Thankyou PokerStars...

and very Merry Xmas to you too!!!! Bastards!

Today's results

Not long now...

I am about to go and curl up in a darkened room... could someone please call me when it's all over.

Thank you and goodnight!

Ninjas and...

- as Sid Waddell would say - Uundah-Stakkahs!!!

Now, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it, but part of the reason for my inability to really press on and consistently make any money playing online poker has been my tendency to 'tilt-up' and blow my bankroll following a few bad-beats.

I have stumbled across the answer - Stacking.

It's so obvious really, why has it been kept secret from me all this time? For years I, along with many others, have been constantly striving for bigger, higher resolution screens in order to play more tables with little or no overlap... When all the time the answer was to stack them all on top of each other!

Enter six or more Sit 'n Gos... a table pops to the front when it's your go... make your decision and immediately the next table pops to the front... rinse, repeat. You never see your bad beats, you don't go on tilt - Simples!

OK, so where do the Ninjas come in? I hear you ask. Well, it seems there's something else they've been keeping from me; a piece of software called TableNinja. Though not essential to the stacking concept, it really helps with multi-tabling. I won't try to explain all it's functions here, but if you are serious about multi-tabling on Stars or Full Tilt you should definitely take a look.

Whilst I accept it is not a huge sample size, the following graph shows my results for 267 tournaments, since I started on Dec 3rd. As you can see it was all going pretty much sideways, I then discovered stacking and TableNinja after tournament number 180.

'To infinity and beyond!'

Still early days I know... many a slip twixt cup and $1.99 Margueritas in Vegas... but I now have a new found confidence, these 45-man SnGs are there for the taking.

This time next year Rodney; we'll be..........

Happy Xmas from The Witney (inc. Carterton) Mob...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Vegas 2010, a plan evolves...

OK, Harrah's have published the final schedule for the 2010 WSOP... it has been studied, analysed and digested. The target bracelet this year will be Event #36 $1000 NLHE, a 4-day event with two day 1s, starting on Saturday June 19th. This event is expected to have a field of 5000 - 6000!

So, as it is a 4-day event the new plan is to hit Vegas a day or two later than originally planned...

xxx xxxx xxx - Depart UK, this date is variable and dependent upon success in the 45-man SnGs... if I can run to a flight it will be June 17th; it may be on a returning banana boat leaving Milford Haven on March 28th!

Thu 17th Jun - Arrive Las Vegas, stay up and play some poker til midnight (local time), fortunately the Binions 2am is no more so Rich won't be dragging me off there on the first night!!

Fri 18th Jun - This is my birthday, probably play a couple of crap-shooty, low buy-in tourneys somewhere... followed one or two cocktails!!

Sat 19th Jun - Yesterday was my birthday... in Las Vegas... Saturday? What Saturday?

Sun 20th Jun - Play Day 1B of Event #36
Mon 21st Jun - Play Day 2 of Event #36
Tue 22nd Jun - Play Day 3 of Event #36
Wed 23rd Jun - Win Final Table of Event #36... after presentation of bracelet and mucho wonga, The Witney (inc. Carterton Mob) will be partying!!!

Thu 24th Jun - Wed 23rd continued

Fri 25th Jun - If Wed 23rd is not still continuing; Come home.

That's that then... sorted!

Vegas 2010 [update]...

revised travel plans -

Vegas 2010 [update]...

revised travel plans -

Vegas 2010 [update]...

Revised acommmodation plans!!!

Vegas 2010...

that's the first two nights accomodation paid for. My birthday on the Friday, so an extra dollar or two may be required for a couple of glasses of shandy.

The Love-Hate Relationship...

with online poker resumes!!

The first 33 tournaments of the latest master plan -


When the updates cease you'll know it all went horribly wrong.