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PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceHAYSIE Small blind 500.00 500.00 25232.50 theswanie Big blind 1000.00 1500.00 35630.00 Your hole cards 10 10 DOHHHHHHH Raise 2000.00 3500.00 28727.00 HITMAN_RV Fold casper29 Fold HAYSIE Fold theswanie Call 1000.00 4500.00 34630.00 Flop 9 10 5 theswanie Check DOHHHHHHH Bet 3000.00 7500.00 25727.00 theswanie Call 3000.00 10500.00 31630.00 Turn Q theswanie Check DOHHHHHHH Bet 6000.00 16500.00 19727.00 theswanie Call 6000.00 22500.00 25630.00 River 4 theswanie All-in 25630.00 48130.00 0.00 DOHHHHHHH Fold theswanie Muck theswanie Win 22500.00 22500.00 theswanie Return 25630.00 0.00 48130.00
Apologies for the beat in the main. You trapped me gud n' propa!
I was tilting a bit after blowing most of my stack. Which made my spot a snap shove in my head, when really it's pretty marginal.
vwp, and ul!
(Don't mind posting spew
As usual the structure is really unbalanced (intentionally this time tho :P).
I'd like a 4 3 2 2 2 2 recurring*
Ideally though, just a better standard turbo 6max sng format would be my priority, (Fix scarys!)
You gotta remember IDCU really is a nit! If you get deepish into a hand, and he's still there, (turn/river) chances are he's got something, and wont want to fold it.
I like your raise pre, good hand and good position.
Cbet is fine. It's a dry-ish board, if he doesn't have either KQ,KJ or KT, he probably hasn't got anything. If he does have Kx, we have the flush draw to over-take him, and position in the hand.
The turn is a good card for us. If he has a flush draw also, we're now ahead. If he has one of the Kx hands, we have more outs to outdraw him on the river.
I'm not liking this turn bet at all though, I don't see any need to make it. effectively you're trying to make him fold Kx hands. People don't like to fold top pair, IDCU isn't gonna be making hero folds in a £2 tournament.
He might say "oh ul I nearly folded" but they always say that, but never fold. It doesn't mean your bluff was 'nearly good', that would be a results orientated conclusion.
Just check back the turn, we've got showdown value now, we don't need to bluff because we can beat everything that folds to a turn bet. Also, when we bet the turn, there's very little (if anything) that calls us that we can beat. I can't think of any hand. Maybe a flush draw but that would be a bad call.
So yea, on the turn, think about all the hands he can have after calling pre, and calling that flop.....
When you've got the list of hands, work out how all the hands in the range react to a turn shove?
Put a tick next to ones that fold, and a cross next to the ones that call.
Chances are, the ones with a tick next to them, your hand will beat. And the ones with a cross next to your name, will be crushing you.
This was on page 4 again.
Just lazyless this time though, not coz I've been donking. (not been winning either mind).
Monday.....
Slowish afternoon again, playing mtts here and elsewhere. Like many other forumers, when I'm playing on a laptop on Sky I'm limited to 4 tables (lag issues, not screen space etc). But I can do up to 4 on here, then as many as I was elsewhere, so I was doing like 3 here, and 3/4 elsewhere.
What a boring start to this post. Not deleting it now tho, fit!
Only noteable daytime result on sky was 5th in a £750 gtd £11 bounty hunter. Now the payouts have been changed and a min cash at least gives profit, I can start playing a few of these.
5 handed, some guy 5x's utg!!!!! I've got 14xbb and Jacks. In it goes, (zero fold equity in a BH obv), A7 gets there. sigh.
Stone bubbled the 5pm 5r for the 4th time. FT, 5 paid. I min raise 88 utg. there's 3 of us in bubble contention, all with between 8-14xbb. I had about 14xbb, and the guy utg+1 clicks it back, from an 8xbb stack.
I actually laugh out loud and say w.t.f. is that.
Ofc I know what it is and you prob know what it is before I even confirm that he has 2 aces. I can probably set-mine and c/f flops! lolol. sighhh.
