To play like a fresh fish, or not? (FreshFish1's Skypoker challenge and diary)

freshfish1

I would prefer it if you would play the way you have in the past. Just let me know which tables you are on.

freshfish1

Ok.

After deciding to comment on the forums more and watch the live shows i convinced myself to have a crack at trying to stay a reg on sky, rather than my usual spin it up and lose the lot over a week or so then take time out before repeating the above.

I am notoriously terrible at brm and have been on and off sky for the last couple of years or so. During that time i have played nearly every stake going apart from nl 1000+. I even appeared on top of the pots two years ago when my aces held against 99 for a £1305 pot! However, risking most of my bankroll at any of time i played was a disaster waiting to happen. While i have spun £50 or £100 into four figures a couple of times, i would then just go higher until either variamce got me or i spazzed it off on monkey tilt. Either way i would mostly go broke or withdraw a fraction of what i had at the most of any given session.

My challenge is to actually stay playing sky regularly without going busto. As im not as flush as i once was i will start at nl10 and see where we go. I will start with £100 (10 bi's) and just play. I have no particular monetary goal to achieve, just not go broke. Will try to update weekly if all has not gone pear shaped.

The plan is to try and move up when i get 20 buy ins for that level or take the odd shot if see what appears to be a doft game, but for no more than a fifth of my roll. 

Wish me luck and feel free to critique any dumb post i might make, already done a few. Hopefully i will not actually play like a fresh fish lol:)

freshfish1

In Response to Re: To play like fresh fish, or not?:

I would prefer it if you would play the way you have in the past. Just let me know which tables you are on.
Posted by Ice_Tiger

Ha Ha:) It's only taken me 3 years to realise lol! I'm a slow learner for being a teacher:)

freshfish1

Well after day 1 we are up £34.17 and 2 hands of some interest.

Hand 1: Was I right to shove? The over caller seemed to bit rather loose, not to sure about the huge donk bet but IMO c/r's show more strength at this level whilst donks can be anything.

JRH2424	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£13.56
Lottie393	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£1.87
	Your hole cards	A A
Bennmannn	Raise		£0.35	£0.50	£11.48
belafonte	Call		£0.35	£0.85	£11.63
walksalot2	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£1.55	£2.40	£12.25
JRH2424	Fold
Lottie393	Call		£1.45	£3.85	£0.42
Bennmannn	Call		£1.20	£5.05	£10.28
belafonte	Call		£1.20	£6.25	£10.43
Flop
		8 K 9
Lottie393	Check
Bennmannn	Bet		£6.25	£12.50	£4.03
belafonte	Call		£6.25	£18.75	£4.18
freshfish1	All-in		£12.25	£31.00	£0.00
Lottie393	All-in		£0.42	£31.42	£0.00
Bennmannn	All-in		£4.03	£35.45	£0.00
belafonte	All-in		£4.18	£39.63	£0.00
freshfish1	Unmatched bet		£1.82	£37.81	£1.82
Lottie393	Show	7 3
Bennmannn	Show	K J
belafonte	Show	J K
freshfish1	Show	A A
Turn
		10
River
		9
freshfish1	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 9s	£36.41

Hand 2:
Gotta call the river and be happy about it surely? Just a cooler methinks. Pretty sure I'm correct not bothering to cbet here too.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
G3RB1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£6.24
walksalot2	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£14.06
	Your hole cards	2 2
freshfish1	Raise		£0.35	£0.50	£37.36
luigi1	Fold
Fatlouie	Call		£0.35	£0.85	£9.65
G3RB1	Fold
walksalot2	Call		£0.25	£1.10	£13.81
Flop
		K 9 A
walksalot2	Check
freshfish1	Check
Fatlouie	Check
Turn
		9
walksalot2	Check
freshfish1	Check
Fatlouie	Check
River
		2
walksalot2	Bet		£1.10	£2.20	£12.71
freshfish1	Raise		£4.40	£6.60	£32.96
Fatlouie	All-in		£9.65	£16.25	£0.00
walksalot2	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£5.25	£21.50	£27.71
freshfish1	Show	2 2
Fatlouie	Show	9 A
Fatlouie	Win	Full House, 9s and Aces	£20.10

shakinaces

Is that first hand for realsies?  Wow MBN!

I think donks do lean towards having something at this level, bar the min donks, although can be anything from bottom pair up to the nuts.

Hand 2 am probably hating the all in, but that name was on the tables earlier and showed up with much worse so against that oppo it probably has to be seen as a cooler.

This is going to take real discipline after the inevitable rush of the TOTP tables so you deserve any success you build out of this. Can only imagine how much of a buzz those games must be.

freshfish1

Yesterday sucked! Down to £5.97 to the good.

