Time for a break

I think I'm not gonna play for a week as I am just totally card dead at the moment....its just getting ridiculous. I played a laddies super deep stack today and finished 5th. I played 170 hands and the only cards I had were JJ twice and nothing else. I had AQ a few times in early position which is almost insta fold and whenever I did limp, the flop couldn't miss me by much more lol and it was fold to a raise or re-raise. I lost count of the times I had absolute rubbish on my big blind and when I did defend after getting sick of folding it, a nightmare flop or a re-raise meant I had to lay down. I mean it was getting to the point where KJ suited was looking a monster! Of course I had my usual fold shit and then hit a monster, this time it was A6 which would have given me quads on the river


Of course the others on the table were calling raises with 45 under the gun and flopping trips or Q8 and flopping full houses. The chip leader was showing AA, AK, QQ, KK god knows how many times.....this game is sooooooooo frustrating sometimes. Oh and I went out on a coin flip with A4 against 33 which was no surprise. It was so bad that I almost just sat out and went and did something else!

Anyway I'm not gonna play any games for a week as I'm not in the right frame of mind at the moment and am just sat there expecting to get dealt shit and it is happening!

The challenge bankroll is $276.62 and whilst this is heading in the right direction is as a result of bonuses from various sites rather than money won lol.

$1000 added but card dead :-(

I played the $10 private blonde poker MTT tonight on PokerTrillion as it had $1000 added and as there were only 26 players it was great value. However, I didnt have a hand all game and went out in 13th when I ran into the chipleader's AA after raising with A9 when I was pretty shortstacked and hitting 9 on the flop lol shame! Although it was a bigger buy in than usual, I got $25 free from PokerTrillion as part of a promotion as they have moved networks so nothing lost really.

Challenge bankroll is $282.12

Card dead

I played a 1 euro MTT on Poker Trillion tonight and had no cards all game. The only hand I had for the first 4 levels was JJ which I folded to a big bet on an AK flop. I witnessed some shockingly bad play too. In most hands there were 5 or 6 callers and I lost count of the hands where 8 or 9 players saw the flop even with a pref-flop raise! We had lost 100 players out of 370 by half way through the second level and almost 2/3 of the field by the first break. Calling all ins with K3 for your whole stack was the norm.

I had to laugh when a guy went all in with A9 and was called by K8 for all his stack. The flop brought a K but when the river brought an A, the guy with A9 said 'sorry'! Why are you sorry? You were ahead preflop, some donkey called for his whole stack with K8, got lucky and then you won on the river...why are you sorry when you had the best hand preflop? lol The donkey with K8 got what he deserved for his awful call for all his chips! I mean you can move all in with K8 but calling with it? lol

I managed a double up to 2.6k with AA after my 2x bb raise was re-raised all in by AQ. I couldn't get my chips in fast enough and the A on flop pretty much sealed the deal. However, that was as far as my good fortune went and a push on the button with K8, which was ironic given the donkey call above, for less than 4 xbb got a call in the big blind with AT which was fine and he flopped a full house lol.

Challenge bankroll is $269.48 and seems to have plateaued for the last 6 weeks or so but at least the general trend is upwards rather than downwards. I don't think I'm playing any different than usual, its just that little bit of bad luck or others hitting cards at the wrong times (for me) but that's just the run of the cards and something that has happened many times before. A bit frustrating but not a lot you can do about it really!

Anyway I doubt I am gonna be able to play much this weekend as we are moving house next month and so have plenty of things to do before then!

One of those games.....again....grrrr

I played another super deepstack STT tonight and it was one of those games where you never get any cards and on the few occasions that you do, the flop couldn't be any worse for your hand if it tried!

First hand I get JJ utg (sigh). I should just fold lol but instead raise to 120 and get 2 callers. The flop is 642 (2 clubs) which isn't too bad, so I bet out 195 and am re-raised to 1k and there is a caller. I think about it for a bit but its the first hand and its just not worth risking my whole stack when I could be up against a set, an over pair, a straight draw or a flush draw. If I wanted to just dump my chips in and pray I would be playing turbos lol. So I fold. After just 11 hands we are 2 players down and the chip leader on my right has 15k. I really don't see why some people play these deep stack games.

The cards don't get much better and its another 30 hands before I get anything worth playing - QQ in the big blind. I raise to 300 and get a caller. The flop is 853 with 2 spades. I bet out 450 and get a caller. The turn is Ks which is an awful card for me putting an over pair and a flush on the board, so I check. The river is a 6 spades which is another poor card for me as I have two red queens. I check and fold to the 2k bet. I guess I could have bet on the turn but if I get a call or raise its obvious I am behind and he obviously has something as he called both pre and post flop so it would just be throwing chips away as I would have to bet 3/4 or 2/3 of the pot as he's gonna call for anything less as I would be giving him the odds if he is on a draw.

