I think the ladies really do 'Love Me'

Well a hell of a lot has happened in the last 11 days and I’ve been avoiding blogging because once I start I cant stop all sorts of stuff starts popping into my head and a short blog turns into another long one !!!

I’m playing this one pretty general and no specific details of hands etc. well maybe a couple; we’ll see how it goes. First of all I am playing Six-Pac tournaments regular and I have been having a lot off success and fun whilst doing so. They are very entertaining, beatable, and allow you to make some real plays and get your Poker head right into the job. Got a spreadsheet for STT analysis of the forum Maths Guru Smart Money that I want to start using but at the minute my bank is telling me the ROI is pretty good. I have still played cash and had some decent results so things are looking pretty good at the moment. Oh and I’ve also had an agreement with the missus about my poker playing (more details shortly).

Entered the Six-Pac CPC MTT qualifier with 6 seats GTD to the $1000 + $50 main event and placed fourth so Friday/Saturday was my chance to qualify and go to the Caribbean. Had a real good solid start then lost half my stack on a bluff where I had to bail out when the other player put me all-in. Gradually built up my stack to about 6k and came across AJ in the BB, everyone folds to the SB who has about 6k who makes it 3 x BB to call blinds were 300/600 I think. I smooth call and the flop comes with no help for me, player X checks so I make a bet of around half the pot to try and take it away player X has a different idea and re-raises me all-in. Ouch he’s put my tournament on the line and all I have is over cards to the flop, so here is an imminent fold coming. However as I go to move my mouse I click on all-in/call button by accident and in the split second thought Oh F*****G NOOOOOOOO, then had to rub my eyes in disbelief when he shows 6 2 off suit and was stone cold bluffing his tournament away LMFAO and I doubled up UL GG WP.

Players on the table were typing ‘great call’ but must have been thinking ‘idiot’ I know I would have. A while later I made a call because I thought the player was trying to desperation steal the pot and I called with A9 there was a 9 on the board and a flush draw that I didn’t have him on but he was representing, he mucked and I was cruising to a seat. Later with nine of us left I was now quite short stacked and needed to make a move while everyone was in survival mode apart from one player who was just trying to bully all and sundry on the table. I was severely card dead and made a few moves here and there eventually picking up A 10 the Bully made it his normal 4 x (BB) or I want to take the pot without contest bet and I moved all in with my A 10 which looked like AA I must admit. I haven’t come here to shy away from a call but pray if he calls my 11k stack my cards are ‘live’. He calls and shows AJ and a rivered J adds to the pain and sees me out of the tourney in 9th place and my Caribbean dream is over. UL GG WP.

With hindsight maybe I could have waited till I had chance to be the raiser but it’s over now and I am gaining more and more experience in tourney’s. All my best wishes for anyone going to St Kitts.

Went to Mandylou’s £200 + £25 NL freezeout tournament last Saturday and met some fellow betfarians although I had a real bad migraine the night before and was left with the horrible feeling that they leave you with that actually lasted while about Tuesday. Anyway came third in the tourney, again was card dead, so having to make the odd move here and there to stay up with the quickly increasing blinds. I’m on the button with 97 off blinds 1500/3000 3 of us left and I make it 15k to go the small blind announces “re-raise” oh shit, he then re-raises to 30k making it another 15k for me to call, I don’t hesitate and quickly add another 15k to the pot. Flop comes A 3 6. Now I’m gambling that he’s got a PP or obviously no Ace, and have decided that the A is mine so I move all – in for the rest of my stack representing the A, he calls and shows AQ geeerrrrrmp… oh well that’s poker 3rd place paid £700 and made for a good entertaining HU match won by Diddly £1500 and runner up The Nun £900. Another well organised event from the Ponte connection GG.

The hand of the day award goes to Kinghawko LOL
I limp in the pot with Ah 6h and couple more callers hawko calls I think OTB. Flop comes with 2 x hearts and I bet out everyone folds round to Hawko who looks at his cards and calls. Turn brings a heart and I check my nut flush, hawko says “I’ll have to make a value bet” and throws 2k into the middle, I flat call. River then brings another heart and I bet out 5k hawko calls and throws the Jack of diamonds 3 of clubs onto the felt and says “Oh my god I thought it was a heart”. Please don’t be fooled by this behaviour, it’s a one off but a classic Total Poker move gone wrong TY UL GG WP Hawko..

Again still recording very good Six-Pac results and only one losing boozing session last Saturday I did about £1300 playing under the influence, not cricket I know but hey the other 6 nights were booze free so I’m getting there. The other night I jumped on a $10/20 cash 10 seated table and was losing about $300 when INSIDEEDG joins the table and I get AQ and raise to $80 now when I say I can’t miss I cant miss and I am hitting everything on the six-pacs so I’m feeling good on the cash table. Anyway EDGE re-raises to $550 I’m thinking mmm edge sometimes does this with ATC but he might just want me away, I have to go away now, do I? Do I hell I re-raise all-in and he types ‘didn’t wanna see that’ phew I think he’s folding or he’s calling with crap. He calls and has AK geeerrrrrrrmmmmp flop brings no joy, turn a brick and the river yes the river a beautiful sexy lady yes a QUEEEEEN on the river UL GG WP. Bad play gets rewarded my table image is Toshi (maniacal moron fish) Wonk is at it’s peak best and EDGE is busy chatting away calling me all the names under the sun, to which I’m saying TY etc. and would you rather have been re-raised by AA ? Anyway I think he’s been running cold lately and he was very UL.

Leads me on to last night played a bit of cash won £600 and a few six-pacs won about £300 and bring on the £300 six-Pac and INSIDEEDG. What can I say I have played 3 x £300 six-pacs won one, 2nd in one and 6th in the other I’m in the mood but I have had a couple of glasses of wine or was it bottles. Couple of hands in and EDGE is playing in the odd pot I’m folding away till I find QQ in the BB EDGE is OTB and raises to 90 chips I debate whether to flat call or re-raise thinking it’s a good chance I’m in front and he might be in I’ll get you back you fish mode. I proceed to re-raise to 180 chips and EGDE moves all-in. Ok here’s my warped thinking AA KK no way probably AK middle pair to JJ maybe, you know the any excuse to call thinking mode, I call. EDGE shows AA and that beautiful sexy lady yes a QUEEEEEN turns up to save me again, OUCH UL EGDE I really did feel for him there, I wasn’t sorry not for a minute but could empathise with how he must have felt. He was left with about 60 chips and played real aggressive poker and managed to build his stack back up to 600 and odd chips then he raises all in and I call with my beautiful sexy lady’s yes 2 QUEEEEENS this time and take him out.

I have looked for him today on the cash tables and hoped he was winning a nice few quid so I could have a bit of banter, I found him on the cash tables about 1k up so hopefully it’s swinging back round for him, but I didn’t comment might do when he’s winning about 5k - GL Mr Wolfe..

Anyway my Betfair account of last post was

£8250

And today it’s

£13,545.67

Think I might be spending some more time playing and I have the backing of the missus (no joke) the exciting compromise is to follow shortly!!