Another Norfolk poker player

[monkeyman]

and now only 3 weeks to the (invite only) Norfolk Deepstack Championships. Prepare to meet thy doom

[antthecat]

2 weeks and 6 days to go now.

a question to everyone, has poker changed overnight?

im asking this as played last night and was playing tight, noticed that the loose player was not getting any action so how come i stack off when i only raise one hand, i thought tight play usually means the best hand(and yes i hit two pair with aj, he called a bet on the flop, 9 on the turn, i shove, snap call, flips pocket 9"s for the set) when i bet but obviously not any more, time to really loosen up tonight and see how that pan"s out.

[antthecat]

not off to a good start, i pushed in on a min raise with 9"s and got called by a8 off, obviously an ace came and i was super crippled and got called when my short stack button steal got looked up by the bb, bugger. never mind, back on the horse and will try again soon.

ive been watching sky poker round a friends and i am slightly tempted to start playing (only odd occassions mind) on their site but this is a maybe(depends on what happens on friday night) as i feel that my poker in general just lacks confidence, when i get them in i know that im going to get outdrawn (i know p.m.a but its just this year in general) so just trying to limit the damage

[antthecat]

played friday"s home game, absolute shocking performance, bled my chips away (drawing to a flush on the flop, offered 4-1 pot odds, just could not hit anything.) and was annoyed with myself, i raise with ak, called by aq flop comes  ac qd , i bet, he raise, i fold, they show, ffs give me a break, i raise in good spots, usually ahead pre or on the flop and get outdrawn, its annoying.

sunday was pub league and out of 27 i came a piss-poor 10th, got it in with  :as: ts, got called by  qs jc and   ::(dont ask, he is a hyper loose player) and two fives came on the flop. never mind i said(swearing under my breath).

i used to perform well when i was tough on myself, people told me not to punish myself when i busted out of a tournament or lost to runner-runner in a cash game so i listened to (probably not) good advice so i mellowed out but since i have not had a result to talk about. i have decided that im going to be really hard on myself and push me to my poker limit and not be happy until i have a great result and i will beat myself up if i bust out or lose in a cash session. sounds harsh but ive got to do something to get back into some serious form.

as im writing this the dragon is moaning if im done on the internet yet(a temporary internet connection through my mobile phone) but as its my laptop and my mobile im going to let her suffer

[antthecat]

small bit of form, just won a sng on bluesq, it was their giveaway , first place was a massive five cents, im pleased i can win something at poker, a few more free sng"s then spin it up slowly on cash.

[antthecat]

it was the geldeston home game last night and usually friday afternoons at work im thinking about all sorts of plays for the evenings game but last night i could not be arsed to play. the reason being is the change in the structure makes it complete bingo poker and not the game that had play for the first two hours and then had to become a crappyshoot to finish the game at a reasonable hour. we had a hour for the first level(10k stack, blinds 25-50) and this meant that being trappy and pulling moves on the loose players usually allowed them to donate their stack. the problem is that we are allowing rebuys within the first hour and so this is removing the advantage of the first level some what as they can get their 10k again(thus i cant knock out players early and concentrate on the all round players later) and get lucky later on when it crapshoot time. im not bothered as its a friendly game but the luck is over the luckbox"s shoulders and it is slightly annoying.

i wont be playing sunday as got to help out the landlord run the tourney as he has to leave after it starts. may play a £5 sng if i can be bothered

[monkeyman]

Have you gone into hiding Mr Cat? Scared of the beating you"re going to receive on Sunday?  

[antthecat]

no not hiding just not too much to report. i cashed in a deepstack down the pub and playing friday nights home game. im not scared of the beating sunday, just scared of getting lost trying to find the place. dont worry though i will be bluffing time and time again so should be easy chips on sunday. should be fun.

