Day 315 ... A few games at HoldemPoker ...

• Wordsicle Watch

Wordsicle watch this week is more paying homage to another site that is spearheading the cause for a wordsicle free world - or at least one that takes the pi** out the idiots using them seriously - featuring such classics as "Those deliverables you’re bringing to the table better include donuts" From Marli Murphy, Cafepress.com are well worth looking up.

Join the protest against Wordsicles at CafePress.com they also do some great mugs etc for the business jargon hater Business Jargon Protest

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $177.83

$5+0.50 SnG ... 1st ... +$19.50
$5+0.50 SnG ... 4th ... -$ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG ... 3rd ... +$ 4.50
$5+0.50 SnG ... 1st ... +$19.50

$10+1 SnG ... 9th ... - $11.00

$5+0.50 SnG ... 9th ... -$ 4.50
$5+0.50 SnG ... 4th ... -$ 4.50

HoldemPoker ... $177.83 ... + $16.00 ... total $193.83 (+$149.83)

A bit of progress but after a nice start it dwindled away - couple of badbeats against flush draws but at least its a plus day.

• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpker Titan Series II ... Sunday 4th June 3pm EST $50 Freeroll, Sunday 11th June 3pm EST $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added & on Sunday 18th June 3pm EST is the FINAL a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added for the top 25 players on the leaderboard from the previous events.

4kingpoker Tour ... In June we will be at Noble Poker for a $50 freeroll - Sunday 25th June 3pm EST

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Sign-up Exclusive at Titan Poker ... 18/25 seat left For 4kingpoker members & visitors. New players deposit at Titan poker through out banners and using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker will get entered FREE for our 25 seat free $250 tournament & the 100% up to $500 deposit bonus. More Info

Poker Blog of the Week ... Lou Krieger Blog Catch views, opinions and commentary on the poker world from poker pro Lou Krieger.

Day 313 

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Noble Poker ... $9.90

$5+1 SnG ... 6th ... -$6.00

$3.90 cash 0.04 ... $00.00 ... - $ 3.90

Noble Poker ... $00.00 ... - $9.90 ... total $00.00 (- $50.00)

Unsuprisingly lost the remains of my bankroll at Noble, I'm now going to concentrate on HoldemPoker for a bit as that's the only place I'm doing ok at.

• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpker Titan Series II ... Sunday 4th June 3pm EST $50 Freeroll, Sunday 11th June 3pm EST $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added & on Sunday 18th June 3pm EST is the FINAL a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added for the top 25 players on the leaderboard from the previous events.

4kingpoker Tour ... In June we will be at Noble Poker for a $50 freeroll - Sunday 25th June 3pm EST

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Sign-up Exclusive at Titan Poker ... 18/25 seat left For 4kingpoker members & visitors. New players deposit at Titan poker through out banners and using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker will get entered FREE for our 25 seat free $250 tournament & the 100% up to $500 deposit bonus. More Info

Poker Blog of the Week ... Lou Krieger Blog Catch views, opinions and commentary on the poker world from poker pro Lou Krieger.

Day 310 ... Nearly ready on new site ...

• Fete Watch Random pick of a fete coming up no-where near you ...
V&A Museum, London, Friday 28 & Saturday 29 July

The most inventive and dynamic creative individuals working in the UK today will come together to create an extraordinary array of stylish, fun, quirky and imaginative events and games - creating Britain's most  unusual take on the traditional outdoor Village Fete.

Check out - Random Fate

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Holdem Poker ... $202.33

$25 cash 0.25 ... $38.00 ... + $13.00
$25 cash 0.25 ... $17.55 ... - $7.45
$25 cash 0.25 ... $31.60 ... + $6.60

$10+1 SnG ... 10th ... -$11.00
$10+1 SnG ... 6th ... -$11.00

$25 cash 0.25 ... $10.35 ... - $ 14.65

HoldemPoker ... $202.33 ... - $24.50 ... total $177.83 (+ $133.83)

• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at this Sunday 28th May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Sign-up Exclusive at Titan Poker ... 18/25 seat left For 4kingpoker members & visitors. New players deposit at Titan poker through out banners and using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker will get entered FREE for our 25 seat free $250 tournament & the 100% up to $500 deposit bonus. More Info

Poker Blog of the Week ... Weak Player's Poker Blog A blog about Weak Player's developement as a poker player.

