Bored

Well my sky has been cut off so i can no longer watch repeats of Top Gear on Dave :-((

My friend has said i can use his account on Mansion on the Ipoker network. I didn't like this platform at first but have adjusted it slightly and it's alright. Been playing $5 double up sit and goes mainly just for a bit of a laugh..

It's snowy in east anglia today so am snowed in... Who needs sky movies anyway when the empire strikes back is on ITV

*yawns*

xx

My Crime....

Well i've been talking about concequences of what i've done and the message i got from cashbiatch on my previous post tells me i should say what i've done and then it may give people a better idea of the situation i'm in. It's funny i'm really ashamed of what it is which is why i tend not to mention it to people, but here goes...

My life was going really well up until January 07. I had a good job working for an american corporation, new house with my partner Kirsty who i loved dearly, poker going well though that isn't important and then this happened:

(3rd post down "Change")

http://united113-pokerblog.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

Everything went downhill for me there really and didn't really notice it happening. I started going out more and got in with the wrong crowd and got into drugs. Over a long period of time work was getting badly affected and i was spending stupid amounts of money and alienating friends and family. It got to the stage in august when i was arrested in edinburgh with a load of class A on me and am now on bail pending trial. I told work exactly what had happened and they let me resign before they sacked me. I'm now in so much debt that i will be made bankrupt in the next few months and lose my house. I'm in regular councelling sessions trying to get to the bottom of why this all happened.

It's strange really, the charge is serious but i'm getting good character references, as it IS out of character. Everyone is saying they can't believe how i managed to get myself into this, i can't either, but that doesn't stop me from feeling that i've let everyone down, it's hardly a conversation you want to have with your mum is it??

I told my ex before she emigrated to Australia with her new boyfriend who she met whilst we were still together and after 8 years together she is refusing to do a single A4 page character reference as is her family. I would understand if i'd done anything wrong but i didn't, she left me for someone else..

So i have no money at the moment, which is why i need work. I don't know when i'll be in court, They have a year to prosecute so anytime up to august. I wish it was tommorrow i just want it over and done with.

It's funny, i've been going over my archives, i went through a stage of not playing and now i can't win at $1 heads up sit and go's!! Have i got really bad? Has the standard improved? Or i just not in the right place at the moment to be playing? I expect the latter... these posts in my archive cheered me up a bit though, i could do with the same now!!

http://united113-pokerblog.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html

Top two posts here, didn't end up going to the WSOP just took the $4k.. should have done really i doubt they'll let me in the states now..

http://united113-pokerblog.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

xx

I forgot this one.... !!

http://united113-pokerblog.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html

No Bankroll

Well i haven't a bank roll anymore... I don't like full tilt i've decided. Come to think of it i wish i had deposited onto Virgin, i feel more confortable there.I know in theory they're all the same but you do get attached to certain sites and i like Virgin. It's soon to be leaving boss for its own platform so it'll be interesting to see what it's like...

In personel terms, i signed on last week so am now getting £60 a week thats getting paid straight into my mums account as it'll be eaten up in mine. It's actually a sad state of affairs that i'm actually thinking about stacking shelves on a night shift in tesco when a month ago i was earning 36k with a brand new BMW company car, but I will get a high vis jacket at tesco..

I spoke to a couple of friends, one who owns a ham factory in Norwich that might have temporary work. I could have got a job with another friend who managers a branch of a finance office but you need to pass a credit check which i won't... I thought about getting bar work but my councellor said that wasn't a good idea..

I think my solicitor will call me tommorow, my mum called him for me to get him to call me as my phone's been cut off. He recently sent me a letter to sign saying i plead guilty so i need to know whether i still go to court to say i'm guilty or just for sentancing.. I also could do with knowing which prison i'll likely go to.. I'll be in court in edinburgh so probably there but hopefully i can get moved to Norwich...

I've been listening to loads of music lately so might sporadically post my top 10 songs at the moment, not neccasarily new songs just what i've been listening to:

1. Ash - Lose Control (B side not 1st track on 1977)
2. The Futureheads - Hounds of love
3. Enemy - Pressure
4. Wombats - Moving to New York
5. Journey - Don't stop believing
5. Black Kids - I'm Not going to teach your boyfriend how to dance
6. Ash - Kung Fu
7. Editors - Lights
8. Twang - Wideawake
9. Maximo Park - Books from Boxes
10. The Smiths - How soon is now

I Fucking hate poker...

