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Diary of an MTT player becoming a cash player :o
Hi K,
looking forward to the read. Nice bink! ;-)
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I recently got another decent result in a main event on here and have thought long and hard about wether I feel I can earn a steady income playing poker. I definately cannot play cash and earn a steady income. But my ROI on tournaments is sitting at 120% over nearly 1000 entries so I think it's possible to earn this way.
I don't think there are any other forum members doing an MTT diary so hopefully this will be a good read.
My aim: To remain disciplined with my BR and to become a priority member within the next year.
I have removed alot of my winnings from the ME cash and am going to play off a BR of £450 (This site only) which is enough on this site considering buy ins. I do work full time but will put in as many hours as possible with this!
I am also attempting the dym challenge aswell, so will keep up to date with that within this thread!
Gl at the felt all.
Kalie x
You have an amazing mtt record Kalie, just scoped u!
I dont know why u were doubting yourself in the clinic earlier. If it aint broke, dont fix it!
Good luck, i will look forward to reading your diary!
GL Kalie, you certainly have the game to do well in MTTs, best of luck
I sat down with the intention to sat into the primo at midday today, but it just wasnt happening!! I was playing ultra tight in one and shoved AQ (Only hand I played) and was called by A4 it didnt finish well. I was then set up pretty in another, but started spewing chips off and finished just before the bubble.
So I decided to move on and have a go at the 5k BH sat, again it wasn't going well I ran KQ suited into TT on a Q T 8 flop then immediately after I shoved JT in SB for 12 bigs and was called by Q2 off suit that was painful lol!
Anyway onwards and upwards I decided to enter a couple of Bounty Hunters, one at 13:30 and the other the 2 O'clock main event £11 - £500 GTD. The first one was going well for about .......... 3 hands then I crashed out I can't remember how and I have taken notes, just conveniently left this one out of the notes.
Ok finally the 2pm BH!!
I ran well immediately doubling up, flop goes 4 way to a min raise and 3 callers pre. I'm BB I hold J9 hearts flop comes 5 8 T (two hearts mmmmmmmmmm) very nice its then min bet and called all the way round I raise just over pot and it's folded round to the button who calls. Next card a rainbow 7, so perfect I bet, he raises I stick him in, he turns over a very slowplayed kings!! hmmmmmm . The best thing is the next card was the K of hearts which gave him a set but improved my hand to a flush lol!
Anyway I went on to take 13 bounties and build a big stack, but someone is miles ahead with chips!!
Onto another FT as chipleader yipppeeeeeeee! However it's short lived a few hands in I lost a flip 55 v AT then again with 88 V JT
All in all though 2 second finished in a row I'm content with, although should of taken down this one.
All in all half decent start could of been a bit better but binked at the end so ok!
BR: £600
Profit : £150.40
Oh and also I won the first DYM of the challenge in the 60p!! I folded everyhand and got through in about 5 mins lol!! On to the next one tomorrow!
Always a fan of your posts in the clinic.
Cheers,
Doug
hope you enjoy the ride
dev
I bought directly into the primo and a few others, bubbled +1 mini and min cashed in lucky 7's. Really not on my game tbh.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day as now down on my BR!!!!
From this point forward I am never playing cash until this thread closes. Really annoyed that I donked off money on cash tables above my roll limits
BR £431.34
Loss £18.66
Played really well from the start in a £11 buy in £300 gtd event, just slowly chipping up. Got all the way to the final table without flipping at any point. Went onto the FT as chipleader but immediately got my Kings broke by Q5, he rivered the wheel it was horrible, especially when he got it in on the turn with Q high.
Anyway got myself heads up once again with a commanding chip lead and felt pretty confident until this happened!
Left him crippled and very next hand won with K8!!
Worth staying up for and kinda sorted my BR massacre out from earlier. Nice to get a heads up under the belt aswell.
2 days, 3 final tables, two 2nd place finishes and one take down!!
BR £563.43
Profit £ 113.43
good luck on yr quest. if yr doin mtts u gotta stick to them & forget cash, like i say good luck & run good
bat trust me just stick to tourments u clearly good at them and feel more confindent at them then cash.
btw ul on the bad beat hu
u mixing any timed tourments with this ?
and u should if u got the time sat into tourments more offten better roi
Timed tourneys will be hit and miss although I do very well in them I just really don't like them lol.
Thanks for taking the time to comment
Kalie
TRhanks for commenting
Kalie
I love it and tried a diary too but more as an observational one with less hand analysis(none actually) or win/loss etc. Mind, i have managed to successfully load a couple of pics on ....have a look at my new poker outfit 0n "Profman15....The diary of a novice non grinder ....".....my devious kids bought it for me for fathers day....