 

Day 308 ... Monday came & went ...

• Wordsicle Watch

I haven't had any recent photography jobs involving bulls**t motivational speakers to listen to for inspiration. So while randomly going through the internet in search of wordsicles I thought I'd google "wordsicle" out of interest.

It's never ceases to amaze me at the dross on the internet - these strange automatic blogs that "scrape" I think its called for snippets of possibly relevant text -

Yep - my pointless ranting about wordsicles seem to have got picked up by several sites selling wedding products in Vegas and one for Titan mowers & Day 293 of my blog seems somehow relevant to dog collectables - Just when I thought business jargon was the most important issue for the world (oh and global warming) I find people actually wasting their time to produce totally random blogs in some kind of vain hope of making a buck.

I did however find some useful resources in the fight against meaningless business jargon. Check out - BuzzWack

Which handily reminds me of some wordsicles that have bugged me in the past but try to forget - I honestly struggle when an English person comes out with what is really Americanized ;-) business jargon - It sounded w**k when they said it, what makes you think saying it in Bracknell will suddenly fix it ? It's still to coin another wordsicle - Nothing Speak

Facilitator ... Organiser.

Zerotasking ... I'm bored I've cleared my in tray.

Nothing Speak ... Blah blah blah.

Take note Speading Jargonese is a Recipe for Failure

It's been a bit of a busy few days - I've just launched another poker site which I have been working on - still got a few things to iron out before I really start to push it, so still under wraps until I get a bit more content. Hence my Monday post not happening and this one being rather hurried.

Titan tournie went well this weekend apart from the winner being a player who clearly wasn't in the forum - depressing as the only way they could have played is if someone in the forum gave out the password - unfortunately nothing we can do about it - One of the joys of being a webmaster :-(

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Holdem Poker ... $137.33

$5+0.50 SnG ... 1st ... +$19.50
$10+1 SnG ... 2nd ... +$19.00
$10+1 SnG ... 10th ... -$11.00
$10+1 SnG ... 1st ... +$39.00

$25 cash 0.25 ... $31.80 ... + $6.80
$25 cash 0.25 ... $34.25 ... + $9.25
$25 cash 0.25 ... $25.95 ... + $0.95

$5+0.50 SnG ... 3rd ... +$4.50
$5+0.50 SnG ... 4th ... -$5.50
$10+1 SnG ... 4th ... -$11.00
$10+1 SnG ... 8th ... -$11.00
$5+0.50 SnG ... 7th ... -$5.50

HoldemPoker ... $137.33 ... + $65.00 ... total $202.33(+ $158.33)

Combination of the last few days at Holdempoker has taken me over the $200 mark - steady but unremarkable progress but definately better not playing so much and actually setting down to either play or not play poker.

• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at this Sunday 28th May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Sign-up Exclusive at Titan Poker ... 18/25 seat left For 4kingpoker members & visitors. New players deposit at Titan poker through out banners and using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker will get entered FREE for our 25 seat free $250 tournament & the 100% up to $500 deposit bonus. More Info

Poker Blog of the Week ... Weak Player's Poker Blog A blog about Weak Player's developement as a poker player.

Day 303 ... Snowed Under ...

• Fete Watch Random pick of a fete coming up no-where near you ...
Holne village fete, South Devon 12th August

Featuring an awful lot of tossing - egg tossing, bale tossing plus all the usual standard fete features with the addition of the "Bean Bag Ladder"

Which links us nicely to Bagpuss - That pink cat, everyone of a certain age remembers from their childhood.

Emily's cat Bagpuss, The most Important, The most Beautiful, The most Magical Saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world ... and not forgetting Professor Yaffle and the mice on the mouse organ.

Check out Bagpuss Characters and Bagpuss FAQ's

Let it never be said that 4kingpoker doesn't try to show you a world beyond the poker tables.

