Thought I would write today, I would still like to keep this blog going, even if it is not all about poker.
I haven't played poker for a few days, it does seem kinda strange to be honest, maybe it is a good thing, maybe not lololol.
If it has made me do one thing, than that is to reflect on all the things that have happened, and at the end of it, I have had to ask myself is it all worth it??..... In one way, the answer would be yes, as the feeling of winning something decent is a feeling not many ever get to experience in there lifetime, and luckily for me I have done it, on the flip side tho, the answer would have to be no, the main reason for this is probably regret, - regretting the fact that you achieved the goals, yet could not be wise enough to push on and try to go higher etc....
But I believe that is poker in a nutshell. You have to be strong, you have to ride through the most horrific times, and grab each little bit of good times as tight as you can, and make sure you use the good times to the max, because you really do not know when they will be round the corner!
I have felt pretty down with it, believe me, it is not a feeling I want to have in the future, you get to learn so much about people too, the good, the bad, the make believer's etc, luckily for me I have a select few people I know will still want to talk to me, and be there for me, when things go wrong and in turn, enjoy the good times too, one person in particular has stood by me through everything, and has totally believed in me as a player and a person, and I am truly grate full for everything they have done, and to be honest, I probably would not have got through all the shitty times if they were not there, so for that I say a massive thank you :-)
But I would have to say, there are so many fickle people about, I guess you get it everywhere, people who like to see you fail etc, and people who will only want to know you when things are going well, and all of a sudden things go wrong, and they forget what you look like, I suppose that is just life......
If Nick had not put me in to that comp online, I would not of been able to play it, therefore would not of won anything, so another big thank you to him, for giving me the opportunity, and also for just being a good friend, always trying to help, guide me in the right direction with money etc, I'm just sorry that I failed in that department, who knows maybe there will be a next time, and I can finally succeed! :-)
So Tomorrow is Father's Day - I sadly lost my Father, back in December, and to be honest I have not been able to have any sort of closure on this, he was a good man, a real decent guy, and a very hard worker, I totally respect him for that. We had some massive rows in our time, we both have that fiery temper and it always clashed, but I did and always will have the up most respect for him, for the way he worked to build a future for himself. One of many things I will miss, will be his speciality pasta, that was awesome!
I regret that I didn't see him enough, that I just assumed that he would always be here, and I deeply regret, not listening to him when it came to education etc, whatever his temper, he always wanted what was best for me, and wanted me to achieve, get a good job with prospects etc, and I should of listened to him more.....
I have found something I really love doing and on my day, I feel I am good at, and I get the determination and the passion from him, I don't ever want to let the dream fail that I one day may achieve this goal properly, and that I will succeed, even if it is not right at this moment.
All I know now is, that at the end of it all I knew he loved me, I knew he wanted me to be the best I could be, and I miss him so so much, and I hope that he can be my shining star, guiding me through the next years of my life, and I hope to one day make him as proud as can be.
It is quite fitting that Italy are playing in the World Cup tomorrow, he loved football, so I think I will go out to watch it, and have a few drinks, and cheer them on, hopefully they can put on a great performance and win there game in style!
For now I say rest in peace, and may god take care of you, shine as bright as can be, I will always love you
gl
Dreeniee82
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
end of the road..... I kinda did it my way.....
Hey, hope everyone is cool...... Really did not think I would be writing this but I'm afraid to say the time has come to write it.
I will be seeking a new profession - I have had some real good results, I have played in some nice tourneys, and played in some decent cash games, with some real decent players, unfortunately , I could never quite cut the mustard, It is a shame, but its reality.
I absolutely love poker, and since playing I have always wanted to improve my game and become the best of the best, but there is one major problem....... Which Is, I am like the absolute worst when it comes to money management of any kind.. :-(
I have won some nice comps, I have played well at times, other times not so well, but as soon as I win, I want to sit in the biggest game possible and play, I have played in the 5/10, the 10/20, the 25/50, I have experienced the amazing buzz of it, the adrenalin pumping through your blood vessels, and I'm being highly honest to announce it to whoever bothers to read this, maybe I'm too honest for my own good, but I feel honesty is the best way forward....
I just love the gamble too much, I love cards, I have made some huge mistakes since winning the money I did, some crucial errors, ones that I will never be able to put back, I have had many highs, but so many more lows too, its not pretty, its soul destroying to be honest.
Maybe I would still be in the same boat, if I had had better discipline skills, maybe not, who knows, maybe I am just not good enough, who knows, the truth is, I don't deserve to be playing poker, if I just abuse the rules time and time again.
I have huge regrets in my life, I have been through some real shitty times and always fought through them, but this has to be the most painfullest thing I have ever had to do, and I will regret it for the rest of my life.
It is going to be really hard, in whatever I do from now on, as it has been a long time since I worked a "normal" job, but I will get on with it, plough through it and hopefully meet some nice people, maybe even get a boyfriend (one time, lol), and hopefully have a family etc , it might actually suit me better who knows what the future holds.
But for now, I bid you all farewell, I wish you all the luck in the world, go follow your dreams, follow your heart, and hopefully achieve your goals, I really hope you all can make it.
A guy I knew well, once told me this piece of advice and I want to share it with you - "Poker is like climbing a mountain, small steps, each time, and you can get there, You have to want to win more than anything in the world"
This is so true, and I really hope that you can all achieve it, for now, thanks for reading, and good luck
Dreeniee82
I will be seeking a new profession - I have had some real good results, I have played in some nice tourneys, and played in some decent cash games, with some real decent players, unfortunately , I could never quite cut the mustard, It is a shame, but its reality.
I absolutely love poker, and since playing I have always wanted to improve my game and become the best of the best, but there is one major problem....... Which Is, I am like the absolute worst when it comes to money management of any kind.. :-(
I have won some nice comps, I have played well at times, other times not so well, but as soon as I win, I want to sit in the biggest game possible and play, I have played in the 5/10, the 10/20, the 25/50, I have experienced the amazing buzz of it, the adrenalin pumping through your blood vessels, and I'm being highly honest to announce it to whoever bothers to read this, maybe I'm too honest for my own good, but I feel honesty is the best way forward....
I just love the gamble too much, I love cards, I have made some huge mistakes since winning the money I did, some crucial errors, ones that I will never be able to put back, I have had many highs, but so many more lows too, its not pretty, its soul destroying to be honest.
Maybe I would still be in the same boat, if I had had better discipline skills, maybe not, who knows, maybe I am just not good enough, who knows, the truth is, I don't deserve to be playing poker, if I just abuse the rules time and time again.
I have huge regrets in my life, I have been through some real shitty times and always fought through them, but this has to be the most painfullest thing I have ever had to do, and I will regret it for the rest of my life.
It is going to be really hard, in whatever I do from now on, as it has been a long time since I worked a "normal" job, but I will get on with it, plough through it and hopefully meet some nice people, maybe even get a boyfriend (one time, lol), and hopefully have a family etc , it might actually suit me better who knows what the future holds.
But for now, I bid you all farewell, I wish you all the luck in the world, go follow your dreams, follow your heart, and hopefully achieve your goals, I really hope you all can make it.
A guy I knew well, once told me this piece of advice and I want to share it with you - "Poker is like climbing a mountain, small steps, each time, and you can get there, You have to want to win more than anything in the world"
This is so true, and I really hope that you can all achieve it, for now, thanks for reading, and good luck
Dreeniee82
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Hello - hope everyone is cool - well where do I start, it has been a roller coaster to say the least, I played the Ecoop 750$ which I satellited for, and it all went horribly wrong, when the guy in late position made a min raise, everyone called round to my big blind, so I decided to peel with Q 3 dd, the flop came 10 high - all diamonds, I thought Pingggg, so decided to lead out, for 600, the button called,,, turn was a 4 hearts, I bet about 1250, he set me all in, and I called he had A4 diamonds, marvelous! - lesson learnt = never call a raise with Q3 diamonds, however big or small :-(
I didn't play much after that, I went to a local cub near me, called Sovereign, it was a £35 deep stack tourney with 10k chips and 20 minute clock, It was about £800 to the winner, and I played really well throughout, and then got it to heads up, and unfortunately,after being in front 4 times and getting outdrawn, decided to re raise all in with 73 off suit, the 1st time I had re raised the whole heads up and he decided to call with K9 off, and it held, wp gg, after that I was short and just stuck it in with any 2 cards, which happened to be 82 off, wp me ....not..... £380 for my efforts, was not too shabby....
The next day, I was all over the place, I went to sovereign got knocked out real early, not taking it too seriously, was pretty peeeed off, so decided to drive to Big slick, where I played there £50 f/o with £3k gtd pp, they had 100+ runners for this event, and I managed to just scrape in.
I did not play a hand for a while, and each time I did, I either missed flops or got back raised, the high jack raised , cut off calls, and me being me on the button, re raised 3500 more with 42 off, and the high jack dwelled for century's and decided to shove grrrrrr....
