Diary of an MTT player becoming a cash player :o

Donttelmum

I'm a reg and I'm terrible.

I'm surprised your not bumhunting me Kalie, you've been owning me.

Good luck with your goals!

Donttelmum

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Hey Kalie, Becoming a priority Member, seen people talk about it, some one said the only "benefit" is a couple of freerolls. Is there any other benefit 2 it?
Posted by LARSON7

There's usually a small promo each month too.  Tbh it's not worth chasing unless you plan on getting well over 10k and then the rewards (rakeback) gets better.

IDONKCALLU

not worth chasing primo i got there once before didnt see the point only bonus is obv extra cash  but u play priority mini + main 

i had to ave 2 weeks of after grinding 70 hrs a week for a month done my fricking head in no social life but good  luck hope ya make it :0 

Batkin88

Cheers for all the above, Geldy excellent post I will take note!

1st session done, not great tbh I finished down £28 but I know what I done wrong and went from there. Had a horrible £80 pot leave on the river to a 3 outer all in on the turn. So should of been up tbf and not too unhappy with my play.

I have a few hands if you don't mind looking at and commenting on it will be very helpful!

1) Blind on blind/button on blind in a tournament I would sometimes raise the river for value should I be doing this here? Or is it just a call?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Batkin88	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£29.85
NAROW	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£17.91
darkwinter	Sit out
	Your hole cards	8 8
Lambert180	Fold
graham1941	Fold
What_if	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£38.91
Batkin88	Call		£0.75	£2.10	£29.10
NAROW	Fold
Flop
		4 10 5
Batkin88	Check
What_if	Bet		£1.20	£3.30	£37.71
Batkin88	Call		£1.20	£4.50	£27.90
Turn
		6
Batkin88	Check
What_if	Bet		£3.30	£7.80	£34.41
Batkin88	Call		£3.30	£11.10	£24.60
River
		4
Batkin88	Check
What_if	Bet		£7.80	£18.90	£26.61
Batkin88	????

Hand 2) This is just for what_if

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
What_if	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£51.43
Batkin88	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£37.59
	Your hole cards	8 10
NAROW	Fold
darkwinter	Fold
graham1941	Fold
What_if	Raise		£0.45	£0.90	£50.98
Batkin88	Call		£0.30	£1.20	£37.29
Flop
		6 7 10
What_if	Bet		£0.90	£2.10	£50.08
Batkin88	Call		£0.90	£3.00	£36.39
Turn
		Q
What_if	Bet		£2.25	£5.25	£47.83
Batkin88	Call		£2.25	£7.50	£34.14
River
		K
What_if	Bet		£3.75	£11.25	£44.08
Batkin88	Raise		£18.75	£30.00	£15.39
What_if	Fold
Batkin88	Muck
Batkin88	Win		£14.25		£29.64
Batkin88	Return		£15.00	£0.75	£44.64

Hand 3) Is this too aggro?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
What_if	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£29.55
Batkin88	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£40.84
	Your hole cards	J 8
NAROW	Fold
bet3pm_co	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£16.83
Lambert180	Fold
roddyboo28	Call		£0.90	£2.25	£50.47
What_if	Fold
Batkin88	Call		£0.60	£2.85	£40.24
Flop
		2 J K
Batkin88	Check
bet3pm_co	Bet		£1.43	£4.28	£15.40
roddyboo28	Fold
Batkin88	Raise		£5.71	£9.99	£34.53
bet3pm_co	All-in		£15.40	£25.39	£0.00
Batkin88	Call		£11.12	£36.51	£23.41
Batkin88	Show	J 8
bet3pm_co	Show	A Q
Turn
		7
River
		Q
bet3pm_co	Win	Pair of Queens	£34.71		£34.71

Hand 4) Got myself in a right mess as did not expect the flat, if the flop always just a shove regardless of cards?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
unbpower	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£61.60
kezzzz	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£23.24
kevmunro58	Big blind		£0.30	£0.75	£29.70
	Your hole cards	K A
Batkin88	Raise		£1.20	£1.95	£57.26
Lambert180	Fold
kevmunro58	Call		£0.90	£2.85	£28.80
IDONKCALLU	Raise		£5.10	£7.95	£28.98
unbpower	Fold
kezzzz	Fold
Batkin88	Raise		£17.70	£25.65	£39.56
kevmunro58	Call		£17.70	£43.35	£11.10
IDONKCALLU	Fold
Flop
		6 2 7
Batkin88	All-in		£39.56	£82.91	£0.00
kevmunro58	All-in		£11.10	£94.01	£0.00
Batkin88	Unmatched bet		£28.46	£65.55	£28.46
Batkin88	Show	K A
kevmunro58	Show	J J
Turn
		Q
River
		2
kevmunro58	Win	Two Pairs, Jacks and 2s	£63.75		£63.75