Things have been getting a bit hectic so sorry reader for the lack of posts ... I will be cutting back on posts for a while to Monday (random weather), Wednesday (wordsicle watch) & Friday (fete watch)in order to free up a bit of time for working on 4kingpoker and another poker project ... I'm not promising that the blog will improve as a result but hell it can't get much worse (I hear your say).

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Holdem Poker ... $129.78

$25 cash 0.25 ... $32.55 ... + $7.55

HoldemPoker ... $132.63 ... + $7.55 ... total $137.33 (+ $93.33)

Only time for a quick stint on cash games - still playing well above my bankroll but at least this mean I can get out after a couple of reasonable hands.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... This Saturday 20th May we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble $25,000 Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings ... and great odds as these tend to be small tournies with low competition.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next tournie (game 3)in the series is this Sunday 21st May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 301 ... Time for a break ...

• Wordsicle Watch Our window on the stupdity that is business jargon.

Mass customization - Something Like being slightly pregnant l guess

Customer Intergration - As against not bothering to have customers, because there optional ??

Potentialize - Damn it I want the letter Z taken out of the English language

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Holdem Poker ... $132.63

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... -$5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 10th ... -$5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 6th ... -$5.50

$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 00.00 ... - $10.00

$25 cash 0.25 ... $ 38.65 ... + $ 13.65

HoldemPoker ... $132.63 ... - $ 2.85 ... total $ 129.78 (+ $ 85.78 )

I've got way to much poker site related work to sort out to even try and half concentrate on playing during the day. I'm going to keep telling myself not to play during the day - the traffic falls off everywhere even the bigger sites so I think it's a good time to take a break for a couple of days. Maybe I'll try getting up early or play a little in the evening but I think playing daytime UK just isn't the best time to play ... maybe I'll be logging on at 9am tomorrow morning having not listened to myself ... who knows.



• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... This Saturday 20th May we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble $25,000 Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings ... and great odds as these tend to be small tournies with low competition.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next tournie (game 3)in the series is this Sunday 21st May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Poker Blog of the Week ... Poker Odyssey It's a hard way to blog an easy living.

Day 299 ... Deposits at Titan & Noble ...

I've ended depositing at Titan & Noble as it was a bit of a close run thing on the Titan Tournie this weekend and I thought I would be needed to make up the numbers. I've done the same at Noble but the way it's going I've burnt through nearly $50 and won't even have the entry for this weekends $5 Noble Ticket Tournie - oops.

Harry_Lime is yet again showing his skills at the tables and took 1st place in the Titan Series game 2.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Noble Poker ... $50.00

$5 NL cash 0.02 ... $6.53 ... + $ 1.53
$10 NL cash 0.10 ... $7.90 ... - $ 2.10
$12.40 cash 0.50 ... $ 9.90 ... - $ 2.50
$5 cash 0.04 ... $7.71 ... + $ 2.71
$20 cash 0.20 ... $ 21.26 ... + $1.26
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 00.00 ... - $10.00

$10+1 SnG full ... 6th ... -$11.00

$20 cash 0.20 ... $00.00 ... - $20.00
$12.40 cash 0.50 ... $ 9.90 ... -$2.50

HoldemPoker ... $50.00 ... -$ 40.10 ... total $ 9.90 (- $40.10)

Absolute rubbish - jumping around limits to find loose games and still not managing to beat them - I'm still not very good at cash games but playing at off peak times really is a recipe for disaster.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... This Saturday 20th May we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble $25,000 Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings ... and great odds as these tend to be small tournies with low competition.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next tournie (game 3)in the series is this Sunday 21st May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 296 ... Moving to cash games ...

• Fete Watch Random pick of a fete coming up no-where near you ...
Nutley Windmill Fete, Sussex 25th June

Classic Cars, Stationary Engines, Steam Roller & I'm guessing here but probably a Windmill.

Windmills are great - and wind turbines too - the NIMBIES moan that they look unsightly - to me they look amazing and at the end of the day - either don't use electricity or quit moaning. Other people got a nuclear power station in their garden and your moaning about something that produces clean energy and not a 2000 year headache for someone else to solve ?

