Lolpro runs eternally terrible [EvilPingu's Diary]

EvilPingu

Friday 11th May

Was going to start the day by playing a few 20NL tables. Unfortunately, I could only get onto 1 full table, nobody else wanted to start any more tables. Doesn't help when certain regs join and sit out, then sit in as soon as a fish joins, which I've noticed happening more and more at 20NL recently. Got fed up with pretty much single tabling and stood, played some DYMs instead.

Main and mini was a disaster - Got a pretty horrific outdraw in the mini which left me short stacked, and I ended up going out in the first hour. Had the biggest station donkey ever on my left in the main, which meant I was very limited in that I couldn't do anything besides play TAG and hopefully getting paid off. Also managed to forget to take the addon -_- S'pose I saved myself £11 in the end.

Exit hand from the main was standard. 20bb and AQ on the button, Pokertrev raises 3x UTG, I jam, get cold called by the Big Blind, and Pokertrev folds. Big Blind turns over AJ, I hit a Q but 4 diamonds on board, he had the Jd, and I'm out.

Uber short 4 x 20NL session, -£3.03

£5.50 DYM - W12 L6, +£21.00

£6k Rebuy Open (1 Rebuy, No Addon, £22) - 194/318

£1k Mini Open (£3.30) - 275/454, got crushed by getting stacks in with K7 vs A2 all in on a 237 board, turn 4, river 5. Was looking for a spot to get my money in thereafter with only about 15bb behind. Eventually found my spot in a 4 way limped pot, I'm in the BB with A3 and check. Flop AQ5, checked around, turn is a brick, I bet, someone sets me all in, I call it off, opponent turns over A5 for flopped 2 pair. I had the other guy covered (just) and was left with about 2bb, got it in with K8 and lost.

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Bankroll: £1,849.53

Today: -£7.33

This month: -£97.35

C4P: 1,922 (£19.22)

Monthly targets:

£5.50 DYMs played: 152/1,500

£11 DYMs played: 23/500

Priority Club progress: 19.22%

STT Leaderboard position: 22nd

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EvilPingu

Saturday 12th May

Didn't play yesterday, had to look after somebody else's dog. Not sure whether I'm pleased at getting free takeaway for sitting on my bum and watching telly all day, or whether I'm gutted at only getting a few quid of food when I could've won more than that (especially with more bad players at the weekend) playing DYMs instead :P

EvilPingu

Sunday 13th May

Again, didn't play much today. Made some money on the cash tables and qualified for the Sky Roller on Friday through the League Stars Freeroll. Maybe, just maybe I can take it down again

20PLO, +£2.44

Master Cash 7, +£1.83

League Stars Freeroll - Won seat into Sky Roller on Thursday

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Bankroll: £1,853.80

Today: +£4.27

This month: -£93.08

C4P: 1,943 (£19.43)

Monthly targets:

£5.50 DYMs played: 152/1,500

£11 DYMs played: 23/500

Priority Club progress: 19.43%

STT Leaderboard position: 22nd

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unknown_username

In Response to Re: Donk wins some money, at last. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

Sunday 13th May Again, didn't play much today. Made some money on the cash tables and qualified for the Sky Roller on Friday through the League Stars Freeroll. Maybe, just maybe I can take it down again 20PLO, +£2.44 Master Cash 7, +£1.83 League Stars Freeroll - Won seat into Sky Roller on Thursday ********** Bankroll: £1,853.80 Today: +£4.27 This month: -£93.08 C4P: 1,943 (£19.43) Monthly targets: £5.50 DYMs played: 152/1,500 £11 DYMs played: 23/500 Priority Club progress: 19.43% STT Leaderboard position: 22nd ********** 
Posted by EvilPingu

Well done on your roller seat mate and good luck in it on friday.

You gotta get your finger out and pick up the pace for your points though because before you know it the mountain will get harder to climb.

GL

Daz

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk wins some money, at last. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

In Response to Re: Donk wins some money, at last. [EvilPingu's Diary] : Well done on your roller seat mate and good luck in it on friday. You gotta get your finger out and pick up the pace for your points though because before you know it the mountain will get harder to climb. GL Daz
Posted by _ARAZI_

Yeah, I'm miles behind on the points this month 18 days and 8,000 points to get for Priority, so like, 450 points per day. Pretty tough.

