Been a small while since i posted here, work got busy, then lost my job and have been overrun with stuff to do for a massive pool comp i am running this weekend for the County.
Poker news, as i am jobless i am grinding the tables, tryin to make a living - well gotta prove it can be done.....maybe i am going about it the wrong way but am lookin to make just £50 a day profit and that will pay me more than what my old job did!? crazy hey
I really need a £1000 bankroll to sit comfortably at the .50/£1 tables so am building myslef to that and then everythin i take is profit
im findin these tables really easy to play = however i seem to steadily make profit in a session then loose a lot of money in one big hand, like set over set which has happened 2 times this week and taken a total of £400 out of my bankroll!!! ouch!!!!!
still grinding is as grinding does!!!
good luck at the tables all!!!
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Hmm what a n00b i am
Played the Blue Square sat and was in good position to make it to the Luton event - chip leader at final table - oh massive chip leader btw and 2 places up for grabs.....
After teh 2 hrs in the rain in chelt waiting for a bus home, the first day of the floods, and tehn having to balg a lift with a random family through 3 hours of traiffic i made it home to play.
The second break kicked in at 1am ish, and dann decided to "lie-down" for a minute - next thing i know its 3am and i am out! oops!!
Donk!!!
After teh 2 hrs in the rain in chelt waiting for a bus home, the first day of the floods, and tehn having to balg a lift with a random family through 3 hours of traiffic i made it home to play.
The second break kicked in at 1am ish, and dann decided to "lie-down" for a minute - next thing i know its 3am and i am out! oops!!
Donk!!!
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Blue Square
Well not been playing online for a while, had a weekedn away but got back on it tonight with the super satelite $10 rebuy for a place int eh Luton GUKPT Sat, and..........................i won it. To be honest i found that a TAG image served well as always - wouldnt mix it too up in these as there are some major n00bs but still no rebuys, no top ups.....and finsihed chip leader!!
Playin the $100 rebuy Sat on Friday 21.15 if ya wanna rail me and see if i can qualify for a place at Luton!!!
Come on teh Shooter!
Playin the $100 rebuy Sat on Friday 21.15 if ya wanna rail me and see if i can qualify for a place at Luton!!!
Come on teh Shooter!
Friday, 6 July 2007
Pool News!!!
Singles League News
After the terrible week, i managed to hit the other end of the spectrum with a great night on tuesday.
Played 2 matches and needed wins for both my confidence and standing in the table.
Firstly i played Chris Newman, a stalwart of the tewkesbury league, and a tough player.
In the first frame he was very unlucky as he potted the black and one of my yellows in the same shot, but that was the wake up call for me.......from that moment i think i missed 3 balls all night - and won the match 8-3. Two of the frames i lost came from leaving the black over the pocket, with Chris' colours around it, and his abilty to get them all out and leave them on!! Amazing - happy with that result.
Then i played Jon Meadows, currently 2nd in the league and hammering everyone in sight.
How does a 9-2 victory sound?!!??! oh yea, tbh Jon struggled but i didnt have to ask for a second chance, i carried the form from the prior game, and took full advantage of Jons Wobbly cue action.
So the league table lloks like this at the moment:
Josh - 55 pts from 6
JON - 54pts from 7
Me - 51pts from 7
Gary - 45pts from 7
Matt - 44pts from 7
Nelly - 39pts from 6
Chris - 38pts from 6
Al - 28pts from 5
Andy - 21pts from 5
Stu - 16pts from 4
and my remaining games for the 1st half of season are Al and Stu
If i can obtain 19pts ill be extatic but 16 will do!!!
Shooter is back on track!
After the terrible week, i managed to hit the other end of the spectrum with a great night on tuesday.
Played 2 matches and needed wins for both my confidence and standing in the table.
Firstly i played Chris Newman, a stalwart of the tewkesbury league, and a tough player.
In the first frame he was very unlucky as he potted the black and one of my yellows in the same shot, but that was the wake up call for me.......from that moment i think i missed 3 balls all night - and won the match 8-3. Two of the frames i lost came from leaving the black over the pocket, with Chris' colours around it, and his abilty to get them all out and leave them on!! Amazing - happy with that result.
Then i played Jon Meadows, currently 2nd in the league and hammering everyone in sight.
How does a 9-2 victory sound?!!??! oh yea, tbh Jon struggled but i didnt have to ask for a second chance, i carried the form from the prior game, and took full advantage of Jons Wobbly cue action.
