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Well thank you, Mr W, that is most, err, thoughful of you.......
Think I'll pass if I may. Game selectiion & all that, yeah? I am, after all, the world's worst HU player, & it's not even close.
But thank you for your good wishes, & the same back at you.
Looked really comfortable early on against the new ball, then the 'spinner' came on and he went into cricketing nit mode. Totally lost his way.
Glad he has a head start on Cook, Clarke, Bell, KP & Aussies 9, 10 Jack, who I feared would be his main rivals in the market, but it's a shame he couldn't kick on and get a lead with all the others failing.
Another 517/1 in the second innings @ the GABBA is required.
With the time left in the game, that might be enough to win this 1, nevermind save it!
No, it has not come out the wrong way at all, that is a very perceptive Post.
Open out a bit more? Not in the early stages, no, it would not work, more especially because, as you mention, I do get folks who just want to bust me. That works both ways, of course, & as long as I get it in with the right hands often enough, I'll take my chances with callers. The general rule still applies here - better to be the bettor than the caller. I am almost always the bettor, & almost never the caller. I will Pot with much worse hands than I will call with. It's just an instinctive thing with me, I loathe calling. If we call, we see a flop, anything can happen, if we bet, we often get a fold, & we can't lose if they fold.
I modify my strategy quite often, too. At the start of November, after reviewing my October results, I decided some tweaks were needed. These seemed to have worked, but they increased my variance, which I'm not so keen on.
I look at every one I lose too, to try to see if I could have played better. We can all blame variance, bad luck, shocking calls by others, da de da, but that is deluding ourselves, we must look at OUR play first, before blaming others. More often that not we can find we made mistakes, or unforced errors.
I busted in one on Wednesday when I had 7 Bigs (4 players left) because I pot-stuck myself too early with K-K-4-2. Not a bad hand actually, as if the A falls, we are well on the way to a good low, & the chap who called with his A-2-x-x low has just been counterfeited, but with 7 Bigs & 4 players left, I could afford to wait a couple more orbits, & allow someone else to bust. Always good to let others do the work, eh?
Have a good weekend bud.
I have a few others, too, including Broad Top England Bowler @ 3/1 (great start), Bell to hit 2 or more centuries @ 9/5 (bad start), Cook Top Series Batter @11/2 (ditto), & KP Top England Bat, First Innings of the First Test (boo!).
Mixed bag then, but I rely on SPT Rich & others to guide me on Cricket, & generally do OK.
Guess you've been up all night watching it, yeah?
I did think Carberry looked very comfortable early doors, but I'd long fallen asleep before his demise. Shame really, quite a potential fairytale there.
Gotta love the Aussie Media, who "blank out" Broad's face in photographs! He was 14/1 for "England Man of the Series" before it began. Won't see 14/1 for that again......
btw, Donny are at home on a Friday night again for the first time since 'the last time'
We've only won once since then & are dropping like a lead balloon, can you have a fiver on Yeovil please?
That 14/1 on Broad looks v nice! gl with the bets, unless you do that ^^^
The 14/1 Broad? Sadly, I am not on...... He gets it so far, for sure, nice 32 with the bat to add to his sixfer with the ball.
Donny? Pass......
Re-learn NLH? Nah, bit late for me. I know EXACTLY what to do, that's the odd thing, but I don't have much "gamble" in me, I just try & hang in, I can't help myself. Analysing the play of chaps like MattBates is so easy, of course, you know EXACTLY what they will do next every time. I knew he'd push with that draw last night, & I was able to correctly predict every one of his plays. But me play like that, no way, I just don't have the gamble in me.
I might play Sunday's Super Roller, I dunno. I'd make a seperate Deposit if I did, it'd be wrong otherwise. Maybe I'll "flick it in" (God, I LOATHE that expression!) for a few Satellites though.
If I made that much in PLO8 DYM's over the weekend, yeah, maybe, but that's a long slow "bit at a time" process, so that's not gonna happen. If I can make £50 over the weekend, I'd be chuffed to bits, & would take it right now.
I "organise" my Tables similar to you, in my case, "most important/stack critical" at the front right, & so on. But you play tons of Tables, I only play 4 at a maximum at present. I'm, hoping that the new Software, & increased liquidity, will help me gradually increase that number. Must remember, though, that I'm not a young man, & my mental dexterity is not what it was.
"Good PLO8 players don't have much edge over each other"? Well that's true, very true, much less than in NLH I'd say, but it is also VERY misleading. The "edge", or perceived edge, comes from the gulf in ability between the best & worst. In this year's $3,000 WSOP PLO8 Event, just before the money bubble, one kid got the lot in, & tabled his hand with his chest puffed out, sorta "ship it me baby, ship it". He had ONE heart in his hand on a 4 heart board, & genuinely thought his hand was a winner. How can someone SO bad get that far in a $3,000 Event? In last year's $1,500 WSOP PLO8, with 3 tables left, a lad tabled three deuces, with 1 deuces on the Board, & claimed quads......how could he even BE IN THE HAND with 2-2-2 in his hand?! And that was with 25 players left out of a starting field just shy of 1,000.
Life's great mysteries, eh, but THAT is where the edge comes from.
I know it's a bit early, but your initial thoughts on the new software?
If I might just say.....
I love it that so many of you "Big Boys" read & comment on this thread. I'm genuinely flattered, it means a lot, thank you. I'm not short of detractors, lol, so it's nice to see some of you take the time to Post & comment in such warm terms.
