Back with a whimper!!

Well as u know i have been forced away from the tables as mother in law staying with us recently, and in response to comments:
- no i am not scared of mother in law
- i am scared of GF and if i tried to play poker while her mum here, my life would be hell!!!!

so i made a comeback yesterday morning which i would rather forget, played 2 sng's a $6 10man which i got 3rd, and a $3 6man which i got 2nd, so crept into money on both!!

then i played cash and managed to drop $20 chasing draws twice!!

so today i thought wood start with sng's again as trying to preserve my little roll

was going well until this hand

i was shortly after!!

So i played another, got down to the bubble and was going well just needed someone to get the short stack out,
check out how it didnt quite go to plan

that really made things tight between the 4 of us!!

anyway it all went south a few hands later
with the suited ace i decide to raise

flop couldnt really get any worse could it!!

so bubble boy there, i bravely decided to try cash
i went on a $25 table and left a while later with bout $27-28 for a few dollars profit
then i decided to try my luck at the $50 table

was going ok, and then i made this brave/foolish play???

i thought he had 2 high cards so decided i would call his raise, i planned to check raise on river, but i didnt have to!!

anyway big shout out to all at RAISETHERIVER!!!!

PK69

GREAT NEW SITE

hope everyone is good, i haven't been able to play for the last few days as the mother in law was staying with us, in the 2nd bedroom which is where the pc is

BUT, she left today so from 2moro morning back to my usual early morning sessions!!!

I would like to highlight a great new site, see the spanky link top left for......
RAISE THE RIVER!!!

hope to see u on there soon

PK69

on a rush!!

well i just went on party during my lunch break at work using their no download stuff

found a 6 tables and put on $25

won a few small pots and then the cards just kept coming, i had 77, 88,55,55,JJ,AQ,A10
i raised with my AJ and got reraised so i called to see a low flop with an ace, i bet the pot and this guy reraised again, i pushed all in and he called!!!
he had A10 so that was $25 off him!!

he loads up another $25 and bout 2 hands later i get 88
i raise only to get reraised by him and called by 1 other
now i figure i behind but if i hit an 8 i think will get paid so i call
flop comes a great J,8,x i bet half pot the guy i stacked reraises the other guy calls i now come over the top putting them all in, 1st guy calls other folds
well a scary 9 or 7 on turn had me praying he didnt hit str8
but its all good and another $25 from same guy comes my way!!

no real action after that apart from when my JJ was busted by 44, we both made sets on flop only running clubs with his 4 gave him a flush!!

thankfully he was small stack and only cost me bout $5

made it back and left on bout $76

i mite just recover this yet!!

PK69

running cold

hey everyone hope the world is treating u well, better than me anyway!!

been busy with work this last week so not much time to post my blog or catch up on everyones, hope to put that right soon.

poker wise after a great start on partypoker its going the other way now, big time!!

i cant hit any of my draws and am constantly being rivered!!

i have a pair and nut flush draw but he hits some crappy 2 pair!
i have nut flush and open ended str8 draw but still his 1 pair holds up
i have over pair with str8 draw but guy with nothing but runne runner flush hits it on turn and river

Aces and kings are being crack at will

when i have a good/strong hand i bet it hard and some guy lucks out,
so next time trying to preserve some cash i play it bit slower,
looks good on flop so i bet strong but not too much anyway of course the guy calls and hits some filth on river


one min i play too slow the next too fast and each time i just get busted!!

having one of those real crisis of confidence moments

u know where u just dont know what ur doing and it all just goes tits up!!

tried to build my small roll on stars and fulltilt, but same stories on those, playing tight and selectively when i do get some cards like AK or KK just not getting paid or getting lucked out on!!

PK69

$300K update

Well i am sure your all desperate to hear bout how i cracked the $300k!!

well it didn't quite go to plan, infact i did well to last past the first 10mins!!

I eventually left the game in 829th of 1373 after bout 1hr 30mins, so here's what happened

Sunday went by as usual, though as time went by i was getting more and more excited, the big tourny was coming up and i was ready, ready to make my big score or at least $215!!

The gf was very understanding, she had dinner all prepared so if need be she could dish up and give me a tray to eat while playing, all the house chours had been done early so if needed i could spend the 4-8 hrs at the pc!!

