You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.
You might need to refresh your page afterwards.
You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.
You might need to refresh your page afterwards.
Comments
Closing Balances; Cash £47.33 Poker Points 264
Up £1.52 today
My session started with yet more HU STTs. After four wins from six my balance had risen to £47.51, so I decided to allow myself a crack at a small £2.30 Bounty Hunter tournament, this being my first scheduled MTT of the challenge with a cash entry fee. I made some very strong hands in the first couple of levels but was unable to get paid at a surprisingly passive table. After that the cards dried up and I busted with ATs<88 aipf when I squeeze/shoved 19BB over 4 limpers to exit in 12th/21 for no return during level 5. Being the last hand before a blind increase it was a good spot to get my stack in, so I’m happy with my play. After six weeks away it feels great to get back into these lucrative games.
After another couple of HU wins I finished up with an entry in the £50 guaranteed Community Bounty Hunter at 5-15pm, irresistible for just 35p. I enjoyed a fun run until I was left hopelessly short after losing a big pot just before the bubble. I busted soon after in 13th/147 for a min-cash. The new Community Night looks like a great idea and I hope it’s a big success. Unfortunately I won’t be able to participate in any of the other events as they run at times when I’m unable to play.
7566843HNL 0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 18:15NL Hold'em £0.3 + £0.0513/147£0.227565904HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 16:16NL Hold'em £2 + £0.312/21-£2.37568300HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 15:20NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957568087HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 15:18NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957567683HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 14:00NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957567661HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 11:55NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957567587HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 11:26NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957567550HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 11:14NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057567515HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 10:49NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957567236HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker13/02/2013 10:42NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.05
Closing Balances; Cash £46.08 Poker Points 276
Down £1.25 today
A small losing day for me today. First game was another small £2.30 Bounty Hunter. I went out in 7th/16 after losing a standard flip, 88<AKo aipf with the ace hitting on the river. If I won the race I’d have had the biggest stack at my table and a great shot at winning the tournament, so I’m happy with my play and hold no regrets there.
After that I played a series of HU STTs. I played my usual game but struggled to get my usual results. In three of the four losing games I had all my opponents’ chips in the middle on the flop or turn while behind, each time they managed to hit an out and go on to win. To be honest I can’t complain, over the last couple of weeks I’ve probably run well above expectation in HU matches, I can put todays results down to the luck factor levelling out.
Todays results;
7572819HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 16:26NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957572784HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 16:11NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057572622HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 15:39NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957572557HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 15:10NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957572618HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 14:53NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.052/2-£0.557572506HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 14:46NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057572356HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 14:14NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057569682HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 13:46NL Hold'em £2 + £0.37/16-£2.37572264HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 13:31NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957572244HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker14/02/2013 12:59NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.95
Not my day in the HU STTS;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 20.00 20.00 1660.00 Big blind 40.00 60.00 1280.00 Your hole cards K Q GaryQQQ Raise 60.00 120.00 1600.00 Call 40.00 160.00 1240.00 Flop J Q 5 Bet 160.00 320.00 1080.00 GaryQQQ Raise 400.00 720.00 1200.00 All-in 1080.00 1800.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 840.00 2640.00 360.00 GaryQQQ Show K Q Show 4 Q Turn 2 River 4 Win Two Pairs, Queens and 4s 2640.00 2640.00
Closing Balances; Cash £60.67 Poker Points 261
Up £14.59 today
I didn’t play much poker today, but what I did play went very well. I started off with a couple of £1.05 HU matches and won both. My opponent in the first match must have registered in the wrong tournament by mistake. He was all-in preflop in about 75% of hands, I’m pretty sure he was looking for a Russian Roulette table!
Next up I entered my third £2.30 Bounty Hunter of this challenge. It was a very small tournament with only 17 entrants, however I was still delighted to take it down for a total prize of £14.99. It's easily my biggest win so far and it boosts my bankroll by almost a third.
