The CitrusSR Jesus Challenge

CHALLENGE ABORTED

2009-07-24T04:51:00.000-07:00

I withdrew my money and stopped the challenge due to generally being fed up of it, I might have another crack at some point in the future though - watch this space!!!

(For the record I cashed out at €1000, or €996.47 to be precise)

2009-04-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

Played 3 games. Finished 1st in the €5+0.50 forum game for €102.50, finished first in a 50FPP freeroll for €25.00 and went out in 96th out of 377 in the €10+1 €3500GTD (to a bad beat).

Quite a good first night back really. Though I still got quite bored and played a bit over-aggressively at times, had a bit of luck when I needed it though!

Current balance: €1170.68

Long time no update...

2009-04-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

So what has happened since I last posted nearly a month ago? Won loads? Gone bust? Well....not much, as I haven't been playing! Too many sick bad beats have left me frustrated and I find I just can't be bothered with poker at the moment. Struggling to concentrate and finding it a bit boring really. I've played the Gambling.co.uk forum game a couple of times which I normally enjoy as its a good standard of poker for the buy-in but even in that lately I've been getting stupid beats and bad luck so just haven't bothered playing much.

Having said all that I might play some poker later so I will see how I get on and if I want to get back on with the challenge. As it stands I've played just over 500 games which isn't much at all over 7-8 months.

Current balance: €1059.68

Still no tilt!

2009-03-12T08:58:00.000-07:00

I have managed not to tilt for a while now, which is pretty good. I am running a bit better so not sure if that's the reason behind or if I am genuinely improving!! Not making massive progress but am generally making a small profit each time I play and I came second in the Gambling.co.uk forum game too, my hands held up all night until heads up when I was rivered into second, ah well. Might play a few more games after this but as things stand...

Current balance: €926.67

Profit again today..

2009-03-06T13:40:00.000-08:00

..not that much though but better than losing (which I started off doing). Playing mostly €20 games now with some €30's and also €10 games as they fill up quicker. Surprising how bad some of the players are still, though I did notice in a €20 10 seater it got much tougher towards the end and a bit crapshooty as there was 4 of us pretty much playing standard sit n go tactics, the blinds got really high and I ended up finishing 3rd but it could just as easily been 1st, 2nd or 4th really.

Played 9 games today and still haven't tilted woop woop!!! 2 days clean! haha!

Current balance: €865.77

Coolers!

2009-03-05T12:46:00.000-08:00

Just mostly been playing coolers today, managed to 5-table comfortably at one point which I was pleased with as I normally only play 2-3. Going to try and stick to 4 or 5 tables at a time when playing the Cooler games in the future (top 5 double their money in these), as they are easier to multi table.

Also, I invested in a new book - Zen and The Art Of Poker! To try to stop my tilt problem!! It teaches you the art of "Zen" and how to apply these philosophies to poker - something to do with Buddhism, I've not read it yet so not sure exactly what, but I read a bit at random and it seems good!! And I didn't tilt today for the first time in ages! Not sure if that's because I was winning though and didn't get as many bad beats.... watch this space!!

Current balance: €827.77

Back once again...

2009-03-02T04:29:00.000-08:00

Well I'm back, and the no tilting plan went out the window in the first game I played (damn me!!!) It was the weekly forum game and I was chip leader when I lost a 4000 pot at the 50/100 level with AA v KJ on a J high flop, played a bit silly after that...

Still trying not to tilt but it seems like when I've got stressful things going on in my personal life I can't shut it out when I'm playing poker and every donk bad beating me sets me off :o( I've chucked away quite a few games by shoving all in with crap on another table after being bad beat on a seperate one....trying hard to stop this now!! I have had some silly beats though and they seem to keep happening in the €20+2 games. I was playing a €20 one, a €10 or €15 and a cheaper one but kept cashing in the lower two and getting no luck in the 20 euro, e.g the most recent one I was chip leader with 7 left and the person in 2nd couldn't fold their J-J pre flop. I had K-K and I don't really need to mention the obvious J on the flop.

Anyway, enough moaning!! I haven't really made any progress and have dropped down to the €640 mark at times but have got it back up to over €750 so I thought that deserves a blog update!!

Current balance: €768.52

Quick update

2009-02-17T14:48:00.000-08:00

I've been tilting away my money over the last few days like an idiot. Playing stupidly and just gambling early on in games like a fool. I managed to win the forum game tonight though to claw it all back though (luckily). With the help of this amazing suckout about halfway through:

***** Hand 1463642094 *****
100.00/200.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 17 February 2009 21:22:54
Forum €150 Added (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: RichGhost (514.00)
Seat 2: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 3: ratboy01 (3310.00)
Seat 7: CitrusSR (4400.00)
Seat 4: suzanne66 (3625.00)
Seat 5: rfph1 (2831.00)
Seat 6: Juliet2211 (2533.00)
Seat 8: Mango_99 (3187.00)
Seat 9: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 10: Unknown (0.00)
ratboy01 post SB 100.00 s
uzanne66 post BB 200.00
** Deal **
RichGhost [N/A, N/A]
ratboy01 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Qd, Qc]
suzanne66 [N/A, N/A]
rfph1 [N/A, N/A]
Juliet2211 [N/A, N/A]
Mango_99 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
rfph1 Raise to 575.00
Juliet2211 Call 575.00
CitrusSR Raise to 1425.00
Mango_99 Fold
RichGhost Fold
ratboy01 All-in 3310.00
suzanne66 Fold
rfph1 Fold
Juliet2211 Fold
CitrusSR Call 3310.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [6h, 10h, Ks]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [6h, 10h, Ks, 9d]
*** River(Board): *** : [6h, 10h, Ks, 9d, Jd]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 7970.00
RichGhost Fold Win: 0.00
ratboy01 [Kc, Kh] Three of a kind, kings Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [Qd, Qc] Straight to the king Win: 7970.00
suzanne66 Fold Win: 0.00
rfph1 Fold Win: 0.00
Juliet2211 Fold Win: 0.00
Mango_99 Fold Win: 0.00

So with that funny hand I am back to about what I was! I'm off to Spain for a week now so should come back refreshed and ready to give up tilting forever!! Let's hope so.

Current balance: €754.52

A Bad few days

2009-02-13T08:25:00.000-08:00

A mixture of bad luck and bad play at the moment and I'm losing consistently the last couple of days. Can't stop tilting when I lose to idiots making retarded calls with nothing then rivering me or making calls with rag-rag pre flop then hitting, the list is endless... though now I have started doing the same sort of thing, so I am a bigger idiot - probably why I am losing to be honest!!

I'm blatantly never going to be able to stop this tilt problem so not sure whether to just give up poker, I'm really not enjoying it anymore.

Current balance: €664.27

Hello!!!

2009-02-05T10:58:00.000-08:00

Not played much really but thought I'd update the balance for all you balance lovers!!!

Current balance: €732.27

Not playing enough?!

2009-01-28T12:16:00.001-08:00

I really feel like I'm not playing enough games in this, I normally play less than 5 a day and think I should be playing more, in theory my profit would be a lot better if I did! Though my concentration wanes after an hour or two so maybe not.... anyway enough rambling, todays results:

I did my usual set of 3 - a Cooler, a 10 seater and a 10 seater pays 4 places (All €10+1 games), finishing in the top 5, 8th and 2nd respectively. Also played a €5+0.50 speed game in which I finished 2nd for another little bit of profit today. Giving up now as I am tired and normally tilt when I'm tired!!!

Current balance: €721.57

Nothing very interesting...

2009-01-27T13:33:00.000-08:00

Not much to update, pretty standard night of losing coinflips. Played a €10+1 cooler and a couple of low stakes 5 seaters at lunch, cashing in all 3 though.

