tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333766062024-03-13T16:41:20.379+00:00KnightsridgeMy poker worldKnightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-41202428193717308652009-10-07T21:59:00.001+00:002009-10-07T21:59:18.706+00:00Fun Hand<b>Seat 1: Knightsridge ($193.50 in chips) </b><br />Seat 2: x_ROSH125_x ($100.50 in chips)<br /><b>Seat 4: XXXXXXX ($159.60 in chips) </b><br />Seat 5: ??Steve??962 ($75.60 in chips)<br />Seat 6: 3J55 ($100 in chips)<br />Seat 7: Chiren80 ($100 in chips)<br />Seat 8: BE-Tiger ($100 in chips)<br />x_ROSH125_x: posts small blind $0.50<br />pocelucikov: is sitting out<br />XXXXXXX: posts big blind $1<br />JuantotheC: sits out<br />*** HOLE CARDS ***<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [9s 8s]<br /><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_2" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><img alt="" src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" /></td><td class="td2">This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 682x1023.</td></tr></tbody></table><img id="ncode_imageresizer_container_2" src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/anaweb.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" height="855" width="570" /><br />pocelucikov has returned<br />??Steve??962: folds<br />3J55: folds<br />Chiren80: folds<br />BE-Tiger: folds<br />Knightsridge: raises $2 to $3<br />pocelucikov leaves the table<br />x_ROSH125_x: folds<br />XXXXXXX: raises $8 to $11<br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/angry-dog.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /><br />Knightsridge: calls $8<br /><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_3" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><img alt="" src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" /></td><td class="td2">This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 790x182.</td></tr></tbody></table><img id="ncode_imageresizer_container_3" src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/deepstack.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" height="131" width="570" /><br />*** FLOP *** [Jc 2s 5c]<br />XXXXXXX: bets $12.50<br /><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_4" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><img alt="" src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/statusicon/wol_error.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16" /></td><td class="td2">This image has been resized. Click this bar to view the full image. The original image is sized 1023x685.</td></tr></tbody></table><img id="ncode_imageresizer_container_4" src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/Cuba-Trinidad-Caribbean-Sea-Playa-A.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" height="381" width="570" /><br />Knightsridge: calls $12.50<br />*** TURN *** [Jc 2s 5c] [Ts]<br />XXXXXXX: bets $25<br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/funny-pictures-your-cats-evil-plan-.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /><br />Knightsridge: calls $25<br />*** RIVER *** [Jc 2s 5c Ts] [6s]<br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/175698.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /><br />XXXXXXX: bets $111.10 and is all-in<br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/ExcitedCat.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /><br />Knightsridge: calls $111.10<br />*** SHOW DOWN ***<br />XXXXXXX: shows [Ah Kd] (high card Ace)<br />Knightsridge: shows [9s 8s] (a flush, Ten high)<br />Knightsridge collected $316.70 from pot<br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/pillsbury_doughboy.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /><br /><br />XXXXXXX said, "lol run better plz"<br />XXXXXXX said, "yeah chasing backdoors lol in 3 bet pts"<br />XXXXXXX said, "gj'"<br />XXXXXXX said, "ez life"<br />XXXXXXX said, "running like god"<br /><br /><img src="http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj113/Knightsridge/128723641593382284.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" />Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-73912299381239183162009-09-30T19:08:00.005+00:002009-09-30T20:08:05.012+00:00It's a Start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SsOtLMICaSI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Wfx28zSMHm8/s1600-h/its+a+start.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SsOtLMICaSI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Wfx28zSMHm8/s320/its+a+start.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387339987010349346" border="0" /></a><br />Mainly (90%) $100 heads up PLO, with some $50 and a couple hands of a $200 table as well.<br /><br />Good to put two winning days in a row. Been a while since I have had that.<br /><br />I think I played for a little too long at the end of yesterday. That is the long break-even stretch in the graph. I think 1.5 hours is the most I can do just now playing just heads up. Although I think that will increase soon.<br /><br />Hopefully this continues.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-78042603772377004192009-09-29T14:54:00.002+00:002009-09-29T14:57:28.602+00:00ResurganceWhere do I begin?<br /><br />Well, June was my best ever month playing online poker. I made just over 12K and considering it was mainly 200NL and 400NL, I was quite pleased.<br /><br />After June, and spending 9 days in Vegas during the WSOP with my wife in early July, I was feeling great about my poker future. I was committed to taking a year off from teaching in August 2010 to play poker full time; conditional on having £30,000 to put into an account for my wife and I. Kind of like getting paid for a years work in advance. Things were good. Puppies were barking, ice cream was flowing, and butterflies danced around my computer.<br /><br />Then came July, and it brought my first losing month ever since I started this blog. Down 4K.<br /><br />Then came August and my 2nd losing month ever. Down 3K.<br /><br />And now in the twilight of September I am down another 2K and about to make it a hat trick of losing months.<br /><br />It is quite a confidence crusher.<br /><br />I would like to say it is variance, cold decks, blah blah blah, but at some point I have to accept that my game has not been good enough recently to consistently put up big numbers. And more importantly, my mindset.<br /><br />I also think that I should start blogging again. Knowing I am going to report on my progress everyday might shake things up and promote better play. I certainly hope so.<br /><br />I am also going to step back from holdem for a little while and concentrate on PLO. Mainly headsup and some 6max at the 50, 100, and 200 tables.<br /><br />I am aiming for $200-$250 every session, something that I am definitely capable of and have done numerous times before. I want to start small and set realistic goals.<br /><br />If I could make 4-5K a month until Christmas, I would be very pleased and would be able to focus on my goal of having a 60K bankroll come the end of June. This would allow me to put money aside, and also have 10K or so to build on. I currently have a $13.5K bankroll but with fpps and milestone bonuses in the next 2-3 months, it is about $20K.<br /><br />Updates defnitely to follow.<br /><br />Heres to hoping.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-56578441511006527962009-05-22T23:48:00.002+00:002009-05-22T23:50:17.875+00:00Table Selection is Key<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/Shc6EmxtjZI/AAAAAAAAAMc/RQIp_3ivpQ0/s1600-h/3-6.