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January 09

Date: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 Internet

Funny month, wining heaps on PKR, up 2900 then hit a wall and lost $1500, then bounced back and ended up over a couple of grand again. This is all on my main cash game site PKR. Tournaments were rubbish and just drained me all month.

Still, once again a win's a win +£800.75

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Happy New Year

Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 Internet

Well another year ends, and the good times haven't exactly rolled, but it's profit, and my three month rule was nearly in play again, but December saved me.

Actually didn't play much in December as I just have no will to play at all, and have mainly been tinkering with some small tournies, ironically after spending probably hundreds of tournies on Crypto getting nowhere nearly all the time, just when I am seriosuly considering dropping poker, after winning one last month, I have a couple of close shaves this month, and so by month endI am actually in profit -just - there. I guess the long run is long in tournaments just like they say.

Been fiddling around with micro Omaha and Omaha8 as well just to find something that will get me interested, I can really see poker going by the wayside this year unless soemthing spikes my interest. Losing weight is now a definite, 3 stone in 3 years is too much, and need to get back to my fighting weight.

December as I said was good +£1245.84

Annual total therefore was a win, not a big win but a win, and takes me back over the lifetime £50k mark for the second time, I breached it originally in September then hit the wall, so onwards and upwards hopefully!

2008 Total +£4477.26

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Rollercoater November

Date: Sat, Nov 29, 2008 Internet

Hard tpo believe my own totals when I reach month end. Having repeated the post-drunken football watching exploits of October once again, when Bolton took on Man City, and I proceeded to splurge €1000 later that day, plus a horrible start to the month on PKR, I gave up until PKR live came around at Loose Cannons mid-month.

That seemed to give me a kick again, even though the best I managed was an 11th in the last tourney for a piddly $200. I also picked up £400 in the cash games, so got me going again, and first night back online decided to try 6 seater $1/2, and proceeded to rack up a stack of $700 playing one table.

Even so the enthusiasm had gone, and a sense that I was much more in the hole that I actually was for the second month running had me not in the mood to play.

I did however just dabble in small tournies instead occassionally, and right at the death finally hit a final table on Willy Hills, not only that but managed to come from way down and win it; a £7 buy-in turned into a £889 profit.

That sort of crowned the comeback from the big hole at the start of the month, and from looking at December being a must win or the cards go away forever (my 3 month in a row rule), I end up in profit to the tune of £946.80.

All very nice, and hopefully I head towards Xmas in better spirits!

November Total +£946.80

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Don;t Drink & Poker!

Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 Internet

Well following on from my mid-month report, what can I say, losing month, third of the year, and worst since November 2006 when I lost over £3k. Shame after breaking the £50k barrier last month, but you shouldn't drink and poker as I pointed out.

I have to hope that the prosepct of some live poker in November at the PKR Live event will turn the corner for me. There seem to have been an awful lot of bad runs lately after seemingly sorting out my terrible tilt issues.

Nothing more to say really, but November and December have to show a profit, my 3 losing months rule has never changed so it's un

der pressure now.

Total for October -£2617.69

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George Burley, you have a lot to answer for!!

Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 Internet

Well Scotland blew it on Saturday, but not as much as me.

Few pints watching the game, which spiralled into a few tinnies later, and the best part of two bottles of wine wasn't a good recipe for playing some drunken pissed off with football poker.

No idea what I was up to, but fearfully logged into my accounts on Sunday, to find I'd lost over a grand on PKR, and over two grand (€) on Paradise. What an absolute disaster.

I have no desire to play any more poker.

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September Totals

Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2008 Internet

Will this post ever see the light of day? Who knows, certainly not me. The point of this blog is not to be 'with it' or 'cool and hip', it's a vehicle for increasing visitors for thehomeofpoker.co.uk.


However that isn't good enough for some, is it Oksi of 2+2 infamy? This is a guy who spends hours trolling the internet attempting to put together strawman arguments against people whom he disagrees with. I'm not the only victim, but I am a regular one.

Obviously this site has caused him amusement, because in his eyes, it's ironic that someone like me, who is so anti facebook, Bebo and all those horrible 'social networking' sites, has a blog. This of course was one of his famous strawmen. A Blog is a diary at least in my view, something that really is for the writer and the writer alone. If people read this and feel like visiting thehomeofpoker.co.uk, then I will be delighted, however essentially it is my poker scorecard, whereas the former are just for sados (imo) who need to boast about their massive list of 'friends', the vast majority of whom they've never met, and probably never will.

All that said, September was a milestone month. I'm no big winner, and have no claim to be, and I don't play for hours and hours, but I am proud of never having deposited my own money into an online poker site, having built up from a free $50 from Total Poker all those years ago, and this month I broke the £50,000 lifetime winnings. For someone as risk averse as myself, which means I still often play $1/$2 No Limit, I'm pleased with the achievement, even if Oksi scoffs.

This month itself saw a win of £639, plus qualification for the first ever PKR Live tournament being held at Loose Cannons in London, in mid November.

The dawning of October also of course heralds the end of the golf season, and what a season. Starting at 8.8, I end at 6.2, just .2 away from my all time low. The new irons have worked the business without doubt, and two pieces of silverware, the Club Championship at Walton Hall, and the Millbuie Cup at Dunecht House are testament to my winningest season since 1984 when I won two trophies at Dunecht House. The latter trophy, my third last counting round of the season, was the one that did the most damage, shooting level par 72, my lowest there, and lowest ever of medal tees, despite and OB and penalty drop on the back 9. There's also the possibility of a post season adjustment downwards, so I may yet have a new low to kick off 2009 with.