Solid ABC tournament poker took me into money (3 paid). Then three handed play lasted almost an hour as the chips went round in circles and the shortest stack kept doubling-up. Eventually it got to the point where the average was only 14BB. Something had to give, and it did when I got lucky; I found myself aipf with A3s against pocket 44. An ace on the river won me the pot and the chiplead going into heads-up play. Two handed play only lasted a couple of minutes. The hand below ended up as a pretty harsh cooler for my opponent after he’d made an unwise call pre-flop. My decision to slowplay my set bore fruit when the perfect river card was dealt.
In the afternoon I tried one of the Run Poker test freerolls. I came away empty handed after losing a mid-stages flip, however the tournament was great fun and very good value for only 20 Poker Points.
Over the weekend I’m very busy, poker time will be either very limited or non-existent. If this diary isn’t updated it means I haven’t played.
I enjoyed this one, the hand that brought my first MTT win of this challenge;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 400.00 400.00 21900.00 Big blind 800.00 1200.00 10900.00 Your hole cards K K GaryQQQ Raise 1200.00 2400.00 20700.00 Call 800.00 3200.00 10100.00 Flop K A 4 Check GaryQQQ Check Turn 6 Bet 1600.00 4800.00 8500.00 GaryQQQ Call 1600.00 6400.00 19100.00 River 4 Bet 3200.00 9600.00 5300.00 GaryQQQ All-in 19100.00 28700.00 0.00 All-in 5300.00 34000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 10600.00 23400.00 10600.00 GaryQQQ Show K K Show 9 4 GaryQQQ Win Full House, Kings and 4s 23400.00 34000.00
Today’s results;
7576507HNL 0.0GBPSkyPoker15/02/2013 16:13NL Hold'em Freeroll48/162£07573923HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/02/2013 14:26NL Hold'em £2 + £0.31/17£12.697576212HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/02/2013 12:12NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957575916HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker15/02/2013 11:40NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.95
As for a holiday, I'm already booked to go to Vegas in 3 weeks, paid for by last years £51 to £1,051 BR challenge. Sky Poker have already generously given me a seat in the Big Freeroll and an £11 tournament seat (not taken yet), see page 1 of this thread.
Day 45
No change
(Didn’t play today)
No change
(Didn’t play today)
Day 47
Closing Balances; Cash £65.30 Poker Points 266
Up £4.63 today
After 72 hours away from the tables I returned to enter a £2.30 Bounty Hunter this afternoon. It was destined to be a near miss when I exited in 3rd/32 for a small profit.
A poor player at my table from the start was my nemesis throughout. He got lucky several times, no matter how I tried I just couldn’t win a big pot against him. In my heart I knew my demise would come at his hands, and it did at the sharp end. I got all my chips in with A8 on an 876 flop and couldn’t hold against his KQ. While this was somewhat frustrating I want guys like this at my tournament tables, I know it’s important they have their day every once in a while to keep them in the games.
My only other games were a couple of HU matches. In the second I made a pleasing come-back after finding myself 120-2880 down after being 3-outered with 2 to come for my stack after getting it in good on a level 1 flop (see below).
Today’s results;
7590457HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker18/02/2013 16:22NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957590604HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker18/02/2013 16:03NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.052/2-£0.557588152HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker18/02/2013 12:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.33/32£4.23
Don't panic! Don't panic!
I came back to win this game;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 10.00 10.00 1550.00 Big blind 20.00 30.00 1420.00 Your hole cards 9 Q GaryQQQ Raise 30.00 60.00 1520.00 Raise 100.00 160.00 1320.00 GaryQQQ Call 80.00 240.00 1440.00 Flop 8 8 9 Bet 240.00 480.00 1080.00 GaryQQQ All-in 1440.00 1920.00 0.00 All-in 1080.00 3000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 120.00 2880.00 120.00 GaryQQQ Show 9 Q Show Q K Turn K River 8 Win Full House, 8s and Kings 2880.00 2880.00
Closing Balances; Cash £72.06 Poker Points 273
Up £6.76 today
Today’s results bring mixed feelings. A 10%+ increase in my balance is always very welcome, though at the same time I’m somewhat frustrated it wasn’t even better.
