Marks online poker blog (race to £100)

...a tribute.... for now??...

Hi all,

I've decided to start up my own poker blog, In my williamhillpoker account i had £25.78.

What i'm going to do is play afew cash, sit n' go tournaments and keep a track of how i get on, see what comes first the £0 or the £100.

Day 1

Balance = £25.78

Entered a 6 sided 'Double Up' $10 + $1 (£6.93) Tournament. Finished in the top 3 and Doubled Up, also recieved a £3.15 'Bonus' from williamhill

Total after day 1

£25.78
£6.93 - (entry fee)
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£18.85

After tournament

£18.85 (account)
£12.58 (winnings)+
£3.15 (bonus) +
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New Balance £34.58

Now going to play a 6 sided $5 + $0.50 'Double Up' Tourney finish in the top 3 for $10 pay day.. wish me luck

Best of luck mister, you can use Sharkscope.com to check out your opposition first, I always try to be one of the last people to enter the tourney so I can confirm I'm playing at least 3 players who have shown a loss on the site. Anything that can give you an edge is worth doing in my humblest.

Nice one i will get that downloaded asap

Day 2

Balance = £34.58


Total after day 2

£34.58
£3.43 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)

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£31.15

After tournament

£31.15 (account)
£6.22 (winnings)+
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New Balance £36.73

Now decided to play on a six sided £0.10 / £0.20 texas hold'em NL table.

Brought £20 to the table and left with £27.14


New Balance £43.87

Day 3

Balance = £43.87


Total after day 3

£43.87
£3.42 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)
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£40.45

After tournament

£40.45 (account)
Finished 4th
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New Balance £40.45

£40.45
£3.42 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)
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£37.03

After tournament

£37.03 (account)
£6.20 (winnings)
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New Balance £43.23

£43.23
£3.42 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)
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£39.81

After tournament

£39.81 (account)
Finished 4th
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New Balance £39.81

Day 4

Started the day with £39.81 and decided to take the plunge and enter a $10 + $1 6 sided 'Double Up'.... and finished on the bubble

Balance = £39.81


Total after day 4

£39.81
£6.83 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)
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£32.98

After tournament

£32.98 (account)
Finished 4th
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New Balance £32.98

Not good so from there I decided to play a cash table, $0.25 - $0.50 texas hold'em NL 6 seater, bringing $50 to the table (about £31.00) and after 2 hours play left with............ $72.24


New Balance £46.76

Day 5

Balance = £46.76


Total after day 5

£46.76
£3.42 - (entry fee for 6 Sided 'Double Up)

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£43.34

After tournament

£43.34 (account)
£6.20 (winnings)+
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New Balance £49.54

Round up, after 5 days is i have nearly, nearly doubled my money from £25.78 to £49.54 not setting the world on fire by any means but i like to think im doing something right

Played on the £0.01/£0.02 6 handed table NL

Brought £5.00 to the table and left with £6.05

£50.59


From there entered a $2 + $0.40 'Double Up' and finished in the money

£51.57



I then played on a $0.05/ $0.10 bringing $10 to the table and leaving with $11.44

New Balance:£52.45

Took part in a $5 + £0.50 (£3.41) 'Double Up' 6 handed and finished........................... 4th


New Balance:£49.04


Entered a $10 + $1 'Double Up' 6 handed NL tournement..... finishing in the money JUST !

New Balance:£57.71

Had a break from williamhillpoker and entered the OLBG website poker tournement and finished.................. 1st beating our very own jwoody heads up, netting $27.50 i think it was but i wont include that on my blog for results purposes.


New day, and a new start...

Played on a $0.10/$0.20 NL 6 handed table...

brought $20.00 to the table and left with $26.19

New Balance:£61.54

Decided to take the plunge and play on the bigger boys tables

$0.25/$0.50 Texas Hold'em NL

Bring £50 to the table, after two hours of battle got it upto £72.85 afew dicey moments in there i can tell you.. BUT...JOB DONE


New Balance:£84.39


Played afew quick hand on the £0.05/£0.10 NL tables and got my total upto £90.72 andalso recieved a BONUS from willhill's of........ £1.36 hmmmmmmmmm

New Balance:£92.08

I will update asap but thought i'd share something with you... just been playing 25p/50p hold'em NL 6 handed table, got Ad As four players fold and then i get raised £10 so i decide to raise him £5, he then calls quick as a flash 'ALL IN £20' i cant fold my aces so i call it,

he turns over 5d 7d

My eyes light up.... then comes the flop

2d 8d jd

oh **** i thought, the turn comes down 9c

then the river comes down a big fat Qd

i got my flush Ace high, he wasnt amused ....