Poker play the soap way

THE PLAN FOR JAN DID NOT WORK

2012-01-29T21:47:00.004+01:00

Poker - lost flips galore every time I get it in!!
Sports - Despite having a £1500 winning day I am still in a 4 fig hole!!!
Shares - Decent start to year - started to eat into losses from last year.
Horses - Fol Hollow was going to be sold but fell through and my other one is crocked and should run Feb or Mar.

2012

2012-01-12T21:52:00.001+01:00

This year has started poor after a Black Sunday where I lost 3 buy ins when fav on each all in and then had 3 big sports bets on footy and NFL which all lost !!!! Also horrible Spurs and fat Harry are going well which gives me no please either. He does my head in - he was crying when agents turned "Modrics" head and then he does same things with Demba Ba the 2 faced ***ka

Anyway I have decided not to do any targets for 2012 as I have no clue what I am going to do this year poker wise and any profit would be great on sports.

Am very much looking forward to 5 things this year though and have a feeling it could be a good one.

1) Vegas for Bens wedding near Easter and week long pass stamped !!
2) Euro's with matches on at decent time for the working man.
3) Olympics and tickets for a couple of events on Aug 4th.
4) Watching my little girl grow up - she is walking and gaining Independence every day at the moment and is really great at the moment !!!
5) Watching Toon win FA Cup final in May

Laters !!!

2011 POKER RESULTS & THOUGHTS

2011-12-31T23:47:00.000+01:00

Was surprised when I did the analysis today. I knew approx profit was between 15 and 20 so this did not surprise me but I genuinely thought about 75% of my profit would have been PLO - I need to really look at what below means as taking it at face value then I am playing the wrong games. In summary the 1st 3 months were immense and then I have dreaded water since - this is in terms of 3 things - 1) Profit 2) Effort 3) Commitment.

Guess it has been a year of change and I consider myself much more a recreational player now so the profit is not bad pocket money, however by far my lowest profit year for a long time. 6/10 year.

STT		110
Staking		-1250
Multi		2570
NL		10385
PLO		3225
RB		3460
TOTAL PROFIT		18500

MONTH END UPDATE	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D	Total
STT	110												110
Staking											-1250		-1250
Multi	200	1800	-100	-100	-300	-325	-225	875	2350	-550	-555	-500	2570
NL	5100	6525	1550	-3150	875	-1800	360	1550	100		-500	-225	10385
PLO	-1800	1610	750	1450	-325	1930	750	-40	1050	-975	-2050	875	3225
RB		65	800	350	1200	200	485	80	60		125	95	3460
TOTAL PROFIT	3610	10000	3000	-1450	1450	5	1370	2465	3560	-1525	-4230	245	18500

DEC SPORTS RESULTS AND YEAR ACCOUNTS

2011-12-31T23:41:00.004+01:00

Spreads

440

NFL

-1200

Horses

1500

Football

-2100

Golf

130

Snooker

-475

Darts

210

PROFIT

-1495 (DEC)

J	495
F	695
M	-3025
A	-1140
M	-1095
J	935
J	740
A	-1995
S	880
O	4005
N	2365
D	-1495
TOTAL	1365

DEC POKER PROFIT

2011-12-31T23:39:00.001+01:00

Big swings and was as high as 3.5K up but downward spiral over xmas.

Nothing exciting to report.

NL	Won	-225
RB	Won	95
PLO	Won	875
Multi	Won	-500
Total		245

ONE LAST POKER JAUNT

2011-12-07T01:16:00.001+01:00

World Poker Tour comes to Ireland

Probably one of the lowest buy ins for a WPT event and I was thinking I have played an EPT (think I was last), played a WSOP but never a WPT and have a few thousand euro's still from Irish Poker Open cash.

I think my love (and profits) from poker is going down year by year and I know I have spent approax 33% of time on it this year than I have in the previous 2 years so this might be a good final jaunt or life experience as direct flights from Newcastle and is probably easier for me to get to than London.

Anyone else who is playing or fancies it then let me know.

Soap

(Had stinkin night on tables after bet below :( )

ON TILT

2011-12-06T22:49:00.001+01:00

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Enhanced Soccer Treble - Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan to win @ 9/2 - I had £125 quid on.

88 Mins gone , 3 0 3 0 and 2 0 (Milan) flick Milan game on for last few mins.........

2137: GOALFLASH Plzen 2-2 AC Milan (Duris)

2137: Not quite the way Arsene Wenger will have wanted to mark his 200th European game in charge this tonight - but let's not forget his side were already through as group winners before kick off. You can understand the foot being off the pedal a touch, right?

2136: GOALFLASH Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Marseille (Ayew)

2136: GOALFLASH Plzen 1-2 AC Milan (Bryston)

Unbelievable Jeff

TILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

NOV SPORTS PROFIT

2011-11-30T22:01:00.001+01:00

Form continues with 6th winning month in last 7 on sport despite being the worst punter in the world on Darts !!!

Tennis	170
NFL	770
Horses	800
Casino	500
Football	1350
Golf	-25
Spreads	-500
Darts	-700
PROFIT	2365

NOV POKER LOSS

2011-11-30T21:56:00.001+01:00

My worst month off the year and I actaully think this is my biggest poker loss in a month ever, nothing good to report!!!

Staking	Lost	-1250
NL	Lost	-500
RB	Won	125
PLO	Lost	-2050
Multi	Lost	-555
Total		-4230

ANOTHER CACK SESSION

2011-11-21T14:03:00.001+01:00

Damn bit annoyed - am away this week and got an unexpected session before leaving. Basically this week I had recovered from just under 3K down to around 800 but then just blew the lot back in a session of 10 20 PLO which I aint played for ages.

In summarry got it in with huge draws twice and both missed although one was in bad shape anyway.

Looking like -£3K month as wont be playing this week and that dips below £20K for the year profit, which will be my worst year for 4 years.

DREADFUL NOV THUS FAR

2011-11-09T23:37:00.000+01:00

Started bad & got worse and in very large hole already in month and running like shit - I basically rarely play but when I do I get it in quite well for stacks and lose !!!

No magic sports betting to pay for poker losses either - :( stuck in a bit of a rut.

However, think New York Giants are huge at 33/20 or 10/11 getting 3.5 points in the Sky game on Sunday so going to chase lump them !!!

OCT POKER LOSS

2011-11-01T01:09:00.002+01:00

Real this time - My month would be slowly away, pushed along to go pace early in race, always behind, progress 2F out until weakening inside final furlong.

PLO	Won	-975
Multi	Won	-550
Total		-1525

OCT SPORTS LOSS .............

2011-10-31T23:39:00.001+01:00

Don't be daft :)

Rugby	1800
NFL	-1550
Horses	820
Greyhounds	-115
Football	2825
Darts	-440
Spreads	915
F1	-250
PROFIT	4005

SEPT SPORTS PROFIT

2011-09-29T22:46:00.003+02:00

Its probably really a loss but did some stocks trading in my spreads account and have counted that as spreads.

When Casino and spreads make the month, you know your some kind of donk !!!!

F1 -100
NFL -160
Horses -940
Tennis -775
Football-245
Casino 1900
Cricket -150
Spreads 1350

PROFIT 880

SEPT POKER PROFIT

2011-09-29T22:44:00.003+02:00

Out tomorrow and chucked 2.5K last 2 nights so calling it a month now.

Quite pleasing month bar last 2 days.

NL Won 100
RB Won 60
PLO Won 1050
Multi Won 2350
TOTAL WON 3560

DEAL NEGOTIATIONS !!

2011-09-26T23:23:00.005+02:00

On the chop below the deal negotiations were quite funny and first time I had been involved online.

Basically with 6 left they wanted a deal on chip counts and there was no way I was taking that (as was 6th) but we came to a break so I let them do the math. They all wanted a deal except me so I let them all agree and then I said I would only deal if they each gave me an extra 125$ each.

Surprisingly all agreed except the worst player on the table who refused as meant I got the same as him depsite him having over 50% more chips. Anyway at end of it I just put "no deal - all i wanted to do was stop you all taking a leak in the break as I didn;t need one" :)

2 callers when i shoved next hand after break with AAxx was probably no coincidence!!

BACK IN WINNERS ENCLOUSURE OF SORTS

2011-09-25T01:48:00.003+02:00

Just chopped the weekly PLO tourney on *s (the 24KGTD 215$ entry).

Did painful deal 5 way and played for peanuts for winner so was bit of all in fest for the extra 500$ which I did not win.

I got just under 5k$

SHUFFLE AND REPEAT

2011-09-22T21:16:00.001+02:00

First 4 day sof month 4K in front, next 2 weeks lose it all and bit more - sounds like Aug but is Sept !!!

A WCCOP CASH

2011-09-07T21:32:00.003+02:00

Cashed in a stars World Champioship of Poker event last night but was a min cash.

Was basically in it by mistake as had been playing stas then unreg and take tourmey dollars with intention of building up to play a decent sized buy in one but at a weekend. However my startegy cocked up when I qualified for the 1050$ buy in event but only when the sat finished after the main event had already started so launched me straigt into the tourney.

