I played a couple of freerolls today and that was it. You gotta love hands like this though in the laddies 5.00pm $250 freeroll. Everyone has had this done to them but its nice when you are the one sucking out....

> MaxBeckett posted small blind (75)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind (150)
> Game # 840,290,787 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Qd Qh )
> demon13 folded
> MusenNr11 folded
> makills1 folded
> arild-lar folded
> FRANK53 folded
> danzach folded
> Dazza_25 folded
> karvha called for 150
> MaxBeckett called for 75
> richmagpies1 bet for 600
> karvha called for 600
> MaxBeckett folded
> Dealing the Flop(8d Jd 5d )
> richmagpies1 went all-in for 2,900
> karvha called for 2,900 he called me with A6d so had the nut flush and I think I'm a gonna but....
> Dealing the turn(5c )
> Dealing the river(5s ) yum yum runner runner to double up with full house lol
> richmagpies1 wins 7,450 with a Full House, Fives full of Queens

Needless to say that revenge was sweet later on for karvha lol

Final table in $50 freeroll

Decided to play the $50 freeroll on laddies whilst watching the ETP. Anyway managed to get to the final table 3rd in chips. First prize is about $20 so no big deal. Anyway no cards for a while and then I get AA...happy days. However, this is laddies and the donkey who was under the gun called my raise with K9 and man that was all she wrote and I'm out in 9th/1458 for $1.51. Bankroll is now up to $13.15

> pair8s posted small blind (4,000)
> Ghosthare posted big blind (8,000)
> Game # 839,656,113 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(As Ah )
> rsclfans called for 8,000
> richmagpies1 raised for 32,000
> iloveyourmum folded
> kk28_up folded
> alwood folded
> giveusanace folded
> PeDeGe_1968 folded
> pair8s folded
> Ghosthare folded
> rsclfans called for 24,000
> Dealing the Flop(9d 10c 9s )
> rsclfans checked
> richmagpies1 went all-in for 102,210
> rsclfans called for 102,210
> Dealing the turn(6s )
> Dealing the river(3s )
> rsclfans wins 280,420 with Three of a Kind, Nines and kicker card King
> richmagpies1 has left the tournament in 9th place, winning $1.51

Getting bored of this

In this session I was trying to play a few more hands rather than wait for big pairs but its the way the cards are going at the moment that even when I hit top pair or 2 pair, someone else flops trips or a straight lol

> stg86 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Frederikzen posted to play ($0.02)
> Game # 839,534,232 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(As Qc )
> paul1964 called for $0.02
> bombhead15 called for $0.02
> setdowsetdow sits down
> queen13, you have 10 seconds to respond
> queen13 called for $0.02
> miggy1966 folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.08
> Frederikzen called for $0.06
> maccer10 folded
> SkaBegonia called for $0.07
> stg86 called for $0.06
> paul1964 called for $0.06
> bombhead15 folded
> queen13 called for $0.06
> Dealing the Flop(Qd 10c Js )
> SkaBegonia checked
> stg86 bet for $0.10
> paul1964 folded
> queen13 folded
> richmagpies1 called for $0.10
> Frederikzen called for $0.10
> SkaBegonia called for $0.10
> Dealing the turn(8c )
> SkaBegonia checked
> stg86 bet for $0.06
> richmagpies1 called for $0.06 I guess I should have folded here but it was only 0.06 and the river could have iven me the nut straight
> Frederikzen called for $0.06
> SkaBegonia called for $0.06
> Dealing the river(3d )
> SkaBegonia checked
> stg86 bet for $0.12
> richmagpies1 folded
> Frederikzen called for $0.12
> SkaBegonia called for $0.12
> stg86 shows a Straight, King high
(Ks Qd Js 10c 9c )
> Frederikzen mucked
> SkaBegonia mucked
> stg86 wins $1.43 with a Straight, King high

And when I do throw away rubbish like 32, I hit trips and would have won the pot lol

> setdowsetdow posted small blind ($0.01)
> paul1964 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 839,535,782 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(2h 3h )
> bombhead15 raised for $0.04
> queen13 called for $0.04
> miggy1966 folded
> richmagpies1 folded
> Frederikzen called for $0.04
> maccer10 called for $0.04
> SkaBegonia called for $0.04
> stg86 called for $0.04
> setdowsetdow folded
> paul1964 called for $0.02
> Dealing the Flop(6h Ah 3s )
> paul1964 checked
> bombhead15 checked
> queen13 checked
> Frederikzen checked
> maccer10 checked
> SkaBegonia checked
> stg86 checked
> Dealing the turn(10s )
> paul1964 checked
> bombhead15 bet for $0.02
> queen13 folded
> Frederikzen raised for $0.04
> maccer10 called for $0.04
> SkaBegonia called for $0.04
> stg86 folded
> paul1964 called for $0.04
> bombhead15 called for $0.02
> Dealing the river(3d )
> paul1964 checked
> bombhead15 checked
> Frederikzen checked
> maccer10 checked
> SkaBegonia checked
> paul1964 shows Two Pair, Fives over Threes
(5h 5s 3s 3d Ah )
> bombhead15 mucked
> Frederikzen shows Two Pair, Aces over Threes, with kicker card Queen
(Ac Ah 3s 3d Qd )
> maccer10 mucked
> SkaBegonia mucked
> Frederikzen wins $0.47 with Two Pair, Aces over Threes and kicker card Queen

This was the biggest pot i won in this session which about sums up the way the cards have been going recently....a massive $0.43 lol

