Can a chicken go pro?

chicknMelt · December 2013

I ran pretty well yesterday... but I payed for it big stylee today. I started the night feeling a bit on edge/grumpy - no idea why - but I didnt play well for the first hour. bit of a spewfest really. A particular favourite was 3betting Q3o for no good reason, cbetting, then having to fold to a shove...the villain then showed an underpair to the board...which was obv good anyway, and I think they knew it!

I soon got my head right, but it didnt make any difference... I'm not exagerating when I say I didnt win a SINGLE all in either preflop, or on the flop. whether it be KK vs 67, or AK vs KQ, or just a race. none. zilcho. I cant be bothered to bore you with any more details, but I ended up dropping about £300 tonight. I got a couple of bounties here and there, and got a min cash in the mini...thats about it for tonight. Pretty sure I didnt play badly for the most part though. oh well. Shlt happens!

PLO8 DYMs went well though, winning 4 out of 5, which is pretty good going, esp since I was down to under 1k (600 in one!) in 2 pretty early on after coolers/outdraws.

Overall this month though, I am fairly pleased. I have bitten your hand off if you offered me a small profit for the month a couple of weeks ago (I was £1.5k in the hole at that point), I made priority, and I played well over my 500 game target.

because they were earned this month, I'll include my rewards bonus in my profits for this month...

so, end of month summary

I was a bit rusty at the start of the month, after a week on holiday - I dont have a set way of playing because I prefer to tailor my style to the table where possible, and I ended up just playing way too agro and getting myself £500-600 in the red. I managed to recoup those losses after a heroic 2 days of play, before things took a turn for the worse again.

The next 2 weeks were pretty much all doom and gloom, with mostly heavy losses spattered with the occasional break even/tiny winning day. To begin with it was because I was running horribly, but that lead to tilt issues, which just made matters worse because I ended up playing like a complete nutter some days (more so than ususal!)

I gave myself a good talking to, dropped the number of tables and tried on concentrate on every decision, and in the end it payed off - winning £2k+ in the ast 9/10 days of the month to put myself just over £500 in profit.

I managed to make priority for the first tie ever this month, earning just over 11k points, which should convert into a £220 bonus, bringing me close to £800 profit for the month, not including the £240 UKPC final seat I have for tomorrow.

I'll have to learn how to control tilt a bit better if `i'm going to make it as a pro, but I'm pleased with the turn around.

Highlight of the month was definately winning the big BH.

TeddyBloat · December 2013

Hi chickn.

Saw in another thread you wanted to get so HU practice in to improve that side of your mtt game. I think husng's would be a better bet than cash. You might end up 300bb deep playing hu cash if you swap stacks, and it hardly resembles a tournament where stacks get shallower. Also cash us all foreplay; like a cheap h×oker your goal in HU tournament play is to finish your oppo. Play a few hundred HU games against decent specialists and get the mid to short stacked play nailed. Thats where the biggest edge is to be found imo.

Scope says youve only played 14 husngs, x100 and youll see a big improvement mate.

Feels weird giving advice to a don like yourself, but hope it helps.

GaryQQQ · December 2013

Impressive turnaround in November, well playerd. This diary is a good read.

+1 to the above, anybody serious about MTTs should play HU STTs regularly to keep their HU skills sharp. It's a fairly small investment that can make a massive difference to your bottom line.

You don't need me to tell you the HU battle is by far the most important stage of any MTT, far more money is on the line that at any other time. Neglecting your HU game is an expensive mistake.

DoubleAAA · December 2013

I'll be more than happy to play a few husngs with you chickn. If you're interested let me know.

chicknMelt · December 2013

havent updated for a couple of days - I have been playing though, so I'll do an update after I reply to the posts since my last update...

@Teddy - yes your absolutely right, good advice. I should play some more HU SNGs to improve my HU game for MTTs. I am still interested in HU cash though, because after MTTs, thats the game that most interests me. TBF, even with saturday, my results in HU stages of tourneys have been good recently - something like 8/13. before that though it was truely abysmal though. I know that I can still improve further, so I'll certainly be playing som HU SNGs.

