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lol Ace the write up was mainly over the last month, but as its a psychology dissertation we have to run an experiment backed up by past research, analyse the results through spss for significance get participants, ethics acceptance etc so it was actually a year long process. Good to know you got it out the way though it's a great feeling isn't it!.
Thanks calcalfold, good luck on the transition from 4nl to 10nl.
Ok onto the poker, although i'd rather not. I had a disastrous day yesterday that amounted to a £110 loss, £50 or so of which i spent on mtts in the evening when after a long day of getting rather unlucky/playing awful on HU sngs and cash i decided i cudn't care less what i spent my roll on. I'm not going to blame it on anything other than myself being stupid, my confidence was destroyed by the end of the evening. I have had similar losses and bad spells whilst writing this diary, but i think having a month away i forgot how harsh poker can be at times and my mindset was defnetly not what it should of been. My attitude was more, .. well i got such a big roll for the stakes i play who cares if i'm losing atm not like i'm going to go bust so lets just donate another reg a buy in or try and pull a ridiculous bluff because i can and blame them for being awful, rather than myself. etc etc.
Anyway i consider my poker account akin to a savings account, and i wouldn't be so reckless with a savings account- i would invest it small to return small consistent profits. So having had a long think last night i decided the best course of action was to withdraw down to just over 100 Buyins for £5.25 HU, (I withdrew down to £550) as i don't want to fall below 100bis although i'm well aware its very likely at the beggining, and grind them again try and regain some confidence and rebuild. I am well aware that people say not to withdraw big chunks of bankroll and that it's just an off the cuff reaction to a bad night, but i feel that it's the right decision for the moment and i know that i can rebuild back up to that point with some hard work and proper bankroll management.
I will update as i did at the start of the diary with number of games, av profit etc as i have started tracking in excel again as of today.
Played 25 HU turbo games, spaced out over last few hours. Started 1 tabling, then onto 2 will definetly not be playing more than 2 for the moment whilst i'm getting used to HU sngs again. Made a conscious effort to really concentrate on oppo's tendencies and also made use of sharkscope to give me an instant idea of whether they are a consistent winning/losing player HU as that helps to solidfy any early reads which can be massively important HU.
I was definetly running better today and also seemed to come up against some v-soft opponents maybe because its the weekend. I have to do some work now for a few hours on my last ever uni essay- I have to compare Hitlers upbringing to his actions later in life using psychological theories of development for thursday shouldn't be too difficult is a really interesting subject which makes essay writing alot easier.
Results are copied from sharkscope-which matches up to my excel track so they are not missing games at the moment which is good to know. Obviouslt today i have been Running welll above what can be expected long term- realistically 7%+ roi long term term is what i would hope for, but it is nice to get off to a good start, hopefully i wont repeat the start of the diary where i had a similar start then the next session lost it all and my av profit per game was minus which is never nice.
Running HU total
Games played: 25
Av Stake: £5 (says £5 on scope but is actually 5.25 as excludes rake, all games have been turbos)
Profit: +£58.74
Av profit per game:£2.35
Roi:44.8%
Bankroll: £608.75 C4P: £6.60
So for session 2 i won 10 out of 15. scope dont seem to have tracked my last 5 games, which although makes it look like i won more than i have today is rather annoying for tracking. Although i now have no idea what my roi is so will have to leave that out/work it out after bigger sample of games- excel can tell me games played- total profit and av profit.
Very happy with the start i have had in getting back on the 5.25 turbos, not often you have days this good on husngs so it was good to go on such a good run straight away and erase any negative thoughts/confidence issues after yesterdays debacle. Will scan through see if there is any hands worth posting, didnt seem like much of interest- obviously to have such a good day of profit have to run particularly well in the 60/40s and flips and have a certain amount of people willing to donate money.
Running HU total
Games played: 40
Av Stake: £5.25 (All turbo structure)
Profit: +£80
Av profit per game:£2
Bankroll: £630 C4P: £7.05
If you are about, fancy some HU turbo games? Best of 5:D
Handed in my very last piece of coursework at uni today, just two exams too revise for now so loads of time to play some poker in between revision. Spent bankholiday sunday in reading at a friends which meant i lost alot a couple of the days i should of been working to travelling, drinking and nursing a hangover. Which meant i had to really work some horribly long hours fuelled on energy drink and pro plus the last few days - i did play a fair bit of poker during breaks but in reflection that was an awful idea as i should of been letting my brain rest rather than trying to pick up 2-3 HU tables at a time. I lost track of excel but ended up down again with one particular session leading to an £80 loss in what didnt even feel like a very long time. Not even sure how losing that much at 5.25 turbos is possible despite the changes lol i was clearly way too tired, tilting multiple buys in off playing bad etc etc.
Despite the swingy sessions i have had since i have been back i'm enjoying playing probably because it was an escapism from the horrible reality of the work i was in the midst of doing and looking foward to getting loads of volume in especially some cash sessions. Going to try and hit £100 in c4p by the end of the month and hopefully end up above the £550 i withdrew down to on the 4th.
One further point is i think the promo introduced that just finished for the tournaments/sngs and the upcoming one for cash are great, despite views i have read to the contrary, but sky seem to have completly neglected players who play Heads up SNGS regularly which after the treatment towards players who complained about the lack of notice and interaction about the change in HUsng structures a little while back seems to to suggest they are not as valued as the players who regularly play formats such as dyms etc. Surely some kind of promo/incentive can be aimed at HUSNG, obviously not on the same scale, but it would be nice to think they have not been completly forgotten.
