November review - mega tilt

I won $10,127 in November + $1000 bonus yet it should have been about $3000 more. Now as a result I am on mega tilt and already down $1500 for this month. I thought it was tilt but I have just checked my ev and I am down $1500 to ev so all my losses are down to bad luck but it also means that I am playing bad considering I have played this month and would have only broken even which means my game is suffering.

My luck is sooooooooooooooo bad at the moment and losing key races and games when things look to be turning around. Really do need to sort my head out before it gets any worse.

Cant be arsed typing anything else really am pissed off.

Good luck

Much needed good ending to the month

Started off as usual flew up then went back down and leveled out for a bit but finally my luck has turned, winning 55/45s and 50/50s splitting pots that should be split and my hands are holding and as a result I won $16,012 which includes rakeback and blackcard member bonus which is half way through a $2k bonus so will get the rest this month hopefully.

Still in Thailand and loving it, however I cant get in touch with the bloke I have the 2nd villa with for the other 2 months of my stay which is a bit worrying. Hopefully he will turn up if not I have only lost the deposit but it means I have to search for another place to stay.

The winnings this month means that I have now reached my yearly goal of $100,000. My profit for this year with rakeback and bonuses now stands at $102,296. As there is 2 months left I am hoping my yearly profit will be around the $125k mark. I am very happy to have reached my target already but I really do think I could have done a lot better this year. Only time will tell next year but I hope to make at least $25k more next year. There are a few months here looking at the side bar where I just ran really bad which of course is variance but also bad play through tilt. If I can just remove that I can make at least another $25k easy!

Anyway hope your all enjoying the cold weather at home in europe :P

GL

Shit month again

Got off to a great start, went on MEGAAAAAAAAAAAA tilt and lost loads then won back some then lost some then won back some then lost some lol. Story of the month really and a month to forget. With rakeback and bonuses I ended up with $3600 for the month, PATHETIC and not enough.

This month got off to a great start again and then through bad luck/tired and tilted play I lost it back but this morning I have just won it back again so I am about £900 up for the month so far + rakeback + I have cashed in a $2000 blackcard bonus which is a new type of bonus store on FullTilt. Still pisses me off though only being credited $20 a time, I just want them to hold it until the full $2000 has been earned.

Thailand is great, it was shit at first, I hated Bangkok and Pattaya, disgusting places really, full on in your face, dirty, smelly and annoying but now I am in Samui it is like a paradise. Kuala Lumpur was a great place to visit and I wouldnt mind going back there again.

Need to get myself back into winning ways this month, just glad to be in this villa now so spending money has slowed right down and I am enjoying playing poker a lot more in the comfort of a house rather than a horrible dirty hotel room. Did I tell you that pattaya is horrible??

Good luck anyway

Bad end to what was a good month

I ended the month $10,300 in profit but somehow I feel sick as fuck and pissed off that I am not up more. I lost about $4400 in the last 2 days of the month or so and although I have won it back already this month it just feels like I am down.

I have to admit, reviewing my play in July I was awful, tilt set in through sheer horrible badbeats and I was just wanting to gamble and although I was getting it in most times as 55 or 60% fav it doesnt matter, I am a better player than to just rely on coin flipping with people I should just own.

Still had some bad luck last month but I feel it has turned around now, I am playing better and also getting a few outdraws in myself now and again which feels good.

I fly to Thailand in 10 days and I just pray that the internet is good and stable enough over there for me to play poker without having to worry about timing out every few minutes.

Gambling wise I had a good start to the month winning a few bets but towards the end as always they get it back lol. As long as I am not losing though it doesnt matter too much as its just purely for entertainment.

This month has started well so I am hoping it could be a very good month that would mean I could relax a lot more for my months in Thailand. Looking forward to just sitting in the pool at the villa in the sun with a nice cold beer!

This months winnings means that I am $82,600 up for the year and just $17,400 away from my yearly target. I will be very happy if I can meet that target by the end of this month :)

Good luck!

July was a shit month

Ended the month $3900 up, proper gutted really, I have been playing high stakes this month $500 and $1k sngs and I have ran so bad in them. Just general shit like PP vs overs, overs v PP, Ace face vs ace rag etc just lost all of that stuff. Played a bit out of my bank roll really and will be taking a step back this month and back to the grind. Thailand is in less than 45 days so I need to get myself right before I head out there.

