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Diary of a losing recreational player.
Firstly let me tell you a bit about myself. I started playing poker approx 5 years ago and within the first 3 months I won 2 decent MTT's on Pacific netting $4k and $3k for $20 buy ins. This was possibly the worst start to my poker career that I could have made as I suddenly thought it was the easiest game in the world and I just needed to log on to win vast sums of money. Since then the reality of poker has kicked in and I have muddled along playing MTT's, SNG's and cash. Although I rate myself a half decent player I probably haved lacked the focus to be a consistent winner. Hence the reason for this thread. I have played on numerous sites and have now come to the conclusion that i am going to focus on Sky Poker. My aim is to become a more focussed player and believe that by updating this thread every time I play this will help with this goal. I intend to mainly focus on cash, as the variance of MTT and SNG drives me insane. I will play the odd MTT as I do enjoy them every now and again. I will start with £200 in my account and will be playing the £20nl games. Yes I know my bankroll says I should be playing lower but the £200 is not my entire roll and I have the money in reserve to be able to play this limit comfortably, I also find that playing at a lower limit does not give me the motivation to succeed. I would rather have the extra bankroll in my account than Sky's anyway.
Hope that people will enjoy the thread and will be able to give me advice as I will post hands of interest and ask for feedback.
Bankroll £200.
Profit £0.
Hope that people will enjoy the thread and will be able to give me advice as I will post hands of interest and ask for feedback.
Bankroll £200.
Profit £0.
Comments
Quick question. What's the easiest way to post a hand on the forum. Used to usint PT3 hand grabber and wondered how to do it on Sky.
Steve
Session 1
Won £6.09
Played 3 tables for approx 1 hour and ended up winning £6.09. Played small ball and gradually built up to £6.09. No major talking points as biggest pot involved in was for £4.60. Have to say find it very different to William Hill / Full Tilt with a lot more limping and what appears a lot less bluffing.
Is there anyway of knowing how many hands I played in a session without physically counting them from my hand history. Also is there any easy way of working out BB/100. Have to say I do miss being able to use PT3 just to track my performance, never mind the use of a HUD.
Bankroll £206.09.
Profit £6.09.
Keep it up Trebor, this could/should be a good thread.
If you are good enough, you just need patience & discipline.
Keep an Excel Spreadsheet with your daily balance on it - it's a terrific psychological/motivational tool.
When I have difficult targets in life to meet, "challenging myself" is always the key to success.
I dieted earlier this year, & lost 5 stone in 4 months. To help me zone in, I weighed myself DAILY, & kept a graph of the weight loss, & I carried around with me - everywhere, 24/7, always by my side - a packet of crisps & a Snickers bar, to "test" my resolve. It was more fun than you can ever imagine. There were other tricks of the mind, too, lots of them if you are inventive & imaginative. Reverse psychology is a thing of wonder.
Nothing beats the satisfaction of challenging ourselves. And winning.
Good luck Sir.
Firstly thnaks for all the messages, particularly pod1, gives me great encouragement.
Session 2
Won £1.92.
Another good session with only 3 losing hands over £2 and the biggest £2.60. Largest winning hand £11.60 when villain tried to bluff his way to the pot by betting all three streets of an A,3,8,3,8 holding 5,7 against my A,J.
As you will notice I tend to play a lot of short sessions due to family. e.g. took daughter sledging this afternoon as school closed.
One real hand of interest is shown below. Have tried to copy / paste it from HH but not sure if it will come out right. Basically I raised it up with Q,Q and got called by the button. Flop comes A,10,5 rainbow and lead out 3/4 pot to see if my Q,Q any good. Button just flat calls. I put him on an A at this point and on a 8 turn just check it, expecting villain to bet and I would fold. He also checks. River comes another 8 and again I check. Villain puts in overbet of 1.5 x the pot. At this point I put villain either on a monster A,8 perhaps or a complete bluff. I am sorely tempted to call but decide against this. I still wonder if this was correct decision as surely if he had 2 pair on the turn or A,K he would have value bet with me having bet out the flop to represent the A. Thoughts please.
Bankroll £208.01
Profit £8.01
Tried to post Hand History but it came out all weird. Copy / pasted from hand history but not having it, any ideas.
What Browser are you using please?
Best of luck in your quest i look forward to ur updates
Hi Ace Barry,
I am running latest version of IE.
Session 3
Won £6.78
Final session of day as off to work now. Played 3 tables and will start to download some hands once ace barry has helped me figure out why not downloading properly. Please Barry, if you don't mind.
Good start to challenge having played 3 sessions, all in profit and having boosted bankroll by 7%.
Have to say ty to allthe posters so far and have to say I have found table chat very friendly compared to other bigger sites I have experienced. Think I am going to enjoy myself at Sky Poker.
Bankroll £214.79.
Profit £14.79.
Would be could to see some hand histoy, see what starting range you have, how many times u c-bet etc. Should be a good posts and interesting. Good Luck
breaks,
that
better
flutternut.
p.s
throw the microscope away and just play the darn game.
PMSL when I saw this connection DOHHHHHHHHH...or was it genuinely missed by everyone.
Am I not mistaken but didn't Trebor make sherbets...........I'm sure someone could tell me.
Acerag, I have tried posting hand historys by copy / paste from hand history file but for some reasson didn't work, any help would be appreciated.
Smiler, as far as I know PT3 and HEM are not compatable with SKY Poker.
I certainly smiled when i read it, and yes i believe it was Trebor that made the sherbert fountain with a stick of licqorice sticking out the top
p.s. great thread.
Yeah, I am collecting HH from the main poker lobby through the My Poker Tab. Selecting detail, that shows the hand in a nice blue box, and then copy / paste it. Below is what I tried to post along with the HH. Don't know what I am doing wrong, but it is a ball ache.
Trebor are known for their extra strong mints and sherbet fountains, but perhaps the name is most recognised worldwide in the context of Trebor1968, the greatest poker player the world has potentially ever seen, and the player most likely to challenge Ivey and Dwan at the upper echelons of the poker world and many pundits tip for next years main event, and then I woke up.
Session 4
Won £4.73
Played a long session today and played a very loose aggressive style for a change. This meant that at one point I was nearly £40 down, but managed to pull it back to end on a winning note. I think I shouldn't of played today as I have not slept for nearly 30 hours as I was working last night and think tiredness affected my play. In future I need to refrain from playing straight after a night shift.
Bankroll £219.52
Profit £19.52
Been messing about and have sussed how to post hand history so keep your eyes peeled for them to come flooding in for your amusement and enjoyment.
Just to get us started here's a tasty little Bad beat, dedicated to Dohhh, its pretty special. First one since I started thread so well worth a look.
Enjoy Dohhhhh.
When you check raise the flop, does he think your bluffing? How were you playing to this point?
To push with 1 overcard after your 1/3rd stack raise doesnt make sense at all.
I would give up playing after that and think the site was rigged/assume a bot for sky and all sorts of rediculas things lol.
Obviously you didnt tilt and made aprofit for the day so well done.
Thanks for this thread trebor,, it may inspire me to b/r myself and play for profit instead of for fun and see how i do. Keep up the good work
Session 5.
Won £22.09
Standard session of approx. 1 hour. Won 2 decent pots of over £10. Both hands played themselves and were not extraordinary in anyway. Had to stop as off sledging again. Will be playing later.
Bankroll £241.61.
Profit £41.61.
So tempted to enter the £15k bounty hunter direct, but have taken the far more sensible step of entering the £7.20, 18.10 sat, wish me luck.
This is a sign of me maturing as a player and I am sure without this thread I would have just gone for it.
I will let you know how I got on.