Oy Vey!

What a day of beats. I HONESTLY must have lost to 8-9 draws in a row. I became so gun shy I just backed off and then they still hit.. but I didn't go so broke. When I didn't lose to draws I lost to suckout. My favourite:

A8 vs A5.. flop 568.. all the money in against a maniac.. turn 5

KK VS 22.. NO WAY THAT COULD WIN.. FUCK!

Oy Vey!!!

Ended up +$84 after playing a LOT of games.

Flying

Had a nice day today. Eric came around for more poker lessons. I managed to coach him into losing $25 lol. No doubt we'll do better tomorrow. 

Ketut rang Eric when he was here and told him the wind was great for flying so I went up and flew for a while. The wind was perfect and the flying was really enjoyable, although top landing was a little tricky due to the wind being straight on.

Made $116

Eric

My Belgian mate Eric came over to learn how to play poker. I helped him out as best I could and he'll be back for more tomorrow. He's a nice guy.

I took the kids to see Dark Knight. It was OK. A bit gory for Ziggy though.

Made $73 as I only started playing after the movies.

Early Morning is Painful!

Probably had about 6 hours sleep last night. Mondays suck :( 

Made $82 in the first session. Hopefully more to come.

BAD BAD BEATS!!

AK VS K8

TOP TWO PAIR VS 2 PAIR FLUSH DRAW

JJ VS A6

TRIPS VS TRIPS LOWER KICKER.. HITS 3 OUTER

A6 VS 78.. HIGH BLINDS HE INSTA CALLS AND CATCHES 456 ON FLOP!

Ended up making $68.. think I'm not playing my best.

Matty

Heard from Matt Green today when he sent me a message on myspace. Amazing. I haven't seen Matty in 12 years. He's a great guy. Apparently he married a girl from India and they settled down in Melbourne. I have no idea what else he has been up to, apart from having one child (8).. but no doubt I'll find out more.

I won $102 playing poker. Mostly only got to play after BJJ as I was busy before then and also slept a lot of the day away. 

The creatine might have kept me awake, at least thats what I'm blaming. Or perhaps the two Teh Botols I consumed.

FTP

I finally sorted out my email address on FTP, so finally I should be able to withdraw money.. assuming I make some. I'm thinking about grinding out a few sit-n-gos there. Multi tabling 4 at a time. If that works out I might consider using the monitor to 8 table and maybe 12 table. I'd hate to have an internet failure!!! 

I started on creatine yesterday. I'm not sure what effect it's having, but I'll keep it up for a few weeks. I'd like to put on 7 kg's of muscle. That would put me at 77kg's which would ve great for BJJ competitions. The idea of cutting to 66kg is a bit much. Of course I could just improve my skills so that I didn't need the extra weight/strength, but I'm trying to do that as well. 

Made $72 in my first session. I'll see about another session later, or maybe some more sit-n-gos.

Lost 2 sit-n-gos to bad beats (KK vs AT) and one flip.. AQ vs JJ. So that hurt.

Q8 he limps with AA. flop Q87..all in.. turn 7 FUCK ME!!

The suckouts get worse. AQ vs AT then in the same math A2 vs 75.. flop 227.. all in.. turn 5 river 5

Yuck

Played like an absolute donk for 2 games.. then got unlucky with AA vs KQ..in a $50.. was down quite a bit :(

How weak is this? I raise on Tx.. flop Txx against a bluffing donk. I bet half pot.. he reraise bluffs.

Turn 9.. all in.. river 9.. he has K9.. fuck me!!!

10%

Lost 2 90% on the river all ins to the same stupid fuck!

Also lost trips to a straight and top pair good kicker to a flush draw all in. FUCK

Naturally I lose PP vs overcards at high blinds!

Eventually I managed to make $120.. actually a good day. My luck started to turn a little as I survived 3 all ins (ahead on each) which is actually pretty decent luck. 

We got our motorcycle today which is cool.. 10 days and we'll be able to ride it on the streets (STNK and plates).

Running Bad

Some examples..

J4.. flop J84.. all the money in vs 44

45 vs 95.. flop 45j... turn 9

Q7  vs A9.. flop Q9x.. all in.. been patient all game. River A

AJ vs A7 high blinds.. all in.. river 7

High blinds AK raise.. call.. he shoves on a Q high flop.

Fuck me I'm on a bad run.  

Finding it very hard to make money at the moment.. the AJ vs A7 was a real heartbreaker.. played tough all fucking game.

Finally caught one break with Q5 sucking out against Q9 with 150 blinds.. had been SO card dead all game..

Bad Beats

Ran badly and took bad beats all day long. Also wasn't as patient as I should have been. Only won $13. Meh. 

Close... But Not Close Enough

Did fine at HU, winning $132 which I was pleased about.

I qualified for some UB freeroll and was playing it very agressively as I figured it would have 1000's of players... Nope only a handful and I went out in 27th place to a bad beat. TT.. 855  flop, I raise.. some dickhead pushes all in on KQ os.. IGHN. Sigh. I'd have been more careful if I knew I was that close to the money. Bugger.

Went to the gym today and did my legs. Tomorrow must be chest and shoulders I guess. I don't enjoy the gym much but I want the extra bulk.

Swingy!!

Went on tilt after being sucked out on about 4 games in a row against a complete tool. Ended up merely down $290 at one stage (with two games in progress). This was all at the $30 level, which is impressive! Then started the comeback and ended up -$25 (rake). A LONG session that really sucked, but at least not much damage done.