A few hands later I get AA and raise to 200 and of course everyone folds! About 10 hands later I win preflop with AK and the very next hand get AK again. I raise to 600 and am re-raised all in. I call as I'm getting a bit pissed off and he turns over 66! Now I don't think this is good play from him. If someone calls he is at best gonna be a coin flip as it is unlikely he is gonna get a call with a lower pair. If he is up against a big pair he is a big dog and against 2 over cards he is only a 55-45% at best or could be worse if they are suited or connected. Anyhow, of course I hit my A but he hits a set and its all over....sigh. One day I will play a game when I will hit a flop or win a race.....hopefully! lol

Challenge bankroll is $271.13

Poker trillion and more stts

I had an email from one of the sites I have an account with Poker Trillion (Boss network) informing me that they are moving networks at the end of April and that I should withdraw the money from my account before the 29th. They will also give all active account holders $25 for the inconvenience which is cool. However I only had about 10 euros in the account (never having deposited as the money was a freebie) and the minimum you can withdraw via Web Dollar is 20 euros. I ha vent got a security code you need to deposit which I could do and then withdraw the whole lot but its not really an issue as I can't figure out how to deposit anyway! Bizarre! A poker site which makes it hard to deposit....now there's a first! So after a long call to Web Dollar customer support they told me there was nothing they could do as the site is closing down and that I should contact Poker Trillion...very helpful. I sent an email anyway and will see what happens.

Hmmmmmm....so I guess the only thing I could do was try and spin the 10 euros up to 20 euros by the end of the month or lose it trying as it would be lost anyway. So I decide to play some cash yesterday and managed to lose 3 euros with TT when I ran into KK. So today I decided to play some STTs - 3.30 euros, 10 seater, pay top 4, 8 min blinds. I played 5 and managed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th and 8th for a profit of 4.50 euros which should have been more if it wasn't for the usual runner runner bad beats!

Challenge bankroll is $276.63

In the money again...at last!

So here we are again! LOL Despite what I said in my last post I got bored and played another STT today!

I thought it was gonna be another blank as I was getting no cards and folding shit which then hit the flop big time i.e 77 which would have cracked AA, 86 would have made a full house to beat KK. I didn't get a hand until level 4 when I managed to get them all in pre-flop against AK. Half expecting an A the board of 73T45 was cool and I was up to 9.6k.

The cards dried up again and although I know aggression is what counts its tough to call raises with 82 or J5 and pray that the flop is kind. Anyway 2 whole levels passed until in level 7 I got 77 in the bb. I checked and the flop was a rainbow J87. I re-raised a 1.2k bet to 4.2k and call his push all in with J9. He misses his 7 outs and I'm the chippy with 12.4k.

Now people were more wary against me as I could knock them out and I start to pick up chips with more marginal hands as I can afford to bet out more. Down to the last 3 and I'm the chippy with 15k vs 12k vs 11k ish. It was very much pre-flop raise and fold but I'm always ahead but not by much. This changes when the 2 others with 12k each get them all in and I now a 25-15k chip dog!

I'm aggressive and get back to about 22k-18k. The last hand I get AJd and raise 2.4k. He re-raises to 4k and I push all in. Big mistake lol as he has AQ! However 2 diamonds on the flop give me hope but I miss my 12 outs as usual and its second place. After the recent run I've had I'll settle for that!

More 3 outers on the river

I've had just about enough of this bloody game. Drives me crazy when you sit there playing patient poker, getting dealt shit hand after hand. I had 72 three times in a row twice and lost count of the number of times I got 94, 83, J5. So there I'm sat with about 6k, waiting for a hand, until I finally get KK on the bubble. I raise it up, get a caller and then of course the flop brings an A with another pair and a flush draw. The 2nd chip leader goes all in....what can you do but fold? You just know that if you call he will have an Ace. Guaranteed. No, no, I tell a lie, he will probably have a flush draw with which he is prepared to put 3/4 of his chips in with and will hit on the river. So I'm the short stack now and resigned to bubbling but wait with 7 bb left I get 99. Its an instant push under the gun and the chip leader on the button says 'K8' and we all know what is coming, yes, the river f*****g K to knock me out on the bubble. I've had about as much as I can take getting constantly f****d over by 3 outers or morons who call raises with A rag. Its only a $5 game but its just f*****g shite. Really. It is. I think I'll spend tomorrow doing something interesting rather than this b*****ks.

Oh I almost forgot that all through the game there were 2 c***s who obviously playing on the laddies 3d poker so every time they did one of the 'actions' with their character it was described in the chat box for those of us had not downloaded the 3d rubbish i.e. anyone who has an attention span greater than a 3 year old child. Congratulations for that Ladbrokes as I would hate to miss out on all the hilarity.....

Ahhhhhh! I feel better now!

