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Apologies if my bad call, which got there, contributed to your overall feelings last night.
From what i've seen you're more than good enough at this game.
Just take a break and come back refreshed.
Good Luck
Mick
Had another session last night, & once again managed 30 games in 4 hours, so traffic levels aren't too bad all things considered.
Pleased to say that 4 games ran @ £11, so thats another good sign. Less pleased to say I only won 2 of them, & I think I made a bad error in one of the two that I lost. I don't mind being bad-beated, not in the least, cuts both ways, but unforced errors make me a bit cross with myself. Harumph.
Made a loss for the 2nd night running, only about £8, and I'm defo a bit DYM ring-rusty, so thats not so bad I suppose, though I'll be relieved to post a winning night sooner rather than later, especially after I had a torrid time at the tables in Vegas. Somehow - don't even ask - I managed to play 16 games @ £3.30, & win exactly 25% of them. Ugh. Fortunately, winning 8 of 10 @ £5.50 saved me from a really bad night, but I really need to pay these £3.30 jobbies more respect.
Lovely, really lovely atmo on all the tables last night. I'm really not able to chat much whilst mostly 6-Tabling (age, failing dexterity & all that), so pardon me for not joining in the banter as much as I'd like.
Hope to see a few of you tonight, when I hope to get another 30 Games in, especially as I'll be AWOL tomorrow & Saturday, as I have to see someone about a dog.
The boring "numbers" report will follow shortly.
I still have 3 or 4 Vegas Blogs to Post, but I just never had enough time in Vegas, as each one takes me 4 or 5 hours to do, I'm the original one-finger typist.
Where are you staying, & why are you going in August, if I may ask? Can't believe you are missing the UKPC 6-Max for a trip to the Nevada desert.....
Think my next Show is a week today.
2nd July Numbers & Stuff
Played 30
Won 14
Lost 16
£3.30, P 16, W 4, L 12
£5.50, P 10, W 8 L 2
£11, P4, W 2, L 2
Opening Balance - £1,269.20
Closing Balance = £1,261.40
Profirt Loss on Night - £7.80
Profit Loss on Month = £32.60
REWARD POINTS on night = 136
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 246 (= £2.46)
I've played 4 of these over the last two nights and managed to cash in all four (variance is due to hit any time now), watching you manage a short stack in one was a pure lesson in the game.
There was one player on one table last night who I just couldn't figure out, none of his hands seemed to make any sense when they went to showdown, and in the end I just decided to avoid confrontations with that player unless I had at least one end completely locked up.
Anyway, there may well be more value in these now if Macacgirl does "retire" from them, I still think she is the best player of PLO8 I've come across on Sky.
I had actually intended to make July a PLO only month, but I wanted to get my eye back in first. I looked frequently the last 2 nights at the PLO DYM Lobby, & it was very very quiet indeed.
But I guess if I bang the drum, make a bit of noise here & on Twitter etc, we could raise awareness & soon get the traffic up, though I'd be a bit diasappointed if it reduced the PLO8 traffic in doing so, which is very possible.
One game I will not be playing though is No Limit Omaha DYM's, as (personally) I think No Limit destroys the very essence & beauty of Omaha.
I was actually considering - still am - driving down to Cardiff this afternoon, as they have a GUKPT £75 Omaha jobbie tonight, but it's a pretty long drive, & my worry is it will only get 15 or 20 runners, so barely worthwhile.
Orford & his Bankroll Challenge? To be honest, Orford IS a challenge. An utterly hopeless lost cause, imo.
PS - Well done on your double World Cup Super Six thing bink. How on earth did you manage that?
Orford is just scared to play me, thats the top & bottom of it.
I think I played in all 4 of those you cashed in. I may even have cashed in one. You are very solid & correct.
Me manage a shortstack? It's what I do best. Just as well, too.....
You mentioned last night in the Chat Box after I doubled up early that I was out of my Comfort Zone, & you were spot on.
