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I think because we have played a load together and hopefully will in future there is an element of trying to 'draw a line in the sand' so that neither of us are being too tight and shipping each other too many chips. I get the feeling we can both be quite stubborn (maybe I am wrong with you but I know I can be). As a result we are both playing a tad too wide against each other while struggling to find that line.
I remember the 2nd last session I played against you and I made a few -ev calls in the BB. I would happily have folded but you had open raised my BB I think maybe 3 orbits in a row so I was of the opinion I had to call quite wide so that in future games you would know I will only fold the blinds so often lol. Otherwise I would have been as well running the white flag up.
Not calling for a specific approach as obviously that wouldn't be fair either but I am sure the play will setlle down to more finely tuned ranges eventually
Not 100% sure yet but I get the feeling I will probably gravitate towards 90%+ MTT's with just a small smattering of DYM's mixed in so that may solve that issue. I really enjoy the DYM's but my patience isn't exactly where it should be in SNG's/DYM's these days and I get antsy and take too many risks, risks which make perfect sense in MTT's but are needless in DYM's.
You kind of answered that one in your reply about 'grinding' in the 'attributes to be a poker player' thread.
I think I am fairly similar in that regard. I have had spells where it has firmly been a case of grinding out of necessity but I have always had a love of the game underneath. If I won the lottery tomorrow I would still love playing, whether it was for a WSOP bracelet or a packet of crisps.
Not much you can do with those sorts (well apart from raining the ban hammer down on them obviously). He sounds like a real charmer.
Ahh yes, think I know who you are talking about now, & it was not the player I was originally referring to.
Last time I recall he/she threatened to report Marky & I to Customer Care for colluding. Clearly has problems with observational skills......
Many of the PLO8 players will be delighted to know that Karen, aka MacacGirl1, came into the chat box last night for a while, & said she may be playing in the next day or so.
For the record, "many" does not include me.
Whoops, I did it again
Last night, 15 games in, I had won 12 of the 15, & was £30 up, which is an average profit of a very handsome £2 per game, especially as most of the games were £3ers.
15 games later, I had narrowly edged the game count 17-13, & made a loss of £2.40 on the session.
Marv. Really don't like giving it back after I've won it.
And for the 2nd night running, no games ran above £5.50 - at least, not until I finished my 30 games. Moments later, the first biggie started.
This is pretty painful reading for last night;
£2.25 - P4, W4, L0
£3.30 - P18, W9, L9
£5.50 - P8, W4, L4
The only straw of comfort is that I only made one really bad play, it was generally just variance &, I suppose, not imposing myself on the games. The bad play was com, I had the nuts on a fairly dry turn, & decided to give my man a free card as he was such a station & would deffo pay me off on the river. That sure worked. Not.
Amazingly busy last night, especially for the time of year, & I rattled through my 30 games in well under 4 hours. I had to de-reg a few games at one stage, as I had 6 on the go already, & my little lappie does not have screen-room for more than 6.
Has anyone noticed how good Helland is? Never saw him lose a game last night. Very quiet style, no dramatics or high variance stuff, just sits there quietly & gets the job done, game after game. Lyn1965 is another who just gets it done quietly, no fuss, no drama, & is one I try to avoid clashing with, as he/she usually has the goods.
Much impressed with how much Cheezy has improved recently.
The evening was fun throughout with one exception - we were joined by Macacgirl1, & she was prattling on about food, not helped by "Chamois" (mmmchips) discussing food with her. Never encourage these people, by chatting to them, I say.
Most enjoyable night, & we actually got 2 x £11 games to run, too.
MOTHER mainly plays fiver NLH DYM's these days, but pops onto the PLO8 jobbies now & then, she played one on Saturday as I recall - she likes to share tables with me, see?
Jod is still around, but not seen him for about a week, last time we banged heads was in a tenner jobbie & he jodded me with the old K-9-9-7, all-in pre-flop in Level 1.
Remind me who "Amazon" is?
Was good to see you last night. Ish.
You head off on Thursday, until when?
When is the wedding?
Now the boring bit, the numbers.....
Last night
Lost the best of 5 @ £2.25, got absolutely hammered in the £3.30's, nearly had a clean sweep in the £5.50, & won both of the tenner affairs.
£2.25, P5, W3, L2
£3.30 P17, W6, L10
£5.50, P7, W6, L1
£11 P2, W2, L0
Ended up with a handy profit on the night of £19.45. About time too.
A monsta profit of £7.70, which includes £6.94 in Rewards Payment. Ugh.
£1.15 P2, W2, L0
£2.25 P20, W12, L8
£3.30 P104, W50, L54
£5.50 P42, W23, L19
£11.00 P8, W6, L2
£16.50 P2, W1, L1
Rewards Payment - £6.94.
Was not entirely sure how to answer that in a compliant manner. I'm sure, however, the pleasure was all Karen's.