Thank you poker gods!

At last! I only played one MTT last night,but I made the money.I have been playing over at http://fulltiltpoker.com alot more than usual recently and saw this $2 MTT that was about to start with only a hundred or so people signed up.I thought I may as well give it a go.I'm glad I did as I finished 6th,and well chuffed I am with that finish too.I was starting to get a bit worried as it seemed so long ago that I made the money spots in an MTT,and was starting to doubt my ability as a poker player (even at these micro levels that I play at),but this has gave me a new confidence in my game and I can't wait to experience another final table.I know that the prize money that I won is peanuts compared to all the other poker blogs out there that talk about winning hundreds or thousands of $'s a night,but we have all got to start somewhere,and the prize money I did win allows me to enter a few more tourneys.The next week for me is all work,work,work so I won't get alot of poker in,maybe just a few STT's,but hopefully the bankroll will continue going upwards.Good luck and I hope to see you at the tables.

WHO LEFT THAT LAPTOP THERE?

Had a bit of bad luck this morning,woke up with a raging hangover as I went out drinking all day yesterday,and promptly stood on my laptop which was lying on the floor,destroying the screen.This made me feel ten times worse than I already did.I took said laptop to City Computers in Dunfermline who replaced the screen,and on the same day,so now my hangover is gone and my laptop is as good as new,it's as if nothing has happened,well apart from my wallet being a bit lighter.On to the poker and not alot to report,I keep on running into monster hands when getting low on chips and need to double up.Gonna try an MTT tonight (can't remember the last time i cashed in one of these,never mind win one.) The STT's haven't been going too well either the last couple of days,but I will keep plodding on as my luck must change soon.Hope to see you at the tables and good luck.

Poker is like a box of snakes and ladders!

Up and down,that's what my poker game is like right now,but as long as there are SOME up's,well,hey I cannot complain. Tonight I tried to satellite my way into the Pokerstars $100k Sunday tourney,but I fell just short.I might have one more try as I really wanna play this tourney as the money up for grabs is unreal compared to the games I play.

I fancied a change tonight and fired up Full Tilt Poker where I have a very small amount in my account,was in the lobby trying to decide if I should play a STT or a MTT when I spotted a little heads up 4 player tourney.As I played alot of small stakes heads up when I first started to play poker last year,I thought I would give it a go.I beat my first opponent without much problems,but the game for the winner takes all prize was a different story.I went into an early chip lead quite early on and was feeling confident,but then went totally card dead,a constant stream of hands of 5 2, 7 3, 8 2 ,4 2,etc etc but you have got to try and stay positive and at the same time be a little aggresive too.The final hand was one I nearly folded,opponent was down to 500 odd chips and he pushed all-in (something he hardly did all match).I knew he had a biggie,I had 55,and called,he showed AQ,but my fives held up and now I have a few more small tourney buy-ins which is always good.I have a couple of days off from work now so I hope to get quite a bit of poker playing done.Good luck all and I hope to see you at the tables.

Maybe one day!

I played in my first MTT in about a week tonight over on VC Poker,the $6k guaranteed freezout,1610 runners with the top 200 being payed.I was pretty much card dead all tourney and was running low on chips with just short of 400 players left in.I was in BB and looked down to see Q5,with only one limper,the flop comes down Q 6 2,my heart lifts and I push all-in thinking that if I double up here I can at least make the money spots.I get called and what does he show, (you know what's coming here don't you).Yep, you got it,Q9.Of course I don't improve and go out.I know my kicker wasn't up to much but I was half hoping he missed the flop and then folded.Oh well there will always be another tourney,and I can always keep at the SNG's on Pokerstars and keep my roll going in the right direction.

I never had time to enter the $100k Sunday sat that I mentioned in my last post,hopefully I will find the time this week and win a seat.Thanks for reading and good luck all at the tables.

On a roll

Haven't managed to play much poker in the last couple of days,just three $1 STT SNG's on Pokerstars,but I won all three .I know that 1st place doesn't pay alot but it is still profit,and no matter what stakes or level you play at it is always nice to see your bankroll rise.These Sit and Go's at Pokerstars at these stakes really should be called Sit and Wait's as all you need to do is wait on premium hands being dealt to you and then hope you connect with the flop,then try and extract as many chips as you can from the players left in.I quite often see players going all in after the flop,getting called,then showing something like A7 and they haven't even connected with anything,then they are praying for the Ace on the turn or river.I shouldn't complain though because it makes it easier to win these things.I might try and enter the $2.20 satellite on Pokerstars for the weekly $100k Sunday tournament,I will update on how I get on with it.Going to keep playing the $1 STT as well and try and build the bankroll.Good luck all and maybe see you at the tables.

Hello and welcome

Hi there,welcome to my little piece of the web.
I only started playing poker last year,and just love it.I am a small stakes player (very small) and play 50% SNG's and 50% low buy in MTT's.
I have got to the stage where although I love playing online poker (mostly on Pokerstars) I realised that it was about time I joined the world of blogging.
I dont claim to be a poker expert,and am doing this for fun.If anyone wants to put a link for my blog on theirs feel free.

Told you that I am a small stakes player,good luck all and hope to see you at the tables.