craigcu12 diary

craigcu12 · July 2013

i guess i get too carried away with knowing just how easy it seems to be for me steal pots on the cash tables forgetting that i am in an MTT
take this one for instance

Flop
Stallion39	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.33
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.82
	Your hole cards	J 10
UNOWEN	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.75
snaptilt	Fold
Stallion39	Call		£0.02	£0.12	£2.31
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.28	£5.66
UNOWEN	Call		£0.16	£0.44	£2.59
Stallion39	Fold
		3 8 2
craigcu12	Bet		£0.33	£0.77	£5.33
UNOWEN	Raise		£0.66	£1.43	£1.93
craigcu12	Call		£0.33	£1.76	£5.00
Turn
		A
craigcu12	Bet		£0.64	£2.40	£4.36
UNOWEN	Fold
craigcu12	Show	J 10
craigcu12	Win		£1.62		£5.98
craigcu12	Return		£0.64	£0.14	£6.62

large c bets are another thing that seems to easily get me the pot

Flop
snaptilt	Big blind		£0.04	£0.04	£6.31
	Your hole cards	2 K
Stallion39	Raise		£0.08	£0.12	£2.41
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.36	£4.72
snaptilt	Fold
Stallion39	Call		£0.16	£0.52	£2.25
		Q 8 9
Stallion39	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.26	£0.78	£4.46
Stallion39	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.48		£4.94
craigcu12	Return		£0.26	£0.04	£5.20

maybe my bet here was too small but still calling with botton pair

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		20.00	20.00	2045.00
SLIMKING26	Big blind		40.00	60.00	1345.00
	Your hole cards	A Q
Bluffcatch	Fold
ransom20	Fold
bakey18	Call		40.00	100.00	7180.00
craigcu12	Raise		140.00	240.00	1905.00
SLIMKING26	Fold
bakey18	Call		120.00	360.00	7060.00
		4 8 6
craigcu12	Bet		120.00	480.00	1785.00
bakey18	Call		120.00	600.00	6940.00
Turn
		10
craigcu12	Check
bakey18	Check
River
		J
craigcu12	Bet		120.00	720.00	1665.00
bakey18	Call		120.00	840.00	6820.00
craigcu12	Show	A Q
bakey18	Show	9 4
bakey18	Win	Pair of 4s	840.00		7660.00

craigcu12 · July 2013

I am starting to get back onto the cash tables again where I should be playing poker instead of the MTTs.
you just don't realise how costly a £5MTT to a BR that is £250 when you first start until the BR drops to under £100 which was what happened.
what I kept thinking was I buy £10 worth of chips in some cash tables forgetting that most of my losses were usually just £2.
I did still play some MTTs today, they were 2 3.30 timed 1 £5.75 BH 2 £2.30 BH and the mini I managed to win £28.12 in one of them.
I have started to play more Omaha hi lo DYMs today I did 4 and managed to win in all of them their was 2 5.50 and 2 £2.25.

my bankroll is £150

craigcu12 · July 2013

the MTTs that i have will be in today are £250BH (2.30) the £500BH (2.30) and the mini plus if i can i will be in the 2K BH via the freeroll sat.
most my other poker is cash tables and DYM Omaha hi lo and i have already got off to a very good start with a profit so far of £10.85 from DYM and £36.67 from cash tables the nl10 i did being the the major part with a profit from that one of £30.96

calcalfold · July 2013

Craig. have you withdrawn anything sicne starting this log in december?

craigcu12 · July 2013

this evening things didn't go to plan i didn't win anything from the MTTs so lost £12.06 from them all the profit from SnG went out the window as it finished with just £2.60 profit
as for the cash tables then still did ok and i manage a overall profit from them of £26.25.

today has finished with profit of £14.49
my BR is £164.72

calcalford if you are a bit confused with my BR i think in recent days i have just been putting rough totals in i have withdrawn money twice in the past.
also i have been a bit too annoyed with myself sometimes to write my posts and was loosing track. yesterday was when i started to get back on track again

calcalfold · July 2013

Yea,

You seem to put in a lot of time and work so out of all the 4nl regs I would like to see you with a decent profit each month.

