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Pat, ur such a sick puppy.
100m final, stateside & gud@poker - so jealous.
I'm going Mexico vs Senegal @ Wembley 2moro (wud hav been GB, but they somehow managed to top their group so will play Korea in Cardiff, sigh).
Skype u afta I get bak from footie or maybe Sun if u are on.
PJ
Agree with much of it especially about the better players being able to get away with only losing the minimum.
I think notes are an incredibly valuable tool in these games.
Against some players i'm snap folding to shoves but against others i'm snap calling with exactly the same hand.
Variance is so huge and it can be so difficult to not tilt when you do lose the 200/400bb flips that you have to take on.
A couple of days ago i lost the most i have in one day since starting on sky.
Lost 8 consecutive flips and numerous daft ones like aa v a7, kk v q7. Dealing with these well is so important. First time for me on here i properly went on tilt and slagged some players off ( not proud of that ) and as a result began playing badly and giving chips away.
Should have just done what i normally do and switch off laptop and accept that 'they' are entitled to put their money in with these hands and sometimes they win.
I disagree about number of regs in the games we play.
Mostly now when the table fires up i see that i have notes on at least 3 of my opponents.
Personally i like this as i find that much easier than a table of randoms where i have no idea of their thought processes.
I multi-table 7 dym's at a time, computer starts sulking if i play more.
I'm happy with this number anyway, feel like i'm just randomly clicking buttons when i go above that number.
I would certainly struggle with playing as many as you.
Have you done any research into your 'hourly' playing different numbers of tables?
Cheers
Jac
Fish Friday
Had dinner, came back and saw the games weren't any better. Decided to some tables of 20NL cash. Ran good for once! Finally..
well played m8.
dev
congratulations on the watch m8,
you've got no excuses for ever being late now!!!! lol
looking forward to the up-date.
dev
(Much of this was inspired by the following thread - http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/tripple-crown-elite-1006225/)
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This is probably going to be one of the most in depth blog posts I've ever written, so please bear with me. Before I start, I just want to emphasise the fact that this diary/blog isn't written with the intention of being one giant brag post or source of knowledge. I find writing my high and indeed low points, to be therapeutic. Writing them simply helps me to congregate and express my thoughts and emotions.
The beginning of June signalled an end to my first year of University. Exams were over and I now had 4 months of 'freedom' ahead of me. In the beginning, all I wanted to do was get away. Thailand, Mexico, Spain, anywhere. After such a horrible summer the previous year, I just wanted to do anything I could to avoid a repeat. That was my initial reaction.
As poker players, we're constantly required to inject logic into situations. We lose 5 flips in a row, and suddenly we're angry, confused, sometimes even desperate. Without injecting logic, it's all too easy to up the stakes in the wrong frame of mind and play games we're not only massive underdogs in, but also severely under-rolled for. So as I'm sat, deciding my options of the upcoming summer, I tried to think about what I truly wanted. I didn't want to move away from those I'm closest to, I just wanted to enjoy my life, summer, and times with family/friends.
Thinking back, it's funny. At the naive age of 13, I thought that life was somewhat simple and that 18 year olds' and older were mature, that they held some kind of a fundamental understanding of life. Fast forward to the age of 19, and I've realised that life is infinitely complex. I know that by my latter years, I won't know 0.0001% of worldly knowledge. To apply this to Poker. When you first play and win a few pots/go on a heater, you'll probably overestimate your skill and might believe that you're a great player. Fast forward a months, and a few lost bankrolls later, you may get a sense that the game is more complex than you initially believed, but still you underestimate it's intricacy. Fast forward a couple years and if you've put the work in, suddenly you might be fortunate enough to be a winning player. But no matter how hard you feel that you work, there's something holding you back from beating the more solid regulars, or reaching the higher stakes. Suddenly, you no longer feel your going anywhere and you've reached a plateau. I believe it's all too easy to accept this phase and not get any further.
I should know just how easy it is to not accept your full potential. I've done well at school and I'm at university, all be it slightly average. I think deeper about emotions and life, but hold no groundbreaking views on either. I've had above average girlfriends, and probably f****d slightly above average girls, but if I honestly asked myself whether I could have done better, the answer would have to be yes. If I could have previously pushed myself through the hard times, the plateaus and ultimately not taken the easy route too many times, I could be at a much better place right now - not only tangibly, but intangibly.
