Grinding

Pretty uneventful week for me , played $3 rebuy and $10 rebuy few times, came 11th in a $3 rebuy earlier this week, and few other cashes, nothing substantial at all though. Came 7th in a $20 180 man and played a live mtt on thursday, coming 11th when 10 pay :( .
Quit the Freezeouts totally online over past few weeks and think thats saved me money, I figure rebuys are my forte so I should capitalise on it. On the live front, I feel like my reads are better then ever, maybe I need to play bit more looser live though since the structure is quick, maybe I shouldn't be too tight pre flop. Found few leaks too, like limping in too much in live mtt.

Despite not playin the big mtts, or being able to splash cash since my roll has been going down and down, I feel like my game is very sharp right now. I've been tryin to cut down on the whining, and bought a couple of books from ps using fpps which have given me good food for thought, I have other areas of my poker life I need to improve that I am trying to work on, not staking people, not lending people, generally not wasting,not playing too high, not entering tournaments when I am not in the mood, not entering tourneys where i have no edge. These are good reasons why I've lost money, not just bad beats. Now I can rectify it.
All my mates are in our new place now, so poker isn't the only thing for me at moment, I'm tryin to eat well and I bought weights and sit up bench etc and in training again like I used to. So , things aren't as bleak as they appear for me.

I ll probably be playin live later today, £50 double chance live, Aelred said he ll put me in, if not that then a different mtt is on at gala tonight, £100 f/o that I have a stake for. So heres hopin I do somethin in one of them.
Ciso

Sunday

Today, I pre planned to play the Sunday Warm Up ,the Sunday Million and The FTOP Main Event.
The warm up, I entered and was feeling a little tired, I hadnt had much sleep, gid was playin it too which motivated me to stay in so long as he was. I played poorly to begin with, not taking any initiative but 30/40mins I began to get adjusted to the table, I already know on stars my game is very selective , rockish almost, so I stuck with that game for the following few hours, never really get any hands but tryin to take the odd one to keep me alive. Now, thats not to say I wouldn't like a big stack, but I am not gonna go playing crappy hands, and overestimate my post flop playing ability against players who wont put down a pair. I think this is smart to be honest,even if its not the most fun way to play. Anyway, with 270 paying I made the cash with a very short stack, shortly afterwards my 10-10 beat 7-7 and AK.Wowee. I now had few chips, I wasnt going to deter from my game though and with 160 or so people left, I was in a strong spot to finally get a huge stack, there was a raise and re raise to 35,000 , I had about 75k and shoved in with K K , was called by the re raiser with A J. Flop was Ace. Eh. $488 or something.

Cue the million gtd, here, I just busted out wu and thought I had lesser chance since there was more players, more donks who dont know how to play, and I would need strong hands to bust them. First hour went by I had maybe 12,000. (average ish). 2nd though I started to chip up a little, maybe 18,000. Then next hour I got some momentum and was playing well. I wasn't bleeding any chips and was tryin to pick my spots to attack. Again, I cashed, (900 paid), I busted out in a way I wouldn't always . I raised with 9-9 on the button to 12,000 I beleive with blidns at 2k/4k, the sb shoved me in, I had 54,000 behind, I think its an ok call in the long run, but for the nit I am , I often pass here. But I called it figuring im prolly racing here maybe even stronger? NO.He had QQ, gg.

Ftops Main Event, I tried to get an image early on that I was willing to gamble and this was obviously a ploy to set them up later, first hour went I had less then 5k we started with, but its ok, the blinds are small. 2nd hour I got bit of action and startin to chip up. But with 1,700 left (maybe 3hours in?) my doom was sealed, I lost a few pots, in situations I cant get away from. AK vs 77 , lose. 10-10 had to pay off a short stack on a 9 hi flop who flopped a set. Really had to! Then AK again, I limp this time under the gun, I got a raise from late position , I shoved all in, maybe 5 x his bet, he obviosly insta calls with 10-10 and flops a 10.
2 cashes out of 3, BUT I cant be happy really, I would trade all the cashes this week for a massive cash on a Final table, I spent $500 on the Ftop too. So I didnt really make much profit. I think the warm up was my best shot with those Ks but eh. I can't complain. I think I am playing well now though, and it does show consistency. Considering I had a poor summer in terms of results, this has been a very good week.

6th in a $100 f/o on Full Tilt = $2,200
3rd in $100 Full Tilt 6 max = $3,900
7th in $10 rebuy 55k ps = $1,384
7th in $100 Full Tilt 6 max = $925
27th in a $100 f/o on ps = $350
68th in the nightly ps = $318
155 in Wu = $488
666th in million = $387

Some strong showings there , and I satelited into the sunday million spending only $40 too.So although I didnt nail a win , I am back on track.Hopefully next time I can post on more good news. Thanks for reading.
Ciso

Week Over

Kinda glad this week's been over tbh, defo in loss for week, 16th adn 18th in Full tilt mtts where 1st is nice enough ($8k and $6k respectively), 4 cashes in the 55k but no FT and a bubble in the Nightly once (only time i palyed this week) when my KK ran into AA.
Stats for week are -

30th July $183 profit
31st July ($743)
1st Aug ($14)
2nd Aug ($587)
3rd Aug $96
4th Aug ($632)

Clearly a bad week, 1000th tonight in the million when my QQ was against 8-9 flop 5-6-7-. bah.
55k, I had AA vs AK suited all pre flop $58,000 chuips which gurantee another cash but no, K on flop and turn. Still, I am lookin forward to playing somve live this week, I came 8th on wednesday and think I am playing well, my reads are on and I am getting better just a bit rusty in live.
In a $77 mtt with Leafsfan and Gid now, so I best be off.

