BLUEDAY'S DAILY POKER BLOG

Hi all,

I'm going to be posting stuff in here about my day's poker playing. My poker username is either bluehaze, bluehaze222 or blueday1.   Most weekdays - I play in the evening and weekends - as often as I can.

Well today was not a brilliant day for me. 

I've played 3 sitngos - I won the first one on pkr.  Lots of fish trying to get lucky with rubbish - so I played tight and whooped all of them.  Payout was small but lets me have 4 more games which is good.

Second sitngo  - on sky - came 2nd.  Beaten by a guy holding pocket Qs.  I had AQ which is a great hand and even better when heads up.  Sadly i didn't hit the Ace and he won with his queens.

Third sitngo - sky again - came 4th.  Guy was betting with rubbish all the way through.  I was getting low on chips so decided to push all in on the button with A7.  One caller - the fishy guy.  He was slow playing Aces - trust me to pick that one to push all in on.  I had A7 and needless to say I lost.

I shall continue on and let you know of any better news later.

blueday

Today  has been - in as few words as possible - a waste of time.

I managed to come 3rd in a sitngo where only the top 2 places paid (10 seater), 10th in a MTT where only the top 5 spaces paid.

I also played on PKR.  I'm all in with the QK.  The caller has been raising my BB every time so I decided to fight back.  Here is a screenshot - what do you reckon happened next? 

Basically - my Q beat his 9 and I won the hand on the high card.  I went on to finish 2nd.

And finally....I just whooped butt on sky in a sit and go - beating 5 other players.  Down to two players and I hit a flush on the river. 

Well I only managed to get in a couple of games tonight - played on Mansion for a change.

I was absolutely pathetic in the first game - finished nowhere near the money in a $5 sit and go 10 seater.

Fancied my chances in a "double your money" tournament.  So I had a go at the $2 one - top 5 places double their money so if you're an "ok" player - you stand an easy chance of doubling your dough.  Everyone actually plays better in these tournaments and the play is fairly tight.  I quite enjoy these games as I'm a tight player anyway.  It took about an hour to get down to 6 - so that gives you an idea of how tight the play really was. 

In the end I think everyone got bored and so when the poor guy with only 50 chips was all in - 3 players called and just checked it down. Needless to say, the poor chap never stood a chance against 3 other players and he went out.  Next hand - you would have thought that everyones houses were caving in - every player went all in including me and I ended up wiinning the hand with Q9 suited and hit 2 pairs.  Three of the other players went out which left one player who had 100 chips and me. 

Final hand - I have Q2 and my opponent had Ace rag.  Board ends up with 3456 and I win with the straight.  The point of this type of tournament is that if you place in the top 5 - you all win double your cash back. 

Great fun, tight play and some great hands makes these tourneys really enjoyable.

I haven't played for a couple of days as i've been out in the evening.  I've just had a quick sit and go on sky and got whooped by some muppet chasing a flush.

Its my own fault for not "getting him off it" during play.  He had 24 clubs - called on a pre flop raise - I had AJ off.  Flop comes - I hit my ace and theres one club on the board.  I bet high - player calls.  Turn - club.  I bet high again - player calls.  River club - I bet - player goes all in and I call thinking its a "steal" and he produces the flush with his rubbish.  Theres too many fish out there to beat em.  But I won't give up.

So I just played another one - had K9 unraised BB.  Flop comes down 954.  Opponent bets and I raised heavy.  He called.  Turn 7.  I bet heavy again  - he goes all in and I call.  I show pair 9s he shows pocket 8s and then the river comes 6.  He gets his straight and I get knocked out.

Play it perfect and still lose.

Well after working all day I've only managed to squeeze in one game so far.

Cheapy sit and go on PKR - 10 player and top 3 positions pay.

One guy had most of the chips throughout the game - knocking people out and stealing chips with reasonable hands.

I was folding most of the time - all rubbish hands like 25 off etc.  Anyway I managed to stay in down to 4 players (took a couple of players out along the way) and then the hands started coming.  AA, 10 10, AJ suited etc.  Rather than let the fish get lucky - I bet heavy and took the blinds down as they were up to 100/200 at the time. 

Another player is knocked out which means I'm in the money.  The guy who had most of the money throughout the game starts to make mistakes.  Guess he thought he would keep his luck but he frittered his chips calling with second rate hands (like Q4 off) and finally was knocked out by the player who was now holding most of the chips.

