"Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary"

DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

Many thanks and great work. Shipped
Posted by Donttelmum

Thanks very much bud, and thanks also to GaryQQQ, legend of the forum and huge supporter of this thread, for the donations this morning, we are inching up to half way towards the goal with a few weeks to go.

Cannot thank everyone enough, the support on here over the last 15 months has been incredible.

tytytyttyy.

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Runbad continued this morning.

Or maybe it was play bad.

Probably both.

Managed to get into, and then out of a 6 buyin hole.

Hopefully tonight goes a little more smoothly. Just 1 time, play and win a couple of buyins no dramas?

plz?

DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

Good Morning everyone.

I'm posting for some advice really. I could just PM Gary direct, but I thought i'd combine it with a little update and to let you guys know whats going on.

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So yesterday I attempted to do my final endurance run before the half marathon (11th September).

The idea was to just take it very easily for 10 miles, and then stop. No speeding up, no sprint finishes or anything. Just a very slow boring 10 mile jog to make sure I felt ok at the end about doing another 3 miles.

It didn't quite go according to plan.

For 7 miles it did, and I felt great, very comfortable.

Then a torrential and persistant downpour hit when I was 4 miles from my car.

For 5 minutes it was very enjoyable running in a storm. But then I got absolutely sodden to the bone, my shirt and shorts were soaked through and it became very unpleasant.

I decided to speed up to get back to the car ASAP, so by the end I was shattered, totally out on my feet.

I did feel really good after 7 miles though, do you think this is enough to feel confident about the 13 miler? Or do I have time before the 11th to attempt it again?

Maybe Tuesday/Wednesday next week and use it as my final preperation?

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I'd also like some more specific advice on how to prepare in the 10 days leading up to the event?

Of course I should taper off my training, but should I still be doing bits?

Shouild I stick to swimming only?

Park run the week (8 days) before the race?

How many full rest days should I have directly before the 11th Sept?

Any tips on things to/not to eat the day before the race?

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All these are probably not that important but having gotten this far I really don't want to mess things up. I'm very nervous.

Thanks in advance to Gary and anyone else who can help me out

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It's not long until I have to post a poker report for the month. Gulp.

Alot of regular readers will know I'm friends with Donald.

You know when firends play eachother, they say they really really really want to beat eachother.

Almost to the point that it can look like chip dumping.

Decide for yourself.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£22.07
walks2311	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£26.26
	Your hole cards	K 9
BungarBack	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£21.74
DOHHHHHHH	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£29.83
DSgooner	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£2.10	£3.40	£19.97
walks2311	Fold
BungarBack	Fold
DOHHHHHHH	Call		£1.40	£4.80	£28.43
Flop
		4 2 7
The_Don90	Bet		£2.40	£7.20	£17.57
DOHHHHHHH	Call		£2.40	£9.60	£26.03
Turn
		5
The_Don90	Bet		£6.00	£15.60	£11.57
DOHHHHHHH	Call		£6.00	£21.60	£20.03
River
		7
The_Don90	All-in		£11.57	£33.17	£0.00
DOHHHHHHH	Call		£11.57	£44.74	£8.46
The_Don90	Show	Q Q
DOHHHHHHH	Show	K 9
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 7s	£42.94		£42.94

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Massive thanks to another long term skypoker pal of mine, Acegooner for his massive dono to the Mayflower Sanctuary yesterday.

It's taken me to within a gnats nacker of being 50% of the way to my goal.

When I first started playing on here there was alot of hype about the solid sky poker community.

Almost all of the money I've raised so far has been donated by sky poker players, none of whom i've ever even met.

Shows that some of that old community spirit is still there.

Can't thank you all enough, the Sanctuary are blown away by your support.

Thank you.

Enjoy your weekends. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tikay10 · August 2016

As to advice & preparations for The Big Run, I can't assist much EXCEPT for this question;

"Any tips on things to/not to eat the day before the race?"

I'd be avoiding prunes.

mattprawn · August 2016

Hi Dohh

Glad to see running continues to progress well. If you don't mind some input from me, I can add a few thoughts on your questions from my own experience.

Firstly, from what you've posted, I'd be very confident that you'll be fine for the half marathon on the 11 September even if you don't go out again between now and then. However, if it were me...