> stg86 posted small blind ($0.01)
> 25111983 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 839,520,558 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Qs As )
> paul1964 called for $0.02
> queen13 folded
> gjk40 called for $0.02
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.08
> stevey21 folded
> stg86 folded
> 25111983 folded
> paul1964 called for $0.06
> gjk40 called for $0.06
> Dealing the Flop(8h Jh Qh )
> paul1964 checked
> gjk40 checked
> richmagpies1 checked
> Dealing the turn(4c )
> paul1964 checked
> gjk40 checked
> richmagpies1 checked
> Dealing the river(6c )
> paul1964 checked
> gjk40 bet for $0.06
> richmagpies1 called for $0.06
> paul1964 called for $0.06
> gjk40 shows One Pair, Jacks
(Jd Jh Qh 10d 8h )
> richmagpies1 shows One Pair, Queens, with kicker card Ace
(Qs Qh As Jh 8h )
> paul1964 mucked
richmagpies1 wins $0.43 with One Pair, Queens and kicker card Ace

Maybe I should just play looser like the muppets do, this guy re-re-raised all in with KJ! I would have won if I hadnt folded my AQ lol
> bo55m4n left the table
> tysken81 posted small blind ($0.01)
> ptomi65 left the table
> yanski posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 839,556,916 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Ad Qc )
> mrbear69 folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.12
> Timansku raised for $0.88
> SkaBegonia went all-in for $1.18
> kj1981 sits down
> stg86 folded
> tysken81 folded
> yanski folded
> richmagpies1 folded
10 minutes to go until the $2,500 GTD $10 NLHE Rebuy. Register now.
> Timansku called for $0.30
> Dealing the Flop(3d Jh 3s )
> Dealing the turn(Ah )
> Dealing the river(6d )
> SkaBegonia shows Two Pair, Jacks over Threes
(Jd Jh 3d 3s Ah )
> Timansku mucked
> SkaBegonia wins $2.39 with Two Pair, Jacks over Threes

After that I really couldnt be bothered to play any more today and finished the session $0.42 down which is not too bad given the cards and the muppets on the table. Bankroll is now $11.64 which is a bit disappointing.

To be honest I'm starting to get a bit bored of this challenge and may call it a day and go back to playing stts and mtts instead. I think you get a much better standard of play than you do in cash but I'll wait and see.

I think I'll go and watch the final table of the EPT London instead and listen to the footy...much more fun methinks!

AA and donkey calls! grrrrrrr!

Played for about 80 mins tonight and had AA three times, AK, AQ etc and a few crappy pocket pairs. I only won 1 hand (lol) and I finished $1.89 down and as you can see below was not happy with the out draws i suffered! That means the bankroll is back down to $12.06. Maybe I should have quit when I was up to around $3 for the session after my first AA won lol

After about 20 mins in was dealt AA on the button.

> Dealing Hole Cards(As Ad ) oh good!
> pete_paul folded
> darkstalker called for $0.02
> Zeppo_P called for $0.02
> tysken81 called for $0.02
> dubchild folded
> ianmorris called for $0.02
> dibbly folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.16 need to build the pot and hopefully at least one of these limpers will call
> jane_doe folded
> Mattie161 folded
> darkstalker called for $0.14
> Zeppo_P folded
> tysken81 called for $0.14
> ianmorris folded
> Dealing the Flop(4h 10s 3s ) hmmm 2 spades is not so good as no one here can lay down flush draws here
> darkstalker checked
> tysken81 checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.55 but if they have a flush draw lets make them pay for it
> darkstalker folded
> tysken81 called for $0.55 ok so he has a flush draw lol
> Dealing the turn(2s ) did not want to see that
> tysken81 checked is he trying to slow play?
> richmagpies1 checked I think if I bet here I'm getting re-raised so lets just check
> Dealing the river(9s ) now I like that card as it gives me the nut flush and serves him right for slow playing his flush
> tysken81 checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.41 lets bet and hope he has K of spades and will re-raise me
> tysken81 called for $0.41 ok he only called. maybe i could have made a bigger bet?
> richmagpies1 shows a Flush, Spades (As 10s 9s 3s 2s )
> tysken81 mucked
> richmagpies1 wins $2.35 with a Flush, Spades pleased to win as I was probably beat on the turn but the river came to the rescue

Then you get idiots calling in mid position preflop with K5. I guess I could have laid this down on the re-raise on the turn but I put him on A rag as thats the kind of hand no one here can lay down if they hit the A so was unlucky he had K5.

> spacedust posted small blind ($0.01)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind ($0.02)
> the_mojo posted to play ($0.02)
> Game # 837,774,063 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Ac Qc )
> jane_doe folded
> Mattie161 folded
> pete_paul called for $0.02
> darkstalker called for $0.02
> Zeppo_P folded
> tysken81 folded
> the_mojo checked
> ianmorris folded
> spacedust folded
> richmagpies1 checked
> Dealing the Flop(Ad 5s 5h )
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.09
> pete_paul folded
> darkstalker called for $0.09
> the_mojo, you have 10 seconds to respond
> the_mojo folded
> Dealing the turn(8s )
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.06
> darkstalker raised for $0.12
> richmagpies1 called for $0.06
> Dealing the river(9c )
> richmagpies1 checked
> darkstalker bet for $0.12
> richmagpies1 called for $0.12
> darkstalker shows Three of a Kind, Fives
(5c 5s 5h Ad Kc )
> richmagpies1 mucked
> darkstalker wins $0.72 with Three of a Kind, Fives

