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I do play MTT's mostly. I enjoy them the most. Don't know why. I am planning on trying cash more next month. I was going to play more cash this month, but then I set myself the target of 1000 reward points to get into the 4k freeroll. This meant I switched to £5.50 DYM's. As I felt I had most chance of hitting my mark with those games (running along side my MTT's). I only play 2 tables at a time so very low volume.
I wont be playing much poker for the next week due to a few things, and I'm off to Tenerife on the 27th but my reward points are at 929 or something. I'm planning on the main and mini on Monday night again so with a few DYM's I should hit the mark.
Thanks for reading my diary mate. I've got a lot of support from the forum and had nice comments in the chat box as well as some railing on a few occasions.
BR £472.64
RP 974
DYM 37/62
Played the main and mini tonight. The final table jackpot dream was alive till about 11ish lol. I ran deep-ish in both. 23rd in the main with no heads, 14th in the mini with 6 heads. That gave me about £25 profit between them, then I entered £250 gtd. finished nowhere. The classic check/call check/call river brings the flush, value bet I have to call because I have the straight. Then it became a shove-fest. Eventually my 44 ran into QQ. So at least I have a very small profit for the night and I have surpassed my February goal of 1000 reward points so i'll be in the 1st 4k freeroll in March. Probably wont be playing for a week or so now so at least I reached my goal and am in profit for the month.
BR £482.63
RP 1012
DYM 37/62
BR £497.71
RP 1043
DYM 37/62
I have decided to can my mini dym challenge. Last month I played them for the points. I found them a bit too formulaic and didn't really enjoy them. I will be back to my MTT's and trying to play more cash.
I have just registered for the 1st 4k freeroll on sunday so hoping to get some free cash out of that.
Just before I went away I donked off my £20 winnings from before.
Today I played the £150 bh and £300 bh.
Took 2 heads and finished 10th, just in the cash, in the £150 for £3.44 profit.
Took 4 heads and finished 7th, cashed again, for a total profit of £13.82 So £17.36 overall. Not bad. Was a bit gutted to go out of the £300. Lost a flip with 44 vs AQo. Would have been in good shape if I had got the double up.
BR £482.67
RP 11
Had some major luck though. Got it in dominated twice and survived. Also shoved 3 hands on the trot. Lost first 1 which left me short(stupid bounty chasing) then picked up AQs next hand, got called by AJh sweaty flop as villain flopped 2 hearts but my hand held up, then next hand picked up 88. Its was the bb of the villain from the previous hand (who was loose anyway) and I thought he could be tilted so I shoved, got called by k9off and survived.
£300 bh started off great, took 2 bounties in 1 hand early on, built up to about 8.5k after that going really well then lost AA vs JJ aipf, jack on the flop, then lost 2 races on the trot, still had 4k but was 20bb, Raised AQo got called from bb flop was all hearts KJx and I had the Ah. Guy bet out so I shoved, he had K5o with Kh. It held. Then my 77 6/7bb shove got called by J8o. Jack on the river severely pee'd me off, but hey ho. The 2 bounties nearly covered my buy in (10p short lol) I was just upset my perfect March cashing record was beat.
BR £487.66
RP 22
Today I played the £150bh and £300.
Was on a major heater early doors in the £150. Took 5 heads and mustered up a 14k stack within an hour. Then hit a plateau. Tried to apply pressure but my luck deserted me. Lost 2 races and was down to 8k when average had crept up to 5k. Managed to negotiate being completely card dead and ft bubbled for 7th. (cashed again) total profit for tourney £10.19 Exit hand was another race I didn't win 88 vs A9. Hit the 9 just to be extra cruel
£300 got off to a good start, AA held (makes a change lol) in 3rd or 4th hand doubled up and got to about 5k. Then I think the fact I was on such a heater in the other tourney got the better of me. I made a stupid shove on the turn with bottom pair and the nut flush draw against a good reg. There were 2 queens on the board and it was obvious he had one. My flush missed the river and I was down to 1.5k. Then similarly to the £150 I lost ANOTHER race when I shoved my 99 into a raised pot with 3 callers, they all folded except the last one who had J10o. You guessed it. Jack on the flop.
It just seems at the minute I feel I am playing well and managing to go deep, but when the blinds catch up and its time to start sticking it in I cant catch a break. Even if I build a nice stack so I can play more I seem to lose large chunks of it making the correct calls (esp in BH's). I cant even get to a nice 40/50bb stack with 10/15 players left no matter how I play it.