A lot of distance running is mental rather than physical and it's great to be confident that you can achieve the distance as you stand on the start line. Therefore, if it were me, I'd go for one final "long run" this weekend. Take it easy so your last memory of a long run is a positive one, I'd suggest running first 10 miles at around 30 seconds per mile less than your normal comfort level and then finishing strongly if you feel you have it in you.

I'd carry on doing park runs up to the weekend before and then probably find time for one 4 or 5 mile easy run in the middle of the week leading up to the main event.

Most important though is the day itself. Don't do anything different to what you would do if it was a training run on your own. Don't try and do a massive carb load the night before and definitely don't use a load of energy drinks or glucose tablets that you haven't used in training. Final bit of advice, which I never quite manage to get right, is to take it very easy on the day itself for at least the first half. The danger of the adrenaline buzz, feeling physically great etc makes it tempting to go off far too fast - I've always got far more out of running all the way round and finishing fast than the opposite, even where the latter led to a better overall time.

all the best

Matt

GaryQQQ · August 2016

Very good advice from Matt, I agree with pretty much everything he has said. You don't really need a long drawn-out taper for a half-marathon. Another long run a week before race day will be fine. Eat normal food, etc. It's easy to worry too much about your first big running event. You are definitely ready and I'm confident you'll complete the course. All the hard work is in the bank, the only thing you need fear now is an injury bad-beat.

His pacing advice is spot-on, essentially he's urging you to repeat what you've already done in the 10K. Spending the last few miles overtaking the many people who started too fast is much more fun than being one of those being overtaken.

If it weren't for that storm I'm sure you'd have finished that 10 miler without any difficulty. Perhaps the lesson here is that you need to buy some kit. Proper running stuff is very light, it doesn't carry much sweat/rain and drys very quickly. If you were in the kind of gear you had on at the 10K it would have weighed you down heavily, stuck to you, rubbed in an unpleasant manner. A horrible way to have to run. Cheap Sports Direct stuff (Karrimor) is fine in my experience, just as good as expensive brands.

mrsduck · August 2016

DOHHHHH you are super hot!

Congrats on the 10k too

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DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

DOHHHHH you are super hot! Congrats on the 10k too )
Posted by mrsduck

This comment alone deserves TOTP to be brought back for a week.

Ta Duck

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& ty Matt, Gary & TK, just the sort of stuff I was after.

I kind of knew even before asking the questions, that unless the advice was "definitely dont" I was going to go for another 10 miler early next week.

Mainly for the mental game reasons Matt stated.

Althought I'm very confident I can get the distance, there is still doubts. A steady 10 miler should kick them to the curb.

I've got to confess I found the run yesterday really boring.

What I love is pushing myself to go the extra mile (quite literally) where the brutal battle between mind and body is at its most fierce, blasting through the pain barrier to improve on PBs (be it distance or speed).

So just running within myself with no real end goal did bore me abit.

Maybe it was just an off day. And I guess training is supposed to be hard and often monotonous, it's the end goal I'm after and it'll all be worth it.

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Park run tomorrow however is the total opposite.

Already excited to get out and take on my PB again.

Without a doubt it's the highlight of my weekend. Bring it onnnnnnn

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Glenelg · August 2016

TOTALLY agree with Matt & Gary,

IMO the main thing is NOT to get carried away with the pace at the start.

Everyone goes mental at the start and if you go "canny" you'll be amazed at the folk you pass

in the 2nd half.

P.S. Think about it....JJ doing a half-marathon??? Who'd have thunk it!

p.p.s. as Gary says an injury bad beat is the ONLY thing in your way.

Personally, I'd be just jogging now and trying to avoid tripping/falling down stairs!

KUDOS for what you've achieved so far.

GaryQQQ · August 2016

Congrats on another massive PB today

DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

Congrats on another massive PB today
Posted by GaryQQQ

haha is that a wee rubdown Gary?

If not, I'll take it as one as I deserve it.

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I've noticed over the years that myself, and occasionally a certain other diary owner whos name begins with L, ends in 180 and has ambert in the middle, are always quick to post when we have something to brag about, not so much when things don't go according to plan.

Seems that applies to my running as well as cards. Apoliogies.

