Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables

hhyftrftdr · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

If you're going to get beat, get beat in style. My eyes were alight with aspirations of winning DTD1 at the point all the chips went in and I'd have taken the chip lead. Probably best I didn't though, Stewie7 was a much more worthy Outlaw winner!! I also totally deserved this after doubling up a few orbits earlier from the same oppo, with A3 vs KK that flopped 33x (3s are always lucky ) Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance xxx Small blind 2000.00 2000.00 24315.00 shakinaces Big blind 4000.00 6000.00 70935.00 Your hole cards 9 10 murphy06 Fold Cormach Fold Ice_Tiger Fold xxx Call 2000.00 8000.00 22315.00 shakinaces Check Flop J K Q xxxx Bet 4000.00 12000.00 18315.00 shakinaces Raise 24000.00 36000.00 46935.00 xxxx All-in 18315.00 54315.00 0.00 shakinaces Unmatched bet 1685.00 52630.00 48620.00 xxxx Show 8 K shakinaces Show 9 10 Turn K River K xxxx Win Four Kings 52630.00 52630.00 I think I mostly failed with betting with stack sizes / bet sizing last night and kept having to call off spots that I knew I was behind in, but had left oppo with so little relative to pot that I had to call... just couldn't find any binkability from that point. Mind you, having had to climb in to the house through a window and subsequently kick my front door in to get home after footy, I probably didn't have much of a head on for cards. For the modern man that doesn't have to rely on making fire, hunting for food etc, kicking doors open is an expensive but enjoyable pastime. Need some rungood this weekend to cover the damage bill now
Posted by shakinaces

It sounds fun, but smashing back doors in sounds more fun.

shakinaces · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : It sounds fun, but smashing back doors in sounds more fun.
Posted by hhyftrftdr

I don't want to judge mate, but I'm not keen on ever having my own back door smashed in by me or anyone else...

hhyftrftdr · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : I don't want to judge mate, but I'm not keen on ever having my own back door smashed in by me or anyone else...
Posted by shakinaces

You got a cat flap?

shakinaces · February 2015

Yesterday was one of those odd sessions where I started like an absolute steam-train but somehow inexplicably still ended up an NL20 buy in down by the time I gave up for the night. Perhaps positive tilt gets the better of me when I'm not scrapping to make up losing 50-100bb during the first half hour's play in a day?

3 remains my lucky number. This guy had been aggro in the first couple of orbits... took all my will power to keep checking though, 99% of the time I bottle it and bet/raise before the river irrespective of how convinced I am that the oppo will bet.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Eagleforce	Small blind		£0.20	£0.20	£55.46
hhyftrftdr	Big blind		£0.20	£0.40	£19.80
	Your hole cards	3 3
SCessex	Fold
shakinaces	Raise		£0.80	£1.20	£20.07
xxxx	Call		£0.80	£2.00	£38.95
Eagleforce	Fold
hhyftrftdr	Fold
Flop
		Q 3 3
shakinaces	Check
xxxx	Bet		£1.60	£3.60	£37.35
shakinaces	Call		£1.60	£5.20	£18.47
Turn
		10
shakinaces	Check
xxxx	Bet		£1.00	£6.20	£36.35
shakinaces	Call		£1.00	£7.20	£17.47
River
		9
shakinaces	Check
xxxx	Bet		£3.80	£11.00	£32.55
shakinaces	All-in		£17.47	£28.47	£0.00
xxxx	Call		£13.67	£42.14	£18.88
shakinaces	Show	3 3
xxxx	Show	9 Q
shakinaces	Win	Four 3s	£40.34		£40.34

shakinaces · February 2015

I was marginally the wrong side of the cooler spots (which I'm not going to waste time posting), but I kind of feel like I should be finding a way to get away from some/all of these marginal(ish) spots?

