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Tbh, I usually just don't even bother looking at UKOPS details cos I aint usually rolled for them and I'm usually lazy when it comes to sats but might give it a go this time round. I don't even knoe when it is...
Yeah there used to be forum 4NL cash games all the time, and forum SnGs but there hasn't been for ages, dunno why. The best way is just post a new thread and ask if anyone wants to play, should get some action.
Tonight i plan on playing the 3 ukops event and maybe some mastercash.
Right so this hand is from the £5.50 mini rebuy, now i'm not sure what to make of his flat pre im fairly readless not been at the table long , i would imagine aload of suited As and bigger As are well within his flatting range pre. However obviously loads of smaller pairs and k10,kj,kq, are also well within his range. Is it standard to cbet to commit ourselves to call off here, i assumed check folding is way to passive and weak if i'm going to play the 10s like i have pre? is it just a cooler or would a more experience mtt player get away from this?
Not playing any events tonight as i promised my gf a poker free night as she is going home for easter 2mo which no doubt means my life will be working most of the day on dissertation and other work and grinding in the evening, really enjoying playing 6max at the moment whilst not really playing much HU. I want to start grinding 20nl a bit more and see if i'm actually good enough to make some money at that level so maybe i will start putting some hours in 3-4 tabling and see how i do.
Heres the hand that led to me being stupid and going out of the mian, i know it's standard in mtts to have hands like this but having been so patient and feeling confident it just crushed me to finally pick up my hand bvb when i had been picking his his bb alot, so it felt like a good spot to accumulate some chips.. question is can i ever fold the river? he was tight and hadn't messed around alot, i didn't feel great about it so maybe could of folded. The same guy then picks up QQ when i open AQS and 3bets for the first time all game, i know i'm beat but i just couldn't help myself i jam it in and see the bad news of course, wish i could of just picked up some junk hands for a bit and recomposed but it wasn't to be. Still plenty of events to try and get into and get a nice cash.
Cash: So today i decided to withdraw down to exactly £1000 and have a proper go at cash for the near future. I will be concentrating on 20nl and playing a max of 4 tables at a time, as that is all my laptop can handle without any bad overlap and plus although i have multitabled HU, multitabling cash is a different proposition and i think 4 is my absolute limit for the moment. I did think about starting out at 10nl as although i have played a fair amount of cash i have never decided to properly grind and take it seriously as a way of building profit, however having played 20nl quite a few times i feel confident enough to have a go at it first knowing that if i have a big downswing i can go down to 10nl or back to HU.
No real targets at the moment just to try and turn a profit over the next month at 20nl and prove to myself that i can hold my own playing cash.
First update: So i started at 17.50 straight into 4 tabling for 1 hour and 30 minutes. I felt like i played quite wel, was very confident from the outset and also picked up some nice hands. The loss i stacked off with Ks against As on a low flop, which i may have been able to avoid although the opponent could of easly turned up with a worse overpair to the board so not too concerned. Will post a couple of the big hands in a minute.
Bankroll: £1067.45
C4P: £68.26
I played 3 ukops ME all in sats for £7.20, wasn't planning to but just cudn't resist the chance to try and get in cheap after earlier profit.
31 Mar '13 at 21:20 Poker Bishop Stortford £5.59 £0.00 Internet Hand History
31 Mar '13 at 21:18 Poker Gledhow Valley £24.80 £0.00 Internet Hand History
31 Mar '13 at 21:17 Poker Cleland £-4.10 £0.00 Internet Hand History
So overall for today i managed an £80 profit including the money spent on sattelites which is very nice, although the first session was a bit of a heater so don't expect to turn this kind of profit on a regular basis. I'm happy to have made 4buy ins which means when i next 4 table unless im buying in for 200b on mastercash ill be playing with pure profit. Might squeeze another hour in later if i don't feel too tired.
Bankroll: £1080.49
C4P: £69.02
Very nice profit indeed!
With the second hand, I don't like the opponents raise on the river, your check looks so strong, given the action before, and when you shove, it's a tough fold, but it's hard to see how he could be good there. I would have checked the river to avoid being re-raised, it is such a wet board! Nice Hand
Just wondering if you would like a £1, heads up turbo game some time
I'm always up for playing HU lol best of 5? probably a bit rusty at turbos as havn't been grinding like i used too, let me know when you fancy it.
lol yep best of 5, if you are about just now we could get a game
Cheers for the games Ben,
The variance with these is massive, i was just lucky i hut a few cards.