I then had about 6k, I see J10 clubs, so I limp for 600, about 5 other limper's, the flop comes KcJd6c, I Check the next guy bets 1k, 4 others make the call, so I decide to shove for about 5k more, they all fold round to the big blind who instantly calls with 75clubs, (happy days), until the turn comes a red four and the the turn a nice 3 spades, gg wp thank you for dealer ....
I was highly irritated at that point, so I went on the fruit machine and put £7 in it, by the half way point of this spin up, I had won the jackpot of £250 mbn..... So I sat on the cash with 150, which I lost playing like a twat, but he ho, I decided to call it a day and go home, I returned to my room about 12:30, so decided to register for the 100$ 6 max on poker stars, and low and behold I ended up winning it, happy days, I played real good throughout the whole tourney, I felt I was in the zone, and everything seemed to fall right for me, aggression certainly seems to work in those type of tourneys, I actually love the way that you don't tend to see many flops, and hardly any rivers, that is the way I love to play poker, rather than all in all in, all the time, its more pre flop action, and take downs on flops etc....
Had a horrible day on Sunday, played most decent Sunday comps, could not cash a bean, my deepest run was in the warm up, that was no good when I moved all in with AK and got called by AJ, with a Jack high flop it was gg me "sigh".....
I played the 6max ecoop last night, which the owner from big slick kindly put me in to.... It did not start off well from the off, I re raised from the sb with 10 9, the cut off calls, flop 567, I lead out for half the pot, he shoves for 1700, I decide to gamble and call, he has 66, and I miss, later on I am short, the sb raises, I shove all in with A9 he calls with KQ, flop 10 9 x, turn A, river JACK! zzzz, I was really disappointed in my performance and the result in itself, I no longer hold the title to this event, and very gutted about it, there were only 680 runners, and with 80 getting paid, I didn't play my best!:-( I am a div most times!!!!!!!
Life itself is tough enough, and to try and be success full in poker is twice as hard in my opinion, I will however keep fighting to the death, because to be honest, this is all I really want to do, I love it so much, and its the one thing that keeps me at peace with myself when I'm in the zone and playing well etc, but it is very very tough, but I find inspiration from many sources, and one in particular music, and one song resembles a lot of the poker world, - That's Life - by Michael Buble, the chorus is particularly significant "I find myself flat on my face, and I pick myself up and get back in the race, That's Life"
Anyway, time to go to sleep for hopefully a few days!, I have bad sleeping problems, I'm not sure what the future holds, but like I said, I will continue to fight as hard as I can to make a success of poker and try to improve other aspects of my life, as this can only help me get better as a player.
Hope you enjoyed the read
gl
Dreeniee82
I didn't play much after that, I went to a local cub near me, called Sovereign, it was a £35 deep stack tourney with 10k chips and 20 minute clock, It was about £800 to the winner, and I played really well throughout, and then got it to heads up, and unfortunately,after being in front 4 times and getting outdrawn, decided to re raise all in with 73 off suit, the 1st time I had re raised the whole heads up and he decided to call with K9 off, and it held, wp gg, after that I was short and just stuck it in with any 2 cards, which happened to be 82 off, wp me ....not..... £380 for my efforts, was not too shabby....
The next day, I was all over the place, I went to sovereign got knocked out real early, not taking it too seriously, was pretty peeeed off, so decided to drive to Big slick, where I played there £50 f/o with £3k gtd pp, they had 100+ runners for this event, and I managed to just scrape in.
I did not play a hand for a while, and each time I did, I either missed flops or got back raised, the high jack raised , cut off calls, and me being me on the button, re raised 3500 more with 42 off, and the high jack dwelled for century's and decided to shove grrrrrr....
I then had about 6k, I see J10 clubs, so I limp for 600, about 5 other limper's, the flop comes KcJd6c, I Check the next guy bets 1k, 4 others make the call, so I decide to shove for about 5k more, they all fold round to the big blind who instantly calls with 75clubs, (happy days), until the turn comes a red four and the the turn a nice 3 spades, gg wp thank you for dealer ....
I was highly irritated at that point, so I went on the fruit machine and put £7 in it, by the half way point of this spin up, I had won the jackpot of £250 mbn..... So I sat on the cash with 150, which I lost playing like a twat, but he ho, I decided to call it a day and go home, I returned to my room about 12:30, so decided to register for the 100$ 6 max on poker stars, and low and behold I ended up winning it, happy days, I played real good throughout the whole tourney, I felt I was in the zone, and everything seemed to fall right for me, aggression certainly seems to work in those type of tourneys, I actually love the way that you don't tend to see many flops, and hardly any rivers, that is the way I love to play poker, rather than all in all in, all the time, its more pre flop action, and take downs on flops etc....
Had a horrible day on Sunday, played most decent Sunday comps, could not cash a bean, my deepest run was in the warm up, that was no good when I moved all in with AK and got called by AJ, with a Jack high flop it was gg me "sigh".....
I played the 6max ecoop last night, which the owner from big slick kindly put me in to.... It did not start off well from the off, I re raised from the sb with 10 9, the cut off calls, flop 567, I lead out for half the pot, he shoves for 1700, I decide to gamble and call, he has 66, and I miss, later on I am short, the sb raises, I shove all in with A9 he calls with KQ, flop 10 9 x, turn A, river JACK! zzzz, I was really disappointed in my performance and the result in itself, I no longer hold the title to this event, and very gutted about it, there were only 680 runners, and with 80 getting paid, I didn't play my best!:-( I am a div most times!!!!!!!
Life itself is tough enough, and to try and be success full in poker is twice as hard in my opinion, I will however keep fighting to the death, because to be honest, this is all I really want to do, I love it so much, and its the one thing that keeps me at peace with myself when I'm in the zone and playing well etc, but it is very very tough, but I find inspiration from many sources, and one in particular music, and one song resembles a lot of the poker world, - That's Life - by Michael Buble, the chorus is particularly significant "I find myself flat on my face, and I pick myself up and get back in the race, That's Life"
Anyway, time to go to sleep for hopefully a few days!, I have bad sleeping problems, I'm not sure what the future holds, but like I said, I will continue to fight as hard as I can to make a success of poker and try to improve other aspects of my life, as this can only help me get better as a player.
Hope you enjoyed the read
gl
Dreeniee82
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Stepping up....
Hello! Hope you are all well, I have been real lazy the past few weeks, :-(
Things have been going pretty badly in terms of poker.... Played a few of the scoops on stars, and could not get deep, my best chance was the 6 max, which I built a really nice stack, but, got involved with top pair 2ND kicker and it all went a bit wrong.... did not recover from that, and ended up getting it in with 97 diamonds vs KJ and couldn't hit.
I went to DTD to play the super 50 last weekend, and came out about 10 places before the money!...... I messed that one up 2, when I got involved in a pot with a guy who woke up with aces...mbn to be him....... I played ultra aggressive in that comp, it worked until that hand,,,, ppl keep telling me about gear changes loloolol.
The Ecoops are back on IPoker, I managed to play the 1st one, which I came out after a few hrs getting busy with a draw and missing....I was going to play the turbo re buy last night, but fell asleep at 4pm and did not wake up!, so I played a satellite for the $750 tonight, and ended up getting a seat for $50! MBN - lololol, this is probably my best chance, as I don't think there will be too many runners, and for what I spent to get into the tourney, it is massive value for me.
Unfortunately me playing for Bad Beat did not work out too well, many factors came into it, but the biggest of all obviously is the "D" word, and it took its toll in the end.
I ended up playing the UKIPT - that was also pants, I ran QQ into KK early on, about half hr later I had been pretty active, in the cut off + 1 I raise with J9, the button re raises, I decide to peel a flop, the flop comes 9 8 5 , 2 hearts, I check he bets, turn is a 6, I heck he bets, I call, river is an 8 of hearts, I bet 1050 with the intention of calling if he shoves, which he then goes all in for 5100, I have 5600, For some reason I start doubting my reads, think for ages, and in the end I decide to pass,,,,, He flips face up 34 off, wp. Later on the same guy takes me out with KK vs 88. 90% of the time I will go with my feel there, but I lost my bottle, and it was the turning point in the tourney for me, I think the confidence factor got the better of me, who knows.
Anyway, Tonight I will be looking forward to playing the Ecoop 4, you get 5k in chips and a 20 minute clock, I will be hoping for a deep run in this and If I win, I will be flying out to Vegas for the 1st time ..... one time plz!..... I will be playing under "Iambonkers", gl to all those playing :-)
gl
Dreenie82
Things have been going pretty badly in terms of poker.... Played a few of the scoops on stars, and could not get deep, my best chance was the 6 max, which I built a really nice stack, but, got involved with top pair 2ND kicker and it all went a bit wrong.... did not recover from that, and ended up getting it in with 97 diamonds vs KJ and couldn't hit.
I went to DTD to play the super 50 last weekend, and came out about 10 places before the money!...... I messed that one up 2, when I got involved in a pot with a guy who woke up with aces...mbn to be him....... I played ultra aggressive in that comp, it worked until that hand,,,, ppl keep telling me about gear changes loloolol.