Current balance: €703.57

2009-01-26T14:40:00.001-08:00

The good run continued into this evening, I played 3 more games - a €10+1 Cooler where I finished in the Top 5 to double my money, a €5+0.50 30 player game in which I finished 3rd for €24 and a €10+1 10 seater that I won for €50, a good day!

Current balance: €690.87

Daytime Poker FTW?

2009-01-26T06:49:00.000-08:00

Just had a couple of games after lunch before going to the gym, they were surprisingly tilt free, possibly due to the fact that I'm nowhere near as tired as I am in the evenings?! They were successful anyway, played two 5 seaters, a €10+1 and a €15+1.50 and won them both. Lunchtime poker could be the way forward....if I ever get time!

Current balance: €624.37

Treading Water

2009-01-24T06:16:00.000-08:00

Still moving up slowly but sometimes it feels like I'm going nowhere fast. It seems to go through stages like this! Currently playing mostly €10+1 games. I am bankrolled for the €20+2 games but they seem to take ages to fill up, especially during the day so I have only played one of these so far (I went out with two pair v a set in a raised pot). The balance has been at €580-590 at a high point, but with the higher buy-ins it drops quite quickly if you don't consistently cash, so it has dropped below the €500 mark a couple of times.

Current balance: €564.37

A bit more profit

2009-01-20T14:25:00.001-08:00

Played 3 games yesterday but only made about 5 euros profit. Tonight I just played the forum €150 value added game, €5+0.50 entry and there was 12 runners. I sat out the first half an hour or so as I was out and when I finally got online there was only 7 left. Managed to finish 2nd in the end though which was good. I had a bit of a chip lead heads up so it was disappointing I didn't win it really. I got dealt rag-rag hand after hand and my opponent repeatedly went all in over any move I made with my rags which made it difficult, eventually I shoved 4-6 into 10-10 which was the beginning of the end. Still, I got €63 for 2nd so it's not bad at all.

Current balance: €565.87

Quite a good day today

2009-01-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

I only played four games but was fairly successful. All €10+1 games as I decided I was getting a bit fed up of the €5 ones and thought I should be playing the higher buy-ins more consistently. I am now bankrolled for €20 games so will start playing them too, only trouble is they take longer to fill up. So todays €10+1 NLHE games:

Cooler - Finished in the top 5
10 seater pays 4 places - Finished 8th due to a pretty stupid all-in re-raise that I did!!
10 seater - Finished 1st
10 seater pays 4 places - Finished 3rd

So I have just about broken the €500 barrier at last which I am pleased about, hopefully I can keep moving forward and eradicate the bad play that seems to have creeped into my game lately.

Current balance: €500.37

No Progress...

2009-01-17T13:21:00.000-08:00

I am still stuck around the same mark. The highest I've had my balance so far is €490. If I'm not getting ridiculous bad beats I am playing some seriously crap poker. Either because I am on tilt or because I am too tired to concentrate, tonight was a prime example of that and my balance dropped right down to €405. I managed to make it to heads up in the last €10+1 10 seater I played but did a silly tilt all in re-raise.... luckily for me I inflicted a bad beat of my own for once and I went on to win that to bring my balance back up to €455. Time to stop for today!

Current balance: €455.37

2009-01-08T11:06:00.000-08:00

Just a little update - played two €5+0.50 5 seaters after the last post, finishing 1st and 2nd in them. These are blatantly easier than the €10+1 ones, mainly because the players are slightly more passive in general whereas your average donk in the €10 ones seem to be a bit trigger happy with the all ins/big raises.

Current balance: €462.82

Same old Sh*t

2009-01-08T09:29:00.000-08:00

Didn't have a very long break, as you can see! I wish I had though as I've had a crap afternoons play. Played two €5+0.50 Omaha 5 seaters, coming second in both. Ok I can't complain too much about bad beats heads up as it's always a bit luck based with the quick blinds in these sit n gos, but still I could have won both with a bit more luck.

I also played two €10+1 10 seaters (pays 4 places). Another second place in the first one, which again I can't really complain about. But the second game was ridiculous, I was flying high in chip lead when I raised the short stacked button all in from the button+1, he called but the big blind decided to go all in aswell for about 300 chips more with K-J, rivering a king. So the short stacks out but now I'm down to 5th out of 6. Two hands later I get dealt A-K suited, the person in 6th went all in (it turns out with Ace-rag), I go all in and the same donk that had K-J called with J-8. Obvious 8 on the river and I've gone from chip leader to out in the space of a few hands. Argh!!!

Whilst all this has been going on I'm in a €1+0.10 MTT, with 418 starters and we are now down to 55 players, top 40 make the money. A serial limper limps in (surprise), and then makes a ridiculously horrible call against my all in:

***** Hand 1398550029 *****
300.00/600.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 08 January 2009 17:24:19
Texas Holdem (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: vilaxoan (7518.00)
Seat 2: AZ69008 (8022.00)
Seat 3: CitrusSR (6073.00)
Seat 4: midaz1 (12985.00)
Seat 5: jsk79 (7494.00)
Seat 6: halasjani_ (5408.00)
Seat 7: tooms2111 (9563.00)
Seat 8: PASTISMAN (18082.00)
Seat 9: zykoss (11273.00)
Seat 10: Unknown (0.00)
AZ69008 post SB 300.00
CitrusSR post BB 600.00
** Deal ** vilaxoan [N/A, N/A]
AZ69008 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [9d, Ah]
midaz1 [N/A, N/A]
jsk79 [N/A, N/A]
halasjani_ [N/A, N/A]
tooms2111 [N/A, N/A]
PASTISMAN [N/A, N/A]
zykoss [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
midaz1 Fold
jsk79 Call 600.00
halasjani_ Fold
tooms2111 Fold
PASTISMAN Fold
zykoss Fold
vilaxoan Fold
AZ69008 Call 600.00
CitrusSR All-in 6073.00
jsk79 Call 6073.00
AZ69008 Fold
*** Flop(Board): *** : [10h, Jd, Qc]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [10h, Jd, Qc, 4h]
*** River(Board): *** : [10h, Jd, Qc, 4h, 2h]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 13196.00
vilaxoan Fold Win: 0.00
AZ69008 Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [9d, Ah] Highest card ace Win: 0.00
midaz1 Fold Win: 0.00
jsk79 [Qd, 9s] Pair of queens Win: 13196.00
halasjani_ Fold Win: 0.00
tooms2111 Fold Win: 0.00
PASTISMAN Fold Win: 0.00

Two hours down the pan in thirty seconds.

Poker sucks.

Current balance: €448.82

This Challenge Sucks!!!

2009-01-05T13:12:00.000-08:00

Getting really frustrated with this now. I've played 30 games since my last post - a mixture of MTT's and sit n gos (5 seater, 10 seater, Omaha Hi/Lo, NLHE) and I am running like absolute dog turd!! Winning a 50-50? No chance. Winning a 60-40? Forget about it!! I can't even win a fecking 95-5!! This hand is just the tip of the iceberg, and happened not long ago tonight:

***** Hand 1394101811 *****
25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 05 January 2009 20:48:09
Holdem (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 2: bifta1 (2983.00)
Seat 3: patso888 (1672.00)
Seat 5: CitrusSR (2120.00)
Seat 4: Vazzting! (725.00)
patso888 post SB 25.00
Vazzting! post BB 50.00
** Deal ** bifta1 [N/A, N/A]
patso888 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [5d, 5s]
Vazzting! [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
CitrusSR Call 50.00
bifta1 Call 50.00
patso888 Fold
Vazzting! Check
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Jd, 5h, 8h]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
Vazzting! Bet 50.00
CitrusSR Raise to 250.00
bifta1 Fold
Vazzting! All-in 675.00
CitrusSR Call 675.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Jd, 5h, 8h, 8d]
*** River(Board): *** : [Jd, 5h, 8h, 8d, 8c]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 1525.00
bifta1 Fold Win: 0.00
patso888 Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [5d, 5s] Full house Win: 0.00
Vazzting! [6c, Jc] Full house Win: 1525.00

Still can't get a hold on my tilt problem either so if I'm not losing chips like this I'm tilting them away like an angry maniac!!! Bad times.

