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Last night was the first time I'd seen the new "AWAY" feature for when a player is absent.
Perfect, does the job just right.
Knowing when a player is AWAY is an absolute vital element of DYM's, so it's a big help.
Yes, credit where credit is due - this is probably even better than the way of showing an "Away" player on the old tables. I have been fairly vociferous in my disliking some elements of the new tables, and am happy to say this has solved one of the two major issues in my eyes.
putz indeed. Loved being called that, I feel like a Member of an exclusive club, not many get called that.
The back, sadly, is worse, no idea what has caused it. Luckily, I lost a lot of weight recently, so that must help. I am struggling to sleep, but managed to drop off eventually last night, only to be immediately awoken by a text from a poker friend, a vey nice text it was, too. Except he sent it at 01.15 this morning...... Jeez.
Hope you made a few bob last night.
In truth, I've no idea how good (technically) you are at PLO8, but I don't believe it matters if you fully get DTM strategy, & you clearly do.
The chat box banter was pretty good last night, yeah.
There were mutterings last night that I was "triple Barrel tikay" (which came out as "TRIPE barrel tikay" first time), but I do actually get very aggro when these are 4 handed.
I even surprise myself at how aggro I become when 4 handed, especially compared to my play 5 & 6 handed, when I sit there with the "PASS" button red-hot from constant clicking, & rarely play any hand. My style does not suit playing many hands early, I prefer to conserve chips until it matters. I mean, these whole things revolve around 4 handed play, everything else is irrelevant.
Tremendous fun.
It helps my results when you are in the game, too, as you generally amass a big stack & bully the Table, so I just sit there quietly with my mid-stack & let you do all the work for me.
Wednesday 4th December
Played 19
Won 13
Lost 6
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 12, won 8, lost 4
£11.00 - Played 7, won 5, Lost 2
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £35.00
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £74.23
REWARD POINTS = 260
BANKROLL at close of Play = £546.44
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 866
December to date....
Played 65
Won 43
Lost 22
Win-rate, November, 66.15%
Profit/Loss per game = £1.14
Variance is being very kind to me at the moment, lat night was my 4th winning session on the bounce, & the 'roll has raced from £472 to £544. The downswing must be very imminent, this can't possibly last.
Still, on Friday, I get my November Reward Points money, just shy of £60, which goes into my December numbers, so I've got a bit of downswing insurance at the ready.
Great atmo on the Tables last night again. Someone mentioned elsewhere that Omaha players seem much more relaxed & stoic about bad beats than most, & I can't prove that, but I'm convinced it is true.
There was one Mr Angry last night, who limped in, then called a raise, three times running, & lost all three. Then he began a "rupert's mob are a joke" tirade. Everyone else just sat quietly, & said nothing. Eventually, it was clear he was mega-tilted, & he raised three hands in a row with total spanners, ran into big hands each time, & somehow won all three hands, busting 2 players in the process, & then went on to win the DYM outright. Not a word in the chat box though.
The sheer variety of characters in poker is a thing of wonder, we all handle the game, & it's inevitable ups & downs, differently. A cracking character test, this game.
Did you see who won the main last night ?
How do these things happen?
Still, it looks like it cheered him up. You should see him when he's miserable.
Thursday 5th December
Played 18
Won 10
Lost 8
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 13, won 7, lost 6
£11.00 - Played 5, won 3, Lost 2
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £3.00
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £77.23
REWARD POINTS = 240
BANKROLL at close of Play = £549.44
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 1,096
December to date....
Played 83
Won 53
Lost 30
Win-rate, November, 63.86%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.93
Most peculiar day.
Won 8 of the first 10, & was heading for a great session, then promptly lost 6 of the next 8.
It was a pleasant surprise when I checked my balance afterwards to find I'd sneaked a mini-profit, for a 5 day winning streak. Two of those days were only £5 & £3 profit, so Variance remains very much in love with me. So far.
One poor chap last night had entered a PLO8 DYM in error, he thought it was a NLH DYM (how DO you do that?) & had a super-rant, where every other word was the f-word, suitably spaced to get round the swear filter. He was VERY cross indeed. Everyone else at the table just said nothing, as they gleefully took his chips.
Not as many games going as I had hoped, so finished early.
Need to up the volume tonight & over the weekend, it would be such a waste not to take advantage of the Double Points week. The weather is not looking good, & the November Reward money is paid today, so we might see a very busy weekend, fingers crossed.
