Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens). Pledge of Positivity.

gerardirl

Happy Birthday (this week) P.

Ger

Phantom66

Thanks Ger.

Thanks Jac. Bakewell was definitely on the to do list Dovedale wasnt on the radar - looks really nice so will give that a go. We are pretty near Carsington Water so that will be an easy trip to walk Molly that wont take up much of a day. Very doubtful on the pass out for poker though. 

SR23

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Settled for the easy 100pts last week so challenge roll is now £6.90 tokens and £8.35 cash. Feeling a little diary envy atm. I havent got the wit/style of SR23, the results of TimmyRara or the real ife mates and holiday brags of Jac35. So if anyone is still reading, congrats, or should I say perhaps you need to get out more? Next week I'll be mostly offline as Mrs P and I are  taking a week off in a cottage. It probably doesnt take Sherlock Holmes to work out I have a milestone birthday this year. Happens to be this week.  I think there is a pattern emerging. For Mrs Ps 40th we went to the Carribean, for my 40th we went to a cottage in Scotland. Mrs P wants a crusie for her 50th. We are going to Derbyshire for mine. Still love her to bits - and if I can please win some more at poker between now and then, hopefully I can make that happen.
Posted by Phantom66

It took me a while but I got there, I think. Do you think Mrs P would like a poker cruise? Perhaps not, but I was looking into one or two a month or so ago and they look pure ace. 

Phantom66

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In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) 1st tokens put to good use : It took me a while but I got there, I think. Do you think Mrs P would like a poker cruise? Perhaps not, but I was looking into one or two a month or so ago and they look pure ace. 
Posted by SR23

Yeah don't worry I'm not assuming you are 93.

Poker cruise might be a stretch, need to be flush enough to afford to treat Mrs P to a nice holiday first and have that as a personal one.

I quite fancy Aruba as a holiday destination one day - I am sure I can sell that one to Mrs P

Tikay10

Been a bit all over the place recently, but I had a read though this last night to catch up, & I must say, a most enjoyable Diary.

Tikay10

I would recommend avoiding a poker cruise at all costs, unless perchance you would enjoy 24/7 "so the flop came...", "& guess what he called me with?" sort of stuff.

Phantom66

^^^^ Cheers Mr K for the confidence boost.

I take your point on a poker cruise - no escape.

Aruba remains the dream for me as a destination Mrs P would come too (or Punta Cana - maybe next year)

Played some poker tonight - 100% record after 2 dyms. Only 30ps, which were strategically played after 9pm to get me over 100 pts.

Booked the win.

Unlikely to play much for a week due to reasons above.

Will keep an eye on the forum and especially the HUFA thread.

May list some Derbyshire Dale exploits, it could go 2 ways a DOHHHesque healthy stint of outdoor excercise or a DOHHHesque over indulgence in the food/drink department. Hopefully a bit of both, it is a holiday after all.

unknown_username

enjoy ,  derbyshire is nice except derby itself bit like staffordshire and stoke well hanley , hanley is the pitts

Jac35

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enjoy derbyshire is nice except derby itself bit like staffordshire and stoke well hanley , hanley is the pitts
Posted by stokefc

Oh My

I knew Derby was getting bad but not sure I can cope with Stokies slagging it

Phantom66

Quick update...

Made the token last week.

Been in the Derbyshire Dales since Saturday.

Nice spot of countryside, with some lovely little market towns. Nice to see places where independent shops are seemingly doing well althought frustrating to see Subways and Costas are setting up here as well.

Had to drive through Compton at night, to get back from Ashbourne town centre. I was a bid worried but it wasn't as bad as the songs I heard about it. 

Will be trying Nigels sausages tomorrow.

Weather a bit nippy but dry, much easier to dress to keep warm in the cold than it is to keep dry in rain so I'll take that.

I like Belper, Ashbourne and Wirksworth. Matlock was a bit meh. Chatsworth House Christmas Market was worth a wander but didnt buy much. 

Nice walks had at Carsington reservoir and Ilam/Dovedale.

Mrs P wants to do some proper shopping tomorrow - can't wait - off to Nottingham #sigh.

Bakewell on Friday then it's gg Derbyshire on Saturday.

