Diary of a losing recreational player.

68Trebor

 Finished 43 / 88.
 Below is the hand that really messed it up. Was sat in top 15 at time and saw an opportunity to get a really decent chip stack. Didn't work out this time. Hey Ho.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
phlwbb29	Small blind		25.00	25.00	1598.75
mccaughe09	Big blind		50.00	75.00	1825.00
	Your hole cards	K A
iclaudius	Call		50.00	125.00	1532.00
68Trebor	Raise		200.00	325.00	2993.75
dublin-up	Fold
Luciodog10	Fold
phlwbb29	Call		175.00	500.00	1423.75
mccaughe09	Fold
iclaudius	Call		150.00	650.00	1382.00
Flop
		10 9 K
phlwbb29	Check
iclaudius	Bet		650.00	1300.00	732.00
68Trebor	All-in		2993.75	4293.75	0.00
phlwbb29	All-in		1423.75	5717.50	0.00
iclaudius	All-in		732.00	6449.50	0.00
68Trebor	Unmatched bet		1570.00	4879.50	1570.00
phlwbb29	Show	J Q
iclaudius	Show	J 8
68Trebor	Show	K A
Turn
		8
River
		Q
iclaudius	Win	Straight to the King	2398.00		2398.00
phlwbb29	Win	Straight to the King	2481.50		2481.50

 Bankroll £234.41
 Profit £34.41
 Cash Profit £41.61
 MTT Profit -£7.20

68Trebor

 Session
 Won £24.95

 Just had a quick 45min cash session and won £24.95. Was running like a god, and even better my opponents were part hitting the flop, until the below hand hit, the poker god has a sick sense of humour.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
smithy82	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£14.61
DN34689	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£21.98
SQUIRREL3	Big blind		£0.20	£0.50	£9.80
	Your hole cards	A K
AyrGraeme	Fold
SQUIRREL3	Check
68Trebor	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£52.93
smithy82	Call		£0.70	£2.00	£13.91
DN34689	Fold
SQUIRREL3	Fold
Flop
		2 8 A
smithy82	Bet		£1.00	£3.00	£12.91
68Trebor	Raise		£3.00	£6.00	£49.93
smithy82	Call		£2.00	£8.00	£10.91
Turn
		8
smithy82	Bet		£0.20	£8.20	£10.71
68Trebor	Raise		£6.50	£14.70	£43.43
smithy82	Call		£6.30	£21.00	£4.41
River
		J
smithy82	All-in		£4.41	£25.41	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£4.41	£29.82	£39.02
smithy82	Show	J A
68Trebor	Show	A K
smithy82	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks	£28.32

 Have decided to buy in direct to tonights £15k Bounty Hunter, perhaps I have not matured as much as I thought with regards to my poker playing. I have justified this descison on two fronts. Firstly had a couple of really good cash sessions today, so can afford. Secondly I work nights so don't get to enter as many of the 8pm MTT's as I would like so need to grasp the opportunity when it arises. Expecting a few lectures on BR Management, but life's a gamble and you have to be in it to win it.

 Bankroll £259.36.
 Profit £59.36.
 Cash Profit £66.59
 MTT Profit -£7.20

68Trebor

 Just crashed out of £15k Bounty Hunter finishing 169 / 609. Claimed 2 bountys for £22.50 so only cost me a tenner. Below is the hand I basically went out on. Looking back not sure whether it was the right play in the long term. Advice please.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
RAY12	Small blind		150.00	150.00	6760.00
68Trebor	Big blind		300.00	450.00	3775.00
	Your hole cards	J A
DERRY74	Fold
BESTBITTER	Fold
bonnylad	Fold
kingcp	Raise		900.00	1350.00	2775.00
RAY12	Fold
68Trebor	All-in		3775.00	5125.00	0.00
kingcp	All-in		2775.00	7900.00	0.00
68Trebor	Unmatched bet		400.00	7500.00	400.00
68Trebor	Show	J A
kingcp	Show	Q Q
Flop
		J 2 9
Turn
		5
River
		9
kingcp	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 9s	7500.00		7500.00

