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@Rancid - Yeah, don't worry I am going back to cash. Been playing more than I have been recently, just using Hypers ...
1) to make the 3k point barrier, not a huge difference but I'm a winner at Hypers anyway so not like I'm doing something -EV just for points and I'm so close I might aswell get to 3k now.
2) They're great filler for when you don't have time for a long session. I won't play cash if I can't commit to at least 1 hour absolute minimum, preferably more. But if I got a spare 30+ mins, I could get like 20 Hypers in.
I did mention somewhere in an earlier post that I'm gonna be getting back to the cash properly and I am playing it more now, I'm only continuing with Hypers til the end of the month. Then next month it's probably gonna be 90% cash with just a few speed MTTs
EDIT: To be fair Rancid, with regard to the old and grey bit lol.. I'd probably be rolled for 20NL faster by playing Hypers than I would 10NL, but that's another matter. Cash is my game of choice, and that's what I've been concentrating on when learning. 50BIs X 20NL = £1000 and I only started in like September (I think)... I think I'll smash the 12 month target to be honest. I said a long time ago I can do it in 6 months, and still think I can.
Play high volume of NL10 cash and smah the granny out of it - simples!!
£1000 in 3 months with a head wind ) GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO
too much numbers crunching - play some god dam pokers man
EDIT: Thought you weren't supposed to be playing cash anymore cos it's too boring
I know what you mean about spreadsheets but you're asking me to be someone else lol... I'm massively OCD about that kinda thing. I have a spreadsheet for all the incomings/outgoings each month for the house, so at any given point I always know exactly how much is in the bank, how much is going in savings, how many bills are left etc.
It was just Hypers last night, and to be fair it had to come at some point cos of how good I've been doing in them recently, but I ran like a one legged donkey, got it in good FTW so many times like AT v A9 or KQ v KJ and kept losing. I was still fairly happy though because I was managing to outplay alot of people and grind them down slowly rather than relying on winning races so wasn't too much behind the pace.
Finished up having a best of 7 with a forum reg that I respect (he can name himself if he wants) and I managed to luckbox a 4-0 win to get things more on track.
In the end I Won 31 and Lost 32 for a £20.75. Pretty standard being -4BIs @ Hypers, it's especially good if that's while you're running bad!
Gonna be starting a cash session tonight at 10pm, but will be playing a few Hypers til then.
Hands Played: 48,516
Bankroll: £303.78
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 2994 (£35.93)
Hands Played: 48,516
Bankroll: £316.53
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 3021 (£42.29)
Built a monster stack in the first £3.30 Speed, something like 26k by the FT bubble, I had about double 2nd in chips, but you're always a race or two away from losing it. Got it in K9 v QJ and was ahead til the river, that was pretty sigh, then I made a pretty spewy jam with 89 3handed into AQ and can't bink, managed to spin up my 1k stack to about 6k but then bubbled the FT with top 3 paid... sigh.
Played the next £3.30 speed, same game, pays are £50, £30, £20. Got HU with Donk with abuot 22k v 11k I min-raise to induce with AQ, he jams with 22 and in true Donk style it comes 22x lol. Standard jam from him and he was ahead but just nasty to be drawing dead on the flop.
Then I made a pretty spewy call the next hand when he jammed on me with the stacks reversed so cashed for £30.
Played the £2.20 £500 GTD too, got it in A9 v KJ on 245 but he binked the river, sigh. Still a winning night but the £50 FTW in the other game would have been nice.
Hands Played: 48,516
Bankroll: £327.83
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 3036 (£42.50)
I Won 12 and Lost 10 for a £4.50 profit.
Need to make about £28 quid tonight to meet that target of reaching £400 by the end of the month, but tbh it's an abritary target anyway, and it's not like I'm gonna chase it. Will probably play both the £3 speeds and some Hypers, then from December the cash grind is back on properly.
Hands Played: 48,516
Bankroll: £332.33
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 3104 (£43.46)
Well I said I needed to make £28 profit tonight to get over the £400 mark for the month (including C4P).... did I make it?
Played a few speeds and never really got going in any of them, always frustrating as well when you get a table full of pure mackeral but just don't get going.
Decided to play a few Hypers to repay the MTT losses and freeroll my other MTTs for the night. I Won 7 and Lost 1 for a £28 profit, so easy enough to cover my small MTTs.
Last tourney of the night was the £5 Velocity (the freeezout)... started slowly but picked up a few pots here and there. Blinds had got quite big at this point and I jammed over a min-open... ended up getting called my original opener and BB and amazingly it was AJ v A8 v KJ and I made a sick hold to jump to a massive stack. Crushed from that point onwards Went into FT as chip leader (top 5 paid).
