First comment wins a prize
July, August, September, October, November, December, January.....February.
Ok, fair enough. It is more than six months. But seen as I am the only person reading my blog it doesnt really matter does it.
Vegas was good. I didn't lose my life savings, although I did have a stupendously depressing session online, where I proceeded to lose the $2400 I had left in my bankroll after withdrawing $3000 before leaving england. It took slightly under 24 hours. -$100 an hour. Not bad. In my defence (although I may not be able to convince a jury of this) I did manage to avoid playing on tilt for most of the session, and lost mainly due to some sickening bad luck. But considering I was only playing online because I was too hungover to get out of bed I dont have much of an excuse. Why didn't I stop earlier?
I have just got a rakeback deal with Uncover poker, allowing me to stay in the gentle confines of Tribeca. I set up the account with $300 because I am still waiting (20 days and counting) for the $3300 I cashed out from Doyle last month. Within 8 hours of play (over three days) I had run that up to $1200, mostly in 1-2 hour sessions. Was simply crushing the tables, playing a much more agressive game than usual, and it was paying off.
Then it all went to shit. Had a few sessions where I dropped $600 and managed to pull it back to a $100 loss or less, but that was not going to last. Within a few days I was down to $350. Some sick beats. Two big losses with AA. The first one I made a $35 re-raise from the SB and got four callers! WTF. This is $1/$2 remember. The flop was Ks-Js-5d and I decided to just push anyway (for around $240). I figured anyone with kings would have either raised more preflop, or re-raised my $35 bet. And i was willing to take the risk with JJ. One caller - he has 4s-3s. Joker. Hit the flush on the river. Incidentally the turn was a ace so there was no getting away from that one.
Then an almost identical hand. I limped with AA because the BB had been raising every pot from the blinds. Sure enough he raised to $12. I re-raised to $35 and he called. Flop was 5d-4d-2c. He checked, I bet $100. He called. Turn was 9s. He checked. I went all-in for $160 more and he called with Jd-Td. Hit his flush on the river. ****. I later saw this guy donking off $200 in record time - and I noticed he was registered for 7 freerolls, including a $30 freeroll. Why did it have to be me he got streaky with. . .. . . .. :-)
But this is the best of the lot. Last night I sat down at a table having spotted a player who was on my buddy list (ie: fish). Within a few hands he raised to $7 and I re-raised to $16 from the button with A-Q. A small stack went all-in from the SB for $18 total and we both called. The flop came A-T-5 rainbow. He checked and I bet half his stack - about $65-70. He used up almost all his time allocation and then moved all-in. I insta-called and he turned over pocket queens. One out. Nice. I dont need to tell you what hit on the river.
Still - its not all doom and gloom. Today someone called my all-in on a board showing K-A-3-A-3 with K-9. Lol. No steak for him tonight.
Oh yea - and there's a prize for whoever posts the fist comment on my blog. It doesnt have to be nice. Just something to acknowledge my existence. Not that I do a very good job of that myself. But there we go.
Ok, fair enough. It is more than six months. But seen as I am the only person reading my blog it doesnt really matter does it.
Vegas was good. I didn't lose my life savings, although I did have a stupendously depressing session online, where I proceeded to lose the $2400 I had left in my bankroll after withdrawing $3000 before leaving england. It took slightly under 24 hours. -$100 an hour. Not bad. In my defence (although I may not be able to convince a jury of this) I did manage to avoid playing on tilt for most of the session, and lost mainly due to some sickening bad luck. But considering I was only playing online because I was too hungover to get out of bed I dont have much of an excuse. Why didn't I stop earlier?
I have just got a rakeback deal with Uncover poker, allowing me to stay in the gentle confines of Tribeca. I set up the account with $300 because I am still waiting (20 days and counting) for the $3300 I cashed out from Doyle last month. Within 8 hours of play (over three days) I had run that up to $1200, mostly in 1-2 hour sessions. Was simply crushing the tables, playing a much more agressive game than usual, and it was paying off.
Then it all went to shit. Had a few sessions where I dropped $600 and managed to pull it back to a $100 loss or less, but that was not going to last. Within a few days I was down to $350. Some sick beats. Two big losses with AA. The first one I made a $35 re-raise from the SB and got four callers! WTF. This is $1/$2 remember. The flop was Ks-Js-5d and I decided to just push anyway (for around $240). I figured anyone with kings would have either raised more preflop, or re-raised my $35 bet. And i was willing to take the risk with JJ. One caller - he has 4s-3s. Joker. Hit the flush on the river. Incidentally the turn was a ace so there was no getting away from that one.
Then an almost identical hand. I limped with AA because the BB had been raising every pot from the blinds. Sure enough he raised to $12. I re-raised to $35 and he called. Flop was 5d-4d-2c. He checked, I bet $100. He called. Turn was 9s. He checked. I went all-in for $160 more and he called with Jd-Td. Hit his flush on the river. ****. I later saw this guy donking off $200 in record time - and I noticed he was registered for 7 freerolls, including a $30 freeroll. Why did it have to be me he got streaky with. . .. . . .. :-)
But this is the best of the lot. Last night I sat down at a table having spotted a player who was on my buddy list (ie: fish). Within a few hands he raised to $7 and I re-raised to $16 from the button with A-Q. A small stack went all-in from the SB for $18 total and we both called. The flop came A-T-5 rainbow. He checked and I bet half his stack - about $65-70. He used up almost all his time allocation and then moved all-in. I insta-called and he turned over pocket queens. One out. Nice. I dont need to tell you what hit on the river.
Still - its not all doom and gloom. Today someone called my all-in on a board showing K-A-3-A-3 with K-9. Lol. No steak for him tonight.
Oh yea - and there's a prize for whoever posts the fist comment on my blog. It doesnt have to be nice. Just something to acknowledge my existence. Not that I do a very good job of that myself. But there we go.
posted by Mal | 7:36 AM
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an update finally! ;)
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