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AAroddersAA:
Bit of a cash session tonight - 6 tables for about an hour making a massive £4.52 and getting my poker points for the month up to 1428 - aiming for 2000 so should be fine there. Onne hand where it was abit iffy. I have AK in 2nd position and raised (to 80p) got called by button and see a flop of 5h-5s-5d. I lead out (for £1.25) and he shove for about £9 more. So I have a pot of around £13.50 and it is £9 to call. I could be in front and even if I am behind I am probably going to win about 29% of the time. So I need to be good about 35% of the time here so I think it is OK, he had 88 and it held.

Going to play the Blonde league again tonight, not that Ia m doing too well this month and I can"t play the events next week as I am working until 9pm every night except for Friday next week. Hopefully I will still have enough time to get my extra 500 poker points on Sky.

I am probably going to take most of the weekend off poker as well - hopefully going to watch the mighty Newport County defeat Luton on Friday night and then planning a few beers on Saturday.

Standing is

Online Cash = +£37.98
Live Cash = +101 (2 Sessions)

Online Tournaments = +£7.50 (11 Tournaments)
Live tournaments = -£125 (2 Tournaments)

Please get ready for a brand new group of posts coming soon. Rodders - The history of an APAT player and how I ended up as a poker player and the journey to APAT. Some songs to get you ready for it. It will make sense when you read the articles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytMNBUR2CQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlJXHc4jb30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCG9x6AEKg0

AAroddersAA:
APAT and how I got here - or The History of Rodders - Part One

The story begins way back in the day. In fact it begins way back before the day. In those days I was a young part time student / part time leisure attendant. I think the year was 1997  I liked games even back then and we had a chess league that we used to play between lectures (when I could be bothered to attend, which was not often) and I usually did OK at that.

Now one of the guys who I was in college with showed me this new game called Magic the Gathering. It looked a bit bizarre and very complicated but he and another mate of his taught me how to play and I started to work out the way they did things. I was introduced to a few fairly good local players some of whom were very good at the game (or so I thought). I now understand that a lot of the skills that were used in this game were easily transferred to poker and gave me a good head start when I eventually discovered poker years later.

I worked quite hard at this game, after reading the REALLY tiny rulebook (I mean tiny in size btw not content, I dunno why they could not make one of a normal size) and slowly learned the right strategy and started to be able to beat most of the players who did well locally.

I entered a few local tournaments and was doing quite well I was convinced I was getting quite good as I was now able to consistently beat the better players in the area and in local tournaments. In fact the only person who still seemed to consistently be able to get the better of me was Darren Shallis. In local league and competitions I started to make every effort to match Darren and although I never quite got equal, we were very close and clearly the two best players in the group. At larger tournaments we were the ones who were expected to do well. It was not long before we were planning strategy and plays together and trying to push on to be competitive at a national level.

The game was very interesting and fun but sometimes the people who played it were a bit strange, Magic tournaments were no APAT events and although it made you use your brain in the same way as poker does, it was missing the element of gambling and needing to be prepared to put your money on the line that you need for poker. However a new chapter in the story was about to address that issue for me.

TBC

AAroddersAA:
Played the take on Tikay on Sky Poker tonight. Did play one hand masterfully. Ther blinds had just gone up to I think 200/400 and I had about 3000 chips UTG and I shove woth J-9. Tighty calls me with AQ (luckbox getting AQ there imo). Somebody else misclick calls. I obviously make a straight for the triple up  I manage to luckbox my way past the rest of the Blondes and am on the final table button but am in 7th place as the short stack, the table is three handed and I find A9, the SB raises and I shove from the BB. He then calls with A6 which gets there. I"ll take it. At least I made £20 out of it and went to the top of the Blonde Poker Feb league. I"ll never stay there as there are two events next week that I can"t play in but happy with that result.

AAroddersAA:
Working at home today so might run a poker table or two on the side.

Had a little game last night only for about half and hour nothing special but made just over a tenner so not complaining. No hands really worth mentioning alll very standard stuff so just an undate on the bttom line for 2011 so far.

Online Cash = +£48.10
Live Cash = +101 (2 Sessions)

Online Tournaments = +£25.30 (13 Tournaments)
Live tournaments = -£125 (2 Tournaments)

Still quite a way behind the run rate of course, the aim was to make £2K this year so by the end of Feb I would have hoped to be winning about £300. It looks pretty unlikely I am going it hit that. This is down to so less than good play so I will be trying to avoid this for the rest of the year.

Not intending to play on the weekend, going for a few beers and rugby tomorrow. I might play a few tables this evening if I am not doing anything, if I can get myself to £100 (for online cash) up by the end of the month I am going to be pretty happy and anything else will be a bonus. Then try and run well in March.

AAroddersAA:
OK, had a few games today. Again did not make much but little acorns and all that.

In cash games I am quite happy with my play. I am value betting well with hands like top pair and top kicker which I am getting full value from when I have the chance. I also played in a small Sat for the Viva Las Vegas. I bubbled but won £7.50 profit. Cash games I ended up £8.66 up. I did lose a £50+ pot aifp with QQ Vs AJ at the end but not much I can do about that. One possible mistake I can find when I review it. I raise with AQ to 80p and BB calls. He then shove £4 into the pot on a 2-3-6 flop. He had done this a few time and I thought I had a good chance of being good and we likely to have outs if not. If had AK. Not a mjor mistake but one for me to keep an eye on so it does not develop into a leak.

I will now move back to the £30nl level as I have got over the bad run earlier in the month. I am hoping this means I will be able to kick on and pull myself back up to target as I am now well behind the required run rate to hit the targets.

Overall

Online Cash = +£56.76
Live Cash = +101 (2 Sessions)

Online Tournaments = +£32.85 (11 Tournaments)
Live tournaments = -£125 (2 Tournaments)

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