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The "I will be a half decent cash player before I die" thread..............EDIT: I WON'T
very best of luck buddy i`m sure you will suceed this time round 
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Last time I tried it wasn't great, I got a spanking most sessions. I'm pretty sure the main reason for this was because I jumped straight in at 30nl against far more competent cash players. I had never really played cash and quickly discovered it was such a different format of the game........I was out of my depth and it cost me a few hundred quid to finally swallow my pride and go back to playing mtts with my tail between my legs!
So, this time I am going to do what I should have done last time, start at the bottom to try and learn and hopefully work my through the levels. I will be starting at 10nl and will be recording the results of each session on this thread as well as posting any hands that I'm unsure of (prob a lot of hands!!)
I will still be playing mtts on the side and will also post any decent cashes on here (although there haven't been any for a while!)
There are many decent cash players on the forum so would love advice or abuse on any hands that I post. I really want to improve at this format because I rarely have time to play mtts during the week, so instead of not playing at all it would be good to have a couple of hours on the cash tables.
Gl at the tables all
All the best with cash this time around.
I would be happy to watch you play for 40mins-1 hour followed by 30 -45 mins of feedback if you wanted.
You would need Skype and a screen sharing software like Joinme. If you don't have these they take 2 minutes to download.
If it's something either of you are interested in send me a pm.
a pint, will be fine:)
would be good to meet up with some of the local players though, just couldn't make it last time
Gl with your games mate
BTW.....congrats on the Best of the Best promo. Your seat is locked up for sure so I take it you are laying off £5.50+ mtts for the rest of the month? I know I would be if I was in your position!
waller?
Played a £400BH this afternoon and finished 3rd
waller0203£35.44 + £8.13 Head Prizes2
Also noticed I was 20th in the Best or the Best promo and that was before this result so with a bit of run good perhaps I have an outside chance of sneaking into the top 10. I very much doubt it as there are some pretty impressive ROIs up there, but stranger things have happened!!!
Going to finish watching the match and then have my first session on the cash tables.........
I know very little about computers but even I know that it's time to buy a new one. Going on holiday in August though so all my spare cash is going towards that atm
EDIT: Playing 3 tables now........fingers crossed
Basically, I stacked off twice against him..........won't post the hands no need. First one was a button v sb situation and I stacked off with top pair 10 kicker simply because I didn't believe him after he had previously played a hand in a similar way with a draw (although in this hand I doubt he is 3 barrelling with a hand I beat very often!). No draw this time he had 2 pair, wp him!
Second hand involved playing a flush draw perhaps slightly too aggro. By the river I had missed and led out over 3/4 pot in hope of pushing him off.............his set!!! The board was straightening and he did dwell on it but I think I should have just given up.
My other big loss is posted below........put the guy on the flush draw, maybe with a pair. Should I have just checked behind on the river or was it right to set them in long term??? Or is my river bet far too big? Should I check behind? How was the rest of the hand etc.. Have learnt there is a long way to go for my cash but I will persevere with it.
Total Profit/Loss: -£15.42
Gl at the tables all
Had to stop because my laptop just froze, it really can't handle 4 tables for long before it starts overheating. I'm going to try another system restore as Chris suggested because at the time the laptop froze I was in the middle of a hand where I'm pretty sure I was ahead and I had already invested over a quid, only to get timed out!!
Anyway it was a winning session which I will always take, but I still have a long way to go before I can call myself a competent cash player. I feel I may be too spewy in certain spots!!
Here is a hand from earlier: The oppo is one of the good regs and had been raising pre a lot! I call the flop because he doesn't have to have the ace and I wanted to reassess on the turn. Then turn gives me 2 pair....should I be raising here?? Is the river a call, raise or even fold?? Thoughts on the hand in general please.
Session Profit/loss: +£11.12
Total Profit/loss: -£4.30
And ty craig........I will be posting hands from each session so would be grateful for all advice, no matter how brutal. If I have played a hand so so wrong then I want to be told so I can try to improve
the hand on the last page i call the flop because a big mistake made by lots of micro stakes is they lack attempts to double barrell with draws and bluffs "which are very rare themselves as most will chase them".
the hand above should be a fold on the flop and as played the turn should have got raised because now we would put him on an A a lot of the time and if you are only going to call you might as well fold the river because he won't want to triple barrell bluff and you must not have put him on just a top pair going off you decision to only call the turn.
Not sure about raising turn. Gonna fold out plenty of good aces, all their bluffs, probs only get action from Ax spades and better 2 pair/sets.
Another session down, another losing one. Nothing major but would be nice to string a coupe of winning ones together........but I'm still learning, the game is a lot different to mtt's and I'm still trying to adapt!!
2 key hands again, won't post but will give the scenarios and see what I should have done:
1. I'm facing a 50bb 4 bet shove and I'm holding JJ. No reads/notes on oppo. Call or fold? I have seen players make similar moves with small pps, raggy suited aces, absolute junk and hands that have me crushed.
2. Again I'm facing a 4bet shove but this time for my full stack. I have AKs and no notes/reads on oppo. Call or fold?
No more cash tonight as I'm gonna play a couple of mtt's.
Session Profit/loss: -£14.51
Total Profit/loss: -£18.81
Must improve......