The final AQ call was a part-misclick in that I didn't see the second guy call, I thought I was just calling the donk-lead and could be good with TPQK.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
zzz	Small blind		£0.20	£0.20	£20.44
hhyftrftdr	Big blind		£0.20	£0.40	£33.10
	Your hole cards	A A
5toneFace	Fold
xxxxxxxx	Call		£0.20	£0.60	£24.53
yyy	Call		£0.20	£0.80	£18.40
shakinaces	Raise		£1.20	£2.00	£23.21
zzz	Call		£1.00	£3.00	£19.44
hhyftrftdr	Fold
xxxxxxxx	Call		£1.00	£4.00	£23.53
yyy	Call		£1.00	£5.00	£17.40
Flop
		A 4 2
zzzz	Check
xxxxxxxx	Bet		£2.50	£7.50	£21.03
yyy	Call		£2.50	£10.00	£14.90
shakinaces	Raise		£7.80	£17.80	£15.41
zzz	Fold
xxxxxxx	Call		£5.30	£23.10	£15.73
yyy	Call		£5.30	£28.40	£9.60
Turn
		K
xxxxxxxx	Check
yyy	Bet		£8.00	£36.40	£1.60
shakinaces	All-in		£15.41	£51.81	£0.00
xxxxxxxx	Call		£15.41	£67.22	£0.32
yyy	All-in		£1.60	£68.82	£0.00
xxxxxxxx	Show	10 2
yyy	Show	K A
shakinaces	Show	A A
River
		10
xxxxxxx	Win	Flush to the Ace	£67.02		£67.34

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
RAMBO007	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£61.02
Morris707	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£23.88
	Your hole cards	A Q
FORDYCE	Fold
Curt360x27	Fold
xxxxxxx	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£15.56
shakinaces	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£42.72
yyy	Call		£0.50	£2.00	£60.52
Morris707	Fold
Flop
		3 J 9
yyy	Check
xxxxxx	Bet		£1.20	£3.20	£14.36
shakinaces	Call		£1.20	£4.40	£41.52
yyy	Fold
Turn
		A
xxxxxxx	Bet		£2.60	£7.00	£11.76
shakinaces	Call		£2.60	£9.60	£38.92
River
		3
xxxxxxx	All-in		£11.76	£21.36	£0.00
shakinaces	Call		£11.76	£33.12	£27.16
xxxxxxx	Show	3 4
shakinaces	Show	A Q
xxxxxxx	Win	Three 3s	£31.46		£31.46

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
xxxxxx	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£11.44
DeuceAK_47	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£22.03
	Your hole cards	Q Q
shakinaces	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£19.40
UTRBABY	Fold
yyy	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£11.36
xxxxxx	Call		£0.50	£2.00	£10.94
DeuceAK_47	Fold
Flop
		8 4 3
xxxxxx	Check
shakinaces	Bet		£1.20	£3.20	£18.20
yyy	Call		£1.20	£4.40	£10.16
xxxxxx	Call		£1.20	£5.60	£9.74
Turn
		4
xxxxxxx	Bet		£0.60	£6.20	£9.14
shakinaces	Raise		£3.00	£9.20	£15.20
yyy	Fold
xxxxxxx	Raise		£4.80	£14.00	£4.34
shakinaces	All-in		£15.20	£29.20	£0.00
xxxxxxx	All-in		£4.34	£33.54	£0.00
shakinaces	Unmatched bet		£8.46	£25.08	£8.46
xxxxxx	Show	A 7
shakinaces	Show	Q Q
River
		6
xxxxxxx	Win	Flush to the Ace	£23.82		£23.82