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/Shc6EmxtjZI/AAAAAAAAAMc/RQIp_3ivpQ0/s320/3-6.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338799734073953682" /></a><br />So key in my opinionKnightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-33848050876094240282009-05-06T21:45:00.001+00:002009-05-06T21:45:24.969+00:00Love It<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I5ALIL7T764&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I5ALIL7T764&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-18025299588311116902009-04-30T19:51:00.002+00:002009-04-30T20:00:16.662+00:00AprilLong time no post<br /><br />So April was very abbreviated as my parents came over to visit for 10 days. Had a great time and I think they did as well. We went to Edinburgh, Dublin, and Donegal, the latter two with my wife's parents. It was a good time.<br /><br />Needless to say poker suffered, but that was ok with me.<br /><br />I had a so so month after the dust cleared. I started on fire, up 5K in the first week, but then with the layoff, the 3rd week of April went sour. I had two of my worst nights going -1300 and -2300 on a Friday/Saturday. Just running poor. Nothing really to say other than thats poker. <br /><br />That week also marked the last week of me getting staked. My staker emailed saying he had a terrible week personally along with most of his stakees. I felt bad for him as he is a nice guy and he went out of his way to give other players a chance to move up in stakes, but c'est la vie I suppose. <br /><br />So the last 10 days or so have been me playing on my own dime for the first time in 6 months. It felt weird at first as I was back playing 200NL again, but after the first session it was all good. I made about $2K on my own the last 10 days which with only 3 sessions I was pleased with. (I felt terrible the last few days so no poker). Anyways, I made about 5.5K for the month + fpps. Obviously not amazing, but hell, I'll take it considering it is more than double my day job.<br /><br />Anyways, played a fun hand tonight. 1K and a bit for the session.<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 27667463166 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 30, 08:04:57 ET 2009<br />Table Polyxenos IV (Real Money)<br />Seat 2 is the button<br />Seat 1: 3jaydub ( $329.70 USD )<br />Seat 2: johnmx ( $113.05 USD )<br />Seat 3: VING444 ( $191.50 USD )<br />Seat 4: TomasQ ( $200.00 USD )<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Seat 5: Knightsridge ( $265.70 USD )</span><br />Seat 6: KINGDING114 ( $247.30 USD )<br />Seat 7: dng_ps ( $200.00 USD )<br />Seat 8: Iberico ( $327.85 USD )<br />Seat 9: wazawskiHH ( $222.85 USD )<br />VING444 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />TomasQ posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dealt to Knightsridge [ Th Ts ]</span><br />Knightsridge raises [$5.00 USD]<br />KINGDING114 folds<br />dng_ps raises [$14.00 USD]<br />Iberico folds<br />wazawskiHH folds<br />3jaydub folds<br />johnmx folds<br />VING444 calls [$13.00 USD]<br />TomasQ folds<br />Knightsridge calls [$9.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ <span style="font-weight:bold;">Td, Tc</span>, Jc ]<br />VING444 bets [$10.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$10.00 USD]<br />dng_ps calls [$10.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]<br />VING444 bets [$22.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$22.00 USD]<br />dng_ps raises [$60.00 USD]<br />VING444 calls [$38.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$38.00 USD]<br />** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]<br />VING444 checks<br />Knightsridge bets [$181.70 USD]<br />dng_ps calls [$116.00 USD]<br />VING444 folds<br />Knightsridge shows [Th, Ts ]<br />Knightsridge wins $483.00 USD from main pot<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">dng_ps doesn't show [Js, Jh ]</span><br />Knightsridge wins $65.70 USD from main pot<br /><br /><br />hahahaha pokersKnightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-32965047744876825892009-04-01T12:01:00.002+00:002009-04-01T12:03:13.486+00:00Pond HockeyEvery now and then I get reminded of why I loved growing up in Canada so much.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJvPDtppZtI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJvPDtppZtI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-36362280019064311132009-04-01T11:17:00.002+00:002009-04-01T11:19:57.059+00:00MarchStarted out quite average. Mainly 200NL for the first 35K hands or so. Then the last 15K is mainly 400NL.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SdNNr2nRvwI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Ka0b7wijx_A/s1600-h/march+graph.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SdNNr2nRvwI/AAAAAAAAAMU/Ka0b7wijx_A/s320/march+graph.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319681000644656898" border="0" /></a>Plus about $1200 in fpps and about $500 in omalol.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-76434346268527069762009-03-31T20:13:00.002+00:002009-03-31T20:23:28.183+00:00Long Time No PostBiggest hand I have ever won.<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 26355761515 *****<br />$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, March 25, 09:01:04 ET 2009<br />Table Thora X (Real Money)<br />Seat 2 is the button<br />Seat 2: Moneyball16 ( $547.65 USD )<br />Seat 3: IAmSnow ( $400.00 USD )<br />Seat 4: mdypf ( $379.60 USD )<br />Seat 6: krischnumani ( $821.00 USD )<br />Seat 7: Knightsridge ( $571.80 USD )<br />Seat 8: kemikar ( $416.00 USD )<br />Seat 9: slammedfire ( $400.00 USD )<br />IAmSnow posts small blind [$2.00 USD].<br />mdypf posts big blind [$4.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ Jd Kd ]<br />krischnumani raises [$16.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$16.00 USD]<br />kemikar folds<br />slammedfire folds<br />Moneyball16 folds<br />IAmSnow folds<br />mdypf calls [$12.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 9d, 6d ]<br />mdypf checks<br />krischnumani bets [$40.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$140.00 USD]<br />mdypf folds<br />krischnumani raises [$765.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$415.80 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ As ]<br />krischnumani shows [6c, 6h ]<br />Knightsridge shows [Jd, Kd ]<br />Knightsridge wins $1158.60 USD from main potKnightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-90920899187813769992009-02-05T07:31:00.004+00:002009-02-05T07:35:40.150+00:00Funny 2+2 postThis was posted by Deanglow in the med-high stakes Pokerstars Regs Thread. I thought it was pretty funny.<br /><br />Poker Stars $3/$6 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/17699" target="_blank">View hand 17699</a><br />The Official <a href="http://www.twoplustwo.com/" target="_blank">2+2</a> Hand Converter <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.deucescracked.com/?referrer=converter_2p2" target="_blank">Powered By DeucesCracked.com</a><br /><br /><b>Hero (MP1): $1498.00</b><br />Marccus85 (MP2): $597.00<br />Redstone4 (CO): $406.00<br /><b>GoMukYaSelf (BTN): $795.00</b><br />KiWiKaKi (SB): $814.35<br />NYCskibum (BB): $360.00<br />gyr1 (UTG): $347.75<br />idoubleL (UTG+1): $1370.65<br />mape6693 (UTG+2): $582.35<br /><br /><b>Pre Flop:</b> ($9.00) Hero is MP1 with A<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/spade.gif" alt="" title="Spade" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> A<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/heart.gif" alt="" title="Heart" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://imageshack.us/" target="_blank"><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_3" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><br /></td><td class="td2"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><img id="ncode_imageresizer_container_3" src="http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/3717/byer01jpgrk9.