Payed again for not having a big enough roll. Satelited into the £52 UPKC game but had to take over lay instead of reging 1st for the 220 or 240 game - then de-reging , but will learn for next time. Wasn,t going well on the bounty hunters so good to get a cash in a FR
£29 down on Sky but got a 2nd in a 5 euro game elsewhere for 240 euros so pleased with game after so long not playing - Still trying to work out what my best game is but i prefer tournies and as i don,t have as much time as i used to so i,ll mainly be sticking to those just enjoy them more
Decided to stay in at last minute tonight and chill with a few games. Worked out well and my scope graph is gradually heading back inthe right direction
Ran well in the £200 GTD turbo for £5.50 ( 60 runners) and took down 1st tourney in a while
Happy New Year
EDIT - was in the mood for a little sesh after that and it worked out well again. Took down the £750 GTD BH with 124 runners. Thought a bad beat had cost me the win at 1st (forgotten how to do hand historys but it was my AQ vs A8 AIPF and came down 88QQX.
Can,t get my last results up from before but i was £17 down since last sesh until i won this one.
Not updated for 5 days - Not really played much . 2 weeks out from rehab and i,m concentrating on other stuff. The important things in life. Its still a good hobby tho and a lot of fun .
My main aim is to to get my SS graph going back in the right direction which i,m pleased to say it is atm. ( currently emailing them over a game they missed - said they have a backlog of ten days of missed tourney results. It was biggest win for a while as well)
Lost a cpl of MTT,s tonight but currently 4th from 4 in 1K BH - happy days
Got 3rd in the end but lucky to get that. needed tho. Just gonna stick to mainly BH,s (cant,t bring myself to playthe £5 ones coz of the rake tho) and the timed tourneys
Doing ok on Sky atm but can,t seem to win a thing after getting off to some good starts.
Doing the 5 a day promo and will play some more MTT,s this week , probably £10 Bountys and £5 MTT,s.
Was thinking thats some other sites might be easier tho after playing 2 tourneys on another site last night- Any chance of some 3 euro-rebuys plz Sky? Got a lot of luck but happy days
EDIT Cant paste results from SS but it was 1st /146 and 1st from 187 for 184 and 248 euros
Just started playing a bit again and thought i need to set myself some new challenges.
I was kind off forced into playing after my benefits were sanctioned and i,ve been trying to live off £60 a week for the last few months, even though i,m tied into contracts with Sky and 02 so managed to make a coule of hundred and gonna leave £100 in my account to play with and if that goes i,ll have to wait again until i,m financially better off.
My only target is to keep a roll to play with and hopefully withdraw bits over a £100
Despite my financial situation i can,t complain. Had a good year. Done some college courses in Mental Health awareness, Substance Misuse and Peer Mentoring and even did some decorating i,d been puting off for years and my general well-being is better than it has been for a long time. I,ve also started visiting my local leisure centre 2-3 times a week where i do some sports, a few weights and some swimming.
One thing that has always scared the hell out of me though is the treadmills but after reading Dohh,s diary earlier i,m gonna give it a bash today and think about doing a 5k run in the New Year and see where it leads. I was quite a good cross country runner when i was a kid but that was many moons ago and having smoked for 27 years won,t have helped.
I,ll update at least once a week. although i am struggling to find a balance between playing poker and spending time with the girlfriend so i know i can,t play anywhere near what i used to play
I,ll be sticking to micro cash 2p/4p and 5p/10p (£3 max) and low stakes MTT,s (from £2-£5)
Not a great week as my benefits tribunal arrived on Wednesday. I thought it would be a formality as my welfare rights officer had been telling me i had more than enough points to pass it and get my decision overturned, so it was abit off a worry when she phoned the day before and said to expect the worst as she,d been in with a few clients this week and they hadn,t overturned 1 case despite having the required points.
It seems because i,ve pushed myself to go to college and get out more its counted against me and although they accepted i had mental health problems i didn,t meet the new requirements set by law to be deemed unfit for work, so no back pay and have to sign back on for jobseekers and apply for got knows how many jobs a week which now puts my college and volunteering work in jepordy.
There was one old guy on his way out in a wheelchair. He didn,t know what day it was but had also been deemed fit for work. I,ve heard a few horror stories recently about people a lot of worse off than me who are been forced back into work so i was kinda ready for it but it still gets me angry. Anyone who knows me knows i,m not an agressive person but found it hard to keep my cool when i saw the judge and woman doctor ( who seemed more interested in the security guard joking about outside rather than listening to my case which kept puting me off) walking past me outside on their way back to their cars and had a few choice words with them which i know won,t help but thats the end of that. You can,t appeal their decision. It just makes my blood boil when i see how the government cuts seem to affecting the most vulnerable people in society.