It's put me in the mood to play a few more of these now lol
Good luck
Bnkroll: £1,037.81
Cash 4 Points: 138.... is that decent for 2 hours of 4 tabling? not used to building points playing cash..
I know i have a laggy image but really i don't think the j3 is ahead of my range that often..
Having had a long think about how much i have been playng recently i have decided that in order to make sure i really put the required amount of effort into finishing my last couple of months of univeristy i need to have a complete break from playing any poker. So I have decided that the best course of action is to hit the cool off and come back once i have got my 8k dissertation out the way which is due in around a month, lots of other work to do as well so i can't really balance poker, doing aload of work and not being a complete recluse.
The thread will be ended for now, when i come back i will maybe dig it up again and go from there i hope everyone has enjoyed the read and gl at the tables.
Good look with your disseration and getting finished at Uni, whats the plans after Uni? poker pro:D
I had a look at your sharkscope, impressive stuff!
All the best buddy
I'm glad to say that the long slog of doing my dissertation has ended, i handed it in a couple of hours ago it is a huge relief, never worked so hard on anything in my life. Combine that with the fact my exclusion has now ended and i can play again it's a very good day.
I managed to get a 5.25 huturbo in just before i left to go hand it in, cudn't resist, it felt good to play again 30 days without poker is a long long time, wasn't as bad as i thought it would be but was rather distracted by all the work. I did still spend some of my downtime watching some poker videos and reading the forum etc.
In terms of poker plans i want to get back to playing alot of HU again so will be playing a mixture of speed,turbo and hyper HU games. I also wan't to put in some sessions multitabling cash so i can get used to it, probably more at 10nl for the minute just to get fully comfortable with me game and used to it. I will get back to reporting sessions etc as i like to be able to track and this is a useful way of looking back and guaging how my mindset and bankroll was like at different points, hopefully i'll be able to show some profit and put up some interesting hands, spark discussion etc
hope things go well for you ben with poker and not waiting to long for a job. I will enjoy reading your diary.
Welcome back, good feeling now the dissertations out of the way lol
Is that you now finished with Uni?
After i played you, i went on a great run with HU games, one time i won 10 in a row, but the last week it's been a bit more volatile maybe only winning 50% at times lol
If you fancy a couple of games for a bit of fun you can give me a shout.
Good to see you back mate.
Session 1:
So i started off with HU which was really laggy because of the problems with the lobby and software at the moment, didn't go too well played pretty hurrendously think i lost like 4-5 in a row a couple my stack had been blinded down a bit before it even started. I decided cash would be a better option as the tables seem to be working fine, played the 2 10nl mastercash and 1 20nl mastercash, had a really good session which made up for the HU with a bit of profit. I Was up to 650bbs at one point on one of the 10nl tables which was good fun will post a couple of hands in a minute. Then finished the session with 2 5.25 hus to see if it was back to normal won one lost one but it was still a bit problematic, i think it's good that sky are running the big deal promotion but it would be nice to see something aimed at HU sngs at some point. Going to rest for a bit been a manic few days, will update if i play later.
Starting bankroll: £1070
Current bankroll:£1087.45
Running Profit/loss from :02/05/2013 = +£17.45
I have no real targets at the moment, just wan't to consistently play well, make the right decisions and hopefully profit will follow. I will keep a running track of profit/loss starting from today.
Very good read.
No doubt will prob see ya at the tables sometime.
Best of luck.
Daz.
My second session last night continued in the same vein as earlier on, cash went well i have been watching cash videos and trying to get better so feel very confident at the moment, i'm not sure if was just run good but hopefully i can continue to have good sessions.
HU form ate into all my profit though, i ended the night at around £1072 mainly due to rematching a person who i think i have a decent edge over at 10.50 turbos but it wasn't my night, obvious mistakes creeped in more and more as the games went on probably out of frustration. It felt like we would play forever i would chip away at them, then we get it in 60/40 in the latter stages and i just couldn't seem to take any down. Still thats the nature of playing HU sngs, just need to get used to them again after the break and also make sure i'm not making any fundamental mistakes that may be costing me.
So yesterday after hours of playing i ended up: +£2.17
I have withdrawn down to £1000 to give myself some kind of reward for finishing dissertation not sure what on yet though, as it was only a +£2 yesterday i will start the running total as from today as it's made easier by starting from £1000 for working it all out.
Will read it in more detail later.