Jac35

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Quick update... Made the token last week. Been in the Derbyshire Dales since Saturday. Nice spot of countryside, with some lovely little market towns. Nice to see places where independent shops are seemingly doing well althought frustrating to see Subways and Costas are setting up here as well. Had to drive through Compton at night, to get back from Ashbourne town centre. I was a bid worried but it wasn't as bad as the songs I heard about it.  Will be trying Nigels sausages tomorrow. Weather a bit nippy but dry, much easier to dress to keep warm in the cold than it is to keep dry in rain so I'll take that. I like Belper, Ashbourne and Wirksworth. Matlock was a bit meh. Chatsworth House Christmas Market was worth a wander but didnt buy much.  Nice walks had at Carsington reservoir and Ilam/Dovedale. Mrs P wants to do some proper shopping tomorrow - can't wait - off to Nottingham #sigh. Bakewell on Friday then it's gg Derbyshire on Saturday.
Posted by Phantom66

Mother in law loves to get her fill from Nigel

I was in Ashbourne tonight 

Phantom66

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Posted by Jac35

It's a good job that there's a lot of Nigel to go round then, his sausage tastes very nice and I am sure plenty of Ashbourne folk get their fill there.

Sneaking an odd dym in here and there so the 100 points should be met again this week.

MISTY4ME

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) 1st tokens put to good use:

Quick update... Made the token last week. Been in the Derbyshire Dales since Saturday. Nice spot of countryside, with some lovely little market towns. Nice to see places where independent shops are seemingly doing well althought frustrating to see Subways and Costas are setting up here as well. Had to drive through Compton at night, to get back from Ashbourne town centre. I was a bid worried but it wasn't as bad as the songs I heard about it.  Will be trying Nigels sausages tomorrow. Weather a bit nippy but dry, much easier to dress to keep warm in the cold than it is to keep dry in rain so I'll take that. I like Belper, Ashbourne and Wirksworth. Matlock was a bit meh. Chatsworth House Christmas Market was worth a wander but didnt buy much.  Nice walks had at Carsington reservoir and Ilam/Dovedale. Mrs P wants to do some proper shopping tomorrow - can't wait - off to Nottingham #sigh. Bakewell on Friday then it's gg Derbyshire on Saturday.
Posted by Phantom66

There's one thing I certainly remember Nottingham for (to pass a couple of hours whilst the Mrs. is shopping).......... DTD Casino !!!!!

Phantom66

Wasn't that impressed by Nottingham tbh. Seems some 70s town planners had too much money to spend at one time and spolied what could be a really nice city centre. Interesting contrast between the two intu owned shopping centres at the top end and bottom end.

£11.50 tokens and £8.35 cash saved up for the next punt.

In a post in the poker clinic I just worked out that if you are going for the token the quickest and cheapest way is to play 50 30p DYMs in double points promos. 

I might just do that for the fun of it as busy this week (albeit I am procrastinating on the forum) and save next week for some voluuume in the Wed-Fri slot.

Probably wont thinking about it as I can get 100 points in much less time with £2.25£3.30s. I'll probably play a few PLO8s and a few turbo dyms.

Phantom66

2 more tokens since the last update so on £16.10 plus the £8.35 which means all is looking good for a PLO8 UKOPs entry.

That is my plan, depends on family ability for a get together, just hoping they don't pick the 30th but if they do I'll have to pass on the poker. It's a tradition that I will have to honour as one very important person will not be there. It means Christmas will not be the same as it will not be for many households - thinking of all who have lost someone this year.

I went for the "fun", 92% rakeback attempt on 30p turbo dyms during double points days. Wasn't going so well, those 30p jobbies not as soft as you might think. Some decent play going on mixed in with the highly erratic that is hard to counter when you don't get to play the same player again.

I ended up giving up and going back to £3.30s and have been on a +ve variance run which is bound to come to an end now I have posted about it.

PNE actually got 7/9 points since the debacle at Hillsborough and next up will dirrrty Leeds on Boxing Day. I'll be going with my 2 sons.

Phantom66

Ok so I bragged in a downswing on the dyms - I blame the double points promo ;-)

On the plus though I have run well to get up a few BIs at 10nl and 20nl OH cash. You can still cash at dyms without running well but pretty hard to do the same at OH cash. It could have been even more but for a 4 way pot where I got it all in with a flopped nut straight and extensions to nut fush and broadway straight. Runner runner alternative flush I suspect I also needed to dodge a piared board as well though.

I have just completed a sky poker marketing survery, the last time I did one of those it was asking all about sky poker tv and shortly after that it was scrapped. 

This one was all about tournaments, the last question was asking about whether I would be interested in going to live sky poker events. I responded positively of course. Fingers crossed this means there will be some good news in the new year.

Phantom66

I have made a few plo8 tables this week and one nl table.

Not sure if I'll get enough points for a token though.

I have started a fresh spreadsheet for 2017. I dont need that complexity to work out my percentages though.

nl 0/1

plo8 7/7

Nice to be unbeaten at plo8 in 2017, made a couple of mistakes, generally though think I have played ok and run incrredibly well.

Just how well indicated by achieving a life time ambition and getting it in pre ahead v eon and holding for godd measure.

