I think I have a fair understanding of the game now. Problem is I need to find out now about the complicated things that go hand in hand to improve your game.
So far I have done fairly well, mainly in the big freerolls, with little more than basic knowledge along with with what many professionals would frown at- intuition. Now reading what I can online I realise that the game is more about long term strategies than the short term fix. A little like investing in the stock market, yes you can make some good gains short term but invariably you will lose with this attitude. To this end I am know looking into finding some better literature to try and help explain and teach me these more complicated elements.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
A big zero
$80,000 up for grabs in three tournaments and I can't get a single $. Not for the want of trying, It would be a little helpful to at least have a few hands to be able to play. All three went the same way, take the $10k as an example. I have just been knocked out 47th I think. After two breaks and 2 1/2 hrs of waiting 120 hands 9 won. Had only a few hands worth noting, AQo layed down to an allin pre flop raise. Good call K flush won. QQ, JJ both won small pots with 1 BB raise after the flop. 99 flopped AA9 but river and turn were 5's luckly no one had an A. Finally the last hand 99 preflop allin only 1700 left, 1caller AQs pair 77's flop turn no help to either then of course the river is an A. Oh what a surprise.
Time to try and learn a little more to help improve my game before I get too disenchanted. All the fuss and build up to the B'day tourny only to be let down by having to just sit and watch your stack dwindle away........
Suppose there's always the 2nd B'day only 364 days to go
Time to try and learn a little more to help improve my game before I get too disenchanted. All the fuss and build up to the B'day tourny only to be let down by having to just sit and watch your stack dwindle away........
Suppose there's always the 2nd B'day only 364 days to go
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Birthday update
Well no cash no cake. 409th, finally succumbed to a pocke pair. Guy goes allin and sitting on AA I have to call he turns TT catch's on the flop and its goodnight to me. Amazing really when I see so many good hands and they are always a mile off the flop. Not just me, reading the posts of the fallen seems there were/are a lot off good hands and they are falling way short.
Still good luck to all that are left, 20k and 10k to aim at tomorrow. Lets hope for better in one or both of them......
Still good luck to all that are left, 20k and 10k to aim at tomorrow. Lets hope for better in one or both of them......
A big weekend
Well tonight is the big birthday bash. I'll let you know how well I did or didn't do.
It's going to be a busy weekend for me hopefully playing for a share of $80,000 worth of prizes.
For along with the birthday tourny theres the 20,000 sunday along with the 10,000. The later I am able to play this weekend as work starts late fo me on monday. Hope this coupon will lead to a money finish. Wish me luck
It's going to be a busy weekend for me hopefully playing for a share of $80,000 worth of prizes.
For along with the birthday tourny theres the 20,000 sunday along with the 10,000. The later I am able to play this weekend as work starts late fo me on monday. Hope this coupon will lead to a money finish. Wish me luck
Sunday, May 14, 2006
I'm in the Birthday Tourny
I have recieved my coupon for the birthday bash. I wrote a note in the forum thanking poker.com for the changes they have made to the player ledger. As a thank you from poker.com they gave me a coupon.
The ledger before only took into account the poker games that you play, also as some coupons like the showdown poker semi final have a monetry value these would show up as cah winnings. However, when you enter the semi final with the coupon nothing is removed from the ledger as it is a coupon. This was a little bit of a pain when trying to match up with my own ledger I keep upto date at home. I was hoping to be able to use the online ledger to check my figures periodically. All this has now changed and it seems that all things are taken into consideration. Not only that but both ledgers now tally. So once again thankyou poker.com
It was the forth blogger event Saturday and once again I duly entered hoping to gain entry to the final event. But sadly after some wonderful hands to get me to the final table I still haven't managed to get there, finishing 7th this week to go with last times 6th lol. I did notice however, that 3 of the last 7 players had already gained entry so can't collect the coupon should they win it. Taking out the 3 already there would have given me a coupon to the final. As things turned out there were 2 new winners of the coupon and 2 previous winners. I take it then that the 2 unwon coupons now get added to the final tourny. There may well be an awful lot of coupons up for grabs in this last tourny the way things are going.
poker.com have also added sattelites for thier $10k tourny's that are at Euro friendly times. How long these will continue for I am unsure but having entered a couple I have won a coupon to the tourny. Trouble is these start at 23:15gmt so I will have to wait a little till I have a later start time on a Monday to play. This may well be next weekend. If so it be very busy for me.
