craigcu12 diary

LARSON7 · August 2013

Nice1, great turn around Craig.

Things are going in the right direction.

craigcu12 · August 2013

I only had the one late session tonight and well it was 50/50 really 3 bad tables and 3 good tables I still did get a profit of £7.19
BR £154.06

craigcu12 · August 2013

my confidence with MTTs at the minute is very high and today I again did very fairly well winning a profit of £11.68.
i was in 8 MTT overall 5 BH 1timed the orfordable and 1 sat.
things didn't go too well in the sat(2.60), the orfordable(3.30), a £300BH(5.75) and the mini i did get 1 head in the mini but nothing else.

my finishing position in them that i did good in timed MTT BI £3.30 pos 9/44 won £5.86, £350BH BI5.75 pos9.82 won £12.03, £250BH BI2.30 pos 6/113 won £9.43 and £500BH BI £2.30 pos 8/249 won £13.78

as for my cash games well they would have been ok but a disaster the happened on a nl8p table and i lost not £8 but £16
the two hands whiched caused it were these-
this one when he checks the flop i just didn't seem him having much chance of a pair so i might aswell try repping 1010 or JJ

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£13.00
DawesyBoy	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£11.91
	Your hole cards	10 A
Glderfawr	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£11.76
CRYZI	Raise		£0.24	£0.44	£8.59
craigcu12	Raise		£0.64	£1.08	£6.53
x	Raise		£1.00	£2.08	£12.00
DawesyBoy	Fold
Glderfawr	Fold
CRYZI	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.40	£2.48	£6.13
		6 4 9
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£1.28	£3.76	£4.85
x	Call		£1.28	£5.04	£10.72
Turn
		J
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£4.85	£9.89	£0.00
x	Call		£4.85	£14.74	£5.87
x	Show	A K
craigcu12	Show	10 A
River
		3
x	Win	Ace high	£13.63		£19.50

hand two was just a total bad luck hand and well i will just put notes saying he doesn't seem to reraise with AKo

Flop
Glderfawr	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£9.22
Carnage	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£9.62
	Your hole cards	K Q
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.36	£9.15
Olly_P	Call		£0.24	£0.60	£1.82
slimking	Call		£0.24	£0.84	£4.90
x	Call		£0.24	£1.08	£26.22
Glderfawr	Fold
Carnage	Fold
		6 4 K
craigcu12	Bet		£0.56	£1.64	£8.59
Olly_P	Fold
slimking	Fold
x	Raise		£2.76	£4.40	£23.46
craigcu12	Call		£2.20	£6.60	£6.39
Turn
		5
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£7.00	£13.60	£16.46
craigcu12	All-in		£6.39	£19.99	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£0.61	£19.38	£17.07
craigcu12	Show	K Q
x	Show	K A
River
		10
x	Win	Pair of Kings	£17.98		£35.05

i still got a cash table profit of £5.81.
so my overall profit was £17.49
BR is £190.61
the reason for an increase in nearly £40 is i did get a winning prize this week of £20 from a golden ticket.

LARSON7 · August 2013

Hand 1 craig, love it!

Brilliant aggression, and you are just really unlucky he has called here. Pretty terrible call imo too with just ace high.

Extremely ul

grantorino · August 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary getting back to normal with cash tables:

Hand 1 craig, love it! Brilliant aggression, and you are just really unlucky he has called here. Pretty terrible call imo too with just ace high. Extremely ul
Posted by LARSON7

Hand 1

More like burning money than brilliant aggressionimo. AK is the only hand in his range he might fold. I think it's a fold pre, although you can possibly justify a call. Check flop, the amount of times he c/f flop after min 4 betting pre is negligible and we never have best hand. I'd also check the blank turn as played

Hand2 flop seems a standard fold to me when we get raised multiway on that board

calcalfold · August 2013

Glad MTTs are being kind, they can be a cruel beast

RE cash Grantorino +1

Hand 1 pre is a fold when you get 4bet, why are you 3betting anyway? You should have just called his first raise.

This play might work at 20nl where people know what the fold button does, but at 4nl />10nl dont bother, unless vs 4nl nit regs. but then dont ship the turn, as a nit reg will not generally be calling AK should they call your flop bet.

