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Rampaging...

2010-07-09T02:51:00.000-07:00

I read an article at the start of the year about Rampaging Short Stack Cash Strategy, the basic idea is that even with a small bankroll of say $100 you could play in games which would be more suited to bigger bankrolls and move up limits. I thought this seemed a good idea so this is what i'm doing.

I first buy-in to a 2c/4c game with $2, the maximum buy-in is $4 so im basically half stacked, i play TAG, I basically want to get to $5 and then leave the table as $5 is half stacked for the next level at 5c/10c. I then buy-in to the next level and I want to get upto $10 before I leave to move to the next level at 10c/20c, so far ive only actually risk $2 to get upto that level and it only equates to about 2% of my bankroll so its within good bankroll management, my goal is to get to the 25c/50c level where I think is possibly to play a good game and make a few $'s.

We dont have to leave any level as soon as we hit our target if we think the game is still profitable i.e. don't leave 5c/10c once you have $10 if you are playing well and cards are being good to you, after all the ultimate goal is to make money no matter what level, we are just trying to limit the amount that could be lost.

So far its going well, not always straight forward but am in profit and have rakeback aswell so that adds to the profit, i'm gonna stick with this approach for a couple of months and hopefully build a decent bankroll.

OK something I should say is that I know short stackers are basically dispised/hated but im not buying in for the minimum, im buying in half stacked so its slightly different and im comfortable with it.

gl all

thadeas.

Really need to update more...

2010-06-04T03:38:00.000-07:00

So long since a last update not sure what to write, in a previous post I said I had won a WhiteLabel rakeback freeroll on betfair for $500, well a month later I won it again for another $500 so that was nice, and this month im going for the three-pete.

Been spending most of my time playing cash games on Betfair, its safe to say thats my home site and I seem to do ok on it. Got money on Fulltilt and VC Poker but havent played much on either so nothing interesting to say really.

WSOP 2010 has started and Praz Bansi won event 5, whoop whoop hopefully one of many for the brits.

World Cup 2010 starts in a week, not sure how much poker I will be playing when its on as most of the time i'll be watching the games and completely drunk, lets hope I dont decide to play drunk poker or blackjack and wipe out my bankroll.

see ya.

More SCOOP Promotion

2010-04-25T01:03:00.000-07:00

A little update to fullfill the blogger SCOOP promotion, I have to link to 2 videos which you will find below, take a look they are good :

Click here > How to Play 8 Game Mix

Click Here > How to Play Badugi

Badugi looks like an interesting game and I think pokerstars is the only online poker site that offers it so i'll be looking into playing alittle.

thadeas.

Long time no update

2010-04-20T04:49:00.000-07:00

Well haven't updated in nearly a month so thought i'd better just before things get more busy. I have played alittle poker with some resonable results, i managed to cash in a few tournaments in the last couple weeks and have entered the sortable rankings for my county on pocketfives.com, im sitting in 10th but its a start and hopefully will move up in the next couple of months.

I played a freeroll on betfair which was put on by whitelabel rackback, it was a $1000 tournament and I think they expected a better turn out but luckily for me there were only 12 players, it was essentially a sit'n'go and I like to think thats my better game, well 3 places paid 3rd got $200, 2nd got $300 and 1st got $500. It was fairly uneventfull until the last 4 players and i thought i was gonna bubble when my JJ lost A5off when he binked an A on the river, i was under 8 BB's but i kept my cool and ended up winning it for a nice $500 bankroll booster.

Gonna start mass-multitabling sng's from now on so its gonna be fun, also got mini-ECOOP and SCOOP on the way so it may be a great few month's.

thadeas.

SCOOP is on its way!

2010-03-24T11:33:00.000-07:00

The Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) starts on May 2nd, it is one of the biggest series of tournaments anywhere on the internet and can be found on Pokerstars.com, it has a combined guaranteed prize pool of 45 million dollars.

To see the schedule visit the SCOOP Poker Tournament website and you can find the pokerstar in you.

Whats been happening?

2010-03-23T02:40:00.001-07:00

First off i've finally moved, been in the new place a week, I have no carpets and no chest of draws, stuff is in bags and just put where ever it can go, my computer is setup on a decorators pasting table, despite all that it is great to be in a place of my own and it is deffinately all good.

