Today/Yesterday has got to be my worst days in poker thus far. Everything has gone to shit. I made a bad investement at the vic, made two horrendous calls at the vic which will give me nightmares for years to come and proceeded to lose $700 online when I got home.
The Vic I played bad in two pots, it cost me massively dropping £600 total. Online I ran bad. Lost every flip, every 70/30 30/70 and had regs horrendous spew being rewarded left right and center, this for example is one of the worst played hands i've seen from anyone in a long time
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4844146
the sickest thing is this guys a big winner at 100nl, I can only imagine that once he calls that turn he is calling any river right? i mean does he think he's ahead? these are the type of donks that really need punishing!
Anyway I havent slept for over 24 hours now, i'm cranky, fucked off and ready to jack the whole thing in, i sensed a downswing coming yesterday and this has really confirmed my fears, fuck poker imo get a job at tesco
ps i now have an hour session with my mentor with no money in my grandslam account this could be entertaining.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009
Butchering stacks, jobs and profits
Well...I turned down the job. After weighing up the pro's and con's I decided that it would be best for me to give this a shot for a year, so i've decided to re-evaluate things in August, see what direction my pokers heading in and go from there. I would expect to be rolled around $4-6k by this point, grinding $200-600nl and hopefully crushing.
I'm not saying this is where I will be, but its where I want to be. I'm not content with grinding the micros for five years, if it hasnt happened within a year then I dont think it ever will. So until then i'm going to watch as many videos, talk as much poker to friends and develop my game as much as possible. If I were to give myself a % of complete poker player at the moment it would be around 20 in a years time I want to be hitting the 50 mark.
I've been dropping money live lately, like £1k in 2 weeks, i've been butchering stacks at the cash table and have suffered from ill discipline in general, its my own fault. I need to start picking up some reads, I think this is where i'm weakest live. Although I will say is that i find the majority of live players justify making dubious calls based on tells, when really they just love to call and more often than not people just dont seem to have it. I get called at every point now, my image is terrible, so i'm going to have a month off and hit it again at Christmas.
Online has been pretty meh since my last post, lost a load on Sunday and have made a mini recovery today but am still slightly stuck for the weekend. I just tilted off 4 bi's to some total donkey regs on Grandslam. Honestly I would rate myself in the top 5 100nl regs on ipkr, i've seen very little from others that makes me worried about sitting at their table. New computer should be here fucking soon, i'm getting fed up waiting now, will ask Strummer for some more money tommorow as I believe I can 10-12 table extremely profitably when new comp arrives.
I'm not saying this is where I will be, but its where I want to be. I'm not content with grinding the micros for five years, if it hasnt happened within a year then I dont think it ever will. So until then i'm going to watch as many videos, talk as much poker to friends and develop my game as much as possible. If I were to give myself a % of complete poker player at the moment it would be around 20 in a years time I want to be hitting the 50 mark.
I've been dropping money live lately, like £1k in 2 weeks, i've been butchering stacks at the cash table and have suffered from ill discipline in general, its my own fault. I need to start picking up some reads, I think this is where i'm weakest live. Although I will say is that i find the majority of live players justify making dubious calls based on tells, when really they just love to call and more often than not people just dont seem to have it. I get called at every point now, my image is terrible, so i'm going to have a month off and hit it again at Christmas.
Online has been pretty meh since my last post, lost a load on Sunday and have made a mini recovery today but am still slightly stuck for the weekend. I just tilted off 4 bi's to some total donkey regs on Grandslam. Honestly I would rate myself in the top 5 100nl regs on ipkr, i've seen very little from others that makes me worried about sitting at their table. New computer should be here fucking soon, i'm getting fed up waiting now, will ask Strummer for some more money tommorow as I believe I can 10-12 table extremely profitably when new comp arrives.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Decisions, decisions...
Its been a while since my last update. I've been running super hot online, winning $3k in the last 2 weeks, I get my first (modest) pay check from badbeat this month, money that will promptly be moved to pay for my outstanding credit card debts.
It will be nice to get rid of my credit card (and overdraft) ASAP so I can start living off of my own back. The end of November is my expected date for this, but of course we shall see.
