I had another big score last night at the Loose Cannon, winning £1800 in the £1/£2 game in a long session. It could have been a lot different though, I was £400 down after losing a QQ v AK encounter against Nemo. Shortly afterwards I found myself staring nervously at the felt after 5 betting £400 all in with 46off against the same player. Fortunately Nemo found a pass, or otherwise I would have been in the taxi home.
From there I never looked back, building my stack as I played far more aggressively than usual. For the last couple of hours I ran like God flopping nuts after nuts, so perhaps my big win was more to do with run good than anything else. Still, I am very happy to end the year in profit, considering I was 10k down going into the final quarter.
Merry Christmas to all readers - have a good one :)
P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments 97
Live Cash 6,181
Online Tournaments 2,239
Online Cash (173)
Poker Festivals (3,113)
Rake (3,378)
Total 1,853
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
Home Game Hat-trick
The home game I hosted this weekend was a marathon, lasting from 11am Saturday till 7am Sunday morning. I had a stormer, winning the £40 warm up event, the £50 heads up tournament as well as the £100 main event. We had 12-17 runners for each event, so I guess in terms of achievement this must rank right up there, as the fields were tough.
I drew a blank unfortunately in the Omaha, busting about 7th, as my KK55 was no good on a 645K board to Hass’ flopped nut straight. In fact, this spot is pretty bad considering I have two sets, as I have my own blockers to the house if I am indeed against the straight.
Far too many hands to report in any detail, but admittedly I got my fair share of luck in every tournament – winning all in with 62 against KJ in the warm up, hitting a flush draw against Devski in the final of the heads up when all in to get back in it, and hitting with A7 against the QQ of Racist when trying to squeeze out Uncle Paulie with an all in move, and finding the monster hand behind me. Nonetheless, the super slow structures of the events allowed suited my game as I was able to play patiently early on and then up the aggression once the antes kicked in later on. The net haul from the tournaments was £1,050 of profit.
I also posted a 5 hour cash session after all the tournaments were complete, and grinded out a £988 win in that as well. No major hands to report, just a succession of £75/£100 pots heading my way over the session. I played super solid and never really got into trouble at all I don’t think – probably one of the lowest variance cash sessions I have had as I normally end up taking once big £500 flip at some point but that didn’t materialise.
A great event, but I doubt there will be much poker (if any) now before January, so I’ll probably just post a year end review next week.
P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments 97
Live Cash 4,299
Online Tournaments 2,239
Online Cash (173)
Poker Festivals (3,278)
Rake (3,378)
Total (194)
I drew a blank unfortunately in the Omaha, busting about 7th, as my KK55 was no good on a 645K board to Hass’ flopped nut straight. In fact, this spot is pretty bad considering I have two sets, as I have my own blockers to the house if I am indeed against the straight.
Far too many hands to report in any detail, but admittedly I got my fair share of luck in every tournament – winning all in with 62 against KJ in the warm up, hitting a flush draw against Devski in the final of the heads up when all in to get back in it, and hitting with A7 against the QQ of Racist when trying to squeeze out Uncle Paulie with an all in move, and finding the monster hand behind me. Nonetheless, the super slow structures of the events allowed suited my game as I was able to play patiently early on and then up the aggression once the antes kicked in later on. The net haul from the tournaments was £1,050 of profit.
I also posted a 5 hour cash session after all the tournaments were complete, and grinded out a £988 win in that as well. No major hands to report, just a succession of £75/£100 pots heading my way over the session. I played super solid and never really got into trouble at all I don’t think – probably one of the lowest variance cash sessions I have had as I normally end up taking once big £500 flip at some point but that didn’t materialise.
A great event, but I doubt there will be much poker (if any) now before January, so I’ll probably just post a year end review next week.
P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments 97
Live Cash 4,299
Online Tournaments 2,239
Online Cash (173)
Poker Festivals (3,278)
Rake (3,378)
Total (194)
Friday, 4 December 2009
What was that all about?
Have patchy memory of chasing some guy round a parked car covered in blood at 3am - haven't ran so fast in ages. Some dude then turned up on a push bike and told us to go home which we did. Not making the best impression at my new job with a big gash above my left eye on my fourth day :(
It's not been a good week on the poker front. Played badly online and lost $550 in the cash game. Played badly in the live cash game and lost £800. Might take a break before the big home game in a week, as clearly I'm an angry man at the moment.