This was basically an all nighter from 1-pm till 6am and i just failed to make day 2 - however been goosed all day and to be honest you cannot be in full time graft and play these through the week.

Not very exciting - built a stack then lost half of it and was always in bottom 1/3rd of field so just sat tight till got paid and then lost my first all in afterwards when short (KT into AJ)- got $2200 from a 300$ s
at.

ANOTHER NEAR MISS

2011-09-05T00:43:00.003+02:00

Just came 8th in the PCA qualifyer for a 15K$ package where top 3 got packages.

I was 5th before exit hand when I ran into AA that had flatted my raise and then flatted a AQ4 flop, I had AT and despit T coming on Turn I was not convinced I liked it but still bet he raised and I shoved and instant snap with not even 1 out to suck out with !!!

Or well :(

WHATA MISTAKA TO MAKA

2011-09-04T14:45:00.004+02:00

Cocked up last night :(

I think my stongest game in the past has been sats into multi events and in my time I have won / qualifed in quite a few high profile ones sometimes from very small buy ins (WSOPE for 80$, EPT for nothing via FPP points, WSOP for nothing etc).

Hence I noted the WCOOP as starting soon and thought would aim to qualify for the top buy in events as I get very little time to play multis these days and if needed to get time in with the Mrs to play one I thought I might as well make it worth my while.

Hence i entered a 200$ (25 seats gtd) to get in the $5300 main event and a 33$ turbo rebuy for the 10k$ high roller event. I was chip leader in the 10k$ high roller event with 50 left (2 seats) but finsihed about 16th and was never really in it after i ran AQ into KK.

However, in the 200$ event i have been kicking myself all day. I basically was in last 50 with 29 seats up for grabs with an average stack sitting in about 22nd. I am usually good at holding on in this kind of situation and would usually manage to get a seat from there. However with 35 left I made what now looks like a stupid move. I was playing about 43K with blinds 1.5K 3K and was folded to button who min raised to 6K and I had KQ suited in small blind. Basically I shoved and he called for 2/3rds of his stack with 99 and he held (despite decent looking JJ10 flop) and I was out. My logic for shoving was that there were a lot of big stacks on table and I wanted to show my blinds were not just easy cash.

However, today I realise I played this stupid - I should have just let him have it and analysed further whether I needed to make a stand or not - it could have been I could have sit tight and picked up $5200 seat with no risk so well pissed off with myself. I also think his play is awful as he is basically going from guarenteed seat to hoping to get a flip at best and really risk getting his seat - in the end I think a hand I have probably over analsysed but think both of us played this horrid.

Anyway - why all this ......?

2 lessons from this and 1 other point.

1) Always adjust in sats to what you would do in normal multi (I don't mind my play at all in normal multi). (ME)
2) Don't get involved in races / ego type things when already have a seat (HIM)

and

I lost a flip for a $5200 seat whinge post is probably what this is all about !!! - Did win a buy in on side at 5 10$ PLO which made it hurt a bit less.

Sports betting - another big bet lost today - I am chuffing useless at it !!!

AUG SPORTS LOSS

2011-09-01T22:20:00.002+02:00

Golf -800
Horses 560
Tennis -600
Football -830
Darts -200
Casino -125
PROFIT -1995

I am a loser baby so why don't you kill me - nuff said :(

AUG POKER PROFIT

2011-09-01T22:15:00.002+02:00

Multi 875
NL 1550
PLO -40
RB 80
TOTAL PROFIT 2465

Swingy month - raced to £4K+ up in a week, dropped into loss by last weekend in month and turned it around at end. I final tabled the 1000 runner 200$ buy in on Party but lost a flip when 5th to go 2nd (50k to winner) and finished 8th or 9th for not a great deal, however 1st major FT for a while.

ITS A BAD MONTH WHEN...........?

2011-08-23T21:06:00.000+02:00

A) You have a £5K downward swing from high point on Sports / Poker.
B) You do your balls on 1st Prem weekend of season.
C) Your mega sick on your week off and spend most of it on bog or helping baby who is been sick / shitting.
D) You have eye infection
E) Your ISA go's down 30% in 3 weeks
F) Your web connection is absolute pants but only after you got A) out the way above.
G) All of the above

PS Do one August

HOPE THIS IS NOT JULY IN REVERSE

2011-08-14T22:52:00.002+02:00

Worst gambling weekend of year.

Poker -£2.5K and sports almost -£1K (Backed Liverpool, Arsenal, Wigan ....)

THe only good new and hence why the title was I raised into a 3.5K£ profit in 1st week of month but lost 3 buy ins today - all for 200BB pots and all I was fav before a card dealt :(

Thats PLO for you I guess - still a bit in front for poker but not covering sports losses.

Week off graft this week but not going anyway.

JULY POKER PROFIT

2011-07-31T23:28:00.001+02:00

NL Won 360
RB Won 485
PLO Won 750
Multi Won -225
TOTAL 1370

Very strange month - ran like shit and raised into -3.5K position - huge recovery mid month to get over 4k in front and then awful last weekend and just logged off when got slow rolled in 2k$ pot with FH versus bigger FH.

Pretty disappointing month but at least its profit.

JULY SPORTS PROFIT

2011-07-31T20:31:00.001+02:00

F1 780
Golf 75
Horses 840
Tennis -125
Greyhounds 70
Darts -900
PROFIT 740

Had a sick big losing bet on darts last night to go into loss for month for pretty much first time but then had opposite emotion with 50EW on Jenson Button today at 20-1.

WOOOHOOO

RECOVERY OVER !!

2011-07-23T22:11:00.001+02:00

Have not played all week as have been in Geneva and then had a minus £2K day including just getting 2k$ pot in with trips versus top 2 that hit.

Still in front for month but just and now in negative for sports which is shocking given the 2 horses i fancied in month both won.

On plus side my horse Fol Hollow won a poor race at Catterick - hopefully will only go up 3lbs and will still be on a mark it can win off.

PS James Wade 1.95 to beat Lewis in 10 mins - GET ON !!!

MID MONTH RECOVERY

2011-07-18T14:31:00.002+02:00

Found the mojo again and have been doing well at a range of PLO (600 1000 and a very quick crack at 2000).

Basically completely reversed the below position to turn the - numbers into positives. I won't be playing this week bar tonight.

I also had 2 decent winning sports bets but had a good chunk Mickleson at 45-1 which would have changed it into a wonder month but pleased for Darren Clarke.

I also realised the other day that I only every play NL when PLO is not available and feel I have really developed my PLO game to bve comfortable with deep stacks for the first time (I used to run if had trebled stack and similar size stacks at table).

Can't complain about much at the moment - just need a Vegas pass for Bens wedding to complete a nice turnaround !!!

WORST EVER START TO MONTH

2011-07-05T00:50:00.001+02:00

3 days of play and -£3K at plo / NL 600 -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2011-06-30T23:59:00.001+02:00

Love you loads :)

JUNE SPORTS PROFIT

2011-06-30T23:58:00.001+02:00

Greyhounds -300
Golf -325
Horses 1775
Tennis -215
PROFIT 935

JUNE POKER PROFIT

2011-06-30T23:55:00.001+02:00

Just hit front for 1st time in month with an hour left so packed in lol

Pretty pleased to have not hit any tilt this month as ran horrid in big pots.

NL Lost -1800
RB Won 200
PLO Won 1930
Multi Won -325
PROFIT Won £5 (LOL)

Not my usual June :(

2011-06-30T22:45:00.000+02:00

Other the last 3 years I have always had an awesome June poker wise and always assumed it was because top players were at wsop and either not playing online or playing half cut. Total opposite this year and I have been in a hole all month and running a load behind EV this month also.

Away from tables I have been travelling a lot with work recently hitting Cincinatti / Moscow / Geneva and exotic Mechelen (Belgium) and looks similar story for next few months.

Sports going OK - looking like a profitable month.

Lastly, my little girl is 1 on Friday (where did that year go) and she makes me very proud and is establishing a lovely little character :)

MAY POKER PROFIT

2011-06-04T17:39:00.001+02:00

NL 875
RB 1200
PLO -325
Multi -300
Total 1450

Flyiing start to month and then went backwards all month, have been a rake whore with loads of bonuses which basically equates to profits.

MAY SPORTS LOSS

2011-06-04T17:36:00.001+02:00

Last day of season total mare .com

Casino 480
F1 -70
Golf -165
Darts -100
Football -1050
Horses -100
Tennis -90
PROFIT -1095

SHIT DAY

2011-05-22T22:23:00.003+02:00

1) I lose more money on last day of season every year than any other day !!!

2) I had biggest bet of year on Poulter in 1st round of matchplay (which he gos on and wins whole event) and i back the only time he does not win (tie)

3)Just been slow rolled by some French **** (for the 2nd time) when he has nuts and redraw and i have almost peanuts behind.

4) Toon give up a 3 zip lead to draw 3 3 and cost them a top half finish.

