It's not ALL gravy..Hux's diary

The_Hux

Best of luck pal will be reading with intrest,

Great start long may it continue

Pat

The_Hux

I have had a very good month, profit wise, on here,on another site and live. HOWEVER I have had a few sessions recently where I have begun to spew money/donate, call it what you will. I have lost interest in mtts unless I have built a big stack...I have played & lost hyper turbo HU s&gos against regs/specialists..and have played well below optimumley (is that a word?) just to try (stupidly) to turn a losing session into a winning one - whilst being fully aware that losnig sessions are part of the norm.

So in order to nip this behaviour in the bud I have decided to keep a record of my play on here, updating it weekly or at certain key stages. 

I will continue playing mtts & satellites and will also play HU s&gos starting at £10.50 buy in level. I used to play them (HU) profitably on another site (not hypers though) mid/high stakes, but changed to playing mtt a while back..

I will treat my HU games and my mtt/satellites as seperate entities...I will report my s&go HU stats every 50th game..winrate= WR ...PROFIT/LOSS = +/- and will make comments on owt that I think has affected my results, e.g tilt, good form, varience, outright bad play..etc etc..

I will report overall profit/loss which will include mtt & HU play.. 

I think if the odd person is reading this thread and hopefully commenting on it, it will help me stay disciplined and I won't be tempted to play hypers (which don't suit my style) or high stake HU games ( which I am no longer equipped to profit from, because have not played them in ages & need to skill up or stop)..

I plan to post my progress as follows : 

1) WR & +/- of HU s&gos - weekly or everty 50th game (whichever is first)

2) Weekly report of profit/loss inc. HU & mtt/satts.

3) For the purpose of this thread I will start at zero£... any profit/loss will be from this point 21/09/14 6am irrespective of my roll.

I will not include my bankroll details, but needless to say I will NEVER be playing outside of my bankroll limits so I will be able to ride the inevitable downturns in varience that the mtts will deliver.. However I will try my best to review my game and not use varience as an excuse for bad play. As I said, I will be treating the HU S&gos as a seperate entity, so I will only move up or down stakes as their results dictate ( not as my overall b/roll dictates ) 

Although this diary/blog/record is here to keep me focused and on the straight and narrow I really would appreciate any views or comments any of you have along the way.

*I have temporarily blocked my sharkscope stats because I have (like I said earlier) spewed a few bob recently and I don't want  it to put me off. Looking at it might reinforce my negative vibe..I will unblock this time next month, win or lose.. I have prob lost 1K ish over last few sessions, which although  is a big sum, still leaves me + 17k this month inc..sky/other site/live....believe me this is not the norm, although I have been a profitable player in the past this has been a MASSIVE month for me.

Have the recent losing sessions been as a result of  bad play? Is it varience? I don't know,although I suspect the latter,but I do know I need to put the brake on and address the issue, hence this thread! 

I hope this does not come across as self indulgent and I hope it's ok for me to have this thread on here, being new to the forum and all. But if it is ok I really think it will help me keep focused and I will very much welcome any comments from y'all. 

GL at the tables, unless i'm sitting on them.

 

Tikay10

Morning Andy.

Look forward to reading this, especially if you continue with the inventive & inaginative use of words such as......

optimumley

Excellent, we'll make that the Word of the Week winner. So much better than optimally.

If I may suggest, if you want the Diary to develop a regular & interactive following, ideally, update more than once per week. IMO, that is.
 
I hope to see you in tonight's £15,000 Roller - surely you won't swerve that?

Sorry to hear about the £1k mini-downswong, but after a £17,000 surge inside a month, that would not bother me too much.
 
The "have lost interest in mtts unless I have built a big stack" IS a concern, & I hope the Diary helps you overcome that.
 
Good luck, & here's to more gravy.

PS - I have no idea where you live, or are based, but your writing style suggests you are from Northern England, maybe Yorkshire. Right, wrong?









 

 

DOHHHHHHH

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I used to play them (HU) profitably on another site (not hypers though) mid/high stakes,
Posted by The_Hux

Hey, good luck with the diary. 

How long ago was this? 

What sort of stakes were you playing? 

What sort of winrate (ROI) did you manage to achieve over what kind of sample?