The tourny started at 5:45 so at 5:30 i turned on the pc and logged on to party, with 8 mins to start they started opening tables i clicked take my seat....... nothing 5 mins to start frantically i start looking to check my name is on list, yes there i am!
clicking take seat again...... still nothing tourny starts in under 1 min!!!!

no this cant be happening, the biggest day of my poker life so far and its going tits up b4 i even played a hand!!

i start looking through the list of 187 tables hoping by luck i might see the table i am sat at, the tourny is under way now and i have no idea where i am!!

finally my table opens up there i am with 4940chips, the blinds must have started with me and i have already lost the bb & sb!! still plenty of time i tell myself

i fold a few hands before i get AQ i raise only to see a reraise and a big re-reraise, not my hand i tell my self and fold

few hands later i get KJsuited i have position so i raise a few callers and we see a raggy flop with one or 2 of my suit, checked to me so i bet half the pot
get one or 2 callers
turn brings a 2nd suited card not my suit 1 fold, guy b4 me checks so i fire again and he calls
river brings the King but the 3rd suit not mine!!
guy bets bout 75% pot
not sure why but i just didnt think he had anything plus i just hit my king
so i call and win, he has AQ

YES!!! up to 5900

that was a high as i went

due to the following donkey play that i just couldnt fold

in early position i limp with89 suited
3 other limpers
flop comes J,10,9, none of my suit

so bottom pair but with open ended str8 draw, in hindsight now not a great hand!!

anyway at the time i was thinking that no one raise so pair mite be good but prob not, however if i can hit my str8 i thought i could win it

so i lead out at pot with a bet of 80 into 160

1 guy folds, 1 guy calls, last guy raises to 200

ok so maybe he doesn't believe me, maybe he got a J or 10..... but if hit str8 i tell myself so i call, other guy folds so its just us 2

Turn is a beautiful 7 giving me a str8!!
now i had thount the guy could have QJ or KQ but surely he would have raised pre flop???

so i check, guy bets bout 1200, this pot is getting big!!
i min reraise to 2400!!
guy calls

river is rag but a 3rd heart
guy pushes all in, i have him cover by just under 1k

i think.... could he have flush..... don't think so why push all in?? 2 pair or trips could be
KQ for nut str8????? could be???
as the clock ticks down i decide what if he doesnt have KQ i take a huge pot!!...... so i called!!

OF COURSE he had KQ!!!!

i am down to 900 and its only 10 mins in!!

looking back i could or should have folded on turn, he raised my flop bet indicating some strength, he then raises big on turn again showing strength, so at that point my bottom end str8 looking bit weak!!

and even if i called there, when he pushes all in on river, if i fold i still have 2500 ish to play with!!

anyway so my schoolboy error basically ended my tourny in 10mins!!

i may never get a chance like this and i blew it!! froze in headlights!!

i played 4 hours of flawless poker to win this seat, 4 hours i not likely to have spare or allowed to have spare any time soon and in 10 mins i throw it away

annoyed with myself is an understatement!!!

so i thought lets see if i can get a lucky double up...
but i was getting crap cards, 49,Q2,K3 nothing i wanna push with

then with bout 600 left i get AA utg!! i limp another caller and then a reraise folded back to me i push and am called by the raiser

my aces are good and i up to 1200,.... maybe.......

i win a small pot and up to 1400.... i can do it i tell myself as i make it to the 1st break

soon after break we down to under 1000 runners now

i finally win a reasonable pot and get up to 2200.... maybe i can do it!!

but the cards just arent coming for me and soon i back to 1600 then 1200 and then 990

i looking for anything half reasonable to push with


i get A5 and decide this is it i push
one caller who has KQ, my bogey hand again it wood seem!!

flop 9,5,10!!

i have a pair i begin to hope again!!

Turn: J

no!! he has a str8 and i am drawing dead

river 10 so i finish with 2 pair and out in 829th!!

oh well not to be, i wonder what i could have done if i didnt i didnt give away all my chips in first 10 mins!!!

so that was the $300k for me

i guess i have to live to fight another day, was a good experience, interesting playing against the level of play

one time i raise 3xbb get a caller, flop 994, i check and he bets pot...... too big a bet to call so i fold my AQ

too often i found myself limping in pots and not hitting flop only to fold to pot size bets, course having so few chips didn't give me much room to play with

PK69

$300K guaranteed!!

well i had an email back from party explaining that i can not have a refund

so this sunday i am playing in the $300k!!

i never played a big tourny like this before so any tips would be appreciated!

any ideas how deep u need to go to reach money?
does the min payout cover entry fee?? if so so just making money and $215 would be good enough for me!

PK69

missed me??

well its been over 2 weeks since my last post, and seeing how i have been inundated with comments regarding my whereabouts... NOT!! it seems i am due an update

well i took my 2 exams, fingers crossed, one went ok the other was so so, but poker news

i set up a party poker account and its going great!!!!

i played a $3 rebuy and won a seat to the $300k on sunday yesterday, only thing is i would rather have the $215 in my account than prob play and get nothing!! after looking at the web site this doesn't seem possible, any suggestions??

i have emailed and asked if there is anything i can do, will let you know when i here something

PK69