My Diary

ShaunyT

In Response to Re: My Diary:

i honestly dont know how you MTT heads cope with the variance. 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.
Posted by TeddyBloat

Its tough sometimes, but like chicknmelt said FT'ing a big field and/or taking it down is a great feeling.

I love poker, sometimes the beats are hard to take, especially the 1/2 outers when you have been sat 3 hours like you say, but that's parts of the game. I guess the way I see it (when im in a good mood lol) is its entertainment. If I play poker for 3 hours and play well and lose its annoying, but if ive enjoyed it I don't feel as bad.

CraigSG1

I agree. Nothing beats coming through a large field and winning. I could finish 2nd for £1000 and fin first for £900 and I would still get more of a buzz from winning!

On the flip side it does suck big time when you get unlucky after playing for a few hours and get busted or crippled.

ShaunyT

Well the cash tables aren't any kinder to me.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
ShaunyT	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£24.87
splashies	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.80
	Your hole cards	J J
tech34	Fold
stanley08	Fold
xxx	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£19.70
Cooms_1959	Fold
ShaunyT	Raise		£1.30	£2.20	£23.57
splashies	Fold
xxx	Call		£0.80	£3.00	£18.90
Flop
		10 8 9
ShaunyT	Bet		£1.50	£4.50	£22.07
xxx	Raise		£4.50	£9.00	£14.40
ShaunyT	Raise		£6.00	£15.00	£16.07
xxx	All-in		£14.40	£29.40	£0.00
ShaunyT	Call		£11.40	£40.80	£4.67
ShaunyT	Show	J J
xxx	Show	9 9
Turn
		4
River
		A
xxx	Win	Three 9s	£39.00		£39.00

ShaunyT

I've pretty much decided I'm behind and put my money in any way. Bad play?

I have 10 outs to win the hand if I put him on a set (which I did but called anyway.... DONK) but was hoping he had a massive draw or possibly 77.

ShaunyT

£300BH
so after having my KK cracked by QJ even when I've hit my set, im crippled to 180 chips, I get a triple uo and pick a pot up to get to 600 chips then this happens

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
calc18	Small blind		20.00	20.00	1865.00
RED_MAN	Big blind		40.00	60.00	3740.00
	Your hole cards	A Q
ShaunyT	Raise		120.00	180.00	480.00
92boi	Fold
elvisg1972	Fold
Candid	Fold
calc18	All-in		1865.00	2045.00	0.00
RED_MAN	Fold
ShaunyT	All-in		480.00	2525.00	0.00
calc18	Unmatched bet		1285.00	1240.00	1285.00
calc18	Show	J A
ShaunyT	Show	A Q
Flop
		8 7 Q
Turn
		K
River
		10
calc18	Win	Straight to the Ace	1240.00		2525.00

ShaunyT

according to my hand analyzer he is 3.33% to win the hand after that flop. And only 9.09% after the turn.

I just don't know what I have to do.

Becoming ever more frustrated

ShaunyT

exit hand from £150 bh just now. cheers sky

Hand History #757857883 (12:27 20/03/2014)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
skicowboys	Small blind		200.00	200.00	19180.00
ShaunyT	Big blind		400.00	600.00	4651.25
	Your hole cards	7 A
Teammarlin	Fold
RASTAWAYNE	Call		400.00	1000.00	43203.11
skicowboys	Call		200.00	1200.00	18980.00
ShaunyT	Check
Flop
		5 6 7
skicowboys	Check
ShaunyT	All-in		4651.25	5851.25	0.00
RASTAWAYNE	Call		4651.25	10502.50	38551.86
skicowboys	Fold
ShaunyT	Show	7 A
RASTAWAYNE	Show	7 K
Turn
		10
River
		8
RASTAWAYNE	Win	Flush to the King	10502.50		49054.36

