I just dunno

I am giving up poker for the next three days.

I have had enough for a little while.

Maybe changing sites is a good idea...NOPE

Table "5413917 - 1" Seat 1 is the button.

Seat 1: Emmap0611 (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: danger5 (1500 in chips)

Emmap0611: posts small blind 7

danger5: posts big blind 15

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to Emmap0611 [Kc Kh]

Emmap0611: raises to 45

danger5: raises to 1500 and is all-in

Emmap0611: calls 1455 and is all-in

----- FLOP ----- [9h Jc Qs]

----- TURN ----- [9h Jc Qs][Qd]

----- RIVER ----- [9h Jc Qs Qd][3c]

----- SHOW DOWN -----

danger5: shows [9c 9s] (A Full House, Nines full of Queens)

Emmap0611: shows [Kc Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high)

danger5 collected 3000 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot 3000 Main pot 3000 Rake 0

Board [9h Jc Qs Qd 3c]

Seat 1: Emmap0611 (small blind) showed [Kc Kh] and lost with Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high

Seat 2: danger5 (big blind) showed [9c 9s] and won (3000) with A Full House, Nines full of Queens

Bad Beats

Sorry for all the bad beats recently.

I am enduring the worst run of luck I have ever had playing poker.

I cannot believe what is happening in front of me.

I hope it ends soon.

Ummmm, Question.....WTF?

Table '59568850 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1560 in chips)
Seat 2: Xunomaha68X (1440 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
Xunomaha68X: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Kc Js]
Knightsridge: raises 40 to 60
Xunomaha68X: raises 120 to 180
Knightsridge: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [5d Kd 3s]
Xunomaha68X: bets 360
Knightsridge: calls 360
*** TURN *** [5d Kd 3s] [2c]
Xunomaha68X: bets 900 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 900
*** RIVER *** [5d Kd 3s 2c] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Xunomaha68X: shows [6h 6s] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Knightsridge: shows [Kc Js] (a pair of Kings)
Xunomaha68X collected 2880 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2880 | Rake 0
Board [5d Kd 3s 2c 6d]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) showed [Kc Js] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Xunomaha68X (big blind) showed [6h 6s] and won (2880) with three of a kind, Sixes

Jesus...

Table '59488343 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: gonzokovac (1320 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
gonzokovac: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [As Ac]
Knightsridge: raises 40 to 60
gonzokovac: raises 1260 to 1320 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 1260
*** FLOP *** [3h 8s 9c]
*** TURN *** [3h 8s 9c] [Jc]
Knightsridge said, "jesus"
*** RIVER *** [3h 8s 9c Jc] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gonzokovac: shows [8h 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
Knightsridge: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
gonzokovac collected 2640 from pot
gonzokovac said, "sry"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2640 | Rake 0
Board [3h 8s 9c Jc 6d]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) showed [As Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: gonzokovac (big blind) showed [8h 8d] and won (2640) with three of a kind, Eights

Seriously?

These are all the same game.


Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/27 - 12:06:28 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (1080 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (1920 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 10
Knightsridge: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [8s 8c]
billiejoe77: raises 140 to 160
Knightsridge: raises 1760 to 1920 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 920 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3c 3d 4d]
*** TURN *** [3c 3d 4d] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [3c 3d 4d Jc] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [8s 8c] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
billiejoe77: shows [6c Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
billiejoe77 collected 2160 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2160 | Rake 0
Board [3c 3d 4d Jc Kc]
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (button) (small blind) showed [6c Ks] and won (2160) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 2: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [8s 8c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes

Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/27 - 12:08:44 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (1300 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (1700 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 10
Knightsridge: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Th Ah]
billiejoe77: raises 20 to 40
Knightsridge: raises 1660 to 1700 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 1260 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [8d 3d 5d]
*** TURN *** [8d 3d 5d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8d 3d 5d 9s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Th Ah] (high card Ace)
billiejoe77: shows [Ts Kh] (a pair of Kings)
billiejoe77 collected 2600 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2600 | Rake 0
Board [8d 3d 5d 9s Kd]
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (button) (small blind) showed [Ts Kh] and won (2600) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [Th Ah] and lost with high card Ace]

Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/08/27 - 12:09:41 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (2580 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (420 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 15
Knightsridge: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ks 6s]
billiejoe77: raises 60 to 90
Knightsridge: raises 330 to 420 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 330
*** FLOP *** [6h Ac Td]
*** TURN *** [6h Ac Td] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [6h Ac Td Qc] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Ks 6s] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)

This has been happening a lot lately...

