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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: THEGUY84 on February 11, 2009, 23:52:24 PM
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Cheezy title i know. Sorry I about my ramble blog thought I would give it a try! can also be read at http://theguy84.blogspot.com/
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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.
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2009 so far
I had a good start to 2009, came 2nd in a tournament on titan for just under $400 bucks which was nice, quickly withdrew half and paid off some credit card! Played really solid, heads up was over in a flash tho! But for a day off sick at work I made more playing poker than I would have at work for that day!! If only I did that every day and I could be a poker bum.
I continued to play on Tournaments on titan made it deep in 4 out of 6 of them but no big cashes im afraid, but I must have been doing something right! Decided to play some cash games on titan 0.25/0.50 blinds, won $100 dollars, so cashed it out to pay for APAT uk Champ online event.Played a big hand to win all the money I had pocket 10"s, I made a standard rase to $1.50, got reraise from limper, to $4.50 I call flop come 64J, not a bad flop, limper bets pot I reraise double bet to see where im , he flat calls. Like **** king on the turn, he checks I check, River is a blank he shoves all in for $30, I tank strange hand, so decide I have put plenty in the pot and make the call just didn't think this guy was strong, don't know why. But the pot shipped my way Wooohooo. Look at hand history guy had 7 2 im like what the ****!!
Play the next day on titan, down $200 dollars on cash games some sick rivers and had to lay down some big hands.
So I decided to take the rest on cash out of titan and hop back on the fulltilt wagon.I qualified for the sky poker event in Edinburgh, hadn't played live in months, so me and mate decided to go along to local casino for freezout for wee bit of practise. Came 4th out of 50 runners some cash in pocket and bit on confidence for sky event! I doubled up first hand crazy manic loud mouth ****** raised my blind, I look at pocket 9s blind at 25/50 he makes stupid raise to 400 I decide to call. I say to dealer "flop me a set", the magical first card out 9, the can"t remember other cards. I tap the table guy shoves allin for 5400 chips more, I snap call. He shows queen jack of diamonds, for no pair but a back door flush draw. Diamond on the turn, the whole table shouts no diamond, 3 of clubs pops off pot comes my way, there is always a sweat!!
Next big hand 6 limpers in pot, my moto is punish the limpers. I look down at a ace/king in big blind, I think perfect " Raisie Daisy". I raise to 1000, blinds are 100/200. All fold except the button, the flop comes 569 all diamonds. I check big blind shoves all in for around 4000, I tank and think though possible hand, I say out load I think you made terrible play with like black queens limping into a 5 way pot and the diamonds scared you. So I have ace king two over's and nut diamond draw so i say call. I am not ****ting you he turns over two black queens! whole table goes crazy. I don't know why I put him on that type of hand but I did. Turn was a diamond and I rake pot, NICE!!
Just some standard poker to the final table, when out on a semi bluff, I bet every street, was open-ended on the turn. Player calls my river shove with and under pair to the board. Either a great call or a crazy call! I think he had just decided to play the hand through no matter what!! But I was annoyed i went out on a bluff not my favourite play!!
Well now on to Edinburgh Sky Poker Event, after 1hr or so at table spotted a few week link early door, reraise the player i had spotted and they folded every time. Seemed like a fairly passive table tho. Player directly on my left and right seemed pretty solid. But had manic young guy who I was desperate to trap with a big hand.No big hand really early doors took down some fairly small pots. Key hand came on a blind battle, me small, big blind and button where in pot. All limped in I have 10 7 off blind 100/200, Flop come 10 7 J to spades, but of a scary flop/ action flop. I check, big blind bets the pot, button call"s. So i have 2pair, i was planning the check raise. So I repop for and additional 1000, big blind calls and button folds. Turn is a king but no spade, but does complete a straight, but I think I'm still ahead, I bet half pot big blind shoves for 2500 more, im priced to call and have outs if he has straight. He shows King Queen spades. So he has top pair, 2nd nut flush draw and straight draw, soooooo many cards to make his hand. Good old ACE on the river to complete his straight, me down to 2500 chips.Break in 10 min need to try get some chips, didn't really happen but up to, 3200 at first break.
Double up required, due to my passive table I thought my best option to try steel the blind and ante was to get my chips in first, hoping not to run into a big hand as my table only seemed to want to play big hand. This tactic work every time, raises from late position where respected which helped me build my stack. Got up to around 7000 chips so felt nice to be able to play some hands again, as i felt I could work my table. Finally got the hand I wanted against supper aggressive player, he raised my blind I look at cards 10 9 diamonds, nice hand to see a flop. Flop comes 10 6 8 two diamonds. Perfect couldn't have asked for a better board well maybe 10109 would have been nice, but this one will do. I decide I need to build a pot so I bet 3/4 of the pot guy reraises so I do some Hollywood and shove the rest of my stack in the middle. I get a quick call guy shows Ace 8, just what I wanted against this player!! Turn and River where none eventful, I take pot. Now its time to play poker blinds 200/400 plus ante. Chip stack now around the 13000 mark.
Dinner break soon!10 min before break get moved to new table the action table, with one of the Sky Poker players on it! Time for some decent starting hands hopefully. 2 hands in Sky players raises in early position to 2000 folded to me in big blind I look down at Ace King so I rerasie to 4500, he folds break time.Pretty card dead for two rounds but made button raises that got thought to make my stack continue. Big hand to come sky player pushes for 3600 total, folded to button who call, it looked like he didn't want to make the call, I look down at ace king so I decide time to reraise and get some chips make it 6000 more putting button allin, button looks pissed but calls. Sky player has queen 3, button Ace Jack and me Ace King. King on the flop games set match. Chips my way perfect up to about 27000 chips.
Few rounds of rasies and take down blinds and ante a few times. Blind up to 800/1600 plus ante. I limp with king queen diamonds mid to late position. Small blind completes big blind checks. Flop comes ace queen 6, checked to me I bet just under pot small blind raise but not enough to get me off my hand so I call. Turn come a a diamond so I'm flushing now aswell as my queen, which I'm not to fond of after player raises with ace on board. small blind bet 6000 under half the pot I seen it was a weak tester bet to see where he was. I decide now or never, so I ship my chips in the middle and he quickly folds saying " I had no kicker with it" guess I got away with that one. But none the less up to about 42000 chips, great result after been down to 2500. Sitting pretty chipped up near the top of the chips counts I think.
Few uneventful rounds later not seen a big pair in 5 hours play sucked. Blind where now at 1500/3000/300 getting pretty expensive to play now. Players hitting the rail thick and fast. Next hand was the killer, Blind Vs blind I look down at ACE 10 should be ahead for most other hands in big blind. Player in big blind is pretty lose playing lot of hand showing some pretty weak hand. So I decide to limp hoping for the trap, he kindly obliges and raises to 6000 right on que. I then reraise to 16000, he snap shoves " Phil Helmuth Style". Dam I tank for quite a while I have him covered will only have say 8000 left if I call. Really this is make of break. I cut the chips out for the call. Had had so many though on what he could have but I decided to fold and he shows queens, I sill have enough chips back continue to play. I sort of which I had called his initial raise to see a flop but that could have got me in a lot of trouble if a 10 popped off. I don't mind my play here a bit unlucky for the guy to have a monster.
29 players left bubble burst at 20 not long till cash. I have a few uneventful rounds at table, had a few hand I should have shoved with but I guess I had the money in my mind. If im honest I wish I would have shoved! Bubble burst I'm on big blind button raises, I have King 6 they have jacks I flopped open ended and miss out in 20th £65 in pocket. Played a pretty solid game made a few mistakes but all in all was pretty happy how I played would have been nice to make top 10 for seat to bigger event. But hey!!Well on to apat online event.
UK online Champs, played really solid for first few levels got up to 20000 chips, then was card dead for best part of 50 min got really impatient, which is not good in poker. Got jacks but layed them down to two allins in front off me. Few had later have pocket 7s, player in question was pushing in a lot I decide to call for around 6500 chips, terrible call in my mind now at best I was raising and had 4 players behind me to act. I lost that pot to kings bad play!! few hand later have 11000 left so still ok I raise with ace king player directly on left pushed for 6000 more and I call. They show queen I miss they win. Out a few hands later. Was pretty pissed at how I played more patience required I think!!! Turned out to be a pretty controversial tourney in the end. Not really in APAT style. The structure has been tweaked so should be good for the welsh.