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
bet3pm_co	Small blind		£0.20	£0.20	£17.60
xxxxxxxx	Big blind		£0.20	£0.40	£17.06
	Your hole cards	Q A
sudstah	Fold
yyyyyyy	Raise		£0.40	£0.80	£14.94
Curt360x27	Fold
shakinaces	Raise		£1.40	£2.20	£18.60
bet3pm_co	Fold
xxxxxxx	Call		£1.20	£3.40	£15.86
yyyyyyy	Call		£1.00	£4.40	£13.94
Flop
		A 3 J
xxxxxxx	Bet		£2.20	£6.60	£13.66
yyyyyyyy	Call		£2.20	£8.80	£11.74
shakinaces	Call		£2.20	£11.00	£16.40
Turn
		4
xxxxxxx	All-in		£13.66	£24.66	£0.00
yyyyyyyy	All-in		£11.74	£36.40	£0.00
shakinaces	Call		£13.66	£50.06	£2.74
xxxxxx	Show	A K
yyyyyyy	Show	7 A
shakinaces	Show	Q A
River
		10
yyyyyyy	Win	Flush to the Ace	£44.55		£44.55
xxxxxxx	Win	Pair of Aces	£3.71		£3.71

samantha25 · February 2015

still shocked H made a fold v you

shakinaces · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

still shocked H made a fold v you
Posted by samantha25

H never seems to want to play pots with me

samantha25 · February 2015

prob stems from yr slowroll with the nutz that Fri nite we all hit drunk cash

bearing in mind I was shoving with any suited connectors pre, you may have come across nitty

#tablevalue

shakinaces · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

prob stems from yr slowroll with the nutz that Fri nite we all hit drunk cash bearing in mind I was shoving with any suited connectors pre, you may have come across nitty #tablevalue
Posted by samantha25

Yeah I don't think I'm put together right. I get nittier the drunker I get. That's why this month has been such a struggle while sober, spewing off chips on a regular basis

samantha25 · February 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : Yeah I don't think I'm put together right. I get nittier the drunker I get. That's why this month has been such a struggle while sober, spewing off chips on a regular basis
Posted by shakinaces

Wish I had this problem

Anyway, new month sooneth... time for beers, and more beers

shakinaces · March 2015

Two fun hands from the weekend that will have to be described as range-merging for meta-game purposes or something else that I am blatantly not sufficiently skilled to know about, understand, or use

The first one with a reg vs me - totally did the job of confusing me... possibly should bet the river and figure that I no longer need to fear a flopped straight and am much more likely to have a chance of being called by a 2pr hand?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
balazar	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£14.58
xxxxx	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£36.25
JimiAls1	Sit out
	Your hole cards	7 7
weeburns07	Fold
UTRBABY	Fold
shakinaces	Raise		£0.40	£0.70	£36.32
balazar	Fold
xxxxx	Call		£0.20	£0.90	£36.05
Flop
		8 J 7
xxxxx	Bet		£0.40	£1.30	£35.65
shakinaces	Raise		£1.20	£2.50	£35.12
xxxxx	Raise		£3.28	£5.78	£32.37
shakinaces	Call		£2.48	£8.26	£32.64
Turn
		5
xxxxx	Bet		£4.20	£12.46	£28.17
shakinaces	Call		£4.20	£16.66	£28.44
River
		9
xxxxx	Check
shakinaces	Check
xxxxx	Show	8 Q
shakinaces	Show	7 7
shakinaces	Win	Three 7s	£15.82		£44.26

shakinaces · March 2015

Then getting 'creative' myself vs another reg with one of my lucky hands... which combined with my general luckboxness was sufficient to bink...

FWIW I've probably 3-bet IP vs this person too frequently over the last month or so, which meant I thought there was slightly more 4-bets coming back at me (although tbf they were probably all with legit hands and I was only imagining any increase in 4-bets), and therefore figured I'd see a flop in position and look to flop something I could realistically represent (or just flop effectively the nuts for this particular hand lol).

I can't imagine this will be a regular part of my 3-bet range...

