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Monday 9th December
Played 8
Won 7
Lost 1
Split....
£2.25 - Played 1, won 1, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 4, won 3, lost 1
£11.00 - Played 3, won 3, Lost 0
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £36.75
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £163.35
REWARD POINTS = 48
BANKROLL at close of Play = £640.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,397
December to date....
Played 194
Won 117
Lost 77
Win-rate, November, 60.30%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.84
Just a short session last night, as I was a bit below the weather, but had a cracking set of results - won 7 from 8, including all three @ £11. Happy Days!
The end result was a £36 profit in little over an hour, though a mere 48 Reward Points was a disappointing number.
Just variance up to mischief I suppose - I lost 5 of the last 7 on Sunday to give me a curly lip, then promptly won 7 from 8 yesterday. What a grand lark this poker is.
it has skewed my figures quite a bit, average profit per game has shot up, but its best never to look at one line of stats, they can be so misleading. Anyway., I'll probably give it all back tonight.
My average stake is around £6.50 or £7 at a guess. £, not $, that is.
My back is worse, to be honest, thats why I truncated my session last night. Its very rare for me to be unwell, or suffer aches & pains, so when I do, I'm a bit of a cry baby. It'll clear soon enough, & I hope to manage a full session on the tables tonight.
Had some cracking games last night.
In one, with 5 of us left, one player was AWAY, Chicknmelt had 75% of the chips, & there were two shorties, being one other & me. Mr AWAY had more chips than us two shorties.
It was a right tactical struggle, as Melty had Position on me, which negated my position on Mr AWAY.
He was - quite correctly & reasonably - Potting it pre every hand, making it tough for us two Shorties to find a spot. The other Shortie was none too pleased, & I understand why, but Melty was doing nothing wrong, in fact, he was, in a way, being fair to Mr AWAY, because if either shortie did not find a spot, Mr AWAY wins. Very interesting situation! Anyway, I hung in, & just did enough.
Later, a new player joined another game, never seen him before. He raised pre the first three hands, & I thought, aye aye, we have a lively one here, probably a NLH player. But as the game went on, it became clear that he was good at PLO8 - VERY good indeed, one of the best I've seen in these. He never made, that I could see, a single technical mistake.
I was shortie 4 handed, but patience paid, & I got my double up, all square now.
And the game just went on...and on.....soon the Blinds were 400-800, & the AVERAGE stack was LESS than 4 Bigs! I managed to nick the blinds 2 hands running to be monster chippie, then tried to sort of sit out & let the others bust each other. That was a fail, & soon I was down to less than One Big, & was forced to get it in bad 2 hands running, but luckily chopped both of them, to survive. By now, someone else was in deep trouble, the SB to my Big, & eventually, with just 100 chips behind, I was forced to call the SB's shove & I held.
Oooh!
Tuesday 10th December
Played 13
Won 8
Lost 5
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 8, won 5, lost 3
£11.00 - Played 5, won 3, Lost 2
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £11.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.85
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £174.35
REWARD POINTS = 90
BANKROLL at close of Play = £651.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,487
December to date....
Played 207
Won 125
Lost 82
Win-rate, November, 60.39%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.84
Another short session last night.
Swung & swong a treat, LOST 4 of the first 5, then WON 7 of the next 8, at which stage I called it a night before the swing turned back to swong again. Won 8 out of 13, & made £11, which will do very nicely. I'm such a nit.
Copule of the Big Boys were back, & there seemed plenty of games - I was mostly playing 4 at a time - pretty surprising, considering it was a big Champions League night.
The chap who is a new name to me, who I mentioned yesterday, was busy again, in several the games, & he is deffo very good indeed. Looks like he is a Heads Up player, his aggression levels suggest so, & he knows his betting & calling ranges to a tee. Good to have these really good players in the game, it really is.
Good fun, & immensely relaxing evening, even if it was a short one.
Might be a very short session again tonight, as I have a Vera Lynn Meeting today - don't know where, don't know when - & I imagine I'll not be back home until mid-evening.
Probably be having a couple of nights off between Thursday & Sunday, too, life issues to deal with.
All good.
Yup, an AWAY player totally changes the game dynamic, & in so many ways. Very uncomfy, in so many ways. Not everyone realises, & everyone treats the situation differently. It just makes me uncomfortable, but the game has to go on. The thing I dislike to see is someone making inappropriate comments in the chat box in these spots. It all needs to be "unspoken" really. The moment someone says "RAISE YOU FOOL, THE PLAYER IS AWAY" then that amounts to collusion, & should never happen. But we DO often think exactly that......!
The new software identifies AWAY players so much better, incidentally.
Do I know "gerardirl" & does he sit in the PLO8 games?