First APAT league game, great great great, the banter in the chat box was good. Really enjoyed it went out in 16th just before the money and the points bit of a crapshoot in the end but I belive the structure is been changes as well. Key hand to note sorry Eck my flopped set Jacks beat Eck"s Flopped set 9"s. Set over set nice. But great event miner adjustments will make it even better.Last few week online have been fairly uneventfully been playing cash and tourneys up a little but not too much.
P.s I have had ace"s cracked 3 times today it sucks big time!!!Now that's me pretty much got up date with where I'm at for poker a that moment. I'm around $470 up for the year so far doing ok but wanting a big win soon! I hope I haven't bored us with my ramble.
P.S Sorry for me awful spelling have no idea how I managed a honours degree! oh yeah spell check, couldn't get the dam thing to work on this!
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I love omaha so much its the best game, I been running bad online at holdem online so decided to play some omaha cash, on 0.05/0.10 game 5 handed, played 25 hands and $56 up, crazy donk giving money way at low stakes. I did flop quad jacks to take a big pot, for that level but I love it. Wish, I could have played longer but got work in the morning.
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Nice read sir. i"m sure there will be plenty more stories to tell in 2009. Keep it up.
Leigh
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lovin ur work bro. keep up the bloggin.
ur spellin is always terrible lol!! ;D
lookin forward to gettin back to the casino with you now my trainin is done. let me know next time ur going.
oh aye and wp tonight.
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loving this -- never mind the spelling,,,
Billy -- welcome back to the land of the bad beat, you qualified person you
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Well it been a pretty quite week all in all on the poker front had some ok finished in MTT but nothing really worth bloggin about.
Well what about the Second APAT league match was another very enjoyable event. Increased blind level worked really well I thought. The usual friendly banter been thrown about the chat box, which was good. Managed an 8th/7th place finish beating my 16h place of the first match. It was nice to get some point on the table.
Congrats to my good friend DrGibb who went out in 9th good result cosider he missed the first 1hr of play due to and extended cat nap! We have all done that! lol!!! So another 3 weagies in top ten nice. We where looking strong with 30 players left with a further 3 weagies chipped up!
A solid event for myself I feel, layed down some big hands pre I felt with some re-raise to my raise, Yeah thanks "Laxie". Had some decent starting hands in first few hours which helped including pocket kings and queens.
The hand I won with Kings was scary. There where limpers and I raised 4x with my kings in big blind and got 2 called folp comes all spades with a queen. I bet 3/4 pot. Get a call and then a reraise, I think and just hope no body floped flush. So I decide to gamble and I shove and both call. No flush one with As Qd and other with 9c9s. So both flushing and with further out, they both miss and I rake the pot.
Lost a key hand with a raises with qc qs to a shove with ace 4 of "5kinEm" with an ace on the flop. I have to say 5kinEm you ran good last night really good.
Maybe not my best play but had invested half my stack. I contined to play solid picking up kings and winning a nice pot. So got to the final table had been pretty card dead for the last few levels. 8 players left mid position with 5c 5h decide I cant pass had 16700 blind are 1000/2000. So I make the standard raise to 6000 hoping to pick up blinds. But guy in cut off raises allin, cant really fold now, so hoping for a race. They show queens good night all out in 8th, decent result
Maybe should have pushed with 5s but outcome would have been the same. So won most of my buyin for APAT Welsh online. But will give the qualifier a shot tonigth if no joy I will buy in now!
Come on the Weagies need a night where we all play!!
Hope I play solid.
Kenny
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hey guys thanks for the comments nice to see people are trawling through my mass of typing lol.
I aint hit casino in a while billy will have to get it sorted! That and FNP!
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Infamous Micky p ?Well oiled ?.Expect my lawers to be in touch. ;D
Good read so far ,keep it up Kenny
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yeap, a good read, keep going strong.
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well I just cant belive it, this wonderfull game of ours never fails do P*** me off, some days no matter how well you play you just seem to get out drawn, just played 3 $10 sng on tilt only 6 max and I was chip leader on them all, I got queens cracked by 9"s. A"s cracked by jj"s and my ace king hummped by ace jack.
I know the whole getting your money in good, chat "you will win most of the time". But man it susks when it happen.
Time do go and donk some money off in cash. Well lets hope not!!!
5 min later Donkathon just started! LMAO
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Try getting it in behind, it"s fun, honest :D
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Hey guy"s last week was not my greatest poker week ever, as posted above I managed to get out drown more times than I care to remember, but hey im over that now. Only took four day LOL.
So played the $10 qualifier for the welsh online, was in high spirits after my league performance. On the whole played solid but at crucial time I made a boob. 26 players left sitting in top 8 with 15 getting seat, I can prob fold my way to a seat Oh noooo not me I decide to mess with big stack.
Im in big blind , the big stack make a min raise for the millionth time it seem, which he has successfully taken down the blinds with most of the time as the table was playing tighter than a duck"s ass. So back to the hand I look at ace queen. Think why not they have been raising to much to I shove thinking ill just take it down now, but no insta call he has ace king. NICE PLAY KENNY out an no seat for me, that was not my smartest play every.
But I buyin to event anyway, I don't know what it is but me and these online champs don't seem to get along, I felt like after the first hour of play you have to double your stack as the blinds start to get nasty and ante kicks in.
With this in mind I decided to open my game a losing some small pot, and winning some too, staying around the 9000 mark for first 20 min, I get it back up to 10800 with some steals. Then I lose a big pot with a bluff, few people commented on it being a good play but I would much rather have kept the chips.
The hand goes raise by The dukeof hassard not sure which duke this is, he raises pre to 560, blinds 100/200, i look at 5 6 hearts pretty hand, so I decide to call.
flop comes 7 2 2 rainbow, I check for the check raise, they bet 400 so I re raise to 1000, maybe should have raised more. They call turn is a 9, goes check check, river is a jack, Dukehazzard check, I don't think they have much, so decide a sort of value bet/bluff of 1400 just under half the pot. They tank and call. In my mind great call with ace high. Maybe I should have bet turn or more on the river but the way the handed played I could have had a small ish pair, with my re raise on the flop or spiked a jack.
But none the less I tip my hat nice call Dukehazzard.
What are your thoughts on this hand?????
Card dead for a while, down to around 9000 chips I have around 13 big blinds look at pocket 9"s, with blinds at 300/600 plus ante. mid position play raises to 1800, I decide to reraise to 4200. They call looking for a good flop. It comes King Queen Jack, nice not quite what I wanted. They shove, I fold. I think I should have pushed pre flop or let it go but I think, I needed to get some chips.
I pick up some small pots but ante it starting to hurt my stack of 4115. I'm on the button I have 10 9, I decide to shove small stack is in big blind and I know they will call with any to and I should be live. Pot total just 8000 so nice to win it, as expected small stack calls showing 6 2 and they hit trips, NH clearly not my night out next hand.
WELL PLAYED TO ALL WHO CASHED AND TO THE WINNER I WATCHED IT ALL. I would like the blinds to be at 15min or have levels stating at 25/50 for the oline champs.
As for my poker I have decided to refocus on cash games, the format I love to hate, I have been playing 0.05/0.010 tables and making an decent return over last few days.
Oh and thanks to Mr ladbrokes for my free £10 got it up to £40 on cash tables today.
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not sure which duke this is
I can assure you I am neither that good or that clever -- ;D ;D ;D
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Well what can I say I have another really solid performance last night reaching another final table at league match! But all I can say is sick sick sick.
I know you have heard it all before but I must play poker at least 2 hours a day every day and I don't see as many sick beat as I do on blue square (ipoker). I have learned to accept them as part of the game but it runner runer from know where that get me. Maybe it just me but it happens more on there than any ware. (p.s. no need to bombard me with, the usual replies to this comment) lol.
