Hectic

jeez the last month has been mad. The first big Green Joker Poker Freezeout which went better than expected and then a week in Deauville for the EPT. Sadly I was not able to win a seat and try and better my 12th place last year. i nearly got in at the last minute as someone offered to back me for €2000. Unfortunately this was late the night before the event and i was full of beer. The hangover in the morning woulf not have been the best for a €4k buy in event, although that didn't hinder James 'Royal Flush' Dempsey who played much better poker on day one when suffering than on Day two when fully recovered!

At both events I met many people who I had only known online before which was good fun. The only live poker I have played were two STT's on the last night in France. the line up included Julian Thew, bad girl, Flushie, Dpommo & Dubai Millennium. Oh and Tom. I won the second which was nice.

Online has been awful to say the least. I dug a hole for myself at the end of January, or at least the river did. In 30 mins I lost nearly $2k. Three 90-95% shots with the money going in on the turn and one ice cold deck was all it took.

In France I almost got it all back in an hour of drunken rampaging on the online tables. Any players with notes on me would have been astounded. On two 2/4 tables with a $300 max buy in I was upto over $1200 on each. At one point I raised ten hands in a row preflop with no action. Unfortunately two big pots where I flopped the almost nuts and my manic image got me all in gave over half of it back. The worst was when I had raised with A 4 and the flop came 2 3 5 my opponent set me in with 66 - call - river 4! $1k pot.

Since I have been back it has been more grinding up and down (ooh er missus). I have tried to mix things up and I am polaying more tournies again. The first positive result came tonight when I was 2nd in the bluesquare $3.5k gtd for $775 profit. This is a great little tournie with 20 mins blinds. 27 players paid $100+$9 so there was a little overlay too (ssh don't tell anyone).

I have also dabbled in some 5/10 limit with mixed results and I have tried the short buy in gamble method. So far I have bought in for $40 at $1/$2 tables 3 times. Once I got up to $440 and quit and the other two times I busted out.

This month looks like it could be more hectic and I need to get some games in for the Antes Up poker team as well as going to Monte Carlo and running more tournies. Time to breath in April I reckon.

See ya at the tables...

Mike