Consequently my bankroll has been fluctuating between €400 and the high point of €485. Think I need a little break to be honest, whether I will take one or not we will see!

Current balance: €438.92

Update

2008-12-20T14:11:00.000-08:00

Poker.co.uk had been down the last couple of days so couldn't play on there until tonight when I played three largely un-enjoyable games:

€2+0.20 Omaha 5 seater - Finished 2nd
€10+1 NLHE 10 seater - Finished 2nd
€5+0.50 NLHE 10 seater - Finished 8th (I had been flat calling bets on a paired board with king high flush, the river was a 2 and turned out he'd been betting with 2-2 so rivered a full house. Wasn't optimal play by me I suppose but he was a -73% ROI donk so I think I was well ahead of his range (obviously I was as he had just a pair of twos till the river).

So I made a profit again at least even if it wasn't much fun!

Current balance: €485.32

Latest news!!

2008-12-17T10:58:00.000-08:00

Nothing too exciting, don't worry! I played a few of the usual games on Monday making a small profit (€5) which I lost last night with a bit of tilt induced bad play (not all by me mind you!) and have just played 3 games this evening with some success:

€10+1 Cooler (Pays top 5) - Finished in the top 5 for €20
€5+0.50 10 seater (Pays 4 places) - Finished 2nd for €14.50
€3+0.30 2-table (20 players) - Finished 1st for €24.60

The two table tournament was fairly easy to win after I sucked out early on with some over aggressive play - I floated a king high flop with A-J and I just didn't believe he had the king after he showed weakness on the turn so re-raised all in, he called with Q-Q but I hit an Ace on the river -oops! About time I was on the other end of a bad beat though haha! After that I seemed to hit hands quite often, and got paid off each time before bullying my way into a massive chip lead with 4 left, finishing first soon after. A good day! Think I'll stop for tonight before I get tired as that's when I seem to play badly.

Current balance: €471.02

Discipline

2008-12-12T10:25:00.001-08:00

So... I've noticed a pretty regular pattern in my play. I start off in the afternoon playing well and winning. Then I carry on too long and stop concentrating as much, getting tired and generally not focusing, then I lose, then I tilt, then I lose more, then I act like a prick in the chat box. So apologies to all you donks out there I said "ffs" too or called you a fish, but I am trying to stop, I don't want to offend you, you're not an idiot/retard/spaztastic gashface, you played fine, now lets play again with my new found manners and good humour!! :D

Don't know how long that will last but I am being disciplined today and stopping while I've won a bit. (Also I am going to see The Prodigy at Brixton academy tomorrow so want to get an early night before work tomorrow - it's gonna be a looooong day!!)

As for details of todays games:

I played 2 Omaha Hi/Lo €2+0.20 5 seaters and a €3+0.30 NLHE 5 seater and in all three of them I got to heads up and the other person went on some sort of maniac rush raising or going all in every hand as if they are just happy to be in the money and so I ended up just having to make a stand and hope my hand held up - which it didn't, so three 2nd places there.

Then I thought "Why am I playing these low stakes when I am rolled for higher games?" I'm not sure of the answer to be honest, so I played two 5 seater NLHE games, a €5+0.50 and a €10+1. They went really well and I felt I was playing my best game, I've started reading about poker a lot again lately and feel it's really helped me so I was feeling really 'in the zone'. I got to heads up in the €10 with a slight chip lead and in the €5 I had relentlessly stolen pots to become a massive chip leader while the other 2 remaining players were on around 1000 chips each.... then the software crashed. ARGH!!! How am I supposed to not tilt under these conditions?! When I managed to re-connect I had lost over 1000 chips in the €10 and about 500 in the other, in which I immediately doubled one of the other players up with a tilt-ish all in shove (though they called with Q-J against my A-8). Managed to repel the tilty urges though and scraped back some chips in the €10 until I tried being tricky against my aggressive opponent:

***** Hand 1360176839 *****
150.00/300.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 12 December 2008 18:12:06
Holdem (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 2: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 3: BoZzYqUaDs (4870.00)
Seat 4: CitrusSR (2630.00)
Seat 5: Unknown (0.00)
CitrusSR post SB 150.00
BoZzYqUaDs post BB 300.00
** Deal ** BoZzYqUaDs [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Ad, Ah]
*** Bet Round 1 *** CitrusSR Call 300.00
BoZzYqUaDs Check
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Qc, 8s, 8d]
*** Bet Round 2 *** BoZzYqUaDs
Check CitrusSR Bet 450.00
BoZzYqUaDs Call 450.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Qc, 8s, 8d, 4h]
*** Bet Round 3 *** BoZzYqUaDs Check
CitrusSR All-in 1880.00
BoZzYqUaDs Call 1880.00
*** River(Board): *** : [Qc, 8s, 8d, 4h, Kd]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 5260.00
BoZzYqUaDs [3d, 8c] Three of a kind, eights Win: 5260.00
CitrusSR [Ad, Ah] Two pair aces and eights Win: 0.00

I was hoping he had the Q or maybe a gutshot....never mind. Another 2nd place though haha!

Amazingly I didn't tilt and managed to win the other one so made a profit on todays session. Will probably have a couple of days off now and hopefully return fresh on Monday. GG.

Current balance: €430.12

Bleurgh...

2008-12-11T13:39:00.000-08:00

Played too long again and ended up wasting about €20 with some stupid play and even more stupid play against me, including two heads up games.

Poker sucks.

Current balance: €410.52

Hello!

2008-12-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

Me again, how are you?

Following my last post I had a good few days off and went on a pretty good run when I got back. I had a week off work so it helped not being tired when I played. I won 5 sit n gos in a row at one point and the bankroll was steadily rising - though since then I have done a bit of silly tilting!! Seem to be back on track now though! I have played 50ish games since my last post and have been mixing it up a bit and playing NLHE, Omaha Hi/lo and regular Omaha, a mixture of 5 and 10 seaters, turbo/non turbo, etc just to keep it interesting.

I did dabble in cash games, but lost 2 buy ins (€20) quite quickly - the first when I held the nut flush but they had a straight flush. The second I lost a bit thinking I had the nut low before I realised it wasn't Omaha Hi/Lo!! What a stupid rookie mistake!!! Shocking! So that set me off and I quickly tilted away the rest of that buy-in before returning to sit n gos.

Have also played a couple of MTT's with no real results except the odd cash here and there, nothing very much though.

I also keep registering for the freerolls and going all in every hand till I'm out when I go on tilt - it seems to help!! Though other people get a bit angry about it and call me a donk/fish, etc haha!

I plan on grinding it up playing sit n gos until I have enough to play the GTD Mtt's as it appears there is money to be made in these.

Wish me luck!

Current balance: €432.77

Having a break...

2008-11-28T08:22:00.000-08:00

Gonna have a few days off now as I'm struggling to concentrate, keep tilting and getting sucked into petty chat box arguments with donks!! I have been trying to not argue back to these fools but when you're on tilt its hard!! At first I was just using 'humourous' comebacks to answer him but I soon got annoyed and that is when I start playing bad!! (Not sure if you can see it in the picture). So a break is needed I think...

Only played two games, I won the first but played bad in the second and finished third. They were both Omaha Hi/Lo €5+0.50 5 seaters.

See you in a few days!! (Tilt free! Hopefully...)