ShaunyT

So, I've had a bit of luck in the £150 BH. very first hand I had (late reg) I get JJ, raise, get a call from a station (notes) flop come KJ9 2 hearts, so very draw heavy board, I bet out, villain calls, turn is a brick, I check, villain bets, I shove he calls with A9 lol. Bounty and a near double up. Took another head but then got a bit short. Thought I was actually gonna win a race (silly me)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
angie6579	Small blind		150.00	150.00	10122.50
TELLO-210	Big blind		300.00	450.00	12475.00
	Your hole cards	3 3
cheeky1985	Fold
ShaunyT	All-in		3075.00	3525.00	0.00
ryanmars	Fold
angie6579	Call		2925.00	6450.00	7197.50
TELLO-210	Fold
angie6579	Show	9 A
ShaunyT	Show	3 3
Flop
		6 5 6
Turn
		10
River
		5
angie6579	Win	Two Pairs, 6s and 5s	6450.00

Out just before the cash 14th or something.

Currently in the £300 with no heads EDIT. Just had KK cracked by 66 for a big pot and a head. the run continues

churchy18

unlucky with the hand above pretty sick he did not hit and u still lost would prefer them too hit than that too happen

been a good read so far
keep it up

ShaunyT

Well haven't posted in a while because I cant bring myself to tell you about all the bad beats. Basically on a £200 downswing, which considering I play lowstakes is pretty brutal.

The annoying thing is I'm not just getting it in good, I'm getting it in 95% good, and losing EVERY SINGLE TIME. The beats are just never ending.

Yesterday I lost 2 £30 buy ins at cash. QQ vs AJ on a 10 high board with only the river to come Ace on the river. KK vs QQ villain hits 4flush. Every tourney I enter my exit hands are unbelievable.

Yesterday I had 22 in the sb with UTG limp. I limped bb checked. flop Q55 I check, bb leads utg calls (obv im behind to one of em) I float, 2 on the turn. I lead out bb raises utg folds, I re raise bb shoves I call. Villain shows the expected 5 for trips to my FH. 5 on the river. Standard.

A9 suited in the bb, folded round to sb who limps, I 3x raise he calls. Axx flop, he checks I check as I feel I'm way ahead, turn brings in my nut flush draw to go with top pair, villain leads out (maybe 2 pair poss) I raise he shoves I call. Villain shows A6, so I have him dominated and one of his outs completes my flush, but noooooo he hits 1 of the 2 outs he has.


These are just some of the horrendous beats. On top of this I never win races, or even 70/30's. When my QQ gets called by ace jack its either the ace hitting of some spurious 4flush or straight that comes in. Everytime some has suited card they hit the flush against me. When I get it in with the same cards AK vs AK I still manage to lose.

I don't play high volume online, so when you get 10/15 really bad beats in the space of 2/3 days its really hard to deal with.
Especially when your are 95% to win the hand. I can cope with losing flips but c'mon give me a break.

I think my poker will be taking a back seat for a while, off to the gym to get ripped for the summer and going to try play more live. I will play the DTD's as they are great fun but at the minute playing on here is no fun at all. (except when mrsduck rails me!!) She is witness to some of these beats.

Hope the rest of you have better luck than me :-D

hhyftrftdr

Sounds like you're running bad at the moment.....but I can't understand your out of position float with 22 on a Q55 board. With 2 villains, and nowhere for your hand to go (so unlikely to improve), I'd just bin it. This isn't a time/situation to float IMO.

Hope you run better soon.

ShaunyT

It doesn't get any better. AA cracked by 89 off. 3x utg raise, called by villiain on my left. I'm sat there when the turn is a 10 after ive bet the 67x flop I check and villain shoves. So not only do I think surely he cant have 89, then I think would he shove the stone cold nuts..... He would. 1K left shoves pre with AQ get called by QJsuited, Jack on the flop. Standard.
Exit hand is my AJ vs 10 10. Once again I don't win a race.