I care very much about keeping this Forum (jeez, I'm supposed to call it Community, but that word just does not work for me...) a decent place, which we can all enjoy & benefit from. The negativity scares me at times, & it must make the Suits scratch their heads & wonder why they bother with it. Very few "big" players were Posting, but of late, after a concerted effort to brighten the mood & tone, many of them are returning.
Today will be my first multi-tabling effort on the new software, so I can't wait to see how it goes, & if I can up my volume. There are rarely enough £5.50 & £11 games going at once to play more than 4 at once (so far....), so I'll add some £2.25's if necessary, just to test myself.
I used to be scared of playing more than one table, but if someone of my considerable vintage can easily - & profitably - manage four, then anyone ought to be able to.
Yeah, I remember that hand last night, & fwiw, I do the same as you. That's the thing with Batesy, we know he is usually light, but he CAN have it, & he puts pressure on you EVERY hand, & EVERY street. Never limped in in his life, & no free streets in a pot with him. I genuinely love watching him play. If he ever checked to me, I think I'd muck blind!
He came to Vegas with us last year (2012), & it was a joy to see him do so well. There is a "Rio Turbo Daily", which is like a Sky Poker Turbu-Wurbo, & he consistently ran deep in that, think he cashed in three in the space of a week, & those things were getting huge fields.
If you do, & I pot it, I've always got it, right?
You have a great weekend, too.
Friday 22nd November
Played 30
Won17
Lost 13
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 10, won 8, lost 2
£11.00 - Played 20, won 9, Lost 11
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £15.00
REWARD POINTS = 5
BANKROLL at close of Play = £413.14
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,716
November so far.....
Played 404
Won 237
Lost 167
Win-rate, November, 58.66%
HUGE session yesterday, 30 games, with an incredible TWENTY games @ £11, which for a site like Sky Poker is an extraordinary volume of PLO8 DYM's.
The less good news is that I pretty much trod water all session.
Won 6 of the first 7, & the outlook was good, but then the wheels went awry, & I fell into a bit of a hole, got myself out of it, then lost 3 of the last 4, all @ £11, to turn a decent winning day into small losing day. Bleurgh.
I threw away 2 @ £11 earlier due to errors on my part, whilst I was experimenting with how best to tile my tables with the new software. When Mr footsie potted it, & I re-potted, leaving myself half a Big, then he re-potted, as expected, accidentally folding was probably a bad - & pretty infuriating - misclick......ha! In fact, I did that TWICE.
Anyway, eventually I got my new "layout", to suit the new software (which I loved) & so that's all good now.
There was a "new" player on the scene, clearly VERY good, & he battered the regulars. Good - very good - PLO8 HU player, & it took me a goodly while to suss out how best to combat him. With position, it was OK, out of position, quite difficult. He's far better than I will ever be, but never be afraid of one player, three get paid, & these guys can bust everyone else along the way, so, where possible, I kept out of his way. When needs must, of course, I tangled. He's got a cracking game though.
The £11-ers were running back to back all evening, & I always had three on the go at once, an unbelievable situation, unheard of a month or two back. Chuffed to bits. Peeps complain at Sky for all sorts, why don't they do this that or the other to improve liquidity in these minority interest games, but the players can do this too, & between us, we have. Power to the people.
There was one really weird game where one poor chap was AWAY all Tourney. Unforch, the other players never thought this through, & kept limping into his Big Blind. All they had to do was min-raise, & he auto-passes. And of course, whilst not even present, he kept doubling up in these limped pots! You can't say anything in the chat-box, that'd be improper, but I was sort of talking to the screen, RAISE lads, BET! Naturally, he kept doubling up, & I managed to lose that one, despite being 4 handed with one of the 4 away......all's fair in the end, but what a weird thing.
Chicknmelt graced us with his presence, & I think he adapted pretty well. Footsie was in eveey £11 game, & Gelders joined us briefly late evening, & won his £11er I think. I know I didn't.....
Mr Chunter paid us a visit, chuntered for England, non-stop, ****** Sky did me over again, this site is ****, what a pile of ****, they **** me over on the river deliberately.
I had a long think about him, & - whilst I'm not 100% sure of this - I sort of get the vague impression that he does not always enjoy his poker. All joking aside, what a shame that is. Not sure I could play the game if I did not really enjoy the whole experience, the anticipation of every game, hand, flop, turn, river, winning, losing, highs & lows (in every sense), the whole thing gives me a buzz.
Blaming others for our demise is not a human trait much to be admired, whereas losing with a modicum of dignity is something I always grew up to believe, is how a grown-up should conduct him or her self.
Guess it takes all sorts, eh?
Chicknmelt graced us with his presence, & I think he adapted pretty well. Footsie was in every £11 game, & Gelders joined us briefly late evening, & won his £11er I think. I know I didn't.....
Posted by Tikay10
yep, your training notes were very helpful. although winning was a sweet & sour experience, as I had to knock you out to save my own skin. not allowed to say sorry I know but sorry.
Xmas not quite so wonderful......
You'd be a great addition to the thread.
Many of the readers have tried The Beautiful Game as a result of this thread, so a few words of wisdom from you can only be good.
Been very quiet on the Tables so far today, I've only logged 10 or 11 games so far, maybe it will liven up a bit later.
Racked up a bunch of Reward Points, equivalent to 10 x £5.50 DYM's, in about 20 minutes!
May have another session this evening, on the PLO8 Cash Tables.
I never ever play NLO8, for me - just a personal thing - both 8 or Better & Omaha are nothing like as enjoyable when NL, & I dislike it so much that I never play it. Hardly anyone does, actually, & with good reason.
If the only available format of both games was NL, I would quit both in a heartbeat.