Every Don has its day

The_Don90

nice read Sir. good luck, I'm sure this diary will be successful ;-) 

joinme sweat sessions are good if u want people to spot leaks, id be more than happy to watch a few times if we're both online or w/e. 

The_Don90

Decided to have another attempt at doing a diary. 

The Background

As many may remember I've had a couple of diarys now where I've completey failed. Mostly because I've tilted playing lots of NL4 and played/run bad. However in around August time, i decided to take what as meant to be a few weeks off to recover my head. I always felt like i was a half decent poker player, but I have the mental strenth of a cabbage. Alot of that was down to issues i have in my personal life and i felt to sort them i had to stop playing poker, aswell as giving up several other things. 

 

More recent history

Well I gave up smoking about a month ago, still going strong despite one mishap. My partner is also expecting our first child. I moved in December, and returned to the tables when my internet came back. I started playing MTTs again, on another site. I had mixed success, one final table and a few deep runs seen me turn $30 into $130 rather quickly. That dropped then back to $130. Then i had a night of disaster. I had a bad spell, playing not great, making some bad calls. Mixed with a little runbad, i lost the lot - in a single 24 hour period playing micro mtts. 

That was a lesson on the game i needed when comming back however. I have been playing the odd live game with my father during my break, but until you grind again its easy to forget how brutal poker can be sometimes. 

I did say to Scouse one day I'd play the DTD and thats when i remembered i still had £20 in my Sky account. Although quitting smoking has seen an increase to our life roll, given we have previous depts to clear and other issues, we haven't yet seen the benefit of that, so no reload money was avalible. I played the DTD and Final tabled one event. Cant remember which one. That paid for a few unsuccessful games that week. 

The return to Sky

This week back to £20 i played the Friday night orfordable. Busting early left me with a roll of around £17. For no apparent reason other than bordom on the friday night, i couldn't sleep so came on and was railing a friend. I decided to reg for a tournament. Given not many good MTTs past 11pm i regged for the 11.30 bounty hunter. £5.75 from a £17 roll was probably a huge gamble, expessially for an mtt, but I knew i get paid soon and i can reload then. However i played one of the best games I've ever played, taking it down including heads for just under £190. 

That obviously gave me some bankroll to play with and I could start to grind MTTs properly. With the rule of playing purely for fun, meant I didn't have to tilt myself by saying I cant register for set tournaments because i cant afford it. Although i do have a limit. The next day another small FT took my roll to £230. Given I think i only cashed in 2 tournaments on Saturday and played alot i felt £50 profit was awesome. 

Then came the big one on Sunday. I played lots of sats, mostly because of one thing. I've never cashed in a main event on sky. I have no explination for it. I know in some its been bad beats, other its been coolers. Mostly its standard stuff. A couple i have played badly in. But it seems like a huge wieght that i have on my shoulders now. However I failed to make the primo, although i did play other sat and made all those tournaments. Including the £30k roller semi. I went onto win that seat, although on recommendation used my new found wealth to register and take the cash. I'll decide on the day if I will play or not. With other results that took my BR to £320. 

Monday seen me rise to £330. Thanks to another FT in the DTD. 

Tuesday was wake up day. And the days where my diary will most likley be at its most popular is days like Tuesday. I couldn't sleep so I'd played some cash on Tuesday morning. NL20 mostly because i couldnt get a seat lower. 2 mistakes seen me finnish £30 down. Although i think at one point it was looking at much worse. The rest of the day i played a mix of mtts and NL10. The return of cash brought back the "run bad" I'd experianced while playing NL4.

Although I noticed one thing key this time around. The one thing i won all day was a sat into the main. Which i busted KK v QA all in pre standard stuff. However I felt like i wasn't playing well. I asked a friend to rail me and try spot errors, of coarse hes at the other end of a skype convo so could only comment on showdown hands. He spotted nothing as a result. 

I went all the way down as low as £220. Before bed i played an hour of NL4 and did recover back to £224. But i still wasn't playing great. I wasn't going to sleep but decided it would be best to sleep and refresh the brain. 

Upon waking up I registered purley for about £50's worth of MTTs. Over a large period of time. I'd missed all the sats bar i think two for the ME so decided to give it a miss. One of the early tournaments i tore up. I was playing well. I'd busted a few others with standard hands. But in this one I was deep and playing some great poker. With 9 left I was a runaway chip leader. However a crash back down to Earth with some craziness later, i finished 5th (the major hands of this are in BBV if anyone wants to see). I still feel like i should have won that tournament, but I can't control calls by others, and i certainly cant control the run out of the board going against me. 

I de-reg'd from my last 2 tournaments of the night after that as they hadn't started yet, and i knew i was in tilt zone. I showed a disapline i never used to have. I went for a bath and watched a film with Mel. She went to bed and feeling much more refreshed, i late-regged into one of the speed bounty hunters and the 2am £100 GTD. I finnished second in the bounty hunter, including heads for £26. Never got going in the 2am. 

