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Diary of a fledgling player

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  • edited January 2014
    Also, here's something I wanted to share, only my second ever :-)
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    peter27 Small blind   15.00 15.00 2025.00
    sauron380 Big blind   30.00 45.00 1930.00
      Your hole cards
    • 7
    • 6
         
    jimmyyyy Call   30.00 75.00 2380.00
    fatsNgemz Fold        
    GW279 Fold        
    micfin Call   30.00 105.00 2030.00
    peter27 Call   15.00 120.00 2010.00
    sauron380 Check        
    Flop
       
    • 8
    • 10
    • J
         
    peter27 Bet   60.00 180.00 1950.00
    sauron380 Call   60.00 240.00 1870.00
    jimmyyyy Call   60.00 300.00 2320.00
    micfin Fold        
    Turn
       
    • 9
         
    peter27 Bet   150.00 450.00 1800.00
    sauron380 Call   150.00 600.00 1720.00
    jimmyyyy All-in   2320.00 2920.00 0.00
    peter27 All-in   1800.00 4720.00 0.00
    sauron380 Fold        
    jimmyyyy Unmatched bet   370.00 4350.00 370.00
    peter27 Show
    • 7
    • 6
         
    jimmyyyy Show
    • 9
    • Q
         
    River
       
    • 9
         
    peter27 Win Straight Flush to the 10 4350.00   4350.00
  • edited January 2014
    Day ?? + 6

    Didn't play that much today, but had a very profitable evening! Decided to play the mini tonight - it's outside my bankroll but I'm playing very well at the moment so I decided to take a shot - turned out to be a good thing to do!

    Played 1 x £2000 Mini B/H (result: 44th for £7.22, also got £6.24 in head prizes)
    Played 2 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 3rd, 3rd)

    Those DYM results mean I am currently on a 9-game DYM win streak :-)

    Exit hand from the Mini below, just got unlucky sadly!
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    peter27 Small blind   600.00 600.00 11803.32
    thechancer Big blind   1200.00 1800.00 30305.00
      Your hole cards
    • A
    • A
         
    Tiger125 Call   1200.00 3000.00 30731.87
    ritabeater Fold        
    Saltburnjo Fold        
    peter27 All-in   11803.32 14803.32 0.00
    thechancer Fold        
    Tiger125 Call   11203.32 26006.64 19528.55
    peter27 Show
    • A
    • A
         
    Tiger125 Show
    • K
    • A
         
    Flop
       
    • 5
    • K
    • 10
         
    Turn
       
    • K
         
    River
       
    • 8
         
    Tiger125 Win Three Kings 26006.64   45535.19
    Balance now £70.27, will update the first post now :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Hi Peter

    Keeping going at the 3.30s you are doing extremely well at them, just stay off my table lol
  • edited January 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Hi Peter Keeping going at the 3.30s you are doing extremely well at them, just stay off my table lol
    Posted by stuarty117
    No, you stay off my table! :p
  • edited January 2014
    Added a 2014 targets section to the first post!
  • edited January 2014
    Day ?? + 7

    Didn't play that much today, but still had a profitable day :D

    Played 1 x £400 Bounty Hunter (result: 44th/376 - top 40 cashed annoyingly, but I did take £3.18 in head prizes)
    Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 2nd)

    Also "officially" played in the Sky Bet Freeroll but wasn't at the computer at the time to actually play .. still managed to finish 284th out of 639 players!

    Balance now £73.85 and my DYM win streak is now 10 games. Anyone know what the record is?

    Will update the first post now!
  • edited January 2014
    Hi Mate

    just checked scope and the best this year is 19 in row, you must be joint 20th with 10.

    But I remember it was a lot higher than that at the end of last year maybe in the 20s or 30s.

    Good luck
  • edited January 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Hi Mate just checked scope and the best this year is 19 in row, you must be joint 20th with 10. But I remember it was a lot higher than that at the end of last year maybe in the 20s or 30s. Good luck
    Posted by stuarty117
    Where do you see this information? I see the DYM leaderboard, but not wins in a row?
  • edited January 2014
    EDIT: I found it!

    Stuarty - we are both at the bottom of the leaderboard for profit in 2014 for DYM's at the $2-$5 level :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day ?? + 8 (yesterday)

    Once again, I didn't play too much, but still came out with a profit!

