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Bigtrix6, 21.04.2011 02:291

Black Friday / Why I gave up Poker

'Black Friday' 
I am processing the idea of it still and firstly have to semd my thoughts out to the 'poker players' who have been badly affected in America by this, especially those with money thats sinificant to them trapped online. By significant i like to point out that $1,000 may be significant to some and i have had $1,000 trapped in a poker site for over 2 weeks. It's not a good experience, especially if you need that money. 

I can vividly imagine how having 95% of your networth or hundreds of thousands trapped must feel and...

Read the rest of the blog here if you would like to :

http://bigtrix6.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-friday-why-i-gave-up-poker-brags.html

... My own personal blog site - didnt want to post it all on here as its quite long! D

Blahhh

Bigtrix6, 05.04.2011 01:261

With pictures! --- Still not too much to report but feel free to have a read:

http://bigtrix6.blogspot.com/

 

Doubles guarantee week!

Bigtrix6, 30.03.2011 01:560

http://bigtrix6.blogspot.com/2011/03/double-guarantees-week.html

Lets hope it goes well!! Can be brutal from the the bankroll if it doesnt!

I fell off a cliff

Bigtrix6, 29.03.2011 01:000

Yes it's true, unfortunately i fell off.. See here:

http://bigtrix6.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-fell-off-cliff.html

Should get a rakeback payment through next week so will be back on the tables soon!

 

 

Poker Poker Poker Poker Poker

Bigtrix6, 27.03.2011 02:473

I've updated my blog and archived the past 18 months here:

http://bigtrix6.blogspot.com/

Please have a look as it took me ages.

Other that that i'm having a break from poker as my wife just gave borth to my 2nd son but will update again soon.

GL everyone. Peace

Today was a good day!

Bigtrix6, 28.02.2011 05:133

OK so not totally poker related. (I rarely write about anything esle!)

But.. As Ice Cube said: Today was a good day!..

Funny how small things can make you happy, and regardless of whether we succeed in poker, it's to remember more often how lucky we are in life!

This morning was beautifully sunny.. I was woken by my 2 year old son Theo jumping into my bed to watch tv and play with my iPhone

My beautiful wife brought coffee, yogurt & juice, I had a bath, got dressed & played a short poker session..

Then took a 30 minute drive to a nice country pub for some lunch:

http://www.thegreatpubcompany.co.uk/thecompasses/

I've added a pic of my car which i love.. - It's very comfortable & fun to drive!

Between chillin' with the family, shopping, swimming, eating and watching TV -.. I played 1664 hands of poker!

(mainly 10nl & 20nl, a few hands of 100nl) and won $199.98 (+~$20 rakeback).

Not my best day ever but i didn't tilt once, and it felt almost effortless (-must have ran good-), altough i was $80 below all-in EV :-/

With my challenge to turn $253.32 into $10k I actually cheated!

When i say cheated i dont mean i mutli accounted or dealt off the bottom of the deck in chinese poker,

but i cheated myself by tilting and playing 100NL very early on and going busto like 3 days into the challenge. <br management lol>

I had feared this as i know  discipline is my biggest weakness in poker, but decided to give it one last try. (a really last try!)

So after a few days of reflection, (& MTT grinding on full tilt), i redeposited £150 (~$250) and i now have $762.76 in my challenge account!! woop woop! . . .

$253.32 --> $10,000 challenge

Bigtrix6, 05.02.2011 03:2412
$253.32 --> $10,000 challenge
Poker was not kind to me in 2010.

I tried to learn cash games but jumped in way too deep & failed.
Starting at 50NL i jumped around limits and sites, sometimes winning a bit, sometimes tilting a lot, putting in some volume between 50nl-400nl towards the end of the year, but i'm currently a losing / breakeven player at best at those levels.

