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In regards to income i get student loans and grants and for the first two years of uni i lived on that alone, which although meant i had to be prudent was by no means difficult. The amount of withdrawals i have made since october is akin to having a part time job on the side, which has led to alot more financial security and alot less worry about any money i invest in poker. In all honestly i could lose my roll and still feel comfortable financially as it is all profit anyway. However thats not to say it isn't still a massive amount of money to me and losing like £50 this time last year would of been hurrendous, like 2 weeks worth of food or something, which is why i think mentally although i'm growing to deal with the large amounts of money involved its hard to truly de-attach yourself from real life and what the money means to me and could mean to others.
The cash forays have been purely for fun and have been non tilt related or a stupid mid session decision. I'm glad i didn't decide to sit at a cash table last night though that could of been interesting.
I fully expected you to win that hand as soon as it was flipped it was one of them nights, although you were definetly due one. I made some awful lls and plays against you just in that game, think i 4bet jammed 56s at one point full expecting you to call lol anyway gl if your playing today mate.
Anyway eventually things turned round when i went back to HU won a couple of 10s in a row jumped to 21 when i saw a reg i know sitting down, was fortunate enough to run into another one as well both of whom i feel have a decent edge over. Went on a mini heater where i cudn't seem toput a foot wrong, made a couple of big calls that were right and my hands were holding when i got it ahead.
Sharkscope seems to have missed out the last hour of play which is annoying as that is how i have been tracking. So i'll post it here for tracking (bragging) purposes. Very nearly jumped up to a £50 hyper against one of the oppos who i felt was maybe tilting and i have a big edge against but decided against it.
So i'm going to have a break for couple of hours and maybe play an mtt or something tonight. £21 games should really be my max stake with my roll, and i don't want to be playing them without at least 50bi really.
Bankroll: £1160.80
Heads up made up some of the losses from above, was pretty standard only played 10s and did fairly well. Going to uni today to do a 5 hour work session with no distractions, i prefer to try sit down and do aload of work because i fail massively at doing little bits at a time. Hopefully i'll get to play some HU later this evening.
Sharkscope missing that hour or so of games has messed up my track on how much profi/loss i'm in, but i'll work out what my roll was the other day and then get back on track for when i next update.
Bankroll: £1147.20
I try to be honest in all my posts and i really don't think i have had a worse hour or so in all the time i have played poker. Still its not the end of the world i stil have 50bi for the 21s but will probably avoid playing them now without 75bi as i am now fully aware of how truly brutal a bad hour can be. I'm not totally disheartened its been very swingy playing these games the last few days i had to expect it would happen at some point soon. I know i'm good enough to win at that level but maybe i just need to patient and wait untill i have built a bigger roll before really having a crack at the £21 games. A 7bi downswing is not even that bad at hypers, but with my roll another 10-15 bis and i would really start to lose confidence so best to be prudent and get back to grinding the level i know for sure i can crush and can deal with the swings.
Bankroll: £1005.95
I excluded for a couple of days from sky which ended late last night luckily as one of my mates was running deep in the mini so meant i could watch it. Initially the next day after the session above i reviewed some hands and thought i would just carry on playing but when i played a couple of games i could feel a bit of tilt hangover if that makes sense, like willing to go crazy just because i lost a flip which led to the small exclusion. I decided to watch some free videos on HU and read some more of the mental game of poker, something it mentions is accumulated emotion which i think is a really interesting concept. The passage below sums it up pretty well and i think relates quite well to how i felt when i played again the next day ,instantly feeling aggrieved at losing a flip or being rivered for a small pot. I would definetly reccomend it, i'm slowly making my way through it but it's quite alot to take in so try to go over a few times so it sets in my mind.
"The next time you play, you aren’t starting from scratch; there’s still some residual
emotion hanging around from the last time you played. It may not seem like much, but this extra emotion (tilt, overconfidence, doubt) means that
your threshold has lowered and less emotion than normal needs to accumulate before you cross it. Consequently, you tilt quicker, you protect a win
faster, or your mind goes blank after playing fewer big pots".
Another concept he mentions is entitlement tilt, which i think i also have a problem with, still i know there is alot of work to be done to continue to become a better player and its better to be aware of my problems rather than ignorant to them.
"The real problem with entitlement tilt isn’t that you believe you are a better player than your opponents. In many cases, that’s probably true. The real
problem is that you believe being a better player means you should never lose. Pay close attention to what this belief is essentially saying about
your mindset and the real issue emerges: overconfidence".
For the moment i'm just taking it easy, going to play some mtts tonight and maybe a bit of cash and just try to make the right decisions and not constantly concern myself with profit. Apologies for the barrage of text and good luck any person who had the patience to reach the end of the post.
