My poker journey so far

Hey guys just though I would start this to right down my thoughts on tournaments and hands I have play, to try and stop they sleepless nights all us poker players have after a long session, dreaming about every hand we played " should I have pushed, check raised........" . You all know what I'm talking about!!

Well this is a bit of background on my poker playing. Been playing for over 2 years now and the bug has well and truly bitten! Started of playing using play money then worked my way onto Ladbrokes freerolls. The good old 19.30 freeroll used to play it in work, 5000 runners and was $1500 purse so not to bad, its now down to $50 so the have totally chopped the prize down. 100% bingo poker but it helped me learn. My best finish was 18th! oooh some real money won and that got me off and running.

First live poker was at friends house, which we appropriately name F.N.P. Friday Night Poker. With some guys you might recognise from APAT. Billyho, DrGibb and Aluri. I will never forget my first night playing with them, they all gave me some stick for my terrible card shuffling! LMAO. Hendon mob watch out we are coming after your chips! FNP helped me and I guess all of us grow as players talking through hands etc and desperate to win, which I did a few times.
After this had my first casino experience at the River Boat Casino, £5 rebuy max 3. What a crapshoot but first visit made final table but no cash im afraid but a nice result for some bragging rights, which sometimes is worth more than money!!

My poker playing moved onto the Merchant City Casino, Good old fashioned freezout just what I like!! Play most of my live poker their manged to win it a few times and made countless final tables and cashes. Get through the first 2 hours of play and its normally plain sailing to the final table!! They have just changed the structure of the tournaments so looking forward to playing them! Don't get as much time to play live now due to not being a student. Which sucks!!

As the poker bug continues to course through my veins, the online poker world gives me the fix I need, whether it be watching the beloved poker shows on 'PokerTube' or playing on that virtual felt, can be found mostly on FullTilt, I have tried most sites but keep, returning to Tilt. Love all forms of poker but No-Limit and Omaha still do it for me! I first applied my trade at $5 ,6 max sngs' on stars and tilt with some degree of success, looking at my figures around $300 up, splash around in tournament play online but depends on my mood had some decent results, tend now to play 45 of 90 man tournaments to avoid the long sessions, but I have been known to be at my lap to for over 8 hours play had some good result at this format!. Love cash games but struggle to handle the massive swings that can happen but I have gradually learned to accept them!

To cap of my poker journey so far I have to mention APAT. Was introduced to it through billyho and I have never looked back since. It is an organisation that is growing from strength to strength with some great events happening this year. The forum has great camaraderie with support in online and live event, tips on hand etc. To be honest I am so happy that I part of a great poker community in APAT and have met some great people in my short time on the forums and tournament circuit.
My APAT journey started at a regional qualifier for the scottish. 49 runners and I came 2nd, Silver medal, seat in scottish champ and some money in my pocket not bad day! I was annoyed how I played heads up was chip leader and set the guy allin on a draw and I missed game over really. It was a great finale table with the infamous Micky P well and truly lubricated!! Oh when is he not LOL.
Onto the Scottish Champ played solid first few hours doubled my stack. Then moved tables and lost a few big pots with Ace King twice. Few non eventfull round at table, Ace King again Early pos raise, Dave Green (allinbob) pushed I have him covered, gives me some chat I call, I flop king and he turns Jack, down to coppers. If I remember dave was steaming drunk! But he's a good guy!!
Played online qualifier for the world and I qualify first attempt woohoo. At the main even I played really solid had a good read on table, I just kept running big hands into bigger ones, just one of those days I guess. Was a great tourney tho and weekend in London!

That's pretty much my poker beginning and a run down of how I played in key events in 2008.