I know the player you refer to when you say "makes no sense". Each to their own I suppose, but I saw you type "I'm confused". I can't comment on stuff like that really, I'd get in trouble, but I know exactly what you mean.
I lost a hand (all-in pre-flop) last night very early in a game, we both had full stacks, I had double suited Aces (A-A-K-3), & I nerarly fainted when I saw Villain's hand - Q-9-9-8! He scooped the hand though, lol.
I have a fairly good understanding of PLO8 strategy, especially as to starting hands, & I'm pretty sure (I'll check when I get home) that Q-9-9-8 will be ranked about 4,000th out of 5,000 ranked hands, so I'll take that match up all day & night, but we are never THAT far ahead in PLO or PLO8, so it's not a disastrous play. Wish I could have that match-up 10,000 times though, I'd be back on a 747 to Vegas in a few months.
Macacgirl best PLO8 DYM-er on Sky Poker? I'd not argue with that. Whizzy (not seen much of him lately) & footsie are both pretty formidable, too.
Just a quick explanation as to why, in theory, hands like Q-9-9-8 are deemed to be really really bad in PLO8.
Generally speaking, in PLO8, we want to avoid playing hands which contain a combo of 7's, 8's & 9's, this even extends, to a degree, to 10's.
Why?
Because the WHOLE IDEA in PLO8 is to try & "scoop", & middle cards make it very hard to scoop with, you are almost never scooping. Any straight means a low is out, OR you have the bad end of a high straight. Over time, more money is lost playing middle cards than any other hands in PLO8.
A bare 7 (say, A-A-2-7) is not a disaster, but the 7 is invariably a dangler, and a bad dangler at that, it is a "dead card" in our hand. So we are effectively playing with 3 cards (3 x 2 card combos) not 4 cards (6 x 2 card combos).
So a bare 7. 8 or 9 is just about manageable, but if our hand contains (say), these Combos....
7-8
7-9
8-9
7-7
8-8
9-8
then these hands WILL COST US MONEY in the long run.
There is a table which lists some 5,300 PLO8 Starting Hands. I doubt any hand with 2 cards in the 7-8-9-10 combos is in the top (i.e., most profitable) 4,000 of those 5,300 hands.
They can still bust A-A-2-2 though. Just not very often.
BORING STUFF, LOOK AWAY NOW.
I looked up 8-9-9-Q in my little chart, & out of approx 5,300 starting hands assessed in PLO8 (there are far more of course, but the Data only differentiates between NON Suited, SINGLE Suited, & DOUBLE Suited, it does not count all the suit permutations) it ranks as follows.......
NON-Suited - 3,004
SINGLE Suited - 2,325
DOUBLE Suited - 1,834
Note how much difference DS makes to NS.
NS 7-7-8-9 comes in @ 3,658, 7-7-8-10 comes in at 4,291. For DS, knock around 1,500 off those numbers.
#1 is, of course, A-A-2-3 DS, followed by A-A-2-4 DS & A-A-2-5 DS.
In PLO8, Aces are incredibly powerful, as they count both ways. Best not to go to war without at least one, in an ideal world. The top few hundred ranked hands all contain an Ace, of course.
Just to let you know I have sent you a pm regarding a problem a have. I appreciate you probably receive a great deal of messages so there is no great rush, just thought I would let know.
Best of luck with your 500 game challenge
After my terrible play Wednesday tonight could not have been different
played 6 @ £5.50 won 5
played 3 @ £3.30 won 3
Got lucky on a couple of occasions but I think a couple of times I played well after getting into trouble
PATIENCE and the odd gulp shove did the trick.
Hats off to people who multi multi table two at a time for me.
some good fun again and a guest appearance from Maca who I am sure will be ruling her new domain in no time
see you all later
Nick
Will pick up those questions in the morning, & also do the Report for Thursday.
I shall be back on the PLO8 DYM Tables tonight. I've had 3 losing nights from three so far, so come help yourself....
Sorry I never replied, I had trouble accessing them fom Vegas, & when I got home, I had hundreds of them to wade through.