@GaryQQQ - thanks, means alot coming from a pro diary writer like yourself. completely agree with what you said about HU too.

@doubleAAA - yeah I'm up for that, especially if your willing to point out any tendancies you were able to exploit (i'd obv do the same). the best times for me are at the start of a session, when I dont have many tables going - between 6-7:30ish...is that sort of time suitable for you? If not, maybe at the weekend??

chicknMelt · December 2013

Sunday:

I got off to a really good start on Sunday, winning cash for a UKPC final seat, and coming 3rd in the 7:30 deepstack. The 7:30 deepstack was a really interesting tourney. I shot off to a massive chip lead after taking advantage of some questionable play from others and stayed near the top for the majority of the tourney. the real interesting bit was on the final table - there was a tense 4 way battle which included F_Ivanovic. It must have been minimum half an hour before someone was eliminated, and I think we all had the chip lead at some point. really enjoyed that battle, but ended up busting in 3rd.

next up was the super roller...I didnt have the best of tourneys by any stretch of the imagination. I was barely above starting stack at any point and managed lose half my stack twice, only to get AA and double back up to starting again. lol. that still didnt help me though. I ended up shoving the remainder of my stack qith AcKc into KQ on a QcQTxc board and missing, and busting in 208th or something rubbish like that. I really should be doing better in these - both of the recent rollers have been very diappointing.

thankfully, I didnt go on tilt though, because I was playing in the UKPC final by this point. For ages i only managed to chip up a little bit, and it was starting to get to the point where I would need to take some risks. thankfully, some well timed 3bets gave me some breathing room and from there I was able to mostly play smallball vs smaller stacks and chip up more, and going into the bubble I had a very healthy stack - the kind of stack that you'd need to do something stupid with to not get a seat (around 18k with 3 shorties around 4k and 2 places before a seat)...your half expecting me to say I blew up and bubbled arent you! how rude!...I won a seat!! I was obvioulsy super please, I've never played ina live tourney with a buy in over £330! The only problem now is, I dont have any annual leave left lol...so I'm gonna have to make something up, quit, or beg them to give me unpaid leave...hmmm

I had a slightly diaaspointing end to the night - I stone bubbled the £55 speed BH, coming 6th with 5 paid. I hate this tourney!!! but I'm determined to get the better of it, and my results have been improving in it. You cant really count stone bubbling as a big failure, because by that stage there is a lot of luck - getting into that potiion frequently is the key. I also finished 18/281 in the 9:30 bh.

not including the UKPC seat, I made a small loss of around £70 or so. annoying to make a loss because there were 3 tourneys that could easily have turned this into a profit - the £55 speed, the 7:30 deepstack and the 9:30 bh.

chicknMelt · December 2013

Monday:

Monday was BRUTAL!

I had gotten off to a good start, with a £20+ cash in a £5 timed, and winning a seat to the UKPC semi. I also got off to a flying start in the Main event. I had 4.5k chips after 15 mins, without taking a bounty and was truely running the table over. it sisnt stop there either, and by the time there were about 80 left I was in the top 10 and cruising. at that point I moved tables/table was split or something, and I ended up on the table with a few good players I recognise, like Lnarin00. I lost a few chips before changing down gears, but nothing to worry about really, and then it all started to go wrong. a SS shoved UTG and I snapped him off in the BB with AQ. he turns over A2 - happy days. he hits his 2 an doubles through me. grrr, oh well. it happens. I'm down to 20bb though, so i'll need to get a shift on... a few hands later, there is a limper and Lnarin isolates from the button. I look down at AhTh from the SB... I know he will be isolating fairly wide, this is a great spot to shove - so I did...Lnarin calls with A9s (it was probably one of those "he knows I'm isoltaing wide, so he will probably be shoving wide" things, so I dont mind the call with A9) ... anyway, happy days.....9 on the flop, goodnight!