Anyways - absolutely nothing i can do it about it now so got rid off some off my frustration in the gym and paying for that a bit today. I did start on the treadmill last week. I only ran 1k at first but had to stop as my heart rate got to high. I think i was abit to keen and set off far to fast. Since then i,ve got up to 1.8k at a steadier pace although i haven,t timed myself yet as i,ve been to busy messing about with the gradients and speed but i will do in the nxt cpl of weeks.
On a good note finally got around to playing some poker tonight. Had a cpl of freerolls on other sites to play which didn,t come to anything but loaded up a cpl of tournaments on Sky. A £1.5K GTD £10 Bounty Hunter and a £200 GTD £5 turbo. the £10 one is probably a little outside my BR but think i was still tilting about my decision and worrying about how i,m gonna get by for the nxt few months. I went out pretty quickly in that and honestly don,t think i played that great in the turbo. I just won a lot off 50/50 flips but managed to win it from 46 players so well pleased about that and that my graph is still going in the right direction
Withdrawn - £64.40 ( I must have had more than 1 £2.30 token to use on the £10 game)
The aim is just to keep some money in my account whilst keep withdrawing anything over a £100. If the £100 goes then i may have to wait a while until finances improve but off to a good start
I did say i was going to stick to up to 5p/10p cash and up tp £5 tourneys but as i,ve only managed 2 sessions since i started diary again 11 days ago i decided to load up a cpl of 10p/20p games and 1 was a £6 max. Just been really stuck for time recently so was only gonna play a quicjk 30 minute sesh tonight but after a cpl of lucky hits came off ten mins early ( a quick smash and grab)
Hopefully i,ll get a few hours one night this week to try a cpl of tourneys
Finished a cpl of quid up last night although spent a £5 token so not really a win.
Only managed 2 x £5 timed games tonight but finished £14 in profit
Couldn,t commit to tournaments as absolutley shattered. Overdid it a bit today. Finished college and went str8 to the gym for an hour. Followed that with 40 lengths swimming then a quick tea and off to rock climbing for the first time. I think the teacher had bigger forearms than popeye and i get why now. It was alot harder than i thought but enjoyed it and will definately be going back. Gonna have a nice relaxing game of snooker tommorow night. Been playing for about 3 months now but still haven,t had a break over 20 so thats another target to aim for.
Starting volunteering at the Drugs and Alcohol service on monday . (on reception) so looking to test my stress levels on a bit of poker - all good
Got a few hours to myselfso played a 20 euro free token on another site and a bit gutted to bubble the FT in 10/265. Got nearly £60 ( It was BH) but stupidly decided to play on my phone whilst going to my mates about 3 hours in. Don,t know what i was thinking - Couldnt concentrate and lost signal for a bit,and messed some hands up
Did manage a cpl of 10 euros with a cpl of free twister tokens as well earlier on (thought sky might have those twister games btw)
Played some 2p/4p and and a £5 Timed on here whilst playing and finished +£15.54 ( if you ever get to read this Tikay - How about more timed tourneys - they seem popular)
Need to starting timing my runs this week although it wont take long. Up to 2.5k on treadmill for what seems like forever - but definately doing a 5k run soon or soonish and theres one or 2 10k ones in the new year
Just gonna update once a week as theres not much poker going on at the minute due to other commitments
I did play my first UKOPS the other night and got off to a good start - After an hour i,d gone from 3K to 12k with a head in the £22 BH but it all went south from there. Think the Mini UKOPS is more my thing and i,m playing them tonight. its still beyond my BR but if it goes - it goes. I,ll just have a brk for bit.
Played an hour here and there in last week mainly on 2p/4p and lows stake MTT,s . I think about £4 down from my £100 roll but will update after mini tourneys
On life stuff health is all good although missed a cpl of session at the leaiusre centre this week - doing more volunteering at local drug and alcohol services - college going well - snooker - still can,t a brk over 20, and got a job interview at Willy Hills nxt week - not had a job interview in years - oh and Preston are 3 pts off the play offs - Life is good
Typical - just as i type "life is good " i bust out of my first mini UKOPS after building a good stack - sigh
Just been reading lamberts diary and thought i,d update mine :
Not much been going on with poker recently. Managed a few short sessions - a mixture of MTT,s , micro cash and a cpl of DYM,s and 77 pence in profit since last post. Quite pleased with that i was down to the £60,s at one point and i have said if i lose this i,ll stop playing for a while.