The Ecoops are back on IPoker, I managed to play the 1st one, which I came out after a few hrs getting busy with a draw and missing....I was going to play the turbo re buy last night, but fell asleep at 4pm and did not wake up!, so I played a satellite for the $750 tonight, and ended up getting a seat for $50! MBN - lololol, this is probably my best chance, as I don't think there will be too many runners, and for what I spent to get into the tourney, it is massive value for me.
Unfortunately me playing for Bad Beat did not work out too well, many factors came into it, but the biggest of all obviously is the "D" word, and it took its toll in the end.
I ended up playing the UKIPT - that was also pants, I ran QQ into KK early on, about half hr later I had been pretty active, in the cut off + 1 I raise with J9, the button re raises, I decide to peel a flop, the flop comes 9 8 5 , 2 hearts, I check he bets, turn is a 6, I heck he bets, I call, river is an 8 of hearts, I bet 1050 with the intention of calling if he shoves, which he then goes all in for 5100, I have 5600, For some reason I start doubting my reads, think for ages, and in the end I decide to pass,,,,, He flips face up 34 off, wp. Later on the same guy takes me out with KK vs 88. 90% of the time I will go with my feel there, but I lost my bottle, and it was the turning point in the tourney for me, I think the confidence factor got the better of me, who knows.
Anyway, Tonight I will be looking forward to playing the Ecoop 4, you get 5k in chips and a 20 minute clock, I will be hoping for a deep run in this and If I win, I will be flying out to Vegas for the 1st time ..... one time plz!..... I will be playing under "Iambonkers", gl to all those playing :-)
gl
Dreenie82
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Hi, I haven't blogged much, have not really had much to shout about tbh...
I have been playing here and there, I played online for while, haven't done anything spectacular, I will be able to play a few more decent comps on mansion starting from Monday, as they are prepared to put my money up, so hopefully, I can stick in a load of volume with the sit and gos, and the odd decent mtt here and there, win one would be nice, and I will a bit happier :-)
I've played some live Cash here and there, haven't done too bad in recent weeks so that's a good thing, gives me some ammunition to take a few shots at the tourneys around, the ECOOP is not too far away, and I really hope I can do well in some of these events and win one, this time round they should make the watch/bracelet unisex!!!!!!
This weekend I am going to head up to Nottingham to ply the 300 deep stack, with a 100k gtd pp, this should be fun, the last couple of times, I haven't played well, so I'm looking to be playing ABC early on, and then when I found my zone rip it up, one time!!!!
One of my best friends had her son christened last weekend, so a big congratulations to her and her family :-) ........
The last few weeks have been testing times for myself as a poker player and as a person, and I would like to thank the people that have stood by me, and given me the support I needed, I am very grateful, and hopefully sometime very soon, I will make you proud and finally achieve the dream of what I have been craving for a long time.......... I have learned lately, that u have to take life with a pinch of salt, I am going to live for the moment and hopefully, I can be happy, that is all I want really, is to be happy, and I am grateful that there are some very kind people left in this world....
Anyways, I'm heading off now, I booked in to a hotel, so I could relax, and its getting late, so I better be off, as I have a long drive ahead,
Thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
I have been playing here and there, I played online for while, haven't done anything spectacular, I will be able to play a few more decent comps on mansion starting from Monday, as they are prepared to put my money up, so hopefully, I can stick in a load of volume with the sit and gos, and the odd decent mtt here and there, win one would be nice, and I will a bit happier :-)
I've played some live Cash here and there, haven't done too bad in recent weeks so that's a good thing, gives me some ammunition to take a few shots at the tourneys around, the ECOOP is not too far away, and I really hope I can do well in some of these events and win one, this time round they should make the watch/bracelet unisex!!!!!!
This weekend I am going to head up to Nottingham to ply the 300 deep stack, with a 100k gtd pp, this should be fun, the last couple of times, I haven't played well, so I'm looking to be playing ABC early on, and then when I found my zone rip it up, one time!!!!
One of my best friends had her son christened last weekend, so a big congratulations to her and her family :-) ........
The last few weeks have been testing times for myself as a poker player and as a person, and I would like to thank the people that have stood by me, and given me the support I needed, I am very grateful, and hopefully sometime very soon, I will make you proud and finally achieve the dream of what I have been craving for a long time.......... I have learned lately, that u have to take life with a pinch of salt, I am going to live for the moment and hopefully, I can be happy, that is all I want really, is to be happy, and I am grateful that there are some very kind people left in this world....
Anyways, I'm heading off now, I booked in to a hotel, so I could relax, and its getting late, so I better be off, as I have a long drive ahead,
Thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Fed Up
Hi, I haven't been blogging as much, as I have not been playing much.
I won the 5k on pokerstars about a week ago, which was nice, I got $1500 for that win, I played really well, and I bossed the FT, it was a lovely feeling.
I played the Sunday warm up and the million on Sunday, feel soooo gutted about it, in the warm up I had 180k with 400 odd left, and went out soon after.... I was in BB with Q9 clubs, the button raised and I called for 5k more..... flop was King high with 2 clubs....I check called the flop, the turn was a King, I check called again and the river was a 9, I paid him off on the end, and shoved with ace high soon after...highly highly frustrating tbh...
I have played a few cash games live and would probably say I broke even on the whole...
I had a haircut yesterday and I did a bit of retail therapy, which really was refreshing, I love spending money, and I love making myself feel better about myself, even if that does sound vain, when I win something, I always like to buy something for myself, and not give it all back to poker.
Today I'm feeling pretty pissed off, everything is getting to me, I am not happy in myself and I feel let down by lots of people, the world is one pretty big joke to be honest, and I am fed up of living in a fake world.
Anyway, I'm off to try and earn some money, hopefully try and build up some £££ for a holiday, would be so very nice!
Thanks for reading :-)
Gl
Dreeniee82
I won the 5k on pokerstars about a week ago, which was nice, I got $1500 for that win, I played really well, and I bossed the FT, it was a lovely feeling.
I played the Sunday warm up and the million on Sunday, feel soooo gutted about it, in the warm up I had 180k with 400 odd left, and went out soon after.... I was in BB with Q9 clubs, the button raised and I called for 5k more..... flop was King high with 2 clubs....I check called the flop, the turn was a King, I check called again and the river was a 9, I paid him off on the end, and shoved with ace high soon after...highly highly frustrating tbh...
I have played a few cash games live and would probably say I broke even on the whole...
I had a haircut yesterday and I did a bit of retail therapy, which really was refreshing, I love spending money, and I love making myself feel better about myself, even if that does sound vain, when I win something, I always like to buy something for myself, and not give it all back to poker.
Today I'm feeling pretty pissed off, everything is getting to me, I am not happy in myself and I feel let down by lots of people, the world is one pretty big joke to be honest, and I am fed up of living in a fake world.
Anyway, I'm off to try and earn some money, hopefully try and build up some £££ for a holiday, would be so very nice!
Thanks for reading :-)
Gl
Dreeniee82
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Refreshed...........
Hi, guys hope you are all well and have been enjoying the lovely English weather!!
I have played a small amount of volume the last week or so, due to needing to take some time out, yesterday I went to Bournemouth beach, and it was most refreshing to walk forever and just by listening to the sea can relax you somewhat.
I have played live a few times, but no good, played well the other day, just got very unlucky, when I was in a All In situation :-(....
Have been playing on mansion poker, Ive played 6/8 hrs straight and still breaking even arghhhhhhh..... or losing, I played 3 mtts on there last night, one I didn't even bother re buying, the other 2, got knocked out with 77 vs A3 off suit, and my 55 no good for A9..... I don't want to give up on something I commit to doing, however, I'm not sure how long I can cope with it, it is highly pain full playing for them solid hours day in day out and no rewards in sight Zzz
I have been playing a bit on poker stars, my mtts have been "nearly nearly" and I am due a result ANYTIME SOON!!!!!! - I have been playing some low stakes cash, and the odd sit n go, I came 2ND in a 36$ 180 man the other night, and last night I came 3rd in a 36$ 180 man and I won a 45 man 27$ wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Covered all my mtts and still ended up, so was able to get a good sleep lolololol. I am working towards trying to get to the UKIPT in Nottingham, Hopefully I can make that trip.
I have been really sleepy, only woke up at 3:30 this afternoon (lazy lazy I know), might cook tonight (lol) and then get ready for some nice mtts tonight online
Thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
I have played a small amount of volume the last week or so, due to needing to take some time out, yesterday I went to Bournemouth beach, and it was most refreshing to walk forever and just by listening to the sea can relax you somewhat.
I have played live a few times, but no good, played well the other day, just got very unlucky, when I was in a All In situation :-(....
Have been playing on mansion poker, Ive played 6/8 hrs straight and still breaking even arghhhhhhh..... or losing, I played 3 mtts on there last night, one I didn't even bother re buying, the other 2, got knocked out with 77 vs A3 off suit, and my 55 no good for A9..... I don't want to give up on something I commit to doing, however, I'm not sure how long I can cope with it, it is highly pain full playing for them solid hours day in day out and no rewards in sight Zzz
I have been playing a bit on poker stars, my mtts have been "nearly nearly" and I am due a result ANYTIME SOON!!!!!! - I have been playing some low stakes cash, and the odd sit n go, I came 2ND in a 36$ 180 man the other night, and last night I came 3rd in a 36$ 180 man and I won a 45 man 27$ wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Covered all my mtts and still ended up, so was able to get a good sleep lolololol. I am working towards trying to get to the UKIPT in Nottingham, Hopefully I can make that trip.
