Merry Christmas

Am just writing a post coz i feel i should coz its xmas and am feeling festive,Santa Clause is on the telly lol.
Been trying to play cash game to get the points i need for a free roll on ftilt i wanna play but just am losing too much money so have stopped.

Prolly wont play mush now so Merry xmas all and happy new year. Lets hope we all win in
the new year :)

Sharkscope: +$77 ROI: 18%
Bankroll :$177

Winner Winner chicken dinner

Was actually dreading writing my next blog. firstly mu Nan past away on the 29th and mind hasn been to good and A nice combination of bad play and horrible bad beats left me back in the red for my sharkscope. Plus i am a believer if you have a plan you should stick to it. Luckily for once im glad i never stick to my plans. I had drifted away from $2 sngs to some $2/3 rebuy tournies and not getting very far, plus have played a a couple of $5 45 man sngs without success. tonight it all changed for me :) Was gonna be my last shot at the $5 45 man sngs before having to stick to my $2 ones again for a while. So i played two 45 man and one 27man sng. Cut this story completely short i came 2nd in 27 man and 1st in one of the 45 man. Collected combined total of $116 . Very happy!!!

Im thinking am gonna go back to the plan for a bit. am pissed off with getting called by big blind and him/her flopping two pair on flop.

Bankroll: $202
Sharkscope: +$79 ROI: %18

Tells on $2 sng's.....

Dont recall it ever happening for me before but was at a table with someone i had written notes on b4. Checkedhim out on sharkescope whilst playing and saw he had played over 2000 games with no profit. He managed to get lucky and nearly double up early then called anything. luckily i picked up qq when he still was big stack. Basically i raised roughly 3 time bb and he goes allin. I took timer to call. May sound silly but was at table yesterday with aces and two others had kk n qq . so i called he turned over 74 lol. Bit of banter and i told him that id played him b4 and made notes. He told me i need to update them lol. prolly right actually. add utter crap to it!!

I try to play hands differently and i dont know if somtimes this could be a down fall at this level. At this level players usually make a pot size bet if they got the hand, so easy fold for me. I somtimes play this way without a hand. (continuation bet) Other players dont fold and will take down pot with middle pair. Id understand at higher level but not here. god nows where im going with this o i'll end this here lol

Headsup on on one table. Guy seemed ok for this level and didnt make that many mistakes, Little to easy to read sumtimes though. and i had to explain to him that when 3 were left the 3rd guy just wasnt there. so told him not to raise me or play me and vice versa. so even chip count and could play bit of poker due to blinds being still small due to me running over the table early on:) and last two hands were nearlt identically i actually pick up top pair after flop so make pot bet he called flop then i pot the turn and he folded. Last hand i again pot bet river to make 1200pot and i agian bet 1200 where i took last pot down. which in the past i would of changed bet because of previous hand but thought hey he folded last time. Bet he doesnt believ me. so he called turn as well + river and i become massive cheap lead. and win it. So where in the past i would of tried to be too clever and change bet sizes to not be identical. in this case when its heads up this play wud work perfectly for you. I know any half decent player that might ever see this knows this but i am learning dont forget :)


Sharkscope: +$35 ROI:18%
Bankroll: $142

Getting back on track

First of all - My nan is still in intensive care. Not sure whats up with her. We are hearing a different story everyday. Last i heard wqas a doctor said she hada heart failure which is bit ironic coz its exact same as my dad was in hospital earlier this year for. All his kidneys were working so blood was flowing ok so he was able to survive. My nan is different story. Bin going to hospital most days and everytime it seems a shock seeing her like that.

Changing subject completely i have been the whole of November without a drink which im pretty proud. It seriously is a hard thing to do if you have been drinking near enough every weekend since you were old enough!! Two reasons im doing it is 1.saving some money for xmas. 2.Well coz i know how much drink i will consume during December. Wanted to use the time to do more work. and learn more and play more poker. Been reading Harrington on Holdem volume 1. Been little bit boring if im honest. In my case players just call me no matter how much i bet. Did just watch Rizens Sunday millians win video off his blog. Pro's are so good lol, if anything he enjoyed it more when he didnt have a hand because he just liked the fact that he could study the other players. When i fold i turn my head and watch a little telly lol. Something i need to learn if i wanna play higher and also wanna get a tourney win under my belt sooo bad!! tbh i wouldnt mind if it was a 45 man sng.

Really wish i would of used my poker account as a saving account over the last 8 months. would of made quite abit on the curent exchange rate.