Had a result on another account tho after phoning them up with a query. The member of staff i was talking to pressed the wrong button and accidently de-activated my account. I didn,t have any money in it and was told i,d have to open a new account. i wasn,t going to bother, but wass told i,d be eligible for their new player bonus again so obviously i went ahead. I laid my first bet off and took the £30. I was about to withdraw it when i noticed some casino tournaments for new players and thought i,d give them a try. After a few spins i realised there was a knack to it. (Not gtd to win but i certainly had an edge in the way i was playing them). I,ve made over £200 in the last 3 weeks from them and the good thing is they haven,t taken up much time and i have a good position on a couple of leadeboards for this week. I realise i won,t be entitled to play them as a new customer for much longer but its been good while its lasted.
On other news i had an ethical dilemma this week. My application for a job with a popular high street bookies had got through to the final interview stage. . It seemed like a good idea when i first applied for the job - i knew about gambling - enjoyed sports and thought this would be an interesting place to work but after visiting some of the shops and talking to staff and punters to prepare myself for the interview it quickly became appparent that i,d have to promote FOBT,s (Fixed Odds Betting terminals). I rarely go in bookies now but this was a stark reminder of what they,re actually like and the impact they are having on punters and the atmosphere in the shops. Although the laws have been changed slightly on them over the years theres still far to many people losing too much money on them. yet the bookies now rely on them for over 40% of their income and i,m sure many shops would shut if they were banned. At the moment the government just keep putting up the taxes on them. Anyway one of my tasks would be to offer punters free credits on the machines when new games come on them to try and entice them into playing for real money and this just didn,t sit right with me - so for this reason i phoned up and withdrew my application. I just hope the jobcentre understand and don,t stop my benefits again.
Other people will have their own opinions of them but the best description i,ve heard for these machines are that they are "The crack-cocaine of gambling"
Only managed to play here and there for an hour and finished about £2 up in last couple of weeks, so thought i,d try something different. After reading a couple of diarys on here it got me thinking about going for proirityas i,ve been on here for a few years and never got anywhere near it. don,t think i,ve ever got over 2-3k points in a month.
I,m still undecided whether this will be a good month to go for it . If the double points on STT,s were extended i think i would but can,t see that happening so maybe i,ll just use this month for practise and see what route will be a good way to get there. I know 1 thing . I,ll never make it at 2p/4p - doesn,t matter how many tables i play
I thought i,d try DYM,s and to get more games in stick with turbos. I figured i could concentrate better playing less tables so only playing 2-3 at a time. It started well cashing in 21/29 but has been a bit of a struggle since. I,ve looked on youtube and some other forums for advice, tips and general strategy on this format of the game but can hardly find anything. Theres plenty on normal DYM,S but nothing on turbos. - Any advice or where to find it would be much apprecatied
My volume has gone right down from 1st couple of days of the month, but still playing the £5 Turbo DYM,s, although i did play 3 MTT,s tonight as i was getting a bit bored with them. Glad i did tho. Got 1 FT and 1 decent cash. My only challenge at the moment tho is to keep playing the Turbo DYM,s and get an idea if i can brk even of them. So far its going well but long way to go till the end of the month
It was all going so well. (Just been keeping track of results by editing rather than keeping bumping my thread up)
Got absolutely hammered today tho. Can,t even say it was bad luck. i came accross some good regs today. In hindsight i should have avoided them - at least when there were 2 or 3 on same table. Made it much more difficult but think it will be a good lesson in the long run. I know now i need to put more work in and learn more about this format of the game. Signed up for an ICM tool thingy today and will have a play about with it tommorow. I found myself in to many spots where i was unsure what to do so this should help to some degree. Just got to get better at assigning hand ranges now. All good tho (had a nice result on palace to draw 3-3 the other day - can,t beleive it was 99/1) and still enjoying playing these games. I,ve freed up some time to take advantage of the double points this week although not sure i,m gonna make proirity this time round - Maybe nxt year. I,ve certainly got a new found respect for the DYM grinders out there since starting these
I,ll update my results at the end of the week, but a bit peed off tonight, but not because i,ve lost today.
