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Enjoyed playing at the stakes I started at.... the field is quite soft and you can get max value out of hands just playing ABC poker.
Dissapointed not to win but got stuck in a cooler situation HU. I turned 2 pair HU and shoved to a raise when there was a 4 card straight on the board hoping theyd think i was bluffing the straight and call worse. Oppo called to turn over a set. Would have been difficult to get away from that HU.
Although it got me pondering this £30 gtd.... I had a look at the lobby and all of the £50 gtd £3.30 entrys have gone! They were my favourite tournaments when I first started and really ran well in them and I was thinking of revisiting them. Surely theres enough traffic on the site to run the £50 gtds and possibly a few £100 gtds too.... speed and rebuy. why not? I'd play them and im sure a lot of others would too. They always reached their guarentees with add ons etc.
Would be nice to have them back as I really think I can grind some serious money out of them.... plus i enjoy them as they arent massively long and have a medium sized field where you can talk to a few regs....
Just came on to say the £50 gtds are on, but they're not rebuys. There were a few at the same time that £30 rebuy kicked off.
About £30 down today.... but it could have been a whole heap worse.... whys that you ask?
Well i tried satting into the roller tonight.... bust out of a few sats... then entered about 15 all in sats.... smart? no.... clever? still no.
So that didnt go well.... but I reaaaallly wanted to play the roller so in typical fashion I bought in direct. Yes.... im a massive idiot - I know this.
Entered one more all-in sat to see if I could justify buying in directly.... and bubbled it. Got like £40 from it so essentially rather than paying £150ish quid on a tournament I paid just the buyin of £110.... Still not great but a bit better...
I was in the roller for the first couple of hours doing OK, making moves at the right time and picking up OK pots.... then things dried up a bit and I lost a big pot with AK... I 3 bet big... one caller. I C-bet flop I missed and they jam... Im forced to fold and im left with 15bb. About 10-15 mins later I jammed KJs into the blinds and bb picked up AK... gonna.
Sooooo I entered both £1000 BHs. Running OK in one I got down to the last 40 odd as average stack. Picked up KK on the button... Guy before me min raises... I three bet and he jams. No way im folding. I call and he shows 1010. 10 on the river and my game was over. Crazy play IMO but i suppose I want him doing that....
The other BH went well... I ended up coming 3rd. Even though I was short stack for a lot of the final table I think I would have won if I had won one pot. I have something like 18bb. A limp UTG and I jam with AKs (hearts). He tanks and then calls with AJos. Flop 10J7 (2 hearts) and I miss the gazillion outs I had.
Exit hand is relatively standard stuff. Chip leader min raises on the button and I jam back with AQs with 9BB. He calls with KJos and hits his K on the flop... If I win one of these hands I really do think I was in a position to win it.
Still... the day could have been a whole lot worse as the BR management completely evaporated. Need to work on this otherwise I WILL GO BUST.
Waiting on about 45 quid on C4P and essentially I'm where I was at the beginning of the day.
Pretty uneventful...
*Work News*
I am going back into work this week. The same work as I have been doing before. For those that have a mild interest, I'm a football analyst... one of those guys that creates interesting stats and facts about players and teams as well as creating betting tips, writing articles and doing infographics etc.
I might do a bet of the day thing if I'm still there at the beginning of the season depending on what im allowed to do as the company is having a bit of a shake up.
So a little less poker in the coming week... limited to evenings but i'm not too upset about that as I quite like my job and at the minute it pays better!
Cashed in the mini but went out like 35th. My fault for shoving A8s into 67 with 16bbs.
Then I went to reg for the 11 o clock and somehow hit the 10 o clock by accident.... twice the buy in.
Then like 3rd hand this happens.
Sounds like a great job!
Forget Gazza's 'back of a lorry' tips. As a City fan I am completely biased but Edin Dzeko to win the golden boot next season is 25/1. With Jesus Navas on board, get your bankrolls on it.
Cant see past Chelsea or Man Utd next season. Mourinho's record at Chelsea is unmatched... in fact Mourinho has the best managerial win percentage than any other manager to have taken permanent charge of a club in the Premier League since its creation.... plus with all their young players theyve bought in, you cant help but feel that Chelsea are the ones to watch.... and of course Utd will be in the mix as usual.
City... not sure on. Faded off massively last season. Strikers couldnt score. Got rid of Tevez and brought in Navas but in reality its Aguero and Silva who have to improve on last seasons performances. Thoughts on Pellegrini? Yeah he did OK with Malaga but City is a whole different kettle of fish.
Id be sticking my BR on Chelsea winning the Premiership, Barcelona winning La Liga, Juventus winning Serie A and Bayern Munich winning Bundesliga.... 4 fold of course
Anyway. Played a few tournaments today. Didnt play great i'll admit. Ironically it was the one I probably played some of my worst poker in that I went on to win (£100 speed BH for about £80).... so treading water in terms of BR still but I suppose im playing a loooot of tournaments at the minute so not to be losing is good enough. Just need one of my wins to be in a bigger tournament than a £100 gtd really.
HU in the tournament and effectively what won it was this....
Still... not sure its the correct play. Obviously it got there in the end but its evident hes not folding...
Thoughts?
So dissapointed.
21/220 in main
20/214 in mini
Cashed in both but I had rebuys and add-ons so made pittence. So dissapointed.
My two exit hands were just cruel as well. I went in a mile ahead in both and got outdrawn.
Main:
So dissapointed.
Getting some really deep runs in the past couple of days but cant make the most of it. Ran QQ into KK with 12bb.
Standard stuff really.
Profit of about a tenner.... explain that.
10th out of like 600 runners.... and a tenner profit from a £5 stake?
Should have just played a few DYMs instead.... hardly worth it until the laddering properly starts with 10 left.
