Getting back into online....

After not playing very much online since Vegas I thought it was about time I started pulling my finger out and start playing again..

So just last night I managed to cash in 2nd place for $414 in the Poker Trillion Punters Lounge v Blonde Forum Challenge. Not only did I win the money but I also got 4 points for Punters Lounge.

I have also done quite well playing Sit N Go's lately.... having accumulated about €100 just playing small stakes (€3 and €5 tourneys).... so running hot playing live and online it seems!!

Qualified for league final at Grosvenor...

Due to my successes at Grosvenor this month I have managed to qualify for the 30 player league final to be played on Sunday!

The league had been running from the middle of June until August 24th and I managed to sneak my way into the top 30 after having only 3 points on 5th August..... I managed to accumulate 84 points in total to finish 22nd!!

Looking forward to the final, however I have been seated on a very tough table so it will be very challenging!

The winner will walk away wit £2000, 2nd gets £1000 and 3rd will get £500!

Will let you's know how I get on...

Most successful month!

August has officially been the most successful month of my poker playing career.

After playing in the PokerPlayer champs and doing well I had the urge to play live more.... I usually play online but had got a bit sick and hadn't played much since Vegas!

First off I went to the Grosvenor casino on the Wednesday after the PP Champs to play the £15 freezeout and after playing some of the best poker I've ever played, I won the tourney and got £289!

Next I went back to the Grosvenor on the Saturday for the £10 rebuy and managed to final table again, chopping with four left for £214 each!

I then went to the Circus casino and played in the £30 double chance freezeout and finished 4th in this for £130.... I got a sick beat in this with four left which would have gave me 3/4 of the chips in play if my hand had held up!

I had now cashed in four LIVE MTT tournaments in a row, I'd done this online but not live!

And that wasn't it, I have one tournament since (Saturday night Grosvenor £10 rebuy for £322) and cashed in another (Sunday tournament at Grosv, 4th for £90ish)

So a very good month for me, with a very profitable outcome..... hoping to keep this winning streak going!

PokerPlayer Champs, 6th Place!

I managed to sell all of my shares for this tournament and I'd like to say a big thank you to these people for investing in me:

Michael Ilderton (Slick Mick)

Graeme Morl (Morlspin)

http://www.pokerutd.com/

Eddie Graham

Andy McCafferey

Gareth Walker

As for the tournament, well this was what I posted on PL after..

'Enjoyed this tournament but can't really say that I was overly happy with my play! I've played a lot better in other tournaments and haven't even got close to a final table!

I got quite lucky in the second hand of the tournament when I had 4k of my 5k stack in the middle on a bluff.... luckily I didn't get called!

Managed to get up to around 11k at the first break after the main hand being when I had KQ on a Q high board... pushed it all in only to get called by the small stack who had AA!! I hit a K on the turn which was a bit sick to knock that player out!

I had some really nice hands after the break, the main one being when I won a 7k pot when my set of 8's was better than my opponents set of 4's!! However only managed to have about 14k at the second break.

After the 2nd break I got some cracking hands... can't remember them now but I know that everytime I went in I had the best hand and it held up! Got upto about 52k at the third break with 18 players left!Blinds were getting far too big after the third break and ppl were just pushing and folding from then on really! I just kept stealing the odd blinds, however a lack of cards meant by the time it got to the final table I only had 34k left!

Slick Mick went out in 10th for £50 when his A10 push in the SB ran into JJ wich held up!

A big hand for me was with 9 left, I was on around 40k and in the BB with 88.... it folded round to the short stacked button who pushed for 14k (blinds 4k/8k)... the SB called the 14k and I came over the top and went all in.... the SB folded!

Button flipped over 9d 10d

The flop came Jd 6d 3c which gave him loadsa outs.... the turn was the 9s.... which meant I had 1 out to win the hand...... and bob's ya uncle.... the 8c drops down on the river and I took down a 40k pot!

No more real hands to mention after that, the blinds were just so big that I basically just got blinded out! I pushed my 26k stack in when it had folded round to me in the SB (Q8) only to get called by the BB who was holding AJ..... no help for me and I was out in 6th Place for £280!'

