Thursday, May 7, 2009

Full Tilt FTOPS and poker while driving

The Full tilt online series started last night and While I was playing a live cash game in my local club entered the first event ($250gtd event NLH). The mistake I made was when the club closed at 5am I got to drive home while playing. It had 14,000 runners and were down to 2,500 players when I leave in the car. I'm well above average all night and playing well. Anyway it happens....miss click all my stack while driving home at 5am. The moral of the story is Don't click and drive.

The $240 PLO event starts in less than 3 hours and I'm really looking forward to this as it is $250k gtd and a top 4 finish would pay my WSOP expences. So all I got to do is finish in the top 4.....easy lol.
Wish me luck

Sunday, May 3, 2009

2 Royal flushes in 1 week

Up to this week I had 20 royal flushes to my name.
8 of them were in live play and 12 online.
On monday on Full tilt I got my 21st in a tournament and today Sunday
I got number 22 in a cash game, again on Full tilt.

I don't know anyone else with anything close to this. The live ones have come in
4yrs. Most people know have 1 or maybe 2 but its just nuts that I keep getting
them.

Aside from this I've played 2 nights live cash in The Olympus club in Waterford
and both nights were profitable. The cash games seem to be getting very
popular again which is great as its what I prefer.
I'm planning to hit Las Vegas again in 4 to 6 weeks for the WSOP and hope to
play 2 events and loads of cash. I LOVE VEGAS xx

Friday, April 24, 2009

FULL TILT is the business

I get back from Las Vegas on Thursday and decide to play a tourny on Full Tilt before I go to bed. What is strange about that is I never play tourny's there and I very rarely play NLH tourny's any more as it is usually only PLO cash I play.
Anyway I play a small buy-in tourny and 5hrs later and 180 runners I win it.
Then tonight I play the same tournament and Win it again, both times with 180 runners.
Two posts ago I said I was giving up on playing Pokerstars as I can never win a race or a tournament and in two nights on full tilt I win the same one twice. Very strange.
At least thats my flights back to Vegas paid for and a meal in Lavo.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The KILLERS in Las Vegas & Poker

I went to see THE KILLERS in Paris last month and they were so good that when we saw that they were playing in their home town "Las Vegas" we just had to go.
They were opening the Hard Rock hotel's rock venue "The Joint" as it had undergone a massive upgrade so we checked in for 5 nights and wow what a show.
For anyone going to Vegas the Hard Rock is a bit out of the way but it is just one big party venue. The poker room their is small with about 15 tables but very good action after 10pm and max $4 rake "Irish clubs listen".

The WPT $25k tourny was on in the Bellagio and it was amazing to walk into a room with the world's top players all in one room at one time...mind blowing.

My better half know's Daniel Negreanu through something totally unrelated to poker and we got to meet him and have a chat (none of which was about poker) which was very cool. He is such a nice down to earth guy.

The weather is getting very hot there and I can't wait to go back in June.
I played about 16hrs of cash and payed for the trip which was great, I've never seen such bad poker tourists in my life....I wanna live there.

Ohhh food...go to Lavo in the Venetian. Amazing garlic bread and seafood pasta and calamari.

Thats it for now. Gonna grind some cash and tournys to get a bankroll for my June trip.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

"Pokerstars" The End

I've been playing Pokerstars now for about 5 years and in all that time I just can't seem to ever
win anything worthwhile. Along with this I lose 85% of races when I'm ahead. So enough is enough. Tonights $250 gtd. tourny will be my last on this site.(unless I win it).
I've played about 20 online sites in my life but nothing ever like what happens on Stars.

Both my tip's for the poker never played as far as I can make out.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Weekends betting tips

I'm going to have a few bets this weekend and I usually do ok so I'll share them with you.

U.S. Masters Golf: Sergio Garcia - 40/1 & Lee Westwood 60/1 both e/w
Irish Open Poker: Mike Mc donald 125/1 (if he plays it) Sorel Mizzi 80/1 both e/w

Garcia & Mc donald €5 e/w double would be nice (pays about €25,000)

My Charity Irish open Idea was a bad idea. No more bad ideas.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Irish Open 100% for Charity

Ok.
Heres the plan.

I'm going to play the Irish Open main event and whatever I win I will give 100% to charity.
I want anyone thats interested in buying a % to register there interest here or on boards poker fourm.

1% = €40
3% = $120
etc.
I am taking only my accommodation out of this, nothing else. The balance goes into the pot.

Please put your Name/% wanted/your choosen charity/contact detail

If/when I cash your charity gets the % of the prize money you invested.

Email me your interest to: thailandpokernights@hotmail.com

Why am doing this...because it would be amazing to get to a final table and give all
the money to charity.
I also want any online poker site to get involved and I'll stick there logo on my clothing.
So let everyone know about this and lets get the 100% sold.

Ian Whitty