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would just like to say thanks to all of you who have left comments on my blog, thanks also for the support and encouragement!!

another sorry morning

$2 turbo, going ok bout 6 left i call a raise or limp not sure with 10J, flop comes 77J, chip leader goes all in, fold fold, so what now??? well at the time my thoughts were this:
i have 2 pair, he could be bluffing as he had push all in a few times on the flop and we all folded, so i figure this is a chance and call
he has........ A7 so i got 2 jacks to hit, which i dont and i out!

pretty poor i think


I also put $4 on a 6 max table 5c/10c
anyone got thoughts bout table choice? full or 6 max??
anyway few hands in i win a small pot doing ok, lots of calling going on even with raises of 3-5 xbb
so i limp in with Q9, flop comes J108!!!! i bet small like 20c i think, one call and then the big stack raises to $1.20 ish back to me.... i think for a while.... only for effect, i have only one thing in my mind.... PUSH!!

so i reraise all in, the guy calls in a flash....
he has: J10-2 pairs
i have the str8, so what am i worried about??.....yup as soon as i saw his cards i could feel it
TURN-...... 10 of course for his full house!!

i think i gota stick to tournys cos with under $20 now i just cant afford to play cash games!!

i also think i should only play 1 at a time, i admit i am an action junkie!! trying to squeeze in as much as possible b4 work, so must cut back to 1 at a time til i hopefully build my roll back up!!

also i think its time i actually started writing about some poker theory, all i do is comment on my plays each day, think i need to work on my basics so writing about them and getting your feed back should hopefully help me improve

so goals for time being are to plays less
work on my theory more, so that i can put into practice what i learn!!
and get roll going up!!

PK69

It doesn't rain, it pours!!!

well on to todays games

i played the $2 turbo, was doing ok, it up and down but was above average
not much to tell apart from the hand that ended it

i am in early maybe even BB, i have 22, few callers and no raises so i see the cheap flop.....
25j, with so many callers i check as i no one of them will bet, sure enough there is a bet by the chip leader which is called by 1 or 2 others not sure, so now i pop in the reraise bout 900-1k ish from his bet of 250ish.....
well the chip leader goes all in the others fold, i have to call here as this is what i was hoping for
he turns over 2 clubs for a flush draw!!
well you know what happens... turn a 6, so all i need is for the board to pair for my full house, or no clubs for his flush
river- ace of clubs!!

that was me out in 6th

right or wrong?? i had the set i was ahead when it all went in and about 2/1 fav i think??

oh well thats poker, anyway the account has been battered silly and is now at like $20!!
i need to turn this around quick or my roll will be gone!!

PK69

Table Bully!

Well on another day i started my usual $2 turbo and out in 4th. BUT, ..... there was a bully around who was so lucky!!

Very first hand this guy goes all in with AK, fair enough he gets called and wins, 2nd hand he's all in again no callers, 3rd hand all in again!! no callers 4th hand all in, gets a caller this time he has 10J, caller has A10.. flop nothing, turn a J river and its goodbye down to 7, he goes all in the next few hands and we all just fold!!

he then just calls, fishy!!, gets a caller and he slow plays aces on them to get them out, down to 6!!

he then folds a few times before the all in game continues, he has bout 4-5k now and we all just slipping further away

he goes all in as usual, gets a caller, caller has AQ he has 510suited, flop has a 5 turn a 10!!

5 left now, he now folds a few more and there is a little play between the rest of us.... cant remember much more but i know we got down to 4, he was up to 6k, one other player on 2k and me and other guy on bout 1100, i don't think i have played a hand at this point

well i get A10suited and figure this bout as good as i going to get, so i call sure enough he goes all in and i call
he has K10, yes!! flopxxx, turn K!! river crap and i am out

What the hell do you do when someone plays like that?? i know that he can't have good cards all the time, but if you gonna race you wanna have some half decent cards?

the thing was that every time he had worse cards he still managed to hit the flop or turn!!

Any advice??

PK69

Table Talk??

WEll i have played a few times since my last post, alas not much success to chat about a few interesting points though....