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
xxxxx	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£19.90
shakinaces	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£22.43
	Your hole cards	7 9
PUTNEYBOY	Fold
Eagleforce	Fold
xxxxx	Raise		£0.50	£0.80	£19.40
shakinaces	Raise		£1.60	£2.40	£20.83
xxxxx	Raise		£4.00	£6.40	£15.40
shakinaces	Call		£2.80	£9.20	£18.03
Flop
		2 7 J
xxxxx	Bet		£4.60	£13.80	£10.80
shakinaces	All-in		£18.03	£31.83	£0.00
xxxxx	All-in		£10.80	£42.63	£0.00
shakinaces	Unmatched bet		£2.63	£40.00	£2.63
xxxxx	Show	K A
shakinaces	Show	7 9
Turn
		8
River
		6
shakinaces	Win	Pair of 7s	£38.20		£40.83

shakinaces · March 2015

In truth my luckboxness must have been entirely restored over the weekend as I more than doubled monies made through the rest of February... with 5,399 pts failing dismally to reach the 10k I sort-of-hoped for right at the start of the month, but easily beat the revised 5,000 target.

I suppose now I need to find some articles and videos that can help improve my satellite game... because who doesn't want to make a run at blagging a free trip to Vegas

If anyone still reads this, any recommendations on that front will be welcomed!

shakinaces · March 2015

Should Hypeting be forum stalking, this is the hand you asked about posting last night.

As context, the guy that 3 bet me was raising me literally every single time I had money in the pot - every time I was in the blinds he raised, every time I opened he raised, the time I tried limping he raised.

In hindsight I probably should have just called more, rather than try to fight fire with fire, but as the 3b was called I thought it was time for a 4-bet.

Wouldn't have been entirely surprised if the initial 3-bettor had shoved, but the other move surprised me. Don't know if he had it or if it was a great play identifying that I was probably starting to play back light but WP him either way.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
FeNdeR36	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£18.30
MadHunter	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£35.65
	Your hole cards	J K
shakinaces	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£20.84
LaffStatts	Raise		£1.05	£1.50	£20.70
shel	Call		£1.05	£2.55	£32.35
HYPETING	Fold
FeNdeR36	Fold
MadHunter	Fold
shakinaces	Raise		£3.90	£6.45	£16.94
LaffStatts	Fold
shel	All-in		£32.35	£38.80	£0.00
shakinaces	Fold
shel	Muck
shel	Win		£9.60		£9.60
shel	Return		£29.20	£0.00	£38.80

shakinaces · March 2015

Was a fun table but I definitely came off worse yesterday lol

Thankfully February is over so that made it easy to make the decision to bin off the poker and go to the pub instead.

That in turn made me consider whether I need to train to become a quantity surveyor. Turns out the money thrown at people with that skill is getting pretty obscene. I'm a tad jealous.

Poker should be easy this weekend if I play. I have an enforced tilt-room opportunity to destress after buying a half-axe/half-sledgehammer to smash a hole for a stove to be installed. I think it will actually be to my benefit to suffer an horrific badbeat some time around Saturday lunchtime....

77Chris91 · March 2015

Re hand above, flatting is much better than 4-betting. KJs plays well postflop and dominates some of villains 3-bet bluffing range. Your 4-bet bluffing candidates here want to be hands that don't flop great but have decent blockers. A10o etc.

HYPETING · March 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

Should Hypeting be forum stalking, this is the hand you asked about posting last night. As context, the guy that 3 bet me was raising me literally every single time I had money in the pot - every time I was in the blinds he raised, every time I opened he raised, the time I tried limping he raised. In hindsight I probably should have just called more, rather than try to fight fire with fire, but as the 3b was called I thought it was time for a 4-bet. Wouldn't have been entirely surprised if the initial 3-bettor had shoved, but the other move surprised me. Don't know if he had it or if it was a great play identifying that I was probably starting to play back light but WP him either way. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance FeNdeR36 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £18.30 MadHunter Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £35.65 Your hole cards J K shakinaces Raise £0.30 £0.45 £20.84 LaffStatts Raise £1.05 £1.50 £20.70 shel Call £1.05 £2.55 £32.35 HYPETING Fold FeNdeR36 Fold MadHunter Fold shakinaces Raise £3.90 £6.45 £16.94 LaffStatts Fold shel All-in £32.35 £38.80 £0.00 shakinaces Fold shel Muck shel Win £9.60 £9.60 shel Return £29.20 £0.00 £38.80
Posted by shakinaces

I would never do such a thing ha.

