A Blog On Poker

So poker has being going okay recently, this month as a whole has been decent, had a good run and bad run.At start of the month i was really up in the cash games mostly on Betfair i was playing but then i hit a few bad beats on the river to have a few losing sessions.I had 5 losing sessions in a row and these had been in the first in a month and a half.I had 3 river bad beats and the other 2 sessions i just did not pick up a hand so basically was a little under my buy in on them.Over the weekend i have played a few and have had a few winning sessions again.

Last night cash game was really good, i was going to playing for 2.5 hours so i bought in for my usual max buy in $20 at $0.10/0.20 stakes on Betfair.I was down a bit at first as i had pockets queens and guy had trips, thankfully i did not lose too much and soon after caught a straightto get me up to $25.SO at the table we had a loose aggressive players, he wasn't that good but he was running really really good, then we had to 2 solid guys at the table, then a tight player and then a fish.I actually go into conversation with the fish, he was quite poor not the worst fish i have seen.I had a nut flush draw on flop and he pushed so i called and caught flush on river, he said 'your a joke' but he was joking around i mean he had top pair and on that board it was an obvious call, but he was more of a sports betting guy so we where just discussing that before he lost his rebuy and left the table.So a guy came in who was quite a poor player, he got too caught up in top pairs and stuff.So i was now up $15 which was okay for 2 hours, but the last half an hour was amazing.A girl came to the table, she bought in for $7 so i already thought sweet, she was on tilt a little too she re raised a lot and people folded.So she re raised me and i just put her on crap tbh so i thought i was slightly ahead and i reraised her all in she called with k 7 and i had pockets twos.We both caught a diamond flush on the turn with hers being a 7 i had double her up.I said to myself i will get that back very soon off her.And that is exactly what i done.I wasn't out to get it back quickly i just knew the way she was playing i had a great chance, i am glad i called that hand as jmy read was correct and it helped me know what she would push with.So not long later she raises and i re raise her with AK, i knew i had her beat she pushed i called, she had AJ so i was in great shape to take all her money at the table.The ace arrived so we both ahd top pair with my kicker being better, she rebought i was really glad that happened, the other quite poor player lost a handso he rebought also but i did not get into many hands with him.But right after the girl rebought im, i had AK suited, she min raises the guy to my right re calls, i re raises to $2 and they both call, the flop comes A 6 K with 2 hearts on board, so i had two pair but the flush draw was out there for someone so i had to make a move fast i put out a bet, the girl re raises, the other guy folds, i push all in and she calls, she had 8 A, the turn comes J and river another J so i won all her money again, she rebought for $20 the max buy also, she then rebought for another $20 and really on tilt this time, some other got the best of her and he was up to $81, i had just left with $61.20, a profit of $40.20, i won nearly all my money coming from that girl on tilt.I was happy with the table i was on as me and the other 2 good players we just kept out of each others way most of time unless we both had a hand and we played.The loose aggressive guy got caught out a few times, he was up to $51 and thne back down to $15 and then away up again, he was running good but he won most of his chips earlier, i got a little off him but we didn't get into a big hand all night.A nice little profit there

I played my dad heads up on saturday there, he doesn't have the mathematical skill and knowledge to understand pot odds and implied pot odds but he mixes it up really well and is hard to read.is problem he has though is he finds it hard to fold top pairs and sometimes middle pairs, it was a good game, i won when i hit trip kings and he bluffed all in.

Been watching wsope which has been enjoyable.I think the whole Hellmuth entrances are great for the game and it should be encouraged.After all poker is a sport imo.Also been watching a few online games on Full Tilt.Now this Isildur guy btw folks is playing on Betfair trying to work his way back up after losing like 4-5 mil, he was beating everyones ass as well but we all knew it was going to happen sooner or later, he was playing above his bankroll which is just stupid.When people who start to get serious about the game they play abover their bankroll go broke and then quickly realize, i have went broke twice like 2 years ago and then went out and bought books and quickly learned bankroll management, you are really setting yourself up to have a 99.7% chance of not going broke.I think thought that the whole Brian Hastings and Brian Townsead incident was out of order if Full Tilt issued those rules to pros and they go against it.I think the suspension of Brian Townshead was very fair.I have nearly finished reading Mike Matusow book for 2nd time, it is mostly aimed at young poker players but anyone can still read it, great book ! Time to watch a few episodes of HIgh Stakes Poker on pokertube