Three hands were the main culprits although there were a few smaller ups and downs.

The first two happened within 2 minutes of each other. First of all this happened:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
freshfish1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.34
kel79	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£5.90
	Your hole cards	K K
68Trebor	Fold
Strider_78	Fold
Rubbernix	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£10.54
BarryQueen	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£0.95	£1.40	£9.39
kel79	Fold
Rubbernix	Call		£0.70	£2.10	£9.84
Flop
		4 J 8
freshfish1	Bet		£1.58	£3.68	£7.81
Rubbernix	All-in		£9.84	£13.52	£0.00
freshfish1	All-in		£7.81	£21.33	£0.00
Rubbernix	Unmatched bet		£0.45	£20.88	£0.45
freshfish1	Show	K K
Rubbernix	Show	A Q
Turn
		2
River
		2
Rubbernix	Win	Flush to the Ace	£19.48

The shove on the flop was almost certain to be a flush draw from my notes as monsters would've just raised normally wanting me to shove over.

2 minutes later I had AA, got it in pre against QQ and out pops a Q - meh!

Later on that night my AK turned the nuts and I moved in for 65BB. Got called by a flush draw and the rest is history!

Fairly happy with my play though as on another day I win these hands and instead of being £30 down, I'm £30 up. Guess that's poker:)

What will today bring? Who knows? I'll post anything remotely interesting tomorrow:)

mrsduck

GL with your challenge! I'm trying to do the same! (not go bust)

freshfish1

TY:) gl with yours too! Today is looking much better so far but I've had days before when I've been shedloads up in the morning and play in the evening and it all goes t*ts up! Updates will be made tomorrow morning:)

freshfish1

Yesterday is what I like about poker - knowing that with the bad comes the good. The day before I couldn't do anything right (even if I went all in pre flop with AA lol) But yesterday I couldn't do anything wrong - I played an approximate 2 hour session in the morning and my Sky account must've have been buzzing and flashing red stating GOD MODE activated - FreshFish1 is not allowed to lose a hand! Or so it seemed anyways:)

Cut a long story short I probably had my biggest single day heater yet (in terms of BI's not overall profit) and ran up just shy of 10 BI's profit in the one session! Happy days! I wander what today will bring now:)

From £5.97 to the good to £103.93 to the good, just playing NL10 cash:) More updates tomorrow if anyone's following.

IHadTrips7

Nothing feels better than a heater, nice one

habbin

In Response to Re: To play like a fresh fish, or not? (FreshFish1's Skypoker challenge and diary):

Yesterday is what I like about poker - knowing that with the bad comes the good. The day before I couldn't do anything right (even if I went all in pre flop with AA lol) But yesterday I couldn't do anything wrong - I played an approximate 2 hour session in the morning and my Sky account must've have been buzzing and flashing red stating GOD MODE activated - FreshFish1 is not allowed to lose a hand! Or so it seemed anyways:) Cut a long story short I probably had my biggest single day heater yet (in terms of BI's not overall profit) and ran up just shy of 10 BI's profit in the one session! Happy days! I wander what today will bring now:) From £5.97 to the good to £103.93 to the good, just playing NL10 cash:) More updates tomorrow if anyone's following.
Posted by freshfish1

Good work fish but lets try and share the value today hey? ;0)

 Why didnt you go back on for another session? work, life things or scared of undoing the good work? You've gotta make use of the run good or " god mode " while it lasts!!!

Good luck today

freshfish1

Had too many things to do the other day bud, otherwise I'd have been happy to carry on.

Yesterday wasn't great - poker and listening to Man Utd is a bad idea. Played like a right muppet and still stacked off once with an overpair even though it was so obvious I was crushed:(

overall down a bit but still £91.90 to the good since we started a few days ago so can't complain:)

I had a dental appointment this morning at 9.20 to have an extraction (with 3 roots!). However, the dentist advised resting and not doing much so pretty perfect for some poker:) If you see me at the tables take pity on me as I may still be hurting awww:(

freshfish1

Well it's Friday morning and the ugly stuff at the dentist went OK. Tooth came out fine, I played quite a lot of poker yesterday and I'm not particularly in any kind of pain.

The only pain from yesterday came from my poker playing ability. Despite actually making a small profit, (£102.49 to the good now) I played absolutely awful! Calling far to many preflop raises in the blinds with raggy hands like 86o, q8s etc... and either just folding or on other occasions getting creative OOP, basically a disaster waiting to happen. I knew I had to tighten up a little and did some of the time. However, then I would win a nice pot and all of sudden loosen up to the above. Before I knew it the profit was gone and I was back to square 1! Had I played mush tighter and stopped splashing around with marginal hands, especially OOP I could easily have been 3 or 4 BI's up I feel.

