Dear Leon Crouch, Chairman of Southampton Football Club
Please don't fuck this up. Appoint Glen Hoddle. Please don't make the same mistake Lowe did after Strachan left. Some Saints fans won't like it. Don't listen to them - they probably haven't even been to see that shower of shit that is Saints this season. The reason they got upset when Hoddle left last time was because we were doing so well under his leadership. And that's why we need him back now.
Poker: came second in a HORSE tourny on Stars today. Hopefully that will stem the losing tide.
Football: Burley has gone. Woohoo. What a bit of luck. If Saints appoint Billy Davis or Chris Coleman I won't renew my season ticket(s). Don't do it Leon.
Vote Hoddle.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
FTOPS
Full Tilt really has it in for small time European Razz players.
I know, lets make that FTOPS razz event a $300 buy in with a 2am start time on Valentines day.
Notwithstanding this I intend to play. I can't buy a pot at the moment and haven't cashed in a tournament for a while, so it shouldn't be a late night.
Full Tilt really has it in for small time European Razz players.
I know, lets make that FTOPS razz event a $300 buy in with a 2am start time on Valentines day.
Notwithstanding this I intend to play. I can't buy a pot at the moment and haven't cashed in a tournament for a while, so it shouldn't be a late night.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Razz can be brutal
Looks like aim number 2 (get off to a good start in January) isn't going to happen.
I have just had what was undoubtedly the worst session of my Razz career, losing about 10 consecutive pots to the same player (and a few to some others as well). My stats were 4 and 16 as they say in America from 170 hands played. Total loss £230.25.
They don't mix up the hole cards on Poker Stars 3/6 Ante 25:
Hand 1 - Folded first 6 hands and then: Attempted steal gone wrong
Hero [4s Th Ah Ts 6s 8s Tc] and lost with Lo: T,8,6,4,A
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [9c Ac 6h 6d 8c 2d 8h] and won ($38) with Lo: 9,8,6,2,A
I complete and bet every street bar 7th, he calls - check check on river
Hand 2 - The very next hand
Hero mucked [3s 4c 5s Th 6d 5h 9d] Lo:9,6,5,4,3
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [5d 9h 3h 2h 2d 4s Ah] and won ($37.50) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,A
I complete, he calls; 4th he bets, I call; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th check, check; 7th he bets, I call.
Hand 3 - Two hands later
Hero showed [3d 5h 4c Jh Kd Ad Kh] and lost with Lo: J,5,4,3,A
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [4s 8c 2s 6s Td Jd 7c] and won ($48.25) with Lo: 8,7,6,4,2
I complete, he raises, I reraise, he calls; 4th he bets, I call; 5th he bets, I call; 6th he bets, I call; 7th check, check. [I should have folded on 5th - 2 big bets wasted]
Hand 4 - Amateur hour misread hand (I thought I had 5,8,3 in the hole until 6th)
Hero folds on 6th 3,8,3,6,2,K
Seat 8 XX 2,7,3,5 and collected $25.25
He limps, I complete, bring in folds, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th he bets, I fold [he probably has an A and a 9 in the hole, he's not frightened by my board, and an 8 low won't win - I should never have been involved 2 big bets wasted ]
Hand 5 - 53 hands later (during which time I won 'winning hand number 1' and folded everything else)... Beware of multiway pots
Hero [folded on river] A,5,6, 5, A, 10,3
Seat 6: showed [Ah Th 4s 8h 2s 7d 9h] and won ($41.75) with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
Seat 7: mucked [7h 2d 5d 4c Jh 2c 8s]
I complete, 2 callers; 4th I bet my 6,5 board, Seat 6 calls, seat 7 raises, we both call the extra bet; 5th and 6th are checked down; 7th Seat 6 bets, seat 7 calls I fold [the 4th street bet is a continuation bet of my 6,5 board; 5th Perhaps I should have bet again - now have a strong 6,5,A board, but I can't see either folding - no bets wasted]
Hand 6 - The very next hand - dead cards are Q,9,9,3,3
Hero folded on river 2,3,6,7,10,J,6
Seat 4: Nemesis shows [4c 9h 6d 7d 5c 2h Td] (Lo: 7,6,5,4,2) and collected ($39.75)
I complete he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th he bets, I call; 6th he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I fold
[I stayed in on 5th because i have X, 7,6,3,2, and I put him on X (probably 8), 7,6,5 X, nb his starting hands before this against me were 9A6, 593, and 482.
