Back 2 Back Supernova VIP

Today I have made Supernova VIP for second time in consecutive years.

Maybe next year if poker is still alive I will go for Elite!!

At this rate I will hit 400k VPPs for the year. I want to push to get 500k VPPs and as I am now playing NL100 this should be achieveable

Lets see if I can make some money by keeping the fish in pots

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

MP1: $100.00
MP2: $55.70
CO: $139.15
BTN: $63.90
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $62.70
UTG: $125.75
UTG+1: $34.45
UTG+2: $54.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K K
3 folds, MP1 raises to $3, 2 folds, BTN raises to $10.50, Hero calls $10, 1 fold, MP1 calls $7.50

Flop: ($32.50) 4 5 5 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, BTN bets $15.45, Hero calls $15.45, MP1 raises to $89.50, BTN calls $37.95 all in, Hero calls $74.05

Turn: ($264.90) 8 (3 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($264.90) 3 (3 players - 1 is all in)


Final Pot: $264.90

MP1 shows Q Q
BTN shows Q A
Hero shows K K

Hero wins $189.70
(Rake: $3.00)



Unfortunately going up against the 77/26 Maniac doesn't always pay dividends as they flop straights when I am an 86% favourite to win the pot. If only I could run at EV sometimes!

Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

UTG: $100.00
UTG+1: $200.50
UTG+2: $51.50
MP1: $100.00
MP2: $100.00
Hero (CO): $102.90
BTN: $246.85
SB: $24.75
BB: $45.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with Q Q
3 folds, MP1 raises to $3, MP2 calls $3, Hero raises to $12, BTN raises to $246.85, 4 folds, Hero calls $90.90 all in

Flop: ($213.30) 7 8 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($213.30) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($213.30) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)


Final Pot: $213.30

Hero shows Q Q
BTN shows T J

BTN wins $210.30
(Rake: $3.00)

This Is Why I Play Poker.......... + 70 Countries

Today I noticed my Flag Counter Stats. I had not looked at this in ages. I have had blog visitors from an amazing 70 different countires since installing this application.

70 Nations represent approximately a third of the planet. Wonder if I can get 100 Countries.... It's nice to know that there is poker interest all around the world


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If any of you players out there were thinking that the games are dead then think again.

The hand below will show you how crazy maniacs are still swimming around our tables:





Poker Stars $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

BTN: $135.15
SB: $100.00
Hero (BB): $112.85
UTG: $71.95
UTG+1: $100.00
UTG+2: $26.60
MP1: $100.00
MP2: $100.00
CO: $47.00



Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A J
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $1, 3 folds, BTN calls $1, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: ($3.50) J J A (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, BTN bets $1.00, Hero calls $1, UTG+2 raises to $4, BTN calls $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($15.50) K (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $21.60, BTN raises to $43.20, Hero raises to $107.85, BTN calls $64.65

River: ($252.80) 9 (3 players)


Final Pot: $252.80

BTN shows 6 Q
Hero shows A J
UTG+2 shows 8 A

Hero wins
Lolz......

March 2011 Review

Another disappointing month goes by. I am not even making enough to cover my monthly bills which amount to around $1,600.

Ideally I want to be making $3000+ a month to cover my bills with some extra cash to save or blow on whatever.

So what am I doing about it?
Well, one of my main issues has been tilt. In March this has been well controlled and I actually won at the tables for the first month this year. All be it a negligible amount. a win is a win!

I can see my tilt control getting back to its very best in April, mainly due to no more 24 tabling. I have now settled for playing between 12 - 16 tables max.

I am looking at receiving some coaching for NL100. I can beat all levels up to and including NL25 at over 2pt bb/100. At NL50 I win at around 1pt bb/100. However when I step up to NL100 I break even. This month I will for the first time ever seriously consider taking on a good coach. I will see how the first 2weeks go and take it from there.

My challenge to make the top 50 winners at NL50 for March failed as I moved up to NL100 pretty early into the month. For some reason I also started mixing in NL25 to see how that level was like. I won over the 20,000 or so hands I played at 8pt bb/100

I had a nice top 8% finish in the 5yr Anniversary Sunday Million which got me $355. I swapped percentages with other players so I had to distribute a small amount. Stars also had a 60 billionth hand promo giving out free cash. They also introduced the new Sunday Storm Tourney

The highlight of my month was a nice $1,500 upswing in the middle of the month. Unfotunately I was already in deficit when that happened so it just brought parity. I hope I can catch a nice heater in April. Target for April is to make $1,000 profit at the tables.


The final numbers for March are as follows:

103,000 Hands Played
20,748VPPs

+$106 (Cash Game Winnings)
+$234 (Tourney Winnings)
+$200 (Stellar Rewards)
+$150 (Deposit Bonus)
-$60 (Tourney Swap Distributions)
+$93 (Viper Sunglasses from PS Store)
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+$722 (Total Month)


The Ytd numbers as at the end of March are as follows:

356,000 Hands Played
95,815 VPPs

-$1,214 - Jan
+$1,075 - Feb
+$722 - Mar
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+$583 (Total YTD)


As you can see from the YTD picture I am failing to make anything really. I should have made at least $4,800 to cover my bills but I am more than $4,000 under that and living off savings. This can't go on for much longer. If it does I will have to get a real job come the end of the summer. Time to step it up!!

Also, due to my slow attainment of VPPs in the first 3 months I will now reduce my annual target to 500k VPPs

All the best for April

We can do it like the mandem suga suga suga

Here's a juicy hand from today

Would you fold if you were in the villain's position?


Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players

BTN: $24.98
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $28.77
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $10.37
MP: $29.42
CO: $26.36


Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with T T
2 folds, MP calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, 1 fold, MP calls $1.25

Flop: ($3.25) 9 K Q (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $2.00, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($7.25) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($7.25) J (2 players)
Hero bets $3.98, MP raises to $7.96, Hero raises to $21.50, MP calls $13.54

Final Pot: $50.25

Hero shows T T (Straight Flush)
MP shows A 8 (Ace High Flush)


Hero wins $48.25
(Rake: $2.00)


GL in April guys!!