FTOPS $2M mtt

It's looking like $354K for first prize in the FTOPS. That could pay my mortgage + more. And it's tax free whoppee!

I've got 24000 FTP points - that's enough to play 2x12000ftp sattelites. 1 winner, 9 runners = tik first prize.

Still getting hammered

Not played a helluva lot but getting hammered every time I do.

Last MTT got it in with JJ to run into 10/10. And of course 10/10 made a straight by the river....aaaaargh

Up and down, up and down

This internet poker thing is just a yoyo...exploting the difference between winning and losing is the key. I still have a balance since October, and am employing bankroll management (5% max. I take to each table).

Still the up and downs depress me....

A top tip - keep your laptop data backed up!

My laptop went down, kebang. I've wrote a post here but essentially I couldn't play poker and thought I had lost my passwords. As explained in the post above, 123 Data Recovery saved my bacon and did a great data recovery job, fixing my laptop and replacing my hard drive with all data intact.

On a poker note, have been playing at William Hill - dropped £100, played some sng/tourneys and cash and am now at £250. Let's see how it goes, the tables seem soft.

The big crash in funds

Going from $7800 to $1300 was no fun.

A massive landslide.

Some of the hands were very hard to get away from.

I grinded it back up to $2300 today, after nearly throwing the towel in.

Seems I'm leaking some chips and need to work on my game a little more.

Calling a lot less hands also.

The home-game, 11 manned

Yes, it sucked this week. 11 players didn't help. The button took forever to get round the table.

Went all in

- on gutshot straight on 4th st. Only did so because (a)rebuy hour (b) 3 other players already in the pot committed (c) if I hit, I would defo win. Anyway, no surprise I lost.

- other two times K10 suited and something else....ran into AA both times!!! And lost of course....

- All in on A8 offsuit, up against A10 offsuit, spiked an 8 and actualy won that hand.

Finished 7th, spent £50. Urgh!

Ach well, finished 1-2-1 previous visits. With the turbo-blind stucture, if you don't get lucky you don't get paid.

Ross won in the end.

Full Tilt Experiment

I've decided to play the 5/10 tables at Fulltiltpoker.com

Supposedly where the best pros play etc, I'm figuring it's less rigged.

And indeed it is, the high stakes is more what I'm comfortable with.

Played 5 sessions - first session ended around $1200. 2nd session $1700. Then 4th session I finished $2900.

Sadly 5th session this AM, I took a heavy hit on my JJJ being beaten by a straight....$1000.

So at the end I ended $1740. Still $540 up on my start...