You see some bloody awful calls at this level

> richmagpies1 posted small blind ($0.01)
> jane_doe posted big blind ($0.02)
> spacedust, you have 5 seconds to respond
> spacedust is sitting out the current game
> Game # 837,791,675 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(5d Qd )
> pete_paul called for $0.02
> Zeppo_P folded
> tysken81 folded
> coldlogic raised for $0.16
> richmagpies1 folded
> jane_doe called for $0.14
> pete_paul called for $0.14
> Dealing the Flop(8d 9s 2d )
> jane_doe checked
> pete_paul checked
> coldlogic went all-in for $1.30 he had A4 and no draw
> jane_doe folded
> pete_paul called for $1.30 at least this idiot with 56 had a draw albeit a gutshot straight draw!
> Dealing the turn(4c )
> Dealing the river(Jh )
> coldlogic shows One Pair, Fours, with kicker card Ace the muppet hits his 4 lol and takes down the pot.
(4h 4c Ah Jh 9s )
> pete_paul shows a high card, Jack
(Jh 9s 8d 6c 5h )
coldlogic wins $2.94 with One Pair, Fours and kicker card Ace

Just why do they make such awful plays? When he was called could the guy with A4 seriously think he was ahead??? Then again the same can be said for the guy with 56 lol...just go all in and pray seems to be the standard play here..unbelievable!#

I think I made a good lay down with AA here
> tiger08 posted small blind ($0.01)
> pete_paul posted big blind ($0.02)
> rayko77 posted to play ($0.02)
> Game # 837,798,690 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Ad Ah )
> irish_andy called for $0.02
> tysken81 folded
> the_mojo folded
> coldlogic folded
> rayko77 checked
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.12
> jane_doe called for $0.12
> tiger08 folded
> pete_paul folded
> irish_andy called for $0.10
> rayko77 folded
> Dealing the Flop(7h Kh 6d ) Every time I get AA there is a bloody flush draw on the flop!
> irish_andy checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.41 I have to bet to make them pay for it as I refuse to give them a free card!
> jane_doe called for $0.41
> irish_andy folded
> Dealing the turn(Ks ) Thats not good either as he may have thought his top pair K on the flop was good and it just got even better but the flush hasnt hit yet
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.30 well lets see
> jane_doe raised for $2.13 no surprise to see that raise...now that screams I have a good hand
> richmagpies1, you have 10 seconds to respond if I call here and he doesnt have trips which I think he has, he may still have a flush draw and I could still be beat....I think that my only option here is to lay down as too many hands beat me and I only have the 2 Aces as outs. Do I want to risk my whole stack when I think I'm behind...the answer is no so I fold grrrrrrrr lol well they do say good players can lay down big hands lol
> richmagpies1 folded
> jane_doe mucked
> jane_doe wins $3.57

GRRRRR i don't call raises and preflop re-raises allins with 63 from the big blind but sometimes I wish I knew too little about poker to know that in the long run this is not a winning play but I would have trips here and won a decent pot...sigh
> rayko77 posted small blind ($0.01)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 837,813,153 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(6d 3d )
> jane_doe called for $0.02
> tiger08, you have 10 seconds to respond
> tiger08 folded
> pete_paul folded
> irish_andy went all-in for $0.18
> railsafety01 called for $0.18
> tysken81 folded
> the_mojo folded
> skin1295 called for $0.18
> rayko77 went all-in for $1.25
> richmagpies1 folded
> jane_doe folded
> railsafety01 went all-in for $1.26
> skin1295 folded
> Extra chips returned to railsafety01, $0.18
> Dealing the Flop(6s 8d 7h )
> Dealing the turn(Jc )
> Dealing the river(6c )
> rayko77 shows Two Pair, Jacks over Sixes, with kicker card Ace
(Jh Jc 6s 6c Ah )
> railsafety01 mucked
> irish_andy mucked
> rayko77 wins $2.78 with Two Pair, Jacks over Sixes and kicker card Ace

Now this takes the biscuit...wtf do people make calls like this!
> the_mojo posted small blind ($0.01)
> darkstalker posted big blind ($0.02)
> tiisii posted to play ($0.01)
> Game # 837,822,834 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Ad As )
> rayko77 folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.16
> jane_doe, you have 10 seconds to respond
> jane_doe, you have 5 seconds to respond
> jane_doe folded
> tiger08 folded
> pete_paul folded
> tiisii called for $0.15
> Dorsetwizard folded
> tysken81 folded
> the_mojo folded
> darkstalker folded
> Dealing the Flop(3h 2c 3c ) another f***ing flush draw when I have AA
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.35 ok not gonna give any of these muppets a free card
> tiisii raised for $0.70
> richmagpies1 went all-in for $1.28 i'm not folding here. He will have to pay here as he must have a draw
> tiisii went all-in for $0.82
> Extra chips returned to richmagpies1, $0.11
> Dealing the turn(8s ) good no flush draw so far!
> Dealing the river(5c ) un****ing believeable...he didnt even have a flush draw but A4, A f***ing 4 and just hit his 4 outer to hit his 5 high straight! But how can he call a big preflop raise with A4???? WHAT A F***iNG JOKE! LOL I guess the only positive thing I can take from this is that I made the correct play and this fool will soon lose all his money with awful plays like that!
> tiisii shows a Straight, Five high
(5c 4c 3h 2c Ah )
> richmagpies1 mucked
> tiisii wins $3.23 with a Straight, Five high

Thats me for the night! lol I dont think I can take the smell of donkeys anymore lol

Hungover session

Played for about 90 mins today (60 hands) trying to recover from last weekends stag do in Magaluf - it was as messy as expected - i'm getting too old to spend almost 4 days on the lash!

