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That being said, I do respect your experience, and would like to get more detail on why you think this way. With reference to the previous hand, I knew from the way the table was playing that any raise I made would result in all the money going in .. I chose the lazy option and min raised to achieve this.
Though we ain't privy to table flow and dynamic so if it was done purposely to GII then fair enough. 3bet jamming and maximising fold equity, whilst also keeping your range as wide as possible, might be worth considering.
DYM's
Played: 7
Cashed: 5 (1st x 4, 2nd x 1)
Lost: 2 (4th x 1, 5th x 1)
Total Staked: £385
Total Won: £500
Profit: £115
MTT's
Played: 3
Cashed: 2 (3rd x 1, 27th x 1)
Lost: 1 (71st x 1)
Total Staked: £30.70
Total Won: £106.18
Profit: £75.48
Total Profit: £115 + £75.48 = £190.48
One was the £20K Billionth FR, and the other was the £10k Bounty Hunter (which I got free entry to because of a competition I won ages ago, thanks to Tikay for sorting that out).
I may not have cashed, but I did take one head to net a profit of £14.06
DYM's
Played: 7
Cashed: 5 (1st x 4, 2nd x 1)
Lost: 2 (4th x 1, 5th x 1)
Total Staked: £385
Total Won: £500
Profit: £115
MTT's
Played: 5
Cashed: 2 (3rd x 1, 27th x 1)
Lost: 3 (71st x 1, 121st x 1, 1519th x 1)
Total Staked: £30.70
Total Won: £120.24
Profit: £89.54
Total Profit: £115 + £89.54 = £204.54
DYM's
Played: 7
Cashed: 5 (1st x 4, 2nd x 1)
Lost: 2 (4th x 1, 5th x 1)
Total Staked: £385
Total Won: £500
Profit: £115
MTT's
Played: 6
Cashed: 3 (3rd x 1, 18th x 1, 27th x 1)
Lost: 3 (71st x 1, 121st x 1, 1519th x 1)
Total Staked: £33.90
Total Won: £132.48
Profit: £98.58
Total Profit: £115 + £98.58 = £213.58
Anyhow, I did find time to play a little over the last few days. I lost £22 in a bounty hunter and won in a £33 DYM.
In addition, I set myself the target of achieving the top 100 in this weeks "Mayhem Freerolls" competition. I played in today's tournament, and finished 8th for £30, taking five people out in the process - a good start.
Six more freerolls to go
Also played in the Mayhem Freeroll, finishing in 41st for £4, as well as taking three players out.
That takes my total bounties to 8 which I think is pretty good with five days left. The winner of the competition last week got 30 after the seven days.
It should be noted that someone amazingly got 17 bounties yesterday .. that makes it very hard for everyone else if we assume that person takes part in more of these freerolls.
Yesterday (Tuesday) he never got any heads, not even sure he played, but he's now in 2nd place, 8 Heads behind the new leader who has 25 Heads.
One swallow does not make a summer, & all that.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: Many.
- Rosberg will win the title easily.
- McLaren will continue to perform fairly poorly.
- Force India will become stronger and stronger as the season progresses, relative to competition.
- Same can be said for Manor.
All just predictions of course
I got knocked out after 30 minutes or so, with no heads. Disastrous for my hopes. I'll keep trying, but am less hopeful now. I guess that's why they call it mayhem ..
I did win a £55 Heads-Up SNG though, so not all bad.
Elsewhere, I played one £52.50 Heads-Up (Hyper), and won. I also entered tonight's main event (Bounty Hunter), and finished in 55th place, but I did take three heads to make a small profit.
As I was really trying hard to make an impact in the Mayhem Freeroll leaderboard, I'm quite disappointed, despite making a profit today. Poker is a strange game sometimes ..
Speaking of zero heads, I played in the main event tonight, and I did run fairly deep (finished 43rd), but didn't manage to take any heads, or make the cash. To be fair though, I played poorly tonight.
Also entered today's £3.5k Vegas Semi. Satellites are, hands down, my most profitable form of poker, and it's rare to see one on Sky Poker that has such a high buy-in (£83), so I decided to play. Pre-registered for the Vegas final too, so that if I did qualify, I'd get the cash, rather than the seat.
I managed to finish 11th in the Semi, to win a seat (£380), then withdrew from the final itself. While a trip to Vegas would be fantastic, and I will do it at some point, right now, I'm happy to take the profit.
Would love to hear more about your sports betting.
Do you do that full time, or is it just a sideline? And what got you into it.
Since the 2014 FIFA World Cup I have meticulously recorded every bet made. As things stand, I have made a profit of £4251.93, with a return on investment of 54.03%. I understand this is a very high percentage - even by professional gambler standards - either way, I'm happy with it. That's over a sample size of 650 bets by the way.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: If every race from now until the end of the season is wet, Lewis would become a clear title favourite. He's considerably stronger in the wet than Nico, and most other drivers on the F1 grid too actually.
Well done for the Rea bet!
I have noticed that Sky Poker are having a turbo weekend right now .. and turbo events are ones I enjoy, and usually do quite well in. One of my strongest forms of poker, along with satellites I would say. So this really is the perfect weekend for me to hit the tables again.
I'm going to spend the rest of the day playing, and hopefully I make some money at the end of it. Will try to post little updates every hour or so.
Starting Balance: £204.00
£100 Gtd (30 mins) - 3rd - £16.20
Current Balance: £206.10 + (£7.20 tournament registration)
Profit: £2.10 + (£7.20) = £9.30
S.S #10 Sat - 3rd- qualified for S.S #10 Semi.
£20 Gtd Scary - 9th.
Starting Balance: £204.00
Current Balance: £202.30 + (£7.20 tournament registration)
Profit: -1.70 + (£7.20) = £5.50
Small stakes so far, because it is mainly satellites I'm playing. This will obviously change dramatically as tonight's main events happen.
S.S #10 Direct Sat - 9th, no good.
This was the hand that did the damage in the S.S #10 Direct Sat:
Starting Balance: £204.00
Current Balance: £187.70 + (£7.20 tournament registration)
Loss: -16.30 + (£7.20) = - 9.10
Not going so well right now ..
S.S #10 Semi - 38th, same as above. Shoved <10BB's with 44, opponent had AJ, JJX on flop.
Starting Balance: £204.00
Current Balance: £129.10 + (£55.00 tournament registrations)
Loss: -74.90 + (£55.00) = £ - 19.90
Really not looking like my day today, but I'll plough on regardless. You never know when your luck could turn.
The £55 in tournament registrations are the Summer Series 10 (8PM UK time) and Summer Series 12 (9PM UK time) events which I have registered for.
Going to take a little break now until they kick off.
Summer Series 10 - 141st - card dead - exit hand below:
Hand that did the damage:
Current Balance: £129.10
Loss: £ - 74.90
With the blinds 25/50, I think the raise was okay, perhaps should have been bigger mind. However, I should have folded once the re-raise came in. Not sure why I called; stubborness?
Do you agree with my assessment?