I played a $6turbo, was playing fairly tight, but i was getting cards and i was using them well i was chip leader with about 4k... then this

early position i get AQ suited so i raise 3xbb think i got 2 callers, the 2nd chip leader and a small stack
flop: Q!! 10 i think and a rag,think there were 2 clubs, i didn't have a club
so i think i doing ok here so i check hoping for a bet so i can reraise
well the 2nd chip leader bets big! like 3k or something, i can't remember exactly the amounts or if it happened spot on like this .. the small stack goes all in so i sit there thinking what to do
when the 2nd chip leader starts chatting in the box,
he says: i don't wanna mess with you poke, leave this one
now what am i to think from this??
could he be trying to bluff me out pot with chat??
i say: u got a flush draw?
he says: i got a monster
so the time starts ticking down and i decide to call
he has QQ small stack has crap, no help and i am as good as out the game!
i go all in shortly after but no luck and out in 5th when i was cruising to at least a 3rd!!

so what can i learn from this? does anyone else have any thoughts about people chatting??

my thoughts were why would he be trying get me out hand?? why such a big bet? surely over betting like that could be a bluff? now he trying talk me out hand which again could work with his bluff?
when he says he got a monster i think surely he want me in hand then to get my chips??
so with that in mind i called

so what do you think?
was he just being nice and trying to save me? was he using reverse psychology acting like he didn't want me in there? which i duely did!!

interestingly, had he not said anything or if i had ignored his chat, i have to say i prob would have figured his large bet as possible a bluff but too big to call and folded, he could have had 2 pair, a str8 draw a flush draw or some combination, all very scary

PK69

Blah blah

Ok, so if you been reading my blog you know that the cash tables have not been good to me recently, however my tourny form has been pretty good with mostly finishes in the top 3, i have now set up a spreadsheet records my tourny results showing no. entered, cost, place finished and winnings

i did bomb out this morning though! card dead, blinds going up so i raised with A8 missed the flop and pushed my last 500 in hoping was enough to put anyone off however was called by A10 and his 10 played and i was out.

If you remember a while ago i had some probs with Full Tilt, well i got an email saying that a few people had same prob and they gave us all $5, result!

So i put the $5 on a 5c/10c table few hands in i get QQ in mid/late position, i raise to 40c the button who has less then me reraises to $1.10....
i call, flop comes 9 high no flush, so i bet $1, button reraises all in for $2.50 ish i call..... so what we got???
i have QQ
he has........... A4 clubs???? no pair,no str8, and think maybe a runner runner flush possible!!

turn a 6 and pairs the board,
river......... can you guess??? ACE!!!!!
yup he shoves it in with junk and hits the river with one of the 3 aces he needed to win!!!

that left me with bout $1.30, i just didnt have the heart to carry on so i left after that!!

any thoughts??

the account now at bout $40 :( not going well

PK69

Feedback 2

many thanks to snoopy and united for their comments, certainly gives me more to think about, which is always good!!

PK69

Feedback

well there has been some debate about my Q9clubs hand, firstly thanks for the comments

ok so i did say that i didn't like my play, and yes i know when the money went in i was behind and i finished behind so not really a bad beat, i wasn't really saying it was more like just saying that the luck had turned in my favour and was looking good only for it to turn away the next card.

was this a bad play?? maybe, certainly not a good play!! now sometimes u have to gamble to win, was this that time? NO

however... pre flop he has AA, i have Q9 suited so clearly well behind, a flop of K9x with 2 clubs...
so he has overpair to the board with a runner runner flush possible, now i dont know the odds for that.... anyone no of a good free odds calculator you can use online without downloading??
now i have middle pair (not so good) and 4 to the flush draw and a runner runner str8 so if we count my flush cards i had 8 clubs (not counting the ace as looking back retrospectively) so 8/47 so about 17% to make my flush
on the turn i hit my flush, so now i am ahead.. but how much?? well i can now only lose to the higher flush, or better, of which the higher flush is the only possible hand, so now the other guy has 7 outs and everything else helps me so if i have this right on the turn i have 39/46= 84% of winning and he has 7/46= 15%

so yes a bad play but on the turn i am way ahead, of course we know what happened next

would like to hear any further feedback regarding my thoughts

PK69

Brilliant.... NOT!!

