Somthing different

William Hill has launched a new skills game area.

"Play our three classic games of Blackjack, Backgammon and Gin Rummy against other players for cash!"

They have daily freerolls for all the games. I've only tried the Blackjack tournaments. It's kind of like UBT, except you play heads up matches (10 hands). If you win your match you continue to the next level.

I've tried it the last couple of nights and have really enjoyed it.

On a sad note Booya is DONE :(

Interpoker Part 2

I played for about an hour last night on Interpoker. I took another bad beat about my third hand in when I hit 3 jacks with an A kicker only to get outdrawn to a strait, and was down around $60.

I then decided to play 2 tables and was fortunate enough to get on a table with a total donk. He was in almost every hand and would call large bets with not much. He must have reloaded 4 times in about ½ hour. I quickly made my $60 back and another $90 profit in that 1/2 hour, mostly from him.
It’s just too bad he left the table so soon after I joined; but I will be looking for him in the future.

I'm finally back in the black trying to clear this bonus and I'm feeling a little better about my game the last couple of days.

Interpoker

What a ride at Interpoker over the past few days. Started off last Wednesday night after hopefully signing up for rakeback (thanks Actyper for the heads up on this one). By Friday night I was down $450 playing 200NL (6max). I decided to drop down to NL100 full ring yesterday and was able to get $400 back.

I was trying to figure out what the difference was and came up with this.

1. I took several bad beats on my down swing. 3 sets were taken down on the river, along with a couple of AA KK getting cracked.
2. I think I was playing too many weak starting hands at the 6 max tables.
3. I was more patient playing the full ring table
4. The day of week & time were different. I think I was playing against a bunch of Bonus Whores during my evening games and yesterday during the day I was playing against a bunch of Europeans.

The bonus (MPP's)don't clear as fast at the 100NL table, but I think I will stay here to clear the rest of the bonus. I guess I just feel a little more comfortable at this level right now. I will also try to get in more hands Sat & Sun during the day.

picks

Today I have:
CBB
Penn -5.5 1.5U
NBA
Lakers -4.5 1.5u

Yesterday was good hitting both picks, I did lose 1unit on the Capitals.(which was my own pick)

The one handicapper I'm following is on a good run on CBB. He's 42-24 overall and 21-5 on his last 26 games.
Again, I'm not a huge bettor but these guys are playing hundreds per game and doing well. This is kind of a project/test that I'm trying to see if you can make $'s at.

Two picks so far tonight

CBB
Memphis -7.5 2u
NBA
Phoenix -8 1u

My $10 free play at Linesmaker I'm taking Rex Grossman +1 1/2 comp over Hassleback.

Todays Picks

Yesterday wasn't the best day losing two 2 unit bets and winning the 1 unit bet.
Today I have
CBB
West Virginia +6 2units
Alabama -3.5 2units
Moorehead St. -3.5 1unit

NBA
Lakers -2.5 3units

Picks

Today I have

CBB
Georgetown -5.5 (+100) 2units
William & Mary under 132 (-110) 1unit

NBA
Hornets +6.5 (-110) 2units


Yesterdays college pick came through to move the record to 3-1

Picks

Well I started off ok with my picks from yesterday
2-1 with a modest $8.19 profit.

I not a serious sportsbetter, so this is more for my own enjoyment. I don't plan on wagering hundreds per game, but rather I am testing this system to see if it is profitable.

So far today I have
CBB
Kansas under 127.5pts 2units

I'll edit this post if I decide on any other games.

Help picking a new site

I don't really have any bonuses to clear right now except for my stacked Paradise bonus.So I'm looking for a new room, with a good promo offer, to sign up to either through PSO or Savvy. (or another affiliate if anyone knows of another good one)
Completed:
Absolute
Paradise
Party
Pacific
Titan
Mansion
Pokerroom
Pokerrewards
Gaming Club

I'm sick of taking bad beats at Paradise. I've lost around 1K the last month there. Just no frickin luck. Down around 2K overall in the same time period. I think mainly from moving up in limits to 200NL, along with the bad beats and no luck at the tables.

I think I'm going to have to start bankroll building again. Doing a promo offer and grinding out some bonuses.

Do you have suggestions of what promo's/poker sitesYOU would do and from what affiliate. I'm thinking of Full Tilt or Poker.com.

As always your wisdom is greatly appreciated:)

Poker play and Sportsbetting

I didn't play any poker for the first week of 2007 until last night/today. Decided to play William Hill poker & Casino....Up $73.

With the NFL and College football almost done I've decided to follow a couple of handicappers for wagering on NBA and College basketball (CBB). I don't follow those sports so I'm going to rely on their picks. They both have winning %'s so far this season so we'll see how it goes.This will allow me to take advantage of the bonus $'s and free bets that the sportsbooks offer. I'll be wagering from more than 1 book, so you may see duplicate entries if I bet at different books.

I am going to track by both win/loss and $'s wagered/$'s won or lost. My unit bet will be between 1-5/per game and each unit will be $5 to start.

If there is any interest, I'll post my picks that I make. Otherwise I'll probably just set up a column next week to show my stats.

Today I have:
CBB
Oklanhoma St. -13.5 2units
Austin Peay -2.5 1unit
Austin Peay -2.0 1unit

NBA
Portland +9 2units