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Here we go again, 2017, nothing changes, 3 live appearances yielding nothing, nada, nowt, made one final table but ran AK into AA 2 off the cash nearly got there but the Jack falling to materialise on the river, not a problem, it"s been a recurring theme.
I played the Friday game, that just fizzled into nothingness, ahh don"t you just love poker, actually I really enjoyed both games, for some reason I was in a decent mood and quite enjoyed the people on the table which for me being a budding Victor Meldrew is unusual.
Better news online, deposited £57 onto sky poker played the sat into the £100 game, if I didn"t make that then I would play the £33 bounty hunter, alas the sat went out of the window so I played the 8pm game, fast forward 5 hours, I managed a 3rd place finish for £725 including bounties, alas couldn"t do a win ran AJ into AA, then A8 into AQ, not a lot we could do in either situation, the AJ was v the short stack and the A8 was v the big stack, standard spots, for balance regarding running into AA all the time, before the cash, I managed to crack them with AQ, made a dirty flush on the river, so mathematically should crack them 1 in 4 times, including Nottingham that was my time tonight, this was before the cash so I was freerolling the game from that moment.
Our fire croaked just before Christmas and we have had to buy a new one, it"s lucky I have been running hot as the fire hasn"t and of course the only one which will fit in the wall without any building work being done is £2k, Susan has expensive tastes, but poker has paid for it so it"s ok.
I will probably play the high roller on Sky tonight, withdraw the rest and see what else is on offer elsewhere, Dtd £100k guaranteed looks tempting, at least a few sat attempts or even a direct buy in online on Friday, to be decided.
Match day today, it will be the lowest crowd of the season but it gets me out of the house to meet my brother and a few mates, tbh the football is the spoiler for the day, haven"t really enjoyed this season so far, think we are doing ok but it"s all the crap that surrounds the premier league which does my head in.
Thanks for reading, run good, be lucky, stay healthy.
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This weeks musings started today with an appearance in the £110 high roller on sky which in hindsight was not a good idea to play as I was pretty tired and wasn"t in the mood , but positive tilt overcame me and I played, I didn"t trouble the scorers ran 33 into the 10 10 of the target on the table, sometimes they just have it and if they don"t have it, they somehow get it by fair mean or foul, he was getting a bit of grief in the chat for some of his plays, (not by me)he admitted he had satted in and was the highest buy in he had played, good luck to him hope he went on to win it.
As said due to not being in the mood of course I fired up a sat on G for the Gukpt, had £25 in the account, added the £5 to keep the Sky table company, anyway this resulted in winning a seat in the £100 game in to the GUKPT, £1k main event.
We find ourselves 3 of 3 with £400 guaranteed and the possibility of a £1k seat, alas my Q10 spades couldn"t beat the KJ spades, aipf both making flushes and we made a Royal between us, again no complaints beat AK with J9, and A6 with 10 8 to get me to the £400.
I am not sure if them seats are transferable or if you can sell them on, but with the added expenses of a trip to London perhaps 3rd was an ok spot. Up £1100 over the last few days so I could just buy in direct, yea that would be right, if I satted in fair enough you don"t physically see the cash but handing over £1000 to play poker, Susan would kill me.
FA cup magic arrived in Middlesbrough today and what an underwhelming game that was, as stated in previous post football tends to get in the way of a good afternoon out, still we won so we shall see who we get in the next round to entice us into the magical world of the FA cup, knew I should of been in marketing, missed my vocation, DTD £200 game now a distinct possibility, probs play Friday, will have at least 1 sat attempt, any more than 1 you may as well just buy in, just see what the week brings, thanks for reading.
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Lolz, the magic of the cup is back, can"t wait for Accrington Stanley, but no thoughts of 5th round glory yet, last time we played them sat through 85 mins of dullness then managed to lose 1-0, at home as well, don"t put Boro in your accas, ever, they will always let you down.
