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October Final Summary, including Reward Points money
October, % of Games Won
£3.30, 151 from 264 = 57%
£5.50, 82 from 157 = 52%
£11.00 27 from 44 - 61%
Played 464, W260 L204 (56%)
Reward Points money, 2,025 points = £20.25.
October Overall PROFIT/LOSS £95.95
PROFIT/LOSS per game = £0.21
Account Balance £1,342.65
So, £95 profit, which is £0.21 per game, but just 56% of games won.
Hoped to do better than that, but overall I had 20 odd sessions of poker all of which I thoroughly enjoyed, & won just shy of £100, so deffo can't complain. To be paid £100 for 20 nights fun with my plopper friends can never be bad.
Good to get back to wining ways, to, after I had my first ever losing month in September.
Looks like I won't be able to voluntarily retire yet awhile then. But if they decide to retire me, well, who knows, I could play a lot more, & maybe earn £200 to £300 per month. Would not be the worst thing in the world, imo.
Love poker, love PLO8.
Morning.
After a break, I resumed playing last night, so for completeness, I need to update the Results.
The "Account Balance" has increased slightly since I last played the PLO8 DYM's, as I played some UKOPS Satellites & the Omaha, & got a cash or two, so the DYM numbers don't quite tally, but the difference is pretty small, & overall I don't think it makes much difference.
I'm still pretty busy, so I doubt I'll get much volume in this month, but I should be able to manage 8 or 10 sessions.
October Closing balance = £1,342.65
Current balance (before last night's session) = £1,415.28.
So I sort of start the November DYM's with £72.63 of "free" profit gained from non DYM play.
Bit awkward really, as my rule is always to report my Closing Balance, unadjusted, as an actual figure.
So I've sort of "pinched" £73.
17th November
£3.30, P4, W1, L3
£5.50, P3, W2, L1
£11,00, P1, W1, L0
TOTAL for the session, P8, W4, L4 = 50%
Opening Balance - £1,415.25
Closing Balance = £1,420.58
Profit/Loss for Session = £5.30
Profit/Loss for November £77.93
Was quite a relief to get my first session back out of the way, & make a small profit.
A few names I never recognized, including "the_hedge" who looked to be pretty useful.
Even though they are fairly small games, I was still nervous for the first hour until I "settled".
Nothing of note, really, though I threw away one £3 game when I had 4,500 4 handed due to un-necessary aggression. I could have folded pre, but my hand was half-decent & I sort of got myself a bit pot-stuck. Bad play really.
I coolered poor Eon in an £11 game though. He potted it pre, I was in the BB with suited A-2-good-good (nut hearts) & I flatted. I have a weakness for suited aces with a deuce so I did not mind calling.
Flop came all hearts, 5-8-9, well hello there.......
I checked, pretty sure Eon was on the nut low too, & eventually it all went in on the river, & I three quartered Eon. Pure luck, no more, no less. Pretty much sat out from there in, & just maintained my stack, no aggro, no mistakes.
There is a school of thought that says "big stack must be super-aggro", & that may be right, but it does not suit my game, so I just try & lock up.
Anyway, enjoyed it, & fingers crossed will be back online tonight.
I've missed it, too, but I've just been very busy of late, & a bit lacking in energy & oomph.
Did you hear about Macac? Set me in when she had 8-8-3-3. And there was you & me thinking she could play, eh?
8-8-3-3!
18th November
£3.30, P6, W5, L1
£5.50, P1, W0, L1
£11,00, P0, W0, L0
TOTAL for the session, P7, W5, L2 = 71%
TOTAL for the Month, P15, W9, L6, = 60%
Opening Balance - £1,420.58
Closing Balance = £1,425.38
Profit/Loss for Session = £4.80
Profit/Loss for November £82.73
Another short session, as I try to ease my way back into the groove.
5 from 7 is OK, I ran well & played well, & when those 2 things coincide, then a winning session is inevitable. Especially the "run well" bit.....
Really enjoyable session, too, plenty of banter in the Chat Box, although Maca was being a pain with "interesting facts". Brings a whole new dimension to "interesting" & "fact".
Sample Maca "Interesting Fact".
"Wrestler "Kendo Negasaki" founded the Harry Ramsden fish & chip restaurants".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendo_Nagasaki
In fact, the founder of Harry Ramsden was, remarkably, a chap named Harry Ramsden.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ramsden
She'll probably regale us with this story tonight.....