Down to about 8 bigs, they go in w/ AQ < QQ and that's good game me.
While this was going on I was making a deep run on *'s.
Entered a $3k gtd, 6 max tournament, about 1,250 runners. SIX hours later I was sitting about 8th/17 remaining.
This hand helped. http://www.boomplayer.com/poker-hands/Boom/1105246_C5EBA20174
Love betting the river with a royal flush and having some guy jam on me.
I busted, in spewy style, obviously. I got 30xbb in @ 5k/10k from the sb v an aggressive button opener. My A9 wasn't good enough v AQ. Wish I'd given it abit more thought, time bank had gone though. Ugh tournaments.
Play pretty much spot on for 6 hours, 6 hours and 1 minute is a step too far though.
Nevermind....
Played the £1 turbo bankbuster on here. Again got a stack going and didn't run great towards the back end. Went from 30k @ 600/1.2k to nothing within an orbit. Just standard hands though.
Decided to play abit of NLHE cash to finish.
Had a look at the lobby, and there was one normal 30nl table running!!!!! All the rest were deepstacked or action tables. I don't like playing either of these, so went looking further up.
1x nl40 table only! sigh wtf.
Combined that with 3x nl50.
Thought it wouldn't be the worst time to have a go at nl50 as I can only 4 table.
Started pretty well, then it went really bad. Then ended good. to finish up about 40 quid @ cash, and up a total of .....
0.5 buy ins for the day! wiiiii.
Felt abit unlucky in the hands I lost. Will post them below.
1) He flops the nuts, thanx for giving me running trips to pay him.
NLHE -3.5x buy ins.
PLO n/a
Points 235
Can play today. Probably will, idk yet. Need to get more 'up forrit' somehow if I do or I will just end up losing. Will see how it goes.
VWD to sky on the bankbuster comps btw. First 2 have been good. Just plzzzzz but the 500/1k level in if you're reading this
Good luck all playing today.
NLHE -2.5x buy ins.
PLO n/a
Points 235
Hi Dohhhhhhh
Ty for taking the time to talk over the hand. Your thinking when it comes to analysing hands is so logical. I seem to look at pushing them off hands suggesting to them 'he's got it!' but why would i not want them in the pot? i hear you say. I hate being sucked out on after spending 2 1/2 hours on a single table and need to accept that it can happen but the probability is low. I need to adopt a different attitude to the pots i'm involved with. Have you come across a good article highlighting tis facet of the game D?
How long have you been playing D? How did you go about from the start playing various games then narrow them down to games you enjoy. Did you put a certain amount of money aside and say "i'll play a set of 10 Hup and see how i get on, whether i enjoy them" etc. I've found myself stuck playing the same types of game. I've stopped playing cash. Studied HUP for a month then played the HUP shuffle and came 2nd. You'd think that would spare me on but i only played one other before going back to the old routine of Low level mtt's max £5, DYM's, max £5.50 and DTD. I did some omaha research but left it without playing.
I wonder if its because i'm NOT a gambler really. I don't bet and on't like to lose money through a lack of skill/experience. This may seem a bit sulky and introspective but i just wondered how you went about evolving your poker to play through enjoyment and some level of success. I'd be keen to hear your thoughts D as i think that you have a good slant on things as well as not taking life too seriously. I've had some tragedy in my life as most people and do see poker as something to learn and enjoy. If i stop enjoying it then i think i'd stop playing it. However, if i start losing consistently(i'm slightly winning after 16 months) then i may stop as i don't like to waste money. Unfortunately, the phrase "speculate to accumulate" doesn't quite ring true with me. I've always been a saver then felt i deserved whatever i saved for. Is there a similarity here to how you started at all?
Enjoyed the game today and apart from that awful final hand and calling the guy who had the J for a full house(was it obv?), i was fairly happy with my play. I just love your last post and it epitomises my play and the statements you say that are redundant nowadays is my absolute vocabulary( put the decision on him etc). I love the video though only half wy through but feel that i've found a new way to further my study and the approach that i have to playing pots.