Hand 2

This is a worry to me, you are not putting together information over the streets. Persoanlly I fold the flop, but surely on the turn alarm bells must be going off? What hands do you think he is taking the flop and turn lines with? AK as he had is at the very bottom of his range.

craigcu12 · August 2013

one of the reason for the call with hand 2 was I had been getting into a bit of a rivalry with him where he was doing a lot of donk bets or raising the bets I made. in other words you could say he was a bully.

with hand one their was only 1 hand that I was now thinking is a threat preflop and that hand was AA it only changed from post flop where i thought right away he was not AK and so i tried to bluff a hand such as JJ or 1010.

calcalfold · August 2013

Ok, lesson learned.

Never under any circumstances but a player on one specific and, give them a range and as the hand develops you can consider making the range of hands tighter.

craigcu12 · August 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary getting back to normal with cash tables:

one of the reason for the call with hand 2 was I had been getting into a bit of a rivalry with him where he was doing a lot of donk bets or raising the bets I made. in other words you could say he was a bully. with hand one their was only 1 hand that I was now thinking is a threat preflop and that hand was AA it only changed from post flop where i thought right away he was not AK and so i tried to bluff a hand such as JJ or 1010.
Posted by craigcu12

a bit of a mistake here by a threat i mean if A comes on the flop AK and AQ were ruled out preflop and it only changed post flop where i was thinking AK or AQ.

these days preflop reraises i see only being AA KK and QQ unless he is a well known regular to nl4p and 8p.

craigcu12 · August 2013

today was a day of good cash tables with a not so good MTT I made a profit today as a whole of £6.77 made from a £20.23 profit from cash tables and a loss of £13.46 from the MTT I did try a few sats today which were partly the cause and also I mistakenly entered a 5.75 BH far too late and was on a table with some big chip stacks leaving me with trouble surrounding my hands.

when I was in the mini today I could not have asked for a worst table. things started of ok.
where the trouble started was when this maniac of a villain for some reason fealt it was best to start making lots of shoves when it was still early.

Hand History #681442127 (20:40 17/08/2013)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
williwont	Small blind		20.00	20.00	1272.50
craigcu12	Big blind		40.00	60.00	1645.00
	Your hole cards	6 2
gabsyb	Fold
day4eire76	Fold
davegeordi	Fold
x	All-in		1765.00	1825.00	0.00
williwont	Fold
craigcu12	Fold
x	Show	6 2
x	Win		100.00		100.00
x	Return		1725.00	0.00	1825.00

the problem was I just didn't know weather or not to call this hand i'm guessing was a good one because stangely he mucked this one

day4eire76	Small blind		30.00	30.00	2485.00
davegeordi	Big blind		60.00	90.00	2505.00
	Your hole cards	K J
x	All-in		2245.00	2335.00	0.00
williwont	Fold
craigcu12	Fold
gabsyb	Fold
day4eire76	Fold
davegeordi	Fold
x	Muck
x	Win		150.00		150.00
x	Return		2185.00	0.00	2335.00

the one hand I am think was played wrong was this

craigcu12	Big blind		60.00	60.00	1305.00
	Your hole cards	K A
gabsyb	Fold
day4eire76	Fold
davegeordi	Fold
x	Raise		120.00	180.00	3637.50
craigcu12	All-in		1305.00	1485.00	0.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		240.00		240.00
craigcu12	Return		1245.00	0.00	1485.00

craigcu12 · August 2013

BR itself is £197.38

craigcu12 · August 2013

bad day of MTT mixed with an awesome day on the cash tables.

in the MTT luck just wasn't going my way with 6/8 getting bad luck i entered the mini primo as i was going well in a main primo sat but then disaster struck and TBH i wish i waited until that sat finished before reg for the mini.
if tht was not bad enough i was in a sat for the £2B on the final table when this happened

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		500.00	500.00	9992.50
PokerPaul2	Big blind		1000.00	1500.00	4760.00
	Your hole cards	J A
x	Call		1000.00	2500.00	8065.00
rb520174	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		1500.00	4000.00	8492.50
PokerPaul2	Fold
x	Call		1000.00	5000.00	7065.00
		J 8 2
craigcu12	Bet		2000.00	7000.00	6492.50
x	All-in		7065.00	14065.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		5065.00	19130.00	1427.50
craigcu12	Show	J A
x	Show	2 A
Turn
		7
River
		2
x	Win	Three 2s	19130.00		19130.00

as tomorrow i will be watching a football match i decided to buy into the MTT and well things started off ok but that all changed with this

