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Then I looked at your sharkscope...
Is AJo a good call against a 7BB open shove and a 28BB reshove? There's no wrong or right answer really. If you think my range includes a lot of hands worse than AJ then by all means go for it.
Closing Balance £610.47
Down £9.95 today
I didn't have time for any MTTs today so I entered some STTs. I'm satisfied that I played well but unfortunately I went back to being rubbish at all-ins.
I won a fairly insignificant aipf coin-flip when my pocket 33 held against overcards to finish off a very short opponent in a HU match, but I lost all the rest including Q9s < 55 aipf on the bubble of an £11 DYM when I open shoved from the button and the villain called from the SB for 80% of his stack. Other DYM exit hands included AA < 77 and AK < A9.
At one point I released some steam by registering for two RR games. I won the £1.10 game, lost the £3.30 game. That pretty much sums up how it's going for me at the moment.
October Poker Points 64
Today’s results;
8429626 H NL 6MX,DN 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 16:14 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.25 5/6 -£2.25 8429570 H NL 6MX,DN 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 16:03 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.25 6/6 -£2.25 8429516 H NL L,HU 0.1 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 15:53 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.1 1/2 £0.9 8429520 H NL L,HU 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 15:49 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 2/2 -£3.3 8429595 H NL ST,HU 0.15 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 15:34 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.15 1/2 £2.85 8429518 H NL ST,HU 0.15 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 15:24 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.15 1/2 £2.85 8429487 H NL 6MX,DN 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 07/10/2013 15:12 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 6/6 <p style="font-size:6pt;font-family:'Segoe UIClosing Balance £612.49
Up £2.02 today
Still rubbish at all-ins.
Despite that I enjoyed a deepish run in my first tournament of the day, though my 8/77 in the 10-45 Bounty Hunter with just the one head-prize didn't win much cash. I'm happy I played well throughout and it felt good to go deep. Unfortunately I busted the first time I was all-in and called in the entire tournament; my K8 unable to improve against AJ blind vs blind. I was in last place at the time with only 9BB and happy to take my chances and either double or bust. It was a quick kill; I was all but dead on the Ajx flop.
After that nothing went my way, I busted empty-handed from a DYM, another micro MTT and two new software freerolls. It's hard to get anywhere when you can't win all-ins, in each I failed to make holds after getting my stack in ahead for a crucial pots.
I lost £1.82 at the tables today, though I finish the day up courtesy of a £3.84 Rewards bonus.
October Poker Points 73
Today’s results;
8432970 H NL R 0.0 GBP SkyPoker 08/10/2013 14:00 NL Hold'em Freeroll 33/100 -£0.00 8431272 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 08/10/2013 13:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 6/12 -£1.55 8432986 H NL 6MX,DN 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 08/10/2013 13:40 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 4/6 -£3.3 8430939 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 08/10/2013 10:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 8/77 £3.03Still seeing too many like this to get anywhere. My opponent can't win this pot when I shove on the river, his only hope is a two-outer with one card to come for a chop.............bink.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 20.00 20.00 1585.00 Kegbro Big blind 40.00 60.00 1520.00 Your hole cards K K pokerdarts Fold shell44 Fold mrmeads29 Raise 100.00 160.00 700.00 * Call 100.00 260.00 4025.00 GaryQQQ Raise 360.00 620.00 1225.00 Kegbro Fold mrmeads29 Fold * Call 280.00 900.00 3745.00 Flop J Q 9 GaryQQQ Bet 500.00 1400.00 725.00 *Call 500.00 1900.00 3245.00 Turn 10 GaryQQQ All-in 725.00 2625.00 0.00 * Call 725.00 3350.00 2520.00 GaryQQQ Show K K * Show 6 Q River K GaryQQQ Win Straight to the King 1675.00 1675.00 * Win Straight to the King 1675.00 4195.00
Has it been a better day?
Watched you win a H/U and a B/H.
Hope everything else went ok too.