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No PB yesterday, but I guess it was the 2nd best result, in that I didn't run.

So my streak is still alive.

The problem was I woke really really tired.

And my legs felt a little weak.

After the 10 miler on Thursday I probably shouldn't have gone swimming on Friday, but I thought a steady 40 lengths would relax my muscles more than anything.

Turns out I was wrong, and although I was up in tme yesterday I really wasn't feeling good.

So 10% with the race date and injury prevention in mind, and 90% coz I'm a lazy POS, I decided to skip Park Run this week.

Actually it's probably more like 0.5%/99.5% in favour of lazyness if I'm honest. ugh. poor from me.

Big run on Tuesday to make up for it xxx

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/woofwoofx

GaryQQQ · August 2016

There's nothing wrong with taking an unscheduled rest day, in fact it's recommended. It's important to listen to your body and act accordingly. Forcing yourself out when tired or unwell is unwise. No training schedule is set in stone, to be followed rigidly no matter what.

When I posted yesterday I had just opened Parkrun results page and saw your name with 'PB' next to it. Unfortunately I didn't notice it hadn't been updated and that I was looking at last weeks results. Sorry about that.

I'm a week ahead of you race-wise. I'm running in the Bridwater Half Marathon a week today. I'm not tapering much because the marathon is my main focus, and it's only 10 weeks away now. I succesfully mananged my first 20 mile long-run on Friday, in the heat of the day, on far from fresh legs, so very happy with that. My plan is to run as usual up to and including Wednesday (8 miles easy today, rest Monday, 7 miles with speedwork on Tuesday, 10 miles easy on Wednesday). Then I'm going to cut-back. 3 miles at race pace on Thursday, rather than my usual 5. Another 3 miles at race pace on Friday instead of a long run.

In the tapering phase I always run on all my usual days, I find I feel stale if I skip entire runs, or jog around at a ridiculously slow pace. I prefer to go out as usual but reduce the distance run. I avoid bombing it around too fast, but ticking-over at race pace, or close to it, for a while leaves me feeling sharp and keen to race.

Saturday is always a rest day for me. I can't participate in park runs unfortunately because they start during my work hours.

DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

Good evening viewers

Today I took the advice of Matt, which was seconded by Gary, to do one last endurance run 11 days before race day.

It didn't really go according to plan, the idea was to just do a steady 10 mile and feel good about it.

In the end I did a steady 10 mile and I feel really bad about it.

Ill get my excuses out of the way first...

Long term readers will know I have some sort of (still undiagnosed) fatigue problem.

So far this week, and lots of last, it's been really bad again. I go through stages where I can stay on top of it, and stages where it gets me down.

Lately it's started to win again.

I was close to cancelling the run and "doing it tomorrow" but as they say tomorrow is always the busiest day of the week.

And theres every chance I will feel like this on the big race day and then there is no tomorrow......

So I had to drag myself up and out.

I think this is where I went wrong, I totally overlooked the warm up, I did 2 or 3 token stretches and then started jogging.

4 or 5 miles in it became really heavy work. Literally, my legs felt like they were carrying extra weight.

My feet hurt, my calfs started aching, my joints felt stiff, overall it was just very tough going.

Every stride felt like a real effort.

Energy wise I felt ok, at the end I wasnt overly exhausted but my legs were!!!

It was also deceptively hot on the route. That didn't help.

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So all in all not the best final preperation.

But what's done is done, theres nothing I can do about it now.

I'm just going to have to dig in and battle on, that's the part of running hate whilst its happening but the feeling afterwards is amazing and makes it all worth it.

It's going to be nip and tuck. 11 days to go......

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/woofwoofx

GaryQQQ · August 2016

Well, we know this much now; you can manage to run 10 of the required 13.1 miles even if you're having a bad day.

The 10 mile point in a half-marathon is just a parkrun to go. Even if you're having another bad day you'll be able to squeeze out the extra 5K to complete the course. You'll be so close to that tough target you set months ago that's there's no way you're gonna stop now. Just a parkrun away, that's how close you'll be. You can do it, and will do it. Dig deep and get it done. The pain is only temporary. The pride you'll get from finishing will last forever.

What's more likely is you won't be having a bad day and you'll be loving life as you power home in that final parkrun, passing runners who went out too fast and are now paying the price.