i,ve played enough DYM,s this month to realise a lot of ppl don,t understand the concept of the game and play it like a normal STT. I,ve seen a lot of strange moves which don,t make sense esp. on the bubble when trying to eliminate a player. someone posted a while ago that its up to the regs to report suspicious play that could be colluding, which seems like the best idea but i,ve been accused twice in the last week in the chat box of dodgy play and whats most dissapointing is that they are both regs. In genereal theres far to many accusations flying around in the chat box. if i spot anyhthing suspiscious i wouldn,t even say anything. i,d just keep an eye on the player or players in question then report it
And now someones reported me . i,ll post the hand . It does look suss esp as the big stack was rasing and shoving every hand, but if people are reporting every mistake made by someone the team who deal with colluding are gonna be inundated with reports. Obv i won,t name names but you should no better than start making false accusations in the chat box. i,m now paranoid if i get involved in another pot with the guy who folded are Sky gonna be looking at it. I can,t help it if ppl don,t know how to play or make mistakes. it cudda just been a misclick
rant over - On a more positive note i,m well on way to priority for 1st time - don,t think i,ve ever got over 2k points before
ps - @ the accuser - if i was colluding i certainly wouldn,t play the same player again. You should keep qiuet and report it or keep an eye on the players you suspect yourself otherwise no-one will ever get caught
I,ll update my results at the end of the week, but a bit peed off tonight, but not because i,ve lost today. i,ve played enough DYM,s this month to realise a lot of ppl don,t understand the concept of the game and play it like a normal STT. I,ve seen a lot of strange moves which don,t make sense esp. on the bubble when trying to eliminate a player. someone posted a while ago that its up to the regs to report suspicious play that could be colluding, which seems like the best idea but i,ve been accused twice in the last week in the chat box of dodgy play and whats most dissapointing is that they are both regs. In genereal theres far to many accusations flying around in the chat box. if i spot anyhthing suspiscious i wouldn,t even say anything. i,d just keep an eye on the player or players in question then report it And now someones reported me . i,ll post the hand . It does look suss esp as the big stack was rasing and shoving every hand, but if people are reporting every mistake made by someone the team who deal with colluding are gonna be inundated with reports. Obv i won,t name names but you should no better than start making false accusations in the chat box. i,m now paranoid if i get involved in another pot with the guy who folded are Sky gonna be looking at it. I can,t help it if ppl don,t know how to play or make mistakes. it cudda just been a misclick rant over - On a more positive note i,m well on way to priority for 1st time - don,t think i,ve ever got over 2k points before ps - @ the accuser - if i was colluding i certainly wouldn,t play the same player again. You should keep qiuet and report it or keep an eye on the players you suspect yourself otherwise no-one will ever get caught Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance MP33 Small blind 100.00 100.00 292.50 xxxxx Big blind 200.00 300.00 9912.50 Your hole cards J A The accuser Fold dialbi4 Fold MP33 All-in 292.50 592.50 0.00 xxxxxx Fold MP33 Muck MP33 Win 400.00 400.00 MP33 Return 192.50 0.00 592.50 Posted by MP33
It's not always been the case that all of the Poker Team in Leeds have vast poker knowledge.
However, the chap currently responsible for auditing reports of collusion IS vastly experienced, & has played huge volumes of Online Poker. He has a good eye for what is or is not collusion, & fully understands the concept of DYM Bubble play, so don't be worrying about spurious reports.
Thx for the reply Tikay. I did let it get to me a bit last night and stupidly let it tilt me. I,m not worried now tho. I know i,ve done nothing wrong.
Just suprised at how some players (esp. experienced ones) go about reporting it. The last thing they should be doing is blurting accusations out in the chat box and telling ppl in there they,re reporting it.
Anyway 800 more pts for proirity so better crack on as i,m not gonna have much time over xmas
EDIT : Seems a good time to put that behind me and update latest scores on the doors. Still in profit despite another losing day yesterday. There seems a pattern emerging. The more games i play the worst my results seem to get. I have played a few other games including £10 - £15 DYM,s, low stakes cash and some MTT,s at which i,ve done quite well in. I think its because i,ve concentreted more on these games and not had as many tables on the go, but for the sake of this months challenge i,m just keeping track on my results for £5 Turbo dym,s. The other games were mainly to get the points up as i was well behind target and i did resort to some russian roulettes last week during the happy days promo. they didn,t go well but shouldn,t have to play them again as i,m well on track for that elusive 10k points.
Managed to reach target of proiority and to brk even doing it so well chuffed with the profit. I probably won,t have the time to go for it again but will find something else to try nxt month. Probably a few Bounty Hunters with new promo. I,ll update again in the New year but have to get off for xmas stuff for a few days (sigh)
Scores on the doors for december diary Monthly results £5 Turbo DYM 465/796 + £272 Other games +£88 Rewards Bonus,s + £194.65 Points 10,150 Managed to reach target of proiority and to brk even doing it so well chuffed with the profit. I probably won,t have the time to go for it again but will find something else to try nxt month. Probably a few Bounty Hunters with new promo. I,ll update again in the New year but have to get off for xmas stuff for a few days (sigh) Posted by MP33
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Very well done on your recent results and gl for the future.
