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Wow, where did THAT come from?!
So hello £1,400+ (yet again), & hello Miss Variance who was in THE most wonderful mood last night.
14 out of 16! Doubt I'd ever had a better night than that.
I had decided on a short session as I was awfully tired & after a trying day. With all that run-good I pondered playing as longer session (my schedule requires 150 Reward Points per night, but I'm well ahead so far), but eventually decided that playing on when I'm tired is a bit daft.
So I de-regged everything after 15 games & called it a night.
Had some supper (beetroot, pineapple & poached eggs on toast) & then went back upstairs to turn off the lappie, & get my stuff organised for work this morning, only to find that there was a £5.50 game running & I was in it, "AWAY".....
Must have missed that one when I de-regged, so that was a bit of luck, spotting it in the nick of time.
Not wanting to spoil the 13 from 15, I really steeled myself to play as well as I can & take this one down.
One of those games where everyone was limping into every hand, & I had no material to work with. Pass, pass, pass.......
Still 6 handed, I blinded down to 1,100 @ 150-300, & at last found a hand, A-2-5-6 DS. Not ideal, I'd prefer a better high hand, but needs must & all that so I shoved. And GOT TWO callers, ugh.
The flop was 7 high, I flopped the nut low plus loads of high extensions & improvers, & turned the nut high straight for good measure on a 7 high board. On their backs, (it was checked all the way) & they had K-K-x-x, & Q-Q-x-x, & in neither case did they have ANY low cards. Happy days, treble up SCOOPIO. The rest, as they say, was easy.
In an earlier £5er game, 4 handed, one player has 7,500 chips & still managed to lose! It was bizarre, it was not as if he went aggro crazy, he just limped into every hand, even at 200-400.
Anyway, all my luck came in one evening, it seems, so I'll take that. I did play well, I was really in the zone, but all my hasnds held up, & all my little twirly moves worked.
Lovely job. Wonder how long I can hang onto the £1,400 threshold? Seems to be a real point of resistance.
Tonight will be interesting.
I don't quite think Gordon Ramsey is quaking in his boots.
Firstly that, Mr Tikay, is power food. No wonder you are in the peak of physical and mental condition.
Secondly I can beat your 'had some supper' and forgot I was regged clanger - I did the same a few days ago, except I deregged and then went to have a bath, however when I came back downstairs I found an £11 HL STT running. I had blinded down to about 1500 chips but there were only 5 players left. Yes, you had already busted out! So that officially makes you worse than someone in the bath who isn't actually playing. Even Orford is better than that! And I went on to win!
And yes, proper power food that.
Elsewhere, I Post on a "Diet" Thread, & I have a photo of that very meal on it somewhere, I'll try & find it later.
It's not widely known but pineapple & beetroot are amazing aphrodisiacs.
I was bluffing when I said that, but it looks like I've been called.
Who'd have thought?
16th SEPTEMBER Scores on the Doors.
Played 35
Won 20
Lost 15
£3.30, P 19, W 11, L 8
£5.50, P 14, W 9 L 5
£11, P 2, W 0, L 2
Opening Balance - £1,401.75
Closing Balance = £1,396.05
Profit/Loss on Night - £5.70
Profit/Loss on Month = £36.90
REWARD POINTS on night = 147
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 2,032 (= £20.32)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 453
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 258
SEPTEMBER WIN % = 56.95%
SEPTEMBER Profit/Loss per game = £0.08
Lost a fiver last night, but very happy with how I played, & the loss really came from losing the only 2 £11ers that ran. I got my money in good in both of the exit hands, just 60/40 shots that tipped the wrong way. I'll cope with that. Won 20 from 35, so that's OK, if not spectacular.
Traffic was sparse last night, took ages to reach my 150 points, due to the Champions League football on TV, same again tonight I suppose.
I lost one game to a straight flush v my "nut" flush, think it was pompeynic, I never even saw it & wondered why the chips had gone the wrong way at first! Occupational hazard in PLO & PLO8.
Luckiest hand of the night was flopping the nut flush & unbreakable nut low v 2 other players who BOTH had the nut low, what a lovely spot. Not much skill required, mind, they just play themselves.
Have been reading "hotwheals" challenge thread, he is motoring along wonderfully. He joins us for a few DYM's each night, but most of his meat & drink are HU games, & I'm intrigued by them, so might just give them a little try.
Good to see kevin (footsie) at the Tables last night.
Gelders had a great night, he was taking more imaginative lines, & it seemed to pay off. Always respect players who try to do things a little different in the never ending search to get better results.
I had a peruse of the "BB & V" Board this morning, ugh at all those poor people who blame the site, the weather, their piles, everything except themselves. I'm NOT mocking them, I so wish I could help them, poker seems to be agony for them & thats not the idea of the game at all. I'd genuinely sit with any of them for half an hour to try & explain how the game works. There's a ton of luck in poker, but ultimately the better players win more, or lose less, & don't blame others for their results. I suppose it is just a reflection of how they live their lives away from poker. Not my fault mate.
Mother & Maca had a bit of a karaoke session in the chat boxes last night, did a medley of Beatles & 'Stones songs. I mean, really, I'm trying to play poker & they are conducting a singalong? Hmmph.
Talking of "hmph", have you ever seen those people who, after every hand they lose, type "hmm" into the chat box? What that about?
My last session tonight before a 4 day break from the tables, as I will have company at home starting tomorrow, & doing the Show with Anna on Sunday, so that'll be it until Monday.