This month (after a good start) is looking like much ado about nothing again. Shame as was 3.5k£ in front after 3 days !!!

March 21 TIp

2011-05-15T21:44:00.002+02:00

If anyone is on below to decent money then I would trade stake back at less than 2-1 and take a free 6-1 bet. I have decent wedge on and he just been Nadal for 2nd week in row on same surface as French Open.

TIP
As you all know I am a big sports betting pro ;)

Just watched Djokovic beat Nadal in tennis and immediately looked at French Open odds and took the 8-1 with VC on him. I know Nadal is rightly odds on, however I think there is a new sherriff in town this year, and would not be surprised if you get a free bet anyway as expect him to be 5-1 max at start if event.

APRIL POKER LOSS

2011-04-23T22:25:00.000+02:00

Total mare month and 1st losing month of year.

Multi -100
NL -3150
PLO 1450
RB 350
TOTAL LOSS -1450

APRIL SPORTS LOSS

2011-04-23T22:05:00.003+02:00

No moew bets / poker this month hence an early post of April (mare) sports and poker losses.

F1 -15
Golf -100
Football-450
Horses -575
LOSS -1140

NO SPRING START TO APRIL

2011-04-10T22:03:00.004+02:00

April started shat on all of poker, sports and work fronts, however did have superb day today with my little girl at the beach in the stuff that matters side.

However, was just cursing my luck when got top pair and flush draw in on pot on K high flop and when my heart hit on river i waited for pot to swoop my way to be done by nut flush!!! - I check EV to see how and running this month and see I am losing about half of what I should be - not good although could be worse.

To be honest lost the mojo a bit at moment and account is not funded and might just put this month on the easy list as off to Spain later in month.

COME ON RORY IN MASTERS although now a tie with Tiger should be good!!!

MARCH POKER PROFIT

2011-03-31T23:37:00.002+02:00

Multi -100
NL 1550
PLO 750
RB 800
TOTAL PROFIT 3000 + IPAD2
Usually would be happy with that but very disappointed for 3 reasons.

1) I was that much up after 2 days in the month after a flying start and 4 times in month I topped £5K up with highpoint over £6K.

2) Ran terrible versus EV (profit should be double.

3) That awful PLO session a few posts below which involved element of tilt which is rare for me.

4) Does not cover sports loss in month.

However, 3 winning poker months in row to start year so happy with that.

MARCH SPORTS LOSS

2011-03-26T21:45:00.000+01:00

Now at stop loss for mare month so posting now.

Darts -500
Golf
NFL
Football -1825
Horses -700
Rugby
PROFIT -3025

62 HANDS TO FORGET

2011-03-25T21:13:00.003+01:00

Just done £2500 in 62 hands at plo600 in less than an hour - not good. Fortunately had a semi decent week prior to that but best I avoid poker for the night / maybe weekend and I cant sports bet either as hit monthly loss limit (-£3k) !!!

SPORTS SHORTS

2011-03-23T22:32:00.003+01:00

BOXING

Just seen Haye v Harrison for 1st time - round 1 total punches landed 0. Harrison total punches landed in fight 1 - worst fight of all time - NAP - some people paid £20 to watch that LOL

FOOTY

Watched my first matches in 3D at weekend and it is absolutely awesome and 50 times better than when seen it at boozer.

OLYMPICS 2012

Ticket applications are open now till end of April so get your applications in. I applied for every day for athletics tickets taking assumption it would be miles over subscribed - I also applied for tennis and cycling finals tickets. I asked the Mrs if she wanted to see anything and it was Equestrian and thought they wont be oversubscribed so I applied for a few randoms (BMX / Basketball / Table Tennis) around same date.

Anyway before I bore you - purpose of story is that to increase chance of getting ticket you can put a price range in and i did this on all (athletics obviously mega expensive). It works out your bill on assumption you get every ticket you apply for at the top price (which statistically is never going to happen). Anyway I sent my application to the Mrs just to show had included equestrian and she almost feints when she see £4500 cost of total ticket applications !!!!

I have a feeling of my £4500 application my bill might be whatever 2 equestrian tickets and a child are - however she has got me worried in case by some freak i landed a load !!!

TIP

2011-03-21T00:25:00.002+01:00

As you all know I am a big sports betting pro ;)

Just watched Djokovic beat Nadal in tennis and immediately looked at French Open odds and took the 8-1 with VC on him. I know Nadal is rightly odds on, however I think there is a new sherriff in town this year, and would not be surprised if you get a free bet anyway as expect him to be 5-1 max at start if event.

A TOTAL LIONAL BLAIR

2011-03-19T20:08:00.002+01:00

Had an absolute mare today.

3 Very big bets losing 4 figs making this months sports loss very ugly indeed.

Villa - lost
Man U / Ars double - lost
Man U / Spurs - lost

On top of that toon get stuffed and now facing up to reality of relegation fight.

Also had a 4 fig losing night at poker last night, after a promising start March is fast turning into a rescue mission,

WEEK OFF

2011-03-19T00:34:00.002+01:00

Well almost.

I did not play Sun - till tonight and wished I had not played tonight when on wrong side of EV losing the 3 all in races.

Had a decent week at Centre Parks in Cumbria, 1st time I had been and perfect for a mini family holiday - I left the laptop at home for 1st time for a long long time. I am looking forward to Chelsea v Man City on Sunday as will be the 1st game I watch on my new 3D set.

Baby has started teething so maybe some fun times ahead!!!

Cheltenham was break even day 1, disaster day 2, good day 3 and bad day 4 for reasonable size loss on meeting and is a very poor sports betting month thus far (back to reality)

end of rambling randomness.

JUST "WON" AN IPAD (updated)

2011-03-13T22:29:00.003+01:00

I had a couple of free rolls tonight and in both had a 1 in 7 chance of winning an ipad.

To be honest I thought I was about evens to win one and did so in the 2nd game, although I got a 2 outer suck out on the way :)

Reason I say "won" though is played cash games on the side and had a total mare today, in reality I think I could have bought 3 ipads if never played !!!!

However it is something I fancied although would never pay £500+ for it, I seen IPAD2 out next week so I am already old fashioned !!!

Taking a week off poker this week Mon -Fri as am off work and just going to do stuff with the Mrs and the little one. Had a work do last night which was good crack and had a good few bevvies but got home before 530am this time knowing i had some parenting duties today!!!

Month has been quite a few false starts thus far, however am in decent profit and have a new gadget on the way. I am hoping to get an I phone via poker points in poker shop in next 6-8 weeks or so also so will be back down with the kids technology wise ;)

UPDATE

Nice touch from raketherake - wrote to me and said if prepared to mate month then will send ipad2 instead.

GG NORMAL TV

2011-03-09T23:54:00.001+01:00

This landed in my front roon today along with upgrade to HD 3D sky package.

Just been watching previews for last hour on SKY 3D channel - AMAZING !!!MY NEW TOY

JUST READ ABOUT THIS - LOOOOL

2011-03-08T21:38:00.002+01:00

NON LEAGUE

FEB SPORTS PROFIT

2011-02-28T23:03:00.001+01:00

Was much better till last few days but will take it.

Darts 100
Golf -80
NFL -225
Football520
Horses 555
Rugby -175
PROFIT 695

FEB POKER PROFIT

2011-02-28T21:47:00.003+01:00

Destroyed since last post and just checked my p and l when closed a table tonight and decided it was a very convenient point to call it a month and have an early night.

Probably the month I am most proud of ever (have won much more in a month when won big multis) but basically won so many sessions and just played 1 or 2 tables at low stakes. Also when I moved from NL I also won in other games.

Multi 1800
NL 6525
PLO 1610
RB 65
TOTAL PROFIT 10000

GOOD MONTH BUT..............

2011-02-27T13:01:00.002+01:00

Have played awesome this month and won lots at 2/4 and 3/6, however was away in Moscow this week and only got back Saturday and went straight to match. Couldnt wait to play today and no tables i could get into on 3/6 and hence joined 5/10 and played and ran terrible and last just over 2 buy ins which puts big dent in this months profit which has looked like they could be one of my best ever cash games only months.

Will still show decent profit but will go back to 2/4 or 3/6 if get a bit more play in.

I went to red square on Friday night which is pretty awesome but was -19 which I think is the coldest I have ever been in, i took glove off to take a photo and my hand almost froze to Blackberry !!!!

CRUSHING

2011-02-21T00:37:00.003+01:00

Lowish stakes (2/4 and 3/6) however absolutely crushing this month, however so much so starting to get quite a few games breaking / sit outs etc when join.

TTTTTTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTTTTT

2011-02-11T01:44:00.003+01:00

That will be all.

LADBROKES 200K GTD IN RUNNING THREAD

2011-02-07T04:00:00.003+01:00

Final Table Bubble

I am currently 10 of 11 of 698 in the Laddies 200K GTD and the prices up top are huge (52K 1st!!!), unfortuantely I have 1/8th of chip leaders stack however better still in than out.