Bear Grylls, the survival chap got his nickname 'Bear' not from his military days, but from when he was a baby. He was born incredibly hairy, as hairy as a bear.
As a child he had to undergo months of electrolysis treatment to remove the hair, yet the affectionate nickname has stuck.
I can top that.
His three children are named Jesse, Marmaduke, & Huckleberry.
I've no idea if they are male or female though!
Bear was installed as Chief Scout at the age of 35, Lord Baden-Powell would have approved, I think. He is certainly a force for good.
19th November
£3.30, P5, W4, L1
£5.50, P4, W3, L1
£11,00, P1, W1, L0
TOTAL for the session, P10, W8, L2 = 80%
TOTAL for the Month, P25, W17, L8, = 68%
Opening Balance - £1,425.38
Closing Balance = £1,449.78
Profit/Loss for Session = £24.50
Profit/Loss for November £107.23
Great session last night, a clean sweep, winning at all 3 levels played, but of course a 10 game sample is meaningless.
THINK I played well, but I deffo ran well. We always think we play well when we win, & are unlucky when we lose, but the truth is, variance is such a fickle beast.
I bet I've played just as well on other occasions & lost 8 from 10.
Anyway, I seem to feel refreshed from my break, & I have changed a few things in my game, tweak tweak & all that. I've mostly changed my calling ranges. I loathe calling, I'm more of a bettor than a caller, always will be, but I've been burning equity by having a folding range that is too tight. I caught Macac well & truly at it 173 times last night, which deffo helped.
In 2 games (not involving Maca) I had extraordinary double ups or bust outs.
In the first, I had the Aces, good ones, & matey Boy wanted to get it all in pre. He had K-10--10-9. I held.
In another, I've got the Aces again, & my man turned up with the Maca-tastic 9-7-7-3. He won, obv.
What a great game this is, if we don't let beats get inside our little heads.
No poker for me tonight, I'm working, but I'll be back tomorrow, & hope to reach halfway in the 100 game challenge. I'm in good shape so far, what could possibly go wrong?
This isn't an "interesting fact" it's true. I met Bear and his wife at a military mess function. He was the guest speaker. Lovely guy, par for the course at these military things, Bear had a few drinkies and was doing standing backflips!
I'm at-it as you put it, because I find it almost impossible to play this properly anymore.
I'm big enough to admit I'm left baffled by the calls/hands that are being played, so rather than think about it, I'm joining in! I know it's daft but I do find trying to win, less enjoyable than messing about.
Mac-At-It-Girl
Yup, that works for me.
21st November
£3.30, P7, W6, L1
£5.50, P2, W2, L0
£11,00, P1, W0, L1
TOTAL for the session, P10, W8, L2 = 80%
TOTAL for the Month, P35, W25, L10, = 71%
Opening Balance - £1,449.78
Closing Balance = £1,460.68
Profit/Loss for Session = £10.90
Profit/Loss for November £118.13
Proper heater this, won 8 from 10 for the 2nd session running, & have now won all 4 sessions played this month. THe problem with heaters is that they rarely last 5 sessions....
Anyway, am happy with the results at the mo, & I'll do well to turn a loss in November.
I monstered the £3's yesterday (6 from 7) & won both £5.50's, but wasted that by losing the only £11er that ran. Can't complain though, am running really good right now.
I maybe messed up the £11er by making a reshove too soon, though that is results orientated, as I lost the shove! I had a decent combo hand, & the deep stacked, serial opener had been opening every hand, & very wide indeed, but he had a corking combo this time, & had me completely wrapped up at both ends. Just one of those things, I think.
In Maca's "Challenge" thing, I'm on 71% after completing 35% of the 100 games, but that's not sustainable for me, it's just not. On past experience, I'd be abso delighted to end the month with 60% won. 57% or 58% seems to be about my normal %.
So, 60% is the aim, & that will allow for variance to give me a slap round the chops after the current heater ends.
All good, enjoying my poker immensely.
Am never going to get rich winning £5 or £10 per day, but it sure beats losing, &, you know, it adds up over the weeks, months & years.