Anyway not a partcilualry interesting session as I really wasnt in the mood and managed to make a samll profit of $0.39 when won a few hands towards the end of the session with QQ, JJ, 33 - not as big pots as I would like as the flop brought all manner of draws that my pairs were vunerable to so i bet out and took the pots down either after the flop or turn. I'm ok with this as I didnt have massive hands that could be used to build the pots and better to win a small pot than lose a large one at this stage of the plan to build the bankroll which now stands at $13.95.

Those lovely ladies (for a change!)

I thought today's session was gonna go the same way as yesterday - no cards and watching the donkeys calling with crap and hitting left right and centre. About 45 mins into the session I picked up QQ in mid position...

> tornado78125 posted small blind ($0.01)
> Ztslas posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 833,181,053 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Qs Qd ) oh good (ironic) the bloody ladies with 4 people still to act after me

>Belvic64 sits down
> dubchild folded
> pkroob folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.12 have to raise
> darkstalker called for $0.12
> zeg006 went all-in for $0.43 hmmmm I cant fold here and this might get rid of those still to act which would be helpful
> Spinx1987 folded
> North_boy folded
> tornado78125 called for $0.42 ok another caller but I guess this will help build the pot
> Ztslas folded
> richmagpies1 called for $0.31
> darkstalker called for $0.31
> Dealing the Flop(Qh 6c 4h ) Excellent! a set but 2 hearts not so good but now there is no getting away from this!
> tornado78125 checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.87 I have to bet here and build the pot
> darkstalker called for $0.87 Glad he has called
> tornado78125 folded
> Dealing the turn(9c ) hmmmmm that puts 2 flush draws out there which is not good as the short stack all in could have anything
> richmagpies1 went all-in for $0.64 But lets make them pay to see their draws if they are on them
> darkstalker called for $0.64
> Dealing the river(Jc ) I dont like that 3rd club but it looks like I'm good! woo hoo ! lol
> richmagpies1 shows Three of a Kind, Queens
(Qh Qs Qd Jc 9c )
> darkstalker mucked
> zeg006 mucked
> richmagpies1 wins $4.53 with Three of a Kind, Queens not a bad pot but in my experience definitely a hand where you either win (relatively) big or lose your whole stack!

In the end I decided to call it a night soon after this pot as it is nice to go away with a nice profit in my last session when I am not gonna be able to play for a week or so. However, I will take some cards and some chips with me tomorrow as I'm sure some of the lads on the stag weekend will be up for a few friendly stts!

Overall i played 34 hands and finished the session $2.42 up. Looking at the stats on Poker Tracker, I played a bit looser than normal as I saw a flop 38% of the time (but based on 34 hands is a small sample so probably not that significant). However, I did have better cards tonight such as AK twice, a few pocket pairs and I did call with suited connectors in late position a couple of times (but missed the flop totally lol) which is what explains this.

The bankroll now stands at $13.56.

If anyone reads this, good luck at the tables and I will be back next week!

One of those days....

Every now and then you play a session and just get nothing, and I mean nothing at all. Every time you get crap and you fold and then finally you get a big hand and think you are gonna be rewarded for you patience but the poker gods have your number and do everything they can to stop you getting paid off lol

Dorsetwizard posted small blind ($0.01)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Sid_6-7 posted to play ($0.02)
> Game # 832,517,707 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(9d Qd )
> 2TonneGolfer called for $0.02
> chopsticks43 folded
> Sid_6-7 checked
> Zeppo_P called for $0.02
> Dorsetwizard called for $0.01
> richmagpies1 checked
> Dealing the Flop(7c 8c Qc ) not a good flop for top pair!
> Dorsetwizard checked
> richmagpies1 checked
> 2TonneGolfer checked
> Sid_6-7 checked
> Zeppo_P checked
> Dealing the turn(Qh )
> Dorsetwizard bet for $0.05
> richmagpies1 called for $0.05 ok trips which is the best I've had all session but could still be behind to a flopped flush and knowing my luck tonight that will be the case!
> 2TonneGolfer called for $0.05
> Sid_6-7 folded
> dawnditton sits down
> Zeppo_P folded
> Dealing the river(7d ) Now we may be in business! Only thing beating me is quad 7s and even I cant be that unlucky!
> Dorsetwizard checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.12 a smallish bet as dont want to scare everyone away and get paid nothing
> 2TonneGolfer raised for $0.24 oh good a raiser...lets hope he has the flush or made a smaller full house or straight on the river
> Dorsetwizard, you have 10 seconds to respond
> Dorsetwizard folded
> dawnditton left the table
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.85 lets raise it up more this time as he obviously has something
> 2TonneGolfer called for $0.73
> richmagpies1 shows a Full House, Queens full of Sevens
(Qc Qh Qd 7c 7d )
> 2TonneGolfer shows a Full House, Queens full of Sevens yes he did have something but unfortunately it was the same hand as me lol
(Qc Qh Qs 7c 7d )
> richmagpies1 wins $1.05 with a Full House, Queens full of Sevens
> 2TonneGolfer wins $1.04 with a Full House, Queens full of Sevens

I played for 2 hours tonight and looking at my stats on Poker Tracker after this session, I had the one full house above, trips once, two pairs four times, a flush once and that was it - this even includes hands where I folded preflop! If I hit top pair on the flop, the boardwas 3 clubs or QJT or other flops that top pair looks very shakey against! I was dealt a pocket pair twice in 94 hands and these were 22 & 33! Seems like I was destined not to have a good session which is what happens sometimes!