Saturday has the $50,000 Birthday tourny
Sunday has the $20,000 Freeroll
Sunday has the $10,000 Guaranteed tourny
$80,000 worth of prizes over the weekend will be a blast. Hope that I get have alittle of it :)
The ledger before only took into account the poker games that you play, also as some coupons like the showdown poker semi final have a monetry value these would show up as cah winnings. However, when you enter the semi final with the coupon nothing is removed from the ledger as it is a coupon. This was a little bit of a pain when trying to match up with my own ledger I keep upto date at home. I was hoping to be able to use the online ledger to check my figures periodically. All this has now changed and it seems that all things are taken into consideration. Not only that but both ledgers now tally. So once again thankyou poker.com
It was the forth blogger event Saturday and once again I duly entered hoping to gain entry to the final event. But sadly after some wonderful hands to get me to the final table I still haven't managed to get there, finishing 7th this week to go with last times 6th lol. I did notice however, that 3 of the last 7 players had already gained entry so can't collect the coupon should they win it. Taking out the 3 already there would have given me a coupon to the final. As things turned out there were 2 new winners of the coupon and 2 previous winners. I take it then that the 2 unwon coupons now get added to the final tourny. There may well be an awful lot of coupons up for grabs in this last tourny the way things are going.
poker.com have also added sattelites for thier $10k tourny's that are at Euro friendly times. How long these will continue for I am unsure but having entered a couple I have won a coupon to the tourny. Trouble is these start at 23:15gmt so I will have to wait a little till I have a later start time on a Monday to play. This may well be next weekend. If so it be very busy for me.
Saturday has the $50,000 Birthday tourny
Sunday has the $20,000 Freeroll
Sunday has the $10,000 Guaranteed tourny
$80,000 worth of prizes over the weekend will be a blast. Hope that I get have alittle of it :)
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Comp points
After a couple of weeks nursing my bank balence I finally managed to release my first $50. This was then added to by finishing 6th in the blogger MTT, after finishing on the bubble in the last one, so another $30. Bubble upto 6th could I gain my place in the final in the next blogger tourny?
This has made my balance a little more healthy and allowed me to start entering the tournys again. Low and behold the first I enter the $1000 guarenteed I got 2nd, $280 coupled with $10 from the $20k freeroll (placed 104th), well I now have a very healthy balance again back up to araound $400.
Now to the point of this blog, I recieved an e-mail this morning from poker.com . It is to inform me of a reload bonus for May. You can recieve 100% bonus upto $200. $5 releases per 600 points valid 7 days from deposit. Well this will prove to be a very busy month for comp points. There is such a lot to get for them at the moment:-
Top 50 in your birthday month $50,000 Birthday Freeroll Entry.
$50 release per 20,000 Bonusbuilder.
$5 release per 600 (up to 7 days from deposit) 100% reload bonus.
Weekly $20,000 Freeroll entry 2000
Weekly 2x $4,000 Freeroll entry 1500
Then on top of all this you can "spend" these points in the shop for goods
So can't stop to long got them points to earn, catch you all later
This has made my balance a little more healthy and allowed me to start entering the tournys again. Low and behold the first I enter the $1000 guarenteed I got 2nd, $280 coupled with $10 from the $20k freeroll (placed 104th), well I now have a very healthy balance again back up to araound $400.
Now to the point of this blog, I recieved an e-mail this morning from poker.com . It is to inform me of a reload bonus for May. You can recieve 100% bonus upto $200. $5 releases per 600 points valid 7 days from deposit. Well this will prove to be a very busy month for comp points. There is such a lot to get for them at the moment:-
Top 50 in your birthday month $50,000 Birthday Freeroll Entry.
$50 release per 20,000 Bonusbuilder.
$5 release per 600 (up to 7 days from deposit) 100% reload bonus.
Weekly $20,000 Freeroll entry 2000
Weekly 2x $4,000 Freeroll entry 1500
Then on top of all this you can "spend" these points in the shop for goods
So can't stop to long got them points to earn, catch you all later
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