Lambert180

You just need to get way back on track with your DYMs mate

GreekWay

You cares about priority?

Take down the Roller and will be fine...:)

GL bro...

EvilPingu

Monday 14th May

Played some PLO before going to bed, lost a big pot on what was going to be the final hand of the session, got freerolled with 3568 v 589J on a 467 board, and a 10 meant I got stacked

Decided to catch up on my DYM targets and C4P today. Wouldn't have bothered if I'd known that I was going to lose every time, regardless of whether I got my money in ahead or behind. Played 85, won 40. Bleh.

Think there was 3 DYMs where I lost because I sc rewed up, the rest were just sick coolers, or getting owned by people playing badly or playing Bingo. Lost count of how many people massively overplayed QJ or KJ, calling all in, then getting incredibly lucky. Not to mention the guy who cracked my Aces with J4 of diamonds. And the guy who cracked Kings with 95o, both of them calling an all in. Although I don't believe any of this "It's rigged" nonsense, it was one of them days where you'd be excused for thinking otherwise. 

The best thing that happened all day was getting slowrolled by someone with QQ, when I moved all in with KK. Surprisingly, my hand held up, too. The villain didn't say anything in the chat box, just left the game quietly with his tail between his legs, which I found rather amusing )

Played some cash too, and won about £35, although that was down to winning a big flip, top pair against flush draw + 2 overs, and my top pair held.

£5.50 DYM - W40 L45, -£67.50

10PLO, -£10.00

4 x 20NL, +£34.36

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Bankroll: £1,799.16

Today: -£43.14

This month: -£137.22

C4P: 2,396 (£28.75)

Monthly targets:

£5.50 DYMs played: 237/1,500

£11 DYMs played: 23/500

Priority Club progress: 23.96%

STT Leaderboard position: 23rd

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EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk wins some money, at last. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

evil check out pcspecialist.com, thats where i got mine you need at least 600 imo for a decent pc + monitor. If you are going for cheap, make sure you get a decent case(get a a custom built pc), so you can add mods to it when you get dosh...

Posted by WHOAMI196

Really love that site, thanks for the link There's something that I'd like for around £1.2k, will purchase it when the money I've withdrawn today appears in my bank account.

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Tuesday 15th May

Ran bad, played bad. Think I'm also getting slightly burnt out, which only really occured to me when on the live show, Redmond said something about Jason Mercier playing for 56 out of 66 hours.

As I wrote above, I've decided to withdraw most of my BR to improve my setup - Can't remember the exact specifications, although if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll post them in here when I've bought the computer. It'll cost me around £1200, give or take a few quid if I change my mind about any parts and accesories. 3 x 24" monitors though, once it's set up I'll be able to play a LOT of tables at once  

Might pick myself up a Logitech steering wheel with pedals sometime to go with my new computer, I used to love Racing Simulators a few years ago, but the closest thing to that on my Xbox 360 is Forza Motorsport 4, or maybe F1 2011. 

I wanted to play the Super Roller on June 3rd, so bought in direct to that for £110, and withdrew £1300 - This left me with a weird amount in my Bankroll, so stuck like, £41 or something on Lotus to win the F1 Constructors title @ 9/2 (Of course, this made much more sense than withdrawing the money instead...) and started again with £200. 

I'll probably be playing less over the next few days - Unfortunately, May means exams (sigh), so less time for Poker at the moment. However, I'll still be playing the Sky Roller on Thursday which I satellited into, and withdrawing anything I win, same with the Super Roller which I've paid my £110 for already.

The plan atm is, starting with £200, to start with 4 tables @ 4NL, and slowly build up the amount of tables I'm playing to a point where I can find out what is the optimal amount of tables for me. I suspect that at 4NL, I'll be able to play as many tables as I want tbh, because I'll be folding most of the time anyway. 

Looking forward to the "Coach Kendall" freeroll tomorrow too, I want a Sky Poker hoodie

4 x 10NL (Deep stack tables), +£5.25

Action Table 24, -£5.28

Master Cash 9, -£105.03, saw a really loose table with a lot of value and some easy money to be gained from sitting down and playing TAG, got a sick cooler, AT v 88, flop AT8. Ouch.

