January review

I didn't play a lot of poker this month but it was a profitable month for me. (+1000 total)
I played the following:
Interpoker - cleared a small 300MPP ($60) bonus and made a small profit playing +100
Paradise - again, it's one of my most profitable sites I play at...+$400
LuckyAce Casino - thanks to Actyper for the heads up on this, had a nice $500 profit clearing this bonus.

I probably only played about 1000 hands of poker this month....trying to balance family with poker....not to mention all the %$#@*& shovelling.

Tournaments
I played in one PSO winter league event...finished 7th.
I played in a couple of RAZZ freerolls on Pokerstars for fun.
I also played in a couple of MTT's on Paradise...didn't cash.

In Feb I plan on starting/finishing the Cake promo through PSO. Depending on how long this takes it will dictate my play at other sites like Interpoker, Paradise.
I plan on trying to play in a few more PSO league events at Pokerstars. Probably won't have much time for other MTT's.

For the Gamblers

I was playing a little on Paradise today. While checking out the touney tab it was interesting to see the various qualifiers they have for their 100K euro guaranteed today, which is $120 + $10 to get in. It used to be the typical satellite with maybe turbo satellites....but now.

Here's a couple of examples of quick gambling tournys to get into the 100K guaranteed.

Lotto Frenzy - 100 starting chips & 1 minute blinds $7.50entry. 1 qualifier for every $130 in pool.

Chip & Chair - $13 entry 10 players. 1 hand played winner gets entry to 100K tourny

Obviously these are pure luck, but these tournys are FULL! Lot's of Gamblers on this site. Which is why I like playing there!

From a hand last night..WTF!

Game #4862253313: Hold'em FL ($2/$4) - 2008/01/04 - 03:53:50 (UK)

Table "Red Rock" Seat 8 is the button.

Seat 1: pinku ($71 in chips)
Seat 2: kellmich ($390.38 in chips)
Seat 3: BBoBs42 ($48.76 in chips)
Seat 4: SSRFC10 ($382.49 in chips)
Seat 5: BGold999 ($63.50 in chips)
Seat 6: System007 ($30.13 in chips)
Seat 7: Keggarodo ($54 in chips)
Seat 8: M8607 ($63.12 in chips)
Seat 10: baybar sits out

pinku: posts big blind $2

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to BGold999 [Ad Ah]

kellmich: folds
BBoBs42: calls $2
SSRFC10: raises $4
BGold999: raises $6
System007: folds
Keggarodo: folds
M8607: folds
pinku: folds
baybar sits back
BBoBs42: calls $4
SSRFC10: calls $2

----- FLOP ----- [6s 5h 9d]

BBoBs42: checks
SSRFC10: checks
BGold999: bets $2
BBoBs42: calls $2
SSRFC10: calls $2
----- TURN ----- [6s 5h 9d][Qh]

BBoBs42: bets $4
SSRFC10: calls $4
BGold999: raises $8
BBoBs42: calls $4
SSRFC10: calls $4

----- RIVER ----- [6s 5h 9d Qh][4s]

BBoBs42: bets $4
SSRFC10: folds
BGold999: raises $8
BBoBs42: calls $4

----- SHOW DOWN -----

BGold999: shows [Ad Ah] (A Pair of Aces, Queen high)
BBoBs42: shows [Qd 4d] (Two Pairs, Queens and Fours, Nine high)
BBoBs42 collected $63 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot $66 Main pot $63 Rake $3
Board [6s 5h 9d Qh 4s]
Seat 1: pinku (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: kellmich folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BBoBs42 showed [Qd 4d] and won ($63) with Two Pairs, Queens and Fours, Nine high
Seat 4: SSRFC10 folded on the River
Seat 5: BGold999 showed [Ad Ah] and lost with A Pair of Aces, Queen high
Seat 6: System007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Keggarodo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: M8607 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

WTF am I missing? 1st he calls $2 with Q4 and then calls a raise/reraise preflop and then keeps calling all the way through. I'd have felt better if he hit a set or something. But Q4 and catching it on the river...I almost puked.

Not a great start to 2008.