I have been really sleepy, only woke up at 3:30 this afternoon (lazy lazy I know), might cook tonight (lol) and then get ready for some nice mtts tonight online
Thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Hi, hope all is well with you guys,
Have played a little here and there, not too much, Thursday I went for lunch with my friend and decided at the last minute to go to Brighton, seeing as it was a nice day, It was a nice chilled day out with a good ray of sunshine, the dinky doughnuts were the best!
While there, we decided to shoot down to big slick and play the £40 f/o which did not go too well, but all in all a nice day out, When we got home I decided to play the 100k on stars, played like a real rock, which tbh is very unusual for me loloolol.... Got down to the last 130 players 81 getting paid, I had about 6k, a guy shoves all in on the short stack and a guy on my left with 5 ppl behind him decides to re shove all in for 18k with KQ off suit, I have QQ, and to me the bet looks like AK, so I think if I can win this flip I will certainly cash and have a chance to go deep, so I call and the other guy has 10 10, flop JJx turn KING!!!!!!!!!!! gg wp ,, game over!!, was a bit gutted about that one, as I felt I had played very well and it just didn't work out at the crucial points zzzz I was still in the h/u mtt with 6 players left I was guaranteed 280$, at this time I was really tired and my eyes kept closing as I was playing so in the end I shoved on a K10 flop with 10 2 and the guy had KQ so I was out in 5th and went straight to sleep...
I played a couple of days on mansion lots of sngs, no mtts, just trying to put the volume in and the last few days have been roughly about even for me on that front...
I woke up today and haven't played at all, feel quite down about lots of things, My father passed away in December, but he died in Italy and its all very messed up, I don't have a clue when the funeral was or where he was laid to rest, and I feel bad as I just want to have some sort of closure on his death, I have tried many avenues and I will keep trying, I do find it difficult and at times very alone about the whole situation, maybe it has took me longer to finally grieve for him.
Tonight I will go round my good friend Emily's, she has invited me for a pasta, so will just chill out, might play a bit when I get back, see how I feel, I probably wont play much the next few days tho, as I think I need a little break from it all, I have played pretty bad recently and that more than any bad beat, upsets me the most...
Have a great weekend, and hopefully next week I can get back on track and get a real decent run in an online comp, would be nice :-)... Thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Have played a little here and there, not too much, Thursday I went for lunch with my friend and decided at the last minute to go to Brighton, seeing as it was a nice day, It was a nice chilled day out with a good ray of sunshine, the dinky doughnuts were the best!
While there, we decided to shoot down to big slick and play the £40 f/o which did not go too well, but all in all a nice day out, When we got home I decided to play the 100k on stars, played like a real rock, which tbh is very unusual for me loloolol.... Got down to the last 130 players 81 getting paid, I had about 6k, a guy shoves all in on the short stack and a guy on my left with 5 ppl behind him decides to re shove all in for 18k with KQ off suit, I have QQ, and to me the bet looks like AK, so I think if I can win this flip I will certainly cash and have a chance to go deep, so I call and the other guy has 10 10, flop JJx turn KING!!!!!!!!!!! gg wp ,, game over!!, was a bit gutted about that one, as I felt I had played very well and it just didn't work out at the crucial points zzzz I was still in the h/u mtt with 6 players left I was guaranteed 280$, at this time I was really tired and my eyes kept closing as I was playing so in the end I shoved on a K10 flop with 10 2 and the guy had KQ so I was out in 5th and went straight to sleep...
I played a couple of days on mansion lots of sngs, no mtts, just trying to put the volume in and the last few days have been roughly about even for me on that front...
I woke up today and haven't played at all, feel quite down about lots of things, My father passed away in December, but he died in Italy and its all very messed up, I don't have a clue when the funeral was or where he was laid to rest, and I feel bad as I just want to have some sort of closure on his death, I have tried many avenues and I will keep trying, I do find it difficult and at times very alone about the whole situation, maybe it has took me longer to finally grieve for him.
Tonight I will go round my good friend Emily's, she has invited me for a pasta, so will just chill out, might play a bit when I get back, see how I feel, I probably wont play much the next few days tho, as I think I need a little break from it all, I have played pretty bad recently and that more than any bad beat, upsets me the most...
Have a great weekend, and hopefully next week I can get back on track and get a real decent run in an online comp, would be nice :-)... Thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Monday, 5 April 2010
4:am - min cashes everywhere !!
Hello..... hope you all had a great weekend!.... I played some online comps on Sunday night, went out of the Sunday warm up with KJ spades on a board of J77 all in on the flop and i lose to 88.... running straight lovely....
then the million..... I had J10 diamonds on the button....2 limper's so I make a raise..... flop comes
10 high,, one of the
limper bets out 4k, so I shove, he calls with QQ gg me..... the big slick 300 was a joke..... had set up hands all the way through,,,,, think my account might actually be bokked sikkkkkkk
so I went to sovereign after the million, kindly donated on the cash game,,,, not much fun there either :-(
So today i wake up at 7pm!!! sooooooooo lazy!!! lololol
I fire up some sit and gos on mansion, and obv get 2 outed in everything I play, I really feel like giving up on there, I have zero confidence, and I don't like the structures or the bingo players on ipoker.....
I load up on stars a few tourneys... I min cash in the 10$ rebuy - 75kgtd, I FT the 5k gtd, and come a disappointing 7th, when I re raise the button with 66 and he flats, the flop comes J10rag, so I shove he calls with A10...gg.... a few hands later i shove my last 50k in with 44 and get called by 55 ...irritating.....
I came about 50Th in the 100$ 50k gtd, I played one hand dreadful, when I hold 88 and it comes a 6 high flop I decide to call him down and check raise on the river when the ace had turned, he had AJ,,, then gave the same guy the remainder of my chips when I raise the cut off with 77, flop comes 10 high, all diamonds, he calls y 20k all in with QJ,,, the Jack of diamonds is obv the nuts when the queen of diamonds comes on the turn, gg,,, vwp.....
I played a little cash after and made a few dollars, so all in all, not a bad night, will probably be heading to the Big Slick, Tuesday night for there £30/£30 rollover tourney which has a good gtd of £2800 and with 12k chips and a 25 minute clock, hope to go deep in that
Anyways, I'm off to bed now, thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
then the million..... I had J10 diamonds on the button....2 limper's so I make a raise..... flop comes
10 high,, one of the
limper bets out 4k, so I shove, he calls with QQ gg me..... the big slick 300 was a joke..... had set up hands all the way through,,,,, think my account might actually be bokked sikkkkkkk
so I went to sovereign after the million, kindly donated on the cash game,,,, not much fun there either :-(
So today i wake up at 7pm!!! sooooooooo lazy!!! lololol
I fire up some sit and gos on mansion, and obv get 2 outed in everything I play, I really feel like giving up on there, I have zero confidence, and I don't like the structures or the bingo players on ipoker.....
I load up on stars a few tourneys... I min cash in the 10$ rebuy - 75kgtd, I FT the 5k gtd, and come a disappointing 7th, when I re raise the button with 66 and he flats, the flop comes J10rag, so I shove he calls with A10...gg.... a few hands later i shove my last 50k in with 44 and get called by 55 ...irritating.....
I came about 50Th in the 100$ 50k gtd, I played one hand dreadful, when I hold 88 and it comes a 6 high flop I decide to call him down and check raise on the river when the ace had turned, he had AJ,,, then gave the same guy the remainder of my chips when I raise the cut off with 77, flop comes 10 high, all diamonds, he calls y 20k all in with QJ,,, the Jack of diamonds is obv the nuts when the queen of diamonds comes on the turn, gg,,, vwp.....
I played a little cash after and made a few dollars, so all in all, not a bad night, will probably be heading to the Big Slick, Tuesday night for there £30/£30 rollover tourney which has a good gtd of £2800 and with 12k chips and a 25 minute clock, hope to go deep in that
Anyways, I'm off to bed now, thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Sunday, 4 April 2010
At last - A Live Win - wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :-))) 14:30
Hello...... sry I haven't updated for a few days, I have not played too much online tbh.....tried to stay off it for a bit.... ......
Yesterday I headed up to DTD........ It was all a bit last minute tbh, Anyway I head up to the club, it took me about 2hrs doing some serious weaving..... slowww Saturday drivers lolol...... I finally get there in the 3rd level!!.....take a seat, and play one hand before the break, then grab something to drink..... We return and I don't do too much,,,, however about half hour later I try and make a bit of a steal when the guys holding trip jacks with the ace kicker, not the greatest of moves zzzzzz......... Then I pick up A9, I raise after 2 limper's, both call, flop comes down J82, 2 clubs,, I go all in once they both check to me, I have about 3700 left,,, they both call and the river brings a King of clubs, and I stand up.... they both have rivered a flush, 97cc + Q10cc..... gg...wp...