My suggestion for race day pacing is this. Go out at an easy pace that you know you can maintain to 10 miles. Maybe slightly slower than you set off in the 10K. When you get to 10 miles see how you feel. If you all is well, and you feel up to it, then put your foot on the gas and pick it up, finish in style. If you feel rough, just jog home from there.

MAXALLY · August 2016

The pain is only temporary. The pride you'll get from finishing will last forever.

+1. Gary is spot on there. Take it easy though JJ....don't run before you can walk. Oh....probably not the best line to use but you know what I mean.

BTW....put Doncaster down in my pre season League accumulator. Keep us informed on how badly they will let me down

DOHHHHHHH · August 2016

Thanks for the encouragement all.

Maybe yesterday wasn't such a bad thing after all, as it's left me in no doubts about what lies ahead.

It's certainly washed away any potential thoughts of over-confidence.

In a sick kind of way I'm looking forward to hitting that wall around 10 miles just so I can smash through it and overcome the biggest challenge in my biggest challenge at the end of 1 huge challenge.

Bring on the pain !!!!!

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This morning I received another of those lovely emails telling me someone had donated to my justgiving page.

I'm not 100% sure but I think it may be another long term thread contributor and origional Team Dohx7 member, TheDart. AKA (in some parts at least) Cameron.

If so, thank you so much matey, such a generous donation, which has made my day.

Massively thankful to you and everyone else who's been kind enough to donate so far.

And congrats to yourself and fellow thread Stokees, Alan, Elliot, and...welll....stoke....on the cracking signing of Bony, once one of the prems most prolific strikers over a big sample. Hopefully he finds his way back to that sort of form again.

Could well be the deal of the Xfer window.

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Once I add a few offline donations I've received the total will be around £300, which is a massive result for the charity.

Myself and Jennie at the Sanctuary are so greatful for all your support.

Thanks again xxxxxxxxxx

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/woofwoofx

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Each day that goes by the emotions get abit stronger, nerves, fear, trepidation, desire, will to succeed and the overwhelming emotion of Excitementtttttttt.

Lets goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!

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(on the negatives, monthly poker results tomorrow....)

And you have nothing to worry about there Alan, mini Fergie seems to have got us playing.

Even our main striker, who once said "I need 6 or 7 chances to score one goal" netted a hat trick at the weekend.

So we must be creating for fun.

In the bag mate,

TheDart · September 2016

Yes captain, it was me.

Not posted for a while, but I have been lurking and have enjoyed following your impressive progress.

There are so many positives from how you have approached 2016, I sincerely hope you continue to reap the benefits.

As for Stoke City, as football fans we are all different, but I agree that Bony looks to be a great signing for Stoke, if his hunger is there, he is just the type of player we have been missing.

Nevermind run good, just keep on running captain :-)

DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

Thanks Dartist ^ and thanks again for the awesome donation

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So, I've been putting it off all morning, but here's the August poker report from my first month @ 20nl.

Hours played = 102

Cash profit = MINUS £216.48

MTT profit = + £63 (god bless half time tournys)

Rakeback & promotions = +£122.50

Overall = - £31.48

Hourly rate = Minus 31 pence per hour.

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So those are the numbers.

I wont bore you anymore with a load of words.

It is what it is, underwhelming to say the least.

Lets hope September is better on and more importantly continues to be good off the tables.

DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

Always forget the poker stuff in here seems to be what people are least interested in

Can't blame you tbh, 100 hours for -30 quid isn't the most exciting read.

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Anyway on the positives, back to park run this morning.

I have to admit, recently I've not been enjoying running as much as I once did, the training has gotten tough and repetative, running within myself for 2 hour periods has gotten abit boring.

But the park run today definitely brought the buzz back.

I love the challenge of taking on last weeks PB, it's relatively short, fast, and we get to that love/hate period of hitting the wall after 20 mins instead of 2 hours.

I'm pleased to report an eigth successive PB, taking 27 seconds off the last one.

I'm now @ 25 mins 57 seconds, exactly 7 minutes quicker than my first attempt 2 months and 1 day ago.

http://imgur.com/a/3VsYH

It hurt alot today from a long way out but I loved every second of it

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Almost exactly a week to go until the big day.

