Day 198 ... No money ...

InterPoker ... $ 73.02

$ 20 cash NL 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 20.00
$ 20 cash NL 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 20.00
$ 20 cash NL 0.25 ... $ 13.65 ... - $ 6.35
$ 20 cash NL 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 20.00

$ 6.67 cash NL 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 6.67

Hopelessly bad loose aggressive / calling station nonsense - I put my hands up I am playing like a complete t**t.
In fairness I got unlucky with QQ three times - coming up against AA & KK ... fair enough ... and 44 ??
I ended up about 6% short of clearing the bonus which I've since figured out has been raised recently at InterPoker so I think I ended up wagering over $1500 in order to get close to the rake required to release $44. It's a great site for high rollers looking for pretty lose games at higher levels but it's not for me. I don't think I'll ever get into cash games as a long term winner I just don't get the same buzz that I do from a tournie and so I end up creating my own buzz which involves playing the worst poker imaginable - chasing draws and semi bluffing on every hand.

InterPoker Total ... $ 73.02 ... - $ 73.02 ... $ 00.00 ( - $ 44.00)

Time to go back to tournies at a site I love and on software I'm comfortable with - HoldemPoker I'm back.

HoldemPoker ... $ 162.93

$5+0.5 SnG Full ... 5th ... - $5.50

To say I'm pleased coming 5th isn't really true but I'm really glad to be back at a tournie table - more tactics rather than open ended drudgery and at least I can make $5 last somewhere close to an hour instead of minutes.

HoldemPoker Total ... $ 162.93 ... - $ 5.50 ... $ 157.43 ( + $ 113.43)

Off to the pub tonight to celebrate a mates birthday - probably will be drunk after 2 pints - definate limit on 4 - but will be good to just forget about the disaster that I made of playing InterPoker.

4kingpoker news ... Bit last minute but this coming Sunday ...

Sunday 5th Feb 3pm EST $5+0.5 buy-in tournament to launch The 4kingpoker Series -

A series of 5 buy-in ($5+0.5) tournies hosted at PokerRoom.com, Holdempoker.com & Europoker.com. They will take place on the 1st Sunday of each month for the next 5 months. Any forum member can play through any of the three poker sites in all the tournaments as they share the same network.

The overall winner of the series (most points on leaderboard after 5 events) will also win a 500 piece Poker Chip Set.