My new computer should be here within the next few days, its a MESH with 26" HD monitor which should allow me a super sick setup for me to grind my fat ass off.
The inevitable happened today. I recieved a call from G Casino in Luton about a job I had applied for some time ago. I've been offered an interview on Monday with the cardroom manager. This leaves me with a massive dilema. If i take the job it could leave me with little to no time to play and improve my game and limits online. I've really started to do well as of late and know that I can make a living from the game. On the other hand its a job...its stability and i'm sure I wouldnt hate working there. However it is 30 miles away...£10 in petrol a day to earn £50 after tax...when i'm sure I could earn more online. Working there would help me learn other games and pick up some live tells but would also rule me out of playing much live poker as it would mean I cant access G casino's accross England....all in all I really don't know what to do. Fuck
It will be nice to get rid of my credit card (and overdraft) ASAP so I can start living off of my own back. The end of November is my expected date for this, but of course we shall see.
My new computer should be here within the next few days, its a MESH with 26" HD monitor which should allow me a super sick setup for me to grind my fat ass off.
The inevitable happened today. I recieved a call from G Casino in Luton about a job I had applied for some time ago. I've been offered an interview on Monday with the cardroom manager. This leaves me with a massive dilema. If i take the job it could leave me with little to no time to play and improve my game and limits online. I've really started to do well as of late and know that I can make a living from the game. On the other hand its a job...its stability and i'm sure I wouldnt hate working there. However it is 30 miles away...£10 in petrol a day to earn £50 after tax...when i'm sure I could earn more online. Working there would help me learn other games and pick up some live tells but would also rule me out of playing much live poker as it would mean I cant access G casino's accross England....all in all I really don't know what to do. Fuck
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
One of the team..
Well its official, I am now a member of team Badbeat.
I got the news from Riggy on Monday it means that my Bankroll is now doubled allowing me to play 100nl regularly and 200nl when games are soft.
Its a relief for me after being holed $500 after the first week to prove what I can do and grind a $2k profit over the course of 6 weeks.
I think i'm experienced enough to hit 100nl hard and make decent profit although i'm sure it will have its challenging moments.
Its been one of the best poker weeks of my life tbh. Got my new computer now on route, have been running really good both live and online and have achieved my three month goal of becoming properly affiliated with badbeat.
I think my next challenge is to get into a routine once again. I dont think that laying in until 3pm is plus ev even with late finishes with the poker. I want to get exercising regularly and make sure I hammer home a squash bet i've placed with a friend of mine.
However i'm off to play the £50 deepo with Alex 2nite and am hoping for a repeat final table performance ala last week, if not cash games ftw..i'll be broke by tommorow
I got the news from Riggy on Monday it means that my Bankroll is now doubled allowing me to play 100nl regularly and 200nl when games are soft.
Its a relief for me after being holed $500 after the first week to prove what I can do and grind a $2k profit over the course of 6 weeks.
I think i'm experienced enough to hit 100nl hard and make decent profit although i'm sure it will have its challenging moments.
Its been one of the best poker weeks of my life tbh. Got my new computer now on route, have been running really good both live and online and have achieved my three month goal of becoming properly affiliated with badbeat.
I think my next challenge is to get into a routine once again. I dont think that laying in until 3pm is plus ev even with late finishes with the poker. I want to get exercising regularly and make sure I hammer home a squash bet i've placed with a friend of mine.
However i'm off to play the £50 deepo with Alex 2nite and am hoping for a repeat final table performance ala last week, if not cash games ftw..i'll be broke by tommorow
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Goooooood week
This week has been very good to me poker wise. I've won about $1k online and £1100 live in the last seven days. As a poker player its sometimes hard to disguish with your game improving and you simply running good for any particular week. I feel like ive folded alot more online, not getting into high variance spots and in general just believing the story my opponents are telling.
I'm beggining to find that online is all about quantity over quality at the lower stakes. You can auto pilot for 5 hours playing 6 tables and make more money than if you were honed into every decision, trying to outwit your opponents and engaging in 3 bet and 4 betting wars. My mentor Jeff sais that I overthink and overwork hands and I would tend to agree.
