Hello to anyone who is reading this, glad to have you along. I have been a little tardy with updating the blog so I thought I had better update it now and get back on the blog writing horse again.
I have had a pretty good couple of weeks so I have a bit to share. I managed my best ever tournament result on Friday 20th January when I came second in the mini primetime deepstack on PKR. There were 1066 runners so second place is pretty good. I had a 3:1 chip lead going into the heads up play but I went totally card dead and when I had a hand I was dominated (A9 v AJ on an A52 board) which crippled me and I eventually had to settle for second. I took home $650 which is pretty impressive for a $5 entry tournament.
But as anyone who reads this blog or knows me knows, cash tables are my passion and things have gone well there too. I have run at 10bb/100 at NL10 for the month over 10,000 hands and overally my play has been pretty solid. As my bankroll has built up nicely now I have decided to move back to NL25, i played my 1st session today and managed to finish 3 BI's up which is a nice start. I will post some thoughts on the standard etc in a few weeks once I have the feel back for it, it's been 10 months since I played NL25 so not sure how it has changed. I enjoyed the session though, I found it much easier to put people on hand ranges as the play is that bit better than NL10 where people are playing any 2 cards.
Also I am looking to play a couple of live tournaments this year. I have never played live in a casino so it is something I am itching to do. I have signed up to attend the PKR meet in Southend this June so that will be great and I intend to play something before that, possibly a visit to Dusk till Dawn in Nottingham to play something there so I am not a total novice come June!
I will leave you with a couple of hands that went well and I believe show the standard at NL10 that I am leaving behind.
NL10 Hand 1
NL10 hand 2
and one to show NL25 isn't too different lol
NL25
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Thursday, 5 January 2012
New Year New Blog and a New Mod!
Hi to all my readers and a happy new year to you.
Been a while since I last blogged due to the Christmas period and doing things other than clicking buttons and smashing computer screens! Christmas was excellent for me this year, I ate far too much, drank way too much and generally had a fantastic time with the best friends and family a guy could ask for. The new year see's me starting a health kick as I need to lose some weight so drinking and bad foods are out for a while.
Poker wise it was a steady old December really I did ok breaking fairly even but I am working on my game in a big way at the minute. Lots of little leaks have meant a fairly break even year (well if not for rakeback lol) so I am determined to move on and improve in the year ahead. The pokerzion training course I signed up for is going really well, I like the weekly video's and articles they send out and it works for me. I also bought Poker Math that Matters by Owen Gaines which seems an excellent book. I am part through it, I will review it when I finish but it explains maths so well and easily that already it looks a great buy.
One last thing to report is that just before Christmas I was asked to be a forum moderator on the PKR forums. I have been a part of the community and regular forum poster for over 2 years now so it was an honor to be asked. It's not a taxing task, just editing posts, removing threads and generally upholding the forum rules but I enjoy it and feel it lets me give a bit back to the forums by helping to keep it a fun and vibrant place to talk poker.
Well that's it folks will try to keep a bit more regular and hopefully this year is the year I move on a level!
cheers for reading and good luck at the tables.
Been a while since I last blogged due to the Christmas period and doing things other than clicking buttons and smashing computer screens! Christmas was excellent for me this year, I ate far too much, drank way too much and generally had a fantastic time with the best friends and family a guy could ask for. The new year see's me starting a health kick as I need to lose some weight so drinking and bad foods are out for a while.
Poker wise it was a steady old December really I did ok breaking fairly even but I am working on my game in a big way at the minute. Lots of little leaks have meant a fairly break even year (well if not for rakeback lol) so I am determined to move on and improve in the year ahead. The pokerzion training course I signed up for is going really well, I like the weekly video's and articles they send out and it works for me. I also bought Poker Math that Matters by Owen Gaines which seems an excellent book. I am part through it, I will review it when I finish but it explains maths so well and easily that already it looks a great buy.
One last thing to report is that just before Christmas I was asked to be a forum moderator on the PKR forums. I have been a part of the community and regular forum poster for over 2 years now so it was an honor to be asked. It's not a taxing task, just editing posts, removing threads and generally upholding the forum rules but I enjoy it and feel it lets me give a bit back to the forums by helping to keep it a fun and vibrant place to talk poker.
Well that's it folks will try to keep a bit more regular and hopefully this year is the year I move on a level!
cheers for reading and good luck at the tables.
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