I was kind off forced into playing after my benefits were sanctioned and i,ve been trying to live off £60 a week for the last few months, even though i,m tied into contracts with Sky and 02 so managed to make a coule of hundred and gonna leave £100 in my account to play with and if that goes i,ll have to wait again until i,m financially better off.
My only target is to keep a roll to play with and hopefully withdraw bits over a £100
Despite my financial situation i can,t complain. Had a good year. Done some college courses in Mental Health awareness, Substance Misuse and Peer Mentoring and even did some decorating i,d been puting off for years and my general well-being is better than it has been for a long time. I,ve also started visiting my local leisure centre 2-3 times a week where i do some sports, a few weights and some swimming.
One thing that has always scared the hell out of me though is the treadmills but after reading Dohh,s diary earlier i,m gonna give it a bash today and think about doing a 5k run in the New Year and see where it leads. I was quite a good cross country runner when i was a kid but that was many moons ago and having smoked for 27 years won,t have helped.
I,ll update at least once a week. although i am struggling to find a balance between playing poker and spending time with the girlfriend so i know i can,t play anywhere near what i used to play
I,ll be sticking to micro cash 2p/4p and 5p/10p (£3 max) and low stakes MTT,s (from £2-£5)
New BR £100
Good luck m8, no doubt a man of your calibre will spin it up.
Wednesday 23/46
Thursday 9/14
Friday 23/33
Saturday 22/31
Sunday 8/12
= 102/157
Profit : £129
Bonus : £40
Monthly Points : 3054
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Monday 29/66 - £73
It was all going so well. (Just been keeping track of results by editing rather than keeping bumping my thread up)
Got absolutely hammered today tho. Can,t even say it was bad luck. i came accross some good regs today. In hindsight i should have avoided them - at least when there were 2 or 3 on same table. Made it much more difficult but think it will be a good lesson in the long run. I know now i need to put more work in and learn more about this format of the game. Signed up for an ICM tool thingy today and will have a play about with it tommorow. I found myself in to many spots where i was unsure what to do so this should help to some degree. Just got to get better at assigning hand ranges now. All good tho (had a nice result on palace to draw 3-3 the other day - can,t beleive it was 99/1) and still enjoying playing these games. I,ve freed up some time to take advantage of the double points this week although not sure i,m gonna make proirity this time round - Maybe nxt year. I,ve certainly got a new found respect for the DYM grinders out there since starting these
Tuesday 20/33 +£18.50
Wednesday 28/44 +£38
Thursday 61/107 +£21.50
Friday 27/51 -£10.50
Saturday 10/11 + £39.50
Sunday 10/13 + £28.50
Monthly games 387/656 = + £262
Rewards Bonus,s £153.65
Monthly points : 8213
Edit : Monday5/10
Tuesday 6/10
Wednesday 19/43
I,ll update my results at the end of the week, but a bit peed off tonight, but not because i,ve lost today.
i,ve played enough DYM,s this month to realise a lot of ppl don,t understand the concept of the game and play it like a normal STT. I,ve seen a lot of strange moves which don,t make sense esp. on the bubble when trying to eliminate a player. someone posted a while ago that its up to the regs to report suspicious play that could be colluding, which seems like the best idea but i,ve been accused twice in the last week in the chat box of dodgy play and whats most dissapointing is that they are both regs. In genereal theres far to many accusations flying around in the chat box. if i spot anyhthing suspiscious i wouldn,t even say anything. i,d just keep an eye on the player or players in question then report it
And now someones reported me . i,ll post the hand . It does look suss esp as the big stack was rasing and shoving every hand, but if people are reporting every mistake made by someone the team who deal with colluding are gonna be inundated with reports. Obv i won,t name names but you should no better than start making false accusations in the chat box. i,m now paranoid if i get involved in another pot with the guy who folded are Sky gonna be looking at it. I can,t help it if ppl don,t know how to play or make mistakes. it cudda just been a misclick
rant over - On a more positive note i,m well on way to priority for 1st time - don,t think i,ve ever got over 2k points before
ps - @ the accuser - if i was colluding i certainly wouldn,t play the same player again. You should keep qiuet and report it or keep an eye on the players you suspect yourself otherwise no-one will ever get caught
However, the chap currently responsible for auditing reports of collusion IS vastly experienced, & has played huge volumes of Online Poker. He has a good eye for what is or is not collusion, & fully understands the concept of DYM Bubble play, so don't be worrying about spurious reports.