Haven't played much poker recently with all the moving and stuff but have dabbled with not much success, i'm going to start grinding hard in the next few days (gotta pay for carpets and stuff lol) so hopefully some decent results will come.

thadeas.

Monday Update

2010-03-01T08:51:00.000-08:00

It's Monday 1st March 2010 and i'm confident this is going to be a great month, I finished the UK & Ireland League division 2 in 49th place, it pays me $7.50, this was largely due to the fact I won the tournament on the Friday 26th and that win was good for 20 points that shot me into the top 100. I'm confident I can place higher this month.

Got an e-mail from rakebackpro's saying I now have RB on Full Tilt Poker, also got a e-mail with a bonus so it looks like I will be playing alittle on FTP from now on.

Situation is about the same on BlueSQ and AP althou i'm gonna concentrate most of my play in sit'n'go's during the week and then some tournaments on Sundays (saturdays are day off from poker).

Bankroll :

Pokerstars = $9.37 ($7.50 to be added by PS)
BlueSQ = £0.79 (depositing $24 tomorrow, 100 buy-ins for the 20c+4c 9 mans)
Absolute Poker = $9.50 (lost some playing BJ, DOH!)
Betfair = £22.50 (deposited £12.50 from my paypal account)

Thats it for now.

thadeas.

Pokerstars + others

2010-02-25T06:17:00.000-08:00

So I got an email from pokerstars with an exclusive invite blog thingy, if I do the required tasks I can geta $22 SCOOP ticket, this would be great to have and go along side my $33 SCOOP ticket that I already have, so here it is pokerstars the phrase you wanted included in my blog - 'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill' - that's all done then :)

I've played acouple $1 buy-in torneys on stars but never really got anything going and donked out in quick time, i've also kept playing the UK & Ireland Division 2 League but still havent made it onto the top 100 with only 4 days left so more donkish behavour then. I've played the $2000 & £250 freerolls a few times but have only cashed for a few pennys so nothing exciting there. Overall I really need to put more effort in if I want to make any money at this game.

'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill' - there you go again pokerstars, just incase you missed the first one.

On other sites I haven't really done much either, Blue SQ still sits at £0.79 but I am going to deposit to play some sit'n'go's on either monday or tuesday. Played blackjack on AP to make some quick extra cash but ended up losing it all (no surprise there then), deposited $15 and thats the last time I play blackjack (yer right) so my AP account has $15.71 in it and 10 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 ticket.

Away from poker ive had some great news, I got the flat I went to view, I should be moving in a couple of weeks and i'm well happy, this could be the start of something really good for me this year.

More to come on monday.

thadeas.

p.s. pokerstars ;) 'which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill'

Monday Update...

2010-02-22T07:58:00.000-08:00

So here is my first monday update and upcomming plans.

Pokerstars : I have a scoop $33 ticket and around $12 in cash, not really got a plan for what to play or what to do so just gonna wing it.

Blue SQ : got £0.79 from playing the 3-2-1 sit'n'go's, gonna play these until next monday (1st march) then im gonna deposit $24 and grind the 20c+4c sit'n'go's. Basically gonna move up when I have a hundred buy-ins but once I get past 50 buy-ins for the next level will mix in a couple just to aclimatise myself.

Absolute : got just over $9 plus 1 step 1 ticket, 9 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 tickets. Basically just gonna play the steps sit'n'go's and see where it gets me.

Party : about $14, dunno what im gonna do with this, it was free so who knows.

thadeas.

Same old story, same old outcome

2010-02-16T08:19:00.000-08:00

Played a fair bit recently but yesterday went out in the daytime, had a few beers and come home and decimated my bankroll yet again, nuff said.

Won acouple more step tickets on AP, will do a total update every monday from now on. Also playing the free sng's on blue square to try and create something from nothing and again will update complete bankroll situation on mondays.

Away from poker one of my goals is to move home, going to look at a studio flat on the 24th and really hoping its gonna be nice as im desperate to move.

thadeas.

Small Steps, Big Rewards (hopefully)

2010-02-08T08:22:00.000-08:00

So its a week into Feburary and things aint been great, I have played a fair bit of poker but unfortunately I seem to turn into a donk when it matters most.

