My Stars and tilt account finally reopened this month after putting a LOOONG self exclusion on my accounts due to revision and spew limitation. It was also done so I could learn some live poker as well. I havent posted long so let's start from April:
April:
Played UKSPC in birmingham. I wasn't that impressed at a 2-day 30 quid freezeout so I proposed a few prop bets with dannyg1989 and daveyboy for 30 quid each. They both busted 8 hours in and I managed to make day 2 with 150k and 2nd chip leader (1st was a good friend of mine from warwick).
It's hard to explain how I managed to 15x my starting stack in a day. I went from starting to 14k and then down to 4k in the first hour. Managed to make a hero call with ace high on a low paired board and it was good. Thinking about it now, it was probably a bad call.
I moved tables 4 hours later with a 50k stack. People aweing at my massive stack and the chip pyramids I was building with them. On the 2nd table, I spewed down to 30ish thousand after making too many light 3 bets. Managed to spin back up to 70 after making another hero call with 2nd pair on an AJxxx board (although I was distracted by chatting to my friend while playing the hand) and it was somehow good.
Moved table another few hours later. Again, people I recognised from Warwick. With a huge chip stack, I started to play more hands in position and 3-betting more out. Even mixing up my game by slow-playing kings. Managed to get to 130k after I cold-called KK in the CO from a MP raise. Flop was empty something like 257 or something. He checks behind, I value bet, he makes a huge over-shove (something like shoving 70k into a 6k bet). I'm thinking 'lol' and snap call. Shamefully shows QJ. WP by me i guess :)
Ended the day by counting my massive chip pyramid and decided to play jenga with my stack (to the displeasure of the other players around me. oops).
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Friday 13 May 2011
Quick Catch Up: WaSOP.Part 1
I've been meaning to finish these articles so let's go. The next few blogs are a few catch up blogs that I should've done ages ago but decide to do now since I have the free time.
March was one of the maddest times of my poker game. I began playing 50p/1quid cash games at G casino in Blackpool after realising I can crush this so easily by running good. (Up about 1.2k over the month). But it was also me coming back to my old uni and visiting old friends again.
But anyway, Warwick's taught me a lot of things. Probably more on poker and less about my degree really. But saying hi again to all my degenerate friends was a nice thing to do. That and playing the annual Warwick Series of Poker. Noticably cut down this year on numbers but didn't really stop me.
Friday, I decide to play the Omaha. Nothing special. I reship AAQT double suited into KKxx with her spades covered. Flops a king for a set. sigh.
Saturday was Main Event day. Going to isle brought back a few memories of my sick blackjack run and also my 2 year streak of never making day 2. This year however, we flip things round and I go on the WORST ever blackjack run (which i thought was never possible) and somehow made day 2 as chip leader!
I probably had a feeling things were going my way when I 3-bet Janiner (PS I hate the person who made this hand the best hand in poker...) and managed to bluff everyone off on the river. Was worth a laugh at least.
From starting stack of 10k, I span up to 24k from knocking out Rob Cockerill, who decides to check/raise into me when I had the nuts on the turn. So that's a small thanks to him.
Went up to 35k without much effort and making nice calls and good folds aginst players. Also failed to make Chris Payne fold AQ on a draw heavy board. and quite standardly decides to shout 'BOOM' as he realises it's good.
Bout 4 hours in I got up to 60k from a huge hand when I wake up with AA UTG, and Matt Curtis, another Warwick mate of mine, has 88s but we get set-over-set after I decide to make the most unusual play with the nuts on the board.
During the day, I noticed people were trying to bluff into me more. either becuase i was the chip leader or playing against some bad players. Probably a mixture of both reasons. But I ended up chip leader, ending the day with 70k. Didn't seem so bad :)
March was one of the maddest times of my poker game. I began playing 50p/1quid cash games at G casino in Blackpool after realising I can crush this so easily by running good. (Up about 1.2k over the month). But it was also me coming back to my old uni and visiting old friends again.
But anyway, Warwick's taught me a lot of things. Probably more on poker and less about my degree really. But saying hi again to all my degenerate friends was a nice thing to do. That and playing the annual Warwick Series of Poker. Noticably cut down this year on numbers but didn't really stop me.
Friday, I decide to play the Omaha. Nothing special. I reship AAQT double suited into KKxx with her spades covered. Flops a king for a set. sigh.
Saturday was Main Event day. Going to isle brought back a few memories of my sick blackjack run and also my 2 year streak of never making day 2. This year however, we flip things round and I go on the WORST ever blackjack run (which i thought was never possible) and somehow made day 2 as chip leader!
I probably had a feeling things were going my way when I 3-bet Janiner (PS I hate the person who made this hand the best hand in poker...) and managed to bluff everyone off on the river. Was worth a laugh at least.
From starting stack of 10k, I span up to 24k from knocking out Rob Cockerill, who decides to check/raise into me when I had the nuts on the turn. So that's a small thanks to him.
Went up to 35k without much effort and making nice calls and good folds aginst players. Also failed to make Chris Payne fold AQ on a draw heavy board. and quite standardly decides to shout 'BOOM' as he realises it's good.
Bout 4 hours in I got up to 60k from a huge hand when I wake up with AA UTG, and Matt Curtis, another Warwick mate of mine, has 88s but we get set-over-set after I decide to make the most unusual play with the nuts on the board.
During the day, I noticed people were trying to bluff into me more. either becuase i was the chip leader or playing against some bad players. Probably a mixture of both reasons. But I ended up chip leader, ending the day with 70k. Didn't seem so bad :)
Monday 9 May 2011
Top of Google!
Type in Ho Train Poker on Google and My blog pops up! Wow! I'm surprised there is no one else in the world called ho train and plays poker!
Anyway, I broke out of my overdraft at the start of march and immediately back in again After a very big losing session live which put me on tilt, my online accounts have slowly been opening up again (I self excluded myself so I could revise). Went back on full tilt using the FTPs I had and made my first ever MTT online final table! Unfortunately, I ran bad and came 9th for 560 dollars.
Being the spewtard that I was (hence the title of this blog), I immediately sat down heads up at a 3/6 game. Unfortunately, my opponent clearly knew I was the equivalent of Tom Dwan with a much smaller bankroll and sat out. Instead I played 10 minutes of 2/4 against some other guy. Came out with an extra $50 from betting a lot I guess.
Other things, My stars account is reopening in time just before SCOOP finishes so I might try to buy myself in to the Main Event and play a few satelites to big tourneys if I'm lucky. Also got a freeroll WSOP seat to take down as well.
Hopefully, this month should be my 'ship it' month. Then again, we all like 'ship it' months every month!
Anyway, I broke out of my overdraft at the start of march and immediately back in again After a very big losing session live which put me on tilt, my online accounts have slowly been opening up again (I self excluded myself so I could revise). Went back on full tilt using the FTPs I had and made my first ever MTT online final table! Unfortunately, I ran bad and came 9th for 560 dollars.
Being the spewtard that I was (hence the title of this blog), I immediately sat down heads up at a 3/6 game. Unfortunately, my opponent clearly knew I was the equivalent of Tom Dwan with a much smaller bankroll and sat out. Instead I played 10 minutes of 2/4 against some other guy. Came out with an extra $50 from betting a lot I guess.
Other things, My stars account is reopening in time just before SCOOP finishes so I might try to buy myself in to the Main Event and play a few satelites to big tourneys if I'm lucky. Also got a freeroll WSOP seat to take down as well.
Hopefully, this month should be my 'ship it' month. Then again, we all like 'ship it' months every month!
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