I exit the mini soon after, shoving 14bb or so from UTG with AK and getting called by the BB, for 90% of his stack with J6s?? obv he hits a 6.

not to worry, during this time, I have also managed to build up a big stak in the big BH - about 15k with the average around 10k..then this happens -

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Shortie	Small blind		100.00	100.00	270.00
xxx	Big blind		200.00	300.00	15420.00
	Your hole cards	· A · Q
plonker	Raise		400.00	700.00	22707.50
chicknMelt	Raise		1000.00	1700.00	13505.00
xxx	Call		1000.00	2700.00	5955.00
Shortie	All-in		270.00	2970.00	0.00
xxx	Fold
Plonker	Call		600.00	3570.00	22107.50
Flop
		· Q · 9 · 5
Plonker	Bet		3400.00	6970.00	18707.50
chicknMelt	All-in		13505.00	20475.00	0.00
xxx	Fold
Plonker	Call		10105.00	30580.00	8602.50
Shortie	Show	· 9 · 9
Plonker	Show	· 10 · 5
chicknMelt	Show	· A · Q
Turn
		· 4
River
		· 10
Shortie	Win	Three 9s	1680.00		1680.00
Plonker	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 5s	28900.00		37502.50

ARRRHHHHHGGGG!!!!

Man did I felt tilted after all that!

I did managed to lock up another UKPC final seat, which saved my night a little bit, thanks to some stubborness from a forum reg at the start amost doubled me up...then a bit later on, after he had managed to double through someone else, I think he thought he was going to get his own back when he shoved AK into my 3bet, only to find out I had woken up with AA (or KK, cant remember now). UL mate, nothing you could do in that hand at least.

break even for the night.

**EDIT**

oh yeah - forgot to mention top of the posts tourney - thanks for all the votes! I got off to a good start and took the chip lead after hitting a disguised hand and getting paid of by a non believer. then when the blinds wer e starting to get a bit bigger, there was an open from the CO, so I shoved 88 from the BB, only to walk into AA...thet left me with 10bb. a couple of hands laterm I shoved J8 from the button and got called by the same guy with AQ and they held. wasnt to be, but to be honest, I'm more than happy for one of the smaller stakes players to take the bigger prizes.