Current balance: €382.19

Poker poker poker

2008-11-27T11:39:00.000-08:00

Played a bit more today and didn't tilt quite as much, though I think I need a break so am gonna have a few days off.

Played a bit earlier in the day today which was good as I wasn't as tired, but bad because the games took longer to fill up and I had to drop down to play a few cheaper games in between.

So my results were:

Omaha Hi/Lo €5+0.50 5 seater = 2nd, 3rd, 3rd
Omaha Hi/Lo €2+0.20 5 seater = 2nd
NL Holdem €5+0.50 5 seater = 1st
NL Holdem €3+0.30 5 seater = 1st

The 3rd places were disappointing as on both of them most of the chips went in when I was ahead. Actually, one of them was one of the 2nd place finishes, either way it could have been more but at least I'm still slowly grinding out a profit each day.

I might play tomorrow, not sure yet but Sat-Tues I probably won't have time, you never know though with this addictive game haha!

Current balance: €375.69

Todays tilt news....

2008-11-26T11:25:00.001-08:00

Only played two games tonight and I'm stopping already. Decided to play an MTT for a change - a €6+0.60 No limit holdem one. 227 started, and I got to play for nearly a whole 20 minutes for my money...

***** Hand 1337388818 *****
50.00/100.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 26 November 2008 18:48:01 Deep & Steep (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: usbrugghia (5025.00)
Seat 2: Aurel0024 (6345.00)
Seat 3: zaba6651 (4840.00)
Seat 4: CitrusSR (5505.00)
Seat 5: xxjuhuxx12 (9560.00)
Seat 6: pusku2 (4915.00)
Seat 7: WickedGam (4955.00)
Seat 8: ciccio 20 (4515.00)
Seat 9: andreus691 (5075.00)
Seat 10: _Mariani_ (5120.00)
CitrusSR post SB 50.00
xxjuhuxx12 post BB 100.00
** Deal **
usbrugghia [N/A, N/A]
Aurel0024 [N/A, N/A]
zaba6651 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Ac, As]
xxjuhuxx12 [N/A, N/A]
pusku2 [N/A, N/A]
WickedGam [N/A, N/A]
ciccio 20 [N/A, N/A]
andreus691 [N/A, N/A]
_Mariani_ [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
pusku2 Fold
WickedGam Fold
ciccio 20 Call 100.00
andreus691 Call 100.00
_Mariani_ Fold
usbrugghia Call 100.00
Aurel0024 Fold
zaba6651 Fold
CitrusSR Raise to 650.00
xxjuhuxx12 Fold
ciccio 20 All-in 4515.00
andreus691 Fold
usbrugghia Fold
CitrusSR Call 4515.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [8h, 4c, Kh]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [8h, 4c, Kh, 4s]
*** River(Board): *** : [8h, 4c, Kh, 4s, Kd]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 9330.00
usbrugghia Fold Win: 0.00
Aurel0024 Fold Win: 0.00
zaba6651 Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [Ac, As] Two pair aces and kings Win: 0.00
xxjuhuxx12 Fold Win: 0.00
pusku2 Fold Win: 0.00
WickedGam Fold Win: 0.00
ciccio 20 [Ad, Ks] Full house Win: 9330.00
andreus691 Fold Win: 0.00
_Mariani_ Fold Win: 0.00

Was loving his spaztasic limp-overbet till the river... booooooooooooooo. Lost the rest shortly after with A-4 to someone with A-2. Meanwhile in my Omaha €5+0.50 5 seater I am chip leader which I procede to blow with some excellent tilty gambling which didn't pay off and I am soon in 3rd place with 3 left... luckily managed to regain my composure and won it.. is this a sign I am getting better?! Probably not. Game over, see you tomorrow.

Current balance: €364.69

Another day, another tilt

2008-11-25T13:35:00.001-08:00

I seem to be on perma-tilt at the moment, consequently I've cocked up a few of the games I've been in. A hand in the forum freeroll tilted me quite badly, where I missed a bet on the turn and let them hit their draw...

***** Hand 1336210704 ***** 25.00/50.00
Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 25 November 2008 20:46:05 Forum €150 Freeroll (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: cayton (1997.00)
Seat 2: CitrusSR (2145.00)
Seat 3: fishboy83 (2327.00)
Seat 4: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 5: shane83uk (1268.00)
Seat 6: john44john (4770.00)
Seat 7: turkishlor (3181.00)
Seat 8: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 9: supafly_69 (2172.00)
Seat 10: wakou2 (2140.00)
wakou2 post SB 25.00
cayton post BB 50.00
** Deal **
cayton [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Kc, Ac]
fishboy83 [N/A, N/A]
shane83uk [N/A, N/A]
john44john [N/A, N/A]
turkishlor [N/A, N/A]
supafly_69 [N/A, N/A]
wakou2 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
CitrusSR Raise to 200.00
fishboy83 Fold
shane83uk Fold
john44john Call 200.00
turkishlor Call 200.00
supafly_69 Fold
wakou2 Fold
cayton Fold
*** Flop(Board): *** : [3c, 4s, Ks]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
CitrusSR Bet 400.00
john44john Fold
turkishlor Call 400.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [3c, 4s, Ks, Qh]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
CitrusSR Check
turkishlor Check
*** River(Board): *** : [3c, 4s, Ks, Qh, 2s]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
CitrusSR Check
turkishlor All-in 2581.00
CitrusSR All-in 1545.00
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 4565.00
cayton Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [Kc, Ac] Pair of kings Win: 0.00
fishboy83 Fold Win: 0.00
shane83uk Fold Win: 0.00
john44john Fold Win: 0.00
turkishlor [6d, 5d] Straight to the six Win: 4565.00
supafly_69 Fold Win: 0.00
wakou2 Fold Win: 0.00

Should have shipped it all in on the turn really, though they may have called anyway as they called the pre-flop UTG raise by me - one of the tightest players on the table and called on the flop despite not having the correct odds. I knew I was beat on the river and called anyway, don't know why I do that?! Their overbet gave me a glimmer of hope that it was a silly bluff but I knew I was beat even as I called. Don't know why I let freerolls get to me like this, or any game for that matter! It is my biggest weakness at this game!

Following on from that I played four €5 Omaha Hi/Lo 5 seaters, busting out first with a silly gamble in the first one, then managed to control myself enough to win one...normal service soon resumed and I tilted my way into 4th in the next one before chucking it away heads up on the last one to finish 2nd..... really should have made a bit of profit tonight, I've only got myself to blame and that tilts me even more.... lol tiltaments

Rant over.

Current balance: €359.29

Tilty McTilt

2008-11-24T12:59:00.000-08:00

Just played three Omaha €5+0.50 5 seaters, starting to get frustrated with these now. Getting impatient with all the people chasing their hands regardless of the odds, and my play reflects this as I am playing like one of them aswell at times. So am giving up for today again.... bit of a pattern emerging!

I finished 1st, 4th and 5th anyway.

Current balance: €356.29

Idiotic play!!

2008-11-22T14:04:00.000-08:00

Been playing like a real idiot tonight!! I always seem to play bad and tilt easily when I'm tired. I stayed up till about midnight last night then got up at 5am for work so come 9pm-10pm this evening I'm not in the best frame of mind to concentrate on anything... so I play poker.