I was playing far too much fit/fold poker. When i got a free entry to £110 roller for winning monthly DTD i had MattBates on my lhs. He owned me from the outset and that's when i knew that my poker was seriously lacking. I recoiled into my shell and only played premium hands. The number of 3-bets, even 4-bets was double i'd seen in any other T easily.
It really has been an eye opener and may give me the impetus to rekindle the buzz i had for poker before hitting the brick wall recently. As long as that info is available and well organised concerning assessing ranges ....then it seems to be more a mater of accumulating or losing chips in greater chunks as you will be more astute at recognising when you are ahead orbehind and so be able to minimise pot losses but maximise pot wins.
If you come across stuff that help me progress steadily don't be afraid to pm me please Dohhhhhhh. I really appreciate it. TY
NLHE -2x buy ins.
PLO n/a
Points 315
I played pretty seriously throughout the last year of uni, and the first 14/15 months after leaving, making more money than I could ever have imagined I would at poker. Had a pretty epic 2 year period. Ofc this was the time when I should have been working harder than ever at my game and putting tonnes of effort in to stay ahead of the game, or at least maximise my winnings while the going was good.
What a cracking read fella. You certainly have a good appreciation of what you've done/couldhave done in your poker time. I imagine it must be slightly difiult to still find that buzz and enjoyment. A bit like "i've done all this before".
I watched the vids and the ones following it too. I was well impressed and can see that changes are needed in my game though i've no great aspirations as i just enjoy trying to improve. I tried a different approach in the Woogie yesterday....the result tells you how that went.
I do wonder if your personality affects the kind of player you are as saw another vid yesterday by Grpsed on youtube talking of Nits and TAGs being risk averse and wanting to make knowingly correct by the book plays. I'm not a gambler and wonder if that's my lot as it were but if i can wedge in some more range orientated plays into my game somehow?
Maybe it comes with experience of playing more. Thanks again D. Why don't you consider playing live T's ....i'd have thought that you're savvy enough to do well in them!
Did i tell you i won my first ever live T not long after reading Harrington vol 1? Maybe that's why i'm clinging to its tenets, lol?
Pretty woiufhuehrfiuyhewrufhuerhf tilted/annoyed right now. Prob as tilted as I've ever beeeeeeeeeeeeen.
2 seats, 3 handed. managed to lose from these stacks.
£9.60 into £110.
sosososososoooooo bad.
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Computer's fixed tho, picking it up tomoro. wii.
Is it purely because your a tight Yorkshire man????
4/400 in PLO freeroll too!
NLHE -1 x buy ins.
PLO n/a
Points 460
The words "salt" and "wound" come to mind D!!! Ban 'em!!!!
Morning.
No updates for a couple of days. No worries though I haven't blown my roll or anything just had 2 days off.
Played on Tuesday, was another quietish afternoon and early evening.
Last comp of the night was the £5 speed rebuy, that I managed to take down for about £110.
Why would they do this?
Yes, it's good to have new bigger turbo comps. But not at the expense of the ones that already exist and work well! But whatever.
Just put the new comp in @ 10-30, where there's a massive gap in turbo schedule!
(turbo mtts between 10pm 1 night and 7-50pm the next with a gntee above £50 = ZERO)
Anyway, moan over. For now. Prob start again later in the post when something else P's me off.
Rubdown first anyway. Early-ish stages of that 5r I won, and I was put on the same table as Lambo.
Lambo divides opinion on the forum, alot of people like him, some people don't, and a few people really don't. It's quite funny sometimes talking to him, and I'm like, "you see x, x and x had a pop at you today on the forum?" lololol.
I can see why some forum readers do get annoyed by him, as he posts alot and comes across as really enthusiastic on the forum. Overly enthusiastic people annoy me also, although they shouldn't, it's just like "get p1ssed off with something 1 time and stop being so cheerful".