    Played 3 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 6th, 1st) - sadly this means my win streak is over!
    Played 1 x Cash Giveaway (result: 250th for £5)

    Then decided to take that free £5 and take a shot at a DYM:

    Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 2nd) :-)

    Balance at the end of the day was £79.45, will update the first post now. Not sure if I'm going to get to play much the next week or so, don't be alarmed if there are no updates :p
  • edited January 2014
    I haven't played since my last update, been very busy! Will probably be the same until Wednesday next week to be honest - might try fit in a few DYM's if I get the chance :-)

    I did receive £14.53 in Sky Poker Rewards though! Will update the first post now :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day ?? + 9

    Managed to play one quick £3 DYM today, was the bubble boy in 4th :-(

    For those who don't know, I'm busy for the next week or so, but will be back regularly on Wednesday.

    BIG NEWS: I CAN now see page 13 of my diary again :D
  • edited January 2014
    Day ?? + 10 (yesterday, Saturday)

    Managed to play a little yesterday!

    Played 4 x £3 DYM's (results: 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 4th)

    Break even essentially, minus rake of course!

    Balance now £89.48. Will update the first post and sort out the day numbering when I get more time next week :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Okay guys,

    I'm back in business and will be playing again from tomorrow :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day 80

    Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: 25th with top 11 paid, amazingly no heads either ..)*
    Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 4th) - taking a shot!
    Played 5 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 3rd, 5th)

    Balance took a slight hit today, down to £82.18. I'm sure it's only going to be a few days until I hit three figures though - feeling good!

    Will update the first page now :-)

    * Got it in with KK pre (had a dwindling stack). Came up against QQ and 88 - sadly the QQ made trips.

    Hmmm, for some reason my poker points of dropped by 1000, not really sure why - but I don't use them anyway so not too fussed!
  • edited January 2014
    Day 82

    Played 1 x £10K BH Direct (result: 2nd -> qualified!)
    Played 2 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 1st)
    Played 1 x £10,000 B/Hunter (result: knocked out after 30 minutes ..)
    Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out after 5 minutes ..)

    A really frustrating day, seem to be doing poorly in MTT's of late. It's not even that I'm running badly or getting out-drawn. However when I have a good hand, everyone folds, and when I try bluff, I run into something good .. how annoying! Perhaps I should take a break from MTT's tomorrow and focus on STT's to build the balance back up.

    Now at £78.75.
  • edited January 2014
    Day 83

    A healthy profit today!

    Played 6 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 2nd)
    Played 1 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (result: 1st with £16.20 in head prizes .. knocked out 4/5 opponents!)

    Balance now £95.85, gonna hit three figures tomorrow hopefully! Will update the first post now :-)
  • edited January 2014

    nice going Peter,

    hope you hit the £100 tomorrow mate,
    run good
    dev
  • edited January 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    nice going Peter, hope you hit the £100 tomorrow mate, run good dev
    Posted by devonfish5
    Thanks devonfish, me too haha! :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day 84 (yesterday)

    Made one attempt to qualify for the main event yesterday and didn't manage it. That ultimately meant I ended the day on a small loss.

    Played 1 x £20K Early Sat (result: didn't qualify, out-drawn)
    Played 1 x Speed B/Hunter (result: 12th, didn't cash but took three heads for £2.82)*
    Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 3rd)

    Balance now £93.77, will update the first post now.

    * I was running really well in this tournament until a pot where I lost a lot of chips .. looking for feedback on the hand so check out my thread in the poker clinic here if you get time :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day 85 (yesterday)

    Was running terribly the early part of yesterday, worse than I ever have before! The first two DYM's I played of the day were running side by side .. I made straights in both on my first and second hands of the tournament respectively. However they were beaten by Quads on one table and a Full house on the other, big sigh!

    Nevertheless, I managed to turn it round towards the end of the day! Still ended the day with a small loss though.

    Played 9 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 1st, 3rd, 1st)
    Played 1 x £5K BH Micro Sat (result: 4th, needed top 2!)
    Played 1 x £100 Freezeout (result: 40th - got it in pre with KK, beat by a raggy ace that hit).

    Balance is now £90.37, will update the first post now.
  • edited January 2014
    Warning: rage post!