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" height="391" width="570" /></a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://g.imageshack.us/img164/byer01jpgrk9.jpg/1/" target="_blank"><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_8" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><br /></td><td class="td2"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></a><i>3 folds</i>, <span style="color:red;">Hero raises to $18</span>, <i>2 folds</i>, <span style="color:red;">GoMukYaSelf raises to $66</span>, <i>2 folds</i>, <span style="color:red;">Hero raises to $174</span>, GoMukYaSelf calls $108<br /><br /><b>Flop:</b> ($357.00) J<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/spade.gif" alt="" title="Spade" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> 9<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/heart.gif" alt="" title="Heart" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> K<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/club.gif" alt="" title="Club" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> <span style="color:blue;">(2 players)</span><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://imageshack.us/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9704/ninosordomudors3.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:red;">Hero bets $144</span>, GoMukYaSelf calls $144<br /><br /><b>Turn:</b> ($645.00) T<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/spade.gif" alt="" title="Spade" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> <span style="color:blue;">(2 players)</span><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://imageshack.us/" target="_blank"><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_1" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><br /></td><td class="td2"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><img id="ncode_imageresizer_container_1" src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4444/cryingmp4ra1.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" height="448" width="570" /></a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://g.imageshack.us/img213/cryingmp4ra1.jpg/1/" target="_blank"><table id="ncode_imageresizer_warning_5" class="ncode_imageresizer_warning" width="570"><tbody><tr><td class="td1" width="20"><br /></td><td class="td2"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></a>Hero checks, GoMukYaSelf checks<br /><br /><b>River:</b> ($645.00) Q<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/club.gif" alt="" title="Club" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> <span style="color:blue;">(2 players)</span><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://imageshack.us/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1249/maozedongpingpong1962ql1.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:red;">Hero bets $1180 all in</span>, <span style="color:green;">GoMukYaSelf says "lmao i am the worst"</span>, <span style="color:green;">GoMukYaSelf says "wtf"</span>, <span style="color:green;">GoMukYaSelf says "aces?"</span>, GoMukYaSelf folds, <span style="color:green;">GoMukYaSelf says "i got kings"</span><br /><br /><b>Final Pot:</b> $645.00<br />Hero mucks A<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/spade.gif" alt="" title="Spade" class="inlineimg" border="0" /> A<img src="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/images/smilies/heart.gif" alt="" title="Heart" class="inlineimg" border="0" /><br />Hero wins $642.00<br />(Rake: $3.00)<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://imageshack.us/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/9653/dancingmanpg3.jpg" alt="" class="tcattdimgresizer" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" border="0" /></a><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://g.imageshack.us/img398/dancingmanpg3.jpg/1/" target="_blank"><br /></a>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-67296532642031094962009-02-04T20:39:00.004+00:002009-02-04T20:45:13.436+00:00400NLSo I moved up to 400NL this week. I asked the guy staking me if it was cool, and he gave me the green light. It honestly plays similar to 200NL although the regs are better and because of the smaller number of tables they are more frequently playing with me. However, for the most part, there are still some donks willing to donate. This graph is my first three sessions when I am playing no more than 12 tables until I become more comfortable.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SYn9Zj305EI/AAAAAAAAAMM/qxMcVnMpZgM/s1600-h/400NL.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SYn9Zj305EI/AAAAAAAAAMM/qxMcVnMpZgM/s320/400NL.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299045052146050114" border="0" /></a>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-22813955680416112332009-02-04T20:04:00.002+00:002009-02-04T20:05:58.860+00:00It's Snowing!Being from Canada I dont get to see snow a whole lot in Scotland, but the last few days it has been on and off, with Southern England getting it even worse.<br /><br />I love this clip from a great movie, Hook. My dad took me and my little bros to see it when I was in 6th grade. Fantastic movie.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/omA9FVT1pR4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/omA9FVT1pR4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-50534725998080339502009-02-01T19:00:00.003+00:002009-02-01T19:04:20.932+00:00Team Event RecapI was told by our fearless leader <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cambo</span>, to be at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Alea</span> by about 7. I get there about 6:50 and walked into the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Alea</span> in Glasgow for the first time. I had no idea where to go, so I ended up walking upstairs. After a stroll around looking for the poker room, a dealer told me it was downstairs. Off to a good start. I find the tables and see some players on our team, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cambo</span> and Fergus, chatting. Soon after Dale and Ludo join us and we talked about the best ways to approach the night and how finishing in minus points would be absolutely terrible for advancing. (The tournament had 10 opening tables each one an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sng</span>. The winner of the table received 15 points for his team followed by 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nd</span>, 3rd and so on while 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">th</span>, 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">th</span> and 10<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">th</span> places received minus points. The top team after round one advanced to the finals while 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">nd</span> through 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">th</span> went to a playoff to advance to the final)<br /><br />Soon after the table draws were put out and people made their way to their seats. I was at table 2. I sat down and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">didnt</span> recognize anyone, then Damon from The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Cincinnati</span> Club sat down and another player I recognized from playing in Glasgow, Colin. Damon was his usual polite, quiet, and withdrawn self, shouting at people across the room and generally making sure everyone knew he would win and that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Cambo</span> and Bandit would be the first out on their tables. A player at our table, Jack, was kind enough to deal for the table early on.