I'm really not good at sticking to my word am I?
I say I'll play 1/2 and end up remaining at .50/1
I say I'll take a break when I'm on tilt.. I don't.
Bah.
I lost that €150 to tilt (well I cashed out a whimpering €80 to pay for Nottingham tourney.)
This is truly the end of my little story, for the moment at least.
Its been a good run, and I've had a lot of fun, and the money has been used to pay for things like TV licenses, debts to landlords and friends and poker games where I'm out of my depth (but those were fun nonetheless).
I've enough set aside for both of the Nottingham tournaments, and maybe a wee flurry at the cash tables when I'm down there too. And most obviously, and what I regard as best: I can truly go and get absolutely rat-arsed with the rest of it.
In all likelyhood I will probably realise that, when the dust settles from my most anticipated chaotic drunken-poker-filled weekend, I could do with having more money (you know, for food.)
So no doubt I'll go back on my word and end up playing again.
And it'll probably happen exactly as before - well I really hope it does - starting with that 20 bucks deposit, and ending in tilty crap play and me shouting 'I hate poker!!'
But for now, I'll look back on this last 2 months with fondness, and remember that there were good times, great times at the tables. I love winning money. But also, however silly this may sound, its lovely just to play: it really is. I hope everyone else remembers that too. And I hope I can recapture that feeling.
Until next time....?
Ken.
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Monday 4 February 2008
Where does the wandering poker player go?
Oh jeez I'm so bored. I've got nothing to do. Actually thats a blatant lie, but the things I could do I reject because they bore me.
Long time no see, blogsite.
Guess what?
:You're broke?
Nope!
:You're rich?
Haha Nope! Just the usual self-destructive poker. Tilt poker. Bad poker. Playing terribly. Whatever you want to call it, that thing, I cant get rid of it, happened again. Play well, win money, play too much, get bored, play when bored, lose interest, lose concentration, lose money.
Also, due to using a computer so much, my ability to see details of long distances is rapidly deteriorating. My father assures me this is due to my age (im 103.)
But thats enough about my health.
In case anyone gets this far, without launching themselves off the nearest needlessly dangerous precipice, I might aswell update the figures I seem to always divulge.
I ended up getting £300 in rakeback: Bonus! However, I cashed it all out as leaving it in will surely result in it being frittered. Not made into a supper, with salt n vinegar.
Currently, I am in no condition to play poker. I have €150 in my account. Played a couple of tournies on blonde, always doing alright but at some point making a pointless error due to lack of patience.
Also cashed out some money before that meaning I've made about £1400 from all this pokering nonsense. Pretty schweet, I think I've earned a wee break don't you?
Hmm. Where did all that money go? Do you find it as easy as I do to fritter it away? (possibly literally this time if you really like chip shops)
Makes me feel like I should be on that site playing, playing, playing again and earning and cashing out. But I know thats just nonsense.
So I'm exercising self-control. I've managed to use Football Manager 08 and Darts, as well as actually attending university lectures, as a means of escaping the dreaded poker itch.
I'll eventually go back - I have to soon: the Nottingham trip is booked and I'd like spending/live cash poker money to be able to burn without a reprimand from the sensible part of my brain, (if there is such a thing.)
Anyway, probably increasingly tiresome and boring,
see you all later. Bye bye.
Long time no see, blogsite.
Guess what?
:You're broke?
Nope!
:You're rich?
Haha Nope! Just the usual self-destructive poker. Tilt poker. Bad poker. Playing terribly. Whatever you want to call it, that thing, I cant get rid of it, happened again. Play well, win money, play too much, get bored, play when bored, lose interest, lose concentration, lose money.
Also, due to using a computer so much, my ability to see details of long distances is rapidly deteriorating. My father assures me this is due to my age (im 103.)
But thats enough about my health.
In case anyone gets this far, without launching themselves off the nearest needlessly dangerous precipice, I might aswell update the figures I seem to always divulge.