Someone just bust on other table so I am 10 of 10 prizes as per below in Euro.

1 52K
3 19K
5 11k
6 9k
7 7k
8 5k
9 3.5K
10 2.5k

Final Table
Damn 9th just won an all in hence i now have less than half of 9th stack so anything above 2.5K would be a bonus. I have 100K on 5K 10K blinds so a marginal reshove stack for next 4 mins (blinds go up) and then just a shove stack.

DOUBLE BOLLOCKS

Just as my superbowl bet lost I bust a race to get right back in game :( FFS

** Hand # 3763671688 starting - 2011-02-07 03:09:48
** €200,000 GTD[3843661]:Table 10 [Multi Table Hold'em] (10,000|20,000 NL - MTT) Real Money

Civel sitting in seat 1 with 514957.34
Eddielizard sitting in seat 2 with 109236.02
SprutArn12 sitting in seat 3 with 215075.40
fodrasz sitting in seat 4 with 473671.26[Dealer]
ilmagowalter sitting in seat 5 with 215598.88
OyvindG sitting in seat 6 with 322406.22
MUHAHAHHA sitting in seat 7 with 758670.50
JeankeNissan sitting in seat 8 with 151232.06
_Tele_ sitting in seat 9 with 371017.36
NRGI123 sitting in seat 10 with 358134.96
ilmagowalter ante'd - 1000.00
OyvindG ante'd - 1000.00
MUHAHAHHA ante'd - 1000.00
JeankeNissan ante'd - 1000.00
_Tele_ ante'd - 1000.00
NRGI123 ante'd - 1000.00
Civel ante'd - 1000.00
Eddielizard ante'd - 1000.00
SprutArn12 ante'd - 1000.00
fodrasz ante'd - 1000.00
ilmagowalter posted the small blind - 5000.00
OyvindG posted the big blind - 10000.00

** Dealing cards to Eddielizard: Kc, Qd
MUHAHAHHA folded
JeankeNissan folded
_Tele_ folded
NRGI123 folded
Civel raised to 20000.00
Eddielizard went all-in - 108236.02
SprutArn12 folded
fodrasz folded
ilmagowalter went all-in - 209598.88
OyvindG folded
Civel folded
Eddielizard shows: Kc, Qd
ilmagowalter shows: 9h, 9s

** Dealing the flop: 6d, 7d, 8c

** Dealing the turn: Ah

** Dealing the river: 5s
ilmagowalter wins 256472.04 from the main pot

FEB SO ANNOYING _ WARNING ANGRY RANT

2011-02-06T12:31:00.004+01:00

Feb (bar first 3 days as been so mega annoying). Raced to 3K up at 2 4 and 3 6 now back to break even.

POKER - See graph (dont as wont load and cant be rsed to fix) - basically burst out the blocks and then dropped back to just above break even. However, graph only tells half story - versus the same player I have had 5 bets all in at 100BB stacks called twice with 33 and 88 and he won both - I am not mega loose so dont get this (he is lucky both times to be v AK sooted). Also I have had 2 hit and runners this morning and the 2nd one just got the full verbals (mega tilted :( ) which has made me annoyed at myself.

GEORGE OSBORNE / VINCE CABLE - I wish these two ****s would keep their gobs closed, some policies I dont mind till they open their mouths.

1) Bankers bonuses - Government gets 50% tax and 11% National Insurance on them and then 20% VAT if they then blow a large % on goods, or tax if die with cash in bank and try and give to kids - so the people who benefit the most from these bonuses are the government so i wish they would shut up as 2 faced as it gets.

2) Linked to above - loss of child allowance for higher earners. In principle I dont mind this until one of the 2 above open their moves and say why should the poor be funding high earners kid(s). Fair do's but they why should I fund 2 ASBO's who have nothing to do all day except play on xbox with their 10 rugrats that come about when they put xbox controller down for 10 mins.

3) Andy Carroll affair - why dont both sides just say 35Mill and 80k a week too good for both sides to turn down. Linked to above and bankers - why not tax clubs on ridic transfer fees?

RANT OVER

ps as I left the amzing game yesterday ( 4 all from 4 0 down) - I heard ine guy say to his mate - I think the sending off changed the match - a job in analysis awaits.

JAN SPORTS PROFIT

2011-02-01T00:27:00.001+01:00

Thats right - PROFIT :)

Tennis -200
Golf 190
NFL -1615
Football 1935
Horses 460
Darts -275
PROFIT 495

Football - unbelievable Jeff
NFL - direct debit

Take 12 months like that.

JAN POKER PROFIT

2011-01-31T22:04:00.004+01:00

Multi 200
NL 5100
PLO -1800
STT 110
TOTAL PROFIT 3610

Well pleased with above as was in 1400 hole on Thur night for month and i never played higher than 3Eur 6Eur NL to get out of it and basically destroyed 2 4 for 1000s.

However, mega disappointed with my play below in last nights multi (don't get to play many) when i was in a decent box seat.

Today looks like seeing 35Mill deal and bye to Carroll and I have 4 points on this.

1) Good deal for toon.
2) Why do clubs give the cartoon of asking them to ask for transfer as if they were not going to sell.
3) Mr Aspers will have a hard on.
4) Why would we need a replacement when we have the magic man Shoila :D

SOAP THE DOPE

2011-01-31T01:15:00.002+01:00

I was 12th of 25 left of 500 starters in 100K gtd and made a truely royal fk up. Dont know why i didnt shove the flop as have him on 2 high cards, got greedy and to be frank played the hand awful.

Gone for 600EUR with prices at top huge (£25k winner dowmwards with 5th getting over £5K

Hand # 3751411522 starting - 2011-01-31 00:12:03
** €100,000 GTD REBUY[3880960]:Table 41 [Multi Table Hold'em] (4,000|8,000 NL - MTT) Real Money

valuebet_ sitting in seat 1 with 97668.50
Golddigga88 sitting in seat 3 with 58792.00[Dealer]
jadedjason sitting in seat 4 with 50111.50
kevytetana sitting in seat 5 with 73521.00
Jaidee sitting in seat 6 with 135941.50
HattenafFTW sitting in seat 8 with 105977.00
MisterVogt sitting in seat 9 with 102527.00
Eddielizard sitting in seat 10 with 68487.00
jadedjason ante'd - 400.00
kevytetana ante'd - 400.00
Jaidee ante'd - 400.00
HattenafFTW ante'd - 400.00
MisterVogt ante'd - 400.00
Eddielizard ante'd - 400.00
valuebet_ ante'd - 400.00
Golddigga88 ante'd - 400.00
jadedjason posted the small blind - 2000.00
kevytetana posted the big blind - 4000.00

** Dealing cards to Eddielizard: 6h, 6d
Jaidee folded
HattenafFTW folded
MisterVogt raised to 8000.00
Eddielizard called - 8000.00
valuebet_ folded
Golddigga88 folded
jadedjason folded
kevytetana folded

** Dealing the flop: 8c, 10d, 8h
MisterVogt bet - 12765.00
Eddielizard called - 12765.00

** Dealing the turn: Js
MisterVogt checked
Eddielizard went all-in - 47322.00
MisterVogt called - 47322.00
MisterVogt shows: Qc, Jd
Eddielizard shows: 6h, 6d

** Dealing the river: 3s
MisterVogt wins 145374.00 from the main pot

JAN HIGHS AND LOWS QUICK UPDATE

2011-01-29T20:56:00.005+01:00

HIGHS

1) Got our little baby christened in Jan and had friends and family over for a do at the house. It is true that babies grow up quick (Pic Zoe at 6 months).

2) NL hold em going well NL400 and NL600.

3) Just seen Keys got to FT of Aussie mills and was 2nd - great effort WD.

4) Turned around decent size loss for month into profit between Thur and Sat.

LOWS

1) AFter christening I am still trying to work out in a room when I was 1 seat short (people > than seats) I come upstairs (as live in townhouse) and the 70 year old priest is on the beanbag while my less than half that age mates are on the seats !- social skills of poker players eh Ben / Brenos !!!

2) PLO I run terrible and play marginally better.

3) getting dumped out FA cup by Stevenage!!

Laters

WSOP 2011 SCHEDULE

2011-01-24T23:20:00.001+01:00

I really want to play either main event (need to qualify online) or a week out and play 3events - not sure if practicle with little one - lets see.

2011 SCHEDULE

2011 so far -£1400 although won seat to Betfair London Live (750$ package) in Feb.

FOR THE URGENT ATTENTION OF AMATAY

2011-01-06T01:05:00.002+01:00

and all Amatay fishies - your boys are dog poe and took one hell of a beating :D

That will be all

2011 SESSION 1

2011-01-03T02:29:00.000+01:00

Complete joke with highlight this PLO hand :(

OUCH

DEC SPORTS PROFIT AND YEAR SPORTS LOSS

2010-12-31T16:24:00.003+01:00

DEC

NFL -75
Football 350
Horses 135
Darts -290
PROFIT 120

Would be delighted with that every month.