 Bankroll £248.86
 Profit £48.86
 Cash Profit £66.56
 MTT Profit -£17.70

major1962

Looks like a blind steal to me and with just over 10x bb its probably the right move imo.
The better players will probably give you more of an answer

demondave

In Response to Re: Diary of a losing recreational player.:

 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.   Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance 68Trebor Small blind   £0.10 £0.10 £14.35 budgie0125 Big blind   £0.20 £0.30 £16.51   Your hole cards 2 2       doubletops Fold         HOCKEYSTIC Raise   £1.00 £1.30 £29.12 legs200 Fold         68Trebor Call   £0.90 £2.20 £13.45 budgie0125 Fold         Flop     2 10 3       68Trebor Check         HOCKEYSTIC Bet   £2.20 £4.40 £26.92 68Trebor Raise   £4.60 £9.00 £8.85 HOCKEYSTIC All-in   £26.92 £35.92 £0.00 68Trebor All-in   £8.85 £44.77 £0.00 HOCKEYSTIC Unmatched bet   £15.67 £29.10 £15.67 68Trebor Show 2 2       HOCKEYSTIC Show J 9       Turn     8       River     Q       HOCKEYSTIC Win Straight to the Queen £27.64   £43.31 Prev Close window Next
Posted by 68Trebor

shocking call and bad beat, i mean j 9 come on one over and all in ..........sigh

68Trebor

 Session
 Won £54.87

 I am currently running and playing unbelievablely well. I am trying not to get too carried away but I am feeling pretty invincible at the moment. In the session I have just played approx 2 hours I lost only 4 pots of more than £4, with the largest being £5.26. I did, however suck out once for approx £18, sorry AYRGRAHAM, and I have to say I was impressed with the way he took it, a true gentleman and obvious long term winner.
 I don't know whether it is just coincidence that I am having one of my best runs on the cash table since I started this thread or whether it is really focusing my mind. I really don't want to being posting losing session after losing session on this thread and believe this is having a positive effect. Long may it continue.

 Bankroll £303.73
 Profit £103.73
 Cash Profit £121.43
 MTT Profit £-17.70

MP33

Alright Trebor - The title of the thread doesn,t seem fitting now

you look to be goin well. I been playing about same time, but for some reason started off on FL cash at £1/£2 - I then played STT,s , then MTT,s , then cash from 10p ml to 50p NL and now I,m playing micro limit cash , DYM<s and the odd MTT sattelite - its just about finding your level and working yor way up from there
Its changed over 5 years but I would advise not to move up to quickly and stay disciplined - things like this thread should help with that - gives you more incentive

Those MTT,s are tempting. I sometimes play the satelites out of the profits on grinding at low - micro stakes cash. If I don,t make a profit there I generally won,t play any MTT sats

GL with it

68Trebor

 Session
 Lost £7.64

 Continued to run well until the hand below. Looking back should I have got away from this or was it just one of those hands. I have a feeling the top players may have laid it down.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
goldenbooy	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£15.51
noodles272	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£16.14
	Your hole cards	4 4
68Trebor	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£52.22
doubletops	Raise		£1.00	£1.50	£24.35
WIZARDBOY	Fold
goldenbooy	Call		£0.90	£2.40	£14.61
noodles272	Call		£0.80	£3.20	£15.34
68Trebor	Call		£0.80	£4.00	£51.42
Flop
		10 J 4
goldenbooy	Check
noodles272	Check
68Trebor	Check
doubletops	Bet		£2.60	£6.60	£21.75
goldenbooy	Call		£2.60	£9.20	£12.01
noodles272	Call		£2.60	£11.80	£12.74
68Trebor	Raise		£6.00	£17.80	£45.42
doubletops	All-in		£21.75	£39.55	£0.00
goldenbooy	All-in		£12.01	£51.56	£0.00
noodles272	Fold
68Trebor	Call		£18.35	£69.91	£27.07
goldenbooy	Show	J J
68Trebor	Show	4 4
doubletops	Show	K K
Turn
		3
River
		K
doubletops	Win	Three Kings	£68.11		£68.11