Talking of Reward Points payments, I get my November money today, just shy of £60, so that will momentarily (until I play tonight....) take the 'roll above the £600 threshold for the first time. Am chufffed to bits. I started with £200, & was playing NLH cash, but no matter how hard I tried, the 'roll just bled away, & it was down to £131 before I decided enough was enough, & I just can't play NLH cash these days, & switched to PLO8. Was a good decisiion.
Will be trying hard tonight to stay in the £600's, after racing through the £500's in a matter of days, but variance owes me a right good kicking, & I sense a few days of downswonging is much overdue.
We shall see. You just never know with poker.
Have a good weekend, all of you.
Its easy, even i've done it. Just as I was regging in my highlighted tourney the last place went, consequently I regged for the tourney that was directly below it. Fortunately I lend my hand to all forms of the deck (Well at least I try to) and managed to double my money
Variance is a peculiar little fella. You could easily be on the up for the next 2 years or 2 hours, but you are right....eventually it always comes back to give us a right good kicking
Have a good weekend sir.
I'm still unsure how one accidentally enters a PLO8 DYM, surely the best way to ensure you enter the correct format is to use the filters & be in the "dedicated" lobby for that format? I can't accidentally register for NLH or Omaha, as I only use the PLO8 Lobby. I guess Murphy's Law comes into play though, if it can go wrong, it will.
You have a great weekend, too, & good luck with the December Orfordable League, starting tonight. You've done a terrific job with that.
I see people chuntering that they "always" lose 60-40 shots. They don't, but they do lose 40% of them, & 40% is a lot.
Much of it is careless wording. "I never win with J-J/A-K" or whatever, is total nonsense, they are telling porkies. But we know what they are trying to say.
Revving up the traffic in PLO DYM's? Yes, I think about it constantly. I really must. Together with a good few others, we have built some reasonable liquidity (relative to the size of the site) in PLO8 now, & so the challenge is there, teasing me!
I'm not sure I'd do so well, mind. But it is 75% about DYM strategy, & as for the Omaha itself, I have a good technical understanding of the game, & much experience playing it. My weakness is lack of aggression, but I'm plenty aggro enough at the sharp end of DYM's so I'd be OK. Maybe. I'll definitely experiment with it, but every time I go to the PLO DYM Lobby, there is no traffic, & I need 4 or 5 games at a time ideally. I can't mix PLO & PLO8, either, I just can't do it.
Probably give it a try one evening soon, & if I can drum up some interest, I'll have a "Challenge" on it, rather like the PLO8 challenge thing. If you & a few others agree to help out, I'm sure we could soon rev up dsome decent liquidity.
I'd miss the PLO8 though, I genuinely enjoy it a great deal, it is such a lovely "thinking" game. And, like, say, golf, we keep trying to tinker with how we play it, try & be better, make adjustments, fettle fiffle & faffle, but we can never get it just right. I am playing it far far better now than I ever did, but still a longgggg way short of where I'd like to be. I leave a lot of equity in the middle in certain spots, as I'm not best sure how to proceed post-flop in certain situations. If I have an A-K type hand, & flop the Ace on a low only flop, I pretty much give up quickly, as I know I'm probably chopping at best.
It still astonishes me that players CALL all-in with low only hands, too. They win sometimes, of course, & I'm glad they do, because I need them to keep calling with such hands. I often RAISE with such hands, that is a very different thing, as we get (say) 75%% of our pre-flop raises through unchallenged in the late stages, but unless stack dynamics dictate it, I'm not a low hand caller, ever. I'd rather raise an unopened pot with poo than call a raise with a Low Only.
Anyway, I started waffling there, sorry. As you were.
You enjoy it though, & that's all that matters.
It is interesting though that when it happens, most of the Table are instantly there with helpful advice. There are some lovely people in poker.
BOOM!
My Reward Points money arrived safely, £59.63, so hello to the £600's.
That is BEFORE I commence tonight's session. I'll probably be back in the mid £500's after, but at least I temporarily trebled the 'roll.
Happy days, & good luck tonight, whatever you play.
I actually stopped for a coffee at a hotel named "Tingle Creek" in the beguilingly beautiful Kyle of Lockalsh a few years ago, which stands at one end of the Skye Bridge. Yikes, I so want to go back there soon.
"Abuse" may be too strong an adjective, but you play these beautifully.
My results have been very pleasing, on the whole, though I had a shocker last night, lol. I'm not fussed about bad days though, the long-term results are all that matters, & we must expect a few down days.