Slippery Slope1

This is a tough journey, and what im about to blog now in no way or form makes this adventure any easier. in fact if anything it actually jeopardises the whole challenge of building up a substantial bankroll if i don't do anything about it!

This game is about making as many correct decisions as you can for as long as you play it! It doesn't end there though does it?!? No matter how good you make your decisions, how well u play your hands there are periods where variance will pick on you and make you feel vulnerable to any two cards. AA seems to be meaningless, KK becomes a scary card coz u know that Ace will pop on the board, u will hit ur flush only to be up against runner runner Boat etc...

Enough has been said about these concepts before so i am not planning to go into detail. But!, to easily and stress freely ride these periods out of your way We need to define the limits we play according to our bankroll size!!!

What is my limits? where do i consider my main game? How often Should i take shots? What should i do When i fail at taking shots? Do i have a Stop Loss limit??

Coz the way im playing now, answers none of those questions thus leaving me to hover in the poker lobby and dive into any game my mood feels like for that particular moment.

On Thursday evening after writing the blog for wednesday i decide to play 1/2 $ HU and get stacked on a marginal hand.

i leave the game for about 10-15 minutes only to return to a 2/5 $ table and drive 7erdy7 account to a BUST !! Then i log in to Royalfire account to drop it down from 961 to 250 quid. At this point i almost knew what was going to happen so i left royalfire and logged into callpls with 85 quid and sat at $2/5 HU with the apprx 170 dollars against a full 500 stack.

I ran pretty good and managed to go upto 2000 dollars. i also did similar move on royalfire again and managed to take my combined roll up to 1800 quid.

The Final result is very good but in terms of risk reward this was a bad play and if nothing is done about it then im afraid i will soon have to write a final busto blog.

So here it goes ... I will probably cash out some more from the bankroll, My limits for now are defined as $.50/1 with the occasional 1-2 buyin shot at $1/2 heads up games.

If i drop 10 buyins then i move back to .25/.50.


And thats what i did last night and it was a good session so new bankroll stands at

aprx. 2070 quid on two accounts....

I hope to perform the same today.


Am i capable of sticking to these rules??? We will have to wait and see.....

Gl at the tables

Royalfire aka Callpls

Must've had the shortest session since this poker project started. RoyalFire account played at $1/2 for about 10-15 mins and made around 350 dollars..

Callpls lost 10 dollars in about 3-5 mins at .25/.50 and 7erdy7 made about 3 pounds in 2 hands.

gl at the tables ....

Royalfire aka 7erdy7 aka Callpls

Swinging!!!

WOHOOOOO!!! what a last 2 days i had... At one point i thought i would be writing a busto blog but glad everything turned out ok...

Bank holiday monday i had a nightmare session where i would flop the nut flush and lose to a runner runner fullhouse for a 250 quid pot. Flop the nut straight lose to a runner runner flush for 400 dollar pot etc. and tilt some more for the sake of it!!

End of that day i managed to drop Callpls account from 310 quid to 13 quid!!!! 7erdy7account from 700 quid to 300 quid and didn't touch the 150 littlewoods account. I could've ended up with a healthy bankroll but the miracle hands came one after the other to not only wipe the winnings but also deflate my roll.

I was fully aware that if i had carried on that night i would be writing a busto blog...so i left everything as they were and decided to cut losses. Something i haven't been able to do previously.


Yesterday was quite opposite though, ran pretty well for about 1.5 hours at $1/2 heads up tables and the bankrolls are back to ok level.

7erdy7 : £423
Royalfire : £815
Callpls : £90

I think i will give royalfire account a chance to take a stab at these stakes. (i know i know i said i would layout a structure but lets see how things go till the weekend.)

Hope to come up with a nicer title for tomorrow

gl at the tables

Royalfire aka Callpls aka 7erdy7

+ £115

Played a short session last night, ran pretty good on both accounts but then lost somepart of the winnigs. So last nights figures were +115 (combined both accounts winnings)

Royalfire account is now active and i will probably try to grow it from next week.

steady day.....

GL at the tables

callpls aka 7erdy7 aka royalfire

Wake UP Call!!!

I thought the last few days were too good to be true, the rapid growth in the bankroll has effected my judgement on reality and needed an external shock to wake up from dreamland. Fortunately though the damage was not so bad to the confidence as such. It is a light warning but if i don't take actions, consequenses may be very heavy for me to handle in terms of managing a bankroll.

We went to a casino in Reading to enter the 20+3 MTT buyin rebuy tourney to have a laugh and also experience the live game. There was 3 of us but we had arrived about 3 hours too soon...

So what do you do in a casino to pass the time?? Well I don't know about you but for me it was, Hit the Bar get the drinks and sit at the blackjack table. Bought around 60 pounds worth of chips to start with and believe it or not didnt't last me 10 minutes!!!! The dealer was pulling cards to beat my 19-20 from left right and center.

Have you ever played Blackjack online and had a strong feeling of the whole thing being rigged??? Well rest assured The real thing was no different!!!