There's no skill involved at poker at all it's all bollocks... Fucking bollocks game:

Last 2 games, heads up:

Dealt 88

Flop 33 7. check, betr raise all in knowing i'd trapped and he had A7

Turn - K
River - Ace

Last Game - Dealt KK
Flat call
Raise Push he turns over 99

happy days

10,10,9, 5, 9

so supposedly i'd trapped and outplayed but keep getting fucked, its all bolloxs. These were higher buy in games too so am now at $15 bankroll

Can't be arsed anymore its all shite

Grrrrrrrr

Well i sat down to play tonight and couldnt log onto my account.. weird... It turns out Full Tilt have cancelled my United113mark2 account as you can't have 2 accounts apparantly:

Hello, This message is to inform you that we have discovered a multiple account under the Player ID "United113mark2" which has now been closed. Your primary account, "United113", has been left open and you may continue using it to play as normal. For security reasons and per our site rules, we allow only one Full Tilt Poker account per player. Unfortunately, we cannot allow you to use any account other than your primary account. If you would like a full explanation of our site rules, please visit our website at: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/siteRules.php Please email us from the email address registered with your closed account to let us know if you would like the remaining funds transferred to your primary account or withdrawn to your payment processor. We thank you for playing at Full Tilt Poker and appreciate your understanding. If there's anything else that we can do for you, please let us know. Regards,


AAAAAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'm not using the United113 account as i can't add or take money off it...

I emailed them back saying:

Why do you close the account with money and FPP on it and keep open the account with nothing in it?!?!? Surely if only 1 account is allowed, close the one thats not being used (United113) and keep open the account that's got money in it and is still being used??? (United113mark2) MAkes sense to me...

It really does make sense as well doesn't it... ?!?! idiots

Better

Well i had councelling today in Norwich which was quite tough really, we got on to speaking about things that were difficult for me such as my dads death but i suppose it's all to help and it'll help in the long run...

It was hard as i was distant when i came out which i think might have upset my mum and my sister a little bit but they have been really good with everything thats happened so I think they don't like seeing me like that...

I still haven't got a character reference from my ex, it doesn't seem likely now either as it seems her dad was stalling for time when i asked him and she's now emigrated to spain with her new boyfriend....

I was looking through some of my old photos and this one made me laugh, i drove all the way from Banbury to central London with my car like this:

Thanks Tony and Jo for that one.....

I played some Poker tonight, and after blog chat with Marky ( http://pokerpains.blogspot.com/ ) i pplayed some more of the Full Tilt Matrix games and some more heads up. I think my problem is that the money is on my mind too much if i play higher limits and am worried too much about losing so dont play as aggresive as normal. I think because of this i need to build my bankroll so a loss at higher limits doesnt dent it so much. I cleared my first $5 bonus from Full Tilt so am now in profit again... just...

Roll - $53.47

Arrrrrrggggghhh....

Well after last night i calmed down and played a bit just now... It seems like Full Tilt reaches into you head and realises the mood you're in and decides to fuck you up even more... At one stage i really felt like i could hear the site laughing at me... So many well... outdraws is probably the technical term, but 3 times in 3 games having it all in by far the best of it and to be spppppankkkeed in everyone made my sick, to the point on the last one me throwing the coins i had in my hand against the wall... it's probably time to stop when that happens Mr.Tilt isn't it????

So with bankroll now standing at $23.04 i think i'll drop to $2 limits for a bit to boost it to $50 then the next step up is the $6 i've been playing.

It is sick though.. I was looking at my pokerstars sharkscope stats and it shows the following:

Games played Av Profit Av Stake Av R.O.I Total Profit
933 $2 $20 9% $2093

I looked at STT heads up $20 games on stars and won 273 and lost 174 which i didn't think was that bad?!?!

.....And now i'm getting spanked at $6 Heads up on Full Tilt...

I should clear the first $5 deposit bonus soon to add to the $23....

Will probably relax tonight, am quite tired as me my mum, sister and Suzy went on a boat trip to see the seals at Blakeney Point which was nice and i think my mum and sister will come over tonight for the united celtic game...

Am not going to play anymore tonight and will have to go to the job centre tommorrow and try and get a job, not sure what the prospects will be like though

xxxx

What a Dickhead

Well thge C.A.B today said bankruptsy was the only option...

My sister came round this afternoon as her friend ~Suzy from Wakefield was coming down to stay and they're both staying at mine so we went out and i met up with my next door neighbour. I met up with her the other night and one thing led to another but she's currently in divorce proceedings with her husband.. I've lived next to them for nearly 5 years.... fuck me matt what are you fucking doing at the moment????? Jesus... So i feel unconfortable at home now, the only place i really had left...

I played for a bit tonight a bit drunk, pissed off in the wrong mood and as usual moved up limits top $11 heads up and spunked a load... Need to be sensible in fucking more ways then one incluyding my bankroll management...

