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.