It could have been worse I guess and I only ended the session $0. 85 down so not too bad really and lets hope I get a few more cards next time!

I will probably play a few hands tomorrow but that will then be it to later next week as I go to Majorca for 4 days on a stag weekend on Thursday! Bring it on!

Whoa sick...and those damn ladies again!

This is what you want when you hit runner runner for a monster hand straight flush- someone else to fill their boat on the river!

> BWhere222 posted small blind ($0.01)
> Mowdanshund posted big blind ($0.02)
> thehuffie posted to play ($0.02)
> Game # 831,015,217 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Ad 10s )
> dickf28 folded
> Mattie161 folded
> dubchild called for $0.02
> Just_Maybe called for $0.02
> richmagpies1 folded
> thehuffie bet for $0.02
> flash171 folded
> Zeppo_P called for $0.04
> BWhere222 folded
> Mowdanshund called for $0.02
> dubchild called for $0.02
> Just_Maybe called for $0.02
> Dealing the Flop(7d 5c 6h )
> Mowdanshund checked
> dubchild checked
> Just_Maybe bet for $0.02
> thehuffie called for $0.02
> Zeppo_P called for $0.02
> Mowdanshund folded
> dubchild folded
> Dealing the turn(6d )
> Just_Maybe bet for $0.27
> thehuffie folded
> Zeppo_P called for $0.27
> Dealing the river(9d )
> Just_Maybe bet for $0.81
> Zeppo_P went all-in for $3.46
> Just_Maybe went all-in for $0.52
> Extra chips returned to Zeppo_P, $2.13
> Just_Maybe shows a Full House, Sevens full of Sixes
(7d 7s 7h 6h 6d )
> Zeppo_P shows a Straight Flush, Nine high, Diamonds
(9d 8d 7d 6d 5d )
> Zeppo_P wins $3.30 with a Straight Flush, Nine high, Diamonds
> Mowdanshund posted small blind ($0.01)
> dickf28 posted big blind ($0.02)
Zeppo_P> ul
dubchild> whoa. sick.

Its plays like this which really piss me off..I mean he has A3, calls like a donkey with it when under the gun and then re-raises all in after my preflop raise? What? What is he trying to tell me? That he has a monster? errr no as he isnt good enough to slow play it and if he had a monster what is the point in re-raising me as if I have nothing I'm gonna fold. Total donkey play and a 3 outer rewarded as usual....sigh....

> makills00 posted small blind ($0.01)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 831,019,350 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Qd Qh )
> thehuffie called for $0.02
> UrbanInk folded
> BWhere222 folded
> Mowdanshund called for $0.02
> dickf28 folded
> Mattie161 folded
> dubchild called for $0.02
> makills00 folded
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.13
> thehuffie went all-in for $0.67
> Mowdanshund folded
> JayG1970 sits down
> dubchild folded
> richmagpies1 called for $0.54
> Dealing the Flop(5s Kh 8h )
> Dealing the turn(Ac ) As soon as the A hit I knew I was beat as he HAS to have an A
> Dealing the river(As )
> thehuffie shows Three of a Kind, Aces
(Ac As Ad Kh 8h )
> richmagpies1 mucked
> thehuffie wins $1.36 with Three of a Kind, Aces
Its hands like this that mean the donkeys will keep on playing A rag!

Ok so played for about 2 hours, had QQ twice and lost both times (once I folded to a big bet on the turn when an A duly appeared and second one was the hand above). I had AA but didnt win a great deal and then won a $1.06 pot with AQ after hitting trips on the turn. I ended the session a massive $0.05 down which means the bank roll now stands at $11.99

Whilst playing cash I decided to play the laddies $250 freeroll and was doing ok before going out with KK vs AA lol

> wesselin posted small blind (50)
> johny91 posted big blind (100)
> Game # 831,061,621 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Kh Ks )
> lillebigfoot folded
> legolasroben sits down
> richmagpies1 raised for 600
> Vang00seving folded
> rowe folded
> one_eye_jack folded
> Gills1 folded
> hole11 raised for 2,200
> wesselin folded
> johny91 folded
> richmagpies1 went all-in for 2,135 no way I can lay KK down
> hole11 called for 535
> Dealing the Flop(Qs 2h 3s )
richmagpies1> lol
> Dealing the turn(Qh )
> Dealing the river(Qc )
> hole11 wins 5,620 with a Full House, Queens full of Aces
> richmagpies1 has left the tournament in 1119th place

Rugby, WSOP Europe, curry, lager...

I didnt play at all yesterday as I went to Canterbury for the day. Now I'm not religious at all (probably an atheist actually) but you couldnt fail to be impressed by Canterbury cathedral and the 900 years of history. Would hearltiy recommend a visit if you live down this way.

In the evening I watched England get royally spanked by the Springboks which was as depressing as it was inevitable lol. I dont think that we'll be in a pub like 4 years ago come the final! I also watched the WSOP europe tourney on the net so didnt play myself. Pretty good stuff but no commentary which was a shame. I know some people prefer it this way but its always interesting to hear the likes of Raymer, Hachem or Hellmuth when they are in the booth like during the EPT events discussing the hands. The link to the coverage is http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/mediacenter/livevideo.asp The final table will be pay-per-view but I'm sure someone on the laddies forum will post a link where it can be seen for free like the WSOP main event!

