I played two games on poker time last night.  The first game I'd only played a few hands when I had pocket QQ.

So I raised the pot to 120 (blinds were 15/30).  I got raised so I reraised and ended up going all in pre-flop (which I hate) - 2 opponents had AK and AQ.   A 10 9 all hearts flopped.  I had the Q hearts and unfortunately the guy with A K had the Kh.  Needless to say the turn was a heart and not only would I have lost to a pair of Aces but I did lose to a better flush.


The second game wasnt much better.  I had A 6 and was unraised BB.  Flop was Ace rag rag.  So I bet and was just called.  Turn comes - another rag so I bet high - trying to get opponent to fold, he just called again.  River - no help.  I bet high - he raised me all in and turns out the fish was chasing his flush and hit it on the river.  he had nought up to that point.  So typical of cheap games.

Times are hard - I just played in a 25 FPP game on poker stars.  What a joke.

All the muppets going all in with any old rubbish all the time.  Catch a hand and call em and they get lucky with rubbish like 37 off and 26 off.  What is poker coming to?

I despair.

I played a double your money tourney on sky and thought I was going out early when a "fish" played to the river to get his straight.

However, I did get a lovely hand - pocket Jacks.  I raised pre flop and one caller.  I then went all in on the flop when I hit trips.  I went all in because the opponent was a bit of  a fish.  Anyway he called.  Here is the result



I went on to win the game and doubled my cash (and win 8 league points too)

I had a couple of games last night and one game today.

I played in two 10 seater sitngo's and came nowhere in the first one and managed to win the 2nd game.

There was this player who was stealing the blinds almos every hand and heavy raising particularly on my BB.  Well there are only so many times I will tolerate somebody nicking my chips on the BB so I decided to call when I had ace rag. 

Flop comes down and I hit 2 pairs - he was first to act and bet 4 x BB so I just doubled his bet and he folded.  So now I was getting somewhere with this guy. 

Next time I'm BB - he did it again so I called again and managed to hit top pair - I had rubbish.  Im first to act so I bet big and he folds.

The game goes on and on and finally its down to him and me.  I had A5 and raised heavy - he reraised so I just called.  I hit the ace on the flop and just went all in.  He called and showed a 95  (he'd hit a pair of 9s on the flop).  Nothing else came that helped either of us so I won with my Aces and won the tourney. 

It was a great game because everytime this guy showed his hand - he had a brilliant hand in the early stages.  But his constant blind stealing made me realise he was indeed just blind stealing.

Watching other players during the early stages of a tourney is so important and I must say it certainly paid off this time round.  I sussed this blind stealer out prety early too even with his good hands that he kept showing.

Today - I just played a cheap 6 seater double your money tournament and I must say I've never played so aggressively as I did today.

After a long slow game to the final 3 (the paying places), I managed to knock one guy out although I was not chip leader and this left me and one other player.

The player that was left had folded loads of hands in the early part of the game so I knew he didnt like to play rubbish.  However - when your "heads up" Ace rag is a great hand as is any picture.  So my aggression came out at this point.  Its just so not me.  Anyway - any ace any picture and I was raising like crazy and he was calling everything.

I managed to hit even when I had total rubbish - 95 and hit two pairs on the flop!  heh heh.

Game goes on and then I got A5 so I raised and he called.  Flop comes down A98.  He goes all in and I called.  he showed a pair of 9s and I won with my aces.

It was a great game which I thoroughly enjoyed purely because of my aggressive play.  I'm looking forward to playing aggressively again!   

Well I know its been a while since I posted in this section - not because I havent played a few games but simply because I really just haven't had the time to save the pictures on photobucket and post it on here.

I had a game on Island poker which isnt a bad site but there arent too many people on it.  6 seater sit n go.  There was one guy who just kept  going in every hand without fail.  It was driving me up the wall and I said to him "its just a matter of time" and then "idiot" - I was so incensed by his stupid play.  Anyway he went all in (again) and the guy to my left decided to call.  He knocked him out which was sweet.

Next hand I had pocket 10s - raised pre flop - and the guy that knocked the "all in" player out decided to call cos he was BB and had plenty of chips.

Here is the piccy of the end result of that hand.  What a sweet win that was.  Anyway I went on to come 2nd and got my money (and a little bit extra) back.

I've been playing those matrix games on Full Tilt and they are quite entertaining.  I think my best result yet is 2 x 1st, a 2nd and a 4th and an overall win for the most points.  You get 2 points for knocking somebody out, 2 points for a win and 1 point for staying in longer than other players.  Example if you knock somebody out, you get 2 points for knocking them out and everybody still in the game gets 1 point for staying in longer than that player.

The $2 games are the best as people tend to play better however, there are still some fish on these games (of course) and I must say that some of the hands that people go all in with astounds me.  An example would be there was something like A K 10 on the table and this guy goes all in for 4k - the other guy in the hand calls and shows A K off.  The guy that went all in shows 9 2 off.  What in gods name was he thinking.  I guess he was trying to steal....badly.

If you havent tried these out and you are an experienced poker player - and can cope with 4 games going on in one go, then you really must try them.  Its great fun and whilst the payout isnt huge, the fun factor really is worth it.  You have to be on your toes with no distractions...and trying to make a cup of coffee in between hands is virtually impossible.

Hey Lipstick,

I can totally understand that - at first I thought "oh my - what the hell have I done" but I got into quite quickly.  It is a bit crazy if you manage to stay in on all 4 tables and there are only 2-4 people on the table.

No time to sit and be bored though - I dont play very many hands

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