Well that's it for the month, hope you like it Oksi!

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August Totals

Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 Internet

Didn't play much this month due to holidays, and attempting to get my golf game in tip top for going home to Scotland.


+£289.60

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July Totals

Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 Internet

Height of Summer, and height of golf season, so of course the month starts with a big tournament score, 3rd in the PKR $12.5k guarantee for $1300, followed by a huge win, the Club Championship at Walton hall (handicap)

Finally, on the boards after four years of membership, and actually having a helluva season, never having even made the prizes before, I've won two stableford comps, before coming home a shot ahead in the biggee. The new irons are paying off, as is playing the most golf since I was a member at Castletown in the Isle of Man 6 years ago or so. On the verge of seven again as well having drifted all the way out to nine.

The new mix of golf and poker seems to be working well in general, with the best month for as long as I can recall, and a couple of iffy months prior to it. So hopefully I can keep that up.

Also had a great day out at The Open with young Fatshaft at Royal Birkdale which was simply superb, what a tremendous course, just a shame the weather was awful (for spectating, ironically makes for a much better Open), but for all that we enjoyed the day.

So anyway, I know Oksi is waiting to see the monthly scoreboard, and it's good news +£1994 for the month.

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fatshaft's full house - 2008-06-30

Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2008 Internet

Not been a lot of poker this month, had intended to take a good shot at the WSOP, especially on PKR, however managed to miss the final sat there due to having to head make a u-turn 25 miles into a journey that put me too late to make the final level. Couldn;t face 7000 players on Stars kicking off at 11pm so ended up missing out.

The strangest thing this year waqs the lack of sites holding qualifiers, outside Stars and Full Tilt, PKR had the biggest guarantee with 12 seats in their final, iPoker held a number of i seat guarantees, and others just didn't bother.

After all that, and playing a lot of golf - two cuts this month and I'm back down to an 8 h'cap again - there wasn;t a lot of time for poker, so a loss, but at least only a small one.

It's fair to say that I currently have no enthusiasm for the game anyway, so i'm not too bothered.



-$348

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May Totals

Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2008 Internet

Well, first of all, a big hello to Oksi from the zoo who is a big fan of my blog, and indeed my forum posts around the net which he actively searches for. Hopefully he keeps spreading my fame.

Actually I find it a bit sad, as much as anything this blog is just my personal record of my winnings and losses at poker, to keep myself honest if you like. Too many players think they are winners when they are not, or don't lose as much as they think they do. I keep my meagre records as by nature I'm not a gambler, so the fact I play at all is a bit of a miracle.

I've been close to quitting a few times, and when or if I ever hit three losing months in a row then I'll stop, as losing money just isn't my thing. I should also clarify (mainly for Oksi so that he doesn't make a fool of himself again) that my monthly totals that I quote, are MONTHLY totals and not all time win/loss figures. I started out in poker with a free $50 and have multiplied that many many times over, saldy a lot has been spent on things like a deposit for my midweek work flat for example, and I won't say how much I have won overall as my wife might want some of it.

Anyway back to my blog.

May has been a funny month, and after getting a kicking in April, I took some time off and started to get a lot more golf in. The new irons are defo helping a lot, especially my previously shocking wedge play. Most noticeable however is my SW, which for the first time is a specialist wedge and not a matching SW for my set - although it is a mizuno like the new irons. It is so easy to play even off tight lies, very little bounce, and playing flops from tight lies is even pretty easy. Why did I wait so long???

As for poker, mainly concentrated on qualifying for the ECOOP on iPoker, and on WSOP qualifiers, but with little time devoted to poker even that has been a measly total. A couple of small cash game sessions and a couple of small tourney wins are the sum of my month, but astonishingly one of my best months for a while sees a profit of £1539.02. Oh how BlueScouse would love figures like that!

I was disappointed not to get to play in Estonia while I was over there on business, found the only real poker caisno they had (out of 40 in Tallinn) but was 6 minutes too late for the start, even though they hadn't yet seated the players I was told it was too late. A fine future awaits that young man in a British casino somewhere, clearly a natural for the job ;-)

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Date: Thu, May 29, 2008 Internet




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April Total

Date: Fri, May 2, 2008 Internet

Well it had to happen, and after a run of 12 winning months, it all came crashing down during the last 10 days of April.

The month was going so well too, having gone back to Boss, and running around €2k up, it just all seemed to go wrong thereafter, and finished with a calamitous night on Cake when depositing for a reload bonus, and managed to drop $900 on the session.

The only positives were qualifying for two of the ECOOP finals.

Also, the WSOP chase has begun, and along with ECOOP means I'll probably play little cash in May, and the onset of summertime means golf will encroach even into that. A breather may be what is needed though, as there's no doubt logging on had started to become a chore, I can;t imagine what these full time guys do to get through it?

Even the golf had a bad start, with a winter adjustment made I got 0.8 added to the handicap and am now 8.8 and playing of 9 for the first time since I left Aberdeen 10 years ago. I just hope the new Mizuno irons can work some magic, and get me into the groove again.

April total -£595

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March Totals

Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 Internet

Absolutely pathetic. Massive swings all month, including a $1200 downswing last night that basically blew what little I'd held onto for the month. Also had a $1600 night as well as a few nights over a grand profit. Considering what a tight arse I am, it's hard top explain variance like that.

On a positive note, that's now an entire 12 months without a losing month, so I can take that as some very positive progress, but the actual amounts being won monthly is still pathetic. Suppose I could be losing.

So winnings for the month were enough to fill up my tank once +£80

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