<br /><br />I had no hands early on, I raised 9Ts only be be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">minraised</span> by a nice guy on my left named Andy. I called to see a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">KJT</span> flop and check folded. Andy and I talked about American football for quite awhile, and it took me about point four seconds to realise he was drunk and quite new to poker. He was friendly and for some reason was incredibly interested in what was on my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">ipod</span>. At one point I gave him an earphone to keep him happy. The game started at 25-25 blinds with a 5K starting stack. I had nothing at all through the first 3 levels and after making a so-so call with 3rd pair in a blind v blind pot, I was down to about 4K. I then made a nice call against Damon when blinds were 50-100. Jack limped in mid-position and I was on the button with Q9s. I limped as well (yes I was playing power poker with a strong limp on the button). Damon checked from the BB. The flop came A93 rainbow. Both checked, I checked behind. Turn came another A. Damon checked, Jack checked, I bet 200. Damon then thought about it and made it 500 to play. Jack folded and I called. The river came a 6 and Damon bet another 500. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">insta</span>-called and he mucked 65. It was around this time that we lost our first player of the tournament from a table behind me. Bob, a well known regular in Glasgow poker, stood up and got a little ovation for his premature finish. He even gave the adoring crowd a little hat flip for the attention. Say what you want about live poker compared to online, the social aspect of live is fantastic. A room full of people all talking poker is a lot of fun.<br /><br />I found 77 a little later on but had to fold after a big raise from Damon that I was 95% sure was AA or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">KK</span>. There was one caller and Damon moved in on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">KJ</span>5 flop. He showed AA after Russell folded <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">TT</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">faceup</span>. The blinds now were 150-300 and we had yet to lose a player. I then pick up my first hand of the night, two black aces <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">UTG</span>. I limp in (Live is so different to how I plan online) hoping for a re-raise. Colin obliges and makes it 1350. It is folded to me and I shove for another 3050 on top of his raise. He <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">thn</span> starts talking a little, 'I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">dont</span> think you are giving me <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">credit</span> for a big hand', 'I have a big hand' etc etc. I then think he has <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">JJ</span> maybe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">QQ</span> as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">KK</span> would be an easy call. He counts his chips, thinks a little more and calls. I flip AA, he says '<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">nh</span>' and flips <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">AJo</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Cambo</span> and Dale come and sweat the board. Flop brings two diamonds, and the turn and river come running diamonds and his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Jdiamonds</span> makes a flush. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">gg</span> me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">C'est</span> la vie. So minus four points for the team. Nice.<br /><br />I then ended up to talking to Dale (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">AQ</span> v AA with no outdraw) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Cambo</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">QQ</span> no good v AK) about our chances of advancing. The words 'not good' and 'Fergus and Ludo need to win their tables' were passed around. That being said, as much as we wanted to advance, watching how excited the people were was priceless. And the tables had people all around it cheering their team on, fun to see. I got bored with not being involved so I went back to my original table and volunteered to deal. The table had eight remaining: Russell, Dave, Barry, Jack, Andy, Damon, Colin, and Mary. Damon went first with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">TT</span> v Barry's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">QJs</span> all in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">preflop</span>. Barry and Russel went out next on the same hand v Mary on a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">KQT</span> board. Russell held J9 for the straight, Barry had <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">AJ</span> for a better straight and Mary had QT for bottom two pair. All in on the flop and Mary spiked a Q on the turn for the boat. 5 left. Colin went next on a small hand, but the damage was done when he shoved over Mary's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">UTG</span> raise with AA and Mary called with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">AKs</span>. The flop brought 2 clubs, and the turn completed the flush. 4 left. Dave ended up pushing K6s from the button <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">shortstacked</span>, to be called by Jack with Ax. Andy in the BB thought and thought and after much deliberation folded what I later found out to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">JJ</span>. The board brought no help and Jack doubled through Dave, and Dave was out the next hand. Three handed Andy ended up with a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">shortstack</span> on a hand I cant recall. The heads up between Mary and Jack lasted a long time, which I had to leave early from as I was getting tired and needed a toilet break. After a see-saw match, Jack ended up taking it down w <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">KK</span> v 99. It was a well fought game.<br /><br />After all the tables were accounted for The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Cincinnati</span> Club came in first getting the bye to the final while 'The Seething Farces' (my team) <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">squeaked</span> into 7<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">th</span> place and the playoffs. The 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">nd</span> table was another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">sng</span>, but the starting stacks were determined by your teams position in round one. The starting stacks ended up being: one 8000 stack, two 6500 stacks, one 5000 stack, and three 3000 stacks. I was now the proud owner of 3000 chips and high hopes.