I stayed in on 6th because I put him on a made 7652A or 76542 and I figure I have 7 outs - any ace any 4 (7 total either way) - there is 29.75 in the pot so I am getting just under 5 to 1 on my money to improve - there are 15 known card, 37 unknown - 30 cards won't help me, 7 will, 4.3 to 1(ish)]
At this point I decide to change seats so Nemesis is to my immediate right (rather than immediate left) - I want to choose when I play against him (and raise him because of his loose starting hand selection)
Hand 7 - 14 hands later
Hero shows [Ah 7h 5c 6d Qc Jc 8s] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,A)
Seat 7 shows [7c 3c 2c 9d 6c Ts 8d] (Lo: 8,7,6,3,2) and collected $42.50 from pot
Bring in, [4] limper, I complete, [A] caller, seat 7 caller, bringin folds, limper calls, 4 players; 4th [4,T] folds, [A,9] folds, seat 7 calls; 5th seat 7 bets, I call; 6th seat 7 bets, I call; 7th check, check. [standard, unlucky - there is an argument for fold on 6th but a 2,3,4,8 might win it, so I think it was ok to stay in]
Hand 8 - a few hands later - discards 9,8,J,K,K
Hero [folded on river] 5,3,4,10,5,8,Q
Seat 7: XX 2 7 J 4 X and collected $31.75 from pot
I complete, he raises, I call; 4th he bets, I call, 5th check, check; 6th I check, he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I fold [possibly loose call on 6th? Argument for calling 7th?]
Hand 9 - bloody wheel cards again!
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [7s 5s 4d Th 6h 5d Jd] and won ($32) with Lo: T,7,6,5,4
Hero mucked [4h 6c 2d 9d 6s 2h Kd] Lo: K,9,6,4,2
he completes, I raise, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th he checks, I check; 7th he checks, I say nh and check.
[By 6th I know the game is up, arguably against this guy I should have checked 5th - he's not a folder - but I wanted to maintain the impression of strength]
Hand 10 - A23 best starting hand in Razz............discards T,5,3,T (and villain has an A, nice)
Hero mucked [3s Ad 2h Kc 5d Jh Qd]
Seat 8: showed [8c 2c Ah Ks 4s 7c 4h] and won ($66.50) with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
he completes, I raise, he calls; 4th: I bet, he calls; he bets, I raise, he calls; 6th he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I call.
[5,3,2,A on 5th and brickity brick - I called on the end just to see what he had and because he did have a K - loose call - but he only has to be bluffing 1 in 10 times to make it pay]
Hand 11 - how about A36?
Seat 1: showed [5s 4d Ad 2c 8c 3h 6s] and won ($78) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,
Seat 5: Hero folded on the 5th Street 6,3,A,Q,A
Seat 8: mucked [8s 2s 6d 3c 4h Ks Ac]
I complete, 2 callers; 4th seat 1 bets, I call, seat 8 calls; 5th bet, I fold .....
[In a multiway pot, probably should have folded on 4th - too far behing - 1/2 a big bet wasted]
Hand 12 - Now this is taking the piss....Discards 7,4, 6,9.K
Nemesis showed [2c 2s 7d 8d Ah 3c 5c] and won ($49) with Lo: 7,5,3,2,A
Hero showed [8h 2d 3d 2h 5d 7c 6d] and lost with Lo: 7,6,5,3,2
He completes, I call; 4th I bet he calls; 5 th I bet, he calls; I bet, he calls; 7th I bet, he calls.
[Three to an 8 is a bad starting hand with these antes, but here, with four of my cards dead, and a 6 yet to act its awful. However, he's loose and I'm due + I have a 3 showing and have only played big hands.
4th he has 8,7 so I carry on, once the 5 comes I'm stuck and I'm not good enough to give up after that - I still think he has a 8,7 on 6th (hoping the A or 3 paired him) and I have an 8,7,5 so I might be ok.
When the 6 comes on the end I just assume I am ahead and nearly die when he turns them over - definitely should have checked on the end - he would have checked.
Shouldn't have been in the hand 4 big bets wasted - but he went in with 2 2 7 with a 3 and a 6 left to act....get over it)
Hand 13 - I was about to reload when...
Hero showed [2d 7d 3s Ts 4d Qc 2h] and lost with Lo: T,7,4,3,
Seat 7: [a newish player to the game] showed [8h 5h 6h 9s Kd 7s 7h] and won ($27) with Lo: 9,8,7,6,5
I complete, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; I bet $3.50 and am all in, he calls.