well hope everyone had a good wkend, mine was ok, didn't play poker at wkend or monday morning as had to get up early to go on a course!!

so this morning i get up and am raring to go!!
i join the $2.25 turbo as usual.. no much then a few hands in i get Q9clubs, i in mid/late position no raises so i call to see what happens, well think SB or button makes a 1 or 2 x BB raise which we all call, so bout 4 see the flop..... K94 with 2 clubs!! a bet of half pot from early position is then raised to bout 360 from mid position....... there one player after me all average stack sizes bout 1400...... i have pair and 2nd best flush draw so i figure i can call to see the turn... well the button reraises to bout 780!! the first bettor folds but the 2nd goes all in for his remaining 1000, this pot getting very big!! now as the button reraised he could have AK,AA,KK maybe with a club..... and the 2nd bettor with the all in could have similar so my pair is well behind but my flush could be enough if i hit it......... i decide that i have to take a shot at this monster pot!! so i go all in, the button calls.. so to the race..
button has AA with a club, overpair with a runner runner flush possible,
2nd caller has K rag for just top pair crap kicker and no flush draw!!!
and i have my pair 99's with KQ94 of clubs for the flush so i behind but got outs

the turn........ 6 of clubs!!! thats it i am ahead
the river....... 2... of clubs :( , bugger, gave the button the nuts ace high flush and thats me out in 7th!!

fate can be cruel, not the baddest of beats i know, oh well

so what to do now with plenty,well 20 mins before i need go to work???

feeling ambitious i open 2 tables up at 5c/10c and put $10 on each... a bit foolish maybe... well as time turned out definately!!

on the first table a few hands in i get 99 on the button, i raise to 50c, get 1 caller ... the flop was so sweet.... 9,9,7!!! flopped quads now how do i get all his money..... easily it turned out, he bets the pot i have a long dwell and then just call, turn ? now the only bad point was his lack of cash.. he now goes all in for bout $2 ish of course i call and win, shame he didn't have more anyway up to $15

the other table doesn't go so well getting no cards and the one time i do get A10 someone goes all in for like $6 pre flop!!!!!! i fold and then it gets worse, i make top pair on a flop i bet out & get called, turn no danger so i bet out again and get called, river mite of been an ace not sure anyway i check and the caller bets like 50c, so by now i figure just call and see where i am, well the river gave him 2 pair or something that beat me!! i was ahead all way til then!!

well i didn't notice it but the old tilt monster had arrived, i started playing more hands, raising when i was clearly beat to try and force them off the pot which i didn't and before i knew it i had spunked the lot on 1 table!!!!!!

well i wasn't safe on the other table either!! couple of flush draws, open ended str8 draws later i was down to $7, then i get AQ or something thats looks like pure gold right then so i jam it in and of course get called by either someone who had me beat or hit a card on turn to do it.... can't quite remeber

so there i was out of both tables... out of the tourny........ christ what was i thinking, i wish i could remember more of the hands so i could tell you where i blew it all but its just a blur!!

so account now at about $40!! it was nice while it lasted!! gotta get my A game back and start grinding out the profit soon!!!

PK69

A Good mornings work!!

well after my recent success was hoping for more of the same, i didn't have to wait long!!

today i didn't have time for a turbo tourny so i found a cash table and put in $10
1st hand i get K9hearts, few callers, flop xxx 2 hearts!! some small betting, not enough to push me out, turn a heart!! a small bet from early position i call as does 1 other, river nothing to worry about now i bet bout 2/3 pot to make it look like a steal i get 1 caller and he mucks

up $2.50 already!! should i leave?? 1 hand just won't quench my desire so i hang around.... and you know what....... glad i did!!

i got a run of cards and kept hitting the flops!

1 good bluff, i in late with QQ so i raise bout 5xBB, get 1 caller, flop comes rags but all diamonds.... i have Q diamonds......... the caller bets less half pot, i call, turn an ace he checks, now i figure he prob got the ace so i check, river a blank no he bets $1 at the $5.40ish pot, i figure that seems bit weak so i push my $7 in he thinks and folds i show the QQ's and he says nice bet, so i think he did have the A.