If I may interject your recent theme. I would say structure is key to winning long term. Crack on with cash, you are better than a great deal of players. Set aside a specific time each night to play x number of tables at 4nl (not too many now) and I reackon you could be worth £150+ each month easy.

Rather than the larger bankroll swings of MTT

All the best

ccf

craigcu12 · July 2013

this is going to be the last of them that's for sure because with micro MTT the betting is so poor all that seems to happen is either the min donk betting is done or the full shove they just don't seem to know what a value bet is. one of the main reason I was starting to try out some MTTs was to have a bit of action but they are much less likely to be willing to fold in MTT that they are in cash plus it cash tables I will be the only one with a decent chip stack so therefore it makes it very to for me to be a table bully and steal small pots.
I will play the freerolls instead and also I will continue with SnG because atleast I do quite good in the Omaha hi lo SnG plus they can be relaxing.
as for today it was bad all round with some very bad decisions being done a few cooldowns and bad beats the cash tables came to a total loss of -£38.88 the MTTs -13.15 SnG -£3-25

I was going to slow play the AA thinking he will have a strong hand but when both the board shows K Q and 8 it makes it get much more harder so I was left to just call and then should have folded the turn

Flop
TROGG463	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£21.73
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£21.80
	Your hole cards	A A
POKEY2011	Fold
_ARAZI_	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£32.24
STR1BS	Fold
MrCoxy	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£25.83
TROGG463	Call		£0.25	£1.00	£21.48
craigcu12	Raise		£0.60	£1.60	£21.20
_ARAZI_	Raise		£2.60	£4.20	£29.64
MrCoxy	Fold
TROGG463	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£2.20	£6.40	£19.00
		Q 8 K
craigcu12	Check
_ARAZI_	Bet		£3.90	£10.30	£25.74
craigcu12	Call		£3.90	£14.20	£15.10
Turn
		J
craigcu12	Check
_ARAZI_	All-in		£25.74	£39.94	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£15.10	£55.04	£0.00
_ARAZI_	Unmatched bet		£10.64	£44.40	£10.64
craigcu12	Show	A A
_ARAZI_	Show	J J
River
		7
_ARAZI_	Win	Three Jacks	£43.00		£53.64

the reason for the call on this flop was I had a runner runner flush so thought maybe I could call the flop and if a club came on the turn I might try and bluff myself the pot with a bet or shove.
the BR is £117.46

craigcu12 · July 2013

what I am wondering is weather I should start to slow down and give them a free card when I have things like this

Flop
ofmyhead	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£12.66
donnacop07	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.98
	Your hole cards	Q Q
shabaz1969	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£14.54
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.30	£2.76
ofmyhead	Call		£0.18	£0.48	£12.48
donnacop07	Fold
shabaz1969	Fold
		Q 2 10
ofmyhead	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.24	£0.72	£2.52
ofmyhead	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.44		£2.96
craigcu12	Return		£0.24	£0.04	£3.20

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£6.16
ianreyneke	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£1.85
	Your hole cards	K K
mugsy78	Raise		£0.24	£0.36	£6.72
Carnage	Fold
MCR22	Call		£0.24	£0.60	£4.98
craigcu12	Raise		£0.68	£1.28	£5.48
ianreyneke	Fold
mugsy78	Fold
MCR22	Call		£0.48	£1.76	£4.50
		10 4 K
craigcu12	Bet		£0.88	£2.64	£4.60
MCR22	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£1.62		£6.22
craigcu12	Return		£0.88	£0.14	£7.10

Jac35 · July 2013

No free cards Craig,
In both hands there are plenty of turn cards we hate and could put us in awkward spots.
If you're going to bet when you miss, you must also bet when you hit. You need really good reasons to check in these spots.

Lambert180 · July 2013

Hand 1 (AA) - 3bet WAY bigger pre, there's a 3x and then 2 calls and on top of that we're alot deeper than just 100xBB so can 3bet/4bet bigger, we should be going to something like £2 imo. When Arazi 4bets you have made a massive mistake by not trying to get it in now. You probably have to fold the turn as played cos it's virtually always gonna be JJ/QQ/KK but we should never have got to that stage without the money being in the middle (or Arazi folding).

Hand 2 (QQ) - Betting is good, yes we have the it locked up so that it's pretty hard for him to have Qx but most people at these stakes will still call with Tx, KJ, some GS draws and all kinds of random junk.