gazza127 · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

Monday: Monday was BRUTAL! I had gotten off to a good start, with a £20+ cash in a £5 timed, and winning a seat to the UKPC semi. I also got off to a flying start in the Main event. I had 4.5k chips after 15 mins, without taking a bounty and was truely running the table over. it sisnt stop there either, and by the time there were about 80 left I was in the top 10 and cruising. at that point I moved tables/table was split or something, and I ended up on the table with a few good players I recognise, like Lnarin00. I lost a few chips before changing down gears, but nothing to worry about really, and then it all started to go wrong. a SS shoved UTG and I snapped him off in the BB with AQ. he turns over A2 - happy days. he hits his 2 an doubles through me. grrr, oh well. it happens. I'm down to 20bb though, so i'll need to get a shift on... a few hands later, there is a limper and Lnarin isolates from the button. I look down at AhTh from the SB... I know he will be isolating fairly wide, this is a great spot to shove - so I did...Lnarin calls with A9s (it was probably one of those "he knows I'm isoltaing wide, so he will probably be shoving wide" things, so I dont mind the call with A9) ... anyway, happy days.....9 on the flop, goodnight! I exit the mini soon after, shoving 14bb or so from UTG with AK and getting called by the BB, for 90% of his stack with J6s?? obv he hits a 6. not to worry, during this time, I have also managed to build up a big stak in the big BH - about 15k with the average around 10k..then this happens - Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance Shortie Small blind 100.00 100.00 270.00 xxx Big blind 200.00 300.00 15420.00 Your hole cards · A · Q plonker Raise 400.00 700.00 22707.50 chicknMelt Raise 1000.00 1700.00 13505.00 xxx Call 1000.00 2700.00 5955.00 Shortie All-in 270.00 2970.00 0.00 xxx Fold Plonker Call 600.00 3570.00 22107.50 Flop · Q · 9 · 5 Plonker Bet 3400.00 6970.00 18707.50 chicknMelt All-in 13505.00 20475.00 0.00 xxx Fold Plonker Call 10105.00 30580.00 8602.50 Shortie Show · 9 · 9 Plonker Show · 10 · 5 chicknMelt Show · A · Q Turn · 4 River · 10 Shortie Win Three 9s 1680.00 1680.00 Plonker Win Two Pairs, 10s and 5s 28900.00 37502.50 ARRRHHHHHGGGG!!!! Man did I felt tilted after all that! I did managed to lock up another UKPC final seat, which saved my night a little bit, thanks to some stubborness from a forum reg at the start amost doubled me up...then a bit later on, after he had managed to double through someone else, I think he thought he was going to get his own back when he shoved AK into my 3bet, only to find out I had woken up with AA (or KK, cant remember now). UL mate, nothing you could do in that hand at least. break even for the night. **EDIT** oh yeah - forgot to mention top of the posts tourney - thanks for all the votes! I got off to a good start and took the chip lead after hitting a disguised hand and getting paid of by a non believer. then when the blinds wer e starting to get a bit bigger, there was an open from the CO, so I shoved 88 from the BB, only to walk into AA...thet left me with 10bb. a couple of hands laterm I shoved J8 from the button and got called by the same guy with AQ and they held. wasnt to be, but to be honest, I'm more than happy for one of the smaller stakes players to take the bigger prizes.
Posted by chicknMelt

Haha... you can say it was me. I dont mind.

I was playing pretty terribly last night to say the least. Sat into that tournament for £5 so not the end of the world. I was watching homeland on the side and decided that id try and rep a monster for no other reason than I could...

Spewy mcspewsy. Have to shove on the end to have any chance of getting you off TPTK.... even so why am I 4 betting A7s and calling a 5 bet OOP? I can be such a massive fish sometimes.

Then AK into your AA. NH. GG.

LnarinOO · December 2013

appologies for the 9 binkage otf... i knew it was jus a good spot for you after i isso'd the limper and if we had software i would HUD called you with A9 also as u seemed to be playing more aggro on that table -

DoubleAAA · December 2013

Chicknmelt, that sounds good to me. I'll come find you on one of your tables either tonight or tomorrow night at the start of your session. How many would you like to play at the same time? I was thinking HU Speed?

chicknMelt · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : Haha... you can say it was me. I dont mind. I was playing pretty terribly last night to say the least. Sat into that tournament for £5 so not the end of the world. I was watching homeland on the side and decided that id try and rep a monster for no other reason than I could... Spewy mcspewsy. Have to shove on the end to have any chance of getting you off TPTK.... even so why am I 4 betting A7s and calling a 5 bet OOP? I can be such a massive fish sometimes. Then AK into your AA. NH. GG.
Posted by gazza127

lol, I didnt think you would mind...but I didnt wanna say just incsae

was half expecting you to come forward like you did lol.

in that hand that I had AK, I actually misclicked min 3bet you, i didnt mean to make it that small. in the end it worked nicely because it induced the bluff 4bet from you. It was only then i realised it was you lol....easy spot for a 5bet. I was pretty scared of QQ or AQ, but I was never folding, even to a shove on the river.

chicknMelt · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

appologies for the 9 binkage otf... i knew it was jus a good spot for you after i isso'd the limper and if we had software i would HUD called you with A9 also as u seemed to be playing more aggro on that table -
Posted by LnarinOO

yeah, i have no problems with the call, I'd probably have done the same in your shoes. doesnt make it any less frustrating though! esp with all the other beats in important hands I took lol.