Was also down to under 2.5bb on one game on the bubble. Utg limped I shoved and got a walk from the bb who had a monster stack and the open limper which was handy. Then got lucky v Tikay with a high only hand and managed to cash.

Real life likely to get in the way of any substantial volume for a bit - so happy to tick along and enjoy a bit of poker as and when I can.

Phantom66

Oh well streak is over. Busted with AAT5 with a suit to a call from mr wide range big stack. One of those flops with middly cards and str8 and flush (not mine) possibilities so jammed and insta called by a set of 7s gn gg.

8/10 still a good start to the year though.

made 50 pts, hopefully I'll get 100 and my first token of the year next week.

Phantom66

Still low volume.

Had one of those "sticky" players to my left who doesnt seem to know where the fold/raise buttons are the other night.

To be fair it's a hard tactic to counter especially in PLO8. The Pot limit restricts the ability to bet big enough to push a player off a put when you want to and the O8 effect can make it tricky with draws being kept in play with pot odds. Couple that with being out of position having someone call all of your raises and c-bets makes it hard to win a pot with aggression. 

(for any regular plo8 players reading - I always have a hand)

So of course you have to adapt, in my case I tightened my starting ranges and just went for it when I did enter a pot, which made for increasingly hairy moments as the blinds went up. At one point I shoved on the turn with no made hand and all the draws going nut flush, nut straight and nut low and managed to split the pot. Eventually at about the 5th time of asking I managed to get a fold with a cbet and villain had to shove soon after and bust.

Phantom66

Still low volume with real life getting in the way.

Last night I played live for the first time in ages in a home game with some old friends and a new face (the new face being literally new to NLHE). They were to the left which can make the game tricky as reads are a bit difficult to say the least.

Newbie stacks someone calling an all-in when they had the nuts, and then loses it to another player calling a similar board with 3rd pair no kicker.

Blew the first game coming over the top of a turn bet with K6 on a K578 board. Opponent had 88.

I had been card dead all night and finally woke up with KK on the BB in the 2nd game. UTG x3 and 2 callers, I jam and all call. 88 AT A7s. I hold and manage to win from there.

We only chuck a tenner in per game as it is a social thing and have a flat 30/20/10 payout so I am now the princely sum of £10 up for live poker for the year. OK so minus beer and crisps make that about £3.68 up.

Interesting discussion about match betting (apprarently skybet are good at detecting and blocking people who do this).

Then another player pipes up with how he likes to play online, with his mate and msn messenger on. I think you know where this is heading. I pointed out that it is collusion and the seriousness of it and risks of bans/funds being frozen etc.

I didnt ask about sites or aliases as I thought I was better off not knowing.

I assume this is very easy to detect when done on a large scale, just wonder if the algorithms are set up to also trap the casual colluder. (Not that I expect Sky to answer that here).

 

Phantom66

Thought I'd post some results up - exactly £42 in entries of NL and PLO8 dyms, safe to say running a bit better at PLO8 at the moment. If there was a star on sharkscope for the best ROI over a sample of exactly 14 PLO8 games on skypoker in 2017 I might even make the leaderboard.

Combined scores entries buy-in rake winnings profit ROI p/g NL dym 16 £42.00 £4.35 £47.00 £0.65 1.4% £0.04 NL 6max 1 £3.00 £0.30 £6.30 £3.00 90.9% £3.00 PLO8 dym 14 £42.00 £4.20 £66.00 £19.80 42.9% £1.41

Phantom66

Dented the NL DYM stats with an ill fated punt at an £11 turbo table.

Logged on at around 640 and thought I would go for the 7pm 15 pt B/H freeroll.

It was like the poker gods were looking down and punishing me for my poor BRM.

They let me get up to over 1.4k trouble free, then deal me KK and UTG raises I jam and get a caller and UTG folds. Happy days when caller shows TT and then the flop comes 987. We know what's coming. 5,6. And then have to call off with A6 and happy to be up against K3. River K.

Serves me right I suppose. Managed to win a £5 NL DYM and a £3 PLO8 DYM to limit the damage. Didnt get a H/R seat although it looks like noone did but I am sure that will be corrected.

PLO8 going well - albeit I actually played badly and got lucky for a bit of balance - called consecutive pots from Tikay which meant he had the nut str8 and I knew that but still called to a nut flush and non nut low draw. Got lucky for a split pot.

Phantom66

Still low volume.

Real life sucks at the moment.

Finding some run good at the tables, wish it was the other round though.

Had to shove light in a couple of Turbo DYMS and hit two pair with J4s v KK and a straight with 65s v A5 which helped me claw back into +ROI territory after the -11 hit.

