kings are rogged

2.5k hands today, +$530. Lost 6.5 buyins with pocket kings though, so it could be a lot better, lol.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2954463 - good thing i didn't run kings into aces when nearly 200BBs deep.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2954467 - my 4-bet size is lol bad here, probably meant to make it $35. Still get stacked here though.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2954474 - KK < AK all in pre

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2954478 - expert setmining from villain. sigh.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2954481 - KK into AA AGAIN.

gg KK, gg.

maybe next year

So, WSOP satellites pretty much sucked. In the last one, i came ~70th out of ~900, with 50 packages available. Goddamnit. I picked up a big stack and I think i was the chip leader a couple of hours in, but from there I largely sat back, where i think i should've pushed a bit to pick up as many chips as i could.

Just finished a heads up session against a massive fish. Only 50nl, but took $330 off him in <200 hands. Pretty sweet. Still got a while to rebuild though after the WSOP fiasco.

Current aim is to have a 5 figure roll in time for september, when i'm doing the "going pro" thing.

From there, i will play cash during the week, take saturdays off, and grind donkaments on the sunday. In the next year, i also aim to play in PCA and WSOP main event minimum. Also want to play APPT Seoul and at least one EPT.

I also aim to write a book detailing the following year, so hopefully that'll get published and i'll get snapped up by stars or something cool. :)

You can also now access this blog from www.mixmastered.co.uk. Yes i was sad enough to buy my own domain name. Will prob get some web designer to make me a cool website at some point :)

Satellites suck

Just busted 131st out of 772 in the $650 on stars. 37 packages. From 200 people down, i just never had any hands, and eventually shoved 10BBs from the button with K9o, only for the small blind to wake up with QQs. Sigh. gg life. I knew it wouldn't be my tourny when i had AA, and some guy flatted with KK. Flop came A high, so i don't get my easy double up. grrr. Running out of chances now.

The Cost of Ambition

Went to Leamington yesterday to purchase a wii. While onthe bus, i started thinking about how much i've spent on WSOP satellites, and it was not fun. Here's the tally so far:

Played:
2 x Double Shootout = $430
3 x 30+R ~= $350
~4/5x 11+R Turbo ~= $250
1 x $650 = $650
2 x Step 4 entry = $430

To Play:
$550 150 seat guarantee on Full Tilt
$650 MTT on stars
$370 200 seat guarantee on Stars
$215 Team Moneymaker satellite.

Total ~= $4k.

Obviously the actual total i've spent is a lot less than this due to winning sub satellites etc (which i've grinded hard last couple of weeks and had a lot of success), but $4k is still a big proportion of my roll, and bankroll nits would throw their arms up in response to my behaviour. But damn, I want to play in WSOP. And if i don't win in any of the 4 remaining satellites, i'll just have to console myself with the fact that i was still a long way from matching jambon's effort last year (he spent >$12k to try to win a $12k package to no success). Maybe i'll be a sicko and win a seat in all 4 satellites. That'd be nice.

WSOP Satellites

Last couple of days i've grinded satellites hard. Got heads up in two $30+R WSOP satellites, obviously neither tournament had enough rebuys to award a package, so i only got $650 for those. That pretty much sucked. Then I made the final table of a $11+R 2xTurbo Satellite, and came 6th after making a dumb mistake with two tables left. Last night I came 8th in a $30+R Satellite which actually did have a package to win. I made a pretty marginal shove to bust, one which if i'd been more awake/playing better I wouldn't've made. So that pretty much sucked. Pretty tempted to play in the $650 satellite tomorrow, we'll see if i win entry into it today. :)

Apart from the occasional blip, i'm very happy with my game at the moment, so i'm hoping it's just a matter of time before i win one. I am registered for the 150 seat guarantee on full tilt/200 seat on stars and the team moneymaker tourny thing. So maybe i'll just win all of those.

Won A Donkament

So ya, I won a donkament. $24+$2 on full tilt, 1,280 runners, ~$7k for winning. Ship ship. About time, i've had a long dry spell in donkaments, exacerbated by the fact i hardly play them anymore. I've requested the hand history from full tilt, and will prob post some interesting hands here once i get it. Woop woop.

Besides my $12k PCA package win, this is my biggest online win, and i feel it's deserved. My game has come on an incredible amount in the past few months, but i hadn't felt it was showing in my results.

SnGs suck

so ya, I just remembered that SnGs suck. small sample size etc etc yadda yadda yadda. But DAMN. This is pretty much all $22 btw. Been a while since I played many STTs, and i'll prob get bored/frustrated soon. If not though, the plan is to look at my ROI after 1000, and if it's solid, move up to $33s and repeat. I might not wait as long as 1000, cos i'm deffos a lifetime winner at $55s on party, and I think $77s/$109s too :S. With party's capped rake thing, I want to give myself the option of playing high stakes STTs once the STT volume on party picks up, because the capped rake potentially means up to $500 extra profit per tournament for the highest stakes available. And that's huge.