I'm going to concentrate most of my play on the steps sit'n'go's on Absolute Poker, I currently have 1 step 1 ticket, 5 step 2 tickets and 1 step 3 ticket, I donked of my roll whilst drunk so i'm going to make a small deposit and play 100 step 1 games with a few tourneys thrown in at weekends and re-evalute in acouple weeks. I want to go as far as possible in the steps and see if I can win a live seat at the WSOP 2010.

I al also playing in the UK & Ireland poker leagues on Pokerstars, started feb 1st but currently don't sit in the top 100. Pokerstars awards cash prizes for the top 100 every month, even in the play money league so it could be a good way to boost my BR on there. I also played in the Bloggers Championship and managed to win myself a $33 SCOOP ticket so i'm looking forward to playing that in may.

Im still playing on Betfair but donked off my roll, I got £6 in rakeback and currently have got it upto £30 but it is a grind.

The life of a low stakes player isn't exactly glamourous and im so far away from my target of 10k by the year end, still onwards and upwards :)

thadeas.

New Year, New Plan.

2010-01-09T03:03:00.000-08:00

Right for my first post of this year I am going to list some of my goals :

Poker Related.

To build a decent bankroll so that i can play midstakes (10k by the end of the year)
To play more live and hopefully qualifiy for WSOP 2010
To study the game more and hopefully this will result in better results
To top the P5's sorting table for my county.

Non Poker Related.

To move home
To improve my relationship status
To enjoy life more and get out and meet more people

All of the above is easily achieveable with alittle will power and the desire to improve.

thadeas.

Quick Update

2009-12-28T07:30:00.000-08:00

I haven't wrote on this blog for ages so this is a quick update to say that the year is comming to an end and one of my new year resolutions will be to write much more on here.

I've got other resolutions and I will post them at the start of january 2010.

Happy new year people.

thadeas.

R.I.P Vickie Goodsell

2009-07-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

This is just alittle post to say Rest In Peace to an old friend who I just managed to get back in touch with, we once were a little bit of a item but there were other circumstances that were the reason we really never got it going the way I wished we had. She was the one person in the last 10 years I wished I never lost touch with.

On the 8th of July 2009 Vickie passed away and i'm am deeply saddened by this, were had talked on the phone and arranged to meet-up which i was really looking forward to, I can't believe I won't get to see her again, my thoughts go out to her family and her son, I can't imagine what they are going through but one thing I do know is how sad this has made me.

Rest In Peace Vickie Goodsell, I Love ya. xxx

Quick update

2009-06-14T00:03:00.000-07:00

So ive played alittle, some on betfair and some on ladbrokes and made alittle money, Adam from P5's managed to get my Betfair account tagged to P5's and I now get 30-40% rakeback so weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I did however go on a bender and basically wiped out my bankroll on betfair playing blackjack so gg me but i've made some on ladbrokes and will redeposit to betfair.

thadeas.

BUSTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (nearly)

2009-05-23T12:04:00.000-07:00

So im nearly busto, i haven't stuck to anything i've wrote in the past and have nearly wiped out my bankroll in cash games, i wish i'd actually stick to what i say and really need to take a good hard look in the mirror.

I think part of my problem is jumping from site to site and not really getting a good feel for any specific place, so i'm going to have a home site where i will concentrate most of my play, i dont think in my current predicament that selecting pokerstars or full tilt would be wise so as of this moment my home site is................................................ Betfair Poker. I like the site and have in the past had some moderate success so as i have a positive attitude towards this site it will help in the long run.

I will also have a secondary site but im not exactly sure which it will be, im edging towards UltimateBet but im gonna think about it for a few days and see what site suits my current small bankroll.

Until the next time, take it easy and thanks for reading.

thadeas.

My new website

2009-04-13T07:25:00.000-07:00

I have created a new website which lists the takeaway food shops and restaurants in the town where I live, I've also included menu's for their products, we get so many menu's posted through our door and they mostly get chucked in the bin, so this website is sort of eco friendly version of the menu's.

visit it at : www.hungryhastings.com

thadeas.