Had a long session on the horses this month, won about £4k in 2 days then lost most of it back, not really arsed to be honest its just for fun but a bit stupid really. I have got a screen shot of my monthly graph below, kind of sick really the swings this month.

Just looking over it now I had a near enough $10k down swing mid way through the month a couple of 2k, 3k and 4k down swings also. Higher stakes are sick but the rewards can be so much greater.

One thing I have realised this month is how blessed I am with the discipline I have after seeing other players just tilt day in day out and trying to teach my friend how to play I have realised that not tilting as much as I used to is such a key in this game. Some people lose 1 game and tilt for the whole day just because of 1 bad beat.

I have ran so bad in the last month and even the start of this month but I have managed to keep my head for most of it and I know long term it will pay off for me.



Going to stay in for the whole month near enough this month, put the hours in and hopefully reap the rewards.

Good luck at the tables!

End of June review

Well I fucked up towards the end, jet lagged I played tired and done about $3k in 3 days so my monthly result not too good. Took a break for a couple of days and slept loads so now over it I think.

$7200 was the end of the month figure, well below my expectations but Vegas took a lot out of me. I am well up on the world cup now after a good few days betting in the last 16. Going to calm down a bit now with the quarter finals as the games are much tougher.

If I don't at least double what I made this month in July I will be disappointed! On a plus side I am well ahead of my $100k yearly target I am currently on $68,484 for 6 months. I now feel I can make at least $150k this year hopefully more.

Good luck!

Vegas done with!

Well it didn't go as well as I planned, lost about $10k on blackjack and roulette and about $5k on sports bets. I am really not bothered about losing the money although it would have been nice if I didn't. What really pissed me off was how bad I was running. Every time I was building up my bets on blackjack to $250-$300 a hand I was getting sick hands like splits, double downs against dealers 5 and 6 showing and I was getting things like 20 and dealer would hit 21 on every crucial hand. What pissed me off the most was I just couldn't win at all, you want at least some enjoyment out of spending your money. Each time I got a T everyone was getting 9s, 10s, aces etc I was getting 2s, 3s, 4s and having to hit and was busting all the time.

Oh well, didn't play much poker there, got absolutely smashed one night and done about $400 in 5 mins on cash table then staggered off to the sports book to waste more money. On the 2nd night I ended up getting alcoholic poisoning, the bar tender was giving us near enough half pint shots of patron which is just ridiculous! Ended up waking up the next day with a sink full of sick lying fully clothed in bed and unable to move. Didn't really drink much after that, 5 days later I had managed to drink 3 bud lights in a night.

Online poker has took a huge back seat this month from playing golf, going out for meals and getting drunk, world cup betting and vegas I have hardly played but I am still up enough to cover some losses and pay the bills. I will post a final update at the end of the month with profit or loss. One thing I never do when I am in Vegas is go the pool, mainly because I am fair skinned and burn really easy its pointless me sitting in 120 degree eat and just cooking myself alive. This time though I went to the palazzo pool a few times and loved it, if I go back there I will definitely be going to the pool every day. Some amazing sights to be seen there!

Anyways I basically need the argies to win the World Cup to get my losses back on it haha. If they win I fancy going to Thailand a few months earlier or going to Spain for a week or two for a golf trip.

When I was in Vegas all I wanted to do was come home, but now I am back home I realise how lucky I was to be out there and maybe should have tried to enjoy myself more rather than let the table games control my trip. The women in this country although there are some stunners are just miserable stuck up women who think they are too good for everyone. In Vegas these girls would be nothing not even 4s or 5s. Really is amazing how many beautiful women there is there and they are all friendly and not stuck up.

So my plan for next month is rebuilding to get a lot of funds together for Thailand and play loads of golf as I have just bought myself a new set of Callaway irons and Taylor Made Burner woods the difference it has made to my game already is unreal.

Always nice to catch up with Azi and Punterz as always and looking forward to the next trip next year.

Good luck at the tables ;)

A good month allround

With Vegas only 13 days away I needed a decent month this month and it came. Up and down on the gambling front. Won a few £3ks and lost a £3k on Chelsea in the FA Cup final but ended up a fair bit overall at the end of the month.

Poker was great this month, I turned my bankroll from $2k to $13k as I have decided I want to play higher stakes. Been playing some $500 sngs and have been running like shit in them to be honest but I am still making profit.