I like my battles with you, they are more interesting than most - we seem to be meeting on the tables quite frequently atm!

chicknMelt · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

Chicknmelt, that sounds good to me. I'll come find you on one of your tables either tonight or tomorrow night at the start of your session. How many would you like to play at the same time? I was thinking HU Speed?
Posted by DoubleAAA

probably not going to be playing tonight - normally spend Tuesday evening with the wife. I get away with playing every other evening, so I cant really complain! she only gets my attention on weekends, and Tuesdays atm

speed is fine, and I'm not sure whether 1 or 2 tables will be better, but happy to try either to start with. what stakes shall I wait at? happy to up to £11, or as low as you like.

gazza127 · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : lol, I didnt think you would mind...but I didnt wanna say just incsae was half expecting you to come forward like you did lol. in that hand that I had AK, I actually misclicked min 3bet you, i didnt mean to make it that small. in the end it worked nicely because it induced the bluff 4bet from you. It was only then i realised it was you lol....easy spot for a 5bet. I was pretty scared of QQ or AQ, but I was never folding, even to a shove on the river.
Posted by chicknMelt

Yeah the min raise confused me slightly. So naturally when confused I put more money into the pot! Tried repping QQ or AQ but it was ambitious to say the least

Lets just call it a merge yeah???

DoubleAAA · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : probably not going to be playing tonight - normally spend Tuesday evening with the wife. I get away with playing every other evening, so I cant really complain! she only gets my attention on weekends, and Tuesdays atm speed is fine, and I'm not sure whether 1 or 2 tables will be better, but happy to try either to start with. what stakes shall I wait at? happy to up to £11, or as low as you like.
Posted by chicknMelt

1 or 2 is fine with me, after all, we're only playing this to improve HU-wise not for profit. Would probably prefer to play the £2 or £1 games if you can still be motivated enough for this?

chicknMelt · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : 1 or 2 is fine with me, after all, we're only playing this to improve HU-wise not for profit. Would probably prefer to play the £2 or £1 games if you can still be motivated enough for this?
Posted by DoubleAAA

absolutely - its not about the money, more interested in learning than anything.

do you have much HU experience? (am I going to get pwned?!)

LnarinOO · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : yeah, i have no problems with the call, I'd probably have done the same in your shoes. doesnt make it any less frustrating though! esp with all the other beats in important hands I took lol. I like my battles with you, they are more interesting than most - we seem to be meeting on the tables quite frequently atm!
Posted by chicknMelt

we do indeed - im normally playing cash to be fair on sky or other sitesbut play most the decent tournies thrown in on sky... i think that hand was pretty statndard - i mean with 20bb stacks behind im only gonna be issolating a specific range knowing you know its a good spot - jus a bit of a sigh for you..!!

DoubleAAA · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro? : absolutely - its not about the money, more interested in learning than anything. do you have much HU experience? (am I going to get pwned?!)
Posted by chicknMelt

I'm by no means a HU player although I do okay so if anyone is going to get pawned it'll prob be me! Would be good to play vs a decent thinking player such as yourself and it can only help improve BOTH of our HU games.

chicknMelt · December 2013

Thanks for the HU lesson doubleAAA - I got destroyed 6-3. looking forward to our rematch - hopefully I'll do a bit better next time! - I think he ran better in the first half, but second half was pretty nutural I thought. tough opponent HU either way.

Yesterday got off to an amazing start - something it seems I have been doing alot recently, before falling off the rails a bit later on.