Although I cant complain for march seen as though i've cashed in 5/8 MTT's. Shame no final tables.
I was thinking about joining a team. Mainly because at the minute I am the only one critique-ing my play. I've posted some hands in the clinic and BBV and have had some really good advice. But seen as though poker is a forever learning game it wouldn't hurt to have some people railing me and being able to give me pointers when I don't play hands correctly.
BR £473.77
RP 87
Knew I shouldn't have opened my mouth.
Although, funny story time..... are you sitting comfortably? Then i'll begin.............
So its Friday night, my son is in bed, my girlfriend had fallen asleep on me so I'm pinned to the couch. There's knack all on tv, but because I'm such a nice guy I didn't want to move and wake my girlfriend up. I just manage to reach her ipod touch (note thats IPOD not IPAD). So I remember sky is now available on them. I load it up and sit at a 20nl table. My thinking was to just give it a whirl and see what it plays like, not really to play properly or get involved. So I sits down and gets JJ first hand utg. Given that I'm on an IPOD and my fingers are half size of the screen, I have trouble negotiating the controls lol. I manage a 4x raise (its Friday night remember-the crazies come out) and get 3bet (£1.40 I think)from the sb who has £10 something. I cant manage to 4bet as the bar has slid over to ALL IN and I cant slide it back haha, so I elect to call. The flop is 7 high. The villain shoves for £9 something so I call, he shows AK and I hold up. Happy days. Then I few raises later and picking up AK suited and I'm £14 up. Playing on an ipod was far too fiddly although I don't think its designed for that. So I played for about 10mins then quit. True hit n run lol.
In other news I have joined TPT. I was kindly pointed there by Chris Mc and warmly welcomed by POKERTREV when I posted a thread in the team talk.
I am looking forward to the DTD's on Monday where I will be making my debut.
I wont manage to play today or tonight but I am in the 4k freeroll tomorrow. I have noticed a few of you who have been kind enough to comment on my thread are in it, so it will be nice to play with some of you and hopefully take all of your chips ha ha.
Only kidding,
BR £478.96
RP 102
welcome too the team mate and gl in your freeroll.
I played some cash Saturday night. Wow its crazy. I played very well. Value bet the crazy players and tightened up when needed. Sat down at 20nl and left with £50 profit. I got some absolutely mental calls, although I did get a bit of luck. I raised with 55 and hit my set on the flop but there were 2 spades, the villain led out so I raised him (plus we had previous) and he shoved on me for £15. I called and he had A4spades for the nut flush draw, but I held. Got some nice hands paid, but also had aces 3 times and got nothing so it could have been even better. Cant complain though.
Just played a little 20nl after the freeroll. Had KK cracked by 10 2 suited, check/call check/call value bet river when flush comes in. Literally every time this happens they have it against me.
Although my luck changed when an absolute horrible human being started donking off his money and abusing people. I was the main beneficiary of both money and abuse ha ha.
So I was down £10 at one point but left the table £23 in profit. So a good weekend all round really.
Looking forward to the DTD tomorrow night
BR £564.62
RP 160
Really enjoyed the DTD's tonight. Got to play with my new team mates, and had some good chat with others. I had a good start in 1, never really got going in 2 and went pretty deep in 3. Finished 48th 75th and 27th. Well worth a fiver of anybody's money.
BR £581.13
RP 174
loooooooool sry, I forgot you got moved and we got re-united.
My many apologies for not crediting you with a FT.
Guess what? Just finished 3rd AGAIN grrrrrrrr.
had a good cash session too. Was £17 quid down at one point but managed to keep my cool and reload and finsh about £14 to the good.
So my BR has broke the £600 mark and ive taken money out a couple of months ago, I think it was £230 or something. so my BR doesn't reflect my 2014 profit.
Keeping this diary has really helped develop my poker. Not just at the tables but stratergy wise and BR management too.
Had great fun in the DTD last night. Managed a respectable 23rd position on the leader board on my debut (not as good as DOHHHHHHHH's debut mind) and had great fun railing my team mates HU and DOHHHHHHHHHH. Unlucky Chris Mc. Nice take down GELDY.
Looking forward to next Monday night already
£615.46
BR 218
So not a great day.
Just playing the £150 bh at the minute. Got 4k stack early on then picked up AA in the bb, raise, 3bet shove from the sb, the sb and raiser had nearly same stack so I put the raiser all in. He calls with 66!!!! at least the sb had QQ, flop comes 345 with a 7 on the turn was inevitable. Would have had 7k stack with 2 heads! now im sitting on 3k. Oh well, better concentrate now I guess. Came to my diary to vent so I don't go on tilt ha ha.