Anyway off forum he's really not like that, does get tilted quite abit and can have a laugh, at himself and others. So I'm sure he wont mind me posting this hand up. Esp after he (and Hoggers) had the cheek to rub me down on my own thread last week!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't care if Lambo goes on to be a pro poker player and win ukipts, epts, wsops, I'll never ever let him forget this hand!
It's important I post it so I always have a reference to it
hahahaaaaaaa pifvpijewiojcoejvf lol
Actually looks like chip dumping!!!!!!!
Anyway I went on to boss this tournament after this hand, hit loads of cards, coolered people, won flips, and had more than double 2nd place chips from like 15 left to the FT.
It was all going well until I had a scare on the bubble. But managed to survive, and shake off the Donk HU. Donk is a bubble master.
I guess I need to balance by giving myself a rub down....
It was about 11-30 when this comp finished and I fancied another few beers, so 4 tabled nl25 on FTP.
I did alright, it's a totally different game playing their cash players it's so much more aggressive. It also feels like 'free money' to me on other sites, it always has done. Where I'm a BR nit on sky, over on other sites I'm quite care-free in comparison.
I was up about $50, coming to the end of the session.
Have quite an agro dynamic with this guy playing with a penguin avatar. (yes that's significant).
I have 5s, and he 3bets me from the blinds. We're playing about 175xbb deep so I can call in position.
Flop comes 467 with 2 hearts.
He cbets, ofc. And I call.
Turn is an off suit 6.
He bets again, and I make the call.
The river is a 7 of hearts, making the board read 4h 6h 7x 6x 7h.
My opponent shoves.
I'm trying really hard to think this one through, I'm at the very end of a 12 hour drinking session here, the screens are starting to get blurry, so I needed some time.
Time Bank! woooo.
So I'm thinking, surelyyyyyyyyy to god he slows down this river with overpairs. It couldn't look more scary for Aces now.
Can he have a flush? Maybe.
He doesn't have a full house v often, not many 7s or 6s in his 3b range.
Meh, I'm drunk, I'm tired, I'm up even if I lose this hand, and I'm very curious. I'm 100% logging off and going to bed wether I call and win or call and lose.
So I call.
He has K8 of hearts, so got there on the river.
meh. Tick "sit out nxt bb on all tables" and start closing out the session.
I see the guy in the chat box. Thought this was unusual them talking as they're all normally on about 12 tables each. He'd given me a rubdown.
"Tough call bro"
I don't mind chatbox rubdowns (unless it's sum1 rubbing down a fish. Maybe he was in his mind
"Yeh, nice hand m8 it was a bad call by me" was my reply.
"Even if Im bluffing I can beat 5 high"
"you what m8?"
"you had 5 high....."
"wtf?"
****desperately clicking through hand history trying to find the hand****
"iushdduhuicfehruihuiehriuheiurhurih ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wtf lololol"
"don't worry bro we all make mistakes, gl"
lol!!! fkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
So I was obsessed so much about what he might have, that I totally forgot about my own hand, and that I'd been counterfitted on the river when the board double paired!
In my mind, I had a bluff catcher, so it didn't really matter what I had, he was polarised and either had it all, or nothing!
fml.
So if lambo looked like he was chip dumping to me in the Speedament, wtf must that river call have looked like to others????
Anyway apologies for the long post.
I am now a year older. The last year of poker has been pretty rubbish, I've made good profit, but nothing compared to what I made 2, 3 or 4 years ago.
I've decided I'm gonna run insanely good this year, and win some big tournaments somewhere. Starting today.
Of course, with the 2.20 @ 2.20
Not gonna mention cricket. The post is long enough, and I've used up my rant allocation already.
Monthly Totals.
NLHE +1 x buy ins.
PLO n/a
Points 505
Back in to profit for November, onwards and updards from here.
Good luck to all playing today, and over the weekend. Run Gudddddddddd
Always an interesting tale, fella. i'm just waiting for Lambert's PhD dissertation on why he made that bet.......by the way, i'm one of the 'fans'.....
By the way, you crossed out the limper when he called but not when he folded.
Oopsay...or deliberate???