All quiet on the Poker Front

I've taken the foot of the pedal this week. Played one ultra brief session at lunch time. Saw a 50NL table with ultra big pots and all playing with big stacks. I presumed they were raising and reraising light and bought in for just 10 bucks with a view to playing short stack strategy. Pushed with KQs against button raise and got stacked by JJ. Lost another one with AK against AQ. Playing a simultanous 20NL table I managed to get stacked with KK after raising OOP to 15% of my stack. A dry flop and turn and I get stacked by trip 9's.

My bad fortune continued on my one other session on Friday night. My queens lose to a medium stack when I call a reraise and then have to call his allin on a non-scary flop. My losses are now running at around $90 and I stage a comeback making one very scary call against a loose aggressive player with A8 on a A862 (rainbow) board and a Queen hits on the river. He bets just over pot and he is representing the Queen having helped him to probably two pair. I make what I think might be a crying call but he shows down a missed straight draw.

I then double up with 88 in a multiway raised pot that hits trips on an aggressive table and get put allin on the turn when a second 6 hits on the turn giving me a full house. I go back ahead for a brief while. Holding a double stack at an aggressive table I have AKo on the button and raise $2. I'm reraised to $8 from the small blind and BB folds. I really should reraise here but wimp out and just call. A low flop and I can't call his 3/4 size pot bet. I recognise playing with $100 has affected my normal game and cash out. I strike up Poker4Ever and play for about 15mins. In that time I lose $10 three times in a row when I can't go beyond the turn with a missed draw or mediocre hand and facing aggression.

Things may be winding down for 2007 on the poker front but I'll try and make amends for a losing week.

The only good news is I'm playing 50NL on a regular basis (although not particularly well it seems).

Elsewhere Deadly continues with killer consistancy but is kicked off his regular haunt of Cardoza and spies William Hill as a possible replacement.

Moocher visits the ATM again as he reloads for another $200 and signs up at Full Tilt enjoying the $3.30 tournaments there. $2.50 goes into the winning pot while 0.50c serves as your 'Bounty'. Every player you take down you keep your bounty. On his way to a 5th place finish he managed to take down 8 bounties giving him a boost to his newly replinished bankroll.

Bigshot declares himself a convert to the Cash is King school of though and racks up a winning week. He admits to being prone to racking up early wins and letting them slide as his opening requirements open up.

With Moocher's rebuy we have a rematch of the battle for third place in the roll stakes with Moocher holding a slight lead.

Radio silence from Lamma_Jim but we have heard reports of Singapore being a venue for some online Poker hustle from a five star hotel room.