My profit for the month ended up on $27,134 which is my best month so far. I just need to get another month like that for June under my belt and the rest of the year should be stress free.

My aim is to get my balance to $20,000 then have a little break from bankroll building and start with bank account building as I want to invest in property. Eventually I would like my balance on $50,000 so I can play $1k games with confidence. It will obviously be a lot harder at them stakes but I am confident I can still win at that level.

Looking forward to meeting up with Azimut, Animal, DC, Ewan and a few other possibilities in Vegas which is looking to be the best Vegas trip so far.

Good luck at the tables!

I have a dream.............................

Well I had a dream, fell asleep last night and threw £400 on Chelsea to beat my team Liverpool, I was so desperate for them to win to stop Man Utd winning the league, anyway I set my alarm so I could wake up in time for the game.

With the game on my mind whilst I was asleep I actually dreamt about it. In my dream I was sat in the stands watching the game and Drogba scored the first goal and Chelsea won 2-0.

Anyway after waking up I thought sod it I will give it a go, no way in a million years would I waste £100 on a scorecast but I thought I would trust my instincts.

Anyway the game finished 2-0 to Chelsea and drogba scored the first goal looool. 25/1 I got which is a bit shit considering Chelsea were away from home but I am still happy with it.



On the poker front I have made a flying start to this month long may it continue!

VIVA LAS VEGAS!

End of April review

Month started great, evened out then went good then just 5 days before the end of the month I do $3000 in one night lol. Not bad overall made $8100 plus up slightly on betting.

Vegas in just over a month, I can't wait. Palazzo sorted for the full stay now just looking forward to some nice cocktails and gamblingggggggggg.

Nothing much to put here, my tattoos have started, I am having my arm sleeved with wildlife. Sea based on 1 arm, jungle based on the other. Hoping for that to be finished before I go to Thailand.

Good luck at the tables!

What a shit fucking month!!

Same like Jan, boring boring boring.

Just finally installed Holdem Manager and seen that I am 28 buy ins below EV. That doesn't tell the whole story really, cooler after cooler this month, KK v AA, QQ v AK, AK v AA and a load of other bullshit I wont bore you with.

I am in profit for the month but considering what I spend each month it doesn't cover the bills. Huge improvement in luck and form needed for April although the first few games fulltilt are obviously taking April fools day a bit too far.

Profit for March with rake back and bonuses - $3750 :(

Homeboy8 aka Lisa8 aka Wannacookie on Betfair

Anytime you want it just let me know you tramp, jealousy will get you nowhere in life, stop hating the fact that players like me and others you hate make money from poker and you do not.

Here is a little photo just for you - Loser!

Las Vegas & LA booked :)

Just booked to go to Las Vegas which ties in with my birthday and also going to spend a few days in LA. Staying in the Palazzo once again as it's by far the best hotel in vegas! Going with Azimut and a few of his friends and hope to meet up with a few other players over there like Animal, D.C. the mad geordie and maybe punterz will go also.

Not sure what I am doing in LA but I fancy going to Beverley Hills and sunset blvd.

Retards on Betfair Poker

I decided to try Betfair out after not playing on there for a long long time. After 1 day I had a silver star on Sharkscope, that's how small the site is. Not sure if I still have it after losing a $1k sng JJ v AQ when I had him down low in chips then 89 v 33 on a 893 flop.

Anyways I was going to try Betfair out for their rake race for a WSOP package however after just 1 day on there I had major doubts. I couldn't play higher than $77 super turbo heads up because any game $100 and upwards was just filled with regulars.

I emailed Betfair requesting they have more games in the lobby for $200 and upwards because their lobby will only allow 2 games to be registered and no more will appear until one starts then the regular will instantly join the new one again and if you do manage to get there first you are most likely going to piss them off and there is nothing worse than wasting a day battling with a regular getting nowhere.

Anyway rake race lasted 2 days before I gave up whilst playing on there though I ran into some proper annoying cunts.

3 people came to mind, Greggs, TAYLS and Lewis147. Well TAYLS is a low stake player who has made just £1500 from 5500 games which is pretty pathetic. He has a huge mouth on him and loves to grass you up should you abuse him back. Anyway I owned him so bad on there winning nearly every game I played against him and towards the end he because so bitter and angry it was funny. Have to laugh at players who claim to be fun players only but spend their whole life on poker not making any money and turn so ugly with envy of winning players.