Ciso

$10 rebuy thoughts

While its fresh in memory I thought I'd post on my tourney so far in the $55k tonight, I had 5,000 after the first break lol but played alot of hands and got lucky with some kind flops a few times to amass a nice stack. Then once I had a nice stack comparative to the blinds I just played my game and my stack hadn't looked back , I picked up AA and got a fish to re pop all in with AJ, and my pair and flush draw defeated top pair all in on the flop so things were going well. Then just now, I had 9-9 I raised it up ep, the sb called me. It came out K-2-3, he checked , I also did. Turn another K,he bet out minimum, I made it 3 x his bet, and he min riased, I didnt think too long and flat called it figuring I could be beat, but he could put me on air here and have a smaller pp , river Q, and He fired hard, so I beleived him and folded.

Very next hand , I get QQ and raise again, someone calls (ss) and a 80,000 stack shoves, I had made it 6,500 to go and had him covered,I decided to call quite quickly ( Iwant to win this mtt and I any good player doesnt just shove KK+ here esp with my loose image), anyhoo he had Ks, and I lost now - I just busted 10-9 d raised with 15 bbs got re popped all in and gambled cos tbh, I am not waiting around like I used to he had 9s and I lost. But anyway, just thought i'd post cos I am a bit bored.

On another note I played live tonight and final tabled, came 8th tho, I had open ended straight draw and flush draw and my opponent had a full house, just a cooler really. I guess I could mucked my Qs tonight but I dont want to go folding those hands all time like I used to, players online are more agressive then before so fuck folding QQ.

Well, almost 4 hours work for $85 doesnt even cover the buy ins lol. But , I think I ll be playing the 55k more and more to get my roll up, that tourney is golden for me, the other stars tourneys that aint so deep stacked I really cant nail a win and I need to get my roll up. I ll be playing live again tonight the come back and play the 55k probs.

Off to bed.


Ciso

Let's do this

Well, I moved in properly to my new place today.3 of us at our place at the moment,3 more to come in september but right now I am focusing on the poker now I am settled in. I have played a bit before my trip to benaccasim and things weren't going great but forget that, its a new start now, I am willing to change my game , willing work at it , do whatever it takes to start winning alot.

I know my talent lies in tournaments so for the moment I will be playing them, I have also got a nice board on my wall which I will be using to pin my day to day winnings/losses' which I think will give me a good indication of how I actually am faring at this game. So, I ll play a few mtts tonight, see how it goes.


Ciso

one day I will win lol

One day I will win at poker...wasn't today though lol.

Well, I just finished the $55k, I never play it usually but when times are hard,I usually go back to that tourney and get a 1st , so I tried. But failed :(. I didn't have loads of chips post rebuy, maybe 12,000 but I worked them up to 25,000 by 2nd break. Then I had AK suited, riased it , the person to my left overbet all in and very short stack called, I decided it was a good spot to call. I earlier said to Gid that I am going to need to win one race to win this mtt lol. And he had QQ , despite 2 diamonds on flop giving me hope, the turn and river bricked, and i lost a 38,000 pot, I was left with 4,800 and bb at 800 I shoved my A-3 , bb had KK lol. And a A flopped. course a K rivered so yaknow. Another nice tease by stars, but hey whats new?

My Other 2 mtts I played solid, made a few resteals when times were had and my resteal with AJ ran into K10! for alot of chips in a $15k gtd close to the money, K flopped and I was gone. Then in the other, I had KK vs AA. I felt I could have actually folded this one, I was pretty much sold he had AA but thought fuck folding Ks in a $27 mtt. I know its maybe a bad attitude, but hey, less then 0.5% of players in the world could have got away from that hand, and I dwelled on it till my time bank ran out!

So unfortunately, no good news regarding poker. But I am not sad whatsoever which I think is a good thing, I mean I get up everyday to play this sick game, put in like 7 hours everyday, to either break even or lose a few hundred bucks and to keep playin well and not get down beat too much I think is a feat. It's a sick game, but I chose it, I think I have a gift at this game, maybe I am picking the wrong tournament, maybe variance is being a bitch.. But give it a little while, and I am certain I will get rewarded. (like my self affiliating talk ? :) ) Well, I think that sums up everything of late. I noticed negreanu has a nice stack in the main event of the wsop and I am rooting for him to win , so hopefully by next time i post hes still in.FORZA KIDPOKER.


Ciso

Swings aint fun

Well, I been losing for a good while from tournaments lately, I had been playing a TAG game and it just wasn't working, cos I would lose the showdowns. So I thought yesteday, I thought f**k it, I am going to go to Titan and gamble some more :) and play there jackpot sngs.

I have been playing that but 6 wins in a row is so unlikely, I think its something like 280,000-1 but that is if everyone was equal....I am unluckier so its more like 500k-1 . nah just kiddin. I had several runs of top 2 , like 4 top 2s, but no runs of 1sts better then 2.

So I went and played some cash tonight and actually won some money for a change! I played nl $600 and must have made around $900. So I am sittin pretty happy now , before i go to bed.I said if I make alot this summer I'd go to Barcelona play EPT. If my BR is at a sound amount that is still the goal. But we'll see. Till next time.


Ciso