Played a few hands today before the Wales - Australia game and finished $0.93 in profit so bankroll up to $12.04 now. Had JJ twice and won with it once. Then flopped trips in the sb with 63 and got paid off against flopped 2 pairs and that was it really.

Going out for a few drinks and a curry tonight at a South African indian place. They do a fantastic house special curry (cant remember the name of it) which is basically a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry! No rice, naan or starters required! Yum yum! Trying to make the most of the last few days of my holiday!

Lets hope the Punters Pal's tips come good for the first time this season with trebles and accumulator on West Ham, West Brom, Hartlepool and Shrewsbury.

Ridiculous hand

This hand made me laugh...completely ridiculous. Must be the world record for min raises in a single hand!

> hemsford posted small blind ($0.01)
> raab11 posted big blind ($0.02)
> ianbrad posted to play ($0.02)
> jaimie is waiting for the big blind to play
> Game # 829,331,685 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards
> richmagpies1 folded
> ianbrad bet for $0.02
> toonjedi called for $0.04
> Soarey folded
> rtwl called for $0.04
> Cashler called for $0.04
> conan399 folded
> hemsford called for $0.03
> raab11 folded
> Dealing the Flop(6c Qh 2d )
> hemsford checked
> ianbrad bet for $0.02
> toonjedi folded
> rtwl folded
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> hemsford called for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> hemsford called for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> hemsford called for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> hemsford folded You fold now after calling 3 raises. So basically you called 3 raises with nothing lol
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04 come on guys this is getting silly now! lol
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler raised for $0.04
> ianbrad raised for $0.04
> Cashler went all-in for $0.02
> Dealing the turn(Jd )
> Dealing the river(8d )
> ianbrad shows One Pair, Queens, with kicker card Ace
(Qh Qd Ac Jd 8d )
> Cashler mucked what on earth did he have?
ianbrad wins $1.20 with One Pair, Queens and kicker card Ace

First hand of the day...

Had a good day today after the nightmare of losing my passport etc. I went to get a new passport today and expected to have a nervous week waiting for it to arrive to enable me to go on my mates stag do next Thursday. However, they did my passport for me on the day despite them telling me before that they couldnt do this as I had lost my passport so that was a big relief!

So decided to play for an hour and below is the first hand for about 10 days......

> Knightstick posted small blind ($0.01)
> richmagpies1 posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 829,026,910 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Kh Kc ) oooohhh thats a nice hand for the first one of the day
> nh_sniffer1 called for $0.02
> fishboy1983 called for $0.02
> messini folded
> gus1967 called for $0.02
> _gaah_ called for $0.02
> 2TonneGolfer called for $0.02
> LuckedOut called for $0.02
> fakenick raised for $0.22 a raise but thats ok with me
> Knightstick folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.80 lets see if he has anything
> nh_sniffer1 folded
> fishboy1983 called for $0.80 oh someone else willing to call a raise and a re-raise but surely I've still got to be ahead??
> gus1967 went all-in for $0.17
> _gaah_ folded
> 2TonneGolfer folded
fishboy1983> lol
> LuckedOut folded
> fakenick went all-in for $5.67 hmmmmm lets hope he doesnt have an A
> richmagpies1 went all-in for $1.18 I think I have no option but to call here given what is in the pot already and I've already almost put half my stack in
> fishboy1983 went all-in for $1.64 would rather it was heads up but never mind
> Extra chips returned to fakenick, $3.43
> Dealing the Flop(5c 4h 8d ) ok thats pretty good unless someone now has a set as i doubt anyone would still be in with 76
> Dealing the turn(5h ) ooooh flush draw now
> Dealing the river(Ac ) did not want to see an A
> fishboy1983 shows One Pair, Fives so he had QJ and was happy to get his entire stack in preflop with it? lol
(5c 5h Ac Qs Jc )
> fakenick shows Two Pair, Sixes over Fives ok he had 66 and was trying to bully with his big stack
(6h 6c 5c 5h Ac )
> richmagpies1 shows Two Pair, Kings over Fives
(Kh Kc 5c 5h Ac )
> gus1967 shows Two Pair, Aces over Fives, with kicker card Queen Thank god it was the short stack who had the A lol
(Ac As 5c 5h Qc )
> fakenick wins $0.88 with Two Pair, Sixes over Fives
> richmagpies1 wins $5.16 with Two Pair, Kings over Fives
> gus1967 wins $0.81 with Two Pair, Aces over Fives and kicker card Queen

So won $3.16 with the first hand of the day! Unfortunately that was about it and finished $2.68 up for the session. The bankroll is now $10.21 and pleased to have broken the $10 barrier lol

Played a laddies $1 stt where the top 5 all get the same payout - $2. Generally its a case of sitting tight and hoping a big hand will pay you off...which is what happened when I got KK. I then pretty much sat back, folded the rubbish until others knocked themselves out and the bubble burst. Bank roll now up to $11.11.

GRRRRR I'm soooo stupid

Just got back from a great holiday with my girlfriendf in Skiathos, Greece - fantastic weather, great food, pleasant friendly people so nice and relaxed until......I left one of my f*****g bags in the black cab we got back from the station which had in it my ipod, digital camera and passport! Of course the cabbie hasnt (yet) handed it in if he found it and I guess that given the times we live if the next customer in the cab found it they would just take it anyway and think it was their lucky day - I do hope I am proved wrong and that it does turn up but I'm not holding my breath!