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Sorry to make it a bit of a philosophical thread, but it's a great way for me to channel my thoughts. Recently, I've spent some quality time with family, including my older half-brother. I was fortunate enough to be in the position to acquire a brand new 2012 Rolex.
I have a huge September ahead. I plan on reaching Priority and in the process play 1,500 SNGs & the SPT final in Nottingham. Furthermore, I've started an insane diet plan/workout to get me in shape for the Uni American football season, and (more importantly) for fresher's to meet some girls. Hopefully I won't burn myself out too much.
I wish everyone the best. If you've made it this far, you deserve some sort of commemoration.
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patwalshh
O to be 19 again, true aspirations of a 19 year old -_-
run good with girls and poker m8'ty )
Mods, close thread please - this is clearly a massive troll post.
Enjoyed the post keep them coming,run good in September.
Lee.
What do you create your graphs on seen as we can't use HEM etc on here, just Excel? I've been using Open Office which is basically a free downloadable carbon copy of Microsoft Office and my Excel skills are pretty good but some things on Open Office are just bizarre and I can't figure out a way to make a decent graph for my diary.
Poker's a cruel game. It can just take one session to make or break a player.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=34164349&postcount=66 (Durrrr losing $5m vs Isildur)
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Some Poker sessions are damage limitation. Nothing we do is right, and we find ourselves grimicing as we watch our AK be called against AJ, knowing the suckout is just 5 cards away. Some sessions we can do no wrong. Our reads seem spot on. The game just seems to become formality, as our win is guarenteed 15 minutes later, regardless of current stack size.
Last night, as I saw one too many buyin at £50nl hu disappear, a result of trying to bluff at the wrong time. I was in nothing but shock. How I'd turned the day from +£55 to -£150, gave me a feeling I'd never felt before. Sure I was angry, but I wasn't tilted in the usual sense. For the first time, I truely resented the bad players I was facing - Injustice tilt. I'd worked on my game harder than all of the players at the table put together, and yet they keep sucking out on me, or I'm running into the very best of their calling range. How many more times can I shove AQ from the SB and be snapped by AK? Financially, and somewhat more importantly, emotionally - I needed something big to happen.
I wasn't going to chase my losses at higher stakes. So what outs had I left myself? Still in the HU bounty shuffle, great - A £55 first prize if I'm lucky. Not enough. I was also in the Open Rebuy main event , my favourite Skypoker tournament. I was doing very well, with a 17k chip stack, when the average was just 9k. So often have I gone deep in this tournament, only to make fundamental errors, or to be outdrawn in epic fashion. A past unlucky, and paticularly painful occasion springs to mind. We were already in the money, and I found myself all in pre with AA vs 99 for a monster stack - only for a 9 to hit on the river. No repeats of previous tournaments I pleaded. Two mistakes later, left me with a below average stack. I found myself asking, why do I crumble in every tournament I play in?
The HU bounty was getting interesting, me and my opponent both had monster stacks, the winner of our match would be in a fantastic position to take the tournament down. My opponents frustration grew as my erratic playing style was getting the better of him, especially after I hero called with 4th pair to a river to an overbet. He started shoving every button and every small blind. I just had to pick my moment I told myself. I min raised with AQ, and find my opponent all in, I snap called and he shoves A5. The 5 on the flop sealed my fate. I was down to 1 tournament - The rebuy open.
Slowly but surely I grinded my way up. Stealing every pot I could. The cards weren't coming my way, but determination and well timed 3 bet bluffs slowly built my stack. As the field dwindled, I found my 3 bet called by button. I checked a 10 high flop to my opponent, who put in a pot sized bet. I snapped with QQ. Fortunately my opponent held a low pocket pair, and I got a much needed double up. From there, the numbers slowly reduced. Before long we were in the money. All I wanted to do was final table the event. Not for the money, but for the boost in confidence I so desperately needed. Before long we were down to 9 players. And then 6. I'd done it, I'd reached the final table.
Unfortunately my AK couldn't beat JJ for a monster stack and I finished in 5th place for a little under £400. With the SPT Final in Nottingham a week away, I have just a glimmer of hope, I can make a mark on it.
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patwalshh
I've gotta say, I really enjoy the writing style you use for your diary, makes reading it a lot more interesting than your average diary. I do pop in here alot even if I don't always post.
P.S. I'm still none the wiser when it comes to creating a graph for my cash results, might have to email my results spreadsheet to my work email and create the graph there where they have Excel.