 Bankroll £296.09
 Profit £96.09
 Cash Profit £113.79
 MTT Profit -£17.70


 

 

68Trebor

 Session
 Lost £6.08

 Killer hand was the one below. Again should I be getting away from it.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
mac60	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£22.47
68Trebor	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.80
BOYWOLF	Big blind		£0.20	£0.50	£19.80
	Your hole cards	6 4
tez104	Fold
hutchi999	Call		£0.20	£0.70	£16.10
BOYWOLF	Check
DN34689	Fold
mac60	Fold
68Trebor	Check
Flop
		5 A 10
68Trebor	Bet		£0.70	£1.40	£19.10
hutchi999	Call		£0.70	£2.10	£15.40
BOYWOLF	Call		£0.70	£2.80	£19.10
Turn
		5
68Trebor	Bet		£2.80	£5.60	£16.30
hutchi999	Call		£2.80	£8.40	£12.60
BOYWOLF	Call		£2.80	£11.20	£16.30
River
		Q
68Trebor	Bet		£8.40	£19.60	£7.90
hutchi999	Call		£8.40	£28.00	£4.20
BOYWOLF	Call		£8.40	£36.40	£7.90
68Trebor	Show	6 4
hutchi999	Show	9 7
BOYWOLF	Show	K 2
BOYWOLF	Win	Flush to the Ace	£34.60		£42.50

 Been playing on NL£20 couple of days now and amazed how may regs there are, wasn't really expecting this on SKY, thought it would be more recreational players. Just wondering what people's thoughts were on the regs at this level and who I should be avoiding and who I should be hunting down.
 
 Bankroll £290.01
 Profit £90.01
 Cash Profit £107.71
 MTT Profit -£17.70

68Trebor

 Session
 Won £20.71

 Just had a quick 1.5 hour session in between sleep and night shift. Pretty standard play with nothing exciting to report. 3 weeks to Christmas and then I can relax at work again, working for a big supermarket is not good in December. It appears the end is nigh if you look at the amount of food some people have bought in the last 2 days. God help us if we ever get some real snow. I will ocntinue to post on this thread, despite the apparent lack of interest as I believe it is really helping me focus on my game and is making me a better player as a result.

 Bankroll £310.72
 Profit £110.72
 Cash Profit £128.42
 MTT Profit -£17.70

GaryQQQ

Great stuff Trebor, your cash results look excellent so far, keep up the good work.

dublin-up

It's a great thread. Please keep the updates

mike1975

That was a good read, keep up the good work Trebor.

goodylad21

Hi there,

Dont lose heart pal there will be alot of people who read your thread but dont want to hijack it !!

Keep up the good work & reports i for one am enjoying reading it ! (a very drunk goody lol)

ps im not aloud to play most weekends, i dont have big enough trousers

OMahonyO

Good thread trebor.  I started a similar one a few months back but never kept it up.  I see a bit of myself in this.  Nice steady profit there.

NODEAL

hi trev

even if people dont post they will read, it is an interesting thread, my advice would be..  dont fear any player no matter how good they are,  I  realy believe the game is more simple than most poker players would think.

avoid being put to the test on hands, if you believe you have best get the money in first, if you lose the hand you gave yourself the maximum chance of winning it.

I have played on this site since day 1,  I play mostly ABC poker,   You can have a horrid bad run for two weeks with many trips getting cracked but it always changes.

SCARED MONEY VERY REARLY WINS.


Good luck


Peter

pod1

just got back from rome and see you are still going strong. will catch up later on tables. keep going phil

The_Don90

read through this.

Fantastic page and a good read.

YOUNG_GUN

great read mintser, i have just caught up please keep posting great results so far keep it up also re: mtt try satelite only if you fail obviously not meant to be

keep up the good work, i will be reading but only will post occasionally

regards
John

Darntootin

Yeah keep it up Trebor, this is a good read.

68Trebor

 Session
 Won £8.36

 Firstly, thanks for all the messages of support, really appreciated. Played a quick 1hour session before tea, spag bol for those who are interested. PLayed one really strange hand against an unknown, see below. Looking back probably a bad call by me as what could the villain reallistically have that one pair was beating. The lure of AA was too strong and I got lucky. 