I didn't stand a lot of chance as I was short stacked in comparison but I fought a tough battle and finally went out with K7 against his KQ.  He hit his Queens and I was history.  Was  a good game though and I tripled my outlay.

I had a quick game last night - 6 seater speed sitngo on PKR

I started playing very tight and only premium hands but the fish were taking all the chips and I was getting a bit low.  So I played even tighter - folding if I didn't hit, watching the hands they played and bet on and as soon as I started getting pocket pairs and top hands, I bet heavy to stop the fish getting lucky.  Gradually got my stack back up and there were 4 left.

Kept playing tight, raising huge and taking the pots down without showing which was good enough for me.  You can't beat the fish until their "lucky streak" is over.  As soon as they started making mistakes, I moved in taking down the pots by minimum betting.  I managed to knock one out and the other player who was chip leader took the 3rd player out.  This meant that I was guaranteed cash.

I then changed my play to suit the player  - he was quite tight and was folding the rubbish and I managed to take a fair few chips off him by betting heavy with high cards and small pairs. 

it got to the point where he decided to loosen up and the battle went on for about 20 minutes.

He got lucky when he hit a straight on the river and I was then down to $1860.  it didnt look good!  ::)

Next hand I doubled up with two pairs and I won the next few hands and managed to get up to $5045 to his $3955.

I was then dealt 3 5 off and I was big blind unraised.  Flop comes 9 3 4 so i bet min to test the water and the guy went all in.  So I called him having hit the bottom pair and thinking that the chances of him hitting was remote.  He had K8 - so he had nothing.  Turn comes K.  River comes 5 so i won with 2 pairs and won the tournament.

It was a good game and I was chuffed that I beat this player (with a lot of luck on the river).  So my pathetic bankroll on there went up by a few bucks again and I live to fight another day!

A reasonable day for poker playing.

Wins 1

Place 2

I've had a reasonable day today - won the first 6 seater this morning and placed 2nd twice and I'm up on the day by a few bucks which is good.

Its too late (12.37 in the morning) to post all the details as I have work tomorrow but the last game was a $3 sitngo on PKR and after seeing off all the bluffy fish its down to the final two of us.  I won a couple of hands by reraising this guy that kept raising throughout the game.

I'm still behind at this stage.  Next I get KJ and the guy raises me. So I re-raise him and he puts me all in.  i showed my KJ - he shows QJ...well here is the hand from the hand history.

JohnnyLarsen shows [Jh Qd]

bluehaze shows [Jd Kh]

Dealing Flop [9d 6c Td]

Dealing Turn [8h]

JohnnyLarsen does his best dancing ever.

Dealing River [7s]

bluehaze has Straight, Jack high

JohnnyLarsen has Straight, Queen high

JohnnyLarsen wins $5,930 with: Straight, Queen high

Needless to say he got lucky and I was knocked out in 2nd place.  But I made a few bucks and it was a good game.

Only one game tonight - a 6 seater sitngo.

Was a game with many fish!  One guy calls mid position with 10 3 off and was betting heavy with a pair of 3s he'd hit on the flop.  His opponent was very low stacked and raised all in.  He called and his opponent had a pair of Aces.  Turn nothing.  River 10 so he won with his fishy 2 pairs.

Down to 3 players and this was the next hand

Dealing Cards

Dealing [Ah Qs] to bluehaze

DavidTH raises to $800

bluehaze raises to $1,600

Haisulit111 folds

Haisulit111: gl

DavidTH calls $1,495 (all-in)

Returning $105 to bluehaze uncalled

bluehaze shows [Ah Qs]

DavidTH shows [Kc Th]

Dealing Flop [7c Td 5s]

Dealing Turn [8h]

Dealing River [As]

bluehaze has One Pair: Aces

bluehaze wins $3,540 with: One Pair: Aces

bluehaze: ooh ul

Seat 1: bluehaze - $6,255

Seat 3: Haisulit111 - $2,745

Seat 4: DavidTH - $0

Now you would think that me being chip leader would be enough to secure the win.

Wrong - the guy kept getting lucky and I came 2nd.  I tried to bluff him on the last hnd but he was so fishy he called anything and he hit a pair of 10s and finished me off.

Shame on me!

Just had my quickest heads up game ever.