Not quite sure what I'm supposed to do when I know I'm playing like a tool and just carry on but getting away with it because I'm still winning some nice pots. Probably just stop is the answer! Just because I won yesterday, I'm under no illusion that I played well and could've easily lost.

Anyways I'm off on holiday today for a long weekend so I doubt I'll be playing much until Monday. See everyone at the tables then:)

freshfish1

Well got back from holiday yesterday and went SkyPoker crazy putting in a long shift throughout the afternoon and evening... I wish I hadn't bothered!

Yoyoing all day long, won some nice pots, lost some nice pots. Played a bit higher than my plan of NL10 but though a couple of the games where good enough to take a shot.

This hand was just brutal:( Although I couldn't help thinking he actually had the hand he did, I'm better of sticking to tiddly winks if I fold here!

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
jonnyrkd	Small blind		£0.20	£0.20	£45.48
kcxyz	Big blind		£0.40	£0.60	£46.59
	Your hole cards	3 3
pilezitin	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£1.40	£2.00	£88.83
HOT_SHOT	Fold
BigHawk89	Call		£1.40	£3.40	£64.60
jonnyrkd	Fold
kcxyz	Call		£1.00	£4.40	£45.59
Flop
		3 10 9
kcxyz	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£2.70	£7.10	£86.13
BigHawk89	Call		£2.70	£9.80	£61.90
kcxyz	Fold
Turn
		5
freshfish1	Bet		£7.00	£16.80	£79.13
BigHawk89	Call		£7.00	£23.80	£54.90
River
		10
freshfish1	Bet		£15.00	£38.80	£64.13
BigHawk89	All-in		£54.90	£93.70	£0.00
freshfish1	Call		£39.90	£133.60	£24.23
freshfish1	Show	3 3
BigHawk89	Show	10 9
BigHawk89	Win	Full House, 10s and 9s	£131.80		£131.80

Got myself back on track later on only to tilt off £40 at NL20 in the last 15 minutes of play for the day! Still in holiday mode and gotta discipline myself not trying to recoup losses by playing higher grrrr....

If you see me playing higher than NL10 today, please tell me to get lost from the table rather than take all of my money lol:)

freshfish1

A brief synopsis of the key hands played yesterday. I think sometimes my preflop play is a little loose but vs particular opponents I feel I can still handle flop situations correctly.

Part 1: Losing hands.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
DanDan11	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£23.24
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.09
	Your hole cards	10 7
baz300	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£8.90
supercrazy	Fold
KP03	Fold
BIGBLUE93	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£2.46
DanDan11	Raise		£0.25	£0.60	£22.99
freshfish1	Call		£0.20	£0.80	£8.89
baz300	Fold
BIGBLUE93	Call		£0.20	£1.00	£2.26
Flop
		J K 8
DanDan11	Check
freshfish1	Check
BIGBLUE93	Check
Turn
		9
DanDan11	Bet		£0.60	£1.60	£22.39
freshfish1	Raise		£2.40	£4.00	£6.49
BIGBLUE93	Fold
DanDan11	All-in		£22.39	£26.39	£0.00
freshfish1	All-in		£6.49	£32.88	£0.00
DanDan11	Unmatched bet		£14.10	£18.78	£14.10
DanDan11	Show	9 8
freshfish1	Show	10 7
River
		9
DanDan11	Win	Full House, 9s and 8s	£17.38		£31.48

Fairly loose flop call but I was confident vs these two opponents if I flopped good. Just unlucky imo.

Hand 2:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
supercrazy	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£18.69
shingles	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£5.32
	Your hole cards	A A
freshfish1	Raise		£0.40	£0.55	£11.35
rutherfo08	Call		£0.40	£0.95	£9.46
gurkhaliii	Fold
supercrazy	Fold
shingles	Call		£0.30	£1.25	£5.02
Flop
		9 10 7
shingles	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£1.25	£2.50	£10.10
rutherfo08	Call		£1.25	£3.75	£8.21
shingles	All-in		£5.02	£8.77	£0.00
freshfish1	All-in		£10.10	£18.87	£0.00
rutherfo08	Fold
freshfish1	Unmatched bet		£6.33	£12.54	£6.33
shingles	Show	A J
freshfish1	Show	A A
Turn
		8
River
		9
shingles	Win	Straight to the Jack	£11.59		£11.59

Villain is a very loose and aggressive cannon. Calling the AI on the flop was straight forward imo here as his range is any pair/draw or made hand. There were far more hands I beat than lose to. Again, correct decision, unlucky result.