Any reason why you chose to play hypers here after having success in slower formats elsewhere?

What is The Hux? 

Half a chance with your big Leeds bet yesterday, as long as you have still got 2 games against Blackpool to come, you can remain optimistic ! 

Slipwater

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Morning Andy. Look forward to reading this, especially if you continue with the inventive & inaginative use of words such as...... optimumley Excellent, we'll make that the Word of the Week winner. So much better than optimally .Posted by Tikay10

Tikay, nobody likes a grammar Nazi

Good luck Huxtable.

The_Hux

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Good luck, & here's to more gravy. PS - I have no idea where you live, or are based, but your writing style suggests you are from Northern England, maybe Yorkshire. Right, wrong?    
Posted by Tikay10

Thanks Tikay. Half right. North of England, Chester. Although I now live just over the border in Wales. 

I'm not too hot on the whole quoting thing and don't know how to highlight two quotes, but to continue your theme of pedantry I feel I must point out the fact that it is in fact a 15k guarantee tonight and not 30k ;-)

D'OH! I just checked back and you edited it. Well played.

Tikay10

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In Response to Re: It's not ALL gravy..Hux's diary : Thanks Tikay. Half right. North of England, Chester. Although I now live just over the border in Wales.  I'm not too hot on the whole quoting thing and don't know how to highlight two quotes, but to continue your theme of pedantry I feel I must point out the fact that it is in fact a 15k guarantee tonight and not 30k ;-) D'OH! I just checked back and you edited it. Well played.
Posted by The_Hux

Ha! Yes, I had it in my mind the £30k Roller was tonight, and posted accordingly. Then I realised my mistake, and had a panic attack, had to do a swift bit of editing.

I would never gave mentioned the "optimuley" thing, not my style at all, (I ALWAYS think it, but never ever Post it , feels like bad form to me) but you did specifically make reference to it. I actually thought it was a great new word!

The_Hux

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In Response to It's not ALL gravy..Hux's diary : Hey, good luck with the diary.  How long ago was this?  What sort of stakes were you playing?  What sort of winrate (ROI) did you manage to achieve over what kind of sample? Any reason What is The Hux?  Half a chancwhy you chose to play hypers here after having success in slower formats elsewhere?e with your big Leeds bet yesterday, as long as you have still got 2 games against Blackpool to come, you can remain optimistic ! 
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

About four years ago. When I say high/mid stakes it was how they were classified on the sites I was playing at at that time, on here and elswhere they would be low/mid I suppose.

I played $21 at a W/R of about 58% I think.. I used to record them in sets of 100 games and recall 72% being my record and only dipping below 52.5% (break even figure) on a couple of occasions and even then the bonuses accrued would cover the small loss.. The problems started when I moved up to $52.50.. my W/R dropped but was still profitable, because of higher stakes my $ per hour was even slightly better, however I don't know if I got complacent but I gradually started to struggle even to break even so I dropped back down to $21 and just could not regain my previous W/R at that level.. I took a break and when I returned I drifted over to mtts and have mostly stayed playing them.

LOL. i'm trying my best with this quoting palaver but somehow managed to mix your post up..Any way The_Hux is derived from my name, Andy Huxley. Most people just call me Hux. Or in Slipwater's case, Huxtable.

Yeah the Leeds bet.. I thought yesterday was the day. Not to be though, yet another red card saw to that! We did hit the post at 3 nil though.. Gives me hope that it will come in at some point of the season.

Jac35

Good luck with this Hux

Fantastic results this month and you seem to have a great attitude to the game. Do you you play much live poker?

The_Hux

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In Response to Re: It's not ALL gravy..Hux's diary : Ha! Yes, I had it in my mind the £30k Roller was tonight, and posted accordingly. Then I realised my mistake, and had a panic attack, had to do a swift bit of editing. I would never gave mentioned the "optimuley" thing, not my style at all, (I ALWAYS think it, but never ever Post it , feels like bad form to me) but you did specifically make reference to it. I actually thought it was a great new word!
Posted by Tikay10

No offence taken. I am a stickler for it myself, but rarely point it out because I am forever slipping up myself. I think I would post more optimuley if I kept a dictionary to hand.