First hand I'm dealt AA and the opponent was SB.  They just flat called and I min raised.  Flop comes JQ4.  Opponent bets 20 I raised the pot, they re-raised the pot and I re-raised and this went on until we were both all in.  Opponent shows J9.  Turn 9. Omg - they are in the lead with two pairs Js 9s and I only have aces.  River 4.  I have As 4s and win. 

Phew

Three games - 2nd, nothing and 3rd

Not a brilliant evening however 3rd place paid the same as first so that was good.  The game where I came 2nd was ok.  Some fish kept getting lucky with his rubbish - there were two of them at the table.

I managed to stay in and it went down to two players and heads up is a different "kettle of fish" (pardon the pun).  The hand that took me out - I had A2 hearts and had about 4k left so I decided to push all in and the fishy opponent called me with Q5 off.  Flop comes 285.  Turn Q - I knew this was the end. River 3.  Pah beaten by a fish with Q5 off but then thats the very nature of heads up.

I do practice heads up games now and then.  It does me good and reminds me to loosen up a bit.

Overall I was up on the evening.  Not so bad after all.

I played one game on PKR and despite the fact they were all men, overbetting and fishing for hands, I won.

Down to two players and the guy thats left checked a lot of the time so I was able to steal a few pots.  Chips are even and the play is fairly tight.  It gets to the point where I am well in the lead with $7595 chips and the opponent has $1405.

Here is the final hand

Button is at seat 6

Seat 4: bluehaze - $7,595

Seat 6: Yahha - $1,405

Moving Button to seat 4

bluehaze posts ante of $75

Yahha posts ante of $75

bluehaze posts small blind ($300)

Yahha posts big blind ($600)

Shuffling Deck

Dealing Cards

Dealing [Th Qs] to bluehaze

bluehaze raises to $1,950

Yahha calls $1,330 (all-in)

Returning $620 to bluehaze uncalled

bluehaze shows [Th Qs]

Yahha shows [Qh 6d]

Dealing Flop [7c 9h 6c]

Dealing Turn [8d]

Dealing River [4s]

bluehaze has Straight, 10 high

bluehaze wins $2,810 with: Straight, 10 high

Seat 4: bluehaze - $9,000

Seat 6: Yahha - $0

Ten Queen isnt a bad hand heads up - in fact I consider it a good hand heads up aqt that late stage of the game.  Seeing him hit his 6 made me wonder if that was going to be it but the 8 on the turn meant the best he could hope for was a split with a 10 on the river.  Gladly that didn't happen and I walked away with 4 times my stake.

Only one game but a great result for me.

Well only one game tonight on pokergear - the freeroll.

Didnt get one decent hand but managed to come 300 and something out of 700 odd.  Pretty rubbish to be honest with rubbish hands.  Not even worth a mention really.

Many many fish on there and their freerolls have rebuy and addons so you can imagine what the play is like.  Dire!  Thats the word that springs to mind.

::) blue

I will start to playing at pkr tomorrow i will made a small deposit of 100$ to use the reload bonus of 100% my Username is Mago666 continue posting your poker carrer then we can see your progress  ;)

I will start to playing at pkr tomorrow i will made a small deposit of 100$ to use the reload bonus of 100% my Username is Mago666 continue posting your poker carrer then we can see your progress  ;)

What level games will you play - sitngo or ring games??  I will see if I can find you.

...and thank you for your kind words. 

well im a ring game player but now i will start whit sit&gos and MTT my bankroll magnament will be that:

Bankroll / Game type / Buy-In / Players   

100$        Sit&Go      1.10$      10

200$        Sit&Go      2.20$      12

400$        Sit&Go      3.30$      10

500$        Sit&Go      5.50$      10

1000$      Sit&Go        11$        10

2000$      Sit&Go        22$        10

On weekends i will play a lot MTT

I hope earn 1500$ to the end of the month  :)

I had a "quick" 6 seater on omaha - I came 3rd due to some fish getting lucky on the river.  But it was a good game and I haven't played omaha in a long time.  I had some nice hands too.

Also played a game on www.islandpoker.com - an MTT.  (I did speak to live chat and ask if they would give us some no deposit chips but nothing doing at this time - sorry folks)

It got so late I had to throw it at 2 a.m. as I had work in the morning and had to be up at 6 a.m.  But I was doing well and was gutted I had to leave the game.  Probably should have posted and folded and I may have come in the money as I came 13th when I threw it.  It was a small starting field but was a rebuy and addon.  Not overly keen on these games but the real poker play doesnt start until after the first break.  Its all fishy muppets trying to get lucky with rubbish up to that point.