Like your 4b tbh - Perf sizing too imo.

Good to be back on the tables with you and GL

shakinaces · March 2015

Having given up for the weekend due to playing terrible / smashed up so much wall I had nothing left to downplay my tilt with, I found myself accompanying beer with 1-table of PLO on Sunday evening.

Still somewhat bemused by the game if I'm honest. Sort of get the basics that I have to use 2 cards from 4 etc but beyond that it often feels like button clicking.

I did come away with a few quid, but mostly thanks to this hand which I'm pretty certain was played appallingly.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
xxxxxxx	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£8.80
shakinaces	Big blind		£0.10	£0.20	£9.90
	Your hole cards	K 8 7 7
IC_DEADPPL	Call		£0.10	£0.30	£18.92
nljcrh	Fold
bluecow101	Fold
xxxxxxx	Check
shakinaces	Check
Flop
		7 Q 5
xxxxxxx	Bet		£0.30	£0.60	£8.50
shakinaces	Raise		£0.90	£1.50	£9.00
IC_DEADPPL	Fold
xxxxxxx	Raise		£2.70	£4.20	£5.80
shakinaces	Call		£2.10	£6.30	£6.90
Turn
		9
xxxxxx	All-in		£5.80	£12.10	£0.00
shakinaces	Call		£5.80	£17.90	£1.10
xxxxx	Show	5 Q 3 J
shakinaces	Show	K 8 7 7
River
		4
shakinaces	Win	Three 7s	£16.55		£17.65

shakinaces · March 2015

'Proper' live poker duck finally broken... fake-SPT was awesome and very much look forward to the next.

In a few more games time I might not spend most of my time paranoid about doing something wrong: acting our of turn, flicking in the wrong denomination chip, saying something when we're meant to be silent etc... am sure it gets even better when you can play as relaxed as when lounged out in an armchair with a computer on your lap!

Still need to work on concentration too... one table and 20-odd hands an hour makes me feel like I have full blown ADHD... I find it tough enough to stay switched on for the rare times I make it into hour 2 or any of the Monday night DTD games

Not the easiest of table spots... one guy two to my left was just battering me till the first break... he was clearly the best player at the table but I was totally oblivious until much later that Ian Simpson is actually top 100 on the UK all-time-money list... so again, probably ran good in giving up trying to play pots with him. Decent bloke as well, hope he carries on the good form... saw he's in the VLV final here so could be playing in Sky colours imminently!

I figure to have made some horrifically bad plays, but thankfully run as golden live as a I do online... bar the first and last hands of the day... although the first was probably lucky that I played it so weakly?

UTG raised... I joined in the callers with 88 (heart rate about 60bpm)...

5 of us see a T85 flop (heart rate about 90bpm).... utg c-bets, I'm the only caller

T on the turn (heart rate about 120bpm).... utg bets again... I probably should flick a raise in here to build a pot(?) but call

A on the river (heart - sank).... utg bets about 1/3 pot... I stare at ceiling and try to avoid cursing out loud... too much of a fish to fold a FH but had then punted off nearly half my stack in the first hand when the inevitable AA is shown

I'm pretty sure live poker is rigged

Was great to meet with the various Outlaws that were there, all as equally bonkers in real life as their online persona which was a bonus!

Particular amused at witnessing Harry's life whizz before his eyes as a Sam-CraigCU torpedo flew towards him late on Saturday. True Outlaw professional though, managed to suffer the minimum beer-loss with superb pint control.