I won 2 seats from 2 satellites for £55 and £52, and came 3rd in the 7pm bounty hunter. I also managed to come 3rd in the 7:30 deepstack and 7:45 £11 bh, and 2nd in the £11 turbo at 10pm. pretty impressive record up to the 7:45 tourney (they are the only tourneys I had entered), even if I do say so myself. Its just a shame I played like a complete twonk in all the other ones!

the main problem was tilt, again. There were a few differnt hands that did it and then maintained it, but the worst one was when I raise with AQ, and hit TPTK. I cbet on the flop and turn, then check call the river, only to find out I had been stationed by no pair no draw on the flop, a 6 high flush draw on the turn, then I had called a valuebet from the villain with a 6 high flush on a 4 flush board. with T6o! for most of my stack in the big BH. My call on the river wasn't great - I had 2pair by that point, and I was beating alot of bluffs, but it still should have been a fold. Its safe to say I was a little (very very...very!) spewy from that point onwards, and tbh, I was lucky to final table the 10pm turbo - i got lucky a couple of times, including a pretty sick suckout with 74o vs KK and AK AIPF. lol. 74. To be fair, it was a really good squeeze spot - CO raise, and button flat with me in the BB covering both on the bubble.

I'm annoyed with myself for going off the rails so badly though - in theory we want people to play badly vs us, and I should be able to deal with when it goes wrong alot better. it seems that the bad beats you give have no effect on making you feel better, but for every outdraw, questionable play that pays off, or bad beat, it adds a little bit of rage and at some point that rage takes over your mind and you play like a spewtard.

I still managed to make a £100+ profit for the night, but it could have and should have been more.

tonight, its all about tilt control! has anyone ever watched 2months2million? - the poker program that was on a few yrs ago that followed a buch of highstakes players in their quest to make 2 million in 2 months...they had a tilt room, a room full of stuff you can smash and some baseball bats...I think I need one of those!

my plan tonight is to try and wipe the hand from memory, and if I feel the rage starting to take over agin I'll take a break for a few seconds and have a fight with a pillow or something to let the frustration out. Its only since doing this diary that I've realised how much tilt effects me - I seem to be writing about it quite alot!

F_Ivanovic · December 2013

That program was terrible but somehow I still found myself watching it all on youtube! But yeah that tilt room definitely looked fun/ a good idea!

chicknMelt · December 2013

In Response to Re: Can a chicken go pro?:

That program was terrible but somehow I still found myself watching it all on youtube! But yeah that tilt room definitely looked fun/ a good idea!
Posted by F_Ivanovic

lol, yeah - I never said it was good...but something made me keep watching it, the same as you.

golds95 · December 2013

chickenmelt fasinating diary feels like we are going through the highs and lows with you. very interesting to see you going on tilt as i also have the same problens abd if you find something that helps post up, me being an 18 yr old fish would be interesting lol cheers steve

DoubleAAA · December 2013

Know the feeling mate regarding being stationed! At times my tilt-rage is almost like I'm having a nervous breakdown!

Was good playing you HU last night, was awkward playing against your v aggro style as I don't usually ever come across this at HU in the lower mtts so I had to make some adjustments. Also I think I ran a bit better than you and hopefully we both learnt a thing or two from our play. Will play you again soon! Meanwhile, this has been an excellent blog, thoroughly enjoy reading it!

chicknMelt · December 2013

last night went quite well - a few near misses, but I cant really complain...

the good results for the evening, in order of starting time, were:

-6:10pm: £52 seat from a £11.50 sat

-7pm: 2nd in a £22 BH for £117

-7:15pm: another £52 seat

-7:45pm: 5th in a £11 bh for £47

-8pm: 10th in the main event for £240

-9:30pm: 4th in the 2k gtd bh for £153

-10pm: 2nd in the £500gtd turbo for £109

near misses

- no 1st places despite 4 final tables

- 10th in the main event!

- bubbled the £55 speed. again.

- 9th in the UKPC super sat (6 paid)

A few things stick in my mind from last night...

the main event: extremely happy with how I played in this, bossed the table from the start and again within about 15 mins I was up to >5k. Obviously i won a couple of flips later on in the tourney, and by the time there were 20 left, I was in the top 5 or so - and everyone else at my table was shorter than me - A brilliant situation to be in. I stole blinds constantly, whilst being concious that a double up for any of my opponents would effectivley mean the swap chipstacks with me. in the end, thats exactly what happened, when one of my blind stealing shoves was snapped off by QQ in the bb. I knew it would take a big hand for someone to call me, and was happy with the risk, but it did backfire in the end. after that, I held on as long as possible before getting my chips in and ended up losing a flip, AQ vs 77 i think to bust in 10th.

