Well, I played live again on Wednesday night (26th July), lots of runners this time so a re-buy rather than a freeze out, and just as well as far as I am concerned.
First hand I get dealt QQ in late position, rasied from 50 to 600 and get called by the dealer.
Flop is ten high and I push all in, and the dealer shows pocket aces, not the best of starts.
After a re-buy I was pretty much card dead and struggled to pinch a blind or two, won a couple of hand just before the re-buy period ended and after the top up I was on about average stack of around 6k. Pushed with KQ on a Q high flop in an unraised pot, and walked into AQ and that was that, ah well, there's always next week.
Luck has pretty much deserted me online too, won entry into the $5k Gtd on Betfair via a satellite and was going well in the last 50 or so when this happened
------HAND 5------
Game #2070995593: Hold'em NL (150/300) - 2006/07/31 - 02:20:46 (GMT)
Table "$5K SUNDAY GTD 3116800 - 5" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Poker_vic (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Weih30101 (6490 in chips)
Seat 3: spwing (8550 in chips)
Seat 4: Box_fresh (1340 in chips)
Seat 5: QuantumXG (1890 in chips)
Seat 6: danick (13240 in chips)
Seat 7: Fatmole (3320 in chips)
Seat 9: holker (4955 in chips)
Seat 10: Lewis147 (6215 in chips)
spwing: posts small blind 150
Box_fresh: posts big blind 300
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to holker [Qc Ah]
QuantumXG: folds
danick: calls 300
Fatmole: folds
holker: raises to 900
Lewis147: folds
Poker_vic: folds
Weih30101: calls 900
spwing: folds
Box_fresh: folds
danick: folds
----- FLOP ----- [2d Qs 8s]
holker: bets 900
Weih30101: raises to 5590 and is all-in
holker: is all-in 3155
Returned uncalled bets 1,535 to Weih30101
----- TURN ----- [2d Qs 8s][9d]
----- RIVER ----- [2d Qs 8s 9d][As]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Weih30101: shows [9s 9h] (Three of a kind, Nines, Ace high)
holker: shows [Qc Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Queens, Nine high)
Weih30101 collects 10660 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 10660 Main pot 10660 Rake 0
Board [2d Qs 8s 9d As]
Seat 1: Poker_vic folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Weih30101 (button) showed [9s 9h] and won (10660) with Three of a kind, Nines, Ace high
Seat 3: spwing (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Box_fresh (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: QuantumXG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: danick folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Fatmole folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: holker showed [Qc Ah] and lost
It doesn't stop there either, trying to qualify for the $5k Gtd on Betfair again I had pocket nines undone by a King on the river after someone called my pre-flop all in with KQo and then my nut flush against two pair, made his full house on the river.
Ah well, bad luck doesn't last forever, and when it changes I must be due a decent run of good fortune :)
Monday, July 31, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Not much luck
well, seeing as I got lambasted for the lack of updates, I decided I better update again.
Not too much to report really, played a bit more online, this week with no notable success.
I have been playing a little on Virgin recently, I find the standard of play on there pretty poor at the $5 $10 $20 level, so its just a matter of ABC poker and wait for a monster as there is always someone to pay you off.
Still pursuing another win in Betfairs 01:00 am $5k Gtd, have gone out just shy of a payday a few times this week, but overall I think my play is prety good, confidence is high and a good win is, Im sure, just around the corner.
I will probably play live again tomorrow night at the casino here in Gib, will be my last chance for a while as work commitments will prevent me from playing for a couple of weeks after this.
Hopefully numbers will be low and we will play a £50 freeze out like last week, as opposed to the usual £20 re-buy. The format for the freeze out is miles better imo, I've almost a mind not to play if its a re-buy, but once you get there its hard to walk out without playing.
Well if you'll excuse the short posting, thats all for now.
See you next time
Not too much to report really, played a bit more online, this week with no notable success.
I have been playing a little on Virgin recently, I find the standard of play on there pretty poor at the $5 $10 $20 level, so its just a matter of ABC poker and wait for a monster as there is always someone to pay you off.
Still pursuing another win in Betfairs 01:00 am $5k Gtd, have gone out just shy of a payday a few times this week, but overall I think my play is prety good, confidence is high and a good win is, Im sure, just around the corner.
I will probably play live again tomorrow night at the casino here in Gib, will be my last chance for a while as work commitments will prevent me from playing for a couple of weeks after this.
Hopefully numbers will be low and we will play a £50 freeze out like last week, as opposed to the usual £20 re-buy. The format for the freeze out is miles better imo, I've almost a mind not to play if its a re-buy, but once you get there its hard to walk out without playing.
Well if you'll excuse the short posting, thats all for now.
See you next time
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Playing Live
Apologies for the lack of updates, I never realised I had so many readers !
