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Nice Session (V.Short)

2007-07-31T04:36:00.000-07:00

Good Evening...

Just a short game of poker.... i started to get withdrawals from poker so i deposited $200 and i have managed to get that too a heathly sum!

As you can see that hands payed off... & yet again i played way to high in fact i played at $5/$10 blinds. Im talking players with $1,520 dollars sitting on my table! So tight aggressive play is the key hear!

Nice flop on the flowing hand....!!!

PokerStars Game #11232363775: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10) - 2007/07/31 - 06:53:50 (ET)
Table 'Gotha II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Spokey ($1015.50 in chips)
Seat 3: 64chady ($1070 in chips)
Seat 4: J.R_3wing ($211.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Willba ($256.30 in chips)
Seat 6: 777NMC ($339.30 in chips)
Seat 7: BallBaggins ($672.35 in chips)
Seat 8: DadamoMoney ($247 in chips)
Seat 9: mister cc ($689.25 in chips)
777NMC: posts small blind $5
BallBaggins: posts big blind $10
nimzon: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [Th Kd]
DadamoMoney said, "well you could double me right about now"
DadamoMoney: calls $10
mister cc: folds
Spokey: folds
64chady: calls $10
J.R_3wing: folds
Willba: calls $10
777NMC: calls $5
BallBaggins: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah Jd Qs]
777NMC: checks
BallBaggins: checks
64chady said, "nope"
DadamoMoney: checks
64chady: bets $30
Willba: calls $30
777NMC: calls $30
BallBaggins: folds
DadamoMoney: calls $30
*** TURN *** [Ah Jd Qs] [3h]
777NMC: checks
DadamoMoney: checks
64chady: checks
Willba: bets $30
777NMC: folds
DadamoMoney: calls $30
64chady is disconnected
64chady is connected
64chady: folds
*** RIVER *** [Ah Jd Qs 3h] [2c]
DadamoMoney: bets $177 and is all-in
Willba: calls $177
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DadamoMoney: shows [Jc As] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Willba: shows [Th Kd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Willba collected $581 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $584 Rake $3
Board [Ah Jd Qs 3h 2c]

Cash Money

2007-07-31T02:06:00.001-07:00

As i wrote in the post before this.... my brother and i killed the Canberra Casino $200 NL Hold'em.

See above ;-)

Cash Games @ Canberra Casino

2007-07-29T18:02:00.000-07:00

Howd'y

Well i'm meant to be at work "working" so cant stay for long. However i will let you know that my brother and i played at the casino in our first live cash games, on the $200 table. We arrived at the casino at around 10pm and got on the waiting list for the tables, by the time we were seated it was 1am. We played for around an hour and a half and to put it lightly we killed it.

-I had pocket 2's flop into trips... payed me $180
-Biggest hand for me was i limped in with 5-3 off suit... and the flop was 10-5-3 with 4 callers turn and river was 5-A... i had a full house and got payed $300 dollars.

At the end of the night my brother and i added up our combined winnings for $900 clean profit, on that note i will be coming back...!

News!

2007-07-20T17:09:00.000-07:00

Big News!!!!

Im engaged!!! As of 16th July. More on that later... As for poker im not going to play till im able to deposit around 1,000 flush online. So im guessing it will be in a month or so. I will be playing down at the Canberra Casino to help build my bankroll So i hope that makes it faster.

Peace

Resting

2007-07-02T17:02:00.000-07:00

Yo,

Im going to be having a rest before i go to move overseas in a few weeks. Im setting myself a personal goal to make a moster deposit once im landed in Dublin.
Ill keep you'll posted.

Peace

FUCK'ING Great Start!

2007-06-15T00:38:00.000-07:00

I have got off to a good start with the new goal of $1250. I cant write for long, because I'm picking up my engagement ring tonight.
I might start to play the occasional tournament as well this time around simply because the amount you can win in the final table is unreal! Ill most likely play buy-in's from $2 - $10

Hands Today: 529
Hands Total: 2,809
Remaining Hands Left: 2191
Money Today: + $411.73
Money Total: + $411.73
Remaining Money Needed: $838.27

COMPLETE

2007-06-15T00:35:00.000-07:00

DONE

MADE IT TOO $1000 !!!!!!

A new task is now at hand....
1) Continue to 5,000 hands
2) $1250

Big News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

Hey

Well let me start by saying the last few days have been massive, only a few hands hear and there. Well im now just about to finish my first goal! So i now have to start to think about a new goal. Maybe do it again, just to show that it wasn't a fluke. More on that later...
These are some of the hand that got me to where i am now!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1160653
--- $300
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1166730
--- $500 (Nut flush)

Hands Today: 242
Hands Total: 2,280
Remaining Hands Left: 2720
Money Today: + $433.75
Money Total: + $996.36
Remaining Money Needed: $3.64

Still Going....

2007-06-08T04:42:00.000-07:00

Sup Y'all

Played again tonight while the AFL was on tv and the misses wanted to watch it... Anyway not really in the mood to type for too long. Played a short simple sweet game in fact only 55 hands. Pocket kings payed off for the second time. This time the player that called me had to of had... AA, KK, QQ, JJ and maybe 10's. So when i hit that king i was dancing!
Well another solid night... the goal is getting closer and closer.

