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Finished 9 short of the money in my final BH. One head prize.
Here is my exit hand.
Oppo had been a frequent raiser pre and I thought that given my stack size I had a good enough hand to go to war?? If I win this hand then I'm up into the top 10 and almost certainly cashing. Love the flop, can't lose from here surely
It's the way I'm rolling atm. The beats do hurt more when I'm not properly rolled for mtts!!!
BR = £39.80
Cash from last night
DTD 1: Never really got going but hung around to the mid stages and got my chips in with what is normally a decent spot. Not tonight though as I ran into kings with my AK for a pot which would have pushed me up the leaderboard. No complaints though, hands played themselves.
waller02078
DTD 2: This one I am annoyed about!! Got off to a good start and was always sitting in the top 10% of the field. Until the hand below......Haven't played much with the oppo and he was fairly new to the table.
1. Should I just fold to the 3 bet?
2. His shove looked so much like an AK/AQ hand that had the missed the flop. Urgh is my call very bad?? Just would not expect a hand as strong as that to overbet shove the flop.....or maybe that was oppos thinking when he shoved?? Thoughts/advice please.
DTD 3: Was always hanging on. Another harsh exit (although I did previously get a fortunate double up so it's swings and roundabouts). I win this hand and I'm up into the cash places in the late stages......sigh!
Will probs be having a break for the rest of the week. It's looking like the mtt dream is over although I am tempted to not bother with 4nl if/when I get down to £30 and just go for broke with the mtt's.....very tempted!! Any thoughts? Is this a bad idea??
BR = £36.42
Seriously, any advice on the hand or how I should proceed as far as my BR is concerned would be much appreciated. Cheers
Cash seems quite soft the last week waller.
Try using that to build your stack back up. I would have a look at who is playing on the tables, normally i go for a table that has a maximum of one regular on it.
There has been plenty of choice this week, with loads of randoms sitting at the tables.
Good luck!
Think the pre flop call with 66 is marginal. I don't mind a fold as the villain isn't playing a huge stack.
As played, I think we have to fold the flop. Yes, AK is in his range. But so is 1010-AA which crush us. Suppose his flop shove worked a treat as he convinced you his overbet jam can only be A high.
Other 2 hands just standard and unfortunate.
The bankroll issue is tricky. It's possible to spin it up at the 4nl tables but it could be a long process and with only 7 1/2 buy ins (£30) we don't have much margin for error. But equally we could use that £30 over X amount of tournies, do next to nothing wrong in them all and still not see a return.
RE bankroll - you should ignore any BR advice I give you as Im TERRIBLE at keeping a BR. All I will say is that you should use the £30 for a form of poker you enjoy. I find that once pressure is off and your enjoying poker and not worrying about the money it becomes a whole lot easier. If you enjoy MTTs play MTTs and vice versa if you prefer cash.
Well, I am at the stage where my br has creeped below the £30 mark and it is decision time!!! I would love to play soley mtts but the variance is battering me....hand below sums up how I am running
So I am going to try the 4nl tables again, but will still be playing the odd mtt too (just a lot less of them).
Will play the £500 BH and the orfordable tonight alongside the cash tables. I'm not feeling confident at all.........which is half the battle!!
BR = £28.60.......busto is looking very likely!!!
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I have had KK,QQ and flopped sets in the past hour and lost the lot.
I enjoy playing mtts so I may as well go for broke at least playing something I enjoy rather than sitting on 4nl tables getting wound up by people who can't fold but then go on to hit their miracle cards!!!
BR= £16.64
Critical!!!! Plan is to reg for £250BH at 6, Orfordable and the £500BH......gonna gamble on some dyms too. If I go broke then diary is over and I intend to have a considerable break from the game.
Had fallen down to £8 but have been playing £3 DYMs and thankfully pulled a bit back. Still feel like I could go broke any day. Will be playing the DTD tomorrow and really need to cash in one of them.
Just had a small cash from a £250 BH
waller02013£2.41 + £3.09 Head Prizes2
BR = £19.24........hanging on by a thread
When you asked before about what games to play Gazza gave the best answer, he was spot on when he said play the games you enjoy.
It seems you are a MTT player, thats what you enjoy the most and done really well at before.
Might be an idea to redeposit to give yourself a good start, maybe make your account up to £100. And just stick to playing what you like the most / are best at.
The reason i'm saying that is as is, you will not play the games you want to play, you will be restricted by your bankroll and when it gets low you will try and gamble, to get 10 quid up to a decent higher amount. Having a decent amount in your account will help your confidence no end and give you far greater choice.
You can also let me know how to play MTTs along the way! lol
Good luck
1. I'm not really in a position to do that as I changed jobs 18mnths ago (basically I'm an apprentice for another 6 mnths........so not on the good money yet and have mouths to feed etc.)