PokerStars Game #11719843142: Tournament #59469879, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/08/27 - 11:48:22 (ET)
Table '59469879 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1160 in chips)
Seat 2: PLAAYJ (1840 in chips)
PLAAYJ: posts small blind 15
Knightsridge: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [3s 2d]
PLAAYJ: calls 15
Knightsridge: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 3d 2h]
Knightsridge: checks
PLAAYJ: bets 90
Knightsridge: raises 150 to 240
PLAAYJ: raises 1570 to 1810 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 890 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8h 3d 2h] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 3d 2h 5d] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [3s 2d] (two pair, Threes and Deuces)
PLAAYJ: shows [6d 4h] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Knightsridge said, "lol"
PLAAYJ collected 2320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2320 | Rake 0
Board [8h 3d 2h 5d Qs]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [3s 2d] and lost with two pair, Threes and Deuces
Seat 2: PLAAYJ (button) (small blind) showed [6d 4h] and won (2320) with a straight, Deuce to Six

Honestly...who are these people?

Weekend Recap

Well, first things first.

Thanks to my good friend Mike who came to visit me in Scotland this past weekend. He is heading back to Canada this week and is going to be away from his girlfriend until Christmas. But being the degenerate poker player that he is, he came over to see me for a couple days. Good to see you.

Mike came Thursday night and we played some online and ordered Chinese food, of which I ate too much. Poker wise I lost three heads up games in a row for the first time ever after endurring some ridiculous outdraws. (3 times in a row I got my money in as a 66% or higher fav and lost) While Mike destroyed the 6 handed $13 sngs. Mike stayed up till 4am playing as I had work the next day and he would be bored so he was hopnig to sleep for most of it.

I go to work, and then come home Friday afternoon to find Mike sitting at the computer, not showered, not having eaten all day and the first words out of his mouth as I walk in the room are 'so many bad beats today, this is disgusting, you have no idea'. God I miss talking poker all day. So we talk about his online day which was quite bad, and then I play a few heads up matches and run alright. So we get cleaned up and call a taxi. Taxi arrives and takes us to Argyle Street where we walk to KFC. (Point of interest, cab driver was a New England Patriots fan and a BoSox fan. Kindred spirit if there ever was one) We eat some KFC and head to the Cincin club for a 25£ freeze. As we are walking I realise I have lost my glasses and sunglasses which were both in my pouch on my hoodie. Damn. (I dont wear sunglasses, but I bring them to form a little box on the table to protect my cards from my neighbors.) So we go back to KFC, no luck, head to the club and call the cab company to check the cab, no luck. So I lost a nice pair of sunglasses and a pair of prescription glasses. Damnit. Anyways.

The tourney is highly ineventful for both me and Mike. I start with 10K and never get above 13K. I lose some on a bad steal with QT and get raised all in by shortie. I call as I am getting odds until I find he has AA and I dont hit. Then I push 99 into JJ and I am done. Mike pushed AQ into AK after losing a big hand with Ax against J9 all in pre. So we left the club frustrated and went to the Counting House (just off George Square) for a pint. I had a pint of Carling, Mike had Magners, and we spent about 5£ playing a video touch screen game. One game was called 'Losers Win' where there were questions and to get it right you had to answer wrong. You would think this is easy, but trust me, its not.

We then walk to Buchanan and grab a chips cheese and curry sauce (dont knock it till you try it) which is absolutely delicious. And we talk about University days while we eat in the middle of the street. We then grab a cab and head back to my flat. We get in, and the fiancee is just leaving to go dancing with friends while Mike and I get ready for an eveing of online poker. Is life not perfect when everyone is happy? We both play the $22 six handed deep stack tourney and the 100K garunteed $10 both on Stars. I also play a $6.50 bounty tourney on UB and a $10 tourney on Will Hill. The UB goes down in flames when I push with TPTK against a flopped straight, but the WH tourney goes well but I lose some crucial hands on the Final Table for 7th of 90 and $20 profit. The deepstack is going well and both Mike and I are getting some chips. As time goes on, we actually get moved to the same table and I freak out. I sit out and contact stars to make sure it is ok that we are both playing in the same room and we are on the same table. I sit out for 20 mins waiting for confirmation. (when we were seated at the same table and I was sitting out Mike and I never discussed the hands I folded until he was out of the hand) Stars finally emailed me to say it was ok, so I began playing again. It didnt help Mike though, as soon after, he had QQ and raised 3x bb and was called in two spots. Flop comes 9T3. It ends up that all three players are all in with JJ, QQ and JQ (JQ called two all ins, worst play ever) So obviously, the turn is an 8 and Miek goes down in flames when the river is no help. He was bummed. He actually got QQ again shortstacked and I raised with AJs. He pushed and I called. I hit an ace and he was gone. Unlucky Mike, that QJ call was awful. So anyways, I am playing well and when the bubble bursts (340 started) I am 14th of 30. $1600 for first, yes, I want to win badly. Then comes this hand.

