The Losing Streaks At Cash Games

Well you know you can't win win win and not lose, it doesn't work like that unless your Patrik Antonius of course lol.Yeah well had a really good start to March in the first week and then 2nd week made a little bit of profit but the last week has been a real bad one.I just haven't been getting good cards and have been put in difficult decisions.All the coin flips have not went in my favour.I only made profit two of the days this week and i had to put hard work into them.I also misclicked my mouse with Pocket Aces to fold, how the hell i done it i dunno but after that i ended my session a bit earlier than planned as i just didn't feel it was correct to play afterwards.So March i am still up but i need to start winning again to build my roll up for next level.I have the bankroll to play the next level but i don't want to play with out a bit more cushioned on as it is a fair jump.I am confident my turn of luck will change in the coming week ahead.I will be playing on Monday again and i just have to keep playing my A game to the best of my ability and focus on winning.Losing is part of the game too though so you just have to be prepared for when you have a few losing sessions in a row.I am enjoying the challenge of playing 6 Max NL, it is a game where you have to be aggressive at certain situations more over a full ring game.

Well just to add the song 'Telephone' by Lady Gaga and Beyonce is super good

What's Going On ?

Been thinking about this, i mean i haven't bought an xbox game in absolute ages so in April i sometime i am either going to buy NBA 10 or Madden 10, a kind of tough one as both games look a killer to play but i will have to base it on price and any special stuff each game holds but i do look forward to playing one, i might buy the other later on in the year as well.I have had previous games of them and i really love some of the things you can do on them like 1 v 1 in NBA and Madden as a good Franchise setup, i like the part where you can manage and play the team.All good fun.

I am going to see Avatar in a few weeks if it is still out at cinema.This film looks like one i would really enjoy and it has been while since i when to cinema.I love the fact that thye spent loads on the whole making of the movie.It has to be seen on 3D though, just a waste of time going to see it on 2D.I know that it is a long movie, maybe round a bout the length of the first Lord Of The Rings but i really enjoy going to the long movies just as long as i have nothing to do that day.Let's hope it is still out !

The fitness is going good, just doing all mu usual stuff and including my putting which going okay, maybe need to put a little more into that.My wii sports coaching has been good, i really feel the workouts on that are tough and improving my body.The coach reccommends different workouts each session ranging from cardio to flexibility to upper body.I enjoy them all, they are challenging but worthwhile imo.I feel better by doing them already and that has only been a few weeks.I have been guided to do 3 45 mins workout sessions which is okay i guess.I also am going to get more into b-ball out the back over the summer.I have a really good hoop out the back garden and i remember last summer i just went out in the morning or during the day asnd just shoot hoops for about an hour or 2, i enjoy that so going to be starting that in the next month or two.

RIP Corey Haim

Yeah was sad news the other day when 80's actor Corey Haim died only aged 38.Their seems to be too many actors dying young these days due to stuff like drugs and that.We do not know yet if he died of a overdose at his mums home who is suffering from cancer or if he died from the flu he was ill from for the last bit of his life.Corey has had a lot of problems with drugs which is sad cause he only started taking cannabis in the set of 'The Lost Boys', he said he smoked a joint there and then later years that led to cocaine which leads to crack.He also took valium which started with 1 and went to 85 he quoted which is a hell of a lot, i dunno how he survived that.But i mean it is just sad that he died so young, i know his best friend another actor named Corey Feldman told him to clean up or he wasn't speaking to him until he did so i think they drifted apart the last few years but they were always best friends.I hope some young people learn from Corey, this may help someone esle out there.I was a big fan of his movies and i know he could not handle the fame, he was a extremely nervous person which he says led to his drugs and stuff.I am going to search youtube just now to hear Corey Feldman on Larry King show talking bout his death.I am going to watch a few more of his movies when i can, i already watched 'The Lost Boys' the other day, i love that film and will try to watch more of his movies soon.

If You Can't Beat Micro Limit Cash Game You Can't Beat Higher

Well i think 90% of the time this is the case.If you can't beat these really small micro stakes cash games you can probably say you won't be able to beat higher.I have moved from 1c/2c up to 25c/50c.I do not play at 25c/50c just now cause i am happy making profit at 10c/20c but i have the bankroll to play at 25c/50c.Now i am going to play a small bit next month of it to see what it is like but mostly will still be playing 10c/20c.There is quite a gap between both as one is at the top end of micro and the other is moving up to low limits.It also has grinders like myself in it more whereas 10c/20c are really soft, saying that though there will still be lots of fish at any low limit cash games.I am not big on given loads of tips out but here is a few obvious ones for playing micro that all the books and magazines suggest

1) bring max to table as it means you can put pressure on shorter stack opponents and let's you not take gambles
2) try to value bet more as a lot of these players will be playing to the river with middle pair and such
3) Rarely bluff as most of these players can't get away from hands easily

