10th July

Online poker at it's best...... bullshit.

6th July

Having made the journey back to Nottingham and DTD for the £150 with 146 runners I some how survive getting quite deep with no hands at all, getting lucky on one occasion with AQ v AJ v 77 with a queen coming on the river to give me enough oxygen for another hour at least.

I get moved tables and I'm on the bb for 800 and my stack is 6900 total, there's a raise utg to 1950 from amassive stack, folds round to me and I jam the lot with AcTc, initial raiser thinks about it and makes the call, he got Ah Td board comes h h h h x and thats how I'm running at the moment exiting in 41st place.

I then made the journey home and played for a seat for Macau on ipoker and the Sunday Millions on Stars but didnt do any good on either of them.

Poker........It's a constant struggle at the moment!!!

5th July

Dusk till Dawn £300 main event

The odds seen to be stacking up against me.

4k at the start of level 5.

After steaming ahead with some aggressive play and good reads I find myself on 21k after 3 levels of play. I took a massive dent at the end of level 4 pocket aces in mid position with a limp utg so I raise to 625 with the blinds at 100/200 big blind calls as does the limper, Flop comes 78k spades and I got ace diamonds and ace spade's, checks to me so I bet 1650, bb makes it 3200, limper folds. I ask for a count and push all in. He has 9800 behind him. He calls with ace king no spades. Frankie tells me he folded a king:) turn card is the case king. Another 40/1 outer and I'm left with ave chips.

I then get involved with Frankie and I'm on the bb when I call his button raise to 525 with 74 hearts:) flop comes 74A i check raise his 525 bet on the flop to 1650 which he calls the turn brings a jack so i bet out 1650 Frankie flats me. A queen on the river and I lead out for 1600 hoping he's got AK Frankie again flat calls me and flips over pocket queens for the rivered set and another 20/1 hit against me.

I'm down to 4k and on tilt so I get all jiggy and do my remaining chips chasing a flush/straight draw.

I then go over to Chiquito’s, get some much needed snack and chill out deciding to enter the £55 freezeout.

I take my seat and immediately boss the table picking up 3/5 hands and an extra 800 in the first orbit (4k starting stack)

I then pick up pocket aces on the sb and there's been a raise mid position to 200 and the button has called so I raise it to 850, initial raiser folds and the button calls, flop comes 459 rainbow and I lead for 1125, the button goes all in to which I insta call and he flips pocket 6s, 7 on the turn and an 8 on the river leaves me with 825 in chips.

I'm on the button next hand with the bb in for 50 and a call in late position so I push all in with Q7 hearts, bb folds and the limper say's go on then...and he's holding K 4 of spades... 2s Qd 7c 9s 8s for the rivered flush

Back today for more pain in the £150 but I'm seriously beginning to think that I am jinxed in the place.

3rd July

ANYONE, but a sweaty sock? !!!

Only three years ago Andy Murray claimed “anyone but England” during the world cup finals whilst draped in the Scottish flag – I remember thinking at the time, “what an arrogant fucker”

Arrogant he maybe but lets face it, he’s on top of his game and he seems 100% focused – has he got the goods to go on and emulate some of his fellow countrymen:
Ken Buchanan (born 1945), world champion boxer
Sir Matt Busby (1909–1994), football manager, won the European Cup in 1968
Jim Clark (1936–1968), Formula One driver
David Coulthard (born 1971), Formula One driver
Kenny Dalglish (born 1951), footballer and a manager of Liverpool F.C.
Sir Alex Ferguson (born 1941), footballer and a manager of Manchester United F.C.
Stephen Hendry (born 1969), professional snooker player, 7 times World champion.
Chris Hoy (born 1976), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist
Denis Law (born 1940), football player
Bill Shankly (1914–1981), football manager
Jock Stein (1922–1985), football manager, won the European Cup with Celtic F.C.
Sir Jackie Stewart (born 1939), world champion Formula One driver
Jim Watt (born 1948), world champion boxer, won the WBC World Lightweight title
David Wilkie (born 1954), swimmer

Betfair have him at 1/3 on for todays match against Andy Roddick (3/1) whilst Federer is unbackable at 1/11 on against Tommy Haas.

You can get better odds on Murray if you back him to win Wilmbildon at almost 4/1

I think Murray has got the game to beat Roddick and I’m going to pump on a 3 sets to 2 victory giving me early prices of 11/2 but I think that is where his wilmbildon will end for 2009, he just simply doesn’t have the tools in the bag to beat federer on grass.

If it was Henman v Federer then the whole country would have been behind Tim but because it’s this one particular individual then its easy to “knock the jock” .

The main event starts in Vegas today so good luck to all the 7000/8000 runners for that event. The brits have given a good account of themselves at this years series and I’m sure with the ever increasing popularallity of the sport this can only be good for poker in Europe.

DTD £300 this weekend and another overlay looks more than likely… fill your boots and get over there

2nd July

WSOP DAY 39

“LATE MENTION”

Seniors NL Hold’em World Championship (Event 43)
Monday, June 22, 2009 to Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $2,463,700
Entries: 2,707

Dave Collins (Teamdobb) came 97th for $2,734