Ups and downs

Well its been a while since my last post - to be honest ive been quite busy over the weekend. My bastard laptop broke down on friday, its been titering on the edge of life for the last 6 months with the fan and whatnot breaking down, but it hit rock bottom when the wireless radio broke down = no internet. This has resulted in me having to play on my desktop which = no PT, no other poker software ect. And i have to buy a new laptop...

Anyone back to poker. Its been a REAL rough ride the last couple days. My FT account has been shit. Hit a real dry run - started tilting and hit rock bottom when i started throwing money around 'cuz i just dont care anymore..' In general FT was killing my love of poker, so i decided to take a break from it (BR was down to $20 by then), and deposit on PS ($50). I really like the sleek layout of PS, and the super-micro cash games. the 2NL games are a push over so im thinking build up to 60-80$ slowly then move to 5NL until i can hit $200. Thats the plan at least.. Had some good micro games with CCers on PS, always a good laugh especially whent the 7-2 rule came about. Much fun!

Tonight i decided my FT account had to be saved. At $20 i wasnt too sure where to start so i dabbled in some limit razz, stud ect (breaking even) but wasnt really enjoyinh watching the antes suck my profits away. So i decided i was gonna try those fucking SnGs again. Entered a $2 SnG and played TaG untill the bubble burst then played super LAG as i was chip leader. Went to bottom, but managed to pull it around when i hit AA and got no respect for them. Went on to win it, and put some of the profit into a $5 NL SnG, which i also took down. I think the 2 and 5 SnGs are much better for me as the donks are less. Put some of the winnings into a HU2$ game against a absolute maniac = easy money. His strat = push on any pair. Hmm...

BR back up to 45$. In another SnG as i write this, 2$, Just massivley sucked out on the rivver. I had 66 and pushed a shortish stack all in (very laggy player). He shows KQo. Board comes 9QJ, turn Q and the river brings a blessed 6. He didnt take it well, 'fucking idiots and fucking FT always pays them off). Ugh just went to bottom of the pile on the bubble runnnig my AQ into JJ, Two Pair vs set. Must go concentrate

Right , was down to 700 on 50/100 blinds, if we were going on strick M rules i should push ATC, but the table was sooo tight i realised i could steal blinds each orbit until i hit a big hand and doubled up. This worked out, hit AJ, min raised and got pushed in, called and doubled up on A10. The rest of the table then woke up and realised they werent getting a free ride to teh money, so i sat back and watched a guy pratically elimiate himself.

Went ITM as a shortstack, 2ooo, 4000 and 6000. Knocked out in 3rd on this:


Full Tilt Poker Game #6943834758: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (52770977), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:50:42 ET - 2008/06/23
Seat 1: ajrobinson (3,120)
Seat 6: djmc (4,580)
Seat 9: TheSpaceInvader (5,800)
TheSpaceInvader posts the small blind of 80
ajrobinson posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ajrobinson [Ac Kc]
djmc folds
TheSpaceInvader raises to 320
ajrobinson raises to 3,120, and is all in
TheSpaceInvader calls 2,800
ajrobinson shows [Ac Kc]
TheSpaceInvader shows [Ad Qs]
*** FLOP *** [6d 2h Th]
*** TURN *** [6d 2h Th] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [6d 2h Th Ks] [Js]
ajrobinson shows a pair of Kings
TheSpaceInvader shows a straight, Ace high
TheSpaceInvader wins the pot (6,240) with a straight, Ace high
ajrobinson stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,240 Rake 0
Board: [6d 2h Th Ks Js]
Seat 1: ajrobinson (big blind) showed [Ac Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: djmc (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: TheSpaceInvader (small blind) showed [Ad Qs] and won (6,240) with a straight, Ace high

Runner-runner :(. Ah well, i took it with a smile, which is impressive. Might have this tilt under control.