An enjoyable game nonetheless and some really nice people on that site - mainly Canadians.  Next time, I won't play that tourney unless Im not working the next day!

How are you getting on Mago666?

no acction here im unable to play because im on final exams im the university but i will begin the other week  :)

Good luck with the exams.  :(

Just had a sitngo on PKRand whooped this guy after being behind when heads up.  It was a good game and he was calling and raising most hands.  I decided to call his bluff at one point and that put me in the lead when I'd hit a pair of sixes.

Here is a piccy of the final hand - finally remembered to do a screen shot

Im in the middle of an MTT - currently 4th and i just hit a straight flush.  This player had been raising my BB every hand and I was folding and folding anyway - I'd had enough so I called his raise.  I had A4 suited clubs.  Flop comes 825 all clubs.  So I just went all in and the other players called.  He had pocket Aces  :o  Turn comes 3c - yay straight flush for me and he has no chance of winning. 

Made the final table - only top 6 pay!

7 left - on the bubble now

Managed to scrape 5th - at least I won some cash back. 

I just played in the cheapest MTT at 11c buy in.  It was a rebuy and addon tourney and I rebought once and added on once so it cost me 33c to enter. 

I managed 2nd and won $4.60 which was a good return.

Trouble with these tournaments is that the players don't care if they lose before the break cos they can rebuy until the break so unfortunately, they play like fishy muppets.

It was a good game after the break as the real poker play began then.

It was down to 4 players and I hit QQ so I raised large and the chip leader (by a long long way) put me all in so I called and he had 55.  Q came on the flop plus a couple of Jacks so I had full house against his 2 pairs.

Anyway - 2nd place was good considering he had 125k against my 30k.  I will be playing these tourneys again because the return is so good and its easy to make the final table and place.

The name of the site is www.islandpoker.com

blue

Well after being give 5 bucks by poker stars I've had a buck sitngo and won that.  Now Im in a 360 entrant MTT and there are 5 of us left.  Entry was a mere 10c and as Im writing this there now only 3 of us left.  Prizes are good for the entry price - worst for 3rd is 4 bucks and best is 1st for 8.50.  Good return for 10c.

Well after a huge bad run of crappy cards and bad luck I came 3rd - was winning on my final hand with just ace high - and then the guy who called me with his "nothing hand" hit a 9 high straight on the river.

$4 in the bank and 3rd out of 360 is pretty good for 10c

This has to be my worst night for poker ever!

I played 2 x $3 games and 1 x $5 and came nowhere in any of them.  Lost to a fish on one hand where I had QQ -  I raised quite large pre flop and he was BB and decided to call with his 79 off!  He hit a straight on the river after I put him all in and he called.  What a fish - or "poison" as he was french.

The only game I won was a $1 double your money on poker stars - last 5 left in win double their money back,

That was my night!

Tomorrow Im in the $1,000,000 satellite freeroll on poker heaven.  Fingers crossed I have a better night tomorrow!  Will let you know which position I finish in.

blue

Well I didnt do so well in the million dollar tourney - there were 7 people on the table sitting out and 2 others playing.  One was called Donkey something or other and he truly lived up to his name! 

He was betting like a muppet and stealing all the "post and folders" blinds and was trying to steal mine all the time too.  I called a few hands and beat him which showed the rubbish he was calling or raising with.

A good few hands in, Im big blind - he decides to go all in cos I clearly got to him and I'd seen some of the hands he was betting with so I called.  I had JK off and he had 9 10 off.  Flop comes down J4K so I hit two pairs and the turn was nothing much either.  I thought I was "in" and he was going to lose.  Then the river came - you can guess what I'm going to say it was - yep a Queen - the muppet hit his straight.  I was so mad I couldnt post this last night.  I dont normally get angry when I lose but this muppet just got lucky with his rubbish and that was his reward for bad play.

Needless to say I was knocked out and came 1000 and something. 

I also played a 5 bucks 10 seater sitngo on another site and happily came 3rd in that so won $10.  A better end to the evening at least.

I had a quicky cheap sitngo on Victor Chandler tonight.  The fish were out in force!

I just cannot understand why people sit down to play a game of poker and end up playing bingo!  First hand - idiot goes all in with 10 Q off suit.  One caller J K suited hearts.  The fish got lucky with his 10 Q after hitting a 10 on the turn.