Hand 3 - 3bet bigger. Our 3bets should be about 10xBB and even more when someone has already called the open, so we wanna be raising to about £1+, I probably go £1.20 ish just to get max value from what are probably stationy folk at this level. You have to bet flop, just unfortunate you didn't get a call, but doesn't mean you should stop betting.

unknown_username · July 2013

The hand v me mate like Lambert says you should def be 3 betting way bigger pre then after my 4 bet you should be 5 betting although as played you did get me to put about 65 bbs in when i was behind and just got unlucky on the turn.

After your tiny 3 bet you left me no choice but to 4 bet big because i didnt want to go 4 way with JJ with another 2 guys in the pot and wanted the betting lead.

If you had shown any real strength at any point before the turn my hand woulda been in the bin but the way you played it like i said got me to put 65+ bbs in with the worst hand and if a brick had hit the turn im sure you would have got more because i love the odd crazy play on the tv tables lol

You have a very good solid cash game mate but if i were to offer some advice it would be to keep off the mastercash tables on show nights when your BR is what it is at the mo because you will be put to alot more decisions than at a normal 10nl table and in the main the players playing on the show nights are alot better than at a normal 10nl table.

Good Luck.

Daz.

TINTIN · July 2013

think you need to come up with a plan and stick to it. right now you seem to be jumping into whatever games and whatever stakes regardless of bankroll. this is all well and good if you can reload but not if you aim to keep a roll going.

its only a few weeks ago you had around £350 and now your bobbing just over the £100 mark. that's a lot of damage in a relatively short space of time. even the hand you post last night v Arazi was on a nl10 table and if im following your updates correctly you would only be playing between 10-15 buyins. not the wisest decision in my book when the bankroll has been taking a hammering of late.

get a bit of structure to what your gonna play. you need to identify where the money is getting lost and try to stop it and turn it around. I think if you carry on the current trend then things aren't going to end well. I hope you turn things around. good luck

GELDY · July 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

The hand v me mate like Lambert says you should def be 3 betting way bigger pre then after my 4 bet you should be 5 betting although as played you did get me to put about 65 bbs in when i was behind and just got unlucky on the turn. After your tiny 3 bet you left me no choice but to 4 bet big because i didnt want to go 4 way with JJ with another 2 guys in the pot and wanted the betting lead. If you had shown any real strength at any point before the turn my hand woulda been in the bin but the way you played it like i said got me to put 65+ bbs in with the worst hand and if a brick had hit the turn im sure you would have got more because i love the odd crazy play on the tv tables lol You have a very good solid cash game mate but if i were to offer some advice it would be to keep off the mastercash tables on show nights when your BR is what it is at the mo because you will be put to alot more decisions than at a normal 10nl table and in the main the players playing on the show nights are alot better than at a normal 10nl table. Good Luck. Daz.
Posted by _ARAZI_

very magnaminous Daz

ABC is definitely to raise more pre - but if willing to play with fire with the small raise then come over the top of the big 4 bet and put Arazi to the test - he says he´d bin his JJ but many might just take a look in case you´re holding AK. When you bet the flop he then runs away and you are sitting pretty.

and yes don´t play TV Mastercash unless you´ve cash to spare. Not only will you meet better players looking for some showtime, you will meet peeps mixing it up a lot just to look cool on tv. sure can be profitable if you are willing to wait for monsters, but probably best to steer clear.

craigcu12 · July 2013

thanks for the posts guys an i think after reading through them it seems to have turn things round for me.
i started off in the afternoon and seem to be making thing worse for myself and this was mostly from the cash tables nl4p and 1 nl8 plus a few DYMs and i was in a loss of £33 overall with the cash tables making a loss of £23.78.
so i was going to post onto my diary about having a cool down but until i your posts which had made me relise the truth is i have been on a positive tilt recently which i think has made me get overly aggressive and so was playing like a maniac.
after having a bit thought i decided to play just 1 2.30 MTT and just so i didn't get too bored i had my favourite type of table (act) running and 1 nl4.
in the MTT i finished 12 and after such a bad start things now could be returning to normal because not only did i finish after the bubble in that MTT but also i managed to recover all the losses.
as for c betting these were the sort of boards i think were costing me most because when i was cbetting and got calls i was just making it harder on weather i could push them of their hand by the river.

