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Closing Balance £178.23
Down £3.55 today
Due to family commitments I played very little poker. For the fourth day in a row I was rubbish at holding when all-in and ahead and finished a little down from a small batch of STTs.
April Poker Points 174
Today’s results;
7828105HNL6MX,ST0.2GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 19:25NL Hold'em £2 + £0.25/6-£2.27828247HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 19:09NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957828210HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 19:00NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057828203HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 18:57NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057827984HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 18:47NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17827461HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 15:56NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957826094HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/04/2013 09:39NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.95
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 10.00 10.00 420.00 * Big blind 20.00 30.00 550.00 Your hole cards Q Q GaryQQQ Raise 30.00 60.00 390.00 * Call 20.00 80.00 530.00 Flop 9 4 6 * Bet 20.00 100.00 510.00 GaryQQQ Raise 110.00 210.00 280.00 * Call 90.00 300.00 420.00 Turn 10 * All-in 420.00 720.00 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 280.00 1000.00 0.00 * Unmatched bet 140.00 860.00 140.00 GaryQQQ Show Q Q * Show 10 8 River 8 * Win Two Pairs, 10s and 8s 860.00 1000.00
Closing Balance £171.58
Down £6.65 today
It’s still not happening for me in the micro MTT’s at the moment. I’m picking up plenty of small pots without any difficulty only to run terribly when it comes to the crucial big all-ins. Runs like this are standard in tournaments, I’ll just keep plugging away and trying to play my best until the variance turns around. I’m saving up the run-good for a future heater.
At least I cashed in something. My min-cash in a £3.30 freeze-out was my first in-the-money finish since Wednesday. In the end I was coolered with pair<pair aipf during 3-handed play with effective stacks under 20BB.
April Poker Points 201
Today’s results;
7830906HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 15:30NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957829406HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.39/16-£2.37830822HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 15:02NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957829286HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.316/21-£1.557830778HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 14:40NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057830707HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 14:34NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057829173HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.316/19-£2.37829033HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 13:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.311/21-£2.37830514HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 12:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97829559HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 11:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/11£6.77828734HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.376/79-£3.37828462HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/04/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.331/69-£3.3
Fun hand from a Bounty Hunter today. Given the action on previous streets we can eliminate QQ-AA from the villains range and it looks very likely he has a jack. I shove over 2x pot on the river for maximum value knowing that a jack will be calling. I see no point betting less; he may smell a rat and flat-call a smaller bet rather than re-raising me all-in. Of course quads 5s was possibility, albeit highly unlikely. in which we can laugh off a harsh cooler.
The above was a rare highlight. The hand below was my exit from another tournament and is standard fare for me at the moment. I was calling here with a very solid read that the villain’s 3-bet shove is likely to be a middle pair.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceANGLINGMAN Small blind 30.00 30.00 2210.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 60.00 90.00 2905.00 Your hole cards J J Primeiro Fold wotAflop Raise 120.00 210.00 640.00 margates Call 120.00 330.00 3435.00 * All-in 3085.00 3415.00 0.00 ANGLINGMAN Fold GaryQQQ All-in 2905.00 6320.00 0.00 wotAflop All-in 640.00 6960.00 0.00 margates Fold * Unmatched bet 120.00 6840.00 120.00 GaryQQQ Show J J wotAflop Show A K * Show 10 10 Flop 10 4 3 Turn 2 River 6 * Win Three 10s 6840.00 6960.00
Closing Balance £193.05
Up £21.47 today
Phew; a long overdue cash in a Bounty Hunter and my first winning day since Wednesday last week.
Most of the profit came thanks to a deep run in the 10-45AM £3.30. For the first time in a while I ran well when all-in including a lucky double with AT>AJ aipf two from the money and winning two 40/60s as the underdog at the final table. I busted in third place after three hours of play in an unavoidable cooler; my rivered nut-flush losing to a turned full-house. I knew I didn’t have the nuts on a paired board but with effective stacks only ~20BB deep my hand was far too strong to even consider folding in a blind v blind pot.