[No doubt he would have folded if I had had another 3 bets available]
Hand 14- Rrrreeeeebuy and 2 winning hands.....A23 again...come on Hatch we can win this....discards A 9 K T
Nemesis collected ($25.50) X,X,6,4,4,8
Hero folded on the 6th Street A,2,3,Q, 3, J
He completes, I call; 4th he bets, I call; 5th I check, he bets, I call; 6th I check, he bets, I fold.
[Only called on 5th because he had a pair showing, buit should have folded - 1 wasted big bet]
Hand 15 - 2 hands later - what A23 again - hello ladies purrr
Seat 2: folded on the 6th Street XX 6747
Nemesis showed [2h 8s 5d 6c 3d Tc Ah] and won ($77.75) with Lo: 6,5,3,2,A
Hero mucked [3h 2c Ac 5c 9c 2s Td] Lo: 9,5,3,2,A
Seat 2 completes, nemesis, calls, I raise, seat 2 and nemesis call; 4th I check; seat 2 bets, nemesis calls, I raise, seat 2 and nemesis call; 5th nemesis bets, I call, seat 2 calls; 6th I bet, nemesis calls, seat 2 folds; 7th I check, he bets, I call.
[Oh come on! It must look like I have a wheel and you have an 8,6 on 6th - guess not - Had to call on the end]
Hand 16- 4 hands later........its goodnight sweetheat.....discards Q,9,A,6,6
Seat 2: showed [Ac 5d 2c 3d 4h Tc Th] and won ($114) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,A
Hero mucked [As 6c 5h 4d 8h Jh 2d] Lo: 6,5,4,2,A
Seat 7: folded on the 5th Street XX3 10 K
Seat 2 completes, I raise, seats 7 and 2 call;
4th seat 2 bets, I raise, seat 7 calls, seat 2 re-raises, I cap it, seats 7 and 2 call;
5th seat 2 bets, I call, seat 7 folds;
6th seat 2 bets, I call;
7th seat 2 bets, I raise, he re-raises, I call.
[I like my A 6 5 because two six's and an ace have gone - as have a 2 and a 3.
Maybe by 4th I should be worried, but I'm not - there is a 2 and two 3's gone, but I think he might not have an ace and part of the raising is to punish seat 7.
5th is a bad card, by 6th I am reduced to hoping for a miracle 2 nor a 3, but I still think that might do it because seat 2 didn't re-raise on 3rd - he might have had a 74, 75, 45 or A4 in the hole - he probablty doesn't have a 6.
7th looks like a great card for me, but I probably shouldn't have re-raised - its only a 65, although until he raised me back I thought I was going to win instead i typed nice wheel, gg, pressed sit out next hand and called]
[Nb Nemesis got up after folding half way through the hand $300 to the good - he hasn't got poker tracker (surprise surprise) and says gl Hero - I should have known I was going to lose at that point]
Winning hands
1
Hero showed [Ad 3c 2c 9d Jh 7s 9h] and won ($50.25) with Lo: 9,7,3,2,A
Seat 6: mucked [5s 8c As 9s 8s 5d Kh]
2
Hero [Ah 2h 3s 6c 8s] [Ac]
Seat 8 folded on 6th XX [2d 2s 8d] [4c] Pot $26
3
Seat 2:showed [8h 7h 2h Ah 4c Qd 2c] and lost with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
Hero showed [5c 4h 2s As Js 8s 8c] and won ($45.50) with Lo: 8,5,4,2,A
4
Hero showed [6h 7h 2h 3d Th 5h 4c] and won ($48.75) with Lo: 6,5,4,3,)
Seat 7: mucked [3s 8d 4s Qh 9h 7d 4h]
Long post. I bet everyone at that table thought I was a FISH who had never played before, whilst my Nemesis was some kind of God.
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I don't think I did too badly. But this is a big dent to the Poker Stars bankroll. But heh, that's poker............well running bad anyway.
Looks like aim number 2 (get off to a good start in January) isn't going to happen.
I have just had what was undoubtedly the worst session of my Razz career, losing about 10 consecutive pots to the same player (and a few to some others as well). My stats were 4 and 16 as they say in America from 170 hands played. Total loss £230.25.