But ill give you 2 clear examples sitting 3rs in chips, 14 players left.
Button pushed allin for 4040 with kc 9s, I call in big blind with :as: kd, pretty standard flop comes. 6c :3d: 7s, still ahead player has 3 outs. Turn card tc always a sweat. Yeah the 8h comes on the river back door/runner runner sick sick.
So not to worry sill have plenty of chips, play solid and got a bit of luck when i shoved. Out flopping opponent. I don't mind getting out flopped its the runner runner I cant stand. So back uo to 15000 chips sitting 4th in chips at final table.
First hand in under the gun with ah qh make standard raise to 3600 blinds 600/1200. Button pushes for 10280 with js :as:, 6680 to call I call range could be massive with the blinds like this I get the dream flop of qd qc 7d. I couldn't ask for a better flop. No flush drawa for opponent I have it. Such a massive favourite. Turn brings kd. ooh nice sweat they have 2 outs any 10 but no diamond. yeah the river comes tc. They take pot. I know there are worse beat but this hurt, I was such a massive favourite.
I do feel that I see more of these at blue square than anywhere else, my humble opinion and I believe it may be shared by other.
Push with any two as I am in big blind, out in 10th to dave greens ace jack.
1 point of the team, Rubbish and no cash. I was truly P**** off after this hand, I should have been chip leader after this getting some nice points for team and hopefully some cash. As I said it sick runner runner I hate don't mind if its like they hit 1 outer to win but not when they hit 2 miracle cards.
Nothing more I can say.............................
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Well the last 2 week I have been totally grinding out the cash games on full tilt, I at one time had a decent roll on full tilt. But with my regular withdrawels and my bored stupid play, it do when I play like 4 cash game and headsup cash. Which I am trying to get out my game as it cost me lost and get me back to square one again.
So I decided to grind out the 0.05/0.10 6 max games which is well within my 30 x buy in rule I am trying to implament. P.S I hate doing it I like winning big pots but as I mentioned enough this is my big weeknes.
So back to the 0.05/0.10 cash, I had manged to grind out a $110 profit in 10 days or so with just solid nice play, with maybe 14 hours play, on my holdem manger worked out as around $8.50 an hour. Looking at my states all was good.
Then that evil monster kicked in yesterday moring. Playing my usual,0.05/0.10 6 max games, I lost two buyin in quick succesion, where I flopped sets and both times guys river flush, pretty standard I guess.
So the moster appered $20 down I thought 20 min on 0.25/0.50 ill win it back and more. BUT NOOOOOOOO, 10 min in $50 bucks gone and buy top 2 pair to guys turned set oops!! not what I wanted.
So I decided to buy in another $50, some pretty standard hand Im playing a loose as a goose and my VP is up at 48 and Pre flop raises are getting through as well as my 3 bets so win some back up To $75. Few raises more and I could tell table was getting annoyed at my super agro play!
So im in Blind with :as: js , and button make raise so I call annd flop comes qs jh ts
Nice flop royal rlush draw and all the rest, so I bet 3/4 pot and guy makes massize re raise to $20 bucks well over pot of say $3 , im like what the **** to mabe bad play but I put them on ace queen or ace 10, so I want to think and just shove for $55 more on massive draw. Then quickly call with ace queen. I miss everything and they win pot.
Maybe a shoudnt shove here but hey. What you think???
I really need to get thos chasing lost buyins out of my games. Any tips?? back to the griding at 0.05/.10 as all my work has gone ***** from my stupid play.
Anyone else suffer from my this flaw?
Kenny
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We"re only human, and steaming or going on tilt is what can happen when things haven"t been going so well. Recently I had been murdering the 10c/20c game on BSQ and doing pretty well on the 25c/50c cash game and built my roll up nicely. But a few out draws and total suck outs later, combined with some diabolical tilting play I am back to where I was 3 weeks ago. I have been trying to stay away from the tables this week in order to refresh my thinking and get back into the right mind set. Hopefully normal service will be resumed next week! ;)
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Just noticed an interesting thing on my holdem manager, for the $110 i lots from my porfit it noticed that me $EV was $65 up. So this mean that evene tho I lost the that $110, I will have been ahead for $65 of the hands that I played and got outdrawn, Thus the variation in poker.
Well I think this is correct
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well yesterday was a day off work, got 3 days off will be mostly be spend playing poker, psp, hitting the gym and some golf practise the session is appoaching if we ever get some decent weather.
Well yesterday, I played 3 Sng Cashed in 2 which is nice. Along with some cash games my usual 6 max, 0.05/ 0.10 and was $20 up so again was good.
To stop me playing to many hands I decided to play only a $2, 180 man tounrey. Where I came $4th for $36 not great as I was 2nd in chips with 4 left and I got my aces cracked by queens with a queen on the flop, so down to 4th, then I called a raise with ace jack in the big blind, flop come ace jack 7, I check player bets 3/4 pot and I shove, they call they flopped set of 7s. So out in 4th.
But was $72 up for the day so was nice concidering my small takes play!
Im trying to be stricked with my bankroll!!
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... good luck with the disciplined approach ... it is really tough work to keep the head and stop over thinking people"s moves ... two pairs vs (hidden) sets the best way to lose money I think.
I watched the rest of the league match having lost AA vs AA!
Very unlucky ... I always muse that the luck will come back the other way ... we often forget to comment when it does ...
Looking forward to the Sunday game ...
L
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i have gone bust having built up a bankroll numerous times...due to chasing losses.. i hate losing part of my bankroll that i once had, i just want to get it back again, therefore i move up the limits...bad bad idea. i do the same in online tournaments, when i lose a pot i just want the chips that i lost back so i make moves that are not there to be made. I am slowly getting this terrible habit out of my game!!
keep at it buddy!
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yeah it really is tough trying to be diciplines but, I have started keeping more note on my days play, an I note down my bankroll every day.
Im looking forward to the league game, I have really enjoyed them so far, saying that if prob because I have been making decent runs. Hope that continues.
Glasgow needs a good turnout and preformance this weekend.
Kenny
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... time for Edinburgh to streak ahead you mean!?
L
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Well wasnt my night tonight. made a few bad calls in my mind, but I played pretty solid tho. out in 20 sumthing
Got into a good position in top 5 but lossed a big hand with ace king vs ace queen. It happens then after that couldnt hit a barn door with a banjo.
Think thats me for the world im afraid bit gutted about that. I might click fest but not sure yet!
AHHH Gutted!!
Nearly got aces cracked again but manged to river one lol its nice to suckout for a change. Got them cracked in league game against ace 3 who flopped nut straight! NICE.
Convince me to buy in please!!!
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Convince me to buy in please!!!
Buy in Kenny.... you know you want to and you know it will be a great weekend :)
Final convincer... if we are both there we can have a last longer bet.. See guaranteed profit already :D
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Well I decided to buy into the world"s, hope it was a good decision.
Been a quite poker week up on cash games, but I have been working at the Scottish Golf Show all week which has taken up a lot of my time, 12-14 hour days on your feet not good. But hey it was fun at times.
Sooooo shattered tho!!
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I just had a crazy cash session for the last 2 hours
I was $240 down and now $210 up, went up a level which was silly, but payed off in the end I guess.
Had big hand with :2c: :2d: to button raiser.
Flop somes :as: :2h: 6s
Im like pleae have an ace, I check they bet pot, I time and call. Turn is an ace, So I now pray they have an ace which so I check and they bet pot again I tripple bet and they shove for $140 more, I call they have ad kd. Im like dont pair the board and no king, 9 on the river.
Thank Feck!
Night over! really need to try stick to my strict bankroll manament
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Well what can I say feel like im playing good just need to get some luck.
So my grinding the low stakes i working so far, up $350 for march which is ok.
League game the other night was playing solid and in top 10 for most of the night, then if im honest I got bored and tired with late start and the donk in me came out!
Played 2 tourneys on stars and got deep this week but no great cash. I like stars tourneys but they payout way to many player.
Event 1: $1,$1000 garantee, $2005 in prize pool, out in 183 for $2.42 got to love it lol. Over played top pair my biggest flaw!!