Lewis147 has a big mouth and a small roll. Nit stuck in $100 games for the rest of his life, claims to be one of the best but struggles to break into a profit. There are other players on that site such as Wannacookie who is a complete bellend and I wouldn't hesitate in smashing fuck out of him if I met him at a live game. These players talk a great amazing game but are stuck in low stake games for the rest of their life making little or no money.

Finally greggs, doesn't play but is a serial stalker of a friend of mine MrKangaroo. Follows him everywhere to abuse him and laugh every time he loses a hand. I had the final laugh though getting him chat banned. I don't report people who abuse me as its fun and banter, they can say what they want I just laugh it off. However I feel I have ruined his fun getting him a chat ban as he can no longer stalk and laugh so his life will be pretty empty now the sad loser :)

Poker has been a bit slow to the start of this month... slowly starting to get going now but will be surprised if I get near last months figures.

Great Febuary

Had a great month this month, even though I lost £2000 in my last few days I still ended the month being $17,500 up. The £2000 I lost towards the end I near enough won back on gambling anyway.

Had a little mess around on Betfair but I don't really like it to be honest. I made about £1300 on there but to be honest the structures suck.

I have just cashed in some iron man points for a $600 bonus so that has got my March off to a good start, I just hope last months form carries over to this month :)

GL

Thailand sorted

Well I have booked the flights for me and my mate to go. I found an amazing flight for just £90 one way from London to Kuala Lumpur so the money I have saved booking that I might go to Vegas for a week during the WSOP if anyone else goes.

So I leave in September and go to Kuala Lumpur for a few nights then fly to Bangkok and taste the night life there for a few nights, off to Pattaya for a week or so then in October I go to Ko Samui for 4 months to live like a King hopefully.

Really am so excited as I have never been before so its something new for me. Usually when I am waiting for Florida I am not bothered as I have been there so many times now. If I like the place I am 100% buying a villa out there.

I have been on a diet now for about 3 days so far so good, to help me through it I have got some appetite suppressants to stop me craving food. Started some light jogs at night to get me back into it then eventually I will be back in the gym and will get in shape in time for my holiday.

I still haven't touched a drop of alcohol now for 3 weeks and have not even wanted to drink any. I feel a million times better for it and so does my poker as I am having one of my best months so far.

Will post a final update at the end of the month.

GL

Thailand villa and update

Poker has gone much much better this month, in fact I have made more this month so far in just 9 days than I done in the whole of last month - a much welcome up swing.

I have not drank now for 3 weeks, when I went to the doctors the first time he asked me, "when was the last time you went 3 days without a drink?". I really couldn't answer him. It is amazing how much I have based my life around it. Go out for a meal - have a drink, go out for a drink - obviously have a drink, get bored at home - have a drink, go bowling - have a drink everything is just based around drink.

I feel so much better for it and now next week I will start jogging again to get back in shape as poker has took its toll on me over the past few years. My cholesterol came back as 7 which is high, I have to go back in a month to get another check.

As for Thailand, booked for 4 months so far, every day that goes by the more I think about booking longer. I will definitely buy a place out there if I really enjoy it. Here are a few pics of the 2 villas I have booked so far.














This will mean that I am in Thailand for Xmas and New Year which will be much better. Sitting outside in the sun or on the beach on Xmas day with no stress over the usual shit... can't wait!!!

End of month review

Well what a terrible month, probably my worst so far, well not my worst but one of them. 2 weeks I went just going up and down up and down not sure if it was down to tilt or not playing proper or concentrating.

Ended the month $4800 up thanks to my last 3 days though where I have got back on track and have started to get some nice profitable days.

Betting started off the month great, ended up shit taking a break from it and focusing on poker only.

Thailand is booked, 2 months so far maybe another 2 months if poker is better next month. I go in September and can't wait the villa I am staying in looks amazing.

Ill post something else when I am more happy and motivated.

Waste of a week

Well not a waste sort of, £842 up in the last week +£124 rakeback a lot of people would be happy with this for a weeks wage but I cant help but feel pissed off over that tilt session.

Amazingly even after that tilt session I still managed to end up with a shark icon over the 216 games I played in the week. Takes my profit for the month to $3370 so far + $600 iron man so really $4k up for this month excluding gambling.