Year Results

J -810
F 2570
M -240
A -2060
M -1585
J -1455
J -415
A 750
S 165
O -245
N -1630
D 120
TOTAL -4835
Thought it would be worse so not too disappointed at that and is less than 20% poker profits donated so ok as long as keep making poker $.

DEC POKER PROFIT AND ANNUAL RESULTS

2010-12-31T12:46:00.004+01:00

Staking 550
FL -200
Multi 1750
NL -1625
PLO 1950
RAKEBACK
TOTAL PROFIT 2425

OK month profit wise, however overall very disappointing. I raced to about 5.5K in front by Dec 15th and I thought with me having a little one and not getting out as much (actually got out for 2-3 ales sessions including real good boxing day one) I would be able to take advantage of weaker tables. However - I ran below EV (miles above EV in year in cash, ran awful multis though) and had a few set ups and basically donated back a lot of the profits.

Overall I am pleased with profit in the year coming out above 30K - I started the year with confidence shot and gradually regained it. However, it is interesting to note that my 3 top months profit wise in the year would add up to annual profit showing it is not as consistent and probably more difficult than it used to be.

Poker
J -1585
F 8230M 3025
A -4555
M 12880J 8440
J -2425
A -1950
S 9065O -3160
N 1505
D 2425
TOTAL 31895

2010 REVIEW

2010-12-22T14:18:00.005+01:00

Bolded part was post in early Jan

2010 AIMS AND TARGETS
1) Stick to what I am statistically profitable at (6 max NLHE and multis) while at the same time reading / watching videos about PLO to understand game better.

* Done OK on this one and better at PLO - have rarely played FL.

2) If not winning in first 6 months of year then to really reduce play to "social" in latter half of year when little one comes along.

* Again OK as was winning after awful start to year. Reality of having a baby (see pic!!) kicked in from July and play naturally reduced about 10 fold.

3) Talk about cash hands more with a couple of local pros.

* Fail - I only have 2 poker mates (Brenos / Ben) and they are both now rush donks :)

4) Do not lay back stake on Betfair on bets, I have had some great long term bets that I have layed and layed and layed to all green rather than redeposit.

* Got better on this one despite sports loss.

5) Aim to win 12K in year and 9 months profitable (much reduced target versus last year due to downturn in last 6 months).

* Passed the 1st part as around 30K and failed 2nd part as 5 losing months.

6) Much more disciplined note taking at cash, building up much better profiles for decision making than I have previous.

* No score draw

No big targets or aims in live MTT, I decided after Macau and EPO last year when I made no mistakes that if it is going to be your day it will be but in hands of gods and have to win at least 80-20s that i have constantly lost in them this year and need to start winning some races also.

* My only multi success in year was winning sats for Irish Open seat and UKIPT seat and cashing in both events, hence 2 from 2 in ranking tournies this year. Gutted Irish open as lost 80/20 in cash to go above average stack and with big shot in 100K sole survivor with about 6 left. Disappointed not to take down a major Internet tourney in the year also.

EDIT

I was quite a few quid in front for Dec so took a shot - pretty damn sick :(

BAD SANTA

STAKING STORY UPDATE

2010-12-11T00:18:00.002+01:00

Wooo hooo - :)

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NEW MANAGER

2010-12-09T23:44:00.002+01:00

Cant even be arsed to type any shit.

To best honest Good Luck to Pardue - not his fault I guess.

ANOTHER STAKING STORY :(

2010-12-08T22:00:00.002+01:00

Had run hot in staking - has risks associated. Prime example below - basicaaly cliffs are I bought decent size stake in someone who isnt going to even play event as busto mine and others cash elsewhere - sick :(

Was starting to look fishy then below today ............

I know an explanation has been due for a while. I've completely avoided 2+2 and this thread up to now; I didn't want to face the reality of the situation, but I realize now the truth is the very least I can offer everyone.

A week or two before the start of FTOPS, I made a trip to AC. After ending down the night gambling, I went back to my room and played online and lost there too. Started to chase losses by martingaling HUSNGs until I was playing multiple 2ks. Ended down that night between 10-15k, the majority of which was backer money.

Since then, I lost even more money trying to cover the hole I was in playing cash, MTTs outside of the package, and live. I borrowed some money from family and a couple friends, and created another package to buy time for myself. I think part of me really believed that I was going to get out of the mess I had gotten myself into, that I had plenty of shots of bink a decent cash that would take care of everything. Of course, I managed to nearly airball both series while losing the rest of my money and then some. By the time my last attempts at running up money failed, it was several days after the package ended, backers' money was gone, and I was dead broke and in debt.

The fact that I was capable of doing something so colossally stupid, that I was capable of having such disregard for my own money and, more importantly, those of my backers probably means that I probably lack the necessary discipline poker requires, and that I may have a real gambling problem. Even though I feel like I've learned from this experience, and that I would absolutely never do anything like this again, I know that it's already too late. I can't turn back the clock, no matter how much I want to. My money is gone. The money invested to me is gone. I abused the trust everyone placed in me, and for that I rightfully won't ever be trusted again.

I have no excuses and accept complete responsibility for what I've done. I want more than anything to be able to pay everyone right now, but I don't have the ability to at this point. Though I am no longer playing poker, I've started working a part-time job and expect to make something like $250/wk depending on my hours. My other time has been spent studying to pursue further schooling, after which I hopefully can secure a career that will, among other things, enable me to pay this debt off faster. For now, it will be a hard grind paying back the $15k+ I owe. I have bills to pay (including a lot of cc debt) like everyone else, and my income right now is small. However, every dime that I can spare will be used to pay back everyone. I will be getting my first paycheck in slightly more than a week and will make a payment back at that time.

I want to offer my sincerest apologies to everyone who got caught up in this. I never meant for all of this to happen, and I will do what I can to set things the way they should be.

LAUGHING STOCK PART 2

2010-12-06T20:51:00.002+01:00

Superb article by George Caulkin who in my opinion is the best sports writer out there.

Source: The Times

Having spent time in the company of Derek Llambias, I can confirm the following: he does not have cloven hooves and a forked tail. Having listened to him discuss his ambitions for Newcastle United, I know that there is more to the club's managing director than the one-dimensional, cockney mafia, wrecking-ball stereotype.

In a lengthy chat at St James' Park earlier this season, Llambias was engaging and witty, interesting and provocative. I came away from the meeting gratified that some context had finally been given to Mike Ashley's tenure on Barrack Road, although there was plenty which continued to offer discomfort. This is not a straightforward or simplistic regime.

Chief amongst that was the attitude towards Chris Hughton, a manager who had restored stability to the Newcastle dug-out and, at one of the most febrile points in the club's recent history, led them back to the Barclays Premier League. But, in effect, Hughton had been placed on trial.

That had not been the expectation. After all the hyperbole and disruption which was a continual feature during the brief interregnums of Kevin Keegan, Joe Kinnear and Alan Shearer, Ashley appeared to have stumbled upon a manager he could do business with. A manager who could fit into his system and work with it.

There were disputes and disagreements, of course - there are at every club - but having been appointed as first-team coach under Keegan, Hughton was open-eyed about the challenge and, in successive transfer windows, eked out limited resources from his notoriously unpredictable employer. A balance seemed to have been found.

On the pitch, Newcastle were hardworking and unified, off it Hughton was the figurehead - quiet and undemonstrative. Llambias and Ashley allowed him to speak for the club and while, in truth, he said very little, that deflective approach allowed Newcastle to rebuild away from an intrusive spotlight.

Yet promotion did not bring Hughton any reward. Unconvinced by his record in the transfer market and suspicious of the trust he placed in his players, Ashley viewed this season as a vast step up in class for his employee. No contract extension was offered because he and Llambias believed that it was incumbent on Hughton to prove himself.

There would have been some logic there if it did not run so counter to a simple footballing truth - stability flows from the manager. Newcastle the city needs little excuse to wallow in rumour (socialising and sport remain indelibly linked) and the uncertainty infiltrated every area of the club.

It had taken Hughton and the input of his senior players - who came together in the aftermath of relegation, determined to rectify matters - to bring purpose back to Tyneside, yet Ashley viewed it as well-paid prima donnas doing what they should. A tiff over bonus payments hardened opinions on both sides, with Llambias regarding it as further evidence that Hughton was not in control of his domain.

(For the record, it is a risible suggestion. While Hughton went out on a limb to continue picking Andy Carroll during the height of the striker's off-field notoriety, he has also dropped influential figures such as Michael Owen, Joey Barton and Alan Smith. He retained the respect and affection of players because he behaved towards them with honesty and integrity).

From the perspective of directors with a history in retailing, the bonus system was as antiquated as the notion of plying millions upon agents was insane. They walked away from transfers when middlemen demanded excessive recompense and while that was understandable, a similar attitude caused internal resentment.

Ashley has often been described as a maverick and it is accurate. The heart of his success with Sports Direct has been aggression and a refusal to conform to the status quo and the same applies to Newcastle. When people told him it was not appropriate to dress casually in the directors' box, he shrugged his shoulders and wore his jeans. He is not interested when people explain that there are some things you do not do in football: why not, he would ask?

