“I raise”

I am so anxious and nervous at the moment it is ridiculous.

I had a job interview on Monday which is now down to 2 people, me and one other guy and I will be finding out some time this week. Honestly I can’t stress how much this job would mean to me, I won’t go into too much detail but it would involve me working largely in the Middle East, Dubai, Saudi Arabia etc… I mean shit, jobs like this don’t come along every day!

It’s an internal position so I know the other guy quite well, in fact he’s actually a pretty good mate, so either way things are going to be pretty rough between us, and in all honesty I really can’t predict how it is going to play out. In poker terms I would says it a pocket pair vs overcards all-in pre-flop scenario, just really close. 

Wish me luck! 

Well I haven’t posted for over a week which you can basically translate as I wasn’t winning! Had a crazy 7 days of poker, pretty much all last week I got my ass handed to me repeatedly and I was really stressed out. Had to withdraw a big chunk of money for non-poker related stuff and I "thought" I had left myself enough of a roll to comfortably multi table the $22’s but oh no, I forgot about the variance monster who preys upon the weak and vunerable waiting for the perfect moment to strike down upon thee with great vengeance!

So obv I went on a crappy downswing costing me somewhere around $300-$400, which wouldn’t normally be a problem… but it was. End of Thurs night, I figured I pretty much had to drop down a level to avoid the risk of ruin, I was pretty fucked off with myself and poker in all honesty.

Becoming a reclusive hermit I decided to stay in this weekend and put in some serious hours and "sort my shit out". Well it went pretty well… in fact, I finished the weekend in profit just short of $2k. Awesome, variance monster has a nice side too, bit of a jekyl and hyde character he is.

I’ve put the full results below, but to summarise, the majority of the money came from 2 mtt’s, I didn’t win either which was a bit annoying, but 3rd and 2nd still pay out a significant amount to get me out of a hole. All in all I profited at every level stt I played, and cashed in 5 out of 10 MTTs final tabling 3 of them. Fucking awesome, I want every session to be like that!

11 x $11 STT 2/4/5
5 X $22 STT 3/0/2
6 X $33 STT 2/0/4

OUT    $429
IN    $652

$5 MTT
$11 MTT        3rd $859
$3r MTT        $58
$3r MTT        $5
$5 MTT
$4r MTT        4th $108
$33 MTT        2nd $939
$109 MTT
$5r MTT
$10r MTT

OUT (inc re-buys) $235
IN    $1,969

Total profit for the weekend $1,957.

Only a smallish session, I’m really not putting in the hours at the moment.

11 x $22    2/4/5
4 x $33        1/3/0

$11 mtt
$22 mtt    $56

OUT    $407
IN    $656

Comments… well I’m winning again which is always nice, but I seem to have returned to the "can’t win heads up curse", which in the 6max games is essential due to the payout distribution, however I’m not going to complain. Oh and the $22mtt cash… I bubbled the final table which really stung, first was like $2k, and man I am seriously overdue a decent mtt win!

As mentioned at the start I’m really not putting in enough hours at the moment. I have a comfortable bankroll and am kind of cruising in 3rd gear or something, however I seriously need to earn some cash for non-poker reasons so starting Saturday I’m going to be hammering the stt’s and mtt’s.

Was ill with an infection last week so didn’t really play, however made up for it this weekend with a big session, unfortunately I’m too frustrated to post the full result analysis, however in summary I wagered in the region of $800 and finished up about $30 down (whoop-de-fckin-doo).

I’m genuinely taking more than my share of bad beats, however this weekend was mainly running into monsters short handed. Honestly there is so little you can do sometimes. The standard of play at the weekends is absolutely terrible, but if you’re running bad it can really wind you up and tilt you like nothing else.

I was gonna have a rant about people MINIMUM-FUCKING-RAISING cos it really really pisses me off, but I’m too wound up to write anymore tonight. Will rant tomorrow.

Ok, I’m going to post the results from my last two sessions and show a $400 profit, but still moan.

27x$22    7/2/13
2x$33    0/0/2

$22 mtt
$22 mtt
$11 mtt
$5r mtt    $532 (1st place, small tourney)

OUT    $792
IN    $1,192

Yes, the win in the $5r was nice but if it wasn’t for that I would have had yet another losing session of STT’s. I KNOW the games aren’t getting tougher, or at least not the ones I’m playing, I’m getting my money in good soooo fckin often it’s ridiculous, yeah I know it all pays off in the long run but jesus I’m getting sick of bubbling STT’s. Honestly,if I was capable of winning a 60/40 on the bubble I would be a frikin millionaire by now (ok, maybe a couple-of-thousand-aire) but you get the point yeah?

Anyways, ermm this blog is ugly, and so am I… and you… here is a pretty girl to cheer me up next time I logon…

 

 

Well I was getting ready to write a blog about how bad I was running after a dismal big weekend session and a terrible start to tonights games, however I just finished the session in style and seem to have finaly got some luck heads up!

Too hungry to talk, so I’ll get on with the results…

The weekend.. drunk mainly… but still harsh figures…

33x$22 (6max) 3/12/18 (Seriously wtf?)

10x$33 (6 max) 1/2/7 (Gross)

And -$127 in MTTs
With +$25 in random shit

Result

OUT    $1,183
IN    $920

Tonight’s results (I busted the first 4 $22 games then cashed everything else)

11X$22 (6max) 4/3/4
1x$11 (30seat) $120

OUT    $253
IN    $564

So yeah… ermmm crazy results! I don’t know what happened to my heads up game at the weekend but it really cost me. And after all that I basically wagered $1,436 to win $48, haha, sick. To be honest I’m just relieved I managed to recover things tonight.