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So, as I posted in my last entry I was going to play a poker tournament yesterday to get a place on the team. We were 14 players, and top 5 got on the team. The tables were split into 2 tables with 7 players on each table. We started with around 1500 in chips, 10-20 starting blinds. I played very aggressivly to start off. I found K-10h on the button and raised 3xBB. BB called. Flop came A-8-7 rainbow. I checked-raised the flop hoping to take it down. After a while he decided to call - Q came on the turn, where I made a potsized bet and started to trashtalk a bit, putting him on an ace with a low kicker. After about 5 minutes he folded his hand and I showed my K-10. This to make sure that I had a loose image at the table, so I could get alot of callers whilst the blinds were going up. Next key hand was 3-6 off whilst sitting in the small blind. I called, and the BB checked. Flop came 5-6-6, where I checked. He made about a 3/4 pot bet. After a minute or two I decided to call. Turn came an 8, where I checked again. He made about a potsized bet and know I was pretty sure he was sitting with a 5. So I called again. River came J. I made a potsized bet which he only called and showed his 5. I took out another player before getting to the final table with 99, so I was about second in chips. I didn't get any big hands on the final table so I basicly folded, I tried limping in with 55 twice only to miss my sets both times. Top 5 were to make the team so I had no problems making it.

I had also posted in my first blog that I had put some money onto fulltilt, and I basicly haven't had time to play (except for playing drunk and loosing 3/4 of my roll). So before playing the tournament I played about an hour 4 tabling NL10 which well, + $50.

I used to play NL50+NL100 on martinspoker but I lost my roll, so I want to be very diligent about BR management in the future. Before I was 3 tabling NL25 with a $200 which went well, until alcohol reached my stomach and I lost 3/4 of my roll. So I will put about $250 on to my account and try to grind my way up to NL50 and NL100 again - Not playing drunk, and not playing on higher limits.

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I actually haven't been playing that much poker, I just haven't found the time to play. I lost about half my roll playing drunk, but thats ok - no biggy. Anyways I don't think I'll have time to play this week either. I'm not dependent on poker since I have a regular job. I work at an IT company as a Site Manager (08:00-17:00). But I will play a poker tournament tomorrow at work. In Sweden we have something called "lagpokerligan" which is a poker league. Our company has a team playing and we finished in 5th place (out of 12) last time. We have 4-5 pro's whom are already in the team. I myself will try to win this tournament so I can get on the team. Next sunday, I might play the 500+100 tournament at the Casino here in Stockholm (depends on when I get back from visiting my friends in the south of Sweden (Malmö). So if any of the swedish fellows are interested in playing the freezout, send me a PM and we can meet up before the tournament starts.

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