I ended up getting £300 in rakeback: Bonus! However, I cashed it all out as leaving it in will surely result in it being frittered. Not made into a supper, with salt n vinegar.
Currently, I am in no condition to play poker. I have €150 in my account. Played a couple of tournies on blonde, always doing alright but at some point making a pointless error due to lack of patience.
Also cashed out some money before that meaning I've made about £1400 from all this pokering nonsense. Pretty schweet, I think I've earned a wee break don't you?
Hmm. Where did all that money go? Do you find it as easy as I do to fritter it away? (possibly literally this time if you really like chip shops)
Makes me feel like I should be on that site playing, playing, playing again and earning and cashing out. But I know thats just nonsense.
So I'm exercising self-control. I've managed to use Football Manager 08 and Darts, as well as actually attending university lectures, as a means of escaping the dreaded poker itch.
I'll eventually go back - I have to soon: the Nottingham trip is booked and I'd like spending/live cash poker money to be able to burn without a reprimand from the sensible part of my brain, (if there is such a thing.)
Anyway, probably increasingly tiresome and boring,
see you all later. Bye bye.
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Never worked, still working away.
Hello to anyone who reads this, I'm very much appreciative of the kind words and requests for new posts etc. so thank you. As you can see I'm not swimming in a pool of strongbow or being fed crisps by angelina jolie, so you can probably tell I didnt win any money in that tourney.
Every time I got a hand there was always a slightly better one to screw me over, and I never really felt like I could get going. Had 1010 on a K high flop, split AJ with A9 after a lot of chips went in on the flop and turn, QQ on an Ace high flop.. and possibly others. But my final hand was most annoying.
Most players had been playing quite loose, playing lots of pots with rag aces and the like, and I have AJspades UTG, so I have no qualms about raising it to 3xbb. One caller on the button and everyone else folds. The flop comes A7s3s, and I must think I have the best hand here. It just so happens the other player has A7, and the chips fly in with no help for me on turn or river. That was for 6k which wasnt massive but it was slightly above average if I recall correctly. Never mind eh?
I've also made Gold membership, and I await the collection of treats that I am now privy to. Treats such as a €150 bonus sound good, but I'm not sure I'll get it because I get rakeback already, though it doesnt mention it on the site which makes me hopeful.
Its so easy to spend money when you have it, those profits I've been enjoying have just been draining away as I spend money on things I dont need, and things I do need. But I still have enough to go to Nottingham with, and I can afford many a pint of beer, so I'm happy.
I've also cashed out another $400 for the time being to boost my bank balance a little, after having a reasonably good session today.
Had a lovely hand where a person was very annoyed at me for raising so many hands. I was dealt QQ on the button and UTG made it $4, and this annoyed guy calls, I raise it to $16, because I think it will get UTG to fold and angry man to call, which is what happens.
It might be useful to note that I'm aware of my opponents (angry man) skill level - he loves draws and draws to draws! The flop is 27j 2 diamonds, which is excellent. I think I bet $16, he calls. turn is a blank, and now the pot is bigger than my stack about $60 odd where i have $59. If he has a draw only, he might fold to my push, and if he has a Jack he'll call. So I think a little bit and decide its better to bet $30 here to tempt him into calling.
Yes if he hits it will be shit, but if he misses and has a terrible pair he may have to call my last $29 with practically nothing, because the pot will be so large. And thats what I do.
The river is a Jack!! The worst card ever. Or is it? He thinks and pushes, and theres just no way I'm folding, so I call. pot is something like $190 and he shows 10 8, a busted gutshot. Wooo me.
Not the most high level poker you've seen, and there was no hard decision to make, but there was some use of thought, preflop with the choice to re-raise so high to isolate angry man, on the flop and turn, betting not too much, to tempt him in. I thought it was nice.
This is the only hand I can remember, I must try and relay more hands in these posts.
Thats all for now, until next time, swing bada bada swing bada bada oooo!