My personal challenge

2009-04-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

So I know my blog hasn't been updated much and I jump from saying one thing in one post to another thing in another post and its all a bit crap really, i've decide to buckle down and get my shit together.

Here is my personal challenge, I have $40.15 in my BlueSQ account (ipoker site), im going to try and turn it into 1k playing sit'n'go's (this was inspired by the boku challenge) by the end of July 2009, i will start at the 0.50+0.10 full ring single tables and work my way up when I have around 45-50 buy-ins for each level, I will play 4-8 tables at a time. It's gonna be tuff going as I don't generally run well on that site but my fortune has gotta change sometime.

I am also trying to qualify for the WSOP ME through the steps on Absolute Poker, ive started right at the bottom step which is 10c+1 and currently have five step 2 tickets and another two for step 1, ive got 4 ish month's to do this, my account on AP sits at just over $31.

I'm really gonna concentrate on sit'n'go's and put some volume in, here's wishing me luck.

here's a screen shot of my BlueSQ account & Sharkscope before I start my challenge :

Many thanks for reading this.

thadeas.

Update needed...

2009-03-09T04:28:00.000-07:00

Here is just a quick update on my situation, through feb I didn't really play much, didn't seem to have any motivation or willing to play but now I have the fire in the belly back and am gonna spend alot of time at the tables.

Gonna keep a more updated blog aswell so hopefully I will get some decent results to write about.

The GRIND begins

2009-01-12T04:05:00.000-08:00

Well it's now 2009, I didn't have a good 2008 in poker as I basically lost loads of money through some stupid plays and being a little drunk whilst playing, it's not a good idea to mix poker and alcohol so its gonna change from now on.

Since my bankroll has been devestated I will have to go back to square one, the life of a micro-grinder here I come. For the next few months I will be playing the smallest games on Pokerstars and Betfair, this will be to build up my BR again and hopefully by the start of april I should be able to move up some levels but we will see what happens.

I will be playing sng's and mtt's, gotta stay away from the cash tables as I suck ass on those.

thadeas.

Bloggerments

2008-12-14T03:36:00.000-08:00

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Not Much......

2008-12-09T04:45:00.000-08:00

There hasn't been much to write about currently, i've not had any good cashes in any tornaments i've played and I lost money on the cash tables so its looking bleak, still it's poker so it could all change very quickly.

Sad News : William Hill is moving from cryptologic network which is going to cease operations and become a member of boss network, WillHill will move to the ipoker network which as i've already stated i'm now dubiase about so no more play on WillHill for me then. SunPoker is also going onto ipoker from cryptologic so its even worse news, sorry.

Going to see my daughter to day so it aint all bad.

thadeas.

Is online poker rigged?

2008-11-24T04:27:00.000-08:00

I've read loads of posts on major forums saying how online poker is rigged, most have just been badbeats and the players are basically venting their frustrations. Online poker has had a rough time this last year or so, with the Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet superuser scandals and the use of BOTS on Full Tillt it is very clean that online poker can be rigged or people can cheat.

The reason I bring this up is that I have my suspicions of something thats not completely legitimate on the ipoker network, the other day I was playing a points buy-in tornament on the VC Poker skin, now this is gonna just sound like a badbeat but from the start of the game it felt like the cards were being dealt against me, for instance I would be in the big blind with KQ off, two players limp in and we see the flop, it would be something like A 10 4 rainbow, yeah sure I could chase the draw but I just got this feeling it would never hit. This situation came up about 3 or 4 times in the first 30min and it seemed it was destined to make me go broke, well i resisted the urge to chase the draws and then boom I get dealt AA, someone with half the size of my stack shoves pre-flop everyone else fold so I call, he shows something like 22 and obv hits a 2 so he takes half my chips, then 1 hand later I get dealt KK, someone shoves who just about has me covered, everyone else folds and I call as im now short stacked, yet again they hit some ridiculous card to send me out.

This sort of thing has happened loads to me on both of the ipoker skins I use (not at the same time so no multi-accounting), this has made me question the network and withdraw all of the funds I had on there, it is a real shame as ipoker was one of the first networks i started on.

Im not saying it is rigged, I could be just having some god awful bad luck but I think i'll take a break from ipoker and see how I feel in the new year.

