Another Norfolk poker player

[antthecat]

im down the pub as we speak and really just could not get anything together, ive scraped into the playoff league and just made stupid shoves, both in tourney and in sng. i am not playing anything during the week as im off with friends to play at the vic on saturday, does anyone know what tourneys are running on saturday the 11th(i think its the date) and might have a dip at a cash game.

speak soon

[antthecat]

i apologise for the fact i have not posted for a little while, monday i played(even though i said i would not) a tournament, 14 runners and £5 two dip semi freezeout, after i lost my first stack(a misread, i read his preflop raise for ace king and i paired my jack on the flop, shove, call, he shows ace jack, my jack ten suited was in trouble) i got in my groove, managed to get all my chips in preflop with aces (they did hold up for once) and made the final table as chip leader, was card dead and bluffing into the nuts every time, made a shove with a suited ace and got called by pocket tens, two aces on the flop saw me get abuse but a miracle ten on the river and i just said best hand won, nice playing against you, under my breath i was swearing blue murder but there we go.

friday night saw me made a outrageous bluff and it was not a poker hand, my girlfriend asked me to see her but i wanted to play my friends home game, i told her that i had a awful day at work and i was in a terrible mood. she said that dont bother coming round and biting her head off. funny thing was i was in a cheerful happy mood. the poker game was awful but i did make my tenner back.

yesterday lingy, wilby and myself went on a road trip to the victoria casino. as i have been there before for the razz event i knew what to expect but both lads eyes popped out and jaws hit the floor when we walked through the casino gaming floor. we had a bite to eat (well done burger had no meat cos it was so burnt it was a lump of charcoal, a bit overcooked i thought but no complaints as i was starving) and we put our names down for a £1-£1 self deal cash, we all sat with £200. the other players sat down (varing between min buy in and max buyin) and we were off. after four hours of me betting into the nuts(jack high flop, i had kj he had jj for a set) i decided to call it quits with a loss of £150. wilby moved to another table, lingy lost but won at roulette so he was happy. whilst waiting for wilby lingy and myself decided to shoot craps, i lost a tenner and he lost the same but it was fun to throw dice as we never done it before. 3am and wilby called it quits and was quite a bit down(im not disclosing how much but me and lingy did take the piss a bit on the trip home) we left, wilby disheartened and ready to quit poker, lingy was whinging could we stop for something to eat or he would have to eat my dashboard and myself, well i was getting quite hysterical(i always find anything funny when im tired and lingy drooling at every kebab house i drove past was funny, we did stop at mcdonalds just to keep him quiet) but i had a good time even though i lost, im proud that i controlled myself not to lose any more money, i knew i was running bad and did play a few hands badly so was chuffed with my self control. we got back at 6.45 this morning and i fell asleep at 8am(childrens telly seemed quite frankly so f****d up no wonder there are so many kids are so out of control) and woke at 1pm. im playing at the pub tonight and as its a new season i hope i get a good start as i really want a glass trophy just so i can show im good at something(i do have a trophy for winning a snooker tourney and im still proud that i won it).

speak soon

[antthecat]

sunday night was a waste of time, bad plays on my and my opponents parts, not a good start to the new league, i played last night round lingy"s and it was a sng type game, £5 entry, fast blinds and winner take all. after four games i was £30 up so happy with that, then i shown lingy the original poker den on youtube, no chips just £50 notes flying around, both of us were wet at the mouth, worth looking for. i have started to play online again and making $1.50 an hour, slow but steady will eventually win the race but its better that losing.

speak soon

[antthecat]

sunday pub league was a result, came second so i am well in contention for winning a trophy. that is what i am after. i went and played tonight and was not bothered, played rubbish but had some genius moments. just a note to you readers if you are playing the wcoap event and yet not booked a room travelodge are offering rooms in the nottingham area for £19 per night family room. just thought id mention it.