I'm playing 1 or 2 more tourneys today and then that's it, i'll be here for the DTD's and maybe the odd main event. I'll keep a look out for sky live events. But I simply don't believe how often terrible plays get rewarded.

mrsduck

Don't give up Shauny! Take a break or stick to DYMs or something for a week or so.... then try again? GL whatever you decide

SJspanky1

In Response to Re: My Diary:

It doesn't get any better. AA cracked by 89 off. 3x utg raise, called by villiain on my left. I'm sat there when the turn is a 10 after ive bet the 67x flop I check and villain shoves. So not only do I think surely he cant have 89, then I think would he shove the stone cold nuts..... He would. 1K left shoves pre with AQ get called by QJsuited, Jack on the flop. Standard. Exit hand is my AJ vs 10 10. Once again I don't win a race. I'm playing 1 or 2 more tourneys today and then that's it, i'll be here for the DTD's and maybe the odd main event. I'll keep a look out for sky live events. But I simply don't believe how often terrible plays get rewarded.
Posted by ShaunyT

Variance sucks mate, we've all been there. The downward swings always feel much worse than the upwards trajectories. Take a little time off and enjoy your other interests, you'll soon feel like getting stuck back into it again and winning the moniez back!!

ShaunyT

Thanks guys, but I'm off (sort of) wont be playing nearly as much on sky.

Will be playing more live and doing other things. I am stuck because I don't enjoy playing high volume (to even out the variance) so I wont be doing that. Sky have no speed poker (which is quite profitable for me). So from now on it will be the DTD's on Mondays and a couple of games here and there. I am also in receipt of loads of free money and offers from others sites that I haven't been playing as I have been on sky. So every cloud has a silver lining.

Also I am not just taking the easy road and saying its just a bad downswing, I'm sure there are ways to improve my game and spots where my play has been at fault. So I will be reading rather than playing too. 

Since I started my diary I am around £180 to the good (it was near £400 at one point) so i'll take that. Just to add insult to injury I got home from the gym, registered for the DTD's and played the £500 bounty hunter. I will post 2 hands and see what you think.

So my money is withdrawn and the DTD's are regged. See some of you tonight. If I get a good result tonight I may be in contention for a monthly prize

ShaunyT

Amount	Pot	Balance
fish	Small blind		30.00	30.00	1835.00
chefboy79	Big blind		60.00	90.00	6112.50
	Your hole cards	A A
ShaunyT	Raise		120.00	210.00	2700.00
abhouston	Fold
Cp28	Fold
fish	Call		90.00	300.00	1745.00
chefboy79	Fold
Flop
		10 4 6
fish	Bet		225.00	525.00	1520.00
ShaunyT	Raise		450.00	975.00	2250.00
fish	Call		225.00	1200.00	1295.00
Turn
		5
fish	Check
ShaunyT	Bet		900.00	2100.00	1350.00
fish	Call		900.00	3000.00	395.00
River
		8
fish	All-in		395.00	3395.00	0.00
ShaunyT	Call		395.00	3790.00	955.00
fish	Show	7 J
ShaunyT	Show	A A
fish	Win	Straight to the 8	3790.00		3790.00

Before I get flamed, he had FISH at the end of his name so I have just deleted the first part lol.

So this is the problem playing stations. Why on earth did he call the post flop raise?? I put him on an open ended straight after he did, so when the 5 came on the turn I didn't think it improved his hand much as I thought he had one. I wa hoping to commit him with the 900 bet I know I should have just put him all in, and the river call was pure frustration. But for 395 into a 4k pot plus a £10 bounty can you ever find a fold there?

ShaunyT

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
abhouston	Small blind		30.00	30.00	2840.00
Cp28	Big blind		60.00	90.00	2180.00
	Your hole cards	K K
gurkdafish	Fold
chefboy79	Raise		240.00	330.00	4987.50
ShaunyT	All-in		775.00	1105.00	0.00
abhouston	Fold
Cp28	Fold
chefboy79	Call		535.00	1640.00	4452.50
chefboy79	Show	K A
ShaunyT	Show	K K
Flop
		3 A 10
Turn
		4
River
		J
chefboy79	Win	Pair of Aces	1640.00

Exit hand is standard. I wish I had started a spreadsheet to show how many races I lose. Its ridiculous. I even lose the 70/30's like this too.