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First day back playing today after the promo, didn't play as much as I liked but did get a 90 min note taking study last night on some things I had spotted when I was playing last week. Same story in the first session today, won a lot of all in and pots but lost too many pots I shouldn't have. Ended up 1.2 byins up (£12), then come back in the evening shouldn't of played felt tired, lost all in I shouldn't have with a flush and ended up down, but overall £3 up for the day lol
Need to cut these silly awful mistakes out because my overall play im fairly happy with and am learning a lot more and realising a lot, I think im improving, but losing stacks on silly hands means im going to struggle to turn in profitable days.
Weird playing against different people today, so its going to take me a while to pick up reads when I 4 table so might be slow few days, they generally seem loose though so hopefully it will be +ev to play them
Balance: £359
Day: +£3 (+0,3 byins)
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceflower11 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £6.09 robbie1992 Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £8.89 Your hole cards 9 4 Cash_Daddy Fold MWLUFC Call £0.10 £0.25 £9.11 flower11 Call £0.05 £0.30 £6.04 robbie1992 Check Flop 10 3 3 flower11 Check robbie1992 Check MWLUFC Check Turn A flower11 Check robbie1992 Check MWLUFC Check River K flower11 Bet £0.30 £0.60 £5.74 robbie1992 Raise £1.30 £1.90 £7.59 MWLUFC Fold flower11 All-in £5.74 £7.64 £0.00 robbie1992 Call £4.74 £12.38 £2.85 flower11 Show A 3 robbie1992 Show 9 4 flower11 Win Full House, 3s and Aces £11.45 £11.45
Felt if I raised here I would be commited to a shove, maybe this is just a call? silly hand to lose on though its so frustrating
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceClamshell Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £20.81 dre136 Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £11.71 Your hole cards A A Cash_Daddy Fold 25075424 Raise £0.40 £0.55 £16.05 robbie1992 Raise £1.30 £1.85 £8.83 Clamshell Fold dre136 Fold 25075424 Call £0.90 £2.75 £15.15 Flop J 3 9 25075424 Check robbie1992 Bet £1.90 £4.65 £6.93 25075424 Call £1.90 £6.55 £13.25 Turn K 25075424 Check robbie1992 All-in £6.93 £13.48 £0.00 25075424 Call £6.93 £20.41 £6.32 25075424 Show K K robbie1992 Show A A River 8 25075424 Win Three Kings £19.01 £25.33
Thoughts on this hand? pretty standard I think but I think the K is a bad card. Theres now a lot of 2 pairs and sets ahead when I shove the turn, I felt I had to shove turn to defend my hand/ for value/ to charge draws, but when it gets called I don't like it.... .is this standard or what? even if I check to pot control and he shoves id have to call wouldn't I?
Yeah I thought that, watching the King come out on the turn if it was all in pre would of been much better
Played a £2.20 sat to try to get into the semi as I want to play the £33 BH a lot tonight, top 5 got seat, I was top 5 all game and managed to finish 7th, lose a flop my 44>A8o, runner runner 4 to a flush. Then played cash and it was dead, I think 2 10 nl tables running, everytime I was on one with 6 players it fell apart, just annoying really couldn't get the session going properly and added a 8nl one in because im trying to keep good BR management so added that instead of 20nl. The players were mostly fish on all 3 tables and I ended up so bored and unfocused, they sorta ruined the game by being so lose. How stupid is that? there players that will really give you there money if there and patient and I was bored.
Think im lacking motivation, hardly played this week because iv been busy which is not good enough really, played loads last week and made good profit and I feel like I don't care this week, my BR wont grow like that. I would like to play early so I can do other stuff in my day but theres just no traffic.
Target?
Can anyone suggest a target, I don't want it being years away but I want it to encourage my cash games, last week I played more then every and I didn't get bored. maybe cause I like how much tougher the players were and the fact there was a leaderboard.
Ended up coming away -£5 due to being to loose and losing one hand that I don't regret to a fish who eventually stack off with a rag ace on a very wet board. So yes what targets can you suggest, thanks.
Don't regret this at all, went with my reads, and theres so much he stacks off with here 9 10, 910s, QX, FLUSH DRAWS, possiably a7, 1010, 99, .
Rubbish day. I didn't even enjoy playing today for some reason, getting bored that I cant finish session a lot of byins up, I don't understand why, im stil working hard on my game but doesn't seem to be happening, anyone got any help for how they motivate themselves for cash?
Played the £5.50 mini, was a waste of time I had JJ and one a double up and 1 head, that was my only exciting hand the whole tournament, finished like 180th I think. In cash I lose about £4 early on when I hit a set on 4 5 6 two tone board, turn was a 7 he shoved I folded. Cash was pretty ordinary aswell, nothing really happened on that either. Dissapoint day adds to a so far disappointing week, feels like im going back to old ways and going round in a circle, don't get how I can improve my balance if im still making silly mistakes, and not focussing mentally
No one seems to write on my diary so I think I might stop it, I like it and its helped me I think tho .
Balance: £338.16
Day: -£21
I'm pretty much the same as you as far as cash goes. Have a winning session, then a losing session.....how many tables do you normally play? I find the less tables I play the better I do, try playing less tables is the only advice I can give. If you normally play 6, try playing 4 and see what effect it has on your win rate.
It's not as if you are bleeding money at a dramatic rate so there is nothing to get wound up about.