Roll: $33

Off to a good start

Well i managed to get some money from the car boot sale which i basically just handed straight back to my mum.. I created a Full tilt account in her name under the username United113mark2 and deposited $50 to have a punt.

I started playing some of the STT matrix tournaments which are a bit weird. 6 people join but you play the same 6 people on 4 different tables getting paid to finish in the top 2 of each table but you also get points for knocking players out and outlasting players. It seemed like a good idea but got all a bit too complicated really. I then started playing some heads up STT which is my preferred game at $6 limits and won a bit but then had aces cracked twice all in preflop so now have a bankroll of $53.43. So i'm $3 which is poor but still a profit.

I have a meeting with the C.A.B tommorrow to discuss my debt level and i'm expecting them to recommend bankruptsy. I know it probably seems strange talking about that and playing poker in the same post, but it's hard having no money and being at home all the time as you can't afford to do anything or have means of transport and there's only so much pottering about and watching telly you can do, so at least i can take my mind of things for a bit and play a bit of poker at small limits and hopefully win a timy bit.

Gone already

Well the 6 euro's didnt last long, i've now used up all my FPP and Full tilt points as well so am waing till payday to see if

1. I get paid any money
2. I can add money to an account before Halifax, Barclays, Barclaycard, Barclay Loans, Southern Electric, Marbles, American Express, Morgan Stanley, Capital One, The Council Tax people, Vodafone, Friends Provident and Sky take their bit...

Lol

x x x

Update

Well my life has been all over the place lately, my house is in norfolk but spend most of my time in banbury or fulham so haven't really played lately..

I can't bring myself to sit down for hours and play online at the moment.. I have played against freinds recently quite a lot and do really really well, they are all beginners so it is easy though..

I do enjoy that though so may start visiting local clubs for a bit of fun and see how i do xx

Glastonbury

Well not posted for a while and not really played any poker so i thought i'd write about glastonbury last week.

It was brilliant as always, starting the weekend watching dynamo's rythm aces doing covers of spice girls and the who on a double bass was brilliant...

Friday saw the enemy, editors and thought rather than watch the kings of lyon or panic at the disco went to watch the stanton warriors which was superb. Saturday saw Jay-Z and simian mobile disco however my festival was nearly ruined as i walked close the the pyramid stage and heard a small amount of beautiful by james blunt..

will post more soon

The Worst Fold I Have Ever Seen!!!

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This bloke useless and been raising with nothing all game so i thought i was ahead, i actually thought he'd put me all in on the turn..........

PokerStars Game #15705466424: Tournament #79496494, $11.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/03/03 - 05:29:46 (ET)Table '79496494 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: United113 (1290 in chips)
Seat 2: wake me up75 (1710 in chips)
United113: posts small blind 10
wake me up75: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to United113 [8d Ah]
United113: calls 10
wake me up75: raises 40 to 60
United113: calls 40*** FLOP *** [Js As Td]
wake me up75: bets 200
United113: calls 200*** TURN *** [Js As Td] [9h]
wake me up75: bets 1020
United113: calls 1020*** RIVER *** [Js As Td 9h] [2c]
wake me up75: checks United113: bets 10 and is all-in
wake me up75: folds
United113 collected 2560 from potUnited113: doesn't show hand *** SUMMARY ***Total pot 2560 Rake 0 Board [Js As Td 9h 2c]Seat 1: United113 (button) (small blind) collected (2560)Seat 2: wake me up75 (big blind) folded on the River

2560 Pot and he folds on the river for 10!!!!! I knew he was bluffing of course or drawing with the big turn bet, but how on earth can he fold the river for an extra 10?!?!?

Shit at poker as always but better at life

Well a week makes a bit of a difference.. I had a great talk with my best mate and it really helped me to talk to someone. I haven't played poker in a while and to be honest i don't think i will to the new year. I think i've hit a plateau with the games i'm playing and will not get better. I need to evaluate my game as i play the heads up games in autopilot now which is bad.

I will go over my goals for 2007 that i posted in January so we can all have a laugh!! My life has turned upside down since then so it'll be funny to see what i was projecting to win!!

Still Shit at Poker... and Life

I always seem to do well playing $20 heads up on stars, won $60 tonight in about an hour.. My problem is i haven't been playing very much. Since splitting up with the ex in January i have lived on my own. I'm not very good at that so stay away at mates, or away with work or in Banbury where my office is based and this girl i am kind of seeing (not that she knows this i think lol)

I'm in a bad place in my life at the moment.. I have a few minor problems and 1 super huge massive problem that has huge problems attached to it. I think it is now at the stage where i am going to need some professional help, and i need to tell my mum which i am dreading, but it's one of those problems that is so seriuos you dread telling but they'll really help you. That doesn't stop me not wanting to tell her though.

