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Kags challenge

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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited August 2015


    It's like the early stages of a marathon, Jim, the finishing line seems so far away, but once you get to £100, it will seem a lot easier.  
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited August 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    It's like the early stages of a marathon, Jim, the finishing line seems so far away, but once you get to £100, it will seem a lot easier.  
    Posted by Tikay10
    Thanks for the encouragement.
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited August 2015
    Day 10

    Played 8  W6 L2

    BR  €45.30
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  • stuarty117stuarty117
    edited September 2015
    Not too bad so far Kags

    Question for you.

    As you know i have been dabbling a little in these. What sort of roi % would you be looking in these.


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  • gerardirlgerardirl
    edited September 2015
    Good progress Kag, keep it up.

    Ger
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015

    Thanks  very  much Ger and Stu.

    Stuarty I am not the best person to answer this, I am not really up on all that stuff, But I will do my best with an answer.


    Top hu grinders           18-20%     avg roi that is. ( Aint that something)
    Winning hu grinders     7-8 %       which is where I would like to think I am

    My sharkscope for sng says 5.2% but this includes all the Dyms that I have played and I have lost more than my share of those over time. Hope this answers your question. If I am wrong on this I stand corrected, and if anyone has other views please share.  

    Kags

      

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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    Day 11


    played 5 x £1.05    W3 L2

    BR  € 44.90

    Quite night for me watching sky sports transfer centre, happy de gea stays not sure what way his mindset will be for rest of the year though. Looking forward to seeing this new kid the new henry they reckon, if he gets anywhere near the goal he will just handball it in. :)

    Kags
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited September 2015


    How is the new job going Jim?

    Must say, those results are impressive. How many HU SNG's can you play at the same time & still maintain your win rate?
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    How is the new job going Jim? Must say, those results are impressive. How many HU SNG's can you play at the same time & still maintain your win rate?
    Posted by Tikay10
    Job going well thanks. I mostly only play 1 at a time, just find that works best for me.

    Kags
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    Day 12

    Played 4x £1.05   W4  L0

    BR €50.09
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  • VespaPXVespaPX
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    Day 12 Played 4x £1.05   W4  L0 BR €50.09
    Posted by _kagawa_
    Nice going Kags
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge : Nice going Kags
    Posted by VespaPX
    Cheers Mick goodluck tonight in your mtts

    Kags
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  • raggy94raggy94
    edited September 2015
    All the best Shinji.

    Good going.
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    All the best Shinji. Good going.
    Posted by raggy94
    Ha Shinji, my favourite player cant believe he gone, scored last week for Dortmund.
    He just wasn't physical enough for the English game though, pity class player.
    Stapes referred to me one night on the show as masa kagawa the high stakes poker player, ha if only he knew.
    Seen him a few times in Melbourne at aussie millions never opened his mouth for a week solid.

    Kags

     

     
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge : Ha Shinji, my favourite player cant believe he gone, scored last week for Dortmund. He just wasn't physical enough for the English game though, pity class player. Stapes referred to me one night on the show as masa kagawa the high stakes poker player, ha if only he knew. Seen him a few times in Melbourne at aussie millions never opened his mouth for a week solid. Kags    
    Posted by _kagawa_
    Masa I mean not Stapes.

    Oh and thanks very much raggy

    Kags
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015

    Used to play a heap of cash in the crown casino in Melbourne, what a place used to come alive in jan for the Aussie millions.
    All the top players used to come, and I would spend all day every day I could railing them.
    Met the Mrs one day for dinner there in the casino but had to take a leak on the way, there was 3 of us in the toilet  me ivey and Greenstein, they were on a break from a $100,000 buy in tournay and were discussing how they were playing, I could have stayed in there all night listening lol.

    As you walked in the door of the crown poker room which is pretty small to be honest they used to have the bracelet for that year on show, me and the mrs were having a look and Mel Judah came over and chatted with us for at least half an hour. Talked about history of the Aussie millions and even about Stu Unger I just stared at him and couldn't believe my luck.

    But the most impressive person I met of all would have to be Joe Hachem, a gentleman beyond belief, and I know he had his demons with tilt live and online but nothing would change my opinion.

    Her good self bought me a masterclass with him at a time when he used to run a deepstack tournament in crown around 2010. Was a sunday morning I remember and lasted about 3 hrs, it was his first ever masterclass and he was shocking nervous, think there might have been 100 people or more there.

