May results/ Arrived in Vegas

Arrived in Vegas about 14 hours ago. Only managed to stay awake till 7pm (Vegas time) and have just woke up now at 5am :/. I've had a virus aswell for about a week now so not feeling too great, but im sure its clearing and i'll be ok in a couple of days.

May ended ok had an upswing, towards the end of the month where i managed to make $8k in two days at 3/6 6max which was particularly handy. As documented before tournaments went terribly, im just about in profit due to my bink in the 109r 6max and the fact i sold 30-50% of my action in a few of the 4 figure events. Live cash went well again, i put in a short session last tuesday which i broke-even after about 5 hours of playing.

My 1st tournament out here is Thursday, Its a Venetian Deepstack $1590 hopefully i can get off to a good start. I seem to have lost my phone again so tweeting chipstack updates could be a problem for the 1st mtt's :(. I'll likely be blogging a fair amount while in Vegas as theres plenty to do should be alot of fun.

Online Cash hands:26516
Online Cash game profit: $11680
Rakeback: $1190

Live Cash hours:24 hours
Live Cash game profit: £8k ($13,195)

Online MTT profit: $500

Total May profit: $26565

Another good month im pleased with, hopefully i can transfer this over to the live games in Vegas!

Pretty tough week

Firstly SCOOP was a massive anti-climax. Didn't make it past round 1 in any of the HU comps. I was a little unlucky with my draws getting a 5/10 6max cash reg in the $2600 and a 10/20 6max cash reg in the $260. Both matches lasted about 90minutes, i didn't play particularly well in either match although i was card dead which can sometimes make you try and force the issue to much in this type of format. I also played the $1k ME and the $109, busted the $109 fairly early flatting AA off a 25bb stack and getting it in badly vs AK on a KKx T board :P. the $1k i was doing well until i lost 77 to 33 AIPF and JQss vs K9o on a K67ss Tx board was my downfall hand. I just OPR'd my figures on stars and i haven't cashed in 21 mtt;s since i won the $109r 6max, pretty incredible achievement imo. Its abit worrying before Vegas but i guess live MTT's will be a lot different, or at least i hope!

Cash games online haven't gone great, dropped about $5k this week so im only $5k ahead for the month which is rather poor. Not running well but also playing sub-par. I think post SCOOP the games might not be so good so i'll probs only play a little HU between now and Monday(Vegas!). Had a good session at the Vic last week made around £3500. Made a pretty big call with 88 as the PFR calling a raise, turn + river barrel for nearly a $4k pot with 88 on a 735ss 4x Qh board. Think i might put a short session in later today aswell.

Outside of poker ive slowly but surely being trying to get things ready for Vegas. Bit of a pain in the ass doing all the bank wire/money xchange stuff but i guess its got to be done. A welcome piece of news was winning the fantasy football league i entered with a few mates which netted me around $1k. The last day of the season was epic, im glad Wolves stayed up and im glad for Martinez aswell as he seems a decent fella albeit at a shit club. Like most disappointed to see Blackpool go down which is testament to how well Holloway did with the resources available.

Yesterday i went to the opticians for an eye test, turns out i have a stigma (fairly common) and need glasses which i should get later 2day/2moro. Will probably start winning since i will be able to tell the suits of the cards! Funny how after i get told and have the test i suddenly realise how bad my eye sight is!

JP

Mid-May with Vegas days away.

Since my last update things have gone along fairly reasonably. SCOOP/MTT wise things have gone pretty badly, i haven't cashed a thing since my 100r 6max win and i think im yet to make a 3rd break in a SCOOP which is pretty LOL given the structures are pretty darn good. This weekend has some good SCOOP's i intend to play. The HU $216/$2600 which should favour HU cash players more than SNG HU players since it starts with 200bb's instead of 100bb's which the previous HU mtt started with. On the sunday theres 6max and the ME which i'll play the L and M and maybe fire 1 bullet at a satelitte to the main H if im feeling it.

Cash games im up around $9.5k so far + RB. Games are good and i think im on the PTR list for top winners at the $3/6 which is a decent effort since im a fairly low volume grinder.

Got a few errands to run before i leave for Vegas a week on Monday, stuff like bank wires, extra travel insurance, currency conversions etc etc which is annoying but will need to be done within the next week or so.

Just got back down to London having been home for a week or so, had a couple of good nights out at home, appreciated how cheap everything is compared to down here!

I intend to blog once b4 Vegas, hopefully with a SCOOP watch on my wrist! (who am i kidding :P)

Wee shipped an MTT!

last night i loaded a couple of 6max Mtt's on stars to go with my cash games.I'd seen the 100r 6max get overlay repeatedly and last night was no exception with around $10k of overlay on a $30k gtd. Luckily i chopped it HU for $7.3k which was nice and my first win of the year. SCOOP starts 2moro aswell so looking forward to playing a few MTT's this month, especially the $1.5k HU event.

Played at the Vic on Tuesday ran really hot again and booked a £4500 win. Played a few large pots, where i picked off one big bluff with trips, had something of a cooler with KK Vs QQ on an 8hi board vs a recreational player. Might only get the chance to play live once or so between now and vegas as im back up north for the week. Since ive had a good start to the year i'll likely start by playing 10/20 cash in Vegas, im not 100% how good the games are but usually there built around 1/2 recreational players although im confident the live regs will have glaring leaks anyway. Im looking to do a bank wire to one of the cages in Vegas for the MTT's im playing, if any1 has any useful information as regards to where its best to send that will be great. Its abit frustrating since Europeans often exchange online Xfer's for cash with American players which is obviously a no-no at present.

My schedule is the following:

2nd June: $1590 Venetian Deepstack
6th june: WSOP event 10: $1500 6max
9th June: $1590 Venetian deepstack
13th June: $1590 ventian deepstack
15th june: WSOP event26: $2500 6max
17th June: $2100 Venetian deepstack
20th June: $1590 venetian deepstack
23rd June: wsop event 40: $5k 6max
27th June: $2500 Venetian deepstack
2nd july: $1070 ventian deepstack

I'll obviously be looking to play the main, provding i satelitte in or have a decent score in one of the prelims.

Online cash has been good, already put in 7.5k hands for just over $4k profit playing mainly 3/6 6max. Been quite a few games running around midnight, so been jumping in the games while theres been plenty running.

Think my plans for the coming days are to play 1/2 rounds of golf in the week and catch up with the old man and probably go to watch Durham c.c.c at the riverside, where i haven't been in an age where i think they are playing Somerset. Should be good.

JP

April Results

So April was pretty good, decent volume and solid profits. I also had a nice £3.8k winning session at the Vic midweek.

Online Hands: 27435
Online Cash game profit: $18,269
Rakeback: $1200

Live Cash Hours: 20
Live cash profit: £5,150 ($8602)

Online MTT sessions 2
Online MTT profit: Approx b/e

Live MTTs: DTD Monte carlo -£1090 (-$1821)

Totals: + $26,250

Pretty good month and pleased with my progress especially my 6max game.