Flop
mackarel21	Small blind		200.00	200.00	19281.25
craigcu12	Big blind		400.00	600.00	11642.50
	Your hole cards	K K
18AND5TIME	Fold
x	Raise		1600.00	2200.00	20370.00
lerky	Fold
Rocket919	Fold
mackarel21	Call		1400.00	3600.00	17881.25
craigcu12	All-in		11642.50	15242.50	0.00
x	Call		10442.50	25685.00	9927.50
mackarel21	Fold
craigcu12	Show	K K
x	Show	10 A
		8 3 A
Turn
		9
River
		Q
x	Win	Pair of Aces	25685.00		35612.50

then i for some reason did something silly buying into two more MTTs the reason i think i did it was i did win £15 from that £2KBH and i was on a MS table which i struck mega with this

Flop
Corie_5_	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£12.41
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£24.97
	Your hole cards	K 3
longman912	Fold
darryl1976	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£19.02
68Trebor	Fold
POKEY2011	Fold
Corie_5_	Call		£0.05	£0.30	£12.36
craigcu12	Check
		Q 2 5
Corie_5_	Bet		£0.40	£0.70	£11.96
craigcu12	Call		£0.40	£1.10	£24.57
x	Raise		£1.53	£2.63	£17.49
Corie_5_	Call		£1.13	£3.76	£10.83
craigcu12	Raise		£4.80	£8.56	£19.77
x	Call		£3.67	£12.23	£13.82
Corie_5_	Call		£3.67	£15.90	£7.16
Turn
		7
Corie_5_	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£11.93	£27.83	£7.84
x	All-in		£13.82	£41.65	£0.00
Corie_5_	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£1.89	£43.54	£5.95
craigcu12	Show	K 3
x	Show	8 9
River
		10
craigcu12	Win	Flush to the King	£42.14		£48.09

my cash overall today was very good in my early session their was a lot of entertainment what was happening was one nl4p had a player that couldn't stand small pots when ever he had something the pot had to be big so their was so much aggression he wasn't even that tight he was texting a lot if he beat me but while he was doing that i laughed my head of as i had a nl10p which i dominated and that won £22.18 compared to a final loss of £5.76 on the nl4p.
a similar thing occurred this evening only this time just bad luck so i suffered 2 small losses of 5.55 and 2.95 on an act and nl8 but that was returned from a MS table which give profit of £31.26.
my tables overall got me a final profit of £53.33
the outcome overall was £23.88 .

it should have been £46.13 if i thought before entering the mini and them two very late MTTs and if i didn't get that very unlucky sat BB then it would have been £57.13.
so i wasted ~£23

BR is now £221.21

craigcu12 · August 2013

well i guess my luck today was already used on some bandit machines this afternoon where i was hitting quite well. i had a few MTTs a suffered some bad luck with them. (-25.55) then after a bit of cash play i tried a few SnG which again just give more back luck (-13.40)
i did turn things round and did quite well on the cash tables (£18.35) but a lot of that was probably helped by some decent bluffing

weather or not he did have the K i don't know but i did get the perfect card on the river

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£19.95
Teevers	Sitout
longman912	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£18.77
	Your hole cards	10 10
Clayton_94	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£25.03
x	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£19.70
longman912	Fold
		K 7 9
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.60	£1.30	£24.43
x	Raise		£1.55	£2.85	£18.15
craigcu12	Call		£0.95	£3.80	£23.48
Turn
		8
x	Bet		£1.90	£5.70	£16.25
craigcu12	Raise		£4.00	£9.70	£19.48
x	Call		£2.10	£11.80	£14.15
River
		8
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£19.48	£31.28	£0.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£10.91		£10.91
craigcu12	Return		£19.48	£0.89	£30.39

lot of low cards so thought well you have 2 over cards and position so why not bluff a middle pair then when he checks the river i thought well unless it's a hand such as AQ KQ or QJ then perhaps he will fold thinking i have a pair.

