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2015 Opening Balance = £1,520.48
20th January.
£3.30, P0, W0
£5.50, P22 W13
£11, P5 W3
Total = P27, W16, L11
Profit/Loss on day £14.00
Month to date;
£3.30, P25, W14 (56%)
£5.50, P 191, W109 (57%)
£11, P 55, W31 (56%)
Total, P271, W154, Game-Count 57%
Closing balance £1,571.54
Profit/Loss on Month £51.06
Profit/Loss per game = £0.19
60% still looks pretty good Tikay. Onwards and upwards!
Used to like reading the forum posts in the mornings, but don't bother anymore, apart from this one obv :-)
Heaven knows what a new player must make of it all after hearing so much of the great community on the show.
Cutting down on the DYM's for a while and trying a few cheap PLO8 mtt's in the evenings, just for a change.
So, yesterday's session.
After Monday's bloodbath, I was curiously nervous & lacking confidence. Which is pretty dumb, really. I've played the game for 15 years, can roll with the punches, handle them beats, & am playing £5 & £10 games from a £1,500+ roll, all of which I won playing these DYM's. And yet, one bad night & my head is in tatters. It's ridic, really.
Anyway, it went ok-ish, & I turned a small profit, so that felt better. In fact, as the session went on, I felt more & more confident, & the cards seem to start falling nicely, too. I do need to improve a few things though, the results are just not good enough.
My last session tonight for a few days. Doing the Show tomorrow, am unavailable Friday & Saturday, & might just play the UKIPT PLO @ The Hippodrome on Sunday. Lol @ me fretting about £5 DYM's, then considering playing a £220 Live Event stuffed full of Pros & Grinders. I must be mad.
Will play again on Monday, do the Show on Tuesday, then maybe play the GUKPT 4/5/6 PLO @ The Vic on Thursday which is a £165 Single Re-Entry, so will play a bit fast early. That'll be another £330 then.
I've not played "Live" for months, & I miss the feel of riffling chips, & the "snap-snap-snap" or real playing cards.
Meanwhile, I'll have a little fret about tonight's £5 & £10 DYM's.
Epic scenes, it's complete madness.
Thanks lads, appreciate the Posts, never realised anyone still read this Diary.
Anyway......
"_kagawa" has been playing some of the PLO8 jobbies, he's a cracking lad, very amiable & pleasant, & has a great game. Think he's usually a HU player, but good to see him here.
Another player joined us late last week, too, new to Sky Poker I think. Won't name him, as we have not spoke (he does not respond in the chat-box) so it's a bit indiscrete to give the game away.
He was a bit wobbly at first, but since then he has battered the Tables. He must be winning close to 70% of his games.
And he does everything just right, never ever limps beyond Level 3 or 4, & his ranges are impeccable. Very hard to beat, & another welcome addition.
The more of these guys the better, imo.
"Eon", the oldest player on Sky Poker, has been in amazing form, too, might just br the most improved PLO8 player on Sky Poker in the last year.
Even MOTHER has been beating the Tables up.
All good to see. Except MOTHER, obv.
Inbetween pouring Calamine lotion over my head, I might just try to find the time to play properly and get right on your wick!
Nice to see you posting again Tikay. Look forward to seeing you on the tables this evening.
Run well at the live events, not this evening obviously, I'd like to have a winning session!
I have sent you a pm on an unrelated matter rather than clog up your thread with such things.
Cheers
Tuney
Calamine lotion, there's a memory from my childhood.
I was allergic to all sorts of bites & stings, & was forever covered in calamine lotion.
I was 7 before I realised that it was not my natural skin colour.
Love pink, me.
Thanks Tuney,
Have replied.
"I was 71 before I realised that it was not my natural skin colour".
Onwards and upwards!
Quick (welll not so quick) story about variance, as it seems topical right now.
A few kindly souls explained the "clusters" (of variance/luck) theory on here the other day.
I do a bit of betting. Not big, usually average £20 or £30, but make around 4% over a 4,000 bet size sample, so it does not cost me anything except time, I make a little bit of money, but mainly, I enjoy that betting buzz. Exactly what I enjoy aboiut poker actually, the buzz. There is a buzz every hand we are dealt, every street.
