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amcgrath1uk:
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--- Quote from: amcgrath1uk on March 18, 2012, 20:15:24 PM ---
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--- Quote from: amcgrath1uk on February 28, 2012, 23:09:42 PM ---
I will give myself some targets in March, especially as I have some time off.
1) Play 500 in a month. Definitely achieveable, but way more than any other month.
2) Make a profit.
3) Decide to 6 or 8 table. I can tile 6 tables on my laptop, I have to stack or cascade 8 tables.
4) Attempt to play with much less distraction, ie no TV on/xbox on etc to see if it makes a difference.
Thoughts?
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You know 1 & 2 are achievable mate, 3 whatever you"re most comfortable with, 4 background music FTW ;)
Going along nicely mate, keep it up!
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8 tabling quite comfortably now. 262 played and have a lot less on this week so will be hammering the tables I think. Am running up at the mo, but will update at the end of the month, or when I get to 500. ( mainly as I deposited to cover some mtt"s I played last Sunday)
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..................and your choice of background music?
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generally have it on my iPhone so not really background, with it 90% of the time being Eminem. I"m not a huge music person tbh.
samuel_9:
wats ememem
Santino67:
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wats ememem
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Just magical Ray ;D
amcgrath1uk:
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--- Quote from: samuel_9 on March 20, 2012, 08:22:05 AM ---
wats ememem
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Just magical Ray ;D
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;D
was gonna say he"s a wrapper but...
amcgrath1uk:
Well as it"s now April, I think I better update this!
APAT wise, I"m ready for Coventry, and have also booked for Cardiff. In particular looking forward to Cardiff as I haven"t been down that way for a very long time. ( and the fact I"m there Fri-Mon meaning a few drinks will be consumed on the Friday), unfortunately I"m having to work this Friday, and until last week I was unsure what I was going to be working, so there was pretty much no point booking the hotel and travel for the Friday.
APAT leagues I"ve played 3 of the 4, deepest was last Sunday, where I managed to get to the last 90. For me, on stars, that"s a vast improvement! The APAT English main event, the less said, the better.
Somehow managed to luckbox my way to the final table in the Omaha, considering it was my first proper ( ie non turbo) Omaha tournament, I was pretty happy to finish 5th, losing a massive 350k pot with AA xx vs JJxx. Managed to spin back from 2k back up to 50k but alas was not to be.
Work wise, as I"ve said previously, I had 2 weeks off in March, so although I enjoyed the time off, as the job I do is fairly unique, in effect I have 2 weeks of work to catch up and check.
The sit n go challenge for March
Was a good time to go on a significant downswing :-\
Games played: 550
Starting bankroll: $124.85
Ending bankroll: $16.67
Total loss: $108.18
On the 14th March, my roll was at $226.11. On the 20th and 21st, I ran awfully. In those 2 days, I played 96, won just 6, 9 2nd places and 9 3rd places. Cashed in just 24/96, a dead on 25% cash rate. That alone put me down to a roll of $70! It also dented the confidence severely I must say.
Positives:
1) I can play a decent volume
2) I can play 8 tables comfortably.
3) 1st time ever as a silver star on pokerstars
Negatives:
1) I lost a fair bit of bankroll.
2) As an overall, I don"t think I"ve quite got the balance between playing tight and loose, at the right stages.
3) I don"t think I am aggressive enough when we"re down to 5/6 players to cash often enough.
April"s challenge
Errr no idea. Thinking of continuing playing sit n go"s, but with missing a weekend playing in Coventry, my volume will be way down. If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.
Here"s hoping I continue to improve my performances in the APAT's and get deep into day 2!
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