Was playing ok at first but went on tilt in the first €5+0.50 Omaha Hi/lo game after finishing 2nd to some fish that kept rivering me. I then played a €2+0.20 5 card draw game like a fool and went out first, along with another €5+0.50 Omaha hi/lo game in which I finished 3rd. I then had a break and when I came back resumed my silly play in a €3+0.30 NL holdem game that I finished 5th out of 5 in, courtesy of the following hand:

***** Hand 1332120010 ***** 25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit )
22 November 2008 21:34:39
Holdem (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: CitrusSR (1395.00)
Seat 2: chemical26 (1385.00)
Seat 3: cola49 (1800.00)
Seat 4: CBM 1966 (1290.00)
Seat 5: adivat (1630.00)
cola49 post SB 25.00
CBM 1966 post BB 50.00
** Deal ** CitrusSR [4c, 7c]
chemical26 [N/A, N/A]
cola49 [N/A, N/A]
CBM 1966 [N/A, N/A]
adivat [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
adivat Call 50.00
CitrusSR Raise to 250.00
chemical26 Fold
cola49 Call 250.00
CBM 1966 Fold
adivat Fold
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Qc, 9c, 9h]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
cola49 Check
CitrusSR Bet 400.00
cola49 Call 400.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Qc, 9c, 9h, 6s]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
cola49 Check
CitrusSR All-in 745.00
cola49 Call 745.00
*** River(Board): *** : [Qc, 9c, 9h, 6s, 6h]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 2890.00
CitrusSR [4c, 7c] Two pair nines and sixes Win: 0.00
chemical26 Fold Win: 0.00
cola49 [10c, Kh] Two pair nines and sixes , king kicker Win: 2890.00
CBM 1966 Fold Win: 0.00
adivat Fold Win: 0.00

Terrible play by me! At these stakes I always advocate playing ABC poker as the games are full of people like him that should fold and don't. He played like an idiot, but so did I as I shouldn't have been involved in the hand in the first place. Still, a bit of a sickener losing to King high haha!

So 5th out of 5 again in that one. I managed to compose myself for the next game - back to the €5+0.50 Omaha Hi/lo 5 seater, which I won fairly easily to end up with a tiny profit on a bad night of poker. I'm going to bed now!!

Current balance: €355.29

"So very moron"

2008-11-21T13:09:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time I rivered a flush against a poor player that had been min betting and giving me the correct odds to draw to the flush. When I hit and stacked them they said "So very moron". I posted this on the forum earlier on today and it always makes me laugh!! Why I am saying this? Because in my first game today I was "so very moron"!!

It was the usual €5+0.50 5 seater Omaha Hi/Lo game and for some reason I don't even know I busted out first like a moron fishing for the Lo side of the pot, not even the nut lo! Inevitably he was a fellow moron also fishing for the lo side but also had a weak pair to go with his better lo than mine so scooped the pot.... I played like a true donk, not sure what came over me there really - every now and then I seem to inexplicably play a hand like a complete spaztard!!

Only played 2 more games after that, the second was the same game as above and I finished an uneventful 4th. Decided to go back to NL holdem for a game after that so played a €5+0.50 5 seater which I won. Think I'll stop for tonight now as I'm not on top form!!

Current balance: €352.29

2008-11-20T12:03:00.000-08:00

Only had time for two games, both Omaha Hi/Lo 5 seaters. A €2+0.20 I came 4th in and a €5+0.50 I came 2nd in so overall in those two games a loss of 20 cents.

Current balance: €351.29

That's more like it!!

2008-11-20T10:10:00.001-08:00

Running a lot better today, only played 3 games but have been picking up some nice hands and everything seems to be going right. Had the odd bad beat here and there but have managed to stay focussed and not tilt for once (if only I could be like this all the time!) Played two €5+0.50 5 seater Omaha Hi/Lo games finishing 2nd and 1st in them, and as they were taking ages to fill up I played in a €10+1 5 seater No limit holdem which I also won! Having a break now and I'm going out later so may not play anymore today but we will see.

Current balance: €351.49

Good old tilt..

2008-11-19T12:18:00.001-08:00

Went on a bit of a bad run earlier and went on stupid tilt as usual!! The balance went as low as €295 at one point. I have managed to scrape it back up again now though but am stopping for the night as I am playing a bit stupidly. Also I punched the bed in a tilting rage and now my wrist is hurting!! Poker is bad for your health. Kids, just say no.

Current balance: €313.49

Games since my last update

2008-11-19T05:21:00.000-08:00

Just been sticking to the Omaha Hi/Lo €5+0.50 games mainly with the odd €2+0.20 when the others are taking too long to fill up!

I did play a €1+0.10 NL holdem rebuy and a €30 freeroll, they were both frustrating and un-enjoyable though really, finished 57th out of 178 in the rebuy and 8th out of 148 in the freeroll for a massive €1.20 haha! Also played the forum freeroll which was more enjoyable as there is some good players in that, I didn't do very well though and finished 12th out of 27.

I cashed in 6 out of 10 of the Omaha 5 seaters and also had a bit of a tilt and played a €2+0.20 5 card draw game which I won! Beginners luck again maybe!!

Current balance: €315.39

Watch this space!

2008-11-17T12:52:00.001-08:00

Will update this tomorrow as I'm tired now but for those that care....

Current balance: €304.39

Moving On Up....

2008-11-13T12:48:00.000-08:00

Played 8 games since the last post including a €5+0.50 NL holdem game which I really didn't enjoy due to the large number of idiots keep going all in/never folding/bad beating me so am going to lay off that and stick to the Omaha for now! As for the Omaha Hi/Lo games I played 5 at the €5+0.50 level finishing 1st twice, 2nd once and a 3rd and 4th place. Also played a €2+0.20 one which I won and, as my bankroll allows it now I tried out a €10+1 game. Maybe I just got unlucky this time but the standard seemed a lot higher, most of them seemed to know what they were doing and I felt a bit lost again at times, the table was a lot more aggressive and ended up being a bit of a crapshoot as the blinds were on 200/400 and then 300/600 with 3 of us left. The luck was with me this time though and I ended up winning that too! The two games I played today I dropped back down to €5+0.50 as I'm still learning Omaha Hi/Lo and they seem so much easier.

Current balance: €298.39

Todays play...

2008-11-10T13:35:00.001-08:00

Played 4 games today - the usual 5 seater €5+0.50 Omaha Hi/lo tables I am addicted to at the moment! I had a 4th place finish, two second places and a first place so still doing consistenly well at these which I'm pleased about. I have started to read a little about rules/strategy so should be able to keep this up if I keep learning as the other players blatantly aren't! haha!

The hand that won the last game:

***** Hand 1314979018 ***** 150.00/300.00 Omaha Hi/Lo (PL) - 10 November 2008 21:30:31 Omaha Hi/Lo (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: CitrusSR (4590.00)
Seat 2: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 3: Unknown (0.00)
Seat 4: aneconda (2910.00)
Seat 5: Unknown (0.00)
CitrusSR post SB 150.00
aneconda post BB 300.00
** Deal ** CitrusSR [3d, 10c, 10s, 8c]
aneconda [N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
CitrusSR Call 300.00
aneconda Check
*** Flop(Board): *** : [9c, 10h, 10d]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
aneconda Bet 300.00
CitrusSR Call 300.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [9c, 10h, 10d, 8h]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
aneconda Bet 300.00
CitrusSR Call 300.00
*** River(Board): *** : [9c, 10h, 10d, 8h, 8s]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
aneconda Bet 1800.00
CitrusSR Raise to 3600.00
aneconda All-in 2010.00
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 5820.00
CitrusSR [3d, 10c, 10s, 8c] Four of a kind, tens Win: 5820.00
aneconda [3h, 8d, 9h, Ac] Full house Win: 0.00

Current balance: €260.09

Not a lot of play...

2008-11-09T14:06:00.000-08:00

Not played at all the last two days except for one of the now standard €5+0.50 Omaha Hi/Lo tables, which I won!

Played quite poorly even by my amateurish Omaha standards but got a bit lucky near the start and never really looked back - BOOM!