Some interesting stuff on old windmills - Windmill World

And some interesting stuff on Windy Miller and his friends TrumptonShire Web ... utterly brilliant ... Trumpton I think was Chippy Minton & co. Then there was Camberwick Green with the firemen Pugh, Pugh, Barny McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grub or was it the other way round ? Where did Windy live again ? and of course narrator Brian Cant.

Next week I will have to work out how to make a connection between Bagpuss and a fete nowhere near you.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $113.38

$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $27.00 ... + $ 2.00
$27 NL cash 0.25 ... $00.00 ... - $ 27.00

$10+1 SnG full ... 6th ... - $ 11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 6th ... - $ 11.00

$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $25
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 68.55 ... + $43.55
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 00.00 ... - $25
$68.55 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 76.75 ... + $ 8.20
$76.75 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 95.95 ... + $19.20
$96.95 NL cash 0.25 ... $ 99.40 ... + $ 3.45

HoldemPoker ... $155.20 ... -$ 22.57 ... total $ 132.63(+ $88.63)

Had alot of things to sort out with 4kingpoker behind the scene's and really not in the mood to play much in the day. The evening session brought a bit of a recovery but playing with virtually my entire bankroll was an interesting if not entirely sensible approach. i'm trying to play more cash games as I really need to get the hang of them - still a big difference playing at night when the choice of games and the % to the flop goes much higher.



• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... We have added 3 new tournament played at Noble Poker starting this Saturday 13th. The first is a $2+0.20 buy-in and the winner will get a ticket to Noble 10K Guaranteed Tournament worth $33 and a shot at $10,000 prize fund. The following Saturday we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble 25K Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give 3 members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next game in the series is this Sunday 14th May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.



Poker Blog of the Week ... Poker Dan Dan the Poker Man's Poker Blog.

Day 295 ... Holdempoker Bonus ...

Think the bonus has saved me - well kept me off the bottom for a bit. Blog is a bit short and sweet at the moment as I'm really snowed under with 4kingpoker.com and the launch of another site. The poker is suffering too.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $113.38

$15 NL cash 0.15 ... $22.80 ... + $13.80
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $34.55 ... + $ 9.55
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $00.00 ... - $ 25.00
$10 NL cash 0.10 ... $00.00 ... - $ 10.00

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 10th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 10th ... - $ 5.50

$15 NL cash 0.15 ... $35.80 ... + $20.80
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $40.70 ... + $15.70
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $35.00 ... + $10.00
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $00.00 ... - $25.00
$25 NL cash 0.25 ... $16.20 ... - $ 8.80

$ 66 bonus cleared

Poker Heaven ... $113.38 ... + $ 41.62 ... total $ 155.20 (+ $111.20)

I've decided I really need to get to grips with playing cash games - but I'm not totally comfortable with it - I'm not disciplined enough - so the plan is to do alot of quitting while I'm reasonably ahead, sit-out and play again - getting greedy has been my big problem and blowing progress on single hands when really I knew I hadn't got the best of it.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... We have added 3 new tournament played at Noble Poker starting this Saturday 13th. The first is a $2+0.20 buy-in and the winner will get a ticket to Noble 10K Guaranteed Tournament worth $33 and a shot at $10,000 prize fund. The following Saturday we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble 25K Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give 3 members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next game in the series is this Sunday 14th May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 294 ... Dead loss at Holdempoker ...

Wordsicle Watch As sure as Sir Alan Sugar has a hole in his ass I will continue to get wound up by wordsicles - those pointless meaningless words and phases of jargonese that idiots use to sound intelligent or make something totally straightward sound unbelievably complicated and inspired.

Interpersonal Skills - hmm ... that would be instead of inter planetary skills then ?

Actionable - instead of ... I / we / you can do it

Take it to the next level ... To the 3rd floor / the roof garden ? What's wrong with "We're crap do better" ?

Heidi LaFleche know's where we're at in her recent article she translated -

"Let's take this offline and drill down to the core value-added proposition. This customer needs a turnkey solution to improve its ROI. We're talking about sea-level change. Ping me later, OK? We'll do a brain dump."

into this -

"Let's get together to talk about what we can do to boost our customer's sales. Call me later, OK?"

