New Years and goals for 2010

A happy new year to all your readers out there.

Well, as it customs around the first of January I do have set some new goals for the coming year with respect to the my game.

1. Qualify for the EPT in Copenhagen.

- I have participated once and want to do better this time around - and it is homefield for me!

2. Qualify for another (smaller?) live event in 2010.

- this could be the Pardise Poker tour or other similar events.

3. Beat the $,5/$1 cash game level.

- I have started playing a bit cash and is hoping that this can prove a nice BR increase and I want to see if I can beat the level

4. Make a monthly profit showing a steady BR increase.

- well this is just obvious - I of course has set up specific goals in relation to my current BR. I will play my usual SNG and value added Tours.

5. Continue my project on eliminating accounts with losses.

- I still have some sites where I have a negative result and that bothers me!

6. Get my golf hcp down from 33 to mid twenties.

- started in 2008 and have moved from beginner to 54 to 43 to 33 in two seasons and I want to follow that curve

More FTs and a MTT win

Well, I can't complain about my recent run at MTTs.

Yesterday I participated in Pokernyhedernes €3 tour with 6 seats to the weekly final on Sunday (where I last week finished 4th) .

Well, I got to the table at the first break - only blinded down from 2000 chips to app. 1500. Over the course of 3 hands I manage to climb to the top spot with 9500 chips - well, got a little help from KK and AA (last one 3 way AI - and they held up).

Then cruised to the FT until I ended up HU after I managed to convince myself that 22 was a great calling hand - not the best play - but as it went - it held up against A10off. Started HU with a significant chip disadvantage and got lucky more than once. Climbed back to even and then we ended AI when my 66 hit a 6 on the board - and then my first victory in some time in a MTT was sealed.

Finals up-date

Well, sometimes you just need to whine a bit before the poker gods hear you (well almost).

As I wrote the other day, today Wednesday was dedicated to Qual Finals with to very nice prices. One with a spot on Team Ace VIII and the other a trip to Paradise Poker Tour (PPT) in London. I did well in both of them - finishing 3rd and 5th - so even though I didn't get a prize I was happy about my patience during the games.

Did som questionable plays that I have to go through and correct - I am working on my leaks - but overall it went well.

I also got to participate in a $15.000 freeroll and I finished in the top 100 which is always good in these big tourneys.

I have also qualified for a new PPT final on Sunday - so I hope that this will be the time that I get my hands on the trip :)

During the last couple of session I have done some experimental cash game playing at some NL100 tables and it has gone remarkably well - I am up over 2 buyins. Obvious I need to adjust a lot - played a hand where I flopped the nuts really bad - but my mindset was in the tours and that cost me a lot of dividend on the hand.

But I will hopefully learn.

Team Ace up-date and more

Well, its time for al little update on the blog.

I hope thatyou all are having fun a the tables, because somewhere my fun is having fun, and it's not with me at the moment. I ahve cut down considerable on my playing but I do make time for the occasional tours with extra value.

Not that its going that great.

I am in the middle of a period where my big hands (and the experimental as well) simply can't hold up. I know that I should be glad for that, since I am entering the pots as the favorite more the 8 out of 10 times. But it seems like that when I am playing for my tour life the cards don't fall my way.

I hope that the poker gods will give me some slack in the last month of the year.

I don't want to have a loosing year :-)

However - even though the poker gods need to smile at me, I have qualified for to finals on Wednesday, both the Team Ace joker and a final for Paradise pokers new London Live Tour.

I will keep you all up-dated on my progress on twitter - so link up and play well out there!

Some news - Team Ace is back

I have just realized that my favorite tournament is back!

A new season of Team Ace is back and I will try to free up time to play these event on Thursdays.

And I just updated a new blog from my good friend Neemos - visit him on www.looserslounge.com.