rspca poker diary

rspca12

hi peps not sure how this is going to go never wrote a diary before. To put bluntly im dyslexic yes got a certificate and everything and struggle  with this sort of thing. first thing 1st lets tell u a bit about myself my name is chirs cunliffe live in Salford just outside Manchester and yes we are a separate city lol.  im 26 and been playing poker since I was 18. My diary wont be just results based will be about  experience I hd in the game. also mental game the swings etc. And any questions u have please post below and will try to answer them all. I will try to update at least twice a week. and think with ukops coming up could be gd time to start.

Tikay10

Nice one Chris, look forward to this.

If possible, try & give the Diary good balance. Reams & reams of Hand Histories interest very few, as do continual moans & groans, but "real life" stuff is generally appreciated.

Sorry to hear about the dyslexia, but don't worry about it on here, several others have the same problem.

You playing all the UKPC biggies?

Do you play off your own roll, or are you staked?
 
Do you have a job, if so, what sort of job?

Favourite football team?

Favourite food?

Favourite type of concrete?

Tikay10

Ha.

No need to delete, Rob, but yeah, I meant UKOPS, not UKPC.
 
Very kind of you to offer to delete though, thank you.

aussie09

hi chris,

looking forward to reading your thread.

rob.


ps. i don't claim to be dyslexic but think i might recognise some things.  i have a thought that everyone is dyslexic to some degree but it's just a fledgling theory.  how do you do at countdown and the conundrum at the end?.

 

Darkangel7

Chris well done for starting this diary. I realised a long time ago you were dyslexic and I could understand you fine. Looking forward to your diary with interest. Don't forget you still owe me and will be around for the ukops as you asked so nicely but will have to remind me when as got a brain like a sieve . How's the doggies?? Oh and next time I go through Salford will you wave back please.  Don't forget about the rugby!

rainman397

Good afternoon Chris.
I am looking forward to your diary, have watched you play many times, and am always impressed.
All the best.
Rainman397.

bromley04

Looking forward to reading this diary mate.

You've been crushing on here since you made the move from crushing Bolton G.

Talking of Bolton G...wish I knew then what I know now when I folded that Ace in the big blind against you lol

TimmyRaRa

Wiiiii nice looking forward to this great lad and sick player.

rspca12

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Nice one Chris, look forward to this. If possible, try & give the Diary good balance. Reams & reams of Hand Histories interest very few, as do continual moans & groans, but "real life" stuff is generally appreciated. Sorry to hear about the dyslexia, but don't worry about it on here, several others have the same problem. You playing all the UKPC biggies? Do you play off your own roll, or are you staked?   Do you have a job, if so, what sort of job? Favourite football team? Favourite food? Favourite type of concrete?
Posted by Tikay10

hi ty for all u nice comments peps

ukops I will be playing all the events over 20 pound and probably a lot of smaller ones the 11 pound ones are tremendous

im not staked but do sell action for comps manly of sky like the big Sunday ones etc.

job - Im a dog trainer and love my job tbh I don't do as much now because I take poker as my main source of income.

football team- man utd but big rugby fan Salford reds are my true love

fav food - hmmmm so much choice but have to me mums Sunday roast.

fav film - independence day

yes aussie dyslexia I learnt to live with basically in simple terms it is if one expect of learning is not up with the other. and for me its spelling grammar etc so this diary ting it a bit scary :=). but also helps me in other things for example numbers I always get the numbers right on countdown will be some team. 

rspca12

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Looking forward to reading this diary mate. You've been crushing on here since you made the move from crushing Bolton G. Talking of Bolton G...wish I knew then what I know now when I folded that Ace in the big blind against you lol
Posted by bromley04

yes ty yes its been gd 18 months on sky I think u should always pass ace high I always have it. I still remember the hand I hd that time q7 off suit.  Think that was the last time I beat u. also ty donner timmy and rainman means a lot hopefully I can keep the diary entertaining and fun. 

ps any advice or what u like to see in diary just lets us know  

craigcu12

I'm an autistic person myself and have been doing a diary myself. The last year I've been getting far too negative and groany with my own posts. I've just came back from a long break and went into a SnG and MTT standard amd find it easier to avoid groaning when posting about them.