Flop
Teevers	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.28
longman912	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£16.98
	Your hole cards	10 K
x	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£25.09
craigcu12	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£19.55
ghecman	Fold
Chezzy30	Fold
Teevers	Fold
longman912	Call		£0.20	£0.95	£16.78
		4 2 4
longman912	Check
x	Bet		£0.55	£1.50	£24.54
craigcu12	Call		£0.55	£2.05	£19.00
longman912	Fold
Turn
		6
x	Bet		£1.45	£3.50	£23.09
craigcu12	Raise		£2.90	£6.40	£16.10
x	Call		£1.45	£7.85	£21.64
River
		Q
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£5.89	£13.74	£10.21
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£7.26		£17.47
craigcu12	Return		£5.89	£0.59	£23.36

well he tried the check raise on the flop so i wasn't sure if he was bluffing so i called thendecided to use the turn card as a chance to bluff myself by using that bet asif i'm saying right now we have got flush draws i charge you to call then when the river comes a third club i decide to take the chance of bluffing the flush myself.

Flop
lees180	Sitout
Donttelmum	Big blind		£0.10	£0.10	£19.17
	Your hole cards	6 6
hhyftrftdr	Fold
longman912	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.40	£30.29
x	Call		£0.30	£0.70	£17.41
Donttelmum	Fold
		Q 3 Q
craigcu12	Bet		£0.53	£1.23	£29.76
x	Raise		£1.06	£2.29	£16.35
craigcu12	Call		£0.53	£2.82	£29.23
Turn
		8
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£2.82	£5.64	£13.53
craigcu12	Raise		£5.64	£11.28	£23.59
x	Call		£2.82	£14.10	£10.71
River
		9
craigcu12	Bet		£7.00	£21.10	£16.59
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£13.04		£29.63
craigcu12	Return		£7.00	£1.06	£36.63

BR is £199.30 but atleast i got £20 from £3 on bantits

AcidMan27 · August 2013

The first hand with your pocket 10's villain was me.

I was chasing the nut flush. Not sure if the turn should have been a fold or call for me.

craigcu12 · August 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary getting back to normal with cash tables:

The first hand with your pocket 10's villain was me. I was chasing the nut flush. Not sure if the turn should have been a fold or call for me.
Posted by AcidMan27

if on the turn you had nothing but the flush then yeh I think folding should have been the choice made because you were out of position and most clubs would be the end and I would fold for sure and if it was 98 I had (which is what I was minicing) then cards such as Kc-10c easily lead to better two pairs 6/5c is a straight danger 4-2c bluff or flush as for the 8 FH is possible.

craigcu12 · August 2013

right I am going to have a couple of months which I won't post anything onto this.
it's just so I can be secretive with how i'm doing both MTT's and cash.
I will come back to it.

craigcu12 · September 2013

augest was yet another awful month for me with too much MTT addiction the main losses were from sats.

what i am going to start trying from this month is rather than using the sats instead i will try and gain the money from timed MTT and DYM and use it to buy into the semi or the main event right away because timed MTT i do have a good record with and it is probably helped due to the short amount of time you have before they finish so villians don't always risk their chips.

from the 17th i will be not on the poker much for a month or two as their is a new game for ps3 out GTA5 so i will be playing on that for most the day.

calcalfold · September 2013

I dont really understand this.

Cash is clearly your game, why waste time and money on MTTs?

craigcu12 · September 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary getting back to normal with cash tables:

I dont really understand this. Cash is clearly your game, why waste time and money on MTTs?
Posted by calcalfold

the main time i'm poor with MTT is when they are the low stakes
them MTT are filled with masses of limpers chasers donks and CS basically poor players
take this hand for instance I know I would be going in anyway but the case with it was it's as if he can't do betting post flop

Flop
mrBEN485	Small blind		40.00	40.00	3070.00
All_is_one	Big blind		80.00	120.00	2650.00
	Your hole cards	Q Q
mckie00	Call		80.00	200.00	2870.00
blueyejewl	All-in		1610.00	1810.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		1610.00	3420.00	2210.00
RogueCell	Fold
mrBEN485	Fold
All_is_one	Fold
mckie00	Fold
blueyejewl	Show	K K
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
		2 3 2
Turn
		K
River
		7
blueyejewl	Win	Full House, Kings and 2s	3420.00		3420.00

cbetting if I miss is a nightmare too why can't this guy just do a raise pre for all he knows I could well have had a premium in my hand or A10

