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Another good day today and continued my epic run on the £1 Six-Max (Speed) tables!
Played 5 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 1st)
Played 2 x £1 DYM's (results: 4th, 1st)
Played 2 x £1 Heads-Up (Hyper) (results: 2nd, 1st)*
Played 1 x £1 Heads-Up (Speed) (result: 1st)
* Only play the HU Hyper games when I'm in the lobby, eager to play, and there are no other games ready to go!
Also played two MTT's: The £2.20 Deepstack tournament and the £250 Bounty Hunter (cost £2.30 to enter) - sadly I didn't cash in either.
Finished the day on £36.85, a profit from yesterday! First post to be updated now.
Have to admit, I had a great period today where I was running like god! Examples:
Good luck Peter
We're currently at the 1st tournament break and I'm 87th out of 239. Been a bit up and down so far, but I am slowly building so not going badly :-)
Jeez, I really hate that hand, must have gone all-in with it now about 50 times, and I've never won with it -.-
The other north east team, you mean scumderland?
A decent day today, here's what I played:
Played 1 x 50p Six-Max (Speed) (result: 4th)
Played 2 x £1 Heads-Up (results: 1st, 1st)
Played 7 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 1st, 3rd, 6th, 2nd, 1st, 6th, 2nd)*
Played 1 x £4K Open Super Sat (result: didn't qualify)
Played 1 x £4K Open All-In (result: 2nd -> qualified!)
Sadly I was not able to cash in the Turbo, went out with the hand I often go out with in MTT's ... AK. It is worth noting that I am now including the satellites I play as part of the diary, at the request of the people reading.
* Didn't have the best day on this type of STT today by my standards, but my record so far (on this type of table since I started the diary) is:
1st - 7 times
2nd - 5 times
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3rd - 1 times
4th - 1 times
5th - 0 times
6th - 2 times
Or in other words, cashed 12 out of 16 times. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think this record is amazing for standard STT's??
Anyway, finished today on £39.50. Time to break the £40 barrier tomorrow! Will update the first post now.
Another good day at the tables today for me - although didn't play too much, will be the same for the next few days actually.
Played 7 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) tournaments (results: 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 3rd, 3rd).
Played 2 x £4K Open All-In satellites -> didn't qualify in either, only 60p entry though.
Balance is now £42.60, next challenge is to beat the £50 barrier! First post will be updated now.
Again, didn't play too much today - will be the same for the next few days to be honest.
Played 6 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) tournaments (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 2nd*).
A lot of 2nd places and no wins today ... I had three bad beats when heads-up, it happens though - still in profit!
* Actually, I could have won this last game, disconnected as the chip leader with three people left (including myself) - I had double the stack of the player in second place too, so it was a comfortable lead. I also had good reads on my opponent!
Anyhow ended the day on £46.50, will update the first post now :-)
Also the 7:00 freeroll for the 9 o clock free roll worth a shot 2!
Normally i'm one of the first few out of these, but managed to gain a seat into the BH a couple of weeks ago, didn't cash in the BH, but take that down and you are quids in! Even a few bounties and a Min cash would double your bank roll.
Good luck
I do try play all the freerolls I can, the only issue is finding the time - but yeah, they're awesome for building a bankroll :-)
A decent amount of play today!
Played 5 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 2nd, 5th, 4th, 1st, 2nd)
Played 4 x £1 Russian Roulette (result: 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 2nd) - was on tilt with these, didn't work haha!
Played 1 x 10K BH All-In Sattelite (result: didn't qualify!)
Also entered The Social FR and the UKOPS FR - even though I didn't really have time to play. Just jammed in both early on for no reason and inevitably lost >.<
Also, in the list I missed out one £1 Six-Max (Speed) game. I entered it and got a phone call after two hands which meant I had to leave the computer, at that point there were still six people left. So when I came back to the computer, I had assumed that I lost my £1. As it turns out, I finished 2nd! Poker is a crazy game sometimes ...
Finished today on £48.60, once again in profit :-)
Will update the first post now!
You do see some infuriating bubble play sometimes, especially in the dyms so must be nice to be on the beneficial end of players missing an easy opportunity.
Had a losing day today, but seeing as it's only the third losing day since I started this diary, I'm not too concerned! Was playing badly at one point due to a lack of concentration, that's the reason really.
Played the £10k BH All-In Sat - didn't qualify!
Played 4 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 6th, 1st, 2nd, 4th)
Played 3 x £1 Russian Roulette (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd) - tilting, didn't work!
Played 2 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 2nd, 4th)
Played 1 x £3 DYM (result: 3rd)
Finished the day on £46.50, will update the first post now. Got a feeling I'm going to have a really good day tomorrow, will try my best!! :-)
1. Playing Russian roulette?
Can't see how that fits into developing your game - or making a profit.
2. Jumping up to £2 and £3 events?
Not saying you can't beat those levels - however it flies in the face of earlier discussions on BRM
3. Playing without concentrating
We all do it - we all know we shouldn't - Need to focus on the game to extract the most value.
I am sure you already know all of the above so think of this as a friendly reinforcement of what your inner poker conscience should be telling you.
gl today.
£3 events - tilting. £2 events - I am at £50 (ish) now so think that an odd £2 game here and there is okay?
Concentration - should have taken some time away from the PC, I know this for next time now :-)
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: Wow, that's a lovely comment! Thank you very much!! :-)
With Formula One and Football on, I didn't get much time to play today!
Played 2 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) tournaments (results: 1st & 3rd)
... and that's it!
This does mean a profit today however, balance is now £48.20, will update the first post now.
I'm moving house tomorrow, and won't have Internet for a few days (apart from visits to the library/internet cafes) so I probably won't be able to play any poker, but I will be visiting the forums. Will keep you guys updated :-)
Sad that I'm missing UKOPS events, but probably didn't have the bankroll to enter anyway! Although the 7PM Free Cash FR has been turned into a UKOPS FR I believe ... will be something I enter when I start playing again in a few days :-)
Let's break the £50 barrier today and qualify for some UKOPS events through very low-steak buy-ins!! :-)
Played a lot of different games today due to UKOPS!
Played 1 x £2.30 Speed B/Hunter - finished 6th out of 6 >.< Once again, AK let me down :-(
Played 2 x £10k UKOPS BH Sat - qualified for the semi at the second time of asking!
Played 1 x £10K UKOPS BH Semi - finished 5th/127 players - qualified for the event!!
Played 1 x £10,000 UKOPS B/H - out just before first break, went all-in with KK against 22, they won with quad 2's, very annoying :-( Didn't take any heads either sadly ..
Played 1 x £3K UKOPS All-In - didn't qualify.
Played 1 x £1 Six-Max Speed - finished 6th: All in with AQ, called by 10,9 - flop was 333, turn was 10 ...
Played 1 x £1 Six-Max - 2nd
Played 1 x £1 Double Your Money - 2nd
Really expected to take at least one head in the BH which would have really improved my bankroll! Sadly, it wasn't to be. Now down to £40.15 - quite a big hit today :-(
Will be playing a lot tomorrow, want to get to £50 before the evening in order to enter some more UKOPS sats. I have been going up to £2.50 for a UKOPS sat, usually I wouldn't do that with this bankroll but UKOPS is a special occasion so I feel like it's okay. That's only when I have close to £50 too, I'm not going to enter any UKOPS sats if I'm closer to £40. Will update the first post now.
EDIT: Actually, the figure had not updated in my account, I was on £42.25 - NOT £40.15.