GELDY

h1 hate the slow play as the board gets wetter and wetter

h2 that's for him

h3 depends on how often you get the bluff through compared to the numbers of times you are called and found wanting. High variance play

h4 each day and every day.  He has so little behind. But maybe a leak in my play

What_if

Hey Batkin, i had 666! Not folding this all of the time but ohwell, thanks for posting! I think we had more interesting hands, especially the 9 10 J 10 9 board and the betting on the river. Glgl .

Batkin88

Yeah that hand was good and still can't believe you folded!

2nd cash session went much better I ended up £127 up in only 2 hours at no more than nl30 so very happy with that.

My cash roll has now increased to £759 which Is a healthy increase after just 1 day!

I will be on from about midnight for a few hours to take advantage of the happy hours!!

C4P = 3073

DOHHHHHHH

A lot of bad/losing players (before rakeback) on those lower lists, wouldn't read too much in to them.

Couple of names that will give you a hard time but I would go out of my way to find quite a lot of those names rather than try to avoid them if I were you.

Good luck w/ the cash, nice start today!

GELDY

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A lot of bad/losing players (before rakeback) on those lower lists, wouldn't read too much in to them. Couple of names that will give you a hard time but I would go out of my way to find quite a lot of those names rather than try to avoid them if I were you. Good luck w/ the cash, nice start today!
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

c'mon name names - we are trying to help Kalie here

IDONKCALLU

id stay away from f-ivanovic on 20nl

DOHHHHHHH

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In Response to Re: Diary of an MTT player becoming a cash player : c'mon name names - we are trying to help Kalie here
Posted by GELDY

haha, not sure about the etiquette here.

1 fish & 1 shark can't hurt can it I guess.

In no particular order............

Lambert180 & idonkcallu.

I'd advise you to run from 1 and run after the other.

You'll have to figure out which is which!

liamboi11

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not worth chasing primo i got there once before didnt see the point only bonus is obv extra cash  but u play priority mini + main  i had to ave 2 weeks of after grinding 70 hrs a week for a month done my fricking head in no social life but good  luck hope ya make it :0 
Posted by IDONKCALLU

you back playing cash yet m8?

ACEGOONER

There was a pot yesterday that summed up my cash effort, from memory you had pocket k's and I turned  a very disguised fh, with you and one other bloating the pot I was very happy to get to the river to go to value town. But of course sky pulls out the third six giving you a better fh, I knew I was beat and had to sigh fold.

For some reason I cant post hh's from this pc even on internet explorer, I am sure you know which hand I was talking about. 

Batkin88

Yes I remember that hand did you have 333/222 then?  I don't think I could fold as played but if you come over the top as the board is paired I would prob fold the turn I guess. Not the flop and def not the river. I really enjoy playing tables with you ACE however I always end up 1 to your left which is very tilting as you enjoy raising almost every small blind and I hate giving a blind away (There is my MTT side)

Thanks for the above DOHHHHHHH I have a few of the above on my avoid list but as I am learning I quite enjoy sitting at very difficult tables to watch hands and start placing ranges on others. I was sitting at a table the other day with Lambert, Rancid, Dontellmum, Acegooner and Idonkcallu for a short while and then at some point Geldy popped in! It was a tough table but prob the most enjoyable for the few hours I was there.


Quick question for all: I played last night only up until 10 as I got tired and was going to come back on at 12 for a few hours but fell asleep! What nights are best to play cash tables, they seem to weaken outside of happy hours as all the regs flood in at these times. But I am assuming sat nights are pretty good for intoxicated peeps and non regs????? Also what levels do you get these players?? I am trying to get as much info as possible to put a schedule together for grinding so all info will be well received!

Kalie x

(PS my original pic was taken down for some reason no idea why does anyone know I have had it for years and was just a pic of me)

What_if

Just play all the time! Crush the 'regs' and all the slightly merry ones too :P. There will be drunk/bad people on every night of the week, especially in the summer! It's just alot more common at weekends.

