week to see her, but I would go everyday with someone else ie Mother, sister & brothers. She was in there for over 2 months so you can see were my time had been spent. But it was worth it, like I said my family got to see me more but that meant Jo didnt, but I took the trip back home every 3 weeks or so to re charge my batteries and spend some time with Jo, who was so understanding and it could not of been nice for her and me knowing how much she hated her job but to then come home to an empty house, but she and I coped because we had to really.
So that was summer been and gone, and then gran decided she didnt want to go back to her flat, so it was discussed and she and I decided she needed to go into a nursing home. So after looking into it and trying to get her into one near home it was an achievement to get her in and accepted into the one we wanted.
I had the task of then trying to empty her flat of everything and by the time all that was sorted it was mid Autumn. Yes I could finally go home and chill out with Jo..... Was it worth it, yeah of course it was. It brought me and my brother closer along with my mum. Me and my other sister made up after something like 15 yrs of not seeing her, and now knowing that my gran was being looked after and was getting the care she needed.
All of that had basically killed me off never mind my gran, so I needed to help myself now. I starting seeing my counsellor again, and I had to start again with my hospital treatment after missing 2 appointments. But that was due to me not being to well and over sleeping. I mentioned the meds had been increased but the also the side effects had gotten worse to. I can sleep for anything from 12 hrs to 16 hrs everyday, which on its own is scary, but added to that are the constant nightmares I have, the hot sweats and coldness are common practise now. I still suffer with the sharp pains and I try not to move anywhere quickly.
I am now on 7 different kinds of med's which need to be taken daily. The depression is also a killer, so trying to find any amount of time to be able to play poker is really rare, but I do manage to still play. Its nothing like I use to, and need to take breaks about every 90 mins max, so the long tournaments are a thing of the past now.

So what do I have going for me then...... Well I am still on this Jesus challenge. One of my poker goals was to play at least 5k of cash hands in the yr, yes I said in the year.... So I was thrilled to pull it off by the end of Jan. I have a great rakeback deal on a boss skin which is 55% and its supported by Sporting Odds so there is little chance of it going bump. So that takes up most of my time now. I have just joined Pokerstars.fr and there are some real good tournaments without the 1000's of runners like on normal stars. I have a couple of OnGame sites going with some good incentives, its just trying to find enough time to fit it all in.

So the challenge is back now, and although I have suffered somewhat regards a losing streak it is still over the 2k mark. thats € and not $. So trying to gain some sort of forward momentum. I will break down some sessions and go into some details in the next update. But just wanted to let you know I am back, and fingers crossed it wont be another 12 months before the next update....

Well it finally arrived..........

Well after about 4 weeks my Bankroll finally arrived. But I then decided to buy myself a new computer. All fine and Dandy but I now need to transfer all my PT3 data onto the new computer. But I really have not had the time to do it with other things going on at the moment......

First of all I lost my car keys and I turned the house upside down so many times it was dizzy and still no joy. Has I speak I have a locksmith trying to open the car door and then he can cut me a key, but not for much change out of £300 though....

Also been away last weekend playing a team challenge and along with my other 5 team mates we battled for 2 days and eventually were declared the winners of the team challenge and we collected $34k. We decided to take the money and run instead of the package to Vegas and each of us collected $5.8k.

So the cash challenge has rather taken a back foot over the last 3 to 4 weeks, but I have managed some poker on the challenge. I have played over 400 hands since I received my Bankroll back and made a tasty profit to. Well over $70+ and I also played a couple of Mtt's and went deep in one for $30+. So its been going pretty well pokerwise. I have now got my b/roll back on both scores, 1st being the challenge and 2nd being my b/roll across all the poker sites from the team challenge. I must try harder not flutter it away in the online casino's which is my vice..... But I have taken steps to try and curb it by banning myself in writing at the local bookies for 5 years and 2 other bookies near by to me......

So I need to sort my PT3 out with the data on the other computer and I am all good to go again.

Yes my health still plays a part of my playing ablity, and I have been increased yet again in the amount of Painkillers I take. They decided to increase the amount by another 50% which to be honest kills me. I sound and look like a zombie at the moment. Its a very strong dosage I have now and the side effects are of course 50% worse than before. I am constanly wanting to sleep and its a struggle trying to stay awake, but hey there's no pain when your alseep :-0

But the big news is I have now turned the ripe old age of 43 now....... Once again thank you to all the well wisher's.............

Piss Bollocks Fuck........

I did promise updates every 2 weeks on here, But without a bankroll to play with I cant do anything......

They were moving over to Ongame and I like many others decided to leave my funds on there and carry on after the Migration. My account was moved over yesterday but the funds are nowhere to be seen. Its apprent that I am not the only one who have not received there B/rolls. They say it's because Boss Media are delaying in making the Transfers over and there is nothing they can do. So at the moment I am wondering if I will see my funds again. So until then I can not play. I have voiced my concerns on facebook like others have done. I guess that's what you get for trust !!!