Flop
upagear	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£4.06
MP33	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£0.70
	Your hole cards	10 K
craigcu12	Raise		£0.15	£0.25	£10.07
carole1962	Call		£0.15	£0.40	£4.51
skychips	Call		£0.15	£0.55	£13.63
upagear	Call		£0.10	£0.65	£3.96
MP33	Fold
		9 J J
upagear	Check
craigcu12	Check
carole1962	Check
skychips	Check
Turn
		8
upagear	Bet		£0.33	£0.98	£3.63
craigcu12	Call		£0.33	£1.31	£9.74
carole1962	Fold
skychips	Call		£0.33	£1.64	£13.30
River
		Q
upagear	All-in		£3.63	£5.27	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£3.63	£8.90	£6.11
skychips	Fold
upagear	Show	10 8
craigcu12	Show	10 K
craigcu12	Win	Straight to the King	£8.23		£14.34

i probably would have stood a better chance of pushing the guy with JJ to making the fold had i semi bluffed the turn instead of cbetting the flop.

Flop
rohan908	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£1.96
x	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£3.59
	Your hole cards	A 8
DOTUN19	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£6.29
wasky-180	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.32	£0.52	£5.37
tarnished	Fold
rohan908	Fold
x	Call		£0.24	£0.76	£3.35
DOTUN19	Fold
		7 4 5
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.38	£1.14	£4.99
x	Call		£0.38	£1.52	£2.97
Turn
		Q
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.56	£2.08	£4.43
x	Call		£0.56	£2.64	£2.41
River
		10
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.12	£3.76	£3.31
x	Call		£1.12	£4.88	£1.29
craigcu12	Show	A 8
x	Show	J J
x	Win	Pair of Jacks	£4.51		£5.80

my BR itself stands at £116.67

craigcu12 · July 2013

something i would like your opinion on relating to the MTT that i finished in 12th position. the hand itself was AKvQQ missed my AorK so not bothered about that.
the question is relating more to my overall stats for that MTT
this is what they were

showdowns won 64%
actions
fold 58% check 16% call 6% bet 8% raise 10% reraise 2%

flops seen 27% win% 45%

folding
pre73% flop 5% turn 1% river 1% no fold 20%
are these stats the sign that i was playing like a decent player?

i can only really think of one hand i played badly and that was this one.

Flop
ALFIE58	Big blind		80.00	80.00	2615.00
	Your hole cards	J Q
eagle10	Raise		160.00	240.00	15716.25
craigcu12	Call		160.00	400.00	2620.00
thisltedu	Fold
craigydon	Fold
ALFIE58	Fold
		8 A 9
eagle10	Bet		200.00	600.00	15516.25
craigcu12	Call		200.00	800.00	2420.00
Turn
		A
eagle10	Bet		400.00	1200.00	15116.25
craigcu12	Raise		880.00	2080.00	1540.00
eagle10	Call		480.00	2560.00	14636.25
River
		7
eagle10	Check
craigcu12	Bet		640.00	3200.00	900.00
eagle10	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		2560.00		3460.00
craigcu12	Return		640.00	0.00	4100.00

MP33 · July 2013

Can,t help you with those figures as i,m not a stats person. I prefer just playing off instinct and try to play each player differently if i can get enough reads.

I,ve noticed you in a few cash games recently and can,t understand why your roll is going down as i,d put you down as one of the better players at that level. Not sure if your playing to many MTT,s or not but certainly tonight on the 5p action tables i beleive you can win long term on those the way you played tonight

GL

craigcu12 · July 2013

today has been a terrible day in a number of ways.
sometimes it has been bad play by me

