Well, I know september isn't over yet, but I thought I would tell you how I am doing with my goals.

Carry on my healthier lifestyle - Yes
Finish NLH book by Sklansky - No
Fix PokerTracker - Yes
Look into buying PTStud - Not had chance
Move up to 5/10 stud for good - Yes, playing 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 6/12, 10/20
Continue to play NL100 and NL200 - Yeah but not as much as I usually play
Qualify for more WCOOP events - Will move on to that later in the post
Win - Ermmmmm


Ok friends, I have a bit of an update for you. You know I said I went on a crazy NLH downswing? Well I went on another one as well. I am growing a little tired of the game if I am honest. I am finding more enjoyment playing Stud and Omaha.

I still play Hold'em, but I am limiting myself now to when the tables are actually good. For example, if the game is NL100 and the avg pot is $8, I am just going to leave it and play something else.

Game selection hasn't been that important for me at crypto, because they don't actually have that many games to play, so you just have to take whatever you can get. This has changed now that I can play stud. If the Holdem games are bad I will just open another stud table or something. I think this is an important tool to have in your game. Yeah ok, we all know about table selection blah blah blahs, but how many of us actually apply it?

I know I used to back on Party a year ago, but now I just jump in any. I am going to try and change that.

So I have told you the Hold'em is going bad, what about the others craigor?

Well, Stud is doing ok, I have pretty much been break even over the last few sessions, but it happens. I can't improve my split kings and they river two pair 8's and 7's or something, which is fine. I am getting to that stage in the Stud where I am starting to think about scenarios. That's a good sign, because it means I am progressing. I don't mean scenarios like you have AA in the WSOP main event first hand and everyone goes all in what do you do?, but good questions.

I won't give them away now, because it makes me look silly, when I get the answers then I will.

Omaha has been, well Omaha really. There is a new player who is sitting at the game who is a complete fish, and I seem to keep taking money off him, but then distributing it to people who have two pair all in v my wrap and top pair.

On the subject of Omaha, I saw an absolutely sick game the other day. PL200 on crypto, I just sat down, to find one guy on $600, another on $800 and the other on $1.3k wowser.

The average pot was $200 and I watched a huge hand which was two pair v set, versus the 1.3k guy and the $800. $800 guy wins and is now up to 1.6k. The 600 guy and the former 1.3k guy tangles and the former 1.3k goes bust in the end.

It was quite sick to watch at such a small limit, but it was fun. I didn't get a hand while the game was that juicy unfortunately.

In other news, I staked my friend into the sunday 10k on crypto and he finished 2nd, netting me a nice $2k for $50 investment \o/, we had a deal of course.

WCOOP

Ok, so I have played a shitload of qualifiers for the WCOOP and have been getting literally fucked over. The best hand so far was a big stack in a PLO8 sat, AA24ss, raise, guy pushes, the bb calls, and I reraise all in. The bb insta calls with A2QQ

I really don't understand this play at all. Ok yeah, A2 is the nutz so feaaaaaar it and whatever, but for me to raise in EP, then reraise all in. Doesn't that say "I know you have A2, but so do I with a better hand than whatever you have, biotch?"

Because that's what he should have realised. Nevermind, of course I get screwed out of another qualifier when he hits a Q on the flop, but the likes of hammy and supa keep using up all the luck.

I am glad the HORSE sats are over. I ran super bad in those. My friend was going out saturday night so didn't play it.

Anyway, I finally placed in one, which was at Stud (Suprise Suprise) last night. The Stud event is tonight, and we will be playing that. I am really looking forward to learning how to play Stud in tournaments. I have a good idea already, but It's going to be interesting to see it in a decent buyin.

My friend has been playing a lot of 30/60 HORSE at the moment with me watching. It's quite a good way to learn actually, with a mixture of the games.

Oh, some other points to note.....


Snoogins and I want to become Internet Radio Celebrities, so expect some sort of podcast to be coming to the Internet involving this crime fighting duo.

I have a new catchphrase: MOTHERFUCKING KINGS, thank you spawnz for your little rant about AK v AA for that one.

I want to reinact UAU's life story. I don't think the sply the best thread/audio narration got the acclaim it deserved. If you haven't checked it out yet, head over to texasholdem-poker.com, go to the forum and search for "badass" by UrAteUp.

I want to go by the nickname "Zing" now, because it's cool.

Anyway, will let you know tomorrow how the Stud tourney goes.

Laters.

xxxx