I like this blog, it is a good way to write the things i think, no close friends read this or aliases so i can air my issues, in a way it's like text councelling...

I'll keep posting when i'm home, am now off to Big Macs anonymous...

Come on ricky hatton...

I'm shit at poker....

i get dillusions of grandure at poker and win a few quid and suddenly think i'm Phil Ivey and play £7 million billion pound limits and get stuffed... I have no money at the moment so am playing $20 heads up STT on stars and grinding out a $200 a month profit :-)

This time next year rodney...

I'd Cry if i want laughing so much.........

Just had the worst game i think of ALL TIME!!!! $50 turbo heads up on Pokerstars.. ALL of these are from the same game.. honestly.. how many times...

PokerStars Game #12993180709: Tournament #65940131, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/11/02 - 11:00:20 (ET)Table '65940131 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: United113 (2560 in chips)
Seat 2: Kip1972 (440 in chips)
United113: posts small blind 50
Kip1972: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to United113 [Ah 6h]
United113: raises 400 to 500
Kip1972: calls 340 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [2h As 8h]
*** TURN *** [2h As 8h] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [2h As 8h Js] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***Kip1972: shows [Qc Th] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
United113: shows [Ah 6h] (a pair of Aces)
Kip1972 collected 880 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 880
Rake 0 Board [2h As 8h Js Ks]
Seat 1: United113 (button) (small blind) showed [Ah 6h] and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 2: Kip1972 (big blind) showed [Qc Th] and won (880) with a straight, Ten to Ace

Honestly?!?!?!?!?!

PokerStars Game #12993192705: Tournament #65940131, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/11/02 - 11:01:19 (ET)Table '65940131 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: United113 (1970 in chips)
Seat 2: Kip1972 (1030 in chips)
Kip1972: posts small blind 50
United113: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to United113 [Ad 9d]
Kip1972: calls 50
United113: raises 1870 to 1970 and is all-in
Kip1972: calls 930 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ts Jc Th]
*** TURN *** [Ts Jc Th] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Jc Th 9c] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
United113: shows [Ad 9d] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
Kip1972: shows [4d Kd] (a straight, Nine to King)
Kip1972 collected 2060 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 2060 Rake 0
Board [Ts Jc Th 9c Qd]
Seat 1: United113 (big blind) showed [Ad 9d] and lost with two pair, Tens and NinesSeat 2: Kip1972 (button) (small blind) showed [4d Kd] and won (2060) with a straight, Nine to King

WWWWWHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT????????????????????????

PokerStars Game #12993208479: Tournament #65940131, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level V (75/150) - 2007/11/02 - 11:02:35 (ET)Table '65940131 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: United113 (765 in chips)
Seat 2: Kip1972 (2235 in chips)
United113: posts small blind 75Kip1972: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to United113 [5c Ah]
United113: raises 615 to 765 and is all-in
Kip1972: calls 615
*** FLOP *** [Qd Ks 7s]
*** TURN *** [Qd Ks 7s] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Ks 7s Qs] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kip1972: shows [Jc Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
United113: shows [5c Ah] (a pair of Queens)
Kip1972 collected 1530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 1530 Rake 0 Board [Qd Ks 7s Qs 2s]Seat 1: United113 (button) (small blind) showed [5c Ah] and lost with a pair of QueensSeat 2: Kip1972 (big blind) showed [Jc Qc] and won (1530) with three of a kind, Queens

UNBELIEVABLEEEEELELELELELELELELELE

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Not so good

Well i've not updated for a while so here goes and i could really do with your help and comments. This post is going to be like councilling for me, I don't know you reader, i may have had blog conversations but i am going to lay out, completely honestly, my life and any comments would be good.... This may be a long one....

