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Guilty, M'Lady.
I'll reply to Ger's interesting question later. In short, for now, it's all table & opponent specific.
First up, I have some wounds to lick - them Ploppers beat me up a treat last night, including 4 @ £11, of which I won approximately......nil.
A £52 loss on the night (how much?) means I now need to play 200 games (= 7 sessions) at standard variance to get back to where I was before last night.
What a great game poker is, the way it toys with us.
Quick update, ahead of the weekend.
I'm setting fire to money at the moment - a £35 loss last week, & this week (so far....) I'm the best part of £60 down.
To the Big Boys, there are mere surface wounds, but as I play a low variance game, with an average buy in of about £4.50, that is a big loss & will take some pulling back.
I average north of 58% of games won over a 9,000 game sample, but twice this week, in 30 game sessions, I've only won 12 from 30, which is 40%.
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or its just a touch of run-bad. When we start losing, we blame all sorts - bad play by others, variance, the weather, but usually, its a combo of all those things, plus one more - we are not playing as well as we should.
I can't put my finger on the problem, & I am deffo not blaming anyone else for so-called "bad play", it's just something I need to work through.
I can think of a few mistakes this week. On one night, TWICE, I was typing a reply in the chat box to a question, & in doing so, I was inadvertently typing a bet into another table.....of course, then I find I've committed 70% of my stack with complete rubbish, but I can't fold now.
I did a sort of semi-squeeze on Wednesday, Blinds 150-300, still 6 of us left, & FOUR limps before it gets to me. I had A-J-9-2 - not great, but not terrible, but the lure of all that dead money in the middle was too much to resist, so I potted it. They all fold......except the last bloke, who called. Now he may have sussed I was on the squeeze, fair enough, but my hand is not terrible, it's got something at both ends, so if he looks me up, fair enough. His hand? 2-2-3-J. Yikes. I lost an £11 game when we got the lot in pre, & Matey Boy turned up with the old 7-7-6-6.
These are the plays we love to see, & they do get lucky now & then, but we want them to keep turning up with such hands. Variance just seems to mean that they get lucky in "bunches".
Anyway, I do like a bit of uphill & into the wind, so I'll be giving it a good shot at reducing this week's losses tonight, & over the weekend, & I'm as eager to play as ever. Love the game, the challenge.
Been good fun on the tables this week, too. Our Resident troll turned up last night, but everyone has got him sussed know, & yank his chain without him even realising it. It's an absolute pleasure to observe.
Enjoy your weekend, whatever your plans. Some great sport on TV, England v Australia in the RWC, Arsenal v Man U, NFL from Wembley, & the Arc on Sunday. Don't get much better than that. We live in stunningly good times, eh?
Thanks Paul & Mick.
Last night it all flip-flopped the other way, won 21 from 30 (70%) & clawed back £40 of the week's £60 loss, so I still have a shot going into the weekend.
Really enjoyable session, I felt like Dr Dre, dishing out the beats, oh yeah.
oioi, well done Mick.
I did well in the Rewards Freeroll, too - out first hand.
Chippy has had a few better nights, too, after a bit of a tough time, he's got a bit more aggro, which has caught a few by surprise.
We had a new guy last night, never seen him in the PLO8 games before, & he just battered the table. I looked him up, he only plays NLH Turbo Heads Up stuff usually, & he has a 20% ROI over 5,000 games, sheesh. (Wont name him, that'd be unfair).
Anyway, he was stop & go-ing everyone, also limping in late position every hand, & betting when it was checked to him. Every hand.
So I took him on a few times, just 4 bet him (he insta-folded each time) got myself nice & safe (3,500 chips) then sat out & watched him clean out the others. Awesome to watch, he ended with 7,000 chips. Played 2, won 2. Very nice.
We also had a game where some kid had 8,000 chips (4 handed)........and failed to cash. Incred.
Good luck with the pokerz aswell
Kags
Quick Quiz
Can anyone name what type of business Vespa is going to work for?
Only one clue - it's in Bournemouth.
£66 down after Thursday's session, am now a fiver up after two cracking sessions.
Friday, won 21 from 30 (70%), & last night, 12 from 15 (80%), to get myself out of this week's hole, with one day (today) remaining.
Now watch me drop £30 or £40 today.......
But INCORRECT.
I managed to lose a hand last night (we both had playable stacks, all-in pre-flop) to a chap who had this hand......
Q-3-3-3
Nick