So the league table lloks like this at the moment:
Josh - 55 pts from 6
JON - 54pts from 7
Me - 51pts from 7
Gary - 45pts from 7
Matt - 44pts from 7
Nelly - 39pts from 6
Chris - 38pts from 6
Al - 28pts from 5
Andy - 21pts from 5
Stu - 16pts from 4
and my remaining games for the 1st half of season are Al and Stu
If i can obtain 19pts ill be extatic but 16 will do!!!
Shooter is back on track!
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
DTD Poker Trader Scheme
Have looked into the trader scheme and applied as sadly my ability overways my bankroll due to university fees et al that i accrued in the 5 yrs at UWE. This is really limiting my poker that i can play and i find myself stuck in a rut where i am not enjoyin the poker as it is against "lesser players" that dont even play the game right.........and at the low tables it can take a life time to amount some profit only for a fish to nick it all back on an crazy draw call!!!!
so yea, gonna do it and see how i go! who knows maybe ill be sponsered this time next year!? if not ill just nick a tshirt from Matty D
Ill keep u informed!!!
Happy Check-Raising!!
so yea, gonna do it and see how i go! who knows maybe ill be sponsered this time next year!? if not ill just nick a tshirt from Matty D
Ill keep u informed!!!
Happy Check-Raising!!
Pool and Money.....hmmmmm
This will end up being a slight ramble, of that i am sure, but its the train of thought my mind has been working on for the last few months...........
Pool and Money, Money and Pool - a deadly combination for those that lose but a sweet marriage for those that succeed.
My background in money matches is of creditable record, i mean discounting the crappy £5, £10, first to 3's or my fav "ill play one handed, if i get a one frame headstart" a line i have used to win many a £10 in the pub over the years. Oh yea and winning £10 playin with a footlong witches broom!! What a Halloween night that was!!! Back on point, of Sizeable money matches - i mean £20+, i have never lost. A few £50 wins, 15-7 and 15-9, plus one more sizeable win.
These are not easy matches, nor matches i have set up myself - i tend to shy away from offering the match, i prefer to be the challenged not the challenger.
Obviously i wouldnt play players that i deem too higher than my standard but in all honesty i have the abilty to beat anyone on my day over a consistant length of frames.
Recently (although my bankroll isnt of a great amount) i have been "challenged" to a few money matches and am musing over which one to take, if not all of them?
Problem is i had the money to lose before, and i am wondering is this a credit to my winning???
I have been challenged to:
£100 best of 19 - fancy winning this i really do, tricky player but the long run suits me and i should take it.
£50 best of 19 - vs player i beat 15-9 for £50 last time, again a match i fancy winning and should do
I have recently taken up 9ball and upon pissin off the local joes by battering them in their own tournies one told me i should take up straight pool and play for money - can it be a hustle!?! i dunno but i think i may take him up on that and if i lose then see it as a learning curve
Pool and Money, Money and Pool - a deadly combination for those that lose but a sweet marriage for those that succeed.
My background in money matches is of creditable record, i mean discounting the crappy £5, £10, first to 3's or my fav "ill play one handed, if i get a one frame headstart" a line i have used to win many a £10 in the pub over the years. Oh yea and winning £10 playin with a footlong witches broom!! What a Halloween night that was!!! Back on point, of Sizeable money matches - i mean £20+, i have never lost. A few £50 wins, 15-7 and 15-9, plus one more sizeable win.
These are not easy matches, nor matches i have set up myself - i tend to shy away from offering the match, i prefer to be the challenged not the challenger.
Obviously i wouldnt play players that i deem too higher than my standard but in all honesty i have the abilty to beat anyone on my day over a consistant length of frames.
Recently (although my bankroll isnt of a great amount) i have been "challenged" to a few money matches and am musing over which one to take, if not all of them?
Problem is i had the money to lose before, and i am wondering is this a credit to my winning???
I have been challenged to:
£100 best of 19 - fancy winning this i really do, tricky player but the long run suits me and i should take it.
£50 best of 19 - vs player i beat 15-9 for £50 last time, again a match i fancy winning and should do
I have recently taken up 9ball and upon pissin off the local joes by battering them in their own tournies one told me i should take up straight pool and play for money - can it be a hustle!?! i dunno but i think i may take him up on that and if i lose then see it as a learning curve
Friday, 29 June 2007
Oh what a shit Thursday!
You know its a bad day when you oversleep in the morning but trust me, i wish that was the severity of my day - sadly not.