Event 2: $2, 6 max , 2700 player, out in 78 place for only $9 and change, I feel like I played my best poker in a while in top 20 in late stages, and made few plays that never got through. When out with ace king on an ace 7 3 boared, vilan flopped 2 pair. So pretty unlucky or I would have been in top 10.
Felt like I was making good moves and read, a good confidence boost, the sooner I get my bankroll up the better to play at higher level. I dont understand why stars pay out like 380 players in such a low level buy in.
Note to self need to stop over playin top pair!!
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Why does it always come on the river.
Deep in stars 10k event 50 players left from 2700 players, just a wee bit bellow chip avrage.
I have 10s and re raise pre., Guy calls, flop come 8 high there is like 35000 in pot and I decide to shove for 45000, as I dont want to see an over cards on turn. Guy calls with Ace king. I hate his call for 1/3 of his stack. Turn is blank and good old king on the river.
Did i play the flop wrong?
P.S I swore so loud when it hit lol!!
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I must just play bad but in a $24 tourney , A guy just check called me down every street with ace high.
Is this normal or do i just play really really bad!!
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Why does it always come on the river.
Deep in stars 10k event 50 players left from 2700 players, just a wee bit bellow chip avrage.
I have 10s and re raise pre., Guy calls, flop come 8 high there is like 35000 in pot and I decide to shove for 45000, as I dont want to see an over cards on turn. Guy calls with Ace king. I hate his call for 1/3 of his stack. Turn is blank and good old king on the river.
Did i play the flop wrong?
P.S I swore so loud when it hit lol!!
Ouch!! UL Kenny
35,000 in the pot with 45,000 of a stack and an overpair to the flop.... would you ever check flold!!!! IMHO you did the right thing and just got unlucky at a bad time.... wp getting that deep m8
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I must just play bad but in a $24 tourney , A guy just check called me down every street with ace high.
Is this normal or do i just play really really bad!!
Thats an interesting one..... do you have a history of playing against this person? how did the hand play out?
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well I prob didnt play it good but im in a bad mood. Dont think so I dont have any stats on them.
I make raise from button 3x blind with queen 8, I get re popped for 200 more so I call, in position.
Flop come 9c tc 5h, so i have gutt shot. I bet 3/4 pot, get flat call. Really did put them on much.
Turn is a 9s. I continue with play 3/4 pot again and call River is club to make flush. I they check and of course the only way I belive I can win is to bet so I push allin, they snap call. With ace high.
I do belive I played the hand very smelly with such a draw heavy board but still, I decided to continue with my plan.
And ace high wins. Srange hand.
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As britney spears once sang, OOOPPPS I DID IT AGAIN. LOL
Had a losing session on cash games yesterday and went chasing, jumped up a few levels and burts a nice chunk of my roll. I really need to talk to someone about this problem of mine.
ohh well back to the grinding then.
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As britney spears once sang, OOOPPPS I DID IT AGAIN. LOL
Had a losing session on cash games yesterday and went chasing, jumped up a few levels and burts a nice chunk of my roll. I really need to talk to someone about this problem of mine.
ohh well back to the grinding then.
Hmmmm... tilt and playing levels to high.... not something you would ever catch me doing.... ;)
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Some times you just run bad! I had been doing very nice at the 6 max sng tables, playing both $20 and $10, I just played 5 in a row and recived some major out draws. Its funny how it goes some time. Well not so much funny lol!
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Not funny at all, I am in the middle of a major downswing in variance that was typified in a small MTT last night where I had played tight and got to the FT with 10 x bb, There was a raise EP to 3 x bb call in MP and me on the button with AKs- push, one caller with pair of 3, K on the flop , 3 on the turn and goodnight Vienna. I can tell you I wasn"t laughing!!
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feel as if i am running really bad right now, I cant seem to win a Sng now or even make a good return on the cash tables. I find my self making some good calls and plays, but just not getting the right outcome. Think I might focuse on live games at the moment.
The Cash games in the merchant city seem pretty soft, so will give them a go. I feel as if i get less reckless live in cash session!
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not been playing much, been a bit peeeed with online at the moment.
But managed to win my first league game. WOOOP WOOOP
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not been playing much, been a bit peeeed with online at the moment.
But managed to win my first league game. WOOOP WOOOP
wp sir. Great effort.
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It was a great effort last night. WP Kenny!
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thanks guys nice to get a result.
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so played 2 of the DD on stars, First I get seat and just finished for a small cash and bubbled the seat. Bit gutted not to get seat had decent stack and got river to full house, but hey I can complaint 2 results.
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played 3 more of these double on stars,
Good old variance has kicked in, been heads up on 2 of the table and didnt win the race. Just played another an made a donk call. but lets hope i can get another seat!!
Just playing another, I had the longest heads up ever. At the final table now fingers crossed!!
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wooo hooo got another seat!!
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Nice one. Keep it going!
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Thanks Neil. Play 2 more today, I final tabled both and managed to squeeze out one seat, which was nice.
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I realise this is not a gread spread but my result so far are as fallowed for the sunday million sats.
Games played=9
Heads up=7
Final table =5
Minor cash=1
Seats Won=3
Plan to play a lot more of these!!
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I realise this is not a gread spread but my result so far are as fallowed for the sunday million sats.
Games played=9
Heads up=7
Final table =5
Minor cash=1
Seats Won=3
Plan to play a lot more of these!!
Wow Kenny, that is an awesome start.
what is your ROI?
edit* hang on....assuming the minor cash was $35 your ROI is 548%
expect a bit of a downswing from here at some point but no reason why you cant build a decent roll here
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Thanks! yeah I do expect it to happen soon, I decided to put $11 dollors in account and play one of these. I won seat in it and now i have like $600 in account so it has been good very good. I have to thank the guys for finding these.
My plan is to try to win 10 seats and then start playing some bigger tourney like $50/$100.
Im enjoying them so far! Then trend has been that I squeez my way info heads up, think I have been the short stack in all bar one, and have manged to play my way back into the games an take it down, to get to final table.
When im there is just try play solid and keep away from tough decisions when I can, and hopefully I can win the race if i get them.
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My plan is to try to win 10 seats and then start playing some bigger tourney like $50/$100.
stick to decent BR management though...
maybe treat yourself to the odd sunday major....you never know ::)
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I realise this is not a gread spread but my result so far are as fallowed for the sunday million sats.
Games played=9
Heads up=7
Final table =5
Minor cash=1
Seats Won=3
Plan to play a lot more of these!!
Bloody Hell - nice start!!
What"s that sound you can hear behind you?...... it"s variance, coming to bite you in the ass....!!
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lol its starting to bite, played 2 so far tonight and have got out drawn each time, lets hope i can ride it!!
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lol its starting to bite, played 2 so far tonight and have got out drawn each time, lets hope i can ride it!!
Stick in man - why not start playing some $10 MTTs - you"ve got 60 buy ins which is definitely rolled enough. Can even throw in a few $16.50 and $22"s... Much better than going for the $55 - $109 MTTs at the moment IMO. Good luck mate!
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yeah thats the plan chris I wont start playing big one till, i win 10. With a decent roll.
I will eventualy treat myself to a big one!!
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Finaly on my 4th try tonight i manged to grab another seat! but tonight was full of beats but glad i manged to grab one tonight.
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Well not been my greatest day im a bit P***** off if im honest.
Played a golf tourney today and threw it way, was 2 under standing on 17th par 3, water all round green not great when you have a score!. I had played solid all day.
So I have 184 to middle of green, slighty down wind. I decide the right club is 7 iron so I can hit it hard. Did not feel good over the shot and guess what I made shocking swing and hit it left into the pond!! oops so take a drop, fairly straight forward pitch shot , hit is and it stop dead on the green so got 20 foot putt, you never hole these after messing up, well I dont! so miss that and miss the short return. NICE 3 PUTT!! I hate putting!!
So walk off with a 6 nice! 1 over, Launch a drive down last hit it hard cause im raging, flick it up to 15 foot, oops hit it like 8 foot past the hole, nice finish kenny, manged to squeeze that one in for par. Finish at 1 over and take second place. AHHH I hate when u Choke.
