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Erimus:
It"s harder to keep these blogs updated when nothing happens but I want to keep the momentum going and keep updating on a semi regular basis.
Poker for the last few weeks has been pretty meh getting deep in a few tournaments then losing standard hands, currently slightly down for the month but nothing a little win wont put right. I have had to half my roll on Stars to pay a few bills which is annoying as I wanted to play for the full year and see how much is in there at the end of twelve months but still playing with free money so will have to see how it goes.
I have played 2 of the scoop events on stars min cashing and 2 bounties in one and nowhere in the other,
I see Leigh had a nice cash in one of the events well played sir unlucky not to go all the way, but a nice cash anyway.
I played the local 10 10 10 game at the G on tuesday and as per the standard was questionable but happy with that as we know it"s profitable in the long run.
I decided I would deal, and the game started 4k chips with 1 rebuy and 1 add on if required, every pot contested in the early stages was contested by at least 7 players every pot limped and the array of cards at showdown was laughable but was a fun table, the first hand I played went as follows 4 limpers at 50/100 gets to me on the button look down to see Ah Jh raise to 650, get the sb and bb to fold but the others couldn"t resist so pot is 3k, floptastic
2h, 4h 10h (reading Paul Daniels magic card tricks really helped), utg leads, couple of folds gets to me I just call next card 5s leads again so again just call, I am just putting him on the draw or top pair,river card another heart prob lose my action but no he duly shoves all in and on a non paring board show him the bad news he shows the the As 5h so up to 10k in one hand easy game.
The next hand of any significance I get QQ utg raise to 500 get 3 callers not ideal but it is what is flop Q high rainbow I check get an all in and 2 folds easy call, set holds and have got 14k going into the break, I add on the extra 4k so got 18k blinds 150/300 15 min clock.
I lose a few chips and am down to 16k when I get AA utg I raise to 875, folds to big blind who makes up the extra, I know the player in big blind is very loose and will defend wide,in fact in all the times I have played him I don"t think he has ever folded a big blind he states that he doesn"t like folding once he has chips in the pot flop come 2, 7, 10, I bet 1k2 into 2k2 pot he insta shoves 15k, I don"t think he"s KK or QQ, would probably reraise pre, sets are possibility or 2 pair hands, after 30secs dwell I fold face up and expecting him to muck and move on but he shows 7 2 off for a flopped 2 pair, good fold move on, I thought a set or 10 7 but 2 7 was a slightly loose defend, he says I should of raised more pre and he might of folded, I am not one for trying to explain what I do at the poker table in fact one of my pet hates is when people try and tell the worse players how they should of played a certain hand Don"t tap the tank etc.
I get to the final table with 15bigs get AK utg first hand raise to 2k4 big blind shoves, call hoping for a flip he shows KK, nice A on the flop but the case K on the river scuppers my chances of the £250 first prize so another cashless game but I actually enjoyed the game which is what it"s all about.
I may pop along to the G tonight for the 20/20,and they are also having a 2 day event next week 20k start 45 min blinds, might play this if there is decent number of runners will decide nearer the time.
Run good, be lucky stay healthy.
Swinebag:
--- Quote from: Erimus on May 11, 2012, 15:15:25 PM ---
he says I should of raised more pre and he might of folded.
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You forgot to thank him for the rub down!!
Its good that poker is still profitable after all these years
pokerpops:
Name and shame the villain with 72 Bri?
So many candidates...
Nice fold though.
Erimus:
Not too much volume last week due to the fact Stars had decided to give me a good kicking, with a ridiculous amount of coolers when apparently every time I had a premium my opponent decided to flop the set or two pair or straights (50pin the tin), so I took a few days off and surprised the misses with my decorating skills and done a 60 minute makeover to the bedroom.
The fact was 60 mins turned into 3 days and after knocking over a tin of red paint onto the carpet it has turned out to be a more expensive task than playing small stake mtts on stars.
After finishing the job on Saturday I logged on to Apat and seen that the Welsh online champs were on so I deposited 33 on W Hilll and set about the task at hand.
I like the structure of these games plenty of chips and decent blind levels means you can make mistakes and be still in with a chance rather than shove fold early if you have lost a few early on.
I can"t remember many hands but the most significant was late on when utg raised, I have QQ in cut off (20 bigs) I re raise, not intending to fold, gets to initial raiser who shoves, I call hoping to see JJ or AQ, but no he has AA but I got lucky and hit the Q on the flop and it held, ul for the AA but at that stage was just standard stuff.
I have a stack now and managed to get to the final table in about 6th place, 8 got paid and to be honest I would of been ok with a min cash the way things had been going the last week or so.
Ger went out on the bubble 99< JJ, so I made the cash, to cut a long story short I finished 2cd for £350, when heads up had a massive deficit to make up as the eventual winner had just won a massive pot off the person who was second at the time, last hand was 55 v 10 10 no miracle 5 for me, got to be happy with the cash and my second silver medal (does this get sent automatically or do I need to contact Des anyone know).
I have withdrew the cash from Hills as I have to go and buy a new carpet, easy come easy go.
Onto Stars, stars played and cashed in a couple of 6 max sit n goes so played the $55 7k5 game, was sitting 6/13/166 when I had AQ 3 times in 5 hands needless to say didn"t win one of them first was a standard race v shorties 99 that would of been for chip lead, next was v similar stack got checked down to the river of course he had hit his 3 outer AQ < A7 and finally Ran it into AK, I should of folded it after my raise I still had 20 bigs left but it was 3:15am and was slightly tilted from previous hands, I finished 13th for $190, profits profit.
I have played 2 live games this week finishing in 6th no cash at the Local G, and bubbling the final table at Gala on Thursday night, which was a horrible game really didn"t want to be there, too many coaches and professionals at the table, keep your mouths shut and stop tapping the tank please.
Gala have a mini festival on at the weekend, I may play the £100 on the Friday night, the Saturday game is a 2 dayer so can"t do that one, that"s your lot for now.
Run good, be lucky and most importantly stay healthy.
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Erimus on May 22, 2012, 09:28:48 AM ---
Ger went out on the bubble 99< JJ, so I made the cash
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The nightmares have stopped 8) Glad to be of service....
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