I was really angry at myself, for getting involved too early on, specially as the trip is so long and stuff, so I head back to surrey, where I decide to go in the £60 f/o at Big Slick, I arrived at 9pm, not too bad, and they had a 70 runner field.......
Starting stack is 12k, and a generous 30 minute clock throughout, gave this tourney lots of play, and never really had to panic.....
I get off to a good start, and it gets better when I re raise on the button with 73 cc,,, the sb re raises me so I fold face up, and the very next hand I hold KK, and I get paid because of what I had shown from middle pair and a busted flush draw, a nice 70k pot :-)
The tiredness starts to set in, and by 3am I am on the FT with average chips, I call someones all in with King high, and get ultraaaaaaaa luckyyyyyyyyyyyy on the river when a Queen hits, and then I just have hands, in the end it was 6:30am, and we decide to chop the 2 spots with a generous tip to the dealers, however I had more chips, so I won the maximum points for the VEGAS FREEROLL!!! (one time??)
I really feel a tournament with this structure, and an earlier start, with a little higher buy in, would be really successful for the club, and I hope they look into it.
So today is Easter Sunday, I never made church in the end, but I said all my prayers, so hopefully I can live happy for a while :-).......... I am off out to try and grab a roast dinner, cant wait :P....
I will be playing online tonight, a few of the majors on stars, and I might even take a shot at the 300$ on ipoker on big slick....who knows.......
Thanks for reading and HAPPY EASTER :-))
gl
Dreeniee82
Yesterday I headed up to DTD........ It was all a bit last minute tbh, Anyway I head up to the club, it took me about 2hrs doing some serious weaving..... slowww Saturday drivers lolol...... I finally get there in the 3rd level!!.....take a seat, and play one hand before the break, then grab something to drink..... We return and I don't do too much,,,, however about half hour later I try and make a bit of a steal when the guys holding trip jacks with the ace kicker, not the greatest of moves zzzzzz......... Then I pick up A9, I raise after 2 limper's, both call, flop comes down J82, 2 clubs,, I go all in once they both check to me, I have about 3700 left,,, they both call and the river brings a King of clubs, and I stand up.... they both have rivered a flush, 97cc + Q10cc..... gg...wp...
I was really angry at myself, for getting involved too early on, specially as the trip is so long and stuff, so I head back to surrey, where I decide to go in the £60 f/o at Big Slick, I arrived at 9pm, not too bad, and they had a 70 runner field.......
Starting stack is 12k, and a generous 30 minute clock throughout, gave this tourney lots of play, and never really had to panic.....
I get off to a good start, and it gets better when I re raise on the button with 73 cc,,, the sb re raises me so I fold face up, and the very next hand I hold KK, and I get paid because of what I had shown from middle pair and a busted flush draw, a nice 70k pot :-)
The tiredness starts to set in, and by 3am I am on the FT with average chips, I call someones all in with King high, and get ultraaaaaaaa luckyyyyyyyyyyyy on the river when a Queen hits, and then I just have hands, in the end it was 6:30am, and we decide to chop the 2 spots with a generous tip to the dealers, however I had more chips, so I won the maximum points for the VEGAS FREEROLL!!! (one time??)
I really feel a tournament with this structure, and an earlier start, with a little higher buy in, would be really successful for the club, and I hope they look into it.
So today is Easter Sunday, I never made church in the end, but I said all my prayers, so hopefully I can live happy for a while :-).......... I am off out to try and grab a roast dinner, cant wait :P....
I will be playing online tonight, a few of the majors on stars, and I might even take a shot at the 300$ on ipoker on big slick....who knows.......
Thanks for reading and HAPPY EASTER :-))
gl
Dreeniee82
Monday, 29 March 2010
8:00pm - THE WEEKEND.................
Hi all, Well today is gloomy Monday and I have been very lazy and just woke up lol :-), really needed a good sleep, which I had, so feel very refreshed.
I played on Saturday on mansion for a while, loaded up some sit and go's, and was doing fairly well in the 10 handed ones but couldn't get a deep run in any mtt, which ended up costing me a loss of $200 ....
I decided to pop up to the Big Slick for there £50 f/o with a 3k gtd, which was very good, they managed to get 100 runners, with ppl waiting on the list to play, the atmosphere was great..
I played quite well, I passed 2 pair on the river to a guy , the flop - J94, I'm in the sb, I bet the flop, he calls, the turn is Ace, I bet again he calls, the river is a King, I check he bets 1500, I decide I cant beat much here, so I fold my J4..... Then a very interesting hand occurred, I am in the BB with KK, the cut off limps for 200, the button limps, and I make it 700 on top, they both call and the flop comes 6 K 6 , all checked round, turn is a 6, all checked again, river the beautiful king, I bet 2k, the cut off raises to 6k, button folds and i go all in he instant calls and slams over 67 off, I roll over my KK and he cant believe it, it was quite a feeling :-)
I make a really bad mistake half way through when I call an all in for 7k with 3 over cards, and he has re shoved with middle pair, after announcing that he misread his hand ...... and after that I lose a few chips hear and there, then I make a off read when I check raise someone on the turn with a flush draw, he happens to have top pair, but I get lucky and hit my ace on river...., by about 1am there are 30 left, and I am in the SB with A3 dd, comes round to the SB, who limps, I decide to raise, try and pick up whats in there, however, he decides to slam it all in!!.... I think for a bit, and just feel he is not strong, so I decide to call he has A5 off suit, however the flop comes 356, and I am heading out the door, gg me...... It all comes down to them marginal situations again,,, I can quite easily build up chips, and I know I don't need to make these marginal/bad calls, in order to win a comp, next time......
Sunday arrives, and I decide to play the £100 f/o with a £50 add on at a club in Hampshire - The Sovereign, it has a 6k gtd, and a 30 minute clock and it started at 2pm, so I head off there.
I arrive and get the add on straight away, so have 20k starting stack, I cant get anything going in the 1st 3 levels, it was very painful, every raise was getting re raised and every pair was getting outdrawn, so I was happy when the break came... I came back to an 11k stack, I knew I didn't have to panic because of the clock.... so I make a couple of raises and have about 12.5k at the time of this hand..... blinds are 100/200 25 ante, 4 limper's, and the cut off makes it 1300, I am on the button with 84 clubs, I feel that it is a steal, so I decide to make it 4100 straight, all the limper's fold, and it gets to him who shows face up 75 off, I show my hand and we all laugh.......
I gradually build my stack to about 21k, and then call an all in for 7500 with 33 vs A8 and flop a set, which is nice, at this point I feel the tide turning and I feel very very focused, later on I hold 10 10, I raise, the button re raises to 7k, I cant flat call here, I decide I am either folding or going all in,,,, so I decide on the latter, he calls with AK,,, a classic race, which comes Ace high,,, BUT..... the river was kind and I binked a 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now I feel great,,,however it doesn't take long for me to dump off 35k with 65 dd missing my straight draw and value betting (lol) on the end, and getting only "called" by quads, mbn :-)
I then have 63 hearts, the cut off +1 limps for 800, I make it 2400 on the button, he calls, flop K10Q, 2 diamonds, he checks I bet 4800, he calls, the turn is a King of diamonds, he checks I bet 9100, he folds....
much later blinds are 2/4k I hold 77, I make it 11k, the button raises to 26k straight, I move all in and he dwells up and passes, and after about an hour of small chip building I make the final table :-)
I have about 90k and top 6 get paid, so we decide to do a deal with all 9 getting paid.....
I don't get too involved, however I am not on the table long,,, ..... UTG limps for 6k....fold to me in the cutoff, and I limp with K6 clubs,,, the button limps and the BB checks, the flop comes :
Q109, 2 clubs...... the UTG bets 24k, I think about it, and I decide to push all in, the button calls (hes short with about 15k), and the bb folds, UTG dwells up for a long time, and makes the call with KK, turn and river brings 3, 3, of which none are clubs and I exit in a dismal 9th place..
This hand in many ppls eyes should never have been played, I agree..... however I like to take lots of flops, and when I hit a flop like that, I am not too disheartened to get my money in, If I hit, I am prob certain that I will make top 3 , which is 1k+, however the downside to it, is that I had played a great game up to that point, just picking away at ppl, so felt that again it comes down to the fact , I don't think I need to be putting my chips in, with a hand like that, on a draw.... sigh..gg
I get £150 for my efforts,,,, it was a great day, and I watch the FT pan out..... well done to Matt, who chopped it, he played well and overall I enjoyed the day out....
I head bck home about 3am, and decide to have a little go on poker stars, I play a little cash and win about 80$.....and about 10 stts, I get knocked out everyone until the last 12$ 180 man, which I happily win, so all in all the day did not seem too bad!! lololol
Anyway, I am off now to grab a bite to eat, will be playing a bit later, and can hopefully win a mtt online, its been sooooooooooooooooo longggggggggggggg..!!