After lunch I'm off to the gym and then I'll fire up and try and make a profit.. it's been a tough couple of weeks.

Edit: Didn't make it to the gym but I did manage to keep fighting till I made $73. That was a TOUGH day. I probably played 40+ games.

Mental Alertness

Watched an intersting TED talk on the brain and it made me realize the obvious: namely mental alertness is the key to me playing good poker. I joined the local gym today, that should give me a mental boost every morning. Also I'm trying to fix my sleep patterns...
Getting myself into peak mental condition!!

I Suck

Well I managed to turn + 78 into -60 in a $140 losing session. After that I went to  FTP and blew my roll there... STUPIDITY FTW!!!!!!!!

Slam's First Day

Slam finally had his first day at school today. He enjoyed it. I made $78 in my first session, but I'm a bit pissed because I lost a game after being SO card dead.. meh. Still money is money. I'll play another session later and make more cash.

Too Small

Made $104 today. Didn't have a great start, but came back to win $17 in the first session and then won 3 straight in the second session.
Slam didn't end up going to school as he was sick and hot all through the night. It seems like he is over that now though.  So tomorrow I wake up EARLY and take him for his first day of primary school.
Also I'm considering hitting the gym. I know BJJ is not about size, but I'm getting bruised and crushed in training. I think a little more muscle would do me some good. So I'm off to find a gym.
Finally I've joined dueces cracked for a month in order to get hold of their omaha hi vids. I really want to learn that game as an alternative to hu sng.

Rolling Along

Today went as it is supposed to. I made $159 in a solid day's work. Slam has been grumpy and disagreeable for the last couple of weeks. I think it's the move. Hopefully he'll settle down after he gets used to his new school.

I have to get up WAY too early tomorrow.. 7:15 in the morning so I can drive Slam to school. That is going to bite.. but U have to live with it.

The plan for tomorrow is more patience and another 3 figure day.

Patience

Well I needed to change my attitude and play with more patience.. hopefully I'm on the way now.
Won $80 in my first (short) session. Still not playing quite patiently enough.. shoving with AdJd against a 700 stack.. probbaly a little impatient.

Random Outage

Well I spent most of the day organizing school for the boys. I also changed my attitude to play with much more confidence.

Suffered a random net outage in a game and lost my patience a little in another so only made $22.. but it could be worse. I'll be back tomorrow with patience and make decent money. I'm a lot more confident now I'm working on my attitude.

The Corner!

Well finally my luck has evened out a fraction..

I still lost JJ vs AK and straight to higher straight.. but I'm not being flushed any more and I'm starting to make money. Man those 4 flushes were killers
+$145

FLUSHED!!

The last week I've been flushed all day long.. the 4 flush being the usual beat. It's been a long painful week.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose.. runner runner.. lose..

So much harder when u run bad. :(

At least I have no problems with the net, gotta look on the bright side!

AA VS KcQc ... 2 clubs on board.. all in.. of course river club.. just as bad as the same guy calling all in on T9 vs my 88... no chance I could win that

I'M RUNNING SO FUCKING BAD!

I give up.. AA vs 76.. of course he catches quads.. :)

It Continues!!

QQ.. raise from opp to 200.. I reraise pot.. 600..
He calls... flop 557.. he has raised and called on J5.. well played sir.. YOU DUMB FUCK!!!

J9 vs 88... guy is the ultimate calling station.. he's raised preflop.
Flop J55.. bet.. all in from me.. call.. river 8   FUCK ME!!

RIVER!!!

Completely drowned in the fucking river all day long.. fuck me..
Lost $200 yesterday and break even today when I should have been WAY up..

grrrrrrrrrr

It gets better and better.. what a fucking few days. My favourite..

K6 vs k5
Board K 9 6.. all in.. 4 flushed

And of course AK v A7 all in 4 flushed... FUCK ME!!!

of course my OEFD blanks off.. FUCK!!!

KK NO MATCH FOR AQ

AJ VS A5 A SPLIT... FUCK

All in JJ vs flush draw... hits of course!!

FLOP 2 PAIR... HE TURNS FLUSH..

J4 VS J4 ALL IN.. HE FLUSHES ME..FUCK!!!

Saturday

Worked in the morning and got off to a slow start, losing the first couple of games before I finally ended up $43. Then played another session in the afternoon and ended up +145 for the day.

Slam went to his friends restaurant and had a good time there so we went to Centro with Ziggy. The traffuc sucked, but I Picked up a bunch of WII games for the boys and me.

Happy Days

The net has been great the last 3 days with the exception of a bizarre timeout which cost me a $50 against a fish. Consequently I'm making a few dollars and the stress of not being able to work is lifting.
The immediate goal is to get 100jt put away as a safety net. After that I'll worry about fixing the house and so on.
I made $93 in my first session today and will prob wait till after jits before I play again. Things are starting to look good at last! 

Bumper Crop

Yesterday was a great day at work. Made $285 by winning 10 straight games... that's really a great result. Unfortunately today I haven't played so well and have managed snap my 2 day winning streak in the first game. Still, 16 in a row is a nice run.
Geoff had two LONG flights today and even top landed. He was stoked and is starting to take to flying.

The boys are fine and all else is well.

Edit: Just when I have a dickhead on the line my connection to UB completely dies.. fuck I lose a $50... grr.. profit for the day $88... fuck fuck shit.

Redit: played 2 more and won.. ended up exactly $150 which is nice :)

Net Stress

More net stress thanks to bloody Speedy. I'm losing about $100 a day thanks to the friggin net.
I just hope it sorts itself as this is really stressing me.