Hand 3:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
shingles	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£13.26
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£5.47
	Your hole cards	10 Q
rutherfo08	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£10.25
gurkhaliii	Raise		£0.30	£0.55	£5.66
supercrazy	Fold
richtea	Call		£0.30	£0.85	£10.13
shingles	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£0.20	£1.05	£5.27
rutherfo08	Call		£0.20	£1.25	£10.05
Flop
		J 9 10
freshfish1	Check
rutherfo08	Check
gurkhaliii	Bet		£0.50	£1.75	£5.16
richtea	Call		£0.50	£2.25	£9.63
freshfish1	Raise		£1.70	£3.95	£3.57
rutherfo08	Fold
gurkhaliii	Fold
richtea	Call		£1.20	£5.15	£8.43
Turn
		4
freshfish1	All-in		£3.57	£8.72	£0.00
richtea	Call		£3.57	£12.29	£4.86
freshfish1	Show	10 Q
richtea	Show	J Q
River
		5
richtea	Win	Pair of Jacks	£11.36		£16.22

Just over 1/2 stack in BB. mutilway so thought i'd see a flop. Happy to GII as a Pair+Dr is pretty strong here. I think shoving the turn is correct as c/folding is just dumb with my stack size.

Hand 4:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
supercrazy	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£19.25
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.99
	Your hole cards	Q Q
lisa1962	Fold
richtea	Fold
jimb0d1	Fold
CRUEL_2ICE	Raise		£0.20	£0.35	£20.60
supercrazy	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£0.55	£0.90	£9.44
CRUEL_2ICE	Call		£0.45	£1.35	£20.15
Flop
		4 3 7
freshfish1	Bet		£1.00	£2.35	£8.44
CRUEL_2ICE	Raise		£2.60	£4.95	£17.55
freshfish1	Call		£1.60	£6.55	£6.84
Turn
		7
freshfish1	Check
CRUEL_2ICE	Bet		£2.00	£8.55	£15.55
freshfish1	Call		£2.00	£10.55	£4.84
River
		5
freshfish1	Check
CRUEL_2ICE	Bet		£4.84	£15.39	£10.71
freshfish1	All-in		£4.84	£20.23	£0.00
freshfish1	Show	Q Q
CRUEL_2ICE	Show	6 7
CRUEL_2ICE	Win	Straight to the 7	£18.83		£29.54

Butchered this hand completely. Villain is what can be best described as an aggressive station. Raises and call very wide pre and calls wide post flop. I should've jammed the flop - don't know why, just plain stupid!

Hand 5:

Later on MC table. One villain is ridiculously loose, other one is solid. Think I lost the minumum here and was right to slow down ott. Villain one is happy to call all the way with bottom pair here so burning money by bluffing.

JuliusAA	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£16.11
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£19.90
	Your hole cards	Q A
Sir-Gary	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£20.11
funkybunny	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£14.55
Such_Poker	Call		£0.30	£1.05	£15.48
Ice_Tiger	Fold
JuliusAA	Call		£0.25	£1.30	£15.86
freshfish1	Raise		£1.90	£3.20	£18.00
Sir-Gary	Call		£1.70	£4.90	£18.41
funkybunny	Fold
Such_Poker	Fold
JuliusAA	Call		£1.70	£6.60	£14.16
Flop
		J 10 2
JuliusAA	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£3.05	£9.65	£14.95
Sir-Gary	Fold
JuliusAA	Call		£3.05	£12.70	£11.11
Turn
		J
JuliusAA	Check
freshfish1	Check
River
		4
JuliusAA	Check
freshfish1	Check
JuliusAA	Show	J 9
freshfish1	Muck	Q A
JuliusAA	Win	Three Jacks	£11.74		£22.85

And finally, hand 6:

Should've just left the table by now. TV just finished and I'm ready to call it a night. This was jsut awful on my behalf I think. But interested in anyones opinion.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
DanDan11	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£23.22
brettiboy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£13.18
	Your hole cards	10 7
freshfish1	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£15.72
DanDan11	Fold
brettiboy	Raise		£0.60	£1.05	£12.58
freshfish1	Call		£0.40	£1.45	£15.32
Flop
		3 6 10
brettiboy	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£1.45	£2.90	£13.87
brettiboy	Call		£1.45	£4.35	£11.13
Turn
		Q
brettiboy	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£2.70	£7.05	£11.17
brettiboy	Raise		£5.40	£12.45	£5.73
freshfish1	All-in		£11.17	£23.62	£0.00
brettiboy	All-in		£5.73	£29.35	£0.00
freshfish1	Unmatched bet		£2.74	£26.61	£2.74
brettiboy	Show	Q Q
freshfish1	Show	10 7
River
		6
brettiboy	Win	Full House, Queens and 6s	£25.21		£25.21

Will post the winning hands in a separate post. IMO a mixture of bad luk and bad play but I guess my real question is - I am playing a little too loose at for microstakes or not?

freshfish1

Now for the winning hands.

