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Was unable to play on Thursday, as I was working.
Anna hosted a great show, & we had so much fun, what with Train Quizzes & BSA Bantams. Really enjoyable to do, though the Studio aircon broke down, & it was like a sauna in there.
Over 5 hours under a battery of studio lights - they throw out a ton of heat - no aircon & no air circulation was stamina-sapping, but we had so much viewer interaction, especially during the Sky Sports simulcast, that it was still enjoyable. Even got a memo from the Top TV Suit, "good show". First in 7 years I think, but thats partly as I work with Orford so much, & he's so bad.
Amnyway, BIG session yesterday to make up for the lost day. 30 Games (17-13 in my favour), & a whopping (for me) 175 Reward Points. Nearly got £50 worth now.
A profit of just £7.50 overr 30 games is pretty bad really, but it beats a loss I suppose.
Managed to lose three different games on the very first hand, which must be some sort of record for me. I had good aces all three times, & lost v Aces twice, in one I was drawing dead on the flop, he flopped the world. In the third one, the guy was new to PLO8, & we got the lot in pre. He turned over Q-Q-A-2, so I had him all locked up, I had A-A-Q-2 DS, so he was in real bad shape. Until the case Queen doored. So embarrassing to exit first hand!
Plenty of traffic last night, too, which was good to see. A few threads on the Community suggest there were problems with Tables not opening last night, but mine ran smooth as silk, & the amount of DYM traffic suggests it was the same for most others. It's really weird how these problems affect some, & not others.
Hoping for another good session today, as tomorrow will be a bit awkward, as I have some stuff to do for 861.
Bit busy today, so thats it for now, but enjoy your Saturday, whatever you plan to do.
Late on, with the Blinds much bigger, we can let go of this one easily enough, but as this stage, yes, I think we have to call, as we have plenty of time & chips to recover.
Thats the key - we can recover.
He does not HAVE to have the house, of course, but as played, he probably does.
I still call at that Blind Level though, but deffo not when the Blinds are big. We have enough edge without taking risks like that.
Seeing that Ice-Tiger was on that table reminds me, Ice ran SO bad last night, it was criminal. We both had the Aces, but I won the hand, then Ice had Aces & lost again a few hands later. Horrible game when it goes like that, & I felt quite bad about it.
Nice mix of players last night again, plenty of "new" faces.
One regular, who was in every game, limped into EVERY single hand the whole evening, incredible!
I tried popping it up, they still called, lol. Never folded a hand pre flop all night. DID OK, too. I still want him on every table I play though.
Hope to see you on the Tables a bit later Mick. Am at the Office right now, but will be off home shortly, & firing up a few tables. Not literally, like.
How did you get on in your maiden Main Event last night? Enjoy it?
My maiden ME , best not talk about that.
Be on later to do battle :-)
Saturday 21st December
Played 26
Won 12
Lost 14
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 20, won 9, lost 11
£11.00 - Played 6, won 3, Lost 3
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £26.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £1.00
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £225.10
REWARD POINTS = 160
BANKROLL at close of Play = £702.31
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,455
December to date....
Played 371
Won 218
Lost 153
Win-rate, November, 58.76%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.61
Them 1, Me 0.
I got a bit beat up yesterday, I even lost the Game-Count (VERY rare for me) by 14-12.
Think I probably deserved it in truth, I was not quite on my A-Game, & it only takes being slightly under par, & the results suffer. The margins are fine, we need to win 55% to break even, & winning 57.5% to 60% gives us a very workable profit. I won 46% yesterday, which is a LONG way short, especially as I played a decent sample size, 26 games.
So, £26 went the other way, & the roll goes back to £702 from £728.
Reward Points are ticking over nicely though, 3,455 now is close to £52, & I still have several days play left in December.
Plenty of £5.50 games yesterday, but scant action at £11. Thought there would be more £11 games, as the site was incredibly busy. So hard to predict these things.
Only playing a reduced session today, as tonight, I have to work.*
* work?
Well not exactly work, & I'm not doing the Show tonight, that will be Stu Rutter & whatshisname.
But I will be playing THREE NLH Tourneys tonight - The Super Roller, the Mini, & another "special" Tourney which I had better not mention, as I can't yet see it in the Lobby. Assuming it goes ahead (the unmentionable one) I'll have a £50 Bounty on my head, & whoever busts me gets that.
I'll also be doing several Skype updates to the Show during these Tourneys.
All things considered, guess I'll need to abandon the DYM's this evening, as juggling that little lot, the NLH Tourneys, & Skype calls, it'll be a bit much for me.
The Skype calls are not just a 2 minute call either, to do it properly, I need to keep notes of what has happened on my Table, names for shoutouts, bits of promo, bla bla.
