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@ Devonfish, many thanks and all the best to you too! Although I think it would be binoculars not bifocals I would need to see those tiny signs. That is my excuse anyway lol.
@ The Ploptastic Plopper, Your not meant to scare me off before it starts! There is still time for me to unregister
I used to study quite a bit via PXF (not sure how popular that still is) but I loved watching Bax's videos. Also the ones by Sheets, AJKhoosier and pearljammer I found really good. Since I have been studying @ uni I have neglected the poker learning. In 5 days I will no longer be a uni student and plan to start studying poker again. If you know any good links for twitch or whatever and are happy to share them, they would be appreciated
Hope yourself and the other folks reading have a good run in the UKOPS too (although preferably not in pots versus me like omm last night lol).
I played the 6 games tonight. The first 4 were a bust and the night wasn't looking good. Managed to cash in the £22rebuy UKOPS for £90 though and finish 2nd in the £55 turbo BH UKOPS for around £610. Also won a £5.50 PLO8 BH for £77 so managed to turn things around in the end
I was wondering if there would be interest in the following...
The thread by Stay or Go (Graham) in which he went through hands from a live MTT one by one and stimulated a lot of discussion with posters has to be one of the threads of the year IMO! Considering the 2 facts that [1] obviously not everyone plays these higher buy in live games and [2] The £5.50 PLO8 BH's are quite new... Would there be interest in going through a £5.50 PLO8 BH win hand by hand in this thread?
It could prompt some great discussion if there is enough of you willing to contribute. I guess it could be a point of reference for anyone thinking of trying the games too. I could just alter the headline to reflect the hand in question etc. I have 5 days of studying and UKOPSing to do first but could do it after that? I would use a new win (assuming I win another) as I will try and win another one playing in an at least semi-orthodox style. Some of the ones I have won will involve daft shoves or marginal play based on nothing more than wanting rid of a table or an early night or boredom or whatever. So I would go for a fresh one played 'properly' that hopefully highlights some of the common situations.
If there is not interest then fine, if there is then I will get it started in the next couple of weeks.
I don't mind sharing my personal thoughts on all aspects as [1] There are not many of these games on offer currently [2] I play differently from night to night lol [3] not everyone will read.
Appreciate your thoughts folks.
@Pom Yeah, progress being made, I will go over to Vegas whether I sneak a package or not. Will play some stuff on my own ££ and visit the Sky folks.
@Paul :P Thanks mate! I find talking over hands helps stimulate my interest in the game when I am feeling frustrated with it. Well done last night!
Good luck on the tables guys!
I also see your point about creating a separate thread. Would mean anyone wanting to read it and see the discussion that has went on would not have to wade through piles of my BS musings
Got off to a great start and into the money in the first UKOPS event of the night. Lost a flip with 10 left that would have got me back around the average stack size and bust.
Got a couple of stacks going in the others then the my neighbours started a major domestic (as they very often do). My dogs were going mental and concentrating was rather challenging, the barny went on for at least 2 hours before they both eventually were arrested.
In the commotion my QKo in the BB found a flop of Q34 rainbow. My opponent bets big so I flat call and see a K on the turn, happy days! I lead out and my opponent reraises, I shove and he calls showing QQ, ugg! I could have used more pot control for sure but I will blame the neighbours distracting me lol.
Got a really nice stack going in the £22 rebuy and was sitting around 4th with 70 left. I miniraise open utg with 55 and it folds around to the BB who shoves. It is 1/3 of my stack to call and it is a bounty hunter so I opted for the call. He has TT, ugg. I flop the 5 though, woot! Then he turns the T, ugg again lol. Still with a healthyish stack I open 88 and a shortish stack shoves, I snap call, they show AJo and I lose the race. Then I pick up 66 and open and the same guy shoves again, once again I call and once again they have AJo and once again I lose the flip. Stack is now in critical mode but I sneek into the payouts at least. I then shove 9 BBs for the C/O with JKo and the same player again calls with A6o but I flop the J. He then rivers the A and it is GG me!
Bust everything else but only a slight loss on the night and 15 points to add to the leaderboard tally.
Will try and do better tomorrow night and hopefully the neighbours will be having a quiet night after their exploits tonight!
Thanks for reading, time for some severely needed beauty sleep...
Odd that you got unlucky v AJ:-I recall you trebled up with A8 v AJ and a PP in the £22 rebuy.
Sorry to learn of the neighbour problems. Aggression is part of the Scottish psyche-when I was at a Scottish University (many) years ago, I recall the postman being most aggressive-mind you, all my English friends were addressing letters to "Dundee, Scotland, England"!!
Good luck for the rest of the weekend-back to grinding the Mini for me (that's the 8:30, not a really sad perversion)
Phil
I noticed you running deep in the mini, looking good! Good luck sir, take it down!
Good luck to you too sir for the rest of the UKOPS.
Hope all is going well with you on and off the tables, haven't had a chance to check if you have updated your diary but will do soon
Got off to a great start in event 1 of the evening collecting 3 bounties and was sitting in the top few stacks early on. I then couldn't find spots and wasn't getting cards for a long period but shuffled along until there were 32 players left with the top 18 getting paid. I think I was sitting around 19/32. I then get the QQ in the BB and it folds to the BTN who miniraises my BB, the SB flat calls and I shove. The BTN calls, the SB folds, and finally I am in a nice spot to get a stack to try and make a deep FT run. BTN has JJ I have QQ. Flop 886 rainbow, turn 9, I think we all know what is coming on the river... Yup the dreaded J and it is GG me.
I then went on to play thoroughly mediocre, be card dead and run a bit -EV too and bust everything apart from the £5.50 UKOPS BH. I actually made the payouts here but had an above average stack, with I think around 30 left, and made a needless call and lost. I won't mention the hand as there are 2 hands I want to post in the startegy forum and this is 1 of them. It was a justifiable call, would have gave me a top 3 stack and was probably technically a call. It didn't fit in with how I had been playing though and I was thoroughly disappointed in myself for making the call.
I am feeling perfectly chipper and looking forward to tonights games though. I was due a bad night and am content to have a bad night as long as I feel I have played remotely near my best. I am not so sure I did last night though.
I did play a little cash games after the UKOPS stuff the previous 2 nights and softened any loses with about £60 in cash game winnings. Even got some action on the PLO8 cash tables last night at 50p PL.
Hope everyone is enjoying the Easter holidays and good luck on the tables!
Do you ever come over to the Maybury for live games ? Let me know if you
are visiting as would love a beer and chat with you.
I find the Sky community very good, free tips from top players is always appreciated,
and a lot of fun stuff to keep one smiling.
I love the live events and have been lucky to win into a few good ones, but can not make
Las Vegas this year so missing out the sats.....roll on Punta Cana !
good luck all, and especially yourself Mark. ( we Scots need the cash ! )
P.S. Thanks for the replies folks. I will reply soon, just been struggling a bit for time.