FREE MUNNY!!!!

Thought that if I'm going to leave the blog in suspended animation for a few weeks, I might as well leave it on a massive plug-a-thon. So, as a result, treat yourselves to a copy/paste of a couple of earlier posts, revolving around YourPokerCash and their free $50 bankrolls at Full Tilt, Party Poker, Absolute Poker or UltimateBet, the choice is yours.....




I found this affiliate link while browsing the t'interweb this afternoon, looks very interesting to say the least!! It appears that they are an affiliate that simply offers a one off $50 instead of rakeback to generate custom for the poker rooms. Might be worth a look?

http://www.yourpokercash.com/?addby=b169ae

I'm not sure if it's too good to be true (free money generally is!), but I've signed up at YourPokerCash and applied for the Full Tilt offer. Apparently it's pending at the moment, and may take up to 10 days. I'm happy to wait 10 days for some free poker dollars tyvm!! I've only signed up for Full Tilt to see what happens, if all goes well I'll let you know (and promptly sign up for UltimateBet and Absolute, lol). Possibly a decent link for anyone wanting to sign up for a Full Tilt / Absolute / UltimateBet account during the time that RakeTheRake cannot cover them during the time that it takes the UK Gaming Commission to get their act together? You will forfeit any chance of rakeback at these rooms in the future (unless you can do the old new account trick like at Betfair) but a free $50 is a free $50 and not to be turned down in my opinion!!
Enjoy!!

http://www.yourpokercash.com/?addby=b169ae

**NB When you have signed up for a Your Poker Cash account, you still need to click the blue 'Request' button at the room of your choice. Once this is done you will receive detailed instructions on how to download the software and activate your account.

**EDIT 21st Jan** Received in full, 10.35pm. Let's spin it up then shall we? There is also an extra $50 to be had depending on how many Full Tilt Points you earn, this is released in $5 increments and works out to be equivalent to 35% rakeback. Away you go!!!

**EDIT 22nd JAN** Scroll down a little bit and hit the 'Received Free $50 from Full Tilt last night' post in the Blog Archive, on the left for further info
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Bonus!! 10 minutes to sign up, 4 day wait while they verify my details (over the weekend too, so effectively 2 working days), $50 free. Good enough!! The 1000 FTPs works out as $142.86 in rake when playing MTTS and STTs (not sure about cash, FT appear to have a very bizarre rake/points system and I simply can't be bothered to work it out as I rarely play cash anymore), but for every 100 FTPs I earn a bonus of $5, which works out at 35% rakeback, up to 1000 points/$50. I'll have some of those onions tyvm!! The 1000 point mark is to stop people just signing up, cashing out and scarpering, fair enough if you ask me. It also gives me another avenue to explore when it comes to trying to buy a package from one of the poker rooms that has been involved in the challenge......

I'm highly likely to try to ramp it up playing way too high, but as it's a free $50 I'm happy to take the risk. If I lose it all, so be it.

So, there you go people, if you want a free $50 to start playing at Full Tilt, Absolute Poker, UltimateBet or Party Poker

http://www.yourpokercash.com/?addby=b169ae




Righty then, time to see if I can grind another challenge bankroll from the paltry $9 that's left in the Hills account/$8 in Betfair/spam the hell out of the YPC to get a $50 bonus in Full Tilt/if all else fails redeposit a few quid in Hills (AAARGH!! DEPOSIT?? THE SHAME!!!). The plan is to start the blog back up when I'm over $100 again, but hang 'The Rules' and just have a bit of fun with it instead of grinding away, that way the bored gamble-monster should stay away. I reckon it'll be for the best.....

Good luck all, hope to have an update or two over the next few weeks. Keep well, and keep winning :D

Well, that's the end of that then

Three very important rules for poker, gambling and life in general -

1 - Never play when intoxicated
2 - Never play when annoyed from outside influences
3 - Never play beyond your bankroll

Back over $200......

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Off out to support my team mate Dave in the semi and (hopefully) final of the Pool singles knockout tonight so squeezed in a few games this afternoon instead. Glad I did!!

Good luck all!!

So much for playing less......

Decided on a few games of poker at 9pm, and 4 hours 34 minutes, half a bottle of whisky and 21 William Hill Double Your Money STTs later, I'm done. Phew!! Started awfully, having another one of those 'one of them nights' that we all get, where everything you do goes wrong, moves get called, big hands get rivered time after time, you know what I mean, cashed in just two of the opening 8 DYMs. Here we go again I thought, ready to turn it off. Struggled through, and dare I say played very solidly indeed (along with a stroke of luck here and there) to cash in 11 of the next 13 for a total profit of around $29 on the night. Nothing astronomical, but better than a kick in the nethers!! Of course, add to that the $7 rakeback I'll be receiving for the session, and we're edging ever closer to the $200 mark (which incidentally, I expected to hit in mid January. Oh how difficult is doing a challenge when you write a blog about it?). Got to 4 showdowns with JJ, won one, lost three, got to two showdowns against JJ, lost them both (set each time). I HATE JJ!! Even folded it UTG on the bubble of one of the DYMs, I hate it that much lol!!