Anyway the travel insurance (if the b*****ds pay up) should cover the ipod etc but the main thing I'm pissed off about is the passport as I'm going on mate's stag weekend to Majorca next Thursday and I dont have a passport! So despite being on holiday it will be up early tomorrow, get the same train I do everyday to London and an apporintment at the passport office to report the lost one and get a new one. Hopefully I'll be able to persuade them to let me pick it up in person from the office next week (as I work nearby) rather than rely on a courier delivering it by next Thursday lunchtime so that I can go on the stag!

I'm just so annoyed with myself and feel a right idiot! I do hope that whoever found it does the decent thing and hands the bag in to the police but as I said, I think I'm probably pissing in the wind given the way this country is going to the dogs! I now feel like I've not been on holiday at all!

So no poker played today which is a shame and probably not tomorrow either but will try! Maybe its best I dont play for a couple of days until I get all this stuff out of my system! A couple of bad beats may send me over the edge!

Trouble with the ladies....

Hands like this show exactly what the standard of play is like at the lowest levels...

> mally22222 posted small blind ($0.01)
> coolkevl posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 822,426,182 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Qh Qc )
> StevenBell, you have 10 seconds to respond
> StevenBell, you have 5 seconds to respond
Registrations for the $30 $1,250 GTD Short Handed NLHE Freezeout closes in 02 minutes
> StevenBell did not act in time and was folded
> OAK_RA_FA_EL folded
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.12 ok been v patient and not played a hand for a while but want a caller so won't raise too much
> bombhead15 folded
> jazzyt folded
> cdp888 folded
> Perry73 called for $0.12
> mally22222 went all-in for $2.04 Seriously? Ok well, if he had AA, KK surely he wouldnt be that stupid?
> coolkevl folded
> richmagpies1 went all-in for $1.76 Ok lets call. Need to make big hands pay.
> Perry73 called for $1.93 Shit what has this guy got!
> Dealing the Flop(7s 3h 2s )
> Dealing the turn(4s )
> Dealing the river(8s )
> mally22222 shows a Flush, Spades what the fuck! A9 and they weren't even suited! What a lucky fish! Must make a note of his awful play for next time.
(As 8s 7s 4s 2s )
> Perry73 mucked wow this guy had AA so I was dead anyway.
> richmagpies1 mucked
> mally22222 wins $5.70 with a Flush, Spades

The idiot with A9 was 5% to win preflop. I guess I was just unlucky to have come up against AA when had QQ so dont feel as bad as if I it had just been against the moron with A9. Bet the guy with AA is even more pissed off than me - I bet he thought it was his birthday and christmas come at once as he sees 2 all ins before him and he's sitting there with AA lol

Anyway enough of the moans about bad beats....

One of the interesting (or frustrating) things about using poker tracker to analyse your game is that you have a pretty good record of what the outcome of a hand would be if you hadn't folded. I had a classic the other day when I folded J8 and the flop came JJJ. I'm sure we have all had days when our big hands dont hold up yet the crap we throw away either hits a straight or full hosue. Its tempting when this happens to loosen up and play rags but its not a winning strategy in the long run so I try to be very disciplined - if you have poker tracker go and look at the percentage of hands you have won with 74 if you have just folded it and hit a full house on the flop - will help your sanity and prove to you that in the long run folding 74 to a preflop raise is the correct play (although it didnt seem to be at the time)!

For example looking at my stats for the 913 cash game hands since I started this blog shows that if I had gone to the river I would have hit a straight 40 times. But in actual fact I have only gone to a showdown twice when I had a straight! WOW! That looks like a leak to me! Maybe I should play those connectors a bit more frequently as I'm obviously missing out here!

Another intereting stat is the figures for hands won at showdown. My current figure is 59% which is ok and shows that on those rare occasions (lol) I go to a showdown I'm ahead!

Disappointing to end the day $2 down but still up overall! I doubt I'll play anymore today as I'm going on holiday tomorrow so got plenty to do.

Good luck at the tables and see you in a weeks time!

Sunday 2 September 2007

Sometimes I see a hand and think wtf was going through their minds. Now I know its pennies but what on earth was the thinking behind this....

> City-Nut posted small blind ($0.01)
> jaimie posted big blind ($0.02)
> Game # 821,795,010 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(8h 7d )
> lizzyo5 folded
> richmagpies1 folded
> FinnFoe checked
> kellno1 sits down
> hayze79 called for $0.02
> JoeyA raised for $0.16 K7 ok hes trying to steal as only 1 caller and he is on the button.
> belkie folded
> City-Nut called for $0.15 AT...hmmm ok bit loose in the sb but fair enough
> jaimie called for $0.14 i would probably fold here unless I had something
> FinnFoe folded
> hayze79 folded
> Dealing the Flop(6d 3c 2d )
> City-Nut checked
> jaimie checked
> JoeyA went all-in for $0.49 ok they have both checked so try and represent something but lets face it 632 is not a raisers flop and if he had hit anything would he bet that much?
> City-Nut called for $0.49 still doesnt put this guy off with A high though! all he was beating was a bluff. No way he could claim he knew he was bluffing as its impossible to get any kind of read on people at these levels.
> jaimie folded sensible fold but obviously had nothing so why call preflop?
> Dealing the turn(Jc )
> Dealing the river(4c )
> JoeyA shows a high card, King had King high and a runner runner straight draw and thats it post flop
(Kh Jc 7c 6d 4c )
> City-Nut shows a high card, Ace had A high and a runner runner flush and straight draw and thats it post flop
(Ad Jc 10c 6d 4c )
> City-Nut wins $1.43 with high card, Ace

so both had nothing at all but quite happy to put their cash in anyway! Now I know I dont play much cash but this can in no way be a long-term way to win! This is what you hope you are up against when you finally hit a hand and as I said before is probably the only way you can win at these levels as people just don't fold.

