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Not seen him for months. Hope he is ok.
Not seen either of the identical twins, either.
By the bye, when Marky, or anyone, asks you about your sandwich, you don't HAVE to go into chapter & verse as to the type of bread, what sort of butter, filling, salad, seasoning etc. Do we understand each other?
Very busy on the tables last night, managed 40 games.
Won 24 of them, too, so with a 60% win rate, that's a nice profit, right?
Wrong. 3 x £10 games ran, & I managed to lose all three.
2 of the losses in the £10-ers were just routine stuff, but I had brain fade v Eon in one of them when, for no good reason, I took off in Level 2 or 3, with a full stack, with A-K-K-8. He had the boots, obv. Terrible play be me, no idea what came over me. Late in the game, 4 handed with monster blinds, yeah, go to war, but Level 2 with a full stack? I don't think so.
It haunted me all evening. Sheesh, have giving away games by sloppy play.
Anyway, here's the bare bones;
£2.25, P5, W4, L1
£3.30 - P21, W13, L8
£5.50, P11, W7, L4
£11, P3, W0, L3
So that was a great night, won well at every level except £11, & ended up knocking in a tenner.
Am sulking. (Official).
Think I have just 2 players in the entire PLO8 pool who have the "yellow" code on my notes, & he is one of them. It's tough to see a single weakness in his game.
Oddly, the day after I mentioned him, he played just 3 games, all at £3.30 - & lost all three.
Isn't it great to see the community in such good heart of late, with the post-count much improved & so much positivity & humour? It's a tough thing to keep a forum healthy & active these days, what with so many demands upon our time, & the resurgence of so many Diaries & other new threads means folks are making an effort to keep the place vibrant.
A chap wrote to me privately & suggested Sky Poker were to blame for the Community being a bit quiet at times. I gave him short shrift - politely - by reminding him that a Community is exactly that - it is for the Community Members to make it what it is, good or bad. We can't finger point at anyone except ourselves.
Been too busy to update this week, but I'm ticking along nicely, the big news being the sheer number of games running each night. I played 40 on Monday, 40 on Tuesday, & 34 last night. For early August, the nut worst time for Online Poker, that is extraordinary. At one time it'd be a struggle to play 10 PLO8 DYM's in an entire evening in mid-winter.
I've won 58% of them, too, which sounds OK, but the balance has not been ideal, so the profit has been fairly modest. Even so, a profit is a profit, & we might just get a nice bonus this week with the Happy Days weekend starting tomorrow.
Karen - Macagirl1 - has her last night tonight before departing again for warmer climes. I shall miss her muchly, all joking aside, she is the salt of the earth, & a real, if virtual, friend & kindred spirit. *
* Except when she starts her food twaddle.
I have also been avoiding the three pounders as I cannot get past the usual suspects - lol.
Four games a night maximum is my lot - so I will never reach great stats - and also I will only play one table at a time - on saying that a good run is going at the moment - so please accept that I am silently saying "hello" and hope to join you on the tables tonight.
The flop was 5-5-10, & I bet out. I had A-2-5-8 or similar.
You had possy on me & re-raised.
I dwelt for longer than usual, unsure what to make of that. Don't think you re-pot with 10-10, you could have 10-5, or we may have the same hand - effectively 5-5-5-A. If we have the same hand, I'm risking the whole game to chop, & that's just not my bag. I had a full stack, so eventually decided I could find a better spot later & I found the fold.
Interesting spot, but with a full stack, I was happy with the fold. Sort of.....
As I mentioned last night, I was close to the bubble in a Vegas tourney & a near identical spot arose on a 3-3-9 flop when I had 3-9. Geezer set me in, & I could not bring myself to believe he had exactly 9-9. It sort of scarred my memory.
Silent "hello" exchanged tonight mate, & I hope your run-good continues.
The last forum I was on ran for around 10 years, so many of us where friends and had met up in person etc etc. It was as you said 'a community'. Without much warning the site and forum closed and the community was broken. Many keep in touch and still meet up even around 7 years on from it closing. It is not quite the same though without the shared point of interest (the forum).
The forum here, although possibly not bursting at the rafters, seems to have that special something which not all forums have. A generally great bunch of people and I hope if one day Sky ever has to consider closing it that they take into account the fact the forum is more than just an appendage to the poker site, it is, as you say, a community.
^^^
Crikey, you really DID have it.
Have to say, I so nearly went to war.
WP
NH
You will be sorely missed by me, you really will.
