Not Much Poker...

Not much to say on the poker front, hit a standard downswing for a while on Vc and really just had enough of the boring old beats, qq pre cost me yet again when I came 4th in some donkament...and came 16th/800+ on Pkr (1st $4,500) when I was on the wrong side of another flip, 1010 lose to AJ.

So with my trading interest increasing I have been sticking to that, I might return to Vc next month, dunno...but I see the Gtd Mtt prize pools have dropped all over with the ridic banning of French and Italian players on most sites.

Been doing a trading blog over here...http://sledgetrader.blogspot.com/

Might use some of the Trade roll on Betfair's poker site when they move to Ongame network later this month, they willl actually have some decent Mtt Gtd Pools then, that is unless Online Poker has died...;)

Lets Go Green!

After my recent rant regarding the tennis trading I calmed down and realised that a player retiring is rare, I was just unlucky...and have been doing pretty good since, have had limited success at the small go at the Flw, as I bottle it when the first one loses lol!

The pic above shows how sweet Betfair trading can be...when you cant lose with the home/away win or draw, maybe getting the hang of it, nice when they all hit green...

Also been looking at football games where you lay 4 goals or less and have had 4/4 winners so far, tennis I study the form...had a real nice result with the recent ladies final when Stosur was the underdog but won something like 6-0, 6-3, the other player destroyed her racket during the game, was comedy!

This is the last 7 days trading at bus driver levels...

Horse Racing: -£3.76 | Soccer: £116.02 | Tennis: £136.24 | Tote: | Total P&L: £248.50

Not bad for pressing a few buttons and enjoying the sports on tv...but nearly forgot this is a poker blog! forgot to say last time was doing well in the Pkr masters and got down to last 30, of course I got qq all in pre and LOST.

Playing the Victor Chandler Olympic Mtt's at mo, not many runners and should hopefully cash some prizes, though I missed the first three events of the Decathlon...

Actually been enjoying some new music this last week from some classic artists, Blur's new song is a good un, and Ash's A-Z series Cd is fantastic.

Tv wise enjoying 24, Entourage and The Office at the moment, film wise...pfft some real trash out there at the mo...

April Half Time

Well its not brilliant half way through, in the first few days lost 10 buy ins! was all the usual trips v trips, aa lost 3 times pre etc etc...Yawnnnn! got 3 buy ins back at Omaha, and some small Mtt cashes.

Mtt's have got better on Ipoker now with double stacks at $10 freezeouts and above, so have played the odd one, have raked about $600 half through, not great but hey ho...will play till the end of the month...

All was fine on the Betfair trading front till today, had been doing well on the Tennis front, apart from one misclick, but that was my fault...started today with me laying Andy Murray's opponent, this looked like a good bet in the first round of the Monte Carlo Tourney, ahh Murray played like a complete limp faced lettuce, and put in no effort at all and lost 2-6, 1-6, disgrace!!

But then came the zinger! a womans match set had just finished 6-2 with Victoria Azarenka leading, i got on...but strangely Christina McHale's odds were shrinking...so I layed her while it was cheapish...2-2 in 2nd set and still odds are coming down, put a bit more on, then suddenly match suspended??? nothing on Betfair screen and it vanishes?!?!? find a tennis site and it says my player retired, sigh, oh well suppose I get a refund...

WTF WTF WTF

...account says lose lose lose! you lose when player retires, obv this open to massive corruption in the lower comps, and was obv happening here by people knowing she was going to retire, so thats it with the tennis trading! tilt shoved the rest on Arsenal...great game!!!

I will be starting my FWL system soon which has been built in conjuntion with Sniper and seems to be running great at the moment, but will concentrate on my rakeback for the rest of this month...

Its Cash Time!!!

Ok I know I have said it countless times, including last month...but April is cash game time! Kept chasing a decent win in March at mtts on Vc but kept getting gang raped all the way, until a few days ago I came 2nd in a $5r speed donkfest for $1400 (guess im King Donk!)

So with it been the start of the month its time to really do it, £0.25/50p and same in euro tables are where I will be playing, lets see what rakeback I can achieve in one month on 50% and maybe some winnings along with it...bear in mind I work 3 days a work average so wont be full on 8 hrs a day fest.

Have qualified cheap for the Pkr masters $100k on Saturday, very nice $250 mtt with $20,000k+ for 1st and only 500+ or so runners...one time! as irritating freaks often say...

Dabbled a bit in Sports trading on Betfair, cleaned up at tennis...but my first go at footy backed Man Utd, scored in 2nd min...then backed the draw at 1-1 with 20 mins left, then bit more on Man Utd just in case they do their usual late winner...oh whats that? Bayern 92nd minute winner...GREAT GAME!