Also like to say a massive congratulations to Mr Neil Channing for scooping 2ND place in the GUKPT main event in London this weekend, well deserved and well played :-)
Take care and thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
I played on Saturday on mansion for a while, loaded up some sit and go's, and was doing fairly well in the 10 handed ones but couldn't get a deep run in any mtt, which ended up costing me a loss of $200 ....
I decided to pop up to the Big Slick for there £50 f/o with a 3k gtd, which was very good, they managed to get 100 runners, with ppl waiting on the list to play, the atmosphere was great..
I played quite well, I passed 2 pair on the river to a guy , the flop - J94, I'm in the sb, I bet the flop, he calls, the turn is Ace, I bet again he calls, the river is a King, I check he bets 1500, I decide I cant beat much here, so I fold my J4..... Then a very interesting hand occurred, I am in the BB with KK, the cut off limps for 200, the button limps, and I make it 700 on top, they both call and the flop comes 6 K 6 , all checked round, turn is a 6, all checked again, river the beautiful king, I bet 2k, the cut off raises to 6k, button folds and i go all in he instant calls and slams over 67 off, I roll over my KK and he cant believe it, it was quite a feeling :-)
I make a really bad mistake half way through when I call an all in for 7k with 3 over cards, and he has re shoved with middle pair, after announcing that he misread his hand ...... and after that I lose a few chips hear and there, then I make a off read when I check raise someone on the turn with a flush draw, he happens to have top pair, but I get lucky and hit my ace on river...., by about 1am there are 30 left, and I am in the SB with A3 dd, comes round to the SB, who limps, I decide to raise, try and pick up whats in there, however, he decides to slam it all in!!.... I think for a bit, and just feel he is not strong, so I decide to call he has A5 off suit, however the flop comes 356, and I am heading out the door, gg me...... It all comes down to them marginal situations again,,, I can quite easily build up chips, and I know I don't need to make these marginal/bad calls, in order to win a comp, next time......
Sunday arrives, and I decide to play the £100 f/o with a £50 add on at a club in Hampshire - The Sovereign, it has a 6k gtd, and a 30 minute clock and it started at 2pm, so I head off there.
I arrive and get the add on straight away, so have 20k starting stack, I cant get anything going in the 1st 3 levels, it was very painful, every raise was getting re raised and every pair was getting outdrawn, so I was happy when the break came... I came back to an 11k stack, I knew I didn't have to panic because of the clock.... so I make a couple of raises and have about 12.5k at the time of this hand..... blinds are 100/200 25 ante, 4 limper's, and the cut off makes it 1300, I am on the button with 84 clubs, I feel that it is a steal, so I decide to make it 4100 straight, all the limper's fold, and it gets to him who shows face up 75 off, I show my hand and we all laugh.......
I gradually build my stack to about 21k, and then call an all in for 7500 with 33 vs A8 and flop a set, which is nice, at this point I feel the tide turning and I feel very very focused, later on I hold 10 10, I raise, the button re raises to 7k, I cant flat call here, I decide I am either folding or going all in,,,, so I decide on the latter, he calls with AK,,, a classic race, which comes Ace high,,, BUT..... the river was kind and I binked a 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So now I feel great,,,however it doesn't take long for me to dump off 35k with 65 dd missing my straight draw and value betting (lol) on the end, and getting only "called" by quads, mbn :-)
I then have 63 hearts, the cut off +1 limps for 800, I make it 2400 on the button, he calls, flop K10Q, 2 diamonds, he checks I bet 4800, he calls, the turn is a King of diamonds, he checks I bet 9100, he folds....
much later blinds are 2/4k I hold 77, I make it 11k, the button raises to 26k straight, I move all in and he dwells up and passes, and after about an hour of small chip building I make the final table :-)
I have about 90k and top 6 get paid, so we decide to do a deal with all 9 getting paid.....
I don't get too involved, however I am not on the table long,,, ..... UTG limps for 6k....fold to me in the cutoff, and I limp with K6 clubs,,, the button limps and the BB checks, the flop comes :
Q109, 2 clubs...... the UTG bets 24k, I think about it, and I decide to push all in, the button calls (hes short with about 15k), and the bb folds, UTG dwells up for a long time, and makes the call with KK, turn and river brings 3, 3, of which none are clubs and I exit in a dismal 9th place..
This hand in many ppls eyes should never have been played, I agree..... however I like to take lots of flops, and when I hit a flop like that, I am not too disheartened to get my money in, If I hit, I am prob certain that I will make top 3 , which is 1k+, however the downside to it, is that I had played a great game up to that point, just picking away at ppl, so felt that again it comes down to the fact , I don't think I need to be putting my chips in, with a hand like that, on a draw.... sigh..gg
I get £150 for my efforts,,,, it was a great day, and I watch the FT pan out..... well done to Matt, who chopped it, he played well and overall I enjoyed the day out....
I head bck home about 3am, and decide to have a little go on poker stars, I play a little cash and win about 80$.....and about 10 stts, I get knocked out everyone until the last 12$ 180 man, which I happily win, so all in all the day did not seem too bad!! lololol
Anyway, I am off now to grab a bite to eat, will be playing a bit later, and can hopefully win a mtt online, its been sooooooooooooooooo longggggggggggggg..!!
Also like to say a massive congratulations to Mr Neil Channing for scooping 2ND place in the GUKPT main event in London this weekend, well deserved and well played :-)
Take care and thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Friday, 26 March 2010
The Final Furlong - 2:30am
Hi all, well today has been pretty stress full - I went to bed at 7am this morning, and slept right through till 6pm!!.....
I had a phone call from the owner of Big Slick, asking me to come down and play, with him offering the kind gesture of putting me in the comp, this man has been very supportive to me over the last couple of years, and I can only say thank you,he really is a great person.
So, I arrive late, as I had to do something before hand, and luckily have not lost too many chips. I pass for a few hands and nothing much really happens for about an hour. I had a couple of nice hands QQ, AK etc and re raised ppl, but no one called so just picked up what was in there. Then I have KJ hearts on the button, the cut off limps for 1600, I limp, and the BB checks, Flop - K83,, We all check and the turn is a 6 of hearts, which now brings me a flush draw and top pair, they both check and i bet 1600 they both call, and the river is a Queen, the bb checks and the cut off, moves all in, I end up calling and he shows QQ, mbn...
After that I get a triple up with KJ vs A9 and A2, and from then on, i just steal blinds etc.... Final 2 tables and I have AJ on the button, a guy makes a raise of 9k, I decide to push all in, and he folds, very next hand, the guy on my right, raises to 8k, I have 55 and re raise him all in, and he calls with A4 clubs and I hold, so now I'm thinking I'm on a run, until ..... I am in the sb, one limper, the BB announces raise and bumps it up to 7500, the limper folds and i peel off a flop with 109 of hearts, the flop comes QJ6 rainbow, I decide to shove all in he calls with KK gg me,,,,, leaves me with 17k and I end up shoving all in about every other hand,,,,,
We finally get to FT, with 6 getting paid, and I have 27k, with blinds starting at 2/4k.... I fold a few hands and after about 2 rounds I have about 23k, I am on the cut off with 96 clubs and move all in, the BB calls with K10 and I turn a flush - Then I reign back a bit, make a cheeky raise with J6 off on the button, the BB calls, flop comes Q74 , 2 diamonds, I decide to bet the same as my initial raise of 15k, he dwells for a while and then luckily folds
After a while, there are 5 of us left, I have 44k and the blinds are 3/6k, I'm UTG with K10, I decide to push and try and give myself another round of folding, the BB thinks and has about 80kish, and calls, with A8 off.... gg...wp...flop AQ9, and I don't improve and swiftly exit...
I am pretty fed up today tbh, There are a few things bothering me, and I know there is not much I can do about it. I suppose all I really want is to be happy with someone who can be there for me too, and people talk about time heels and the right one will come along one day, but I'm not so sure, I thought I had found the right person, obviously that was just a pipe dream too.
This is why I try to concentrate on my poker so much, because it allows me some sort of release, and less thinking time of all the crappy things that life throws at you.
Anyway, I'm off now, I haven't played online at all today, may not bother tomorrow either, because right now I think I need to chill out a bit and reflect on things, thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
I had a phone call from the owner of Big Slick, asking me to come down and play, with him offering the kind gesture of putting me in the comp, this man has been very supportive to me over the last couple of years, and I can only say thank you,he really is a great person.
So, I arrive late, as I had to do something before hand, and luckily have not lost too many chips. I pass for a few hands and nothing much really happens for about an hour. I had a couple of nice hands QQ, AK etc and re raised ppl, but no one called so just picked up what was in there. Then I have KJ hearts on the button, the cut off limps for 1600, I limp, and the BB checks, Flop - K83,, We all check and the turn is a 6 of hearts, which now brings me a flush draw and top pair, they both check and i bet 1600 they both call, and the river is a Queen, the bb checks and the cut off, moves all in, I end up calling and he shows QQ, mbn...
