Oh well not much to report for online poker. I lost about $100 in the hotel at the weekend playing OH8 - got about $40 back by last night.
So a mate of mine (mentioned his cash games in the blog before) invited me to his Thursday night $1-3 game. I said I'd go on Tuesday then started immediately regretting it. It's way over my poker bankroll - I play like 25c NL at the moment and I feel better playing online. Also I play tight starting hands and one can sit for an hour without playing a hand. Still...thought I'd better go so practised OH8 and NLHE online last night and Tuesday night. I decided my aim for the session was just to get through the night with my original buy in.
So I get there and its the usual crowd - full table. Mixed group a few maniacs. So I play very tight the first 20 mins and have about $140 left (bought in $150). Then I pick up AA in the BB - everyone all 9 other players have limped in for $3. I raise it $20 - i must have been thinking it was $1-2 cos I wanted to make a pot sized raise. Anyway - everyone calls except the small blind! The only hand I have played in 20 mins! F@@K I think. I'm first to act on flop so decide before dealt that I am check probably folding unless an Ace comes. Anyway flop is K84 rainbow - I check one guy bets $50 everyone folds back to me (one guy accidentally exposed J6 off!)- I'm not worried about this opponent he is loose and probably just has the K. I reraise all in he calls with K3 - I hold up. That was a nice pot more than doubled up must have $350 but no time to count because next hand.......
AA on button - (i must have been small blind hand before this is all from memory) a guy in mid postion makes it $25a couple of callers - I decide not to fool around and at least get heads up so make it $100. 3!! callers. Actually the first caller made it $106 and is all in. Now I'm worried! Flop is 6c7cKd - I don't have Ac - 1st guy all in already 2nd guy checks 3rd goes all in for $250. I make a crying call, 2nd guy folds. 1st guy has 66 3rd has AK. Turn is an Ace!!
I cant remember the exact figures but over $1000 after this hand. I felt sorry for the guy with 66 but to limp then call $100 with it - come on!
I win another nice pot with 77 on a 789 board - saw the flop cheap bet $30 flop 2 callers $50 turn one caller river puts a flush out there and we check check - he had AK - just some overs!
Lost about $100 with AKs when I flat called $50 preflop and it was heads up. Opponent check all the way to river and it really looked like AK hi was good and he bet another $50 - I call but he had jacks.
My best call was with AJh - I'm big blind about 6 limpers. Flop is AK5 - I check - want to keep the pot small out of postion - everyone else checks. Turn is 3 putting 2 spades out there. One guy bets $50 all folded to me - I hesitate and call - I put him on either A3 or a spade draw. River is another 5 - I check he bets $250. I don't love my hand but it doesn't make sense. I don't think he puts me on the Ace so if he had trip 5s why so much. I think he puts me on a missed draw - so why on earth overbet the pot? I count out the chips as if to call and he looked kind of sick - didn't think it was acting so I called. He said good call he has nothing and mucked!
We played OH8 later on and I lost a bit but cashed out $1,340. This is my new live poker roll! I'll include the other $250 I took with me also
Closing roll $307 online Live $1,590
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Rough week
very up and down few days on line. Played a lot of turbos, heads up, OH8 cash games to clear $100 bonus which had to be done by today. I did it last night and finished with $400. $42 less than I had last week (Sunday) so bit of a waste of time. It was a rough week - lost like 8 10 player SNGS in a row at one point. Didn't really play that bad in them got some quite bad beats. One of them i've already doubled up and am chip leader still nearly full table - three hands in a row I get AA AA QQ and I'm gone! 1st one AA blinds 25-50 - i make it 175 UTG everyone folds. 2nd AA (next hand) - I have a bad feeling - I've had AA twice in a row before - several limpers - I'm BB - raise to 350 one of the limpers goes all in everyone else folds I call he has KK and hits a King. Down to about 2000 - next hand a few more limpers I have QQ and raise to about 350 again - one of the limpers goes all in - clearly I am beat but past caring - he has AA! That was that one over.
Then last night I enter two SNGS ($10+1) and we have a power cut lasting over an hour. That made me mad - I thought of suing the electric company for $22, will maybe deduct it from next bill!
Have the weekend off as my wife and I are taking a weekend vacation. It started off nice this morning with a game of golf (she had never played before) at a 9 hole par 3 course. She played good for first time. I played ok - one good hole was the longest where I got a nice drive to just off the green and then holed a huge pot so I got one 2. Apart from that pretty bad - one 11 at a par 3!
The hotel we are staying at is nice - got off to a bad start as there was nowhere to park and got into an altercation with the doorman - I asked for the manager and he told me to go and get her myself and I wanted to kill him! Settled down now - just waiting for our room to be ready. Have free internet in room but going to try not to play.
Closing roll $402.
Then last night I enter two SNGS ($10+1) and we have a power cut lasting over an hour. That made me mad - I thought of suing the electric company for $22, will maybe deduct it from next bill!
Have the weekend off as my wife and I are taking a weekend vacation. It started off nice this morning with a game of golf (she had never played before) at a 9 hole par 3 course. She played good for first time. I played ok - one good hole was the longest where I got a nice drive to just off the green and then holed a huge pot so I got one 2. Apart from that pretty bad - one 11 at a par 3!
The hotel we are staying at is nice - got off to a bad start as there was nowhere to park and got into an altercation with the doorman - I asked for the manager and he told me to go and get her myself and I wanted to kill him! Settled down now - just waiting for our room to be ready. Have free internet in room but going to try not to play.
Closing roll $402.
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