All the best...
I'm happy to lend advice but at no point am I claiming to be a pro Im just pretty decent MTT wise, but my discipline is foul thats why I have the diary now, to try and conquer the BR management.
Gl at the tables
Kalie
Sat down about midday today to try and sat into tonights Main Events. Once again no joy, I ran terribly and was opening far to wide. Played a couple of the Bounty Hunters aswell the standard at my opening table on the £22 £600GTD was painful. It was limp call from everyone, I don't think any flops went 3 way let alone 2 way it was all 5 way with me sitting on the side waiting for aces
I'm going to have a small break now as have some housework to do, and will try to come back fully refreshed for tonights mains and the DTD. (Which I'm due a run well in, as never finished well at all in any DTD as of yet)
I ran pretty awful throughout the day, and gave up trying to sat into the main events, and decided to just buy in to them. I think I sat into the £33 one though, I just can't fully remember.
Anyway I played the DTD the main and the mini, and the £4k BH for a £110 buy in.
The deepstacks started pretty bad, I couldn't figure out the player UTG when I was on the button, he limped everyhand which ruined my game as he also called any raise lol. I ran deep in one, the 7:45 one but then DRUMAHAI destroyed my aces with QJ in a hand which would probably make the other chip leader, but looking over the hand history, I played it pretty bad.
I managed to donk off all my chips to GREGHOGG in the take on tikay as he slowplayed a full house, which funnily enough I was trying to rep.
The main event then started and I started quick, immediatly doubled up with KK v AQ all in pre he missed, I got my first bounty. Unfortunately it was my last bounty of this tournament as I consistantly donked off chips to another limp caller. (I get tilted by them and I never believe a limp caller can have a hand) In fairness this player limped every hand so I had no idea what he had ever. One min he had 7 4 o/s then he has AQ suited and flopped a flush but check called all streets as I am too predictable.
I ran well in the mini, I don't know where I finished but I got my buy in back via bounties which was nice. (I didn't cash, exit hand was KQ V JT all in pre)
Then finally the biggy! I don't usually buy straight in to these events but with alot of players in vegas, I felt the field may be a bit weaker giving better value. I was probably right in my thinking but there where still some very good players floating around. I am not 100% how many runners it had but it made its guarantee.
It all started pretty well tbh, I won the very first hand which is always nice! I had JT suited 3 way and flop comes 4 9 T and a player is calling me down with J9.
I also had a micro tournament reg at my table, who I thought had left as haven't seen them in ages. (Crazykaron) a serial min casher! (Which in the long run is perfect with a few big ones thrown in). Anyway a hand got dealt and I had AA utg, I raise to 150 out of 5.6k, crazy karon flats in UTG+1 out of a 3k stack, then the cut off shoves for 2.9K I am loving life at the moment, bearing in mind it's £50 a head! I decide to flat as crazykaron has to be folding here. After a moment in the tank she reshoves (Didn't really like this) hands go over AA (me) QQ (c/o) A2 hearts (Miss Karon). I am now loving this, flop comes spade spade blank then the ace of spades and another spade. ERM I am quickly looking around for a apade in one of there hands but somehow my aces hold!! Up to 11.5 k and chip leader!
At the third break I am 3rd in chips out of 16 but not far off the leader. (Top 5 paid) I grind my way to yet another final table!!! However I did get very lucky and unlucky prior! Mr Solack I owe you an apology for rivering a set of tens v your queens. But just before FT I lost a massive flip with AK v TT, meaning I was going onto the FT as short stack with only 5 paid.
The table went on for ever, I thought I played a hand really well but again got slated in the chat box for it, but oh well! I burst the bubble getting it in bad with AJ v AK and hitting my jack. (The player moaning in chatbox was this one so didn't feel that bad, a teeny tiny bit, but not that bad) I then Went on to the last 4 and somehow the massive chipleader found himself in a pot 3 way all in with me sitting on the edge hoping chip leader wins and I ladder to 2nd. This happened his AK held against AQ and T9 meaning I was going HU.
His stack 120k mine 32k hmmmm.
I absolutely battered him HU I was beating him like a pinata. Until I decided to trap him. (stacks 90k 60k ish) I limped with QQ to shove any low flop as he was calling light and flop came 7 8 J! Yes!!! I shove he snaps and turns over 9 T oh dear!! Insult to injury I rivered a queen.
Oh well another Chunk to the BR. Sorry for rattling on so much, hope you enjoyed yet another runner up! 3 days 4 final tables (excluding dyms
Good luck at the felt
Kalie x
BR £1,108.75
PROFIT £658.75