They don't mix up the hole cards on Poker Stars 3/6 Ante 25:
Hand 1 - Folded first 6 hands and then: Attempted steal gone wrong
Hero [4s Th Ah Ts 6s 8s Tc] and lost with Lo: T,8,6,4,A
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [9c Ac 6h 6d 8c 2d 8h] and won ($38) with Lo: 9,8,6,2,A
I complete and bet every street bar 7th, he calls - check check on river
Hand 2 - The very next hand
Hero mucked [3s 4c 5s Th 6d 5h 9d] Lo:9,6,5,4,3
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [5d 9h 3h 2h 2d 4s Ah] and won ($37.50) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,A
I complete, he calls; 4th he bets, I call; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th check, check; 7th he bets, I call.
Hand 3 - Two hands later
Hero showed [3d 5h 4c Jh Kd Ad Kh] and lost with Lo: J,5,4,3,A
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [4s 8c 2s 6s Td Jd 7c] and won ($48.25) with Lo: 8,7,6,4,2
I complete, he raises, I reraise, he calls; 4th he bets, I call; 5th he bets, I call; 6th he bets, I call; 7th check, check. [I should have folded on 5th - 2 big bets wasted]
Hand 4 - Amateur hour misread hand (I thought I had 5,8,3 in the hole until 6th)
Hero folds on 6th 3,8,3,6,2,K
Seat 8 XX 2,7,3,5 and collected $25.25
He limps, I complete, bring in folds, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th he bets, I fold [he probably has an A and a 9 in the hole, he's not frightened by my board, and an 8 low won't win - I should never have been involved 2 big bets wasted ]
Hand 5 - 53 hands later (during which time I won 'winning hand number 1' and folded everything else)... Beware of multiway pots
Hero [folded on river] A,5,6, 5, A, 10,3
Seat 6: showed [Ah Th 4s 8h 2s 7d 9h] and won ($41.75) with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
Seat 7: mucked [7h 2d 5d 4c Jh 2c 8s]
I complete, 2 callers; 4th I bet my 6,5 board, Seat 6 calls, seat 7 raises, we both call the extra bet; 5th and 6th are checked down; 7th Seat 6 bets, seat 7 calls I fold [the 4th street bet is a continuation bet of my 6,5 board; 5th Perhaps I should have bet again - now have a strong 6,5,A board, but I can't see either folding - no bets wasted]
Hand 6 - The very next hand - dead cards are Q,9,9,3,3
Hero folded on river 2,3,6,7,10,J,6
Seat 4: Nemesis shows [4c 9h 6d 7d 5c 2h Td] (Lo: 7,6,5,4,2) and collected ($39.75)
I complete he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th he bets, I call; 6th he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I fold
[I stayed in on 5th because i have X, 7,6,3,2, and I put him on X (probably 8), 7,6,5 X, nb his starting hands before this against me were 9A6, 593, and 482.
I stayed in on 6th because I put him on a made 7652A or 76542 and I figure I have 7 outs - any ace any 4 (7 total either way) - there is 29.75 in the pot so I am getting just under 5 to 1 on my money to improve - there are 15 known card, 37 unknown - 30 cards won't help me, 7 will, 4.3 to 1(ish)]
At this point I decide to change seats so Nemesis is to my immediate right (rather than immediate left) - I want to choose when I play against him (and raise him because of his loose starting hand selection)
Hand 7 - 14 hands later
Hero shows [Ah 7h 5c 6d Qc Jc 8s] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,A)
Seat 7 shows [7c 3c 2c 9d 6c Ts 8d] (Lo: 8,7,6,3,2) and collected $42.50 from pot
Bring in, [4] limper, I complete, [A] caller, seat 7 caller, bringin folds, limper calls, 4 players; 4th [4,T] folds, [A,9] folds, seat 7 calls; 5th seat 7 bets, I call; 6th seat 7 bets, I call; 7th check, check. [standard, unlucky - there is an argument for fold on 6th but a 2,3,4,8 might win it, so I think it was ok to stay in]
Hand 8 - a few hands later - discards 9,8,J,K,K
Hero [folded on river] 5,3,4,10,5,8,Q
Seat 7: XX 2 7 J 4 X and collected $31.75 from pot
I complete, he raises, I call; 4th he bets, I call, 5th check, check; 6th I check, he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I fold [possibly loose call on 6th? Argument for calling 7th?]
Hand 9 - bloody wheel cards again!
