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That was UKOPS1. Disappointed.
Small cash in the main, pure bubble on the side but with a head, got some heads in the mini and micro to give us a small profit on the first day. I've made money so why am I down about it? Well it's tournaments, deep runs and big stacks don't happen as often as you think. I had two shots to made a big score and failed. What gives me a whole meh feeling about it though is I really didn't do much if anything wrong.
In the main I was pretty controlled and lost my first effective flip. I say effective, it wasn't your classic pair v overs, I open with KTs, AJ in the BB flats and we see a 89T flop. I call off the check jam and they hit. I think we only started 23 odd BB effective so it's pretty standard. I win, I sit 3rd in chips with 18 left. I know and have turned these spots into FT seats a respectable amount of times so now the dust has settled I'm happy with my play. I guess I could check back the flop to kill equity holdings which will be about with the intention of getting it in on a turn brick, the downside of this is there are a lot of very non bricklike cards. I'd be looking for 2 through 5, board pairs and kings. Everything else kills either the action or my hand. The upside of winning that flip is probably too big to shy away from getting it in so yeah, I'm ok with it all.
The side bubble was fun. The table was short apart from the young whippersnapper Andrew1947 who had position on me. One of those spots where Andrew doesn't want the bubble to pop as he can nick plenty and I really want it to go so some chips can flow again and I can get a double. So I took on the micro stack twice, getting it in a 60/40 fave both times and not holding. Then I lost a flip to Andrew. Ba da bing, ba da boom. I guess I could have nitted it up for the cash but I was playing something like 12BB at this point. So no regrets.
So here's the thing, I can't play much better than that. Which means I'll probably play worse than that for the rest of the series. So it's hard to see where a score is gonna come from.
Anyway, rebuys tonight. Because that's always a cheap endeavour for me.
Sigh.
No budget or stop loss. I will be taking a lot of marginal spots. I won't be crazy throwing chips in the middle but if I think a range is an even money shot or close to the right price and I am yet to build a stack, it's going in.
Last night was the first time I've ever played any of the UKOPS events. I had a near miss in the Semi for the Sidey so only played the Micro and Mini but I must say I was very impressed with the structures. Such a refreshing change to not have that scenario where you have a decent stack of say 25xBB and then boom blinds go up and suddenly you have 12.5xBB.
Cheers for railing Emma btw, we were 1 place off getting 2 UKOPS FTs in the same household in the same night. Speaking of which, I made what I (now in cool light of day) think was a mistake on the FT of the UKOPS Micro and I've posted it in my diary, would be interested to get your thoughts as you're the MTT guru
Winning poker players need long term losing players, if a winning player beats a player, abuses that player etc he isn't likely to come back again. So winning player wins big one night but the player who might have played long term (spending their money on the entertainment of poker) doesn't play anymore.
Etiquette is very important in my opinion, no one is perfect and at times we all do things we might look back on and regret but on the whole poker players (and more so winning poker players) have a responsibility to act in a certain way. For me it boils down to whether players want to learn and try to improve their game or just take the easy route and bum hunt players of a massively lower standard/take any small edge to maximise short term profits.
Regarding Tommy's original post, I dont play much cash and dont know how much of a problem it is. Personally (and I think Tommy will agree with this) there are bigger problems, a large amount of which revolve around players actions some of which I find embarrassing (the most embarrassing thing is the fact they dont have a problem with what they are doing).
I'm in division 1 and the amount of abusive messages i get is unreal, at least 7 in every 10 people. It's a nightmare typing messages on the ps3 aswell, really not worth the effort .
Also in division 1, there will be people who if they go 1-0 up, just try and keep the ball by passing it between the defense and keeper for a full half. Absolutely ridiculous , life tilt !!!
Just spent a good 20 minutes catching up on the diary, congrats on team TSP.
Also hows the cat ? One of my cats goes missing for days at a time, but he comes back well groomed and well fed , hmmm. My guess is he has several very nice homes, but as long as hes happy !
GL with the rest of UKOPS.
Pm me if you want a life lesson at fifa
Then maybe you can gimme a lesson at MTT binkage !
You mention HU, I was playing a HU tournie once, the oppo was disco'ed. So I sat out and waited. When they returned four minutes later I didn't get a thank you. That annoyed me. What was more annoying was the fact when I got disco'ed later in the same game for about 2 minutes, this fellow had been hammering the bet button. What makes me stupid is I'd probably do the same sit out again in the same spot.