I managed third and second in two small £2.30 Bounty Hunters. In the first I was eliminated with K9<J9 aipf for a pot worth the chiplead, going out without any bounties and with a prize that didn’t quite cover my entry fee. In the second I spent at least an hour as chipleader but was unable to close it out when heads-up. My lead diminished when I was out-flopped several times and my opponent survived a standard aipf confrontation when short. Eventually I went out as runner-up when the boot was on the other foot, I jammed A7 into TT and didn’t improve.
Still, there is much to be happy about. Healthy upwards progress continues and I haven’t suffered a downswing yet. I’m using an aggressive 20-buy-in BRM rule at the moment. That means after today I now consider myself sufficiently rolled for £3.30 Bounty Hunters and £1 rebuys (assumes 1 buy-in, 1 rebuy and 1 add-on).
Today’s results;
7591957HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker19/02/2013 12:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.32/19£6.117594182HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker19/02/2013 11:44NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957591278HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker19/02/2013 10:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.33/10-£0.3
Closing Balances; Cash £78.50 Poker Points 282
Up £6.44 today
After 7 weeks away I was delighted to return to my favourite morning tournaments today; the two £150 gtd Bounty Hunters with a £3.30 entry fee.
The 9-45am is best forgotten. I exited after 30 minutes of play without having won a single pot, going out when my pocket 99 was no good against Q9o, BB vs button.
The 10-45am went somewhat better. My chances took a big knock when I finished second in a crucial level 6 race, TT<AQ aipf with a big pot and a head-prize up for grabs. From there it was an uphill battle and I spent the rest of the tournament well below average. Somehow I survived all the way to the final table, eventually busting in 5th/86 when I jammed any two cards (Q6o) from the button into QQ on the BB. While my prize was very welcome it was less than I’d usually expect for fifth as I didn’t manage to take any head-prizes.
I was hoping to reg into a few more tournaments in the afternoon but found myself too busy due to non-poker stuff. I did manage to squeeze in three HU STTs and was pleased to win all three.
Today’s results;
(two HU STT matches were missed by Sharkscope, so I've copied/pasted results from 'my account')
20 Feb '13 at 16:21Poker£2 + £0.10£1.90 20 Feb '13 at 13:09Poker£0.50 + £0.05£0.45 20 Feb '13 at 10:17Poker£1 + £0.05£0.95 20 Feb '13 at 10:16 Poker £150 B/Hunter £6.44 20 Feb '13 at 09:43Poker£150 B/Hunter £-3.30
So far so good. Graph of progress taken from my spreadsheet.
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2985/graph200213.jpg
Closing Balance £74.25
Down £4.25 today
It wasn’t my day today. I ran pretty badly through most of my session and dropped a few quid.
I started off with a couple of £2.30 Bounty Hunters but didn’t get any joy. In the first, after a good start, I was eliminated by the only player at my table who had me covered. His QQ held-up against my AsKs with all the chips going in on a 7d6sTs flop. A short stack was also all-in. My hand was 55/45 favourite and I’m runaway chipleader if I hit one of my 15 outs. Win or lose I was happy to play for my tournament life in such a good spot. In the second game I just couldn’t get anything going at all.
Heads-up matches didn’t really go much better. I’m perfectly happy with my play, it was just a case of my opponents running much better than me in a few key all-in spots.
Losing days are fully expected. In fact today’s disappointing results are probably long overdue after my recent upward streak. There'll undoubtedly be many days much worse than this ahead on my path to £1K. I'm pretty much tilt-proof and will take them in my stride.
The £500 freeroll at 7-00pm this evening is quite attractive at this stage of my challenge, I’ve decided to adjust my sleeping pattern a little to let me participate. I’ll probably take a high variance approach and gamble early if I find a suitable spot. If I do manage to bink I’ll return later to edit this entry.
Now that I have a comfortable cushion of money in my account my poker points balance has little relevance, for that reason I’ll no longer be reporting it from today.