IDONKCALLU

yeah bk on playing 3 hrs a day atm dnt like to play more then that does my head in lol 

dnt wanna get bk in the routine of grinding 10 hrs a day and have no social life 

GELDY

Sounds like a mature attitude donk - gl with that and don't let the h8ers wind you up. 

What_if

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Sounds like a mature attitude donk - gl with that and don't let the h8ers wind you up. 
Posted by GELDY

+1! but his post in the clinic suggests this won't work...

On topic: You lucky so-n-so Batkin, i was priorly engaged with cricket and apples (cider!) today, it must've been a harder day at the tables for you without my healthy donations. GLGL.

Batkin88

I have been on the right side of variance for a while and now the pendulum has begun to swing

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
weedgi	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£39.90
Teevers	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£14.42
	Your hole cards	A A
billytheki	Fold
Batkin88	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£57.88
Lambert180	Fold
lecksville	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£41.73
weedgi	Fold
Teevers	Fold
Batkin88	All-in		£57.88	£59.18	£0.00
lecksville	All-in		£41.73	£100.91	£0.00
Batkin88	Unmatched bet		£15.55	£85.36	£15.55
Batkin88	Show	A A
lecksville	Show	Q Q
Flop
		Q 8 5
Turn
		Q
River
		6
lecksville	Win	Four Queens	£83.56		£83.56

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Lambert180	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£39.44
matros7	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£3.06
	Your hole cards	A J
kutz69	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£11.73
shirley02	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£32.27
Batkin88	Call		£0.60	£2.10	£39.40
Lambert180	Raise		£2.10	£4.20	£37.34
matros7	Call		£2.00	£6.20	£1.06
kutz69	Call		£1.60	£7.80	£10.13
shirley02	Call		£1.60	£9.40	£30.67
Batkin88	Call		£1.60	£11.00	£37.80
Flop
		5 7 3
Lambert180	Bet		£0.60	£11.60	£36.74
matros7	All-in		£1.06	£12.66	£0.00
kutz69	Call		£1.06	£13.72	£9.07
shirley02	Call		£1.06	£14.78	£29.61
Batkin88	All-in		£37.80	£52.58	£0.00
Lambert180	Fold
kutz69	All-in		£9.07	£61.65	£0.00
shirley02	Fold
Batkin88	Unmatched bet		£27.67	£33.98	£27.67
matros7	Show	5 3
kutz69	Show	Q Q
Batkin88	Show	A J
Turn
		5
River
		Q
kutz69	Win	Full House, Queens and 5s	£32.28		£32.28

Batkin88

For what its worth the 1st hand was played how it was as I had managed to get it all in for the last 2 hands so I thought I could get called light this way! I have never done this with aces before but it worked so dependent on player I may do it again!

2nd hand got it in behind and lost but it had to come them two exact cards to put me ahead then behind on the turna and river! :S (Could of been either queen)

CASH br £720.09

C4p's 3208

Batkin88

Another couple of cash session done, I seem to play terrible for about an hour and then start re-building. My reads where pretty strong pre flop but got owned a few times by some randomer.

I enjoyed it though and had a few battles with Donttellmum which he got the better off over the time at the tables! Still learning and finding it very fun playing with so many BB's!

Cash BR £811.82

C4p's 3926

IDONKCALLU

tried posting hand on that 1 batkin had aq vs ya 9 

Donttelmum

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Another couple of cash session done, I seem to play terrible for about an hour and then start re-building. My reads where pretty strong pre flop but got owned a few times by some randomer. I enjoyed it though and had a few battles with Donttellmum which he got the better off over the time at the tables! Still learning and finding it very fun playing with so many BB's! Cash BR £811.82 C4p's 3926
Posted by Batkin88

Enjoyed our battles, always good fun glgl

:-)

limmy01

was on a dtd table with you tonight , your like a chip magnet :-)

Batkin88

haha lol yeah ran golden early on in one of them!

Batkin88

Won DTD 1! Haven't ever won one of these glad I finally done this!

LARSON7

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Won DTD 1! Haven't ever won one of these glad I finally done this!
Posted by Batkin88

Delighted for ya, very well played indeed!

limmy01

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Won DTD 1! Haven't ever won one of these glad I finally done this!
Posted by Batkin88

well played , it was the dtd1 I was in with you

waller02

Wp Kalie, those DTD fields are nearly as tough as the mains imo so a very nice win.

VespaPX

Nice one Kalie

Teach me please !! :-)