It's getting quite scary, 16 months of work has gone into it, fighting off alcoholism, depression, agorophobia, chronic anxiety, mystery fatigue conditions, obesity (ok still working on this one) and being a lazy so d.

Scary that I might actually complete the journey.

But even scarier that I might not.....

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As I said when I started the fund raising, this week I'm going to be playing some poker with the profits/cashes (?) going towards the total, see if we can get up to the target.

The first 'Mayflower Games' will be the DTD comps (along with a few others) on Monday night.

Hopefully see some of the threadites at the tables there.

Good luck all battling away this weekend.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/woofwoofx

benc · September 2016

Still lurking JJ good luck with the big run how far you have got shouldn't be defined by how you do on a single run, progress is progress, just get that mental picture of the people that wrote you off ready for when you hit the wall lol. wpwp on the new pb as well.

Poker wise what do you think is the reason behind the losing month,standard at 20nl improved? runbad? 100 hours of husngs>cash imo

do you do any study/ review your hh's (a grind on sky i know) if you don't check out screencastify it's really useful and you can 2x the speed so plough through reviews.

waller02 · September 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

Once a party poop.r always a party poop.r I'm afraid. (which as you've just been walking the pooch I thought was an apt segway in, although apparently I'm not allowed to say it on the forum). To try to go from one extreme (never exercised) to another (half marathon) isn't just ambitious it's totally stupid. (GELDY sitting on the fence as usual). I went from an occasional game of tennis via 3k runs to 5k runs several times a week. Next stop crutches as both my achilles rebelled against it. (And I've run a half marathon before! ) You are doing great. If somehow a half marathon happens then amazing. But to ruin all that great improvement through hairbrained objectives would be so upsetting. So regardless of how much well meaning support you get for it hit that nail on its head. A 10k city run would be an awesome objective in itself, something I've had to give up the idea of ever doing anytime soon, but if you want a stretch objective then go for that, nothing more.
Posted by GELDY

Been away for a bit but this was one of the first threads that I had a proper catch up with. I have to say that I'm seriously impressed.

You have come such a long way since the last time I read. You had a few doubters, some more so than others, but most of us knew you could do this.

If you hit the 10 mile mark in sheer agony and are doubting if you have the strength to carry on, then you have the highlighted comment by GELDY to push you on through the final 3 miles.

I have just given my donation. I'm not sure if the doubters have or will be donating as well, but perhaps they should whilst eating a big slice of humble pie.

Best of luck with the half marathon. I'm assuming it's the London Marathon next year, Ironman 2018 then off to Tokyo??

unknown_username · September 2016

played JJ you,re an inspiration m8 , gl next week and do eeeeeeettttttt

conna donate

and i am a dog lover , am abit brasso and charity begins at whom an all that.

GaryQQQ · September 2016

Congrats on another massive PB today

(Yep, a copy/paste from my post last week)

Those tedious slower miles you describe are the foundation of your success. They've built and maintained your aerobic fitness, which in turn gives you the ability to go faster for short periods. All sensible runners, even Mo Farah, will do most of their training (say 80% of it) at a pace that feels relatively easy. Pushing too hard all the time is a common mistake that brings worse results and a higher risk of injury. Well done for not falling into that trap.

A couple of suggestions that might help; whenever possible try new routes. A change of scenery works wonders. Get off road if possible. Canal tow-paths, footpaths, cycle routes, old railway beds, trails, stuff like that. Don't be afraid of hilly places. The pace is unimportant, and conquering hills might give you some of that love/hate pain you mention. For ideas find local people, fellow park-runners maybe, on Strava who have public profiles and see where they run. Secondly, are you into podcasts? A lot of people listen to their favourite podcasts while out on their long run, definitely recommended, a much better distraction than music, the time seems to pass so much quicker.

DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

Thanks Rik for the donation, very generous mate. And for the kind words.

Hope your return to the forum and the felt is an enjoyable and profitable one

I knew in the back of my mind what Geldy (and my own father) said back when I started the challenge. I appreciated their honesty, I've often thought about it during training.

I didn't realise his words were so strong though, haha. Thanks for bumping that.

Hopefully I can prove him and my old man wrong, the latter especially as he will be there at the finishing line.