Flop
portugal92	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£8.17
salty07	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£1.83
	Your hole cards	7 7
craigcu12	Raise		£0.25	£0.35	£4.65
gavj	Call		£0.25	£0.60	£4.79
portugal92	Call		£0.20	£0.80	£7.97
salty07	Fold
		J 10 J
portugal92	Check
craigcu12	Check
gavj	Bet		£1.00	£1.80	£3.79
portugal92	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£1.00	£2.80	£3.65
Turn
		10
craigcu12	Check
gavj	Bet		£1.00	£3.80	£2.79
craigcu12	Raise		£2.00	£5.80	£1.65
gavj	Call		£1.00	£6.80	£1.79
River
		5
craigcu12	All-in		£1.65	£8.45	£0.00
gavj	Call		£1.65	£10.10	£0.14
craigcu12	Show	7 7
gavj	Show	10 10
gavj	Win	Four 10s	£9.34		£9.48

quite a lot of them were cool downs

Flop
TINTIN	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.66
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.96
	Your hole cards	K K
Eerrmmm	Raise		£0.16	£0.22	£8.51
bigdeano03	Call		£0.16	£0.38	£9.03
LemmingRun	Fold
acedj777	Call		£0.16	£0.54	£1.46
TINTIN	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.60	£1.14	£3.36
Eerrmmm	Call		£0.48	£1.62	£8.03
bigdeano03	Fold
acedj777	Fold
		10 Q 8
craigcu12	Bet		£1.62	£3.24	£1.74
Eerrmmm	Call		£1.62	£4.86	£6.41
Turn
		10
craigcu12	All-in		£1.74	£6.60	£0.00
Eerrmmm	Call		£1.74	£8.34	£4.67
craigcu12	Show	K K
Eerrmmm	Show	8 8
River
		9
Eerrmmm	Win	Full House, 8s and 10s	£7.71		£12.38

I was over bluffing

Flop
LemmingRun	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£8.32
FISHER13	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.05
	Your hole cards	9 9
LARSON7	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£6.55
Eerrmmm	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£12.37
LemmingRun	Fold
FISHER13	Fold
		4 5 K
craigcu12	Bet		£0.23	£0.69	£6.32
Eerrmmm	Raise		£0.46	£1.15	£11.91
craigcu12	Call		£0.23	£1.38	£6.09
Turn
		K
craigcu12	Bet		£0.69	£2.07	£5.40
Eerrmmm	Call		£0.69	£2.76	£11.22
River
		6
craigcu12	Bet		£1.38	£4.14	£4.02
Eerrmmm	Call		£1.38	£5.52	£9.84
craigcu12	Show	9 9
Eerrmmm	Show	4 4
Eerrmmm	Win	Full House, 4s and Kings	£5.10		£14.94

it is when a bet like this has been made that i need to start folding because the truth is they will always point to mega hands

Flop
bigdeano03	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.73
LemmingRun	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.20
	Your hole cards	A K
Admryal	Raise		£0.08	£0.14	£2.76
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.38	£4.71
Eerrmmm	Fold
bigdeano03	Fold
LemmingRun	Fold
Admryal	Call		£0.16	£0.54	£2.60
		K 7 9
Admryal	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.25	£0.79	£4.46
Admryal	Call		£0.25	£1.04	£2.35
Turn
		7
Admryal	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.50	£1.54	£3.96
Admryal	Raise		£1.00	£2.54	£1.35
craigcu12	Call		£0.50	£3.04	£3.46
River
		5
Admryal	All-in		£1.35	£4.39	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£1.35	£5.74	£2.11
Admryal	Show	7 A
craigcu12	Show	A K
Admryal	Win	Three 7s	£5.30		£5.30

now i know why position is so important

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		15.00	15.00	1280.00
BOOM31	Big blind		30.00	45.00	2820.00
	Your hole cards	4 3
stephie127	Call		30.00	75.00	1840.00
Deek10	Fold
stickz19	Fold
craigcu12	Call		15.00	90.00	1265.00
BOOM31	Check
		5 5 8
craigcu12	Check
BOOM31	Check
stephie127	Bet		30.00	120.00	1810.00
craigcu12	Raise		90.00	210.00	1175.00
BOOM31	Fold
stephie127	Call		60.00	270.00	1750.00
Turn
		K
craigcu12	Bet		202.50	472.50	972.50
stephie127	Call		202.50	675.00	1547.50
River
		2
craigcu12	Check
stephie127	Check
craigcu12	Show	4 3
stephie127	Show	A 2
stephie127	Win	Two Pairs, 5s and 2s	675.00		2222.50

the chances are if i were in position i could have push him off the A2 but because i was OOP it was a difficult spot as he might have been slow playing trips or a FH.

craigcu12 · July 2013

with nl4p table it is very difficult to get the very best value from good hands i honestly do think that villians are giving up too easily.

