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yes,confidence is massive in any sport/game,and i've only just found it this last week.
it's strange how it can come from nowhere and it's only come by me making just one or two slight adjustments to my game.
oh,just one more thing; from W.H SMITH'S (i hope it's ok to advertise),this week i bought a 'white board' (£2,99)which i've been using to write down a few simple noted to myself,which seems to be working.
that's it for now,
hope you all run good this w'end
dev
Interesting piece of advice Dev and looks like it's working for you.
It's great how little things like that can help.
Thanks
Sky Poker
when i saw that Sky poker had replied i thought 'oh no,i'm in trouble for the little name drop' lol
glad it was ok to post it,
yes, it's certainly worked for me..might even be worth a mention from TK on the poker channel. (don't forget to mention my name... devonfish5' lol
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dev
played in £100 deepstack on sun for £1.10 buy-in. in 11th pos all-in post flop, with AK flop came KXX
opponent had KK..wooops.also lost 82p playing nl4
mon. 2 tables nl4 won £1.51 big spender.
tue. day off
wed. played £100 deepstack again. when 3rd /11 went all-in ahead...lost. then again next hand...lost
finally finished 8th/134 winning £5.09. exit hand all-in holding 77 v AX opponent hit A on river...sigh.
never mind played well & cashed.
b/roll £312.18 (down £19.64 this year)....slowly coming down lol
c4p 108
not been playing much cash,but have been watching & learning.
been messing around with my new toy...55" 3D TV.
funny seeing films & programmes on tv in 3D (such as Eastenders & corrie,etc.)
anyway,i'm sure the poker 'bug' will come back again,but enjoying some time off.
hope to be back soon.
run good
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GL with the grinding mate
Just wondering are you playing the 4nl tables through choice or because your BR isnt big enough to move up yet ?
Its just that i have watched you play and imo you are easily good enough to be playing alot higher
GL
Daz
that's a good question m8.but the truth is it's through choice,but thanks for the kind words re my play.
you've got more confidence in it than i have. lol
there are alot of heavy grinders at nl10 most multi-tabling, and with only a £300 b/roll if as i already have found out,i have a bad session i could easily lose £50-£100 most likely through my bad play,and it's a risk i feel i don't need to take and therefore the reason i'm playing nl4 at the moment.
i've always tried to give myself little targets,as with my dym challenge last year,as i tend to get a little bored just playing day in day out,although there is nothing wrong with that,especially if your b/roll is building.
but then mixed in with that,i take my poker 1 day at a time,which kind of balances things out,i guess,and if i wake up with some kind of idea in my head,then quite often i'll just go with it.
as for the moment,i'll play it safe i think and try building my roll playing 2 tables at nl4 and i've also just started playing the £1.10 £100 deepstack which i've been enjoying playing in.
i'm in no hurry atm but i'm sure i'll be back at nl10 again when i feel i'm ready, and my b/roll is a little more forgiving for that level.i'm thinking i need around the £500 mark for 1 or 2 tables.
best wishes buddy
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BIG NIGHT...
nl10 4 tables..
WON £28.67 B/ROLL £339.75 (UP £7.93 THIS YEAR) c4p 202
wooohooo...
i was sat there watching the darts on Sky & playing the £100 Deepstack,and something just told me to play nl10 tonight...so i did.
played 2 tables for about 1 & 1/2 hours i wish i hadn't as i was simply card dead,and any hands i did try and play ended up going nowhere.so i was aroung £12-£15 down.
then i picked up 1 or 2 1/2 decent hands that held and managed to get back to level.
from there my confidence just grew & grew with every hand that i was playing in and winning.
so ended up playing 4 tables.
so there it is.my 1st night returning to nl10 since playing it back in the January cash promotion..
and we all know how that went. lol
ok,mustn't get too carried away as it's only one nights play,but i've got to be happy...haven't i.
must try and back it up with another win tomorrow,or at least not suffer a big loss.
winning hands over £3 (9) £32.58 £20.55 £18.03 £16.14 £10.81 £8.45 £8.40 £8.25 £7.88
losing hands over £3 (3) £20.66 £18.57 £12.74
(borrowed this from you craigcu12...hope you don't mind)
"that's all folks"
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dev
Watched you for a bit tonight cos followed a player to one of your tables to finish off a few notes on him and you never put a step wrong while i was watching.
Dont change things while your on a roll and same again tomorrow mate cos even at 1 or 2 buyins a night on 10nl that br will fly up.
Good luck
Daz
GL
yeah,really happy with the result obviously,and as u say even just a 1 buy-in win is nice.
same again today will be lovely,but i'm not counting my chickens just yet. ha ha.
best wishes yourself m8.
dev
ps; who knows...it might have been your post from y'day that made me decide to play tonight.
if it was...THANKS MATE ha ha
yeah,played pretty abc which is my usual game.took a while to get going but somehow managed to get there in the end. lol
lost 1 all-in when holding AK on a 9AJ FLOP,to a loose opponent holding 99.but apart from that i was very happy with how i played,i think.
best wishes m8.
dev
All the best.
