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Erimus:
A really slow start to November hardly played anything at all, Full tilt reopened and I had $500 in there played a few games and have now $501, that"s including a cash my first mtt back and a sng win but as per usual with this game it"s a one step forward, 2 steps back, love the software though it"s always been my favourite site.

Stars continues to frustrate the one game I did play  $10 cubed I correctly folded KK early doors to AA pre, I raise early gets re raised 3 x before its back to me it"s AA v QQ v AK, it"s the first level never think I am good here, I don"t fold KK very often but it seemed correct, it was, aces held, good start for the man with the aces.
After losing my Internet connection get dealt KK again, still got 100 bigs at this stage, but the big stack decides to reshove my initial raise with 100 bigs, it"s nearly always AK this so I called,it was, I lost move on.

Live stuff includes the Tuesday game at Gala, the G game has now been cancelled so I pop over for the £30 fo, trying to make it 4 out 4 final tables, alas it wasn"t to be lost 2 flips late on, one semi interesting hand which may have blown my cover a bit over there was as follows, 3 limpers at 300/600 I am in big blind look at 36 off, I hadn"t played a hand for a while and was only bothered about the initial limper who usually never folds the other 2 are semi decent and can fold to a reraise from a tight player.

There is over 3k in the pot I bet 2k, initial limper folds, but the other 2 call, good reads by me then, flop KK3, I bet after sb checks and the dealer calls, sb folds, turn is a 2, I think I can rep the the k as I have raised initially and continued to bet, I bet out again dealer calls, river was an 8, I bet again, about half pot and am insta called, I sheepishly announce 2 pair kings and 3s and have to show the mighty 36 which was a winner, I really didn"t want to show as I like my image down there as being ultra tight, the dealer didn"t show but I assumed he had AJ, A10.

It"s almost a year now for this blog and as I said in my original post follow me on my journey to mediocrity, there has been a few highs, final tabling a big 33 on Stars, final tabling a Gukpt event ( I know it was only a small one but hey got a second Hendon mob flag), making day 2 of a £500 event, eventually losing a flip, gotta win them fl (oops cant say that phrase as Philtc keeps taking the mick).

I still have cash on 2 sites stars and tilt but after withdrawing most of it my bankroll is around $500 on each and I am finding it difficult to motivate myself to play the small stakes mtts so I am undecided what to do at the minute plus I am not enjoying the online game as much as I used to, I will have a think and make a decision, still love playing live though, got to try and sat into a few more big games.

I cannot make Stoke unfortunately, wife"s Birthday same day, seems a bit cruel to put her in a nursing home on her birthday, but will be watching with interest, and finally a Good Luck message to Pokerpops in St Kitts,win the lot sir.

Run good, be lucky stay healthy.

Erimus:
This blog is now 1 year old and have managed to post every month since Vegas which I am quite pleased about as that was my initial aim when I first started writing this thing.

Overall poker has been quite good, my initial roll on Stars was around $500 in January and at one stage reached the heady heights of $4500 but my approach to poker always has been any winnings will be used for life purchases which are outside the normal household income.

I have twice built rolls on a couple of sites were I could move up stakes and play a bit higher but being fairly conservative regarding gambling and money in General, I just don"t have that attitude towards cash, ie it"s more important in real life than online poker.

Since October my volume has drastically reduced from playing 100+ games a month to playing on average between 20 and 30. I was finding I was logging on clicking on 3 or 4 mtts and within 5 minutes I wished I hadn"t bothered so now I just pick and choose a game or 2 when I really want to play.

I managed a 2cd in a 6 max last week for $850 took half out and paid for a new bed and a couple of small cashes means a profit of about $ 500 this month.

I am only playing playing live once a week now the 15/15 at the G on a Sunday which starts early enough not to be sat at 3 am with people folding 3 bigs in the hope of a chop.

Good luck to all playing in the Home internationals at the weekend and the main event in Stoke.

The blog may have run it"s course as volume is reducing and interest at the moment in poker is negligible, and my outside life is quite dull, no tales of degen and debauchery, so if you don"t see any more posts it"s more a lack of interest from me but I will still be playing a bit here and there especially the Apat games, just checked the online player rankings and I am 5th i think, don"t know how that has happened so will be playing the rest of those games hoping to climb up the ladder.

Run good, be lucky stay healthy

Erimus:
Emptied all accounts tonight, having December away from online poker, unless there is a one off game i fancy. I will make a decision in January whether to redeposit or not, depends if i miss it or not.

It has been a decent year, i have made a bit of cash, plus extras have been bought for the house which would not of been bought if it wasnt for the odd bink here and there, unfortunately these odd binks wouldnt sustain a pro career, (not that this was ever a thought).

