It has been a month since this poker blog was updated - sorry. And looking back I see that it was at the start of the $1k to $5k Challenge ... hmmm ... OK, there's lots to tell.
July Wk2 - having ramped my $500 deposit up to $830 in Wk1, my target was set at $1k for end of Wk2. Unfortunately, after some horrendous beats and equally horrendous plays at 50c/$1, I was back down at $500 after just two days and around 6 hours of play. Worse was to come though as I then managed to donk off another $300 over the next two days. With the $200 I had left, I decided that I needed to have a bit of a re-think and took to the tables with a tighter than normal approach to the game, only getting involved in good hands at good times but all that went to pot too and through yet more tough 50/50 type beats over the next two days, I went busto!
Obviously very disappointed, I was glad that I was going on holiday during Wk3 and Wk4. I would welcome the break but would also be working on my game by reading books and mags by the pool.
Wk3 /Wk4 - When on holiday I found a pub poker game running on the Sunday night. After dinner in the restaurant below, I signed up for it - a 20 Euro BuyIn with 1 R/A - and at the first break, with 4 guys from the original 15 out, I had 28k in chips. Without ReBuying or Adding On, I was 14k ahead of the next guy and 17k ahead of 3rd place (a good player from England).
To cut a long story short, English guy got uber-aggressive after the break making it very difficult to play directly behind and soon had a similar stack to me. He then claimed to catch a run of cards and was shoving / committing most of his 20k on almost every hand. He finished 5th and got his entry fee back. I then started to get busy with my shortish stack and managed to steal pots at good times to outlast a Dutch woman but after 30 mins of 3 handed play, I finished 3rd for 60 Euros. A decent profit all things considered.
August Wk1 - I've returned from holiday and before I take to the tables with half of our Challenge bankroll ($200), Derek and I meet up to discuss July's play. From the Cash Game sheets I provide and knowing that we're now SERIOUSLY short stacked, we change the strategy to one that will see us play the $20 Jackpot SnGs on Cardoza.
August Wk2 - I haven't managed to get going in the Jackpot SnGs so drop down to playing the $5 and $10 SnGs when my roll hits the $50 mark. Then with $24 left, I take one last chance at the $20 JSnG and bust out with a busted nut-flush draw leaving my SharkScope looking very poorly indeed ...
I'm now gonna be looking at my game and deciding where I go from here. I have around $75 rakeback coming from RaiseTheRiver but I'm thinking I might just withdraw it and spend it on a new pair of jeans or something. My passion for poker is gradually being sucked out of me and I don't know what I can / will do to get it back. Playing much less is something I'm definitely gonna try ...
Derek's having a rough time of it at the moment too. Despite being fairly steady in our Challenge, he's taken a big hit on the WillHill Cash Games and only come close to cashing in the GTD tourneys. Having been sent a few HHs for his JSnG games, I'd say he's been fairly unlucky not to be showing a profit but his head's not fully in it either.
A poor showing and a sad post. Sorry.
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