Jac35

I wouldn't worry about Tikay 

"I would never gave mentioned it"

The_Hux

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Good luck with this Hux Fantastic results this month and you seem to have a great attitude to the game. Do you you play much live poker?
Posted by Jac35

Thanks Jac.

I visit DTD about 3 times a year. and play at Genting Liverpool and Grosvenor New Brighton.

Tikay10

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I wouldn't worry about Tikay  "I would never gave mentioned it"
Posted by Jac35

Sigg. I so wisg my I-pad did not gave tgat missing letter.

The_Hux

Thanks for all the replies. I already feel more positive than I did before starting this diary.

From a starting point of zero I want to get to plus 1k to make up for my recent dip. If I get to minus 1k I will reassess the stakes and games I am playing (HU) . I will continue the mtts regardless. I was going to turn my sharkscope back on in 1 months time, regardless of my results, but have decided to turn them on at plus 1k so I can look forward to seeing the graph at it's peak again. Hopefully this will be another thing that keeps me motivated.

I have tweaked my bankroll management to help me stay at the right stakes : Although I am rolled for higher (HU wise) I want to remove any temtation from playing above £10.50 until I can profit from that level long term. I won't be putting a huge volume of games in so IF I can beat that level it will be quite a while until I move up. so...

Each day I will deposit enough funds to play the mtts & satellites I intend playing plus enough for 5 Heads up (worse case if I lose 5 in a row I can't go tilting away) If i'm winning I can play more if time permits.

At the end of the day I will withdraw funds and repeat the next day, or next time i'm playing. Doing this will protect me from any further rapid losses because I will not have enough in my account to do any serious damage. I will also use the deposit limit tool as further protection.

Possibly a bad day to start because I will be playing £121 worth of mtts in the main & mini alone so there's a good chance I'll be over 10% of the way towards minus 1k on day one. But I will keep my eye on the long term goal of PLUS 1K.

The_Hux

End of day 1..

mtts 

I was happy with my play for the most part bar one very poor call in a spot where the villian either had a monster or a missed draw. I had no real read on the player and I called a big river bet, where in hindsight it was an easy fold. Happy overall though and satting into the main was a big bonus because I could easily have started off project 1k minus £100 odd, ( I was going to buy in direct after one satt attempt)

MINI : NON CASH -£11. Satted into main for £24, ran deepish, finished 32nd ish non cash so - £24.

Total: -£35

HU

I got off to a great start winning 8/10 but I realise this is a tiny sample size and know 80% W/R  cannot be maintained long term. I sat 1st in all but the games where I had rematches and noticed (scope) that all but one of the opponents were losing players. I don't know if the regs weren't about or they just sit first aswell, hopefully the latter. 

Played 10 won 8 

Total +£55

 Total Daily balance +£20

I will give todays session a 9/10 on the gravyometer. I stayed disciplined and avoided tilt/distraction/boredom. 

The fact that I intended to report my days play on here helped with all of the above, so thanks to all those who posted on here and please feel free to post more. 

only £980 to go.

ps..I wrote all this once before, clicked add post and it just dissappeared. If it happens again now i'll be well fed up. Here goes.

Matt237

Good luck mate.

Bit of advice when posting I also have a diary and sometimes forget my login expired so I write my posts on Notepad before I put them on here because it tilts me so much haha.

The_Hux

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Good luck mate. Bit of advice when posting I also have a diary and sometimes forget my login expired so I write my posts on Notepad before I put them on here because it tilts me so much haha.
Posted by Matt237

Cheers Matt, I have just been reading yours. It's great, I hope I can maintain mine as long. Cheers for the tip. I was thinking the same, "this diary is great for keeping me focussed and objective etc" Then next minute i'm wanting to lauch my pc down the stairs !! 

bbMike

Yep, or just highlight and copy to clipboard to paste back in if you've expired.

Gravyometer haha! Are you measuring in volume or viscosity? Difficult with the latter as obv thick better than thin but you don't want to go too far...


Great start on the tables, you obviously do a lot of things very well.  Will follow with interest.

Lambert180

Bumped into you a few times last night in the roller.

Good luck with the diary and getting to £1k profit Hux, I'm sure it'll be plain sailing.