I hope i havent bored you too much during my year in Poker, and if you have read it thanks for reading and replying.
As was said in my original post, join me on my journey to mediocrity, i have arrived at that place for now, the journey may resume in January, watch this space.

Run good, be lucky and stay healthy.

Erimus:
As stated above resting from online poker in December, except for tonights Apat game were I should be making an appearance, however live poker still on the go and this week has been ok.

The G has a 15/15 game on a Sunday night and this is usually my one definite game of the week, it starts at 6 gets between 20/30 runners and since it started has been fairly profitable for me, made the final table last week and when 4 handed we all had about 10 bigs so we chopped it for 220 each first prize was 350 and it was basically all in or fold for everyone so happy with that.

The home game was played on Thusday at the G, Riley"s now shut down so I would imagine this will be our home ground from now on, first buy in went when I raised utg 89, i get 3 callers ( no respect from anyone theses days)get 2 pair on the river, but the 9 gave Pokerpops a straight, chips required, eventually raise all in with KQ stu calls with AQ but Phil finds AA and it holds, small sweat for Phil on the river but no J for my straight.

I was umming and Arring about playing the £100 game at the G yesterday but decided to go for it when my son decided to pop home from Leeds so he could keep an eye on Susan, it generated a pot of 6k with re entries and as usual it"s a really good game with a good structure, this game will get better,there was a league free roll on at Gala plus a few Newcastle players who usually journey down had a game up there, I can see this game getting 70 plus soon.

The first few levels were fairly standard fold fold and more folds, then get a table move, not a good one really, one player won a Anzpt tour event, one a second place in a world series event and a regular player in the Gukpts he had just had a decent cash in the £2k Gukpt.

I had been pretty card dead and decided to raise utg 9 10hh, the big blind calls but a c bet on a ace high flop gets through, then next hand get KK, again 1 caller, dangerous player, Ace high flop, I lead he calls, turn brings a third spade, I look and I have the K spades, if I bet out here and get reraised all in, I wouldn"t be too happy so I check hoping for a free card which I do get.
Bink a non pairing the board spade, I check and he bets out, after a small dwell I reraise just over min, and he calls with what I assume is a smaller spade, I am now up to 30k.

The very next hand AA raise again win blinds and antes, and the next hand I reraise again, this is the fourth on the trot, did I say I had AA again, I get called by the one person I wanted to call me, was pretty certain I was going to get a full double if he didn"t suck out on me, flop 2,4,5 2 clubs, I check he bets out, i go all in, he could have a set, feasible, he could have a flush draw, I can"t fold against this player any one else yes but not him, 62 off no club, I managed to avoid his outs and am up to 50k.

I get a table move a really good one at least 4 players from the Sunday 15/15 all pleasant people but pretty easy to play against, I get my stack up to 90k, despite folding 99 incorrectly against AQ v AJ to a reraise and a re re raise.

Down to 3 tables I look down at JJ in big blind, utg has min raised it, it"s got one caller and I decide to just call, the original raiser who got a second in a world series event never folds so I decided to be a bit cautious, flop all hearts inc one jack, it gets back to original raiser who bets out, gets one fold, I just decide to flat hoping for a non heart turn, but the heart hit, we both check, river is a 5 which pairs the board, he leads out for 20k, I  put the rest of my chips over the line and he calls for the rest, bink 130k it"s only  30 bigs but a nice boost.

There are 14 left 7 paid, I raise with A10 lose the minimum to 9 10 when he rivers 2 pair, I then lose to AJ when I have AQ, we get to the ft I have 22 bigs  and am drawn in the big blind, I try to make a move from cut off twice only to be reraised, then some one shoves, I can"t call with K10, 2 people were really short stacked and were going to be committed in the next hand or two, the table decided 7th and 8th should be paid 100 as we had been playing for 12hours, I eventually shove with AK for 8 bigs the big stack thinks for ages, he tells me after he had A9, pretty sure he should try and isolate my shove here but hey ho, I get called by 44, QJx flop gives me hope but a 4 and a j gives villain a full house, pretty sure the villain with 44 would fold if big stack isolates but we will never know.

Overall happy with my play , the chips I lost with A10, and AQ were pivotal in me having a chance of winning the whole thing, easier going to a ft with 50 bigs than with 22, but it is what it is, played 3 of these now final tabled 2 so not too shabby.

I got £270 for 7th place.

Off to buy a fish, run good, be lucky stay healthy.

AAroddersAA:
Nice result, keep the blog going


--- Quote from: Erimus on December 09, 2012, 16:01:54 PM ---
Off to buy a fish, run good, be lucky stay healthy.

--- End quote ---

You can get decent fish here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSl8gWsFZ0&sns=em

(Stolen from a thread on Blonde)

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