Difference of £10 from 10th to 73rd. Pretty annoying that isnt it?
9th eh? Rub down much? *Anything you can do I can do better.....* haha.
I was just dissapointed to see I made so little after 4 hours of tournament poker.
So as there wasnt really any other tournaments at the time I registered for the £22 bh knowing that I have been playing OK recently... running deep in a lot of tournaments but not really cashing highly losing flips at crucial moments.
Similar story today as I got into the money on the final table as chip leader... however everyone was really shallow as the bubble took forever to pop. I had 22bb at this stage and lost against another guy 66 v AK and went out soon after.
So I finished 5th with a few bounties and a small cash. Still treading water in terms of BR.
Did that HU turbo tournament as well today.... playing a best of 3 £1.10 tournaments agaisnt Boxster. I won the first (quite luckily i'll admit). Then in the second I got it in good as chip leader JJ v 77 and he turned a 7 and lost that HU. Went to sudden death in the third and my AQs got outdrawn by J10os. So im out of that which isnt ideal but cant have any complaints as i would have played the hands the same.
Still hoping for a decent cash soon.
Oh... and Andy Murray won. I was so close to sticking a tenner on Murray winning in straight sets at a tasty 15/1.... then had second thoughts looking at the bet slip as I thought 'well thats just throwing money away'. Should have listened to my gut! Nightmare. Good to have a british winner even if im not a massive fan of Murray. Trying to work out if this will put more or less pressure on him next year...
You are playing well Gaz.
Keep it up, doing the right things, and you will soon get the results again. It says a lot, that you are constantly getting the deep runs.
And thanks a lot for last week that was really good of you mate.
That win is coming anytime soon.
Just played the main and mini again.
44/200 in main.
34/395 in mini.
More deep runs but no joy.
Exit hand on main was AJ v AK. Guy raises on button and im sitting there with 20bb.... didnt really want to call out of position with no reads... and i didnt have enough to really 3 bet without shoving. Flop had an ace anyway so I was a gonna either way that shallow.
Mini exit was J10 v A2 aip with 7bb. Standard stuff with my on button and caller in bb.
Loads of deep runs. Bit frustrating I cant hit a string of decent cashes/final tables. I'm not happy with min cashing really. It drains the BR in the long run.
Happy to do it Larson. Let me know if you want to do it again sometime (hopefully with less lag).
Things are going well. Running really well. Get to final table as chip leader... few people go out. Down to last 4.
Then these two hands happen.
Still cant win. In a controlling lead... then lose to a 3 outer, then a two outer in the space of 2 minutes and i had ended up shoving KJs into AQ to go out.
Why.Cant.I.Win.A.Dam.Tournament?
I've run absolutely awful today!
Terrible in fact. I believe I won 1 hand all in pre where I was 60-40 underdog... but apart from that ive been losing 70-30 battles galore!
Spewing money away like no tomorrow.
Even predicted in my latest tournament the exact river card. All in pre A9 v A7. Called the 7 of clubs with one card to go and it came out on the river!
Of course that now means Im psychic and can predict the future.... this may help with my betting prospects but little consolation at the moment!
Run poker was going well... my aggressive nature got a bit magnified in this tournament and it suited me to a tee. People gradually got fed up of me 3 betting. And after someone 3 bet me when Im holding aces I thought 'brilliant! He'll never believe a mega shove" He didnt. Turned over JJ but spiked a J on the flop. Crippled and when out soon after. Finished about 30th.
I feel a mega win coming soon. Or maybe im just hoping for a mega win soon. Feel like im playing very well at points. Could do with paying people off a bit less but apart from that all I need to do is run a little better! Need to take notes from yoyo.
Dont think ive ever seen him lose a hand.
I take that back.
Just won the 12:00 £400 gtd tournament. I played well throughout I feel maxing value with decent hands and trying not to spew chips everywhere almost succeeded. I was pretty card dead on the final table which caused me to try a move with 4 left which uber backfired. I looked pretty dumb folding as the pot was mahussive and I clearly had nothing as I didnt want to stick in the rest of my chips.
However somehow I got to heads up as 10/1 underdog.... and yes before you ask I got extremely lucky in the uber long HU battle (a whole 8 pages of HH dedicated to it). Even though I ran well and won a pot or two I shouldnt (including one or two that would have seen me out) I thought I controlled HU very well as underdog for the vast majority of it.
Hands of HU include:
Side note: Came 8th in the 12:30 BH. Dissapointed to not atleast cash as I was 1st/2nd for most of the tournament. I just called someone off too light, halved my chip stack and couldnt get back up. Ran deep and thought I was more likely to win that one...
Pleased overall.
Should have won. Without a shadow of a doubt I should have won. I dominated from start to finish. It did however depend on one 3 barrel bluff against a guy who loved to see an extra card/had junk most hands. Knew I could shove him off his bottom pair. Id done it before but not for my whole stack.
Anyway. It was all going well with 10 left. I was chip leader. Then these two hands happen within a few minutes:
First ones standard:
Managed to DU 1010 v 55 and picked up more chips in the following hand (told you he was loose):
Lost the next hand as well:
I was 6/1 underdog HU. Should be easy as I won it 10/1 underdog last night eh? No. It wasnt to be. HU didnt last long at all. Picked up a very draw heavy hand and was more than happy calling it off with 10bb.
Lets hope this is a sign of things to come.
Outstanding. As i was saying before you are doing the right things it will pay off.
To get the amount of deep runs you are getting, 2nd in a tournie of x lots of people is some going.
Keep up the good work mate, and that next win will be coming your way.
If i was you i'd focus on the positives, it's annoying we get it in ahead and get outdrawn, but as you said yourself sometime, there is always that element of luck in the game.
Keep it going bud and nice results. Very well done.