Much like London buses another cash also came in the very next tournament with another third in a small £2.30 Bounty Hunter. On the bubble I benefited from a major suck-out; with only 9BB behind my K3o was a standard shove when it folded to me on the SB. I somehow got there against the BB’s pocket KK!
April Poker Points 207
Today’s results;
7832687HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker16/04/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.33/17£3.357832112HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker16/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/68£18.12
Below is the hand from this morning’s Bounty Hunter that set me off on the deep run. I’d like to point out a couple of decisions in this hand that might help beginners or improving players.
Firstly I see little point in raising over the limpers pre-flop. With several passive calling stations at the table if I do the most likely thing is that at least two of them will call my raise, I’ll then miss the flop and have difficulty playing my pocket pair OOP with overcards on the board. Seeing a flop for free and taking it from there offers by far the best risk/reward ratio.
Second it’s worth taking a good look at the flop action. When Player A puts out a small bet and player B calls I’m pretty sure they both have either a piece of the flop or a draw, so I put in a smallish check-raise to build the pot with my set while being careful not to make my bet so big that either of them fold. Any king and any flush draw are among holdings that I expect to call my raise. Slow-playing now by just calling the minimum bet is a common mistake. The pot won’t get very big and flush-draws get the chance to improve at minimum cost. Putting in a much bigger check/raise would also be an error, the last thing we want here is to make our opponents fold.
When player B unexpectedly shoves over my check-raise I’m delighted. We’re not worried he holds pocket KK as his pre-flop limp on the button means we can eliminate it from his range with 99% certainty. All we have to think about now is winning as many chips as possible out from Player A. The last thing I should do is put in a raise that makes Player A fold. You see light calls made by opponents chasing bounties in these games, so I don’t think player A will fold any king or flush draw if I merely call, in fact he may now think that I only have either a flush draw or a weak made hand. Flat-calling the shove and hoping Player A also calls is our best bet. When he does he’s now committed to the pot and my plan is to shove on any turn. I hate the ace because it might scare Player A into a reluctantly folding a king, however I go through with my plan and put the rest of my stack in. Player A calls even though he'd been drawing almost dead on the flop, completely dead on the turn, and I win the maximum possible.
Player B didn't really do much wrong, he was just unlucky to run into a bigger set. Player A played his cards badly in my opinion. The presence of many players in the field making unwise decisions like this are why these low-stakes MTTs are easily beatable.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance666bumpy Small blind 40.00 40.00 5495.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 80.00 120.00 3500.00 Your hole cards 8 8 rainman001 Fold A Call 80.00 200.00 4790.00 ebb69 Fold B Call 80.00 280.00 1540.00 666bumpy Call 40.00 320.00 5455.00 GaryQQQ Check Flop 2 K 8 666bumpy Check GaryQQQ Check A Bet 80.00 400.00 4710.00 B Call 80.00 480.00 1460.00 666bumpy Fold GaryQQQ Raise 320.00 800.00 3180.00 A Call 240.00 1040.00 4470.00 B All-in 1460.00 2500.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 1220.00 3720.00 1960.00 A Call 1220.00 4940.00 3250.00 Turn A GaryQQQ All-in 1960.00 6900.00 0.00 A Call 1960.00 8860.00 1290.00 GaryQQQ Show 8 8 A Show 4 K B Show 2 2 River 9 GaryQQQ Win Three 8s 8860.00 8860.00
nearly back to 1/5 of the way there.
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Keep it up!
Closing Balance £190.28
Down £2.77 today
No joy for me in the micro Bounty Hunters today. The bingo callers were having their day in sun. That’s fine by me, I profit from these guys in the long run, it’s important that they get lucky often enough to keep them in the games.
In HU STTs I fared better to claw a little back. I'm finding it harder to motivate myself for the HU STTs now because they only offer the opportunity of small profits. They were great when I need to grind up my balance using low variance games, but now I much prefer playing for the larger prizes up for grabs in micro MTTs.
For now my 40 buy-in rule is keeping me out the £5.75 Bounty Hunters that run all day. I’m itching to get into them as soon as possible, however I’ll be waiting until my balance reaches the reuired £230 no matter how long it takes. Discipline and patience FTW!
