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VERY busy right now Pad, but I'll try to Update later today. I am working the Show again tonight, 3rd night in 5, & I'm pleasantly occupied with UKPC stuff, too.
Updates resume later, hopefully before I lose all my money. It might be a close run thing, a major downswing is in progress.
Ha, behave Mother.
Will try & get back up to speed this weekend.
Cliffs - Lost a ton of money last two sessions, mainly due to Lappie problems.
Tikay, if you have a word with Support I am sure they will help you out!
Nah, the probs were my end.
Seems to me very few people seem to understand the complexities of the internet. There's a lot of pipes, conduits, servers, routers & fresh air between one end & t'other, & responsibility for different parts sits with different parties.
It is, of course, very inconvenient when we lose a few bob of our poker money because the connection drops out. I was watching a "Water Aid" advert the other day, young kids in Africa have to WALK 7 miles every day just to fetch water to drink & bathe in. Guess that is inconvenient, too.
ANYWAY, onwards and upwards, come on Tikay, give us a progress report. I know I donated 3 out of 4 at £11 to you last night. Let's hope you are an upswing now.
The first newly deceased person I ever saw was my Dad, & I can tell you, that moment has stayed with me ever since, 30 years on. I remember just staring at him, wondering why he did not respond to me, the penny refused to drop. He was in Hossie, & the patient in the next bed had to explain it to me. Seems ridiculous, but some things you just can't bring to believe. It all sounbds a bit dreadful, but in a weird way, it was a lovely moment. Another story, for another day.
At least she went quickly, &, one hopes, without suffering.
RIP.
It has to be said, when we are winning, we can't wait to Update, when we are losing, not so much. Harsh, but true.
To be fair, I've been incredibly busy, & fatigued, this week, with 3 Shows in 5 nights, & in the Studio again tomorrow evening, too.
I also need to do the big "Month End" Update, too.
The further I get behind with Updating, the worse it gets, of course, & I've had the same problems in some other, non-Sky, areas of my life this week, too. So many things to do, so little time......
Will try & get started shortly.
I've only played 3 nights this week, due to work, but I'll Update each, in order, next......
Monday 27th January
Played 31
Won 13
Lost 18
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 23, won 8, lost 15
£11.00 - Played 8, won 5, Lost 3
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £25.50
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.82
REWARD POINTS = 190
BANKROLL at close of Play = £908.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,195 (= £47.93)
January to date....
Played 502
Won 269
Lost 235
Win-rate, January, 53.59%
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £50.07
Profit/Loss per game = £0.10
Monday
Was all revved up for a good session, & had 5 games going within 10 minutes, & was regged for 2 others. And then it happened - POWER CUT!
Jeez, my head was spinning. It did not last long, but by then, I'd blinded out in 4 of the 5 Games, & was low stack in the two I'd regged for, so I was £30 down before I started.
Even so, I can't hide from the fact I only won 8 out of 23 @ £5.50, & it was just as well I won 5 from 8 @ £11, to rescue me from a much worse evening.
I could never get "settled" in my mind after the power cut, & I ought to have been able to put it out of my mind, what is done is done, nothing to be gained from thinking about it.
The one bright spot in the session was that I went past the 3,000 Reward point threshold, so my Reward Point Dividend magically improved by 50%. Made more from that than actually playing, lol.
No play Tuesday, due to work, but Wednesday will be great, it is bound to be, right?
Wednesday 29th January
Played 27
Won 12
Lost 15
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 20, won 10, lost 10
£11.00 - Played 7, won 2, Lost 5
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £27.00
PROFIT/LOSS per game £1.00
REWARD POINTS = 170
BANKROLL at close of Play = £881.56
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,365 (= £50.47)
January to date....
Played 529
Won 281
Lost 250
Win-rate, January, 53.12%
PROFIT/LOSS in December, £23.07
Profit/Loss per game = £0.04
WEDNESDAY
Unbelievably, Wednesday began worse than Monday.
All regged up, & 5 Tables on the go, when Rob Yong called me, about some urgent UKPC stuff. And the call went on. And on. And on.
I tried to concentrate, but it was awkward stuff, we were trying to sort a UKPC thing (a good thing) & I just could not spin both plates - or rather, 6 plates.
