Should whinge more often. Shortly after posting the below blog, myself, Chris, Tony, Vicky and Andy all headed to Cardiff for the weekend to play the £75 APAT Welsh Amateur Championship. It was a generally successful week, with me first out in around 68th of the 200 odd runners. Kudos for Andy for going so deep, and to Tony for making day 2 and the money spots.
Anyway, like true poker addicts, we packed up around 3:30, and headed back to Southampton...to head straight to the casino's £30 treble chance freeze. Well, not Tony and Andy, because they're lame. Myself and Chris are duly rewarded for turning up 15 minutes late, Hellmuth style, by taking a 1-2, worth £440 to myself for the win. Chris will insist my A7 v his A6 on a KJ9 flop runner runner badbeated him, when it comes 5 4, good luck with that mincing dinosaur man. This is followed by a 2-3 the following evening - the luckiest person in the world dodges multiple bullets to take the win, but my coffers are swelled by another £450. Wednesday is a damp squib, as I run into an awful player who happens to be the card rack for the night.
Sunday stays good though, another 2nd for £200, though I needlessly gave away the chiplead and a £500+ payday 4 handed. Chris makes another final table and takes 6th. I got too aggressive, and ran into the eventual winners AQ after an ill-advised shove from the button. Monday's £10 rebuy made up for that, Chris taking 3rd and another win for myself, for £450.
He's rather narked, that after 5 tournaments, he's taken 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 3rd, and lost our £10 last longer bet each time, including the Wednesday tournament, where neither of us make an impact.
Online cash has been a different matter, no-one seems to be donating to me, not getting into any good spots, combined with a couple of suckouts and a little bit of tilt, I'm running a good $300 down at 25c/50c over the last couple of days. I've played pretty well, but some horrendous suckouts have not helped the cause.
PLHE, 25c/50c
I've chipped up slightly to $65. Pick up QQ UTG and pot raise to $1.75
CO calls.
BUT reraises pot to $7.75
SB folds, BB (monster stack of $160+) flat calls.
I use up my entire time bank, and repot to $33, leaving $18 behind.
Passed to the BB, who uses his timebank, and flatcalls.
Flop T 8 3 rainbow. He puts me all-in, I obviously call, he has 88.
Gimp.
Anyway, all is well following a live cash game - hence the late post. Blinds 10p/20p, a tiddy £110 profit, including "My new favourite Ten-Six play", as said by Mike Perry. Chris blind raises to £1.20, Willis reraises to £5.20, I flat call with T6o on the button. Chris reraises another £18, Willis passes and I shove my £60 stack in. After a good 3 minutes, where I'm absolutely bricking it, and Chris tells me he has an Ace, and he knows I don't have one. After long deliberation (I'm know I'm not in terrible shape) he passes A3, and I breathe a huge sigh of relief!
Anyway, a couple of hands, a few good plays, and it's been a good session. Chris was rather despondent about his cash performance, but you have no need to be mate. We all have bad sessions. You know you're easily good enough, discipline can be improved on. Your words of encouragement helped me over my dry spell, so I'm sure your self-belief will shortly return, as will the results.
If it's any consolation I haven't got a tell on you!
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