I spoke too soon...

Of course, having posted that I was up for the month I then played again and dropped $2,000.

Hands like this didn't help:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2550231462: Table Cotton (6 max) - $2/$4 - Pot Limit Omaha - 5:51:50 ET - 2007/05/31
Seat 1: 6speed ($441)
Seat 2: ClayDoja ($398.30)
Seat 3: cane3418 ($333)
Seat 4: LaAbuela1 ($860)
Seat 5: JAM101 ($390.30)
Seat 6: Tall_Mat ($486.80)
cane3418 posts the small blind of $2
LaAbuela1 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tall_Mat [Kh 5c Kc 7h]
JAM101 folds
Tall_Mat raises to $14
6speed folds
ClayDoja calls $14
cane3418 folds
LaAbuela1 folds
*** FLOP *** [5h 8h 4s]
cane3418 has returned
Tall_Mat bets $34
ClayDoja calls $34
*** TURN *** [5h 8h 4s] [6d]
Tall_Mat bets $102
ClayDoja raises to $204
Tall_Mat raises to $438.80, and is all in
ClayDoja calls $146.30, and is all in
Tall_Mat shows [Kh 5c Kc 7h]
ClayDoja shows [6c 4d 6s Ad]
Uncalled bet of $88.50 returned to Tall_Mat
*** RIVER *** [5h 8h 4s 6d] [8d]
Tall_Mat shows a straight, Eight high
ClayDoja shows a full house, Sixes full of Eights
ClayDoja wins the pot ($799.60) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $802.60 Rake $3
Board: [5h 8h 4s 6d 8d]
Seat 1: 6speed didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: ClayDoja (button) showed [6c 4d 6s Ad] and won ($799.60) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 3: cane3418 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: LaAbuela1 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: JAM101 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Tall_Mat showed [Kh 5c Kc 7h] and lost with a straight, Eight high

Clearly putting your whole stack in on middle set when there's a straight on the board is a good idea...grrrrr

Still, it could have been so much worse - when this next river came I thought I'd been done over, but it turned out ok!

Full Tilt Poker Game #2550225636: Table Fido (heads up) - $10/$20 - Pot Limit Omaha - 5:49:26 ET - 2007/05/31
Seat 1: Sasha Rosewood ($1,255.50)
Seat 2: Tall_Mat ($1,536)
Sasha Rosewood posts the small blind of $10
Tall_Mat posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tall_Mat [Ks 4d Kh 6d]
Sasha Rosewood raises to $60
Tall_Mat calls $40
*** FLOP *** [Kc Qs 5c]
Tall_Mat checks
Sasha Rosewood bets $80
Tall_Mat raises to $360
Sasha Rosewood raises to $1,195.50, and is all in
Tall_Mat calls $835.50
Sasha Rosewood shows [As 3c 8s Jc]
Tall_Mat shows [Ks 4d Kh 6d]
*** TURN *** [Kc Qs 5c] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Qs 5c 2s] [5s]
Sasha Rosewood shows a flush, Ace high
Tall_Mat shows a full house, Kings full of Fives
Tall_Mat wins the pot ($2,510.50) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
Sasha Rosewood is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,511 Rake $0.50
Board: [Kc Qs 5c 2s 5s]
Seat 1: Sasha Rosewood (small blind) showed [As 3c 8s Jc] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Tall_Mat (big blind) showed [Ks 4d Kh 6d] and won ($2,510.50) with a full house, Kings full of Fives

Which is probably my biggest ever pot - woo hoo!

Up and Down Month

So, May draws to a close and it has been an up and down one. The biggest sessions have been:

+£513
+£362
+£361

-£387
-£470
-£528

Basically I had a good start making £1,510, then an awful run losing £1,448, then a last minute rally of £979. Overall +£1,040, making me +£647 for the year.

These stats do hide a multitude of sins however, such as playing some $10/$20 NLHE and PLO, where dropping a buy-in at NLHE was offset by a sneaky double up at PLO. Really I'm not bankrolled for anything above $2/$4 at the moment but it is fun to have a pop at the larger games.

On the tournament front I played some more of the DreamTeam events, managing a couple of minor cashes. The live final is this Saturday which should be fun, plus I'm planning on playing in a £200 PLO tournament at the GutShot club on the Friday night as a warm up (ok, so playing PLO may not be the best warm up for a NLHE tourney....)


Finally, my good friend Howard has decided to give up work (well, for 3 months at least) to play poker, golf, and spend "quality time" with the kids. Let's see where the % time spent ends up...! He is chronicalling this on http://pokersmith2.blogspot.com so check it out.

Why do bad things happen when you're down?

So having played like a muppet and lost 3.5 buy-ins at $1-$2 I switched to $2-$4 to get something back. About 3 hands in I call an UTG raise from a 18/14 player with JT on the button. Flop come AKQ, he leads out, I re-raise, he shoves, I call. He has AA and the turn brings a king...

My BR on Full Tilt at the moment seems to be swinging between $8k and $6k. Every time it looks like I'm getting a good run going I have a knock back and am back down to where I started at the beginning of the month. Currently on $6,200 after the above -$1k session :-(