Flop
RogueCell	Small blind		30.00	30.00	5980.00
mrBEN485	Big blind		60.00	90.00	3170.00
	Your hole cards	6 J
All_is_one	Fold
mckie00	Call		60.00	150.00	1200.00
blueyejewl	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		180.00	330.00	5020.00
RogueCell	Fold
mrBEN485	Fold
mckie00	Call		120.00	450.00	1080.00
		2 10 9
mckie00	Check
craigcu12	Bet		337.50	787.50	4682.50
mckie00	All-in		1080.00	1867.50	0.00
craigcu12	Call		742.50	2610.00	3940.00
mckie00	Show	Q 10
craigcu12	Show	6 J
Turn
		2
River
		8
mckie00	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 2s	2610.00		2610.00

hhyftrftdr · September 2013

Remember Craig, we want to play against ''poor'' players, be it cash or an MTT. And you seem to concern yourself with how others play, but the only thing within our control is how WE play.

We don't have to raise that button above, we can let it go. We have a very marginal hand, and the villain has limped in with 20BB behind, we simply don't need to get involved with J6s.

craigcu12 · September 2013

After nearly 4 weeks away from poker to try and get myself away from poker, hopefully I will now be avoiding MTT's much more and back into cash again where my winning streak began.
i might still play the odd MTT but the cash games are better.
my aim is to get the BR back to £300 by the end of the year

i had a 1.5 hour session today on 5 tables

winning tables were £2.20 and £4.31
loosing tables were -0.10 -0.49 and -£3.17

LARSON7 · September 2013

Welcome back and good luck!

craigcu12 · October 2013

even 3 weeks seems long enough for people to forget the type I was.
the hit/miss types and nitty types seem to have gone down in numbers
it's calling station and even the odd unknown aggro type that seem to be about

normally it's the flush that bets the turn

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£6.41
The_Chris	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£6.68
iammick	Big blind		£0.08	£0.20	£6.32
	Your hole cards	4 4
Thelunker	Fold
iammick	Check
craigcu12	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£9.96
x	Call		£0.04	£0.32	£6.37
The_Chris	Check
		A 4 5
x	Bet		£0.08	£0.40	£6.29
The_Chris	Fold
iammick	Call		£0.08	£0.48	£6.24
craigcu12	Call		£0.08	£0.56	£9.88
Turn
		A
x	Bet		£0.28	£0.84	£6.01
iammick	Call		£0.28	£1.12	£5.96
craigcu12	Call		£0.28	£1.40	£9.60
River
		J
x	Bet		£1.40	£2.80	£4.61
iammick	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£3.50	£6.30	£6.10
x	Raise		£4.20	£10.50	£0.41
craigcu12	All-in		£6.10	£16.60	£0.00
x	All-in		£0.41	£17.01	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£3.59	£13.42	£3.59
x	Show	A J
craigcu12	Show	4 4
x	Win	Full House, Aces and Jacks	£12.41		£12.41

A might be possible but in the summer these hand seem to be folding the flop

Flop
mojoe90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.44
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.22
	Your hole cards	J J
Carper211	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.05
planet432	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£4.14
TuckerJ37	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£3.73
x	Raise		£0.20	£0.38	£6.49
mojoe90	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.52	£0.90	£2.70
Carper211	Fold
planet432	Fold
TuckerJ37	Fold
x	Call		£0.36	£1.26	£6.13
		8 A 4
craigcu12	Bet		£0.52	£1.78	£2.18
x	Call		£0.52	£2.30	£5.61
Turn
		2
craigcu12	Bet		£0.52	£2.82	£1.66
x	Call		£0.52	£3.34	£5.09
River
		A
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£1.67	£5.01	£3.42
craigcu12	All-in		£1.66	£6.67	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£0.01	£6.66	£3.43
craigcu12	Show	J J
x	Show	J 9
x	Win	Flush to the Ace	£6.16		£9.59

what has happened to the trapping

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.04
tug	Sitout
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.85
	Your hole cards	5 A
Carper211	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.22
planet432	Fold
TuckerJ37	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£3.34
x	Call		£0.02	£0.16	£3.02
craigcu12	Check
		5 3 A
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
Carper211	Bet		£0.04	£0.20	£3.18
TuckerJ37	Fold
x	Call		£0.04	£0.24	£2.98
craigcu12	Call		£0.04	£0.28	£3.81
Turn
		8
x	Check
craigcu12	Check
Carper211	Bet		£0.14	£0.42	£3.04
x	Raise		£0.70	£1.12	£2.28
craigcu12	Raise		£1.26	£2.38	£2.55
Carper211	Fold
x	All-in		£2.28	£4.66	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£1.72	£6.38	£0.83
x	Show	8 8
craigcu12	Show	5 A
River
		J
x	Win	Three 8s	£5.90		£5.90