[antthecat]

last sunday was indeed the deepstack(im running 5 days behind at the moment) at holt, it was brilliant, had a good time. i admit i did not make any prizes, i got it all in when i flopped a set of fours and got called by overpair queens, queen hit the turn and i was out. it has been like that for a while, getting ity in good and getting outdrawn when its a critical hand. it seems to be a bit of a bad year for me in poker in general but i have a plan for next year and IM STICKING TO IT. i will let you know about the plan in a while but it will involve strict bankroll guidelines. i hope that this will bring back the fizz to my game that is lacking at the moment when i play. just seem to not get a buzz when i play at the moment unlike when i was playing a while ago i had the biggest buzz when playing. a break for christmas is needed.

speak soon

[antthecat]

just to let everyone know i hit some form as i took down geldeston"s home game, a nice ending to a pretty poor year, i will reveal my plans for poker domination soon.

[antthecat]

really sorry that i have not put anything on this blog, reason being i have not played and had no real result, i split the money in a tourney at rileys in norwich and five minutes later i had to spend it as i damaged my car as i hurtled into a kerb when i did not realise it was icy(i was not the only one who done it) so could not enjoy the fruits of my labour.

my plan for poker domination is described below:

i did put on facebook a few nights ago that i have give up poker, i have not give up poker completely, i have give up playing the crap tourneys i play like the pub league (2k stack, 15 min levels and donks everywhere) and my friends home game (adding rebuy"s has killed the game, i mentioned that if a player did not rebuy can they have a 10k add-on but that fell on deaf ears, why?) and im going to concentrate on great value tourneys, rileys in norwich do £5 triple chance that i have had good results so i will play more there on a monday night. norwich poker club do a £50 freezeout on alternate sundays i believe so will have to try one of those out when i have a sunday spare.

there will be trips to nottingham and yes you guessed it dusk till dawn soon(simon, if you fancy a lift when i go, pm me your number, there is a few spaces in my car for your friends also) as its undisputedly the place to play and buy"ins arent too bad and prizepool"s are good.

when season four rolls out ill be playing a couple of live tourneys as they are great fun, communal spirit and superb poker. ive got a few friends into the apat so i wonder if they will play some tourneys.

thats live poker out of the way, here comes online:

i will be concentrating on micro stake cash tables on bluesq varying between holdem, omaha and stud, im crap at tourneys online as i dont have number logic and when i have $15,350 in tourny chips online it dont mean too much as it is not piled in front of me, this does not happen though in cash online, i will be doing this when i sort out a proper internet connection at home(at the moment im using my mobile phone as a dongle, i dont get charged for it but it breaks down whilst playing poker).

i better get on as ive got to get a price on a travelodge in nottingham as me and georgina are seeing westlife at trent arena in may, dusk till dawn the night before though.

speak soon

[monkeyman]

Won"t be coming to DTD,but you might run into me sometime shortly as I"m going to be having a go at Rileys sunday night league before much longer.

[antthecat]

i dont know about the sunday league but ill play the monday night games, if you fancy dtd then just let me know, see you at rileys at some point

[antthecat]

i decided to play at the grosvenor in yarmouth last night, it was a £10 buy in with £5 rebuys for 90 minutes, for those 90 minutes i rolled my starting stack from 1500 to 3300 without a rebuy, an add on was ordered so it was a cheap night no matter what happened, after the break i was moved onto another table and i was the short stack but a double up with QQ helped, a few hands later i was doing ok and then i had a blow up, i was on the bb (600 and my stack 14k) and the button raised to 1500, i had  qh jh so i make a loose call, the flop was  ks ts , i check call his 2000 bet, turn was  , check check, river was  ::, i fire 4500 and he snap shoves, i fold and he shows an airball, i was bluffed royally, he checked the turn so i knew he had nothing much but he knew i had naff all, few hands later i shove with 88 and get called by JJ, no improvment and i was out. bugger.

[antthecat]

right, beer and poker dont mix, drunken raise, reraise, call with a gutshot(i think) and lost a few quid. never mind.