Hand 1: Villain calls 3bets light so should fold on the flop - but doesn't!

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
supercrazy	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.02
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£8.15
	Your hole cards	A K
sonia1960	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£9.60
supercrazy	Raise		£0.35	£0.60	£9.67
freshfish1	Raise		£1.70	£2.30	£6.45
sonia1960	Call		£1.70	£4.00	£7.90
supercrazy	Fold
Flop
		J Q 2
freshfish1	All-in		£6.45	£10.45	£0.00
sonia1960	Call		£6.45	£16.90	£1.45
freshfish1	Show	A K
sonia1960	Show	7 8
Turn
		2
River
		J
freshfish1	Win	Two Pairs, Jacks and 2s	£15.63		£15.63

Hand 2:

Loose passive villain but is capable of going to war with top pair, for this reason I called. This is a fold against any solid reg but here I think it's an OK call.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
jimb0d1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.95
ROYLIE1990	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£17.98
	Your hole cards	J J
JINTY	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£8.25
richtea	Fold
supercrazy	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£0.50	£0.75	£10.93
jimb0d1	Fold
ROYLIE1990	Fold
JINTY	Call		£0.40	£1.15	£7.85
Flop
		3 10 9
JINTY	Bet		£1.15	£2.30	£6.70
freshfish1	Raise		£2.30	£4.60	£8.63
JINTY	Raise		£4.03	£8.63	£2.67
freshfish1	Call		£2.88	£11.51	£5.75
Turn
		2
JINTY	All-in		£2.67	£14.18	£0.00
freshfish1	Call		£2.67	£16.85	£3.08
JINTY	Show	A 10
freshfish1	Show	J J
River
		4
freshfish1	Win	Pair of Jacks	£15.58		£18.66

Hand 3:

Good reg who is capable of mixing it up, especially against me I believe. Pretty standard vs a good player here. Against a station AK goes after the 4bet.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
DanDan11	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£32.99
freshfish1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£18.59
	Your hole cards	A K
jimb0d1	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£10.28
supercrazy	Fold
KP03	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£11.81
richtea	Fold
DanDan11	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£1.50	£2.25	£17.09
jimb0d1	Raise		£3.40	£5.65	£6.88
KP03	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£9.85	£15.50	£7.24
jimb0d1	All-in		£6.88	£22.38	£0.00
freshfish1	Unmatched bet		£0.87	£21.51	£8.11
freshfish1	Show	A K
jimb0d1	Show	J J
Flop
		Q 8 2
Turn
		K
River
		3
freshfish1	Win	Pair of Kings	£20.11		£28.22

Hand 4:

Same opponent who is capable of 3betting light. Could be seen as a bit of a dubious call or should I 4bet here? Either way happy to GII otf as I'm pretty sure big aces go with it.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
jimb0d1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.00
supercrazy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£15.81
	Your hole cards	A 10
KP03	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£14.22
richtea	Raise		£0.30	£0.55	£12.85
elbows7	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£0.30	£0.85	£24.25
jimb0d1	Raise		£1.15	£2.00	£8.85
supercrazy	Fold
KP03	Fold
richtea	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£0.90	£2.90	£23.35
Flop
		10 A Q
jimb0d1	Bet		£2.18	£5.08	£6.67
freshfish1	All-in		£23.35	£28.43	£0.00
jimb0d1	All-in		£6.67	£35.10	£0.00
freshfish1	Unmatched bet		£14.50	£20.60	£14.50
jimb0d1	Show	A J
freshfish1	Show	A 10
Turn
		2
River
		A
freshfish1	Win	Full House, Aces and 10s	£19.20		£33.70

Hand 5:

Again same player but mixing up my own play a bit here by just flatting as the good reg is capable of triple barrelling.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
jimb0d1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£20.78
deano908	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£12.52
	Your hole cards	K A
elbows7	Fold
richtea	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£24.30
supercrazy	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£0.50	£0.95	£18.61
jimb0d1	Call		£0.45	£1.40	£20.33
deano908	Fold
richtea	Call		£0.20	£1.60	£24.10
Flop
		K 10 7
jimb0d1	Bet		£0.80	£2.40	£19.53
richtea	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£0.80	£3.20	£17.81
Turn
		8
jimb0d1	Bet		£1.60	£4.80	£17.93
freshfish1	Call		£1.60	£6.40	£16.21
River
		2
jimb0d1	Bet		£4.80	£11.20	£13.13
freshfish1	Call		£4.80	£16.00	£11.41
jimb0d1	Show	Q J
freshfish1	Show	K A
freshfish1	Win	Pair of Kings	£14.80		£26.21