one player even caused me to fold the better hand

Flop
helmdog	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.53
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.22
	Your hole cards	J J
POWERFULL	Fold
x	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£5.43
50bar	Fold
helmdog	Raise		£0.18	£0.36	£2.35
craigcu12	Call		£0.16	£0.52	£6.06
x	Call		£0.08	£0.60	£5.35
		3 9 7
helmdog	Bet		£0.30	£0.90	£2.05
craigcu12	Call		£0.30	£1.20	£5.76
x	Call		£0.30	£1.50	£5.05
Turn
		4
helmdog	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.40	£1.90	£5.36
x	Raise		£1.16	£3.06	£3.89
helmdog	Call		£1.16	£4.22	£0.89
craigcu12	Fold
River
		3
helmdog	All-in		£0.89	£5.11	£0.00
x	Call		£0.89	£6.00	£3.00
helmdog	Show	8 8
x	Show	J 9
x	Win	Two Pairs, 9s and 3s	£5.55		£8.55

craigcu12 · October 2013

today has been a poor day with 3 sessions overall.
the first one which was where most them hands above were from had the worst with losses of £3.42 £5.07 £4.32 £1.88 and even a loss of £14.10 almost every one was from nl4 £5.07 the exception. the only winning table that session was 8.45 profit from an action table

in the second session I tried a bit of Omaha hi lo for a change and entered 1 hi low MTT and 2 nl4 cash tables they were quite relaxing. I didn't succeed in the MTT but I did ok on the cash tables a loss of 55p was on one but it was erased with a winning of £2.73 on a second table.

my final session was not as bad and did finish out as a winning session with table outcomes £4.13, £2.24 £1.70 -£1.07 and -£1.15.

the overall finish was a loss of -17.81
BR is currently £95.37

it was clear really today was not my day just by looking at this hand

Flop
kpy20	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£7.96
CATCH-22	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£8.90
	Your hole cards	J J
SHANKS80	Fold
walksalot2	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£7.37
craigcu12	Raise		£0.32	£0.52	£13.46
x	Call		£0.28	£0.80	£7.68
CATCH-22	Fold
walksalot2	Call		£0.24	£1.04	£7.13
		5 5 J
x	Check
walksalot2	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.50	£1.54	£12.96
x	Call		£0.50	£2.04	£7.18
walksalot2	Fold
Turn
		8
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.80	£2.84	£12.16
x	Call		£0.80	£3.64	£6.38
River
		4
x	Bet		£2.01	£5.65	£4.37
craigcu12	Raise		£5.00	£10.65	£7.16
x	All-in		£4.37	£15.02	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£1.38	£16.40	£5.78
x	Show	5 5
craigcu12	Show	J J
x	Win	Four 5s	£15.17		£15.17

craigcu12 · October 2013

my first session today was an up down really I had 5 cash table (4nl4+1 act) 1 had a terrible period and got a loss of £7.08 the act also was not as I hoped and I lost £2.07 on that table. thankfully I did recover it from profits of £5.51 £4.06 and £1.50 and so the session finished at +£1.92.

BR £97.29

craigcu12 · October 2013

things are going from bad to worse with each and every session not working out well.

I had two other sessions this evening and they were both disasters.
the first one got one very good table but 3 table were poor the out comes from all 5 were +£0.67, +£12.16, -£5.12, -£8.14 and -£2.49

then I had a break before the last happy hour and it proved to be the worst session of all with +£2.31, +£2.33, -£6.60, -£8.00, -£6.67 and -£4
the BR is currently £73.74

LARSON7 · October 2013

Hi Craig

Maybe for one session play with 3 or 4 tables maximum.

Play really tight for the first 15-20 minutes until you know how the table is playing. Then after you have the table sussed, play the way which is most suitable for the table.

Pick out your spots on the table, and with value hands go for maximum value.

Just some thoughts, all the best!

craigcu12 · October 2013

due to the football and having a friend over today, I didn't have time for very much poker.