I've played underrolled, distracted, too tired, tilted, steaming etc and made loads of basic mistakes:
  • Jumping straight in at 50nl 6-max & 100NL HU on Full tilt was a mistake
  • Trying to grind 20 tables of 20nl on cake was a mistake.
  • I was a 50NL HU bumhunter on pkr for a while (lol)
  • Spent some time grinding on Bodog and testing my skills at various levels, 25NL,50nl,100nl,200nl, touching on 2knl on a couple of occasions, dabbling in 400NL completely underrolled, chasing losses at 600nl, etc etc.
  • I grinded eurosites (a lot of 50NL & 100NL, 6 tables) where i found some success, but at times when went wrong i've been prone to tilt, move up and chase losses, often resulting in bigger losses..
  • Played live most weeks, a smallish winner in the local games.
  • Tried sitcking to br management playing 25nl on stars (too many nits)
  • Played over 100k hands of rush poker, mainly 50NL & 100NL (lost)
  • Won about $8k in tourneys at the end of 2010 but lost at least double that in cash games throughout the year spread across 10 different accounts.

I'm now accept that I was (and probably still am) a complete fish.

hmmmmmm.....

Bigtrix6, 11.01.2011 03:214

I can think of at least 10 topics to blog about but dont have time to get it all out now so i'll just spew some thoughts as i havent blogged anything for a while..

2010 was my 1st full year playing cash games online, I lost a lot & also learnt a lot and hopefully the expensive lessons will pay for themselves in 2011.. Had a few nice tournament results towards the end of the year online to put a dent in the losses - chopping the $26 rush turbo 6-max twice in a week for a total of $9k was nice, and i'm feeling positive about the year ahead.

I'm watching the latest poker premier league show as i write this which is pretty interesting.. I know a lot of people fucking hate FullFlush but i've always liked the way he plays and definitely rooting for him. I also followed with interest the super high roller event at the PCA.. $100k is such a sick amount to buy into a tournament for. $100 is a big buyin for me! I was going to play a £100 live tourney just before xmas but decided not to as i had flu as thought i wouldnt be playing my best.

I'm done with playing HU games for now, after this weekend:

Full Tilt - $0.50 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

BB: $35.65
Hero (SB): $51.25

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 6h Qh

Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1.00

Flop: ($3.00, 2 players) Jc Kh 4h
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.00, 2 players) 3s
BB checks, Hero bets $2.50, BB calls $2.50

River: ($8.00, 2 players) 7c
BB checks, Hero bets $8.75, BB calls $8.75

Hero shows 6h Qh (High Card, King) (PreFlop 40%, Flop 39%, Turn 20%)

Magnum & Black no. 11

Bigtrix6, 18.12.2010 05:2811

Tonight i was supposed to be playing in the $50+Superturbo Mini FTOPS, winning thousands of $$!
The plan was drive to the work christmas party (casino themed), do the necessary,eat the 3 course meal
and enjoy the free drink then GTFO of there by 9pm in time to speed home and get on Full Tilt by 10pm for the tournament.

As it turns out i didn't make the tournament but still managed to have an ineresting and enjoyable poker experience!! woop!
I'm laughing as i write this because it seems ironic that i can actually have enjoyed a charity play money poker game so much but have had
so much anxiety over playing for serious money both live & online this year. Poker is supposed to be fun!!!!

So i was finishing my meal, having just instigated some drinking games and having some great laughs despite not drinking alcohol myself,
about to leave the xmas party when a girl came round offering tickets for the charity casino games. I had been told and expected it to be roulette
and blackjack but no poker so showed no interest in the tickets until i overheard her mention to someone that they were playing 'texas' ...

'You're playing texas holdem?' I ask casually, and she tells me she's the dealer and that they will be. 

Then came an announcement that a magnumn of champange will be given to the person who finishes with the most chips in the casino at the end of the night..
And a VIP meal for 4 at the racecourse where the event was being held, for the winner of the season.
£5 for 100 chips, £10 for 300 chips.

Another boring poker blog ..

Bigtrix6, 28.11.2010 23:037

I read quite a lot of poker blogs.. some of them are pretty boring and i hear many people comment on how it's no fun to see the same old bullshit about how someone wins a few buyins, or has a few badbeats. There are some exceptions - (I love Assasinato, Sauce123 & Nanonoko's blogs for example - and Sune & Peter write very good blogs!), but this has made me think about my blog and reflect a bit on if its really worth reading (i wonder if anyone reads it!).

I haven't blogged anything in a while so seeing as we're nearing the end of a poker filled month, i've decided to get my thoughts out here. I must have played about 15 tournaments today without 1 cash.

This comes at the end of a pretty swingy month which has gone something like this:

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