Seat 4: Nemesis showed [7s 5s 4d Th 6h 5d Jd] and won ($32) with Lo: T,7,6,5,4
Hero mucked [4h 6c 2d 9d 6s 2h Kd] Lo: K,9,6,4,2
he completes, I raise, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; 5th I bet, he calls; 6th he checks, I check; 7th he checks, I say nh and check.
[By 6th I know the game is up, arguably against this guy I should have checked 5th - he's not a folder - but I wanted to maintain the impression of strength]
Hand 10 - A23 best starting hand in Razz............discards T,5,3,T (and villain has an A, nice)
Hero mucked [3s Ad 2h Kc 5d Jh Qd]
Seat 8: showed [8c 2c Ah Ks 4s 7c 4h] and won ($66.50) with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
he completes, I raise, he calls; 4th: I bet, he calls; he bets, I raise, he calls; 6th he bets, I call; 7th he bets, I call.
[5,3,2,A on 5th and brickity brick - I called on the end just to see what he had and because he did have a K - loose call - but he only has to be bluffing 1 in 10 times to make it pay]
Hand 11 - how about A36?
Seat 1: showed [5s 4d Ad 2c 8c 3h 6s] and won ($78) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,
Seat 5: Hero folded on the 5th Street 6,3,A,Q,A
Seat 8: mucked [8s 2s 6d 3c 4h Ks Ac]
I complete, 2 callers; 4th seat 1 bets, I call, seat 8 calls; 5th bet, I fold .....
[In a multiway pot, probably should have folded on 4th - too far behing - 1/2 a big bet wasted]
Hand 12 - Now this is taking the piss....Discards 7,4, 6,9.K
Nemesis showed [2c 2s 7d 8d Ah 3c 5c] and won ($49) with Lo: 7,5,3,2,A
Hero showed [8h 2d 3d 2h 5d 7c 6d] and lost with Lo: 7,6,5,3,2
He completes, I call; 4th I bet he calls; 5 th I bet, he calls; I bet, he calls; 7th I bet, he calls.
[Three to an 8 is a bad starting hand with these antes, but here, with four of my cards dead, and a 6 yet to act its awful. However, he's loose and I'm due + I have a 3 showing and have only played big hands.
4th he has 8,7 so I carry on, once the 5 comes I'm stuck and I'm not good enough to give up after that - I still think he has a 8,7 on 6th (hoping the A or 3 paired him) and I have an 8,7,5 so I might be ok.
When the 6 comes on the end I just assume I am ahead and nearly die when he turns them over - definitely should have checked on the end - he would have checked.
Shouldn't have been in the hand 4 big bets wasted - but he went in with 2 2 7 with a 3 and a 6 left to act....get over it)
Hand 13 - I was about to reload when...
Hero showed [2d 7d 3s Ts 4d Qc 2h] and lost with Lo: T,7,4,3,
Seat 7: [a newish player to the game] showed [8h 5h 6h 9s Kd 7s 7h] and won ($27) with Lo: 9,8,7,6,5
I complete, he calls; 4th I bet, he calls; I bet $3.50 and am all in, he calls.
[No doubt he would have folded if I had had another 3 bets available]
Hand 14- Rrrreeeeebuy and 2 winning hands.....A23 again...come on Hatch we can win this....discards A 9 K T
Nemesis collected ($25.50) X,X,6,4,4,8
Hero folded on the 6th Street A,2,3,Q, 3, J
He completes, I call; 4th he bets, I call; 5th I check, he bets, I call; 6th I check, he bets, I fold.
[Only called on 5th because he had a pair showing, buit should have folded - 1 wasted big bet]
Hand 15 - 2 hands later - what A23 again - hello ladies purrr
Seat 2: folded on the 6th Street XX 6747
Nemesis showed [2h 8s 5d 6c 3d Tc Ah] and won ($77.75) with Lo: 6,5,3,2,A
Hero mucked [3h 2c Ac 5c 9c 2s Td] Lo: 9,5,3,2,A
Seat 2 completes, nemesis, calls, I raise, seat 2 and nemesis call; 4th I check; seat 2 bets, nemesis calls, I raise, seat 2 and nemesis call; 5th nemesis bets, I call, seat 2 calls; 6th I bet, nemesis calls, seat 2 folds; 7th I check, he bets, I call.