I did manage to get in one session before MOTD and it managed a low but profitable period. rather than the 5 tables I usually have, I decided to just play on 3 and would the hand histories below that way I could get more time to review how my opponents were playing.

the table outcomes finished as +£1.44, +£1.20 +£1.10 and I did get a loss of -£0.11 but I didn't spend long on that table as it was not easy to get a good style of play to work.

BR itself stands at £77.37

craigcu12 · October 2013

today I can blame only myself for the terrible day I did have some bad luck but it was mostly a case of me forgetting that these tables are passive tables so expect decent hands to be revealed.

the overally winning tables total was £27.83 while the loosing total was £43.30
6 tables managed winning over a £1 compared with 9 tables loosing over £2 each.
the tables themselves were losses of -£8 -£2.63 -£2.04 -£7.87 -£4 -£3.43 -£2.44 -£8.82 and -£3.66 all of which were from nl4 or act

the only big winning tables were £2.63 £1.31 £7.53 £3.50 £1.44 and £9.13 again from nl4 or act the rest of the winning tables were very small.

I did do 2 cheap MTT sats and went out in the with just bad luck my overall loss was -26.97 and my BR is now a mere £50.92.

all I can really say but is I deserve the bad form when I do things like this

i should have did the jam on the turn here because i was very unlikely behind him on the turn and the river should have been a clear fold

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.73
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.04
	Your hole cards	3 J
bigdodee87	Fold
SINGA	Fold
x	Call		£0.02	£0.08	£5.71
craigcu12	Check
		A 2 9
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.06	£0.14	£5.98
x	Raise		£0.12	£0.26	£5.59
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.56	£5.68
x	Raise		£0.60	£1.16	£4.99
craigcu12	Call		£0.36	£1.52	£5.32
Turn
		8
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.80	£2.32	£4.52
x	Raise		£1.60	£3.92	£3.39
craigcu12	Call		£0.80	£4.72	£3.72
River
		8
x	Bet		£2.36	£7.08	£1.03
craigcu12	Call		£2.36	£9.44	£1.36
x	Show	2 2
craigcu12	Muck	3 J
x	Win	Full House, 2s and 8s	£8.73		£9.76

i might have the over pair but really it only slightly stronger than top pair and really any two pair or set is possible plus AA-JJ are still possible on these tables so i should have folded here.

Flop
ezalb	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.41
x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.82
	Your hole cards	10 10
craigcu12	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£3.32
angermoose	Fold
lisamilw05	Fold
Misstake	Call		£0.12	£0.30	£5.98
ezalb	Fold
lyndsey25	Call		£0.08	£0.38	£5.74
		5 2 9
x	Bet		£0.38	£0.76	£5.36
craigcu12	Raise		£0.80	£1.56	£2.52
Misstake	Fold
x	All-in		£5.36	£6.92	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£2.52	£9.44	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£2.42	£7.02	£2.42
x	Show	9 2
craigcu12	Show	10 10
Turn
		8
River
		3
x	Win	Two Pairs, 9s and 2s	£6.49		£8.91

if this hand doesn't convince me enough to consider thinking when i see a bet i don't know what will.

Flop
x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.20
geronimo99	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.75
	Your hole cards	2 5
chipper007	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£3.63
x	Call		£0.10	£0.28	£3.10
geronimo99	Fold
		K 4 3
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.21	£0.49	£3.42
x	Call		£0.21	£0.70	£2.89
Turn
		K
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.70	£1.40	£2.72
x	Call		£0.70	£2.10	£2.19
River
		6
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£2.72	£4.82	£0.00
x	All-in		£2.19	£7.01	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.53	£6.48	£0.53
x	Show	3 3
craigcu12	Show	2 5
x	Win	Full House, 3s and Kings	£5.99		£5.99

craigcu12 · October 2013

i think i might have been taking it the wrong way before.

what i was thinking was the main reason behind playing tight was the risk of a calling station but what i am now thinking is that it's probably got a lot to do with villians being just too passive so i will never know what the villain has got as he is just going to call my bet also flush and straight draws i am now thinking will never win more money than they loose because again when i miss i will be left guessing what he has and a bluff will be tough and if they do fold they normally will do it as soon as the flush or straight hit or the very first bet i make.

i guess calling stations now are villians who play like a hit miss and if they hit they just call it down.

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