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I should have said people who have possibly seen (via skype or on table) are excluded!
Prize should probably go to ff55hh as he was closest before double came and spoilt the fun
I'll buy you a pint mr ff55hh at next SPT if youre about... and maybe you too Double if youre lucky.
Summary: Nl200 went alright
Out of interest, if you were facing that bet with QQ and the same actions beforehand, would you still call??
I really dont know tbh. It'd really depend who I was playing. Some villains would try this and others would just check back hoping their A highs are good/just give up. I've made the bet to seem massively polarised. Air or effective nuts. I cant have many 2 pairs in my hand, if any, and sets seem unlikely.
There are a few hands I could have backed into (such as 109 and 65), but its very hard to spot these when they come runner runner.
I'd probably call... especially v me. The most likely hand I have is a busted flush draw, but the price makes it a more difficult call. But yeah, totally depends on who im playing.
Very true that if you've cultivated a certain image over time then its a much tougher decision.
I thought maybe I'd get that 'sinking feeling' to save me at some point :-S
Then i reg for £55 BH and these two beauts happen:
Tilt alert indeed.
BUT... plans are in motion for a small trip to Vegas in the Summer with a mate. He's not a big poker player at all, but he wants to go. I think the plan might be fly to vegas, stay there for about 4 days... then rent a car and go visit grand canyon and maybe head into Phoenix or possibly LA for a few nights. End the trip with another few nights in Vegas before heading back.
Don't know how plausible all that is. Obviously poker time will take a hit, but id still be able to play a few MTTs and a bit of cash. After all poker wouldnt be the only reason im going.
Only issue is where to stay, what to do and where to go while im over there.
Any suggetions welcome.
There was next to no 50nl running, so I ended up 2 tabling 100nl. I thought at about 11pm that id just play for an hour or so then go watch some tv.
An hour in and im 5 BI down.
5.
Now thats just not acceptable. I couldn't reward myself after a -5BI session with some House of Cards fun. Nope. I had to try and get it back. I had played pretty poor in that first hour, but I wasn't tilted. I was just trying to force it a bit too much, taking high variance lines and seemingly just picking the wrong spots.
There was one guy on my table who i'd given at least one BI to who was chirping up a bit saying how bad I was and that I was just giving my money away. I don't mind that at all. If they effectively tell you they are never going to believe you, then you just adjust your play. I tightened a bit, tried to make my big hands look as much as bluffs as I could and worked on getting my 5 BI back.
I had already managed to grab one BI back by the time this hand rocked around. My thinking behind this hand was simple. Opener is aggressive and will barrel worse. There are tonnes of people after me able to squeeze with worse, and ive underrepped my hand. I had said I was making adjustments... and it worked.
However I managed to reclaim my 5 lost BI and actually ended in profit by about a tenner. Snap quit. I'll take that after the beginning I had.
It does make me wonder.... why can't I start a session by winning 5 BI? That'd be nice.
I reg for the Primo, Mini Primo. £22 Deepstack and £55 BH tonight.
I managed to get into the Primo and BH for about £15 each so the night cost me about £55 in total, which isn't bad considering the prizepools on offer.
After about half an hour in the Primo I was down to about 850 chips... I was also down to about 2k in Deepstack. I wasn't playing great... it was evident. I almost resigned myself to going out both and just going to watch tv. The mini started and so did the 9pm BH... both ending swiftly.
Somehow still in the primo and deepstack come 10 o'clock, I was seeing the field thin out quite a bit and even though my chip stacks were well below average, 1.... maybe 2 DU was all it'd take to cash as long as I played sensibly.
Then come a spot in the Deepstack where villain donk overshoves a Kd Qd 5x board. I have K10 and find the call. He has the flush draw and misses and suddenly I have a stack.
I manage to run into FT of Deepstack and even manage to get to HU as chip leader after knocking out MattBates
However it wasn't meant to be after this hand gave him a dominant chip lead I couldn't overcome:
I managed to get it to secure a cash JJ v K10 on a 10 high board and was in the top 10 with 20 left.
After about an hour I was on the final table, as shortstack. I manage to ladder to 5th, but after my jam with 33 got called by A7o didnt hold up I was out.
I'm dissapointed in myself cause of my shove with 33 in the primo. It was over a button raise, but it didnt look like he was folding.... and I also didnt win the deepstack after getting to HU as chip leader.
Still.... considering I had almost given up circa 9pm... a +£750 night is good.
Actually £750 is a lot of money... maybe I shouldnt be so hard on myself.
I made £12:)
Any cash 1st or 2nd is a great result. The edges hu with massive blinds are really limited. You have had a phenomenal amount of wins (1st place) as well as many FT's under your belt.
Your drive and strive to constantly win/ improve have really bourne out in your MTT results. Without a shadow of a doubt you are one of the best MTTplayers on the site. Never played you at cash recently (clearly!) but in the last few months paying the levels you have been playing you will be constantly learning and your game will have improved no end comared to someone who plays exclusively 20nl and hasn't moved up.
Maybe you put to much ego into the game. As in saying i must win, win, win.
By the nature of it we are not going to win all the time, there will be the downswings, coolers and times we can't get anything going as well as the good times. During your bad spells you do like to talk about it and post hands.
Plus we are all going to make mistakes, it;s inevitable, like you said just learn from them and move on.
I was similiar used to moan "this is so sick getting runner runnered". Maybe i still do to an extent. But i've tried to stop doing that now, it's pointless and negative.
You are doing really well with the poker. Keep up the good work buddy
Then.
GG main.
GG deepstack
GG £11 BH
GG £22 BH
I wonder whats on tele.
Exit hands from tournaments include AA v QQ AIP, Flopped flush v turned FH, Flopped top two v turned flush, QQ v K5 AIP.
Might call it a night. Clearly the poker gods don't like me today.
Should have.
Played cash. Lost cash. Tilted at lost cash. Withdrew big chunk of roll. Convince myself its for Vegas trip this year. Actually cause I dont want to do something silly. Child.
TV now.
Think itd be good for me. I grinded my but off last month and this month I'm still playing until 4am each morning and getting up for work at 8am. Im tired. A man needs his sleep!
Hopefully by taking a week off I can try and restore some sort of poker/life balance midweek.
Don't think the cycle ive got at the minute is sustainable and is certainly going to hinder me long term.
Been looking into various tourneys on the strip. Unsurprisingly, there seems to be quite a few crapshoot ones (10 min blinds, or 40bb SS etc etc). The better structured ones look like they are held at the Venetian, Wynn, Aria, Caesars Palace and Bellagio. Buy ins hover around the $100-$200 mark, most have 30 min levels and a 200bb SS. They will probably attract a better calibre of player, so there could be some value in the crapshoot ones if variance is kind to us. Allvegaspoker.com gives you the lowdown....
Tip for San Fran (great city), if you want to go to Alcatraz, and you really should do it, then book it in advance. By advance, I mean this weekend! If you rock (no pun intended) up at the ticket office on the day you want to go with nothing sorted in advance, gg.
Have a great time in vegas btw
Alcatraz is on the list.