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Afternoon Julian! This diary certainly makes for interesting reading, and it's a wonderful insight into the world of someone who plays this game we love for a living.
Just wanted to say it was great to meet you at the SPT in Newcastle (I was at your table, wearing - how shall I put it - the brightly coloured shirt two seats to your left) and hopefully see you on the virtual felt soon. I will definitely be in the Rebuy Open tonight.
Regards,
Brian
I look forward to seeing our hand that put me on Tilt!!
Congrats to Sam too!!
It’s refreshing to hear someone of your experience and ability talk about ‘dropping down a level’, and being more comfortable there, because I think that too many poker players are of the mindset that they have to climb the ladder as fast and as high as possible or else it isn’t worth it. If you jump the gun there, all you’re really doing is losing more money faster.
Good luck in your games this week, Julian.
Was nice to meet you, albeit briefly, at DTD at the weekend. I know its a long day so didn't wanna keep you, and tbh there was a guy at the cash table happy to get K high all in pre for 100 of the Queens finest, so I couldn't stay away from him for too long
If I make the Grand Final, I'll buy you a drink*
*water. Not sparkling.
I agree: I don't think I'd be too keen on my four high flush in that spot either!
Good luck.
Brian
tx brian ))
had a wobbly kind of day, ok table to start, with high roller ole shemion & chaz chatta to my right.
raise, bet/folded AQ within the first orbit & the stack dribbled down to 50k when i took on a 15k shove; the pot had been opened, he shipped & i found 99 in the hijack...bit of an iffy spot as the opener had 120k but i just felt the need to get involved/gamble, so i flatted, the opener folded & i sucked out on his queens when i flopped a nine...eek.
i said it was wobbly & this kind of sums up the first half of the day, i was still very card dead & playing very tight - i opened K10s in the cut-off, button flatted; i checked & he bet 3k on the 458 flop - i raised to 9k - he flatted - i turned a 10 & led for 13k - he flatted; i had 35k back, bingo'd a king on the river & somehow decided a check was the best line - he checked back jacks & i really think i brain-farted myself out of a double up there.
table eventually broke & i moved 90k to a new tougher looking table with lots of moody big stacks all to my left...noah boeken was on my right, we used to play together a lot back in the day, anyway he'd been grinding a 20k stack, doubled up to 40k then opened the cut-off to 4k...i found AJs & made it 11k, he paused & shipped.
i'm pretty sure this is a fold given that we effectively swap stacks if i lose but once again i felt the need to try & make sh#t happen; when your card dead for what seems like ever it's very easy to upgrade the middling hands so yes, again, i gambled & again, got very lucky vs his AQ on a 891079 run out.
that got to me 130k, a tad above average & i was feeling good; even better when i found aces; i bet flop & turn on a Qd10dx,x board but didn't feel so great when another 10 hit the river & my opponent led for 3/4 pot - anyways, he had 200+, there were many missed draws so i called & he showed me J10.
back to 70k & at 1200/2400/300 that soon became 50k; i opened J-J, fabian quoss flatted & mike watson shipped AQ - i called but didn't hold.
was pretty devastating but i'm feeling better about it this morning...no doubt i learnt a thing or two, was good to play with some of the leading lights & def feel with a few adjustments here & there i could have given myself a slightly better chance.
the structure is excellent, when i used to play epts it was 60 min levels throughout, now it's 75 on days 1 & 2 & (apparently) 90 from day 3 on; this definitely gives a player lots of flexibility as to how they want to approach & play the tournament, & it's interesting, i talked to a couple of excellent players & they pretty much just played solid ABC, there's certainly no need to be going ballistic on day 1 & that's probably why someone like carlo is set to cash again in this event, altho (& i'm sure he won't mind me saying this) i wouldn't back him to close it out.
probably going to head up to edinburgh tomorrow for the gps
Certainly a couple of lucky hands in there but also unfortunate with the aces and the jacks - thats poker I guess!
General question - do you find it easier to play live or online? For instance are there advantages to playing live such as tells etc that can make you take a slightly bigger risk for the DU, or incidentally get away from hands when you actually have time to think about the situation? Or is it just player dependant on betting tendancies that can just as easily be interpreted online, if not easier, than playing live?
I've only played live once you see (and cashed- thin brag) but i was thinking of sticking a few more live games into my planning and was wondering if there was any advice you could offer about possibly altering your game for the live tables where dynamics can be a lot more interesting than online.
Cheers
Gazza: not that you asked me, but playing live is fantastic. It is almost a different game. You really should get yourself out there.
Brian
Is that for long term image or is it important at any time - I.e. even early stages of a good structured tourney against random opponents?
I really don't bother about defending at levels 1-3, means I am not playing oop with a marginal hand and I am developing a tight image. Once blinds increase really don't want to be seen as the stealing opportunity though. Equally don't want to be the stubborn defender either.
What factors your thoughts on whether and how to defend the BB?