Have copied the running Hu total from scope so as to make sure im not hiding from the pretty awful form over the last 150 games, considering the start above in the first 40 games. I'm confident i will get back on track and turn it around into profit very soon though just need to make sure i stop tilting/ trying to make fish fold which is probably my main problem at the moment. Need a note on my laptop saying DONT BLUFF CALLING STATIONS HU. Might play some 10nl and more HU later, will update if so..
Running HU total
Start date: 04/05/2013
Games played: 191
Av Stake: £5.25 (mainly turbo structure)
Profit/loss: -£20.75
Av profit/loss per game: -0.11p
Bankroll: £529.40 C4P: £11.64
Hey Ben,
I'll be about tonight, about 11, if you fancied it:D
If you send me a message or let me know on here
Just finished 2 hours of 3 tabling 10nl, two mastercash tables and one normal. Enjoyable session as i was hitting flops and getting value and not getting unlucky very often, also i managed to stay patient and stuck to a solid game without doing anything ridiculous which in a 2 hour session is signs of improvement for me i think 3 tabling probably helps with that.
I made a nice profit on all 3 of the tables, with a particularly good amount on one of the mastercash tables which i had a couple of big hands.
Sessions:1
Hours:2
Profit/loss: +£51.29
Running HU total
Start date: 04/05/2013
Games played: 191
Av Stake: £5.25 (mainly turbo structure)
Profit/loss: -£20.75
Av profit/loss per game: -0.11p
Bankroll: £575.04 C4P: £12.55
The first game was one of the longest most epic turbo games i've played, thought we were going to be blinded all in lol
Cooler after cooler,both ways.
Cheers for the games
Had my first normal sleep and lay in for ages felt refreshed and ready to play, so decided to play some turbos, played 18 and won 13 of them to get myself back in the overall profit for the running HU total. Hopefully can end the first week in profit in both formats. Going to put in a big session later so will probably rest on how that goes.
10nl cash running total
Sessions:1
Hours:2
Profit/loss: +£51.29
Running HU total
Start date: 04/05/2013
Games played: 219
Av Stake: £5.25 (mainly turbo structure)
Profit/loss: +£9.21
Av profit/loss per game: +0.04p
Bankroll: £611.29 C4P: £13.14
Sessions:2
Hours:3.30minutes
Profit/loss: +£60.05
Running HU total
Start date: 04/05/2013
Games played: 226
Av Stake: £5.25 (mainly turbo structure)
Profit/loss: -7.53
Av profit/loss per game: -0.03p
Bankroll: £603.30 C4P: £14.18
Heres a snapshot of the last two days, i'm well aware they are small samples and can easily happen over that space of games, its more just reflecton of the way it has gone overall since i have been back with one big winning session, then losing session in that sequence each time. Mabe i'm just being naive and this is completly standard and i need to get used to it again..
Copied straight from scope
Today
Games 52 Avprof:£1.48 ROI: 28.2% Profit: £76.94
Yesterday
Games 46 a V prof: -£1.05 ROI: -8.9% Profit -£48.40
Very nice come back!
Your ability speaks for itself, you have a phenomenal record in HU games.
I'm the last person to give people advice on tilt! But, we know in poker there will be the good times and the bad times, the fantastic thing is over a sustained period you are a proven winning player.
It's so easy to have our confidence knocked after a bad session and overanalyse what went wrong. When we are winning our confidence is sky high and if losing then doubt can set it.
Paul made a really good comment, after reading the mental game of poker, don't look on the results but how did we play? We can play bad and still win, or good and lose.
You have the determination and ability no doubt, as your rebound today shows.
Good luck!
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When i'm on sharkscope it only shows me my last 10 games lol Dont suppose you can see my results for HU games at all?
Played some 10nl for the first time today since i last updated, went quite well 2 tabling mastercash had a couple of big hands both of which i was not totally sure about my play i will post both hands in a minute, ended 3 buyins up also made the nittiest fold of AA to a reg i have alot of notes on a pretty safe board, it may of been the wrong fold but limiting my losses is something i want to get better at in cash and i felt that the oppo would definetly not raise me on the flop with anything less than two pair- pretty much narrowed it down to two pair or set based on the board so was happy to chuck it away and lose a small pot.
Planning on putting in a very long session tomorrow from mid afternoon at 10nl so will report how that goes, so for the moment just want to play a decent amount of 10nl to see if i'm capable of holding my own at cash and also get the HU profit line on the right track.
This was the main hand of the session, i havn't played with oppo alot but from the time i spent on the tables he seemed like a good solid player. Think this is the 3rd or 4th time i had 3bet him so felt like he had had enough and was ready to play back at me , the sizing made me think he wasn't mega strong based on how i had seen him play previous hands. The river decision was tough as i felt i was only beating a narrow part of his 4betting range, but the small sizing and fact i had been 3betting alot and he was possibly getting frustrated made me call which i'm not entirely sure was right, but it was nice to see one of the only value hands my hand can beat.
good luck with this both of you.
24 hours is a long time (it's a whole day you know...and night. lol)
when I first joined Sky,i played from 9am Saturday to 6am Sunday (21 hours straight,and yes I was you know what (cream crackered. lol)
hope you have plenty of sandwiches and coffee ready. lol
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Just seen that the site is closed between 4-8 for maintenence, what a nightmare will definetly play till 4, then be back on the table at 8 as soon as it opens again, kind of beats the point but ahh well will still be a challenge and be 24 hours in total,probably be harder to have 4 hours off and come straight back pro plus wll definetly be needed.