Anyway... roll on the next fake-SPT/other live chances... now back to trying to bink a few quid at cash tables after coming home to a £3k invoice

LARSON7 · March 2015

Hey Mike

Know you have mentioned p/ vpip a few times and their videos.

Did they ever look at any of your play?

samantha25 · March 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

'Proper' live poker duck finally broken... fake-SPT was awesome and very much look forward to the next. In a few more games time I might not spend most of my time paranoid about doing something wrong: acting our of turn, flicking in the wrong denomination chip, saying something when we're meant to be silent etc... am sure it gets even better when you can play as relaxed as when lounged out in an armchair with a computer on your lap! Still need to work on concentration too... one table and 20-odd hands an hour makes me feel like I have full blown ADHD... I find it tough enough to stay switched on for the rare times I make it into hour 2 or any of the Monday night DTD games Not the easiest of table spots... one guy two to my left was just battering me till the first break... he was clearly the best player at the table but I was totally oblivious until much later that Ian Simpson is actually top 100 on the UK all-time-money list... so again, probably ran good in giving up trying to play pots with him. Decent bloke as well, hope he carries on the good form... saw he's in the VLV final here so could be playing in Sky colours imminently! I figure to have made some horrifically bad plays, but thankfully run as golden live as a I do online... bar the first and last hands of the day... although the first was probably lucky that I played it so weakly? UTG raised... I joined in the callers with 88 (heart rate about 60bpm)... 5 of us see a T85 flop (heart rate about 90bpm).... utg c-bets, I'm the only caller T on the turn (heart rate about 120bpm).... utg bets again... I probably should flick a raise in here to build a pot(?) but call A on the river (heart - sank).... utg bets about 1/3 pot... I stare at ceiling and try to avoid cursing out loud... too much of a fish to fold a FH but had then punted off nearly half my stack in the first hand when the inevitable AA is shown I'm pretty sure live poker is rigged Was great to meet with the various Outlaws that were there, all as equally bonkers in real life as their online persona which was a bonus! Particular amused at witnessing Harry's life whizz before his eyes as a Sam-CraigCU torpedo flew towards him late on Saturday. True Outlaw professional though, managed to suffer the minimum beer-loss with superb pint control. Anyway... roll on the next fake-SPT/other live chances... now back to trying to bink a few quid at cash tables after coming home to a £3k invoice
Posted by shakinaces

Wish I could remember this lol! Craig told me last night it was only his 'thick lenses' that saved him being blind for the night

Good to finally meet you, but you need a miracle to beat Hendrik in the CHIN FLUFF dept

shakinaces · March 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

Hey Mike Know you have mentioned p/ vpip a few times and their videos. Did they ever look at any of your play?
Posted by LARSON7

Hi Kev - yep there is a half hour taken in late 2014... the quality was appalling on windows (video kept stopping and needs a LOT of patience to view) but works fine on mac

https://www.pokervip.com/en/coaching-videos/leak-finder-review-shakinaces--deepstack-10nl-to-30nl

Hope to chuck another in to the mix shortly, when I find my cajones and take a proper shot at NL50 and see how well (or badly lol) the first 4-tabling effort goes.

shakinaces · March 2015

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables:

In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : Wish I could remember this lol! Craig told me last night it was only his 'thick lenses' that saved him being blind for the night Good to finally meet you, but you need a miracle to beat Hendrik in the CHIN FLUFF dept
Posted by samantha25

lol I'm not even in the same ballpark as Jimmy... In fact I doubt I was even in the top 3 for facial fuzz this weekend... may be time to stop trying to copy my old man and get shorn.