Closing Balance £621.37
Up £8.88 today
Yay! I won a small MTT today
In a £3.30 BH I went out in the first orbit. My raise to 140 with AK over three limpers at 10/20 ended up with becoming a three way aipf pot. I was flipping against 99 and QQ, a high variance +ev spot that I'm prepared to take with the bounties factored in. I didn't hit this time and the QQ held up, no complaints there. A couple of STTs went better; I doubled in a DYM and won a HU hyper.
In the afternoon I stopped playing poker to catch up on business paperwork, however I let a couple of the new software freerolls run on the side. I lasted just one hand in each game; my QQ into AA aipf in the first. In the second my set of kings was cracked by a limp/caller with JTo who chased and caught a gut-shot.
Today's profit is relatively small, however it's my most profitable session for 26 days by quite some way. Hopefully I've turned a corner.
October Poker Points 83
Today’s results;
8436582 H NL 0.0 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 15:30 NL Hold'em Freeroll 166/173 £0 8436581 H NL 0.0 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 15:00 NL Hold'em Freeroll 171/174 £0 8436463 H NL 6MX,DN 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 13:00 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 1/6 £2.7 8436173 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 11:04 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.05 1/2 £0.95 8434612 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 10:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 79/81 -£3.3 8433943 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 09/10/2013 10:15 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 1/11 £8.53
Yay, I managed a few holds today. Final hand in the £2.30 BH;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance Small blind 100.00 100.00 6590.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 200.00 300.00 15110.00 Your hole cards Q A Raise 700.00 1000.00 5890.00 GaryQQQ All-in 15110.00 16110.00 0.00 All-in 5890.00 22000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 8620.00 13380.00 8620.00 Show 5 A GaryQQQ Show Q A Flop 10 4 4 Turn K River 8 GaryQQQ Win Pair of 4s 13380.00 22000.00
Closing Balance £631.96
Up £10.59 today
Blimey, two wins in two days. Things seem to be turning around.
All I had time for was another small £2.30 Bounty Hunter that attracted only 14 runners. Despite the small amount of money on the line I was very pleased to emerge as the winner again. I sucked-out in level 3 when my over-pair and straight draw with pocket 88 improved to crack two pairs on when stacks went on a 7-high flop. From there on there it was mainly plain sailing. I felt comfortable throughout and thought I pretty much had the measure of my remaining opponents.
I was faced with a tough call at the final table when a wild opponent open-shoved his 27BB stack from the cut-off when I was sitting with pocket 77 on the BB. He was clearly tilting after losing a big pot to someone else the hand before, after using nearly all of the time-bar I went with my notes and instinct and made the call, my decision also helped by the fact that I would still have over 20BB to play with if I lost the pot. The villain had pocket 44 and my 7s held up.
When we got down to two left an online search showed me the runner-up has never played a HU STT during his 1,000+ games here on Sky. It showed. I soon had the measure of him and the chips were mainly heading one-way. The only exception of note was when my turned second nut-flush lost a big pot to his rivered nut-flush. I lost the minimum in the circumstances, though it did give my opponent the chip lead briefly. There were no setbacks after that and I won the game the first time we had an aipf confrontation; my open-shove with pocket 99 holding up against A9.
I'm out all day tomorrow and won't have time for any more poker until I return to the tables on Saturday afternoon. With confidence building and the variance seemingly evening-out I feel ready to get stuck into the £5.75 BHs agains.
October Poker Points 86
8438198 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 10/10/2013 12:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 1/14 £10.59Today’s result;
Get in! Another hold, another small bink
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 200.00 200.00 24130.00 * Big blind 400.00 600.00 3270.00 Your hole cards 9 9 GaryQQQ All-in 24130.00 24730.00 0.00 * All-in 3270.00 28000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 20660.00 7340.00 20660.00 GaryQQQ Show 9 9 * Show 9 A Flop 10 2 7 Turn 5 River Q GaryQQQ Win Pair of 9s 7340.00 28000.00
Didn't play
Day 281
Closing Balance £607.24
Down £24.72 today
After some brief signs of hope midweek I returned to running just about as badly as possible, taking several brutal beats for massive pots. The way the cards were falling it was impossible for me to win no matter how well I played my hands. My return to £5.75 Bounty Hunters, see below, was typical. There were several others like that though I won't go on or this diary will just become just another bad beat bore.
