About Me

Kildare Town, Kildare, Ireland
I started this blog because of my intrest in Poker ... but then I realised I could also use it to show off some of my photos and even add more pages when i find something else im interested in..

Why online poker

So why did I start playing poker online............. Well I got curious after seeing Poker night live on telly (a show dedicated to online poker , no longer showing ) so i thought I would try it out not thinking I would be as intrested in playing poker as I am . Now I play whenever I can , I love the ups and downs .. well not the downs so much ..... of poker , And I really love when I win a tournament and make a lot of money.......................... and yes I do win , not all the time , but I win more than I loose , so its a hobby I can make money from ............. now isnt that the best sort of hobby to have.

Why a blog

Hi I decided to creat a blog for a couple of reasons , firstly to attract more people to a web site i am putting to gether , So you can say this is a form of advertising for my web site.
And also to have somewhere to write about my poker experiences.
And to show some photos (I also like photography as a hobby, but i have done some work for money too, eg a few weddings , and lots of photo shoots, anyway hope you like the photos I get to put up. )

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Omaha rebuy .... 2nd place

2 euro omaha rebuy and a second place finish ....... making me another 57 euro ...... its nice to be in the money on a more regular basis ...... and hopefully it continues .... Nothing special to report about this game ..... played a fairly solid game .... took my chances when i needed to ..... and let hands down when i didn't need to call ........ but early on to-day i played a $10 omaha rebuy ..... unfortunately i got knocked out after the first hour and a half but I did have one memorable hand ...... blinds were 50 , 100 and they were 7 callers .. flop was 2c,5h,7h .... first to act bet 200 and every body called ( i had 6h,8h so had a up and down straight flush draw ) turn comes a kh ... which wasn't really what i wanted .... even though i made a flush i don't like playing low flushes ..... every one checks around to me so i check too ... but the last player to act bets 700 chips ... three fold .. two call and then its up to me ...... I thought of folding ... i really was sure i was loosing the hand and would have to hit a 4h or a 9h to win ....... with only one card to come ...... but with a straight flush opportunity and 700 chips not being a big enough bet to push me off the hand I decided to take a chance and see the river ............ and yes a 9h comes ..... I couldn't believe it ... now I was wondering how much am i going to get ....... the firs person to act checks , next to act goes all in for 4,300 chips ( I'm delighted ) I then push all in with my 6,000 chips and the last to act who bet the 700 on the turn folds, and the first person who checked folds also leaving it to the two of us ......... the cards are turned over revealing my straight flush against a ace high flush .......... in all i made a nice 16,000 chips on that hand ........ if only it had continued like that for the rest of the game.

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