P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments (953)
Live Cash 3,311
Online Tournaments 2,239
Online Cash (173)
Poker Festivals (3,278)
Rake (3,378)
Total (2,017)
It's not been a good week on the poker front. Played badly online and lost $550 in the cash game. Played badly in the live cash game and lost £800. Might take a break before the big home game in a week, as clearly I'm an angry man at the moment.
P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments (953)
Live Cash 3,311
Online Tournaments 2,239
Online Cash (173)
Poker Festivals (3,278)
Rake (3,378)
Total (2,017)
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Vegas - Final Day
Another pretty unproductive day today on the poker front. Wandered downstairs a little after 10:30 and bought into the $60 tournament late, which impressively lasted one hand.
I call a raise to 600 with 88 on the button. Flop arrives 578 rainbow. He bets 1300, I shove for 3900 total and he calls with 99. River is a 6 to fill his gutshot. A fine start to the day.
After hitting the saki at lunchtime I posted a 3 hour cash session. The table was very tight and I had no holdings. There was good company at the table though which made up for it and I came away up $100 for the session. All of this was won by two sizeable check raise squeeze bluffs on the turn though, which got through.
So another trip comes to an end - I'm pretty much flat for the trip which is okay I guess after a tough first night. I had to say Planet Hollywood is a great place to stay at - a really good atmosphere everywhere, and a great poker room. I'd recommend it over the Venetian/MGM any time. Next time I come over I'll definitely stay here again.
We are off to Koi for dinner and more saki now, probably followed by burning some cash at Pai Gow.
One advert which tickled me in the poker room was for a new laxative called "MaxiFlow". I'm toying with getting some and sticking it in the eggnogg at the Christmas home game. I'll have to purchase some "Missed Big Blind" buttons though :)
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (420)
Cash 470
I call a raise to 600 with 88 on the button. Flop arrives 578 rainbow. He bets 1300, I shove for 3900 total and he calls with 99. River is a 6 to fill his gutshot. A fine start to the day.
After hitting the saki at lunchtime I posted a 3 hour cash session. The table was very tight and I had no holdings. There was good company at the table though which made up for it and I came away up $100 for the session. All of this was won by two sizeable check raise squeeze bluffs on the turn though, which got through.
So another trip comes to an end - I'm pretty much flat for the trip which is okay I guess after a tough first night. I had to say Planet Hollywood is a great place to stay at - a really good atmosphere everywhere, and a great poker room. I'd recommend it over the Venetian/MGM any time. Next time I come over I'll definitely stay here again.
We are off to Koi for dinner and more saki now, probably followed by burning some cash at Pai Gow.
One advert which tickled me in the poker room was for a new laxative called "MaxiFlow". I'm toying with getting some and sticking it in the eggnogg at the Christmas home game. I'll have to purchase some "Missed Big Blind" buttons though :)
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (420)
Cash 470
Friday, 27 November 2009
Vegas - Big Blind Special
Wandered down to the poker room at 8am this morning but there was no cash game going so had to enter the $60 tournament. I was down to 250 chips at the 200-400 level at one point, but managed to spin back up to 5k before knocking myself stealing the rock's BB from the SB with 84off and running into AJ.
As a result of that I only was able to play one hour at the cash table before the Spa, but a very productive hour it was, with a $520 profit.
Key Hand:
I am up to $400 from $300 start and the button is playing about $300ish. 6 limpers so I check my BB with 36off.
Flop is 3c6hKc
I bet $10 and button calls.
Turn is a 6d to give me the house.
I bet $20 and button calls.
River is the golden money card - 5 clubs bringing home the flush. I'm fairly sure this is what he has been drawing at, so I bet $55.
He raises to $140, which I ponder for effect, before shoving for my $400. He calls with the Jack flush to rake me a big pot.
Can't enter the TI tournament tonight as it will clash with 10pm dinner at Aquaknox, so I'm going to play cash at the Mirage across the road I think, as Nit says it's a nice place to play.