PLO8 ticking along nicely, there was one table with some interesting ranges, not sure I should be called with 8884 really when I am pushing all-in v a similar stacked BB. But after racing ahead for the high, my low was counterfeit for a split pot.

I also managed to bag my first token of the year, mainly thanks to double points.

I might join the brand new jimi hendrik invitational one evening, although £11 is a bit above current bankroll.

Phantom66

Results update for 2017.

Combined scores entries buy-in rake winnings profit ROI p/g NL dym 30 £92.00 £9.40 £115.00 £13.60 13.4% £0.45 NL 6max 1 £3.00 £0.30 £6.30 £3.00 90.9% £3.00 PLO8 dym 21 £63.00 £6.30 £96.00 £26.70 38.5% £1.27 TOTAL 52 £158.00 £16.00 £217.30 £43.30 24.9% £0.83

Phantom66

Just qualified for my 2nd reward token of the year so I have updated my spreadsheet to include tokens.

In fact thanks to some other promo tokens I was playing "token shuffling" last night. It's quite a complex game of regging different value tournaments and deregging so you can keep the £2.30 rewards token that is valid for 2 months and use the others which tend to have short validity (I understand why - not moaning by the way). Good job I had them to use really as results have dipped since the last update.

I am glad I posted some of my earlier run good, because you need to remember those spots when things happen like getting AQ in v A8 and drawing dead after the flop. 

Saw Mr Jac plopping this evening, interesting tussles, I am glad he reads my DYM posts because I think I got away with a bit thanks to my tight image. 

			2017 Summary Results
Combined scores	entries	buy-in	rake	winnings	profit	ROI	p/g
NL dym	55	£159.00	£16.10	£189.00	£13.90	7.9%	£0.25
NL 6max	1	£3.00	£0.30	£6.30	£3.00	90.9%	£3.00
PLO8 dym	29	£89.00	£8.90	£114.00	£16.10	16.4%	£0.56
TOTAL	85	£251.00	£25.30	£309.30	£33.00	11.9%	£0.39
Tokens used					£18.40
Cash rewards					£0.00
					£51.40
Tokens to use	£4.60

Phantom66

100 up. Noticed an error in tokens used on last update.

			2017 Summary Results
Combined scores	entries	buy-in	rake	winnings	profit	ROI	p/g
NL dym	68	£190.00	£19.20	£233.00	£23.80	11.4%	£0.35
NL 6max	3	£7.00	£0.70	£10.50	£2.80	36.4%	£0.93
PLO8 dym	29	£89.00	£8.90	£114.00	£16.10	16.4%	£0.56
TOTAL	100	£286.00	£28.80	£357.50	£42.70	13.6%	£0.43
Tokens used					£16.60
Cash rewards					£0.00
					£59.30
Tokens to use	£4.60

Phantom66

Fascinating league the Championship.

3 matches had 6 goals in them today.

Has anyone mentioned the 4-2 at 4:45?

Phantom66

Played a few 2 and 3 TDYMs to get myself up to 100pts for the week. The only positive thing to say i that I got to 100pts.

It went about as well as a Scottish conversion attempt in front of the posts.

Got to thank CC for saving my tokens, I had preregged a £3 timed tournament the other day to preserve my £2.30 tokens and used my last promotional £2.20 one. Then forgot to dereg straight away and didnt get back on computer until the evening when game had come and gone. Managed to get a refund on the unused tokens, which was good as I thought I was flipping when I asked if it was possible. As ever I was polite and patient and CC looked into it and credited the value in cash.

hhyftrftdr

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Played a few 2 and 3 TDYMs to get myself up to 100pts for the week. The only positive thing to say i that I got to 100pts. It went about as well as a Scottish conversion attempt in front of the posts. Got to thank CC for saving my tokens, I had preregged a £3 timed tournament the other day to preserve my £2.30 tokens and used my last promotional £2.20 one. Then forgot to dereg straight away and didnt get back on computer until the evening when game had come and gone. Managed to get a refund on the unused tokens, which was good as I thought I was flipping when I asked if it was possible. As ever I was polite and patient and CC looked into it and credited the value in cash.
Posted by Phantom66

Not sure they should be refunding you, running well to get that back!

I don't think I'd even ask because its clearly our own fault but you don't ask you don't get and all that.

Phantom66

I had logged on early afternoon, regged a 18:45 tournament then regged and played a couple of DYMs then logged off (timed out actually - as I had to dash out unexpectedly). So by the time the tournament came around I was not logged on at all and clearly didnt play a hand.

Always worth the question, took a bit of explaining as to why I had regged the tournament to try and save my tokens and use the one with a short validity first.

If I had have been refused I wouldn't have kicked up a fuss about it though. I think the run good finished there this week.