Road to MTT domination...

[claypole]

heat is confirmed back.. just doubled on the bubble(ish) of the bigger 109 1010 > KK

Just the quads

[BorntoBubble]

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2013/tcoop-2103-thomas-gaggleokings-ambler-am-126144.html

Read more about the "hero" of this thread here!

[chelseaboy]

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tcoop/2013/tcoop-2103-thomas-gaggleokings-ambler-am-126144.html

Read more about the "hero" of this thread here!

It was Heroic!! I was telling my mate about it today!!

[youthnkzR]

So fking tilted, just spent 20mins writing a massive post only for the battery on iPad to run out... The heat is gone already.. Sighhh.

Will re-do update when I get back from gym (abso determined to get in good shape for this summer!!!!)

Peace all!

[TL900]

The heat is gone already.. Sighhh.

this definitely isn't allowed after winning 50 bags and a TCOOP 

[youthnkzR]

The heat is gone already.. Sighhh.

this definitely isn't allowed after winning 50 bags and a TCOOP 

haha fair

Anyways back on topic...

Decided to take a few days off from online recently, I'd really been putting in alot of time from the start of January - In the 72 hours from last thursday to the saturday i won the TCOOP i played 51 hours of online poker, and thats after a couple of weeks of grinding normal 6-9 hour sessions every day (probably had one day off since Jan 1st) so i figured i deserve a small break from the 'stress'. The gf was also getting slightly pissed with the lack of time i spent with her, so it also makes my life much easier if i do this.

Saying that i did play live for the first time in what felt like forever last night (at Genting Sheffield). There was a £40 GPS Star City satellite on with 2 seats GTD, so i decided as i wasn't doing too much I'd flick it in. After a bit of play we were down to a 9 handed FT where i had 1/3rd the chips in play - there was then a 30min break (well too long - should be 15 mins max imo) where i decided to sit and play some £1/£2. Was about £110 up after the 30 mins then obv had to retake my seat at the sat (in before 'lol hit and run for £110' as i told the table before i sat down i only had the 30 minutes). By the time i sat back down i totally forgot it was a satellite and started splashing about in loads of pots like the massive whale i am - ended up spewing the whole stack (we were actually pretty deep as well) and busting 6th so was pretty annoyed with myself.

Playing the satellite actually made me realize how much i have missed live poker, so i figured since it was still early (1am ish) I'd head down to the G and see if there were any decent games running (the Cash games always seem to be much softer and deeper at the G for some reason). Got down there and the table was incredible, not meaning to be rude / cause offense but there were probably two people who knew how to actually play the game, the rest were just the reg gamblers you would often see at the G, and who would gamble on pretty much everything, so obv i was in heaven. I ended making around £800 in just shy of two hours (when the game broke) so all in all it turned out a pretty good night for me.... Maybe the heat is not gone after all  

[aaron1867]

Nice one Tom!!!

I hope this time you do not treat money like you have done when you have had decent scores in the past. You seem very sensible here, for once

PS - VEGAS!!!!!!

[youthnkzR]

Nice one Tom!!!

I hope this time you do not treat money like you have done when you have had decent scores in the past. You seem very sensible here, for once

PS - VEGAS!!!!!!

Thanks Aaron

I'm proud to be able to say that I've seemed to have 'matured' as of late, and also seemed to have gained a new respect for the value of money (probably through being skint for so long). Hopefully we'll continue to see this - although for the sake of the diary, it probably makes a better story if i go and spunk it all on the death wheel - but sorry folks, thats a no go!

Back on track...

I've taken a few days off recently (since the day after the TCOOP win - would have been since the day of the win however the next day was a funday so i couldn't miss it!). Took a few trips down the the local G / Genting casinos and have amassed a profit of £700 over the 3 trips, so not too shabby! Also managed to book my 1st ever holiday with the gf to Cyprus in late July - not that i planned to, it just saved the constant nagging! The hotel we're staying in is situated on Nissi Beach (Amazing place) and is very close to Ayia Napa (where i went with 7 of my mates on a lads holiday for 2 weeks last year) - so i know the area well-ish . (Will post a few pics of the place later).

Just started regging for the night - have decided it's not going to be a long one - i just plan to ease myself back into it and hopefully be regging full sessions again by weds / thurs. Planning on playing the TCOOP main later today - a $700 buy in which is pretty damn expensive for a turbo, but the field shouldn't be very tough at all, especially with the amount of sats they are running into the main.

