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amcgrath1uk:
Despite 3 bloody long days in work, I had the poker bug last night so played a small session online.

Regged for everthing under $11 starting between 6 and 7. Managed 3 cashes out of 8 which isn"t too bad. Min cashed the big $11, after being down to 4k on the bubble ( 500/1k blinds), managed to grind it up to 24k, then got it in QQ v JJ and lost.

The $8 6max went really well, after cashing proceeded to go completely card dead and went out approx 20th, where my oppponent couldn"t put down bottom pair on the flop after I"d raised pre ( I had an open ended straight flush draw).

The $4.40 8 max I managed to finish 4th. I don"t think I played particularly well from 50 out, just getting hands when I needed a double up. I think when I got down to 6 handed I started playing well, not particularly aggressive, just picking my spots, and only a semi cooler, 44 into JJ 4 handed, stopped me from finishing higher. Not going to complain about nearly $200 picked up from this, and it takes a lil bit of pressure off my bankroll which is always good.

I"ve got the day off after 3 tough long days at work, so going to ensure I have a relaxing day, as the next 10 days at work are going to be even tougher. It"s the time of year for the set up to our biggest promotional period and preceeding the busiest time of the year for us. Each and every year, we ask for 2 things, the stock early and the plans early. This means we"re not getting tons of stock last minute not knowing where it"s all going. This year we got the majority of stock nice and early. The plans only came down last Friday night, which meant I didn"t see them till Monday. Seeing as on Monday through Wednesday this week, all I was doing was a store reflow to incorporate new stock, it has pretty much meant that when I start the set up, I"ll be in effect, making it up as I go along. Not ideal, but meh. It"s also a good weekend for both my managers to have booked the weekend off  :D

What it all means is that I"m going to do not much today, a lil bit of online poker ( some 180s on stars I think), then I"ll potter down to the G and play the £40 f/out with 10k starting. Now that every night in there is dealer dealt, it means I can actually focus more on my game and enjoy the thing too!

amcgrath1uk:
Interesting few days. Played Thursday night at the G ran KK into AA 1st hand. Saturday night ran 10 10 into QQ 1st hand on the final table... the Q J 9 flop ensured I couldn"t fold.. the Q turn didn"t really help matters  ;D

Worked all weekend, culminating in a 9pm finish last night. No food available at the hotel I was staying, and someone"s lovely underwear waiting for me when I finally got up to my room. Too tired to do anything about it, just emailed them about it now.

Left for work at 6.45, get half way across the road, step onto the middle instantly slip forward straight onto my hand and knees. My left knee has the brunt of the damage, requiring a clean up at a drop in centre after some lovely needles to numb it all. It was an experience when it wore off! After all that, didn"t get home till 7 and I"m shattered but wide awake!

So what it means for my day off tomorrow, is that I"m likely to not be on my feet, so I think I might well have to play poker tomorrow! Will play a good few small mtt"s me thinks!

amcgrath1uk:
So then, my knee has completely seized up, have been out and about once and it"s not helped much so am going down the other way of completely resting it.

Going to play a small schedule on stars me thinks:

14:45 $5.40 NLHE Turbo Knockout
14:50 $3.30 7 card Stud Hi/Lo
15:15 $5.50 NLHE 1000 cap
15:25 $2.20 8 game mix
15:35 $3.30 PL Omaha Hi/Lo
15:45 $5.10 Hyper Turbo 6 max
15:45 $11 NLHE
15:45 $4.40 8 max 1000 cap
16:00 $1.10 NLHE
16:00 The Big  $8.80
16:30 $2.20 NLHE Turbo
16:35 $4.40 PL Omaha
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 ( Favourite tournament)
17:30 $11 HOT Turbo
17:35 $2.20 PL Omaha Hi/Lo
17:45 $5.40NLHE Turbo Knockout
18:00 $5.50 NLHE

A nice mix of tournaments in there, depending on how it goes, I might throw a few 180 man games in, hopefully won"t need to!

An hour to chill then down to business!

mporter123:
Schedule looks good. Ever thought of selling any percentages? I am sure you would be a popular addition to the stakers boards and this is the sort of schedule that has lots of value.

amcgrath1uk:

--- Quote from: mporter123 on July 10, 2012, 16:56:43 PM ---
Schedule looks good. Ever thought of selling any percentages? I am sure you would be a popular addition to the stakers boards and this is the sort of schedule that has lots of value.


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The schedule has mighty changed, kinda not feeling it, as I"m pretty down today, dropped more than half the schedule after a bad start. Going ok in a couple, going well in the 7 card stud ( 1/13 despite playing it about 5 times max before)

I"ve done staking before. Had a fairly lengthy one on Blonde which went ok. I have looked at it, but facts are facts, on Stars which is where I usually play, I am a losing mtt player. Not massively or anything but I am. I know I just need one decent result to get in profit. I play on there for the challenge of going deep and to improve my game. The results will come...

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