Just do as TK says really and take a break during bad times before your diary gets too many consecutive groaning posts.

best of luck

Sky_JP

Hi Chris,

I'll also look forward to reading this. 

I've always wondered if your name on Sky had something to do with your interests outside of poker, so it's interesting to hear that you're a dog trainer!

Would be good to see you back in Priority!

Best,

JP.

Tikay10

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In Response to Re: rspca poker diary : hi ty for all u nice comments peps ukops I will be playing all the events over 20 pound and probably a lot of smaller ones the 11 pound ones are tremendous im not staked but do sell action for comps manly of sky like the big Sunday ones etc. job - Im a dog trainer and love my job tbh I don't do as much now because I take poker as my main source of income. football team- man utd but big rugby fan Salford reds are my true love fav food - hmmmm so much choice but have to me mums Sunday roast. fav film - independence day yes aussie dyslexia I learnt to live with basically in simple terms it is if one expect of learning is not up with the other. and for me its spelling grammar etc so this diary ting it a bit scary :=). but also helps me in other things for example numbers I always get the numbers right on countdown will be some team. 
Posted by rspca12

Awesome.

If you had given me 1,000 guesses, I'd never have got that.

How did you come to get involved in Dog Training?

Do you "sell" lessons?

To individuals, or groups of owners/dogs? Like a sort of mini Barbara Woodhouse, or more like Caesar Milan?

aussie09

Barbara Woodhouse famously talked about her technique of blowing up a dog's nose.  i recall Harvey Smith being asked whether he might train horses by using the same technique.  Harvey responded, "you might as well just blow up its a***."

Darkangel7

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In Response to Re: rspca poker diary : Awesome. If you had given me 1,000 guesses, I'd never have got that. How did you come to get involved in Dog Training? Do you "sell" lessons? To individuals, or groups of owners/dogs? Like a sort of mini Barbara Woodhouse, or more like Caesar Milan?
Posted by Tikay10

Tikay I was shocked and surprised when I found out what Chris does, just wait till he tells you about the dogs I was in total Awe.

liamboi11

Gl with diary mate I will follow with interest

unknown_username

Good luck with your diary Chris & best of luck in the UKOPs

StayOrGo

All the best Chris, will look forward to a good read.

GL with this and at the tables!

Cheers,

Graham

rspca12

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In Response to Re: rspca poker diary : Awesome. If you had given me 1,000 guesses, I'd never have got that. How did you come to get involved in Dog Training? Do you "sell" lessons? To individuals, or groups of owners/dogs? Like a sort of mini Barbara Woodhouse, or more like Caesar Milan?
Posted by Tikay10

hi  yes my dog training is specialise to security dogs German sheps etc. I did a degree in animal behaviour/welfare at the uclan only did 2 years but there gave me the knowledge to purse a career in dog training. basically my job is to make sure there train dogs probably police/sercutiy services don't do that much know of this. I know do general behaviour of dogs for the public like Caesar milan. I will post a pic below of my German shep not a sercutiy dog big softy tbh.

rspca12

hi first entry from a poker point of view where to start been a ok month up to know have having a losing month in September but that the swings in poker.  managed to satalight into the ukops h/r for 25 quid so decent return. but apart from that not much to right home about think off top of my head I won a 10.30 speed a 9pm bounty hunter and a mini. so cant complain. last Sunday was pretty bd had a   - day didn't cash anything decent but that's poker I will post 1 hand after to see what u think.My biggest weakness in the game is my mental game and struggle with downswings tbh. any advice on how to deal with these will be gd I normally take a brake from the game. im playing tonight if people are interested this is what my sched normally locks like also I will chuck in any sats for ukops and some others as well if a bust.