Some standard races took us down to 3handed with me on 60k and the other 2 stacks on 30k each, blinds are 1.5k/3k so all moves are gonna be pretty standard from here... button folds, I jam A4 into the BB and he snaps with AT.... siiiigh. So we swap stacks, few orbits later I jam QTs get called by 66, hit my Q... river is the 6.... siiiiigghhh. I never get that final smidge of luck you sometimes need late in an MTT to take it down.
Ah well, can't complain too much, £5 buyin and I came 3rd for £35.25 just frustrating when it's £94 FTW and to have that CL 3handed against 2 fish and lose it.
MUFFABLUFF 141000 1 £94
texsid 0 2 £58.75
Lambert180 0 3 £35.25
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Hands Played: 48,516Bankroll: £371.38
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 3150 (£44.10)
Talk about swingy times! In the last week or two of October, I managed to get my BR from £350 down to like £100 and just felt pure sick.
I got a lot of encouragement from good players though to just keep plugging away cos they/I know I'm good enough to win at these levels. So I did... I've played everything this month, Hypers, Speed MTTs, Cash, the DTD, satellites for Luton, and even a night of 6tabling DYMs as a little challenge with Emma. It's been fun having a mixture of games and has helped with things not getting stale.
I've still been doing pretty rubbish at cash this month but all in all I can't deny that I've ran pretty well and had a pretty sick month. I've got an 8th in the Mini from a free entry, 3rd in the Velo tonight and won a £3.30 speed early in the month for £50, still looking for that one big bink in an MTT. I've completely crushed Hypers this month and must be at least £150 up on them
AND on top of all of that, I managed to bink my seat in Luton and end up making a profit on the satellites!
I have now built my bankroll to £371.38 and have £44.10 C4P coming for a total of £415.48 which is an all-time high for my BR and I feel like it's a great acheivement as I haven't relied on 1 big bink to see me through, it's been a slow grind with a lot of hard work.
December for me is gonna consist of ALOT of 10NL, I'm gonna be stopping Hypers for the most part (probably play the odd few), and still play a few Speed MTTs cos they're full of value. Gonna take your advice Rancid and just put a ton of volume in and hope I don't have another October lol.
Wish me luck!
But don't worry mate, haven't you heard the tale of the tortoise and the hare... slow and steady wins the race. Let's compare in 12 months
Played a £3.30 £150 guaranteed Timed Tourney (30 mins) and finished as chip leader
Lambert180 16200 1 £24.30
Then someone pointed out most people got a £2 voucher for SkyVegas so I used mine on Deal or No Deal and won £4.16, so I'm up £25.16 alreadyspikeynut 11100 2 £16.65
84oriana 9400 3 £14.11
Hands Played: 48,516
Bankroll: £396.54 (+£44.10 C4P to come)
Profit/Loss: -£182.66
Poker Points: 3
Taking a bit of a break now, cos I felt like I was losing momentum and I've noticed a leak recently is that I lose concentration after a couple of hours and start spewing. Might just take 15 mins and go back, not sure yet.
If anyone is interested, I earned 51 points for 6tabling for 2 hours under the new system, but dunno if that's more or less than what I used to get. Anyone played a session of 10NL abuot that length? If so, what did you get?
Hands Played: 49,476
Bankroll: £411.31 (+£44.10 C4P to come)
Profit/Loss: -£167.89
Poker Points: 54
Ah well, now I'm back to just cash this month, and points are so low at micro stakes, I'm not even paying any attention to what I earn really, anything I get at the end of the month will just be a bonus, I'm more focussed on beating the game.
i havent logged any hours at nl10 to see what difference it would make to me. ive been playing nl4 today and will be for the short term and i can tell you im down on what i would expect to get under old system for the hours ive played today. i havent been overly tight either, just at nl4 you really have to get your stack in n called to even earn 1 point now.
good to see your back battling the cash. best of luck mate
As I said though, not too fussed abuot points, just focussed on beating the games.
Good luck at the tables.
Try not to pwn me later ROFL
I'm getting REALLY sick of running AWFUL at cash session after session, it's getting pretty ridic now. I just dunno what to do anymore, I'm not playing perfect but I'm playing pretty straight forward and doing the right things and the poker gods are just refusing to let me win.
Lost a full BI with TT v JJ on.. wait for it.... lol.... JT4
Lost another one over 3 streets with JJ on 26678... obv had 56
Lost another BI on 479dd with AA... obv he couldn't have smaller overpairs, FDs, straight draws, or even 2 prs so I at least have outs... no it's 44.
And the best of all...
Also played the £3.30 speed and bubbled, and played the £2.20 all in sat for Luton for the cash... still not managed to win the first hand of an all-in sat yet lol. £402.51
Hands Played: 50,436
Bankroll: £380.13 (+£44.10 C4P to come)
Profit/Loss: -£190.27
Poker Points: 141
if you feel days like today are happening too often then theres no harm dropping a level to restore confidence. its amazing how banking some wins in a row changes how you perceive things. keep at it mate but if you feel your on the slippery slope then get off before too much damage occurs. run good mate