And on a side note, don't forget to go and get Jimmy fully signed up to the Outlaws

shakinaces · April 2015

After passing the year mark, figured I'd head back to the first post:

Base Targets next 12 months:
Maintain sharkscope +ve
Be in profit from cash!
Earn a minimum of 500pts poker rewards from cash every month
Have meaningful notes on 80% of players at NL8/10
Mix at least an hour of non-playing poker study in with every week of playing
Seek a way to get more involved with better players that can drag my game on, be that formal coaching or ???
Not partaking in any other Sky Vegas-style gambling
Update this thing at least once for every week I play... especially when I'm getting beaten up at the tables

Stretch Targets:
Make at least £1k profit
Earn at least 1k poker points from cash each month
Win a main or mini (once bankroll gets big enough!)
Have my toe dipped in the NL20 waters or above
Getting a hand shown on ch861 where I pull off a ridic three-barrel bluff that somehow gets through
Posted by shakinaces

Not the worst effort... only completely failed in the mains (from the 2 times I entered lol) and by the only hands that made it on to 861 (RIP) being those where I totally butchered a hand but luckboxed the win (standard luckbox Shaky play lol)

My MTT play remains particularly appalling so I don't envisage there will be much more ME playing (let alone cashing) in the year ahead either.

Didn't exactly excel in some bits either which is a bit disappointing... I mean, I finally found a team on Sky that seemed like a good idea to join, and it has been, whatever negative nonsense and snidey comments others may post, OUTLAWS FTW, pokerz have been way more fun since joining... but not sure they are exactly the high quality 'better players' I initially meant when I first posted this

Oddly would be most proud that I may finally be besting the degen gambling. Not that I haven't donked off way too much over the year

75 days and counting since the last donk though... hopefully this is now the 'One Time'.

Just need another 9-10 future years winning as much at poker as I have in the last 12 months in order to have (give or take) off-set the degen losses of the previous 9-10 years.

shakinaces · May 2015

Must be a slowish work day. Thought I'd add some more junk to the boards to waste a few minutes.

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Forest will either storm the Championship or utterly self-implode this season. I guess either way it's going to be exciting!! May break the habit of a lifetime and actually have a cheeky ante post punt on us winning the title / Assombalonga for top scorer...
Posted by shakinaces

I guess I got that bit right back in August then

The Assombalonga bet was looking alright even as we started to nosedive, but my habit of boking any striker I back to top score appears to still exist. I know not to even consider backing any of our players next season.

Not that we'll have many players next year anyway. Stupid financial fair play nonsense. Will be a reasonable job just to bounce along mid-table and clear of relegation.

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1st day of the season is always so good, every fan in the country can harbour some degree of positive expectation while they are joint top of the table. Except maybe Swindon fans. They much prefer year-round pessimism. Looked at the odds this morning. Genuinely surprised that Derby are priced up as favourites. I hope they will be there or thereabouts, albeit behind Forest, but that does seem an odd choice by the bookies. Still, what do I know.
Posted by shakinaces

At least I got that bit right... well done Brentford

And I get to glory chase over the next couple of weeks as a part-time Swindon fan. Unlike Forest they actually have an OK play-off record, so hopefully I watch us hammer Son of Clough's lot next Monday. The current side should appreciate the big Wembley pitch and I'm certain they'll do better than the last two trips there.

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Poker is a ****
Posted by shakinaces

TBF I don't recall posting words to that effect, but I didn't run great through April. Well overdue.

MrsDuck forced me to ignore nittiness and play my first ever £33BH game at the weekend.

I may be missing something, but I thought the standard was pretty weak... but maybe limping in tournaments is much more of a 'thing' these days?

Didn't really matter though, was sailing along nicely only to run KK into AA then four hands later run KK into AA, before being incapable of spinning up the 1BB I was left with.

If the limping isn't a 'thing' though, I think I could grow to do OK in those games if my head's right.

In Response to Re: a fish en route to NL20:
Shakinaces is a fat ****
Posted by shakinaces

True

It's been less poker/couching/take-aways (because the 5 min window is way too small to cook, but just right to pay a pizza delivery guy)

More gym / cooking healthy grub.