Check out Heidi LaFleche Full Article.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $162.88

$10+1 SnG full ... 7th ... - $11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 6th ... - $11.00
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 5th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 4th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 4th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 9rd ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 4th ... - $ 5.50

Poker Heaven ... $162.88 ... - $ 49.50 ... total $ 113.38 (+ $69.38)

Well having completely lost the plot yesterday I now seem to have lost the will to play today. My AJ loses to 67off, AA get crushed left and right with junk. Everytime I went in with a good % winning hand I hit a suck out.

This week Matthew I will be "unlucky Alf"

Something tells me tomorrow is going to be similar too, hmm or maybe a return to the mad side - either way I'm not feeling hopeful about my bankroll.

• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... We have added 3 new tournament played at Noble Poker starting this Saturday 13th. The first is a $2+0.20 buy-in and the winner will get a ticket to Noble 10K Guaranteed Tournament worth $33 and a shot at $10,000 prize fund. The following Saturday we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble 25K Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give 3 members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next game in the series is this Sunday 14th May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.


Poker Blog of the Week ... Poker Dan Dan the Poker Man's Poker Blog.

Day 293 ... Mental at PokerHeaven ...

I really should be keeping up with my random picks from the net but haven't had a chance - but hey it's Wordsicle Watch Wednesday tomorrow.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

PokerHeaven ... $70.00

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 4.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 10th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 8th ... - $ 5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 4.50

$10+1 SnG full ... 5th ... - $11.00

$10 cash NL 0.10 ... $10.20 ... +$ 0.20

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 4.50
$10+1 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $19.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 10th ... - $11.00

$50+4 SnG full ... 5th ... + $54.00

$10 cash NL 0.10 ... $00.00 ... - $10.00
$4.70 cash NL 0.10 ... $00.00... - $ 4.70

Poker Heaven ... $70 ... - $ 70.00 ... total $ 00.00 (- $50.00)

I totally lost the plot today - I mean super random and then unlucky but could have been patient anyway.

I was getting frustrated with just going up a bit and down a bit. So when the only available nearly full game was a $50 SnG I somehow convinced myself this was some kind of sign. Before my sensible side (screaming bankroll management) had a chance to step in I was sat at the table.

I played one hand badly early on and ended up committed - by the time it had got to the river I had managed to escape with barely 400 chips (starting stack 2000). Anyway the table was much wilder than expected and one player (unfortunately immediately to my left) was dominating with 12000+ of the chips and in no time there were 5 of us left in. At this stage I actually started to figure how long I could survive doing nothing and just pick up 3rd. But with only 300 chips left even with the blinds at 50-100 it was going to be a bit of a toss up if I could hide under a rock and get a place. I go through the blinds and find myself on the button with JA and a tricky decision -

On the one hand I could fold all the way round and hope (as everyone was short stacked, but not as bad as me)that 2 more players take themsleves out.

On the other hand I could see they were all starting to have the same thoughts and with the advantage of acting after the big stack (I had to act immediately before). Anyway I was going to have to make up some more chips even to survive.

So I decide it's now of never, I mean AJ isn't great but it might be the best I see in the next 3 hands and then I'd committed anyway. So all-in I go, big stack calls on the SB and BB folds - Ends up JA against 34off so not too bad - but I loose anyway.

Once I'd blown 2/3rd of my bankroll in one game the rest of it rapidly followed. So now I've gone broke at another site.

Guess I'll be at HoldemPoker trying to make up the shortfall. I've so far deposited $600 at various sites for this $50 a month experiment which will reach it's 1st brithday in June - so I've got a month to turn somewhere around $150 at HoldemPoker into $600. I'm not that optomistic but hell I'll have a go.



• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... We have added 3 new tournament played at Noble Poker starting this Saturday 13th. The first is a $2+0.20 buy-in and the winner will get a ticket to Noble 10K Guaranteed Tournament worth $33 and a shot at $10,000 prize fund. The following Saturday we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble 25K Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give 3 members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next game in the series is this Sunday 14th May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.