6pm 22
7pm 22
8pm main
8.30 mini
9pm 55
9.30 11
10.15 22
10.30 55

rspca12

Hand History #960309045 (22:25 25/10/2015)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
NChanning	Small blind		150.00	150.00	15299.00
rspca12	Big blind		300.00	450.00	14325.00
	Your hole cards	7 9
darsum333	Raise		600.00	1050.00	29550.00
albania	Fold
posh92	Fold
chicknMelt	Fold
NChanning	Call		450.00	1500.00	14849.00
rspca12	Call		300.00	1800.00	14025.00
Flop
		3 5 7
NChanning	Check
rspca12	Check
darsum333	Bet		980.00	2780.00	28570.00
NChanning	Fold
rspca12	Call		980.00	3760.00	13045.00
Turn
		J
rspca12	Check
darsum333	Bet		1870.00	5630.00	26700.00
rspca12	Raise		4040.00	9670.00	9005.00
darsum333	Call		2170.00	11840.00	24530.00
River
		A
rspca12	All-in		9005.00	20845.00	0.00
darsum333	Call		9005.00	29850.00	15525.00
rspca12	Show	7 9
darsum333	Show	Q Q
darsum333	Win	Pair of Queens	29850.00		45375.00

rspca12

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Hand History #960309045 (22:25 25/10/2015) Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance NChanning Small blind   150.00 150.00 15299.00 rspca12 Big blind   300.00 450.00 14325.00   Your hole cards 7 9       darsum333 Raise   600.00 1050.00 29550.00 albania Fold         posh92 Fold         chicknMelt Fold         NChanning Call   450.00 1500.00 14849.00 rspca12 Call   300.00 1800.00 14025.00 Flop     3 5 7       NChanning Check         rspca12 Check         darsum333 Bet   980.00 2780.00 28570.00 NChanning Fold         rspca12 Call   980.00 3760.00 13045.00 Turn     J       rspca12 Check         darsum333 Bet   1870.00 5630.00 26700.00 rspca12 Raise   4040.00 9670.00 9005.00 darsum333 Call   2170.00 11840.00 24530.00 River     A       rspca12 All-in   9005.00 20845.00 0.00 darsum333 Call   9005.00 29850.00 15525.00 rspca12 Show 7 9       darsum333 Show Q Q       darsum333 Win Pair of Queens 29850.00   45375.00
Posted by rspca12

hand above ok think I over played it but here my thinking I called from bb getting a top price 300 into 1500 5to 1. ok decent flop for my hand 357 neil checks here my thinking when on me I know darum is going to cbet about 90% time if a check so was going to lead the flop but thought I will check call think the lead is ok aswell. darsum bets just over half pot sb passed I call turn jack I think all I can do is check and see what he does. he bets h/p again I decided at this point I will turn my hand into a bluff so raised him to 4k and my plan was to jam the river when I make it 4k he passes imo better hands then me. on river its tricky because the ace hits is range aj for example but that's the only hand tbh I decide to jam he tanks and makes a gd call. even though he called I like my line in generally but I might be trying to hard win to win every pot. what u thoughts on this hand

craigcu12

This hand should be folded pre.

If he were on the button and you've got a note about him attemting to steal it might be worthwile calling but when UTG your equity will  already be extremely small when taking into account his range and to make things worse the straight draw that uses both your cards has got to see an 8.

As played the reason you'll be making a check call on the flop is because he might holding two picture cards therefore the turn card itself will be now putting even more of his range ahead of you. So whilst it might get rid of the 88-1010 these themselves won't be enough in comparison to those that will still call you or weren't ahead of you to begin.

The river card itself might sometimes work against any over pairs still in but it was really you only option, long run these will be bricks as far as over cards are concerned and really only an A or J would be of much help at all because from what it seems your trying to rep an AJ.

HaveaA1Day

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My biggest weakness in the game is my mental game and struggle with downswings tbh. any advice on how to deal with these will be gd I normally take a brake from the game.
Posted by rspca12

Must be something in the water mate , am from Salford as well and have same problem. You could try reading Mental Game of Poker 1+2 , have heard good things about them, I have both of them, but have only partially read them awhile back, which is a bad habit of mine. Also some podcasts that might help you:

http://www.pokermindcoach.com/category/tmapodcast/

http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/instruction/mentalgameradio/

Also something I should do and dont is to meditate

MattBates

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This hand should be folded pre. If he were on the button and you've got a note about him attemting to steal it might be worthwile calling but when UTG your equity will  already be extremely small when taking into account his range and to make things worse the straight draw that uses both your cards has got to see an 8. As played the reason you'll be making a check call on the flop is because he might holding two picture cards therefore the turn card itself will be now putting even more of his range ahead of you. So whilst it might get rid of the 88-1010 these themselves won't be enough in comparison to those that will still call you or weren't ahead of you to begin. The river card itself might sometimes work against any over pairs still in but it was really you only option, long run these will be bricks as far as over cards are concerned and really only an A or J would be of much help at all because from what it seems your trying to rep an AJ.
Posted by craigcu12

Good to see an MTT diary on the forum. 

