Happy New year to everyone!
Recent results have not been great, lost £200 in local cash game (but left with £300 still in my pocket, it was just one of those nights when you really should up and walk away :D) Sets flushed away and rivered a few times :D
I played the £200 game in Aberdeen, really did not like the structure. This is a shame, because I have always thought International casino in Aberdeen put on a great game with a great structure, but it was really botched this time. Also the inconcistencies in their rulings are crazy. Anyway, 5 of us from Dundee made the trip, and were all knocked out.
I played the £100 game on the Monday night at the Maybury in Edinburgh, wont even start! Short story I built my stack up to around 15k, blinds were at 200-400, got into a pot with a guy who called my 5xBB raise with Q7 diamonds!!!!!! I had 99, needless to say he chased a flush and hit. Knocking me out, luckily a few other dundee boys were knocked out and we headed to the bar.
Also as a side note, the guy who knocked me out built a monster stack that should have cruised to the final table, he blew up and went out 1 or 2 spots before final!!!! Justice proving plays like that cant get u there in the good old long run ;)
Online cash has been a bitch lately, nut flush cracked twice by houses and two pair against AA, running paired board on the turn and river to ship the pot away from me.
So not a great end to 2008, but I can't complain, have ran well, had many, many scores in online and live tournaments, played my first major two day tournament and have improved my game so much.
In 2009 with my local cardroom basically on life support, I see me moving more and more online, both tournaments and cash games. Also looking to play atleast 1 GUKPT this year and a few of the GCBPT's (if the tour gets the go ahead again, so fingers crossed)
I will still play the Thursday deepstack game, mainly for the social aspect and it is the only really decent game there. I will also attend as many of the cash games down there as I can.
I will be posting a clear outline of my goals for 2009, but I really want to think about them first, and then post them.
Good Luck at the tables, and in life in 2009.
Barry