On a better note, i'm playing lots more on PokerStars and loving every minute of it so it aint all bad.

thadeas.

Big Mistake!!!

2008-10-30T04:25:00.000-07:00

First off gotta say Congrats to my best mate Paul, he and his loverly girlfriend Bridget have had a baby girl called Scarlett on tuesday morning.

So to celebrate the birth we did exactly what we should have, we went and got pissed, we started off at the sea anglers club but after acouple hours we went to the Imperial pub,.

this is where the mistake happens, the Imperial run the Hastings Poker League (http://www.localpokerleagues.co.uk) and have a nice table, I shout my mouth off about how good at poker I am and boom before I know it alittle £5 game starts with 5 runners, my mate Paul goes out first (he's not good at all) then I bust a guy called Wayne to leave us 3 handed and me chip leader. Well what happens next just sucked, I'm first to act so I 3 bet, get called by Scottie and Amanda (she runs the pub), flop is J 6 2 rainbow, I have QK of clubs and I shove, Scottie folds and Amanda calls, she shows 10 6 ofsuit (wtf), well I dont improve my hand so I get crippled, I went out in third after another shove. I made myself look like a right mug but in my defense I was proper shit faced but I still cant see how Amanda calls with pair of sixes on the flop when I represent a big hand and it was for her torney life.

Had a cold since then so no action on virtual tables.

My daughters 10th birthday is sunday (Nov 2nd) but I wont see her so I gave her the presents yesterday (weds), she was chuffed and its always nice to spend time with her.

That is all for now.

thadeas.

Dual Monitors

2008-10-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

I've just setup up a second monitor on my computer, I felt it was time to get more serious and stick to sng's to build my bankroll, its really weird having to screens to look, hopefully now is the time to get some decent bankroll and results under my belt.

thadeas.

Party Time

2008-10-07T08:37:00.000-07:00

PartyPoker has had a much needed update and I must say so far it's looking good, I don't normally play party much but they gave me a nice bonus and i've already doubled it, also any scores I get in MTT's is tracked by P5's so its a win win situation for me.

Ladbrokes will be holding the LEOCOP 4 later this month, I hopefully will play acouple events and see how I do.

thadeas.

Blue SQ can SMD!

2008-09-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

So ive played a few sng's on Blue SQ (ipoker skin), every time I get my cards in ahead I seem to lose the hand, I have had pocket Aces, Kings and Queens cracked time after time, I hate that site.

I would post hand histories but unfortunately ipoker sites have the worst hand histories and you basically cant get them in a semi-decent language.

end of rant.

thadeas.

Recent activity

2008-09-08T04:42:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for the whole month of August, damn I need to get off my lazy ass.

I've been playing mostly at LadbrokesPoker, dunno why really I just have been. It's been going badly, my goal is to take down the daily $3 Rebuy $2.5k GTD but havent even made the money as of yet and had some really dissapointing games. Last night from 366 players and 40 places paid I finished in 59th, the only good thing was that I hadn't done a rebuy and completely forgot to do the add-on so I basically got away with just the buy-in. I'M GONNA TID SOON!

Not much else to say really, I'm gonna choose another site to play once I work out which torneys are good for my bankroll and the start time which cater for me then I will basically just play that site and Laddies and thats that.

see ya

thadeas.

Hows it been going?

2008-07-30T02:59:00.000-07:00

On sunday i played a session which was 6 torneys in total, 2 were on stars and kept getting rivered by the worst hand so nothing there. The other 4 torneys were on Blue SQ Poker which is on the ipoker network, 3 of them were brutal and got nothing but I did managed to get 30th in the 12.5k GTD which gave me a little profit for the day and I was fairly happy with how I played overall.

I havent played since and probably wont until Thursday, because of my 30th finish I got more ranking points on P5's and now am only 61 points from being the top ranked player in my town so im gonna make a run at it and hopefully get it done by the end of the weekend.

Gonna see my daughter today, she has been away for a week on holiday in rome with my ex-inlaws, i hope she had a nice time and am really looking forward to seeing her as its been two weeks since i last did.

thadeas.

Running Bad. Depressed and Fucked Off.

