I'm back at last

Sorry about the lack of updates recently but to tell the truth I haven't been playing a whole lot of online poker recently,and when I have I have been getting nowhere! I don't know if it has been me being unlucky or just playing poorly but my bankroll has been going southward and when that happens you just can't face updating the blog...........BUT,today might just be the turning point as I won a SNG which proves to me I can still do it when I put my mind to it.I have also won a seat in the $200k GTD tourney on Pokerstars on Sunday night and am looking forward to playing the event.I have only played in this tourney once before and cashed that time (played mega tight) so maybe will do the same tactics this time around.I will post how I get on anyway.Good luck all and hope to see you at the tables.

Pokerstars Rank: 189,019 of 791,460

Full Tilt Rank: 160,436 of 657,037

Changing Tactics

Hi all.What has happened to the weather? I know I live in Scotland,but even for up here,it's crap! Never mind tho cos the online poker is going ok.I played in the Brit Bloggerment on Pokerstars last night and finished ITM in 3rd for a small profit. But what pleases me more is that I consider the players that play this tourney every week to all be better players than me.

I mentioned in the last post that I had bought the new Gus Hansen book'Every hand revealed',and very interesting it is too.I have taken alot of what he says in the book onboard and tried to bring it into my game because I knew myself for the last wee while that I was playing WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY too tight,so heres hoping that looking to play this great game from a different angle is going to keep my BR going upwards. Gonna go now as I have a million things to do.GL all and hope to see you at the tables.

I'm back and ITM!

Hi all,sorry about the lack of updates recently but I have been away on my holidays.Alot of you won't know that I am a biker (have been since I was 17) and when I am not working or have my son staying over for the weekend,I strap the tent and sleeping bag on my bike and head off for a motorbike rally where loads of heavy rock music and plenty of beer is guaranteed.Well every year in July (the third weekend to be exact) the biggest bike rally in Europe takes place at Faro in Portugal,and seeing as I have always wanted to go,and the fact that I am 40 in a couple of months,I thought I would treat myself. And what a fantastic time we had,30 degrees heat,24hr bars,rocking music and partying with at least 50,000 other bikers.Superb.

Onto the poker because this is a poker blog after all,and I played my first MTT for over a week last night on Full Tilt and did OK. 56th out of nearly 900 runners.I pushed my AQ when low on chips into AK (as always) and didn't improve.I was pleased to cash though and any profit will always please me.

I have just bought the new Gus Hansen book where he won Aussie Millions and explains all his plays in winning the tourney,hopefully I can pick up a few tips from it.Good luck all and hope to see you at the tables.

Full Tilt Rank: 153,960 of 567,574

Pokerstars Rank: 177,645 of 682,327

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.