April Poker Points 225
Today’s results;
7838666HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 16:19NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97838516HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 15:58NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97838616HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 15:26NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957836849HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.318/29-£1.557836490HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.38/20-£2.37837782HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 11:59NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957837784HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 11:54NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057837620HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 11:43NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97835957HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.356/83-£2.177835619HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker17/04/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.326/70-£3.3
A bizarre river call in a HU match. It’s either a misclick, or he thinks there’s a reasonable chance I'm bluffing with the same hand or worse.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 15.00 15.00 1770.00 * Big blind 30.00 45.00 1185.00 Your hole cards 9 9 GaryQQQ Raise 45.00 90.00 1725.00 * Call 30.00 120.00 1155.00 Flop Q Q Q * Check GaryQQQ Bet 80.00 200.00 1645.00 * Call 80.00 280.00 1075.00 Turn 5 * Check GaryQQQ Bet 190.00 470.00 1455.00 * Call 190.00 660.00 885.00 River 7 * Check GaryQQQ Bet 395.00 1055.00 1060.00 * Call 395.00 1450.00 490.00 GaryQQQ Show 9 9 * Muck 8 9 GaryQQQ Win Full House, Queens and 9s 1450.00 2510.00
I couldn’t negotiate the micro Bounty Hunter minefields today;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceROBIN-U Small blind 50.00 50.00 1545.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 100.00 150.00 1343.75 Your hole cards A J mattytun Fold r Call 100.00 250.00 950.00 p Call 100.00 350.00 4305.00 ROBIN-U Fold GaryQQQ All-in 1343.75 1693.75 0.00 r All-in 950.00 2643.75 0.00 p Call 1343.75 3987.50 2961.25 GaryQQQ Show A J r Show K J p Show K 7 Flop 7 4 4 Turn 9 River 6 p Win Two Pairs, 7s and 4s 3987.50 6948.75
Closing Balance £198.69
Up £8.41 today
I only played two games today. Results were pleasing with a win in a HU match and second in a small Bounty Hunter.
In the tournament I was only deprived a win by the harsh run-out in the hand below. It was somewhat unfortunate because I felt I was at the top of my game throughout and always the best player at my tables. I prefer to be performance-orientated rather than results-orientated, there’s nothing more I could have done so I’m totally cool with the outcome.
April Poker Points 229
Today’s results;
7840506HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker18/04/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.32/25£6.517841642HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker18/04/2013 12:22NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.9
So near, yet so far. I come within one card of winning the Bounty Hunter and reaching a new highest balance;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 500.00 500.00 18149.50 GaryQQQ Big blind 1000.00 1500.00 30350.50 Your hole cards Q Q * Raise 2000.00 3500.00 16149.50 GaryQQQ Raise 5000.00 8500.00 25350.50 * All-in 16149.50 24649.50 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 12649.50 37299.00 12701.00 * Show 10 A GaryQQQ Show Q Q Flop K 10 Q Turn 8 River J * Win Flush to the Ace 37299.00 37299.00
Up-to-date graph of daily closing balances so far;
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9939/graphday106.jpg
Closing Balance £193.43
Down £5.26 today
It wasn’t my day with no joy from 3 MTTs.
I donked myself out of a £3.30 freezeout when I put a maniac to the test with my pocket 77 at a bad time and couldn't improve against his over-pair.
In a £2.30 Bounty Hunter I bubbled after losing the big all-in with AK<KQ aipf.
In a £2.20 Deepstack I was an early casualty. Two hands did for me in that one; my KQ coming second best to KT after a KQT flop, then when my 3-bet with pocket QQ was flatted by KQo, the JT9 flop condemned me.