My pool team was short of players with one working and one on holiday so i tralled through my phone book and managed to pull what i thought to be a miracle, at the time, out of the bag by gettin ex -uwe team mate and 2x uwe singles champ Chris Daymond and my fella HESPC England team mate, Mark Williams, to bolster the side. I thought that this would be enough to beat the Slayers and hopefully steal back the lead that the Undertakers have over us at the mo, and that lead is only one point.
So i ask you all, How?! oh HOW?! did we draw 8-8 with the Slayers, this is no disrespect to the Slayers as a team but they are a team we have had no trouble beating the 2 times prior, with a lesser team to be fair.
To be honest i thought the result would be worse as we went 7-3 behind, but managed to win 5 straight to take the lead with Marno to play. Hmm and play he didn't!
Individual results - Jackie 0/2, Matt 2/4, Chris 2/3, Mark 1/3, Dann 3/4
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i decide to go home and play some poker on the 10p/20p tables, playing two tables at the same time i think of maximising my profits.......hmmmmmm
the odd suck out and then i start flowing, picking up of the Donks, and gettin so so so paid off when i hit trips, straights and a full house too.
Then i get dealt AKd on table 1 - i raise to £1 and get 4 callers - flop comes K 7 4 multi-coloured.
i check, bb raises £1, i reraise to £4 and he calls.
turn 8, i bet £8 he calls
river 7, i check, he bets £8, i push all in for £16 he calls
you guessed it - he called the raise with 7 10 off.
Hmmm so i look at the other table that i had steadyly built my buy in to £35 quid, and i look down at AQh, in the bb - Yummy
Someone raises it to £1.50 in mid position, a couple of callers, i reraise it to £4 to represent some strength and get one caller, the guy in mid position. ????whats that about????
Flop is nothing of interest, 10 6 2 rainbow
OOP i play aggressive and attack the flop with £3.50, he raises (this i see as suspicious, if he had a made hand he would call no?)i call.
then an Ace!! money card baby, i push for remaining £20 quid he calls with - KJo!!!!???!!!????
hmmmm River card - Queen........straight for the fish!
Hmmm i hate poker somedays
My pool team was short of players with one working and one on holiday so i tralled through my phone book and managed to pull what i thought to be a miracle, at the time, out of the bag by gettin ex -uwe team mate and 2x uwe singles champ Chris Daymond and my fella HESPC England team mate, Mark Williams, to bolster the side. I thought that this would be enough to beat the Slayers and hopefully steal back the lead that the Undertakers have over us at the mo, and that lead is only one point.
So i ask you all, How?! oh HOW?! did we draw 8-8 with the Slayers, this is no disrespect to the Slayers as a team but they are a team we have had no trouble beating the 2 times prior, with a lesser team to be fair.
To be honest i thought the result would be worse as we went 7-3 behind, but managed to win 5 straight to take the lead with Marno to play. Hmm and play he didn't!
Individual results - Jackie 0/2, Matt 2/4, Chris 2/3, Mark 1/3, Dann 3/4
Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i decide to go home and play some poker on the 10p/20p tables, playing two tables at the same time i think of maximising my profits.......hmmmmmm
the odd suck out and then i start flowing, picking up of the Donks, and gettin so so so paid off when i hit trips, straights and a full house too.
Then i get dealt AKd on table 1 - i raise to £1 and get 4 callers - flop comes K 7 4 multi-coloured.
i check, bb raises £1, i reraise to £4 and he calls.
turn 8, i bet £8 he calls
river 7, i check, he bets £8, i push all in for £16 he calls
you guessed it - he called the raise with 7 10 off.
Hmmm so i look at the other table that i had steadyly built my buy in to £35 quid, and i look down at AQh, in the bb - Yummy
Someone raises it to £1.50 in mid position, a couple of callers, i reraise it to £4 to represent some strength and get one caller, the guy in mid position. ????whats that about????
Flop is nothing of interest, 10 6 2 rainbow
OOP i play aggressive and attack the flop with £3.50, he raises (this i see as suspicious, if he had a made hand he would call no?)i call.
then an Ace!! money card baby, i push for remaining £20 quid he calls with - KJo!!!!???!!!????
hmmmm River card - Queen........straight for the fish!
Hmmm i hate poker somedays
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Gay
Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay....................
Played a bit of 10p/20p cash this evening....yes i know its not a lot but i am just getting back into work and am poor so have to earn my bankroll!
After being dealt 8's, Aces, Kings and Queens one after the other and hitting trips with each, i got nicely paid off and turned my measly £10 into £37 so decide its time to experience the Will Hill £6k Gaurenteed, at £20 entry i figure why not, after spending 3 hours in the freeroll earlier to combat boredom i feel more than ready to beat these fishes and buy in.