Bankroll: £1,004.35
I ended up playing a few mtts, played a bh, a couple of rebuys and maybe one other earlier in the evening,busted most of them in annoying fashion e.g. js v a5, aj v a10, top set aiof v overpair and they get there on the river. Despite this i knew i was making the right decisions so tried to stay calm and convince myself if i carried on making right decisions my luck would change and decided i would play the main and mini whatever. I regged the main and the mini then played the £7 semi final sat and the £3.60 late reg sat managed to win a seat in the late reg sat so pre regging turned out to be a good decision as it only cost me about £10 to play it in the end.
A nice £100 plus evening, been swingy lately but hoping i have put a few things right and can start moving my bankroll in the right direction.
Bankroll: £1,110.99
patience is a virtue remember.
i have just started playing a MASSIVE tournament this week (3 times)...the 7.45pm £100 gtd,deep stack.(£1.10 entry) lol
it's 5000 chips and a 12 min blind structure.
i've had 2 cashes; £7.11 & £9.11 & a near miss 28/144 so not a bad start.
you never know...might even get on to one of your tables one day...be nice!!!
be lucky
dev
ps; last night f/t 5/6 guy shoved i've got 77 dwell....fold. flop 7aj aaaagh
few hands later 66 i shove last player...long dwell....calls with a8...hits 8 on river. aaaaagh
never mind hey...all good fun. 4&1/4 hrs for £1.10 and an £8.01 profit...can't be bad!!! lol
Hey Dev i know them tournaments well, i used to play the £2.20 9.15 deepstack alot earlier on in my poker days which is the same structure, this was when my bankroll was just my spare money so like £20 or something and mincashing would feel like a heroic achievement after the slog lol. It really helped my game i think especially learning to be patient with a monster stack in the early blinds. I'm sure if you carry on playing them regularly you will have alot of success and will helo improve your mtt game. If you plan on playing any of the ukosp minis or micros then we may well meet, maybe at the final table lol
ps if you get in a pair against Ace rag late on in an mtt they will always get there, its the unwritten rule of poker lol
Anyway back to poker didn't play much regged a 5.75 bh when i got home, the play was crazy to watch people stacking off exceptionally light so i knew i could sit tight get paid off which i did with 10s eventually, then i jammed a3s in my sb after a bb raise he snapped me off with k10 and i held so had a decent stack. Then straight after biggest stack at the table opens utg i 3bet massive hoping to get it in she smooth calls and insta jams a Q high flop i obv call and she turns over nut flush draw and gets there on the turn. Will definetly look to play some of them a bit more, seems like loads of value to be had. Still ended up on little bit of profit for the afternoon through some HU games and hopefully will get some games in later but not sure yet as may be busy.
Bankroll: £1,116.92
Had a long day of shopping and walking around in the snow so want to get on the grind play some mtt and sats whatever takes my fancy, will probably play the £33 bh whatever. Hopefully wwith all the regs at spt it will be a bit of a softer field or is that a bit optimistic lol, maybe mix in some 20nl as well at some point.
Bankroll:£1122.09
That was the good part of the night, the £33 bh went badly was short quite early doubled up felt good about accumulating a decent stack got AK in against a2 and the 2 flops gg, mini built a big stack quickly started to spew a bit then got 10s in against a gutshot and lost. Just getting used to what i'm sure is very standard mtt variance if you play regularly. In the 5.75 i stupidly cudnt lay down AKs when we both had monster stacks and i had been 4bet i jammed he flipped KK can't say i didnt expect it dont know why i couldn't lay it down, was no need to risk my stack against a good player whilst we were still deep in relation to blinds. Then played some 20nl HU cash for bit of fun enjoyed playing some pretty poor players but quickly donated a calling station £30 with some ill timed bluffs, made it all back but then did a buy in to a player with a play i was quite happy with but cudn't quite get it through. Then i sweated a mate play some 8nl and 10nl hu cash for a bit which was good fun quite enjoy watching others and thinking about how i would approach certain situations.
Anyway all in all an enjoyable night a final table decent cash, a decent shot at getting into ukosp main1 and a bit of fun donating some money at hu cash.
Bankroll:£1099.77
The jumps did seem pretty ridiculous for the latter stages of a tournament where you want a bit of room to play rather than having to just jam/fold. It just turned into a bit of a desperate shovathon except for the guys that would raise/fold 50%+ of there stack pre lol Definetly agree that the structure needs looking at just so there is a little more room to play late on.
Mtts: played £12 tsp semi, the £2.20 rebuy and a couple of micro sats for £2.40. Probably spent about £8 in total on the rebuy but cudn't get anywhere and in general just couldn't seem to get it in with the best hand today.
