Havent posted here for a bit so here is a roundup
June 3rdWell I played in 2 HU League matches for RTR, one was with a group of us and I have to be honest and say I played my absolute best, unfortunately Stars wasnt with me on it and I got sucked out on so badly that eventually I was beaten. The Final HU battle between Mik n dD was won by Mik , WTG Mik.
The 2nd one was the new HU League which has just started last Sunday, There are 3 groups, A, B and C and I am in Group B with Hammerheid and Lukybugur. I ended up taking Lukybugur out when I slow played him and oopsie bye bye him. Then it was a battle with Hammerheid, he went all in twice, behind, and sucked out, Stars doing its usual, and he ended up winning the bloomin thing.seriously I dont know what is wrong at the moment but even when in front Ive not won, its getting ridiculous.
Hammerheid played in the Sunday 100 Grand and did he do well or what. I watched him the whole way and he was playing an A game. He should be very proud of his finish 22nd out of about 22,597 players for $316 when his JJ push all in was met with QQ, flop brought a Q and J and then the turn was another Q arghh for Hammerheid but he was delighted nonetheless and very pleased with his performance.
Ive decided to start myself a wee challenge on FTP. Plan on playing low stakes cash tables to build up FTPP's for ages now Ive been intrigued by the Iron Man Challenge, and aim to play every day to get that green tick and also build the bankroll. Ive lots more reading to do about it to see how you qualify etc, so will be doing that later on today.
I am definetely gonna give Stars a miss for a wee while, just play the League game on Sunday and concentrate my playing over on FTP. Primarily cash tables with the odd $3 KO slotted in somewhere. Will play a few $24+2 game too, my best result from one of these tourneys is just under $1,800 taking 2nd place, and have had the odd cash or 3, so will see how it goes.
June 5thI have been playing poker lately, enjoying it in fact. Ive concentrated my efforts on FTP and been playing the MSOP on there and also the $9.5k Gtd $26 Tourneys. Ive been doing no too bad, enjoying myself immensely.
Last night Neil and I played in the MSOP Event $22 Entry and we both went deep, I bubbled just short off the money but Neil went on and took 22nd place which was absolutely fantastic just over 2,000 players too and he cashed for $123 odds. We were on a 50/50 deal so I got some o that tyty Neil.
So just playing away, nothing concrete, just make up my mind what I am playing as I go along. I am so appreciative of Neil's confidence in me, that guy sure does build my confidence up.
June 7thA successful day of poker!! Tonight's game was fantastic, I love playing the $24+2 tourneys on FTP, I had some success a while back when I came 2nd, but not been as close as that since, so to get 4th tonight for a lovely payout was brilliant. I am really pleased with my performance, and it was unfortunate my 99 didn't hold in my exit hand against AJ when he hit a J.
$9.5k Gtd - 744 Runners - Entry $24+2 - Position 4th for $1,264.80 - You collected $40.00 for 10 KnockoutsThe $3 KO 90 man earlier on today was a different matter, I owned that tournament, when it got to final table i had about $150k compared to the rest of them with their $20k stacks it was a case of saying Next? for who I took out lol, was great and another enjoyable tournament.
$3 90 Man KO - Position 1st for $72 - You collected $6.00 for 12 KnockoutsLooking forward to the weekend, let the good cards continue and the run of good cashes continue.
Cheers again to the RTR boyz for railing me, appreciated!
June 8thSaturday night and I was looking to relax n play a couple o the tourneys on FTP. I was reg'd for the $24+2 $9.5k Gtd KO and the MSOP Event 13. I was tired, and not giving the tournaments my full concentration and ended up going out without cashing.
Wee one woke up so I went through to settle her and ended up falling asleep myself and woke up about 3am, wide awake, so I decided to join the $23k Gtd $75+$5 KO tournament. Had some great hands to keep my stack on the up and was always well above average throughout the tournament. It paid from 45 players from 471 runners and was sitting in the top spots from 37 players onwards and was CL for quite some time.
I ended up making a stupid move when i was sat on about $199k guy goes all in when its my BB and im sitting wi 99, for $68k, there had been one other caller so I pushed in the hope to shove him off the hand, but nope he called and had KK, the AI guy had A6 and hit his Ace so he took a nice stack and that was me down to $100k.
Had a few races from then on, one being my BB again dealt A9 and I push and smaller stack calls me with A10, I hit 2 pair and he hits a runner flush with his
to take the hand. I then am dealt AJ diamonds again on BB and I push for $54k and he calls me with KQos and this happens:
Full Tilt Poker Game #6740263276: $23,000 KO Guarantee (50508908), Table 38 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:41:59 ET - 2008/06/08
Seat 1: Royalkc1 (199,370)
Seat 2: xxMAIRxx (55,333)
Seat 5: chesspoker09 (89,116)
Seat 7: homazi (201,783)
Seat 8: adubyal (175,000)
Seat 9: dineroconqueso (59,192)
Royalkc1 antes 500
xxMAIRxx antes 500
chesspoker09 antes 500
homazi antes 500
adubyal antes 500
dineroconqueso antes 500
Royalkc1 posts the small blind of 2,000
xxMAIRxx posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to xxMAIRxx [
]
chesspoker09 raises to 12,000
homazi folds
adubyal folds
dineroconqueso folds
Royalkc1 folds
xxMAIRxx raises to 54,833, and is all in
chesspoker09 has 15 seconds left to act
chesspoker09 calls 42,833
xxMAIRxx shows [
]
chesspoker09 shows [
]
*** FLOP *** [Td Th
]
*** TURN *** [Td Th
] [
]
*** RIVER *** [Td Th
] [
]
xxMAIRxx shows a flush, Ace high
chesspoker09 shows a full house, Kings full of Tens
chesspoker09 wins the pot (114,666) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
xxMAIRxx stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 114,666 | Rake 0
Board: [Td Th
]
Seat 1: Royalkc1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: xxMAIRxx (big blind) showed [
] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: chesspoker09 showed [
] and won (114,666) with a full house, Kings full of Tens
and out I go, he was very nice about it in fact whole table where, told him no bother, it happens and wished them all luck and was quite happy overall with how I played the tournament and how well I did in the Knockouts, cashed for 11 KO's @ $15 a pop for a total of $165 and $233.15 for 13th place a grand total of $398.15 - a profit of $323.15.
I am finding when I have completely no distractions eg. kids snoring their wee heads off in bed and Im sitting here relaxed with my music I do get real deep and play well. As with anyones kids, they will go to bed but some nights they don't go to sleep right away and its those nights when they try their ham and want a drink or something to eat and its 10pm at night and they should be zonked for school in morning and Im in a tourney then I have nae chance really as I give them my undivided attention when they need me, as it should be, and tend to lose track of where I am within the tournament. I wouldnt have it any other way and will make the most of those quieter times when I can.
Anyways tonight's another night, may play some cash later when wee one is down for her nap, I'm on track to qualify for Silver Iron Man status this month, so plugging away at it and if anything should hopefully get Bronze status.
GL to all.
xx