The fish was going with any hand that was suited i.e Q3 hearts, other players were going all in with 10 2 off.  Just because they see Doyle Brunson do it they think they are going to get lucky too.  Well guess what - he hit 10 2 on the flop and won.

Anyway - enough of me moaning about the other players.  I played really tight and aggressive.  When I hit - I bet big to stop the fish and it worked.

After I had a showdown with the player that eventually ended up 4th, he left the table and just posted and folded.  Think I had a full house to his K high...lol.

It was a good game though and these cheap sitngos keep me "on my toes".  I ended up coming 2nd after one of the luckier fish kept hitting with his rubbish.

I played a sitngo on Sky - cheap buy in and there was one good player on the table.

I managed to knock out two players in one go - I had AJ off suit and I raised big because I'd seen the hands that 3 of the others had been playing and I wanted to get them off their rubbish.  Needless to say two of them called.  I hit my jack on the flop - the other 2 cards were 7 and 9.  I went all in - they both called.  One had K7 and the other one had K8 !!!

Neither of them hit anything so I knocked em both out.

Came down to 2 of us and I was playing very aggressively.  Raising with Aces and huge raises with pairs.  The blinds were at 600/300 and everytime I got the other player down to low chips, he hit a great hand and won some back.

Finally I had Ace 7 and decided to put him all in - blinds were now up to 1000/2000.

He called and I hit my ace on the flop - he had king rag and I ended up winning the hand with my Aces.    I really enjoyed the game as the other player didnt play like a muppet and it was a quality game.

I really need to up my stakes now - playing these low limit sitngos are ok but Im not winning big.  I have always played low stakes poker and maybe its time to move up a notch.

GRRRRRRRR

2nd hand in a double your money sit and go.  I get pocket AA.  BB is 20 so I raised it 15 times to 300 and I get one caller.  I go all in as the flop is Q 3 9 rainbow.  Opponent calls and he is holding 33.  I lose to his trips and I can't believe he called a huge raise like that with pocket 3s.  I would have folded them if it was me but hey - I'm not every player.

Just played a cheap...and I mean CHEAP MTT sitngo - 360 entrants - and I came 24th which isnt bad.  Tripled my stake - which isnt much!

Had pocket Aces at one point and somebody raised so I decided to just go all in.  Two callers - one had KK and the other had JJ.  My aces held (which is rare) and I trebled up.  These chips kept me going for most of the tournament. 

Down to about $1400 in chips and the BB is on me at 600.  2 callers and I had A3 so I thought I would just throw my chips in and see what happens.  One person called and he had a small pair.  Flop comes Ace rag rag and my Aces held and I won the pot.

Blinds are now 1200 and Im getting low.  Im BB and this left me with 900 chips - cards are K6.  Flop comes down 10 6 3.  So I chucked all my chips in and two others called.  I beat one but the other had 10 rag and won.  He was getting lucky with rubbish most of the hands and needless to say, this hand was no different.  But 24th out of 360 was ok with me.

Just played another cheapy sitngo - 360 players and I managed to come 2nd and won $6 for my 10c stake!

A fantastic return on my money - 6000%.

It was a good game and I took a few risks with the large stacks who were bullying the smaller stacks but I had been paying attention and watching them closely.  It certainly pays off to watch your opponents and make notes on them as the game goes on.

All in all - a good result.  ;D

On poker stars - I played a $1 sitngo - 45 players.

Was a good game and managed to come 3rd winning $7.

Tonight - played in a 45 seater again and came nowhere.  I had AA and raised the BB 15 times - one caller.

Flop comes rubbish low cards 2J5 - opponent goes all in and I called.  Opponent shows Ace 3 off suit!!!!!!!

Turn is an Ace I have trips and opponent has a pair of aces with a straight draw.  Needless to say the river is a 4 and the fishy muppet gets his straight.  I tried to badger him a bit and had a go but he didnt reply sadly.

And finally....I just played a dollar sitngo with 18 players and managed to scrape 3rd with a bit of bluffing and stealing.  Won $4.20 I think.

Poker stars deposit NIL - current balance $16.15!

