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Emotional day today. Spent majority of this afternoon planning a memorial day for a friend who passed away 4 years ago. We were only 10 - Playing our weekly sunday league game for Studley Juniors, when suddenly one of my best friends collapsed. Very strange for it to happen at this age so it was clearly very serious. Anyway towards the end of the week he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. This started a 3 year long battle against various cancers, which sadly ended June 2010, whilst I was in Germany. Everyone was devastated. One of the nicest guys I will ever come across, and a best friend for life. I was in shock, completely ruined the rest of my week in Germany (an exchange). Football was never the same again. We've now made it a tradition to run a memorial day of our football team vs the coaches who run/ran the Junior teams when we were playing. Whilst I struggle with deafness/balance issues/fragile hearing aid, its an opportunity I can never turn down. Still got another 30 days till this is played, but already starting to feel the emotion and are slightly nervous for it. But its for a fantastic cause.
Anyway onto the poker.
My evening started quite badly but ended out as a £3 profit.
Main - I gave up the main 5 minutes before the add-on. Had already spent £22, and my 9s failed to hold vs J T. I felt even if i spent the extra £33 (RB x2 + AO), my stack is still not competitive enough relative to blinds and other players on the table. Felt it would have been a complete waste of money which can be used towards better situations. So I trashed the main.
Mini - This was a struggle. I had 2 players that never folded and min bet every flop regardless of whether they hit or not - One of them limped 7 2 in the SB and i checked with 2 6. Flop came 2 2 7 then a 6 turned. Ended up costing me £11. Cheeky sod :-). Then I got moved to a more solid table, which was playing extremely wide and aggressive. Anyway I managed to recover and cash for £27. I believe this was as far as I could go - I struggled to make the cash. Not by playing tight but very much rode my luck at times. Made some good plays and the hands I ended up jamming were dominated. Few interesting hands I have from this mini though. Managed to get max value in a spot I think I did well to.
So 4 hands later I was dealt AA in UTG+1 and UTG had flatted. I decide to flat behind intending for more action and expected someone to squeeze (As described above it was a very aggressive table) . I know its not the best way to play my Aces, but I got some value from them anyway. I was a little surprised at what UTG flatted with, Had he raised pre 100% I 3b and we could get it in. Also think it benefitted me slightly as I was massively underrepped, hence his station.
Played the main, mini, 20:05 BH, 19.30 £200 GTD and the £2 speed @ 21:45.
The 4 latter tournaments were non events really. Took 1 head in Mini and the 20:05 so got 1/3 of my money back. Standard exits in all.
The main was a rollercoaster and a half - Started badly, then 8.30-9 I was hitting everything - busted out 2 people including MattBates QQ vs JJ. I then made a horrible decision - and the guy would not let it go. He wasn't even in the hand, I made a bad 4b jam on a draw heavy flop with top pair, and he just would not shut up about it. Not sure whether he was trying to make myself tilt or not, but kindly the 2 other talkative players at the table just told him to leave it. One of those ended up coming 3rd - SJspanky - a true gent and i'm pleased he did well.
So my exit was after becoming short post this hand. This guy had only just come to the table and I wasn't really sure what to make of his play. Limping out of that stack is BAD, but is it bad or is it monster? On history I had him down as one who raised huge with his premiums and limped connecting sort of hands, so I went for it. 11bbs A9, It's going in.
I then proceeded to play a few 60p DYMs - In order to help out a newer player who is a forum reg. Not collusion etc, but just played as normal to help him improve and try and spot some leaks. I know my game is far from perfect but I felt I can definitely help him. The one funny thing about these games were about the 3rd one I played - The game start to finish was 3 hands. I'll post these in the BBV section as it doesn't half take some doing.
So another night in profit and another enjoyable show courtesy of Sarah and Tikay. Loving it.
Just caught up with this diary.
Nice read gl with everything.
Run well
I have some close pals who live in Rotherham so was supporting them for the day on Sunday and was thrilled to see my 'Adopted' team win promotion....My mate wrote to me on FB earlier to say that he has no nails left following Sunday's game, and he hardly watches football! Better get growing some ready for the WC in less than 3 weeks! THREE WEEKS! OMFG! how quickly has it come around!.... :O
Always like to take part in the Mastercash hour to get some TV coverage. It does help getting feedback on cash hands especially as i am a tournament player trying to improve my cash game as i feel i could do well at cash on the side. My cash session ended up +£24 and stacking 4 players. 3 short stacks but its still a good satisfaction :-). Main hand was this one. It was a bit of a gift if i'm honest i couldn't quite believe he was stationing me with what he had. Nearly checked that turn - classic mistake that would have been.
Played 2 60p DYMs in the final hour as i've been trying to help a forum reg with his leaks lately. Starting to see some real progress now though, which is very good. Cashed 2/2 in these, not much to talk about here really but i felt like i had a massive edge over these players. There was 1 hand however which i was amazed at what happened - I played this quite passively hoping he would catch up with a draw, but when he snapped me at showdown went to look at what he had mucked and i couldn't quite believe it again. Seen some absolute madness tonight, with all due respects to the villains.