2008-07-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

Dunno whats up at the moment, just cant seem to do anything right or always seem to get outdrawn by the worst hand, its absolutely brutal. I think I may need to look at a few things with my game, I also think I should do what I was always meant to do, which is to stop playing cash games altogether and only play the odd few mtt's but concentrate the majority of my play with sng's.

So from this day forward i'm a sng grinder, will always mix in some mtt's to spice it up abit but sng's is the way to go (or in this case the way not to go broke so quickly).

I think I will start on PS and also on Everest and see how I get on. Wish me good luck as i'm deff gonna need it.

thadeas.

Super Monkey Tilt

2008-06-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

The last few days have been very harsh, i've been so card dead its unbelieveable, i've been playing a load on the cryptlogic network which i have done fairly good in the past but for some reason the last four days have been horific.

I have played about twenty tornaments and not been dealt a pocket pair higher than 9's in them and the one time i did get K's I was short stacked with about 980 chips and in the big blind which was 100, a guy utg+1 raises to 450 and everyone else folds, I thought it's a good time to shove so I did, he shows A 10 offsuit, flop come 7 3 J raindow board, turn comes a 9, river comes a 8 and he has the straight to wipe me out of the tornament, what the fuck is going on.

I've tried chasing my losses and had absolutely shit luck so i'm done for acouple days to get my head back in order.

In July i'm gonna press hard to qualify for the WSOPE 2008 on BetFair so watch this space for updates.

thadeas.

p.s. visit www.ukpokertalk.co.uk for a good UK orientated poker forum.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

2008-06-13T03:10:00.001-07:00

The Good :

So here's a update of my recent activity, on thursday 5th I took down a 10c 360 player sit'n'go and a $1 9 man sit'n'go on poker stars for a combined cash of just over $12 (such high stakes lol), then I fired up william hill and entered a $10 head hunter which had and ended up winning it for $347 which was $225 for first place and $122 in collected heads so was not a bad run.

The Bad & The Ugly :

After sinking a few largers whilst playing in these torneys and then sinking a few more in celebration I chilled out watching TV for a hour or so, then in my slightly pissed condition I decided to fire up william hill and play the cash tables, I went on to $1/$2 with $200 and managed to lose it after getting it up to $280.

After that loss i moved down a few stakes to the 25c/50c tables and lost around $30 before calling it quits, so my $347 is now about $120, I quickly cashed out the rest as I knew if I left it I would just donk it off. Just to make it clear The Bad = playing poker whilst drunk and The Ugly = me shout abscenities at my computer when I lost the money. GG me.

Since then I have managed to play some cash games on Full Tilt and Party which both have produce a little profit, I also played a cash table on Ladbrokes and managed to win 5 times my buy in which I consider to be not too bad.

I've also qualified for the end of month 20k torney on ClubBluff and am in the Pocket Fives freeroll on the 14th June on UltimateBet.

thadeas.

FTP & Bodog MSOP

2008-06-04T05:49:00.000-07:00

So I was planning on playing the $10+1 events on both sites, played my first one on FTP last night and finished 279th with 189 places paid and a field of over 1800. I was expecting to play the Bodog version tonight but as a typical euro donk I didnt work out the times properly and it actually was played last night aswell, I didnt play it so my entry just got blinded out. gg me.

I've decided not to play anymore of theses events on Bodog as the start times just aint any good for me.

I've signed up to Bluff Magazines online poker room ClubBluff, it's using UltimateBet software and I like it, i'm really just using it to warm up for torneys and practice abit, if i end up getting some value out of it then thats all the better.

On a personal level i'm picking my daughter up from school today, I always look forward to seeing her but dont look forward to doing some of the stuff she wants to do, she runs rings around me lol.

thadeas.

not going to Vegas!

2008-05-19T04:37:00.000-07:00

I played the poker verdict freeroll WSOP game last night, it started with 166 runners and had a rebuy of $10, I think I played very well and didn't make too many mistakes, i ended up finishing 3rd for a small amount of change but I didn't rebuy at all so cost me absolutely nothing.