Main event - Out before mini started so saved myself £3.30, yay lol

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Bankroll: £1,672.10 >>>> £200.00

Today: -£127.06

This month: -£253.72

C4P: 2,489 (£29.87)

Monthly targets:

£5.50 DYMs played: 237/1,500

£11 DYMs played: 23/500

Priority Club progress: 24.89%

STT Leaderboard position: 23rd

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rancid

BEST OF LUCK!

scotty77

IMO 2 monitors is fine...like you're going from a tiny laptop screen to 3 24in monitors like I don't see how you are gonna utilise that kind of setup.  Just buy 2...redeposit the extra hundy or whatever and then if you need it in the future monitors are fairly cheap

devonfish5

gl Evil with your new set up,
sure you will enjoy hours of fun with it.
glad to see you didn,t just lose it and have treated yourself to something nice.
best wishes m8,
:-)
devon
ps,
have to agree with scotty,
2 monitors will give you 18/24 tables comfortably.
although,saying that a 3rd would be handy 4 the home page,re making it more simple loading tables,etc.

rancid

I would say just buy one monitor for now and see how you get on with 12 tables -
if you get to a stage where you feel your comfortable and need another monitor then just buy another one

I struggle with 9 running at once, some people run 24 - god knows how they do it

GreekWay

I will agree with what the guys above said. The expensive and most important thing is to build a super good computer that will handle as many tables as possible. That will cost a decent amount of money.

You can start with 2 monitors and see how it goes. A 24" monitor should cost arounf 130ish so there is no need to worry about that.

unknown_username

Best of luck Evil. The new setup should be pretty sick! Make sure you post a picture when you can. I find it easier to motivate myself when I've withdrawn from my roll, it makes the wins look bigger haha. I'm in the Roller on thursday too, so heres to us HU on final table.

Edit: Forgot to ask what you study and where? If you don't mind me asking

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

BEST OF LUCK!
Posted by rancid

Thanks

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

IMO 2 monitors is fine...like you're going from a tiny laptop screen to 3 24in monitors like I don't see how you are gonna utilise that kind of setup.  Just buy 2...redeposit the extra hundy or whatever and then if you need it in the future monitors are fairly cheap
Posted by scotty77

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

I will agree with what the guys above said. The expensive and most important thing is to build a super good computer that will handle as many tables as possible. That will cost a decent amount of money. You can start with 2 monitors and see how it goes. A 24" monitor should cost arounf 130ish so there is no need to worry about that.
Posted by GreekWay

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

gl Evil with your new set up, sure you will enjoy hours of fun with it. glad to see you didn,t just lose it and have treated yourself to something nice. best wishes m8, :-) devon ps, have to agree with scotty, 2 monitors will give you 18/24 tables comfortably. although,saying that a 3rd would be handy 4 the home page,re making it more simple loading tables,etc.
Posted by devonfish5

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

I would say just buy one monitor for now and see how you get on with 12 tables - if you get to a stage where you feel your comfortable and need another monitor then just buy another one I struggle with 9 running at once, some people run 24 - god knows how they do it
Posted by rancid

My thinking behind 3 monitors was for the reasons Devonfish said - At the moment, I play with the laptop plugged in permanently next to the desktop with the lobby web page open, and all my tables on the desktop with the client logged in on there.

It'll probably be a couple of days before the money I withdrew is in my bank account, so still got time to decide whether I want 2 monitors or 3. Having 3 monitors sounds more impressive in brag posts though :P

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

Best of luck Evil. The new setup should be pretty sick! Make sure you post a picture when you can. I find it easier to motivate myself when I've withdrawn from my roll, it makes the wins look bigger haha. I'm in the Roller on thursday too, so heres to us HU on final table. Edit: Forgot to ask what you study and where? If you don't mind me asking
Posted by patwalshh

Fingers crossed, last time I qualified for the League Stars Freeroll in March, I won it for £1,770, and the guy who came 4th also qualified through the Freeroll, so it's definitely possible to cash. I'm actually surprised that more people don't enter the Sky Roller after the Freeroll, as they surely have to think there's going to be a slightly weaker field that week than any other time of the month.

As for what I study and where, I'm currently studying absolutely nothing, lol. Still a student, sort of, but haven't had to go to a lesson for ages, basically only going in for exams (AS French and A2 Maths retakes) now. 

