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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: Zanshin on March 12, 2009, 13:39:08 PM
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omg ur my twin !
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Derek Blogging? Magic! (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/popcorn.gif)
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looking forward to it (http://members.cox.net/jeepsg4/gifs/ShowLetter.gif)
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Good luck with the blog Derek.
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looking forward to it (http://members.cox.net/jeepsg4/gifs/ShowLetter.gif)
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OK so Thurs. Night and just back from the pub.....
Situation... a bit tipsy and very, very tired.... =EV option go to bed...... problem... if I go to bed I'll fall asleep within seconds (it's a talent I have) and the next thing I know it will be time to get up for work... not a good thought...
Next option also =EV ... watch some TV on the PC (most of the TV I watch I download) and surf the net a while.... problem.... if I'm at the PC why am I not playing poker...
Next option.... do the above and play a little poker at the same time... problem... ehhh this will most likely be -EV... solution.... well I'm not sure there is one
So I'll obviously be going with this -EV option I suppose one solution would be to play micro stakes but I can't see that happening... next best option is avoid cash games and play a couple of SNG's.... yep limit the potential disasters....
Well thought out that..... good sign can't be to tipsy..... SNG's it is. Oh and also the next episode of Sarah Conner Chronicles... great series :)
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Two $22+2 9 seat SNG's on Stars
1st one finished 4th for $0..... was doing ok but was short stacked of the 4 left and miss played a nut flush draw on the flop and had to fold on the turn.. pushed the next hand PF with AQ into AK... Mmmmmm.... should defiantly have gone all in on my flush draw the previous hand.. bad play by me.
2nd one 4th again Grrrrrr..... 22 v's kk when blinds and antes making it a crapshoot....
See this is the problem... 2 SNG's where I played OK and now $44 down and not at all happy... should have just gone to bed... almost 1am, tired and tilty.....
So instead on going to bed and catching up on well needed sleep I now jump into a $38 SNG to chase the losses.... this is why I decided to blog about my game... so I can read it back and realise how much of a muppet I am....
Anyway... the Sarah Conner Chronicles episode was very good ;-)
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The $38 game..... 2nd for $94.50
Current Profit/Loss = +$12.50
Bed now.......... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ::)
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nice one Derek :)
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Good recovery! $38 dollar investment, and only $94 for second, that is only a 2.5 return on investment, for the fear of sounding stupid, that doesn"t sound a good return, is this normal? What was first prize?
I played a two table SNG last night on BSQ and for a $5 investment collected $50 for winning 10x return, now thats more like it. ;)
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Good recovery! $38 dollar investment, and only $94 for second, that is only a 2.5 return on investment, for the fear of sounding stupid, that doesn"t sound a good return, is this normal? What was first prize?
I played a two table SNG last night on BSQ and for a $5 investment collected $50 for winning 10x return, now thats more like it. ;)
10x return.... nice one :)
The $94.50 for 2nd is standard
9 seat SNG $35+3 Prize pool = $315
Payout 1st = 50% 2nd = 30% 3rd = 20%
I was just glad to end up in profit for the night as I shouldn"t really have been playing ::)
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nice one mate
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Ok started a couple of games....
$5 + .50 Speed Rebuy MTT on BSq.... Don"t know why I bothered with this as it"s not my sort of game... Suppose it was just that it was the 1st tourney starting (already a bad decision).
Was not going to re-buy when i busted but for some reason when I lost with my 55 to Mr. Crazy's 33 I re-bought and then lost it all again 3 hands later with 99 in a multi way pot with more overcards than....... well than a thing with a lot of overcards. No re-buy this time and a $10.5 loss
Also playing a $20+2 STT on Stars at the same time. Was playing well and was chip leader when I raised PF with AK and called the push that came only to lose to A10 when a K on the river made his straight. Went out a few hands later as I was short stacked and had to push. $22 loss
Now after feeling quite good and up for a session of decent poker I'm already tilting.....
OK so 5 mins meditation required before I sign up for anything else....
Total = Loss $20
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Calmed down now 8)
Onto a $25+2 STT (Stars) and a $15+1.50 (BSq) starting soon.
Side note: listening to Elbow live with the BBC orchestra :)
Edit: also decided on a $30+3 MTT on BSq
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Hmmm.... so out of the STT for another $22 loss and just had KK busted by AQ in the 1st BSq game..... still in but hurting a bit..... Oh and started a .25/.50 cash game on Stars just to keep me from getting to distracted..... ::)
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from my experience, its not a good idea multi table a mixture of games. I tend to make too many mistakes. So when multi tabling I stick to just one of STTs, cash or MTTs
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Good advice... I should have read it earlier.... :-[
Out of the $15 MTT for no cash.
Lost full buyin in cash game. Was in front from hand one and never behind again till hand 138 when i called a PF raise with 89s and we saw a flop of 88Q and to cut a sad story short I lost almost everything to the original PF raiser who had 8J ::)
Lost the rest of the buy in 5 hands later with AJ push that ran into QQ.
Still in the other Bsq MTT but possibly not in the best state of mind just now and with 251 runners cash doesn"t pay until top 30. Still 106 in and I"m currently 33nd.
I hope things are better for the league game tomorrow :-\
Side note: Now listening to Springsteen Devils & Dust
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Finally out of the $30 game in 20th position after running my QQ into KK....
