uNL + SSNL Poker Players Fantasy Premiership Football League Final Table

The Fantasy Football League for poker players that I set up last August for the 2011/2012 season has now concluded. We had 10 paid-up entrants in the money league and about 25 entrants in the free to enter league. The final money league standings are as follows:

The prize pool was divided into two sections as follows:

I managed to win second place in both December and May. Congratz to HH for taking 1st place in both sections..!!

I'm not sure if I will run it again next season or hand over the reigns but keep an eye out for it.

Peace

Man City win Premier League title

Gratz to Man City for winning the Premier League. As a Liverpool FC fan I welcome any team that does one over Man Utd. All you need is the last 3 mins of injury time to score 2 goals. What a game..!!

100,000 Page Views

I can still briefly remember writing a pretty lame first post just over 2 years ago while thinking 'why the hell am I doing this? no-one is ever going to read this.'

In the first few weeks after supernova125 was born I would get around 2 to 3 readers a day.

I wondered how they arrived in my little corner of the worldwide-web as nobody even knew my blog existed. I then realised there was a 'click next blog' button on blogger sites to get to a random blog. I guess that was where my initial traffic came from.

I then spammed PTR with my blog link and got a lot of abuse for doing so :) but I also got a few readers which was quite cool.

The best part of blogging is the interaction with other bloggers and poker players. It can also be quite therapeutic ranting about a beat or huge suckout or just posting some pics of semi naked women. Its is also very useful for recalling my past results when I forget them.

Hopefully if I continue to blog long enough I will one day reach 1,000,000 page views.

Another Rant

Sick 10 Month Heater

My last 10 months

This has really inspired me to move up but the 4 or 5 attempts that I have made recently have ended up pretty much break even.

I am thinking about a few different options. I may throw in a lot more live sessions at higher stakes or maybe play more Omaha. I will definitely continue to try to transition slowly up to NL200 in the FR games as well.

Almost Deep in the Million

I just came very close to having an ultra deep run in the Quarterly $1m Freeroll for Supernova+ players.

I'm not a big fan of tournies but with this much value in a freeroll you simply can't miss it.

It was also the 2nd one of the year and generally that has the lowest turnout of the four as many will have lost their supernova status due to not accruing enough monthly VPPs in 2012.

Here is the money shot:

2012 FA Cup Final Preview: Liverpool vs Chelsea

My Liverpool boys will today bid for their second trophy in 2012.

A lacklustre premiership bid sees them languishing in a lowly 8th position. The only target left is to finish above local rivals Everton in 7th with only 2 games remaining.

In recent times the number 1 priority of English clubs has been to finish in the top 4 and to secure a Champions League place as this generates significantly more money than winning domestic cups.

However, having already won the League Cup adding another piece of silverware would make this a successful campaign if we beat Chelsea at Wembley Stadium. The winners also receive £1.8m and the losers get £900k.

This will be Liverpool's 14th FA Cup final having won the trophy 7 times already. It will be Chelsea's 11th final.

One of the biggest games on route for us was when we were drawn against Manchester United in the fourth round. It was an exciting game gripped also by the recent race row between Suarez and Evra. We took the lead through Agger but United equalised from Park Ji-Sung. It was great to give Man U a taste of their own medicine by getting a winner in the 88th minute when Kuyt scored. They normally do that to other teams..!!

Dalglish's reign has been in question after 13 defeats in the league this season. We all need this victory to show some kind of progress for Liverpool.

Good Luck The Reds...!!

Oops

This guy made the exact same move on the flop in the previous hand but I folded


 

They Like a Gamble at the ZOOM Tables

Did someone say that the fish were tightening up at the ZOOM tables?

April 2012 Review

Looooooooowww Volume Month....

I had a lot of 'real life' stuff going on in April and consequently my volume at the tables suffered.

HEM says that I have only played 31k hand which is the lowest in probably over 2 years although my ZOOM hands are still not being imported. I estimate around 15k zoom hands having been played.

I have been in email contact with the HEM guys who sent me the link to update but after I saw a few negative reports on 2+2 I am waiting another month or so before I install it. Playing ZOOM without a HUD is actually quite enjoyable as I am taking loads of notes on players and thinking a lot more.

HEM shows me up $1,300 this month but on stars my winnings are $1,800 which means that I have made 20 BIs playing ZOOM. This is really good as I only play ZOOM when I have less than 30mins to spare and don't want to start a proper session.

My win rate in the 31k hands is 7bb/100 which is very high but as the sample is so small it is not worth talking about. However, my ytd win rate is 3.24bb/100 which is excellent although mostly at NL50.

My VPP generation so far in 2012 would suggest that I will hit 200k by year end. I want to really push in H2 (Q3 + Q4) to try to get up to the 300k figure which I hit in 2011.

I cant believe that it is May already. Time is flying..!!


The final numbers for April are as follows:

31,366 Hands Played
8,144 VPPs

+$1,807 (Cash Game Winnings)
+$100 (Stellar Rewards)
+$80 (April 1st FPP Bonus)
+$90 (SCOOP Re-load Bonus)
 -$22 (Tourney Losses)
+$50 (Live Cash Winnings)
-$33 (Tournament Dollars)
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+$2,072 (Total Month) 


The Ytd numbers are as follows:

390,175 Hands Played
62,045 VPPs 

+$3,648 - Jan
+$3,213 - Feb
+$2,023 - Mar
+$2,072 - Apr
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+$10,955 (Total YTD) 

 Later and GL..!!