Decided to play some poker I have no idea why cause when u are in a bad mood it is the most frustating game in the world. Play first tourney and run queens into aces twice typical out!
So work in the morning and I decided to play a 45man sng for ealry finish, 11 players left in big blind crazy man raises on button, I shove with 8s. the call off all there chips like 4200 with 10, 4 and they hit a straight! That pretty much summed up my day!! Not a happy camper.
50p in the JAR!!
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I feel for ya! I was level par on 15th last weekend and finished double (stymied behind a tree for my 3rd), par, bogey, par. The bogey was through me tilting after leaving a 12footer short for birdie at 16th.
Poker and golf - should both be given up at least once a month.
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Played 4 more of these stats recently, no seats im afraid. Heads up on all 4 with 2 final tables, but managed to run Ace King into flopped set twice, on an ace high board nice. These have been only 35 man fields. I feel that it is more prof to play these with say 60 runners. might be worth waiting for bigger numbers.
What u think??
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Played 4 more of these stats recently, no seats im afraid. Heads up on all 4 with 2 final tables, but managed to run Ace King into flopped set twice, on an ace high board nice. These have been only 35 man fields. I feel that it is more prof to play these with say 60 runners. might be worth waiting for bigger numbers.
What u think??
swings and roundabouts.
the more players, the harder it is to win the first round, but it is then subsequently easier to win a seat in the final
the less players, the easier it is to win the first round, but it is then subsequently harder to win a seat**
** "or vice versa" would do here!
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the more players, the harder it is to win the first round, but it is then subsequently easier to win a seat in the final
the less players, the easier it is to win the first round, but it is then subsequently harder to win a seat**
** "or vice versa" would do here!
Yep as clear as the mississippi in flood season
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Getting pretty frustrated now, got down too 3 handed all pretty even chip counts, Had queens into ack king allin pre an good old ace hits the river.
My last few days have been crap in all ways, I need it to change soon please!!
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Well not been running so great on these, now making final tables but no seat in a while.
Played 20
Heads up,12
Final table, 8
Minor cash, 1
Seats won, 4
Will keep going at it if I keep making final table my luck will switch an hopefully pick up some more seat for the bankroll!!
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this is still an ROI of 282% kenny so its not looking too bad so far. It is possible to go 20+ games without a seat
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I am on a run of 7 games without a FT but been HU 5 times, 4 of them chip leader
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yeah totally, I have manged to off set my losses, with some wins on $20 , 6max sng. really enjoying play short handed these day.
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well thats me off to L.A and then onto Vegas in the morning, im meeting up with neil in Vegas, so will keep u guys updated on any poker going on"s if i can.
Wish me luck.
Kenny
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Well thats me back from a Holiday Vegas was great.
Started off in L.A the drove to Vegas in a Mustang yes a mustang what a car that was to drive!!!!
So arrive in Vegas check into MGM Signature, go to room and it has not been cleaned since the last people, so we had back down and the say for our incovenicne they will upgrade us to the penthouse suit, NICE. We had a rather large room!!
Unfortuantly didnt play as much poker as I would have liked, manged to get two cash sessions in just $1/$2. So sit down at table, Some big stakes sitting with like $500+ behind. I buy in for $200, after 1 orbit it notice a rather drunk guy and his girlfriend at table who both limp all the time, I decied to try play pots with them, I take $50 for the girl she plays any rag ace. I have ace queen, flop an ace, I have position I lead out hoping, she has Ace as im way ahead of of her range, so i bet 3/4 of pot she repops and I shove, she has ace 2 and I rake first pot of night. FEEEWW. So she leaves and her boyfriend still playing.
Crazy man joins table, I limp with a few small pairs and nothing happens, crazy man has played 9 of last 10 hands and loves to shove a big chunk of chips in both pre and post, he was up like $150 in 10 hands with only won showdown when he turned the nuts. So there have been a few limper and I am in late pos look at ace king I raiseto $12 and crazy man on button reraises to $32. I think and so tempted to come over the top, but I decied I will check raise flop on a dry board so I call. Im out of position but not ideal, there is say $70 in pot, So I have $220 behind. Board comes rag rag rag, i hit nothing and dont think crazy man did either. As planned I check , he bets $90 im like WTF, seem like I dont want a call bet but could be the old double bluff. I wanted to shove but I honestly wasnt beating much or anything. I finally fold he flipped over Q, Q. I wish I hit a lonley king I would have got paid big time I think. Good fold I guess but i felt he would reraise with any2 pre in position or easy fold.
more to come later......
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Well there will be more to come in Vegas if anyone cares lol.
Played more Shootouts, but I cant belive how bad I am running right now on them, I dont think I have been drawn out on so much as I have right now, just going to try ride it! U think u should stop or keep playing??
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Listen to the cash plays episode w/ gabe thaler on pokerroad.com
In it he talks about trying to put in as many hours as he can when he feels he is running bad to try and turn the varience over. Also, its an epically gd show and worth the listen regardless!
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Yep, more Vegas tales wanted and yep, stick in at DSs.
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More Vegas stories please! I like to live life vicariously!! ;)
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Well here is some more...... Jet lag finaly gone. So continuing at the same table
I make a few standard raises pre in positon I bet out 3 times when I hit nothing on board. (P.s I couldn"t hit a thing) twice I got I got checked raises, but to Two big betting asian"s, and on the 3rd one the same guy repops so I make a stand and repop and then the shove allin so I fold I started to feel I was playin bad !
So from being up I am now down $80. I decide to had $50 hoping my luck changes and I start hitting. Few hands later there is. Few limpers I am on button an raise to 12 with ace queen small and big call and 2 limpers call. As u can"t see my bets get respect at this table! So the flop is pretty raggy. It checked round to me I decide to check scared of check raise again. Turn brings nothing checked to me again so I decide to to bet 30 with ace high and the big blind shoves for $5 more, everyone folds so I had to call oh the big blind was drunk girls boyfriend. So he flips over ace 4 no pair no draw. River was a blank and I rake with better kicker. The whole table was like WTF. I"m Not complaint he must have though he had aces lol.
Nothing much happens for a few rounds but a big spat happens because some American guy tried to look at players card! He defo did I saw it. So next hand guy in mid possition raises 2 callers I look at 99 in big blind so I call. Flop comes 9, 10, 4. Two spades. Good flop bit drawy board tho I decided to Lead out and get 2 callers. Ace comes on the turn no spade few.I tank for a bit and decide to bet 3/4 pot hoping someone hit ace, but no such luck fold fold. Feel I didn"t get max from that"s hand. Play a few more orbits and nothing happens 3 am bed time 3 hours after I said I wold Finnish lol. So slightly up for night ok for my first taste.
I"ll type more when not using my Iphone!!
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Enjoying reading the vegas exploits...
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i hate doing this but this is starting to P*** me off, this player just kept shoving every hand. This is the 6th time in a row something like this has happened, with player hitting runner runner.
kerStars Game #31614457697: Tournament #185673665, $10.70+$1.00 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/08/14 11:52:36 WET [2009/08/14 6:52:36 ET]
Table "185673665 4" 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: VVHTan (1510 in chips)
Seat 4: Hell_Raz3r (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: theguy84 (1530 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 10: nden (1500 in chips)
theguy84: posts small blind 10
nden: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to theguy84 [Tc Ts]
VVHTan: raises 20 to 40
theguy84 has returned
Hell_Raz3r: calls 40
theguy84: raises 100 to 140
nden: folds
VVHTan: raises 1370 to 1510 and is all-in
Hell_Raz3r: folds
theguy84: calls 1370
*** FLOP *** [7d 2h 9h]
*** TURN *** [7d 2h 9h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [7d 2h 9h 4s] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
theguy84: shows [Tc Ts] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
VVHTan: shows [Ah 4d] (three of a kind, Fours)
VVHTan collected 3080 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3080 | Rake 0
Board [7d 2h 9h 4s 4h]
Seat 3: VVHTan showed [Ah 4d] and won (3080) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 4: Hell_Raz3r (button) folded before Flop
Seat 8: theguy84 (small blind) showed [Tc Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fours
Seat 10: nden (big blind) folded before Flop
50p in jar
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Wud it have been less painful if he spiked an ace? It does suck but u gta remember he will win these hands 1 every 3 times! Just remind urself that u want him to call :)
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yeah totally, will update more on vegas soon!