So I played my new Wednesday schedule - Main/Mini/19:30 £5.50 GTD/20:05 BH/20:30 Megastack/21:45 Speed. Also played 2 £11 DYMs and 1 £11 SNG - Bubbled all 3.
Latter 4 tournaments i listed above went a bit wrong. I never usually get so annoyed during a poker game but in the speed I got slowrolled. It was really obvious aswell. As soon as his time bank started, he said 'Gl' - About halfway through he turned erm twice. Then with about 2 seconds left he finally called. Thankgod this was a hand on the break because it could have really done me. My severe pet hate in poker. Appreciate if someone has a tough decision or if they are playing so many tables, but when its someone i dont really know and does all this hollywooding in the chat box - it's frustrating you know. Even had the cheek to say haha cya after i typed 'Nice.' in the chatbox.
So I was left with the mini and facing an £90 loss. If im honest I was just in the mood to go to bed as it wasn't happening for me. This was a bit of a weird tournament. I ended up making the final table without doubling up or knocking anyone out. Yet I was playing relatively aggressive. Only started the laddering game when it got to the final 8 as I was desperate to make this final table. Other than that I had the perfect stack to just keep 3b jamming in the spots where I had fold equity. Had to make a few things happen aswell as like I said I couldnt get a double up spot. Didn't really run good or badly either. Few hands here which set me up nicely for the final 20
I think I played this tournament near perfectly. Very happy with the outcome. Heard these rebuys are the hardest ones to cash somewhere and in 3 weeks of playing them:
/> Week 1 - 8th in main
/> Week 2 - Top 20 in mini
/> Week 3 - Final table in mini
Clearly my game has gotten to a decent level now, although I still don't want to think I am a good player etc yet. Suppose now that is another target is achieved I should probably take this further, and aim for a top 3 finish in a biggun.
Look forward to tonight - Bounty hunters haven't been my friend lately but the last main event BH i played i managed a cash. Also will play some cash during the TV hours.
Edit - There was a tough spot in the mini which I have posted in the clinic, for any MTT regs that read this diary.
My return was just over £40 from 3 heads so i made off this.
Cash session was where my profit came from, particulary 1 hand really. I played it ok post flop, but pre flop I don't really like my call. Felt its a spot where I can 4b.
DTD1
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceEyeman Small blind 300.00 300.00 14470.00 GELDY Big blind 600.00 900.00 5238.00 Your hole cards A K xtortion8 Fold strawbs028 Raise 1800.00 2700.00 21696.25 Matt237 All-in 3849.00 6549.00 0.00 mowgli11 Fold Eyeman Fold GELDY Fold strawbs028 Call 2049.00 8598.00 19647.25 strawbs028 Show Q A Matt237 Show A K Flop 8 4 Q Turn 5 River 10 strawbs028 Win Pair of Queens 8598.00 28245.25
DTD2
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancebewhereall Small blind 15.00 15.00 4745.00 Matt237 Big blind 30.00 45.00 4830.00 Your hole cards K K shirley02 Fold stokefc Fold truly56 Fold MacMonster Call 30.00 75.00 4990.00 bewhereall Call 15.00 90.00 4730.00 Matt237 Raise 120.00 210.00 4710.00 MacMonster Call 120.00 330.00 4870.00 bewhereall Call 120.00 450.00 4610.00 Flop 6 2 3 bewhereall Check Matt237 Bet 300.00 750.00 4410.00 MacMonster All-in 4870.00 5620.00 0.00 bewhereall Fold Matt237 All-in 4410.00 10030.00 0.00 MacMonster Unmatched bet 160.00 9870.00 160.00 Matt237 Show K K MacMonster Show 4 2 Turn 8 River 4 MacMonster Win Two Pairs, 4s and 2s 9870.00 10030.00
And DTD3
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancestokefc Small blind 30.00 30.00 1700.00 dabossman Big blind 60.00 90.00 1665.00 Your hole cards 10 Q rivermunky Raise 120.00 210.00 4235.00 mickzilla Call 120.00 330.00 1782.50 Shelford Call 120.00 450.00 3272.50 Matt237 Call 120.00 570.00 4185.00 stokefc Fold dabossman Fold Flop 10 Q 5 rivermunky Bet 570.00 1140.00 3665.00 mickzilla Fold Shelford Call 570.00 1710.00 2702.50 Matt237 All-in 4185.00 5895.00 0.00 rivermunky All-in 3665.00 9560.00 0.00 Shelford All-in 2702.50 12262.50 0.00 rivermunky Unmatched bet 50.00 12212.50 50.00 rivermunky Show 5 Q Shelford Show 5 A Matt237 Show 10 Q Turn 6 River 5 rivermunky Win Full House, 5s and Queens 12212.50 12262.50
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