    ARGH variance!! The funny thing is that I'm running really well in terms of my hole cards but I keep getting out flop, turn and rivered!! I figure posting here about it is better than tilting on the tables ..
  • edited January 2014
    Peter, it happens:P

    Once the bankroll gets to £200 what games are you going to play then?

    And what is the target in relation to your bankroll?
  • edited January 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Peter, it happens:P Once the bankroll gets to £200 what games are you going to play then? And what is the target in relation to your bankroll?
    Posted by LARSON7
    The bankroll is currently closer to £50 :/

    The plan is to start playing the £5 level at £125 then I would probably move up to the £10 level at £250.

    I don't really have a target as such, but if I ever reach £1000 then I would withdraw £500 and then my next withdrawal would come at a large sum (maybe £2500 or £5000) - this will take a LONG time though haha
  • edited January 2014
    Balance has taken a considerable hit since my last update ..

    Day 86
    (Tuesday)

    Played 5 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 8th, 13th, 4th - qualified, 18th, 15th)
    Played 1 x £5K Open All-In (result: didn't qualify)
    Played 1 x £5 Turbo Open (result: out after 45 minutes)
    Played 1 x £750 BH Direct (result: 11th)

    Day 87 (Yesterday)

    Played 1 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (result: 2nd with 0 heads - kind of annoying)
    Played 15 x £3 Double Your Money with the following results:

    1st x 2
    2nd x 1
    3rd x 3
    4th x 3
    5th x 3
    6th x 3

    Balance now £55.47, will update the first post now.

    Apart from an unusual losing day on the DYM's yesterday, the thing that seems to be hampering my balance most is the satellites. So I have decided that I will now only play a maximum of two satellites on both Tuesday & Thursday for the main events (my favourite ones of the week). However, if I do qualify for an event, I will go up to a maximum of three satellites as it's a good way to earn some extra cash!
  • edited January 2014
    Have you got any stats on your sat record?

    Make a decision on whether it is worth playing them based on hard facts (+EV or -EV) not your feeling about them which will be coloured by the emotion of recent results.
  • edited January 2014
    Big post here as I've been pretty busy the last few days!

    Day 88 (Thursday)

    Played 3 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 2nd, 3rd)

    Day 89 (Friday)

    My friend was round my house so we played some random games together:

    Played 1 x 50p Six-Max (Speed) (result: 1st)
    Played 1 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 5th)
    Played 1 x 30p Double Your Money (result: 3rd)
    Played 1 x 60p Turbo DYM (result: 4th)
    Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 6th)

    Day 90 (Yesterday)

    Balance was dwindling so decided to focus mainly on six-max events, because that's what got my balance up in the first place.

    Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 3rd, 1st, 5th, 2nd, 4th)
    Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 6th)

    Balance currently £45.82, will update the first post now! Balance does seem to be drastically dropping, but I'm fairly confident that I am playing well, just keep getting out-drawn really :/
  • edited January 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Have you got any stats on your sat record? Make a decision on whether it is worth playing them based on hard facts (+EV or -EV) not your feeling about them which will be coloured by the emotion of recent results.
    Posted by Phantom66
    No stats as such, however I am about 95% certain they are my biggest form of profit in poker :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day 91 (yesterday)

    Not much to say really, as I played in yesterday was the PS4 freeroll. Finished in 276th and obviously didn't cash. I shoved 77 pre-flop against a bigstack bully who was consistently 3xing pre-flop. I figured he was playing very loose and the chances are that he didn't have anything. Unfortunately for me, he had a raggy ace - and hit the ace.

    Balance remains the same!

    I'm not entirely sure how much I can play today as I start a new job! I begin work at the very precise time of 12:08 .. (seriously!). Maybe I will play some games this evening if I get time though :-)
  • edited January 2014
    Day 92

    ... and I'm not dead, I just haven't been able to play much due to my work schedule being quite hectic.

    Did get some time to play today however:

    Played 1 x £12K Sky BH Early Sat (result: 2nd, qualified!)

    Customer care then moved me into the 6PM semi by request (rather than the 3PM semi that I qualified for)

    Played 1 x £12K Sky BH Semi (result: 106th) ..
    Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 4th)

    Not the greatest record, but I do feel like I am playing well, just need to grow my balance a little. It now stands at £45.22. Hard to believe I was at £200 at one point ..

    Will update the first post now.
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