Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Updating nothing

Title just about sums it up. Have played zero poker since last post. Just can't be arsed to grind. Haven't been to the gym either, so i'm probs just a lazy fecker..lol
Actually updated all the poker sites this arvie, and titan have given me $400 bonus to grind. I'm sure i'll do it!!!
Going to restart the gym this evening. fucking wayyy behind. Got just under 10 weeks until I do a half marathon...oops.
whilst I haven't been playing i have been following the WSOP updates on pokernews. Awesome series for the Brits, with several bracelets won. only surprise was that some of the younger players we have didn't get closer.

Been following a fair bit of summer sport and WTF has happened to Sussex? should of pissed a semi final spot in 2020 and fucked it completely.
Currently watching the tour de france everyday, about the best thing on afternoon tv...lol

Sunday, 13 June 2010

Running bad

Played a few games on tilt and I absolutely always run like shit on there. Can't win a race for shit and constantly getting coolered. Even the mugs are waking up with a hand.
played a few on Virgin and ran like shit on there in DoNs. Usual 3 outer bullshit.
have played a couple of sessions of cash and played as badly as I have ran. Typical thing of trying to force it too much. Urgh at internet pokers, I need some live poker.
Failing that, think i'll deposit on betfair again. don't think I can run any worse than I am...lol
Off to the New Forest next week for a 3 day break. Hopefully my back will be better.
Once back from there will be back into the gym and the training. Fucking need it. Think i'm pushing 16 stone at the mo!!!

Saturday, 12 June 2010

Getting flooded and AK

Heavy rain was forecast last night, and as usual I was wary. 4 years ago my house got flooded, was a fucking nightmare, especially as mrs was preggers at the time. Since then i'm always on alert. We nearly got flooded 3 years ago. I ended up bailing water out the garden to stop house flooding. The fucking water companies don't maintain the drainways, so they always back up in heavy rain.
Anyway, was raining but all was fine last night. About to go to bed and it was getting worse, then started flooding. Ended up spending 4 hours bailing bins and buckets of water out my garden, to stop the house flooding. Have fucked my back up a treat in the process and can barely move. Ended up sleeping nearly all day as up all night. Sleep pattern even more fucked than usual! Obvo had to take day off work, they sure were happy.
Played a few micro stakes on stars tonight. A mixture of 45, 90, 180 and mtts. Ran like shit. Or shall I say the donks ran golden. Ace rag couldn't fail 'em tonight.
Then there was Ace fucking King. I lost every single hand with this. Always outdrawn when I had it. Always held when they had it. Drove me fucking nuts, i'm going back to DoNs. At least they finish quick. Played a knockout tourney on stars. First and last time, even if I did cash. So fucking slow. Also redic with multi calls in any position, regardless of betting, just for a chance of a bounty.
Finished down a couple of buyins.

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Freeroll pain

So I played a few freerolls, on stars and tilt. Usual bullshit beat fests. On the balance stars is better, it offers more places on the payscale. I managed to cash in one for 14 euro cents. Came something like 220th outta 3400 runners. Played good too. Got a few beats when deep. The tilt ones are a joke. UK freeroll had 1400 runners and 27 pay. busted around 200th. Full of stupid players. Defo softer on tilt.
Played a couple of micro games on tilt, an 18 manner and a 90 mannner. Bubbled the 18 after guy rivered a straight. Had lost most when had A10s in the BB and SB slowrolled my all in reraise with AKs, the cunt.
Was always comfortable in 90 man until about 30 out when ran A10 into AK. Then got A8 beat by kq on the river. Hung on till money and busted 18th when A2s no match for A3
High flop but 3 on turn sorted it.
Not sure if i can play this freeroll and microshit too often. Beats are sick

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Signed up for the pain

Took the plunge and signed up for the New Forest Half Marathon in September. Only problem is i haven't been to the gym in weeks, and piled on half a stone in Vegas!!!
Gonna start with the training this week hopefully. Not looking forward to it as the last time I did any decent road running I did my ankle and couldn't run for 4 months

Been railing the WSOP online most nights, then again in the morning to see how they have gone. Cracking series for the Brits so far with 2 bracelets, for Praz Bansi and James Dempsey, and a 2nd n 3rd in the shoot out for Neil Channing and Stuart Rutter.
Hopefully we'll see a few more final tables and bracelets for the Brits.

Onto my own poker playing and basically have done sod all since getting back from Vegas. Just can't be bothered to play, especially when you sit there for hours to get beats at the business end. Only session has been one tiny rush cash session on tilt, where I doubled and ran!
Actually logged into all my sites last night to get the software updates, and see what bonuses i have been offered to return (none).
Have been thinking that I should maybe concentrate on some micro stake cash games. I usually do ok in them but find em boring, and am not usually far away from tilt shoving.