I resisted Skype initially, but everyone else on Ch 861 agreed, so I got a bit stranded, & had to agree eventually. The nice man installed it on my Lappie on Thursday, & it seemed to work ok, but I've never used it in my life, so it might be a bit interesting tonight.
I don't play poker on my Company Lappie (where the Skype is installed) so I'll be juggling two Lappies tonight during the Skype-Ins. Gawd knows where I am supposed to look when I'm playing poker on one, & Skyping on the other. TV Gold it will not be. And Orford is in the Studio, so we can rely on him to be sympathetic, right?
Roll on tomorrow.
Skype, at my age, who'd have thought?
Anyway, I'm having an off-air Skype-rehearsal @ 18.25 this evening.
Down with the kids.
Sunday 22nd December
Played 2
Won 1
Lost 1
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 2, won 1, lost 1
£11.00 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £1.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.50
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £224.10
REWARD POINTS = 10
BANKROLL at close of Play = £701.31
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,580
December to date....
Played 373
Won 219
Lost 154
Win-rate, November, 58.71%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.60
Just 2 DYM's on Sunday, as I was playing the MTT's & doing Skype calls to the Show.
It was really quite stressy for me. I had to do the Skype calls on my Company lappie, & play on my personal lappie, so it was all quite awkward. I'm not awfully comfy doing these in-vision Skype things, either. It was my first time doing that, & I'm a bit old to be learning new tricks. (See thread title....).
I got beat up proper good in the MTT's, too, I played 3 of them & hardly got above starting stack in any of them.
In the Christmas Cracker - a fun concept incidentally - I lost a few pots early doors, running AK into a flopped straight, which cost me half my stack. There was a £50 Bounty on my head, so I now had to pick my spot with some care, as I'd obviously get called pretty wide......
Anyway, down to 6 Bigs @ 150-300, I jammed with A-6 & run smack into A-K, so that was that. Mr Angry in the chat box, doubtless miffed because HE hoped to get the £50, then types....
Call yourself an expert, what a shocking play with A-6.
Well I do NOT call myself an expert Sir, but I only had 6 Bigs
Yes you do, you're an expert on the Show
No, I'm an analyst, not an expert
Same thing
Yes yes, I'm sure you are right.
Not much more I could say, really......the old "turn the other cheek" is the best answer I suppose.
I the Super Roller, I peaked at 14,000, but it was all downhill from there, & I exited in about 84th I think, A-10 into A-K when I had 9 Bigs. I'm hopeless, lol.
I did 3 or 4 Skype calls to the Studio, & had to endure the (good-natured) non stop ribbing & mock abuse from Orford & Stu. Marv.....
A day later, Orford went & won the £2.20 @ 2.20. We shall never hear the end of it. I may have to do what Captain Oates did all those years ago.
After I'd exited the MTT's, in which I'd felt, correctly, right out of my depth, I decided to play a PLO8 DYM, as I'd not had chance all day, & I had the "hunger". I sort of wanted to regain my self-esteem, & I know I play PLO8 reasonably competently.
And I absolutely OWNED the Table, controlled the game throughout, & absolutely cruised to the win. Easy game, & I felt so much better after that. YES, I CAN PLAY THE GAME, I CAN. I mean, I totally owned the table, it was like a Piggott hard-held victory. BOOM, take that boys.
So I decided to play another. And exited in Level One.
Monday 23rd December
Played 30
Won 19
Lost 11
Split....
£2.25 - Played 1, won 1, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 23, won 17, lost 6
£11.00 - Played 6, won 1, Lost 5
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £0.75
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.03
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £223.35
REWARD POINTS = 178
BANKROLL at close of Play = £700.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,758
December to date....
Played 403
Won 238
Lost 165
Win-rate, November, 59.05%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.55
Back to DYM business properly yesterday, & played 30 games, winning the Game-Count 19-11.
19-11, pretty good, huh, almost two thirds?
Well I THOUGHT it was, until I saw I'd lost fifteen bob!
What?
Then I did the analysis, & realised I had played SIX @ £11, & lost FIVE of them.
How did that happen? Absolutely destroyed my returns, ugh.
Guess it is part of the problem of playing different stakes.
I never ran particularly bad - or good - just neutral really. One of those things I suppose, variance will sort it out eventually.
I only made one bad unforced error, or at least, I only recognized one. When we reach the shove stage, with Blinds huge & 4 players left, I'm obsessed with being first to open. 75% or 80% of the time I don't get called, so that's clearly the right route. Also, I like two-way hands when I shove. Anyway, a serial-raiser openedf, & I re-shoved weith A-K-2-3 double suited, which is a lovely hand. But he had the Aces, & held. My bad, I should have snap-folded once he opened & bided my time. Arrgh.