[antthecat]

not much play live as been saving winnings for spending money for holiday to malta.  i have been playing a bit online and ive found my second love in omaha cash again. i used to grind the omaha games to pay for a sng habit and as im not a great tourney player i have drawn up a plan, just grind the omaha games and leave sng"s well alone.  dont get me wrong i can do well but tourneys just keep me scratching my head when i have to shove with crap cos i have less than 10bb and get called with a worse hand that usually wins. i have made (dont laugh as had a bit of a bad session today, kept getting outdrawn to four outers but that in a days work) £25 for the week. no poker at the pub so i might play the online league again, dependant on what i am doing in the evening(i am definatley not watching britain"s got no talent)

good luck to all

[antthecat]

played a tourney up norwich and done awful but stayed away from the fruit machines which was great, came home early and played a bit of omaha, i did see a tourney running so decided to have a dip and i played well, was overall chip leader till near the money bubble when i ran into the nuts twice (was playing aggressive at this point) but survived and finally cashed in a online tourney which is a achievement. not much in the way of winnings but a cash is still a cash and quite proud of myself for showing discipline(basically i did not throw my laptop outside when i lost 2/3 of my stack in 3 hands) and now im growing in confidence.

boosting confidence ready for august, i cant wait for it.

[antthecat]

more in the way of confidence boosting, i final tabled a £3 rebuy, 20 odd runners, slowish structure and a lot of chips flying(especially by me lol). i decided to just keep pumping and shoving with anything in the rebuy period, eventually got a half decent stack after the 8th rebuy, an add on was requested and break, after the break i was card dead but survived by blind raises when there was limpers(set up a tight image after the break) and doubleed up after a coin flip.

the final table did not improve in the way of cards but the action was tight so i stole the antes for a while and grew to a healthy stack, then 8th place was ko"d, the money bubble, usually the bubble is tight(so people say, this is all new to me lol) but it felt like the rebuy period again, 2 orbits of blinds and antes and i was getting short but could on get my chips in in good position as usually there was 2 limpers or raisers when i was on the button(it seemed fishy but i should have pushed then) and i finally got it all in utg with qj off and got called by pocket fours, missed all my draws and fours stood up, i was the bloody bubble boy. never mind as really enjoyed myself and played superb imo considering the superb card rush that i was missing.

tonight is the home game so on recent form i should take this one down (hopefully)

[antthecat]

friday nights home game was the usual, lost all my chips when i was ahead on the flop and got crushed by a rivered flush, so dealt the game for a bit and during this i got a text saying "fancy playing cash up norwich", the offer was too good to refuse so after midnight picked wilby up and went to norwich, wilby got straight in but i had to wait for an hour but i took the atm"s seat so supposedly there was no easy money, wilby was £400 up at this point so i was just praying for a double up (i sat with £40), one round of omaha saw me treble up when there was a 3 way all in and i had the worst hand on the flop, set vs two pairs vs my up and down straight draw, an ace on the turn gave me the straight and a healthy treble up, back to holdem and got paid for a nut flush and i was £130 up, that was enough at 5.15am and wilby followed suit £500 up. it was a good session, sundays pub game was awful but hey ho, you cant win them all.

[antthecat]

sorry i have not blogged for a while but just not playing often and when i have played its been poor results, spent £50 in rebuys in a £5 rebuy and just could not build a stack, just came from the pub and came nowhere. also had my laptop crash so will have to reload my bluesq and jennings poker clients so have not played online for a while. i have been putting my money on my motorbike cos i would like to get that back on the road and poss ride it to dtd for the wcoap.

as ive got the week off from the girlfriend(i love it when she works late shifts) i will be playing during the week so will keep you posted

good luck to all

[antthecat]

as the rain is stopping play at the moment(im working on a mitsubishi pajero, changing the rear main oil seal, a real headache job that i had to do at home outside in the muddy field, LOVELY) just thought i would bring u up to speed. i could not be arsed to play too much poker but i did play a bit of pool for my local pub, i won both my matches but we lost 7-3. i did play the friday night home game round my friends and came 1st. a result imo.

i am considering playing the league match tomorrow but financial situation is on the bleek side at the moment but i might make an apperance if this job gets done tomorrow and if it stops raining.

