My oh my what a night

I have been busy working these holidays but I decided to play a little last night, so I jumped on poker.com and decided to play some low cash commitment tables so played some Tijuana (6 man NL 10/25c). I sat down at two tables and after adjusting to the updated software, i was up for the day on both tables and happy with my play and had dinner, I decided to play some more to earn comp points for the 20k freeroll as I may have monday morning (when it is played in NZ) off from work (which i now know i don't doh) when I had worked my $25 on both tables up to about $35 again when I ran into trouble on one table. Hand history is down for now so i'll try my best recall. K7 dia's in the BB all call, so I check, flop all Diamonds! I'm first to act so I check to see where everyone is at but its checked around, the turn is a blank so I check and once again it is checked around. The river is once again a blank but completes a straight draw for anyone on it and again i check hoping someone will try to steal the next player min bets, everyone folds so I raise to $1, he goes all in, I pause for a moment but im sure I have it and call, he flips over the A high flush and takes $20 from me, oh well i think I may have done the same all over again because the level of play on these tables aint the best and i can usually double my $25 within 100 hands.

On another table I get quad queens earlier when my QQ has a 7QQ flop. I manage to milk this one well as i had been aggressive for many of the hands before this and I manage to take down a big pot, which im surprised by as I think it wouldnt hit anyone else. I go back to even when my KK is done when I raise to $1.8 preflop, just one caller table is 337, check check, K, me $2 call, Q, me $3 him all in, call and he shows 33! oh well that suxed! I am amused as 33 is throwaway with my raise imo as its a coinflip vs any hand when it comes down to it but he hit it on the flop so dissapointing. I lose about $25 that hand. Anyway im up overall in that session but its that feeling it could have been a bit more.

I enter 2 sit n goes b4 calling it a night, one heads up $5 that i win after a 1200 to 800 chip lead im dealt AK, they raise from 30 to 120, me to 400, they're all in, I call and they show AQ, it holds up and i take that one down.

I also play a 6 man $2 sit n go. I really played well and dominated once I had the chip lead, i win that for $8.40.

Local Pub Tourny Win!

Well, i'm a Uni student in my final year and the drinking age is 18 in NZ so i'm over the student pub environment but once and a while they do something great to intice me back for a night out. Well two of them now have weekly hold'em tournaments, so I decided to check it out one tuesday night at one of the pubs about 5 mins walk from my flat.

I was the first to arrive which I felt a bit stupid by, but I had my sounds so I managed to pass the time easy.

Anyway it was a $10 buy-in no other fee and all money in was prize money out which was cool. Max 50 players which was reached well before start and top 5 paid. First hand I got dealt QJ suited in the SB so I wasnt happy because I prefer to lay down my first hand for some reason. A few limpers so I raised preflop and had 3 to the flop it was a low flop with a J so I put out a reasonable bet and everyone folded so taking down the first pot was nice. I then had plenty of time before the blinds came around to me again and I decided to study the table. The play was very loose so I decided if I played tight for a while i'd be alright. I was up from the initial 500 starting chips to about 700 at the first break and the blinds werent increasing fast at all so I had heaps of time. I then got moved to another table and took down a few pots until I got a BB special something like 3 5 and I hit the bicycle on the turn which was the A so I managed to earn a few from someone with a pair of aces. I then got moved to the swish table with felt and took down some nice little pots there. When it was down to the final table, I took down the first four pots and had a nice stack probably 2nd but when I managed to knock out a big stack I was a big chip leader and continued to play strong. I only bluffed once and managed to get him to fold which was nice and managed to knock out a few short stacks with the ability to call some of their all-ins. Heads up only lasted 2 hands when i was dealt AJ diamonds and he raised I reraised him all in and he folded, next hand it was just called preflop and i hit middle pair of the flop he went all in and I called, he showed bottom pair so he didnt have many outs and my hand managed to hold up to collect a cool $225.

I havent played another tourney yet as I've had to study for exams and seeing its my final year they're my first priority. 2 down one to go and theyve gone off without a hitch and tomorrows is the easiest of the three so all should be good.