Aiming to play the Caesars $225 tomorrow though, as you get 15k starting stack, although with their usual fast blinds.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (360)
Cash 370
As a result of that I only was able to play one hour at the cash table before the Spa, but a very productive hour it was, with a $520 profit.
Key Hand:
I am up to $400 from $300 start and the button is playing about $300ish. 6 limpers so I check my BB with 36off.
Flop is 3c6hKc
I bet $10 and button calls.
Turn is a 6d to give me the house.
I bet $20 and button calls.
River is the golden money card - 5 clubs bringing home the flush. I'm fairly sure this is what he has been drawing at, so I bet $55.
He raises to $140, which I ponder for effect, before shoving for my $400. He calls with the Jack flush to rake me a big pot.
Can't enter the TI tournament tonight as it will clash with 10pm dinner at Aquaknox, so I'm going to play cash at the Mirage across the road I think, as Nit says it's a nice place to play.
Aiming to play the Caesars $225 tomorrow though, as you get 15k starting stack, although with their usual fast blinds.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (360)
Cash 370
Vegas - Quote of the Week
Didn't play much poker at all yesterday - just the 7pm Planet Hollywood tournament. It transpired I wasted 5 hours playing Pai Gow with Shazbo, a game which seems to tilt me quite badly, before sitting at the Texas Holdem Bonus game. Shazbo won $1k+ at that as usual :)
I'm going to try and put some hours in today, starting with a morning cash session and finishing with the Treasure Island deeper stacked bounty event tonight. Investors in the deep stack events will have noticed that I have been woeful at putting any hours in, so there will be appropriate rebates when I get back.
Anyhow - on to quote of the week. Planet Hollywood event, 40ish runners with 5 getting paid. I bluff off half my stack in the first level with 7 high running into top set, having to pass on the turn. After nursing my micro stack for half an hour before getting doubled up when holding JJ, I arrive at the break with about 5k.
The blinds jumps every 20 mins after that are astronomical:
200-400
300-600
500-1000
1000-2000
2000-4000
Anyhow, I go into my shove mode after the break and manage to get my stack up about 14k without showdown, by the time we are at the 1000-2000 level with 11 runners left. Then the following two hands happen when we are playing 6 handed:
Hand1
Brummie guy shoves his 7k stack in, and guy to my right calls off half his stack with 7hTh. Brummie guy has QT and holds.
Hand2
UTG, I find AJ, my best holding for four levels. I make it 5k. Obviously I can't fold with 5k of my stack in the middle, but figured this would look stronger than the 14k shove so might get some small pairs to fold.
Guy from last hand is down to 6.5k after but CALLS the 5k from the BB.
Flop is T42
He shoves his last 1.5k which obviously I call.
He has 7hTh AGAIN and I lose.
Brummie guy: "Do you like that hand or something?"
BB guy: "Not really, but I figured statistically it couldn't lose twice in a row"
Amen to that.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (300)
Cash (150)
I'm going to try and put some hours in today, starting with a morning cash session and finishing with the Treasure Island deeper stacked bounty event tonight. Investors in the deep stack events will have noticed that I have been woeful at putting any hours in, so there will be appropriate rebates when I get back.
Anyhow - on to quote of the week. Planet Hollywood event, 40ish runners with 5 getting paid. I bluff off half my stack in the first level with 7 high running into top set, having to pass on the turn. After nursing my micro stack for half an hour before getting doubled up when holding JJ, I arrive at the break with about 5k.
The blinds jumps every 20 mins after that are astronomical:
200-400
300-600
500-1000
1000-2000
2000-4000
Anyhow, I go into my shove mode after the break and manage to get my stack up about 14k without showdown, by the time we are at the 1000-2000 level with 11 runners left. Then the following two hands happen when we are playing 6 handed:
Hand1
Brummie guy shoves his 7k stack in, and guy to my right calls off half his stack with 7hTh. Brummie guy has QT and holds.
Hand2
UTG, I find AJ, my best holding for four levels. I make it 5k. Obviously I can't fold with 5k of my stack in the middle, but figured this would look stronger than the 14k shove so might get some small pairs to fold.
Guy from last hand is down to 6.5k after but CALLS the 5k from the BB.
Flop is T42
He shoves his last 1.5k which obviously I call.