Got an angry letter from the College today actually, which is a "Final Demand" for £23 that I apparently owe them - In reality, there was an exam in January which I paid for myself and subsequently didn't attend, so they're charging me twice for the same thing. However, they aren't having any of it, and said they're going to send debt collectors around if I don't give them £23 within a couple of weeks. 

Tbh, I can't be bothered with the hassle of not paying, so I'll just give them £23 and tell them to stick their College up their ****, a decision made even easier by the fact they won't let me do any of the courses I want to do next year, either.

As a result, I've applied to Cirencester College, which is about 16 miles away from my house in Swindon (which is gonna suck next year, but if it gets me to University in 2013, then it's worth it) and I have an interview on Friday. Don't know exactly what I'll be studying yet, hopefully I'll get on to A2 French, see if I can do the whole of A-Level Further Maths in a year, maybe of A-Level Chemisty too, we'll see. I'll definitely post something about it on Friday if things are any clearer by then, which hopefully they will be.

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Anyway, Pokerz!

Wednesday 16th May

Barely played today, had a go at the Coach Kendall Freeroll and crashed out early (I wanted a hoodie... Oh well, there's always TSP when it comes back). 

4 x 4NL, 41 hands, +£2.91, played for 10 minutes or so, then decided I couldn't be bothered, but won a flip before leaving.

Coach Kendall Freeroll - Out in 750th or something. Limp, and a 4x raise on the button, I'm in the SB with 66. Button had been a maniac from what I'd seen so far, and I thought 66 was the best hand.

It was actually a really strange hand, thought I had the best hand most of the time, but stack size couldn't have been any more difficult. Calling is going to be really awkward post-flop OOP v 2 opponents with 66. Not deep enough to set mine, 3bet/fold iss yuck, shoving seems like I'm risking everything either hoping to flip or everyone folds and I win 5bb, really awkward spot. 

Of course, being a donk, I went for the gamble everything option, rather than the safer (and probably correct) option of throwing the hand away. However, in a format where there's 1k people and only 6 get paid, I guess that means you need to win a few races at some point anyway. I was surprised when the limper snap called my 30bb shove with 99, and the button snap folded. Anyway, the 9s held and it was game over.

Removed the DYM targets and Priority targets following the withdrawal, as neither are realistic while rebuilding my BR.

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Bankroll: £202.91

Today: +£2.91

This month: -£250.81

C4P: 2,489 (£29.87)

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EvilPingu

Note to self: Smaller post next time, I nearly broke teh forum

Dazler

N1 on treating yourself to the set up. No point winning at poker if we cant treat ourselves, I have a 22inch monitor but have always used my laptop and reading this made me wipe off the dust on it and had a go using it yesterday, it did feel a bit weird and resolution wouldnt allow that many open unless i had the mini view on which i generaly hate. It certainly gets some getting used to but i can manage around 6-8 comfortably unfortunately my lap top ends up trying to work to hard and eventualy the tables slow right down and become a little unresponsive after a couple of hours. Anyways gl buddy hope you enjoy it

devonfish5

gl Evil with re-building your br
i,m sure u will do it
:-)
dev

simonnatur

Just thought I'ld mention I just got a 24" monitor and am using it in tandem with my laptop. This is working well for me and gives me 9 tables in mini with a little overlap on the monitor which is the max i can play comfortably atm anyway. 3 monitors seems a bit ott to me.

I didnt do a huge amount of shopping around but went for this and am very pleased with it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005QVZ79C/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

If you need them these HDMI leads are a huge bargain compared to the £10 minimum you pay in the high st

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0017RW94A/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Oopnorth

Nice one Pingu, I have no idea on the cost of such a high tech set up but others seem to have,, only advice I could dare to give is listen to them on what you need and then shop around the Internet til your fingers are sore and get the right item at the best price,,, then personally I would use what left of that 1200 or so withdrawal and treat yourself to something non poker related. A break, some fun blokey gadgets, a dart board even, just something that you can look, i bought 2 laptops for kids through winnings here, very satisfying, now,  me I need a new shed but thats hardly something useful to a student, just something where you can smugly think,  I won that through poker, I can do it again.
Good Luck in the roller !

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

then personally I would use what left of that 1200 or so withdrawal and treat yourself to something non poker related. A break, some fun blokey gadgets, a dart board even, just something that you can look, i bought 2 laptops for kids through winnings here, very satisfying, now,  me I need a new shed but thats hardly something useful to a student, just something where you can smugly think,  I won that through poker, I can do it again. Good Luck in the roller !
Posted by Oopnorth

Unfortunately, there's nothing left of the £1,300 withdrawal, the PC cost £1,305. Ouch! 