Hand 6:

Speculative call pre but as often at these stakes if you flop hard villains will nearly always stack of with an overpair, mainly by GII otf.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
prsprs	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£5.10
em_ja_08	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.22
Doctor26	Big blind		£0.10	£0.25	£9.90
	Your hole cards	9 7
HYPETING	Fold
mungo11	Fold
Doctor26	Check
freshfish1	Raise		£0.45	£0.70	£24.26
prsprs	Fold
em_ja_08	Raise		£1.40	£2.10	£8.82
Doctor26	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£1.05	£3.15	£23.21
Flop
		7 K 9
em_ja_08	Check
freshfish1	Bet		£2.36	£5.51	£20.85
em_ja_08	All-in		£8.82	£14.33	£0.00
freshfish1	Call		£6.46	£20.79	£14.39
em_ja_08	Show	A A
freshfish1	Show	9 7
Turn
		2
River
		7
freshfish1	Win	Full House, 7s and 9s	£19.39		£33.78

Hand 7:

Butchered this one a bit as I hit the flop hard, missed out on a lot of value I think by not c/ring that flop and happy to GII. Think it was because we were both approx 200 deep and should we be playing this type of hand so aggressively?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
richtea	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£26.07
supercrazy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£16.65
	Your hole cards	10 J
freshfish1	Raise		£0.40	£0.55	£23.45
jimb0d1	Raise		£1.35	£1.90	£19.83
dontfold	Fold
elbows7	Fold
richtea	Fold
supercrazy	Fold
freshfish1	Call		£0.95	£2.85	£22.50
Flop
		J 7 3
freshfish1	Check
jimb0d1	Bet		£1.90	£4.75	£17.93
freshfish1	Call		£1.90	£6.65	£20.60
Turn
		8
freshfish1	Check
jimb0d1	Check
River
		4
freshfish1	Bet		£5.00	£11.65	£15.60
jimb0d1	Call		£5.00	£16.65	£12.93
freshfish1	Show	10 J
jimb0d1	Muck	A A
freshfish1	Win	Flush to the Jack	£15.40		£31.00

Hand 8:

I think against this particular player who was the ultimate station, betting big for the most value was the correct play, they literally call big bets with anything!

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
pandr	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£2.75
Rubbernix	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.12
	Your hole cards	A 8
VINEY73	Fold
wartic	Fold
freshfish1	Raise		£0.35	£0.50	£9.26
way136	Call		£0.35	£0.85	£12.54
pandr	Fold
Rubbernix	Fold
Flop
		Q 9 10
freshfish1	Bet		£0.43	£1.28	£8.83
way136	Call		£0.43	£1.71	£12.11
Turn
		5
freshfish1	Bet		£1.28	£2.99	£7.55
way136	Call		£1.28	£4.27	£10.83
River
		J
freshfish1	All-in		£7.55	£11.82	£0.00
way136	Call		£7.55	£19.37	£3.28
freshfish1	Show	A 8
way136	Show	5 K
freshfish1	Win </t

shakinaces

I wish I could sit at tables with oppo like hand 1 and 8 of the winnings... esp hand 1 - madness!!  Could that be attributed to a mis-click or were they genuinely just insane?

Also am loving hand 6 - 97 is the absolute aces killer, I stacked someone with that the other day with a flopped 2 pair and got about 10 mins of chatbox abuse

I don't think you are necessarily too loose with the hands you are playing as, like you said, against the right oppos you know there is a good chance you can either stack a decent hand (as per 97), easily fold if they start shoving chips in post, or bluff them down if they are quickly checking.

Not sure I'd necessarily want to be playing them OOP too much, but on button (or CO) I think it's fine to see lots of flops.

freshfish1

In Response to Re: To play like a fresh fish, or not? (FreshFish1's Skypoker challenge and diary):

I wish I could sit at tables with oppo like hand 1 and 8 of the winnings... esp hand 1 - madness!!  Could that be attributed to a mis-click or were they genuinely just insane? Also am loving hand 6 - 97 is the absolute aces killer, I stacked someone with that the other day with a flopped 2 pair and got about 10 mins of chatbox abuse I don't think you are necessarily too loose with the hands you are playing as, like you said, against the right oppos you know there is a good chance you can either stack a decent hand (as per 97), easily fold if they start shoving chips in post, or bluff them down if they are quickly checking. Not sure I'd necessarily want to be playing them OOP too much, but on button (or CO) I think it's fine to see lots of flops.
Posted by shakinaces

Hands 1 and 8 were not mis-clicks believe it or not - It cost me £4 worth of a failed bluff to discover one of their secrets - but was a good investment:)

You've nailed the OOP business in general - I know it can be one of my leaks and is something I defo need to tighten up on, although in a multiway pot with known limp callers yet to act I think there is value in seeing the flop despite being  OOP as you know they aren't going to limp squeeze unless I have a specific note that says will even limp with KK or AA.

freshfish1

Meh... Things beyond my control have bought this little venture to a premature end. 