POKERSTARS GAME #10330051137: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2007/06/08 - 07:35:34 (ET)
Table 'Pierretta' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: HeIIo, Jerry ($487.75 in chips)
Seat 2: 68KR ($220 in chips)
Seat 3: tmak005 ($244 in chips)
Seat 4: Nemo0509 ($84 in chips)
Seat 5: Willba ($97.50 in chips)
Seat 6: cieffe ($424.70 in chips)
Seat 7: sucKJs ($344 in chips)
Seat 8: nj1958 ($405.30 in chips)
Seat 9: CordeleRele ($896.70 in chips)
Willba: posts small blind $2
cieffe: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [Kc Kh]
sucKJs: calls $4
nj1958: folds
CordeleRele: folds
HeIIo, Jerry: folds
68KR: raises $8 to $12
tmak005: folds
Nemo0509: folds
Willba: calls $10
cieffe: folds
sucKJs: raises $40 to $52
68KR: folds
Willba: raises $45.50 to $97.50 and is all-in
sucKJs: calls $45.50
*** FLOP *** [3s 7h Jc]
*** TURN *** [3s 7h Jc] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [3s 7h Jc Ks] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willba: shows [Kc Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
sucKJs: mucks hand
Willba collected $208 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $211 Rake $3 Board [3s 7h Jc Ks 8d]

I'll leave you with this picture of Newcastle (NSW)... pretty crazy!!!

Hands Today: 55
Hands Total: 2,038
Remaining Hands Left: 2962
Money Today: + $80.90
Money Total: + $562.61
Remaining Money Needed: $437.39

"Oh Snap!!"

2007-06-07T04:41:00.000-07:00

Yo...

Another short and tight session, last about 35 mins on 2 tables... and it was a good soild session, no mistakes on my part. Only one hand made me tonight (as below). By the way i kept it short and sweet because there was to much action on the tables and to many callers, which is strange for $2/$4 tables with 9 people. Im starting to feel i have the hang of the game and the style of the play needed at this level. So i hope to keep up the winning at this solid rate.
Im now just under half way to my goal of $1,000 (US$) so must be doing something right. As for playing 5,000 hands i dont care if i dont get to that, because i dont wanna play when the cards aren'y falling my way.
Im still pondering just how far i want to take this whole poker thing, assuming i stay a winning player. But so far i have got to the point where ideally i would be able to successfully earn a total profit of $2,500 to $5,000 a month. But at the same time work full time (hopefully as a pro soccer player).

POKERSTARS GAME #10313492032: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2007/06/07 - 07:19:00 (ET)
Table 'Tama' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Willba ($99.05 in chips)
Seat 2: PazificDream ($400 in chips)
Seat 3: GM2121 ($115.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Toelboell ($240 in chips)
Seat 6: GSXR-K6 ($277 in chips)
Seat 8: sexy jlim ($392 in chips)
Willba: posts small blind $2
PazificDream: posts big blind $4
Toelboell: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [9s Th]
GM2121: folds
Toelboell: checks
GSXR-K6: folds
sexy jlim: folds
Willba: calls $2
PazificDream: checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 6d 8h]
Willba: bets $8
PazificDream: calls $8
Toelboell: calls $8
*** TURN *** [7c 6d 8h] [5c]
Willba: checks
PazificDream: checks
Toelboell: bets $16
Willba: raises $16 to $32
PazificDream: folds
Toelboell: calls $16
*** RIVER *** [7c 6d 8h 5c] [7h]
Willba: bets $55.05 and is all-in
Toelboell: calls $55.05
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willba: shows [9s Th] (a straight, Six to Ten)
Toelboell: mucks hand
Willba collected $207.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $210.10 Rake $3 Board [7c 6d 8h 5c 7h]

Hands Today: 69
Hands Total: 1,983
Remaining Hands Left: 3017
Money Today: + $74.3
Money Total: + $481.71
Remaining Money Needed: $518.29

Big Night

2007-06-06T05:45:00.000-07:00

Sup dudes!

Big news, I'm looking at getting engaged to my wonderful girl friend. So yeah exciting times are just around the corner. I hope to have it all sorted by the time i go to move overseas with her. Anyway more on that later, now about poker...

I played at a much higher level in fact most likely to high... $2/$4 blinds. Where the average pot is around the $60 and the players are very predictable. Obviously you need a big bank roll to play at this level (around $4,000), however i wanted to play tight and very clean (ie play the top 10 hands). For example i played 18 flops of 135 hands in one of my sessions. I played very well, and made the wins count and the losses small. Below is a monster hand:

POKERSTARS GAME #10298280173: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2007/06/06 - 08:37:32 (ET)
Table 'Sycorax V' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: golfinn3 ($410.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Frings27 ($224.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Willba ($91.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Clapi ($358.70 in chips)
Seat 8: siddharta81 ($396 in chips)
Seat 9: clind1981 ($94.60 in chips)
siddharta81: posts small blind $2
clind1981: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [Kc Kd]
golfinn3: folds
Frings27: calls $4
Willba: raises $8 to $12
Clapi: folds
siddharta81: calls $10
clind1981: calls $8
Frings27: calls $8
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7h Kh]
siddharta81: checks
clind1981: checks
Frings27: checks
Willba: checks
*** TURN *** [Jc 7h Kh] [Js]
siddharta81: checks
clind1981: bets $4
Frings27: raises $12 to $16
Willba: calls $16
siddharta81: folds
clind1981: calls $12
*** RIVER *** [Jc 7h Kh Js] [3d]
clind1981: checks
Frings27: bets $44
Willba: raises $19.40 to $63.40 and is all-in
clind1981: folds
Frings27: calls $19.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willba: shows [Kc Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
Frings27: mucks hand
Willba collected $219.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $222.80 Rake $3 Board [Jc 7h Kh Js 3d]

Hands Today: 369
Hands Total: 1,914
Remaining Hands Left: 3086
Money Today: + $206.40
Money Total: + $406.71
Remaining Money Needed: $593.29

2007-06-01T16:31:00.000-07:00

Yo Mo-Fo's,

I played some more this morning, i played very very well. The hand below was probably the biggest hand i play all day. There were a hole lot of ups and downs over the session but over all was a good morning.
Adsense is also going great... easy money, Well at the bottom of the post i have got a fair way to go to achieve my goals of 5000 hands and $1000. But i have got off to a great start.

POKERSTARS GAME #10220434073: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/06/01 - 18:37:13 (ET)
Table 'Edasich IV' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: geranimo77 ($20.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Caps001 ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 4: rzzldazzl22 ($34.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Willba ($19.10 in chips)
rzzldazzl22: posts small blind $0.10
Willba: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [As Kh]
geranimo77: folds
Caps001: folds
rzzldazzl22: calls $0.15
Willba: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c Kc Ah]
rzzldazzl22: bets $0.50
Willba: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [8c Kc Ah] [7h]
rzzldazzl22: bets $1.25
Willba: raises $1.25 to $2.50
rzzldazzl22: raises $4.50 to $7
Willba: raises $11.35 to $18.35 and is all-in
rzzldazzl22: calls $11.35
*** RIVER *** [8c Kc Ah 7h] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rzzldazzl22: shows [Ac 7d] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Willba: shows [As Kh] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Willba collected $36.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $38.20 Rake $1.90

Hands Today: 746
Hands Total: 1,545
Remaining Hands Left: 3455
Money Today: + $91.94
Money Total: + $200.31
Remaining Money Needed: $799.69
Adsense Total: + $39.26

Money, Money, Money

2007-05-30T15:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Readers,

I have just organised my AdSense with Google and I'm starting to sell space on my blog for advertising. Over the last 24 hours i have made close to $20. If you come to this site, please come back....

Poker post coming soon.

Update # 1

2007-05-29T04:13:00.000-07:00

Hey,

I put in a short and sweet session tonight. A hand is posted below. I played fairly tight, and played mainly picture cards and other decent hands at the right time.
I have been reading a book on poker over the last few days "The Theory of Poker" by David Sklansky, This is an amazingly good book for any poker fan wanting to learn more and try to make money from the suckers out there.

POKERSTARS GAME #10162694279: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25)
Table 'Merxia' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Tiiimmmäääh ($11.65 in chips)
Seat 2: mattus85 ($14 in chips)
Seat 3: Willba ($22.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Nightanday ($11.55 in chips)
Seat 5: tautau4 ($13 in chips)
Seat 6: queenstown99 ($57.05 in chips)
Nightanday: posts small blind $0.10
tautau4: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willba [Ks Kh]
queenstown99: raises $0.25 to $0.50
Tiiimmmäääh: folds
mattus85: folds
Willba: raises $0.75 to $1.25
Nightanday: folds
tautau4: calls $1
queenstown99: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ad Qs]
tautau4: checks
queenstown99: bets $1
Willba: calls $1
tautau4: folds
*** TURN *** [Kd Ad Qs] [4s]
queenstown99: bets $1
Willba: calls $1
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ad Qs 4s] [2h]
queenstown99: bets $1
Willba: raises $2.75 to $3.75
queenstown99: calls $2.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willba: shows [Ks Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)queenstown99: mucks hand Willba collected $14.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.35 Rake $0.75 Board [Kd Ad Qs 4s 2h]
queenstown99 mucked [7s As]

Hands Today: 142
Hands Total: 837
Money Today: + $13.75
Money Total: + $108.37

So far...

2007-05-27T01:16:00.000-07:00

How'dy

I have already got a good start in the goals I have no major hands or news. The numbers below have been collected over a few days.

Hands Today: 695
Hands Total: 695
Money Today: + $94.62
Money Total: + $94.62

The Beginning

2007-05-27T00:57:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Welcome to a blog about poker.

This blog will be following me through the games from day to day and the highs and lows. I have set my self a goal of getting to $1,000 (US dollars). And a second goal of playing 5,000 hands to see if I'm a winning player or not. Throughout the duration of completing the goals, i will post as often as possible with pictures, stats and hands i played.

Goal 1. To get to $1,000

Goal 2. Play 5,000 hands