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Poker Blog of the Week ... Poker Dan Dan the Poker Man's Poker Blog.

 

Day 292 ... $1 up at PokerHeaven ...

The first game of the Titan Series II took place on Sunday ... I came an all together unimpressive 46th out of some 94 entries but was rather pre-occupied with the slight technical difficulties of putting in a posting requirement to play in the tournies - turns out we had it on restricting the new members but not the old ones. Anyway all sorted now and as a result I think the forum is going to get a bit more lively. I've also been sorting out some more tournaments with Noble starting on Saturday ... more info in 4kingpoker stuff below.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

PokerHeaven ... $69.00

$10+1 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 9.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 7th ... - $11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $19.00

$20+2 SnG full ... 8th ... - $22.00

$10+1 SnG full ... 5th ... - $11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 8th ... - $11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 9.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $19.00

Poker Heaven ... $69 ... + $ 1.00 ... total $ 70.00 (+ $20.00)

Think I lost the plot abit and got impatient waiting for a $10 game to open up and went in the $20 which was a bit daft as even playing $10 SnG's I'm well away from sensible bankroll management. Will try and be more realistic tomorrow.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Noble Ticket Tournaments ... We have added 3 new tournament played at Noble Poker starting this Saturday 13th. The first is a $2+0.20 buy-in and the winner will get a ticket to Noble 10K Guaranteed Tournament worth $33 and a shot at $10,000 prize fund. The following Saturday we have a $5+0.50 buy-in tournie to win a ticket for the Noble 25K Guaranteed Tournament and then on Saturday 27th May a $10+1 buy-in to win a ticket for the 100K guaranteed tournament ... This is going to give 3 members of the forum a shot at some life-changing winnings.

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... The next game in the series is this Sunday 14th May and is a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added. The series is over 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 289 ... Marathon Poker session ...

• Fete Watch

Random pick of a fete coming up no-where near you ...
1940s Southern at War Weekend
Bluebell Steam Railway, East Sussex 13th - 14th May

Not strictly a fete but none the less a typically English weekend event - dressing up and going back in time - with the addition of steam trains. I have to admit there is still apart of me that likes steam trains and train sets, but I have no desire sit on a platform noting down numbers of passing trains.

I'm always a bit nervous around these re-enacter types ever since I did a job taking pictures of a couple who were into the Sealed Knot English Civil War thing and planned to get married in full costume and in character - then again I've also met a guy who had spent £10,000 making his British Leyland Princess into a replica of the Star Ship Enterprise Bridge so I guess it takes all sorts.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

Ended up playing all through the night and I'd also started Friday with an early morning session just to check out if the cash games were still busy at 6am GMT.

I also decided to have a go at Poker.com with the $11 I'd built up from a couple of tournie wins - but it didn't prove very profitable so thats another emptied poker account to add to the list.

HoldemPoker ... $ 138.03

$25 cash 0.25 ... $ 61.75 ... + $36.75
$25 cash 0.25 ... $ 29.70 ... + $ 4.70
$25 cash 0.25 ... $ 19.75 ... - $ 5.25
$29.70 cash 0.25 ... $ 32.50 ... + $ 2.80
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 12.70 ... + $ 2.70

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 7th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 7th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 5th ... - $5.50

$10 cash 0.10 ... $4.20 ... - $5.80

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 8th ... - $5.50

$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 20.20 ... + $ 10.20
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 14.25 ... + $ 4.25

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 6th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $9.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 9th ... - $11.00
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 6th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $9.00

HoldemPoker ... $ 138.03 ... + $ 24.85... total $ 162.88 ( + $118.88)

Alot of fannying around to end up where I was first thing this morning really. The tournies in the night were a bit tricky as I ended up in the final three a couple of times at HoldemPoker & Poker Heaven at the same time - so was a bit of juggling which I'm not great at.