Well, I played 134 hands in 2 sessions and finished $1.31 up. No big hands but won with KJ, 99, 44 and AK. My usual tight game but seems to be slowly paying off!

Don't you hate KK.....

Was up early this morning as needed to go and buy some stuff for my holiday next week. Also was on the net just before 9.00am as tickets for one of my fave bands The Mission (goth rockers) went on sale. They are doing a pretty cool series of gigs next February/March where for 4 nights they play in full a different album plus b-sides from singles and live favourites from that time! Fantastic idea I think. The albums are - Gods Own Medicine, The First Chapter, Children, Carved in Sand. Now as a big Mission fan it was hard to decide which to go and see (I guess I should have gone to see them all) but decided on Carved in Sand after changing my mind from Gods Own Medicine. One of the reasons was that the Carved in Sand gig is on a Saturday (and it does have some absolutely storming tracks on it) so I'll have the Sunday to recover from a drunken night in the mosh pit....cooooooooooool

Also had my usual Saturday flutter on the footy, following tips from the Punters Pal (i.e ruddock from the laddies forum). 4 x trebles and an accumlator on Newcastle, Sheff Utd, Swansea and Peterborough. Returns around £30 for a £2.50 stake so nothing big but adds a bit of fun to the footy. This the 4th week of the season and following the Punters Pal has drawn a blank so far, so we are due a win!

Well, here we go again backto the grind. Bit of an up and down session which ended on a down, unfortunately. Got up to over $3 at one point. Had a few cards today, AA 3 times, including twice in two hands and all 3 held up for smallish pots -I think to have a winning session you just need to have a big hand against another big hand and hope it holds up. Also had wins with JJ and 88 but it was bloody KK which was no good today......

Dealing Hole Cards(Kc Kh )
> Mikey_Luggss sits down
> emma448 called for $0.02
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.16
> lutonian folded
> beezleebear folded
> tinker44 folded
> _shelbie_ folded
> m2rk22 called for $0.16
> starskos called for $0.15
> dubchild folded
> emma448 folded
> Dealing the Flop(5s Ah 5c ) grrrrr the dreaded A
> starskos, you have 10 seconds to respond
> starskos, you have 5 seconds to respond
> starskos checked
> richmagpies1 bet for $0.13 ok lets see if anyone has the A
> m2rk22 went all-in for $2.36 errrrr ok not much doubt that he has
> starskos folded
> richmagpies1 folded
> m2rk22 wins $2.98 he showed AK so a good lay down but still annoying

This one really sucked lol

> Game # 821,151,159 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Kh Kd )
> starskos folded
> pogue909 folded
> Perry73 called for $0.02
> richmagpies1 raised for $0.16 ok lets raise again and try and get A rag merchants to lay them down.
> stuguy called for $0.16
> beezleebear folded
> 7stupidos7 called for $0.15
> m2rk22 folded
> Perry73 called for $0.14
> Dealing the Flop(5h 5d 10c ) cool! no A on the flop this time
> 7stupidos7 checked
> pogue909 brought $0.03 to the table
> Perry73 bet for $0.16 hmmmm would he bet with a 5 on a rainbow board with no stright draw on? I wouldnt.
> richmagpies1 called for $0.16 ok ill call
> stuguy folded
> 7stupidos7 folded
> Dealing the turn(5s ) ooooh bit of a scare card
> Perry73 bet for $0.49 but he wouldnt bet with quads would he?
> richmagpies1 went all-in for $2.05 ok unless you have AA, the case 5 or TT i'm good here so lets raise
> Perry73 went all-in for $0.87
> Extra chips returned to richmagpies1, $0.69
> Dealing the river(3h )
> Perry73 shows a Full House, Tens full of Fives jesus he had TT for fucks sake! VVVV ul lol
(10c 10d 10s 5h 5d )
> richmagpies1 mucked
> Perry73 wins $3.52 with a Full House, Tens full of Fives

That was not pleasant but could have been a lot worse if he was stacked. So overall I played 94 hands and decided to cut my losses and finished down $1.43 for the session. Still in profit overall though.

Update: Have been watching the Barcelona EPT on the web which is excellent so decided to play a tourney for fun where it wouldnt matter if I didnt concentrate so played the laddies 5.00pm $250 freeroll. Managed to get into the top 130 where the money starts out of 1992 when I picked up JJ

> Donelectron posted big blind (600)
> Game # 821,283,946 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards(Js Jc )
> EddtheIron folded
> JayG1970 called for 600
> Night_Wolf folded
> richmagpies1, you have 10 seconds to respond
> richmagpies1 went all-in for 7,375
> dj247365 folded
> kkaktus folded
> saint28 folded
> ottawasens1 folded
> weeze folded
> Donelectron folded
> JayG1970 called for 6,775
> Dealing the Flop(8s Kc Kh )
> Dealing the turn(3h )
> Dealing the river(Ah )
> JayG1970 wins 15,650 with a Full House, Kings full of Eights
> richmagpies1 has left the tournament in 126th place, winning $0.25

Talk about hitting the flop. Second time today I've lost a pot when my opponent hit a full house on the flop.