Will be in the £300 at 11.30 too
BR £564.38
RP 337
In hindsight I could have got away from it, I was the one who jammed over a value bet when realistically all I was ever gonna get called by was a flush.
I played some cash and ran into monster after monster. I lost a buy in at 20nl but kept my composure, reloaded, ran into some more monsters, topped up, kept my composure and managed to leave the table a quid down! So whilst profit wise it wasn't a good session I feel for my game it was as I was £30 odd quid down and managed to stay patient and pull it back. There were a few regs on the table, a few fish and me (somewhere in the middle lol). I feel I held my own against the regs and actually managed to play position and get some nice bluffs through.
Today ive bust the £150 at 945am already but am regged for the 1045 and the £300 at 1130.
I lost a big pot when somebody played KK very passively, I had TP TK and value bet the river and for some reason the villain just called with an overpair. The board had a very unlikely straight but that is an indication of how passive this player was. Then I lost another pot when the river brought a straight in after I had been value betting TP TK again.
My decision to shove QJ suited into a raised pot nearly paid off when I flopped a flush draw and turned a gutshot too. Unfortunately I didn't hit (3way pot-would have tripled up).
So my head is clear, gonna get the kettle on, make a cuppa and get my A game warmed up for 15mins time......
PS
Hope your bet came in Chris!!!!
That hurt me, I managed a double up with some more crazy luck 87suited vs AKoff. Ace hit on the flop, turn gave me opened ended straight, river brought it home lol, but was hovering around 15-20k constantly as the blinds had crept up. Eventually picked up JJ and shoved got called by 100k stack chip leader with AQsuited and couldn't hold up! Not to say I didn't have my luck, but I seem to be able to FT in low stakes MTT's quite a bit but very rarely TID. I always loose big flips with 4/5 left.
BR £545.39
RP 467
£545.06
RP 482
the £200 gtd came down to another losing flip for me. ironically AQvsJJ with me having the over and not hitting (the exact reverse of the other day).
The £150bh was particularly brutal. I saw all sorts of bad beats and suck outs. (some for, some against) 3 handed my top 2 pair ran into the rivered nut flush which hurt my stack a lot. then lost a few smaller pots and I was down to 10bb, shove the button with air and got called by Q6suited which hit the Q on the flop. Took a few heads as well though.
ShaunyT03£14.54 + £8.38 Head Prizes5
ShaunyT05£21.20
My ratio of FT to win is shocking lol.
BR £562.68
RP 524
Can I change my name to Doctor Run Bad?
DTD1 AAvsKKvs55 5 hits. Standard. DTD2 crippled by a marginal call then shoves A9 over a min raiser who has AK, hits my 9 WAHEYYYY board double pairs QQJJ so counterfeited, split pot. Next hand 44 on button with 12bb shoves into AA. ace on flop and turn. goodnight sweet prince. Cant remember DTD3.
bounty hunters. 2nd hand 77 in bb, full table limp. raises get 4 callers 763 flop quality. utg leads out, 1 caller in cold 3bet gets shoved on by utg who has 45 offsuit. UTG limp caller 45off!!!
Then next bounty hunter QQ vs AK aipf. Lose race as per.
in one last bounty hunter now then im off to bury the laptop in the back garden.
FML
cashed in the £150bh with 2 heads but FT bubbled when I shoved my 55 into A5 and villan hit his ace on the river. standard for me.
Crippled in the £3oo bh by this hand
then entered the £500 bh built a nice stack up then this happened
I just seem to be running terribly. On top of this I'm having major issues with the sky software (sky move your threads to the feedback area and don't even bother commenting- cheers sky). Posting hand histories to see where im going wrong is a ballache so im inclined not to bother. All in all, very pee'd off at the minute and thinking of just withdrawing my money and moving on. Maybe that's just the bad beats speaking. I don't know. But I am starting to see why sky poker isn't the premier uk poker site it should be. Which is a real shame because the people on here are great, and the DTD tourneys on Monday are great fun (except when my AA gets cracked).
BR £488.34
RP 618
if i get a hand cracked and lose a buy in i can just play another 10 sng's in an hour and usually forget about most beats. but to have a 3hour grind get shot down and only be able to play 3-4 MTT's max in a night i can see why it would tilt any rationality right out of you.