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Now we're cooking again!!
Played 5 x Six-Max (Speed) (results: 1st, 4th, 1st, 1st, 6th)
Played 1 x Heads-Up (Speed) (result: 2nd)
Balance back up to £55.57! Will update the first post now :-)
P.S. I have been charting my progress since the beginning, I have uploaded the image in the first post ;-)
EDIT: Also played in The Social FR (just forgot to mention it!). As it was a FR, and I was distracted - I was playing very, very loose and actually got quite far but eventually got knocked out with no prize.
It seems like I'm finally back on track!
Played 2 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 3rd, 2nd)
Played 1 x £1 Russian Roulette* (result: 2nd)
Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: finished 13th/158, taking £2.43 + £2.25 in head prizes)
Balance now £56.75. Will update the first post now!
*These are not great for building a bankroll, but I do enjoy them and feel like it is worth the shot sometimes. This one was crazy though, I got dealt AA! Was delighted! Lost out to hole cards of 6 and 9 though, opponent had two pair .. :-(
Played 3 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 6th, 3rd, 5th)
No cashes today sadly, but I feel like I am playing well! Just losing those flips ... :-(
Balance is now £53.45, will update the first post now!
A small loss today, quickly realising that I need to try play poker in a controlled environment more - got to limit the amount of distractions!
Played 1 x £5k Open All-In (result: did not qualify!)
Played 1 x 25p DYM (result: 5th)
Played 1 x 50p DYM (result: 3rd)
Played 1 x £1 DYM (result: 5th)
Balance now £51.80, will update the first post now.
I seem to be stuck around the £50 mark, I really need to get back to winning ways and get out of this rut!
Did not play yesterday, that's why there was no update, today however:
Played 2 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 2nd, 3rd)
That means I pretty much have the same balance as my last update, now £51.70 (slightly down due to rake). Will update the first post in a second :-)
There has been a lot of debate on the forums recently about too many diaries, curious to know if mine bothers any of you? I mean, is my diary one of the ones you guys are complaining about? I don't want to create any annoyance on the forums!
Well, when I started this diary - I had never really experienced long-term variance like some people were telling me exists! I have now though ..
Played 3 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 3rd, 3rd, 6th)
Played 1 x £1 Heads-Up (Turbo) (result: 2nd)
Down to £49.35 ... really need this downswing to stop
Will update the first post now.
Day 38
Broke my BRM in a big way (this was Sunday). Saw a £20K Roller Direct torunament in the very late stages of late reg, cost £12 to register - and there were only 8 players left with the winner qualifying and the person in second place winning cash! I decided to enter purely because of the value, it was too good not to take!
The reason I was so angry? Finished 3rd ... went out in a horrible way too! 2nd place would have netted me £88!! Gutted. Although don't have any regrets.
Day 39
One more shot at qualifying for the Super Roller, but just via a cheap £20K All-In Sat this time, didn't manage to qualify though!
Day 40 (today)
Played 1 x £25 Guarnteed (result: 2nd, won £7.50) - I haven't played these tournaments a lot, but I do seem to cash in them when I do, might start playing them more regularly!
Played 2 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 3rd, 3rd) - Not having a lot of luck in Six-Max right now, may switch to DYM's again from tomorrow.
Balance is now £37.45, will update the first post now. If I carry on like this I will need to re-deposit soon ..
Well I've had an interesting day!
Played 1 x £250 Gtd Speed Rebuy (result: 25th, top 12 cashed).
Went out on this hand, fairly cruel after I was coming back well from a poor start.
Played 1 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 1st)
I won the six-max in comical fashion, and it shows why I am not ready to multi-table yet:
Thankfully, it all worked out okay though! I do feel like my luck is back now so I'm going to play quite a lot tomorrow :-)
Also earned £10 from the guess the goals forum competition - balance now £47.55, will update the first post now!
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: Haha, "life roll" - what a great phrase
I could easily re-deposit again, but I'm trying to become a consistent winning player and poor BRM won't allow me to do that. I want to be withdrawing from Sky Poker, not depositing.
Yes - christmas UKOPS is coming! What a dilema!
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: So you're saying it is okay to take a shot from time to time if your bankroll still be decent if you lost. In that case define "an occasional thing" for me in terms of duration? :-)
If you can afford to deposit, you could start playing higher games still within good BRM? Just an idea if your fed up grinding the smaller games...
You're money and all that...
Quick post today, need to get to sleep!
Played 1 x £25 Guaranteed (result: first player out ..)
Played 1 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 2nd)
Played 2 x 50p Turbo DYM's (results: 1st, 2nd)
Played 2 x £1 Turbo DYM's (results: 2nd, 2nd)
Played 2 x £2 Turbo DYM's (results: 6th, 3rd)
Played 1 x £3 DYM (result: 6th)
Clearly I played a lot of DYM's today - was trying the DYM laddering challenge, failed at level four sadly!
Balance now £45.05, will update the first post now :-) Will reply to the messages above tomorrow.
Must apologise for my lack of updates, spent the weekend with my girlfriend so didn't play any poker. Started again today though and had a good day!
Played 4 x £1 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 1st, 4th, 6th)
Played 1 x £300 Free Cash FR (result: got knocked out early)
Played 1 x 10K BH All-In Sat (result: did not qualify)
Played 1 x £200 DTD 3 (result: 8th out of 123 to take £10.21)
Want to show one hand from the £200 DTD 3, quite pleased with my check on the river hoping to induce a raise, worked great!
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: That sounds like a great idea, thank you very much! Will give this a whirl :-)
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: Haha, I like having a range of opinions - makes for interesting debate! ;-)
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: Yes, "fans" haha. Saw you got knocked out in the DTD tournament, you were running so well early on too! :-(