<br /><br />The table had the_hair, ____ Duncan (cant remember your name, sorry), Jack from my original table, a woman named Christine, a nice guy named Peter, and a young player on my direct left but I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">didnt</span> catch his name. I had no hands early on but stayed afloat by playing any hand quite hard. I stole a few times to keep in it and we lost a few people before an interesting hand occurred that involves a really neat dynamic of live poker; human error. Jack and Peter were in a pot with Peter in position. The board reads 3d4d6d7d. On the turn, Jack checks. Peter checks behind. But instead of burning and turning the river, Jack says, 'I have the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">Kd</span>,' and flips the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Kd</span>. He immediately realises the hand is not over and flips it back over. We all laugh as he deals the river; 9c. He then checks. As he does this, I instantly think 'How sick would this be if Peter moves in?' Peter, then moves in for about 9K into a 2K pot. I think this is hilarious and pretty much decide this is why I play live poker from time to time. Jack thinks and thinks and folds. Peter then shows the 2d and mucks the other card. Interesting. (For what it is worth, I call I think, that being said, I in no way <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">instacall</span> and totally respect Peter's move).<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">As all</span> this is going on, I see that Dale, Fergus, and Ludo are all out and our team has no way to advance. I am now playing for the 100£ to the table winner. I end up shoving some suited cards to stay in it, then get A9 and snap off Duncan's A6. I then get <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">AJ</span> in the BB and re-raise Peter's button raise all in. He calls and shows AT. The flop comes <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">AAJ</span> and no 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">nd</span> J for a split pot comes and I am chip daddy. But there was only 36K at the table so 3 handed, the blinds were important to steal as much as possible. I end up stealing quite a bit, with the_hair doing his part as well moving in on limped pots. I knew he was doing this but was content to let him steal in the hopes I limp a big hand. I then got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">ATs</span> and limped the button. He shoved A6o from the SB, Jack passed, and I called. He hit a 6 and we are pretty even again. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">dont</span> blame his play at all as he was short and needed to do it. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">Thats</span> the danger with slow playing, but I would do it again in that situation. Jack ended up shoving from the SB to my BB shortly after and I made the call with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">KQ</span>. He had K2 and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">didnt</span> hit. Heads up. The heads up lasted about 10 hands or so, and marked the first time all night I got my money in behind. the_hair limped the button and I checked 52s. The flop came J2J and he bet 3K. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">didnt</span> think he would bet a J, and thought he may fold if I push. I pushed and he made a good call with 33. So obviously the turn is a 2 and I hit trips. He played the hand well, and in hindsight it was a bad play due to the fact he limped the button. The proper play would have been to flat call the flop and lead the turn another 3K regardless what came trying to value a J. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">Thats</span> poker though and it happens to us all. 100£ is cool with me. It was a really fun table and I had a good time talking to the_hair and Duncan throughout the night. Jack was a really nice guy but was on the other side of the table so it was tough to make small talk.<br /><br />All in all the night was a great success in my eyes, and having so many people wanting to play in the event is a great testimony to the poker scene in Glasgow. I got home at about 4:30am when the finals had yet to begin, but I found out today The Cincinnati Club won it. Congrats. I am looking forward to the next one.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-20107109797150357972009-01-31T13:42:00.004+00:002009-01-31T14:01:09.613+00:00Thanks January - You're AlrightMy best month by far. In fact this is actually more than double my best month ever.<br /><br />If I can run like this all the time, then I am a happy man.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SYRVxGsRa5I/AAAAAAAAAME/ET_A1TNisfw/s1600-h/January+Graph.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SYRVxGsRa5I/AAAAAAAAAME/ET_A1TNisfw/s320/January+Graph.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297453363792800658" border="0" /></a><br />On top of the graph I also made about 300-400 in omalol and another 900 or so in fpps. So about a $9500 month. (Although I only keep 1/2 the graph due to getting staked, which is ok though as even with only 1/2 the graph it still beats my best month lol)<br /><br />Next month I want: 1) Play atleast 40K hands, and atleast 6-8K of those at 400NL.<br /> 2) Make 10K not including fpps<br /> 3) 18K vpps (this month I was just short of 15K)<br /> <br /><br />I am playing in a team even tonight at the Alea Casino here in Glasgow. Five players per, twenty teams, 100 players, fifty pound a player, 5K prize pool. If you are bored and want to know how it works, here is a link to the Blonde forum thread about it <a href="http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=37902.270">here</a>. I'll write about how I did tomorrow.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-3577861607321158772009-01-27T22:05:00.003+00:002009-01-27T22:15:32.541+00:00Some Random Vids I Watched TodayI spend way too much time on youtube and other sites. Here are a few of my all time fav vids.<br /><br />Karma is a bitch<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/by934hUw4wQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/by934hUw4wQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Flight of the Conchords is too good<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN0oDnoc3-c&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wN0oDnoc3-c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I watched this goal when I was like eleven years old and Gilmour was my hero, I went bananas when he scored. It is from Don Cherry's Rock'em Sock'em Five. I must have watched that tape 200 times.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qgIxp87YSD4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qgIxp87YSD4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Here is another vid from the '93 playoffs when the Leafs beat Detroit in Joe Louis Arena in game 7. I think the 93 playoffs were the greatest playoffs in hockey history, maybe even sports history. The Leafs playing three consecutive 7 game series', the Kings-Leafs series was the toughest hockey ever played, the Habs winning 10 OT games to win the cup, and the McSorley stick call that Demers used in game 2 in Montreal. The Habs lose that game and go to LA down 2-0 it may have been over. Desjardins hat trick as well. Anyways, here is Borchevsky in OT in game 7 in round 1.