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so more poker in vegas, met up with neil for my first tourney of the week. We ended up deciding to play at the venitian. It has a great card room, so $150 buy in 7000 chips, 20 min blinds seems like a decent structure.
So game on, first hand goes raise, reraise, call, call. Looks like one of they tables, i look down Ace King spades. So decide to repop and everybody call. I hit nothing betting goes bet and then reraise, so goes fold fold and I fold, turns out set 7s win. Looks like its going to be a busy table.
Looking round table after a few orbit, seat 1 calling station an any 2 cards player. (p.s ment to be some sort of famous baseball player) Im from Scotland we play rounders lol.
Seat 2 seemed pretty solid player. Seat 3 young guy talks a super star game, Seat 4 quite guy has a lot of chips early on looks good. Seat 5 crazy asian guy, loves the raise.(All asian guy play crazy). Last few player seem supper tight playing no hands.
So I go through a few orbits without many decent card a lot of raises reraise calls happening in front of me so needed to pick up a hand to play. Crazy guy on right playing lots of pots but often showing nuts, loves the reraise in position.
First hand in a while Ace King again to I put a raise in from mid to late position rock on left, puts in the old min raise, so i flat call oop hoping to hit. i miss again I check call the guys 1/3 pot bet on flop thinking of later streets and I wanted to play I guess but i guess not good oop, so turn missed I check they bet, I fold and they flip queens..
Few hands later crazy guy has knock put 2 players in 5 hands with stone cold nutts, must be so FN. So it is folded around to him in the small blind, and he raises, I look down at ace king and reraise, he flat calls. Flop come Ace king 10 finally I hit now can I get paid. So he leads out I call, Turn is a blank. He checks I bet and he calls, turn is a blank he checked I decided to over bet the pot as he as been making a lot of big calls with middle pair. No such luck he fold and gives me a long stare.
2 hands later, on button I look at 66, folded to me I make standard raise the small blind min raises me again. I dont know what it is but they love the min raise over there! I decide to call see a flop. flop comes like 10 high, I think I migt be good. He lead out and I raise and then he shoves and I fold he showes JJ. Im like to do alway pick up a hand when I raise. Need to keep eyes peeled for min raise.
So very next hand couple of usual limper i look at ace queen. Decide to raise, guy on left reraises again, " Im like can u see my cards or somthing" every body folds I decided to see a flop and call. The flop comes King High, I check he bets, I tank and decided to go for check raise, rep a hand like ace king, oooops he shoves, I fold he flips set of kings. This guy has me in his pocket.
Next hand to note was the last hand before the break, I am on big blind, it goes raises reraise and call I look down at ACE ACE in big blind im getting short had under 5000 chips , so I shove hoping to get some callers for guy shoving allin before break, but get 1 caller and double through up to around 11000 right on chip average nice timing....
Break time.....
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Enjoying your exploits, it seems that they always like to show you what they,ve got. Is that a regular thing? Showing hands?
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Showing hands was a regular thing at both of our tables, yeah.
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Yeah wonder why these guys tended to show more hands! Strange I think there is a time and a place for it but not all the time especially big pairs all the time
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I have been playing a more of these DS on stars, I made a few final tables but no seats, so going to take a break from them I think, I have made heads up on most of the table I play but recently my heads up play has been terriable, I was initialy playing heads up well, but I feel that I am to willing to gamble heads up at the moment instead of patiently chipping away so getting a bit annoyed at myself really feel that im donking my chips away with supid call with middle pair heads up.
Iv decidied Im going to try play more 6 max tourney looking back at my result I seem to do better at these, I guess it suits my game more.
I played $55, $7000 on stars last night, I guess this was my first jump away for say my usual $20 tourney, I enjoyed it a lot more, I feel that the play was much better, seemed to be less donkish moments from, players. I made the money from 1105 players, with just bellow average chip stake, playing pretty straight forward poker I guess. But lost a big hand with a flopped ace with ace king. Then went out not to long after trying to steal, I had jack 10, they had ace 10, I floped j the turned ace. I feel that my luck is beginning to turn a little I was getting to the stage where I couldnt win when infront or even from behind, = not winning at all!
I guess for me to play $50 tourney more regular it is a wee bit outside my bankroll, but I feel that with the better standard of play "well maybe", I could make it more prof in the long run with the less gamble moments that goes on in the smaller games. what u think??
But defo play more 6 max tourneys!!
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I really cant win a race at the moment, that my last 4 DS sat on starts I have been head hp with chip lead. Lost first with, 88s vs ace 8, next had kings beat by 10, 5, 3rd I ran aces king into queens and finally I had 6s agains king 2 and lost again. Cant stand them at the moment. Do i keep playin!!
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what are your stats, kenny?
you were running at 250% ROI which is pretty hard to maintain, so
I went 12 games without even a sniff of a FT and have had similar runs previous. I still have an ROI of 90% though, so its still worth sticking to
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Well I have played 44
won 4 Seats
minor cash, 2
Heads up, 24
Final tables, 12.
I guess my heads up has let me down a bit, from my recored in heads up it, would say that I seem to take a nice lead playing solid, and then I blow it away if it loosing to a flip or gambling. I just cant seem to get it through at the moment on them, with the hands I metioned in earler post that seems to be the standard for me at the moment.
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thats an ROI of 80%
you may have a few leaks with HU but not enough to stop you playing these. Still pretty good stats.
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Yeah I guess they are. U guys got any suggestions on good books on HU???
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Yeah I guess they are. U guys got any suggestions on good books on HU???
Talk to Neil. He has a 67% win rate heads up on these, according to my stats. He is awesome at them.
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Yeah I guess they are. U guys got any suggestions on good books on HU???
Just grind heads up sng"s online. If u think they r too swingy then just start low and play a ridiculous amount of them until u get comfortable w/ all aspects of HU play.
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I guess there must be some leaks but I guess, heads up always comes down to a race at some point and maybe I am to quick to get mr chips in with a medium pair often againts two overs. I can"t seem to win. Iv still work $10 up to$500 on these but have cane down quite a but from my good start. I"ll just arrange a deal I"ll play till heads up, the someone can take over. But that might be cheating lol
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I guess there must be some leaks but I guess, heads up always comes down to a race at some point and maybe I am to quick to get mr chips in with a medium pair often againts two overs. I can"t seem to win. Iv still work $10 up to$500 on these but have cane down quite a but from my good start. I"ll just arrange a deal I"ll play till heads up, the someone can take over. But that might be cheating lol
Y shud heads up always come down to a race?!?! If u think u have an advantage u shud actaually b avoiding races and just grind ur opponent down by picking up all the small pots and then trying to get his diminished stack all in and in bad shape!
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Great point actually!!! Leak plugged I"m always seem to grind away then get a 2:1 lead and then throw it away with a coin flip. Guess I need to change this and lay down more hand maybe. But wil u lay down ace king or ten"s etc. With a 2 to 1 or better chip lead??
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Player dependant, if the guy is folding too much and then reshoves but i know i can grind him down risk free then Il lay down stronger hands. Usually not gna lay down hands like that as ppl r gng to shove hands like Ax heads up and I think Im dominating a good portion of their range. Once u start to assign opponents realistic ranges in these situations then it can help your calling range be decided!
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I"m currently HU with a 3 to 1 deficit and deep stacks. tune in for a HU master class 8) 8) ;D ;D
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I"m currently HU with a 3 to 1 deficit and deep stacks. tune in for a HU master class 8) 8) ;D ;D
dispatched him!!
now for a FT masterclass :-\
will be tough with only 2 seats available
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So u get a seat????
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So u get a seat????
6th on FT, nevermind. HU in heat was fun though
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Well apat adventure over after 11 hours of play. Went out in 30th place bit gutted with exit think I chose the wrong move had 13 big blinds and shoved into kings with ace 8. Think I could have waited but maybe not. Played pretty solid for most so got to be happy I guess.