PokerHeaven ... $10.00

$10 cash 0.10 ... $00.00 ... - $10.00

$25 bonus cleared

$10+1 SnG full ... 1st ... + $39.00

$30+3 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $27.00

$20+2 SnG full ... 7th ... - $22.00

Poker Heaven ... $10 ... + $59.00 ... total $ 69.00 (+ $19.00)

Totally random night really I'd managed to do nothing much with the $10 won in last weekends tournie - but had managed to generate enough rake to clear the first $25 of the bonus - which I decided wassome sort of omen to go on an all or mothing SnG stretch - which actually paid off. The second game which I came 3rd in was a bit hellish
as I also made the final three on a table in HoldemPoker at the same time so it was rather difficult to play very tactically hence 3rd place when really I shoulh have held off going all-in with 55 against the completely gobby chip leader who seemed to turn on me as I had been playing very tight. Yes I called his all-in bluff with 10 Q over cards but my small pocket pair didn't stand up - with hindsight I should have just bided my time as the other guy was just as short staked and would have been blinded away before but at least I got a place but it would have meant another $30 profit. By this time it was around 4.30am and I was flagging - I'd pulled my neck (annoyingly badly) from sitting at computers all yesterday and it and a lack of sleep was beginning to take its toll. As the sun was rising and the local wildlife awaking I struggled to stay sharp in the the $20 SnG and although I got 3rd over at HoldemPoker I made a bold move on the best hand and got beaten on the river to finish 7th. Time for 45mins sleep before tomorrow.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... Looks like the second series will start this Sunday at Titan with roughly the same format - 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.


Poker Blog of the Week ... Loser Log This guy is on my wavelength with his random posts and poker losses thrown in ... nice one

 

Day 288 ... Backwards at HoldemPoker ...

Still working at least a day behind - didn't help leaving yesterday's finished blog as a draft and not publishing it but hopefully without anymore bank holidays for at least a week I will be back on track and into the routine next week.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $ 165.43

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 8th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $4.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 10th ... - $5.50

$10+1 SnG full ... 5th ... - $11.00

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 5th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 4th ... - $5.50

$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 16.35 ... + $ 6.35
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 3.84 ... - $ 6.16
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 20.90 ... + $10.90
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 10.00

HoldemPoker ... $ 165.43 ... - $27.40 ... total $ 138.03 ( + $121.43)

Still going backwards at the moment. First game I ended up going all-in with 77 on the steal on the buttonand got called 2 ways both of them with AK - of course the the river brought a king. Came 5th in one of the $10 games - I had pocket 5's when the flop came down 589 I went in with a massive raise and got called by Ace 7 which made him a missive 20% dog to my trips - of course he landed a 4 on the river to make him a random straight given that he was well beyond anyone's boundaries of pot odds. Still on the whole it's not running so bad I'm tearing my hair out.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... Looks like the second series will start this Sunday at Titan with roughly the same format - 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 287 ... Backwards at HoldemPoker ...

Wordsicle Watch ... Bringing you more of those pointless and meaningless words and phrases now known as wordsicles.

Result Driven - Rather than elastic band driven then I guess.

Incrementalized - It's the ize factor again, using the word incremental or increments is totally adequate

Systemized - Where do I start ?

Inspired Bullshit Bingo - Should make pointless meetings fly by, or the unemployment queue that bit longer.

The gobbledygook generator - Nice one chaps and they've also have The Plain English Campaign - At last an organisation who like me wants to fight against the wordsiclisationating of the planet.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $ 200.43

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 7th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 6th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 6th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ...8th ... - $5.50

$10+1 SnG full ... 4th ... - $11.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 9th ... - $11.00

$10+1 SnG full ... 3rd ... + $ 9.00

HoldemPoker ... $ 200.43 ... - $35.00 ... total $ 165.43 ( + $121.43)

Well managed to go almost precisely backwards to where I was the day before yesterday. It's not a meltdown and it's not the end of the world - so I'm not going to panic just yet.


• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... Looks like the second series will start this Sunday at Titan with roughly the same format - 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

Day 286 ... Back to HoldemPoker ...

At the moment I am chasing my tail on all fronts - and stupidly trying to play poker in the background while I do it. The amount of Bank Holiday's at the moment is crazy, why can't they spread them out a bit ? I'm doing stuff I normally do the day after - the day after that, I'm planning to do tomorrows stuff a couple of days after and in the meantime as soon as I think I might have got back on track they drop another day off into the mix. And don't get me started on the whole poker site time / GMT / real GMT / EST / ET summer time thing - I don't think anyone knows where they are. Some sites seem to just carry on regardless others dont, some change one time zone and not another - It's a jungle so if your playing in any tournies - check the damn sites clocks.

