Ahh thanks for that, the rake doesn't sound half as bad as what it's like in brisbane (5/10 LIMIT game is $1 per person per hand), and i'm not thinking of making it a hugely profitable thing or anything, just want to go down with a few friends and hopefully make enough at the tables to cover expenses for the trip =)

I use Neteller to withdraw/deposit to and from poker sites and i've never had any real problems with them. When I want to get money into my bank account, I deposit to party from Neteller and request a bank wire, the fee is $10 and it usually takes 2 days to get here and i've never had a problem with that either.

Turning a new leaf

Well its with great pain and displeasure that i bring to you this edition of Stu's Journal.
Thankyou for taking the time out to read about the pain and misery that is my poker career.

Nah in all seriousness B2B has taken my soul....just crippling after crippling i felt like i man pleading for mercy and reason to prevail but alas...that 7,3 offsuit deserves to take down that last pot more than my KK after rivering his two pair and calling all my monster raises.

Heres the bad news everyone...B2B cleaned me up like i mean literally over the last week my 600 Euro's i deposited there have dissapeared and i have no real idea how da fuck it happened.

So anyway i still managed to get through a fair chunk of VIP points and ive been told they will pay me 20 Euro per VIP in 30 days so im just gonna leave it at that and not go back there for awhile.

Im completely changing sites now and trying to really play some good positive NL. I'll probably stick to NL25 or NL50 for now as i have no real need to rush things.

I also cashed out $1500 USD during the week, i have a rental property i bought a couple of years ago and im just trying to get that baby paid off ASAP.

Anyway i will be trying to post session by session figures in this journal at the 2 new sites Party Poker and WPEX hopefully i can turn some things around. My bankroll im still not 100% sure what it stands at the moment around $1000-$1500 USD

Hopefully i can get some half decent results in here!

June begins........

Ok so since returning to playing alot more poker hours things havent exactly been going to plan. However i plan on now reporting every session i play and the good/bad things i need to talk about.

Last night i began with about 4 hour session on Party and WPEX to try and get things back on track and that is what i did. The results are shown below

Party +$52.80

WPEX +$11.60 (will post rake weekly)

This was mainly playing just NL25 and well im pretty pleased with it. Its hardly like im setting the world on fire but ive realised i just want to grind out some solid small wins and have less stack dropping hands like i do on b2b

I realise using both these sites im probably not gonna be getting many bonuses etc but i know i can beat this game especially at Party. I had one hand last night where a guy had 2 pair wrote in the chat box i know you have a straight and then called my monster raise. SEND IT!

Ok so wouldnt the logical thing be to fold if you know your beat? Ah well thank god im back at Party.

Well got in another session over the weekend which started off terribly when i just didnt give credit to my tilty opponent. He had a FH and i was well aware the board had paired up etc and i had an ace high flush. He stacked me on that hand and i was down $25 to begin things already.

Things got better though and well i made some fabulous calls with top pair hands where the villians were playing at either flushes or sets and i took my time and thought each hand through and on its merits.

I only played at Party Poker and i seem to really play a heck of a lot better here to B2B. Im just planning on trying to stay clear of B2B at least for the time being and try and make around $500 for June which i would be happy with.

Party +$22.35

stu what games did you play at B2B?

pretty solid night tonight on the poker front.....

Played a few SnGs on my old friend b2b to clear the VIP points there and made around 60 euro which aint to shabby for nothing.

I also went and played a bit at AP and made a quickfire $40 there.

So all in all a pretty good night. One guy at AP was seriously just so damn good to me he was the most generous guy i reckon ive played...calling down hands again and again just to make sure i wasnt bluffing and he would just type in the chat box well i had to see it. "No worries pal but it aint free!"