Another Norfolk poker player

[antthecat]

ive noticed this will be the 150th post on my blog(not as many as some) and to me its a milestone, i cant believe people enjoy reading my blog. now poker, online had a bit of a downswing but recovered well(sorted leak spotted by a friend) and friday nights home game i took down, its been a while since i played so well i impressed myself and everyone was suprised when i won, they thought i was getting lucky, it was though i was working pot odds, outs and implied odds and they actually worked for a change and i admit i was hitting when i needed but i never felt like i was behind in a hand in which i was playing.

im off to dusk till dawn to cheer on wilby at the redtooth poker national tomorrow so i need an early night but one hour online cant hurt surely. if anyone will be there then please dont take all my money if i sit at a cash table as i need some for petrol to get back to kirby cane.

1 hour on blue sq coming up.

[antthecat]

wow, what a place dusk till dawn is, i met jmmy white and abi titmuss, got my picture done with them both, also got my picture with all the redtooth poker ladies who were very eye catching to say the least.

i did play a bit of cash game but done £100 due to a lucky norwegian making two pair on the river, never mind, i learnt a lot from playing so £100 well spent i guess(im sobbing really). wilby busted early so i got some merchandise and headed home, recouped some of my loss at the local pub so all in all not a bad day yesterday was.

[antthecat]

experienced the loosest online cash yesterday, it was a complete mess and i was playing terrible, done most of my profit that i was rolling up to pay for wcoap main event. i was only $15 before it was paid for but i will have to grind it out again. does anyone know of any tourneys on bsq that are soft(max buy in $5+50) as it will help boost bankroll.

[antthecat]

i dont know why i decided to play but i fancied a bit of poker this evening, the local venues were expensive but the grosvenor yarmouth was the cheapest with a £10 rebuy, i did decide to set a limit of £30 and see what happened, second hand and i found   qh and shoved, got called by  kc jh and he popped a jack, chips please, few hands later had  ac ks, shoved again and called by  kc qs, queen on the flop, chips please ect ect...... just could not win when im ahead, i was playing aggressive as it was a rebuy but i forgot my limit and done 4 rebuys and an add-on but i just knew it was not my night until a shoved with   jh and walked into  kd kh but a  :as: popped and i got some serious flack but i did get my chips in first and everyone aggreed and he just got unlucky. new players came to the table and i shoved with   and got insta called by the bb with   kd, ace on forth street and i was out. i could not gather a stack together to play properly, oh well, i should not played a higher buyin that i can afford but it would sting a bit. the next tourney is a £3 rebuy (more like it) on saturday afternoon. i have heard its a real shove fest so tight play is the order of the day. i used to get so angry when i had a bad beat but as a friend said(he said he made this line up but i have heard it in a film) "if you want sympathy you will find it between s*** and syphallis in the dictionary" and it really hit home, if you feel bad then bad things will happen so i have got a positive attitude and a good result will be happening very soon(i do hope so)

speak soon

[antthecat]

good things will happen my rear, i think ive caught a bug, god im wiped out. i feel terrible. oh well, an early night is in order. hope i feel better tomorrow as i want to play the rebuy tomorrow.

[antthecat]

i apologise that i have not posted about last weekend yet, just been busy, saturday saw me play a £3 rebuy, it was fast and very loose, got my tens beaten by 45o three times in a row. absolutley pointless showing up but was a bit of fun. sunday i played down the pub and recently i have not cared about the pub game but i really wanted to just final table and give myself a boost, i played my best poker and came second overall in the tourney, only did not come 1st because the blinds were so high had to shove during heads up without looking at my cards, if i looked i still would have shoved cos i has . a sng was starting down the pub so played that and cleaned up.

all in all a blooming good weekend, next installment of poker is on thursday evening but deciding what tourney is the best vaue. will let you know

[antthecat]

i decided to get some friends together and go up norwich, as you can tell im out and friends are still in, well what happened was there was a raise from me with :as: qs, a shove and a call, i squeeze play and shove for 12,000 total(blinds 200 400) and call, i was crushed by   kd and ac kc. whoops, just tried to get to 20k and blind out for a few hours until final table, that plan went belly up. oh well only in for £20 so no real biggy. tomorrow is the home game and we are having a problem with trying to squeeze people in, we only have enough space for ten at a squeeze so another table may have to be set up, where the table is going to be is the other question, also we are short of chips, the problem is that the host is so friendly she wants all the pub players to play but its a bit of a head scratcher which is not a problem but seating is the real issue. im resisting a cash game but have to keep in control, family reckon that im playing a bit too much, and i am. so im slowing down a bit and swatting up some more, im now off to play snooker to kill time.

will let you know how i get on.