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Richy-G	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£26.94
68Trebor	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£18.47
	Your hole cards	A A
dogcharlie	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£43.37
PURPLE_AKI	Fold
jazzyj	Fold
Richy-G	Fold
68Trebor	Raise		£0.40	£0.90	£18.07
dogcharlie	Call		£0.40	£1.30	£42.97
Flop
		K J 5
68Trebor	Check
dogcharlie	All-in		£42.97	£44.27	£0.00
68Trebor	All-in		£18.07	£62.34	£0.00
dogcharlie	Unmatched bet		£24.90	£37.44	£24.90
68Trebor	Show	A A
dogcharlie	Show	J K
Turn
		Q
River
		A
68Trebor	Win	Three Aces	£35.64		£35.64

 Also had a problem with a hand that ended up costing me £7. I basically raised with J,K suited, got re-raised and I would probably have folded. I am playing 3 tables with them cascaded and as I was just preselecting fold on one table this table popped up and I pressed raise by mistake. He shoved all in and I had to fold. Has anyone else suffered this when multi tabling and what is the answer. I prefer to cascade my tables as I find that tiling them makes them too small.
 Will be playing again in a bit after my spag bol.

 Bankroll £319.08
 Profit £119.08
 Cash Profit £136.78
 MTT Profit -£17.70

pryce6

Lol I've played against him before, so bad. He shipped 100bbs in to win 6 with a monster lols.

Saying that I would have raised more pre and c bet 100% of the time if I was you.

Nice thread though

68Trebor

 Session
 Lost £11.85

 Played for about an hour and lost my money on the following hand. Payray had been playing very erratic and appeared to be tilting a bit, he had been all in a few times in the last few hands. I was half expecting him to push. When he pushed he was on a very wide range, when Dollie called I knew he knew that Payray was playing a wide range and this then opened up Dollie's range. These 2 factors made me call as I believed I was getting value over their ranges.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
outbk	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£60.22
chriggy	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£16.31
GoSamyGo	Sit out
	Your hole cards	10 10
payray10	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£14.29
Dollie	Raise		£0.60	£1.10	£18.20
68Trebor	Call		£0.60	£1.70	£18.30
outbk	Fold
chriggy	Call		£0.40	£2.10	£15.91
payray10	All-in		£14.29	£16.39	£0.00
Dollie	Call		£13.89	£30.28	£4.31
68Trebor	All-in		£18.30	£48.58	£0.00
chriggy	Fold
Dollie	All-in		£4.31	£52.89	£0.00
68Trebor	Unmatched bet		£0.10	£52.79	£0.10
payray10	Show	A K
Dollie	Show	J J
68Trebor	Show	10 10
Flop
		K J Q
Turn
		Q
River
		5
Dollie	Win	Full House, Jacks and Queens	£50.99		£50.99

 How wrong could I be, LOL. Looking back I was always going to be up against over cards but still not sure whether call was right in the situation. Off to work in a min, will probably play the 8pm MTT tomorrow as night off.

 Bankroll £307.23
 Profit £107.23
 Cash Profit £124.93
 MTT Profit -£17.70

Dollie

As I said in the chat box when we played earlier, this is a great thread.  I am not sure that I expected to feature on it though.  I think in that particular hand you were ul.  Yes we both had the same read on the other player, but had you had the JJ and me the 10 10 you would have been patting yourself on the back.  When I saw the cards from the 3 hands I thought I was likely to lose as I had to avoid the 8 outs you had between you, so I felt that I was the underdog even though I was ahead going in.  I was fortunate to hit the Jack as our opponent did hit a King.
Good to see you in profit overall and I look forward to crossing your path again.  I think we have been on same table a couple of times in the last week.  You have a solid game (not that I am a very good judge - lol).
Good luck

garyK1972

In Response to Re: Diary of a losing recreational player.:

  Session  Lost £11.85   Played for about an hour and lost my money on the following hand. Payray had been playing very erratic and appeared to be tilting a bit, he had been all in a few times in the last few hands. I was half expecting him to push. When he pushed he was on a very wide range, when Dollie called I knew he knew that Payray was playing a wide range and this then opened up Dollie's range. These 2 factors made me call as I believed I was getting value over their ranges.   Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance outbk Small blind   £0.10 £0.10 £60.22 chriggy Big blind   £0.20 £0.30 £16.31 GoSamyGo Sit out           Your hole cards 10 10       payray10 Call   £0.20 £0.50 £14.29 Dollie Raise   £0.60 £1.10 £18.20 68Trebor Call   £0.60 £1.70 £18.30 outbk Fold         chriggy Call   £0.40 £2.10 £15.91 payray10 All-in   £14.29 £16.39 £0.00 Dollie Call   £13.89 £30.28 £4.31 68Trebor All-in   £18.30 £48.58 £0.00 chriggy Fold         Dollie All-in   £4.31 £52.89 £0.00 68Trebor Unmatched bet   £0.10 £52.79 £0.10 payray10 Show A K       Dollie Show J J       68Trebor Show 10 10       Flop     K J Q       Turn     Q       River     5       Dollie Win Full House, Jacks and Queens £50.99   £50.99  How wrong could I be, LOL. Looking back I was always going to be up against over cards but still not sure whether call was right in the situation. Off to work in a min, will probably play the 8pm MTT tomorrow as night off.  Bankroll £307.23   Profit £107.23  Cash Profit £124.93   MTT Profit -£17.70
Posted by 68Trebor

u say at the end, "iwas always against over cards - even if it did widen their range, it was going to be 2 over cards at least (one each), which makes it a flip - should u really be calling off £18 (u reraised but no one was folding) with tens / and the flip?
so far 100 quid up this seems a waste of 18 of it patience is a virtue.

68Trebor

 Session
 Lost £28.00

 Played 5 MTT's tonight.
 £5k Open finished 177/288
 £750 Guaranteed 38/85
 £500 Guaranteed Velocity 8/63 won £34.25
 £1500 BH 140/211
 £2K TSP 59/255

 Lesson learnt was don't play when tired. Do think long term I could be a winning MTT player but need to up my concentration and willingness to lay down a big hand.

 Bankroll £279.23
 Profit £79.23
 Cash Profit £124.93
 MTT Profit -£45.70

68Trebor

 Session
 Lost £19.63

 Didn't play well at all, looking to chase draws etc and probably lucky to only lose £20, majority of which I lost when running KK into AA preflop. One of those sessions when you sit down and know you are not playing well but continue to play for some reason. I really must stop playing these sessions and make sure I only play when in the right mood. Off to work in a bit and may give it a break for a couple of days to recharge batteries before I begim my assault again, then again I may be on the tables tomorrow, we will have to see.

 Bankroll £259.60
 Profit £59.60
 Cash Profit £105.30
 MTT Profit -£45.70

SDodger

same as that Treb, right mood / frame of mind does alot...

nice thread, good stuff, keep it up.

walesboy

enjoying the thread m8
one of my failings too, not stopping when i should. some days you just know it's not going to go right

68Trebor

 In the middled of a session and just played this hand. What would you do, bearing in mind the villain has a tendancy to push all in a lot and is not afraid to put his stack on the line.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
68Trebor	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£19.50
Pgooner4	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.80
	Your hole cards	9 K
ronnieb	Fold
dogcharlie	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£25.06
Ms_Chips	Fold
68Trebor	Call		£0.10	£0.60	£19.40
Pgooner4	Check
Flop
		5 3 7
68Trebor	Check
Pgooner4	Check
dogcharlie	Check
Turn
		6
68Trebor	Check
Pgooner4	Check
dogcharlie	Check
River
		8
68Trebor	Bet		£0.60	£1.20	£18.80
Pgooner4	Fold
dogcharlie	All-in		£25.06	£26.26	£0.00
68Trebor	Fold
dogcharlie	Muck
dogcharlie	Win		£1.71		£1.71
dogcharlie	Return		£24.46	£0.09	£26.17

 My thoughts were that at best I am chopping, at worse he has 9,10.