Still i up to $13.50ish now.. few hands later i get 56suited i call, flop comes 10,x,4 with 2 of my suit, there's a mini bet, to easy so i call, turn 6, giving me a pair and a pretty weak flush draw, again mini bet i prob losing but for 10c i will see.... river...... 6!! i've made trips, this time the bettor goes for 50-60c ish, i reraise to bout $2 he calls and mucks!! so now up to $14.50 ish few hands later i decide to leave it there as i already late for work as i have been for the last 3 days

so now account up to $63 ish and going well!!

busy wkend so no poker planned, plus got a course monday so it will be tues b4 i play again

PK69

Luck & Profit!!

just a brief post as work is manic!!!!!!

went on FT this morning and...... it worked!! i can play again, so of course i went for my usual $2.25 turbo, and didn't do much in 1st 10 hands, but we were down to 8 already, and then i raised bout 4xBB with AQ, flop a beautiful QQ7, i checked raised got called and took it on the turn to give me a healthy chip lead!! then 2 hands later i get 66, i call, flop 65A, i bet a less than half pot, then there a raise and a short stack goes all in... easy call not much action pre flop so no AA so must be almost ahead, 2 players all in, they show 55 ouch unlucky! and A2!!!!! well with no help we down to 6 already and i have bout 6K!! from then on i just raised it hard and before long we down to 3 i have double what 2nd has and my aggression continues

3rd is almost out so when he goes all in it only cost me 800 to call, so i do, oopps he has AA and doubles up. so i tighten up a smidge and soon i get him all in again this time i well ahead he has something like 58 and i have A9 or like that, think i hit my pair and we heads up!!

at last, so with a clear lead when i get AJ i just hoping he raises, he does i put him all in... he calls now for the showdown..........
he has..... 33!!!!! ok so a pair but i got some outs.. flop 23x not so good, turn 4 ok so 5 for a str8!! river a blank damn that see's us bout level or him slightly ahead, a few hands later after some raising and folding i put him all in with A6, he calls and shows 63, YES!!!! he got almost nothing
flop xxx, nearly home.... turn.... 3!! that damn 3 again, river nothing and i out in 2nd!!!!

pleased with 2nd but should have been 1st, 2 horrid all ins and the 3's did me... still i got $5.40 so a good $3.15 profit

now for the luck... i also put $10 on the 5c/10c tables, not much happened went down to bout $7 when i raise to 50c with AQ, 1 caller flops comes AQx i bet small he reraises all in for $3ish i call and take it!! up to $11, now i could have quit with my small profit but i was still playing the tourny at the time so stayed in waiting for some cards

a few hands later i raise or call a raise with A7clubs, flops comes down 95x with 2 clubs, so i bet half the pot, the other guy raises me and i must admit in a rush of blood i think i got the nut flush draw and a long shot str8 so i push my remaining $8 in!!!!!

now i know this was way over the top, and he didn't hesitate to call, he turned over QQ and i was praying for clubs!!!

well no clubs came on turn or river, i didn't even really look at what cards were so i was just sitting there waiting for it to say i need more chips when suddenly the chips all came to me!!!
i looked in the chat and i had made a runner runner str8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

suddenly i had $18 in front of me, i said sorry in the chat but the guy was having none of it telling me to F*** off, charming

anyway with $8 profit there was no way i was hanging around to screw this up so i left and the account now sits in profit for the 1st time on about $59!!!!

i haven't heard from FT bout the tourny yesterday that i couldn't play in but i don't think i had the fee refunded, so i recovered from that $2.25 loss there and then some!!!!

maybe this can be the start of some form, though i hope i not need this much luck each time!!