Every time I got a hand there was always a slightly better one to screw me over, and I never really felt like I could get going. Had 1010 on a K high flop, split AJ with A9 after a lot of chips went in on the flop and turn, QQ on an Ace high flop.. and possibly others. But my final hand was most annoying.
Most players had been playing quite loose, playing lots of pots with rag aces and the like, and I have AJspades UTG, so I have no qualms about raising it to 3xbb. One caller on the button and everyone else folds. The flop comes A7s3s, and I must think I have the best hand here. It just so happens the other player has A7, and the chips fly in with no help for me on turn or river. That was for 6k which wasnt massive but it was slightly above average if I recall correctly. Never mind eh?
I've also made Gold membership, and I await the collection of treats that I am now privy to. Treats such as a €150 bonus sound good, but I'm not sure I'll get it because I get rakeback already, though it doesnt mention it on the site which makes me hopeful.
Its so easy to spend money when you have it, those profits I've been enjoying have just been draining away as I spend money on things I dont need, and things I do need. But I still have enough to go to Nottingham with, and I can afford many a pint of beer, so I'm happy.
I've also cashed out another $400 for the time being to boost my bank balance a little, after having a reasonably good session today.
Had a lovely hand where a person was very annoyed at me for raising so many hands. I was dealt QQ on the button and UTG made it $4, and this annoyed guy calls, I raise it to $16, because I think it will get UTG to fold and angry man to call, which is what happens.
It might be useful to note that I'm aware of my opponents (angry man) skill level - he loves draws and draws to draws! The flop is 27j 2 diamonds, which is excellent. I think I bet $16, he calls. turn is a blank, and now the pot is bigger than my stack about $60 odd where i have $59. If he has a draw only, he might fold to my push, and if he has a Jack he'll call. So I think a little bit and decide its better to bet $30 here to tempt him into calling.
Yes if he hits it will be shit, but if he misses and has a terrible pair he may have to call my last $29 with practically nothing, because the pot will be so large. And thats what I do.
The river is a Jack!! The worst card ever. Or is it? He thinks and pushes, and theres just no way I'm folding, so I call. pot is something like $190 and he shows 10 8, a busted gutshot. Wooo me.
Not the most high level poker you've seen, and there was no hard decision to make, but there was some use of thought, preflop with the choice to re-raise so high to isolate angry man, on the flop and turn, betting not too much, to tempt him in. I thought it was nice.
This is the only hand I can remember, I must try and relay more hands in these posts.
Thats all for now, until next time, swing bada bada swing bada bada oooo!
Sunday 20 January 2008
Faith, Hope and Charity
So, two days ago I was prattling on about getting gold membership to see what it is like. It looks like I'll be able to get it no bother, so when I'll do I'll tell you all about it.
I'm back up to $1k, which is where I want to be. I had enough Faith in myself, to reverse that withdrawal and work my little way back into goodness.
I've also decided to play in a big tournament: the €100k guaranteed on Pokerheaven tonight. Costs about $190 and should be great fun. I set myself and passed a challenge today to win a couple of buy-ins to pay for it, so dont worry I'm not breaking any rules(although I am for mtt bankrolling, but thats neither here nor there.) I really Hope that I do well in it, because the payouts are bound to be amazing.
But, I have terrible MTT patience, and I'm probably not gonna get anywhere, so the chips I give for free will be like Charity to these people.
Ahhh see the title becomes clear. Amazing.
Until next time, shawalawaladingdong kanichidooda.
I'm back up to $1k, which is where I want to be. I had enough Faith in myself, to reverse that withdrawal and work my little way back into goodness.
I've also decided to play in a big tournament: the €100k guaranteed on Pokerheaven tonight. Costs about $190 and should be great fun. I set myself and passed a challenge today to win a couple of buy-ins to pay for it, so dont worry I'm not breaking any rules(although I am for mtt bankrolling, but thats neither here nor there.) I really Hope that I do well in it, because the payouts are bound to be amazing.