Current balance: €249.59

Oh oh oh oooo...maha

2008-11-07T13:26:00.000-08:00

Still on the Omaha Hi/Lo €5+050 5 seaters. My bankroll is at the stage that I can move up to the €10+1 level now but I am leaving it for a bit as these ones are so easy! I still don't really know how to play Omaha that well but since my last post I have played five more of them and have finished 1st twice, 2nd twice and 3rd once! Would have won 1 or 2 more if the luck went my way aswell. Top two get paid in each game so it's going well!

Current balance: €237.59

2008-11-05T12:25:00.000-08:00

Just another little update for today...

played 3 more €5.50 O8 games, winning the first one making it 8 Omaha cashes in a row! Then it all fell apart and I was 1st out in the next two - DOH!! haha! Packing it in for the night now!

Current balance: €215.09

Omaha!!

2008-11-05T10:44:00.000-08:00

Since my last post I've played 3 more €5.50 Omaha Hi/Lo games and 1 Omaha €2.20 game (both 5 seaters). I've continued my run of cashes and finished 2nd in all of them! Making it 7 cashes in a row on 5 seater Omaha tables!! Weeeeee! Also came 2nd in both of the NL holdem games I played before this run so it's 9 consecutive cashes in total, too many second places though so the profit hasn't jumped up that much!!

Current balance: €214.09

Update...

2008-11-03T13:29:00.001-08:00

Decided I'd give Omaha Hi/lo another go after all and just played another two €5+0.50 5 seater sit n gos!!

Amazingly, I won both of them so that's three played, three won! haha! I am a bit clueless at times but still, must be doing something right!! The fact that most of the players are even more clueless than me must be helping!! So I might stick to Omaha Hi/Lo for a bit after all, probably not though - my luck is bound to run out!!

Anyway, as it stands......

Current balance: €207.29

Going nowhere fast!!!

2008-11-03T08:22:00.000-08:00

Not updated this for a while due to the fact that it's a bit boring and only about two people read it!!

Since my last post I have played around 60 games, mostly the old 5 seater tilt inducers, haven't had a lot of luck to be honest, though I haven't lost a lot, just haven't moved forward either!!

I was up to the "dizzy" heights of €206 after beating 52 people to first place in a 200MPP freeroll (I should play these more often, they're pretty easy by the look of it as I finished 12th the week before aswell). Have been up and down between €150-200 and after a couple of games today I'm on €183.29.

Came 2nd in a 5 seater €5+0.50 no limit holdem sng and also played an Omaha Hi/Lo one which I somehow won! haha! Won't be sticking to that though as I felt a bit lost and clueless at times, maybe one to work on when I've got more time.

Time is the main problem as I don't get much chance to play at the moment so am just fitting in a few turbo/speed games where I can! Hopefully things will change soon and I can put a bit more time in and increase that profit!!!

Current balance: €183.29

Update..

2008-10-09T11:14:00.001-07:00

I played a few heads up games after yesterdays post, one I won on the first hand when they re-raised me all in, my A-A beating their A-9. I only made a small profit in the end though.

As for today, I have played 3 games and have ran pretty good. A €5 5 seater speed game which I finished 1st in, came 1st in a €5 10 seater aswell and then in a €5 10 seater turbo I finished a really annoying 4th!! I was 2nd in chips, though we had virtually the same amount and the blinds were huge, I shoved with two random cards and he called with A-5 :( I'd thought he would have folded anything except a monster hand as he would have been all but out if I'd won the hand, so that was pretty disappointing. Never mind, the bankroll is increasing that's the main thing....

Current balance: €163.59

Poker sucks

2008-10-08T09:20:00.001-07:00

I'm not running very good at all. People in the games at these stakes are so keen to get their chips all in pre flop... if you don't run good you've got no hope! I've played 5 games, I exited two in 3 way pre flop all ins!! The first I held AK v A3 V 10-5, the second was Q-Q v A-J V 3-3. Both of these were in the early levels so says a lot about the standard of play. Decided to play heads up after that but my luck wasn't much better there either:

***** Hand 1268809141 *****
25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 08 October 2008 17:17:00
Holdem (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: julbut2 (1145.00)
Seat 2: CitrusSR (1855.00)
CitrusSR post SB 25.00
julbut2 post BB 50.00
** Deal **
julbut2 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Qd, Qh]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
CitrusSR Call 50.00
julbut2 Raise to 100.00
CitrusSR Raise to 350.00
julbut2 Call 350.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [6c, 3s, 2c]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
julbut2 Check
CitrusSR Bet 450.00
julbut2 All-in 795.00
CitrusSR Call 795.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [6c, 3s, 2c, 5h]
*** River(Board): *** : [6c, 3s, 2c, 5h, 9c]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 2290.00
julbut2 [10c, Kc] Flush to the king Win: 2290.00
CitrusSR [Qd, Qh] Pair of queens Win: 0.00

Will be good when I play a set of games that my hands hold up in as I should make some decent profit and move on to the €10 games where hopefully this won't happen quite so much.

Current balance: €125.59

Not playing enough!!

2008-10-07T13:45:00.001-07:00

Since my last post here I've only played 10 games, so not really playing enough at all. When I do play I'm pretty much staying where I am profit-wise, though again have been getting some shocking beats. (Though I did put one or two on other people for once which was nice!!! haha!)

Still keeping track of every game on my spreadsheet but it's pretty boring so I won't post it today as I am tired!

Current balance: €144.34

2008-09-28T01:43:00.000-07:00

Played 5 games this morning - a cooler which I got donked out of and 4 5 seater speed games. Made a small profit but am getting bored so packing it in for the day.

Current balance: €137.24

2008-09-27T14:27:00.000-07:00

Yeah.... should have stopped for the night, just played two more 5 seaters and came 3rd in both. Some of the players are such idiots, making ridiculous plays and then typing stuff in the chat box taking the p*ss after they get lucky and beat you. Don't think I'm ever gonna stop getting wound up by stuff like this!! This is turning into a bit of a tilt blog, gotta stop playing when I'm tired....

Current balance: €130.04

Slow progress

2008-09-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

I have posted my spreadsheet of tonights results (I'm on another Pc so have had to create a new one). Didn't start off very well and went on tilt a bit. I noticed I was playing far too aggressively against people that will call with anything so tightened up and results almost instantly improved. I played 4 'cooler' tournaments too. In these 10 seater games the first 5 double their money and the rest don't! I cashed in them all except one in which I finished an annoying 6th!

I might play a couple more games but thats the results so far.

Current balance: €141.04

TILT!!!

2008-09-24T14:00:00.001-07:00

Dunno why I played tonight, had a long day moving things out of the house and am nackered so went on major tilt. My play wasn't that good really but some of the calls people make, blah blah blah, etc, etc.... I played 6 games, only cashed in two (two 2nd places) and resorted to tilt induced, childish name calling in the chatbox:

"u suck"
"scope"
"you've got aids"
"fish"

etc, etc. Pretty embarassing really but oh well :D hopefully writing it down will stop me doing it!!

Tiltometer: Off the scale

Current Balance: €126.74

Two more...

2008-09-23T13:39:00.000-07:00

Just played two more of the same games as earlier, winning one and I can't remember if I came 4th or 5th in the other!! Either way I was leaning tiltwards so I stopped and made a spreadsheet to record future results. So from now on I will remember!!

Tiltometer: Getting high

Current balance: €144.74

A couple of turbos!!

2008-09-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

Not got much time with all the moving!! But played a turbo and a speed €5+0.50 5 seater over lunch, finishing 3rd and 1st.

Tiltometer: Up and down

Current balance: €138.24

Not a lot..

2008-09-22T03:49:00.000-07:00

Not played many games as I am moving house at the weekend so have been busy. Played 4 frustrating donk-bad-beat-filled €5+0.50 5 seater games and cashed in two of them (won one and came 2nd in one) so have made a tiny bit of profit since last time.

