Request - Weekend Schedule [M Porter]

[ForthThistle]

yep 180"s Downswing is horrific.

Currently on a 350 game Downswing and never want to play online poker again.

Keep it going in the heater.

[KarmaDope]

45/90 are full of grinders. Fish play the 180s. I would stick to these personally. Keep posting hands on here and on blonde. If you have time, go to blonde and read mondatoo"s diary...

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[Chipaccrual]

Don"t understand why anyone would think there is much difference between 180"s, 90"s or 45"s.

Same % of the field is paid, they are all MTT"s, if anything, it is probably easier to sail to a min cash in a 180 than the others, but not much easier.

Stick with it Mark, you are only a small number of tourneys into this, and have already proved you have the ability to cash. It"s all about grinding for a sensible ROI.

[s4ooter]

180s are deffo softer as the 90s/45s/27s are just reg filled....

Keep at it sir

[mporter123]

$954.74.

Felt like we ran horrible again but managed a 4th for the day saver late in the session.

I am happy playing the 180"s in the week. They fit nicely into my evening in that the maximum one will run for is just over 2 hours. It makes structuring sessions much easier. Obviously in an ideal world I would play the lower variance, non turbo, deeper stacked sit n go"s/mtts all the time but its not what I am looking for in relatively short sessions. Will keep working on the 180"s.

A quick stand out stat, in 2012 I had 7 scores of $150 or more. Those scores were all final tables in fields ranging from 400-1000 at buyins from $2 - $11.

In 2013, I have had ZERO scores above $150. That surprised me seeing that actually, barely won a bean this year!! That shows as I have only cashed for just short of $2.5K in 2013 compared to just short of $5K last year. Just need to run good when it matters as I think my game is streets ahead of where it was last year.

[mporter123]

The slight irony is that I have played probably less than 15 live tournaments this year, compared to just short of 550 online tournaments, and had 4 live cashes that equate to more than $150 compared to a solitary cash for £100 in 2012.

[mporter123]

FYI - I will be playing the APAT games tonight which are off stake - more for ease of monitoring the balance rather than anything else.

[mporter123]

$921.68.

Cashed the Hot $16.50 but nothing else. Day off tomorrow.

[mporter123]

PokerStars Hand #107170456280: Tournament #814579567, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVI (1600/3200) - 2013/11/17 19:45:23 WET [2013/11/17 14:45:23 ET]
Table "814579567 542" 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: 13nemo (190922 in chips)
Seat 2: cr@sh_89 (140623 in chips)
Seat 3: Pjkerstars (242894 in chips)
Seat 4: megarata1 (278337 in chips)
Seat 5: Locco1981 (20022 in chips)
Seat 6: Mark_Port157 (88425 in chips)
Seat 7: 1.Mr.Donk.1 (6832 in chips)
Seat 8: =Kopi0= (85693 in chips)
Seat 9: Gunner1503 (277784 in chips)
13nemo: posts the ante 400
cr@sh_89: posts the ante 400
Pjkerstars: posts the ante 400
megarata1: posts the ante 400
Locco1981: posts the ante 400
Mark_Port157: posts the ante 400
1.Mr.Donk.1: posts the ante 400
=Kopi0=: posts the ante 400
Gunner1503: posts the ante 400
Locco1981: posts small blind 1600
Mark_Port157: posts big blind 3200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mark_Port157 [ As]
1.Mr.Donk.1: folds
=Kopi0=: folds
Gunner1503: folds
13nemo: folds
cr@sh_89: folds
Pjkerstars: folds
megarata1: raises 3200 to 6400
Locco1981: folds
Mark_Port157: raises 7595 to 13995
megarata1: calls 7595
*** FLOP *** [ ]
Mark_Port157: bets 19055
megarata1: raises 19055 to 38110
Mark_Port157: raises 35920 to 74030 and is all-in
megarata1: calls 35920
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mark_Port157: shows [ As] (a pair of Sevens)
megarata1: shows [ ] (a pair of Jacks)
megarata1 collected 181250 from pot
Mark_Port157 finished the tournament in 327th place and received $24.83.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 181250 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: 13nemo folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 2: cr@sh_89 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 3: Pjkerstars folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: megarata1 (button) showed [ ] and won (181250) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: Locco1981 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Mark_Port157 (big blind) showed [ As] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 7: 1.Mr.Donk.1 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: =Kopi0= folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 9: Gunner1503 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)

[mporter123]

$851.07.

Barely made it to midday before scrapping the day off. Could have been a train wreck of a session before some late cashes clawed a bit back.

Lost a biggy deep in the Bigger $5.50, would have fancied myself for a really deep run if we win that.

Will keep plugging away with the $2.50"s in the week.

[mporter123]

$842.67.

Just one tabled the Micro Millions 4 max tonight and no good. No cash in the second of three "mission" free rolls.

We will make Silverstar this month. Looking at the benefits, I can expect to make somewhere between 500-600VPP"s monthly if I keep up this sort of pace. That will give me somewhere in the region of 750-900FPPs.

The Big $22 tournament ticket is 1400fpps which I can purchase at Silverstar. We will essentially have a nice $22 free roll once every 6-8 weeks. Adding on top of that the other VPP bonuses, freerolls etc. and the "rakeback" seems decent if I can keep up the volume.

[mporter123]

$838.11.

Registered for the 60 VPP "mission" for the final week. I should hit that target and get the all in every hand final freeroll on Monday.

Its the Micromillions main event on Sunday. Its slightly outside of the bankroll requirements set out for the stake but I think its probably going to be too good value not to play. I have played the last 3 or 4 and cashed a couple I think. I will see how the lead up to Sunday night goes and make a call. Expect to play though.

I have only played a handful of Micromillions events so far and am yet to cash one. Will be playing these to close out the series:-

22nd 4:30pm - $2.20 NLH
22nd 6pm - $5.50 6 max NLH 2x chance
23rd 9am - $2.20 NLH
23rd 11am - $4.40 1R1A NLH
24th 11am - $2.20 NLH
24th 13:30am - $5.50 1R1A NLH
24th 18:30 - $11 NLH
24th 19:30 - $22 NLH

There"s $80 of buyins there and, of course, will be playing a normal schedule alongside on Saturday and Sunday. Looking forward to a winning weekend.

[mporter123]

$825.41

[AAroddersAA]

Don"t understand why anyone would think there is much difference between 180"s, 90"s or 45"s.

Same % of the field is paid, they are all MTT"s, if anything, it is probably easier to sail to a min cash in a 180 than the others, but not much easier.

Stick with it Mark, you are only a small number of tourneys into this, and have already proved you have the ability to cash. It"s all about grinding for a sensible ROI.

Mainly agree with this, but the non turbo games are softer than the turbos. I would be mixing in the $4.50 non turbos in with the turbo $2.50. The 90 man are not worth it, they take so long to fill, and the 45 man are also turbo and non turbo and again the non turbo are softer but in terms on hourly are probably no better. I  would stick with the 180 manners which will always have a good roi for a decent player and take advantage of the non turbo ones which are likely to yeild a higher roi.

[mporter123]

$796.83.

199/10K in a Micromillions event was the highlight. Flip well and we were playing for $12K up top.

Big day tomorrow.