Will update more when I know what's happening. But its €1550 which is also now going to be exchanged into Dollar, so I need to re think what to do when I do finally get the funds.....

Time for a change.......

Has Promised I will be updating this blog at least every 2 weeks. My last blog was to inform you that Euro Super Poker have decided to move over to Ongame which is the same site as Betfair, Bwin, Betsafe and Hollywood Poker. But its best known for Pokerroom before they merged.

Well it all should of been done and dusted on the 7th Jan so I thought nothing of leaving my Bankroll on there and waiting to fire up on the new network. I fired it up on the 7th and was told the old site is now closed, but however the switch had hit a snag and it was now not going to happen until the 13th Jan. Was slightly worried because they didnt inform us until the 9th which was a full 2 days of worrying about my Bankroll and if I had been hoodwinked! But eventually read about the delay on there facebook page. So I guess I can nothing until the 13th Jan now and hopefully get up and running from then on in. We have been promised some sort of compensation, so will forward to that if any...... But they have some good promo's lined up and hopefully should be able to kick on with the challenge.

I have been playing a little cash on the new software on another skin, and the play seems to have improved and the points actually mean something on the new site to. I just have to wait and see if I can retain my 45% rakeback deal. I really want to hammer the hands on this challenge, but everytime I gear myself up for it I find I lose the will to continue either due to the medication kicking in and not being able to concentrate well enough, or I find lots of other sites offering better promo's, and because there on the same site I can see its going to cause a bit of a problem later on. I have been looking at how to run 2 sites at once and I think it can be done via a virtual PC. But I need to speak to my cousin when I next go up north......

Bugger !!!!

Well it didnt take long before the new year decides to throw the challenge up in the air. I have just received an email saying they are now moving to a different network. At this time I dont know anything about my rakeback deal regards still being able to collect my 45%. All I know is they are moving over to Poker Network which is the same as BWin and Betfair poker. Its not that bad to be honest, and I guess the traffic is 3 times as much, with some good tournaments. I also guess the standard will be a bit better to. Once its all migrated over and new account set up I will of course update this thread. The only problem at the moment I think will effect me is the currency I play in. On the current network mine is € but I know they play in $ on the new one, so I need to decide what to do there.

The end of the year 2010

Ok so the year is over and its time to reflect on the year. Considering my illness and its cost me a fair amount of time with non playing I feel I have played very well when I have played.

Over the time I have had the tracker, which was April this year I did managed to play and log almost 43k hands over the time. Its shows an overall profit of €230.32. But since this time last year I have made an overall profit of €415.07. I am very chuffed with that amount. I never thought it was that much, but just goes to show what can be done if you put your mind to it.

My goal for 2011 is to make the €2000 figure, and based on the last 12 months and considering I was playing on the lower limits for most of the year it really should not be a problem.

Top are my screenshots of my Euro Poker account with the amount shown and the PT3 with my stats since I have had the tracker. The tracker has made a huge difference and its now a must for me because it tells me who are the muppets and saves me writing notes on everyone.
The next screenshot is the amounts played and the blind levels played since April.

Another Month goes by

Another month has been and gone, and still I have yet to break the €1500 barrier. It didnt help taking a week off to visit family up north, and me falling ill for the last 2 days of the month stopping me from playing.
Since the last update I infact only managed to play 3 days in total and played just 1290 hands. I show an overall profit since the last update of €1.38, but I can tell you I was up and down like a brides Nightie to end up at that figure.......
With the 29th October being a particular up and down day. Although I managed just 354 hands and at one point was showing a loss of almost €60 after just 83 hands when some muppet chased a gutshot 4 outer and caught it on the river with me holding a set and paying him off. But then got Lucky myself while Yes slightly tilted from that hand holding KK and 3 betting only for the raiser to shove all in who happen to have back 3 buy ins to his name and me calling it preflop and turning a king to his AA. That pot put me back in front but just 30 hands later while playing a total of 6 tables I then get outdrawn while holding AA and the other guy hitting the set of 7's to again drop me back to a loss of €30. I crawled some back but ended the day for a loss of €18.06 and I thought I played pretty well to claw some of the losses back.

But overall for October I made my biggest profit for the month since I started using the tracker which is now 7 months on with a total profit of €83.43. Mainly playing the 12/25c tables and the odd 25/50c tables. I did rake according to the tracker €104.65 but I dont know if its the same figure they have at Euro Super Poker for the 45% rakeback. I so wanted to play the last 2 days to make sure but like mentioned I was just not well enough to do so.

I still love doing this challenge and I still have 2 months to try and break the €2k barrier although it looks like not being done. But I dont think anyone would begrudge me knowing what I have been through this year. But I will crack on and hopefully play more than the 16 days I managed to play in October and try and make an overall profit for Novemeber somewhere near the €150 mark.

I will update in 2 weeks time, and thanks for reading.