You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.
You might need to refresh your page afterwards.
You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.
You might need to refresh your page afterwards.
Comments
Oi oi!
Got there at last, chuffed to bits.
Was going along in neutral after 9 games, break-even, then went rat-a-tat-tat & won 11 of the next 13, which booked a nice profit on the day, & took me over the £1,000 mark at last. Pretty sure I'll dip back into the nine hundreds tonight.....
All the Stats looked better after that, & the January Win-Rate at last exceeded 56%, for the first time this month. Needs to improve a goodly bit more yet, but at least it is going in the right direction.
Not sure if I should continue this, but I just love the game, & the challenge, so I may try & push on to £1,200, for a £1,000 profit.
It definitely shows how difficult it must have been for GaryQQQ, who began with ZERO cash, & got to £1,000 mostly via Freerolls & the like, that must be 10,000 times harder than my thing.
On another "Challenge" thread, GaryQQQ also gave a chap some great advice - you must Post updates EVERY DAY, including the bad days. If it were not for that, I think I'd have swerved the bad days, as it is no fun reporting that we lost money. Anyway, I reported after every single day I played, win or lose, good or bad, & never once - I hope - complained of run-bad, or made excuses for bad days.
Chuffed to bits.
Thank you very much.
As they say at the Oscars, "this would not have been possible without you".......;)
I've made so many virtual friends via this thing, the PLO8 regulars are a lovely bunch, they really are. I don't chat very much, as I struggle a bit when I am 4 or 5 Tabling, but before almost every one, pleasantries are exchanged, "good luck all" that sorta thing. I love that to bits, proper people.
Word must have got out last night that I'd at last crawled over the line, as loads of regulars came to my Tables to say "well done". In fact, the atmo went a bit jolly, & there was some interesting fun in the ChatBox, see next post.....
So, unusually, we are all chatting, 6 players, & we all "know" each other. I've run out of Tables, I only have one on the go, so I can chat a bit if need be.
Someone asks what my favourite film is, the start of the convo goes a bit like this......
Me - I don't watch films.
Them - What? You serious?
Me - Yeah, can't be doing with them. I'm into concrete.
Them - Concrete?
Me - Yeah, concrete.
Them - Really?
Me - Yeah, I have a thing about concrete.
The rest of the convo is exactly as written, & is cut & pasted, below. I've removed the names, as it would be a little rude to publish them. Several of those in the Convo read this Diary, though, & will confirm it is all true.
Player A: so you like multi storey carparks and stuff like that?tikay1: oooh, yesPlayer B: loltikay1: That has got me a little, you know, a bit, err, excitedPlayer C: and dont forget concrete motorway barriers22:43tikay1: +1 to that, tooPlayer 1: spaghetti junction must beem like the caribbeanPlayer 2: i used 2 be a groundworker on roadstikay1:oooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhPlayer C: lololol22:44tikay1: I need to excuse myself brieflyPlayer B: lolPlayer C: :@)22:45Player A: i've only just got itPlayer B: lolPlayer B: im splittinb my sides ere22:46tikay1: Excuse me, but this is not a laughing matter.tikay1: You are talking about the love of my life22:47Player A: i saw a documentary once about a chap who had been arrested a few times for having 'sex' with roadstikay1: I spent a whole career in Reinforced Concrete22:48 tikay1: "sex" with concrete roads? DISGUSTINGPlayer B: lol22:49tikay1: With a concrete crash barrier, yes, but roads? Thats just pervertedPLAYER C: pmsl
Bet the NLH regulars don't have that much fun.
Orford? No chance. Utterly helpless, hopeless, & hapless.
I would guess that we might almost see Royal Flushes more often than we see A high win in Omaha. I won a 3 way High pot with 2-2 a few days ago, lol.
I'm not convinced your equity calculations are correct, surely, with 2 Pots, they must change? I admit, of course, I'd struggle to win the Low, as I had no Low cards.....;)
I have tried to reconstruct my thinking as to the Call. I agree, it is VERY marginal, & I'm a Super Nit. I just don't normally Call there.