Flop
NKENNEDY	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.93
demondave	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£13.90
	Your hole cards	J J
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.73
BorinLoner	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£6.61
NKENNEDY	Call		£0.18	£0.64	£2.75
demondave	Call		£0.16	£0.80	£13.74
		5 4 J
NKENNEDY	Bet		£0.60	£1.40	£2.15
demondave	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.60	£2.00	£3.13
BorinLoner	Fold
Turn
		A
NKENNEDY	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.50	£2.50	£2.63
NKENNEDY	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£1.85		£4.48
craigcu12	Return		£0.50	£0.15	£4.98

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.55
dabasser	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.62
	Your hole cards	A A
bogdan	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.34
Admryal	Fold
dribienor	Fold
cheesy3428	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£5.32
craigcu12	Raise		£0.28	£0.42	£2.27
dabasser	Fold
bogdan	Fold
cheesy3428	Call		£0.26	£0.68	£5.06
		4 9 J
craigcu12	Bet		£0.34	£1.02	£1.93
cheesy3428	Call		£0.34	£1.36	£4.72
Turn
		J
craigcu12	Check
cheesy3428	Bet		£0.68	£2.04	£4.04
craigcu12	Call		£0.68	£2.72	£1.25
River
		6
craigcu12	Check
cheesy3428	Check
craigcu12	Show	A A
cheesy3428	Muck	9 6
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks	£2.51		£3.76

maybe i will start playing extra aggressive preflop

Flop
stilts6907	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£10.49
hawaian	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£7.05
	Your hole cards	Q Q
craigcu12	Raise		£0.32	£0.38	£3.63
KP1980AP	Fold
billypro	Call		£0.32	£0.70	£1.94
chalkie7	Fold
stilts6907	Call		£0.30	£1.00	£10.19
hawaian	Call		£0.28	£1.28	£6.77
		9 J 4
stilts6907	Check
hawaian	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.28	£2.56	£2.35
billypro	Fold
stilts6907	Call		£1.28	£3.84	£8.91
hawaian	Fold
Turn
		7
stilts6907	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£2.35	£6.19	£0.00
stilts6907	Call		£2.35	£8.54	£6.56
stilts6907	Show	A 4
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
River
		10
craigcu12	Win	Pair of Queens	£7.89		£7.89

craigcu12 · July 2013

my bankroll is £78
so tomorrow i am having most the day off.
also i will be making a few changes 3-4 nl4p and 1 action table.

Lambert180 · July 2013

Hand 1 (77) - snap fold the flop, fold the turn, just fold. We're playing hands like this nearly 100% for set mining purposes.

Hand 2 (KK) - unlucky, but no need to be betting full pot. Betting so big makes it harder to get calls from weak hands and things like sets will just snap you off.

Hand 3 (99) - Betting the turn and river after getting raised on the flop here just makes NO sense at all. You won't get called by 88, you won't get called by anything at all worse than 99.

Hand 4 (AK) - I bet bigger on the flop. Meh hate getting clicked back on the turn but I still probably do exactly what you did. Make sure you take a note that hit clicking back the turn is a big hand.

Hand 5 (JJ) - I bet bigger on the turn, but otherwise not much else you can do.

Hand 6 (AA) - I probably barrel the turn cos we can still get value from loads of worse hands, then C/C most rivers.

Hand 7 (QQ) - I go smaller on the flop and jam the turn.

A few standard hands, but a few that you played really bad. Everything single time it's your turn to act try to focus on WHY you're betting before you do it, cos sometimes you're betting with no hope of getting called by worse.

craigcu12 · July 2013

paul I have just thought of a good way to actually do my notes on these guyes
the villians that are passive I will start putting the number of times they fold and which street it is

it will look something like this for example
preflop 20 hands
flop 60 hands
turn 10 hands
river 50 hands
no fold 100 hands

once this gets going I will then have no problem at all separating the calling stations from them who call hoping for the flushes straights Axx and two pair which if missed will fold.

the aggressive villians probably know what they doing and if they are a maniac I put a not on them right away.

craigcu12 · August 2013

not even the week long cooldown seems to have made much change. and i have made a loss today of £35 leaving me now with just £43.06.
i am managing to fold sometimes where i need to think better are when they holding invisible hands such as raggy two pairs and sets.

i seem to be too glued to my own pair this i knew as soon as i made the call that it was stupid of me because the villain has called both on the flop and turn so pairs i should have ruled out.