Sniper the legendary horse "lay" trader has a new scheme on the burner, could be interesting, see blog opposite for more details! this time next year we will be millionaires Denzil!

Got The Shield boxset, good enough show...but all a bit samey, too much of the mexian drug dealer storylines, going to be a struggle to find a show to match 24, Dexter is the only one thats got close imo, and tbh there should only be a couple more seasons of that at the most...or it will end up stale like some of 24's storylines this season, I think the writers have got a bit LOST!

Jesus H Christ Chief...

So another month of misses on Vc and Bwin mtt wise, none stop beats and I wont bore with those but pretty soul destroying when close to a nice wedge...speaking of close got near life changing money in the Stars $40 $1mil gtd, came 73rd out of 41,000 people, started at 7.30pm I went out at 5am...work at 7.30am lol!

As you can see I had a nice stack, although the blinds were catching up...made a few laydowns where maybe I should have shoved late on, guess I was a bit blinkerd by the 1st prize of $125,000, I got $983 for my troubles in the end...

Also got a 2nd on Party for $956 in a $33 freezeout, but now its time to really give the cash a shot this month, not playing anything too big, going to 10 table $0.25/50 and the £ and euro equivalent's, obv not going to win loads but its the rakeback I want to take a look at, see what I can actually hit in a month of just cash and go from there...

Film wise watched Universal Soldier - Regeneration, oh dear...proof for Van Damme and Lundgren that its time to retire from action movies, non stop action with no depth, story or anything...District 9 haters will probs love it!

Sad to see 24 still stuck in a rut this season, please ban nuclear rods, muzza badguys, and all the other recycled storylines oh and shit characters like Dana asap...ty! its going to end up like Prison Break at this rate...OMG!

One Site Mission

Carried on playing a lot on Vc in Jan, and managed to rake just over $1900...so probs just over £600 rake to come next week, not bad considering I work part time three days a week aswell, shows what rakeback can be achieved sticking to one site....tho...

...I have once again been tempted by the devils poker game - the mtt! running shizz on Pokerstars and Bwin, as soon as I get a decent score its welcome to delete town for them, already got rid of Full Tilt having won $6k+ on there last Aug/Sept, its just not viable imo spreading loads of money round different sites unless your of the standard of players like Moorman and Pab.

Mtts are great when you reach a final, but there are a mass of stressful non cashing hours to go with that...it can become a very addictive life consuming mission, like I say its fine if you are wongatastic like MoorPab, but if your crap like me its a wasteful venture in the long run...

So hopefully I will take an Mtt down on Stars and Bwin soon and can concentrate in Ipoker(Vc), as I have said previously got a good rakeback deal and soft cash games are plentiful, and looking at getting into Omaha aswell again, of course I will play Mtts on Vc as its going to be my only site...

Film wise watched Zombieland, was enjoying it until the Bill Murray bit...7/10.

Saw a good film documetary called King Of Kong which tells the story of real life arcade game players who are still battling for high scores to this day on classic games such as Donkey Kong and Pac Man...I spent many an hour playing these back in the day, really enjoyed this...9/10 but I guess you have to have been an 80s kid...

24 has not really hit its stride yet, but of course its still the best thing on Tv...also really enjoyed the 7th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, some classic episodes in there, especially the golf one, when Larry kills the swan...ok hopefully I got some deleting to do!

Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year...

Seems like yonks ago I was in the Spanish sun, snow and -5 here at the mo in Selby...sets the Christmas scene nicely tho, and makes a mockery of the whole global warming thing (this is the coldest December here for 20 years+), most of it is a big tax con, letting Labour free to put "green" taxes everywhere...and give billions to the poor countrys we dont have, then they get richer, drive more cars...more carbon etc etc????

On the poker front got a 1st in a $10r for $1555, and a 2nd in a $5 for $1400 both on Victor Chandler (Ipoker), been playing a lot of 25/50p nl cash and the euro equivalent, very loose and much better than the $ tables, often 8 table these and the rakeback is building up nicely (50% rakeback), although have seen unreal stuff on forums re Ipoker, Vc have been banning winning cash players from their site!!! and withholding rakeback...crazy and disgraceful, hopefully they change their minds very fast...

I dont use Hold Em Manager or Pokertracker, I have my own notes, and honestley dont feel a need to buy that software as you see many regular players who always play the same...spoke to a player at these levels, he 13 tables 5 hours a day and raked back $9,000 last month...sweet!

Seen a few movies recentley...thought Paranormal Activity was very overrated, Inglorious Basterds was a good un, tho not up there with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. Looking forward to the return of 24 in Jan, the king of tv imo! tho really one more season and a movie should just about do it...he can only save the day so many times...

Hopefully 2010 I can crack on with the cash and maybe even get banned from Vc (obv winning a lot then!)