PKR

Well yesterday was pretty uneventful. After getting back from work at about 7.30am, I spent most of the day in bed sleeping.

However I did place a new deposit at my account at PKR. PKR is a virtual reality type of poker site where you create a very customised character to play at the tables, great fun but a much slower rate of hands an hour to normal Internet poker. I deposited $50 and to try and gain my bonus dollars I played a ring game for an hour or so. I took $10 to the table and left with just over $20 so cant complain.

If you havent tried PKR I can heartily recommend it as a change form the rest of the rooms.

Stay lucky.

Bloody Experts Everywhere

Last night myself and a friend, Alex, who also plays at Carbon decided to enter a $1000 Guaranteed Tourney. I started slowly but was beginning to pick up some momentum and chips when I had a full house beaten sending me tumbling out of the Tourney. Alex however managed to build a good chip lead and was progressing well when he was outdrawn to a much weaker hand which was a shame. Big up to Alex by the way, who despite being quite new to Poker, has managed some very good placings recently. In fact the night before he managed to get his first win in a reasonable tournament.

Today I have jumped into a few $5 tourneys and have been pleased to have made the money on one. Whilst it hasn't done much for my bankroll it is certainly building my confidence.

The second one was the most amazing I have seen. The guy that knocked me out played almost every hand and would go to the wire on bottom pair but consistently out drew people. One final hand I was holding AQ and I had A73 on the flop. The turn brought the Q and I had very few chips left so went all in. He called me with a pair of 7's and guess what the River brought for him. Absolutley unbelieveable. As I left the tourney he was top chip leader and consistently played complete garbage. Unbloody believable. Carlosxx13 I take my hat of to you for being so blessed.

The Third was a very solid game. I managed to get a few good hands early and took a reasonable lead, which I managed to maintain to the final table. I didnt blow it for a change and used my stack to bully wherever possible and caught a few solid hands too. Finally I got to heads up and managed to beat a very competent opponent to win $52.50. So the bankroll is growing nicely.

The only thing that has got to me in the last few hours is the number of bloody experts that play at the lower levels. It is strange that they are always the first to criticise a play, slag off a win and then be one of the first to tumble out of a tourney. I always try to just ignore them but one guy last night really got under my skin. I really need to work at just ignoring these people I guess.

If you play today be lucky.

P.S. If you have a minute spare please take some time to visit my friend John's blog at http://john2e.lastminuteliving.com/my_weblog/

A Quiet One

Not much to report from yesterday or today a couple of wins in small 10 seat Sit and Go's and I also went out on the bubble in a $10 Multi Table Tournament.

I am also back on shift for the next 4 days so not much chance to play. Will keep you updated.

Stay lucky.

Spare Rib's Anyone

Well, after a very positive day on Sunday yesterday was very uneventful.

During the early afternoon I bought into a $1000 Guaranteed Tournament which was progressing very nicely. I had a good chip stack early and the numbers remaining were dwindling at a good rate. As soon as we hit the first break I had a quick toilet break and put the kettle on. During the break I noticed the rubbish bin in the kitchen needed emptying. As I lifted the full bag out I soon remembered my cracked rib.

Within a couple of minutes I was back at the tables, drink in hand. After about ten minutes I was in some real discomfort and was struggling to get into a comfortable position where my ribs weren't aching. Some twenty minutes later I decided I wanted out of the Tournament so threw all in on some garbage hand to get knocked out.

The rest of the day was spent nursing said ribs so not much poker. Having rested them up over night I am hoping to get into a few games today.

If you play today stay lucky.

A New Hope

Well I never thought this blog would ever get updated again. August since I last posted and that is mainly because I got so fed up with Net Poker that I didn't play for months. To start the New Year I decided to clear out all my accounts and put a couple of quid into one site.

For a couple of weeks CD Poker had my patronage. Rather than play the old Ring games that I used to I decided I would like to try tournaments and single table Sit and Go's. I have to be honest it has been going well. These types of game certainly seem to suit my play style more.

Yesterday was a real Red Letter Day. I decided that CD Poker wasn't the site for me and transferred it all to Carbon Poker, which is excellent. A few of my freinds have joined me and the fact that at any time they can be watching me has helped me focus a great deal. I tried a $25 buy in multi-table tournament last night for my first time ever. I relished the higher level of play and just hoped to get near to the final table as only the top 10 places carried any money. Early on I managed to take a reasonable position and much to my surprise I also managed to hold on to it. As it got closer to the final table I was pretty sure I would get knocked out but in fact managed to nail by biggest single win of $338 by coming second.

That has certainly boosted my bankroll and I am feeling very positive about playing at the moment.

Here's to more success later today.

Stay Lucky.