Trying to keep myself busy at the moment so playing a fair bit of Poker (for me), at least a couple of hours a day. Started the month really well, but the deck has hit me in the face of late as I thought it soon would. Recovered some playing PLO yesterday and a little bit of 5 card stud! Currently up £170 this month, and strangely enough a fair chunk has come from PLO.
This leads me to my dilemma though of which event to play at the WSOP. Looking at the schedule, there are three events that stand out. May 31st $1,500 NLH, June 5th $1,500 NLH (Six Handed) or June 10th $1,500 PLO. The Holdem fields will obviously be huge as usual, so I may opt for the PLO but will need to put some hours into it.
Thursday 27 December 2007
Friday 21 December 2007
Settling needed
Despite being really happy about the redundancy, there are still parts of my life that are up in the air a bit, which does weigh down on me sometimes. It's not going to be until the new year that I can move on; if that's what I need to do. Going to be a tough start to the year.
Poker went well again last night except when I busted out of $6,000 freezeout like this:
on the button A7, one limper from early so i just call and so does the sb, bb checks. flop A74 rainbow. checked to me i bet 3/4 of the pot. sb calls others fold. Turn 5 puts a flush draw out so i bet pot. sb flat calls me again. river Q no flush. Him having AQ did flash through my head at this point but I thought he would have raised with it pre-flop. I bet 3/4 of the pot, which now has 70% of my stack in it and he flat calls, turning over AQ. Bugger!!! Maybe i should have shoved on the turn but I think the fish would have called anyways.
Cash tables were good to me though and i was £25 up, after earning back the £15 for my tournie buy-in
now have £83 in the account
Poker went well again last night except when I busted out of $6,000 freezeout like this:
on the button A7, one limper from early so i just call and so does the sb, bb checks. flop A74 rainbow. checked to me i bet 3/4 of the pot. sb calls others fold. Turn 5 puts a flush draw out so i bet pot. sb flat calls me again. river Q no flush. Him having AQ did flash through my head at this point but I thought he would have raised with it pre-flop. I bet 3/4 of the pot, which now has 70% of my stack in it and he flat calls, turning over AQ. Bugger!!! Maybe i should have shoved on the turn but I think the fish would have called anyways.
Cash tables were good to me though and i was £25 up, after earning back the £15 for my tournie buy-in
now have £83 in the account
Thursday 20 December 2007
Roll on the New Year
I really don't like Christmas and I'll be glad when 2008 is here, although I am looking forward to Xmas Eve.
Not played much poker, don't have time, but once the new year is here I'll start putting more hours into it. Played for about an hour yesterday and was up £17 and thats about it. I currently have £57 in my CD poker account, after I cashed out £100 a couple of weeks ago. I play at $0.10 and $0.25 blinds but think Im going to move up a level to try spin my roll into a decent figure.
Not played much poker, don't have time, but once the new year is here I'll start putting more hours into it. Played for about an hour yesterday and was up £17 and thats about it. I currently have £57 in my CD poker account, after I cashed out £100 a couple of weeks ago. I play at $0.10 and $0.25 blinds but think Im going to move up a level to try spin my roll into a decent figure.
Thursday 13 December 2007
54 Working days
I know its sad but i can't help but count down the days until i leave TPS. Especially after Phil sent me my 'Donut of Doom'. I know down to the second how long I have left!
Been thinking about what my POA is going to be upon leaving but I'm still undecided yet. I think I'll have a little holiday to start with. There is word amoung the Badgers of a trip to Prague, so that would be ideal. If I do go traveling then I will be starting with Vegas in June, then make my way to New Zealand and Australia afterwards. Vegas is a definate, but I'm still unsure about the rest.
I've only played about 2 hours of poker in the last week because of the festive season, but should be able to squeeze some in at the weekend. Been a good month so far and I'm up around £200 including the live cash game at Steve's. Getting my money from CD poker has been a task though, as it took them 7 working days to give me my money back. Bloody joke. VC are on the same shell and it takes 3 working days. I'll be on the move again once I get my deposit bonus anyway. Might try my luck on Stars for a change, but I really dont like their software. Meh
Been thinking about what my POA is going to be upon leaving but I'm still undecided yet. I think I'll have a little holiday to start with. There is word amoung the Badgers of a trip to Prague, so that would be ideal. If I do go traveling then I will be starting with Vegas in June, then make my way to New Zealand and Australia afterwards. Vegas is a definate, but I'm still unsure about the rest.
I've only played about 2 hours of poker in the last week because of the festive season, but should be able to squeeze some in at the weekend. Been a good month so far and I'm up around £200 including the live cash game at Steve's. Getting my money from CD poker has been a task though, as it took them 7 working days to give me my money back. Bloody joke. VC are on the same shell and it takes 3 working days. I'll be on the move again once I get my deposit bonus anyway. Might try my luck on Stars for a change, but I really dont like their software. Meh
Thursday 6 December 2007
Happy Matt
So yesterday I was given confirmation that I am being made redundant, yay!!!!! So I WILL be going to Vegas next year for the WSOP! I cant wait and I wish it was tomorrow. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted and I can now start making plans for next year, which will be a completely new start for me in every aspect of my life.
29th of Feb is my last day, and I'll probably take a couple of weeks off to chill out. Then I'll probably do some temp work for a month or so just to keep the funds ticking over....unless Poker is going really well and I dont have to bother lol. I wish. Then maybe a bit of traveling ending in Vegas in June.
Played a couple of hours last night and was down about £20, which took me back down to earth after my tournament result the other day. I played a bit rubbish to be honest, and pushed a couple of times when I really shouldn't have. Gamblers itch I call it.
Going to watch a band called 'Purple Monkey' tonight at the Propagaybar. I saw them a couple of years ago and they were really tight so should be good. Will get some Poker in beforehand methinks!
Anyway, back to 'work' I guess. 59 working days and counting.......
29th of Feb is my last day, and I'll probably take a couple of weeks off to chill out. Then I'll probably do some temp work for a month or so just to keep the funds ticking over....unless Poker is going really well and I dont have to bother lol. I wish. Then maybe a bit of traveling ending in Vegas in June.
Played a couple of hours last night and was down about £20, which took me back down to earth after my tournament result the other day. I played a bit rubbish to be honest, and pushed a couple of times when I really shouldn't have. Gamblers itch I call it.
Going to watch a band called 'Purple Monkey' tonight at the Propagaybar. I saw them a couple of years ago and they were really tight so should be good. Will get some Poker in beforehand methinks!
Anyway, back to 'work' I guess. 59 working days and counting.......
Saturday 1 December 2007
Tournament Result!
Ok, so I'm due a bad run of cards but it didn't come last night. Played one $7 tournament and came third for $246.40. I just ran out of luck at the wrong time and ended up all-in with an over card and flush draw on the flop. Other guy had just Ace high but called my all-in and no spade came along to help me. Still really pleased with how I played and felt I deserved the result.
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