I suck at HU: 2 more 2nd paces. sigh. I have been getting some help in this area recently though, and I think next time I get to HU again, it will be a different story. Maybe saying I suck at HU is an exageration, but I'm certainly very far from optimal.

a question for all you HU experts out there: 20bb deep effective, villain has open shoved/3bet shoved the last 6 hands or so, you have KcJc...do you call his shove? You had been getting the better of him when you got to the flop in previous hands, and have ground up to an equal stack...but now it looks like he doesnt want to play post flop anymore. call? or wait for a bigger hand?

the big BH: I'm not even going to say anything - I'll just show you. make of it what you will...

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
111	Small blind		15.00	15.00	3230.00
222	Big blind		30.00	45.00	4060.00
	Your hole cards	· 7 · A
333	Fold
444	Fold
chicknMelt	Raise		90.00	135.00	4055.00
666	Call		90.00	225.00	4530.00
111	Call		75.00	300.00	3155.00
222	Call		60.00	360.00	4000.00
Flop
		· 9 · 7 · 7
111	Check
222	Check
chicknMelt	Bet		210.00	570.00	3845.00
666	Raise		570.00	1140.00	3960.00
111	Fold
222	Call		570.00	1710.00	3430.00
chicknMelt	Raise		1320.00	3030.00	2525.00
666	All-in		3960.00	6990.00	0.00
222	All-in		3430.00	10420.00	0.00
chicknMelt	All-in		2525.00	12945.00	0.00
666	Unmatched bet		475.00	12470.00	475.00
222	Show	· 5 · 8
chicknMelt	Show	· 7 · A
666	Show	· 7 · 4
Turn
		· 8
River
		· 6
222	Win	Straight to the 9	12360.00		12360.00
chicknMelt	Win	Three 7s	110.00		110.00

Tilt: there was none last night, it was wierd. I ran pretty well for the most part, so that obviously helped, but I also had someone railing me. Its wierd how having someone railing keeps you in check sometimes. it didnt stop me from making a couple of silly mistakes, but I certainly didnt have any prelonged periods of spewy play like i have done in previous nights. It also made me think of a training video I watched once, where the instructor said that doing training videos actually helped their game too, because they had to make sure everything they did made sense. I think I'd recommend trying this for anyone that has tilt issues - either get someone to watch you play or imagine you are being watched by someone. it can be quite sobering, and help you to think clearly.

in the end though, after some slightly dissapointing FT performances, I managed a healthy £400+ profit. More nights like this please!

I'm not plaing at all tonight, I'm doing some normal ppl stuff - going out drinking. Expect me to be on less than my A game on saturday, whenever I eventually make it to the tables. lol.

TeddyBloat · December 2013

a question for all you HU experts out there: 20bb deep effective, villain has open shoved/3bet shoved the last 6 hands or so, you have KcJc...do you call his shove? You had been getting the better of him when you got to the flop in previous hands, and have ground up to an equal stack...but now it looks like he doesnt want to play post flop anymore. call? or wait for a bigger hand?

readless KQs is the bottom of my stacking off range vs an allin over a MINr at 20-25bb.

there aren't ICM consideratons HU, chipev is £ev so if we have the right price we can call.

it's all comes down to his tendencies. against someone who is jamming wider than average, but not super wide i think it's very close but id lean to a call. KJo is an insta-fold, but i don't think it's a leak to fold KJs either:

we need 45% equity and if he's shoving like 37% of hands we have enough juice to call. if he's as tight as 22+,A2+,54s+ and K4+ then we still have enough to call, but it's one of those calls where we will end up, on average, with a stack slightly under 20bb. which is, of course, much better than the guarenteed 18bb we end up with when we fold. but it is marginal and folding is ok too against this type of player.