SUPERSNEDD

Best of luck Huxster, you seem to know what you are doing and I'm sure you will do well if you control the bankroll management side of things. 

Nice work with the diary pal and keep an eye on the consistency of the gravy ;-)

Tikay10

Gravyometer

Love it!

Might just steal that.

MAXALLY

Just catching up on this Diary. I wish you luck with it Andy, and your poker journey. You have had an outstanding start so far with your roller exploits etc.

When you get 5....give us some background details to yourself. 

....how you started playing poker/life situation/job etc etc. Only tell us what you want though.

Do you ever go Chester races? Now that is a good day/night out

macapaca

Hux, I need a month like you have had I mean last month you made like £17k profit from sky poker wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Would love that!!!

Boss!!!

Keep up the good work sir

The_Hux

Ay up Gravy lovers....

1st things 1st.... Yesterday was gravy all round for all Cestrians. Although I am a Leeds fan I have always had a soft spot for Chester and watch them quite often. Yesterday a 94TH MIN winner in what was a brilliant game against our over the border rivals Wrexham made sure nobody had dry chips on the way home because we p*ssed on theirs and ours were positively swimming in gravy! And to rub salt in their wounds, they could easily have been 3 goals up within the first half hour.

Right then poker... since last post:

MTTS

Main Turbo NON CASH -£11

Mini B/H NON CASH -£5.50

£750 gtd B/H £11 buy in  finished 6/114 for £71.62 inc bounties.. so +£60.62

  SESSION MTT BAL+£44

  OVERALL MTT BAL +£9

£10.50 HU

I will not report these by session, but just by running total. At this point I have played 20 and won 16 

16/20 W/r 80%  Overall HU BAL: +£110

PROJECT 1k 

+£119........ £881 to go. 

Thanks for all the posts on this thread. I will reply to them tomorrow because I want to go downstairs, watch a recording of the great Wrexham masacre, fast forwarding to the good bits obviously.. Then a quck brew and watch the pca final table on ch4, assuming it's on at 12 tonight. It has been in previous weeks.

The_Hux

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Hux, I need a month like you have had I mean last month you made like £17k profit from sky poker wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Would love that!!! Boss!!! Keep up the good work sir
Posted by macapaca

Cheers Mate. Was actually 10 or 11k on here, rest was other site & live.

 I have been reading your diary aswell, good luck with your challenge too.

The_Hux

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Just catching up on this Diary. I wish you luck with it Andy, and your poker journey. You have had an outstanding start so far with your roller exploits etc. When you get 5....give us some background details to yourself.  ....how you started playing poker/life situation/job etc etc. Only tell us what you want though. Do you ever go Chester races? Now that is a good day/night out
Posted by MAXALLY

Cheers Maxally, 

I've been playing for about 12 years. I am a welder/turner/miller. I plucked up the courage about 5 years ago to have a go at poker full time when my company were offering voluntary redundancies. But I was turned down when I applied. Now I  look back and if i'm honest I am glad I was knocked back. I was making a steady profit at the time, but nothing major and  since then, when I have had a losing month I wonder how I would have handled it if I was relying on it for a living and I think to myself "I dodged a bullet there".

Yeah, Chester races is a top day out mate!

F_Ivanovic

I live in Chester too! GL anyway

Glenelg

New Poster!  :-)

GL 

The_Hux

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I live in Chester too! GL anyway
Posted by F_Ivanovic

Sound. If you play live locally we'll have to meet up.

Quick update... Break even sesh tonight ..

MTTS

PLAYED 3 SATS &  1 Bounty Hunter...Nowhere in any..

Session -£47

mtts total bal -£38

£10.50 HU (RUNNING TOTAL)

29/40  W/R 72.5%  Balance +£160

PROJECT 1K

+£122 ...£878 to go.

The_Hux

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Bumped into you a few times last night in the roller. Good luck with the diary and getting to £1k profit Hux, I'm sure it'll be plain sailing.
Posted by Lambert180

Thanks mate. I noticed you cashed too. N1. 

Glenelg

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I've been playing for about 12 years. 
Posted by The_Hux[/QU

Is this your first time on SKY?  If so, what made you "pick" sky?