Anyway, was £30 behind before the call ended, losing 5 of the first 6, & I could never get my head in the right place after that, & made a series of unforced errors, trying to force it I think. You just can't force it, unless you get very lucky.
The realisation that January would be a shocker eventually dawned upon me, too.
Mental fortitude, mettle, strength in adversity, all these things come into play when the going gets tough, & I was pretty disappointed at how I dealt with it. At least I recognized it, though.
Anyway, no play Thursday, did the Show, so it's fast forward to Friday, to try to finish January with a bang. Maybe.....
Friday 31st January
Played 15
Won 8
Lost 7
Split....
£2.25 - Played 0, won 0, Lost 0
£5.50 - Played 6, won 4, lost 2
£11.00 - Played 9, won 4, Lost 5
PROFIT/LOSS on Day £4.50
PROFIT/LOSS per game £0.30
REWARD POINTS = 105
BANKROLL at close of Play = £886.05
REWARD POINTS at close of play = 3,470 (= £52.05)
January (COMPLETED)....
Played 537
Won 289
Lost 257
Win-rate, January, 53.82%
PROFIT/LOSS in January, £27.57
Profit/Loss per game = £0.05
You are right, too, an analysis of those 15 games suggests I LOST £2, not won £4.50, so I'll amend the Post shortly.
However........
The "Bankroll" figure I quote daily is the ACTUAL Bankroll at close of play. I've just checked it, & it is definitely £886.05, which is £4.50 higher than it was after the previous session, unless I logged the closing balance incorrectly on Wednesday.
I've checked the 15 Games I played, & the results are exactly as reported - which would mean a £4.50 loss.
Have to assume I logged an Incorrect Closing balance on the previous session.
For the OVERALL, & JANUARY figures, the closing balances have to be the correct means of measurement, so when I do the Monthly Rerport for January, they'll reflect the actual opening & closing Balances.
I can only assume that the numbers for Wednesday were incorrect, or maybe even Monday?
If you can spot where the error has arisen, I'd be most grateful, as I like the numbers to be just so.
FRIDAY
Wow, I finished with a winning day!
Oh wait, no I did not.......
Sums up January that, I even messed the numbers up.
Anyway.......
Determined to finish January with a bang, I promptly lost 4 of the first 4, & made mistakes in every one, too.
Just standard stuff, which I ought to avoid. Raise with good Aces into 5 Limpers, get one call, comes 10-2-2. Standard play here is to C-Bet, as 90% of the time, opponents call Raises with Low only hands, which is bizarre but true. So a C-Bet gets the job done. My man checked to me, I C-Bet, & he came over the top, lol. He has the 2, right? Obvious really, but I was a non-believer, & I had some back doors.
He had the very reasonable A-Q-10-2, so he had flopped the boat, lol. I had Double Suited with the A-3-4 for the Low, so I was in a bit of a mess.
Several other similar mistakes followed, just careless play on my part, being able to fold when clearly beat is key.
Later, I saw a really inexplicable play, when I button-raised with A-K-2-3 with Big Blinds & 4 handed, & got looked up by xxx who had 6 Bigs (plenty) & the extraordinary K-8-5-2. Explain that to me, but I'll take that all day & night. We can RAISE with poo like that when we are in shove-mode, but not sure Caling is ever a long term profitable play.
Anyway, I was just not feeling it, most unlike me, I normally play until the games dry up, but my head was in the wrong place, so I decided to quit after 15 games, & had an early night, & then promptly fell asleep on the sofa, & never woke up until 3am, freezing cold, with chin-dribble galore.
I'll do the full January Report, in all it's glory, later.
Normal service will resume shortly.
Cliffs - Lost on Feb 1, won on Feb 2.
Tonight - very shortly, I shall mainly be winning.*
* T & C's apply.
I'll be up for a session tonight, if anyone fancies some easy money.
Yes i did put that many !!!!!!!!!!!!! as its important, now when we talk of aggregate once would assume we are talking football over 2 legs but no no no, ive found out aggregate is about concrete.
Il let mr kendall explain..........
Aggregate is the binding agent in concrete. Usually ballast, or even pea shingle, but it is the equivalent of flour in a cake, without it, the finished product is no good. Concrete is composed of cement, water, & aggregate.
Mortar, of course, as used in brickwork, only uses sand as the aggregate, but I'm sure everyone knew that. But it is important to distinguish between concrete & mortar.