Ill be happy to double that with the remainder of the month as long as I don't tilt :)

Tilt over

Just before I started again Animal had come onto my msn and was saying how he dropped down in stakes as he had a little losing streak and it had seemed to work. Never really took this into account but I decided to close off the $220 games and add the $33 games so I was playing $33-$110 sngs. It seemed to work! From $2200 starting balance that day I ended up on $250 then changed my lobby hoping that I wouldn't need to deposit for the first time in 4 months. I am now up to $1850 and cleared my $600 end of year Iron Man bonus in the process and also withdrew my rakeback that went in on Friday. So although this weekend was about getting my account back up to $2k I still managed to withdraw a fair amount.

This months stats are going to be pretty poor to be honest compared to most others. I know its down to a few reasons such as me losing patience and tilting a bit but I think the main reason was because I was going in between 2 different sites, playing 2 different structures and it was effecting my game, too tight in some and too rash in others.

January has always been disappointing, people think oh its a new year, fresh start I will make these targets etc etc then in the first few weeks they realise their targets wont get met and they give up, its pretty demoralising. I however still feel that I will reach my $100k+ target for the year especially now that the Iron man bonuses will come faster and faster. This time next year I hope to be getting an iron man $600 bonus every 2 months which will be a nice $3600 a year bonus for nothing! Add to this rakeback and next year my bonuses and rakeback should actually be a basic wage in itself let alone winning money.

I almost booked Egypt yesterday to fly out today until I found out my friend has probation on Tuesday :( so that's gone out the window. It's good really as I really do need to save money but I am struggling.

I have managed to nearly pay off a credit card thats been sat there taking the minimum payment off it for about 4/5 years now once that is out the way then the true savings start. However I am tempted to dabble in the stock market as I have had a tip for something that I may put 4/5k into and hope it triples my money in a short space of time.

Anyway time to hit the tables GL

Tilty Tilty Tilty

Ok thats twice in a week now I have dropped over $1k in a session and it's down to a few factors.

1. Not having the patience and playing the wrong players who I dont have a huge edge over.

2. Running quite badly, losing KK, QQ, AK, AQ to ace rags and everyone hitting their draws.

3. Playing quite bad, got into the mind state "surely there is no way he has hit his flush draw again" and calling off my chips.

Back to the grind tonight $1600 down today £400 up on betting at the moment which I have just stuck on Udinese so hopefully I will build that up into a nice chunk.

Will be happy to end the day $600 down and buy a percentage in one of the best heads up players on line for the $5k event in Oz.

On a total non gambling related note, a week Tuesday I have blood tests for diabetes, liver function and cholesterol as well as getting my asthma checked up on and also going to see about my nose as I can't breathe through it again. I had it straightened the other year to help me breathe but its still always blocked.

So in a few weeks it could be a very worrying time being told I can't drink no more and will have to go on a healthy food diet to cut down my cholesterol :(

Can't be arsed with stars

The software is tilting me to fuck, I just feel on tilt playing a game and that it's taking forever to finish. On fulltilt when I have a monster I always feel I will get paid with it because the pots are always big, on stars I feel I will get fuck all.

Had loads of outdraws etc but still didnt lose anything on the site. May give multi tabling 20 tables at a time a go later on in the year with a new 30" monitor with better res but for now the heads up is over for me on there.

Fulltilts software is light years ahead of anyone else since they brought out the new lobby.

Onwards and upwards anyway, nearly on my way to cash in my $600 iron man bonus and another one on the way next month. I will miss out on my $150 reload bonus if I dont play on stars any more but fuck it $150 is nothing anyway.

Little update

Whilst being house bound because of the snow for most of this week I started giving stars more of a go when I had reached daily targets on fulltilt. I am still getting used to the blind structures but I am slightly in profit on there now after around 50 games.

The fulltilt software is a million times better for what I do. Some of the stuff stars doesn't have yet is criminal considering they are the biggest site on-line and should be leading the way.

Anyway I have suffered some pretty horrendous badbeats on there over them 50 games but managed to come out with a small profit. My plan is to build up the rest of my money in there to about $2k then have both fulltilt and stars open at the same time and just play both sites and try and maximise my profit for the time I play.

I will definitely get more games on stars than fulltilt but the standard on fulltilt seems to be a lot worse and the games seem a lot quicker too.

Anyway here is a photo of the car, the snow doesnt do it justice really waiting for it to clear up before I take another one.