After that I get a triple up with KJ vs A9 and A2, and from then on, i just steal blinds etc.... Final 2 tables and I have AJ on the button, a guy makes a raise of 9k, I decide to push all in, and he folds, very next hand, the guy on my right, raises to 8k, I have 55 and re raise him all in, and he calls with A4 clubs and I hold, so now I'm thinking I'm on a run, until ..... I am in the sb, one limper, the BB announces raise and bumps it up to 7500, the limper folds and i peel off a flop with 109 of hearts, the flop comes QJ6 rainbow, I decide to shove all in he calls with KK gg me,,,,, leaves me with 17k and I end up shoving all in about every other hand,,,,,
We finally get to FT, with 6 getting paid, and I have 27k, with blinds starting at 2/4k.... I fold a few hands and after about 2 rounds I have about 23k, I am on the cut off with 96 clubs and move all in, the BB calls with K10 and I turn a flush - Then I reign back a bit, make a cheeky raise with J6 off on the button, the BB calls, flop comes Q74 , 2 diamonds, I decide to bet the same as my initial raise of 15k, he dwells for a while and then luckily folds
After a while, there are 5 of us left, I have 44k and the blinds are 3/6k, I'm UTG with K10, I decide to push and try and give myself another round of folding, the BB thinks and has about 80kish, and calls, with A8 off.... gg...wp...flop AQ9, and I don't improve and swiftly exit...
I am pretty fed up today tbh, There are a few things bothering me, and I know there is not much I can do about it. I suppose all I really want is to be happy with someone who can be there for me too, and people talk about time heels and the right one will come along one day, but I'm not so sure, I thought I had found the right person, obviously that was just a pipe dream too.
This is why I try to concentrate on my poker so much, because it allows me some sort of release, and less thinking time of all the crappy things that life throws at you.
Anyway, I'm off now, I haven't played online at all today, may not bother tomorrow either, because right now I think I need to chill out a bit and reflect on things, thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
Thursday, 25 March 2010
something has to give............ 4:30am
Hi all, did not get much sleep yesterday as I have had major problems sleeping for long periods, so is not too much fun.... While I was awake in the day, I logged on to mansion and played a few sngs, which within 45 minutes, I had been 1/2/3/ outed out of 80% of them.... zzzzzzz I was still in a 10$ f/o 3 k gtd, of which I ft, and managed to come a disappointing 6Th!. I was getting tired, and the game seemed to be going on forever, so no bad beats here, I blame myself, I tried to win it too quick and ultimately it cost me the 1st/2ND :-(
So I head off to sleep for a few hrs, and awake at 10pm, which Im not happy about as I wanted to sleep for a good 14 hrs...... So I switch on the computer and play a couple of comps on stars, and a couple on mansion.............
I played 2 comps on stars, and went out both fairly earlier,,,, I had A3 in SB limped from sb, 4 ppl in the pot, the flop comes - A310, check check, bet of 100, a call and i make it 700 to play, one caller, and the turn is a Q. I shove my bowl of rice in the middle and he calls with KJ, GG, WP.
within 10 seconds in the other one, I raise with 10 10, 2 callers, the flop comes 9, 2, 2, I bet one guy calls, the turn is a 2, I bet again, he sets me in...... I end up calling, and he flips 99, GG, WP.
The mansion ones I went out also, so no profit there today......
I play a bit of cash on stars, and get it in with JJ on a 456 board vs 99, it was nice to hold :-)
So I decide to play the 100k on stars, I sit down and thinks don't go to well when I flop top pair and lose about 600 to a set of 8's check calling all the way, (KJ cc)......
I grind it bck to a respectable 4k at the 1st break, and things get better after that, when I raise on button with 107 hearts, the flop comes 10 10 5, b leads out , I flat, the turn is an 8, and I move in he calls with A8....... then I have AK vs QQ and I flop the ace, and hold with 88 vs AQ and AK,,,, lovely.....
Then for some reason it all starts to go pear shaped, about 150 left, 81 get paid, I'm raising and getting back raised a lot, so I just try to steady the ship but cant seem to do it very well, I bleed off around 8k, and am highly frustrated at this point,,,, basically the long and short of it was I tilted off the rest, like a complete and utter donkey kong, all because I seem to lose all the mentality when going near the bubble/end of a comp,,, I am literally screwing at myself, really really irritated , I am going to be working on my game over the next few weeks, and start going back to basics, and really hammering home some discipline when it gets to these stages of mtts.
I definately need to change things in my game, 100%, because otherwise I am just going to give up for good as there is no point making ill timed mistakes over and over.
Rant over, and a strong lesson learned, take care, ppl, have a nice weekend, whatever you decide to do, and thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
So I head off to sleep for a few hrs, and awake at 10pm, which Im not happy about as I wanted to sleep for a good 14 hrs...... So I switch on the computer and play a couple of comps on stars, and a couple on mansion.............
I played 2 comps on stars, and went out both fairly earlier,,,, I had A3 in SB limped from sb, 4 ppl in the pot, the flop comes - A310, check check, bet of 100, a call and i make it 700 to play, one caller, and the turn is a Q. I shove my bowl of rice in the middle and he calls with KJ, GG, WP.
within 10 seconds in the other one, I raise with 10 10, 2 callers, the flop comes 9, 2, 2, I bet one guy calls, the turn is a 2, I bet again, he sets me in...... I end up calling, and he flips 99, GG, WP.
The mansion ones I went out also, so no profit there today......
I play a bit of cash on stars, and get it in with JJ on a 456 board vs 99, it was nice to hold :-)
So I decide to play the 100k on stars, I sit down and thinks don't go to well when I flop top pair and lose about 600 to a set of 8's check calling all the way, (KJ cc)......
I grind it bck to a respectable 4k at the 1st break, and things get better after that, when I raise on button with 107 hearts, the flop comes 10 10 5, b leads out , I flat, the turn is an 8, and I move in he calls with A8....... then I have AK vs QQ and I flop the ace, and hold with 88 vs AQ and AK,,,, lovely.....
Then for some reason it all starts to go pear shaped, about 150 left, 81 get paid, I'm raising and getting back raised a lot, so I just try to steady the ship but cant seem to do it very well, I bleed off around 8k, and am highly frustrated at this point,,,, basically the long and short of it was I tilted off the rest, like a complete and utter donkey kong, all because I seem to lose all the mentality when going near the bubble/end of a comp,,, I am literally screwing at myself, really really irritated , I am going to be working on my game over the next few weeks, and start going back to basics, and really hammering home some discipline when it gets to these stages of mtts.
I definately need to change things in my game, 100%, because otherwise I am just going to give up for good as there is no point making ill timed mistakes over and over.
Rant over, and a strong lesson learned, take care, ppl, have a nice weekend, whatever you decide to do, and thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
2:24 am - smoke but no cigar ......
Hi all, well today has been pretty painful tbh, I woke about 5pm,,,,, and played a couple of mtts on mansion, and loaded up a load of stts on stars.
I couldn't win anything on stars, lost all my hands when it really mattered, bubbled a 180 man, when I shoved on button with K9 dd, and the BB woke up with AA,,,, had lots of filthy action tonight, ppl calling with J4 and turning trips, J5 spades and turning a flush, all against my big pairs, it was pretty sick, and I quickly logged out...
I played on mansion for a bit, mainly mtts, min cashed in the speed rebuy, and went deep in the 20$ 4k gtd f/o, of which I bubbled!!.... the guy on button raises, I am in the SB with A7, so I decide to take a stand, and he calls with J8 off, and flops trips,,,, mbn :-(
I then play a few stts, not too bad, probably level at the end, and register for the 6.5k gtd turbo rebuy of which I final table.... however that was short lived, as I pick up AJ off the 1st hand, I shove blinds are 12500/25000, I have 138000, everyone folds, then the very next hand, I am utg, with AK dd, I decide to shove again, but this time, I get called by 10 10 and JJ, I figure not so bad, until the Jack falls on the flop, and I go out 9th as the other guy has less chips, for a very disappointing 130$......
I am just watching a black belt poker player, female may I add :P , playing in the final 5 of WSOP satellite, gl to Mandy, I hope she wins the package :-)
I will probably take a little rest tomorrow, my mind is kinda everywhere, tonight has bought lots of pain, so I think I need to regroup, anyhow, take care guys and thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
I couldn't win anything on stars, lost all my hands when it really mattered, bubbled a 180 man, when I shoved on button with K9 dd, and the BB woke up with AA,,,, had lots of filthy action tonight, ppl calling with J4 and turning trips, J5 spades and turning a flush, all against my big pairs, it was pretty sick, and I quickly logged out...
I played on mansion for a bit, mainly mtts, min cashed in the speed rebuy, and went deep in the 20$ 4k gtd f/o, of which I bubbled!!.... the guy on button raises, I am in the SB with A7, so I decide to take a stand, and he calls with J8 off, and flops trips,,,, mbn :-(
I then play a few stts, not too bad, probably level at the end, and register for the 6.5k gtd turbo rebuy of which I final table.... however that was short lived, as I pick up AJ off the 1st hand, I shove blinds are 12500/25000, I have 138000, everyone folds, then the very next hand, I am utg, with AK dd, I decide to shove again, but this time, I get called by 10 10 and JJ, I figure not so bad, until the Jack falls on the flop, and I go out 9th as the other guy has less chips, for a very disappointing 130$......