PK69

it will get worse before it gets better

well thats what they say, and from my experience it's spot on!!
so yesterday morning i play my usual $2.25 turbo, as normal i play it tight ish early on get some good hands make a break then wait.... so we get down to last 4 fairly uneventfully but i now av stack size or little below there one guy who as normal way out ahead of everyone, cant remember much of this but we get down to 3 so in the money again!! nice getting some consistency just need to improve on my 3rd places to some 2nd's or 1st's!!

anyway so its mostly raise/fold take a pot uncontested i am 2nd in chips and 3rd is just hanging in above the blinds!!
in the BB i get AJhearts, ok surely this has to be my hand i think, chip leader on button folds so it's on the short stack in SB, he makes up the blind..... now by this stage as usual its pretty much crap the blinds are so big that there no play in it, your either more or less all in or fold, so as i against the small stack with a decent hand i figure lets press him if he folds then at least i got the blinds if not i must be at least a slight favourite!!
so i raise him all in he calls and turns over K10off, flop comes 9,7,3.. so far so good, turn ...9 superb the board pairs means i am def well ahead there's no flush or str8 so just gotta avoid his 6 outs (3kings,310's) so i gota lotta outs on my side.... long pause and the river??? do i even need to say..

a god damn KING!!!!!!! well that just crippled me, i was all in next hand with absolute toss and no surprise there i out in 3rd!!

so from 4 tourny's i have three 3rd's & a 4th, not bad but could be better, every time i get to last 3 the blinds just don't allow any play... so do i need to make some moves before that to build up my stack/take a few chances to knock some guys out sooner and get more of a lead?? or is it just my decision making in the last 3???
maybe i don't need to just push it in with a good hand?? but if i raise i got so little left what the point of leaving it behind in first place, also by lumping it all in surely that more of a reason for the other player not to call ??

then i did my specialty, i hopped on a cash table near the end of the tourny, however, this time i played tight and when i made a str8 i got the money and nearly doubled up to $7.30 so all i had to do was leave the table then and would have been over my $50 deposit for the first time...
what id i do u may ask???
well i though i will just wait for one more orbit then go, despite being late for work already!!
so virtually the last hand i get J9suited, not great but with no real action i decide a nice little community pot is offering just the right odds so i call
flop comes a beautiful 10,Q,3 so i have open str8 draw and the checks to me make think i could get this one, so i mini bet, a few callers and a fold, so now i thinking that could be behind but if i can hit my 8 or king i can take it, turn is no help this time someone leads out with bout 60c, now i think i not got the odds however i know implied odds mean that i cam call if i think i gonna get there cash when i hit my card, so...
i call praying for my cards to come good, .....alas no king or 8 on the river so i fold when the betting starts again a small profit becomes a small loss and i now stand at about $48.70

bugger!! these silly hands i stopping me from building my roll, i gotta do something bout it!!

now it gets even worse, today i load up full tilt, join my usual $2.25 turbo, waiting for it to fill up... it does,.... the table opens.... then nothing!! it like the 1st prob i had no cards, no avatars and worst of all no play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i emailed full tilt support, got the usual auto reply, when i logged off i was 4th from the 5 remaining but just under 1000 so i pretty sure i couldn't have made any money even though i wasn't actually playing.

will let you know what happens later

PK69

Stupidity!!

well as i was saying yesterday, i came 3rd then this happens...

i got bout 5-10 mins max before i gotta go to work, so i decide i will hit the cash tables maybe try a quick hit and run.. so i look at the 5c/10c and all the 9seaters are full, but there are some 6max with fee seats... now i prefer 9 seats so i can wait and play good cards, rather than 6 where you need to loosen up a bit and be more aggressive also where you need a bit more skill of reading your opponents/knowing where you are in the hand which as i said previously i not so hot at!!

so i put $4 in this 6max, think 1st had in BB i get 99, this could be just what i was after.... think 2 callers so back to me and i raise to 30c both call... flop is not good K,10,7 2 over cards no flush draw......
so i could def be behind hear so i figure i gotta lead out and see where i am, so i bet something like 40c (bout half pot i think) 1st caller folds, 2nd just flat calls getting worried here, turn is below my 9 but it is another spade making 2 for the flush.... well as the guy didnt reraise me before he either slow playing a hand thats beats me, which could be a few!! he could easily have paired the K or 10 or both or have a draw with them..... i figure that the 2nd spade mite worry him if he does has something so i lead out again, bout 70c (just under half pot)... at this point i prob got bout$2.50 ish left and i figure he may come over the top but he doesnt... he just flat calls again.......
where the hell am i in this hand i have no idea!!!!!!!!!! what does he have? i have even less of a clue!!

so the river comes ..... yup the 3rd spade!! what else can i do but check, surely the only thing i can beat is a bluff? over to the caller and he bets bout $3ish so i would be all in......... after a long begrudging pause i have to fold!!

a hand or 2 later i leave having managed to cancel my small profit on the SNG and have a small loss for the day, just brilliant!!