The Goals

Cash in a Sky Poker ME

Become a profitable player long term

Don't Tilt

What I shall be playing

 MTTs 

Sats

Probably a small amount of cash

Starting Bankroll:  £257.18

Starting Points: 622

My 2013 according to sharkscope pic

as you'll see in the pic, i started in loss. Strangely i was always in profit on sky until 2012. At some points in decent profit too. So I'm hoping that 2013 graph returns to the previous way and i can just put it down to a bad year. 

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

nice read Sir. good luck, I'm sure this diary will be successful ;-)  joinme sweat sessions are good if u want people to spot leaks, id be more than happy to watch a few times if we're both online or w/e. 
Posted by percival09

Ah i love joinme sweats. Once BT sort out my upgrade to fiber optic id be happy to do that, until then i cant. You see internet in Scotland is made by sheep 

bolly580

join me sweat sessions good although it slows ur internet down and there feed often delayed.

I prefer to just have skype chat going and just say what hand ya got on what table to the guy sweating ya who got em all open.

The_Don90

you maybe right bolly. 

The_Don90

Ok so if I'm going to have any go at tonights ME sats i best head off to bed now. 

In future will more than likley just update at night and count any am tournys in a single night time update. But until i get sorted I'll update more often. 

After my update I late reg'd into yet another Speed bh. bar timed its literally all sky offer during the night. - Hint hint sort it out. Anyways that went pretty badly, 1st hand on a blind. 2 all ins i fold. Move table. 2nd hand QQ, 2 callers T7x 2 heart flop. Turns out i was peeled by T7. Meh. 

So i went onto NL10 for abit. Couldn't win a thing. Even when i got 4bet jammed on when i had aces, the other guy had aces, but at least they held. :P. 

After a while i decided to go to the shop. It is valentines day, not something I really care about, but I know it means alot to Mel. Got her some flowers, for a full fiver. I mean seriously. Although we did need other basics for the fridge too so I had to go. Upon returning home karma smashed the stairs against my head. Mel did like her flowers though, and my head wasn't broken. 

I'd left the PC on and it was 7.48 when i got in. I spotted the 7.30am Speed Bounty Hunter had 2 minutes of late reg, 5 left with 2 cashing, and had a small amount of overlay. I jumped in. 

I got slightly lucky in some spots, mainly when I 4 bet shoved BvB with A8. I expect I can force a fold alot of the time in that spot. However the opponent had jacks, i rivered my ace. In another spot, 3 handed its my SB, BTN folded i shiped with KTs v a 5BB stack in the BB. I was only 15BB myself, chip leader was about 20BB. BB called with KJo but i flopped the nut flush. Hu was different but i feel i deserved to win that, opponent did get slightly unlucky that the 2nd time they wanted to 3bet i woke up with aces. Their 3bet commited them to the pot. 

Given how often i was opening HU a 3bet was a pretty standard move, timing was just unlucky. 

The_Don90180001£17.88 + £10.18 Head Prizes1£3.43wi0302£9.62 + £4.34 Head Prizes2£3.94

Bankroll: £265.58

Points: 658

bolly580

another tip for improving...

often when you hear advice you say to yourself yh that makes sense thats what i would do anyway. Or when im tutoring friends thats what they say "oo i was guna do that anyway"

But then when left to their/your own devices they dont do it and play differently, so as simple as it sounds jsut every decision sit back and think just for a min, like say to yourslef (if not mass multi tabling) right every decision im guna take like 5 secounds to just go over everything, even if its something absolutlely standard.

be amazed how much it improves ya game

liamboi11

yeah good to know you have everything sorted now don gl m8 with the diary always was interested in your last diaries

reeler

m8 i can relate to you aswell i have also stopped smoking 5 weeks now and lots going on in my life been on a bad run aswell bad luck and bad play because of bad luck tilt etc
i wanna do a diary aswell but my grammar aint very gd i think am a decent player too as your self but need to seriously get a grip of my bank roll management and learn to not tilt
yesterday for instance i lost a hand by bad beat after playin for hours playin magic then i get bad beta and tilt lose lots then come off have break then start again get aa against opponent dunno what he has but he raises and i have aa i re raise him he calls board jjq he bets i call turn q he shoves i fold wtf he then shows me 3 8 off i was ragin then tilted again

i calmed down then reviewed what i had done after he had bet again i shud have shoved if i lose i shrug it off but i need to learn to do this as i know i can be a gd player
tilt is my number 1 enemy at the moment

Giant811

Nice openeing post and great result today, consider that bogey thoroughly killed! Good luck!

