Slipped disk? Slipped bankroll!

Hi again.I am writing this blog entry today lying flat on my back in bed as I have back pain that is just to sore to put into words! I suffer from this about once a year and it usually lasts about a week.I really should goto the doctor about it,but you know how it is,'if I keep taking painkillers it will go away' is the mentallity of most men.I hope it eases a bit for tomorrow as I have an overtime shift and could do with the extra money it will bring.

Onto the poker, and things haven't been going too well,but I am not too downhearted,as even the best players get downswings and know if I keep plugging away I can turn it round. I have opened an account at Carbon Poker and look forward to playing there.Gonna go now as my back is playing up again.Good luck all and hope to see you at the tables.

Full Tilt Poker OPR Rank: 64,086 of 272,571

PokerStars OPR Rank: 144,537 of 505,180

Ready to hit those tables again

Hi,have returned from my holidays after a great two weeks.Took the bike to Ireland for a biker rally on the first week which was great,then last weekend I was in North Yorkshire for another rally which was attended by 10,000+ bikers all having a great time partying.I don't know how sleeping in a tent,drinking FAR too much and listening to as much Heavy Metal as possible can be so relaxing,but it works for me.I am now relaxed,batteries recharged and ready to hit those SnG and MTT tables BIG TIME! I am night shift at work this week and even that ain't bothering me lol.Have played in three or four SnG's since returning with a little success and have came up with a poker goal.I only play at Pokerstars and Full Tilt these days and have about $100 in each account,and my goal is that I will never deposit again!

Another new feature of this blog is that I will update my ranking for these two sites from Officialpokerrankings.com (a link is on the right) and hopefully my ranking will go upward as well through time.Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables.

Full Tilt Poker OPR Rank: 60,970 of 272,703

PokerStars OPR Rank: 145,286 of 504,395

A 4th place and going on me hols!

I have sorted out my computer problems and binned Norton Anti-virus (good riddance,your product will NEVER f*ck my computer up again!) Again I have ran close in the $3, 90 runner SNG on Full Tilt,this time finishing 4th. Getting to the final table is always good,even more so when the other players are knocking each other out quick style.It can only be a matter of time before I win one of these things,and when I do I will be getting pissed to celebrate lol. This will be my last update for a week as on Wednesday I am going across to Ireland on my motorbike for a biker rally and also do a bit of touring.A few days away from the virtual tables will be nice too,and I just hope when I return that my bit of a hot streak continues.Good luck all and I hope to see you soon at the tables.

MSOP is my WSOP!

Bloody Norton Anti-virus! For the second time in a year this crap excuse of a product is playing havoc with my computer and will not allow me to connect to Pokerstars. And because this crap product comes with my ISP (BT) it looks like I am stuck with it because it is proving to be a real pain in the arse to delete. And if you want to see customer service at it's very WORST,try phoning BT when you have a problem,hopeless doesn't even start to explain how badly they treat their customers. 'Have you tried switching it off ,then switching it back on again' (I kid you not).Then they wonder why after waiting 40mins to speak to someone and they hit you with that pish,why you start foaming at the mouth and turn into a screaming maniac!

At least I can still log into Full Tilt where last night I qualified for the MSOP Event #15 which starts later tonight and at the time of typing this post the prize pool stands at $40k. Qualifying for this was an event in itself, a $3 STT with 9 runners,1st and 2nd qualified and 3rd got the $3 entry fee back.I entered four times and came third four times lol,and by this time I was starting to take it personal and wasn't gonna give up until I had qualified,and qualify I did at the fifth time of asking.It will be nice to play in a tourney with big money up for grabs and I only hope I do well. Good luck all and I hope to see you at the tables.

Moving on up!

After two or three days of relative calm on the poker front which involved a few $2 STT's, some of which I won ,some of which I lost,and I was starting to feel that this was not the way to build a bankroll,but then BOOOOOOOM,I entered the Pokerstars $4 entry 180 runner SNG and had my best online result yet! More of that later,but I also tried two new poker experiences yesterday with different success.The first involved playing more than one table at a once (well it was two tables to be exact) but it didn't go too well! How some of the bloggers I read and respect can multi-table like they do is beyond me,but it just goes to show how good they are at poker.Think I will stick to playing one table at a time and learn to walk before trying the 100 metres sprint lol.
The second new poker experience I had yesterday was playing live for the first time,and I am pleased to say it went quite well. I was surfing online and came across a live pub poker league which I was surprised to see is played about six nights a week in various pubs in Dunfermline,Falkirk,Stirling and Edinburgh. So I signed up online and went to Jokers bar in Dunfermline and entered the tourney.I was as nervous as hell but the guys there seemed okay and once things got under way I was fine.I ended up ninth out of twenty three runners and finished with 500 odd points which is a good start to the June leaderboard.I think I will go again tonight to the next leg (again in Dunfermline) and try and make another poker goal by making the monthly regional final.
Back to my online success last night and I think I may go up a level to the $4-$5 buy-in.I know one good cash doesn't make me a great player all of a sudden,but I feel I was holding my own rather well last night. Another thing which is pleasing is seeing my sharkscope graph heading northward,and long may it continue. Enough of my ramblings,thanks for stopping by,good luck and hope to see you at the tables.

King hell..............

I played in a 50 FPP $2k guaranteed tourney last night on Pokerstars, 2333 runners in which I ended up ITM in 149th. I was over 2hrs in and got dealt KK. Now a couple of months ago I would of pushed all-in with this hand preflop,but nowadays I am a bit more cautious,so when it was folded round to me I thought i would min raise,see the flop,and as long as an Ace doesn't hit the flop or three of the same suit,I would then probably push them all into the middle. Only one caller to my raise and a flop of 10,5,2 rainbow.I push all-in and he calls.Of course he has 10,10 and out I go. I am still pleased to have finished so high though and make a profit,which will buy some more entries into tourneys.If I keep plugging away I know I will crack one of these MTT's.Good luck and I hope to see you at the tables.