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amcgrath1uk:
Managed to play live on weds and Friday night this week, got slowrolled on weds night and set over set on Friday night. Online isn"t going too badly, I"m sitting 3rd in the online rankings after good consistent performances so far without setting the world on fire, finally managed to play a league game last night and ended up 2nd. Won a few chips early then literally went on a rampage. At one point I had 130k in chips with 30 left, 2nd had 50k! Managed to lose a 90k pot KK vs AQ all in pre, flop K J 10, and still have 100k and the chip lead. Finalled as the chip leader, knocked out a shorty or 2, but never really got going, ending up going HU with a 5:1 chip deficit. Pulled that back with a quick double up, then butchered a hand chasing a straight. Can"t complain with a 2nd however. Congrats to Suz for leading the online league rankings at the mo, I"ve known her a very long time, and though I wouldn"t call myself a great judge, her game this year is excelling which shows up in her results. Stoke announcement is coming tomorrow and I"m not envying the England captains their job. Whittling a minimum of 40 down to 12 must be difficult, especially as I"m sure they"re going to have to say no to a number of good players and a number of friends as well. Looking forward to seeing the teams!
amcgrath1uk:
So in the last week, I"ve found out I"ll be playing for the England "B" team in Stoke. To say I"m immensely proud and honoured is a complete understatement. My plans were to stay up till midnight ( due up at 6am) however working all weekend had taken its toll and I was zonked out by half 10. Randomly woke up at half 1 to a load of messages waiting for me on facebook as well as on here. Sleep didn"t really happen again on Monday night, with the same issue on Tuesday night!! It"s something I simply cannot wait for!
Went to play the Saturday night £30 f/out in Manchester, it got a grand total of 4 runners!! As most people are aware, I"m not a cash game player, but as there was a 25p/25p table, decided to sit down and have a laugh with my buy in. Managed to stack 2 players with 72os, flopping trips in one, and 2 pair in another hand. Also managed to stack AK holding 86os as well. All the good work undone in one hand. Holding Q9os, called a £15 4bet to a new player ( I know before any comments), the board comes Jh 10h 8h and he open shoves. I have no hearts. Call anyway. He shows Qh Qc and the turn and river couldn"t be worse. A black 9 to kill my hand, then a 3h on the river . Ooops. Anyways!
I have the day off, got not much to do, so I think I"ll be playing a good few games today. All on stars. ( Apart from the APAT game later)
Schedule
15:15 $5.50 NLHE 1000 cap
15:25 $2.20 8 game
15:35 $3.30 PL Omaha Hi/Lo
15:45 $11 NLHE
15:45 $4.40 NLHE 8 max 1000 cap gone in 2 mins QQ on a AQJ board, all in on the J turn, obv someone has JJ
16:00 $8.80 The BIG $8.80
16:00 $1.10 NLHE
16:05 $2.20 NL Omaha Hi/Lo 6 max Turbo
16:30 $2.20 NLHE Turbo
16:45 $5.50 NLHE 1000 cap
17:00 $3.30 NLHE
17:15 $8.80 NLHE 500 cap
17:15 $2.70 NLHE Turbo Knockout
17:25 $3.30 HORSE
17:30 $11 The HOT $11 Turbo
17:45 $5.40 NLHE Turbo Knockout
18:00 $5.50 NLHE
18:15 $11 NLHE
18:15 $8.80 NLHE 6 max 500 cap
18:45 $2.20 NLHE Turbo
19:00 $11 The BIG $11
19:00 $3.30 NLHE
19:15 $4.40 NLHE 8 max 1000 cap
19:40 $2.20 8 game
19:45 $4.40 NLHE Turbo
20:00 $5.50 NLHE Turbo
amcgrath1uk:
Knocked everything off from 19:00 on the above tournament, as I was 15 tabling at one point on my laptop.
Rather than grind all of them, I took a few risks and got some decent stacks. The 16:45 $5.50 1000 cap was the one I was running deepest in,and eventually was concentrating on that one at the expense of others.
Have tried looking at the Hand History for some interesting hands, but I can only seem to get the first 475 hands ???
Anyways, I get to the final table in 1st, then go card dead for an hour. I basically get bored and frustrated, and with only 4 left, decided to up my aggression. 1st hand, get 10d 6d, button raises, sb calls ( for 40k) and I shove approx 280k. Sb calls with 4s 4h and I hit to double up. 3 hands later, get KK and eventually beat AQ after a scary J 10 9 flop to have 60% of the chips 4 ways. By the time I"m heads up, I have a 4:1 chip lead, HU I"m pretty comfortable, play it right, eventually get 6 6 and get it all in vs A 6 which holds. Nice ROI :)
amcgrath1uk:
PokerStars Hand #89082244042: Tournament #638721703, $8.00+$0.80 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (20/40) - 2012/11/11 17:37:52 WET [2012/11/11 12:37:52 ET]
Table "638721703 27" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: VaDimUgoLeK (2575 in chips)
Seat 3: BiGRpKcTDukS (3095 in chips)
Seat 4: Shenets (3010 in chips)
Seat 5: NOTE 377 (3680 in chips)
Seat 6: heyalisson (2539 in chips)
Seat 7: Pantelija1 (3000 in chips)
Seat 8: amcgrath1uk (6096 in chips)
Seat 9: jaska80 (2405 in chips)
jaska80: posts small blind 20
VaDimUgoLeK: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to amcgrath1uk [Ks Qs]
BiGRpKcTDukS: raises 40 to 80
Shenets: calls 80
NOTE 377: calls 80
heyalisson: folds
Pantelija1: folds
amcgrath1uk: calls 80
jaska80: folds
VaDimUgoLeK: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js As Ts]
BiGRpKcTDukS: checks
Shenets: bets 280
NOTE 377: calls 280
amcgrath1uk: calls 280
BiGRpKcTDukS: folds
*** TURN *** [Js As Ts] [Kh]
Shenets: checks
NOTE 377: checks
amcgrath1uk: checks
*** RIVER *** [Js As Ts Kh] [7s]
Shenets: checks
NOTE 377: checks
amcgrath1uk: bets 340
Shenets: folds
NOTE 377: folds
Uncalled bet (340) returned to amcgrath1uk
amcgrath1uk collected 1220 from pot
amcgrath1uk: shows [Ks Qs] (a Royal Flush)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1220 | Rake 0
Board [Js As Ts Kh 7s]
Seat 1: VaDimUgoLeK (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BiGRpKcTDukS folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Shenets folded on the River
Seat 5: NOTE 377 folded on the River
Seat 6: heyalisson folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: Pantelija1 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: amcgrath1uk (button) collected (1220)
Seat 9: jaska80 (small blind) folded before Flop
amcgrath1uk:
Played 4 180s on Sunday night only as I was tired, and managed a 3rd and a 4th which was nice. Been off today and have taken it easy, as I"m working tons now. The rest of the next couple of weeks is late, late, late, late, all day, help in Wigan, late, late, late, off, late, all day. So in one sense it"ll be a break for 2 weeks of playing freshening me up for Stoke, however, as I"m playing and running fairly well, it is kind of frustrating. I"ll just save it all for Stoke ;)
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