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Bankroll - £371.02 + £50 C4P =£421.02
3,000 Poker Points
Top 30 League Position (just)
So all targets were met in November which I'm really pleased with, particularly the bankroll increase although my target might have been a touch on the conservative side. A bit disappointed with my league position but that is what it is to be honest, there a few real grinders out there now so it takes a lot of volume to be right up there and I'm pretty busy at the moment.
December targets:
Originally my targets were going to be to move up to £22s and earn 4,000 Poker Points but as I have only just gotten around to setting them, I obviously need to adjust these as I will be starting £22s tomorrow anyway. So my targets will be:
Move upto £33 DYMs (so increase bankroll to at least £660)
Earn 6,000 poker points
I think these targets could be quite difficult to meet, particularly if I need to drop straight back down to £11s and £16.50s. Then again, with a bit of run good they may be quite easily achieved, we will have to see, obviously hoping for the latter.
I wish everyone the best of luck with your own December goals and hope it is a prosperous month for us all!
Otherwise winning 2 £16.50s and losing 2 would mean you didn't have the roll for the £22s lol
So I guess you were just playing both levels for volume?
Played 5 £22s W 1 L 4
Played 2 £16.50s W 1 L 1
Bankroll - £408.02
Back to the £11s or £16.50s for me for a while :-(
Played 16 £11s W 10 L 7
Played 7 £16.50s W 6 L 1
Played 6 £22s W 4 L 2
Bankroll - £513.52
Poker Points - 935
Played 12 £22s W 7 L 5
Bankroll - £529.52
Most of all GL
Just played a few games and managed to note down a couple of hands. The first was one was really interesting at the time and had me in the tank a bit:
The next hand is my exit hand in the same game to the same player. It supports my read in the above hand, looking at the post-flop play. Unfortunately I might have copied this hand no. down wrong but I cannot find it searching manually either so maybe there is problem with some HHs at the moment (??). Basically I min raised the button with AQ at 75/150 and he flats in the BB again. He then min donks the Q-7-x flop and I shove to be snapped by Q7. I noted in a later game, as well, that the same player open shoved 2000 from early position in level 1 with A3o.
The third I don't know if there's too much to discuss, I guess there's plenty who get it in here but with no fold equity and a chance that the top end of my straight draw is dead I prefer to just sit this one out, despite the great pot odds. Probably a spot, for me, where 'DYM odds' override standard pot odds. The hand probably goes someway to explaining why I never get straight flushes :-(
Played 8 £22s W 4 L 4
Played 3 £16.50s W 1 L 2
Bankroll - £494.02
So not the best session but I am very happy with the way that I am playing at the moment. I am going to expect a few swings now that I'm up the levels a bit again. There were a few tough opponents today (to be expected during the day) which isn't ideal but still just about enough weaker players to make the games profitable, imo. Still going to look more forward to the evenings rather than the day sessions, I think.
Bankroll - £470.02
Poker Points - 1600
I think in this spot if ive seen to aggro players to go and looking at the BB stack, with 2.1k i,d have to think about raising but might fold in the hope of them getting involved togethor
what stacks are you making this raise with? eg 600 - 4k and is that where i,m going wrong - by playing to tight at this level as i,d probably only do it with less than 1900-2k
MP
Massive congrats and well done to JC, keep it up, I hope this thread stays alive as it's such a wealth of info and certinally has got me motivated to have ago, i've got £100 so might have ago at some £3.30's for starters.
I've just set up a spread sheet, for this very reason, that works out games played, won & lost then gives a total of the week. This gives me a clear picture of how i'm running. PM me your email and i'll send you a copy.
Paul
Edit: Let me know what level you play, so i can work the formula's out.
Won both, but it was close on the 2nd, on the bubble and card dead, not a good mix lol
One thing I like to do is get a sharkscope of all my opponents, so I know roughly what they're about, if anyone wants there own sharkscope graphs etc, just give me a shout
May have been answered in this thread elsewhere, even though I've read it, i've already forgotten bits lol
How many tables can you properly play at once, and what size monitor do you have?
I can just about manage 3 cash at the moment, but can't fit anymore than 4 anyway because I have a standard laptop.
Thanks and keep up the good form...
Quite a few HH here, but I won't become an annoying person who constantly posts them, I promise. It's my first full day playing DYM's and I just want to check with you experts that I'm on the right path!
So away we go...
I guess you would always shove here, but the fact their was a tight raiser early, what do you think? Yes I got lucky lol
I am back to playing the £3.30s now, I can't get my PM to work for some reason. But would love a copy of your spreadsheet. Could you try to PM me with your email address then I can send you an email?
Stretch
First of all, please feel completely free to post any of your DYM hands/questions/topics in this thread, it's what it's here for.
So to the first hand. I think we're always shoving QQ there with that stack, it would take a very special read not to. Just unlucky, well played.
The second hand becomes awkward on the flop because of the villains stack. I really like your pre-fop raise though and the c-bet on the flop. The only mistake I think in that hand is calling off the shove. I think he has enough chips to make you fold there. You can't be ahead there on that flop.
The A10 is really awkward aswell, mainly due to the shove being 4BBs and only half your stack. I fold here to be honest, but then I am on the tight side. I'm sure there are some extremely competent DYMers on here who would advise you to re-ship all-in. Flat calling isn't really an option to be honest, OK it's clear you're not goin anywhere but just stick the lot in to be sure.
The KQs at the end I would fold. I can see what you're doing with it and I really like the idea in principle (KQs should be crushing if he's limping alot) but I just think he has a few too many chips to make the play in this spot. If he has a few less, I'm absolutely fine with the play.
That's some views from me, hope they help a bit. My own conclusion would be that you're already a very competent DYMer as most of those spots are marginal and only some pretty fine-tuning is needed, in my opinion. You expressed a bit of concern over gambling too much and I would probably say that you are, just a touch. I think the A-10 and KQs hands show this (also the AK but I think that's more of an actual mistake, to be honest). I would just tighten up a little. When I was learning DYMs I spent alot of time thinking about the nature of DYMs (survival) and how some hand ranges play vs each other. Think about the hands you want your opponent to turn over (dominated ones I would say) and how many chips you should really be risking in spots when your opponent could easily be around 40%.
Played 10 £22s W 6 L 4
Played 5 £11s W 4 L 1
Unfortunately, I forgot to note my BR here but it was definately around £515.
Then tonight I had a good night, the games were good and I ran pretty well throughout. Apart from 3 exits being AA vs unpaired undercards in for huge pots that would have left me comfortable. Funny how these things work, as I say I ran pretty well overall:
Played 25 £22s W 15 L 10
Bankroll - £565.02
Poker points - 2,370
Obviously happy at the moment as the BR is at it's highest point again, which is always nice. I might not be on at all tomorrow so run well everyone who is.
I did OK in a tourney yesterday, so have today moved to the £5.50 DYMs, I might also add my end of day stats to this thread like yourself JC, as long as you don't mind? I figure this would help motivate me, my br currently stands at £147.50, with the help of this thread, I hope to turn a nice profit, but only time will tell haha.
I play quite a few DYMs in a morning, but struggle to find liquidity, I can only play 1 table at a time, because hardly anyones playing, do you find that, or do you sometimes mix up the buyin levels so you can always multi table?
£5.50 DYM
W - 2
L - 6
Lost 5 in a row, all on the bubble I think, and all coolers. Depressing.
DYM £5.50
W - 5
L - 7
Total -£16
Total for the week -£8.50
Total Poker Points - 260
Try again tomorrow folks.
PM's not working, give me a shout on, "only1typhoon@gmail.com"
I'll send you a copy