General

Recently my poker stories, have really been just lessons.
I am learning more and more and growing with every hand run down.
If I was playing with profesionals, then I could play a more refinded game however, I will continue to get donked out. Why I ask....
If I knew I would not be writing this post.
Some times I just feel like a fish
note: see picture

Friday Night Poker

This week I decided last minute to play a heads up game against Mike. Mike mentioned we should try to get some more guys, and after the calling was done we got one more with Randy "Crippler" making the event a three way match.
We started with I beleive 5000 in chips.
It was clearly evident that the cards were just mot gonna come out for me this night, so I relied on some pre flop raising 3x the big blind at any level of the blinds and if I got called and missed my flop i would just fold.
The Crippler went out fairly early giving Mike quite the chip lead so I was getting bullied, and really no cards to fight back with pre-flop.
This really gave me no chance and Mike won the first match fairly easily.
I would love to post some hands, bu there really was none that I could convey, so I won't
Hot off the press, I just got outed in the Poker Stars Free roll Blogger tournament.
I lost second hand in when I had 9 J offsuit and the turn came up with one J. I figured if he has something better the I'm done and that is just what happened. He had QQ, and they held up. Oh well will try next year...

Online Bonus and General Rants....

A fellow Canadian Poker Forum member PMed me about this bonus at Pacific Poker. He gets a referal fee and whom ever signs up gets up to 50 dollars in bonus'. Sounds like the standard bonus that you see across the board at different online sites but there is an additional 25 dollar bonus bringing it to 75 dollars. If anyone is interested let me know so I can pass this you along offer.
Personally I prefer Stars as it has a nice layout.
Looks like Saturday Night Poker will shape up with our usual suspects. I cannot wait to play the live games. It always so much fun.
The wife is having a yard sale on Saturday, so I'll be busy most of the day....plus I need some poker money anyway, lol like I'll ever see that money.
I wish I could win more, but just playing is not that bad too....

Good run of cards.....

Well, this week end I had a good run of cards online. I have played in a couple of SNG's and had done very well.
I'm starting to get a little bit better as now I'm starting to keep some of the money(withdrawing it).
I have recently applied to Stars' blogger freeroll, which U will see at the bottom of this page.
Lets hope I get picked, and wish me luck.
Work was crazy this week with the temps. reaching over 30 dgrees, so as you could imagine I was busy fixing A/C's.
I think this week I'll take a break for cards, and resume next week when we have our live Saturday Night Poker Series matches.

Friday Night, Heads Up...

Well, last night Mike and I played some heads up NL Hold em. Starting stakes were 7000 blinds every 15 mins. Second hand in Mike holds pocket Aces they crack to my set of Queens, two of which were from the board. We go back and forth with the stacks, when with about 3k I move all-in with Ace King.Mike calls and shows 99, oh boy I think...Flop is all rags, Turn another rag, I'm drawing to an Ace or King now. Wouldn' t you know it, I hit my King on the River.
I squeak out and win Heads Up match one, later, deep in the blind stucture.
Match two was a much looser stlye of a game and Mike won this one. In the final hand I have 36 o and flop two pair. I raise 300 and Mike calls. Turn was an Ace. Scarry since the st8 was shaping up but with that in mind I just checked letting Mike catch up. River is a 7, I figure if has has a 4, well good for him. Im all-in Mike shows his 4,and we talk about how we I could have played that better.All in all pretty good experience points an account Mike and I have really played Heads Up against each other before.
Now I don't want to give up all my tricks now.....