I know I played well, so my head is held high. There's absolutely nothing I can do about the luck factor.
I'll be back for another try tomorrow morning. Can't really say I'm looking forward to it the way poker is going for me at the moment.
October Poker Points 118 (£1.18)
Today’s results;
8446179 H NL B 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 12/10/2013 20:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5 183/611 -£5.5 8446500 H NL R 0.2 GBP SkyPoker 12/10/2013 18:30 NL Hold'em £2R + £0.2 22/85 -£6.60 8446177 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 12/10/2013 16:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 66/103 -£5.75 8446355 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 12/10/2013 15:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 100/112 -£3.87 8445460 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 12/10/2013 14:15 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 9/31 -£0.8This is how I roll.
My first £5.75 Bounty Hunter for three weeks. The average stack was 2,200 when this hand was played at the start of level 2. We were first and second in chips at the time. Whoever wins this pot will be runaway leader with 4x as many chips as any of the other 87 runners still alive in the tournament at the time.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 15.00 15.00 5015.00 LeedsCal Big blind 30.00 45.00 815.00 Your hole cards A A * Raise 150.00 195.00 7715.00 spa123 Fold Doolz Fold gunney Fold GaryQQQ Raise 385.00 580.00 4630.00 LeedsCal Fold * Call 250.00 830.00 7465.00 Flop 3 6 A GaryQQQ Bet 395.00 1225.00 4235.00 * Call 395.00 1620.00 7070.00 Turn K GaryQQQ Check * Bet 810.00 2430.00 6260.00 GaryQQQ All-in 4235.00 6665.00 0.00 * Call 3425.00 10090.00 2835.00 GaryQQQ Show A A * Show 10 10 River 7 * Win Flush to the Ace 10090.00 12925.00
GO ON GARY!!!!........keep going mate, keep the faith!
Closing Balance £624.48
Up £21.18 today
Finished slightly up today thanks to sixth place finishes in both of the morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I can't moan about bad runnage because I won my fair share of flips and made a few big holds.
In the 9-45am I went out on the final bubble in a double-elimination at a three-handed table. The button open-shoved when short, I reshoved from the SB with A9. It was a good call against the button; he had Q4o. Unfortunately the runaway chipleader on the BB woke up with AA and we both went out.
In the 10-45am I was one card away from the chiplead at the final table. With 15BB behind and all stacks very shallow I shoved KJ over a 3BB button open, the villain was opening to 3x on nearly all buttons. After a think he called with A2o. The flop was jack-high, the ace landed on the river. Fair enough, the slight favourite won, it would be nice to win one from behind every now and then though.
Despite two deepish runs today I'm not really enjoying poker that much at the moment. If this diary goes quiet it means I've decided to take a short break.
October Poker Points 124 (£1.24)
Today’s results;
8449039 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 13/10/2013 10:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 6/100 £12.5 8448772 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 13/10/2013 09:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 6/74 £8.68
Closing Balance £629.73
Up £1.31 today
After taking two beats to bust from my first tournment I nearly quit my session there and then in a huff. However I calmed down, resolved not to let the variance get the better of me, then carried on playing.
It was no no avail really. Apart from min-cashes in a £2.30 BH and a new software freeroll I simply couldn't find enough of that elusive run-good to get anything going in MTTs. My day was saved by a couple of HU hyper wins, including a crucial QQ over ace-rag aipf hold that set me up for victory in a £10.50 game.