I'm pretty sure I'd overtaken the previous incumbent to possess the largest moob cup size in the Outlaw team and that isn't a record I want.

Think I finally have the willpower that has been lacking since the endless football-related injuries. I'm about 4st heavier than when I used to run a bit more competitively alongside the football.

Should get rid of at least 1/4 of that excess bulk before MK fake-SPT. Get myself returned to no bigger than an A-cup.

Pretty sure my poker will improve as well. Healthy body, healthy mind and all that.

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Shakinaces is a ****
Posted by shakinaces

A fair assertion after putting the poker + 5 minute window to cook to the test last night.

30 mins was closer to the truth. Totally missed donking Giant out of DTD, didn't even see the names at my table to be honest, just shoved whenever I saw decent cards.

Will have to stick to no poker to after 9ish...

Suppose I'd better go and do a bit more work now!

shakinaces · May 2015

Still can't shake off the poker gremlins. Probably mucking about with my way of playing too much to over-compensate, but hard to keep doing the same old things when all the big pots are heading the other way, even if the same old things are the correct way to play hands. Stupid game anyway.

Not as stupid as football though.

I didn't think I'd see a game as daft as the Forest v Yeovil 2nd leg play-off game from a few years back, but Swindon blew that away with their 5-5 last night. I was only there as a total glory chaser but the atmosphere, WOW. Normally feels like I'm just punishing myself at Town games but the place was insane yesterday. If tickets were always that cheap and the entertainment so good then I'd probably go more than I do to Forest.

Looking forward to a bit more glory chasing and all day liver-bashing at Wembley in a week and a bit

Hopefully the luck returns imminently. If I ever get back from the gym in time I want to play more of the big boy's (and girl's) BH games. Never seems much point jumping in 45-60 mins into late reg... I'm an underdog from the start, it'll be even worse if I'm starting as the shorty that everyone is targeting!

Phantom66 · May 2015

See you at wemberleee then :-)

Hoping for a similar defensive performance in the final

shakinaces · May 2015

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See you at wemberleee then :-) Hoping for a similar defensive performance in the final
Posted by Phantom66

Ha yeah I think this will be a goal-fest if Swindon are to stand a chance. I'd be willing to punt a good chunk of my poker monies that they won't keep a clean sheet.

Foderingham is a quality keeper mind, so if he is on form then maybe goals against can be limited to 2-3

Preston front 2 of Beckford and Garner is too good for league 1. Has Garner matured now and stopped getting booked every single game? If he could have kept his head screwed on he could have been a really decent player for Forest... the glimpses of genius and handful of wonder goals he scored made it so frustrating that he couldn't find it in him to knuckle down and play like that week in, week out.

hhyftrftdr · May 2015

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In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : Ha yeah I think this will be a goal-fest if Swindon are to stand a chance. I'd be willing to punt a good chunk of my poker monies that they won't keep a clean sheet. Foderingham is a quality keeper mind, so if he is on form then maybe goals against can be limited to 2-3 Preston front 2 of Beckford and Garner is too good for league 1. Has Garner matured now and stopped getting booked every single game? If he could have kept his head screwed on he could have been a really decent player for Forest... the glimpses of genius and handful of wonder goals he scored made it so frustrating that he couldn't find it in him to knuckle down and play like that week in, week out.
Posted by shakinaces

Sounds like the Super Mario of the football league

Oooohhh Balotelli, he's a striker, good at darts......

shakinaces · May 2015

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In Response to Re: Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables : Sounds like the Super Mario of the football league Oooohhh Balotelli, he's a striker, good at darts......
Posted by hhyftrftdr

Ha nobody can come close to Super Mario... the only disappointment while at Liverpool has been the lack of bizarre stories that we got treated to during his time at City! (because there has been no disappointment at all in seeing Liverpool bumble along all season and miss out on CL...)

Further misadventures of a fish at the cash tables

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