For those who are interested, from what I can remember:

- 2 x 22" monitors (1920 x 1080)

- Intel Core i7-3770k Processor

- 16GB RAM

- 1TB Hard drive

Also bought some decent speakers, a gaming headset, and some other bits and pieces. 

Swog

hi mate, first of please stay away from my tables when you venture down to NL4!

You said you are considering doing a further maths A Level next year? i studied both maths and further maths and recieved A* and A respectively. Now i'm at Manchester universtiy and have just finished my 1st year there.

Anyway, are you looking to study maths at university level? if so i can point you in a few directions....

Spad3s

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary] : Unfortunately, there's nothing left of the £1,300 withdrawal, the PC cost £1,305. Ouch!  For those who are interested, from what I can remember: - 2 x 22" monitors (1920 x 1080) - Intel Core i7-3770k Processor - 16GB RAM - 1TB Hard drive Also bought some decent speakers, a gaming headset, and some other bits and pieces. 
Posted by EvilPingu

Is this pc just for poker and browsing the net.
If it is, its wayyyyy too expensive and specs are too high.

If its just for poker the screen is the most important thing. I would make sure to get at least 1920x1200 res and if possible splash out on a 27 inch screen with higher res again.

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

hi mate, first of please stay away from my tables when you venture down to NL4! You said you are considering doing a further maths A Level next year? i studied both maths and further maths and recieved A* and A respectively. Now i'm at Manchester universtiy and have just finished my 1st year there. Anyway, are you looking to study maths at university level? if so i can point you in a few directions....
Posted by Swog

Lol :P

Congrats on them grades Yeah, definitely want to do Further Maths next year if I can, and I'll probably end up doing Maths at University, too. Any advice is more than welcome

Swog

Thanks.
It depends really on your ability and joy for the subject. If you have no real interest you'll go no where fast.
Further maths is harder than maths A-Level and proably slightly in-line with degree level mathematics. I wouldn't advise learning the whole course yourself unless your super motivated, because it gets slightly tricky in parts.

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary] : Is this pc just for poker and browsing the net. If it is, its wayyyyy too expensive and specs are too high. If its just for poker the screen is the most important thing. I would make sure to get at least 1920x1200 res and if possible splash out on a 27 inch screen with higher res again.
Posted by Spad3s

For the most part, yeah. I play a couple of MMO's though, plus I'm considering picking up a wheel for the PC and getting back into race sims as well, so although it's probably overkill if I'm using it only for Poker, I'll definitely notice the difference with other stuff.

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

Thanks. It depends really on your ability and joy for the subject. If you have no real interest you'll go no where fast. Further maths is harder than maths A-Level and proably slightly in-line with degree level mathematics. I wouldn't advise learning the whole course yourself unless your super motivated, because it gets slightly tricky in parts.
Posted by Swog

Awesome, will take this into consideration, cheers

EvilPingu

Thursday 16th May

Only played the Sky Roller, which I satellited into through the League Stars Freeroll. My tournament lasted exactly 8 hands, before I got all my money in on the flop with bottom set, only for my opponent to turn over top set. 

EDIT: And I lost a flip on the live show for a free seat into the 5k Open. Running bad today.

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Bankroll: £202.91

Today: +£0.00

This month: -£250.81

C4P: 2,589 (£31.07)

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Lambert180

In Response to Re: Donk withdraws most of Bankroll. [EvilPingu's Diary]:

Thanks. It depends really on your ability and joy for the subject. If you have no real interest you'll go no where fast. Further maths is harder than maths A-Level and proably slightly in-line with degree level mathematics. I wouldn't advise learning the whole course yourself unless your super motivated, because it gets slightly tricky in parts.
Posted by Swog

Yeah, I never went quite as far as further maths or a degree, but I remember before choosing to do A-level maths, my older brother (who was at uni doing maths at the time) said to me that you shouldn't choose to do A-level maths unless you have a genuine love for the subject.

scotty77

whats gonna be ur plan for grinding ur roll back up? DYMs or 4nl cash?  btw I hope you keep ur mastercash moves well and truly in the locker for 4nl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!