Not bad from the $5 they gave me.

great job blueday!!! continue like that and u will beat me in my race to 5000$  ;D and yeah some donks never stop  ;D yesterday i lost 29$ in a hand whit KK vs J6 off NL25 Stack 32$  UTG Calls MP1 Calls everybody folds and im on button raise to 1.50$ UTG fold MP1 calls  flop 6KT MP1 raise 0.25$ :P Button(me) Re-Raise 3$ MP1 Raise all-in (27$) Well I call and wops :D turn comes whit a Q and the 9 appers on River ??? lol he makes his straight and i lose whit KKKQJ  ;D

Sooo unlucky and what a <(((<

Yesterday was the most dire day of alltime.

Every game I played I came upon <(((< and muppets.  What can you do.  You raise with QQ and a muppet calls with k7 suited and hits a  straight on the river after throwing his/her chips in the pot.

I know fish and chips is a great British invention but when it comes to poker - its impossible to deal with.  I doubt that any of the fish would be any good at a live game of poker and I'm sure they wouldnt throw their chips in on rubbish like K7 suited.

Suited cards add 2% to the value of a hand and based on that info - people throw their chips in "willy nilly".

Needless to say I think I only placed in a couple of games but overall the losses were bad.

Perhaps tonight will be a better story.

blue

all right blue you know the most important thing in a Poker Player is the patience the things will be better soon  :D by thw way im staring today whit my challenge on PKR I need win 2000$ to December :P and of course i will continue whit my Challenge at stars at time whit PKR my bankrolls for the moment

PKR:98.26$

PokerStars: 351.85$

cy and gl  8)

Thanks for the support Mago - I am a patient woman but it does get to me sometimes.  I have to forget about the bad days and just keep going.

Good luck in your quest!!!!!

;D

Just played a £2 double your money sit and go on sky.

I managed to come first even though the top 3 double their money.  The incentive to win is the league points they give away.  Gather enough and you can enter into a £500 freeroll at the end of the month.

So a good start as I haven't played since I came back from my long weekend away.

I;ve just played 2 x 10c games on poker stars.  360 entrants and the prizes aren't too bad if you can make it to the final table.

First game - I was doing really well - knocked 4 people out in one hand with pocket Aces.  I was chip leader at this point which I hate so early in a game.

Getting near to the end, Im the dealer and the guy who is BB has 25k chips I have 18k at 11th position out of 36 people left.  I had A2 suited diamonds.  Thought I would try a small raise to 3 x BB and he would fold.  He called and not only did he hit his 10 with his 10 Q off but he managed to make trips.  So I got knocked out through carelessness and came 35th and just about got my money back.

In the other game I had pocket Aces and got beaten by someone with pocket 3s who hit a 3 on the flop (I was all in).

So thats the day so far.  More games to be posted shortly and lets hope its a bit better than this!

Just played another 10c tourney - well one hand!

Had QQ was trying to just flat call a small raised bet but someone went all in.  I called as did 2 others.  It was QQ vs 10 10 vs A8 (the all in bet)

Flop comes K82 - turn K - river Ace.  Bye bye me but I had the best hand to the river.

These 10c tourneys on poker stars are pretty good - you get to play against 360 players and if you can make it to the break, you will be in the money.

I've played a few in the last couple of days - placed 76th, 35th 31st and I'm in one now and currently placed at 17th out of 33.

UPDATE

I was BB and the blinds were $1500/$750.  I was dealt KK and somebody raised me up to 8,000.  I called and won the hand and knocked opponent out - opponent had 8K hearts so he had no chance.  Few hands later I am dealt AA so I just went all in and somebody called with A6 and I won that one.  Two great hands which both dominated the board.  Yay me.

I managed to come 7th and won $1.30 which isnt bad for a 10c stake.

These tourneys are well worth a go for 10c.

I played on PKR last night in a freeroll (one of the free tickets they give you to enter a 500 point freeroll) and after a few hands I lost a shed load of chips to a fish who chased a straight to the river. 

I was left with 100 chips and there were 542 entrants.  I probably would have been 400 and something had I gone out then.

After picking the right hands to "all in", I managed to get myself back up to 3k.

The blinds and ante were crippling me and I had a small pocket pair - 6s and decided it was time to chance my hand.  Everybody had folded except the Small Blind (I was big blind) so I took a chance and raised him all in.  He called straight away and my worst fears were realised.  He flat called with pocket Qs - first time he had a good hand and didnt raise.  Typical!

Needless to say I lost and ended up finishing 46th. 

So even at an early stage if you lose most of your chips - just remember that a chip and a chair still has value if you play your cards right (and have a bit of luck).  ;D

I'm gutted - played in a point freeroll on Sky and managed to get up to 25k - last 22 players (top 40 get paid).

