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Erimus:
Fairly uneventful start to the month on the poker front not a lot of volume put in tbh not feeling it, played 22 games cashed in 7 only in profit because have got a few sng cashes so they have payed the entries for tournaments, the sngs are a right grind and can be a right pain I don"t think I could sit and play them all day, but I suppose if you are a multi tabling reg you are not there for a bit of fun it is your living so good luck to you.
I have had a few deep runs as per usual made one final table for not a lot, it"s the usual lose or win the important flip at the end which usually means a min cash or win it for a chance for the lot, gotta win those flips.
Cash and zoom poker have again taken a back seat again been coolered in a few spots and I just don"t like playing cash poker so it"s back to mtts and sngs for me.
Live poker has again been uneventful after my good run last month, made the final table of the last 3 tourneys at the G, not really difficult as runners have been around the 20 mark so they are effectively sngs, my usual tactic in these things is fold fold then shove when the pots are worth winning, I just can"t get involved in some of the 8 way limped pots at the G at the low blind levels, obviously if you have hand you put in a substantial raise you might lose one player but once a player has invested they are seeing that flop whatever the cost.
I haven"t cashed in the last 3, all fairly standard exits wont bore you with the details.
Last months profits have been spent and we will be seeing a new kitchen installed in August, hoping to win a bit this month so I can pay the fitter, I would attempt to do a bit myself but my DIY skills are negligible to say the least, best to leave it to the professionals.
The G have decided to put another 2 day event on at the weekend, after having a Facebook poll asking players which would they prefer a 1 day or 2 day £100 game, I can"t remember exact percentages but pretty sure 95% said a 1 dayer would be the players choice so they decided to stay with the 2 day event, what was the point of the vote, nice to know they are listening to their customers, I will be surprised if they make 30 players this month listening to the chat.
I am hoping to make Nottingham in August for the Europeans so may bump into a few of you,in the mean time Run good, be lucky and stay healthy.
Erimus:
Mid month mumblings to follow, according to opr have played 43 this month and I have cashed in 13 but unfortunately nothing big,made a final table on Monday finishing 9th when I shoved AJ utg with 12 bigs only to be called by Aq which held so fair enough, I did get lucky getting there with a few suck outs so can"t complain too much, so slightly down in mtts but slightly in profit due to a couple of sng cashes
I played the same game last night and was chip leader with 20 left when I got it in good with AQ v AJ for a +400k pot but the J binked and was down to playing a 25 big blind stack again, I managed to find dem aces utg with 18 bigs so do a min raise get called by KJ, same player as above he manages to get a full house by the river, was convinced he had made at least KKk so when he checks back the river assuming I would put my last 10 bigs in I didn"t bother paying him off so I lost the minimum but it killed the mtt any way and I eventually gave the chips to someone else, finished 12th.
Live poker has been fairly useless as well although Sundays game was quite enjoyable with Pokerpops winning it after delivering my knockout blow with a 6 on the river giving him a straight when we both had flush draws, mine being the higher, all standard stuff I managed to hit a straight last week when he had flopped trips so all is fair in love and war, glad he won it though, especially against all the young whizz kids who are still convinced we only play aces, hang on a minute I do it"s Dave who is a bit mad, in a good way.
G,s £100 2 day event went ahead it managed to get 16 runners and they wer e still 3 handed at 11:30pm on Sunday night, £900 was first prize but it"s a fairly long slog, average stacks were still between 40/50 bigs then don"t know what time it ended hopefully they will try and get the numbers up for the next one by offering a gtee or making it a one dayer with a slightly shorter clock.
Contemplating playing the Grand Prix at Dtd next week but only if I can get Susan looked after, I don"t really want the extra cost of hotels etc.Wedding anniversary his week, 27 years and counting, probably go out for a decent steak providing the place we go to has improved their wheelchair access, that"s it for now, run good, be lucky stay healthy.
pokerpops:
a bit mad, in a good way
i think I"ll have that as my epitaph
thanks Bri
You"re right, the 6 on the river was suitable recompense for the 10 10 < KJ the week before
I ran good on Sunday night and ran equally bad last night - plus you missed the worst line up ever seen in there
The 2 day thing ended just before the SUnday comp so around 1230. Rocky eventually coming out on top, as he really should have.
Erimus:
Well that"s it for another month in poker, and it hasn"t been that bad,it could of been a lot better with a bit of luck and a prevailing wind, first I would just like to congratulate Pokerpops on another brilliant run at he Grand Prix in Nottingham, as I write this he is currently 11th going into day 3.
He is the short stack but a chip and a chair Gl to him.
My circumstances dictate I cant play too many multi day events live but I am hoping to get to Nottingham for the Apat game just getting stuff sorted for Susan and as soon as that"s done will get registered.
Online has been profitable I am just $4 off getting $1k for the month, I am not one for setting targets but my general aim for the month is $500at least, so got to be happy with doubling that.
I am now adding in a few $30 sngs as I go along but these don"t fill up as fast as the $15 games and also playing a lot more heads up sngs which at he moment is going along ok.
I am also going to start playing a few more sats to the bigger games online hoping to play the Sunday million tonight, if I win a few sngs may buy in direct as a treat.
I played a sat for a ukipt seat last night on Stars, 2 seats were available and there was £200 for third and £80 for 4th, got 4th unfortunately, when 4 handed we were all fairly close and I played my exit hand so badly, so bad in fact not even going to talk about it as it still annoys me now.
I am a relatively conservative player and the last few mtts I have played I just have just decided to try and get a big stack when I have about 20/30 big blinds to try and get a decisive stack to win one of these things, taking a more aggressive approach hasn"t yet yielded big results but hopefully one of them will come in one day.
That"s it for Julys ramblings, run good, be lucky stay healthy.
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Erimus on July 29, 2012, 11:03:32 AM ---
I am a relatively conservative player and the last few mtts I have played I just have just decided to try and get a big stack when I have about 20/30 big blinds to try and get a decisive stack to win one of these things, taking a more aggressive approach hasn"t yet yielded big results but hopefully one of them will come in one day.
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