He has 7hTh AGAIN and I lose.
Brummie guy: "Do you like that hand or something?"
BB guy: "Not really, but I figured statistically it couldn't lose twice in a row"
Amen to that.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (300)
Cash (150)
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Vegas - Running Hot on Moonshine
Found myself plonked next to a couple of guys from Oklahoma last night. I was being educated in the production of moonshine, and how adding apple pie mix to it took the edge off and made it a fine afternoon beverage. Unfortunately, just as I was doing a good impression of a willing student my malibu and pineapple arrived.
"Hey! What you got there my English brother?"
"Umm - malibu"
"Oh. Ma wife drinks that" :(
Ran super hot last night in two cash sessions, for a total of $750 profit. The tables contained some stronger player so I was able to go back to at least raising the hands I normally play, and playing pots heads up, as opposed to against five opponents.
The first big hand was from raising QJ and seeing a rather good flop of 89T rainbow. I got my whole stack in by the river and got paid of by KT.
The fun really started in the second session after dinner (the location for that being a very nice japanese restaurant in Planet Hollywood by the name of Koi).
Hand1
Raise in early position to $11 from lady. Both myself and the lady are playing deep stacks so I call with As5s in SB. Chinese fella in the BB makes it $30. Lady calls. Chinese guy only has $120 behind, but since lady is deep I call the extra $20. This may be dubious I guess, but I know I'm folding unless I get a fistful of spades.
I look out of the corner of my eye and see all cards are red. That is the hand over with. Chinese guy moves in with his KK, at which point I notice there are a couple of red 5s on the board. Lady unfortunately passes but I stack Chinese guy. Chinese guy not happy.
Hand2
Funny hand. 4 limpers, so I make up the SB with KcTc. Chinese guy is having a nightmare and shoves his last $23 in from the BB. Two callers, so I call.
Flop is KT9
I begin side pot building by betting $20.
One weak player calls.
Chinese guy says "looks like it is the end of the game for me"
Turn is a blank.
I put other player in sidepot all in for his last $70. He calls.
Chinese guy triumphantly flips QJ for the flopped straight, so I guess I will have to content myself with sidepot.
River: TEN
Chinese guy declares it is time for him to get some fresh air :)
I think it's Thanksgiving today, so I guess the poker tables may be fairly quiet - we shall see.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (220)
Cash (150)
"Hey! What you got there my English brother?"
"Umm - malibu"
"Oh. Ma wife drinks that" :(
Ran super hot last night in two cash sessions, for a total of $750 profit. The tables contained some stronger player so I was able to go back to at least raising the hands I normally play, and playing pots heads up, as opposed to against five opponents.
The first big hand was from raising QJ and seeing a rather good flop of 89T rainbow. I got my whole stack in by the river and got paid of by KT.
The fun really started in the second session after dinner (the location for that being a very nice japanese restaurant in Planet Hollywood by the name of Koi).
Hand1
Raise in early position to $11 from lady. Both myself and the lady are playing deep stacks so I call with As5s in SB. Chinese fella in the BB makes it $30. Lady calls. Chinese guy only has $120 behind, but since lady is deep I call the extra $20. This may be dubious I guess, but I know I'm folding unless I get a fistful of spades.
I look out of the corner of my eye and see all cards are red. That is the hand over with. Chinese guy moves in with his KK, at which point I notice there are a couple of red 5s on the board. Lady unfortunately passes but I stack Chinese guy. Chinese guy not happy.
Hand2
Funny hand. 4 limpers, so I make up the SB with KcTc. Chinese guy is having a nightmare and shoves his last $23 in from the BB. Two callers, so I call.
Flop is KT9
I begin side pot building by betting $20.
One weak player calls.
Chinese guy says "looks like it is the end of the game for me"
Turn is a blank.
I put other player in sidepot all in for his last $70. He calls.
Chinese guy triumphantly flips QJ for the flopped straight, so I guess I will have to content myself with sidepot.
River: TEN
Chinese guy declares it is time for him to get some fresh air :)
I think it's Thanksgiving today, so I guess the poker tables may be fairly quiet - we shall see.
Vegas P&L (USD)
Main Event 0
Deepstack tournaments (80)
Crapshoots (220)
Cash (150)
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