Sadly the oven on my range cooker went and i had to have the electricians out to fix it. It isnt payday yet either so i withdrew £200 to cover the expenses leaving only £50 in my account. That quickly went in a horrendous cash session:(

Once payday arrives may try to ressurect this and try again!

shakinaces

Tough times FF - although can't be too bad if you have a now working range cooker to play with!

See you next month when you reload - definitely shown you'll be beating these levels if/when you come back to them.

freshfish1

In Response to Re: To play like a fresh fish, or not? (FreshFish1's Skypoker challenge and diary):

Tough times FF - although can't be too bad if you have a now working range cooker to play with! See you next month when you reload - definitely shown you'll be beating these levels if/when you come back to them.
Posted by shakinaces

ty bud. Yep, at least oven works (actually cooks even quicker than it did before!)
It's payday next week so in the immortal words or Arnie: "I'll be back!"

freshfish1

FreshFish is BACK!

However, it isn't through any skill of playing poker! Put £1 on a seven fold accumulator of all the League 2 and Skrill Premier games and it came in @ 320-1!

Forest Green nearly gave me a heart attack when I had a draw down and they let Woking score in the 90th minute and then amazingly scored themselves!

Happy days:) Shame I didn't put a bit more on lol!

shakinaces

In Response to Re: To play like a fresh fish, or not? (FreshFish1's Skypoker challenge and diary):

FreshFish is BACK! However, it isn't through any skill of playing poker! Put £1 on a seven fold accumulator of all the League 2 and Skrill Premier games and it came in @ 320-1! Forest Green nearly gave me a heart attack when I had a draw down and they let Woking score in the 90th minute and then amazingly scored themselves! Happy days:) Shame I didn't put a bit more on lol!
Posted by freshfish1

All the best gambles give you that sort of emotional roller-coaster en route to the win.. makes it so much sweeter!

Good to see you back in the game so quickly FFish - grab the chance and run with it

freshfish1

Running with it atm! Had 2 good cash sessions after my lucky football bink - both resulting in £50+ profit (mainly at nl20).

Had a long, hard look at hand histories, digesting advice given to me on some of questions on the forum and tried to plug errors.

There were some very basic errors I have been making too much (some of which I was aware of) but the costliest one was actually hidden. I knew that I called with speculative hands OOP but just didn't realise how much money had been thrown away in  the form of small pots (10BB or less). There were so many of these small losses they easily leads to approximately 2BI's worth of invisible negative profit over the course of a long session!

I first spotted this by working out the difference between my all in hands both won and lost. I would be up here, but down for the session - how so I thought? Then I looked at the other large pots of 50BB's or more and still the same pattern. very confused at this point. It was only when I looked at the small pots that there were so many of them, mainly losses and it was this this was battering any profit I made, sometimes even worse.

There are other tweaks I have made too, but this seems to be the biggest factor and in two sessions of cutting it out from my game the results have dramatically improved. Hopefully this will continue and I will be able to spot other mistakes in my play.

Last day of the Easter holidays today so will be limited to evening sessions only once I start back at school tomorrow - and that's when I don't have too much work to do:(

freshfish1

After my obvious skill in football betting to resurrect my poker mission I've decided to have another crack at the BHM fixtures. I've given up looking for favourites as at least one of them messes it up every time! New strategy - click on the name of a team and ignore the odds, select 6-8 matches and boom:)

If anyone's interested here are my pics. £1 on 3 separate accumulators.

Selection 1: Blackburn, Match Result, Birmingham v BlackburnSelection 2: Brighton, Match Result, Brighton v BlackpoolSelection 3: Derby, Match Result, Derby v BarnsleySelection 4: Millwall, Match Result, Millwall v DoncasterSelection 5: Sheffield Wednesday, Match Result, Sheffield Wednesday v CharltonSelection 6: Huddersfield, Match Result, Yeovil v HuddersfieldSelection 7: Draw, Match Result, Q.P.R. v Watford 

Selection 1: Brentford, Match Result, MK Dons v BrentfordSelection 2: Crewe, Match Result, Crewe v ColchesterSelection 3: Peterborough, Match Result, Peterborough v CarlisleSelection 4: Preston, Match Result, Preston v ShrewsburySelection 5: Draw, Match Result, Notts County v CrawleySelection 6: Draw, Match Result, Tranmere v Sheffield UtdSelection 7: Swindon, Match Result, Swindon v Bradford