April Poker Points 236
Today’s results;
7845625HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker19/04/2013 15:35NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97844066HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker19/04/2013 14:20NL Hold'em £2 + £0.212/15-£2.27845426HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker19/04/2013 12:22NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057843340HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker19/04/2013 12:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.34/17-£0.617844730HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker19/04/2013 12:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.313/14-£3.3
Bounty Hunter bubble harshness.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 150.00 150.00 5060.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 300.00 450.00 6217.50 Your hole cards K A gemz13 Raise 600.00 1050.00 13652.50 VK41 Fold * Call 450.00 1500.00 4610.00 GaryQQQ All-in 6217.50 7717.50 0.00 gemz13 Fold * All-in 4610.00 12327.50 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 1307.50 11020.00 1307.50 * Show Q K GaryQQQ Show K A Flop 4 Q Q Turn 7 River 7 * Win Full House, Queens and 7s 11020.00 11020.00
Closing Balance £201.07
Up £7.64 today
I made a couple of deep runs today, it was nice to turn a profit and get back over £200, though results were somewhat disappointing all things considered.
In a £250 guaranteed £2.30 Bounty Hunter I came close to a decent score but got donked out at the sharp end by the runaway chipleader, a calling station who was hitting everything and busting players for fun. He called my turn shove for a huge pot with only a jack-high flush draw and one card to come. He got there of course to beat my made straight. I was 2nd/9 from 147 at the time with several <10BB short stacks on life-support. I was begging for the call so I can’t whinge the one in five times I don’t fade the draw. It was a pretty brutal beat but it’s the nature of tournament poker.
Earlier I got heads-up in a smaller £2.30 BH, though needing to overcome a big chip deficit. HU play was over almost before it started. My open-shove from the button with a suited king was called by Q4o, another call I’m happy to take, but it was a quick kill; the flop came down Q44.
I seem to be stuck on a plateau at the moment, I’ve hovering around the £200 mark for a couple of weeks now. Hopefully I’ll push on soon.
April Poker Points 263
Today’s results;
7850999HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 18:05NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.857849001HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 18:00NL Hold'em £2 + £0.39/147£7.117850960HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 17:57NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.157850951HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 17:53NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.157848818HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 17:05NL Hold'em £2 + £0.32/18£4.987849476HNLSAT0.3GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 17:05NL Hold'em £3.3 + £0.36/15-£3.67850402HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 16:41NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.857848073HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.36/34-£0.87847888HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.36/7-£2.37849846HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker20/04/2013 13:12NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.85
Fun float in the £250 guaranteed. I had a feeling my opponent had probably missed this flop and decided to make play for the pot. Seeing flops with small pairs is far more profitable if you have ability to out-play your opponents post-flop and can still win pots without a set.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 75.00 75.00 11720.00 Ilera Big blind 150.00 225.00 2332.50 Your hole cards 2 2 gforce1 Fold * Raise 300.00 525.00 9075.00 tw33ks Fold GaryQQQ Call 225.00 750.00 11495.00 Ilera Fold Flop J 3 4 GaryQQQ Check * Bet 300.00 1050.00 8775.00 GaryQQQ Raise 795.00 1845.00 10700.00 * Call 495.00 2340.00 8280.00 Turn 3 GaryQQQ Bet 1495.00 3835.00 9205.00 * Fold GaryQQQ Muck GaryQQQ Win 2340.00 11545.00 GaryQQQ Return 1495.00 0.00 13040.00
I'm not even thinking about £500 yet. That seems daunting, miles away. My approach is to focus on a smaller step and ignore what I need to do beyond that. For a couple of weeks now I've set my sights on breaching £230, the point at which my 40-buy-in rule will permit me to buy into £5.75s. Not far to go now.
Closing Balance £219.16
Up £18.09 today
My fortunes were mixed in the morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters today. In the 9-45 I was going great until busted with QQ<AJ aipf against a fellow top-five stack for a pot worth the chiplead in the mid-stages.
Pocket QQ made amends early in the 10-45 when it gave me a very lucky treble-up against two players both holding KK. My 2-outer hit on the river of course. The hand has been posted in the Brags, Beats and Variance section of this forum.
The flying start didn’t last long and my big stack dwindled, mainly because I found myself getting totally owned by Young_Gun after he moved to my table. At one point I found myself down to only 11BB. I shoved my way back into contention, getting folds when I was light, doubling a couple of times when I had the goods. Soon after the bubble burst I finally got the better of Young_Gun, busting him in a standard flip. I made it to final table after but things didn’t go my way once there and I busted in fifth place.
