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Erimus:
lol, prefer mine a bit fresher ie breathing.
Erimus:
As regular readers are aware I was supposed to be taking a break from online poker but as I have no will power I decided to put a bit on Stars as I was getting bored and the I pad app makes it too tempting to play, having won about £400 live last week I put £200 on Stars and started with an initial bankroll of $350
I don"t follow any strict bankroll rules, if I fancy a game I will play it and I actually like the cubed or quad games, plenty of chips and decent amount of play.
I logged on for the 555 at 7:30 onFriday night and was chip leader half way through thanks to a scoop KK v JJ v JJ an early treble up and was sitting pretty but couldn"t get any momentum going, and I just tended to double up the shortstacks either losing flips or getting outdrawn, all fairly standard stuff, no complaints it"s all part of the game, I finished 23rd for about $55 any profit is good.
I should of went to bed as all the profit went in 2 subsequent games so bankroll back to $350.
I was going to go to the G for the £500 free roll tonight but Susan wasn"t feeling too good so decided against it, I decided to register for the $22 6 max at 7:30 which I got a 2cd in last month.
I ran like god in the first few levels stacking 3 people when hitting sets against AA twice and KK this gave me a good start and never looked back, chipping up nicely, not taking too many risks, I get to the last 2 tables and have about 50 bigs and was quite confident of getting to the final table, this soon changed losing two flips on the trot.
I finally get to the ft with 20 bigs, it was an odd dynamic 3 people have 20ish bigs the other 3 have 50/60 big blind stacks unfortunately I was stuck in between two big stacks.
I know people say you should always go for the win the big money at the top but my first target was to beat the 2 other shorties, the diff between 6th and 4th being $200, so I decided to only play against the short stacks which provided to be fruitful, the big stacks were very passive and we soon become 4 handed, I only have 10 bigs so have only one move, 4th place was $400, 3rd was $655, the 3 big stacks shouldn"t really clash with me being so short but 2 of them decided to get it all in 88 v 10 10, can"t remember who won 8s might of hit a set and one of the big stack only has 3 bigs left, he loses the next hand so his misfortune has made me an extra $255, I get my 5 bigs in with 77, of course I lose the flip, that"s standard, but I would of had to get really lucky to have any chance of winning the whole thing, asked for a cheeky deal before shoving my 5 bigs lol, of course they didn"t accept, got to be happy with laddering to 3rd place, as 6th was $190 so it was a job well done.
Bankroll now $1k, onwards and upwards or shall I take it out and spend it on stuff?, I like buying stuff and poker this year has given me the opportunity to buy a lot of treats.
pokerpops:
The boy is back!
#enjoymentftw
duke3016:
Nice one, take the profit, treat yourself ;D ;D
Erimus:
Another bit of success at the G tonight, got a 3 way chop £300 each which was a nice bonus after last nights little binkage, highlights include getting quad queens and being told by a really obnoxious man how badly I played them and if I min raised he would of paid me off, couldn"t be bothered to explain my reasonings and thoughts behind the play with him.
First hand after the break get KK in small blind with Pokerpops dealing in the big blind, I limp he always raises my limps, ahah got him, min re raise him, he min re raise me, can you see we"re this is going, all in sigh I ask I assume you have AA good read by me there.The flop was no help, Kingball on the turn, oops I did it again faded the river, I sheepishly said ul, but he had loads of chips left so it was only a minor hit for him. I said if I win the tourney I will give him his buy in back.
We both reached the final table made an open with K 10 sooted from cut off, get reraised and a call before its back to me , I fold, 99 holds v 2 undercards, I wouldn"t of binked good fold then, this left me with a shoving stack but with no spots arriving got it in with AQ v K7 which held so got a double up, Dave eventually gets knocked out in 5th I think, get a few shoves through, then call an all in with AK v JJ pretty standard spot, I hit so 3rd place guaranteed which is £180, one of the other guys proposed £300 each, which was a bit more than 2cd place so we decide to split it, the extra tenner going to the winner of the last hand.
I went and cashed out and had a look on the cash table for Dave but he wasn"t there,found him on the blackjack table, as promised I gave him his buy in back, he didn"t want to accept it but I did say it and It"s good karma for future games.
It"s nice to win a few flips for a change, variance catching up I suppose.Run good, be lucky stay healthy.
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