One DYM was especially noteworthy, & it was an £11 affair. Recent recruit to the PLO8 DYM's is "yamyamarmy", who I assume to be a Wolves supporter.
We chat in the box, & he's a good lad - & VERY good at both PLO8, & DYM strategy, a fearsome opponent indeed.
We were 4 handed, & he tangled with a big stack, & was presumably on the draw, & missed - & he FOLDED on the River with HALF A BIG blind behind!
2 players had big stacks, I had a comfy stack, & him with half a Big. How can I not cash in this baby? I was just "running down the clock", (passing to the win), & all seemed fine. Then he doubled up. And again. And again. And again.......
It was not helped by the two Biggies, who were just open-shoving with any 4. Yamyam was so patient, just picking them off, bit by bit. It was pretty frustrating to watch the sub-optimal play by the biggies, but that's how the game works, we can't rely on others to do our work. And never double up the shorties if they play good DYM strategy.
Lovely to see patience & intelligence so rewarded by YaYam though, very well done him. We were on another Table shortly after, & I congratulated him, & he seemed a really smashing chap.
Any yes, in case you were wondering, he cashed, & I did not.....
Another full session planned for today, so hope to see a few of you later.
As you may know, I don't celebrate Christmas, as I'm not a practising Christian, & I'm teetotal. I'm also a grumpy old sod. So tomorrow, Crimble Day, I'll play all day IF there is any traffic. I doubt there'll be much traffic during the day, but I reckon there will be a bit in the evening. We'll see.
No play on Boxing day, or not much, as I have guests coming. UKOPS starts Friday, & I don't know if 861 will want me to do any phone-ins or play some UKOPS stuff, & on Saturday I'm doing the Show, so not much DYM poker the next few days. Normal service will resume on Monday I guess, leaving 2 days to try & pump up my Reward Points. 4,000 should be easy, but it'd be neat to press on to 4,500 or so, my highest ever. We shall see.
Anyway, have a lovely Xmas, whatever you do & however you spend it. See you the other side, eh?
I will reply - I want to - but let me reflect on a few things first.
I have a habit of getting very reflective at Christmas. I'm happily alone, & I think of my Dad, who went upstairs over 30 years ago, & my life, & all sorts of stuff, & I get quite emotional. Happily emotional, like, but deffo emotional.
For now, though, thank you very much, every word of that struck home, & means so very much to me. My Dad will be as proud as punch when he sees that. I talk to him every day, you know, & I'll tell him.
Jeez, I'm welling up here, what a daft old sod I am.
xx
Just a quick thank you for all you have done this year for the Sky Poker community.
You were the first top player to join in the @2.20 for £2.20 DEEPSTACK, and you got peoples interest.
As you know yesterdays game was won by Mr Orford, joking aside it was a brilliant game with some great players involved and some great banter.
£2.20 was great value for the entertainment.
My next top player i would like to take part is Mr Ryan Spittles a great player who has worked his way up the ranks. Ihave nothing but the upmost respect for him, and it would be an honour if he could join in one afternoon.
All the best.
AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Rainman397.
P.S Sky dave has added one level of late reg to the @2,20 for £2.20 DEEPSTACK thanks to Maxally.
Ryan? He WILL play it, I promise. He is a little unwell at the moment, he wrote to me last night to explain, but he'll be back fit & well very soon, & I know he'll play it one day, he's a smashing lad, & an absolute credit to Channel 861.
Have a good Christmas.
2014 will soon be here and a step closer to your Vegas trip.
Regards
Mick
Tuesday 24th December
Played 30
Won 19
Lost 11
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 29, won 18, lost 11
£11.00 - Played 1, won 1, Lost 0
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £29.50
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.98
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £252.85
REWARD POINTS = 155
BANKROLL at close of Play = £730.06
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,913
December to date....
Played 433
Won 257
Lost 176
Win-rate, November, 59.35%
Profit/Loss per game = £0.58
Stats are weird things.
Monday - P30, W 19, L 11. LOSS ON DAY £0.75
Tuesday - P30, W 19, L 11. PROFIT On DAY £29.50.
How strange is that? IDENTICAL game count, lost 15 bob one day, made nearly £30 the next.
Anyway, a good day I suppose, a profit of almost £1 per game played is as good as it's ever likely to get.
Good traffic @ the £5.50 Level, but only one @ £11 ran all day, & fortunately, I (just about) managed to win that one.
We are going along nicely now, around £250 of profit so far in December, & have almost £60 of Reward Money in the bank for January.
Doubt there'll be much traffic today, maybe a bit this evening, but as I don't celebrate Xmas, I'll be regged & waiting, if any other sad souls fancy a game.
I hope you all have a perfectly wonderful day, whatever you do.