PK69

Control!!

Well hope everyone had a good weekend, mine was ok, started off well saturday with Man Utd somehow getting a great, if undeserved, win against Liverpool on Sat!!! but the rest of the weekend was taken up trying to sort out my insurance for the accident my GF had in the car last week.... anyway on to poker

so this morning the GF leaves for work at around the usual leaving me with at least 45mins of poker time!! so i load up Full Tilt, and register for a $2+25c turbo player SNG... starts off beautifully!! couple of shitty hands then in the BB i find QQ, think 2/3 callers and back to me so i raise bout 3xBB and get 1 caller:
flop AQ10, no flush!! now that was so sweet!! as i early and raised i figure at least one person gotta have am ace if not 2 pair or maybe a draw, little risky but i gotta let them lean out so i check, first player makes a small bet, button min raises, so now i decide to see where i am i reraise to a couple hundred or so, 1st guy folds button calls, turn is a blank so i bet bout 900 which is just less than the pot, the button only has bout 1100 so i figured this was enough to get it all in, sure enough he went in, i called and he showed AK, my set was good and an early double up and down to 8!!

well a few hands later i get AQ, i raise few callers see a AQ rag flop, oh yes!! i check there is some betting and i raise, the medium stack goes all in as i wanted the other folds, i call and he's got A8 and he's gone!!

from then on i was never in trouble played solid poker, til we got down to 4

then things slowed up and we were all fairly even, and i had to fold a few raises to all in pushes, i rode my luck a few times when all in but made the final 3 just 2nd in chips, then in the BB i get 99, the chip leader calls i decide to push even if just to steal the 1500 in blinds, he calls with AJ and flop comes QJ4, no luck and i out in 3rd for a small profit

disappointed with my play at the end but didn't lose money. need to work on my last 4 play and when down to 3 as think i too passive and get blinded away, slash raise then fold to an all in as don't wanna risk on something like A10, maybe if i raise unles i stealing i should just be prepared to pump it all in if reraised and take my chances???

after that i did something very silly but thats a story for tomorrow

PK69

just another day!!

SO, after my not so triumphant return to the tables i couldn't wait to have another session, well next morning was my plan...... however the missus was very poorly all through the night and come morning when she asked me should she go to work or not (as much as i wanted to say go and see how you are!!) i just had to say don't go,........ don't say i don't have a heart!!!!

oh well, so next day shes all better that means poker time for me!! however she does leave for work til bout 7:55am today, which seriously cuts my poker time down to bout 30-40 mins!!

so i get on a $2 turbo 1 table sng tourny, this time i wait my time, i actually start getting some cards too which see me take out a few people and build a nice stack too

down to 6, then 5, then 4, it all goes tight before a missed timed all in from someone finds a pair of kings waiting for them!! so down to 3, i'm in the money at least!! and i have a slight chip lead, well from this point on i just bullied the table, i was raising almost every hand and they just wouldn't play back at me, however i just couldn't get it down to heads up!!

small stack goes all in with A2, i have A10, of course they hit a 2 on the turn!!

same story with the other guy, anytime he goes all in i have him beat only for him to hit his card on turn or river!!

after my stack dwindles a bit i am 2nd in chips i raise with KJ, called by leader, raggy flop he bets minimum, i push it all in........ he think and calls , turning over KQ!!!! great! so thats me out in 3rd!!! bout $3ish, small profit!!