if, however, he has literally gone all in 6 hands in a row then he's a maniac or you've driven him to mania. KJs is too good to pass up in that case and i'd snap and congratulate youself for tilting him into recklessness. [then smash the mouse when his 96o binks on the river]

Lambert180 · December 2013

Nice one on getting your gold star back on SS. Unfortunately, it was probably due to the fact you bubbled the UKPC. Still a very nice result though. Just need to win every UKOPS ME and side to get that super shiny number 1 star

You only playing UKPC if you get a seat or would you add that money towards a direct BI?

Jac35 · December 2013

Bump

Was enjoying this. Come back!

Agree with you regarding password stuff. Just makes sense if people know the reasons why they can or can't play.

Also agree on views. If no one posts but you could see that a fair few people had read then it would help fragile egos like mine

Hope you're running well

Lambert180 · December 2013

Great minds Jac

I was just about to bump this myself!

How's it been going Melt?

chicknMelt · December 2013

its funny you just bumped this - I was actually on the thread myself thinking about whether I can be bothere to do another update or not! - I hadn't seen your post either lambo about the UKPC, so was going to reply to that anyway... It proper confusing searching for my thread, and reading the last couple of posts, then clicking back on poker chat and it was the top post, with lambo as the last poster - when I had only just read his post from a couple of weeks ago.

@Lambo I had already qualified for the UKPC, so it was just for the cash. I have an interesting problem tho - I have no more annual leave, so I can't take any time off in theory. I think I'm gonna have to make something up and get some unpaid leave. maybe my brother will get married and I need the thurs/fri off work ha.

@Jac35 - thanks

lets see, when was my last update... I'll just check SS and see how I have done since, and I'll do another update...

chicknMelt · December 2013

Update from 6th Dec til now:

So I have been grinding the tournaments as usual, with mixed results over the last week or 2. SS says I'm about £300 in profit, but I happen to know its more like £500, because it didnt give me credit for a UKPC semifinal seat I won via the super sat on thursday. it seems this tournament doesnt work right on SS - the winner got the entire prizepool apparently.

Since the 9th of december I have been pretty much break even, when there was a losing day, it was followed by a winning day of a similar amount, though I was away for a few days over the weekend and last night, so I havent played quite as much as normal

last night was the first live football match I have been to for years - I'm more of an armchair fan.

I'm a spurs fan. sigh. For those of you that don't know - spurs dominated a match vs west ham, went 1-0 up, then proceeded to turn off their brains for the last 20 minutes and concede 2 goals from no where. then to make matters worse, the trains were completely screwed. We ended up waiting at the train station for an hour before a train appeared! luckily we had some sense - realised there was a delay, and walked to the next station down - so we were nice and comfortable in our seats by the time the train pulled up at white hart lane and the crowds piled on.

I've started to mix in a few cash tables, playing NL50. Both times I started off by losing 2-3 buy ins before making any headway. the first day I managed to grind it back up to a £200 profit, and the second day I did the same, before losing most of it again - I'm pretty sure it was just due to runbad though. The points certainly rack up quickly when you play cash! still not decided if I like it or not, but the bad beats are no where near as tilting as those on the final 2 tables of a big tourney for example.

at NL50, there are clearly some pretty decent regs, but there does seem to be quite a bit of value too, more than I was expecting. so I think I'll keep up the cash for a bit, and give it a proper trial. after all, If I do really want to make it as a pro, I should really be able to beat NL50 cash. had a couple of interesting tangles with Gaz before his BR went, infact I blieve he told be to F off (in a banterry way. i think.) after I got the better of him in one hand. lol. he got the last word though, value shoving the 2nd nut flush into my 3rd nut flush for a huuge pot! would have finished £300+ in profit on the first day if it wasn't for that.

not a very interesting update, but it has brought you roughly back up to speed. I'll see if I can do a proper update from todays play.

Can a chicken go pro?

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