[antthecat]

i have now found form but i just hate pocket aces, in the home game i got all my chips in with them and got cracked by pocket tens(after he called another all in aswell, aces v kings v tens, cant believe the tens called, they were offsuit lol) and in my steaming i went off to play a bit of cash poker, made £70 in two hours but had to get to work sat morning so was short. sat evening i played a semi freezeout up norwich and with the help of the deck (my a10 v 99 and kk and i rivered broadway, god im running good at this point) and a few calls for info(they folded and would not show what they were betting with, i thought a showdown meant i can see there cards as i did call there bets) and i came 4th even though i was quite card dead on the final table(andy i was not playing tight at all). my winnings went to the cash table and from then on it did go a little sour, here is the hand in question:

blinds 50p/£1 and £2 straddle

i had   tc utg+1, utg folded, i raised to £6(had £70 in front of me), next player to me called, folded to straddle who called. flop was  kc jc ::, straddle checked, i fire £10, next player raises to £25, straddle folds, i reshove for £53(i would have betted a lot more if i had it in front of me) and he snap called, he flipped over  ac ah so smugly so i flipped my   tc and said "i have the nut draw then" and the turn was   and the river was the miracle   which ment my ten high was no way near good enough to beat his aces, smug twat. for the weekend though im £10 up at the moment but if my draw came in then it would have been a real good weekend, now waiting to go to the pub to get some serious whoop-ass going.

wish me luck

[antthecat]

whoop-ass really means getting rivered and sucked-out on, pub was crap so wanted an early night, got home and played some sng"s on stars, played four at once and three tables got sucked out on, fourth i quadrupiled up when i shoved pre with 55 and the flop brought 55x, just finished out of the money though as was card and situation dead.

[antthecat]

just been playing at a newish poker club in kings lynn. played a £10 freezeout, 16 runners(poor turn out imo) but after some good plays and some cards, i made the final table, managed to ko a aggressive player by using his aggression to my advantage, got down to the final three with 2/3 of the chips in play but had a car crash, KK(button all in) vs 99(me on sb called) and another hand a8(same button attacker) vs my a5(on the sb) and i called and lost most of my chips, blind shove and snap call, missed the flop completely and cashed for £27, it was so annoying as both my hands were imo beating the buttons range and i was up against the nuts every time. just cant win one, maybe i should have not thought i had it in the bag when i had my chip lead.

national league tomorrow and have already bought in for it so with my confidence should have it in the bag and sod the blooming pub league, there is no correct play(not many know pot odds accoring to percentage of winning the hand, im not great but i have a firm understanding) and they will call your raise when they have a dry ace cos they have an ace. i feel i can beat a good player but i cant beat a donkey, wow i must be a terrible player if i cant beat a donk

[Swinebag]

Ant

Give me a donkey with a dry ace over a good player anyday.

good players consider your holdings, manage the pot size, play position, know where they are in most hands, fold when you give them incorrect odds for a draw, lose the minimum when they are behind, win the maximum when they are ahead, their betting patterns make them difficult to read, they have a good read on you and are able to bluff you off pots..........the list goes on......

remember that next time a weaker player gets lucky against you.

[antthecat]

good players are easier to play as they understand that a bet of 1k into a 600 pot means that they are not getting the pot odds to call on the draw, bad players dont understand this and they always seem to hit their straight or flush when the odds are against them so they always seem its the right call.

form is still good at the moment as came second in pub league(blooming landlord had trouble with his wifi so could not play league match) and won £50 playing face up poker. im a sick puppy really but i stopped ahead as did not want to see a friend lose his money(i did have to give him a lift home aswell, did not want friction). playing tonight so all the best