October Poker Points 161 (£1.61)
Today’s results;
8453814 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 14:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 3/18 £2.05 8455297 H NL R 0.0 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 14:30 NL Hold'em Freeroll 21/181 £0.568455442 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 14:00 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.05 1/2 £0.95 8455296 H NL TI 0.0 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 14:00 NL Hold'em Freeroll 152/200 £0 8453557 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 13:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 7/21 -£1.17 8455214 H NL ST,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 12:40 NL Hold'em £10 + £0.5 1/2 £9.5 8453145 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 14/10/2013 12:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 60/63 -£5.7
Closing Balance £676.08
Up £46.35 today
Wooo-hooo! At long last I'm back in the winners circle
I managed to win a small £5.50 freezeout this afternoon. With only 26 runners it was hardly a big deal, however this represents my biggest for 55 days. I have to go all the way back to August 21st to find a bigger cash. Tight aggressive play got me there. I ran well, winning a couple of flips on the way and busted a very short player with AJ > AK for the first elimination at the final table.
When we got down to four left (three paid) I thought it was going to go pear-shaped again. With me in third place the shortest stack open shoved on my BB. My pocket JJ was an easy call, but I lost to pocket 99 and became the shortie myself. I kept my cool and fought my way back into it. The bubble lasted quite a while, there were no soft spots and few mistakes being made, the shorter stack winning all the big confrontations. When it did eventually go I was in third of three but soon got a much needed double when I defended another shove on my BB with Ajs. It held against A9o, a standard play by both of us considering the shallow effective stacks.
Soon after HU play started I had slipped to holding one third of the chips in play. Then two big holds settled the game. First I called a shove with 44, beating A2 to take the lead. Then called another shove with pocket KK which held against pocket 44 for the win. Get in!
Earlier in the day I drew blanks in a batch of Bounty Hunters. If I'm honest with myself I didn't deserve anything; I was playing below my best, made some pretty awful calls and got overly aggressive at times when I shouldn't. My only close call came in a Speed £5.75, in which I held the chiplead for a while at the final table (after running very well to get there thanks to a couple of suck-outs). With all stacks very shallow I lost the first big flip with 66 < KJ aipf, then squandered the rest of my chips.
I played some HU STTs too, after a poor start I roughly broke even.
My confidence now officially restored, hopefully the downswing is over and I can resume upwards movement.
October Poker Points 235 (£2.35)
Today’s results;
8457465 H NL 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 13:15 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5 1/26 £59.5 8459754 H NL ST,HU 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 13:14 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.25 1/2 £4.75 8457782 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 12:00 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 5/28 £3.65 8459509 H NL ST,HU 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 11:54 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.25 1/2 £4.75 8459251 H NL ST,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 11:41 NL Hold'em £10 + £0.5 1/2 £9.5 8459296 H NL ST,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 11:38 NL Hold'em £10 + £0.5 2/2 -£10.5 8459450 H NL T,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 15/10/2013 11:30 NL Hold'em <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,Sans-Serif;line-h
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Closing Balance £672.53
Down £3.55 today
I didn't have much time to play poker today.
In two Bounty Hunter tournaments I drew a blank, exiting each in my first flip of the game; KQ < 22aipf on the bubble of a £2.30 Speed, then 99 < AK aipf in a £5.75 (TJQ flop lol).
After that I played three micro STTs on the side while my attention was mainly focused on business paperwork, won a little bit back.
October Poker Points 258 (£2.58)
Today’s results;
8464109 H NL 6MX,DN 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 16/10/2013 16:11 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 1/6 £2.7 8463967 H NL 6MX,DN 0.15 GBP SkyPoker 16/10/2013 15:27 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.15 1/6 £0.85 8463976 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 16/10/2013 15:03 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.05 1/2 £0.95 8462753 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 16/10/2013 14:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 75/83 -£5.75 8461862 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 16/10/2013 13:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 7/33 -£2.3
a man of many talents
ps gl in your challenge
hope you've got your mojo back