Flop
LemmingRun	Sit out
turbo2	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£8.70
jameswins	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.64
	Your hole cards	A A
blondie505	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£9.40
x	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£8.23
turbo2	Call		£0.25	£1.00	£8.45
jameswins	Call		£0.20	£1.20	£10.44
		6 8 6
turbo2	Check
jameswins	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.60	£1.80	£8.80
x	Call		£0.60	£2.40	£7.63
turbo2	Call		£0.60	£3.00	£7.85
jameswins	Fold
Turn
		5
turbo2	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.00	£4.00	£7.80
x	Call		£1.00	£5.00	£6.63
turbo2	Call		£1.00	£6.00	£6.85
River
		3
turbo2	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.50	£7.50	£6.30
x	All-in		£6.63	£14.13	£0.00
turbo2	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£5.13	£19.26	£1.17
craigcu12	Show	A A
x	Show	8 8
x	Win	Full House, 8s and 6s	£17.86		£17.86

i did suffer a lot of BB

Flop
rossjb14	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£24.89
cw129412	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£4.17
	Your hole cards	Q A
Monty71	Fold
milly777	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£19.29
rossjb14	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£24.64
cw129412	Call		£0.20	£0.90	£3.97
		8 4 2
rossjb14	Check
cw129412	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.45	£1.35	£18.84
rossjb14	Fold
cw129412	Call		£0.45	£1.80	£3.52
Turn
		Q
cw129412	All-in		£3.52	£5.32	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£3.52	£8.84	£15.32
cw129412	Show	9 J
craigcu12	Show	Q A
River
		10
cw129412	Win	Straight to the Queen	£8.17		£8.17

Flop
halliday12	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.61
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.61
	Your hole cards	K K
cort	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£7.64
squonk	Fold
mojo1	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£3.70
SUPERMA247	Raise		£0.12	£0.26	£3.05
halliday12	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£0.66	£2.21
cort	Fold
mojo1	Fold
SUPERMA247	Raise		£0.72	£1.38	£2.33
craigcu12	All-in		£2.21	£3.59	£0.00
SUPERMA247	Call		£1.81	£5.40	£0.52
craigcu12	Show	K K
SUPERMA247	Show	10 9
		3 4 7
Turn
		8
River
		6
SUPERMA247	Win	Straight to the 10	£4.99		£5.51

LARSON7 · August 2013

Hey Craig,

Sorry to hear the bankrolls way down.

I just want to say to you, you are a good player and have proven over a long time that you can win at cash.

Recently you were playing quite a few MTTs, sometimes the buy ins were maybe to high according to "strict bankroll" management. That seemed to start a down swing in your bankroll.

I would say it's meant to be a game of fun. So if you want to play the bigger mtts, and mastercash tables then that's what to do. Afterall, we are here to have fun.

If on the other hand you want to stick to bankroll management then give these a miss for a while. Might be worth topping up 2 £100, and just grinding your way back up. So much of poker is psychology, it's so easy to say i've only got 30/40 quid left i'll gamble it up. If you top up to £100 you wouldn't have to worry about that and could just get on with your game.

It's meant to be fun, i know it's annoying losing a good few quid, but it's part of the same coin that we love when we are winning.

Hope things improve for you and good luck

lonesome · August 2013

Hi Craig. Just thought I'd share my thoughts. When things are going bad stick to what you know works - you can build back up just by playing 4NL and playing your usual game. You've won enough off me in the past and I'm still there. Its comfotable at that level and so more enjoyable, and when you do get a BB you can cover it. Stay clear of 10NL for the moment, you're not rolled for it.
L

craigcu12 · August 2013

my first session today has did ok i played 4 tables 3 nl4 and the 1 action out of them all i got +£4.62 of the action and +1.23, +11.82 and -0.66 from the nl4
i did go more careful with my betting and calling in this hand although i held a straight when i saw the raise made by villian y i knew right away that i was behind if villian y folded i would have made the call because x was such a loose caller