As for the share deal, my £280 win meant that each share bought for 55p was now worth £1.68!!

Staking required for PokerPlayer Champs Newcastle!

I will be playing in the PokerPlayer Champs next saturday (Aug 2nd) and have decided to try something different...
I am going to try and get staked in this event by offering shares in me...

The event is a £50+3.50 freezeout with 100 runners...
Im offering a 1% share in me for the event at £0.55 each, you can buy as many as you want up to a maximum of 100 shares.

I'll be giving back 60% of any winnings from this event to my shareholders, so if you bought 50% of my shares for £27.50 you would then get back 30% of anything that i win.

In other words, if you bought 50% of my shares at £27.50 and I won first prize of £1700 you would get back £510!

If I fail to sell the full 100 shares then I will not go ahead with this offer!

If you intend to buy any shares then please just email me or post up on my facebook profile and I will then sort it from there!

Thanks for reading and fingers crossed I can get some backers!!

APAT Team Champs, Blackpool, 19th July!

I played the APAT Team championship tournament last Saturday and I was part of the Punters Lounge team!

You could get odds of 125/1 for me to win the tourney on BlueSquare which some of my friends took up but unfortunately I was unable to deliver on this occasion but did give it a good shot!

Enjoyed this game a lot though!
I managed to get up to about 14/15k but then went onto lose about 8k in one pot and stayed steady on 5k/6k for about 2 hours!
I then doubled up with JQc when I hit top two pair on the flop, then went onto double up again with 10Js when hitting the nut straight!

Eventually got upto about 50k before blowing up with 88 against JJ. Blinds 1k/2k, i limped in mid position, big stack raised to 8k which I called, flop came down 9 5 5, he bet another 8k, I thought that was a continuation and instantly put him on AJ, AQ, and re-raised to 24k, he went into the tank and went all in, I look down at my stack and realise I only have about 12k left and with a 60k+ pot in the middle I figured I couldnt really fold and made the call.
Jacks held and that was me in 65th!

However was a good experience and really enjoyed it, I think a lack of experience in these games played a part in the eventual outcome! A big well done to Ross (Rosco) for finishing 12th and getting all of the PL points!

Aspers, Wednesday 16th July, 5th Place!

I played the Wednesday night game at Aspers (£10 with 1 rebuy and 1 add on, 72 runners) and managed to get to the break without having to rebuy and not needing an add on as I had around 10k!

I managed to make the final table by the skin of my teeth with a short stack (16k, blinds 2k/4k).

The blinds were going up to 3k/6k in 2 minutes so I had to move fast and luckily found AQ UTG and pushed it in but without any callers. Very next hand, I'm BB and face a raise from the button and I find AA... happy days!!! I push it in and my opponent (Darren Laverick, Virgin Festival Newcastle winner) insta calls with QQ..... My AA holds up and all of a sudden I'm up to 42k!!

3 or 4 more hands later I'm in the action again when I'm faced with a decision. UTG+1 has raised all in for 17k and I look down at AK off-suit, I elect to push my stack in and manage to push the other players out!
My AK goes up against 33 and an Ace on the flop wins the pot for me.... I've got about 70k now!!

The big hands comes about 10 hands later when down to 8 players...
Darren Laverick has pushed all in for 20k and I look down at QQ and push my stack of 70k in, the BB pushes all in for 50k.... I may be in trouble I think, he's gota have a monster to call that!!

But no..

Both players have AQ.... I'm loving it... dodge the two aces in the pack or a miracle straight and I've got more that 3/4 of the chips in play and looking huge favourite to take it down...
But as always is the case for me it seems when I get down to the final table the ace hits the flop and I'm drawing dead as my 2 outs are in each players hands!

Still all is not lost and I still have 20k.... again I build back up with some blind stealing and I am up to 40k-45k with 5 left but with blinds at 5k/10k!

I look down at AQd UTG and obviously push all in and the SB (Darren Laverick) calls with A10, the 10 hits the flop and I'm out in 5th for £110.... a good game just didn't get the luck in the crucial stages!!