Today’s results;
7602831OPLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 16:11PL Omaha Hi £1 + £0.051/2£0.957603486HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 15:44NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957603457HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 15:34NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057603384HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 15:29NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057603312HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 15:23NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057601071HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 13:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.315/44-£2.37603066HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 13:25NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957603028HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 13:11NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957602924HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 13:09NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057600510HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/02/2013 12:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.39/15-£1.55
Worst i have had for ages and only playing 1 table.
My freeroll table was a little jerky and slow to react. You could tell the site was under some strain, though to be fair it stayed playable and I didn't time-out or anything like that.
Closing Balance £71.15
Down £3.10 today
This afternoon I tried my luck in three £2.30 Bounty Hunters without any return. I saw plenty of wild players getting their stacks in light, unfortunately I was unable to benefit, no premium pairs came my way and I was missing all flops seen. I had a go at the super-fast structured Eliminator trial courtesy of a free seat awarded in the forum. With blinds rising very rapidly due to 1 minute levels I was coolered when I jammed ATs from the button into AA in the blinds.
In HU STTs the deck was much kinder to me, particularly in post-flop play where I seemed to complete more drawing hands than usual. Two of the matches were against forum regular CraigSG1 who was playing HU STTs for the first ever time. Despite that Craig’s play was very impressive, I found him to be a much tougher opponent than most who turn up at the lower buy-ins.
I’ll have a crack at the £1,000 freeroll this evening. If you’re drawn at my table I’ll be gambling early, happy to double or bust at the first opportunity. Edit; early casualty in the freeroll, my Q9 no good vs K4o on a QK9r flop.
Today’s results;
7607833HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 16:20NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957607481HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 15:46NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957607487HNLT,SAT0.05GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 15:00NL Hold'em £0.55 + £0.0543/48-£0.67605753HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.36/15-£2.37607416HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 13:52NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957605371HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 13:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.315/27-£2.37607190HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 13:34NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957605029HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/02/2013 12:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.329/41-£2.3
Closing Balance £56.30
Down £14.85 today
It wasn’t the best of days for me poker-wise, particularly in MTTs in which I seem to have embarked on a bit of a downswing. I’ve now failed to cash in anything since Wednesday.
Quite early into the session I had a sign it wasn’t going to be my day. While well above average in a £2.30 Bounty Hunter I was a bit unlucky in a hand that could have given me a runaway chip lead. My pocket 44 turned a set with AT74 on the board against AT and a nut-flush draw. The Tc was the ultimate 'action river' as all three of us improved; I filled up to a full-house, the nut-flush got there too, though unfortunately the guy with two pairs completed a higher full-house to bust both of us and scoop a monster pot.
In a £2.20 Scary there was a near miss. I bubbled (came fourth with three places paid) soon after doubling a shortie with KJ<K7 aipf at the final table. Had I held I’d have been chipleader with five left. As it was the shortie went on to win £15.60 for second place. Such is the nature of fast structured tournament poker.
In another Bounty Hunter I managed to bust myself after making an embarrassing blunder. While opening the betting with KJs in mid-position I accidentally mistyped my bet, the addition of an extra digit made it 25BB to go and committed me to the pot. I got shoved on………by pocket AA of course.
In the afternoon I late registered into a £1.60 micro satellite to the £10K Bounty Hunter on the spur of the moment. Had I looked at the structure first I wouldn’t have bothered; it was a hyper shove-fest with little skill involved. I’m not a big fan of satellites in general, micro-satellites in particular. Obviously they’re good business for the site, though in my opinion that they represent poor value for the players compared to direct buy-ins. It’s unlikely I’ll enter any more satellites for now, particularly while my balance is still this low.
My results in HU STTs were erratic. Some of the bad players I encountered got lucky to beat me, yet when I was sat opposite a tough opponent it was my turn to win by getting it in 30/70 behind and binking.