One of the posters on blonde is doing a freeroll challenge. where he will start off with zero and build a roll from freerolls to the point where he can buyin to tournies. I might try something similar, but just play the freerolls. I already have some roll online for micro games so dont need to start a roll. Be a challenge to try and get some from freerolls though.
They are such bad value nowadays i.e. you may find a $50 prizepool and 10k runners, paying out to top 1%!!!

Tuesday, 1 June 2010

Vegas Review

So, my flights had been rearranged for the 23rd May after being cancelled in April due to the volcano. Had to get to the airport a little earlier than usual as could not select seats on rearranged flights. Needed them together as travelling with the family including my 3 year old. Was a pain in the ass to start with. Was flying with Virgin and had to self check-in. The terminal kept booting me out half way through and the 'non-customer service' rep kept saying it could only be done through there. Eventually she relented and let us do it at the desk/bag drop.
stood there for another 15 minutes but eventually got 4 seats together. Flight over was pretty uneventful, bar a load of scousers drinking the free bar dry and being threatened with arrest when they refused to sit in seats and congregated by the doors.
This was the first time i've flown direct and terminal 2 at McCarron is sooo much quieter and quicker to get through. Had a result at immigration too when the guard saw I had a young child with me so let skip to front of queue!
Taxi driver took a long route to the excalibur so got a minimal tip. He then started on about why the tip was small so, with rest of family out of earshot, told him in a slightly nicer way that he was a scheming cunt for going a long way and to stop begging. Was on the cusp of asking for the minuscule tip back, for his cheek of asking, but told him to simply fuck off instead.
Check-in was quick and had adjacent rooms with walk-through door, as requested.
Room was basic and old. Bathroom only has a shower WTF? opened the adjoining doors to find two towers of beer cans/bottles inbetween the two doors. Could see the funny side of it, even if the cleaners are lazy fucks, and just put em in bin and left it in the corridor.
had a quickie dinner of Maccie Ds that first evening and an early night. Got the shopping at the outlet centres out the way the next day, for the mrs at least. I spent a few hours entertaining the little un on the rides etc and the disney shop whilst the mrs and mother in law shopped, then get told were leaving before I get a chance to buy anything!!!!
First night out go sight-seeing along the strip and go to sahara for some cheap roulette and blackjack. Mrs gets carded and so can't play. Shes nearly thirty but isn't carrying her passport around. so we play some slots for a couple of hours and finish up a bit. Comedy moment when after a few drinks she is hungry and wants a hotdog. For some drunken reason asks me what to order, with my blunt reply in a loud voice being ' a bloody hotdog'. Cue person at bar and barman thinking I want one too...lol
Did plenty of stuff for the littleun, visiting all the kids places. another com moment being visiting the adventuredome at circuscircus. Just about the only decent thing at the place. An attendant on one of the rides was the spit of MC from blondepoker. Was so tempted to surreptitiously film him and then post a 'MC broke in vegas and working at the adventuredome shocker'. I'm sure it woulda been taken in good heart.
Little un played plenty of games at the midway fair in the excalibur and won sooo many soft toys it was a wonder they all fit in the suitcase.
Like any 3 year old he loved the rain and thunder in the miracle mile and the monsoon and animals in the rainforest cafe. Not sure what the staff thought about him throwing burger at the cheater halfway up the wall that he was trying to feed!!!
The excalibur, and the strip in general was very busy the weekend we left. Not surprising as it was a holiday weekend.
Onto the poker and there wasn't much of it. This was expected as was a family holiday really. We had also agreed to take it in turns to stay in at night, so stayed in 2 nights to look after little un. Couldn't really play on the nights out either as neither the mrs or mother in law play poker. This left the daytime, when not doing the sightseeing shit. Ended up playing 6 tournies, 2 at the excalibur and 4at the luxor.
In short, these tournies have few runners, and are abso crapshoots. Also have standard vegas redic reg fees of 30%.
Played on 3 different days, 2 tournies a day.
The Luxor tournies were $33 buyins, they had 3k starting stacks and blinds as follows:
50/100 - 20 mins
100/200 - 20 mins
200/500 - 20 mins
500/1000 - 15 mins
1000/2000 - 15 mins
2000/4000 - 15 mins
4000/8000 - 15 mins