Im dealt KK and somebody raises all in - an opponent calls so I raised all in and they call (they had 68k).

Hands are shown and my KK shows - two opponents have A7 and A4.  Flop comes down 684.  Turn is a 9 and river is a 10.  Beaten by someone who was chip leader and got lucky. 

How often do you see this at online casinos?

I see it all the time - you get beaten by the person who has chips left.  Ah well such is life - I won a few cents for coming 21st.

Just played in a freeroll for a seat in a big tourney on Sunday and without realising it I came 6th.

Shame there was only one prize.  I took a chance that the big blind didn't have an ace and went all in after I hit K's

Sadly he had the ace and I was knocked out.  It was easy to get that far though  - play was bad and if you want to have a go its at Vegas007

I just played in the Sunday satelite again and came 5th this time.  Final hand- I had pocket 4s and opponent had 9J off.  He hit his 9 on the flop and then another one on the river so that was the end of me.

Here is a hilarious picture of one of my opponents "mrxstace" - I dont think so!

I just had a freeroll on Sky poker and whilst I didnt win any cash (72nd out of 437) I did manage to have one amazing hand in the tournament.

Check out my "royale with cheese" just before I went all in (and got called).  What a lovely hand.

I just had a couple of games on carbon poker - just for fun.

I won the first round of the "fun step" games you can play on there.  I joined the 2nd stage and amazingly everybody played quite well - unfortunately, I got stitched up by someone who slow played pocket aces and I had Qs.

I was down to about 550 chips and had QA - blinds were 100/50 so I went all in UTG and the guy who was BB called with K8 off suit.  He hit a pair of 8s and I got knocked out.  Ah well - it was only play money.

But if you can win 3 of these Fun Step sitngos - you get a free buck.  You can buy (250 play chips) 8 tickets a day.  So its a good bit of fun for no money at all.

Needless to say, I have to start again at fun step 1.  >:(

I played two games on poker time last night.  The first game I'd only played a few hands when I had pocket QQ.

So I raised the pot to 120 (blinds were 15/30).  I got raised so I reraised and ended up going all in pre-flop (which I hate) - 2 opponents had AK and AQ.  A 10 9 all hearts flopped.  I had the Q hearts and unfortunately the guy with A K had the Kh.  Needless to say the turn was a heart and not only would I have lost to a pair of Aces but I did lose to a better flush.

The second game wasnt much better.  I had A 6 and was unraised BB.  Flop was Ace rag rag.  So I bet and was just called.  Turn comes - another rag so I bet high - trying to get opponent to fold, he just called again.  River - no help.  I bet high - he raised me all in and turns out the fish was chasing his flush and hit it on the river.  he had nought up to that point.  So typical of cheap games.

I played in a freeroll on www.skypoker.com (buy in 20 poker points) and needless to say because its free - the fish and muppets are out in their hundreds.  I was playing tight for  a few hands and then I got AA.  The blinds were 20/40 so I raised to 240 - 6x BB and I got 1 caller and a raiser so I just went all in as did the other two in the hand.  Cards are revealed and one has A9 and the other has QK.  Flop comes down Q98 - turn 10.  Im still in the lead but worried about the J.  But hey presto the fish won on the river whcih was another 9 - so he had trip 9s. 

How can you go all in pre flop with rubbish like A9 off?  Well I guess thats what you get when the entry fee is just a few poker points.

Times are hard - I just played in a 25 FPP game on poker stars.  What a joke.

All the muppets going all in with any old rubbish all the time.  Catch a hand and call em and they get lucky with rubbish like 37 off and 26 off.  What is poker coming to?

I despair.

I played two "double your money" sitngos tonight.

I managed to double my money on the first game.  I won a large pot when I had KK.  I raised heavy pre-flop to get rid of the fish.  The flop came down with only one caller.  It was Q94 so I just went all in and the opponent called.  He had A9 so he'd hit his 9s.  Luckily he didnt get lucky with his ace and I knocked him out.  I managed to come 2nd (top 3 get paid) so I doubled my money back.

The second game I played - there was this jerk from somewhere up north UK and he was a totally rude insulting idiot.  He called me names and spoke about my mother.  I was offended by his rudeness and name calling but I tried not to let it affect my game.

Sadly though I only came 4th and as the prizes were top 3 only - I missed out on the cash.

I was leading until the river - usual thing on www.skypoker.com