Off to stay at my parents for the semester break and will work so I can have a few more pinga's to spend next semester.

Apparantly poker.com has had an upgrade but I dont have an internet connex at home at the mo as ive ditched my dial-up for broadband which hasnt yet been hooked up, should be interesting tho.

Good luck to all at the tables,

See you all at poker.com in Mid July
Kanyezee

Melbourne

If you ever go to Melbourne, check out the Crown Casino, it has a great poker room.

After looking around I decided to play the 1/2 NL table buy-in $60. I must say the cost of playing here was much better than Sydney as they only charge you time $5/hr on this limit and 10% rake compared to Sydney, much cheaper!

I went for the first time at around 10pm one night and stayed until around 330am when my sister came to see how I was doing. Not bad I replied. When I sat down there were a few players around the table with stacks around $300 so there was plenty of money to be made. At first I had to be tight as I could see the large stacks picking off the other smaller stacks around the table so I was quite happy to see my pocket 10s turn into a set with an A on the board and doubled up against AQ when he forced me all in. That night I cashed out $400 odd and was happy with my play.

After a few nights there I had a night off and decided to go early in the day around noon. I'm not sure if it was just that I was card dead, or card dead with other opponents but this was my only losing session, already down $60, I had got up to $90 when play was folded around the table onto me on the button with KK - a great hand since I had had nothing for the past 2 hours I raised from $2 to $12. SB called and BB raised to $25, he was probably the weakest on the table and had been playing aggressively so I raised all-in, the SB called, and BB folded. I was gutted when my KK was torn to shreds when SB flipped over AA. He had only just come into the game so it was only $60 but to have my best hand of the night crushed was just cruel. No K came on the board by the way. So after a horrid days play down around $250 (3 buy-ins and a couple of top ups after losses. I had to rebuy when my AQ was beaten by A4 when a 4 fell on the river after me going all in. I decided one more rebuy and try to get back some and was dealt 10 10 first hand back. I decided blow it ALL IN, in late position call by the button and BB. flop was A K Q and I knew i was almost out, a blank on the turn, but a nice J on the river giving me the nut straight, BB with AQ was furious but I had no sympathy the kind of day I had had. Played a few more hands then I took my $200 and ran so I was down around $110 for the day.


The highlight of the night trip came with about 30 mins before 5am as I had a early flight home I decided to stay up and sleep on the flight, I had already had a super night a was up to around $600. I was dealt 4 6 in BB no raises so a simple check. 3 to the flop came 2 5 9 rainbow, and I was praying for a 3 it was checked around, turn brought an A, no luck there, but again it was checked around. now came the river - 3 WHOOP WHOOP!, there was no flush out there so I knew I had the nuts, the SB checked and I threw $5 into a $6 pot, this is where it all got exciting! the button raised to $20 and the SB raised to $80! I milked it a bit and looked at the board pretending to be perplexed at their betting, at the same time I made sure there wasnt something I was missing but no there was no flush no pair on the board and I knew I was good for the pot. I then asked the dealer what the minimum I was allowed to raise was. He replied up to $140, so I decided to raise to $160, the button called, the SB then went all in and I instantly called, the button was already in for most of his chips so he threw his remaining $40 in and while the dealer sorted out the side pot I told him no need, I had them both covered and the SB showed 2K, i flipped my 46 nuts and the button showed his set of 3's. I was very happy as I had just roped in about $400 from the SB and $200 from the button.

Overall I had 4 sessions where I had come out up and one when I lost a bit, overall I was up $1500 or so from my stay in Melbourne, I paid for my sisters tattoo, and gave her some cash for my stay.

The rest came back with me where I started my final year at Otago University in Dunedin, NZ. The holiday has helped me live a nice comfortable student life this year compared to others where I had to scrimp and save.

Anyway my first exam for the first semester is on Thursday, so I will get back to some study. I've taken a break from playing online until my exams are over so I won't have any details of any play until I start again after the holidays, and I will be working for the semester break as well so its not likely I will play then either.