[Oh come on! It must look like I have a wheel and you have an 8,6 on 6th - guess not - Had to call on the end]
Hand 16- 4 hands later........its goodnight sweetheat.....discards Q,9,A,6,6
Seat 2: showed [Ac 5d 2c 3d 4h Tc Th] and won ($114) with Lo: 5,4,3,2,A
Hero mucked [As 6c 5h 4d 8h Jh 2d] Lo: 6,5,4,2,A
Seat 7: folded on the 5th Street XX3 10 K
Seat 2 completes, I raise, seats 7 and 2 call;
4th seat 2 bets, I raise, seat 7 calls, seat 2 re-raises, I cap it, seats 7 and 2 call;
5th seat 2 bets, I call, seat 7 folds;
6th seat 2 bets, I call;
7th seat 2 bets, I raise, he re-raises, I call.
[I like my A 6 5 because two six's and an ace have gone - as have a 2 and a 3.
Maybe by 4th I should be worried, but I'm not - there is a 2 and two 3's gone, but I think he might not have an ace and part of the raising is to punish seat 7.
5th is a bad card, by 6th I am reduced to hoping for a miracle 2 nor a 3, but I still think that might do it because seat 2 didn't re-raise on 3rd - he might have had a 74, 75, 45 or A4 in the hole - he probablty doesn't have a 6.
7th looks like a great card for me, but I probably shouldn't have re-raised - its only a 65, although until he raised me back I thought I was going to win instead i typed nice wheel, gg, pressed sit out next hand and called]
[Nb Nemesis got up after folding half way through the hand $300 to the good - he hasn't got poker tracker (surprise surprise) and says gl Hero - I should have known I was going to lose at that point]
Winning hands
1
Hero showed [Ad 3c 2c 9d Jh 7s 9h] and won ($50.25) with Lo: 9,7,3,2,A
Seat 6: mucked [5s 8c As 9s 8s 5d Kh]
2
Hero [Ah 2h 3s 6c 8s] [Ac]
Seat 8 folded on 6th XX [2d 2s 8d] [4c] Pot $26
3
Seat 2:showed [8h 7h 2h Ah 4c Qd 2c] and lost with Lo: 8,7,4,2,A
Hero showed [5c 4h 2s As Js 8s 8c] and won ($45.50) with Lo: 8,5,4,2,A
4
Hero showed [6h 7h 2h 3d Th 5h 4c] and won ($48.75) with Lo: 6,5,4,3,)
Seat 7: mucked [3s 8d 4s Qh 9h 7d 4h]
Long post. I bet everyone at that table thought I was a FISH who had never played before, whilst my Nemesis was some kind of God.
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I don't think I did too badly. But this is a big dent to the Poker Stars bankroll. But heh, that's poker............well running bad anyway.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Razz 08
One thing I have learned from keeping this blog is that I am only a little better than a break even player. I have made a profit since the blog started, but not a lot.
The last 8 months have been characterised by periods of rapid gain (mainly when I play tournaments) followed by periods of rapid decline (mainly when I am playing nl hold em cash).
Now that I play mainly limit games, the days of donking off the whole bank roll in one session are probably behind me. But downswings and boredom still have a part to play. So it was only fitting that 2007 ended with a bout of boredom hitting my Full Tilt balance and a downswing at 3/6 Razz leaving a mark on the PokerStars account.
Realistically this year I will do well to make $6,000. And so that is aim number 1.
My other aims are:
One thing I have learned from keeping this blog is that I am only a little better than a break even player. I have made a profit since the blog started, but not a lot.
The last 8 months have been characterised by periods of rapid gain (mainly when I play tournaments) followed by periods of rapid decline (mainly when I am playing nl hold em cash).
Now that I play mainly limit games, the days of donking off the whole bank roll in one session are probably behind me. But downswings and boredom still have a part to play. So it was only fitting that 2007 ended with a bout of boredom hitting my Full Tilt balance and a downswing at 3/6 Razz leaving a mark on the PokerStars account.
Realistically this year I will do well to make $6,000. And so that is aim number 1.
My other aims are:
- To have a good January.
- To make it into the top 10 in the Bluff Razz tournament rankings at the silver level (there is no Gold level for Razz). This might be difficult as I probably won't be able to play in many tournies and I seem to have lost the knack of winning tournies.
- To play in the FTOP Razz events and the WCOOP and to make it deep in at least one.
- To play at the WSOP Razz.
I plan to play 3/6 Razz on PokerStars and the $22 tournies on FTP.
Encouragingly, whilst writing I hit my first wheel of 2008 for a 14 big bet pot at 3/6. Woohoo...
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