Keegan railed against the impertinence, but Ashley and Llambias wanted to speak to their manager on the day of matches and chat about tactics and team selection. When things went wrong, they would shout, swear, threaten and then forget about it afterwards, simply because it was the way they worked. Creative tension can be fruitful, after all.

They recognised early that a financial recalibration was coming to sport as a consequence of recession and Ashley's commercial instincts kicked in: cut back, pare-down, strip away. While supporters would have no cause to notice it, almost every department at St James' is operating with a skeleton staff and tiny margins.

Yet they would argue that something had to change. Football in general and Newcastle in particular - a club which has made millionaires of so many gilded wastrels - could not continue as it was. There should be no more stellar signings at the expense of team-building, but young players, either unknown elsewhere or nearing the end of their contracts, should be sought. Each must have a sell-on value.

The days of managers determining which players would be bought and sold were over; Sir Alex Ferguson is an anachronism. The system introduced under Keegan, when Dennis Wise had responsibility for acquisitions, was tweaked but effectively remained in place, with names being put to Hughton for his approval. Having interviewed him on the day that Hatem Ben Arfa's loan from Marseille was agreed, I know that his participation in the process was not fundamental.

Hughton's great strength - the serenity which allowed him to both reject attention and soak up pressure - was, peversely, seen as a weakness. With a more experienced, high-profile manager, Newcastle might earn more television revenue, although it is precisely that approach which has repeatedly undermined the club.

It was within this prism that Ashley and Llambias have had designs to re-name Newcastle's iconic stadium. In a drive towards self-sufficiency and at a time when no area for raising revenue could be ignored, it was, at least, an understandable notion, although as with much else, it was explained clumsily and with minimal detail.

They are combative people, but they have a warmer side. There have been plenty of arguments with supporters in bars and restaurants, but they have often concluded with invitations to lunch in the boardroom, where children are encouraged to roam freely, before home games. Yet it is not something which people hear about.

Their reluctance to engage with their public is a longstanding source of frustration. It is also baffling. While Llambias would say that Ashley has never been given a chance by fans and the media, it is more accurate to say that he has rejected it. He arrived with one great strength - he was not Freddy Shepherd, the former chairman - yet neither he nor Llambias has ever held a press conference, so their story has never been told.

That story is genuinely interesting. The men who run Newcastle have compelling ideas, some of which challenge an insular world and others which feel misguided and contradictory. They would laugh if you told them they must be a nightmare to work for and agree wholeheartedly.

I know what they want. They want a club which funds itself. They want that because it continues to drain Ashley's pockets and while there are no plans in place to sell Newcastle, if a firm and reasonable offer came along, they would consider it readily. Self-efficiency would make it a far more attractive proposition. And if that isn't what they want, then why the hell don't they come out and say so.

What I don't know is what more they expect. For all their concerns with Hughton and a sequence of five matches without victory, do they really suppose that anybody else could have done much better? Do they really think that a return to upheaval will benefit Newcastle at a crucial juncture in their history? Will anybody else prove more malleable? Question: what do they want from a manager?

LAUGHING STOCK :(

2010-12-06T19:51:00.003+01:00

I am pretty gutted at events at St James Park today and the sacking of Chris Hughton.

To be honest I was not a member of the anti Ashley crew despite a few PR / appointment blunders and had thought behind the scenes they had done some great stuff - key elements below.

1) Sensible contracts / wages on all new signings.
2) Get rid of a lot of high earners.
3) Kept much lower profile with press - saying nothing which given previous years was by far their most effective form of communication.
4) Lowered some of the ridiculous expectations of the fans and started to rebuild.

However, in my opinion they have ripped it all up by destroying number 4 today. We will now have the press circus, anti Ashley demonstrations and some "representatives" of the North East who have all day on their hands to stand round the ground and be our "representative" voice to Sky Sports etc, which once again will result in us becoming the laughing stock of the country.

Someone is probably lined up already however I would not be surprised if we get 0 points this side of xmas now with all the unrest. While we were inconsistent under Chris we certainly had as many points as anyone could have hoped for at this part of the season.

Ultimately, and most hurtful is his contract was up at the end of the year so they could have honoured that and just found someone new in the summer. Maybe they are now prepared to put some big money in or something and decided he wasn't the man but in my opinion he had done pretty well in the transfer market.

Lastly, Thank You to Chris Hughton and I hope you have success in whatever you do next (as long as it is not managing the Mackems!!)

SHITARSE

2010-12-06T01:22:00.002+01:00

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Now cost me 2 acca's in 2 weeks both would have retirned 4 figs - turned into an interception machine - this week in Overtime when had ball - FFS

THE ACCUSED

2010-11-30T23:40:00.002+01:00

Only just started watching this - absolutely awesome - if people have not been following then suggest you get caught up on IPLAYER !!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w4hk0/Accused_Frankies_Story/
Content from
AnythingButPokerplaythesoapway !!!

NOV POKER PROFIT

2010-11-30T21:17:00.002+01:00

Staking 1250
FL 0
Multi -180
NL 400
PLO 0
RAKEBACK 35
TOTAL PROFIT 1505

Great first 3 days then a mega frusrating month. It started with another staking score when one of my horses chopped an EPT side event and I had some good cash sessions and was sitting between 3K and 4K profit in 1st week. Gradually downhill since but have been mega unlucky not to land a major package in the month. In summarry I lost 2 50/50s each for a almost gtd EPT package worth about 10K$, lost a race for a PCA Caribbean seat worth 16K$ and similar for a 3K$ UKIPT seat - in all the above they were 1 seat only and 2nd got the same as say 16th.

Also looks like it is going to be my first year in poker without a major multi score - I have not had a chance to enter many since June however dissapointing all the same.

A bit of profit though that almost covers my sports leak this month.

NOV SPORTS LOSS

2010-11-29T20:34:00.000+01:00

Was looking Okish month till I did 1300 since Friday !!!!

Tennis 150
NFL 175
Football -1050
Horses -440
F1 -200
Rugby -25
Darts -150
Specials -90
LOSS -1630

COLD UP NORTH

2010-11-27T20:15:00.004+01:00

Shots of Prep for match tomorrow, Tynemouth beach and Jesmond Dene.

THIS MONTHS MOVERS AND SHAKERS (NEW FEATURE)

2010-11-27T15:17:00.003+01:00

Blog is a bit dead as not playing much poker - instead new feature on my movers and shakers for the month.

MOVING UP

1) RAISING HOPE - New series by the makers of My Name is Earl (one of my personnal favs) - really funny if you are new to parenting.

2) ANDY CARROLL - Good debut for England - will turn into an awesome player in my opinion.

3) SPURS - feel sick typing that but you cannot argue against beating Arsenal and Inter Milan.

MOVING DOWN

1) ANDY MURRAYS MAM (Dont even know her name) - I asked one of my mates if it was wrong that I detest her with a passion ever though never met her - she does my head in!!

2) VEGGIE QUORN - My Mrs is veggie so asked me to get her some quorn slices - when I got there I had a choice of chicken or ham flavour - WTF is that about whats wrong with carrorts or peas flavour !!!

3) NEWCASTLE CENTRE HALFS - What were they doing v Bolton and now both out for 3 games.

SHARES BRAG

2010-11-23T23:01:00.002+01:00

OK every Brenos update he is doing a shares brag. Hence below is mine.

If anyone can beat minus 27% on ISA when market has gone about plus 20-30% in other direction then let me know.

Officially known as an EPIC FAIL.

Bold items below are huuuuuuuuuuuge value at current price - trust me I am a great investor ;)

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Company Name Listed on Market Quantity Avg Cost Per Share (p) * Latest Price (p) ** Change (p) Book Cost (£) Valuation (£) Profit/Loss £ %move
BP. LSE 445 449.6449 428.75*** -20.89 2,000.92 1,907.94 -92.98 -4.65
LAD LSE 2000 159.9735 126.70*** -33.27 3,199.47 2,534.00 -665.47 -20.80
RBS LSE 3916 29.4918 40.05*** 10.56 1,154.90 1,568.36 413.46 35.80
TW. LSE 13568 38.6179 24.25*** -14.37 5,239.67 3,290.24 -1,949.43 -37.21
TCG LSE 1228 202.7052 187.50*** -15.21 2,489.22 2,302.50 -186.72 -7.50
YELL LSE 6187 47.7991 12.35*** -35.45 2,957.33 764.09 -2,193.24 -74.16
Total £12,367.13 £-4,674.38 -27.43%

TOON AND IRELAND UPDATE

2010-11-20T20:32:00.001+01:00

NUFC have a xmas gift in the club shop ...Andy Carroll tray, carries ten mugs, does not hold cups and glasses are not allowed

What’s the capital of Ireland...............?

About €20.

CANNOT WIN A SAT TO LIVE EVENT FOR LOVE OR MONEY

2010-11-17T23:56:00.001+01:00

Again went deep 1 seat only in 10 rebuy (2000EUR seat) and same story in end game although I got them in as a decent Fav.