Later I played some HU STTs managing 2 wins from 3. Despite having a feeling that it was a weekend of near misses I’m very happy to find myself posting a new highest balance.
April Poker Points 273
Today’s results;
7854623HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker21/04/2013 17:03NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.857854445HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker21/04/2013 16:19NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97854340HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker21/04/2013 16:03NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17851676HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.35/80£157851378HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/04/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.331/78£0.44
If Carlsberg did flops. A heads-up hand this afternoon.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 25.00 25.00 1150.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 50.00 75.00 1775.00 Your hole cards 4 J * Call 25.00 100.00 1125.00 GaryQQQ Check Flop J J J GaryQQQ Check * Bet 100.00 200.00 1025.00 GaryQQQ Call 100.00 300.00 1675.00 Turn 3 GaryQQQ Check * Bet 225.00 525.00 800.00 GaryQQQ Call 225.00 750.00 1450.00 River 8 GaryQQQ Bet 400.00 1150.00 1050.00 * Call 400.00 1550.00 400.00 GaryQQQ Show 4 J * Muck 9 9 GaryQQQ Win Four Jacks 1550.00 2600.00
Knowing that this diary sets an example to others that helps improve their results means more to me than the profit made.
Closing Balance £222.71
Up £3.55 today
Another couple of tournament near misses today with third place finishes in a £3.30 freezeout and a £2.30 Bounty Hunter. In the freezeout I was coolered 99<JJ aipf blind v blind, unavoidable with stacks shallow and an aggresive dynamic. In the Bounty Hunter my button open-shove with pocket TT was called by A6, the flop came down A6A, what more can you do lol?
I roughly broke even in HU STTs. It’s funny how it often goes in those; I got the cards to beat the best player I faced in comfort, whereas the worst opponent managed to come back and beat me after surviving three all-ins for his tournament life as an underdog.
A small profit on the day, another highest balance, £50 profit over the last 7 days.........I’ll take it!
April Poker Points 288
Today’s results;
7857886HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 16:52NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97857181HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 16:42NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17856255HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.315/23-£2.37856130HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.33/22£2.857857358HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 13:12NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97857319HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 12:52NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17856433HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 11:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/12£6.77855584HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.372/76-£3.3
Closing Balance £216.66
Down £6.05 today
No MTT success today. My best chance of a decent score came in the 10-45 BH. I recovered from only 520 chips early-on to well above average with the bubble looming but couldn’t recover after losing two thirds of my stack in my first big flip with AK<66 aipf for a 40BB pot. My exit in 16/72 came soon after with QJ<AK aipf.
In the afternoon there was a lot more bingo play at the tables than usual for a weekday, surprisingly the worst of it I saw was in a deep stack. I tightened-up and got my chips in in good spots but I couldn’t find a way through the minefield.
I think I finished slightly up in HU STTs today. I’m thinking of throwing in a batch of 100x £3.15 hypers at some point over the next few days. It’ll be something different and will ensure I qualify for a C4P payment (I’m well behind schedule to get there at the moment). If I decide to go for it I’ll announce it here before I start and happily take on all-comers.
April Poker Points 313
Today’s results;
7861625HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 17:46NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97860766HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 17:45NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057861545HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 17:02NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957859922HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 16:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.38/17-£2.37861297HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 16:14NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97861149HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 15:08NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957861121HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 15:00NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057859478HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 14:20NL Hold'em £2 + £0.210/20-£2.27859453HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.33/11-£0.17860936HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 13:21NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.857860883HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 13:18NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17860874HNLT,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 12:59NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.97859040HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 12:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.38/9-£2.37860203HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 12:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17859037HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.316/72-£3.3
Closing Balance £246.87
Up £30.21 today
There was a very near miss in my first tournament today, a second place finish in the 9-45 Bounty Hunter. In the first hand I played like a donk and needlessly gave away 35% of my stack, however after the embarrassing start things went much better. I picked up plenty of cards to work with and gradually chipped-up finding myself near the top of the field with several head-prizes come the bubble.