Thanks for taking the time to look and I'll try to keep up to date in future.
Haven't played too much online since the win in the $5k, but did manage another money finish at Gib casino on wednesday 19/7/06, finishing second of 19 in a £50 freeze out tournament for £216.
The usual format for the weekly games at the casino is £20 rebuy with 1500 chips, this time, because of lack of players we had a £50 freezeout with 5000 starting chips, a much better format imo.
In fact I was unfortunate not to win, All in pre-flop with AJo v A6o Jack of Diamonds on the flop looked good until 3 more diamonds in quick succession gave my opponent a flush.
Details are at http://www.lalineapoker.com/19_07_2006.html if anyone is interested, including video footage of the last hand as it played out (all very high-tech from a mobile phone)
Thanks for taking the time to look and I'll try to keep up to date in future.
Haven't played too much online since the win in the $5k, but did manage another money finish at Gib casino on wednesday 19/7/06, finishing second of 19 in a £50 freeze out tournament for £216.
The usual format for the weekly games at the casino is £20 rebuy with 1500 chips, this time, because of lack of players we had a £50 freezeout with 5000 starting chips, a much better format imo.
In fact I was unfortunate not to win, All in pre-flop with AJo v A6o Jack of Diamonds on the flop looked good until 3 more diamonds in quick succession gave my opponent a flush.
Details are at http://www.lalineapoker.com/19_07_2006.html if anyone is interested, including video footage of the last hand as it played out (all very high-tech from a mobile phone)
Thursday, June 29, 2006
A Big Win !
I have to blog my biggest win to date, $1500 for winning the in the $5k starting at 01:00 on Betfair this morning.
Thats one of my targets for 2006 knocked off, and gives my total profit to date this year a very healthy boost.
Just to make the win a little sweeter (as if it needed sweetening), I won entry for only $3.50 via a sattelite at the second attempt after bubbling for a small cash prize at the first attempt.
I had Poker Queen for company for most of the later stages, which was very entertaining to say the least. The banter was good throughout, and I was handily placed from a long way out.
Pocket Aces held up for me as chip-leader against the second placed player to leave me with over half the chips in play with 6 left in.
I had about a ten to one chip lead heads-up and finally won with pocket 33 making a full house against the unlucky Jampe2906 with another 3 and a pair of jacks on the board.
I haven't been playing much poker recently (the weather here has been to good to waste indoors), but this has really rekindled the flame so expect to see me on a final table near you soon
All the best
Thats one of my targets for 2006 knocked off, and gives my total profit to date this year a very healthy boost.
Just to make the win a little sweeter (as if it needed sweetening), I won entry for only $3.50 via a sattelite at the second attempt after bubbling for a small cash prize at the first attempt.
I had Poker Queen for company for most of the later stages, which was very entertaining to say the least. The banter was good throughout, and I was handily placed from a long way out.
Pocket Aces held up for me as chip-leader against the second placed player to leave me with over half the chips in play with 6 left in.
I had about a ten to one chip lead heads-up and finally won with pocket 33 making a full house against the unlucky Jampe2906 with another 3 and a pair of jacks on the board.
I haven't been playing much poker recently (the weather here has been to good to waste indoors), but this has really rekindled the flame so expect to see me on a final table near you soon
All the best
Friday, June 23, 2006
A couple of hand histories
I dont like to post too many hand histories on my blog, as I know they are boring and I always skim past them when reading other blogs (apologies to all concerned), but these two hands came up in quick sucession and just show the highs and lows of online poker.
The first hand came just as France had a shot saved on the line in their World Cup match with Togo, I jumped up to see the replay and timed out just as I sat back down to play, and of course I hit everything on the board
Game #2783976704: Hold'em NL (10/20) - 2006/06/23 - 20:39:24 (GMT)
Table "$5K FRIDAY GTD 2852225 - 2" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 1: Foxy15 (1220 in chips)
Seat 2: Luscos (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: Amos2003 (970 in chips)
Seat 4: holker (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: OldPunkie (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: Reddog23 (4750 in chips)
Seat 8: Tokimano (1370 in chips)
Seat 9: jontickle (1710 in chips)
Seat 10: Breda1 (2050 in chips)
Breda1: posts small blind 10
Foxy15: posts big blind 20
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to holker [Jh Kh]
Luscos: raises to 80
Amos2003: folds
holker: folds
holker sits out - because he was watching the football
holker sits back
OldPunkie: folds
Reddog23: folds
Tokimano: folds
jontickle: folds
Breda1: calls 70
Foxy15: calls 60
----- FLOP ----- [Js Ks 8d] giving me two pair
Breda1: bets 40
Foxy15: folds
Luscos: raises to 120
Breda1: calls 80
----- TURN ----- [Js Ks 8d][Kd] making my Full House
Breda1: bets 60
Luscos: raises to 120
Breda1: calls 60
----- RIVER ----- [Js Ks 8d Kd][3d]
Breda1: bets 200
Luscos: calls 200
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Breda1: shows [As Td] (A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
Luscos: shows [Qc Qs] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high)
Luscos collects 1120 from Main pot
The next hand was full of ups and downs, I was dealt pocket aces, which is always nice, and the raiser in front of me has been playing like a maniac, so I reraise and we both end up all in pre-flop. He shows K8o and I couldn't be happier.............