In other news, I have received contact from a mysterious financial backer, known only as 'Baron Von Megacock'. This is the man responsible for originally lending me the cash to buy my banana car when I saw it up for sale 12 months ago, for which I paid him back with profits from poker last year. He has expressed an interest in the challenge (not least because I owe him $600 for something entirely different) and has agreed that not only will he join me in Vegas for a jolly up when the challenge is complete (he doesn't play poker, however he does drink heavily so jumped at the chance of doing so in Vegas), he has agreed to be my topless back massager for the duration of the time that I'm still surviving in the WSOP. Not quite in the same league as the scantily clad beauties that the pro's pay for, but beggars can't be choosers. Rumours that he has agreed to doing it completely starkers if I reach the Final Table are as yet unconfirmed, but I'm working on it......

Right, time to sleep off the over-indulgence. Good luck all!!

Nothing to report.....

On the poker front, barring receiving my Hills Rakeback for the week, which just happened to be exactly four dollars, precisely what I lost in rake at the weekend lol. As you can see from the SharkScope graph, things have leveled out somewhat following the huge downswing at the end of last month/beginning of this month. Rather a level chart than a falling one though!!

Fishing was very cold, however a few carp were caught and a good time was had, anything is welcome at this time of year. As an added bonus, I had a few quid running onto Portsmouth to beat Preston in the FA Cup, which was on while I was out fishing. Listening intently on the radio, they just about pulled it off, waiting until the 3rd minute of injury time to score the only goal of the game. PHEW!! £174 to the good, that'll be this years car tax paid for then!! I might have run up and down the lake banks, whooping and hollering, finishing off with a goal celebration style chest slide in the mud, however that's another story. Suffice to say, the fella fishing on the other side of the lake must now think I'm completely bonkers....

Not got much to do this week so will hopefully be able to get in a few poker sessions, to tell the truth I've kind of lost interest and am enjoying the break, going back to playing every now and again as opposed to every single day. Let's hope it reflects positively in my play and state of mind!!

Good luck all, thanks as ever for putting up with the drivel and then coming back for more :D

Oh, the joy, the delight, the immense beauty of JJ....

I think it has been well documented that I absolutely hate JJ, without doubt a horrendous bogey hand for me. As such, I now play JJ like a small pair, set mining and chucking it away at the slightest sign of resistance. This is why, from a DYM last night......


Tumble: posts small blind 7
Gare23086: posts big blind 15 That's right, this is level ONE!!
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Gare23086 [Jc Jh]
MrFeeling: folds
Melfice: folds
tibbbi: folds
Kenny7: calls 15
04captain: folds
Karyn82: folds
Mar220785: calls 15
Ste250796: folds
Tumble: raises to 120
Gare23086: calls 105
Kenny7: folds
Mar220785: calls 105
----- FLOP ----- [Jd 3c Ts]
Tumble: bets 1395 and is all-in
Gare23086: calls 1395
Mar220785: folds
----- TURN ----- [Jd 3c Ts][Ad]
----- RIVER ----- [Jd 3c Ts Ad][Kd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Tumble: shows [Ah Ac] (Three of a kind, Aces, King high)
Gare23086: shows [Jc Jh] (Three of a kind, Jacks, Ace high)
Tumble collected 3165 from Main pot

JJ in my hand, it is cursed, I tell thee!!!

Honestly, what have I ever done to JJ to deserve that? Looooooooooool!!! Dealt out a 5 outer to someone on the river in a different DYM shortly after so karma was restored, not, however, before my wireless router crashed when I had 2/3 of my stack in the middle with KK on a K84 board though!! Darn you Hills and your lack of disconnection protection!!! Decided it just wasn't going to be my night after that, so turned it off having cashed 4 from 8 for a total loss of a mighty 4 dollars. Considering the circumstances, not horrendous, should've been 6 from 8 for $36 profit but I can't grumble, so will leave it there.

I have entry into $36k worth of gtd MTT's tonight, shame I have already had an overnight fishing trip planned for weeks!! I have 50/50 jockeys for the 2 big ones ($10k and $20k respectively), best of luck guys, I wish you well :-)

Big well done to Dests who took down yet another MTT last night, great result, well played!!

Right, time to go and catch some lovely fat carp. Best of luck all!!

WELL DONE DESTS!!!

Almost forgot!! Big well done to Mrs D, who has been having a bit of a torrid time of late. We all knew it was only a matter of time before she turned it around, and turn it around she did, in proper style too. Monday night (which just so happened to be her birthday, added bonus) saw her take down the $13k guaranteed, for a particularly tasty payday of $3640. Great effort, very well played!!!