But, I have terrible MTT patience, and I'm probably not gonna get anywhere, so the chips I give for free will be like Charity to these people.
Ahhh see the title becomes clear. Amazing.
Until next time, shawalawaladingdong kanichidooda.
Friday 18 January 2008
The Heat of the Moment
ach, I ended up reversing that withdrawal, I'm on $550 just now.
Partly because I cooled down, partly cause I don't have much to do, and partly cause I want to become a Gold member of Pokerheaven. Im pretty close but still probably have to work it hard to reach the €1000 Euros mark that they set for reaching Gold. I was at €790 today, and played a LOT of poker (however it was at the lower stakes, trying to re-establish normality). So we'll see how the rake is doing.
So yeh you might want to disregard the previous post, since Im playing again etc.
What are you going to do with me, eh?
Partly because I cooled down, partly cause I don't have much to do, and partly cause I want to become a Gold member of Pokerheaven. Im pretty close but still probably have to work it hard to reach the €1000 Euros mark that they set for reaching Gold. I was at €790 today, and played a LOT of poker (however it was at the lower stakes, trying to re-establish normality). So we'll see how the rake is doing.
So yeh you might want to disregard the previous post, since Im playing again etc.
What are you going to do with me, eh?
Wednesday 16 January 2008
This day was coming..
I've done something a little bit stupid. Perhaps its because im tired, hungry or just not in the mood.
I cashed out $400 after losing about $500. And I've got $60 left.
Im going to break for a few days. Then Im going to start at the beginning. Right back at .05/.10 holdem. Its gonna be weird.
Ach well. I think I'm playing too much. Need a break. I'm hungry. TILT!
Also, it may or may not interest you to know that this whole process of depositing, building and withdrawing has taken place over the course of exactly 1 month.
Maybe I'll repeat the cycle for the next month, who knows!
I'll be back.. I hope..
I cashed out $400 after losing about $500. And I've got $60 left.
Im going to break for a few days. Then Im going to start at the beginning. Right back at .05/.10 holdem. Its gonna be weird.
Ach well. I think I'm playing too much. Need a break. I'm hungry. TILT!
Also, it may or may not interest you to know that this whole process of depositing, building and withdrawing has taken place over the course of exactly 1 month.
Maybe I'll repeat the cycle for the next month, who knows!
I'll be back.. I hope..
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
The saying is true. It applies to poker, if you leave off it a while, you'll find your desire to play - and just play for the fun of playing - grows substantially.
Not that I'm stopping playing, I love it still.
However the saying does also apply to food, or I'm hoping it will. I've agreed to take part in a bet which involves not eating until 1pm this Saturday. We started at 1am last night, after wolfing down an awesome pizza, to give us some energy reserves. This is going to be hard, I've never managed probably a few hours without snacking on crisps or something or other. Already I'm feeling like I could probably do with some cereal.
It will be a test of will power and body parts and metabolism. I hope my body is good at using up sugar and fat from places like my ass, cause it'll probably have to, and soon!
Anyway, if you dont hear from me, it could be that I've died from starvation. Or it could be that I'm busy. Either way, for more information, refer to Scotts blog (link in a previous post) for details of the Bet and how we are faring.
I hope I win.
Best regards, Kensteroony.
Not that I'm stopping playing, I love it still.
However the saying does also apply to food, or I'm hoping it will. I've agreed to take part in a bet which involves not eating until 1pm this Saturday. We started at 1am last night, after wolfing down an awesome pizza, to give us some energy reserves. This is going to be hard, I've never managed probably a few hours without snacking on crisps or something or other. Already I'm feeling like I could probably do with some cereal.
It will be a test of will power and body parts and metabolism. I hope my body is good at using up sugar and fat from places like my ass, cause it'll probably have to, and soon!
Anyway, if you dont hear from me, it could be that I've died from starvation. Or it could be that I'm busy. Either way, for more information, refer to Scotts blog (link in a previous post) for details of the Bet and how we are faring.
I hope I win.
Best regards, Kensteroony.
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