Game #2784023534: Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2006/06/23 - 20:42:33 (GMT)
Table "$5K FRIDAY GTD 2852225 - 2" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Foxy15 (1125 in chips)
Seat 2: Luscos (2045 in chips)
Seat 4: holker (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: OldPunkie (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: Reddog23 (5780 in chips)
Seat 8: Tokimano (1370 in chips)
Seat 9: jontickle (1710 in chips)
Seat 10: Breda1 (1530 in chips)
holker: posts big blind 30
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to holker [Ad Ah] very nice !
OldPunkie: folds
Peaceman sits back
Qwertyl sits back
Reddog23: raises to 180 - which is just what I wanted to see
Tokimano: folds
jontickle: folds
Breda1: folds
Foxy15: folds
Luscos: folds
holker: raises to 450 against the "raise every hand maniac" who is Reddog23
Reddog23: raises to 5780 and is all-in - which again, is just what I wanted
holker: is all-in 1020
Reddog23: shows [8s Kh] lovely I think
holker: shows [Ad Ah]
----- FLOP ----- [8c 2c Kd] Oh No ! hes only gone and flopped two pair - jammy git
----- TURN ----- [8c 2c Kd][2h] by now I'm not looking at the cards - too busy swearing
----- RIVER ----- [8c 2c Kd 2h][Qd] oh wait, the board has paired
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Reddog23: shows [8s Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Eights, Queen high)
holker: shows [Ad Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Twos, King high)
holker collects 2940 from Main pot lovely jubbly
The first hand came just as France had a shot saved on the line in their World Cup match with Togo, I jumped up to see the replay and timed out just as I sat back down to play, and of course I hit everything on the board
Game #2783976704: Hold'em NL (10/20) - 2006/06/23 - 20:39:24 (GMT)
Table "$5K FRIDAY GTD 2852225 - 2" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 1: Foxy15 (1220 in chips)
Seat 2: Luscos (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: Amos2003 (970 in chips)
Seat 4: holker (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: OldPunkie (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: Reddog23 (4750 in chips)
Seat 8: Tokimano (1370 in chips)
Seat 9: jontickle (1710 in chips)
Seat 10: Breda1 (2050 in chips)
Breda1: posts small blind 10
Foxy15: posts big blind 20
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to holker [Jh Kh]
Luscos: raises to 80
Amos2003: folds
holker: folds
holker sits out - because he was watching the football
holker sits back
OldPunkie: folds
Reddog23: folds
Tokimano: folds
jontickle: folds
Breda1: calls 70
Foxy15: calls 60
----- FLOP ----- [Js Ks 8d] giving me two pair
Breda1: bets 40
Foxy15: folds
Luscos: raises to 120
Breda1: calls 80
----- TURN ----- [Js Ks 8d][Kd] making my Full House
Breda1: bets 60
Luscos: raises to 120
Breda1: calls 60
----- RIVER ----- [Js Ks 8d Kd][3d]
Breda1: bets 200
Luscos: calls 200
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Breda1: shows [As Td] (A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
Luscos: shows [Qc Qs] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high)
Luscos collects 1120 from Main pot
The next hand was full of ups and downs, I was dealt pocket aces, which is always nice, and the raiser in front of me has been playing like a maniac, so I reraise and we both end up all in pre-flop. He shows K8o and I couldn't be happier.............
Game #2784023534: Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2006/06/23 - 20:42:33 (GMT)
Table "$5K FRIDAY GTD 2852225 - 2" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Foxy15 (1125 in chips)
Seat 2: Luscos (2045 in chips)
Seat 4: holker (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: OldPunkie (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: Reddog23 (5780 in chips)
Seat 8: Tokimano (1370 in chips)
Seat 9: jontickle (1710 in chips)
Seat 10: Breda1 (1530 in chips)
holker: posts big blind 30
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to holker [Ad Ah] very nice !