We are getting an amazing price to peel pre and calling I would say is fairly standard, also we are in the bb not utg. 

Phantom66

Good to see you on here rspca.

@Matt I think Craigs post is referring to the fact that the open raise is UTG, therefore we would assign a stronger range to it than if it were from the button.

But as 97 is the nuts - I'd risk the peel and slow play to disguise strength ;-)

Seriously though 3 handed and closing the action peeling is obviously fine while pretty deep and with a hand that can stack someone.

I'd be tempted to give up on the turn myself - but the way you played it you are repping a set or some kind of str8/flush draw. Would be easier to jam the river had the "draw" come in.

PS Just to clarify - Not really intending to try and give you advice rspca - just like discussing hands and happy to learn from anyone telling me why I am wrong.

HaveaA1Day

I thought a bit more about your hand, and I really like the play now, you rep an insane amount of hands, and with this cr*p QQ think he should fold, but think to many people go 'oh I have him covered, my life isn't on the line' and just station it off, just get the note dont do it again . I will say however I play cash mostly so take my advice with a pinch cause dont play to many mtt's, or short stack play either, so maybe doing this with QQ is good?.

omm

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I thought a bit more about your hand, and I really like the play now, you rep an insane amount of hands, and with this cr*p QQ think he should fold, but think to many people go 'oh I have him covered, my life isn't on the line' and just station it off, just get the note dont do it again . I will say however I play cash mostly so take my advice with a pinch cause dont play to many mtt's, or short stack play either, so maybe doing this with QQ is good?.
Posted by HaveaA1Day

Having played with both of these players I'm gonna guess that how the hand played out will be a lot more to do with who the hero and villain are instead of what ranges they are trying to rep, I would be very surprised if Darsum didn't have some thorough notes on one of the best players on the site, of course this could all be a rouse from rspca to show that he doesn't always have it when he bombs the river (when usually he does and builds massive stacks ��). Great hand to talk about though as I reckon it will divide opinions. Will look at the hand properly when I get a chance and hopefully add my thoughts.

BTW Great to see you starting a diary rspca, has the potential to be wonderful. Look forward to learning a few things. Hope you keep it going for a while. 

Lambert180

I think it's pretty optimistic the hand. You rep pretty much nothing imo. Most 2prs/sets you'll raise flop, I can't see you raising Jx on the turn and you shouldn't imo. I think once you've flatted flop if you had a value hand you'd flat pretty much 100% of them on the turn which I'm guessing is why Darsum called, cos it just doesn't many any sense.

I think the turn is a pretty good card for you to just c/c again fwiw.

MattBates

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I thought a bit more about your hand, and I really like the play now, you rep an insane amount of hands, and with this cr*p QQ think he should fold, but think to many people go 'oh I have him covered, my life isn't on the line' and just station it off, just get the note dont do it again . I will say however I play cash mostly so take my advice with a pinch cause dont play to many mtt's, or short stack play either, so maybe doing this with QQ is good?.
Posted by HaveaA1Day

I really dont think we do rep an insane amount of hands, flopped sets and 46 is what we are repping with the action. 

HaveaA1Day

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In Response to Re: rspca poker diary : I really dont think we do rep an insane amount of hands, flopped sets and 46 is what we are repping with the action. 
Posted by MattBates

Do you not think he can also have 42s,73s,75s,53s,J7s, not sure whether you guys would play J5s and J3s, he can also have 75os, not sure how low you go with slightly connected stuff but could have 53os as well. Also dont think its clear cut as 'oh if he had a good hand he would raise it otf' , because what does RSPCA's range look like ott when he c/c otf full of pair type stuff and draws, so gotta add some strong hands in there to protect it.

Also looking at Darsum, what value hands does he beat of RSPCA's when he takes this line?, cause it looks to me that all he beats is bluffs or hands that have been turned into a bluff, and the only way its good is if RSPCA is overbluffing.