If you have read my blog then you will know that me and my long term girlfriend split up in january. Even though we were having issues, i think one of the reasons was my poker play. She went to New York for 3 months august 2006 and the month before she went Virgin Poker were running one of their STT challenges to win en EPT copenhagen seat. Virgin had run one of these before with 2 WSOP side event seats as prizes along with flights and accomodation etc and, as a poker player, would have loved to have gone. Now i don't see myself as a great player that could win a big satellite to win a seat, but the system Virgin were running (STT results: 10 player STT win 5 points, 5 player STT win 3 points and heads up STT win 1 point meant that by just amount of play you could win) i felt that i could win. It just so happened that during the first challenge which I had started ok, myself and my now ex misses had a 2 week holiday to the bahamas booked. Now i don't like sitting on the beach all day every day, so some days i would go and sit in their internet room and play poker. It was a windowless room where i couldn't concentrate properley and realising my misses was getting pissed off by this I stopped playing. this however made me annoyed slightly as i really really wanted to go to the WSOP. Next time Virgin ran this tournament i thought THIS TIME!!!... So the month before she was going I was playing all the time and, ven though this will sound selfish, it was HER leaving for 3 months not me and she commented later on that i was more interested in the poker then her. I ended up splitting the prize with m3monster http://m3monster.blogspot.com/ and was told by Virgin that i could go to the WSOP 2007 and play a side event. My misses came back and we eventually split up and i don't know whether this was a reason, but at the time all i wanted was to be a pro poker player.

I started playing more when she left, all the time playing only $20 heads up sit and go tournaments on Pokerstars and was constantly winning. Once i tried moving up to $50 and lost a bit so moved straight back. I was winning a bit, but nowhere near enough to live on, around $400 a month every month. I don't know why but i always thought that to be a pro and good poker player you had to play cash games so i started playing cash on Full Tilt (to get rakeback) and Virgin. I would win a lot and then lose it all and more with hands i couldn't get away with. I would hold AA for example, the flop would come K 6 9 rainbow, all would go in with me thinking AK and my opponant would hold KK. Another point was when i had AK and the flop came A K 7 rainbow, i raise guy goes all in, how do i get away??? I call and he holds 77. The biggest pot i lost which was really bad was holding jack 10 suited. No raise before the flop and i'm in the big blind, the flop comes J 10 10, i bet, guy raises, i re raise and he pushes, i call turn 8 river K. No i know i did the right thing and was outdrawn but when you win those hands and win $50 and i lost $500 to a $1000 pot on this hand it's difficult to get back.

I bought poker tracker and linked it to Full tilt and played cash on there. I have been playing a while so played $0.25 - $50 and $1-$2 and was up for a bit but now after around 3,000 hands am $1000 down. I played $2 - $4 once and in the first hand lost the buy in when my AA was beaten by KK. My problem seems to be winning not a lot with premium hands and either being outdrawn or not being able to get away winning hands. I cashed high in a MTT on Pokerstars and started being stupid and playing $50, $110 and $220 heads up STT on Pokerstars and was doing ok but that was way out of my bankroll. What do i do? Can i be succesfull playing heads up STT or do i play that just to win $400 a month?? How do i get away from big hands like listed above???

I recently haven't played much at all, i met another girl who i have just split up with yesterday. She kept telling stories that i believed were not true, culminating in her telling me last night she was pregnant as i was walking out. She called later and i told her i was going to go round there in the morning with a pregnancy test, and half an hour later she was on the phone with her neighbour telling me she was having a miscarriage....

With everything thats happened in my personell life i haven't played that much and i think i got disallusioned with the cash game defeats. One thing that poker traker did highlight was the amout of rake you actually pay playing cash games... Fuck me... You don't miss it when they take it but it does accumalte a LOT.. I did have a thought though.. Would you like it if the poker room took DOUBLE rake as you don't miss it when they take it, but give you half of it back every month??? That would give you a nice bonus from money you don't miss when they take??

Anyway my head is fucked from everything that has happened, but please comment on anything that i have said, poker related or not, as any support would be greatly appreciated.

Also i have been out with a girl from my work. nothing happened but we got on really well and i really like her (she'll probably turn out to be a mentalist knowing my past history..). The issue is, is that i am 28 and she is 18 but an old 18 if that makes sense. Now if i was 40 ans she was 30 or 35 and 25 then i have no problem with that.. To be honest i don't have a problem with her being 18 but some people I have mentioned it to do.. What do you all think??? Is 18 to young as they are still not classed as an adult till 21??? She is an old 18 though so mature, funny and we get on well??? What do you all think????

She's also unbelievably attactive which helps...

Rant over

Matt

Feeling good and need help with figures!!!

Well i've finally started doing things a bit more correctly. By this i mean i have finally set up a poker tracker system (poker tracker) and have started playing at a site that gives me rakeback and started playing there. It's funny how i seem to play more sensibly when i keep looking at my tracker!!!

So far i have played 1154 hands at $1 - $2 short handed and have won $606.70 with a 13.14 BB/100 hands.

I realise thats not brilliant but it's a profit!! I never realised how much you actually paid in rake.. $223 so far... That to me shows that a $600 profit isn't great. I will receive my rakeback on that though.

I know it is a very very low sample size i have, how many hands do you need to play before you have a good sample size??

What is a good BB/100 Hand rate???