OldPunkie: folds
Peaceman sits back
Qwertyl sits back
Reddog23: raises to 180 - which is just what I wanted to see
Tokimano: folds
jontickle: folds
Breda1: folds
Foxy15: folds
Luscos: folds
holker: raises to 450 against the "raise every hand maniac" who is Reddog23
Reddog23: raises to 5780 and is all-in - which again, is just what I wanted
holker: is all-in 1020
Reddog23: shows [8s Kh] lovely I think
holker: shows [Ad Ah]
----- FLOP ----- [8c 2c Kd] Oh No ! hes only gone and flopped two pair - jammy git
----- TURN ----- [8c 2c Kd][2h] by now I'm not looking at the cards - too busy swearing
----- RIVER ----- [8c 2c Kd 2h][Qd] oh wait, the board has paired
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Reddog23: shows [8s Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Eights, Queen high)
holker: shows [Ad Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Twos, King high)
holker collects 2940 from Main pot lovely jubbly
Monday, June 12, 2006
The World Cup
Well, the world cup has finally started, and my plan to watch every match live has been assisted by work installing a large plasma tv in the office.
Work commitments and the world cup have curtailed my poker for the last week or so, which is just as well as I have been losing steadily on the low stakes cash tables.
I wish I was able to take advantage of some of the offers on Mansion, with free world cup tickets, $40 for being dealt pocket 66 and this http://www.mansionpoker.com/suprestars/ the chance to play Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu et al for a million dollars with tuition and advice from the pros.
This blog is turning into a bit of an advert for Mansion recently, but I cant emphasise enough the value available on the Mansion site at the minute, while player numbers are low, and bonuses and added value are everywhere.
My family fly out to Gibraltar to join me a three weeks time, so things will get back to more like normal then, and we can all settle down to enjoy the summer sunshine.
Work commitments and the world cup have curtailed my poker for the last week or so, which is just as well as I have been losing steadily on the low stakes cash tables.
I wish I was able to take advantage of some of the offers on Mansion, with free world cup tickets, $40 for being dealt pocket 66 and this http://www.mansionpoker.com/suprestars/ the chance to play Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu et al for a million dollars with tuition and advice from the pros.
This blog is turning into a bit of an advert for Mansion recently, but I cant emphasise enough the value available on the Mansion site at the minute, while player numbers are low, and bonuses and added value are everywhere.
My family fly out to Gibraltar to join me a three weeks time, so things will get back to more like normal then, and we can all settle down to enjoy the summer sunshine.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Pokerstars online poker blogger tournament
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.
Registration code: 7575606
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Getting back to normal
Things are getting a bit nearer to normal now, I have broadband (or what passes for broadband in Gib) in the flat and I have been playing a bit more online.
I had my first losing week for a while last week, mainly due to playing on Betfairs low stakes cash tables. I cant seem to win on the cash tables no matter what I try, I either get outdrawn or Im up against a monster, I guess a lot is just down to bad luck, but its hard to go into a cash game with any confidence when things are running so bad.
Not much luck playing live either, I played in the weekly £20 rebuy tournament in Gib Casino on Thursday, lasting only 2 hands past the rebuy period before my pocket Queens ran into pocket rockets.
Still its a good night out, plenty of craic and some good company, even if it is over a little sooner than I would have liked.
I had the unexpected priviledge of playing against JPJ, Dubai Millenium and Fishpoo in a $10 STT on Betfair this morning, unfortunately my luck ran true to form and I busted out with top pair versus slow played pocket aces before I could claim a famous scalp to brag about in the flashmob game, maybe we can persuade the illustrious trio to join us in the fllashmob one week soon.
Flying back to England tomorrow for what will be the last time for a while, my wife and youngest daughter will be coming out to Giraltar on 2nd July, and then things will really get back to normal, except with a bit more sunshine.
Thanks to anyone taking the trouble to read this, and good luck.
I had my first losing week for a while last week, mainly due to playing on Betfairs low stakes cash tables. I cant seem to win on the cash tables no matter what I try, I either get outdrawn or Im up against a monster, I guess a lot is just down to bad luck, but its hard to go into a cash game with any confidence when things are running so bad.
Not much luck playing live either, I played in the weekly £20 rebuy tournament in Gib Casino on Thursday, lasting only 2 hands past the rebuy period before my pocket Queens ran into pocket rockets.
Still its a good night out, plenty of craic and some good company, even if it is over a little sooner than I would have liked.
I had the unexpected priviledge of playing against JPJ, Dubai Millenium and Fishpoo in a $10 STT on Betfair this morning, unfortunately my luck ran true to form and I busted out with top pair versus slow played pocket aces before I could claim a famous scalp to brag about in the flashmob game, maybe we can persuade the illustrious trio to join us in the fllashmob one week soon.
Flying back to England tomorrow for what will be the last time for a while, my wife and youngest daughter will be coming out to Giraltar on 2nd July, and then things will really get back to normal, except with a bit more sunshine.
Thanks to anyone taking the trouble to read this, and good luck.
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