at the same time i put $4 on a 5c/10c cash table, well didnt get much luck or cards and spunked that, so i put another $4 in.... few hands later i pick up 10jsuited i call as do a few others, flops comes a beautiful Q98, no flush draws!! i check in early position, a bet and a raise to 50c, i can't wait!! back to me and i call, turn a 8, so how do i get the most out of this..............
well with the board pairing could be up against trips, 2 pair, didn't want to let them make a full house so i bet the pot, got 1 call from the button, now as he did't reraise me i figured i was ahead and at best he had top pair with ace kicker or a draw, so on the river a blank i went all in for my remaining dollar something, he called and showed AK!! on the river with nothing but ace high and me all in he called.......... what did he think i had???? now i know i won but did i give off some odd sign that i would have gone all in with nothing???

i dont have the hand history so my recollection may be a bit off.... anyway back up to $8 i recovered my earlier loss.......few small hands won and lost later i leave to go to work with bout $7.85 for a small loss overall on the table, but overall a small profit for the day,

leaves my account at about $48

PK69

like riding a bike

well finally after my long break from the tables i am back!! as i said in a previous post i downloaded full tilt, at tfirst i just had a look at it and it wasn't good!! The table would open up but no cards or anything would show up,.......... tell me its not happening i thought!

BUT, i tried again the next morning an it said there was a new version so i downloaded that and........ ta da!! its all singing all dancing, working poker!!!! so i put $50 in my account now where to begin........ how bout a $2 turbo 9 seater, so i slowly find my way into the game, not much happening for the first level or two......

then under the gun i find AQoff, so i raise to 3xbb, get 1 caller just after me, another in late position, then the SB reraises to by bout 2xBB...... not what i was hoping for.. ok so i call as do the other 2, i figure to reraise in SB he must have at least AK maybe a pair KK-1010, flop comes 953, not helping me much i think that i must be behind, some of these others could have middle pairs or A? so possible set or overpair...

the SB leads out for just under half the pot, i know i'm beat so i fold, think he got 1 caller, then when he bet the turn he took it. damn still 9 people left and i down to bout 900chips, so i sit tight , no rush just yet i figure

down to 8 and i am just card dead!! 45suited, Q4 suited was about as good as i saw for another few levels, so i just sat there as the blinds started creeping up!!

by now a few other people had started losing chips and there were 3 players in the lead with bout 3K,2K,2K each

the guy on 3K then took out 2 of the shorter stacks in almost consecutive hands. i find KJ and raise, i take the blinds... its not much but its keeping me in the game

then 2 of the smaller stacks go all in, 1 guy wins and is up to bout 2K, then it got crazy

the player who was just all in and won limps under the gun, i smell a rat, one of the other big stacks calls and then then chip leader raises, folded to utg, he goes all in back to the chip leader he thinks for a while then calls, utg shows KK, caller show KQ, no help on the board & we have a new chip leader, then next hand the previous chip leader who now only on 2K goes all in and is called by someone with just less than him, the smaller stack has 99 and takes it. in 2 hands this guy went from chip leader to 300 left.. bout 2 hands later he was out, now bout 6 left and i still pretty short stack, i manage to steal some more blinds a few times just ticking along,

blinds are up to bout 200/400 and the chip leader takes out 2nd chips to give him big lead, then the next hand a medium stack goes all in, chip leader calls with KJ, flops a K and we down to four!! nearly in the money!!

blinds up to 250/500 i have 1100 so am all in virtually this hand or next, there one other player on 1400 but the blinds gonna hit me first so can't really wait!

think this is the hand after chip leader won to take us to 4 players, he is SB utg i find 10,9 suited figure having just taken someone out i hope the chip leader wont call and the other small stack wont unless he got something and the BB only got bout 2K so wont call half their stack....
so as predicted 1400 chip guy folds SB(chip leader) thinks then calls!!!! oh dear, BB folds so i got everything crossed........ BB turns over K10, damn not even 2 live cards!! flop comes J75, not much but could hit a runner runner str8, turn blank, so need a 9........ river a King!! oh well,

maybe i should have waited, but next hand i was BB and if that was no good would have been down to bout 600 with the SB next so it was going to happen sooner or later, i figured suited connectors gives me a bit of a chance

i quickly went on a 5c/10c cash table and lost bout 50c before i had to go to work

god it feels good to be playing again!!!

now i just need to up my game!!

PK69