He can get the drinks in after

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Thanks again for the tips Gary.

I tried mixing up the route the other day as I have some wheels now.

I drove 20 mins away from home to run down some country lanes and by a canal.

Then when I was 4 miles from the car I got soaked to the skin lol.

Strava is a top idea ! I will get on that.

As for podcasts I've never really gotten in to them. I have a short attention span, something that's often cost me at poker. Especially in mtts when hours of good work can be undone by 1 lapse of concentration.

So I tend to prefer music as I can drift off into a train of thought without missing much.

I've found that with running I'll often think "oh god this is boring what am I going to think about for the next 4 miles? zzzz"

Then the next thing I've realised 3 miles have passed and I cant remember anything about it.

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Stoke, thank you for being so kind mate.

Don't worry about donating, I remember a good 9/10 months ago it was your own comments specifically (and those of Tomo and Geldy iirc) which spurred me on to make a doctors appointment and get this whole thing going.

Without that inspirational post I probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere near this close to achieving my goal so you've played a huge part in getting me here. Ty sir. Hopefully see you in DTD on Monday!

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@ben, ty mate, and thanks again for your earlier Donation

The poor month I'd attribute abit to run bad (the first half specifically) abit to struggling to adjust to the games on here, and abit to just generally not playing very well.

fwiw I was down $450 on bwin/party, so I mustve ended up a chunk on here pre rakeback.

Its just one of those things, I reckon I'll be able to crack it. But losing/break even months are going to happen. Just sucks it happened in my first month but it's made me more confident if anything.

This was last month on bwin...

http://imgur.com/a/zHN0y

And lifetime....

http://imgur.com/a/JKwo5

So I'm hoping it's just a (pretty big) blip. 20 buy in downswings are standard I guess? meh.

As for reviews/study....absolutely nothing nowardays. Unless watching twitch poker counts.

Maybe after last month I should .....

benc · September 2016

Graph looking boss! i'm clueless in regards to standard swings at cash but yeah would hazard a guess 20bi over a decent sample is bound to happen. Defo reccomend the reviewing if only a short bit of time like half hour/hour a week, id saythis whether you had your best month ever or worst month, personally feel like it accelerated my progress in game a huge amount once i did it regularly rather than just every few months when i ran really bad and thought i had forgotten how to play poker

, watching/listening to boss players on twitch defo counts as well as long as the poker brain is ticking over.

ACEGOONER · September 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

Graph looking boss! i'm clueless in regards to standard swings at cash but yeah would hazard a guess 20bi over a decent sample is bound to happen. Defo reccomend the reviewing if only a short bit of time like half hour/hour a week, id saythis whether you had your best month ever or worst month, personally feel like it accelerated my progress in game a huge amount once i did it regularly rather than just every few months when i ran really bad and thought i had forgotten how to play poker , watching/listening to boss players on twitch defo counts as well as long as the poker brain is ticking over.
Posted by benc

Defo cash > sngs on sky at the minute. JJ has the game to beat a relatively shallow downswing I know sky regs that have lost a lot more before turning it around.

Having transitioned from husngs to cash I wouldn't go back the other way other than to have a few fun games. The main reason being that the lobby is cluttered with regs from pretty much 6am to midnight, some very good ones too so you really have to fight for the right to sit and wait for a rec/weaker player to join. Even a competent player who is a bit rusty at husngs will struggle with someone who is atuned to playing hundreds of them every day.

Plus cash really is a purer form of the game and much more skillfull imo.

JJ good luck with your run on Sunday, I will be following from a distance with interest.

benc · September 2016

Yep agreed it's a very tough enviroment these days at mid-high stakes, the lower stakes not so much though imo, i'd hazard a guess anyone who is competent hu could defo beat lower stakes games on here for a nice profit over a decent sample and maybe print a better hourly multiitabling than at 20nl (again clueless about standard profit over decent sample so could be completely wrong). I've never played cash properly so have no idea about a standard downswing etc etc but having followed this for ages i'm sure dohh has been crushing cash whenever he has put the hours in so wasn't suggesting a sudden switch because of a losing month just know dohh has dabbled in the past and i'm always going to be championing the hu way of life, and yeah nothing pure about bingo shovefest poker:) hope the cash tables are treating you well Ace.

DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

I remember the old "no skill in shovefests" lines. haha.

It's probably the most misunderstood format of poker, people have no idea just how much skill there is in playing sub 8xbb even.

It is a fun and interesting format no doubt. But theres alot of off putting things about it, the main one for me would probably be the lack of action, plus the rake. I remember sitting for 30/40 mins accross £5-20 turbos/speeds one night and didn't get a game between 8pm and 9pm.

That's obviously quite rare but I'd imagine it's quite frustrating still especially if the lobbies are as AceGoon suggests.

The answer is of course to get better so that you can sit all these good players comfortably and win, but I'm not that good.

Cash action here is really good. I should be beating it. And I think I will....

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However, tonight is a fun MTT night.

I'm going to play the 3 DTDs as part of 1 man Team Mayflower, all cashes will be going onto the total, as well as cashes from some other mtts on here, £5 freezeouts/turbo £2 speed rebuy, maybe the mini etc.

Lets see if I can get some binks to get the total rolling.

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Exciting week ahead, and then a weeks holiday up in Scotland next Monday/Tuesday. Lifes good

Have a great week y'all

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*edit, now 2 man team Mayflower! Welcome aboard AJ rockets.

Lets go !

bbMike · September 2016

Told Lambo I'd pledge DTD profits from tonight, will be shipping the zero. Close to the cash in DTD1 but someone who doesn't like charity busted my AQ with AT.

But we shouldn't be results orientated, and that goes for your run next week too, you've come a long long way with your dedication to training, and so for that reason I've rounded it up to a tenner.

GL man.

PS - I guess you've seen the Gervais film (at least once)? Did you like it? Comedy that makes you squirm ftw!

DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary":

Told Lambo I'd pledge DTD profits from tonight, will be shipping the zero. Close to the cash in DTD1 but someone who doesn't like charity busted my AQ with AT. But we shouldn't be results orientated, and that goes for your run next week too, you've come a long long way with your dedication to training, and so for that reason I've rounded it up to a tenner. GL man. PS - I guess you've seen the Gervais film (at least once)? Did you like it? Comedy that makes you squirm ftw!
Posted by bbMike

Thanks Mike, very kind of you mate.

Bricks in DTD for me too, 2 off the money in the £1 comp the best I could muster.

I did cash in 2 x £5.50 timed tournaments for £6.98 & £8.15, as well as squeezing into the money in the £5.50 turbo with 1xbb for a huge (relative to buyin) min cash of £18.55

Taking profit on the nightt to a massive 45pence, but total cashes and money to be added to the fundraising total in the morning to £33.68.

A fair effort!

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I'll give it another go maybe on Wednesday, and Friday, and possibly Saturday to see if I can do better.

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re. the Gervais film, no I haven't seen it.

That's more a reflection on how his work has gone gradually downhill since the masterpeice that was The Office.

I forgave him for the awful films, and for Derek, and for the cringeworthy lifes too short and the lacklustre stand up, but my faith has worn out.

I'll probably drag myself to see it at some point, but I'd rather sit and watch the office over again for the 1,438,234th time than the film tbh.

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Thanks for all the support from you folks today, particuarly to Paul Lambert, Dave Harvey and his hitsquad for trying to get drum up some support.

Still a great community on here, well over £300 now and still the best part of a week to go.

tytytyttyy xxxxxx

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DOHHHHHHH · September 2016

Good Morning Guys n Girls.

Well my famous run good has strook again and for the last 60 hours in the week leading up to one of the biggest days of my life I've been laid up in bed with a severe sickness and diarrhea bug.

It's not been fun.

I've just turned the PC on for the first time in 2 days to post a little update as I feel a little better this morning but already the room is starting to spin

I'm not sure where this leaves me in regards Sunday.

In over 2 days I've only eaten 2 banans and 2 slices of dry toast, I feel so weak and fragile.

I'm going to try my absolute hardest to get to the start line and complete the race on Sunday.

If I can't run it all, I'll have to accept that and try to just complete it however I can.

And if I can't even do that well I'll just be devastated

Using my 1 time for a speedy recovery

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&quot;Sit &amp; DOHHHHHHH Diary&quot;

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