I think the reason was a sort of "I know that he knows that I know" sort of thing, where I managed to out-think myself, & then get lucky. I KNOW that Vespa knows I rarely call, & I sort of convinced myself that he was betting because he was sure I would not call, as I so rarely do.
Think I'll just accept it was a shocker of a call.
Next case.
nor discusions about concrete either
but at least in Hong Kong one can log into the site
which is better than in the rest of China.
Next stop Macau.
ps congrats on breaking the £1000 barrier
Congrats again and I shall enjoy helping you up to £1,200!
Coffee spitting moment :-)
Oh and i ran into our friend from the Black Country on a table, unplayable at times !
WELL DONE ON HITTING THE £1000 VWP
WARNING - ADULTS ONLY, THIS IS NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH
Thursday 23rd January
Played 31
Won 9
Lost 22
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 22, won 6, lost 16
£11.00 - Played 9, won 3, Lost 6
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £100.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £3.23
REWARD POINTS = 200
BANKROLL at close of Play = £930.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 2,575 (= £25.75)
January to date....
Played 403
Won 218
Lost 187
Win-rate, January, 54.09%
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £73.07
Profit/Loss per game = £0.18
Think I'll spare you the grisly detail, nobody wants to read whiny moany "poor me" stuff. I got beaten up last night, taken to the cleaners, leg lifted, the whole works, it was so bad it was funny.
Fortunately, if properly rolled, which I am for £5.50 & £11 DYM's, you take these things in your stride, & the only pain is pride, & ego. Both are a touch bruised today.....
Comedy moment of the evening?
I was near the end of my biggest ever losing session at these. Outdraw City?, you've never seen the like. Well, you have, we all have, but you know what I mean.
Anyway, I get it in bad, good Queens v bad Aces, & I get there. Yay, at last. And the geezer EXPLODED in the chatbox, you've never seen such an outpouring of toxic bile! To be fair to the lad, I checked his SS, & he was on a bad run, too, losing 6 for 7.
I feel a little embarrassed that many folks congratulated me yesterday on achieving the magic £1,000 mark. It was a brief & passionate affair, but it was soon over. A reconciliation is planned, but it may take some time. The fence-mending starts tonight......
Have a good weekend, all of you.
Only a temporary blip i'm sure.
Apparently some contractors were pouring concrete and forgot to close the door to the local switch room!
Amateurs huh !
You will recover I am sure. Do you think you changed your style a little, I know I have before when I reached a certain milestone or had a good win, I then had to make a conscious effort to get back to grinding rather than playing too many pots because I suddenly thought I was better than I am! Just a thought, I am sure you're far too disciplined for that sort of rookie error.
The fact I lost so many last night suggests that a "tweak" to my game, intentional or otherwise, could not have such a drastic effect.
My gut reaction was that it was just (long-overdue) adverse variance, & it'll self-correct, but I will be looking at my game closely. I remained very-disciplined last night, too.
I did notice that the games last night were very limpy-stationy, more so than usual. 5 Limpers, I pot it, 5 callers, that sort of thing. Bizarre, really, if you can call 5X, why limp in the first place? But they all did, every time. Not an excuse, by the way, we need to find ways to combat that sort of thing. It does make you think though.
I lost the lot with good Aces, all-in pre, against.....J-9-8-3. The guy said "I knew you had Aces mate, because you potted it, you always do, thats why I called". I was not sure how best to respond to him.......
Another chap limped, I had A-K-2-3 Double Suited, so I potted it. He then......RE-POTTED!
Whoops. He must have the Aces, but I was pot stuck, & had a great 2 way hand, in we go. He had A-J-9-6. Explain that one! What can A-J-9-6 EVER be beating, as played?
What a great game, eh?
One older, wiser, street-wise gentleman with a younger, better looking but gullible lad...
Remind you of any other couple?.....
Cough...