January 7, 2008
- I was getting worried
Well the 100K challenge got a whole lot worse as I actually dipped under 5k yesterday and was considering dropping levels. But I recovered slightly to finish on a total of $6222!! which is slightly down on last time.
Damn if I havent had yet another bad session at PLO, lost over $2000 over the weekend [...]
December 26, 2007
- A little festive cheer-less
Well I must say that I have had better Christmas’s. That food posioning that I thought that I had got the better of….well that statement was a little premature and to top that off, I have also come down with a bad cold.
The poker has been put on hold until early January so nothing to [...]
December 22, 2007
- Christmas….and all is well.
All is well with the world this morning, my food poisoning (if that is what it was) seems to have past and I have been feeling much better over the past 48 hours. I had not played any poker for a while so I was hungry to get back into the fray.
I took my overall [...]
December 18, 2007
- Poker….what poker?
This will be the shortest blog I have ever done as sitting upright at my PC is not what I really want to be doing right now but I did not want to leave it too long inbetween posts.
I have been feeling rather ill since Saturday and have been resting up…..to be quite honest I [...]
December 13, 2007
- Told you so….but still don’t worry
I had a wickedly bad session in the 100K Challenge early this week….man was that sick. But have had a couple of winning sessions since including one today. I cannot remember off the top of my head what my total is so that will have to wait until my next blog….sorry but I dont have [...]
December 11, 2007
- Looking at the future
Well I have been making my plans recently for 2008 and I think that it is shaping up to be an exciting year poker wise. The 100K Challenge is starting to pick up a head of steam and I am looking to do another Challenge starting on the 1st January and run it side by [...]
December 4, 2007
- Damn technology
Just treated myself to a new laptop today with Windows Vista. My first experience of Vista as I have XP on my three other PC’s. Well I have still not figured out how to switch on the internal modum and the built in manual is no help either…. .
Can’t really say that I am looking forward [...]
November 30, 2007
- Getting down to business
Won a further $211 in the 100K Challenge over the past several shortish sessions. My bankroll now stands at $3915!!
If I remember to do it, I will calculate my hourly rate in my next blog which should have the next rakeback payment to boost it along and that blog should hopefully go live on Sunday.
I [...]
November 24, 2007
- It would be so sweet
Serious moves are afoot in the States to overturn the anti-online poker bill that came in to force in the autumn of 2006 and I for one will pop the champagne when it gets overturned and I think that there is a very good chance of that.
The games online on average have toughened up over [...]
November 22, 2007
- I would gladly swap
Well I had a fantastic day yesterday in the 100K Challenge and played in two seperate sessions and won $721!! This takes my bankroll to an earth shattering $2967!! It was just one of those days where everything went right which is a day that I have rarely experienced in the challenge so for and [...]
November 12, 2007
- A little dilemma
Firstly, just like to say a big well done to Joe Beevers of the Hendon Mob for winning the grand final of the Great Britain Poker Tour in Bristol in the early hours of this morning.
He beat Rob Akery into second place with fellow mobster Barney Boatman coming third. Well done also to Neil "bad [...]
October 31, 2007
- Raking it in
OK…OK…..Lets get the damn thing out of the way right here and now….lost $96 in the 100K Challenge and bankroll now stands at $882!
There said it, what are my chances of doing this???…….Slim.
Anyway, dont want to dwell on that too much because it is depressing me. A few people have asked me over the [...]
October 21, 2007
- Step up and join in
Yeah thats right…feel free to join in….join in what?….kicking the s**t out of me thats what because the last 48 hours have been something of a mare. Firstly, dipped $187 in the 100K challenge so my brief trip into being ahead land is over and my roll now stands at $843!
Second, I have lost over [...]
October 17, 2007
- Thin end of the wedge
I would dearly like to say that what has just happened on Pokerstars was well and truly a one off event but anyone who knows either me, my beliefs, background or has read any of the articles on this site will know that not to be the case anyway.
What am I talking about? Namely the big cheating [...]
October 13, 2007
- Hi….my name is Larry!
Read an interesting article this week by Daniel Negreanu in Cardplayer about different types of players. The ones that stay at certain levels and earn an easy $2000 a week and the ones of a similar skill level who are always busting out because they are forever trying to move up.
He says that the latter [...]
October 9, 2007
- You just have to love it
I think that one of the prime requisites for success in poker is having a sheer love of the game. OK, so we all like the game or we would not be playing it but can you honestly say that you are in love with it. Could you devote your every spare hour to either [...]
September 25, 2007
- Cash Game Results
I have had a few e-mails recently asking me about my cash game results as I have not been mentioning them much. Well I have been playing a lot more PLO lately in the 6 max games and been doing very well in the $2-$4 and $3-$6 games. It is surprising how much money you [...]
September 23, 2007
- The Subject of Bots
The subject of my blog today is not just about Bots but cheating in poker and especially online. The reason why I am talking about this now is because of the recent publicity surrounding ABSOLUTE POKER and FULL TILT.
Firstly as with most things, whenever there is any news that is either positive or negative then [...]
September 14, 2007
- Its getting tougher
You bet your life that online poker is getting tougher, I recently viewed a statistic that said that only 9% were making it pay over the long term whatever “long term” means.
But I have spoken to a few people recently who even doubt the validity of that figure and think that it is nearer 5% [...]
September 12, 2007
- Forum fondness
I must take this opportunity to comment on the overall effectiveness of joining a very good poker forum when it comes to improving your game. I joined the Hendon Mob forum in early Feb this year and it has improved my game quite a bit. There are some very knowledgable people on that site and [...]
