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I'm going to start copy and pasting these session reports.
Same again....
- uneventful afternoon.
- win all in sat to £55 Speed BH.
- Chip up
- Take 2 heads
- Make it itm.
- Get outdrawn in a big pot.
- Watch the other chap go on to take it down!
Getting frustrating, as all the £££ is up top in that thing, and I'm becoming the min cash master
Was a standard hand, just AJ < A9 aipf.
I had a 'spin stack' left afterwards, I'll post my exit as it may not be as standard as I thought it was at the time, although I'm fairly sure I got to call it off.
Thoughts?
He followed this up with a chop 4 handed in the biggest 4 on stars for an $8k night! Congrats to him.
It turned a very average Sunday for me into a great one, nudging another $1k day. On some insane heater this last couple of months without really grinding anything properly/hard. I just know when I commit to upping the effort/commitment levels in December to play HU I'm going to start running Kak.
Apparently that's how poker works, people who put effort in and play well never win. If you're rubbish you crush.
I was going to make a start re-watching HU vids and reading articles etc again to refresh the memory over the weekend and then go straight into the HU grind today, but with such great MTT momentum, and it being my favourite 'turbo tuesday' main event tonight 1 more mtt session can't hurt.
Makes sense to reverse bok myself and say I'll play MTTs until I have a break even or worse day
Good Luck all in December!
I fell pretty ill in Thailand, and was still suffering when I got back to Blighty. The illness I had gradually faded but was replaced with intense pains in my stomach, cramps if you will. Did the man thing and obviously didn't go to the doctors. It was getting really bad though, so did the next best thing and raided Boots. Spoke to the guy behind the counter, explained what I had and he sold me some Buscopan.
The catch? He said that for nearly everyone who takes it; it either doesn't work and you are still in major discomfort, or it works and it gives you the runs. Like flopping bottom set when 2 villains hold middle and top set, you just can't win but it's all going in.
Brilliant.
Man Flu has been beaten. For now. I didn't enjoy the battle, have never had it before and don't want it again!
Played a light session on Tuesday to make sure it was gone, and then felt good, keen and ready to crush after some time away from poker on Thursday so really went for it.
Lost.
Built a schedule of tournaments higher than I would normally play and sold some of the action.
I've only done this once before, and I hated it.
The difference this time was I only sold to friends, people who I know for sure fully understand poker and the variance involved, and therefore didn't feel anywhere near as much pressure as before.
When it's random peoples money you're playing with, it's hard to know how solid their understanding of variance is. There's always a chance they see your stats/graph and automatically expect you to win. So I found myself trying too hard/sweating all ins too much, getting overly stressed when things weren't going well, because I wanted to make a good impression and get them a return.
Wasn't the case this time, everyone already knew how good/bad I am and expected to lose their money anyway.
Anyway it was a disaster.
We were in for $220ish.
Best score was 3rd/300 in an $11 ko for $120
It's a comp I would normally be fine playing on my own, but as people were 'punting' on me at higher buyins than usual I wanted to add a few softer/better value comps in to make it an attractive proposition.
It was kind of brutal 3 handed. There was a clear chip leader who was playing really well imo.
I was well ahead of 3rd place too, and the jumps were huge. Something like $90/195/300.
I'm no expert on ICM but I know I'm supposed to try really hard not to come 3rd here with the payouts and chipstacks.
Anyway, I came 3rd.
QQ v big stacks AK blind v blind.
Some spots I can try to keep low variance, 3 handed that aint 1.
Annoying because 2nd place with KOs would've gtd profit.
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After the mtts fail I was still feeling good and felt I was playing well.
I somehow got into a HU sng game v one of the most successful regs on Sky.
I normally always open sit in the lobby. And these guys don't normally sit v me. Therefore I don't play them very often.
Not sure how it happened this time, maybe he was bored, maybe thought he was playing really well also, maybe our registration clicks overlapped and we ended up sat together, or maybe he thinks I'm a huge fish after all!
