Would probably have helped if I'd written any in that time! It's been so long I've almost forgotten how to!
I probably didn't blog for a while as I didn't play poker for a long time, but recently I've got back into it big time. Since mid-August I've pretty much played everyday, solely on Full Tilt. I think the reason that I started playing again was because Full Tilt were running their "Biggest Ever Bonus"...and as bonuses on Full Tilt are like gold dust I thought I'd take advantage.
My bonus was $100, and I cleared the whole of that whilst pretty much just breaking even on the tables. In the last month or so I've also cleared about $75 in rakeback and $25 from another of their promotions "Take 2" simply for playing 2 tables or more at once...simples...especially when that's what I do anyway.
I also started playing winning poker! And have probably made around $200-$250 since I restarted and my Full Tilt account balance is resting at a fairly healthy $1550 mark at the moment. I was playing mainly 9 people tables at $0.10/$0.25 and $0.25/$0.50 tables until I found this gem of a site:
www.pokertableratings.com
Wow, what a useful tool that is. You can search any player and see their winrates, details of every hand they've played, how loose/aggressive/tilty they are...
So basically what I've done is searched the biggest losers at $0.25/$0.50 for the month, added them to my buddy list and then whenever I've seen they're online I've tried to get on their table, whatever game they're playing, whether it be 6-max, Full Ring and from stakes varying from $0.10/$0.25 to a brief (unsuccessful) fish-hunt at $0.50/$1.
This really changed around my fortunes and it's a great confidence boost knowing that these players lose money so rapidly you just need to be in the right place at the right time. Another feature of the site is that you can see the top 10 "friends" (i.e. players you've won money against) and the top 3 on my list are players that I've picked out using this method and sat at their table whenever possible!
I think the guy at the top has figured out what I'm doing because whenever I now sit at one of his tables he seems to sit out. Might have to search for some new buddies soon.
Talking of future plans the annual trip to Okehampton is on Friday! I've been looking forward to this since January, 9 of us going away for a long weekend to play 81 holes of golf. I won the competition last year but have a much stiffer task this year with my handicap being cut. Despite that I still think I'll be in with a shout and step up to the plate when required. I don't do losing.
My tip for the title (apart from myself) is CashyP, who I also think will win the "Best Dressed Award". Wooden Spoon winner will be the Cannon.
Speaking of the Cannon, check out his blog, which is still going strong here:
http://wendyx25.blogspot.com/
He doesn't play under that name anymore. He's now "DRC0CKnBA11S" on Party Poker and as you can see if you follow the link below, the new name has instigated an upswing for him (at time of writing +$5k in under 3,000 hands) - long may it continue.
http://www.pokertableratings.com/party-player-search/DRC0CKnBA11S
