Happy New Year 2014

Deep Run In The VIP $100,000 Monthly Freeroll

I bested 99.75% of the field but did not make the final table. Was a fun run finishing 26th:

The hand that finished me off, busted on the river after a 3-way all in pre:

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2014 Plan

Goals For 2014:

- 400k VPPs for the year

- 33.3k VPPs/month

- Minimum 150k hands/month

- Win 50 Buy Ins/month

- Live Poker at least once/month 

- Minimum net profit of $40k inc everything for the year

- Cash out less and move up levels/stakes using the system that I developed previously and stick to it

- Play more 6max

- Stick to a more robust daily schedule

- 3 Gym Sessions/week

- Do 10 proper wide grip pull ups in one go for the first time ever

- Do some volunteer work (already signed up)
- Do another poker grind day for charity #pokergrindathon

- Start a small business
- Buy a property
- Get married (currently engaged)
- Make a baby

Big Winning Day

:)

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Merry Xmas All....!!

11 Days Since My Return

Been back at the felt for 11 days now. Volume is low, results are here:

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Xmas Mega Milestone Hand Falls

As the countdown to the big hand in Stars' latest milestone promo approached I fired up 28 tables at various stakes in order to try and score in the stake share if I missed the big one. Of course I missed along with all my efforts during the prior days. I have still never been dealt in a milestone hand :(

I did however score in the stake share for a whopping $16, hehe.

The winning table had 2 guys that I had played with before (colour coded):

And it went down like this:

Payouts:

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Keep Calm 'Cause I'm British

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A Lot Of Green This Week

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Boy, He Mad

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Last 13 Months

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Broner vs. Maidana Highlights, Boxing Recap (SHOWTIME)

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Easing Back After Break

I've hardly played any poker the last 6 weeks but I am slowing getting back into it after I finished my exams a few days ago:

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From Russia With Love

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

BTN: $50.00
SB: $36.52
BB: $36.89
UTG: $89.29
UTG+1: $71.91
UTG+2: $56.00
MP1: $88.56
MP2: $50.00
Hero (CO): $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 6 7
5 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 2 folds, BB raises to $2.75, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.75) 7 K 4 (2 players)
BB bets $2.75, Hero calls $2.75

Turn: ($11.25) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $5.25, Hero calls $5.25

River: ($21.75) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $13.75, BB raises to $26.14 all in, Hero calls $12.39

Final Pot: $74.03
BB shows T T (a pair of Tens)
Hero shows 6 7 (a straight, Four to Eight)
Hero wins $71.53
(Rake: $2.50)

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Another Note Bang On

I was about give up to the turn double barrel when I checked the note that I had on this guy. It said:

'c/r T5J wit A9 > bets turn 10 > chks rvr 3'

That changed my fold plan to a raise instead.

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

Hero (BTN): $53.75
SB: $25.91
BB: $59.26
UTG: $48.86
UTG+1: $59.77
UTG+2: $62.94
MP1: $55.52
MP2: $60.80
CO: $58.49

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 6 5
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.50, 4 folds, Hero calls $1.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($3.75) 5 J J (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $2, UTG+1 raises to $6, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($15.75) 3 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $7.50, Hero raises to $15, UTG+1 folds

Final Pot: $30.75
Hero mucks 6 5
Hero wins $29.37
(Rake: $1.38)

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Christmas Is Coming

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New HeadHunterPoker Tour Heads to Aspers London (Stratford City) in January 2014

I have been planning to go to Aspers for a while now so I will try to satellite into this big event.

Article from http://uk.pokernews.com/ :

Poker players are going to be spoiled for choice in the opening months of 2014 thanks to a brand new live event taking place at Aspers Stratford City on January 15.

Sandwiched between the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and the Aussie Millions is the inaugural HeadHunterPoker Tour, a £5,000 buy-in event held in London. What makes this particular event stand out from the rest on the live poker calendar is that £1,000 from each buy-in goes into a Headhunter Bounty pool and when a player eliminates an opponent they receive a £1,000 bounty.

The first event of the six-stop HeadHunterPoker Tour takes place from January 15-18, 2014 at Aspers Stratford. For their £5,000 buy-in, players receive a stack of 30,000 tournament chips and play to hour-long blinds that start at 50/100. The final table is to be recorded for television and British legend Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot is said to be confirmed to play.

According to the HeadHunterPoker Tour website, satellites to the £5,000 buy-in event are running at William Hill with buy-ins starting as low as £25, meaning the chance to play for a potentially huge prize pool is open and accessible to players of all bankroll levels. Claims are also made that PokerStars is offering satellites, but no such satellites currently exist at PokerStars at time of writing.

The tour’s website gives some indication as to what the payouts could be, although there is nothing to back up their claims. The tour dates section says 35 places paid would result in a first place prize of over £270,000. Again, according to various banners and images on the tour’s site, the organisers are expecting at least 200 players to buy-in for £5,000 and create a prize pool of at least £1 million.

Whether or not 200 players will turn out for a £5,000 event during a busy time on the live poker calendar remains to be seen, but we do not have long to find out as the first event is only a month away. Stay tuned to UK & Ireland PokerNews as we bring you more information about this new poker tour.

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Madiba (1918 - 2013)

Nelson Mandela Timeline:

July 18, 1918 

Born Rolihlahla Mandela into Thembu royal family in Mvezo village in the south-east of South Africa.

1940
Expelled from Fort Hare University College for participating in student strike.

1941 
Moves to Johannesburg, becomes mine policeman.

1943 
Joins African National Congress (ANC).

1944 
Marries Evelyn Mase.

1952 
Opens first black law practice in Johannesburg with Oliver Tambo.

1956
Among 156 political activists arrested and charged with treason.

1958
Marries social worker Nomzamo Zaniewe Winifred "Winnie" Madikizela, having divorced Mase in 1954.

March 21, 1960
Security forces massacre 67 protesters in Sharpeville. Government bans ANC and Pan African Congress and declares state of emergency.

1961 
Acquitted in treason trial, along with co-accused.

December 16, 1961 
Launch of ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), with Mr Mandela as commander-in-chief.

August 5, 1962 
Captured and sentenced on November 7 to five years in prison for incitement to strike and leaving country illegally, having earlier travelled to Ethiopia and Algeria for military training.

1963 
While serving this sentence is charged with sabotage along with other ANC activists arrested in Rivonia near Johannesburg.

June 12, 1964 
After famous speech from dock (democracy "is an ideal for which I am prepared to die"), is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Robben Island prison off Cape Town.

July 5, 1989 
Meets president PW Botha and then on December 13 with FW de Klerk, who later succeeds Botha.

February 11, 1990 
Released from prison.

July 5, 1991 
Elected ANC president.

April, 1992 
Separated from wife Winnie.

October 15, 1993 
Wins Nobel Peace Prize with De Klerk.

April 27, 1994 
Votes for the first time in his life in the country's first all-race elections.

May 10, 1994 
Inaugurated as president.

July 18, 1998 
Marries Graca Machel, widow of Mozambican president Samora Machel.

1999 
Steps down as president after one term.

June 1, 2004 
Announces his retirement from public life.

January 6, 2005 
Announces that his son Makgatho had died of AIDS.

April 19, 2009 
Makes his final political address in a recorded message at an ANC election rally.

July 11, 2010 
Appears at the closing ceremony of the football World Cup in South Africa.

May 30, 2012 
Makes rare television appearance to receive symbolic flame marking the ANC centenary.

July 18, 2013 
Celebrates his 95th birthday in hospital.

December 6, 2013 
Dies at his home in Johannesburg surrounded by family, at the age 95

RIP 

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