27/12/2011

3 more final tables.....and lot more dissappointment

Yesterday came 2nd inteh 44e deepstack

Today i had these 2 FTs




The 7th i am the most gutted about, as got it in with AA v QQ and JJ and came last.....woulda been clear CL and the table was sooo fucking soft......rule for 2012.....Close out more FTs....althought this is Final Table #7 in 11 days....tbf only played 5 sessions in those 11 days lol

Thats a good ratio...



Sorry the blog isnt as content driven as usual....am preparing a decent edition to end the year, including a plan for 2012, life and poker, as well as some interesting shizzle about teh podcast!!

Hope all is well
and Merry bloody new year to you all



See you in 2012!!!!!

24/12/2011

XMAS EVE POKER

Decided to play a big session of around €200 worth of buyins due to lack of runners and HUGE overlays.

Firstly played 3 x €6.60 1 chip sats for the €33 HH winning 2 x seats!!

Then had 2 x final two table appearances.




Final Table of the 27e coming 7th losing flip for CL QQ < AK



And Final Table of the €33 HH, not bad for a €6.60 investment!!

 PLus €181 for bounties

Was 2/9 in this but went super card dead and found the players 2 to my left and 2 to my right both chip up whilst i dwindelled.....they applied lots of pressure....i eventually ended up jamming AJ into KK so ho hum


Finished 11th in teh €55 with 8 pd, so missed another Final Table, and another Cash.....good solid session but do need to start closing out mtts please


Have a HappyXmas

18/12/2011

It almost went all down the drain, but i am a Balla!!!

As some of you readers know my PokerHeaven BR started with €55 Tounry Creds, which i ran up to around €400 (minus a €200 withdrawal) to the start of December.  Sadly December started poorly for me, with too many bubbles and mincashes, and no real runs to the top 3 in MTTs....well it all came good this week!!

Firstly i binked teh €55 €2.5k game:


And then tonight managed a 2/177 in teh €11 Deep........

 Sadly got it in HU with T6hh v 55 on TT5K8 board :(, which was ghey as i pwned this from 5 handed...


So Bankroll stands at :



Add the €300 withdrawal, ive managed to turn €55 TC (€0 in real money) into €1700........freerolling!!

Have been having some D/C issues with PH tho, so will be withdraing to Money Bookers and getting it on another Boss Skin.......which is a shame as one of my aims fgor 2012 is to get a Sharkscope Star and my Sharkscope atm for PH is looking sexy!!



In other news, i busted the Sunday 10mill with AJhh < A8dd aipf for a 40bb pot with about 1/3rd of feild left...so gone is the 2million dream :(

Hope you all have a merry xmas!!!!

Keep Shipping!!

01/12/2011

Its that time again

Time to discuss the 2012 goals!!

Firstly to refelct on the 2011 goals, and how they went:

[x] online Final Tables x 15
[x] online MTT wins x 3
[ ] satty into at least 1x UKIPT
[ ] satty into at least 1x CBMPT
[ ] $15k winnings on Stars
[ ] €2k winnings on Boss
[x] Hendon Mob Entry

As you can see was pretty poor, mainly due to volume.
Deffo happy that i managed t get some Hendon Mob entries on the board, and was close to 3 entries in a week when i cashed the GUKPT Goliath and DTD Grand Prix in a week, sadly the 3rd entry was supposed to be in teh APAT Main Event at the WCOAP, but with 5 mins left in day 1b my AKss couldnt beat KJo aipf, or on a Ts 3s 5h flop, to get me into day 2 9 from the money and top 5 in chips :(
Also added a late entry with a team win of the APAT Team Championships, for team GNF, so all was good....

Achieving the Final Tables and wins were ok, when i finally moved over to the IPN Network.

So 2012...what do i want??

I have managed to lock up 43% rb on an IPN skin, so most action will be on there...and after Poker Heaven gave me a free €55 that i have ran up to €450 (and a €200 withdrawal) i will be moving that over to the new skin, for maximum value, and i will have a moneybookers acc open, so if i need to whip the roll out and move it somewhere for deposit bonus' whoring, then i certainly will be!!

Goals are slighlty diff layout but here we go:

1) Earn Rakeback minimum 10/12 months in 2012:

To achieve this, i need to rake 100e and for every 100€ raked i get €43 back, so this is needed!! Average night of MTTs for me earns around €5-€10 rake, and as long as i keep hammering the sats for the Sunday Major on IPN (85€ HH) that equates to 10 nights of MTTs plus the 4x HHs....easy eh....also micro cash can be used to earn the rake!

2) Freeroll to €10k

I started with €55 Tourny Creds and now have circa €400 which will be moved over to the new skin, and aim to have a €10k year....alot to ask, especially as the top prize on IPN is ~ €7k + bounies in the €85 HH, but looking to take advantage of the soft small fields, and hopefully the little and often approach will lend me to this. Wont be too dissappointed if i dont get to the magical €10k mark, but its a good benchmark.
In regards to withdrawals, i will not withdraw until roll is at €2k, and then at the end of each month i will withdraw all € above the €2k mark. If i end a month under €2k, no withdrawl will be made.

3)Top 20 MTT winners on IPN

This will be a dream acheivement ;)
Will also set up a sharkscope setup so i can view all my IPN accs and see how much the software has faired me (some of the skins have losses against them)

4) 3 x Hendon Mob Entries:

After having 3 entries in 2011, i am deffo looking to replicate that achievement in 2012.  With the introduction of the Gentings Poker Tour, an affordable £400+30 Main Event, plus £150 and £100 side events, i will be looking to sat into a few of these if possible, as well as at least 1 x UKIPT, 1 x DTD Deepstack and a return to the Vienna Deluxe Challenge.

5) Live

Carried over from above to play
[ ] 1 x UKIPT
[ ] 1 x Gentings Main Event
[ ] 1 x DTD Deepstack

6) Get ITM Poker Podcast recognised
Pretty self explanitory, if u dont know myself and Tom Piccirilli have embarked on a side project of the ITM Poker Podcast, which is on iTunes. It would be a dream to get this off the ground, as a known UK Based Poker Podcast.

Let me know what your goals are this year coming guys, and run well

DW