• 4kingpoker Losses Update

HoldemPoker ... $ 165.93

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 4th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 1st ... + 19.50

$10+1 SnG full ... 8th ... - $11.00

$5+0.50 SnG full ... 7th ... - $5.50
$5+0.50 SnG full TURBO ... 3rd ... + $4.50
$5+0.50 SnG full ... 9th ... - $5.50

$10+1 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $19.00
$10+1 SnG full ... 2nd ... + $19.00

HoldemPoker ... $ 165.93 ... + $35.00 ... total $ 200.43 ( + $156.43)

I'm not sure quite when I played all the games as I think I got some in over the weekend but at least it gets my scraps that pass for poker notes done and up to date. And added to that I'm seeing a bit of an improvement in my results - not sure it will last but it makes such a difference playing at a site I really feel 100% at home with.



• 4kingpoker stuff

4kingpoker Titan Series II ... Looks like the second series will start this Sunday at Titan with roughly the same format - 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour ... This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.

NB. From 1st May you will need at least 5 posts in the forum in order to unlock the passwords section of the forum. It updates every 24hrs so don't miss out on the tournies because you haven't made enough posts and allowed 24hrs for it to update.

Day 285 ... Meltdown ...

The 4kingpoker tour games were a mixed bag - Pokerheaven one was well very small - 4 infact including me, which makes it all very frustrating. I didn't want to pick up any prize money but couldn't give it away for trying so managed to end up 3rd. It's one thing playing in the big tournies but I'm a bit cheesed off that we didn't build on the previous one, especially as it's such a nice site. I think the change to summertime is catching everyone out. Over at Poker.com we had a big field of over 100 and I managed to come 2nd which is nice. My MTT play seems to be a whole lot better than anything else - maybe I need to take that onboard.

4kingpoker Losses Update ...

Titan Poker ... $ 50.89

$20 cash NL 0.20 ... $30.00 ... + $10.00
$20 cash NL 0.20 ... $00.00 ... - $20.00
$20 cash NL 0.20 ... $00.00 ... - $20.00
$20 cash NL 0.20 ... $00.00 ... - $20.00

Titan Poker ... $ 50.89 ... - $50.00 ... total $ 00.89 ( - $115.11)

Total meltdown - It was always on the cards. Playing way above my bankroll, desperate & frustrated was never a good plan but there we are.

Pokerheaven ... $ 38.07

$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 8.05 ... - $1.95
$5.50 SnG ... 7th ... - $ 5.50
$10 cash 0.10 ... $ 4.00 ... - $6.00
$ 7.02 cash 0.10 ... $ 00.00 ... - $ 10.00

3rd Place in 4kingpoker Tour game ... +$10.00

PokerHeaven ... $ 20.47 ... - $ 10.47 ... total $ 10.00 (- $40.00)

Same story at PokerHeaven proving that it is just me playing like a moron. Luckily I picked up $10 in the 4kingpoker tour game - which was a bit frustrating as we only had 4 including me, so I tried giving it away but no joy, tried sitting out thinking they would blind me away and then one went out so ended up trying to give it away just to come 3rd. I won't be counting my points in the league but very frustrating that we didn't build on the last tournie. The times are all over the shop at all the poker sites at the moment - if its not the GMT then its EST that hasnt gone over to summertime.



4kingpoker stuff ...

4kingpoker Titan Series II - Looks like the second series will start this Sunday at Titan with roughly the same format - 5 tournies + a final. Again it will be a mix of $50 freerolls & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added and the top 25 players on the leaderboard will be invited to play in the final ($3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added) and the overall winner will receive an added prize for 1st place - $50 Amazon voucher or similar. (passwords will be in the forum)

4kingpoker Tour - This month we will be at WPTonline for a $50 freeroll at the end of May. Registration is via PM latest 26hrs before tournie start.