22nd November
£3.30, P4, W3, L1
£5.50, P2, W1, L1
£11,00, P0, W0, L0
TOTAL for the session, P6, W4, L2 = 67%
TOTAL for the Month, P41, W29, L12, = 71%
Opening Balance - £1,460.68
Closing Balance = £1,464.48
Profit/Loss for Session = £3.80
Profit/Loss for November £121.93
Another very short session, just 6 games. Had planned to play 20 or 30, but decided to de-reg after the first 6, as I was not feeling it. The idea was 60 games yesterday & today, so I could wrap up the 100 Game Challenge thing, but that's out of the window now, & will take a few more days to complete.
Still, 4 from 6 is not so bad. The profit was laughably small - £3.80 - but a profit is a profit, & that is now 5 winning sessions in a row, so I'm very very happy with that.
23rd November
£3.30, P5, W3, L2
£5.50, P3, W2, L1
£11,00, P1, W1, L0
TOTAL for the session, P9, W6, L3 = 67%
TOTAL for the Month, P50, W35, L15, = 70%
Opening Balance - £1,464.48
Closing Balance = £1,478.48
Profit/Loss for Session = £14.00
Profit/Loss for November £135.93
Another short session, just 9 games, won 6.
Threw away the very last game with a really weak, bad, play, which put me in a bad spot where I had to gamble, (fail) on the exit hand.
That apart, in the other 8 games, I would not play a single hand differently.
Clean sweep, too, won @ all 3 Levels (£3.30, £5.50 & £11), & that makes it 6 winning sessions out of 6 in November.
Am still running embarrassingly well, but it'll turn soon enough.
In the very first game I got one-outered to leave me with 240 chips in Level One, but somehow scratched & fiddled my way to a rather fortunate win.
All good, though the downturn must be coming down the road any day now.
Great fun.
24th November
£3.30, P7, W7, L0
£5.50, P2, W1, L1
£11,00, P1, W0, L1
TOTAL for the session, P10, W8, L2 = 80%
TOTAL for the Month, P60, W43, L17, = 72%
Opening Balance - £1,478.48
Closing Balance = £1,485.38
Profit/Loss for Session = £6.90
Profit/Loss for November £142.83
BOOM!
Last night was my 7th winning session on the bounce, though the amounts won have been very small. It all adds up though. Can't beat a bit of run-good.
Bit bizarre to win 8 out of 10 @ £3.30, £5.50 & £11 & only win £7 quid though. Played 2 @ £5.50, broke even (after reg fee), but the key moment last night was losing the £11er, the only one I played.
We were 4 handed, jod67 had over 6,000 chips, & we three had around 2,000 each, so it was nip & tuck.
Anyone who has played jod67 will know he is a bit of an unconventional player.....personally, I play very cagey against him, as he is unpredictable, & has his own ideas about starting hands. Very much a pre-flop "station", too, never ever folds, & bets every street.
Anyway, jod had half the chips in play & was just potting it pre every hand, quite reasonably. (I'd have almost sat out in his spot, but thats another story).
So, I find A-K-Q-2, DS, & I can never be in terrible shape here. Jod is SB & pots it, I was in the BB & so I went for it & re-potted. I knew he'd call, of course, so maybe an unwise play on my part.
He showed up with the no-low-tastic Q-J-7-7! Yikes. Anyway, he flopped trip jacks, & turned quads for good meaure. GG me, & £11 down the swanee.
I sort of thought afterwards I should have kept out of his way, but that's silly really. Just one of those things, but it produced a £20 negative swing on the night's numbers.
Anyway, I can't complain with the run-good I've had in November.
See you tonight.
I thought I never had any readers left, as I sort of abandoned the Diary whilst I was AWOL & unwell, & once you stop updating it daily, the readers melt away. So, thank you for posting, am pleased I still have at least one reader!
Will PLO8 ever be shown on 861?
No idea, but somehow, I'd not bet on it.
Every now & then they tell me they are working on a PLO "Console", which is needed to show the 4 card game, but then it goes all quiet again.
I saw a prototype of the PLO Console for 861 recently, it was quite good, but in PLO8, you need a LOT of graphics, & the screen gets a bit "crowded", so I'll be pleasantly surprised if PLO8 is ever shown on 861.
Shame really, it's such a lovely game.
If you want any tips on how to play PLO8, ask away, & I'll try to explain. It's a LOVELY game, it really is.