I am in the BB and get 94o. The button flat calls, the small blind completes and I check. Flop comes 959. SB checks, I check, button leads out. Small Blind raises and I reraise thinking the small blind is trying to steal. Button folds, small blind calls. I think he is on a flush draw. Turn is an offsuit K. he checks I push, he calls with A9, river is a brick and I am gone. God Damnit. Pissed me off so much. I had like 50K at 400-800 blinds and I lose on one hand. I should never have gone broke there, but I should have lost a lot. Tough to get away from, but I should not have pushed. I was sure he was drawing though. C'est la vie. Great tourney though, ridiculous amounts of play.

The next morning, Mike and I talk some more about poker and whatnot, and play a little, then the fiancee and I drive Miek to the airport. On the way we agree that he and I as well as a few poker playing friends should plana trip to Vegas at some point. Sounds good to me.

I end up watching Go with teh fiancee that afternoon after getting some Greggs sandwiches and crisps, then watching X-Factor (whatever, its not that bad a show) and we then go see The Bourne Ultimatum which is just awesome. Sunday our water heater breaks and we stay in bed till like 3pm hoping it will fix itself and letting the water run. It didnt. We watched Batman Begins waiting for the repair guy to come, but he takes to long so we cancel and we will get a local guy who is much cheaper today. We head to Asda for groceries, and then when I get home I play some more heads up games. I got sucked out big time the first two games, but then I ran good and actually ended up sucking out on some other guy so it was ok. I am currently at 32-15 with my heads up 100 game quest. Not as good as I would like to be, but 68% is apparently pretty sound. I think I should be able to go on a run and hit 73-75% by the time I finish. I would have to go 4 wins of 5 games for the remainder but I am confident it can be done.

Anways, I should be playing more tonight.

Heads Up Challenge Continued

So I tempted fate last night by playing a sixth game after having won five in a row. I was upset with that decision because even though winning five in a row has no bearing on the sixth, in my mind I knew it would be tough to win. So rather than not play, I played, and lost. So I walked away from my computer upset with myself and went in to watch some tv (the fiancee was off visiting a friend) Then as I was watching CSI Miami, I wanted to play some more, so I grabbed the computer and came back into the bedroom.

Side note - I have wireless in my flat but I forgot the password to connect to it, so when I bought my Mac I couldnt connect. (I am sure some computer guru could have found the password somewhere, but alas, I am no guru) So anyways, after arriving home from New York, I was unpacking and moved some books onto the bookshelf. A piece of paper fell out and on it was the password. BINGO. So to make a long story short I know have wireless.

So after my rant post last night about tempting fate I played another five games and I went 5 for 5. Which made me feel much better and brought my total to 10 wins, 1 loss.

C'mon 80 wins!

Mike arrives tomorrow. We have decided to stay in tomrrow night and give the Wabash a miss. We will order some chinese, play online, and watch a dvd or two. Does it get any better than that?

God Damnit

Consider fate tempted. Just lost. AT I raise big and he puts me all in with KJ. Flop comes K high.


5-1

Rolling

Played a little last night.

Played a $6 18 man turbo, got nowhere and pushed A4 into QQ. Yawn. Then played a 12 man $13 six handed sng. I got third for $28, when I should have won it. I was at 10K to 4K and 3K and got third. I was too aggressive with QT on an ace high flop and then lost a coin flip to exit. Really disappointed with that result as it was $72 for first and I had it. 10K of 18K chips in play and I lost it. Damn.