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rw5lem-2UjM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rw5lem-2UjM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />I will post more, but I was watching these today. Man oh man I wish I had been older when the Leafs made this run. Such a sick playoffs that I didnt appreciate at the time.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-42186674481824874712009-01-27T21:56:00.004+00:002009-01-27T22:02:15.209+00:00Ship the Cash YoGot home from school, read some 2+2, watched some videos on tsn.ca (Canadian Sports Channel back home), then ordered a chicken kebab with some chips. Wife came home, we ate dinner and watched two episodes of Peep Show. (That show is genuinely incredible). The she went to the gym and I did some grinding. Three hours later, $1005 and 1400 vpps. Life is good.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SX-EFhcwiJI/AAAAAAAAAL8/sHZKQyQVXn0/s1600-h/todays+graph.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 189px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SX-EFhcwiJI/AAAAAAAAAL8/sHZKQyQVXn0/s320/todays+graph.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296096917224196242" border="0" /></a>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-32778421127524331312009-01-24T19:04:00.003+00:002009-01-24T19:27:28.404+00:00HeaterI am most definitely-absolutely-no doubt about it on a heater.<br /><br />I am running so sick. What sucks is that I know it wont last forever, but thats ok.<br /><br />Examples:<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 24130541215 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, January 21, 06:51:36 ET 2009<br />Table Finsen II (Real Money)<br />Seat 6 is the button<br />Seat 1: sixpuck ( $200.00 USD )<br />Seat 2: Iberico ( $248.80 USD )<br />Seat 3: Galam ( $37.00 USD )<br />Seat 4: MCLegend ( $419.10 USD )<br />Seat 5: 8fivesuited ( $200.00 USD )<br />Seat 6: Knightsridge ( $249.65 USD )<br />Seat 7: refeohknarf ( $40.00 USD )<br />Seat 8: SurfRipper ( $126.35 USD )<br />refeohknarf posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />SurfRipper posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ Qd As ]<br />sixpuck folds<br />Iberico folds<br />Galam folds<br />MCLegend raises [$6.00 USD]<br />8fivesuited folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$18.00 USD]<br />refeohknarf folds<br />SurfRipper folds<br />MCLegend calls [$12.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Qs, Js ]<br />MCLegend bets [$32.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$85.00 USD]<br />MCLegend raises [$369.10 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$146.65 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]<br />MCLegend shows [Jh, Jc ]<br />Knightsridge shows [Qd, As ]<br />Knightsridge wins $499.30 USD from main pot<br /><br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 24230610042 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 24, 06:29:07 ET 2009<br />Table Leonid (Real Money)<br />Seat 2 is the button<br />Seat 1: Billy_Low ( $250.95 USD )<br />Seat 2: bet2live ( $40.00 USD )<br />Seat 3: WHERErMYnutZ ( $240.05 USD )<br />Seat 4: Knightsridge ( $351.40 USD )<br />Seat 5: zefi666 ( $44.00 USD )<br />Seat 7: wildogg2k5 ( $200.00 USD )<br />Seat 8: Mucky12 ( $271.95 USD )<br />Seat 9: Schmo800 ( $249.25 USD )<br />WHERErMYnutZ posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />Knightsridge posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ Kc Ks ]<br />zefi666 folds<br />wildogg2k5 folds<br />Mucky12 folds<br />Schmo800 folds<br />Billy_Low raises [$6.00 USD]<br />bet2live folds<br />WHERErMYnutZ folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$18.00 USD]<br />Billy_Low calls [$14.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, Kd, Td ]<br />Knightsridge bets [$25.00 USD]<br />Billy_Low raises [$80.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$306.40 USD]<br />Billy_Low calls [$150.95 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ Th ]<br />Knightsridge shows [Kc, Ks ]<br />Knightsridge wins $499.90 USD from main pot<br />Billy_Low doesn't show [6d, 7d ]<br /><br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 24227118214 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 24, 04:31:04 ET 2009<br />Table Mertona (Real Money)<br />Seat 9 is the button<br />Seat 1: urodoc ( $61.00 USD )<br />Seat 3: yeshwana ( $234.15 USD )<br />Seat 4: RebelGimbert ( $90.00 USD )<br />Seat 6: disruptor44 ( $212.00 USD )<br />Seat 7: Knightsridge ( $239.50 USD )<br />Seat 8: Dr. Fells ( $222.00 USD )<br />Seat 9: MrJoski ( $182.45 USD )<br />urodoc posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />yeshwana posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ Kc As ]<br />RebelGimbert raises [$6.00 USD]<br />disruptor44 folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$18.00 USD]<br />Dr. Fells folds<br />MrJoski folds<br />urodoc folds<br />yeshwana calls [$16.00 USD]<br />RebelGimbert folds<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 6s, 5s ]<br />yeshwana checks<br />Knightsridge bets [$25.00 USD]<br />yeshwana raises [$93.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$196.50 USD]<br />yeshwana calls [$123.15 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ Td ]<br />yeshwana shows [Kd, Ks ]<br />Knightsridge shows [Kc, As ]<br />Knightsridge wins $472.30 USD from main pot<br /><br />In each example, I dont fault my play at all. I think I played them fine. I disagree quite heavily how KK in hand 3 played it, raise that every time imo, and also 67s in hand 2. I just dont think calling a three bet with 67s there is profitable. Most flops will not nail 67s and it means having to call a big flop bet to see a turn. Maybe I am way off base, but the times you do hit a flop with 67s, many times it will miss the other player so calling 18 to win say 40 (18+flop bet which 67s raises=40 or so) is not great poker when it only happens every 4th-5th time. The JJ hand played itself. I am not folding top pair nut flush draw ever there so thats just unlucky. C'est la vie.<br /><br />I ended up making $2500 last week (Monday-Sunday) and this week I am up almost $3200 thus far. Last Sunday was my first $1K day and I have had two more $1K days since then. I am hoping to get in another session tomorrow to cap off the week.<br /><br />I was talking to the guy who stakes me and he mentioned if I wanted to go to 400NL to see what its like we can talk about it for this coming week. LOL. I was playing 50NL 2 months ago.<br /><br />Oh, and Vanessa Rousso sat at a table with me last night. I would never have noticed except the chat box was going mental with people asking her questions. We only played one hand together and she min raised me lol.<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 24204167581 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 23, 11:09:28 ET 2009<br />Table Cruithne VII (Real Money)<br />Seat 3 is the button<br />Seat 2: prtrs ( $52.70 USD )<br />Seat 3: Knightsridge ( $200.00 USD )<br />Seat 5: LadyMaverick ( $206.75 USD )<br />Seat 6: uptownslim ( $494.60 USD )<br />Seat 7: Landoit ( $210.15 USD )<br />Seat 8: DaDestroyer ( $197.00 USD )<br />Seat 9: bet2live ( $40.00 USD )<br />LadyMaverick posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />uptownslim posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ 5c 9s ]<br />Landoit folds<br />DaDestroyer folds<br />bet2live folds<br />prtrs folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$4.00 USD]<br />LadyMaverick calls [$3.00 USD]<br />uptownslim calls [$2.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 3d, Qs ]<br />LadyMaverick checks<br />uptownslim checks<br />Knightsridge bets [$8.00 USD]<br />LadyMaverick raises [$16.00 USD]<br />uptownslim folds<br />Knightsridge calls [$8.