There was a brief panic after two hours of play when my broadband connection went down, however iPhone tethering came to the rescue and after missing a few hands I was able to continue using the phones 3G connection.
With 9 players left a river bink in a huge 3-way aipf pot when my AK eliminated opponents holding pocket 99 and A5 gave me the chiplead, a lead I was able to maintain more-or-less all the way to heads-up play. Once there I came within one card of winning the tournament in a standard race, my 33<QJ (10BB effective stacks) when a jack hit on the river. Soon after I was left on fumes; my raise with AKs on the BB over an open-limp was flatted, I flopped top pair/top kicker on the KQ8r board, however when stacks went in my opponent flipped pocket 88. An unavoidable cooler for me when we were only 20BB deep before the blinds were posted. I was disappointed not to take the victory however the £39.11 return for my £3.30 buy-in, my second biggest bink of this challenge so far, is a sweet consolation.
For the first time since this began I’m now rolled to buy into £5.75 games in accordance with my 40 buy-in rule, I’ll start playing them soon.
April Poker Points 322
Today’s results;
7863270HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/04/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.37/16-£2.37862494HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/04/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.349/71-£3.37862200HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/04/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.32/83£35.81
Bink! Fun river card for me with 2 tables left in the £3.30. Lea116311 can consider herself somewhat unlucky not to hold with the third player in the pot holding one of my outs.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 400.00 400.00 8388.25 Mr__Spoons Big blind 800.00 1200.00 17773.50 Your hole cards K A lea116311 All-in 15538.75 16738.75 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 29007.50 45746.25 0.00 donk30 Fold * All-in 8388.25 54134.50 0.00 Mr__Spoons Fold GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 13468.75 40665.75 13468.75 * Show A 5 lea116311 Show 9 9 GaryQQQ Show K A Flop Q Q J Turn 3 River 10 GaryQQQ Win Straight to the Ace 40665.75 54134.50
Only a matter of time now imo
Good luck
Daz
Have no doubt your roll will steadily increase once you start cashing in the £5.75 BH tournies!
Closing Balance £230.22
Down £16.65 today
Two steps forward, one step back.
I had a bit of a mare today. I’m happy with my play, it’s just that I ran about as badly as is possible. In all three MTTs I busted after losing all-in situations with 70%+ equity.
My first £5.75 Bounty Hunter of this challenge couldn’t have gone worse. After a decent start I lost over half of my stack to a chaser who completed his gutshot on the river. I rebuilt to average only to then go out in sick fashion. First my AK lost to A5o aipf for a head-prize. Two hands later I called an open shove with my pocket AA. I was up against the mighty J2o……….but I still managed to lose! I was too tilted to continue playing after that hand and called it a day.
My stay in £5.75s might be very brief. In accordance with my 40 buy-in rule I won’t play them while my balance is a penny less than £230. Mind you, every cloud has a silver lining; the standard of opponents I faced in the £5.75 today was no different to those I see at £2.30 and £3.30. If anything it was worse. That’s an encouraging sign for future games.
April Poker Points 338
Today’s results;
7868235HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 14:38NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.157867019HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 14:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7565/85-£5.757868034HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 13:02NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957867291HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 13:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.37/22-£3.37867949HNLHU0.1GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 12:59NL Hold'em £2 + £0.12/2-£2.17867130HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker25/04/2013 12:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.38/16-£3.3
What can you say? This is my exit hand from the first £5.75 Bounty Hunter of this challenge;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceLimp2Lose Small blind 20.00 20.00 10195.00 OBBO69 Big blind 40.00 60.00 2181.25 Your hole cards A A * All-in 1895.00 1955.00 0.00 lelly01 Fold GaryQQQ All-in 1790.00 3745.00 0.00 scank300 Fold Limp2Lose Fold OBBO69 Fold * Unmatched bet 105.00 3640.00 105.00 * Show 2 J GaryQQQ Show A A Flop 2 9 6 Turn 3 River J * Win Two Pairs, Jacks and 2s 3640.00 3745.