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£6.90
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£7.37
	Your hole cards	9 J
albaking	Fold
y	Call		£0.05	£0.15	£4.25
AMF7	Fold
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
		6 10 K
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
y	Check
Turn
		K
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
y	Check
River
		Q
x	Bet		£0.05	£0.20	£6.85
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.50	£7.07
y	Raise		£0.70	£1.20	£3.55
x	Raise		£1.05	£2.25	£5.80
craigcu12	Fold
y	Call		£0.40	£2.65	£3.15
x	Show	2 K
y	Show	A J
dgw69	Win	Straight to the Ace	£2.45		£5.60

craigcu12 · August 2013

the amount of manaics on the tables today has got me back on the road to recovery it has left me wondering if the amount of tilt I have had recently has got people attempting to steal pots now
when I saw this villain donk the flop I got the feeling right away that he was trying to make the flush and if I just called he would be thinking that I am worried of loosing more the 4p river was a misclick.

Flop
WHATLEYAA	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.94
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.79
kingfish57	Big blind		£0.04	£0.10	£3.16
	Your hole cards	K Q
DAVMAN	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£3.30
kingfish57	Check
bobbah	Fold
slackalice	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£5.36
x	Call		£0.02	£0.20	£2.92
craigcu12	Raise		£0.16	£0.36	£3.63
DAVMAN	Fold
kingfish57	Fold
slackalice	Fold
x	Call		£0.16	£0.52	£2.76
		3 A 5
x	Bet		£0.52	£1.04	£2.24
craigcu12	Call		£0.52	£1.56	£3.11
Turn
		10
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
River
		9
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.04	£1.60	£3.07
x	Raise		£1.68	£3.28	£0.56
craigcu12	All-in		£3.07	£6.35	£0.00
x	All-in		£0.56	£6.91	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.87	£6.04	£0.87
x	Show	8 3
craigcu12	Show	K Q
craigcu12	Win	Flush to the Ace	£5.58		£6.45

craigcu12 · August 2013

br is £53

LARSON7 · August 2013

Flushes were good to you tonight lol

Nice profits

craigcu12 · August 2013

my cash tables are getting back to how they should be all that's left now is for me to stop myself joining more than 1 MTT a day

the cash tables today give me a winnings of £36.96 but what I did was wasted most of that playinging MTTs mostly sats
i have started to notice myself that i am calling hands far to much instead of putting much thought into them

in this tournament i was chip leader but this hand cost me the tournament

Flop
bigdong1	Small blind		75.00	75.00	8833.75
x	Big blind		150.00	225.00	4867.50
	Your hole cards	Q K
murduch	Call		150.00	375.00	8991.25
acerowe	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		450.00	825.00	9917.50
bigdong1	Fold
x	Call		300.00	1125.00	4567.50
murduch	Fold
		Q J 3
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		300.00	1425.00	9617.50
x	Raise		600.00	2025.00	3967.50
craigcu12	Call		300.00	2325.00	9317.50
Turn
		2
x	Bet		1162.50	3487.50	2805.00
craigcu12	Raise		2325.00	5812.50	6992.50
x	All-in		2805.00	8617.50	0.00
craigcu12	Call		1642.50	10260.00	5350.00
x	Show	Q A
craigcu12	Show	Q K
River
		A
x	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Queens	10260.00		10260.00

i am really annoyed at myself when i reviewed this hand when he decides to check raise post flop after he only called pre then i should have been capable of folding his raise on the flop. what probably didn't help was a person who was in the living room at the time of this hand asking me how things were saw this and was constantly saying to me this was a good hand because TBH i was thinking at the time QJ is a highly possible i forgot all about the AQ being possible.

atleast i still did make a winnings today of £6.07 and my BR is £92

craigcu12 · August 2013

today has been my best day since the chaos I had in july with some very good play both cash and MTT
i might have said above that i was reducing the number of MTT i would be playing and really i did because i only really entered 2 both which were failures the MTT that i entered tonight (2KBH mini and £500BH) the 2K was from qualifying in a freeroll sat while the mini and £500 was partly from the money i won in 3 timed MTTs which are an MTT that i have did very well in regularly.

so overall i made a winnings today of £54.68 split as £12.83 won from cash £41.10 from the MTT and 0.75 from some Omaha hi lo DYMs
so myBR now stands at £146.87

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