The other part of the story is that when I started the torney I was in the pub on my laptop, but since the pub closed at 11 and i was still in the game I had to do a disconnect jump in my car and get home to continue, i had 83k when i left the pub on the final table and was sitting in second position out of 8, when I got home I had 71k and was still second so it wasnt too bad and then shortly after i doubled up and was chip leader with 4 people left.

Overall a good game and had a good night playing poker against mates in the pub, could have done with a trip to vegas thou lol.

thadeas.

Recent Activity

2008-05-14T04:25:00.000-07:00

Well I've play alittle recently with nothing worth writing about, I did get a 3rd in a torney on will hill last night which was nice as I haven't played there much and it was always a favorite of mine as it was one of the first sites i played when starting with online poker (the other being BlueSQ).

I've taken a small percentage of someone playing in a FTOPS event so we will se how that works out, hopefully he will cash and send a few bucks my way. GL Fildy!

I'm gonna concentrate on earning p5 ranking point's, i have a few but need to buckle down if i'm gonna reach my goal of being the highest ranked player in my Town/Area. Gonna be playing the 20k Gtd $5 rebuy's on PokerRoom and some torneys on Stars.

Personally life is pretty much the same, an ex girlfriend of mine from acouple years ago contacted me via Facebook, we had a really bad break-up so was very surprised to hear from her, we exchanged messages a few times and she even asked me to come around her flat for a drink and something extra. She was a good girl but a complete nutter so I will never be going back down that path. lol.

thadeas.

Running OK!

2008-05-05T04:11:00.000-07:00

Last couple of days i've been running ok, I played some cash tables on FTP and managed to triple my original stake, then I played a 45 man sng and after a brutal hand about 5 mins into the game which left me with only 210 chips I managed to fight my way back and end up finishing second.

I played a torney on stars with over 3000 players, I shouldn't really have played in it but I didn't manage to un-reg in time and I didn't want to waste money so I played. I ended up finishing 41st which is my best result in a torney with that many players, wasn't alot of money but I was really happy with the way I played.

I'm feeling confident in my game at the moment so bring it on!

thadeas.

p.s. more ranking points weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Ranking Points

2008-04-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

I've finally managed to cash (very small) in a larger field tornament (1300+ players) on Pokerstars, this has meant that I got some ranking points on PocketFives. I set myself a goal for 2008 which was to become the highest ranked player in my home town and surrounding area according to p5's tornament rankings so i'm finally on my way.

I've had some good micro limit cash games lately on both Pokerstars and Ladbrokes and overall my bankroll in on the up and up.

thadeas.

If I only had a brain...

2008-03-25T01:15:00.000-07:00

Well I havent posted for awhile and im going to make sure that I post more regularly.

I havent played much poker at all recently except a few sit'n go's which havent gone well, yesterday was a bank holiday so I decided to go up my local club and have a couple beers.

I ended up meeting my dad in there and getting pissed which leads me to the title of this post because after my dad left I decided it would be a good idea to get the laptop out and play some poker, you know where this is going, I loaded up PokerStars and hit the cash tables, within 20mins I busted my bankroll and am now left with just over $1 in my account, good game me.

I have brought Sit'n Go Strategy by Collin Moshman (he also coaches on stoxpoker) so i'm gonna read that this week and hope that it gives me some enthusiasm to play sng's and steer clean of the bloody cash tables.

thadeas.

BlueSQ river shite...

2008-02-22T03:32:00.000-08:00

Over the last few days i've been playing alot of MTT's, there was this tornament on BlueSQ last night called Once in a Blue Moon, I read about it a few days ago and thought it would be good value to play so I deposited on BlueSQ (dunno why as I run soooooooooo bad on there) and registered for the torney.

In the last few days I played a few freerolls on BSQ and had no success, I always lose on the river card, it's so standard for me now on there. Yesterday morning I played a irish masters qualifier and got to the final table, 5 places got a seat, after acouple of lucky chand I got down to final six players, I had K10 off and was in sb with only utg+1 the only caller so I 3 bet raise, bb folds and the utg+1 calls, flop comes 4 K J so I shove all-in and the guy calls, his cards were J6 off, turn comes 8 and then the bloody river a 6 so I bust out on the bubble.

