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Life In The Middle Lane
Hope this diary is to include some Kendall rub-downs!
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I thought I'd start a diary. I've not done one before but I figure it'll help motivate both my online & live sessions as it's gonna start to tire if I'm constantly posting that I kind of just showed up & went through the motions.
We're all just back from Easter holidays in Dublin & somehow or other there's still another week of half-term to navigate, a notoriously expensive time in any parents calendar.
For those of you that don't know me, my name is Julian Thew, I'm the Sponsored Sky Poker Pro & I play as 'yoyo' on here. Been married nearly ten years now & myself & Amanda have four boys aged 2, 4, 6 & 9. Rarely a dull moment.
I'm not a great one for posting hand histories but I played an amazing pot last week in the 800 side event at the Irish Open. In short, I had red aces & my opponent flopped a straight, turned a straight flush & somehow I managed to river a full house.
He had 5c-3c & the board ran out 4c,6,7c,6c,6. Yes, yes, yes, I paid him off, tbh I didn't even see the straight flush, in my mind I was only losing to a six.
So there you go, I doubt any hand I post will quite match that one for amusement but hopefully there'll be some decent content amongst the inevitable lows & occasional highs of an old school MTT grinder.
Do please feel free to question or mock as you see fit.
I know everyone takes the mick about how good it must be to run like Julian Thew but I was wondering if you have ever been on a really bad downswing?
I won't be able to make SPT Dublin, but will you be making an appearance at Birmingham or is it way too far in the future for you to plan?
Any ideas when we might get to see you on 861 again? It's always good to see you on the show.
@Jonjo - would be pretty crazy/nigh on impossible for anyone to have played poker as long as Julian to have not had a really bad downswing.
Great to see you have a diary, there is so much so many can learn from your experiences as a full time pro. So many players get one or two big results and think they are a world beater! Seeing you continue to get results shows real ability in my opinion.
So to get the questions/interactions going, you have played a fair bit both online and live. Have you found you have had spells in form live but not online (or vice versa) or do you find the two go hand in hand and either you are crushing both or neither. Do you find form has a big impact on the way you play?
Matt
For every one he has on me, I have three on him.
Be afraid.
So true, the confidence dwindles when not winning - the winning just reinforces your own self belief that your game does work )
Looking forward to an intresting read
Intresting you say live you feel more concentrated on the action and picking up tells - but online you get bored.
For most online players they get very bored playing one table live.
Do you think online players who make the switch to live are more likely to blow up and/or make plays just out of boredom.
Be good
Paul
Nice result tonight Julian!
so i played gukpt didsbury over the weekend...had a good day1, no big double ups but i was fortunate enough to catch a few bluffs;
there's a raise, call, i call AJs on the button, blinds call...AQx flop, checked to me, i bet, SB calls.
brick on the turn, chk/chk...10 on river, i bet, SB tanks for 2, maybe 3 minutes which is a really really long time & raises big, prob a 1/3 of his remaining stack.
i actually laughed out loud as no one ever takes that long to raise, it just really sniffed of a move, i called & i think he was pretty surprised saying i thought you would fold A-10...err, no sir, you got the wrong guy ))
so i finished on a very decent 93k & built up to about 110k during the first session on day 2...i had a pretty solid image at this point so obv did 20k trying to barrel someone off a hand, followed by making an iffy call w A-8 on the button v a 20bb re-shove from the SB.
had to then tread water with a below average stack for a few levels, lost AK v 67 to cripp1e me & then shoved 15bb SB v BB w Q7 losing to A2 to go out a few places before the money.
so some good, some hmmm.
it's the 1k monte carlo this friday, really looking forward it, i think most of the TSP gang are out for a few beers & eats on thursday night in nottingham, just to steady the nerves you understand.
Im probably going to play the online day 1 (won a seat last night) so hopefully see you Saturday