Here's an etiquette question for you and all. Taken from the recent SPT at Stratford, a player I will not name was on my left. After check/raising a local, said local tanked for a few minutes and asked the player if he'd show his hand if he folded. Player agreed, local folded and said player mucked face down. The locals at the table were up in arms, the internet players didn't say a word.
Do you think it was ok what said player did?
Would you or have you done the same yourself?
How would you feel if the local player had dipped into the muck and exposed your cards?
The first part of your post just makes me shake my head. I just don't get what someone gets out of acting like a plonker towards others.
The cat is in a sulk. We've got the GF's niece and nephew down for a few days, and as such he's not being allowed in at night. Twice tonight so far I've had him sat outside the backdoor wondering why he's not coming into the warm. He gives me those big eyes and I feel racked with guilt. Then I remember, you're not my cat.
A couple of min cashes in the mains, two finishes on or adjacent to the bubble in the sides and finished 3 from the cash in the Main event. I built so many big stacks but a combination of bad running and bad choices by myself blew them away. So many chances at a score going begging.
I'm not going to expand upon all of that any further because I'll just sound like a moaner, but it wasn't my best series. On the plus side, builds character and replenishes the hunger to get it right next time.
No doubt everyone was horrified by the Colorado cinema shootings last year. The trial has begun in earnest across the pond. Now Colorado is one of the states of America which has the death penalty. The defence have had a plea of guilty in exchange for a life sentence only rejected by the prosecutors.
Now here's the question, put yourself in the lead prosecutor's shoes. Regardless whether you agree or disagree with the death penalty (I'll flag up my take, I'm 100% against it in all cases) do you think the prosecutor has an obligation to go for the maximum penalty available on behalf of their client, in this case the State of Colorado. While I am 100% against the death penalty, I can't help but agree with the prosecutor's decision when you take away personal opinions regarding what the maximum penalty should be. If you take away the egotistical view that your own opinion is better than that of the legislators or in fact the majority of the state/country you live in, don't they have a moral obligation to seek the maximum penalty even if they personally think that penalty is abhorrent?
I never said I was always going to keep this diary light.
I'm surprised noone pulled him up over it, there is no need for that type of thing at poker.
The reason i enjoy poker so much, is that for the most part while it is competetive there is also a great deal of banter and fun to be had, especially live. In all the time i've played poker I can't say i've came across that many people that would act in that way. In my opinion they are a small minority.
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Well done on getting on to team Skypoker!
You have had some great results in cash and MTT's.
I was just wondering at what type of level did you start playing at? Was it the lower levels and you just worked your way up? Or did you start with a reasonable amount and just build it up from there?
I just play low stakes but i'm going to try and see if over the next while i can build this up and maybe move up the levels.
FWIW, I agree with you Tommy that the prosecution should be doing their best to get the maximum plenty available if X person/people are guilty, as that's their job, as a function of justice and also for the victims (or families of).
That said, I'm also very strongly opposed to any form of capital punishment. It was summed up very well by someone else and I dont believe you can have a society that shows that sort of violence against an individual, whatever they've done, and then expect people to accept the code and morality of treating people equally and not showing violence towards them.
During the hand, the guy asking if he will show is seeking information. The answer given is the one that the 'villian' feels is the right one in order to get what he wants in this situation. Don't we all do this kind of thing? We lie, whether it is vocally or by our actions in orderto win pots.
Obviously you were there and i wasn't and i may have read this wrongly but don't see any problem with it
The no show didn't bother me. It did make me a little uncomfortable, mainly because I could tell the kid was inexperienced playing live and I was trying to help him through a couple of bits and bobs (string betting, announcing bets etc) and was giving him some encouragement as we all started playing live once and the last thing you need is everyone acting like a jerk towards you. And there were a few at the table who were acting in that way. Then the kid pulls this one out of the hat.
I just remember at the time going 'wowzer,' mainly because I knew the reaction it was going to get and thought I wouldn't have the stones to try that when I first started playing live.
I was just posing the question wondering what the consensus opinion was.
So why have I been incommunicado for a day.
Well in Grant the cat news......
Bad news.
This is Shirley. She lives here now.