So after planning on playing the £150 freezeout, I did not go!! A combination of tiredness, no one else wanting to go and not enough registered players, I decided to just leave it. Would have been £200 minimum, and once I was up, showered etc just did not feel a need or any drive to go and play. (I HAVE LEARNED NEVER TO PLAY ANY DECENT GAMES IN THAT FRAME OF MIND!)
So i just went down to the local gala casino for their sunday poker (COUGH) bingo game! There are a few bad players, but a few stalwarts who I respect ;)
Made the final, busted out 6th running my AJ into lucky larry's A9 (Obviously he hits a 9 on the river) As a side note first time i've been slow rolled by a dealer, seen the 9 and took an age to turn it over!! RESULT: BUY IN MONEY BACK SAVER!! Sigh...............
Sat down at the dealers choice cash game with a few friendly faces, was a really relaxed game, and mostly 6-O was the game, or 4 card Irish it was my button :D RESULT: SMALL PROFIT (WOOOHOO, CASH GAME HOODOO BROKEN! :P)
I was really shattered when we finishd the cash game, and realised that giving Edinburgh a miss was turning out to be an even better idea, even he thought of driving home feeling like that was too much!!
What today taught me is that yeah the Dundee game is the same old scripit, a few too many donkeys, you can be too familiar with the players that it becomes mundane.
However, I had a great day and night, and it reminded me that I don't go there for the quality of the game, or the prize pool. A lot of it has to do with the social aspect, and there are a few great guys and girls there.
If only they never fell in love with top pair, I'd be even happier in their company ;)
xxx
Barry "Ginger Toys" Chalmers
Sunday, 21 September 2008
£150 Freezeout Today
Today I'm on my way to Edinburgh to play the £150 Freezeout, 10k starting stack and 40 min clock, blinds start 25-50. I really love this sort of structure as I think there are tons of players who enter these events and don't really have a grasp of deeperstacked tournaments.
I seem to do well in deepstacked events, not only in terms of cashing several times in the £1-£2k bracket, but just my level of play seems to be in the zone!! :D
I played some cash down at the local casino last night, I put the straddle on and picked up KK! Good times!! Raise -re-raise, all in and I call. He has QQ, even better times.
He hits a Q on the flop, and that is me for the night.
Again my money in ahead, it's not a bad beat, just variance ;)
Take this tourney down tonight, and it's a distant memory ;)
Good luck at the tables (if ur not a donkey that shoves all in for 200 bb with QQ at a cash game with two behind u) :P
I seem to do well in deepstacked events, not only in terms of cashing several times in the £1-£2k bracket, but just my level of play seems to be in the zone!! :D
I played some cash down at the local casino last night, I put the straddle on and picked up KK! Good times!! Raise -re-raise, all in and I call. He has QQ, even better times.
He hits a Q on the flop, and that is me for the night.
Again my money in ahead, it's not a bad beat, just variance ;)
Take this tourney down tonight, and it's a distant memory ;)
Good luck at the tables (if ur not a donkey that shoves all in for 200 bb with QQ at a cash game with two behind u) :P
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Agghhhhh CASH IS FRUSTRATING
Recent things to speak about, was playing in the super sattelite for a seat in the 320 euro buy in game on celeb poker, 20 seats available (I finished 24th) Could have been worse and went out 21st :D
Not really playing many tournaments just now, had other things on when the MTT's I want to play are on, so I have resisted jumping into other ones that I don't really want to play in.
On the cash scene, it really is 2 steps forward then about 10 backwards.
I sit and grind up, a few buy ins. Then stuff like this happens, now I consider myself to be in control of myself and resulting emotions and actions (well far better than I previously was!)
But this hand would tilt anyone!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3171894
What is it with these online donkeys that cannot fold AK.
Before steaming and going through more money, I decided that this idiot and this play was gonna cost me just the 100 euros (£80)
So i logged off and looked at the hand, I don't fault my play whatsoever, maybe some would say calling the 12 euro re-raise pre-flop is bad. But it was 5 handed and the player (like most shorthanded was super aggressive so I'm atleast seeing a flop there)
It comes Q high rainbow, he bets, i re-raise, he goes all in, i call.
Now if he has two pair, set or overpair here then good luck to him.
But the speed of betting, and i min-raised on flop to make look like i was making a play, knowing that he was going to atleast re-raise/if not then go all in (which is what he did)
That is why i insta-called, for the donk to have AK and hit a J is just brutal (bad play rewarded)
What is it they say, I got my money in ahead, I'm up in sklansky dollars, long run blah, blah blah.
Next live tournament I intend on playing is the £150 freezeout in the circus casino Edinburgh (40 min clock 10k starting chips, my sort of game, SHIP IT :D)
As for online cash, back to the drawing board (but it has a hole in it the size of my fist now :D)
Good luck
Barry
Not really playing many tournaments just now, had other things on when the MTT's I want to play are on, so I have resisted jumping into other ones that I don't really want to play in.
On the cash scene, it really is 2 steps forward then about 10 backwards.