I played 4 all throughout the promo from 3 tables, I want to continue to play 4 because I want to keep improving and I see that as improvement, but my win right has gone abit down I think, but I don't think I can blame it on 4 tables because It didn't have any influence on my decisions. No im not but just finding it hard to get my b/r moving up, and finding it hard to motivate myself since the promo finished.....how do you motivate yourself for cash?
Things not been going well for you then lately waller?
How do I motivate myself? Not sure really. I just play when I feel like a game, which is most evenings. If I get bored or tired then I stop playing and I have the odd night off. Playing too much can definitely take the fun out of the game.
Things not been going well for me lately? Not for about a year lol. Basically starting from scratch again!
I don't beat myself up about it though and neither should you. It's just a game!
That's true, but is poker still fun if you fail to win....not sure imo, im aiming to eventually build a good stack and become a grinder who can make good money out of the game on a consistant basis. I want to be how tintin/dtm/cash daddy and all them are like, putting in a lot of hours.
Cheers for the reply tho, maybe were meet on the tables soon, GL.
Oh really I didn't know they both played for a living, I just enjoyed the amount I plaed last week and how determined I was to do well, just need to get a routine or aim of certain hours a week. I was thinking about trying to learn heads up more, I gotta book I never read by moshman but it looks like theres a lot of varience, and seems hard to put people on a range...would be something different I could play instead of cash.
Hoping too play a lot this weekend now theres no footie on and stuff, just need to keep motivated.
He had donked out the flop, bet the turn, and even the ace on the river has not slowed him down.
The river is key information.
You need to consider what hands worse than yours will call the shove based on the story the villain has told, you are just not thinking enough!
Ok I like betting bigger on turn in second hand, if I bet bigger I think it may also look like im bluffing that card and might get calls from worse. River I did think this is odd, what could he have, I did think his done all this with the ace there his not slowed down at all .
Cal you no I wont listen to you. Aplogise for your comments and ill respond to you, you not that ignorant you cant apolgise surely !?!
The bluffs I fail with all the time and playing 10nl doesn't help as a lot of players play there cause they call too much, but what things should I be looking out for to know if its a bluffing moment?
Played for about 90 minutes today , again not putting in a proper shift, but I didn't forget its my granddads bday so I have no choice but to miss playing, might play tonight for a change late. Played OK today, not amazing, lost a byin and 1/2 early on but then hit some nice hands and won a few pots, then lost abit through a bluff and a bigger full house ( I had 55 on a a k 5 flop he had a4, the turn come 4 river come 5, all in by the river)
B/R: £351
Today: +1 byin
your 1st mistake in this hand is calling 20p p/f (1st chance to get away)
the 2nd is calling casdaddys raise p/f...what is he raising with? (2nd chance to get away)
cashdaddy is never betting 3/4 pot £3 here,with a worse hand than yours. (3rd chance to get away0
you should have folded somewhere p/f
as played,3 small mistakes and result...maximum loss.
you have to know your opponents and also take notice of when and why a big bet goes in against you.
when it does you have to decide if you are going with your hand or not.
here was a not.
dev
Yeah I no his never bluffing, thought he actually had a made hand but this was the worst hand he could of had really, lost my flush and my gutshot. So this is a fold? I think it should of been too just seems weird you flop well with a speculative hand and are still folding, suppose its not just about the hand its about the situation and the player. The thing is aswell with this hands is there not as good as it looks your ALWAYS going in an underdog, even against a bluff your likely to be an underdog, so its not a good situation to risk a stack with . Wished I could get that into my head when playing lol
try better hand selection and this situation will not happen so often.
also you have button and are limping p/f this is not good either.
if you decide to play a hand,especially with good/best position,then we should be using it,shouldn't we?
dev
What's the quote from David Tuchman's poker tip - "Leave your ego at the door"?
Calcalfold is a much better player than you and he/she is willing to give up their time to offer you free information and help you, yet you post stuff like the quote above.
Put it to one side and listen. It will help you get better.
This diary is for poker matters and help. Im not going to let it get into a arguemnt because its just pointless. The fact your be rude about my poker skills is just unhelpful and uneeded. Why did forums get invented? so better players can help other players...so try think about that before you start being horriable. I no im not good, that's why I started this diary for help, not for people to come on here and just criticise.
Like I said try use your brain read why I don't listen to cal and come back.....it has nothing to do with poker why I don't listen to him, so educate yourself on the matter before your casting your opinion.
You're cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I'm not being rude about your poker skills, more I'm praising Calcalfold's, and without a doubt he/she is better than you, but you don't want to hear that. He/she is helping you, and on several occasions you have turned it into something personal.
I say again - "Leave your ego at the door"
Firstly thank you for the kind remarks.
Secondly, As you have seen, I have tried and failed to wake Robbie up from himself.
Listen to the quotes, they are not the thoughts of a rational man in any way shape or form.
1) "it has nothing to do with poker why I don't listen to him"
I have no doubt if a Barry Greenstein or a Scotty Nguyen rubbed him up the wrong way, he would also treat their advice with total contempt.
2) "I no im not good, that's why I started this diary for help, not for people to come on here and just criticise. "
Totally contradicts the previous remarks he made.
3) "This diary is for poker matters and help"
Rather ironic
4) "Don't agree with what I say then don't write on my diary"
We have reached new levels of absurdity, What is this? A dictarorship???? All hail Muammar Robbie
Finally as an aside I am a stout believer that, dyslexia aside, the way people spell and use words to form their points is often a direct correlation to intelligence quotient. Read into that what you will.
Whys there people that have to ruin everything?