He only plays PLO as far as I know, & plays it very well indeed from what I observe. I may well be joining him soon, I'm seriously thinkng of having a crack at livening up the PLO DYM traffic after Christmas, see if I can rev up some interest & liquidity. Not many games run above £3 at the moment.
He came into the chatbox of one of my Tables recently, & was very cross with me. Apparently, during a TV Show, I had misread his name, which displeased him. I understand people are fussy about their names being correct, but it's not easy in the TV Studio, & we don't do it deliberately.
I had called him "gerardGirl" not "gerardirl".
Anyway, I apologised, & I hope he has forgiven me, & I think we are cool like Fonzy now.
This was a month or two ago, but the TV Show when I got his name wrong was.....3 years ago! I was a bit surprised such a thing troubled him for so long, but I suppose these things do upset some folk.
How is the Jac GrumpoMeter this morning?
Must confess, I'm having a few grumpy moments right now, think my back is not helping, it just "niggles" me so much. I go into a little petrol station every morning at 0530 or 0600 to get a 'paper & my first Costa, & they have a little Promo, "buy 6, get one free", they give you a little card & stamp it every time you buy a coffee. Today was THE day, my freebie was due, so I give the chap my little card with 6 stamps on it expecting my freebie.
"Sorry mate, the Promo finished yesterday".
"Uh? you stamped my card every day for the last 6 days & never told me it would expire?"
"Not my fault mate".
Well, I made a bit of a scene, got all shouty-wouty with him, told him what I thought, proper Mr Angry style. Sort it out mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I get back in the car & set off, & realise I've just made a song & dance for.....£2.30. How daft is that?! Puts the "name wrong" story into some sort of perspective - I doubt he'd get as angry as I did, & this was all over £2 quid!
We are very strange things, us people.
Have you ever tasted that stuff they laughingly describe as "coffee"?
Jac & I are MUCH better class. Wimpy beats a Big Mac, all day.
Wednesday 11th December
Played 22
Won 7
Lost 15
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 18, won 5, lost 13
£11.00 - Played 4, won 2, Lost 2
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £53.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £2.40
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £124.35
REWARD POINTS = 130
BANKROLL at close of Play = £598.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,617
December to date....
Played 229
Won 132
Lost 97
Win-rate, November, 57.64%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.54
Well that blows a hole in all the stats & numbers!
Yikes, I got beat up proper good, by everyone.
My timing was so bad, too. With 4 left, hands like A-K-2-3 play themselves, but I ran them into Aces every time last night. Not bad luck, just variance evening things up, I've run embarrassingly well for weeks now.
Made a few errors, too. With double average & 5 players left, I had no need to go to war with A-K-2-3, but when the guy pushed, I was sort of stubborn, stupidly so. He had the Aces of course. And I had not noticed a THIRD player called all-in before it got back to me.....they chopped it, I sat in the corner with a curly lip.
Nothing else to be said really, just one of those nights.
I used to get School Reports. "Must try harder". That was 60 years ao, & I've still not learned the lesson......
The recovery trail starts here.
Very little Online Poker the next few days, goota go sort out my allotment.
Thursday 12th December
Played 7
Won 4
Lost 3
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 5, won 3, lost 2
£11.00 - Played 2, won 1, Lost 1
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £1.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.14
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £125.35
REWARD POINTS = 45
BANKROLL at close of Play = £599.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,662
December to date....
Played 236
Won 136
Lost 100
Win-rate, November, 57.62%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.53
Despite the fact I had company last night, I managed a brief session, (that went down well....) & just edged the game count by 4-3, & won a whole quid. Just the one, like.
Still, it stopped the rot from the previous day. Hardly a heater, more a Gas Mark 1 job.
Some unsavoury Rail Chat from one or two players last night.
Mid hand, one guy types "I just KNOW you have A-2 of hearts". Which was fairly unlikely, as at showdown, he had both those cards in his own hand......
Then, with 4 left in another, & when I had the Button, the BB types "IF YOU BET, I CALL". I bet, obv, & he called. Not sure what he thought I'd do if he said that. He only had spanners.
Then, in another game, after an opener had Potted it, guy behind (A-2 hearts man again) types I HAVE A-A-2-K" then repots it. The Opener repotted it. The "I have A-A-2-K" man snap-folded......
I think he was telling porkies.
You see all sorts in poker, eh?
The number of thread readers can now officially be stated as a plural.
I just like to keep a track of how I am doing, but a daily report with acres of Hand Histories is not my bag at all. Now - imo of course - that WOULD be dry. ETTO of course.
Ahh, excellent, we've added a word to the Sky Poker lexioconic (?) portfolio.
rubdowned
That is right up there with crushings
Sorry to hear you got some chatbox grief Gelders. The world of Online is THE most peculiar of places. If it helps, we rarely see rubdownness when we LOSE a hand, only when we win, or do well. Losing with dignity, which was so important back in the day, appears to be out of fashion.