I sit and grind up, a few buy ins. Then stuff like this happens, now I consider myself to be in control of myself and resulting emotions and actions (well far better than I previously was!)
But this hand would tilt anyone!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3171894
What is it with these online donkeys that cannot fold AK.
Before steaming and going through more money, I decided that this idiot and this play was gonna cost me just the 100 euros (£80)
So i logged off and looked at the hand, I don't fault my play whatsoever, maybe some would say calling the 12 euro re-raise pre-flop is bad. But it was 5 handed and the player (like most shorthanded was super aggressive so I'm atleast seeing a flop there)
It comes Q high rainbow, he bets, i re-raise, he goes all in, i call.
Now if he has two pair, set or overpair here then good luck to him.
But the speed of betting, and i min-raised on flop to make look like i was making a play, knowing that he was going to atleast re-raise/if not then go all in (which is what he did)
That is why i insta-called, for the donk to have AK and hit a J is just brutal (bad play rewarded)
What is it they say, I got my money in ahead, I'm up in sklansky dollars, long run blah, blah blah.
Next live tournament I intend on playing is the £150 freezeout in the circus casino Edinburgh (40 min clock 10k starting chips, my sort of game, SHIP IT :D)
As for online cash, back to the drawing board (but it has a hole in it the size of my fist now :D)
Good luck
Barry
Thursday, 4 September 2008
The Road to the Rio
This week I have not played as much as I would have expected after the non stop poker last week. I have played 3 tourneys online, only notable success 4th in the 20 euro buy in Deepstack event on boss network, good for 312 euros. 195 runners, so 4th decent.
It is not the money, it is the results, they breed confidence and momentum, the money follows! Gotta get your game right first ;)
After busting out a five figure bankroll any resulty on the rebuilding road is a positive, and there is something really refreshing in starting again, wiping the slate clean etc etc (atleast that's what my shrink says)
When I had a decent bankroll I would still not adhere to proper management! Buying into sunday million, nightly hundred k etc etc, You just cannot sustain that unless A, u run super good and make a big score early on, or B, u are making money playing cash and grinding the tourneys to atleast make buy ins back (I was good at neither!) I would buy in, play the game and either get deep or bust out early.
What I am learning is regardless of buy in, I am getting the same level of satisfaction and any tourney feeds the competitive spirity.
I've played some cash this week, and suprisingly have not tilted! Infact as it stands I am up this week from cash, been 4 tabling and it seems to be working. Less bored because of the extra decisions and action, stops me trying to play every hand and win every pot, which again I never catch myself doing in a tourney, but online cash something takes over! But Im working on it :D
As a side note I have just finished watching the first two episodes of this years WSOP main event, it just reinforced my goal, Vegas 2009 is a definite, all decisions and actions are gearing towards making the wsop 2009. Will definitely be flying out there, buy in for a few of the $1500-$2500 events, and try and sattelite into the main event.
It is a big goal of mine, and us poker players are lucky that if you really want to do it, it only costs you money!!!!! (and every true poker player knows that is easy come easy go) Golfers can't buy into the open and football fans cant pay to play for their team. BUT POKER PLAYERS CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST IN THE BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD.
I am definitely commiting to this goal in this public forum which my friends have the link, so this motivates me more to keep my word :D
Good luck at the tables
P.S Stu should have bought Bose headphones, atleast he would have had something :D xx
It is not the money, it is the results, they breed confidence and momentum, the money follows! Gotta get your game right first ;)
After busting out a five figure bankroll any resulty on the rebuilding road is a positive, and there is something really refreshing in starting again, wiping the slate clean etc etc (atleast that's what my shrink says)
When I had a decent bankroll I would still not adhere to proper management! Buying into sunday million, nightly hundred k etc etc, You just cannot sustain that unless A, u run super good and make a big score early on, or B, u are making money playing cash and grinding the tourneys to atleast make buy ins back (I was good at neither!) I would buy in, play the game and either get deep or bust out early.
What I am learning is regardless of buy in, I am getting the same level of satisfaction and any tourney feeds the competitive spirity.
I've played some cash this week, and suprisingly have not tilted! Infact as it stands I am up this week from cash, been 4 tabling and it seems to be working. Less bored because of the extra decisions and action, stops me trying to play every hand and win every pot, which again I never catch myself doing in a tourney, but online cash something takes over! But Im working on it :D
As a side note I have just finished watching the first two episodes of this years WSOP main event, it just reinforced my goal, Vegas 2009 is a definite, all decisions and actions are gearing towards making the wsop 2009. Will definitely be flying out there, buy in for a few of the $1500-$2500 events, and try and sattelite into the main event.
It is a big goal of mine, and us poker players are lucky that if you really want to do it, it only costs you money!!!!! (and every true poker player knows that is easy come easy go) Golfers can't buy into the open and football fans cant pay to play for their team. BUT POKER PLAYERS CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST IN THE BEST TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD.
I am definitely commiting to this goal in this public forum which my friends have the link, so this motivates me more to keep my word :D
Good luck at the tables
P.S Stu should have bought Bose headphones, atleast he would have had something :D xx
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