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]<br />LadyMaverick checks<br />Knightsridge bets [$22.00 USD]<br />LadyMaverick folds<br />Knightsridge wins $41.85 USD from main potKnightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-2087836124733499842009-01-18T14:52:00.002+00:002009-01-18T14:59:56.098+00:00I Like Poker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SXNCngnHRtI/AAAAAAAAAL0/M4L9flLwzwI/s1600-h/1K+graph.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SXNCngnHRtI/AAAAAAAAAL0/M4L9flLwzwI/s320/1K+graph.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292647233626785490" border="0" /></a><br />It took a little while, but today I had my first $1000 day. I am a little in awe at how much I grinded the tables to be able to put days like this together. When I first started my blog, and pretty much playing online poker seriously, I was playing for pennies, and a $15 day was great. In no way do I think 'I have arrived at poker perfection', nor do I think $1K days will be the norm, but I did not get lucky to make as much as I did today. I am playing good solid poker and it feels so sick to know I earned the money rather than luckboxing my way in.<br /><br />I hope there are a lot more days like this in the future.<br /><br />PS: The largest pot I have ever played online was today<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 24021034542 *****<br />$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 18, 12:58:17 ET 2009<br />Table Rigel V (Real Money)<br />Seat 8 is the button<br />Seat 1: river_r4t85 ( $295.05 USD )<br />Seat 2: x--SoSick--x ( $178.00 USD )<br />Seat 3: Knightsridge ( $297.90 USD )<br />Seat 4: dorla99 ( $141.50 USD )<br />Seat 5: fripotin ( $166.00 USD )<br />Seat 6: sbrick5 ( $520.55 USD )<br />Seat 7: mistoukzz ( $92.45 USD )<br />Seat 8: ariolis30 ( $120.00 USD )<br />Seat 9: lllFSlll ( $289.65 USD )<br />lllFSlll posts small blind [$1.00 USD].<br />river_r4t85 posts big blind [$2.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ 9c 9s ]<br />x--SoSick--x folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$6.00 USD]<br />dorla99 folds<br />fripotin folds<br />sbrick5 calls [$6.00 USD]<br />mistoukzz folds<br />ariolis30 folds<br />lllFSlll folds<br />river_r4t85 calls [$4.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 6s, Kh ]<br />river_r4t85 checks<br />Knightsridge bets [$12.00 USD]<br />sbrick5 raises [$34.00 USD]<br />river_r4t85 calls [$34.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$279.90 USD]<br />sbrick5 calls [$257.90 USD]<br />river_r4t85 folds<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]<br />Knightsridge shows [9c, 9s ]<br />Knightsridge wins $633.80 USD from main pot<br />sbrick5 doesn't show [Kd, As ]Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-6796703299673096752009-01-14T20:35:00.003+00:002009-01-14T20:45:10.740+00:00200NL + Heater = Good TimesPlayed 200NL last night and tonight and I had 2 of my best cash sessions ever. If I had continued either session I am 90% sure I could have eclipsed $1000 on atleast one of them (I have never hit $1K in a day yet), but last night I was a little tired, and tonight the wife and I were eating dinner then chilling.<br /><br />I can only hope this run continues for a looooooooong time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SW5OUqPrCVI/AAAAAAAAALs/_7HloK1TOIM/s1600-h/last+2+days.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SW5OUqPrCVI/AAAAAAAAALs/_7HloK1TOIM/s320/last+2+days.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291252729051285842" border="0" /></a>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-30908026525661576782009-01-13T19:32:00.003+00:002009-01-13T19:38:34.446+00:00Update and Moving On UpWell last week I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">didnt</span> play very much as I was in Ireland for the weekend. My wife's grandmother had her 90<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> birthday so it was a big family thing.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Convo</span> from the night:<br /><br />me: 'Happy Birthday Granny (I call her granny cause everyone does) is your birthday today or is it later this week?'<br />her: 'Yes, the dinner was very good'<br />me: 'Yeah, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ok</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">umm</span>, what do you think of the music tonight, not bad eh?'<br />her: 'Oh goodness no, not me for me, the dancing is for the young ones.'<br /><br />So in a way, I guess a 90 year old woman shot me down.<br /><br />Anyways, I made $300 in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">holdem</span> and about another $100 or so in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">omaha</span> last week. I am even more excited for this week though because I contacted my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">staker</span> about moving up to 200<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">NL</span> and he is all for it. So I am going to grind the 200<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">NL</span> tables for a little while. Should be fun. I start tonight when he is doing a session with me over <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">skype</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Im</span> not sure if I am playing and he talks me through or he plays and talks through it. Either way I am up for it. I think I will be playing a session directly afterwards.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Heres</span> to hoping.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-69053340474730892242009-01-04T17:35:00.005+00:002009-01-04T17:45:24.434+00:00First weekend of '09Played a little last night, 12 tabled for about an hour and a half. Then played some more this morning, 16 tabled for about 2 hours. I may play some more tonight but I have work in the morning, and a 6:45 wakeup for the first time in 2 weeks may be tough.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SWD1MoJRVFI/AAAAAAAAALg/bXgeyFMjRlU/s1600-h/weekend+graph.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PXk1s7XdD04/SWD1MoJRVFI/AAAAAAAAALg/bXgeyFMjRlU/s320/weekend+graph.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287495559816500306" border="0" /></a>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-76295492123129131412009-01-02T21:59:00.003+00:002009-01-18T17:22:45.381+00:00Goals for 2009Well its 2009.<br /><br />2008 was good. I moved into full ring from 6max. And I went from playing 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NL</span> to being a semi-reg at 100<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NL</span>. Without a doubt however, my game has grown in leaps and bounds. I started the year playing 25<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">NL</span> and winning $70-100 in a day (1-2 hour sessions mainly) was sick good. I am now playing 3-4 hour sessions at 100<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NL</span> and I am making more in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">fpps</span> alone.<br /><br />December 2008 also saw the first month that I made more from poker than I do as a secondary school teacher. It is both cool and disturbing at the same time. Cool because money is great and I love to play. Disturbing because I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">dont</span> feel like I earned the money at poker. Its a game I play on a computer while wearing pyjamas. Teaching on the other hand, I have to get up at 6:45am five times a week, wear a tie, do a shitload of paperwork, and try and get my kids ready for exams. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Dont</span> get me wrong, I like teaching, kids are cool, and when you get a kid to understand something for the first time its a great feeling. That being said, wearing jogging pants and a t-shirt, and hitting top set 100BB+ deep is a better feeling.<br /><br />So with that in mind here are my goals for 2009:<br /><br />1. Play 700K hands this year (I will be aiming for 60K a month)<br />2. Keep Supernova for the entire year (aka hit 100K vpp before end of June)<br />3. Hit 200K <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">vpps</span> for the year which would give me the 200K milestone bonus of $2000<br />4. Move up to 200<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">NL</span> permanently and maybe the odd shot at 400NL from time to time<br />(and this is pushing it I think.....but)<br />5. Make $40,000 including <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">fpp</span> cash bonuses.<br /><br />I currently have $4500 in my roll (just took out 3K for various things, but that is the last cashout for awhile) and 52,670 fpps. From now on I am only cashing out the 250,000 fpp bonus for $4,000. With 200K vpp over the year, that is 700K fpps. That is almost three $4,000 bonuses. Combine that with the 200K $2000 bonus and I could have almost $14,000 in fpps alone. That would put me at 35% of my goal already.<br /><br />Anyways, those are my goals.<br /><br />I fly to Glasgow tomorrow morning and I hope to put in a session tomorrow night.<br /><br />Heres to Hoping.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-23570293581972244782009-01-02T21:47:00.002+00:002009-01-02T21:59:08.793+00:00Last 2 WeeksI am currently at my wife's family's house in Dunloy Northern Ireland, but we head back to Glasgow tomorrow morning. I spent the last week at her family's summer home in Donegal which is is the republic. However, there is no internet there so I have just spent 2 hours getting back into some things I missed in the sports/poker/news world.<br /><br />Anyways, had a good Christmas. Ate too much and slept late. Pretty normal for most.<br /><br />I played twice while I had internet during my first week of the break. The first was for an hour and I made $115, the second was for about 5 hours and I made $510. My game is coming along nicely and I am trying some new things with my game which are working out...always nice when that happens.<br /><br />The 2nd week I basically hung out with the wife's family and watched movies. Here are some I can remember.<br /><br />Layer Cake - great movie, not as good as Lock Stock or Snatch, but very entertaining<br />In Bruges - Hilarious. Colin Farrell was very good.<br />The Holiday - Wife loves this film, its alright.<br />Remember the Titans - Cheesey over the top American football film. How can you not like it?<br />The 9th Gate - Plot is weak, script is weak, but I always like watching it<br />The Family Stone - Christmas Movie on tv that I never heard of it and was surprisingly impressed with.<br />Lucky Number Slevin - Entertaining, but found it tried too hard to be slick and twisty<br />The Usual Suspects - In my top 5 easy. Seen it over 50 times and still get a chill in the coffee cup scene<br />Bad Boys 2 - Shit just got real.<br /><br />Thats all I can think of right now but there is about 4-5 more. All in all, quite a productive holiday.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-24687958613800114412008-12-19T17:42:00.000+00:002008-12-19T17:43:09.936+00:00Blogger Tourney Yo<div style="height:140px;width:100%;"><a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/blog_tournament/"><img src="http://www.pokerstars.com/images/wbcoop/WBCOOP_banner2.gif" alt="Online Poker" align="left" style="margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><p>I have registered to play in the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/blog_tournament/">PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker</a>!</p><p>The WBCOOP is an online <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/">Poker</a> tournament open to all Bloggers.</p><p>Registration code: <script>document.write(paramCode)</script>528509</p></div>Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33376606.post-35812816713690464052008-12-10T07:51:00.002+00:002008-12-10T07:56:31.378+00:00100NLPlayed last night after work. I 16 tabled 100Nl for about 4 hours. I ended up playing about 4600 hands and I won $330. I also took in about 5K in fpps.<br /><br />Here's the biggest hand I won:<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 22762403112 *****<br />$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 09, 11:52:56 ET 2008<br />Table Draco IV (Real Money)<br />Seat 2 is the button<br />Seat 1: LuckySOB ( $128.95 USD )<br />Seat 2: Knightsridge ( $123.00 USD )<br />Seat 5: sahas81 ( $17.00 USD )<br />Seat 7: Timm Piwo ( $24.95 USD )<br />Seat 8: mrcrgl ( $41.85 USD )<br />Seat 9: dexter1984 ( $100.00 USD )<br />sahas81 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].<br />Timm Piwo posts big blind [$1.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ 9c 9h ]<br />mrcrgl folds<br />dexter1984 folds<br />LuckySOB raises [$3.50 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$3.50 USD]<br />sahas81 folds<br />Timm Piwo calls [$2.50 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Kh, 9s ]<br />Timm Piwo checks<br />LuckySOB bets [$7.50 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$22.00 USD]<br />Timm Piwo folds<br />LuckySOB raises [$117.95 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$97.50 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]<br />LuckySOB shows [Js, Qs ]<br />Knightsridge shows [9c, 9h ]<br />Knightsridge wins $247.00 USD from main pot<br /><br />Heres my biggest loss:<br /><br />***** Hand History for Game 22761657949 *****<br />$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 09, 11:17:19 ET 2008<br />Table Gemini (Real Money)<br />Seat 6 is the button<br />Seat 1: dexter1984 ( $105.70 USD )<br />Seat 2: Pacodgg ( $86.10 USD )<br />Seat 4: Vurczi ( $100.00 USD )<br />Seat 5: glissdaddy ( $122.05 USD )<br />Seat 6: xTJaxx ( $100.00 USD )<br />Seat 7: Knightsridge ( $100.00 USD )<br />Seat 9: Doylestown ( $100.00 USD )<br />Knightsridge posts small blind [$0.50 USD].<br />Doylestown posts big blind [$1.00 USD].<br />Vurczi posts big blind [$1.00 USD].<br />** Dealing down cards **<br />Dealt to Knightsridge [ Kh Ac ]<br />dexter1984 folds<br />Pacodgg raises [$4.00 USD]<br />Vurczi folds<br />glissdaddy folds<br />xTJaxx folds<br />Knightsridge raises [$16.50 USD]<br />Doylestown folds<br />Pacodgg calls [$13.00 USD]<br />** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, Ah, Jh ]<br />Knightsridge bets [$12.00 USD]<br />Pacodgg raises [$40.00 USD]<br />Knightsridge raises [$56.00 USD]<br />Pacodgg raises [$29.10 USD]<br />Knightsridge calls [$1.10 USD]<br />** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]<br />** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]<br />Knightsridge shows [Kh, Ac ]<br />Pacodgg shows [Ad, Qd ]<br />Pacodgg wins $171.20 USD from main pot<br /><br />The AQ guy was playing quite erratic and thats why I raised so much preflop. I figured there was a chance I was behind when he riased but had a lot of outs with the K, T, or backdoor flush.Knightsridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05639109508102860267noreply@blogger.com0