Well done to neil and derek making day 2! And all the rest of the guys!!!!
Keny
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Well after a few days reflection after dusk till dawn I am pretty happy with my play. I sure learned a lot. 11 hours has to be my longest session of live poker, and it did take its toll! Out in 30th by my own mistake which I hate but good run out 157 i guess
So thought I"d post a few hands. So sitting down I recognised a few faces. I decided pre tourney small ball was key. That didn"t last long, first hand in button raise with 4 5 suited into kings in the blind with me firing bet on flop and turn with nowt. Time to get back to plan well maybe. I decided to start playing solid and raising in position, Which I did and managed to take down pots with not much action, so clawed back the chips I lost. The look of the table seemed to be that, blinds would be getting raised lots, i decided to defend when I could and try to take pots away when if flopped any part of it on a dry board. I managed to do this quite successfully getting myself up to 12000 ships in first level with no big hands.
Nothing to exciting happened in early stages pockets king seemed to be flooting around a lot seemed to be pretty standard play by the most part. Key hand came i had King queen hearts I decided to raise 3x to 600 chips, button, small and big blind call flop comes qh 8h :2d:. top pair good kicker, it goes check check to me I lead out for 1200 half the pot, fold and small blind, Kevin Smith raises all-in for say 4500, he didn't get off to best start. I gets back to me not worried about button, im think pair and big draw, set 8s or bluff??? "im making a Mike Matasow lay down." lol .I decide to fold and he says I had pocket 10s. Im not sure if I believe. But I did feel a bit tilty lol.
So few hands pass with not much happening next hand im in first position with jh jd. I make standard to 600 folds to small blind who reraises to 1800, Iain Overtoun nice guy made final table. I decide he thinks I'm tilted and that ill lay down big hand. But im in first pos thinking now he would only reraise with premium but maybe ace king. So I finally repop for 3400 total and he snap shoves and I snap fold. Nice play Kenny down to 6600. Still plenty to play with I guess. But not my greatest play ever!!
Blinds go through me with not much action, folds to me on button I decided i need to make something happen. I look down at 5d 6s, so I raise to 800 this time, big blind calls flop comes 4d 7d kc. Nice open ended straight flush. its check to me I bet 1000, guy reraise 2500 and I shove for 4800 total. He think for a while and folds. I could not belive that at all I was expecting an insta call for 2300 more but noooo. Im not complaining as play went on that player folded to reraise all the time.
So back in business, now time to play solid poker and I start to hit some cards, queens,jacks, 9s and set of 6s managed to take down some decent pots with not to much problem. Get up to 15000 quick from my early exploits.
Next big hand I have Queen on button, Card rack lol. I have been raising a lot of pots so small and big blind call. My 1200 raise. The flop come, queen , 3, 8 rainbow im like bingo. It goes check check and I bet 1200 again. Small blind calls, Turn is a harmless. Small blind check and I check I don't think I'm getting call if I bet here so I check. The river brings a 3 and im like bingo. I Hollywood it, was nice acting, I bet the pot and guy think for ages and says I put u on ACE KING and finally calls. I flip over full house and whole table laughs after his speech but he was a good guy.
Few hands later I look down at ac :as: getting a rush now, I raise and Kevin Smith re reraises on button, we seemed to tangle quite a lot, maybe cause he kept raising my blind, Our battles where fairly even tho, I maybe sneeked the bigger pots, but he was a very good player, I guess i just hit the harder when we played. He did great making final table. So back to the hand, I don't know why but I shoved allin. I hate myself for this such a school boy move I just got excited I guess but not good. He fold and says jacks. Maybe I should raise small or flat call, but if jack comes im out, but if under cards come I win it all, but I don't think the allin was the right move, but lesson learned.
Blinds are getting Higher and antes starting to kick in I have over 20000 chips, well above average stack. I manage to take small pot here and ther to keep stack up but nothing to major, we start losing player from our table so new players come and go. New guys at table raises from early position and has say 8000 behind, folds to me in button, I have Ace King, been card dead for 2 levels so I set him in and he take a while and calls with ace king, we both miss and my kicker plays. That was the first time ace king won at our table all the smaller pairs where winning the races. Up to say 30000 nice, 30 min later we get split up,
I got moved between a rock and a hard place, I had 140000 on my left chip leader and a super agro player with about 70000 on my right. I see a familiar face of derek liddle at table. I sit down to qq first hand and get no action, hopefully the card drought was over, well maybe not the blinds ante and the big stakes where eating my pre flop raised. I did manage to win a couple of battles with the big blind supper stack. But I am wounded and drop back to 24000 first time bellow chip average with 2 levels of total junk., I did get down to 16000 at one point, but I started to shove into the serial raiser and when ever late position limped to pick up the valuable chips. Play had started to tighten up at this point around 1.30-2.00 am so this play was getting through. I never once raised with a premium hand I just had to start forcing it to get chips back and hope to get lucky if I could.
This table was broken 40 players left, im pretty short had 10 big blinds left blind were 1000/2000. I sit down at new table with Iain Overtoun again at the table we had played for life 7 hours together. I managed to get some pre flop shoves through getting up to 30000 again. Another lap of rubbish, and my worst play of the night come, why oh why I don't know, but I did this maybe a laps but im still not happy with it.
Iain rasie to 6000 in first position, he did do this a lot early and fold to reraise. So I look at ace 8 on button and take time, and I re shove for 20000 more. I guess hoping I could get it through but no he had kd kh and im out in 30th after like 11 hours play. What a donk I am, If it had taken my time or though at this stage in tourney he aint raising light in first position. I think I got excited by the ace, of was tired and not thinking. If i hit i would have been laughing but I wasn't not happy with my move. I had 13 big blinds left, I wasn't not quite panic stations and I was on button. AHHH hate it so much. He said he would have prob folded queens and bellow because I played solid earlier and it was a lot of his stack. I dont think I would do it again. I was stupid and I think most of u would think the same??
Well done to derek and neil for their cash and congrats to the winner.
I also went deepish in the £50 on the sat night out in around 20th with my flopped set 10s to Tim Magnus, Turned set of kings for a decent size pot. So did ok out of 97 player with some solid play.
I have learned a lot and was great to chat and get to know some of u guys better. Great Tourney and venue giving me more hunger to focus on poker more and that I can compete with a decent standard of player.
Cheers
Kenny
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Getting chance tonight to play the leaGue game tonight been a while. Looking forward to it!
I didn"t get much response to my DTD post in the worlds but hey!
Been focusing on 6 max sng doing pretty well feel that this a way for me to make consistant and steady bankroll games. Feel I got an edge at these there is a lot of poor and exploitable play at the lower levels. Iv watched some good CR vids to help tighten up my game!! Hope my results continue!!
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Kenny,
A good summary of DTD weekend. Not sure how you remember the details from all the hands, but good stuff.
Have you switched to 6 max SNG"s from the DS"s ?
I know you said you wanted a change.
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Yeah I"m weird like that I never seem to forget the details if hands, shots on the golf course! But if the misses asks me to go shopping I forget everything lol!!
Yeah switched to the sngs from.DS I guess they can work the same but at least I can always make a gain from getting 2nd place. As I do get heads up a lot!
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Yeah I"m weird like that I never seem to forget the details if hands, shots on the golf course! But if the misses asks me to go shopping I forget everything lol!!
Yeah switched to the sngs from.DS I guess they can work the same but at least I can always make a gain from getting 2nd place. As I do get heads up a lot!
Good luck with them. Keep us posted. Stats are always good. ;)
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Yeah switched to the sngs from.DS I guess they can work the same but at least I can always make a gain from getting 2nd place. As I do get heads up a lot!
I"m considering this too for short term gain given that I"m really struggling to close out the seats in the $11 DSs. Plenty FTs recently but winning a 9 man SnG I seem to find v difficult.
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My stats are a bit over the place at the start before I found my feet, jumped between 6 and 10 seat tables and turbo and standard and $6 and $10 . I didnt start great but my best results seem to be in the 6 max slow structure, with more play!!