I do wish Bsq would have hand for hand at bubble positions as the slow playing that goes on is a nightmare.
So it was a cash for $73.50
Total now = loss of $71.20 :(
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So tonights -
League game $10+1
And just to keep me from getting to distracted also a $5=.50 MTT on BSq and the Stars S2HG for anoght $10+1
Oh and while typeing this I manage to place 65th out of 65 in the league game..... a new record :-[
Edit: only just posted this and managed to go out of the other Bsq game in 1,398th place.... wow I"m good
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Out of the Stars 2HG around 6,500 position and played a .50/1.00 cash game on Bsq which cost another $100.... main hands that cost in that were QQ v"s KK and 99 v"s AQ...
Total = -$198.70 :-[
Taking a break till tommorows Sat to the WCOAP
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Ouch, UL Buddy
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11+1 SNG on Full Tilt... 1st place for $49.50 :-\
APAT Sat. 20+2 out 84th... more like it... normal service has resumed.
Was lucky to pick up AA for a double up but went our after raiseing with KJ (a hand I always say I"ll never play again) one caller missed flops which was all rags...check / check.... J on turn ... he bets out I push... he had a set of 2"s on the flop.... nh.
No more for me tonight... can"t face it.
Total = -$183.20 (-33.20 tourney / -150.00 cash)
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APAT Sat. 10+1 out 95th.... Hmmmm..... an early position raise 4xBB to 120 then I re-raise to 435... folds round to original raiser who calls.
Flop 6 10 7.... they check and I push.... they had pocket 10"s .... nh
Total = -$194.20
Looks like this was a bad time to plan my 1st ever trip to Dusk till Dawn.... easy money there on Sat night if anyone is around.... :-\
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Hmmmmmmm...... so 4 10+.5 heads up SNG"s won 2 lost 2
APAT Sat. 5.00=.50 2 rebuys and 1 addon = $20.50
also = 4 hrs of wasted time... should have just decided on the clickfest at the start ;)
Anyway that makes it Total of -$216.70 so far
Will try to keep accurate records at DtD this weekend but I"m guessing I"ll just get smashed.... enjoy myself and have a complete disregard for money and my liver....
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::) We really wouldn"t expect anything less
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What comes first? Disregard for money or your liver!!??
My pound would be on that money would come first, because by the time you disregard the Money you will probably will be slightly oiled - then comes the disregard of the liver - cos all the cash has gone and all you can do is drink to erase the memories of a horrific beat that you took!!!! LOL
Only Joking Enjoy and looking forward to the report ;D ;D
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Firstly a short internet updated... played 8 $10 heads up SNG's only winning 2....
So total = -$260.70
Ok onto the 1st visit to D.T.D.... a great venue with everything running very professionally, defiantly looking forward to going back :)
The £50+5 tourney on sat night had 116 runners (actually only around 70 when we sat down but they allow registration up to the end of the 2nd level).
I went out in 50th position while the friend I was with (his very 1st live game) went out in 38th.
He was playing well (as I expected him to) and then had a card dead run where he was just looking for a spot to push but others kept beating him into the pot.
Slightly different for me as I was allin more times than I can remember (the girl to my left did ask me to stop as it was becoming annoying) until I eventually got called when I pushed with AQ and ran into KK.
There was an incident early on in the tourney at my 1st table that got me slightly riled. We had reached the river in a hand where I had 10 8 with a board of 6 2 10 10 Q and I bet 500 (the only other player in the hand had been flat calling my bets each street and by the river I was fairly certain he had a 10) at this point the guy (obviously a regular) tanks for a while, looks at me, his chips, the board etc and then puts out 800.... dealer says that will have to be 1000 and he starts a whole story about how he thought he was just calling my bet of 800.... this was total bull as I had put out a 500 chip and it was clear as day.
So he moans a bit and puts out the other 300.... now I wasn't laying down the trip 10's for another 500 (i'm not that good) but the whole act was just to make him look weak. When I called there were certainly players at the table that also knew exactly what he had done and what I thought of it. He showed his A10 and raked it the chips.
I was still fuming a bit about that hand when we returned from the break and did not have any sympathy for him at all when he called an UTG push of AQ with his AK and lost most of his stack when a Q flopped. What made it better was he had spent the last half hour moaning at this particular dealer for never dealing him a playable hand.
Better still very next hand it folded round to me and I pushed with A6s (no excuses I was short stacked and desperate) this guy insta calls me and the blinds fold. I flip over my weak A and he takes great pleasure in showing his JJ.... 5 cards later and he's off to the rail as I river a straight.
Anyway after I exit the tourney I sit at a .50/1.00 cash game with £100 and quickly run it up to £300 only to lose the lot over the next hour.
I think I played OK but 2 large pot bad beats did most of the damage.
So anyway new totals are now -$260.70 and -£155.00
I seem to have answered the original question about whether or not I'm a winning player and I've answered it quicker than I hoped.... think this tread may just die a quite death to avoid me any more embarrassment :-[ ::)
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What made it better was he had spent the last half hour moaning at this particular dealer for never dealing him a playable hand.
Cant stand this...I"d ban him if it was my poker club.
Dont give up Derek....we all know you can play. You"ll turn it round!
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Most entertaining Derek, keep it going, I am sure things will turn round over the long term. I hope to see you at DTD in August if not before...
Cheers,
Blair.