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FINALLY WON A GAME ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Current record:
1-2-12
The only way is up. Or maybe sideways.
Being more balla than a limo full of hip hop stars, my crazy New Years Celebration was spent watching Sky News and FTing the 5k BHer. Managed to finish 5th, really unhappy of my FT play in this one, I think I threw it away to be quite honest. I gave a spin to a good player when there was no need to, and on my exit hand while I had massive equity (flopped FD and gutshot, plan was to check/jam 18BB) they really flagged up with their bet sizing that they had hit. I had much reduced fold equity and I'm wondering if I could have found a better spot. Anyways, that money goes on the December stats as far as I'm concerned despite the C4P dropping into January.
So onto matters at hand, the grind was started. My first session was an unmitigated disaster. I stupidly went straight into 12 tabling everything between nl400 and nl50. I just couldn't keep pace or track of the hands. I need to start a session with 6, have another 6 open and join them as and when I am feeling comfortable, and do this gradually. I need to accept I am not some Elky like multi table guy and have to develop these skills.
So I dropped £700 playing poorly. I took a break, watched a cat video on YouTube to let out the tilt and returned to 4 table NL200 to NL400. On a couple of tables in particular I ran hotter than the sun. Played much better than before as well. I got unstuck, which always relaxes the shoulders.
P/L - +£663.16
C4P - 880
It's a start.
Also, I just want to wish you congratulations on superb tournament results throughout the year. WP.
If you're going to be multi tabling nl200, I suggest you get ready for those swings, they can be fairly common. At least for me, other people might have a lovely low variance toodle along.
YAYYYY!!!!!
Blew apart all the decent work from late last night/this morning.
YAYYYYY!!!!
Played far too fast, far too loose and far too bad. The main problem for me right now seems to be identifying the level various villains are on versus me. I'm getting far too many call downs, I'm not thinking deep enough. Actually strike that, I'm not thinking wide enough, there are various levels of skill among those at each level between nl50 and nl300. I need to do much better work to see where they are at. Plenty of new players have turned up as of late and it's quite shocking not only how few notes I have made on them but when I go into the mental history bank, I get nothing. That doesn't happen with the mid to long term regs, if I don't have notes I have a ton of history and style of play in the old memory banks which leap out at me. I think I've gotten lazy, I think I've contracted 'button-click-itus.' Got to sort that out post haste.
I'll give you an example of my too fast/unthinking play. At nl200 I 3bet/5bet jammed with 98s over a cold 4bet just because their user name was a bit like a fairly well known one on other sites. It boils down to if it was them, it's more than likely getting through. If not it's a cold 4bet from a complete random which means 5bet shoving is carefully pouring gasoline over your wallet before clicking flint. I don't think that level of guessing is good EV play. (It did work though, this time, maybe it is him).
Silver lining, on course for the 50k C4P with the early pace.
P/L: -£39.01
C4P: 2304
Sort it out Tom.
Made a few mistakes today, plugged a few leaks though. Sadly many more to go. Not betting thin enough for value and calling off too light. The old problems. Also in the cash session I had aces four times in the BB and got a walk. Did not make me happy.
P/L: -£834.52
C4P: 4948
At this rate I'll be decorating the hall myself using brown paper bags.
Cash session two today, starting now 1.2k or so in the hole I decide to calm it down a bit. This session is probably the best one I've played this month. I managed to claw back £500 or so but more importantly I felt I was making reasoned decisions rather than clicking buttons. I've decided to play a nine table set up for the rest of the month (a drop from the 12 I was playing for cash sessions previously). I feel a lot more comfortable with the nine and plan to introduce lucky number ten next month if I feel I'm ready. Very much woken up to the fact I'm not a crazy computer wizz. It's all about slowly slowly catchy monkey for me.
Played a third cash sess in the afternoon, another winner but more down to running well than playing well, not completely happy with my play but it wasn't awful.
So as I left to go to Hospital Radio (if you don't know the story there, read up, it's there ...... somewhere ....) I was down 200 or so for the month. Now I have a Thursday night leak. I come back so full of adrenaline and so pumped up a ton of cash sessions I play after getting back from my show end in car crash like poker, huge pots, huge swings and more losers than winners by a clear margin. So how was it going to go:
One hour session. Played ok. Ran super hot. Flopped sets for fun.
P/L: +£435.96
C4P: 6290
Now don't get cocky kid.
Me getting owned:
Hand 2, just meh. I think I'm getting tons of value from Qx hands on the river, don't like checking it when they're check behind so much. Surprised they didn't jam over my turn bet TBH after the float with a gut shot, just picked up so much equity in the hand along with fold equity.
Will reply as soon as pos (I promise this year).
P/L: -£1792.46
C4P: 7653
Tomorrow starts Operation Get Back Even.
Throwing this hand up for you. Tell me your line and comment away.
Villain 1 looks ok from a limited history. To my recollection I cannot remember them donking the flop ever before this. Villain 2 is a reg, pretty much zero fold to 3bet pre and can call down pretty wide, will chase a draw to the death. Ranges for players 1 and 2 please.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance1 Small blind £1.00 £1.00 £713.22 style2737 Big blind £2.00 £3.00 £1435.29 Your hole cards A A 2 Raise £6.00 £9.00 £274.21 TommyD Raise £20.00 £29.00 £741.92 jakally Fold 1 Call £19.00 £48.00 £694.22 style2737 Fold 2 Call £14.00 £62.00 £260.21 Flop 10 2 8 1 Bet £31.00 £93.00 £663.22 2 Call £31.00 £124.00 £229.21 TommyD Call £31.00 £155.00 £710.92 Turn 5 1 Bet £116.25 £271.25 £546.97 2 Call £116.25 £387.50 £112.96 TommyD Fold River 9 1 Bet £387.50 £775.00 £159.47 2 All-in £112.96 £887.96 £0.00 1 Unmatched bet £274.54 £613.42 £434.01
chin up
The fact I have Ad I think sucks more than helps IMO. AdXd would be something I can see maybe leading with on flop and turn, and he can't have that. In game player 1 was the only one I was worried about, if it was me and player 2 all of the money would have gotten in and I would have been quite happy about it.
Thoughts on raising the flop?
You on xbox or ps3 ?