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STEELROD comes out of retirement for heads-up clash against LARSON....................(Probably not the pro footy player we all know but).......
it could all go down to penalties
A good couple of days ahead of what will be a very busy (poker free) weekend:
£100 Speed B/Hunt, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £33.75 + £24.65 Head Prizes (1st with 6 heads)
£150 Community B/H, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £9.35 + £10.20 Head Prizes (4th with 3 heads)
£750 B/Hunter, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £6.16 + £1.88 Head Prizes (14th with 1 head)
£100 Speed B/Hunt, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £32 + £18.89 Head Prizes (1st with 3 heads)
£250 B/Hunter, Buyin + Fee £2 + £0.30, £2.46 + £1.88 Head Prizes (14th with 2 heads)
£750 B/Hunter, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £5.29 + £5.64 Head Prizes (21st with 3 heads)
£600 B/Hunter, Buyin + Fee £5 + £0.75, £26.32 + £12.30 Head Prizes (4th with 5 heads)
For the benefit of FlyingDagg, the total of all those cashes is £190.77.
Annoyed I didn't do better in the last two. Tight play cost me in the £750 one, and a straight made on the river to take out my flopped set did most of the damage in the £600 one. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I've never got lucky with a hand or two but in both of those MTTs there were players who dodged bullet after bullet after bullet against me and they knew it, too!
Still, when all's said and done I've made steady gains, and I'm now over £320 up (at least £100 of which was gained in the last 36-odd hours). When I consider that not too long ago I was marginally down I guess I can't complain too much.
Having seen you play more than once bracewell1, I don't think you have anything to be scared about. You know what you're doing and if you find yourself playing against players who don't then you should be happy. Yes, even poor players can catch cards and go on hot streaks but you know that sooner or later that their luck will change and when it does you want to be there to take advantage of it.
Today, for example, with the blinds at 75/150 a guy flat called, and I raised to 750 (5xbb) with JhJs. He called, and when the flop came 4hTd5c, and with 1,875 in the pot already, he raised a further 1,875. I didn't wait too long to re-raise to 3,750, and he shoved his remaining 2,305, which I snap called. (I had a further 4,815 behind.) He showed Tc7d. The turn and river were bricks for him, and I took his bounty as well as all of his chips.
Of course, he could have got lucky and found another T or 7 on the turn and river but he didn't. But even if he had, should I have been angry that he had called a 5xbb bet pre-flop with nothing better than T7os? Should I have been annoyed that he had raised then eventually shoved on the flop with only top pair and a weak kicker after I had raised pre? Of course not! I want to play against people who do that because more often than not I'll be beating them, taking their chips and wishing them well for the next game.
Players who call 5xbb raises with T7os? Yes, please! Players who go nuts with top pair and a weak kicker? Yes please!
And, as much as you say otherwise, you want to be playing against players like that, too. What's the alternative? Playing only against players who are just as good if not better than you? Don't be silly!
On a related note, I think it's important to be polite to such players and refrain from venting against them, no matter how annoyed you feel. Firstly, you don't want to drive them away, and secondly, you want to show them and everybody else at the table that you can keep your cool and won't tilt because of a bad beat or two. When a poor player gets lucky and takes a big pot against me the worst I will say is "nh" or "it never hurts to be lucky
", because I want them feeling good and coming back for more.
The guy in the example above got ridiculously lucky against me a few hands before the one I went through above but I kept my cool about it, and I like to think that that had a part to play in him blowing his stack to me. I'm sure that taking it in my stride helped my table image, too. Players who rage after they lose their hands never come out looking good (look at Phil Helmuth) but players who act like they've seen it all before come out smelling of roses...
It's the same when people are rude to me. I just say something polite like "thank you for your kind words", and they usually get madder because I haven't risen to the bait (which can't help their game). Meanwhile, everybody else at the table thinks I can't be fazed and, again, my table image is enchanced because of it.
(That's my theory, anyway. It works for me and I'm sticking with it.)
Having said that, I should say that I make a point of being polite to everybody at the tables, really, not only because it doesn't hurt to be polite but because sometimes that politeness is rewarded. For example, a few times players that I've been polite to ("hi", "how are you?", "nh", "gl", etc) have told me another players tendencies, etc and I've been able to use that information when making my decisions. I can think of at least two recent examples where that knowledge paid off big time.
So, in conclusion, be happy that there are some terrible players relying on luck alone out there and, whatever you do, don't be rude to them, no matter what!
Also, you're an Everton fan, so if you pack in the poker then what else are you going to do to take your mind off of just how bad your team is going to be once David Moyes has poached a couple of your best players!? If you quit then you'll end up slashing your wrists and we don't want that, do we?
TLDR version of the last post:
1. Be happy that some players aren't as good as you. And be nice to them and to everybody else.
2. Everton are heading south, and by that I don't mean that they're going to Wembley any time soon.
Very Nice Post Sir
And by the way the poor play is not limited to bounty hunters. I've seen some shocking calls being made in the deepies over the last 2 weeks. The standard has definitely got worse.
Welcome - if you need advice on any particular elements of your game which you are having trouble with, just post any questions/thoughts/observations etc on here and i'm sure the guys & girls will be happy to help.
Don't be scared to ask, even just the simple stuff - we are happy to help.
Firstly, sorry for your loss.
Secondly, glad to know that you're not going anywhere.
Thirdly, Moyes went to the biggest club in the world? Are you sure? I thought he went to Manchester United, not Liverpool!
Just messing with you. Good luck at the tables.
Anyways ill be playing the dtd on monday if its still going, as got a new job and don't work that day. See you all at the tables and gl
Daz
jjjach240001£6Darntootin02£3.60kezzyb03£2.40
got a small cash on ft after being donked on with my QQ caller having 78 flop J73 they check I bet pot they then shove on me and hit runner runner flush pfff
£350 bh 96 runners came 6th
Playing bad
Running bad
I think I need a break
See you all in the Orfordable LOL
£300 GTD 19.00 hrs 1st for £110.15
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancemike1975 Small blind 40.00 40.00 21042.50 steelrod Big blind 80.00 120.00 11207.50 Your hole cards K K smonsky Call 80.00 200.00 7732.50 teamo22 Call 80.00 280.00 17550.00 goodegg57 Raise 320.00 600.00 1002.50 tomo_efc Fold mike1975 Fold steelrod Raise 1280.00 1880.00 9927.50 smonsky Fold teamo22 Call 1280.00 3160.00 16270.00 goodegg57 All-in 1002.50 4162.50 0.00 Flop 3 7 10 steelrod All-in 9927.50 14090.00 0.00 teamo22 Call 9927.50 24017.50 6342.50 steelrod Show K K teamo22 Show 10 A goodegg57 Show 9 9 Turn 5 River A teamo22 Win Two Pairs, Aces and 10s 24017.50 30360.00
HAVE 2 SAY EVERY TIME I GO ALL IN I LOSE MMMMMM,STOP THE ALL IN I THINK,NORMALY WITH THE BETTER HAND I MIGHT ADD
£25 Guaranteed
aceofspade600001£14Red_King02£8.40H4GG1S03£5.60
£31.50 hu sick sick sick
((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( no love lost b back in mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ?
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancelions86 Small blind 40.00 40.00 940.00 steelrod Big blind 80.00 120.00 1940.00 Your hole cards 6 6 lions86 All-in 940.00 1060.00 0.00 steelrod Call 900.00 1960.00 1040.00 lions86 Show 3 3 steelrod Show 6 6 Flop Q A 7 Turn 2 River 8 lions86 Win Flush to the Queen 1960.00 1960.00
sky really hates me