Paul
thanks Paul,
yeah,be nice wouldn't it. lol
best wishes
dev
ha ha
yeah,always enjoy the challenge playing against players i've not played before,so i'll keep my good eye looking out for you. lol
best wishes buddy
dev
won £5.88 b/roll £345.53 (up £13.81 this year)
3/4 tables nl10
c4p 287
so still happy.
winning hands over £3 (7) £42.79 £16.47 £16.37 £9.88 £8.83 £8.40 £6.40
losing hands over £3 (2) £12.51 £8.47
cream crackered...time for bed.
night all.
dev
i checked the river,thinking i was good.thought it a good line to take as i didn't want to lose opponent by going all-in.
bit of a sweat though,but all's well that ends well
yeah,wasn't to sure,but thought opponent was weak,as it turned out with only a pair of 9's could have folded to all-in bet.
anyway,turned out ok.
that's what i mean about how i take it 1 day at a time. lol
i'll be quite happy ticking along playing nl4 then from nowhere i'm playing 4 tables at nl10 the next day.
go with the flow & all that.
hope all is good your end
best wishes
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devonfish i think the computers must have been at fault on friday night if your still ahead on the river with AA. my hands were never suviving the fish. you will probably remember some yourself.
that AA hand i just felt i was ahead and went with it.luckily this time i was right.
at that time i was about £15 down so i deffo needed to win it.
nl 10 can be quite brutal,and a few hands winning or losing either way can have a massive effect on your night.you don't have to do much wrong and can easily lose £50-£100.that's why you really do need to be well rolled to play there,even with my now £345 this isn't really enough tbh and if i was to drop below £200 or so,i would have to think about trying to build by playing nl4.
all you can do though is your best and try and keep things simple i think,and learn from any mistakes you make.but saying that there isn't anything you can do when opponents outdraw you,especially on the river,as happened to you a number of times.
playing abc poker 'ain't pretty but it is the most effective way to at least keep you level for most sessions ,and with a little luck if you can win a buy-in or two,then hopefully you will see your b/roll increase.
a little thing i've learnt from playing dym's is not to get to down on yourself after a losing session,especially if you have just run bad rather than played badly.
i now look at it month by month,and if my b/roll has increased by the end of that month,great that's my main aim.i've also learnt it's more important 'not to lose' than it is 'to win.'
as i've just started playing cash this year,i knew i would struggle to break even for the first month or two,which has been the case.
now i'm into month three,i'm just starting to show a profit,which is what i've been working towards.
the most important thing imo is to never give up,which is not always easy.i have felt like doing just that a few times since i've started playing cash this year.but i've stuck with it,and now at last there is a glimmer of a chance that i might just have made the right choice in changing to it,but it's been a test,that's for sure.
but then that's no different to playing my dym challenge last year.
i try and set myself little targets,which i sometimes achieve and sometimes don't.
we are all human,aren't we.we have our good days we have our bad days.
as long as i have more good than bad and am making some money,i'm happy.
i've also learnt,i don't have to play everyday.now,like today i didn't.tomorrow...maybe.
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Damn straight!
lost £39.19
b/roll £306.44 ( down £25.38 this year)
c4p 551 = £4.41 to come
nl 10
ok, didn't post last night..too tired.
always knew this session would come and today was the day.
i could have and now looking back on it,should have 'booked the win' as i was £10 or so up after 1/2 an hour or so.(maybe i'll start using that tactic,as i've used it before playing dym's...even though i know it's not widely accepted that you should.)
ended up playing a 7 hour straight session as i was always playing catch up once i fell behind,and as i never like to finish a session losing,without giving it my best shot trying to recover my losses.(which is probably a mistake as that can lead to a number of things,frustration,tilt,loss of concentration,etc,etc.)
hands lost over £3.00 (15) AA 4 times KK twice JJ 10 10 3times AK 3 times A 10 K 10 suited.
hands won over £3.00 (18) AA 4times KK 3times AK AJ KQ 10 10 99 88 9 10 98 SUITED 55 33 92
oh,also..started off playing 2 tables then 3 & 4 then 6 for a while. got greedy i guess ended up playing 9.
so,what to make of that session?
obviously disapointed at losing,that's a given.
probably played too many tables...definitely.
probably played over aggressively if i'm being honest...which up until now i have always struggled to do.
to be fair,looking at the stats...the AA & KK hands have evened out pretty much,although 1 hand that i lost with AA to KK (which is a £20 swing,i guess.)
all my 15 losses came from strong p/flop holdings..so maybe i've got something to look at there,i don't know? or is it just part & parcel with playing cash? maybe it is.
anyway,there it is.it's gone 'move on' as they say. lol
i'll go through my losing hands later and see just how badly i played them.
'can't take any more of this...got to go' lol
laters
dev
ps; i know it's been said before about just how easy it is playing cash to have losses of 4 or 5 buy-ins per session,so should i be overly concerned with this session?, or just keep at it,as tbh all though i've lost and yes i was probably playing too many tables,i felt i played ok, and certainly the most aggressive i've ever played to date,which i did find exciting.
also,is c4p an important part of playing cash,as i know many of the reg's must be getting a nice return there,or should i simply concentrate on my game and soley trying to win from that,and not concern myself with c4p at all?
any help would be very much appreciated. ty dev