I am just watching a black belt poker player, female may I add :P , playing in the final 5 of WSOP satellite, gl to Mandy, I hope she wins the package :-)
I will probably take a little rest tomorrow, my mind is kinda everywhere, tonight has bought lots of pain, so I think I need to regroup, anyhow, take care guys and thanks for reading
gl
Dreeniee82
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
24 march 2010 4:31am - Tide turning??
Hi there, well today has been eventful to say the least,,, I didnt play much in the day, felt really tired as I was up early for me (11am lol).... so had a sleep and woke up about 7pm after playing a couple of sit n gos and mtts on mansion, which I ended down 30$....
I then went to Big Slick poker club in croydon, to play there weekly rollover tournament, its a £30/£30 semi f/o with 6k/6k chips and a 20 minute clock, but level 6 it goes up to 25 minute clock, they had a lovely £2600 gtd, which they made, therefore will be £2700 next week :-)
I sat down and played 3 hands in the 1st 4 levels, it was painful, 2 of which were bluffs, which got through and the other I folded to a re raise pre flop.... After the break, I made a mistake when raising too little pre flop with my pair, and eventually paid him off on the river with an ace on the board, and in the end I went out short stacked, so no good there.....
I came home and played 2 sit n gos on mansion, one 30$ 6 max, and another 30$ 18 man, and won them both so I was in $300 profit, so its nice to have stopped the rut for a bit :-)
Played a bit on pokerstars, entered the 70k , but was out pretty earlier when my JJ could not hold vs A4 offsuit, 3 clubs by the turn, and I hold the Jack of clubs, but a nice red ace on the river seals my fate, shortly after I push with K7 spades and run into A10 which holds..... I play a bit of cash, but not very good there either, and the 10$ rebuy 50k gtd, and I get a fair stack, but go out about 830th main reason, I could not hold with 99 vs AJ ...Jack on the river, so all in all, not a bad day but would have like it to be a lot better , hey , whats the saying "you cant win them all"....... lol
Hopefully tomorrow I can actually win a tourney, I am getting frustrated with the situation, so I need to put some extra effort in, if Im to bink one !!
Thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
I then went to Big Slick poker club in croydon, to play there weekly rollover tournament, its a £30/£30 semi f/o with 6k/6k chips and a 20 minute clock, but level 6 it goes up to 25 minute clock, they had a lovely £2600 gtd, which they made, therefore will be £2700 next week :-)
I sat down and played 3 hands in the 1st 4 levels, it was painful, 2 of which were bluffs, which got through and the other I folded to a re raise pre flop.... After the break, I made a mistake when raising too little pre flop with my pair, and eventually paid him off on the river with an ace on the board, and in the end I went out short stacked, so no good there.....
I came home and played 2 sit n gos on mansion, one 30$ 6 max, and another 30$ 18 man, and won them both so I was in $300 profit, so its nice to have stopped the rut for a bit :-)
Played a bit on pokerstars, entered the 70k , but was out pretty earlier when my JJ could not hold vs A4 offsuit, 3 clubs by the turn, and I hold the Jack of clubs, but a nice red ace on the river seals my fate, shortly after I push with K7 spades and run into A10 which holds..... I play a bit of cash, but not very good there either, and the 10$ rebuy 50k gtd, and I get a fair stack, but go out about 830th main reason, I could not hold with 99 vs AJ ...Jack on the river, so all in all, not a bad day but would have like it to be a lot better , hey , whats the saying "you cant win them all"....... lol
Hopefully tomorrow I can actually win a tourney, I am getting frustrated with the situation, so I need to put some extra effort in, if Im to bink one !!
Thanks for reading :-)
gl
Dreeniee82
Monday, 22 March 2010
" 23rd March 2010 - 5:00am"
Hello there, and welcome to my blog..... I hope you will all enjoy reading (if any lol), and hopefully there will be some great highs and not too many lows along the way :-)
I have been playing poker for about 7 yrs now, and the game still fascinates me today, it can be cruel at times, but when the iron strikes hot it is one of the greatest feelings to ever have in your life....
Back in November of last year, I was playing on pokerstars - dreeniee82 - and had a very fruitful night winning the daily 80k outright. This was my 1st big poker win online and the feeling was unbelievable, a month on in December I played an Ecoop 6 max on Ipoker - Big slick - Iambonkers, and won that too, that was an even greater feeling, a month after that I came 2nd at the DTD £300 event which was a great feeling, as it was my 1st big live win......
The beginning of this month I joined the BadBeat team, playing on Ipoker - Mansion - Dreeniee82, playing stts and mtts.
In my 1st week, it was great, I won a tourney and later that week, had a 2nd and 3rd place finish, I was also doing rather well at the stts..... then variance crept in, and the last 7 days, it has been a bit of a struggle, I admit at times I'm probably not playing to the best of my ability, however I am getting ridiculously outdrawn when it matters, which does not help lolol
Tonight I did not play too much, I played only a handful of stts, cashing a 3rd in one and bubbling a couple of the others, played the $10 rebuy 30k gtd, and after the break had around 6kish, I was dealt KK, one guy raised, I called, the flop came K,J, rag, the guy bets all in, I snap call obv, and he shows 2 red queens, turn 9 ,,,,river 10..... lovely
I played the 5$ rebuy 10k gtd, but never had many chips in that, and just got short stacked was knocked out half way through, I played the 5$ speeeeeeeed rebuy, I min cashed for $50, when I could not crack AK twice whilst holding high pairs :-(
I also played the 20$ tourney 5k gtd, but went out about 60th, with 30 getting paid, and the last one which is the sickest one of all, I was in the midnight express $30 5k doublestack, and after the break I was doing well, with around 7500 chips, A guy opens for 300, I call, and a further 3 callers, I have 66, the flop comes 8,5,6, all clubs, original raiser checks, I bet 840, 1 caller and the others fold, the turn is a King of spades, I bet 2350, he flats, the river is the miracle 6, I move in for my remainder and he snaps me off, He has 97 of CLUBS!!!!!!!!!, was pretty sick, so I just switched off, not a very good day tbh, but hopefully tomorrow will be a much better one :-))
Im off to bed now, for some sleep, its been quite a long day, and I want to be fresh for tomorrow, I'll keep you posted on how I get on, hopefully I can bink something this week, thanks for reading!
gl
Dreeniee82
Hello there, and welcome to my blog..... I hope you will all enjoy reading (if any lol), and hopefully there will be some great highs and not too many lows along the way :-)
I have been playing poker for about 7 yrs now, and the game still fascinates me today, it can be cruel at times, but when the iron strikes hot it is one of the greatest feelings to ever have in your life....
Back in November of last year, I was playing on pokerstars - dreeniee82 - and had a very fruitful night winning the daily 80k outright. This was my 1st big poker win online and the feeling was unbelievable, a month on in December I played an Ecoop 6 max on Ipoker - Big slick - Iambonkers, and won that too, that was an even greater feeling, a month after that I came 2nd at the DTD £300 event which was a great feeling, as it was my 1st big live win......
The beginning of this month I joined the BadBeat team, playing on Ipoker - Mansion - Dreeniee82, playing stts and mtts.
In my 1st week, it was great, I won a tourney and later that week, had a 2nd and 3rd place finish, I was also doing rather well at the stts..... then variance crept in, and the last 7 days, it has been a bit of a struggle, I admit at times I'm probably not playing to the best of my ability, however I am getting ridiculously outdrawn when it matters, which does not help lolol
Tonight I did not play too much, I played only a handful of stts, cashing a 3rd in one and bubbling a couple of the others, played the $10 rebuy 30k gtd, and after the break had around 6kish, I was dealt KK, one guy raised, I called, the flop came K,J, rag, the guy bets all in, I snap call obv, and he shows 2 red queens, turn 9 ,,,,river 10..... lovely
I played the 5$ rebuy 10k gtd, but never had many chips in that, and just got short stacked was knocked out half way through, I played the 5$ speeeeeeeed rebuy, I min cashed for $50, when I could not crack AK twice whilst holding high pairs :-(
I also played the 20$ tourney 5k gtd, but went out about 60th, with 30 getting paid, and the last one which is the sickest one of all, I was in the midnight express $30 5k doublestack, and after the break I was doing well, with around 7500 chips, A guy opens for 300, I call, and a further 3 callers, I have 66, the flop comes 8,5,6, all clubs, original raiser checks, I bet 840, 1 caller and the others fold, the turn is a King of spades, I bet 2350, he flats, the river is the miracle 6, I move in for my remainder and he snaps me off, He has 97 of CLUBS!!!!!!!!!, was pretty sick, so I just switched off, not a very good day tbh, but hopefully tomorrow will be a much better one :-))
Im off to bed now, for some sleep, its been quite a long day, and I want to be fresh for tomorrow, I'll keep you posted on how I get on, hopefully I can bink something this week, thanks for reading!
gl
Dreeniee82
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