Only good news this time is I did not have my usual load of buy ins so 250EUR was actually 200EUR profit.!!

PokerStars Game #52859295712: Tournament #330396910, €10+€1 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (15000/30000) - 2010/11/17 22:54:56 WET [2010/11/17 17:54:56 ET]
Table '330396910 7' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 4: 520988 (308779 in chips)
Seat 5: KUBISEV (841924 in chips)
Seat 8: Ribbens (130297 in chips)
520988: posts the ante 3000
KUBISEV: posts the ante 3000
Ribbens: posts the ante 3000
Ribbens: posts small blind 15000
520988: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Kh Ah]
KUBISEV: raises 808924 to 838924 and is all-in
Ribbens: folds
520988: calls 275779 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (533145) returned to KUBISEV
*** FLOP *** [8d Jh 5s]
*** TURN *** [8d Jh 5s] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [8d Jh 5s 5d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Kh Ah] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
KUBISEV: shows [Jd 6d] (a flush, King high)
KUBISEV collected 635558 from pot
520988 finished the tournament in 3rd place and received €250.00.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 635558 | Rake 0
Board [8d Jh 5s 5d Kd]
Seat 4: 520988 (big blind) showed [Kh Ah] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 5: KUBISEV (button) showed [Jd 6d] and won (635558) with a flush, King high
Seat 8: Ribbens (small blind) folded before Flop

BIGGEST POT I PLAYED FOR MANY MONTHS .............

2010-11-14T23:32:00.000+01:00

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

PokerStars Game #52702889932: Hold'em No Limit ($10/$20 USD) - 2010/11/14 22:30:31 WET [2010/11/14 17:30:31 ET]
Table 'Claudia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: 520988 ($1516.20 in chips)
Seat 2: gottama ($463.50 in chips)
Seat 3: julianherold ($1504 in chips)
Seat 4: GERAKLmeat ($450 in chips)
Seat 5: XBraumeister ($600.70 in chips)
Seat 6: tomsOn ($440 in chips)
tomsOn: posts small blind $10
520988: posts big blind $20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Kh Ks]
gottama has timed out
gottama: folds
julianherold: raises $20 to $40
GERAKLmeat: folds
XBraumeister: folds
tomsOn: folds
520988: raises $100 to $140
julianherold: raises $220 to $360
520988: raises $1156.20 to $1516.20 and is all-in
julianherold: calls $1144 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($12.20) returned to 520988
*** FLOP *** [8h Th 5c]
*** TURN *** [8h Th 5c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [8h Th 5c 7s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
julianherold: shows [Tc Td] (a full house, Tens full of Sevens)
julianherold collected $3015 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3018 | Rake $3
Board [8h Th 5c 7s 7h]
Seat 1: 520988 (big blind) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 2: gottama folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: julianherold showed [Tc Td] and won ($3015) with a full house, Tens full of Sevens
Seat 4: GERAKLmeat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: XBraumeister (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: tomsOn (small blind) folded before Flop

HIT THE BAR AGAIN :(

2010-11-13T02:03:00.001+01:00

Another 30 rebuy donk fest - this time I get to last 3 with 1 seat only for a 15k Carribean Adventure package then below - nive flop for me but not to be.

PokerStars Game #52604007129: Tournament #325630169, $30+$3 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVI (40000/80000) - 2010/11/13 1:00:49 WET [2010/11/12 20:00:49 ET]
Table '325630169 6' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: gator93 (1066360 in chips)
Seat 2: 520988 (1408342 in chips)
Seat 3: rays1606 (1440298 in chips)
gator93: posts the ante 8000
520988: posts the ante 8000
rays1606: posts the ante 8000
gator93: posts small blind 40000
520988: posts big blind 80000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Th Ah]
rays1606: raises 240000 to 320000
gator93: folds
520988: raises 1080342 to 1400342 and is all-in
rays1606: calls 1080342
*** FLOP *** [8h 9d Kh]
*** TURN *** [8h 9d Kh] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [8h 9d Kh Ks] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Th Ah] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
rays1606: shows [Kc Ac] (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
rays1606 collected 2864684 from pot
520988 finished the tournament in 3rd place and received $700.00.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2864684 | Rake 0
Board [8h 9d Kh Ks 8d]
Seat 1: gator93 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: 520988 (big blind) showed [Th Ah] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 3: rays1606 (button) showed [Kc Ac] and won (2864684) with a full house, Kings full of Eights

LOST 2 FLIPs FOR BASICALLY A 7K EPT SEAT :(

2010-11-08T23:57:00.003+01:00

PokerStars Game #52393398550: Tournament #327465108, €20+€2 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVII (50000/100000) - 2010/11/08 22:53:23 WET [2010/11/08 17:53:23 ET]
Table '327465108 11' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Deipylos (350800 in chips)
Seat 7: slv458 (969552 in chips)
Seat 8: Felsss (1113627 in chips)
Seat 9: 520988 (1781021 in chips)
Deipylos: posts the ante 10000
slv458: posts the ante 10000
Felsss: posts the ante 10000
520988: posts the ante 10000
Felsss: posts small blind 50000
520988: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Qs As]
Deipylos: folds
slv458: raises 859552 to 959552 and is all-in
Felsss: folds
520988: calls 859552
*** FLOP *** [2c 8s Ts]
*** TURN *** [2c 8s Ts] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [2c 8s Ts 8h] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Qs As] (a pair of Eights)
slv458: shows [7c 7d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
slv458 collected 2009104 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2009104 | Rake 0
Board [2c 8s Ts 8h 3c]
Seat 1: Deipylos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: slv458 (button) showed [7c 7d] and won (2009104) with two pair, Eights and Sevens
Seat 8: Felsss (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: 520988 (big blind) showed [Qs As] and lost with a pair of Eights

Still in 3rd of 3 but only 1 seat - as one of those 20EUR rebuy donk fests - have come 2nd before in 1

Then heads up for the title - get it in as small dog - woohooo turn stinkin river

PokerStars Game #52393821324: Tournament #327465108, €20+€2 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVIII (60000/120000) - 2010/11/08 23:02:43 WET [2010/11/08 18:02:43 ET]
Table '327465108 11' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 7: slv458 (1818462 in chips)
Seat 9: 520988 (2396538 in chips)
slv458: posts the ante 12000
520988: posts the ante 12000
slv458: posts small blind 60000
520988: posts big blind 120000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Kh Qs]
slv458: raises 1686462 to 1806462 and is all-in
520988: calls 1686462
*** FLOP *** [7c 2c 7d]
*** TURN *** [7c 2c 7d] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 2c 7d Kc] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Kh Qs] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
slv458: shows [Ac 8h] (a flush, Ace high)
slv458 collected 3636924 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3636924 | Rake 0
Board [7c 2c 7d Kc Jc]
Seat 7: slv458 (button) (small blind) showed [Ac 8h] and won (3636924) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: 520988 (big blind) showed [Kh Qs] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens

A PICTURE INSTEAD OF 1000 WORDS !!!!

2010-11-07T18:14:00.001+01:00

S EXPRESS

2010-11-03T16:37:00.003+01:00

Saturday - Headed down to London for weekend with the boys - after 1.5 hr train delay had a decent night out with a couple of pubs / clubs with live music and beer / vodkas.

Sunderland LOL headed out for match on Sunday 5 - 1 awesome - watched it in Baker Steet - London before heading on to next event.
Shoila - Get in the net son.
SummerTime - W - end equals end of BST - time now is 5 past Sunderland :)
Shit then Good Headed to Wembly for the NFL - 1st half crap, last quarter awesome - first time at new Wembley - very impressive.
Staking Came back home to see some guy I had a small % in on 2+2 had shipped a chop 3 way in EPT side event so 2000$ for me.
Start of challenge - Have tryed his last 2 months and got quite close. Challenge is to turn micky mouse rakeback into 100*rakeback then withdraw. So far £35 into £450, however its £3500 or bust moving up stakes fast (got to 1K last month from 40 before busting)
Spurs - I hate them with a passion. Layed Man U at weekend and they play like Burton Albion then back Inter last night and they play like Real Madrid.

LATERS

OCT SPORTS LOSS

2010-11-01T20:09:00.001+01:00

Golf 395
Specials-75
NFL -540
Football-310
Horses 345
F1 -60
TOTAL -245

I ran sick this month with 3 trebles all losing on las tleg when looking like winning for over 1K each :(

NEWS

2010-10-29T19:48:00.003+02:00

Week of no poker - few work nights out, a 4 0 thumping by Arsenal and several nights of a baby not sleeping at the right times hence tired daddy!!

Days ahead llok like night out in London with boys tomorrow, followed by Newcastle Sunderland on TV as am going to the NFL game on Sunday - SF49s v Denver Broncos - have backed S49 to be best of two poor teams but cant wait for my first live game.

In other news - blew a few quid today on a brand new motor - my old one was 10 years old so had no clue that cars these days had no ignition keys etc !!!