Yeah just a few small tips there but i agree with Ivey on that case, you can't take tips in but you can't use everything, you have to think about your own things, different things work differently for everyone

Yeah well i was also at dentist this morning.I only had to get my teeth scaled.Not had a filling in years.I must be looking after my teeth

Gossip Girl

So really close now to finishing season 2 of the tv show 'Gossip Girl'.The show has been a big hit in America and now is getting bigger and bigger over here.It is basically about a rich neighbourhood in Manhattan which has a host of different types of characters.Now Gossip Girl who you never see is a kind of spy of posts the latest news up on an interent thing, so she really starts all the rumours about people.I have really enjoyed watching the past 2 seasons, i only have 2 episodes left in season 2 and look forward to watching season 3.Oh this might get you interested in it, Lady Gaga appears in season 3.I leave you with a few twitter pages of some of the cast of the show that i found

Leighton Meester - @itsmeleighton
Ed Westwick - @EdWestwickk
Blake Lively - @Officiallively
Chace Crawford - @TheChaceCrawford
Taylor Momsen - @taylormomsen

A Brief One

The cash games on Betfair this week have went fairly good, had a really bad losing day on Tuesday with a few bad beats and dropped around $75 but overall been a good week, especially today where i picked up the straight flush and some guy was slightly on tilt after i had already taken his stack of $45 considering i lost a rebuy when he played pocket queens terribly so i won huge pot there, but anyway overall am up on profit just under $100 this week and will play a little tomorrow but not much

Yeah also watching WSOPE Final Table on Pokertube, is really enjoyable and a lot of great players at the table.I look forward to watching the NBC Heads Up Championship which is currently going on now.

I havn't played Gears of War 2 in a good while but i kind of feel the need to play it again, should do over the weekend.I am a master on chainsaw so just to let you all know you have been warned, the guns well they are out the picture for me lol

An Update on Lifestyle

So sleeping schedule has been going good, i always get recommended but not over and not under which makes me feel really fresh and alert.I usually go during the week at 21:45 to 05:20 and at weekends i go later.It seems to help playing poker when your mind needs to be really alert.I have been playing the cash games as usual mostly on Betfair.This morning i was up on profit but this afternoon was a kind of disaster, not losing money wise i lost the min considering a few bad beats but people talk about nosebleed stakes, well during playing in a cash game in the afternoon i literally had a nosebleed lol.The game had a guy on tilt so it already had a couple on the waiting list so it took a while to get in and then a while after i have a nosebleed and was sat out for while obviously.Oh well i only lost a slight amount, dropped a few dollars but the profit in the morning made up for it, every day is another day.I have a rough guide of how much i expect to make but don't get too caught up in it, just play the cards and players and see what happens, especially with Nl Hold Em it is fairly high varience game.A few memorable hands where when i sat down and 2 guys where all in with my 3rd hand at the table.Aces over kings and guy with aces hit trips for monster pot.Think it was $31.65 he won.Another hand that was weird was guy on tilt pushes i have ace queen so decide to call as i had him covered and as he was tilting, he flips over 10 8 and he hits a 10 on flop, kinda suck but then he actually had a good hand with pocket jacks and i called as he was on tilt still with pocket sixes.I hit quads on flop, that was a big hand for me so i sent the man packing, he still rebought for another a few and then told the railbirds he was off to sleep lol.A few fish out there so got to keep game selection good.Their is still a few good players at 0.10/0.20 but most are average or fish, you can usually tell about someone briefly from their buy in to the table.I will just need to keep playing and learning

A side note on poker, when i have had the chance i have been watching WSOPE and High Stakes poker.HSP is really good and i must say Tom Dwan has really really impressed me on these shows, he can pull bluffs off really well which is difficult thing to do.Hellmuth and the Norwegian guy lost their buy in and Daniel nearly lost his but him and Dwan ran it twice and he caught a 9 on river to give him trips so split pot, Dwan had pocket queens and Negreanu had 7 9 suited and had middle pair on flop and backdoor straight.Now and then i still watch the nosebleed stakes on Full Tilt, God these guys really have huge downswings and upswings, PLO is a higher varience than NLHE and espceially at the stakes they play like 300/600 along those lines, you should watch it cause it is entertaining.MY top 5 in the game right now online would be Cole South Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey(when he is ever on) Patrik Antonious and Phil Galfond, i think Zigmund has too much swings and plays above his bankroll, isildur is a really good player but again bankroll is out the question, tbh a lot of these guys are playing above their level, even Gus Hansen should handle his bankroll better !

Apart from that played a PES Event last week and made Quarter Finals which was okay.I moved up a lot of places so i was at 123rd ranked but now this week 126, not too far off top 64 now, i am confident i will make the Grand Finals again.I go up the park 5 days a week with my dog, well not really a park a rugby field, i do not go at weekends due to teams playing matches but it is nice a quiet during the week and i really enjoy going.I run for a while too so giving me some exercise and the dog.Loads of space, pretty cool for Charley, she loves going.