Ship it holla bolla! oh wait :(

Ok so i haven't updated my blog in a little while so i'll start with my session yesterday.I decided to play donkaments like a true degen and fired up 10 and figured i needed to make $1k to b/e. Well a few hours in and i was still in 7 and ended up getting really deep with no FT's :(. Finished in the last 30 of the prima $60r 150k gtd (1st prize 37k) where i kind of spewed a few chips despite been CL and then shoved A9s with 11bb's and got snapped by AK.I also finshed around 25th in the Cake $109 50k gtd where i was sitting pretty in the top 5 until i 4 bet jammed AJ v the CL bvb who woke up with AQ.I also finished just outside the top 100 of the daily 125k $55 for $300.

Im pretty disappointed after eying up a $50k (lolz) day to only make around $200 profit but such is donkaments i guess and i certainly feel a big win is around the corner.

The only other donkament session i put in at the start of the month i managed to come 3rd in the prima $25r for $3k which was nice where i lost a huge flip 3 handed with QQvAK.Also like everyone i know that plays the $22 cubed on stars i managed to bubble the FT. So for 2 donkaments sessions im really happy with how im progressing as i seem to have a more balanced game than in the past so im going to keep grinding them on sundays hooping for a big win.

Cash games have also gone well this month where im definately running nicely.My volume as always has been pretty lame (around 25k hands so far) but im up around $3.5k which is nice and puts me up around $7k for the month. Ive also started taking 2/4 HU shots on prima (up around 1bi in 150 hands) and will be taking shots at 2/4 on weekends on stars from now on. Theres a general consensus that the jump from 1/2-2/4 is huge so aslong as i dont become a paranoid monkey like the rest of the 1/2 regs i have a chance of succeeding.

Here are a few interesting hands i have played this month.....

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3769811. I like my line here on a dry flop. Leading out is so string and pornat*r is a monkey who can't help himself so i managed to trap some dead money here.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3769817. He proceeded to call me a donk :(. Obv calling 4bets this deep with 6high is standard.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3769820. Villan must have been so pissed here haha. When he C/R this flop his hand really is polarised to FD's/sets/air and i dont give him credit for c/r AQ/AK if he slowplayed.Guess i cant blame him for calling the river since i show up with a 6 almost never.

And the losers.......

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3769828. Not much to say here other than i got owned pretty hard.

www.pokerhand.org/?3769834. Insta snapping of with AQ is standard these days.Can't complain tho!

So a good month so far and nearly made my $4k stars bonus. Roll on Febuary and gl all at the virtual felt!

Happy New Year

So i lied and didnt post another blog in 08 but since today is going to be a right off im going to outline my goals today before beginning the grind tomorrow. Yesterday was a crazy good night. Watched 2many DJ's at a club in Newcastle who i thought were awesome and brought in the New year with old school friends which was cool although i was feeling under the weather and could barely speak as i had a real bad throat.

Anyway back to poker related materials and here are my "poker goals" for 09:

1.Play 40-50k hands online a month
2. Make $100k from cash games+ RB (Obv dangerous to set monetary goals but this is very possible if things go steadily at 2/4 and i progress further)
3. Play some live donkaments. Would like to play some GUKPT event and have highlighted the London leg (March time) and Newcastle leg (May time) as the events im interested in.
4. Play More HU and less 6 max. (Mainly because its my stronger game i make a better hourly and therefore it makes sense although can make u goa little insane!)
5. Score a big 4 or 5 figure donkament cash

I think my biggest leak is definately MTT's. Im probably a B/E player based on 08 but the amount of times ive blown up late in MTT's is pretty stupid. I usually have no trouble building big stacks and i used to struggle with mid-stages but now i think i need to improve my end game in order to be more successful which is obviously the most important stage. Maybe i should seek some advice from someone like Jagz7 who's "end game" is awesome when u considering how many 1sts/2nds he achieves.

Happy new year all. Good health and success for everyone IMO!

JP