MTT though was a totally different story and was a good experience. Thinking about it now i must've worked real hard not to cash in.. As i was a massive chip leader almost throughout the whole tourney.

Arrogant attitude of mine though again got me in trouble and i couldn't get couple of opponents of bottom pair on dangerous boards..... Got out 11th when the top 7 was being paid.

Last night has cost me 290 pounds in total. (including drinks, BJ, poker and food.)

I will take these expenses of my online poker roll and today hopefully try to win some of it back.

Gl at the tables

royalfire aka callpls aka 7erdy7

Climbing up Fast

Got back from work yesterday turned on the PC, fired up william hill (callpls account) MTT tab and registered for the 1000 euro guaranteed prize pool tourney. I was doing good in fact i was in top 4 all the way to the bubble when 12 runners were left. Top 10 places were going to be in the money and i was sure i would make it there. What the heck even if i didnt play a hand and just sat out i would still make it.

As good as it sounds, poker gods must've seen my arrogant attitude and probably decided to punish me!

Got dealt KK on the button when the chip leader decides to raise 5*BB !!! Why so high? is he holding a lower PP? QQ? jj? or maybe even AK ? i crossed out the probability of AA as i couldn't see my self actually folding the hand, so i decide to push hoping to deny his odds of catching anything. And to my Amuse i get the INSTA CALL and yes POCKET ROCKETS were there smiling at me.... And that was me out of that tourney in 12th place.... Not a pleasant start to a session..

Then closed william hill and fired up interpoker for 7erdy7 account with the rake back i mentioned yesterday. Started my usual heads up sessions and made enough to cover my buyin previously on will hill and another buyin for me to enter the 7K gtd.
was out of that tourney chasing a flush with my above average stack :-) no need to go into details as my pot odds were not there but i still fancied the gamble to test the poker gods.

This is the point where everything started to go uphill (poker gods must have finished their shift) and i was being blessed with clueless weekend fish to increase my bankroll. I mean i didnt need the cards to beat these guys and they eventually gave up to their fate and surrendered their chips taking my 7erdy7 account up to 480 pounds.

Brilliant progress as that account was only at 77 pounds yesterday

So current Bankroll is sailing at 480+715= 1195 pounds. (also 150 quid rakeback on royalfire account but need to send documents to activate my account)

Tonight i will probably do a similar session; couple of MTT's and heads up matches. I just hope the frenzy is not over and i still get blessed with few clueless but dedicaTED opponents. :-)

Gl at the tables

callpls aka royalfire aka 7erdy7

EDIT: Just had an insane moment when i didn't need to.... lost 100 dollars on stupid play and i mean very stupid play to a weak player which has tilted me over the edge and did what i said i wouldn't do!!! Sat at $1/2 heads up with a shark called Dejnyrich but unfortunate for him i was more aggressive and also fortunate and the short session (around 30 mins) ended with him being stacked twice. This has increased my 7erdy7 bankroll to 650 pounds. I guess i have a long night ahead. Not proud but happy !!!!

NICE RESULTS...

Heads up games have been going really well, When fully concentrated I find myself right inside my opponents head and it feels as if I can predict their moves and make correct decisions accordingly. I aim to tilt them and the rest becomes easy, they start to lay me huge odds, make incorrect bets when they have the goods and etc etc.

To top it all I love it when the session ends with “You Lucky Fish!!!”

Managed to make $400 last night on $.25/.50 and also managed to make win my buyins for the £7K gtd and £1500 gtd MTT’s. Unfortunately I was card dead at the bigger tourney and not got two cards that I could play for about 1.5 hours when I finally pushed with AQ only to be beaten by 88.

But the other MTT was great and managed to finish second for a nice £300, although I believe I was lucked out on the final hand JJ vs 44. AIPF. (4 on flop has cost me my first prize :-) Nevertheless It feels good to stand out from 148 runners.

After that I played for a few more minutes on heads up tables and closed the nights session on £733. Not bad result after ive been working on engineering projects at the office all day.

I also got rakeback on my 7erdy7 account for a mere £77 which gives me a chance to build that up too.

I have plans to withdraw around £500-£600 and start again. This will be my approach for now until I build myself a plan. Otherwise the temptation to move up higher will eventually become irresistible and like I have mentioned before I want steady growth not rapid Bust!

I am also doing a lot of reading on Game theory and poker and trying to absorb the concept and apply it to my game. I think it will give me huge edge against most of my opponents if I can master this science side of the game.

Another aspect I want to improve is to try and become a very nice player at the tables since I find my self retaliating too often to abuse and it starts to semi tilt me. I might even consider turning my chat off.

Gl at the tables.

RoyalFire aka Callpls aka 7erdy7

Note : RoyalFire account has been blocked. when phoned they said i have been selected randomly for security check and need to send them my details!!! If i didn't have to wait for my 150+ rakeback i would cancel my account with them WHAT A NUISANCE and a load of old RUBBISH!!!!