Sit tight early on, not a lot and there is a lot of playablilty with the slow blinds.....lovely!
Only hand of interest early on consists of some Donk raising half his 1500 starting stack in the second hand into me with QQ in the big blind, so raise the remainder and he folds?!?! Hmmmmm :)
Blinds pass through me what seems like an eternity, and i feel its time to change gears......sadly gear stick got stuck and im getting myself into awful situations in which im fairly confident im screwed so fold, a few were quite good (folded top 2 pair on turn when opponant had trips) then the fatal hand hits, still only in level two.
Before u say, i know its early on and i prob shoulda laid it down, but i had a gut feelin he had little pair, seen him push earlier with 3's and 5's.
Game #4845477204: Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2007/06/27 - 21:52:23 (UK)
Table "4" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Ydan999 (3135 in chips)
Seat 2: Marino001 (1035 in chips)
Seat 3: Boingster (1290 in chips)
Seat 4: _shooter_ (1590 in chips)
Seat 5: RFlush36 (1240 in chips)
Seat 6: Eddie_lfc (1740 in chips)
Seat 7: Tanurass (3025 in chips)
Seat 8: Fischer18 (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: Kasclay (2170 in chips)
Seat 10: -jaws- (1170 in chips)
Marino001: posts small blind 15
Boingster: posts big blind 30
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to _shooter_ [7d 7c]
_shooter_: raises to 120
RFlush36: calls 120
Eddie_lfc: folds
Tanurass: folds
Tanurass sits out
Fischer18: folds
Kasclay: folds
-jaws-: folds
Ydan999: calls 120
Marino001: raises to 1035 and is all-in
Boingster: folds
_shooter_: raises to 1590 and is all-in
RFlush36: folds
Ydan999: folds
Returned uncalled bets 555 to _shooter_
----- FLOP ----- [Kc 5h 6s]
----- TURN ----- [Kc 5h 6s][Ah]
----- RIVER ----- [Kc 5h 6s Ah][5c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
_shooter_: shows [7d 7c] (Two Pairs, Sevens and Fives, Ace high)
Marino001: shows [6d 6h] (A Full House, Sixes full of Fives)
Marino001 collected 2340 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2340 Main pot 2340 Rake 0
Board [Kc 5h 6s Ah 5c]
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Bastard is all i can say, lol.
Back off to the cash table after some munch to try and increase my measly bankroll....think mtts are a bad idea at the mo starting with my mini bankroll. the smaller ones have no profit to be had, and cant really afford the larger ones, so back to the 5p/10p tables. Finding i am winnin at least one buy in a session at the mo, so thats prob the way to go.
Just cant wait to go back to the bigger tables, i miss 50p/£1 and £1/£2 oh the days before being broke!!!
At least i have a decent paid new job so the bankroll will be increasing soon, woop woop.
See you later off to Donk some mor
Dann
Played a bit of 10p/20p cash this evening....yes i know its not a lot but i am just getting back into work and am poor so have to earn my bankroll!
After being dealt 8's, Aces, Kings and Queens one after the other and hitting trips with each, i got nicely paid off and turned my measly £10 into £37 so decide its time to experience the Will Hill £6k Gaurenteed, at £20 entry i figure why not, after spending 3 hours in the freeroll earlier to combat boredom i feel more than ready to beat these fishes and buy in.
Sit tight early on, not a lot and there is a lot of playablilty with the slow blinds.....lovely!
Only hand of interest early on consists of some Donk raising half his 1500 starting stack in the second hand into me with QQ in the big blind, so raise the remainder and he folds?!?! Hmmmmm :)
Blinds pass through me what seems like an eternity, and i feel its time to change gears......sadly gear stick got stuck and im getting myself into awful situations in which im fairly confident im screwed so fold, a few were quite good (folded top 2 pair on turn when opponant had trips) then the fatal hand hits, still only in level two.
Before u say, i know its early on and i prob shoulda laid it down, but i had a gut feelin he had little pair, seen him push earlier with 3's and 5's.