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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    Anyhow to finish the story, he had a powerpoint presentation set up and it was really good. The aussies loved it and so did I to be honest, showed  you tube clips of his main event hu battle with that bloke I cant remember his name now, and went over his thought process over the last few hands. His brother Tony also gave a talk for 20 mins at the time he was hot news on the local mtt circuit and in truth had better results than Joe, apart from the obvious one. During the masterclass joe asked the crowd questions and whoever gave the right answer won a ticket into one of his deepstack events I think there was about 10 events and he had 10 tickets going, long story short I won one into a $100 dollar mtt, which was on during the next week. You had to go up at the end and collect your ticket from him, so I asked him for a photo and we had a wee chat nothing major,
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    But after leaving him I had a feeling of real motivation that I would do my best from now on in every tournay or even cash game. Went down to the bar in crown the class was upstairs decided to have a beer and if anyone seen me they would have though I was mad, smiling from ear to ear about the day I had. Decided that I would treat myself to a bit of cash down there you could play $1- $2 all the way up to high stakes, anyhow $1-$2 it was bought in for $100, was up and down usual story at one stage was up to $240 eventually because I am not a very good holem player got down to $40 but had a bit of respect of the table got the impression they didn't want me to top up. Then Mr hachem walks passed the table up to the high stakes area up the back and everyone done a bit of looking around at him the usual thing, at this stage I am thinking about going home suffered some shocking beats, I seen joe heading to the toilet and he had to pass my table on the way I made sure I got his attention just to say hello again, but he stopped and bent down to talk for a couple of mins mostly about the class and did I enjoy etc and tapped me on the back and said good to see ya again. The table looked at me when he went and asked do you know him, yes I said he a close friend :). Lost my $100 bucks but still went home smiling.

    Kags
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  • ajmiltonajmilton
    edited September 2015
    Great story Kag lad.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Regards Alan ( future plo8 HU champ)
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited September 2015


    Ha, lovely story Jim, great stuff.
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  • robertodrobertod
    edited September 2015
    go back to bed tikay. you really, really, really need your beauty sleep.
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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited September 2015
    Hi Kag

    I've just read this through. Good luck with your challenge. It will be very tough but I hope you get there.
    Thanks for sharing your story, a really good read and it sounds as though you had a great experience
    More please
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    Thanks Aj, Tikay and Jac.
    Happy somebody read it lol. 
    Struggling with volume again lately and when I do get a chance to hop on, I seem to be waiting too long for a game to start. Not the end of the world, will get there eventually.

    Kags
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  • pomfrittespomfrittes
    edited September 2015

       Excellent story m8,  best of luck with the challenge.
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015

    Thanks very much pom.

    Days 13,14 15   played 9 W7 L2

    BR € 56.33

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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited September 2015

    Hi Jim,

    You chatted to me on a DYM Table 2 nights ago, but I could not reply, was 6 tabling & getting some grief from a chap who was not happy with Sky Poker Freerolls. That sort of convo does not fill me pleasure at the best of times, but when I have 6 Tables on the go......

    Apologies.
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    Hi Jim, You chatted to me on a DYM Table 2 nights ago, but I could not reply, was 6 tabling & getting some grief from a chap who was not happy with Sky Poker Freerolls. That sort of convo does not fill me pleasure at the best of times, but when I have 6 Tables on the go...... Apologies.
    Posted by Tikay10
    No prob Tikay, knew you were otherwise engaged.
    With regards the freerolls I don't play them myself anymore as i dont really play holdem.
    The old system would suit me better given the challenge I am doing, but I not going to get to excited about it either way.

    Kags
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015

    Day 16

    Played 19 W11 L8  

    BR  €60.50

    Played horribly today, no idea how I managed to finish with a small profit, but i'll take it.
    There was a good bit of activity in these games today, long may that continue.
    Starting to think about the €2 games now, might give them a go next weekend.

    Kags

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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited September 2015
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge:
    In Response to Re: Kags challenge : No prob Tikay, knew you were otherwise engaged. With regards the freerolls I don't play them myself anymore as i dont really play holdem. The old system would suit me better given the challenge I am doing, but I not going to get to excited about it either way. Kags
    Posted by _kagawa_
    We wear the same shoes Jim. I'd prefer this, that or the other, but it's a Rewards scheme on a poker site, no more no less, so I'm not going to be bursting any blood vessels if it does not suit me. Two lads where chasing me from table to table complaining about some details of the Rewards Freeroll & got quite abrupt with me when I never insta replied. Ah well, never mind, I try not to get too excited these days.
     
    Well done on a successful week on the Challenge.   
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  • _kagawa__kagawa_
    edited September 2015
    Day 17 and 18 

    Played 4 £1.05  W4 L0

    BR €65.70

    A wee bit disappointed with the amount of volume I am putting in, i was unemployed for over a year and that was the time to take on something like this challenge.

    But obviously I would rather be working and struggling to play poker than playing poker and struggling to get work.
    I am enjoying it though and I suppose that's the main thing, a year ago poker was the only thing I really had in my life that gave me any happiness but then when I lost it used to feel devastating to me. 
    Losing to me used to hurt so bad, whether it was a 30p dym or a £10 hu, but I really think now that I have other stuff going on I only now understand about how it really all works. 

    So I suppose the moral of the story is the more serious you take something is not necessarily the right road to go down,
    and  that a bit of balance might hit the spot a little better, all in my opinion of course. 

    Kags
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