Anyway, SPT-Rich, aka Tighty, gives me most of my bets. (I never pick the bets). He is an abso genuis on NFL for example. (SPAM ALERT - he will be on the Super Bowl Betting Preview next Tuesday on 861, alongside Mr Ambo).
So, in last weeks Golf from Dubai, we were on Kaymer to win, at 14/1. Its a 4 day affair, so you get a nice long sweat for your money.
It was Televised Live, & was on Sky Sports on Sunday morning.
Kaymer was about 8 shots clear starting his final round, so I had 5 hours to cheer him, & my 14/1 bet, home.
He then birdied 4 of the first 5 holes. BOOMIO.
Soon, he was 1.01 on Betfair.
And then, somehow, he managed to implode, & lost the thing, not even pipped on the post, he effectively lost wth 2 holes to spare. Never mind, next case.
In the evening, I had Green Bay Packers to win the NFL "semi-Final" (Conference Final) to get into the Super Bowl.
4 long months ago, Tighty gave me Green Bay Packers, & we've sweated it every single week, huge fun. The Packers were huge dogs on Sunday, but no matter, we were EW.
As a bonus, we had them to win the Super Bowl, too, also at fancy prices, 16/1 I seem to recall.
Finally, we had a little bet on "UNDER 45 points".
Remarkably, Packers took the lead early, increased it, increased it, & increased it again. Wowzer. They led after the 1st, 2nd & 3rd quarters, & were comfortably ahead with 3 minutes remaining. Once again, we had 14/1 about a 1.01 (1/100) shot on Betfair.
After a series of errors, bad errors, in the last 2 or 3 minutes, Packers managed to lose.
So, in ONE day, I had 2 x 14/1 shots, both trading @ 1.01, & both lost. Not something that we see very often, that, never mind happen to us. C'est la Vie. Both were EW, so I made a bit of money in both cases, but I left a bit on the table, too.....
But wait - I had that "UNDER 45 points" bet, too. The score at the end of regular time was.....22-22, so 44 points. BOOOOOOOMIO, we are out of it.
No no no. In NFL - unlike Football - "overtime" COUNTS for Total Points. And to win in Overtime, someone HAS to score. So the 44 point scoreline has to be exceeded. And so that bet went down the pan, too.
Welcome to clusters.
Stevie Wonder says, "Not too bad, the latest album has gone into the top 10, so all in all I think it is pretty good. By the way how is the golf."
Nicklaus replies: "Not too bad, I am not winning as much as I used to but I'm still making a bit of money. I have some problems with my swing but I think I've got that right now."
"I always find that when my swing goes wrong I need to stop playing for a while and think about it, then the next time I play it seems to be all right," says Stevie.
"You play golf!?" asks Jack.
Stevie says, "Yes, I have been playing for years."
"But I thought you were blind; how can you play golf if you are blind?" Jack asks.
" I get my caddie to stand in the middle of the fairway and he calls to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him, then when I get to where the ball lands the caddie moves to the green or further down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his voice," explains Stevie.
"But how do you putt?" Nicklaus wondered.
"Well," says Stevie, "I get my caddie to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball to the sound of his voice."
Nicklaus says, "What is your handicap?"
"Well, I play off scratch," Stevie assures Jack.
Nicklaus is incredulous and says to Stevie, "We must play a game sometime."
Wonder replies, "Well, people don't take me seriously so I only play for money, and I never play for less than $100,000 a hole."
Nicklaus thinks it over and says, "OK, I'm up for that. When would you like to play?"
"I don't care - any night next week is OK with me."
With the exception of a couple of national disasters, I never run out of Twiglets. We usually get them by the boxful from a cash and carry, but I am prone to the odd supermarket panic multi-buy too.
You can never have enough Twiglets. And clean Knickers.
Was unable to play much the last week, what with work & other stuff, but I've had a few sessions, so I'd best Post some numbers & get up to date.