Anyways. I was at work today and at lunch time I was looking on the 2+2 forum and saw a heads up section. Since Stars put heads up cash games, heads up has exploded, and 2+2 made a forum. (not sure if heads up forum is a direct result of Stars new tables as the forum I think came first, but from reading some posts, it definitely increased the traffic on there) Anyways, I really enjoyed reading some of the posts and there are definitely some players on there who post that I could learn a lot from. Anyways. As I was on the train home I got an idea. Instead of bouncing around, I am going to try and play 100 heads up matches at the $6 turbo level. I figure I should win around 80 of them as I usually win around 80% or so, give or take.

So if I play 100 games, that is $650. If I win 80 of them, that is $960. A profit of $310. Not a bad payday if I can manage that level of success.

So far I have played five since I got home and I am 5-0. Not a bad way to start. This is usually where I go unhinged though, (game number 6), so I may not tempt fate tonight and just wait till tomorrow. I'll see.

Mike comes Thursday from Canada, pretty pumped to see him and to talk poker. I truly believe that if Mike and I lived close to one another (ie same city or town) we would both be making solid money online. As it stands, we play small stakes sngs lol.

Some day...

Monday Morning Quarterback

Played a little this weekend. Nothing major, but being back in Glasgow does allow me to play more than New York so it is a welcome change.

On Friday night I played some cash on Full Tilt and Stars. I lost on both which was yet another reminder to not play cash. So on Saturday I planned on playing heads up sngs and maybe a few full tables ones as well. I began by winning a $13 six seater which was a nice way to start then I won five consecutive $11 heads up games. Not bad at all. $55 profit in about 1.5 hours. Then the 6th game I lost which pissed me off. He hit every miracle card he could and then I pushed with A2 and he called with A9 (blinds were big) I hit a deuce on the flop and I thought justice had prevailed, but a nine on the turn erased any justuce I felt I was owed and thatw as that. I dropped down to $6 heads up games and won two before siging off. A good session. On Sunday I played some more heads up winning four of six but one of the losing games was a $11 while the wins were only $6 so a little profit, but to be honest I was just chilling out watching Bourne Supremecy and didnt mind.

My heads up game is getting stronger every game I play. I rarely lose two in a row and if I get a lead I usually keep it. One major change I am making is folding marginal hands preflop when I am out of position. It is amazing the hands people will call with out of position both preflop and on the flop. And also, especially at the $6 level, if they check the river after check calling flop and/or turn nine times out of ten they fold to a pot sized bet on the river. I am not saying it is fool proof, but I cannot count the number of times I bet with air on the river and they insta fold after checking.

I really enjoy the heads up sngs, and hopefully I can stay focused enough to solely play them.

Hoping to play some more tonight after going to the gym.

Back in Glasgow

Arrived back in Glasgow Tuesday morning after flying from JFK to Heathrow, Heathrow to Glasgow. I showered at home and then took a cab to school. Two inservice days and today, I am teaching. Crazy.

I am pretty much exhausted but glad to be back in a routine. New York was awesome, had a great time, and camp was a good time. By the way, the roller hockey tournament I refereed, my camp won it fort he first time in eleven years. I was glad to see them win, but it was difficult to enjoy it as I was involved. But afterwards, it sunk in and I was very happy for the kids.

OK, so poker related stuff. I have been playing a little lately on Full Tilt and Stars. Stars I am glad to say have finally gotten heads up cash tables. So I have been having a bash at them recently. I have been doing ok as well. On Full Tilt yesterday I lost a little when a guy went on tilt and pushed in for $35 preflop and I called with tens. He had K6 and the flop and river were both kings. C'est la vie I suppose. But I dropped an additional $25 to the same player trying to recoup the losses. I am going to play some heads up matches first, and then cash games. Just so I dont get too over eager.

Stars balance is now $302, Full Tilt $262, Ultimate Bet $360, and Will Hill $90. The fiancee and I have also been talking about our wedding next summer (July 5th) and we need to be saving money better than we have been. So we are both taking half our wages from New York and setting up an account with an additional £200 per month from each of us. That should give us a pretty good sum for the wedding. So for the first time in my life since I began playing poker, I am going to rely on poker to pay bills. I figure I can make $25 per day on poker as long as I stay disciplined and focused. That amount is basically winning four heads up matches at the $6 level which I know I can do with regularity.

Oh, and my friend Mike is coming to visit next Friday for 2 days before he returns to Canada for school. He has been dating an Irish girl for a few years now so he spent the summer there. Im not sure what the odds would be, but I lived with four guys in college, and two of us are now dating Irish girls. I would say, considering we had never been to Ireland and we are both Canadian, they would have been pretty long.