Current balance: €131.74.

Tiltometer: Dangerously High

Movin' On Down..... (and back up again)

2008-09-18T05:33:00.001-07:00

Wasn't a brilliant start to the €5+0.50 games for me. They are still mostly full of bad players, though the difference is that they are more aggressive than the average €3-er!, more raising and re-raising. Basically all you need to do is wait for a hand to hit and hope that it holds up when you inevitably get put all in!! Anyway I got bad beat out of my first game, 2nd in the next, in the 3rd game I went on a massive tilt (due to tiredness I think!), someone was going all in every hand and I called with A-6 suited (!!) and lost to K-8, and then called the other half of my chips away with A-3 v his 5-5. Started another and had to drop down to €3+0.30 level for the one after. I managed to calm down though and won both of these games so am now up to €128.74.

I'm not 100% sure about the accuracy of what I just typed so am going to start a spreadsheet to record all my results as sharkscope misses the odd game.

Current balance €128.74

Movin' On Up!

2008-09-17T05:22:00.000-07:00

Only played 5 games since my last post - the Gambling.co.uk forum freeroll which I busted out fairly early in this week, (about 23/24 out of 30 odd people) and another 4 of the €3 5 seaters. I had two 1st place finishes, one 2nd and one non-cash (3rd again I think it was). My sharkscope is looking quite good at the mo as I have won 4 of my last 8 games and finished 2nd in 2.

This has brought my bankroll up to over €110 meaning I can now move on up to the €5+0.50 sit n gos and say goodbye to the €3+0.30 ones, hopefully for good!!!

Current balance: €118.54

Slow progress...

2008-09-15T11:42:00.000-07:00

Been quite busy so have only managed 4 games since Friday! €3 5 seaters again. Finished 1st once, 2nd twice and 3rd once. I'm making profit at least but ideally need to play more!!

Current balance: €106.24

A quick couple!

2008-09-12T08:55:00.001-07:00

Just played a quick couple of €3 5 seater sit n gos (one turbo and one speed). I came 2nd and 1st in them, though the opposition were pretty weak, the one I came 2nd in was slightly tougher as he was raising me most hands heads up so in the end I made a stand with Q-8 and he called my all-in with Q-9...game over! Still, made a bit of profit and am nearly over the €100 mark. Here is a sample hand!

***** Hand 1234020844 *****
15.00/30.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 12 September 2008 16:36:21
Holdem Speed (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: CitrusSR (1986.00)
Seat 3: john_13 (1968.00)
Seat 4: cosma7 (2226.00)
Seat 5: ben_J77 (1320.00)
cosma7 post SB 15.00
ben_J77 post BB 30.00
** Deal **
CitrusSR [Qd, Ah]
john_13 [N/A, N/A]
cosma7 [N/A, N/A]
ben_J77 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
CitrusSR Raise to 120.00
john_13 Call 120.00
cosma7 Fold
ben_J77 Fold
*** Flop(Board): *** : [10c, 8s, 6s]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
CitrusSR Bet 150.00
john_13 Call 150.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [10c, 8s, 6s, 8c]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
CitrusSR Bet 240.00
john_13 Call 240.00
*** River(Board): *** : [10c, 8s, 6s, 8c, 10d]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
CitrusSR Bet 330.00
john_13 Call 330.00
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00
Total Pot: 1725.00
CitrusSR [Qd, Ah] Two pair tens and eights Win: 1725.00
john_13 Fold Win: 0.00
cosma7 Fold Win: 0.00
ben_J77 Fold Win: 0.00

I put him on a flush draw or gutshot draw, maybe both, but as he called my final bet I'm not too sure?! Only hands I can really think of that he might call with are K-9 or maybe 7-7 - 2-2 (exc 6-6) if he didn't realise about the board pairing?!

Current balance: €99.94

Running like poo!!!

2008-09-11T16:17:00.001-07:00

That is the problem with 5 seater speed or turbo games - high variance!! Played 9 in total (some yesterday) and my luck has been pretty bad. Not that many terrible bad beats (though have had a few) just hands not holding up heads up or on the bubble. QQ V A10, AQ v J8, that sort of thing. Anyway, out of the 9 I played I only managed to win one, but finished 2nd 4 times. I aim to win these as coming 2nd doesn't give you a lot of profit, and as mentioned before, with a bit more luck I would have won more! :D (That's a popular phrase!!) After all that I'm about 1 euro down...

Current balance: €91.54

Let's get this challenge started!!!

2008-09-09T15:19:00.000-07:00

Tonight, I played the €200 FPP tournament, €30 freeroll and $150 Gambling.co.uk forum freeroll - all on Poker.co.uk. I missed the first 40 minutes or so of the FPP one as I was out playing footy and finished in the middle of the 80ish players that entered. The €30 FR I came an annoying 17th out of 106 (top 10 got paid) when I raised a limper with A-J, he called with A-10 and check raised me all in on an A-10-x flop. The forum freeroll is great value as only 20-30 people normally enter, 27 entered tonight and I finished first for €75 - so that has really kickstarted this challenge!! I think I will play some €3 five seater sit n gos tomorrow with my increased bankroll as I'd been rinsing them before I started this....

Current balance: €92.74

A quick sesh!!

2008-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Just had a quick two table session before I go out, one table was terrible the other was great and I hit quad Kings with K-K and almost doubled up again with A-A, dropped a buy-in on the other table though so finished up with a small profit. (I have been buying in for €3/$4.69 so far).

Current balance: €17.74

Waste of Time!!

2008-09-09T04:14:00.001-07:00

Ignored my own advice from last night and played the $150 10:30am freeroll. Two hours later I bust out in 62nd out of 585 people (top 50 cash). The trouble I'm having is if you don't hit hands you can't make moves to steal, as people will call with anything! Also had an un-successful spell on the cash tables resulting in a €3 loss! Having a break till tonight when I will play the forum freeroll so at least the standard will be better than the last couple I've played!

Current balance: €15.63

Freeroll Fun

2008-09-08T15:32:00.000-07:00

I registered for four of the freerolls on Poker.Co.uk this evening but wasn't home in time for the first two, the third one I missed the first 30 minutes or so and came back to find Q-Q which I swiftly went out with versus A-J. The fourth one was the €50 freeroll which I played from the start. Basically playing super-tight and only playing premium hands almost right up until the final table, even then it was pretty loose and I sat back too much getting blinded away. Eventually finished 6th because of this! Should have got involved more but didn't really pick anything up besides hands like 10-2, 9-3, etc and with people making loose calls all over the place I was reluctant to make a move! I think it might be a better tactic to stick to the cash tables and only play the freerolls with bigger prize pools as that took over two hours to win €3.25 - 6th out of 119.