I played the £75 fo at Luton on Friday night, heading down there with my chief mentor and super sick player Alex Martin. I managed to get my AK in vs AQ fairly early doors to build a 10k stack going into the first break. I managed to play table bully for a while grinding my stack up to 18k ish. Then the following hand happened. I raise in late position to 1200 (blinds 200/400) with 55, btn who is sitting on 6000 chips ships in and SB who happens to be the craziest player at Luton, and a thoroughly nice bloke for that matter over calls. This leaves me with 4800 to call leaving me around 14k behind. Knowing that because of the sb's tendency to push any flop that connects him my implied odds were too great to fold. The flop came down beautifully for me, 5 2 9 r. Sb instantly ships in for 30k and i snap with my set of fives. Avi tables A9 off, practically leaving him dead and btn flips 88, blank blank on turn n river leave me scooping a near 40k pot. I managed to build on tht and go to the final table average in chips. However despite relentless stealing and grinding away at some weak players in the blinds eventually I ran my 1010 into someones K3o for a 70k pot, a King door card sealed my fate and I was left to settle for 4th.
I proceeded to spin the £400 for 4th up to £1200 playing cash on some of the weakest tables ive played at Luton.
I need to put some more hours in online and will hopefully put in a few k 2nite.
I've also decided a need a hobby
I'm beggining to find that online is all about quantity over quality at the lower stakes. You can auto pilot for 5 hours playing 6 tables and make more money than if you were honed into every decision, trying to outwit your opponents and engaging in 3 bet and 4 betting wars. My mentor Jeff sais that I overthink and overwork hands and I would tend to agree.
I played the £75 fo at Luton on Friday night, heading down there with my chief mentor and super sick player Alex Martin. I managed to get my AK in vs AQ fairly early doors to build a 10k stack going into the first break. I managed to play table bully for a while grinding my stack up to 18k ish. Then the following hand happened. I raise in late position to 1200 (blinds 200/400) with 55, btn who is sitting on 6000 chips ships in and SB who happens to be the craziest player at Luton, and a thoroughly nice bloke for that matter over calls. This leaves me with 4800 to call leaving me around 14k behind. Knowing that because of the sb's tendency to push any flop that connects him my implied odds were too great to fold. The flop came down beautifully for me, 5 2 9 r. Sb instantly ships in for 30k and i snap with my set of fives. Avi tables A9 off, practically leaving him dead and btn flips 88, blank blank on turn n river leave me scooping a near 40k pot. I managed to build on tht and go to the final table average in chips. However despite relentless stealing and grinding away at some weak players in the blinds eventually I ran my 1010 into someones K3o for a 70k pot, a King door card sealed my fate and I was left to settle for 4th.
I proceeded to spin the £400 for 4th up to £1200 playing cash on some of the weakest tables ive played at Luton.
I need to put some more hours in online and will hopefully put in a few k 2nite.
I've also decided a need a hobby
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Locked out
Well, my poty mouth has finally got me in trouble. A swingy session which left me going insane (literally) has led to a verbal exchange that has seen my account locked for "security reasons".
This french donk I would have been better off leaving alone tilted me ultra hard, consequenting in a regretable outbust from myself which led him to run to teacher. Although I cant recount exactly what I said, i'm sure due to the time I had been playing and they way it had been going, it was probably as hatefilled as possible for me to articulate (feel free to fill in the blanks)
Hopefully it will all be sorted out and I think ill avoid these outbursts in future, paticulaly against fish. I think ill speak for alot of people when I say that these things are often said in the heat of the moment, at your lowest points and when it feels like hell is closing in on you. I'd compare it to being at a football match, people vent anger, say the worst possible things to get to people, some times you have to man up and be able to shake it off. There are far too many pussies on this planet imo. Rant over.
Poker wise ive been splashing around this week, not playing at the right time or in the right frame of mind, maybe up like $100? but nowhere near my target set of making $1k last week. Its been a pretty bad week pokerwise tbh, bustoed the 50fo at luton getting my money in pretty decent w/1010 on a r flop of 2 4 7 vs some old timers AQo.. Q bink on river gg me. 20k aswell so would have left me with a fair wack at the money.