Whilst I am here interesting week, started off with a Deepstack turbo on Monday at the G which I managed to chop heads up for £335, was offered a ridiculous deal at 3 handed which I politely declined and after winning a flip heads up to equal stacks out we chopped it evenly, the villain gets on my nerves and is one of the most annoying people in there and didn"t fancy spending another half hour at the table with him.
Tuesday finished 8th they didn"t even give me the courtesy of being out of earshot before they started with are we paying a bubble now, perhaps Karma bit me on the bum after refusing 2 bubbles, I was short stack and didn"t want to make a £4 profit, no problems with that decision, bizzare final table with a who"s who of the biggest fish on Teesside, again not a problem, keeps them coming back.
Wednesday made a final table on 888 even though my laptop decide to do a reset and upgrade whilst playing, managed to get back in 25 minutes later to jam KQ into A9 for a 7th place finish, $110 from a $5 investment, if I was using proper bankroll management good roi, but no doubt will just flick it into a few bigger games relatively speaking in the next day or 2, pretty annoyed at that as I was 2cd in chips, first world problems I suppose.
Sky continues to deliver with a £135 return in the 8pm bounty hunter, 17th I think, threw away a virtually guaranteed £200 seat for Dtd, no need to get involved with AK in the position I was in but was on auto pilot and with 3 tables on screen just jammed, was ahead then wasn"t.
Dtd £200 will only play if it hasn"t started snowing, weather reports are saying it"s due and if I do make Day 2, driving to Nottingham in the snow is not an appealing prospect.
Also played a 25/25 sat, decided to flip vey early with AK, much to Craig"s surprise, he had just joined the table just as I got AK in for a 50 bigs v 77, thought 77 was also a bit hopeful as well but if villain is only putting me on a range of 1 hand I 3 bet with, (standard, I put him on AK retort), although he was right in this instance, gotta win dem flips.
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Not a lot happening this week, played the Tuesday game at G, but lost a flip just before the the break and then the classic race QQ v AK just after the break seen me home before 10:30, I 3 bet the QQ from the big blind was flatted by the 4 limpers, only had 10k behind and the pot was 40k, I just jammed the King high flop and AK had limp called, and got there, should of been all in pre given stack sizes etc, but as the villain said to me it"s only Ace high at the end of the day, yawn, after the last few weeks of winning flips for fun, it was inevitable I would lose a few on the trot as well.
Strange as mentally every time I was in a flip situation I was quite confident of winning it but the last few days have brought me back to earth with a bump, losing quite a few on the bounce.
Not a lot of volume online other than a couple of games on Sky and sats for the 25/25 on G, no return from them though.
I played the contender on Party on Thursday night and managed to reach the final table with 20 bigs, $3k5 up top, laddered one spot for $440 then my KK couldn"t hold v 99 even though I flopped a set, guy rivered a straight, meh whatever £18 into £345 is an ok nights work.
I was planning a trip down the M62 to play the 25/25 on Friday so this pays for that, plus the fuel and the food so all is good, can"t complain so far this month volume tiny but winning month so far.
Manchester is a 2 hour drive from home and is doable in a day, my attitude to this one will be go big or get home, looking for a minimum 50/60 big blind if returning on Sunday for Day 2.
I played this last year and despite starting at 7pm, I was back on the road by 8:30 as I had all 4 premiums busted early doors, will happily take all 4 premiums in the first hour again tonight but obviously with a different outcome.
Turn 55 on Saturday, will be at the Riverside as usual, had some sad family news this week when an uncle passed away, we weren"t that close tbh but can always remember as a kid going to matches with my Dad, said uncle, and another uncle, one of the pieces of Art I bought (see page 53), brought back memories of this, they all worked in the steel or chemical industry and every game we went too they were all dressed to impress in their works donkey jackets, that picture brought it all back.
If anything major happens in Manchester will be back on to report, assume if no post it went belly up, good luck to Rich who has made Day 2 of the GPS in Luton, disappointed that this is no longer streamed live as I enjoyed watching these, assume costs prohibitive, I understand they do run a blog but I haven"t checked it out.
Thanks for reading, run good, be lucky stay healthy.
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