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I wouldn't mind building up and being comfortable or competent in beating a certain game and knowing im doing well...... maybe HU hypers maybe just cash I don't know, I enjoy them all and would be hard too pick one too stick at.
just something different really and enjoyed the games so far, with this. so ill see how it goes,
got a 7 team acca on so miby that will help... dought it though they never come in.
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Oh DOHHHH sorry UL!
So, my £150 bet didn't come in. We narrowly missed out on punishing SkyBet for the max when Scunny surrendered a 2-0 lead with 15 minutes to go.
It was brutal, but almost disastrous as I was very close to covering the bet in running by backing WHU/Draw for a large amount.
The skybet enhanced accca landed though, and another good albeit chilled day on the tables made it a £200 day.
I managed to sat into the £55 speed BH again whilst watching the boxing.
Took a couple of heads and was looking good for B2B final tables when a couple of unfortunate hands happened.
Any thoughts on the first?
Theres around 10-12 left and 6 paid iirc.
I think the open is fine w/ A4 in the cutoff, there are re-shoving stacks but I don't expect to get shoved on light, I have A blocker, and it flops ok with the 4.
Called by a very good sky mtt player. I decide to check back top pair, mainly to control the pot and under-rep my hand. I hate the idea of bet/folding a hand this strong at these stack depths.
Turn is a good card for me I think. Having disguised the strength of my hand off the flop I feel I can now bet for value from Kx, flush draws, and small pairs, knowing that I now chop with all Ax hands that previously would've beaten me. I don't see that many 9x in his range either but ofc there are a few for sure.
I bet really small, just over 1/3 pot, I think this is the best way to get value from the weaker part of his range. It also a size I use a lot when playing shallow, it looks to the opponent like I can often be making a delayed cbet with air so when I get shoved on I'm not always crushed necessarily.
I think a combo of my flop check back and the turn bet sizing, as well as the turn card being a good 1 for me makes this a relatively easy call when I get check raised all in?
I expected it to be a chop almost always tbh, I felt pretty comfortable making the call. Sometimes I'll be ahead and looking to fade draws, other times I'll be drawing dead, but mostly just chopping it up.
Until that river hits. Doh!
Bathroom work as expected is being extended into today (hence being up @ stupid oclock) and at least tomorrow, probably Weds/Thursday too, so again a poker-light session.
Not ideal when I have an MTT volume prop bet running with the don this week.
Hopefully I can find a way to 'blagbink' some comps again and take his fiver.
GL all playing today.
Rec'd thnks Ben.
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For the most part, Wednesdays session was grim.
I spent most of the day looking around lobbies for more tournaments to enter as I couldn't seem to stay in any for longer than an hour or so.
The one run I did get going was in a $4 deepstack (yeh I was busting things so quickly I had no option but to register a deepstack to fill my screen!)
It paid decent though, almost $500 for first from a $4 buyin and obviously a soft field.
Rather frustrating to bubble the FT though
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The day was looking like a complete fail until I binked yet another all in sat to the £55 turbo BH (mbi).........
Normally I'd be in 2 minds about taking the 55 quid, or playing the event, but there was no doubt this time I really wanted to play it to save the day.
As usual, we built a stack. Took a couple of heads, then had one of the strangest bustouts I can remember.
I'm sat 4th of 7 left, with 5 making the money where a min cash is £85. Probably not much of a consideration for the big hitters and direct buyins but as I was in for £6 I'd really like to cash.
We're hand for hand on the FT bubble (note, not the cash bubble) and everyone is really shallow.
I find A9o on the button, with 8xbb. SB is a good, aggressive PITA with a large stack and the big blind has only 3.5xbb. None of this information even matters though, A9 is more than enough to shove here, ideally to get called by the short stack, ladder to the FT (tournament bubble) and collect a valuable head prize.
I get called twice, SB shows A9hh. Pretty standard call but I think not one that many would make.
Big blind has QQ. coz he's golden
Board runs out xh xh x x xh and we lose to the big stacks flush.
Of course the QQ also busts and I lean back in my chair gutted that I've stone bubbled the biggest comp of the day.
After checking the lobby though I notice that someone had similtaniously busted on the other table and apparently I had the biggest stack of the 3 bust outs so had been awarded 5th place for £85 + £32 head prizes.
It was a pleasant surprise but I was still disappointed to not at least chop v the A9s and have a stack to try and spin on the FT. But thinking back, that would have left me with 3.5xbb and the short stack of 6 left and 5 paid, so maybe busting the way I did worked out well for me overall? Had the QQ tripled up I'd have been in really bad shape and looking like bubbling, as played I got the min cash?
hmmm, not sure.
Anyway, was a good day saver after a frustratingly dull session, and gives good momentum moving into the weekend.
Doesn't look as nailed on as last week, but I do love a punt
Got a feeling we'll be cursing the bin dippers come 5pm tomorrow!
he'll be helping enrich lives and boosting the good name of celtic fc by helping them achieve their charitable goals for the year in the process.
what's not to like...
hahaha, that phrase keeps repeating on me.
gwan the don!
gogogo
Agh the old "nominate a worthy charity to gain public support" strategy.
Prove that you've entered at least 1 mtt per hour between now and 10pm and i'll ship some over regardless of the result.
Challenge Don.