Played moderately well in the £30 triple-chance freezeout at the Grosvenor last night. There were a couple of big hands I missed out on through being too shy to put my chips in, but after being down to 2,000 chips soon after the break, I got up to 30,000 plus and a strong position. Only 7 places paid, and I finally went out around 2.15 a.m. when my QQ was mashed by AK. (I'd carefully avoided going up against the other big stacks, but QQ was irresistible.) Oh well, 13th place.
Then, having caught the roulette bug, I put £10 down and went home with £50, mainly through betting on Odd and the ball landing on 13.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Monday, 26 May 2008
Time out
After a run of losses I've taken a break except for the odd dabble. Sky Poker has been revamped and they've cut back on the expenses: no studio guests on quiet nights, and no broadcast on AtTheRaces cable channel. Tonight my pocket tens just held up and I've gone into the break in the top ten. :-)
I've been down to the Grosvenor a few times, just for fun, and got nowhere. A couple of times I was doing okay until I got rivered. Waiting around the other night, I played roulette for the first time, sprinkling my £10-worth of chips around the table. Beginners' luck: ten minutes later I had £40.
I've been down to the Grosvenor a few times, just for fun, and got nowhere. A couple of times I was doing okay until I got rivered. Waiting around the other night, I played roulette for the first time, sprinkling my £10-worth of chips around the table. Beginners' luck: ten minutes later I had £40.
Saturday, 8 March 2008
Aces up
Aces have been holding up well for me tonight. I've caught an ace four times out of five.
Early on, re-reraised all-in with AQ after the shortstack had gone all in, there were two callers, and I was happy to see that I was the only one of the four of us with an ace. Sure enough, I hit my pair and tripled up.
But I made a stupid raise against a guy (Lucky 13 13) who obviously had an overpair, and guess what, he had an overpair. That time no ace came to my rescue.
There's a new poker analyst tonight, James Browning, who has a definite north-east twang.
Early on, re-reraised all-in with AQ after the shortstack had gone all in, there were two callers, and I was happy to see that I was the only one of the four of us with an ace. Sure enough, I hit my pair and tripled up.
But I made a stupid raise against a guy (Lucky 13 13) who obviously had an overpair, and guess what, he had an overpair. That time no ace came to my rescue.
There's a new poker analyst tonight, James Browning, who has a definite north-east twang.
Friday, 7 March 2008
Primo
Paul, Jason, Trevor and Richard line up ahead of tonight's tourney.
I started well but I've been betting too often, whittling my stack down to 1,000 chips. Still in though! And when I get bored I can follow the live updates on the big tournament at the Vic in London.
9.47 pm update: out, A7 beating my AJ. :-(
It's been dormant for a while, but Sky have started posting to their poker blog again, and it's a good place to keep up-to-date.
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
AAgh
First hand shown on the Open show tonight was Pheebs' AA being cracked by Jim-the-Tim's AK. There was a king on the flop, but one king had been mucked, so Jim was drawing to a one-outer, and hit his set on the river.
I was reminded of that hand when I went out exactly on the hour mark. I'd been bumbling along short-stacked until I trebled up with AT, but soon afterwards came the killer: the cutoff raised (with QTs), I reraised on the button all-in with AA, she called. I watched the screen from behind my hand, and sure enough, she made her flush on the river.
I was reminded of that hand when I went out exactly on the hour mark. I'd been bumbling along short-stacked until I trebled up with AT, but soon afterwards came the killer: the cutoff raised (with QTs), I reraised on the button all-in with AA, she called. I watched the screen from behind my hand, and sure enough, she made her flush on the river.
Friday, 29 February 2008
Boot Camp ahoy!
Sky's Poker Boot Camp is next weekend, 8-9 March, and sounds excellent. Tickets are £250 but I'm going to put some effort into the qualifying freerolls in the next couple of days.
One of tonight's guests on the Open is John McCririck. John often goes to Vegas and he's played with the likes of Doyle Brunson and Dave Ulliott.
I'm out of the Open already... in 511th. I had 99 and the flop came 278. I bet, lillady called. 4th street was a 9 so I went all-in. Guess what she had? I think I was unlucky; what do you think??
One of tonight's guests on the Open is John McCririck. John often goes to Vegas and he's played with the likes of Doyle Brunson and Dave Ulliott.
I'm out of the Open already... in 511th. I had 99 and the flop came 278. I bet, lillady called. 4th street was a 9 so I went all-in. Guess what she had? I think I was unlucky; what do you think??
Thursday, 28 February 2008
28th
Guests on the Open tonight were poker insiders Paul Cheung and Nick van der Weyer.
The final tablists were Shanemus, Chip 10-10, Parks, Flying High, Clinically and Gemma Mac. The game lasted longer than usual, and it was only at 11.45 that Flying High was crowned champion, winning £1287.
I came 28th on the 28th. I started card-lucky, winning 4 of the first 7 hands, but was whittled away to 1700 chips before QQ helped me triple up. Just before the break I had my first lucky break. I pushed with KQ and ran into AA (T9 came along for the ride) but a ten-high straight came on the board. After the break, my tens held up against fives but I was made to sweat: a five came on the flop and a ten on the river! Another lucky break - my AQ hitting an ace on the river - left me with 56,000 chips but then I blanked 14 hands in a row and was out. Chip 10-10 was sitting on my table, and while I was sitting on my hands he was busy stealing the blinds.
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