Will update as the session goes on

[BorntoBubble]

What a life

PokerStars Hand #93081345113: Tournament #704010447, $100+$9 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (800/1600) - 2013/01/27 22:34:37 WET [2013/01/27 17:34:37 ET]
Table '704010447 11' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: DJFr@nsie (32363 in chips)
Seat 2: NEE_JIJ (31514 in chips)
Seat 3: SwedishRules (40898 in chips)
Seat 4: GaggleoKings (46413 in chips)
Seat 5: Pardal77 (55964 in chips)
Seat 6: jus2awsum (30795 in chips)
Seat 7: mastifman (105697 in chips)
Seat 8: bally29 (15685 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Stev0L_ (61281 in chips)
DJFr@nsie: posts the ante 200
NEE_JIJ: posts the ante 200
SwedishRules: posts the ante 200
GaggleoKings: posts the ante 200
Pardal77: posts the ante 200
jus2awsum: posts the ante 200
mastifman: posts the ante 200
bally29: posts the ante 200
Stev0L_: posts the ante 200
mastifman: posts small blind 800
bally29: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Stev0L_: folds
bally29 has returned
DJFr@nsie: folds
NEE_JIJ: folds
SwedishRules: folds
GaggleoKings: raises 1600 to 3200
Pardal77: folds
jus2awsum: raises 27395 to 30595 and is all-in
mastifman: folds
bally29: folds
GaggleoKings: calls 27395
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GaggleoKings: shows [As ] (a Royal Flush)
jus2awsum: shows [ ] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
GaggleoKings collected 65390 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 65390 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: DJFr@nsie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: NEE_JIJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: SwedishRules folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GaggleoKings showed [As ] and won (65390) with a Royal Flush
Seat 5: Pardal77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jus2awsum (button) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 7: mastifman (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: bally29 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Stev0L_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[youthnkzR]

Mmmm bit of an annoying night, ~10th in a UKIPT Cork Package sat with 6 paid (4 packages) - managed to get into the 160euro qualifier for 33e though so it's not all bad (although i was own diming). Bust the $700 TCOOP Main with A9 < A2o as well for ~av chips with 1500/5000 left (600 paid) so that was also a bit frustrating but oh well, there's always tomorrow (or tonights big 109 / 22cubed ).

Currently left with 2 tables of the 8 or so MTTs i regged today:
38/201 - (ITM) Big $109
178/270 - 22Cubed

Will give further updates if i go deepish in either of the two above, if not - Gnite Balonde!

[youthnkzR]

9/131 - Big $109
8/171 - 22 Cubed

[youthnkzR]

PokerStars Hand #93084044341: Tournament #704010537, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2013/01/27 23:27:34 WET [2013/01/27 18:27:34 ET]
Table '704010537 71' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Freak1ooo (61084 in chips)
Seat 2: IKnewwwIt (49400 in chips)
Seat 3: Glyu_M99 (26517 in chips)
Seat 4: Kuli4 (51978 in chips)
Seat 5: GaggleoKings (105046 in chips)
Seat 6: eamonn2009 (67896 in chips)
Seat 7: klauniq (29369 in chips)
Seat 8: sophia sp (50288 in chips)
Seat 9: Bastoonas (52891 in chips)
Freak1ooo: posts the ante 200
IKnewwwIt: posts the ante 200
Glyu_M99: posts the ante 200
Kuli4: posts the ante 200
GaggleoKings: posts the ante 200
eamonn2009: posts the ante 200
klauniq: posts the ante 200
sophia sp: posts the ante 200
Bastoonas: posts the ante 200
klauniq: posts small blind 1000
sophia sp: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GaggleoKings [ As]
Bastoonas: folds
Freak1ooo: folds
IKnewwwIt: folds
Glyu_M99: folds
Kuli4: folds
GaggleoKings: raises 2000 to 4000
eamonn2009: folds
klauniq: folds
sophia sp: calls 2000
*** FLOP *** [ Ah]
sophia sp: checks
GaggleoKings: bets 4117
sophia sp: raises 4117 to 8234
GaggleoKings: raises 5547 to 13781
sophia sp: calls 5547
*** TURN *** [ Ah] []
sophia sp: bets 10000
GaggleoKings: raises 10000 to 20000
sophia sp: raises 12307 to 32307 and is all-in
GaggleoKings: calls 12307
*** RIVER *** [ Ah ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sophia sp: shows [ ] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
GaggleoKings: shows [ As] (three of a kind, Aces)
GaggleoKings collected 102976 from pot
sophia sp finished the tournament in 148th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 102976 | Rake 0
Board [ Ah ]
Seat 1: Freak1ooo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: IKnewwwIt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Glyu_M99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Kuli4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: GaggleoKings showed [ As] and won (102976) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: eamonn2009 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: klauniq (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: sophia sp (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 9: Bastoonas folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Lol such a gross spot on the turn (obv love life just how to get him to spaz his remaining stack in).

14/109 - Big $109
8/140 - 22Cubed

[youthnkzR]

28/64 - Big $109
12/66 - $22Cubed

[rfgqqabc]

Sweet cold 4. On the rail

[youthnkzR]

Just cooled someone Big $109, 33 > A9dd on 10 9 3 A 6

helps to be on the right side of em - i would say for a change but who am i trying to kid at the minute!