A rag kills me (again) & dormant account fees

This blog is starting to sound like one continual moan about morons shoving their chips in the middle with A rag and hitting and lo and behold here is another example....I played the 2k guaranteed $1 re-buy (yeah I know its bound to be full of muppets) on Blue Square. I didn't have many cards but AA held up twice and I was about average at the first break. I hadn't re-bought but took the add on. About half way through the second hour the site started to freeze, people sitting out, minutes passed between hands, but the clock didn't stop and I think we got through 2 levels with about 3 hands being played. Blinds were now 500/1k and I had 54 in the bb. I checked and then pushed all in on the J54 board. A big stack called with A4 and of course he hits his river A. FFS! Such a terrible call with bottom pair! So instead of being above average chips I'm out in 242/670.

In the middle of being knocked out I was on the phone to World Poker Tour support where I have an account. I haven't played there for a few months but opened it up to see if there were anything worth playing. I only have $100 in the account but this had gone down by $14 over the last few months which was strange. I emailed them and then called them. Apparently its a 'dormancy fee' and that after 2 months they take $2, then $2 the next month and then $10 a month after that until the account is empty! Bit of a cheek for doing bugger all! Anyway I gave the nice German -sounding woman some grief on the phone (fuelled by the A rag muppet call), 'close my account etc' and they rang me back and said that they will refund it as 'goodwill gesture' as I'm a valued player (yeah I'm a real high roller lol).

She said its its all in the terms and conditions but who reads them? I'm not sure if other sites have the same policy but might be worth checking if you have lots of accounts with not much in them and register for a free roll once a month or you may find that some accounts may be emptied without you knowing!

Back to the STTs, back to the outdraws.....

Played a laddies $5 super deepstack tonight and going along with around starting stack and then pick up the first hand for about 30 hands......

> Apresboarder posted small blind (75)
> xoking1 posted big blind (150)
> Game # 958,633,859 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Jh Js )
> richmagpies1 raised for 600
> GUV1 called for 600
> jobbe folded
> kidsatdotcom folded
> Apresboarder folded
> xoking1 called for 450
> Dealing the Flop(2c 2h 3c )
> xoking1 checked
> richmagpies1 bet for 937.50
> GUV1 went all-in for 7,355 he has A3, did he really think his 2 pair was good?
> xoking1 folded
> richmagpies1 went all-in for 3,617.50
> Extra chips returned to GUV1, 2,800
> Dealing the turn(Qd )
> Dealing the river(3d )
> GUV1 wins 10,985 with a Full House, Threes full of Deuces
> richmagpies1 has left the tournament in 6th place

Jesus, I know I want poor calls but.....the preflop call for 600 with A3? LOL! Preflop I'm 70:30 favourite, post flop I'm a 75:25 favourite, post turn I'm 89:11 favourite...makes me want to smash my laptop sometimes when donkeys get rewarded! What did he think I was raising with that he could possibly be beating pre-flop...A2? K rag? LOL. Sorry, that's giving him credit for having any thought process apart from "oooooh I have an Ace lets get all my chips in...". Did he really think his 2 pair was wining after the flop? Really?..... sigh.............

Challenge bankroll is $273.40

Muppets on party grrrrr

I managed to turn the $10 ticket I had left into a level 3 $30 ticket by finishing second in a game this morning. I then loaded up a level 3 game and got rivered when ahead to finish a disappointing 1oth!

I had AK and rasied it 200 and got 3 callers! The flop was K62 and I bet 3/4 pot and got a caller. The turn was a J and I pushed all in. He calls and turns over K7....wtf? so is miles behind only for the river to give him a 7 and knock me out. K7 ffs! Never mind how can he call preflop with K7 but then how can he call on the flop and the turn? GRRRR! Drives me crazy! Should I have pushed on the turn? Well it was the right play as I was miles ahead but obviously the wrong play by the river lol

I bought in and played another $3 level 1 game and won it to get another Level 2 token. Ihad a nice hand when I hit quad 5s.


I then played the Level 2 token and doubled up in level 3 with AA when he couldn't put down QJ preflop after I had re-raised him....the mind boggles, it really does. After that it was pretty poor and my exit was with AK after the guy under the gun called a raise of 1200 with Q6!!! and of course he had a wild guess that his 6 was good on the J76 flop. It was good but I mean come on, lets just shove and pray! So out in 6th but with another level 1 token.

I played the level 1 game and won 900 first hand with AA vs KK. The flop brought an A which probably saved him his whole stack. No cards after that until I called an obviously tilting short stack's all in with 99, he turned over A6 and although he hit his A on the flop, I hit my 9 too. I then picked up AA again and was pleased to get a re-raiser who then called my all in with KK.....yes the river was K and that was that....grrrrr!

I will probably quit these steps games and go back to the normal STTs. I've had $140 worth of play for $15 which is pretty good. What gets me though is even though I have a finished in the money stat of 71% (cashed 12/17 times with half of these cashes being 1st or 2nd) I am still $15 down! The way I see it is that I'm not gonna get any 'useful' cash to add to the bankroll unless I get to level 6 and given the amount of luck or rather luck needed to avoid the idiot calls, getting to level 6 is gonna be a slog. And probably one which I'm not prepared to undertake.