Worked a couple of days at the beloved Arsnenal. Now have my own box im working for so its quite kool getting to know all the rich millionaires and pretending to be their unequal. These people literally have more money than sense so if badbeat do see the light and be done with me and my foul mouthed I may be asking one of these fat cats for some rollage...ha!
This french donk I would have been better off leaving alone tilted me ultra hard, consequenting in a regretable outbust from myself which led him to run to teacher. Although I cant recount exactly what I said, i'm sure due to the time I had been playing and they way it had been going, it was probably as hatefilled as possible for me to articulate (feel free to fill in the blanks)
Hopefully it will all be sorted out and I think ill avoid these outbursts in future, paticulaly against fish. I think ill speak for alot of people when I say that these things are often said in the heat of the moment, at your lowest points and when it feels like hell is closing in on you. I'd compare it to being at a football match, people vent anger, say the worst possible things to get to people, some times you have to man up and be able to shake it off. There are far too many pussies on this planet imo. Rant over.
Poker wise ive been splashing around this week, not playing at the right time or in the right frame of mind, maybe up like $100? but nowhere near my target set of making $1k last week. Its been a pretty bad week pokerwise tbh, bustoed the 50fo at luton getting my money in pretty decent w/1010 on a r flop of 2 4 7 vs some old timers AQo.. Q bink on river gg me. 20k aswell so would have left me with a fair wack at the money.
Worked a couple of days at the beloved Arsnenal. Now have my own box im working for so its quite kool getting to know all the rich millionaires and pretending to be their unequal. These people literally have more money than sense so if badbeat do see the light and be done with me and my foul mouthed I may be asking one of these fat cats for some rollage...ha!
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Its been going pretty bad on the online poker front lately. Havent had a winning day for nearly a week now, and basically everything I do seems to go wrong.
I'm finding the limp callers at 50nl excruciatingly frustrating. They are slowly sucking the life out of me and at some points are making me stoop to their level. Lost about 8 bi's in the last few days, a downswing I was really hoping to avoid.
Its so frustrating when your not on your game, or things arent going your way. Some days it just seems like everyone is holding the nuts vs you, and then when Mr Tilt comes to visit all hell breaks loose on the ipkr network. I think I may have paid for some nice gifts for the 50nl grinders wives as of late, if any of them ever see daylight to find themselves a girlfriend.
Rant over, its not all bad, live seems to be going well. I'm going again tonight to get away from this bloody computer, hopefully ill take this Donkament down as I have been threatening to do so for a while now.
Played some poker on a pub machine with some friends the other day, was an awesome bit of kit. I managed to luck out a few times to give the impression that my chosen profession looked a fitting one, gg me. Managed to get a bluff/lie through a couple of my friends which is always nice ( :
I find that writing this relaxes me so will try and update as regularly as possible, got two horses in the £30 trip chance so we will see what comes of that....but as usual I will probably leave nursing empty pockets..
I'm finding the limp callers at 50nl excruciatingly frustrating. They are slowly sucking the life out of me and at some points are making me stoop to their level. Lost about 8 bi's in the last few days, a downswing I was really hoping to avoid.
Its so frustrating when your not on your game, or things arent going your way. Some days it just seems like everyone is holding the nuts vs you, and then when Mr Tilt comes to visit all hell breaks loose on the ipkr network. I think I may have paid for some nice gifts for the 50nl grinders wives as of late, if any of them ever see daylight to find themselves a girlfriend.
Rant over, its not all bad, live seems to be going well. I'm going again tonight to get away from this bloody computer, hopefully ill take this Donkament down as I have been threatening to do so for a while now.
Played some poker on a pub machine with some friends the other day, was an awesome bit of kit. I managed to luck out a few times to give the impression that my chosen profession looked a fitting one, gg me. Managed to get a bluff/lie through a couple of my friends which is always nice ( :
I find that writing this relaxes me so will try and update as regularly as possible, got two horses in the £30 trip chance so we will see what comes of that....but as usual I will probably leave nursing empty pockets..
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