So stats look like the fallowing for all the games mentioned above:
Played 28
Profit: $80
ROI: 120
I have cashed in 6 straight, 6 max. I hope it continues and I will update on states for all my standard 6max when I get a better sample.
For 6 max slow structure I have played 10:
Cashed in 8, 4 First place and 4 second place finishes.
so hopefully found my game and can keep jumping up the levels when targets are reached.
Yeah Ds can be tough on the old confidence but can be great if ur running good or playing goood
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Well I have not posted much in a while. I have still been playing plenty of poker a mix between cash games and tournament poker. Me and the latter have not been getting on recently at all I dont remember the last time I made a segnificant cash online, some small ones but nothing great I just can seem to get anything going! Im really not sure what to do, as I am doing pretty well in the cash games online. I dont know whether my cash game play in affecting how I play tourney poker. I tend to play 6max cash games and I am a total calling station on them, if the hand doesnt make sence I just about always call, Big donk bets! As people in these small stake games tend to make really bad bets when bluffing. Dont get me wrong I am sometime wrong, but in the long run I have found it to be very profitable!!
I dont know if this "Station" syndrome is affecting my tourney play or it it impatience or just good old varience. I feel like at cant win when im infront or when im behind at the moment. It may be my increase lack of patencie recently which seems ot happen more when i run bad. I dont know what your throughts are but when I playing tourneys I feel myself getting involved in pots when I shouldnt to keep my chips stack going up, when I shouldnt be. Is it better to play these marginal spots or to wait for the big hands and just try double through and keep out of trouble. I dont know if i focuse too much on being above the chip average when im playing. I hvae played some of the deep stack toruneys on stars which allow for more play, these do seem to work better for me, but dam they are a long haul to win like $30 after 7hrs and coming 50th out of 2000 runners.
I think I might give tourneys a wee break for a while but we will see. Played a bit more live poker recently 1st event played my best poker in ages but ran like stink! and 2nd tourny card dead, oh and when I got a big hand I had jj on a 9 high board and folded to a shove on flop, they show kk and another hand I fold 1010 on 5 high on the flop opponet shows jj, so good folds but criples the stack big time. P.S Im not usually big for folding these spots but they where the tightest players ever. I beat nothing! lol
I try post a bit more if my luck turns around, might invent in say 1 big tourney per month with a deep structure and big playout insead of playin lots of smaller ones!
Kenny
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Keep it up Kenny - don"t despair. You"re clever enough to work out what"s variance and what isn"t, and react accordingly. Perhaps, as you say, your tourney play is suffering from your profitable cash game style. Perhaps you"re just suffering -ve variance in your tourneys or even perhaps you"re benefitting from +ve variance in your cash game? Probably not the latter. Whichever it is you know it"s difficult to be great at both tourney and cash.
Always good to constantly analyse your game - you can only get better as a result. Good luck.
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I dont know what your throughts are but when I playing tourneys I feel myself getting involved in pots when I shouldnt to keep my chips stack going up, when I shouldnt be. Is it better to play these marginal spots or to wait for the big hands and just try double through and keep out of trouble. I dont know if i focuse too much on being above the chip average when im playing.
Well, you know the arguments for trying to build your stack continually or waiting for the big hands but either way, seeing as you ask, imo the concept of chip average is pretty irrelevant and focusing on this is gonna get you into trouble.
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I totally agree I need to get that average stack thing out my head! cash games is going well im like $600 up in nealy 4 weeks only playing $0.10-0.20 so must be doing somthing right in the cash, not having many lossing sessions is the key. I have always been one for chasing my losses then smashing my role even more, but I think I have learned now.
For instance other day I was 2 tabling and lots 2 buy ins with ace king on a king high and and ace high board! booooo. But I just fired up another couple of table and got my grind on to try get even which I did. In the past I would have donked off more money. I have tended to keep my sessions pretty short say 1 hour at a time 2 or 3 tables seems to be working. I feel it stops me getting board. I guess top cash players would say if you are up and you feel you can beat a table u should keep playing an clean up the table, But im not a top cash player lol! I feel you can only do so well at a table for a while and then good old varience will kickin. Ill wait till im up to $1000 before I jump up a level and try be a bit more diciplined with more cash game roll well hopefully. Ill blog in a month saying i donked it off playing HU $1 and $2 lol hopefully not.
In terms if tourny poker I just play them when I have the notion was playingto much with little focuse.!! and than just means -EV!!!!!
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What can I say I"m a little addicted to rush poker! I know what people say it does take reads out the game etc, but it"s quite fun been playing 0.05:0.10 and 0.10:0.25$ for like 400 hand 300 hands im up $160. decided to play a big session 4 tabled 0.10/0.25 rush poker today. Yeah was crazy! Played 1800 hands today at 0.10/0.25 and was $7 up was a mad session today up and downs but was fun. I do quite like rush like the pace of it! Thank god for rake back in this session lol!
Use guys played any of it?
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I tried it last week but was less Rush poker more like frantic confusion poker.. ??? I'm bad enough at following things while normal multi tabling. this just confused me all the more.. after about an hour I was even with my FT roll at around $600
Still at that point I decided to try for a proper rush as I'd been a bit jaded with the game anyway.. so instead of my usual .25 / .50 and occasional .50 / 1.00 heads up cash I decided on some 2/4, 3/6 and 5/10.. :P
After some initial success on the 2/4 game getting up to $1700 I dropped back to $1200 after a few bad hands at both 2/4 and 3/6 so thought I'd try the 5/10 game..
Now that was a proper rush as I three barrel bluffed the whole roll on one hand... :-[ he even took time before folding just to make me sweat...
I eventually came to my senses and left the 5/10 table having been as low as $600 but finishing on $1300
Since played more 2/4 and 1/2 and my roll has dropped back to $700... think I'll continue at 1/2 as it's still a little rush but as soon as I hit $1k again I'm back to 5/10.
Remember if you are ever looking for bankroll advice I can point you in the direction of someone who isn't me... ;)
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I love a good degen story of someone risking their whole bankroll. Me and a mate started on his account with 50bbs @ 200 PLO once before getting it upto 600PLO then going bust, we said we"d only quit if we got to 5/10 PLO. We got to $800 odd and were moving steadily towards the $1k quit mark when we got involved in a $2.5k pot and lost. Was good fun though. And we looked at it as only losing $100. You should update your blog with these degen sessions Zanshin!
Oh and rush poker is good fun but I do feel it"ll be gone this time next year.
It"s just another gimmick that"ll die down quickly like the matrix games.
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LOL.... the updates would be to short.... down to $250 ish now after 1/2 game went badly.... did lose a buy in with a set of 4 on the flop against QQ which rivered the Q but that was just one bad beat in a session of me playing very poorly..... will take a break and save my $250 for now..... :( (well maybe :-[)
Kenny... you still playing at the Merchant City? How are the games?
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I guess I would still be my local casino, derek but I have not played there in months! I think the games are still going strong. how about u? u playing through in edinburgh?
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I love a good degen story ...
Derek would be full of them, if only he was sober enough to remember them ... I can tell you a few about Derek.
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I love a good degen story ...
Derek would be full of them, if only he was sober enough to remember them ... I can tell you a few about Derek.
Hmmmm...... it"s never a good sign when people remember more about things you"ve done than you do..... :-[
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I have one thing to say BUSTO!!!! Oooooopssss
Well nearly some change left! I need to change my gambeling ways maybe just live poker for a while!!
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I have one thing to say BUSTO!!!! Oooooopssss
Well nearly some change left! I need to change my gambeling ways maybe just live poker for a while!!
You"re a numpty! So much for our challenge, I wish I managed to persuede you to start it last week now ::)
Once a gambler, always a gambler and i"m sure i"ll follow you before the month is out :D
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Lol I cleared my roll out of, other sites. I was on full tilt it did it! Im not going to get into the beat etc but was pretty bad but s**t happens. I have $100 dollors rake back to get so that should help me. Build it back then start the full cycle again! wonder how much I could have if I didnt do thid 4/5 times a year lol!!
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wonder how much I could have if I didnt do thid 4/5 times a year lol!!
Lots :D