2. I'm not confident that I wouldn't just blow it lol
DTD 1.
Finished 5 off the money. I had around 16bb and got it in pre with AK<KK. They say play for the win but sometimes I wish I never got that hand and scraped in a min cash as I need it!! haha......nah no complaints!
waller02023
DTD 2.
Lost a big chunk of my stack blind v blind. A10 v A8 on a A77Q8 board
waller020122
DTD 3.
I make the ft but I'm very short (in fact we are all very short apart from the massive chip leader who I clash with in the very first hand)
Here is the hand........right to go for broke here? I figure oppo has any 2 and I won't be in too bad shape. Still not too sure though. I am the shorty on the table, but not by much.
waller0206£15.89
BR = £29.63
Nice 1 3 x on your money!
The start of something, i'm sure:D
You are mainly an MTT player, just wondering do you think most decent MTT players are quite tight?
Anytime i play the monday night game there always seems to be a few good players at my table and they are seldome involved in hands. Most seem to be pretty much Tight aggressive.
Do you think that's the best strat for MTTs.
And out of interest, how do you find cash when it is mostly MTT's you have been used to playing?
I've just realised recently that the 2 formats are totally different. I knew they were different, bt i mean significantly different as to what you should be doing and when.
Generally I play tight aggressive but the main factor for me is how the table I am on is playing. I Always try to play the opposite style to the majority of the table. If the table is full of loose stations then there is little point in getting involved with marginal hands. If the table is tight then you can widen your range and try to steal a few pots.
Aggressive players are better mtt players imo but it can be difficult to find the right balance between being aggro and spewy.........something I struggle with when I try to change my game, therefore I stick to tight aggressive with the occasional poor call!!!!
The mtts on sky are so soft that you can regularly cash by playing solid abc poker. However if you want to consistently make final tables or be successful against tougher fields on a regular basis then you need to have a more aggro style (something I haven't got)...........all IMO............could be a load of bull!!!
If you want serious mtt advice then ask the likes of mattbates, tommyd, wacko90 etc...........they crush, I don't.
As for cash, yeah totally different beast. Have yet to figure it out lol
Would like there to be more £1 freezeouts on sky.....maybe one day!
I enjoyed our tables last night......I'll get you next time........NEXT TIME!!!!!
I was sure whether to min raise or just shove. If I had min raised the action would have prob been a shove and a call before it gets back round to me and I can maybe find the fold. Just being results orientated I guess. Was I right to shove??? Annoyingly the bubble burst the very next hand!
Grrr still annoyed by the deepy hand lol
Still left in the £1 deepy, currently 19/35........last chance. Oh, and I played the new £1 mtt where the blinds go up and down (can't remember the name!!), didn't cash but quite enjoyed it.
BR update when I bust/win the deepy
The standard in that £1 deepy was nothing short of shocking......limp limp limp and the blinds were huge. I picked my spot and got my chips in as a big fav but it wasn't to be.
This hand below cheered me up though..........like I said shocking! This hand was just after the KQ<KJ hand. I obv meant to shove but misclicked........how on this earth can they fold for 12 chips lol
BR = £23.87
On the receiving end of some nasty ones tonight but I would rather be getting my chips in the middle as a big fav because at least I am making the correct plays and hopefully my luck should change.
Played 6 mtts tonight (one freeroll) and cashed in 2...but they were only min cashes. I can't hold in the late stages atm.
Finshed 5 off the money in the £1.10 deepy. Got my chips in with JJ and lost to A2....tbf though I only had 5bb after losing a badly played hand a couple of orbits before. Can't complain.
Small cash in the £500 freeroll - waller02861082£2.16
It's the £500 BH that hurt me the most tonight. Played well as we approached the cash, made one mistake when I lost with top pair v trips (blind v blind). Creeped into the money only to lose AA<K2
waller02030£2.03 + £2.86 Head Prizes3
I played another £3 DYM as well tonight. Got down to the last 4, took a hit and couldn't recover. Hand is below, I'm pretty sure this is the correct play but I have thought that before only to be told I was wrong by the DYM specialists. Correct here???
supeercon Small blind 100.00 100.00 1070.00 waller02 Big blind 200.00 300.00 2200.00 Your hole cards 10 10 4tune8 Fold murphy2222 Fold supeercon Call 100.00 400.00 970.00 waller02 All-in 2200.00 2600.00 0.00 supeercon All-in 970.00 3570.00 0.00 waller02 Unmatched bet 1230.00 2340.00 1230.00 supeercon Show A 6 waller02 Show 10 10 Flop 2 9 5 Turn A River 4 supeercon Win Pair of Aces 2340.00 2340.00
Anyway, a frustrating night tonight. Will have to try some more DYMs tomorrow, £3 is risky but like I said, the rake is lower.
BR = £17.67