Monday.
The day when every grinder dreams of binking a big score. The Monday just gone was no exception, being the last day of "Multi-Entry Week" on Full Tilt, with every tournament boasting a triple guarantee.
Unfortunately it proved bitterly disappointing for me, as reported by PokerNetwork:
"Andrew ‘higher wattage’ Watson weaved his way through the 8,613 player PokerStars Sunday Million field, with his deep run coming to a halt just shy of the final table, finishing in 10th place for a $9,129 score."
Probably the worst way to win 9k on a Monday, IMO. (1st was $253,399.23)
I was happy with how I played though, deep in these big fields you run into some real hof fish who can be pushed around (for instance with 18 players left, there were 5 winning players remaining). I ended up busting reshoving pocket fours for 22 big blinds vs an active SB who woke up with pocket tens. Thoughts on coolers?
Anyway I wasn't alone with falling just short of the big bucks, a couple of mates also got their choke on like me! Condolences to Tim 'weygang/gaywang' English came 9th in the MET Sunday Brawl for $19k and Pat 'O Look at Me I'm Fucking' Woodley who didn't quite run as good when it mattered vs some shit eating regs in the 109 MET turbo. He did pull out a pretty hof sledge vs the guy who took all his chips a couple of days later:
Biologist: grats on turbo results the other day pma
pmahoney22: thanks man
Biologist: lol jks fk you luck box
Anyway, I shouldn't complain too much, clearing make up again is a decent result - looking forward to making it a more regular occurrence in the coming month, fingers crossed!
In Footy news, I managed to kick three goals on the weekend (3.2) but was pretty happy with how I played, I am definitely fitter than I have been in previous seasons, and it showed as I was able to really up my defensive pressure and cause some key turnovers through tackles and hip n shoulders. This week we are playing Kiama, and I'm playing 1st grade, which will be a really tough test of where I'm at. Also have new boots plus orthotics which I wore to training last night and they felt really good in terms of reducing the impact on my shins. Hopefully we can bink off another victory in both grades!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Eat a Dick Make Up....
Firstly, for all the non-poker people reading this:
Makeup
1. A negative (or "red") figure that exists as a condition of staking arrangements, especially common for tournament staking.
How it Works
A typical tournament backing deal might be outlined as "50/50 with makeup."
What this means is that the backer, who puts up the money for a player's buyins, agrees to split 50% of the backee's tournament profits but only after previous buyins have been recouped. The amount that needs to be recouped is makeup.
After being roughly 35k in the red a month ago; I have run insanely hot and dug my way out. The graph below shows my overall results for the year as a total of all my accounts, it highlights the downswing and subsequent upswing quite nicely (sum of all accounts is the red line)
On the way down, I will concede that I definitely wasn't playing my 'A' game, it's very easy to show up to play, register, and just go through the motions somewhat; blaming flips/coolers/variance on your results. I am very grateful to all the guys who have looked at hands for me (u know who you are). Also amazing what a little bit of confidence does for your game!
Anyway, would not be a Watto post is it didn't include a bit of brag, so the obligatory screen shot of 109/50k win is below
Also got my 1st game of the footy season today, fairly pumped! I have been doing a fair bit more work/training than usual (i am generally very fucking lazy) but I have recruited a mate of mine to personal train me, as well as doing sessions at footy training. As a result I am a decent whack fitter than usual at this stage of the year, and looking forward to booting a few extra goals from full forward this season. Unfortunately with it comes the earliest flare up of my shin splints (had them for the last 4 years). Been to see the podiatrist though, and got myself new runners/new footy boots/orthotics as well as some "Skins" for my calves which has made a noticeable difference already :)
Makeup
1. A negative (or "red") figure that exists as a condition of staking arrangements, especially common for tournament staking.
How it Works
A typical tournament backing deal might be outlined as "50/50 with makeup."
What this means is that the backer, who puts up the money for a player's buyins, agrees to split 50% of the backee's tournament profits but only after previous buyins have been recouped. The amount that needs to be recouped is makeup.
After being roughly 35k in the red a month ago; I have run insanely hot and dug my way out. The graph below shows my overall results for the year as a total of all my accounts, it highlights the downswing and subsequent upswing quite nicely (sum of all accounts is the red line)
On the way down, I will concede that I definitely wasn't playing my 'A' game, it's very easy to show up to play, register, and just go through the motions somewhat; blaming flips/coolers/variance on your results. I am very grateful to all the guys who have looked at hands for me (u know who you are). Also amazing what a little bit of confidence does for your game!
Anyway, would not be a Watto post is it didn't include a bit of brag, so the obligatory screen shot of 109/50k win is below
Also got my 1st game of the footy season today, fairly pumped! I have been doing a fair bit more work/training than usual (i am generally very fucking lazy) but I have recruited a mate of mine to personal train me, as well as doing sessions at footy training. As a result I am a decent whack fitter than usual at this stage of the year, and looking forward to booting a few extra goals from full forward this season. Unfortunately with it comes the earliest flare up of my shin splints (had them for the last 4 years). Been to see the podiatrist though, and got myself new runners/new footy boots/orthotics as well as some "Skins" for my calves which has made a noticeable difference already :)
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