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25 played and 68% atm!! gonna play a few 2mrw
won 11
2nd - 2
lost - 12
Anyway I started like a dream. Out of the first 5 I won 3, placed second on one and lost 1. I didn't calculate my ROI but knew that it would be good, but also knew that it would not continue that well. Oh how right I was, the downswing started immediately, over the next 10 odd games I ran like a manky 3 legged dog. Here are some of my exits:-
Game 6 - Got HU with AA AIP, opponent also has AA, few hands later my top pair runs into his 2 pair (standard)
Game 7 - AK on a flop of AK3 heavy betting so we are pot commited when the 3 river hits, opponent has A3.
Game 8 - After a raise and 2 calls I pot it with QQ, folds back round to the first guy who called the inital raise, he goes all in, I dwell as he may be playing KK or AA really wierdly, but call. He shows J4 suited(!) He flops the 4 and rivers the J. Down to short stack and my shove with KQ is called by A7 which holds.
Game 9 - AKv1010 AIP, I hit an ace on the flop! 2 spades on the flop and he has 10s, turn and river both spades.
Game 10 - hit top pair top kicker v flush draw. 3/4 bet the flop and all in on the turn. He calls and hits river.
Game 11/12/13 Pretty standard. Not bad beats but it would be nice if could win one from behind, just once!
Game 14 - 55 on board of 7 5 2 , get all the chips in, opponent has 77!
Game 15 - K6 on board of K Q 5 I check for deception (how stupid am I?), turn 4 I bet, he calls, river 4 and my opponent obviously has A4 to river trips. Out a couple of hands later with A5 beaten by 44.
Game 16 - finished 2nd despite having my HU opponent all in and dominated twice. 77 v A2 he hits his A and later with 77 v 86 and I river my set, which obviously gave him the straight! He wins a few hands later.
Game 17 - KK v 6d7d, Flop my set, he rivers the flush.
OK so then I give up and turn to a bit of Omaha cash £80 pot and it all goes in on a A,9,4 flop. I have a set of 9's and my opponent has A4. He has 2 outs (and the runner, runner 4s) but the poker gods dont mess around and give him the A turn for a higher FH.
Went back to a couple of Omaha HL DYMs to try and calm down and 'enjoy the game'. Cashed the first one and went out of the second with AKQ2 against Tikays AQ45 (I think). Tikay had the decency to type 'brutal' in the chat box, oh if only he'd known what had gone on before he would have known that there was no way I was winning that match up!
Anyway that's now all off my chest and I apologise for the long post. Feel free to abuse me for that. I know it's all variance but it would be nice if I had a run of 'good' variance now and again!
Good Luck to all those that still have a chance.
Or as its officially known... i've done a 'tommyd'
May resort to grinding headhunters and hope for a heater. BUT NONE RUN. ahhhhhhhhh
Tuney posted.....
"......Went back to a couple of Omaha HL DYMs to try and calm down and 'enjoy the game'. Cashed the first one and went out of the second with AKQ2 against Tikays AQ45 (I think). Tikay had the decency to type 'brutal' in the chat box, oh if only he'd known what had gone on before he would have known that there was no way I was winning that match up!.....
And yes, it was brutal.
Think you were scooping (getting both pots) until the river, when I binked perfect to hit the wheel, & get the lot.
Poker players say "never apologise", which I think is nonsense myself, but I cba to get into debates about it, so I generally just try & post something which suggests empathy.
brutal
Poker players say "never apologise", which I think is nonsense myself, but I cba to get into debates about it, so I generally just try & post something which suggests empathy. brutal
Posted by Tikay10
I agree with you Tikay, I type 'sorry' or 'unlucky' if I put a bad beat on someone. People can berate me for it if they want but I will continue to do it. There is nothing wrong with empathising with your opponents. Unfortunately I don't seem to be typing 'sry' much at the moment!
Your 'brutal' comment made me laugh, it certainly summed up my session.
I hope you had a good one and look forward to your next update.
Posted by Enut
Thanks Tuney.
In truth, my dexterity must be waning, as I find it hard to type much in the chat Box when I have 6 or 7 tables on the go, (think I had 8 at the time) as the tables keep popping up, binging & bonging. But I just wanted to say something, & I knew you'd understand what I meant.
Hope your luck changes soon.
I think I cashed under 50% in the first 10 but cashed 9 out of 11 in games 19-30 including 4 x 6max speed wins
for some reason playing 1 NL holdem DYM whilst waiting for a PLO DYM to startup is working - its becoming a superstition as it was only when I left this routine last night that I dropped one
Just keeping it steady and tracking the leaderboard to see if I need to change strategy as if I lose one more the ROI will not be in with a chance.
As everyone else has said its a great promotion - specifically as its viable for players of any stake and frequency.
Thanks for the tips earlier Ger - I took a copy of the chat text for reading through after the game.