Pretty boring Renault Megane Hatch.

OCT POKER LOSS

2010-10-22T22:27:00.001+02:00

Posting now as hit stop loss and having a mare month.

FL -400
Multi -575
NL -2500
PLO 250
RAKEBACK 65
TOTAL PROFIT -3160

VERY COLD OCT

2010-10-18T01:34:00.002+02:00

Having a total disaster this month and close to the stop loss for month. Graph tells the story and EV would be even worse. Had loads of bad spots like KK into AA or AA versus flopped sets - however aint good.

Played a 50 rebuy tonight and similar to above.

Graph wont load basically -5k$

IT WENT A LITTLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS

2010-10-11T00:18:00.004+02:00

MRTILTMONKEY - Hey soap ain't seen you in a while
SOAP how dos
MRTILTMONKY your not playing much these days - now you have spare 30 mins might as well play high stakes
SOAP OK
MRTILTMONKY Oh that was bad luck for a buy in - reload
SOAP OK
MRTILTMONKY Well there gos another buy in - at least you had 12 outs on Turn - Reload
SOAP - No can do - all *s cash gone
MRTILTMONKY - OK lets have some big NFL bets instead
SOAP OK
MRTILTMONKY - Oh how could he throw that interception costing you a fortune
SOAP just my luck again
MRTILTMONKY - Lets try the next game
SOAP - OK all in
MRTILTMONKY - lets play the £530 Barca EPT qualifier
SOAP - OK I have some Tourney $
MRTILTMONKY - All in with 6 high for stacks?
SOAP - night mate - hopefully wont see you rest of this year :D

BAD DAY and BAD MONTH thus far :(

Please dont visit in rest of 2010

SEPT POKER PROFIT

2010-09-30T22:50:00.004+02:00

Staking 3650
FL 1400
Multi -900
NL 1350
PLO 3200
RAKEBACK 365
TOTAL PROFIT 9065

Nothing to grumble about this month. Have not played loads but after decent start to month, what I have played has been highish stakes. I think the best way for me to sum up the month is run good, played good and staked good. My WCOOP investment cashed and I trebled that investment so my dollars run like Dobba dollars at the moment.

Obviously Brenos numbers will blow above out the water but have to say I am delighted with above after a small dry spell and the fact it has come from cash games rather than multis, which I am restricted in playing at the moment. It is basically my 2nd best month this year and this achieved without a major headline score with the £2K return from Brenos investment my biggest score.

DAY TIME TV - LOL

2010-09-30T18:46:00.003+02:00

OMG - I was off this week and we took the little one away but it was mega hard work and basically spent one day in doors. The one thing I learned on this day was that if I ever get the bullet at work and turn poker pro then all I need to do is get sky out. I think with just daytime tv then I would do a minimum of 10 hours graft per day as it is truly horrendous - since many of you who read this are full time poker then here is my take on your average day ;)

Wake up - watch 2 hopeless presenters on a fortune who were hopeless when on another side. Turn onto the Wright stuff for some clown talk shit for next 90 minutes or so. Then we can see if we can sell our 25p item that is 8 years old for 28P - who gives a hoot. Next we can get someone who we don't like to do up our house in a style we don't like and pretend we do. Small respite for a sarnie and maybe 15 minutes decent news bulletin.

Next up - about 5 women talking crap about crap, followed by some other 112 year old trying to sell a watch for £3.50 that they bought on a £4 bus journey some 2 hours earlier for £3 and claim they have made 50p. Speaking of bus journeys, we can watch a program about who gets evicted off a bus - FFS who pays for this crap. Countdown still almost watchable inbetween.

Next time I am off - I am pretty sure I will get more from CBeebies. At least Ryder cup from 7am tomorrow :D

Thats all folks

do do dododo dodo d odod dododdod dooooooooooo doo doooo

SEPT SPORTS PROFIT

2010-09-30T16:53:00.002+02:00

Golf -155
Tennis 3030
NFL -1035
Football -950
Horses -575
F1 -150
TOTAL 165

I am usually delighted with any profit on sports betting as in the main is just a leak for me. However this month I am gutted to have made such a small profit - I basically ran golden in the US Open and had 9 from 10 winning match bets with half of them on underdogs - however for rest of month it just took the pish. Biggest pishtake was when some geezer missed a chip shop at NFL from about 20 yards to land me a 1400£ 4 timer but instead scores were tied, lost toss in OT and lost.

Ryder come coming up tomorrow which if i remember correct I lost an absolute fortune on last year - oh well !!!!

STEAK AND CHIPS

2010-09-27T11:27:00.003+02:00

I have not updated much lately, things looking good at home with Zoe back to full fitness and we are going to take her up the coast for a few days although weather looks like rain rain rain.

I have backed a few players recently on 2+2 or mates and have done well on returns from Brenos getting me 2K after his 5th in English Open and I also got shipped 1K from swordfish007 for his similar size cash in WSOP. I played this up last night backing 2 people in the WCOOP main event (5200 buy in) and I bought 5% and 20% in 2 players. The former has busted but the latter is well positioned with just over 15% of the field left at end of day 1.

Playing wise then I played much less often but at higher stakes and have been holding my own in the games I have played, I got some real nice spots when i chipped up which you tend to forget apart from when your on the wrong side of them (example me AA SB and BB has QQ) which has given me a few $ to play my not so normal game.

Looking like it will be a decent month profit wise when add above together, a major cash by my horse in the WSOOP could blow the month out the water as top 3 in the tourney all get over a million $.

Still waiting for the Brenos EPO celebration part with his Gold card behind the bar.................................

GEORGE MICHAEL

2010-09-17T20:15:00.002+02:00

Best so far from a multitude I have read.

George has denied allegations that in day 1 in the slammer that he has had a chocolate bar rammed up his ass. He has stated that it must have been a careless wispa.

ENGLISH POKER OPEN

2010-09-14T02:23:00.003+02:00

Andrew "Brenos" Brennan has made final table - very good luck to him.

Live feed from 3pm tomorrow.

http://www.englishpokeropen.com/

end of day 2 interview Brenos

EDIT

5th for 40K losing a race to go out WP WP WP

NICE RIVER FOR ME

2010-09-13T21:52:00.002+02:00

LOL @ this hand - what should have been a standard stack off turned out that way. What a beautiful river ( I thought .................) !!!!

PokerStars Game #49568601684: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10 USD) - 2010/09/13 20:48:14 WET [2010/09/13 15:48:14 ET]
Table 'Demiddelaer VIII' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: hrstrnqlzr ($1658 in chips)
Seat 2: apple37 ($1000 in chips)
Seat 3: 520988 ($585 in chips)
Seat 4: thenutspt ($1085 in chips)
Seat 5: pobolero ($1015 in chips)
Seat 6: gregy20723 ($1022.75 in chips)
520988: posts small blind $5
thenutspt: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 520988 [Kh Kc]
pobolero: folds
gregy20723: raises $10 to $20
hrstrnqlzr: folds
apple37: folds
520988: raises $40 to $60
thenutspt: calls $50
gregy20723: calls $40
*** FLOP *** [6h 9c 7d]
520988: bets $120
thenutspt: calls $120
gregy20723: folds
*** TURN *** [6h 9c 7d] [As]
520988: checks
thenutspt: checks
*** RIVER *** [6h 9c 7d As] [Kd]
520988: bets $405 and is all-in
thenutspt: calls $405
*** SHOW DOWN ***
520988: shows [Kh Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)
thenutspt: shows [Ac Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
thenutspt collected $1227 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1230 | Rake $3
Board [6h 9c 7d As Kd]
Seat 1: hrstrnqlzr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: apple37 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: 520988 (small blind) showed [Kh Kc] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: thenutspt (big blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won ($1227) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: pobolero folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: gregy20723 folded on the Flop

and so concluded a 2K losing night :(

A POKER UPDATE (BELIEVE IT OR NOT)

2010-09-11T13:02:00.003+02:00

3 brief points.

1) WCOOP EVENTS

These have started on *s and played my first tourney for ages in the 215$ PLO 6 handed event with over 2000 runners. Played well for 8 hours and was about 40th of 90 left when i pressed self destruct and got it in bad 2 hands in a row to blow out 60th for just over 1k$. Huge congrats to Dave Dubai Shallow for shipping the 10K high rollers event in WCOOP 2.

2) Staking - LOL - got a message from someone asking me to look at something on 2+2 which I had not been on for yonks. I had quite a few private messages which seemed weird. Anyway turns out someone i staked in WSOP in the marketplace cashed for 45K or so in wsop and I had 3%. SO was chuffed with this and hopefully get the cash despite replying a month late. However, I then had another PM from say guy saying you backed me in wsop did i wnat same offer in another event. Event has now finished and the guy took it down for 65K lol and stakes were cheap so missed out on a free lunch !!!

3) Good luck Brennan in EPO today - I promise to write a huge thread on how great you are if I final table as long as it is accompanied by the photo your sister has posted of you on facebook. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

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