Snake's Blog

Just a quick update, going to Newcastle this weekend with Raise The River to play in the Newcastle Poker Forum Team Event. Going to be a cracking weekend with the lads, 2 of which are shown above, left is Mik the right is Pud.

Full trip report early next week. Going to be good to see some of the other Bloggers representing other Forums, come over and have a beer!!

Took my roll offline the other day for several reasons. Firstly, to preserve the roll as the beats were redik. I began to tilt stacks off and ended up playing weak/passive which is not my game. Secondly, to preserve my sanity as emotionally it was really hard. Working all day then grinding at night only to suffer the two outer river specials, we have all been there, you know what I am saying. Thirdly, I run bad at life. I have got some family issues I need to resolve that take precedence over online poker.

I will have a break from da cash for a couple of months, but I will still play in the Bloggerment if I am not working, I played in it last Sunday as well as Mair's Charity game and really enjoyed myself. The only annoying thing was BurnleyFish constantly 3 betting my azz as he was sat on my left. It was a case of 'I know he is 3 betting me light but he knows I am opening light'. I decided to 4 bet shove him with JTs only for Mik to insta-snap me off with AK lol. Played about 6 of the new $4.40 135 peep sng's on FT the other day, shipping one for $150 and change, good fun and over quickly. I may play a few of these for a laugh during my cash sabbatical.

Going to Newcastle in just over a week for the NPF Forum Team event with the Raise The River geezers, can't wait it will be a good laugh and looking forward to a few beers with the lads!

Enjoy your time at the tables and crush!!

Το Φίδι

(Greek btw)

Apologies for not updated this schizz blog, no excuses I am a lazy fucker!!

Right, March was an absolute disaster, ended up 8 buy ins under Ev. Negative variance I realise and it will turn around. Not going to moan too much, just going to grind through it. You kinda know you are running bad when AA is only winning 87% and KK 79%.

I have decided to move down to 20nl on Microgaming to absorb this downswong and to protect the BR. Made a decent start to the month, up about 4 buy ins but KK is again running so bad. Got it 3 times in one session and lost all 3. AIPF vs AA, standard. AI on a flop of T83 vs 99, turn J river 7 fml. Other was versus QJ who called my raise OOP, then c/c 2 streets on a Qxxx brd, river was a queen so I check behind to go with my read.

There is a few decent players at 20nl but overall the standard is shocking. Wish me luck and hopefully I can run better and move back up soon.

Enough of Poker, I have played at the same Rugby Club for 22 years, I will not name the Club for fear of identification but we are still the most promoted club in the history of the League system in England, currently in the Championship, one down fron the Premiership. My first team career ended a few years ago but I still turn out for the lower teams when I can.

Anybody who is a member of a Rugby club will testify what a crack it is. I have loads of amusing stories that all involve loads of beer, some degree of nakedness, various animals and occasionally women.

One of the best gags is when a player gets badly injured and has to undergo an operation, other team members make a competition out of who can give the best 'joke' present.

Several years ago I smashed my cheek bone and have to have it rewired. When I was recovering in Hospital I could only drink through a straw. What did the first lad to visit me bring? A huge box of rock hard toffee.

Well, yesterday I had a phone call from the main ring leader of this game. He was telling me about a former player who injured his leg years ago and has always suffered with it, culminating in a degenerative bone condition that has necessitated in his leg being amputated from the knee down. Pretty horrific you may think, but the one thing is this hasn't come as a shock as he has known for several years that this would eventually happen.

Despite this, one would think that having a leg amputated would mean sympathy from all concerned, including the Rugby lads.

Not in the slightest!! Guess what they gave him as his 'joke' present, a DVD of the 1984 classic starring Kevin Bacon, Footloose!!! Looooooooooooooooooooool, honestly when I heard a little bit of wee came out of the end of my knob :)

Good luck all.

La Serpiente

Wow, the downswong continues. As the title suggests I am going to have a few days off and re-evaluate what I am going to do. I have 2 choices, drop down a level a ride it out, or withdraw what is left of the roll, take a month or so off from online poker, use this time wisely to study the game, the return with a bigger bank roll. Tbh at this time I am not too sure what to do. I will probably drop down and play 20nl as I am a degen, plus If I can get through this negative variance then I can get through anything. One thing is I will be mentally a lot stronger.

I will not bore you with the bad beats, there are far too many, but what astounds me is how bad my premium hands are running. In the last few sessions I have had AA and KK busted 75% of the time. Also QQ isn't too good lol. Got QQ 3 times last session, ran it into AA and KK aipf which is standard, but the hand that tilted me was against a retard who min 3bet my open oop, called the 4bet then made a PSB on a low monotone board, I shoved and he called flipping over AKo for no pair no draw. Obv K on the turn, so sik.

The ironic thing is that my downswong has coincided with me purchasing 'The Poker Mindset' lol, I am going to burn the fooker lol.

Gl everyone, keep attacking

Warning, bad beat post coming up. Just gotta get this shit off my chest.

Standard on the flop against his range.

Fck my life, nice call pf!




Standard 2 outer on the river of doom.




Seriously, I mean calling PF with Q4s, give me a break ffs, then the old runner/runner str8 weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!



Same villian as before, easiest call ever until the river of doom!!




Villian is a decent reg, so when he ships I put him on a FD, obv is hits and I fail to re-suckout.




Sik flop, fml!!



Standard but annoying.



Villian is a huge fish, just look what he calls with PF lol



Its a set again in a 3bet pot!!



Sigh, all these from last 2k hands, online poker rigged imo lol

Seriously, some of these are just redik, some I have played poor, but I have to laugh as the fish calling with schizz like Q4s and K5s will always be +Ev, so I want these guys in the game, just not to keep sucking out on me.

I also really need a break against the regs, they always seem to flop sets vs me in 3Bet pots, c'mon Poker Gods (amen) shine on me please?