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Diary of a fledgling player

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  • truly56truly56
    edited April 2014
    Hi Peter, You were my lucky charm yesterday, i played the 1.10 deepsatake at 7.45 and was 4th, lets hope this ends my bad run. thank you peter. You be lucky. Take care. From truly56
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  • peter27peter27
    edited April 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Hi Peter, You were my lucky charm yesterday, i played the 1.10 deepsatake at 7.45 and was 4th, lets hope this ends my bad run. thank you peter. You be lucky. Take care. From truly56
    Posted by truly56
    Delighted I could help! ;-) x
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  • peter27peter27
    edited April 2014
    Day 132 (Friday)

    Played 5 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 5th, 4th, 5th, 1st, 1st)

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 41
    Cashes: 25
    Fails: 16

    Balance now £118.90.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited April 2014
    Day 133 (Sunday)

    Played 6 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 5th, 2nd, 1st, 5th, 3rd, 3rd)

    Day 134 (Monday - a terrible day!!)

    Played 6 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 5th, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 4th)

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 53
    Cashes: 30
    Fails: 23

    Balance now dropped considerably to £109.30. We all have bad days occasionally, it is important that I have a profitable day next time I play though!
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Had a few days away from poker, but now back and raring to go! :-)
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 135 (Tuesday)

    Played 14 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 2nd, 4th, 1st, 4th, 1st, 4th, 1st, 5th, 5th) ..

    .. they were my first nine results. Stood at 4 cashes, 5 fails - quickly realised that is just wasn't working. After going back an analysing my play I came to the conclusion that I was playing WAY too loose. I decided to tighten up:

    (rest of the results: 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd) - yep, 100% cashes! I find it incredible that such a small tweak could be the difference between success and failure - poker is an incredible game. It is also justification for me that I can be a good player when I'm fully concentrating on my play :-)

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 67
    Cashes: 39
    Fails: 28

    Balance now £117.10. Really want to push on past £125 now!
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  • GaryLaudGaryLaud
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Day 135 (Tuesday) Played 14 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 2nd, 4th, 1st, 4th, 1st, 4th, 1st, 5th, 5th) .. .. they were my first nine results. Stood at 4 cashes, 5 fails - quickly realised that is just wasn't working. After going back an analysing my play I came to the conclusion that I was playing WAY too loose. I decided to tighten up: (rest of the results: 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd) - yep, 100% cashes! I find it incredible that such a small tweak could be the difference between success and failure - poker is an incredible game. It is also justification for me that I can be a good player when I'm fully concentrating on my play :-) Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge Played : 67 Cashes : 39 Fails : 28 Balance now £117.10. Really want to push on past £125 now!
    Posted by peter27
    YO! Good work Peter

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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : YO! Good work Peter
    Posted by GaryLaud
    Thanks Gary!

    I realise I have yet to get round to your private message by the way - I have read them but have not had a chance to respond yet, will try today :-)
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  • CraigSG1CraigSG1
    edited May 2014
    Well done Peter. I'm not sure if you saw it but Ross Jarvis and Ric Orford did a whole hour on DYM play. Try find it on YouTube or look out for it being repeated. Should help you a lot.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Well done Peter. I'm not sure if you saw it but Ross Jarvis and Ric Orford did a whole hour on DYM play. Try find it on YouTube or look out for it being repeated. Should help you a lot.
    Posted by CraigSG1
    I did see that, and was one of the people who originally requested it :-)

    Many thanks for the tip though, very thoughtful.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 136 (Wednesday)

    Played 13 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 2nd, 5th, 1st, 4th, 4th, cashed, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 3rd)

    One result is just "cashed" as I disconnected and am not sure which position I finished in, balance went up however :-)

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 80
    Cashes: 47
    Fails: 33

    Balance now £122.89. Balance going up slowly but surely!
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Just realised I forgot to add on my Heads-Up results from yesterday (as part of Larson's on-going forum competition)

    Played 3 x £1 Heads-Up (results: 1st, 2nd, 2nd)

    Balance was correct however.
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  • ff55hhff55hh
    edited May 2014
    Get researching for the F1 this week!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Get researching for the F1 this week!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted by ff55hh
    Haha, I literally just posted my bets ;-)
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 137 (Thursday)

    Thought I would post yesterday's results while I am waiting for the first practice session to start ahead of this weekend's Spanish GP.

    Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd)
    Played 4 x £1 Russian Roulette (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st)
    Played 4 x £1 Heads-Up (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd)
    Played 1 x £12K Super Sat (result: didn't qualify)

    Diversified my games yesterday. Played the Russian Roulette games because I saw a Sky Poker regular sitting at the table (Lambert180) and fancied a few hands with him, and the Heads-Up battles were part of Larson's forum competition - both those went down pretty horrifically!

    However I more than made up for it through the DYM's, 9/10 cashes - my best ever run over 10 games!

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 90
    Cashes: 56
    Fails: 34

    Balance now £133.69, starting to make some progress again. Will update the first post now.
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  • GaryLaudGaryLaud
    edited May 2014
    9/10 is really good going, however, I looks like at best you managed five in a row. Try aiming for 6 & 7 in a row! my personal record is seven, back in the days when I was good at them!
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    9/10 is really good going, however, I looks like at best you managed five in a row. Try aiming for 6 & 7 in a row! my personal record is seven, back in the days when I was good at them!
    Posted by GaryLaud
    I have been thinking about this lately, my best is 7. I talked to one of the DYM regulars on Sky Poker though and he says his best is 13!! O_O
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  • alex1229alex1229
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : I have been thinking about this lately, my best is 7. I talked to one of the DYM regulars on Sky Poker though and he says his best is 13!! O_O
    Posted by peter27
    Ive done 14 on the spin before all £5.50 those stakes the play is so poor! you cant lose !
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : Ive done 14 on the spin before all £5.50 those stakes the play is so poor! you cant lose !
    Posted by alex1229
    I've heard many people say that the £5.50 games are easier than the £3.30 games - doesn't make sense really, but if the next level is going to be easier, I'm not complaining!! :-)
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 138 (Friday)

    Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 4th, 5th)

    Not the best end to my 100 DYM challenge, 4 cashes, 6 losses ..

    Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge

    Played: 100
    Cashes: 60
    Fails: 40

    Being ultra competitive, I couldn't leave it like that though, so I played four more:

    Played 4 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 5th, 1st, 4th, 2nd)

    Yeah ... it didn't help. I guess it just wasn't my day!

    Anyway, my balance is now £123.49. The plan now is to move up to the £5.50 level. Ideally I would like to spend more time at £3.30 to increase the bankroll a little bit, but with the 6-Max UKPC Challenge going on, and with only tournaments that have a minimum buy-in of £5.50 counting - I don't want to wait.

    However, I want to fully concentrate on this promotion, so I will only be one-tabling. Also, as soon as my balance drops below £100, I will drop back down to £3.30 to follow some sort of bankroll management.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 139 (Saturday)

    ... ugh!

    Played 3 x £5.50 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 5th, 6th)

    Well that was pretty horrific ..

    Not entirely sure what to do now, I am very keen to move up but I guess I have to now stay at the £3.30 level. Very open to suggestions at this point! Balance is £106.99.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Just played two more and came 6th & 4th, starting to get very frustrated ..

    I feel like I'm playing well, keep not hitting anything at all however :/
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    poker0007 Small blind   150.00 150.00 2205.00
    peter27 Big blind   300.00 450.00 1780.00
      Your hole cards
    • A
    • Q
    		     
    zammo1969 Call   300.00 750.00 4640.00
    Scratville Fold        
    poker0007 Fold        
    peter27 All-in   1780.00 2530.00 0.00
    zammo1969 Call   1780.00 4310.00 2860.00
    peter27 Show
    • A
    • Q
    		     
    zammo1969 Show
    • A
    • J
    		     
    Flop
       
    • 9
    • 10
    • 5
    		     
    Turn
       
    • 2
    		     
    River
       
    • J
    		     
    zammo1969 Win Pair of Jacks 4310.00   7170.00
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited May 2014
    I think you should stay at £3.30 for now, build up your roll a bit more then take shots at £5.50. After the 9/10 run you had, would probably of continued a bit more

    Your unfortunate losses just un ravels your hard work a little but it aint over.