Anyway I was really surprised at how tight/passive the guy played. I searched him on FAP and he was playing lots of tables. So it's hardly surprising that he wasn't being more active, I'm not even sure how it's possible to play so many tables when a lot of them are heads up.
So although I lost, I decided to play again.
I lost again, but same story, winning all the small pots then losing successive aipf situations to lose the game.
I made a bold/stupid decision, to check FAP and register every game he was currently waiting at. I think it was 2 x £21 and 1 x £31.
Lost. Lost. Lost.
fml.
I never normally play multiple tables HU, and it was a brutal reminder of why. I got pwnd pretty bad
So once again I take on the big boys, albeit at modest stakes, and walk away wounded.
Back to around break even for the month and stripped of the 2 big words, momentum and confidence.
Back to basics this weekend. Fish bashing at the micros hopefully
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On the skybet enhanced treble again today. #Value.
#CookOut.
GL all this weekend.
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Played 2 of the afternoon comps yesterday and finished mid teens in both.
The real frustration was the £11 deepstack. I was very lucky early, getting on a table with a guy who was going crazy, shoving all in pre flop really wide, and managed to double up with TT v 66.
I continued to get great tables throughout. There was Scotty and 1 other guy who seemed very decent, but the other 3 seats were always really weak players, including the 2 seats directly to my right. So the gameplan was really simple, just try and play in position v the weaker players and stay out of the way of the better ones.
Went well, I was a top 10 stack pretty much throughout the whole tournament, and went into the money sitting top 5.
My exit hand really annoyed me.
It aint often I get angry @ poker nowardays, beats are fine, coolers are fine, when I play bad it's kind of frustrating and is probably the most common cause of 'tilt' and when other players play bad against me, again, I normally deal with it fine.
But on this occasion the guys call really P1ssed me off! ha.
I'll post the hand below.
The button has been raising relentlessly.
I'm not just saying that to justify my play, but for 6/7 orbits he's been opening every single time cutoff and button when unopened. Sometimes 3x and sometimes for a min raise (haven't been able to figure out what these diff sizes mean yet)
In my exit hand it folds to him again, and as expected he opens.
SB calls.
I've got 15xbb and shove it in with Q7o. Not the best hand to 3b shove with as a bluff but it seemed a good spot.
I'm fairly sure that with the buttons opening frequency I can shove in 15 blinds so wide here profitably, probably with any 2 cards.
The small blind calling just sweetens the price for me, as I pick up more dead money when the squeeze gets through.
I don't expect the small blind to call me ever. I'd guess if he does call I'm going to be flipping fairly often, aside from small pocket pairs getting stubborn and maybe 77/88/99 that'd have me in bad shape I don't see much else that will ever call.
Anyway as expected the button folds, I'd feel ul if he had a hand to call given how aggressive he was playing but I'd be able to live with that.
I feel safe at this point.
But sb tanks.
And eventually calls me with QJ and holds.
I think it's pretty awful to call with that hand. And I almost ranted in the chatbox. Managed to keep it to an aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh though.
Really annoyed me, maybe because I don't get chance to play these 'recognised' comps very often, so to go out like that when deep hurt abit. Not because of money or anything, but it's UKOPs!
The day ended on a much better note.
I said after the last UKOPs that although the 4 horses I'd backed had had disappointing series, I'd love to get their action again next time if possible.
Unfortunately, due to various reasons, mainly the awkward time of year for many, 3 of the 4 were unable to commit to playing.
That meant I could invest more than usual in the 1 that could play. It worked out great as he managed a final table in the biggest event of the series last night to net himself, and myself a handsome payout!
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Twitch streamer of the day.
Just come accross this guy 4 tabling 200nl cash.
My head spins listening to him explain his thoughts, thinks so quickly and deeply, levels ahead of me!
Such a great resource to have access to, for free!
http://www.twitch.tv/adrianfenixx