I have taken the matter up with Upstairs, on behalf of both you & the other Gent. Hopefully, I'll get a reply today. On the face of it - not that I have any sway in these things - it does not seem an unreasonable request at all.
Fingers crossed.
Will Update my last few days numbers shortly, then try & reply to some of the questions, apols for the delay, jet-lag is really quite something.
3rd July Numbers & Stuff
Played 31
Won 17
Lost 14
£3.30, P 16, W 10, L 6
£5.50, P 13, W 6 L 7
£11, P2, W 1, L 1
Opening Balance - £1,261.40
Closing Balance = £1,255.10
Profirt Loss on Night - £6.30
Profit Loss on Month = £38.50
REWARD POINTS on night = 133
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 379 (= £3.79)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 91
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 45
WIN % = 49.5%
So, since my retuern, have played 3 sessions, & lost all 3. Hmmph.
Not much loss, but a bit confidence deflating.
Definitely feel a little bit "ring-rusty", & my concentration levels keep wavering. I'm best when I stop perusing Forums & watching TV, but if I only have 2 or 3 Tables on the go, I can't seem to help myself. It's a ridiculous notion that we can do our best in anything if we do not give it our full attention.
Chatting at the table is an interesting one, as I like to say "hi", "wp", "ul" or whatever, but I find myself drawn into conversation, & of course it's rude not to reply to questions, but I find it quite hard to do when I have 6 Tables binging & binging. Pretty sure my mental dexterity is on the wane.
Anyway, need to make an effort to stop this little run of losses.
7th July Numbers & Stuff
Played 30
Won 20
Lost 10
£3.30, P 22, W 14, L 8
£5.50, P 7, W 5 L 2
£11, P2, W 1, L 1
Opening Balance - £1,255.10
Closing Balance = £1,287.00
Profit Loss on Night - £31.90
Profit Loss on Month = £6.70
REWARD POINTS on night = 111
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 490 (= £4.90)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 121
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 65
WIN % = 53.7%
Better!
Made a profit at all 3 buy-in levels, which really felt good.
Phew, that was a relief.
Played better, but ran exceedingly well.
Put a proper cooler on one poor lad when I had a straight flush AND the nut low, & as played, I was 90% certain he had the nut flush, so I bet the Max & the poor lad had to pay me off.
Our resident chunterer has really become quite a celebrity on the PLO8 Tables, good grief, he never stops. Most of the regulars just laugh it off, or type "chuckles" in the chat box. In a way, I feel quite sorry for him, he cannot possibly enjoy his poker. He wins & berates the "clowns" who called him. He loses & berates the "clowns" who called him, or blames Sky for "fraud". Poker can't be much fun for him.
I sort of picture him in my mind, hammering away at the keyboard, steam coming from his ears, red in the face, bit like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9wNT21c_s
None of this is to berate him, I genuinely wish I could help him, but it's hard to talk to him in a calm & rational way.
I never played Friday, Saturday or Sunday, as I had a visitor, so was good to get back on the Tables.
Am pleasantly surprised by the amount of traffic, I knocked the 30 games off in under 4 hours, so that's fine. Mostly £3.30 games, & a few £5.50, & I'd prefer to play the £11 ones, but it's mid-summer, & the World Cup continues, so I'm really very optimistic that these games will get a ton of traffic once we get to September/October.
I'm still in loss since I returned, but not by much now, so I refer to the view of Alexander Pope, hope springs eternal.
Mr Pope said Shakespeare was rubbish, in parts. He was also famous for something called, wait for it, heroic couplets.
ZZZzzzzz....
8th July Numbers & Stuff
Played 30
Won 20
Lost 10
£3.30, P 19, W 12, L 7
£5.50, P 9, W 8 L 1
£11, P2, W 0, L 2
Opening Balance - £1,287.10
Closing Balance = £1,304.80
Profit Loss on Night - £17.80
Profit Loss on Month = £11.10
REWARD POINTS on night = 122
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 612 (= £6.12)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 151
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 85
WIN % = 56.3%