All good.
See you tonight, don't be late. And NO sing-songs please, OK?
Brilliant idea. I'll join in if we get one started tonight.
I think we've arrived at the view that "hmmmmmmm" probably means "that was a shocking play you just made & you get very lucky".
I also love "nice catch", which, roughly translated, means "you stationed me & got lucky you jammy so & so". I always feel like typing in reply "but this is OMAHA, we are ENTITLED to play drawing hands, in fact, no, we are OBLIGED to play drawing hands, our starting hand is almost never enough to win", that is the WHOLE IDEA OF OMAHA YOU BUFFOON"
But I generally cba, & just sit there quietly, with an arched eyebrow. It's better to say nothing, cba with the aggro.
Played 33
Won 19
Lost 14
£3.30, P 16, W 9, L 7
£5.50, P 13, W 7 L 6
£11, P 4, W 3, L 1
Opening Balance - £1,396.05
Closing Balance = £1,411.75
Profit/Loss on Night - £15.70
Profit/Loss on Month = £52.60
REWARD POINTS on night = 153
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 2,185 (= £21.85)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 486
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 277
SEPTEMBER WIN % = 57.00%
SEPTEMBER Profit/Loss per game = £0.11
No fireworks last night, just nice & solid. Always good to win at all three buy-in levels, though it was close, & only the £11ers got me over the line I suppose, where I won 3 from 4.
In contrast to Tuesday, loads of traffic, & I managed 15 @ £5.50 & £11 combined, so thats excellent. I got through 33 games in under 4 hours, so that's pretty good.
I have made a conscious decision to try to play slightly fewer tables at a time, mainly 5, NEVER more than 6, & I think that has helped. I can manage 6 just fine, but the registration process means I sometimes end up with 8, & thats a bit much for me on my laptop. I've also been trying to increase the amount I play @ £5 & £11, & decrease the £3ers, whilst at the same time ensuring I get my 150 Reward Points every session, which I need to attain the 3,000 point goal. Am well on target for a £45+ Reward Points payment for September, which is great.
Last night was my last session until Monday, as I have some real life stuff to attend to today until Saturday, & I'm working on Sunday, doing the Show with Anna.
I am actually cooking a meal tonight - roast chicken (no frills or stuffing), & tomorrow, I've have been given a special (& belated) birthday pressie, as I shall be having afternoon Tea @ Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly. Proper posh that, china cups & saucers, crisp white linen napkins, them little "one bite" sarnies, tiddly-widdly little cakes, & warm scones with clotted cream & jam. Oooohhhhh. It's silly money (well its a gift, but you know what I mean), but a lovely "occasion".
We were joined by a chap who is new to DYM's last night, Redempt, VERY good player who usually just plays PLO8 Heads Up.
Anyway, he joined us last night, played a bunch of games, & was THE most wonderful table company. Plenty of banter, fitted like a glove, was very gracious in victory & defeat to all of us.
He got a bit worried when he saw Twiglet & me exchanging (mock) insults, but then realised it was just two good mates enjoying themselves.
Seems a top, top, bloke, & I hope he stays with us, another quality addition to Team Plop.
Don't think he Posts on the Community yet, but we'll work on him.
Welcome aboard Mr Redempt.
I even had to devise a plan to deal with it!
You are definitely taking some unconventional & imaginative lines, & it caused me much head-scratching, because I don't quite understand it - again, take that as a compliment. You've run up some huge stacks the last few days, too.
My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw your hands a few times last night, I have to confess. It's working though, so good luck to you. I love people who challenge conventional thinking.
Don't go away though Gelders, I have a weird question for you.....(follows)
Gelders,
With all the business you do in China, are you familiar with "alibaba.com"?
I was listing to the news on Radio 4 this morning, & I was staggered to hear about this website & group of companies, I'd never heard of them.
They have more site traffic than e-Bay & Amazon combined!
They have an IPO on the go in the USA right now, which values the company at north of $100 billion dollars, & I'd never heard of them.
And it all came from one man, who started the business about 20 years ago. He must be worth an abso fortune.
His name is Jack Ma.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma
And this is alibaba.com's Wiki page.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group
Absolutely staggering.
I love the experiments gelders!
My last of five differing 'experiments' concluded ten minutes ago. I'm massively surprised I didn't take a huge bump to the BR, but only played daft in the £3 games.
I've somehow got to make sense of the notes and stats I've saved and formulate them into something for the strategy forum. Might be difficult as most of what I did was to prove to myself theories I had, or to disprove certain things I didn't believe. Mostly against certain players, or rather groups of players who play the same hand types the same way, but I'll try to describe what I mean without (obviously) giving away names etc.
The most startling experiment was to disprove a theory in PLO8 I have never believed, that in the later levels, pot raises in position, are subsequently folded by the following blinds, 50, 60 or 70% of the time. That's complete nonsense in the £3 DYMs.
Another costly experiment, was to prove to myself that my player notes/colour coding was correct, with regard to players who will not fold pre-flop, regardless of hands held. That was awesome fun!
Anyways, experiments concluded, if I do something daft now it's me being daft, I'm back to playing my normal game.
Best of luck all.
I have just registered for and playing my very last £3 game!
I ain't good enough to play them, I'm lost with them post flop like I am with the two pound games.
£5 only from now on.
Been nice playing with you :-(((
Pretty much the same faces but with less of the anyfour, anypair, anyace.com brigade.