Selection 1: Chesterfield, Match Result, Dagenham & Redbridge v ChesterfieldSelection 2: Exeter, Match Result, Exeter v TorquaySelection 3: Cheltenham, Match Result, Mansfield v CheltenhamSelection 4: Newport County, Match Result, Newport County v BurtonSelection 5: Draw, Match Result, Northampton v PortsmouthSelection 6: Southend, Match Result, Southend v Accrington StanleySelection 7: Bury, Match Result, York v BurySelection 8: Draw, Match Result, Hartlepool v Morecambe

This last one is over 2000-1 so what can go wrong:)

freshfish1

The FISH continues his luckbox story over the weekend:)

£320 profit on the footie, a £3 lottery became a UKOPS ME4 seat and a cash for nearly £120 (no bounties through unbelievably) and about £80 to the good from NL10 and 20 cash play.

Had a dream table at first in UKOPS ME but everytime I went for a bounty they survived so chipstack grew, shrunk, grew... Then got moved to a nightmare table when I had a nice stack but was dwarfed by 3 of the biggest stacks in the whole tourney so making moves was tough to say the least. Made sure I cashed so as to not waste a £3 gift, but was too small to ever take a bounty and in the end ran KJ into QQ with 8BB's left:( still not a bad weekends bit of fun:)

First day back at work after the Easter hols so knackered now. May play a little bit later on tonight but not sure. GL all at the tables:)

mrsduck

Great weekend! Keep it up!

freshfish1

Ty mrs d, you're having a nice little journey yourself:) glgl

freshfish1

Little bit of a dip these last couple of days but nothing too serious. Anyway its football time tomorrow so hopefully ill get lucky again and build the bankroll through skill that isnt poker related:)

I now actually have a monetary aim as the missus want to completely revamp the front room:(

However, last time i tried to hit a money goal i played absolutely dire trying to hit it too quickly and losing instead. She'll just have to wait and see what happens lol! Think we will stick to cash rather than wasting money trying to satellite into mains. I checked my own ss and didnt how much i really sucked at mtts, makes depressing reading. Think i may try to improve the dreadful record when im a bit more flush and its the hols again in five or so weeks.

freshfish1

Well I have played a bit this last week but nothing really serious. Up and bit, down a bit, up a bit and down a bit.... spot the pattern! Basically about where I started at the beginning of the week.

Finished the month on just shy of 2500PP's and a profit - although more than half of that was due to luckboxing a 7 fold accumulator:)

Been playing more NL20 this last week than NL10 and getting used to any subtle differences. There doesn't seem to be many IMO. The loose passive players are still loose passive, albeit in slightly few numbers but not drastically so. Maniacs are still present. Then there are the multitabling regs, who seem somewhat less nitty than their NL10 counterparts though.

I will continue with the idea of this thread (not to go broke, but reaching 1K by the end of this month would be nice) although for better or worse Mrs Freshfish knows exactly how much I have in here and has given me a limit not to go below otherwise I have to withdraw it! Kind of stops me tilting and playing higher than I should so I guess it's a blessing in disguise:)

 

freshfish1

Dumped 2 buy ins in 20 minutes last night at NL10 through not getting the run of the cards - favourite both times:(

Rather than give, I continued and decided I'm gonna have a crack at some low limit tourneys this month too (£5-10) ones.
Will see if I do any good and have entered the UKPC challenge for the fun of it.

I'm no tourney expert by any means but managed to finish 3rd in a £10 bounty hunter for £105 profit. However, can any of you tourney experts tell me if I just chucked it away here or not.

Big stack was doing what he was supposed to by bullying and loved to see flops and then lead OOP but big enough to threaten anyone with their tournament life at the final table if they decided to play through. The previous hand he had fired 3 half pot bets when I had the goods and moved in on the river to which he folded. So I get KK the next hand and this is what happened. Thoughts and advice appreciated please:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
freshfish1	Small blind		1500.00	1500.00	64411.28
sutty147	Big blind		3000.00	4500.00	46070.58
	Your hole cards	K K
TEXANT	Call		3000.00	7500.00	166018.14
freshfish1	Raise		10500.00	18000.00	53911.28
sutty147	Fold
TEXANT	Call		9000.00	27000.00	157018.14
Flop
		Q 7 A
freshfish1	Check
TEXANT	Bet		27000.00	54000.00	130018.14
freshfish1	All-in		53911.28	107911.28	0.00
TEXANT	Call		26911.28	134822.56	103106.86
freshfish1	Show	K K
TEXANT	Show	7 Q
Turn
		9
River
		8
TEXANT	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 7s	134822.56