Played 6 tonight won 1 and finished 2nd in 3 which aint the worst result i guess. 1 more win would of been nicer :)

My blogs are so fucking boring lol

Sharscope: +$24 ROI 17%
Bankroll: $131

Need a plan.. Things are going slowly

Maybe i need to make a plan. I'm not gonna do it whilst writing this blog coz i need time to think about it. Plus if i do make a plan im gonna have to stick to it so am gonna spend more time thinking about it. Poker is still going up. but very slowly gonna have to make a few night's a week dedicated to playing 4-5 hours each night i reckon. Played four the other day and didnt cash in any. Made it back tonight tho and a little with the four i played. won 3 out of 4. In all honesty that is awful lou!!! - for somone who loves poker sooo much and reads and rails it every chance i get when it comes to playing i rarely do. Played a mtt on betfair last night entry fee was 5.50 and came 17th/202 for 12.50. gutted really, cudda been a nice win.
Back to my plan........ not sure if i should think of a certain amount by certain time to treat myself/gfriend :) or just get my bankroll as high as poss playing by proper bankroll manangement.

Actually in the middle for applying for a job at the mo. 28k year which is lot better than have been used too. maybe that might open my mind and let me play bit more free at poker tables :)

Banroll: $124
Sharkscope profit: +19 ROI: %19

going up slowly :)

Bit hungover this morning but thought id fire up a couple of sng's whilst doing a bit of railing on the two big holdem games on fulltilt. Durrrr has 550k on one table and nearly 900k on the other Amazing. when i first started watching he had roughly 80k on both.

I won both my games which helped my sharkscope out. Dont think i had won one in 5 before today, been rushing them and trying to be clever when its impossible at this level imo.

probably played 15 all together since last time.

Im gonna use my bank rol of about $60 in Betfair on learning more about cash games. Sng's really aren't poker.(well not at $2 level). I have decided that im not going out for the whole on November and am gonna get my best mate to coach me for a few hours a week.

My bankroll isn't as high as it shud be coz i lost a big $10 bet to Dan in a downing comp lol



Bankroll $116

Sharkscope +$11 ROI 19%

Well done me...

Ok, last night i played 6 sng's winning 3 2nd in 1 and lost 2 which means bankroll went up a little but more importantly my sharkscope is now in the black again!!! - Still not showing profit but at least it isn't in the minus anymore lol.

one hand stands out blinds were 100/200 and i had 900 chips after some bad flops and silly play. Four of us left and i was first to act and had kj. I shoved with fingers crossed for a weak call! Big blind calls with A8. Nice call my stack is way to short for him with any ace not to call. He hit and ace on the flop goodnight lewis right???? - Wrong. i hit a king on turn and jack on riverlol (HOW SICK) I was down to 140 chips in this particular sng at one point as well. I'm glad to say that the guy i totally bummed with my kj went on to beat my short stack with two left. So ended well :)

As you can see i dont put many hours in. I just dont have the time. Any spare time i have i feel i should be studying or seeing my mate or most importantly seeing my girlfriend. Just start feeling bit guilty if i stay on there too long

anyway back to point of post, well done me :)

Bankroll: $115
Sharkscope profit: $0 ROI: 18%

First blog - How exciting!!!

Here goes. Right now i am playing $2 6max turbo sng's mainly on ftilt and a little on betfair.

Right these are my aims for keeping this blog:-
1. To keep an eye on my Sharkscope.com record more clearly and get out of the minus haha
2. Try to do things more properly (bout 5 weeks ago my mate owed me some money from going to watch my beloved Arsenal with me. and the amount was $40. so have decided to use this correctly as possible but starting out on $2 sit n gos coz i think i know i can beat them:) )
3. Think i might wanna from time to time write down some thoughts that might be bothering me in my life or just write all thats wonderful .
4. and finally (hopefully) i wanna be able to look back at this post in say 6months time and have a smile knowing what an idiot i am sounding and that i have moved up a few levels since.

Hopefully wont stay on sit n goes all my poker life coz like one of my best mate says and SHEETS "there not poker" lol. once i leave them i wont carry on with this blog dont think.

About my play:- My Fulltit Sharkscope status always looked ok.A bit up. and i would say get to a nice small amount and start taking shots at $22 or $33 sitngs and b4 i knew it my sharkscope read -$78!!! So from the $40 my mate stuck in my account i have just taken it over $101. I know that is pretty poor for 5-6 weeks but i only play like 10-14 sng's a week. So my Sharkscope is looking better
Over last 3 or 4 months have gotten alot better. Hell even think im better than 2 weeks ago. This is mainly down to my best mate Dan. Won't say his full name coz dont want to embarrass him haha. If he wasn't so impatient he wud be sitting on a very comfortable bankroll imo. He is awesome :)

Im gonna try get about 15-20 games in between each posts. Id love for that to be cut down to every other day soon. Also think my next move will be to play normal $5 6 max sng's. not sure what to make my bankroll b4 i take a shot hmmm???

Off to bed now

current sharkscope -$17 roi:17%

Current Bankroll $101.