GB2Loose

[Swinebag]

great blog George. Great result in the million.

[George2Loose]

It"s been a tough week due to one reason or the other. I had Monday off from work (thanksfully- SM Final finished for me at 7.30 and a day"s work would have been tough after that!). Me and Shelley went to lunch and had the inevitable conversation every man has with his wife:

Me: Babe...
Shell: What do you want?
Me: Why would I want anything?
Shell: No point in buttering me up- just tell me what you want it"s easier!
Me: I really wanna go Vegas this year.....

Silence.

After much tooing and froing Shelley agreed that I could go Vegas on the proviso I qualify online. I"ll be budgeting obviously but really not sure what to play. Might take a crack at a full tilt package this weekend but may also see if I can try some of the softer sites on Boss, ipoker and other networks rather than the major sites.

I"ve bubbled in 3 major comps this week which is very frustrating. I played qualifiers for GUKPT"s and the Irish Open. I"m not too bothered about London to be honest but REALLY wanna try and win a seat to the Irish open. I think there"s a decent package on Laddies and a few more on ipoker so I"ll certainly be giving them a go! I may put a staking thread on blonde but I think the size of the buy in is too much to garner any interest so probably will leave it. Even though I"ve won a big score I don"t want to waste the money chasing a big win- I"m mangaing my bankroll better than ever and want to keep it that way.

I woke up Weds morning to hear the sound of Shelley being sick in the toilet. Nice! She had caught some sort of virus- maybe the novo bug but the upshot of it was she was having the day in bed and I get to stay at home with the kids. Easy life! Fire up some poker whilst playing with the kids! Weeeeeeeeeeeeee...........

Or not. I ended up having Thurs off as well and if there"s one thing I"ve learnt it"s I"m NEVER being a house husband. Looking after 4 kids was tough enough- Ace needs constant attention. He"s in between stages (wants to crawl but can"t) and get frustrated easily and cries. You literally have to keep him amused all day. Rio was at his whingy best- school really tires him out and if he doesn"t get his own way he"ll let you know what he thinks about it in no uncertain terms!

Esme and Kieran have their moments but overall they were a great help. I have never been so tired in my life and actuaklly bounced out of bed for work on Friday. All that I didn"t do any housework!!! It certainly makes me appreciate the job Shelley does. I jokingly refer to her job at home as a permananet holiday but not no more. Give me the 9-5 grind anyday!!!

Poker Ambitions

I thought I"d document a few of my poker aims for 2009. In no particular order:

Win a GUKPT title (and become the first to win a GUKPT and GCBPT crown)
Win an APAT tourney (Live or online)
Play in a matchroom 6 seater on TV (UK poker open etc etc)
Play in the WSOP Main Event in 2009

All very lofty goals but all attainable I think.

Anyway that"s all from me. No more bubbling please!

[Mikeyboy9361]

I was watching you in one of the GUKPT satellites, can"t remember what night. You made a great call on a Flush heavy board with AJ (See Stu, it can win!), and looked in great shape, sorry you didn"t make it.
So when you guys talk about railing, I couldn"t comment on the above hand cos I wasn"t sat at the table, so do you do it on a forum as you watch?

[George2Loose]

Not an extensive post but really need to let off some steam.

Am running so bad in tournaments and so well in cash that I think I"m gonna quit tourneys for a bit

I had a good run in the APAT tourney yesterday but no disrespect to it cos I love APAT and everything it stands for I don"t really want my good run of variance in a 10$ comp.

Coolers, out draws, flips. I can"t win any of them and winning two pots in a row is a rarity.

Just now I bubbled the 55 f/o on tilt after losing two pots in a row from ahead. The first a 55k pot to go 7th in chips. I had A6 and made a good call against 98 aipr obv 8 on the river...........

QQ vs A9- A on river

So ridic how I"m running. Think I"m gonna give tourneys a wide berth until DTD at end of month.

Thoughts?

[noble1]

as long as you are getting your chips in good the majority of the time then stick with it i say... ride the variance in fact embrace it because you"ll eventually get immune to it which makes you a better player.. there is nothing worse than having a player at your table who keeps bouncing back from beats still playing there A game..

[Honeybadg]

Not an extensive post but really need to let off some steam.

Am running so bad in tournaments and so well in cash that I think I"m gonna quit tourneys for a bit

I had a good run in the APAT tourney yesterday but no disrespect to it cos I love APAT and everything it stands for I don"t really want my good run of variance in a 10$ comp.

Coolers, out draws, flips. I can"t win any of them and winning two pots in a row is a rarity.

Just now I bubbled the 55 f/o on tilt after losing two pots in a row from ahead. The first a 55k pot to go 7th in chips. I had A6 and made a good call against 98 aipr obv 8 on the river...........

QQ vs A9- A on river

So ridic how I"m running. Think I"m gonna give tourneys a wide berth until DTD at end of month.

Thoughts?

Keep playing and I look forward to your post winning $10/20/50k+

Aside - what was your M calling with A6?

Do you need to call? Not that much ahead.

Louis

[Mikeyboy9361]

The thing is you had a good run in a tournament, it doesn"t really matter what the buy in was. I know it is small fry for you, but the fact is, the worm has turned. You could now be at the start of an up swing, confidence high, and take down the next big one you play! Stick with it, the bigger tournaments are the ones that can change your life, and you obviously have the game to win one.

[George2Loose]

Guys- thanks for the feedback- I"m going to update this blog a lot more often then I am currently doing.

Dependant on how I feel later I may put in a big session online- will post hands etc here

[George2Loose]

ok in:

322$ shootout
50+5$
150+13$

all on full tilt. May play some more later if the mood takes me

[George2Loose]

Full Tilt Poker Game #12179133543: FTOPS Event #13 (84233700), Table 111 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:07:45 ET - 2009/05/12
Seat 2: j__thaddeus (1,518)
Seat 4: George2Loose (7,415)
Seat 6: Atregiou (3,067)
Atregiou posts the small blind of 60
j__thaddeus posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [ ]
George2Loose raises to 300
Atregiou folds
j__thaddeus raises to 1,518, and is all in
George2Loose calls 1,218
j__thaddeus shows [ ]
George2Loose shows [ ]
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [ Td] [Ts]
j__thaddeus shows a flush, Ace high
George2Loose shows a pair of Tens
j__thaddeus wins the pot (3,096) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,096 | Rake 0
Board: [ Td Ts]
Seat 2: j__thaddeus (big blind) showed [ ] and won (3,096) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: George2Loose (button) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 6: Atregiou (small blind) folded before the Flop

[George2Loose]

and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight

[APAT]

How did you manage to miss this little beauty?  

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3369.msg59277#msg59277

[George2Loose]

How did you manage to miss this little beauty?  

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3369.msg59277#msg59277

Awesome

[duke3016]

and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight

You"re obviously still in the zone -- you are still officially my hero by the way

[George2Loose]

and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight

You"re obviously still in the zone -- you are still officially my hero by the way

I have no idea what to say Duke apart from thanks

Still in two tourneys- hopefully can ship some profit!