[antthecat]

after the snooker i was still waiting for wilby so sat down at the cash table and won all my buy ins back and some more. it will never happen again(not!!!!!).

friday nights home game and there was only 7 runners(no worries about seating), i went off like a rocket, raising with 93 suited and kept calling raises and making a flush on the river did help me winning that pot, i took it down to the upset of wilby who did reckon he had an edge heads up, my rear end, as he was aggressive i used his aggression against him so when i hit top pair, top kicker i fast played knowing he would shove, he did and i snap called, he only had a gutshot straight draw and he missed. i was using this game to try things out and it was inconclusive as i could not miss so will have to try sunday.

today i have been asked to play a few tourneys but im not playing as i do need a break and my parents garden is getting overgrown. just the pub in the evening.

a quick question and please answer this, does anyone like lady gaga"s song poker face?  i find it so annoying but just wanted peoples opinion.

[antthecat]

wow, ive realised i have not been playing online for a while, it is cos i done my biscuit trying to chase dead money. i used to play a lot of omaha online and it was profitable and it was paying for my sng habit so at the end of the month i will be putting a bit of money on and grinding on the omaha.

i suppose i better get on with the gardening. pub poker on tonight.

[antthecat]

pub poker was its usual suck out and bad beat fiasco, i needed to bust early so no problem.  monday was a good day, saw my friend rich who was out of hospital for a couple of days, was so nice to see me olde mucker. i kept getting hassled by a few friends who wanted to play that evening so a few phone calls and located rileys snooker hall in norwich. it was a £5 two dips max freezeout sort of thingy. we joined as members (£7 each, thats a lot in my opinion) and played the tourney, well as everyone know i do like to blast my chips on the odd occassion and was out after 1 hour 32 minutes(a personal best if i dont go deep) but i was not bothered, the tourney has no real value as top prize was £60 and if your in for £10 then its a struggle to find purpose but it was a laugh. a few frames of snooker (£6 per hour was steep) and a cash game started, £10 max buyin and blinds 25/50p so had to get jiggy, after an hour had £20 in notes after people bought chips from me and £30 in chips but had to lend a tenner to a friend so up £50 minus expenses and when i get paid back the £20 off my friend(he played the tourney with a loan from me) so a profitable evening. its a real shame there is not many places in norfolk to play cash as i feel its one of my big strengths.

speak when i have another installment of low level poker to tell.

[antthecat]

friday night saw the local home game being set up, people calling me for lifts and struggling to fit 11 round a table. i came second for 30 squiddlies so not a bad performance but just could not knock a player out when i was miles ahead preflop. played terrible and donated 10k of my 45k stack just trying to connect with the flop against a aggressive pete but found some inspiration when i reshoved a couple of time with nothing and he quickly folded, phew as it would have been embarrassing to show   :: on both occassions, i just cant fold it, its a sickness.

im considering playing a £25 freezeout at the palace tomorrow but i just cant find form in tourneys at the moment, home game is a bit different and cash games are pretty profitable and still not playing online so cant talk about that one.

will keep everyone up to date on regression, sorry progression lol and now off for a meal with the dragon.

[antthecat]

a quick update, sundat was the £25 freezeout, could not get off the starting mark and was ko"d in 2 hours, the pub was also a waste of time but did win a huge pot with 72off, that pissed a lot of people off, got unlucky wit aq off(i did post i should not play this hand lol) when pocket deuces held up. that was the sunday in a nutshell.

monday was a bit of poker at rileys snooker club, donked off my chips with a10 in a unraised pot with a board of qd ac , opponent hit 2 pair and i did not improve, played a bit of snooker whilst waiting for friends to bust out(im really friendly) and decided to put a tenner in a jackpot machine just to pass 5 minutes, i managed to win £267 out of the machine so it was not a waste of time going but i wont be playing machines again, i did have a addiction with the local bookies roulette machine and lost a lot of money to it so i dont want to get into that habit again.

im toying with the idea of playing a £3 rebuy thursday but might not, ive talked about a 12 hour poker stint friday night, play the home game, bust out and play cash up norwich until 7am then go to work sat morning.

will keep you posted

[monkeyman]

Have you heard about the tourney on Jenningsbet next tuesday linked to the live tourney at Carrow Road on 4th May?

[antthecat]

i have not simon, can you pm any info u have please.

anyway on to poker, as im busy thursday night and friday night i decided to play up norwich(im now waiting for friends) and usual donk off, too many hero calls and bust early so im going to revise my tactics on nlhe tourneys, i wont play a cash game as i did not bring enough cash with me and my debit card is knackered, just could not gather a good run. i am toying with the idea of trying to setup a big tourney but its all just a dream at the moment, i want to run a £50 freezeout deepstack with a 10k stack but cant organise a piss up in a brewery at the moment. if i can get runners, a venue and some time to run it then i will give it a go. if anyone has any ideas then please let me know as i would love to have a 10k event in norfolk as i have not found one yet.

post again soon

[monkeyman]

Message sent. There should be a few of the Yarmouth season 2 posse there.