First tourney I made the final table, but was short and eventually busted about 6th, with 3 paying. 2 noticeable hands. JJ into 77 on a J high flop. Guy gutted a straight on the river. Exit hand 22 into 92, 9 on the flop.
Second tourney I got to double average quickly. Going ok when a shortish player all in. I called with AKs and so does oppo to my left. shortie had 1010 and leftie had 88. Flop was 998!!. Managed to check it down. Then getting short raised with 109s. got called ny leftie. I pushed the 9 high flop and he called with jacks. The guy was a rack. Had jacks or higher about 8 times in first two orbits. Was poor too. He overbet constantly when he had top pair. Usually on connected boards.
Third tourney I got to final but was never comfortable. K3s on the button no match for A9 on the bubble.
Fourth tourney I got up to double starting stack by making decent plays and c bets in good spots in first level. This was the only time you had chips to play any sort of poker, after that it was odds and situations for your stack. Though most players couldn't/didn't adjust. Made the final table then just picked spots to pick up chips. One player wanted an even chop with 6 left, 3 paying but got told no. I then took out two players, including him. One of em had limped with QQ on my big, leaving a couple of bigs behind. I had 75 and a 7 on the flop had me putting him all in. Obvo the 5 hit to give me a winning two pair. He appeared confused as to why i bet with 3rd pair, like I was folding after I had hit and he was soo short. Got 3 handed and I had almost half the chips. Lost about 7 hands in a row when a flop was seen to go short. Got some pushes through and once I knocked out the 3rd place woman me and oppo were even with chips and about 6bigs each so chopped the money. A little over $200 each.

The excalibur tournies were $40 buyins with 3k starting chips and blinds as follows:
50/100 - 15 mins
100/200 - 15 mins
200/400 - 15 mins
400/800 - 15 mins
800/1600 - 15 mins
1600/3200 - 15 mins
3200/6400 - 15 mins

An absolute crapshoot.

First tourney I double up first level when AK beats A10, all in on an A high flop!! Then just pick spots where i can. These crazy asian guy kept going allin pre. He got caught out but re bought and went on a heater to have a huge stack. The table was a pretty fun one, with one huge guy from Kentucky doing all the talking at first. He could play as well as he could talk though and crazy asian guy did for him. I was sat next to an aussie called Trent he seemed like a decent bloke. Was talking sports with him and MMA. He had come over for the fan expo and UFC 114. He was meant to be with a mate but his mate had pulled out 2 days before!
The tourney staff in this were a fucking joke, worst i've ever seen. The dealers were retirees who couldn't count, and would then refuse to admit they were wrong. Three guys were all in and she miscounted, calling a 500 chip a 1000 one and then getting the sidepots fucked up. Lukily the biggest stack won the hand so it didn't really matter.
Ends up 4 left and they still haven't put up the payouts. dealer asks if 3 or 4 pay. get told 3 pay and shortie gets knocked out and leaves. 10 mins later they put up that 4 pay out. Informed that 4th has already left and they say, no computer is wrong but we can't change and and say only 3 pay. They then have to recalculate the payouts. Obvo fucked up before. I busted 3rd for $115. Bust out was a beat when short but damage had been done when I got A5 to put asian guy in. Unfortunately aussie woke up with A7 and board ran low to give him the better 5th card kicker.
heads up between aussie and asian crazy lasted one hand. Asian guy had a small flush but aussie gutted a straight flush on the river.
Second tourney never saw a hand and busted mid tourney when my A9 could race v 55. Why the 55 player thought they were ahead when they called I do not know.

So that was it on the poker front. wanted to play much more but didn't have the time or freedom to do so. In all honesty i'll leave Vegas to going with mates in future. Whilst the tourist stuff is okay, it doesn't really need doing when you done it before. Only thing that's changed is that city centre is now completed. Looks pretty good and certainly fills the void. Now they need to get restarted on fontainblue and echelon place, as that end of the strip looks somewhat old and deserted.

Saturday, 22 May 2010

Vegas

Off to Vegas tomorrow for a week. Going with the family though, so will be doing plenty of the tourist stuff. Staying at the Excalibur. Wouldn't usually but perfect as my 3 year old will be with me.
Will try and get some poker in as aften as possible. Will defo be going to the UFC fan expo at Mandalay Bay.
Dollar rate a fucking shite $1.40 today. Glad I still had a fair bit from November. Will play poker tournies upto $100 buyin, whilst playing satellites into the bigger tournies. Will be in Vegas for the first couple of days of the WSOP so will try to get to the RIO and witness some of the madness!!!
Have plenty poker once since last post, That was the SCOOP main event Low a $109 buyin.
I obvo played it for free as I had a ticket from pokerstars for my excellent blogging...lol
Tourney went fucking awful. Me bring a tag nit should of cruised to the money with a 10k starting stack, but lasted 20 minutes!!!
Played 2 hands. reraised with AQs but completely missed the flop and had to fold when faced with abet and raise in front of me.
Exit hand I had 55 and saw a cheap flop. It was a rainbow with a 5, but my oppos gutshot got there by the river. Was pretty certain he had hit but was priced and wasn't grinding all night with a shortstack, not when I had work the next day.