Game #4845477204: Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2007/06/27 - 21:52:23 (UK)
Table "4" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Ydan999 (3135 in chips)
Seat 2: Marino001 (1035 in chips)
Seat 3: Boingster (1290 in chips)
Seat 4: _shooter_ (1590 in chips)
Seat 5: RFlush36 (1240 in chips)
Seat 6: Eddie_lfc (1740 in chips)
Seat 7: Tanurass (3025 in chips)
Seat 8: Fischer18 (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: Kasclay (2170 in chips)
Seat 10: -jaws- (1170 in chips)
Marino001: posts small blind 15
Boingster: posts big blind 30
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to _shooter_ [7d 7c]
_shooter_: raises to 120
RFlush36: calls 120
Eddie_lfc: folds
Tanurass: folds
Tanurass sits out
Fischer18: folds
Kasclay: folds
-jaws-: folds
Ydan999: calls 120
Marino001: raises to 1035 and is all-in
Boingster: folds
_shooter_: raises to 1590 and is all-in
RFlush36: folds
Ydan999: folds
Returned uncalled bets 555 to _shooter_
----- FLOP ----- [Kc 5h 6s]
----- TURN ----- [Kc 5h 6s][Ah]
----- RIVER ----- [Kc 5h 6s Ah][5c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
_shooter_: shows [7d 7c] (Two Pairs, Sevens and Fives, Ace high)
Marino001: shows [6d 6h] (A Full House, Sixes full of Fives)
Marino001 collected 2340 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2340 Main pot 2340 Rake 0
Board [Kc 5h 6s Ah 5c]
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Bastard is all i can say, lol.
Back off to the cash table after some munch to try and increase my measly bankroll....think mtts are a bad idea at the mo starting with my mini bankroll. the smaller ones have no profit to be had, and cant really afford the larger ones, so back to the 5p/10p tables. Finding i am winnin at least one buy in a session at the mo, so thats prob the way to go.
Just cant wait to go back to the bigger tables, i miss 50p/£1 and £1/£2 oh the days before being broke!!!
At least i have a decent paid new job so the bankroll will be increasing soon, woop woop.
See you later off to Donk some mor
Dann
My Opening Posts
Right, a brief over view of what is going on.......All this is, is a blog of my passions - so pool and poker - just keeping a track of whats going wrong or hopefully whats going right in the world of the Shooter!
To Start:
26th June, Singles League vs Josh Craze.
Hmmmm all i can say in bastard!! haha, for those that dont know Josh is a 15year old Welsh Youth International of 6 years experience and a different class. He has won the singles league last two years only losing two games in total - one to me 8-3!!
Josh brought it tonight, he had 3 break and dishes and 2 dishes of my break, NIGHTMARE. So out of the 6 "contested" frames of the night i won 3 and in hindsight i made some silly mistakes......but it definatly felt better gettin my ears fixed......hmmmm
Also played my outstanding match vs Gary Francis tonight - another loss, great. A scrappy match in which the favourite in each frame seemed to lose their way. Gary is a great player, finsihed 2nd last year but this is one match i feel i could have won, i did have the chances.
So after 5 matches in the singles league i am looking pretty bleak in midtable, hopefully not another shit year like i had last year.
Results so far -
Won 8-3 vs Matt Burton
Lost 7-4 vs Neil Rogers
Won 8-3 vs Andy Crawford
Lost 8-3 vs Josh Craze
Lost 7-4 vs Gary Francis.
Got 4 matches in the first half left, Stu Fletch/Chris Newman/Jon Meadows/Al Mavity so really need, want and expect four wins there - but sadly the enjoyment has gone.
Time to spend my 9ball Champion bar tab from 2 weeks ago!
To Start:
26th June, Singles League vs Josh Craze.
Hmmmm all i can say in bastard!! haha, for those that dont know Josh is a 15year old Welsh Youth International of 6 years experience and a different class. He has won the singles league last two years only losing two games in total - one to me 8-3!!
Josh brought it tonight, he had 3 break and dishes and 2 dishes of my break, NIGHTMARE. So out of the 6 "contested" frames of the night i won 3 and in hindsight i made some silly mistakes......but it definatly felt better gettin my ears fixed......hmmmm
Also played my outstanding match vs Gary Francis tonight - another loss, great. A scrappy match in which the favourite in each frame seemed to lose their way. Gary is a great player, finsihed 2nd last year but this is one match i feel i could have won, i did have the chances.
So after 5 matches in the singles league i am looking pretty bleak in midtable, hopefully not another shit year like i had last year.
Results so far -
Won 8-3 vs Matt Burton
Lost 7-4 vs Neil Rogers
Won 8-3 vs Andy Crawford
Lost 8-3 vs Josh Craze
Lost 7-4 vs Gary Francis.
Got 4 matches in the first half left, Stu Fletch/Chris Newman/Jon Meadows/Al Mavity so really need, want and expect four wins there - but sadly the enjoyment has gone.
Time to spend my 9ball Champion bar tab from 2 weeks ago!
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