As for hand historys to post there was nothing very interesting, early on I tripled up with A-K v A-3 and A-6, and also this one I folded pre-flop because of his chat in the chatbox. "Should I raise with A-A?" etc. I'm not falling for that sunshine!! :D

***** Hand 1229179594 ***** 50.00/100.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 08 September 2008 21:50:54
€50 Daily Freeroll (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: Ash76 (1380.00)
Seat 2: ZNPR (9658.00)
Seat 3: kanciarz4 (4947.00)
Seat 4: seanie5 (5895.00)
Seat 5: gs21971 (2965.00)
Seat 6: mambo me (6566.00)
Seat 7: CitrusSR (3835.00)
Seat 8: Tinytich (1380.00)
Seat 9: john44john (1370.00)
Seat 10: malow (1569.00)
CitrusSR post SB 50.00
Tinytich post BB 100.00
** Deal **
Ash76 [N/A, N/A]
ZNPR [N/A, N/A]
kanciarz4 [N/A, N/A]
seanie5 [N/A, N/A]
gs21971 [N/A, N/A]
mambo me [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [Ah, Qd]
Tinytich [N/A, N/A]
john44john [N/A, N/A]
malow [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
john44john Fold
malow Fold
Ash76 Fold
ZNPR Call 100.00
kanciarz4 Fold
seanie5 Fold
gs21971 Call 100.00
mambo me Raise to 300.00
CitrusSR Fold
Tinytich Fold
ZNPR Call 300.00
gs21971 Call 300.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Js, 8c, Ac]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
ZNPR Check
gs21971 Bet 700.00
mambo me Raise to 1700.00
ZNPR Fold
gs21971 All-in 2665.00
mambo me Call 2665.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Js, 8c, Ac, 5s]
*** River(Board): *** : [Js, 8c, Ac, 5s, 10d]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 6380.00
Ash76 Fold Win: 0.00
ZNPR Fold Win: 0.00
kanciarz4 Fold Win: 0.00
seanie5 Fold Win: 0.00
gs21971 [Kd, Qc] Ace high straight Win: 6380.00
mambo me [As, Ad] Three of a kind, aces Win: 0.00
CitrusSR Fold Win: 0.00
Tinytich Fold Win: 0.00
john44john Fold Win: 0.00

Current balance: €18.63

Same again...

2008-09-08T07:34:00.000-07:00

Just had another short session, two tabling the same $0.05/$0.10 tables. It's all pretty standard really at this stage, just mostly playing ABC poker. No real hands of note, though this one was quite amusing:

***** Hand 1228542330 ***** 0.05/0.10 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 08 September 2008 15:17:01 Turbo TH 63 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 1: stoeff (3.45)
Seat 2: ackos (9.96)
Seat 3: Buckie11 (3.79)
Seat 4: RoyalMikey (4.28)
Seat 5: CitrusSR (5.83)
stoeff post SB 0.05
ackos post BB 0.10
RoyalMikey post AB 0.15
** Deal **
stoeff [N/A, N/A]
ackos [N/A, N/A]
Buckie11 [N/A, N/A]
RoyalMikey [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [10s, As]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
Buckie11 Call 0.10
RoyalMikey Check
CitrusSR Raise to 0.50
stoeff Fold
ackos Fold
Buckie11 Call 0.50
RoyalMikey Fold
*** Flop(Board): *** : [8s, 7c, Ks]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
Buckie11 Check
CitrusSR Bet 0.97
Buckie11 Call 0.97
*** Turn(Board): *** : [8s, 7c, Ks, 8d]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
Buckie11 Check
CitrusSR Bet 1.00
Buckie11 Call 1.00
*** River(Board): *** : [8s, 7c, Ks, 8d, Jd]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
Buckie11 Check
CitrusSR Check
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.26 Total Pot: 4.98
stoeff Fold Win: 0.00
ackos Fold Win: 0.00
Buckie11 [9c, Qs] Pair of eights Win: 0.00
RoyalMikey Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [10s, As] Pair of eights , ace kicker Win: 4.98

I am also going to play a couple of the freerolls later on today (or possibly tomorrow) as any bankroll boost will help!!

Current balance: €15.38

Up and Down

2008-09-07T09:03:00.001-07:00

Over the last few days I've only played 30-40 mins of poker here and there, been up and down, and am currently on €9.23. I've got next week off work so will get a lot more playing time, so hopefully we'll have a big increase next week and this blog'll stop being so boring and shite!!

Game on!

Current balance: €9.23

Grinding...

2008-09-02T08:12:00.000-07:00

Only played for about an hour on the same tables today, it was uneventful but I won a few small pots and almost doubled my "bankroll".

Current balance: €6.28

Going down....

2008-09-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

Only played for about 20 minutes today on the same $0.05/0.10 USD tables. Some donk kept going all in most hands, never picked up anything I could call with till this hand with 10-10:

***** Hand 1218794898 ***** 0.05/0.10 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 01 September 2008 14:17:48 TH Mini 4 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 1: Amartay (9.70)
Seat 2: barhaim (13.89)
Seat 3: pippo57 (3.25)
Seat 4: CitrusSR (5.16)
Seat 5: rohor1 (5.61)
pippo57 post SB 0.05
CitrusSR post BB 0.10
** Deal **
Amartay [N/A, N/A]
barhaim [N/A, N/A]
pippo57 [N/A, N/A]
CitrusSR [10s, 10c]
rohor1 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
rohor1 Call 0.10
Amartay Fold
barhaim Call 0.10
pippo57 Call 0.10
CitrusSR Raise to 0.60
rohor1 All-in 5.61
barhaim Fold
pippo57 Fold
CitrusSR All-in 5.16
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Kc, 8s, Jd]
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Kc, 8s, Jd, 4s]
*** River(Board): *** : [Kc, 8s, Jd, 4s, 2d]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.52 Total Pot: 10.00
Amartay Fold Win: 0.00
barhaim Fold Win: 0.00
pippo57 Fold Win: 0.00
CitrusSR [10s, 10c] Pair of tens
Win: 0.00 rohor1 [Jc, 5c] Pair of jacks Win: 10.00

Current balance: €3.22

Frustrating...

2008-08-29T10:57:00.001-07:00

Played 2 tables for nearly an hour, buying in for €3 which works out as $4.69 on the $0.05/0.10 table.

Kept getting rivered by people chasing gutshots, etc but managed to double up on one table which I then left. The other table was a lot more frustrating and I eventually went busto in a hand where I limped pre flop with K-J, flop was K-J-7, they called my pot sized bet with 9-9 and hit a 9 on the turn. I bet about 3/4 pot which they called and I check called their river all in for my last $2.50. I don't think I played the hand particularly well but I didn't much respect their play as they were calling bets with any pair/draw so thought I could well be ahead of them.

Giving up for the night due to impending tilt....

Current balance: €6.23

A Slow Start

2008-08-28T08:44:00.000-07:00

Well, as you can see I have posted this right after my introductory post! It has been a slow start to be honest and I haven't played much poker at all, I think this challenge will really kick in during the winter as at the moment there are too many distractions and things to do!!

I am going to try and play more than I have been though....anyway, my results so far:

I played 4 freerolls in the last 2 weeks of July and 2 in the first week of August. There were 3 €30 Freerolls and the other 3 were €150 forum freerolls (www.gambling.co.uk poker forum).

The €30 ones are predictably annoying with bad beats-a-plenty and I only managed one cash - 4th out 114 for €2.85! Didn't have a lot of luck in the forum games really, though I did finish 6th in one, due to a hand I wasn't happy with that was a bit "tilty". Alas, I can't find the hand history!! :D

After that I didn't play until today, put my €2.85 on a 0.05/0.10 USD table and played for about half an hour till I'd doubled up and then left.

It begins!!!

Current balance: €6.25

The Challenge

2008-08-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

So.... I decided to do the "Jesus Challenge".

For those that don’t know, poker player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson did a thing where he started from $0 playing freerolls, and won his way up to $10000. Sticking to the following rules:

“To ensure that I keep my bankroll intact, I've adopted some key rules: I'll never buy into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of my total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: I'm allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less). I won't buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of my total bankroll and I'm allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1. If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of my total bankroll, I must leave the game when the blinds reach me.”

I will be pretty much sticking to these rules, though I will be playing on Poker.co.uk (under the name CitrusSR) so it will be in Euros and the smallest sit n go is a €3 buy-in.

For more details on why I decided to do this, check out my post on the poker forum I frequent!
http://www.gambling.co.uk/forums/general-poker-forum/42538-poker-breaks-random-thoughts-jesus-challenge-etc.html

I also made a "promo" video - http://www.dailymotion.com/citrussr/video/x62cwz_the-citrussr-jesus-challenge_fun

Anyway, that's about it, hope you enjoy reading! (If you ever come back :D)