That put me on tilt and throu the whole day the river killed me, then I get to the Once in a blue moon torney with 591 players and $3000 added to prize pool, less than 15 minutes in I bust out holding AK against 44, two over cards and not one hit the community cards, bloody BlueSQ, I wont be playing on there again.

thadeas.

p.s. please check out www.ukpokertalk.co.uk, its a up and comming forum and i'm a moderator. Also for the might Aston Villa fans check out www.wearevilla.co.uk and once again i'm a moderator.

Weekend VOODOO!

2008-02-11T06:26:00.000-08:00

I never seem to be able to play good poker at the weekends, it's always been a bad time for me and I can't put my finger on why. It might be that more players are on during the weekend so I get sucked out on more, or it could be that coz it's the weekend I might have had one too many stella's and my judgement is impaired, I dunno what it is but weekends suck for me at poker.

I got 64th out of 160 players in the NPP weekly 5k torney for $0 in money. I also had a shocking run on Blue SQ in sng's and didn't manage a money place in any of them. Lost on UB aswell so the whole weekend was a blowout.

thadeas.

Goodtimes at VC Poker

2008-02-07T14:02:00.000-08:00

As the title says its Goodtimes at VC Poker, I have played on a couple different ipoker/playtech sites and never done anything on them but for some strange reason i'm going well on VC Poker (touch wood). I basically have increased my initial deposit to 4 times the size in the month of January and the first few days of Feb so it's going to plan.

I have also had some little cash increases on Ladbrokes which has always seemed to be a good site for me so that is just is normal.

I've decided to cashout from Pacific Poker, I just don't seem to be getting to grips with it, I don't know if it's the software or the layout or even the players but I have the feeling that if I continue to play on there I will continue to lose so i'm cutting my loses and running.

thadeas

Johnny Black Freeroll

2008-01-29T05:51:00.000-08:00

The guys at UK Poker Talk (http://www.ukpokertalk.co.uk/) have setup a $50 freeroll tonight on Johnny Black Poker. Just goto UK Poker Talk and scroll down to the Johnny Black thread and follow the instructions.

Just came second in only my second 45 man sng on stars (the first i won), weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

So far this year...

2008-01-28T09:47:00.000-08:00

I hadn't really played much poker recently and didn't really want to, friday (25th jan) I decided to knuckle down and play awhile and I had some ok results. I got a 5th and 8th in 180 man sit'n'go's on full tilt, I won a 45 man sit'n'go on pokerstars & played alittle cash game on ladbrokes.

The cash game was funny as I got onto a table and there was this guy who basically was gobbing off at people and calling them fish and donkeys, my second hand I played against him I won a few dollars, he started to go off on one telling me how bad I played. I said fine lets play heads-up for whatever he has on that site, he tried to give me some line about waiting untill midnight so he could put more on, I didn't go for it and said just play with what you have now, turns out he only had like $40, I went onto a HU table and told him I was waiting, he joined the table and said "let's do this fish" so first hand he was big blind and i had 22, i raised 3 times the blind he went all-in, I called, I know it was a stupid thing to do but I had a couple of drinks and was playing just for a laugh, I dunno what he had but I hit a 2 on the turn for trips and he went busto, guess that shut him up. lol.

No good results for the weekend or so far today (mon 28th), hopefully will put some scores in soon.

Thadeas.

First post of 2008

2008-01-03T06:12:00.000-08:00

So the new year is here and I have set myself some new goals, first goal is to move home, second goal is to travel abit more and third is to study more about the game we love POKER.

lets see how the year pans out...

In the beginning...

2007-12-11T15:03:00.000-08:00

This is my first entry into my blog so I suppose it's only right to start off with details about myself.

My name is Thadeas and I live in Hastings which is on the south coast in the UK, my age at the time of writing this is 34, I'm 5.1" tall and have brown hair with hazel eyes. I am single (divorced), I have a 9 year old daughter who is the apple of my eye and I see her about twice a week.

I would class myself as a Entrepreneur but tend to keep my business dealings within the IT field althou I am looking into other opportunities, I am also a keen Internet Poker player and so far have varying results.

I won't give everything about me away now as I wouldn't know where to start but over time this blog will help you build a bigger picture of me and my life.

Thanks for reading

Thadeas.