Today’s results;
7614288HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 21:54NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057614089HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 21:26NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957611305HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 20:05NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3153/355-£2.37613662HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 19:57NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957613429HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 19:34NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057613347HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 18:46NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.051/2£0.457613088HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 18:23NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057611069HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 18:00NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3187/201-£2.37612668HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 17:24NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057612936HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 17:18NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057612838HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 17:11NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957610531HNLST0.2GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 15:55NL Hold'em £2 + £0.24/26-£2.27612633HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 15:53NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057612500HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 15:36NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957611586HNLSAT0.16GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 15:10NL Hold'em £1.44 + £0.1626/40-£1.67612364HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957610095HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.327/42-£1.557609902HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.329/35-£2.37612249HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 14:01NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957609702HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 13:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.351/54-£2.37612022HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/02/2013 13:38NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.95
Oooops! What went up is now coming back down.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7866/graphday52.jpg
Closing Balance £43.41
Down £12.89 today
My downswing continues. I ran terribly in just about everything I entered today. Finding myself the wrong side of coolers, losing all-ins no matter what my equity and getting rivered by opponents who’ve made unwise calls are the sort of things that are plaguing me at the moment. Runs like this are no fun, though completely standard, particularly when it comes to MTTs. I'm sure all of you who play poker regularly will know exactly how it feels.
My nearest tournament miss came in the 9-45am Bounty Hunter. After outplaying my table for an hour and a half I quickly went from a position of strength to busting in 18th/79. First off I lost a flip when I jammed pocket 88 from the button over a serial limper. He made the call for his last 13BB with AJo and hit to double-up. A few orbits later the same guy busted me. With a level jump imminent I open jammed my last 16BB with AKs from the cut-off. He had me covered by only 16 chips and considered his QTo good enough to call on the big blind. It’s a call I want, I’m a 2/1 favourite and I’ll find myself back up to fifth place if I win. The times I lose, like today, all I can do is take it on the chin and move onto the next game.
In HU STTs I played several weekend ‘bingo’ players but couldn’t make the holds necessary to beat them.
My balance has fallen into dangerous territory again. I can’t continue to allow my hard earned cash to bleed away in MTTs any longer. For now I’m going to switch back to focussing on micro-stakes STTs where the variance is lower and do my best to rebuild.
Today’s results;
7617432HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 17:33NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057617423HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 17:24NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057617075HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 16:25NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957617181HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 16:18NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057617094HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 16:12NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057617062HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 16:02NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.057614568HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 14:20NL Hold'em £2 + £0.227/36-£2.27614542HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 14:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.313/33-£2.37616154HNL6MX,ST0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 12:43NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.055/6-£0.557613916HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 12:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.316/25-£2.37616229HNL6MX,DN0.15GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 12:12NL Hold'em £1 + £0.155/6-£1.157616228HNLHU0.05GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 11:55NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.957613731HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/02/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.318/79-£1.04
What more can I do? These two hands from my final game today, a HU STT, sum up my day pretty well;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceb Small blind 10.00 10.00 1070.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 20.00 30.00 1900.00 Your hole cards A K b All-in 1070.00 1100.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 1060.00 2160.00 840.00 b Show K 9 GaryQQQ Show A K Flop A 2 K Turn 3 River 6 b Win Flush to the Ace 2160.00 2160.00
I think your discipline to do this is really impressive and i don't think it's in any doubt that you will get there.
Question for you though. Are you not costing yourself money doing this?
As a winning player, are you not lowering your earnings from the game by not playing your normal stakes?
I guess if you're playing other sites as well it's no problem.
Good luck
The answer to your question is; maybe a little bit, but I really don't mind.
Yes, I do play on other sites, I always have, though Sky remains my poker home and favourite site. In January when I had no money here and was restricted to freerolls on Sky I was also busy grinding out the sign-up bonus on a well known .fr site.
For most of this challenge I'll be playing my normal games anyway. Because my playing hours are restricted to late morning and afternoons I'm normally found playing in low stakes tournaments, there's simply not much else running.
My main motivation for playing poker is because I enjoy it, not because I want to make money playing it. You could say I'm a typical recreational player. The satisfaction of completing this challenge will be worth far more to me than a small decrease in my normal profits during the early stages.