Hu Sngs: think i played 4 hypers today won 3 of them and lost 1, going to not properly grind these for the minute just play them when i have a decent bit of profit behind me as my capitulation is still fresh in the memory and i don't want to end up mega tilting by playing aload and going crazy and climbing up again. Eventually i will get back to grinding them though as i know when i'm playing well and have the right mindset i can turn a profit from them.
Cash: Went very well today, HU i ended up a bit. won a flip early on with ak v js so was a buy in up, then had another player sit who i felt i had a big edge over and quickly took alot of him when he started to steam. Although he started hitting the deck big time and made most of it back off me. got Js in against 109 on 10 high flop and he rivered the 9, then 10s against k5 in 3bet pot which he got two streets of value from me after hitting his K. Despite that i turned a profit and was happy i didn't just spew of the rest of my profit. 6max i managed to build a big stack with a couple of big hands. One of them was a bit bizzarre was playing a player i know is very good at the level and somehow ended up getting in AQ against 89 for stacks with neither of us holding anything, 89 had open ender and i had a gutshot and everything missed an A high took it down. Probably a pretty awful play long term from me. Then i won a big hand with j9s against Qs when i turned a straight and got it in so was pleased with how that went and i'm feeling a bit more confident playing 20nl.
All in all i think i spent a fair amount on mtts but luckily cash paid for it all with some profit, also very happy that my bankroll is heading in the right direction again since my little break.
Bankroll:£1154.70 C4P:£47.12
Villain is quite active, 3bets alot with quite a wide range and is also a good winning reg.
Basically is it ok to flat the 3bet? or is that terrible should i 4bet or fold?.. then when i flop quite big is flatting ok again or should i be turning my hand into a semi bluff with the idea of happily getting it in? when he leads out the turn i obviously decide he is actually sitting with a big holding this time as i think he would slow down with the lower end of his 3bet range so i dont think i need to slowplay just raise to get it in.
Yeah this makes alot of sense i guess if another club comes or 1 to a straight i then probably lead out to squeeze some value knowing he will check back alot of his range and he can get away from his Qs as that would look super strong. Thanks for clearing some things up for me.
Donttelmum i'm sure it will be spewed off in a matter of hours when i'm next sat down at the tables, just do me a favour and sit to my right next time we play lol
MTT: i spent £11 on the £2.20 rebuy which is ridiculous lol i won't be doing that on a consistent basis. The i regged the £33 main and £5.50 mini and busted early in the main, opened kqss in sb against bb in unopened pot he flats, flop comes As Q 10s i lead out he calls, turn is another Q i decide to get bit deceptive and check oppo bets i raise to get it in he instajams and turns over q10, fully expecting the js to complete a royal i headed out of that when a blank came on the river. The proceeded to just stack off light in mini not wanting to slog it out for hours. So spent near £50 on mtts today, maybe i will limit myself to 1 or 2 mains a week so as not to start spending too much playing them.
Cash: Only played 20nl HU tonight and it went very well, ended up +£45-£50 not sure of exact figures but my broll is only down about a pound so must of been decent amount to make up for the mtts outlay. I feel like i have an edge against most opponents i face which means rake doesn't eat up my profit too much, although may just be running well. Also played PLO 4nl for about half hour and lost £3 was up to £14 early but obviously was never going to nit up when im playing plo and quickly lost most of it calling off with draws and not getting there.
Think i'm going to take it easy for a couple of days maybe play the odd bit of hu cash, looking foward to playing the 20k ukops on thursday only the 3rd time i have played such a big buy in tournament and with the added bonus of getting in for a fiver i wont be worried about nitting up or playing a different style because it's such a big buy in.
In the evening i played a couple of bounty hunters with no joy, however i managed to take down a £2.20 ukops1 direct satellite and having already won my seat last night i got the £110 buy in which was a nice bonus. Then i spent a couple of hours late evening playing nl10 mastercash as a friend was sat down and the game always turns into a bit of fun with alot of 3betting, showing bluffs and alot of polarizing river overbets lol hopefully a few of the players have notes on me being a maniac now.
Being a regular reader of Dohhhs diary i always find it interesting to see some of his hands for the night so i thought i'd go for something a bit similar, might be a bit more interesting than me just pretending to know what polarizing and 3betting means.
Bankroll:£1165.53 C4P:£51.32
Just some standard button bashing here..
I really need to get back on the wagon with the TSP sats, but been grinding cash so much and just keep forgetting.
EDIT: Just looked, why is there not a single TSP sat in the lobby all day today?? Do they not do the micros + Semis everyday or do they only run on the Sunday of the big game?