Stay safe, bon voyage,
xxxx
Or, more conventionally, a cofferdam?
No, never heard of the chap, but he seemed my kind of chap, & we could have many an interesting yarn, I fancy.
I am rather fond of Martello Towers, it must be said. Still plenty of them to be seen off the coast, as they can't get rid of them easily. Concrete is such an amazing thing, so durable. Civilisation as we know it would struggle without it, & yet everyone takes it for granted.
The same applies to grass. Have you ever investigated or researched grass? Life without grass would be very different. It's completely self-sustaining.
It's different in PLO, or PLO8, mind. With Aces, you'll probably lose up to 4 times in 10. Try a bit of that, Ned......
Are you glad you eventually made it to Vegas?
I never got round to summarising last week's results
Mon, Tues Weds were just standard, & was about £10 down on the week.
Thursday was car crash day, was in profit after 28 games, decided to play a longer session than normal, then proceeded to lose 12 of the last 14. How does this happen? So that was £61 down the swanee.
Pulled back £15 on Friday, another £17 on Saturday, & then Sunday was crazy, winning 14 of the last 17, including a few biggies, so ended Sunday with a profit of £60. How does this happen?
Overall, including Rewards money, made £49 on the week. Not great considering I played 250 games, so it's a fairly modest £0.20 per game, but a profit is always a bonus so I'll settler for that.
In total, I won 145 games from 250 played, which is 58%. That's OK.
Since getting back from Vegas, I'm around £110 ahead. Paltry really, considering the volume I put in, but its a hobby which I love to bits, so I'm happy enough.
This week has been just standard stuff, no big wins or car crashes. Yet.
Had one cracking game last night when I got knocked down to 245 chips @ 25-50, & somehow managed to win it. Cheezy was on the table too, & also won. That boy's game has improved out of all recognition.
We have to run the occasional bluff, or squeeze, in these things, & I managed a cracking squeeze last night when all 5 players had limped into my Big at 100-200. Such a shame that some bright spark was waiting for me with A-A-2-3 DS. Next game.
You do feel rather silly when these coups fail.
Tables were very busy indeed last night, & I managed 35 games in 4 hours flat.
See you guys tonight.
I'll take a look & respond at that PLO8 thread on Monday. We seem to have had the same debate 6 or 7 times, & it's so good that the PLO8 lads really make the effort to improve their lot, instead of just finger pointing & moaning.
The Forum seems to have a disproportionate number of active PLO8 players, & they make more noise than all the other guys put together, but it does not hide the fact that liquidity is still miniscule compared to NLH. With time, we'll get there - we have made astonishing progress in the last 3 years. It's now mid-summer, the nut worst time for traffic, & yet we can still play as many PLO8 DYM's as our computers can handle on any given night. 'Stars apart, NO OTHER SITE can boast that. Come the winter, traffic will be amazing.
As to you playing PLO8 DYM's, PLO8 MTT's & NLH MTT's simultaneously.....well yes, we did notice you were not paying attention.
Honestly Brian, I really don't think it is possible to play those 3 formats simultaneously. It WILL cost you money. It's not even viable (imo) to play PLO8 DYM's & PLO8 MTT's at the same time.
A lot of players struggle to grasp the fundamental difference between DYM's & MTT's. We play them - or SHOULD play them - completely differently. Completely & totally different. And if we don't, it will cost us. In an MTT we want ALL the chips, but DYM's are much more tactical. With 5,000 or 6,000 chips, we don't want or need to get involved, it's all downside & no upside.
That's why I don't play your League on a Thursday - it's simply not possible to juggle the two mindsets at the same time, especially if we have 5 or 6 tables on the go.
Marky said the same thing recently, he struggled with playing both at the same time. And if he struggles, what chance have we got?
I don't generally talk about bad beats & stuff, but a quick mention of a few mates who are having a tough time right now.
First up, Tuney is having a shocker, he can't seem to do a thing right. Takes it like a man though, wp him.
Even Ger, who is rock solid ABC, had a bad run this week, winning just 5 from 19 I think.
On which subject, he mentioned this in the chat box. As you well know, Ger mentions a lot of things in the chat box, but I digress.
On the same table was mmmmchips, aka Chippy. Chippy is Marmite, a sort of David Brent/Ricky Gervais, you either love or hate him. He's subtle, VERY subtle, & immensely funny, but not everyone's cup of tea. I love him to bits.
So, Ger says "I'm running shocking, won just 5 from 19", & quick as a flash, Chippy types "well done on winning the 5 though".
Priceless.