I still have one more post about a local tournament I won down here a couple of weeks ago.

Good luck on the tables all
Kanyezee

Holiday In Aussie

In February 06 I jumped over the Tasmen for a holiday in Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Uni for the year. Went to Sydney first to visit my Aunty and 2 cousins at Bondi, while doing a site seeing day alone, harbour bridge, opera house and the like I decided to check whether the Sydney Casino had Poker.

Turns out they did but the stakes were quite high, I think it was a 2/5 NL with a buy-in off $200 and hand commission of $1 and 10% rake. They also had limit games going on but I wasnt tuned into my limit game as I had been playing NL lately and I definately prefer NL. Anyway after tossing up whether to play or not I decided to and damn I had the Shakes lol

My first win was in the SB when I got dealt 6Js, and the board came JJQ, I checked and it was checked around. the turn came 6 so I was likely to take down a nice pot if I could get some action. I checked and the BB bet about 1/3 of the pot, everyone folded and I raised his bet 2 1/2 times, and he raised me again, I was thinking oh ow. But I decided to call. River came something like a 4, I bet out about 1/3 of the pot and he called. To my delight he simply asked if I had the J, and it sounded like I had won this, I said better and showed my J6. I took in my chips with hands trembling and I think the players around the table looked at me in delight.

At one stage I was up to $800, with one hand the money maker, with about $350, I was dealt AA in late position, one guy raised from $5 to $50 so I raised it up to $125 needless to say it was just me and him the rest of the way, The board came AKx rainbow, he beat $80 and I raised all-in knowing I was well ahead of any hand and the only thing that would beat me would be quads or a straight, I was happy to take this down right now and collect, but he pushed his chips in with a smile and a celebratory clap, I was thinking WTF? I flipped over my rockets at the same time he showed his AK and sank into his seat. He tilted and the player to my right who I had struck up a nice friendship with took the rest of his chips.

Ended up $590 as I couldn't hit many hands in the late stages, but was fun nonetheless.

Will fill you in with my Melbourne trip next time

Welcome to kanyezee's poker blog

Hello, this will be short and sweet.

The main goal of this blog is to keep you informed of my poker happenings at poker.com where I play regularly.

I have played for real money at poker.com since January 06 and have had a good times/bad times relationship.

I initially deposited US$200 to maximise on the initial depositors bonus (where they match your deposit dollar for dollar as you earn "comp points", playing for real money.

I had done really well, after winning a private freeroll hosted fishbowlpokerclub.com, which unfortunately has vanished to thin air, and I know no nothing about its existence or whatever happened to the fishbowl. There were only 18 players but it felt good and the $25 from winning gave me a lot of confidence and a little breathing room from my breakeven point.

After a while my bankroll at poker.com was up to around $500 before I headed off to Australia for a holiday before heading to Dunedin, NZ for my final year at Otago University.

I got into the bad habit of entering tournaments (usually $5/$10 entry fee) and playing blackjack to get back what I had paid in fees. This went very well for a while until I got a thrist for just blackjack itself. My bankroll at this stage had built itself nicely up to $1500.

Late one night before going to bed I decided to play a lil blackjack just earn $20 or something before calling it a night... BAD MOVE. My little method of betting $5 and if I won great $5, if I lost I would bet $10, if I won that great $5 profit, but if you lose it becomes $20, $40, $80. I had been up to $80 in the past and I tell ya the shakes you get after being down but then getting it back again are adrenline rushes. Anyway at poker.com the maximum you can bet is $100 so once you lose the $80 one you cant use your little double the bet method, long story short my $1500 soon became somewhere around $400, I stopped for a while but then went back and I was back up to $1350. Since then I rarely play blackjack although now and then i do, but it thought me a valuable lesson that night.

Anyway thats enough for now I will add more in the near future including the rest of my career at poker.com and my casino experiences in Australia and the local pub tournament victory!!!

Blog more soon
Kanyezee