    Keep it up. Anything come through re: F1
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    I think you should stay at £3.30 for now, build up your roll a bit more then take shots at £5.50. After the 9/10 run you had, would probably of continued a bit more Your unfortunate losses just un ravels your hard work a little but it aint over. Keep it up. Anything come through re: F1
    Posted by Tahtrizzle
    I probably should, but I do feel a little bored of the DYM's now in all honesty :/

    In terms of the F1 betting, I did recently win £75 for Mercedes winning the first five races which was nice :-)
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Took a break from playing over my birthday weekend, but I'm back now and decided to play some MTT's yesterday:

    Day 140 (Monday)

    Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th, only the top five cashed though)
    Played 1 x £2.30 Speed B/Hunter (result: 11th, 0 heads)
    Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: 5th for £8.92)

    Balance now £97.11.

    Not really sure what the plan is from this point on, but for now I will just be playing whatever I fancy (low stake though, always using BRM).
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 141 (Tuesday)

    Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out early)
    Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: 12th - didn't cash)
    Played 2 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 4th, 7th - didn't qualify either time)
    Played 3 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 3rd, 4th)

    Really not playing good poker right now, not sure if it is because I'm losing money and unconfident or because I feel very ill - really not sure where to go from here.

    Balance is now £81.81, will update the first post now.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 142 (Wednesday)

    Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 2nd for £17)

    First cash in an MTT for a long time! Was quite satisfying, ran well & played well - now I need to build on this success.

    Balance now £96.61, will update the first post now.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    Day 143 (Friday)

    Didn't play at all on Thursday, but Friday:

    Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th - needed top 6 to cash)

    Got to say, I've been doing quite well in that tournament lately! Played it three times in the last week and finished 8th, 2nd & 8th. From fields of 35-50, that's quite good! Maybe I'm finding a form of poker I'm very suited too? Although I have to admit, I do get a little bored in them sometimes, I just prefer turbo-style events.

    I also played a little cash poker when I was bored last night! Started on £4, and did hit £6.50 at one point, but eventually finished my session on £4.81.

    Balance now £93.02.
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  • GaryLaudGaryLaud
    edited May 2014
    Peter,
    Have you considered giving the freerolls a shot? There are three £20gtd FR's held every morning at 10, 12n, 2pm and another one at 1am and 6-6:30am. all of these only require 10ppts to buy in and are hyper turbo's with 3min blinds, 2000 chip starting stacks. Usually on Saturday afternoon's there is a Social Freeroll but today it's not in the lobby as I look at 12:50pm, so I doubt it's going ahead. When it does run usually held at 3pm, but I cannot remember the structure TBF.
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  • peter27peter27
    edited May 2014
    In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player:
    Peter, Have you considered giving the freerolls a shot? There are three £20gtd FR's held every morning at 10, 12n, 2pm and another one at 1am and 6-6:30am. all of these only require 10ppts to buy in and are hyper turbo's with 3min blinds, 2000 chip starting stacks. Usually on Saturday afternoon's there is a Social Freeroll but today it's not in the lobby as I look at 12:50pm, so I doubt it's going ahead. When it does run usually held at 3pm, but I cannot remember the structure TBF.
    Posted by GaryLaud
    I used to play the freerolls a lot when I was between £10-20, but the fields are usually really big with prizes fairly low so I don't really feel like it is worth my time at this bankroll. Could just play a DYM instead.

    I do play the social freeroll when I get time though, prize pool is usually fairly substantial. I'm pretty sure I saw an advert for it on twitter today, so I think it did happen. Would still be going on probably.
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