The_Don90

Day One

Well today was a weird one. Having struggled to get any sleep, i asked mel to make sure i was awake for 4pm. Upon waking up I reg'd for every single normal sat for the main, not really paying much attention to cost. I did have an attitude of well I could hopefully bink a couple. Therefore be playing the main on profit before a hand is played. Obviously it didn't work out that way, and mostly standard hands, but the odd cooler aswell seen me spend a harsh £50 to get there. I'd also registered for a few normal mtts and got nowhere.

Honestly it was only when I seen my bankroll i realised I'd spent as much as £50 qualifying for a £33 tournament. Insane really. I didn't cash in the other tournaments either. Meaning for the main and mini i had really put the pressure on myself. 

Although i relaxed. I made a huge error in the mini at 30/60 blinds. That left me short and i can;'t even remember the exit but that wasn't the major hand anyways. I know the error, it was bad, and I will attempt to ensure it doesn't happen again. At least not in the near future.

The main had some really interesting hands. I think on my first table i got a little lucky. I had one very aggro opponent who strangely made life much easier for me. I had position so alot of my desisions where made for me. Still not convince the call below is correct with someone to act behind but I'll take it. 

Folded to BTN who opens. SB 3bet jams, effective stacks are 50bb. I call with AQ as hes done it alot. BTN folds. I hold v AT.

Upon a table move i went onto pick up my first head. Previous to this I'd had one interesting hand v Mattbates, and picked up some other small pots. Bar the AQ v AT this was my first in pre hand. 

Folded to BTN who 3x i shove in SB with jacks.BTN has less than 10BB has to call. I hold v A4

Literally 2 hands later i lost what i think was my only flip in the entire tournament for my attempt at a second head. Not sure my 4bet shove is right, but im pretty certain Im ahead of the peelers range, and unless they go bounty hunting im isolating the all in stack. I dont feel I can ever flat as i leave myself open to doing exactly what i do here. 

I open 77. SB calls, BB shoves 10BB. I reshove SB folds. BB has AQ board runs out 8K8Kx

I then ended up on a rather tough table. Lack of spots, unsuprising really, meant i had to create spots, and in the end, that resulted in me having to pull off a huge suckout. Although to be fair i didnt expect not to be live if i was called.

Folded to me in SB with 8BB and an aggro table. I shove 67s similar stack in BB calls A6. xx485 runout

I then got moved tables again, I cant denie i rather enjoyed not being on the previous table. No disrespect to any of the players on this one. Aces with 10 bigs and an open is just lovley. 

77 opens UTG i have aces in BB. I shove and hold.

And the next major hand again see's me holding aces. Happy with how i played this, not sure if im happy with the double up or disappointed i didnt get the head. Werid one.

I open AA. 2BB stack calls, BB peels. Q33 flop BB donks, i shove BB calls. 77 in BB. A3 for 2BB stack. 

I did eventually take my 2nd head of the tournament well into the money though. Having missed out on 2 i thought it might never happen. 

I opened JJ, JT shoved i held

And then the crippler with 13 left. Happy with the hand tho. 

AJ i shoved KQ called

So we can cross of the main event problem from my goals, seems a waste of a good objective having done it on day one of the new diary. Will amend the origional post to say win of coarse.  

Having said that I feel once i got into tonights main I played well. Ive cut out some snippets of major hands - dont expect this kind of post all the time. But i felt this was run or ups and downs, but one where theres not a single hand where I have a regret. Thats not to say i played perfect, but i played each hand well enough i thought. If anything I'm slightly disappointed i only got 2 heads and came 13th I feel i really had a chance towards the end. However what will be will be, and lets face it if I don't get lucky with the 67s I don't cash at all. 

Closing Bankroll:  £330.91

Points:  754

EDIT: Hand historys went nuts posting in browser too. hense the now lack of them. sorry

Dagnamit

Welcome back Don and congratulations to you and Mel.  I hope you reach all your goals, and I look forward to reading all about it.  Have fun

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

Welcome back Don and congratulations to you and Mel.  I ho pe you reach all your g oals, and I look forward to reading all about it.  Have fun
Posted by Dagnamit

Thank you dagnamit. 

rancid

good luck Don, and congratulations on the baby news - nothing more challenging than being a parent.


run golden

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

good luck Don, and congratulations on the baby news - nothing more challenging than being a parent. run golden
Posted by rancid

Thanks Rancid. Yeah mixed emotions about it. In one sense I'm very excited, on another I'm exteremely worried. Probably just natural. 

Gotta walk golden before i can run :P 

rancid

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day. : Thanks Rancid. Yeah mixed emotions about it. In one sense I'm very excited, on another I'm exteremely worried. Probably just natural.  Gotta walk golden before i can run :P 
Posted by The_Don90

Just think how Mels feels about giving birth )
Mums have it the hardest )
Parenting is the most natural thing and you will be surprised how natural it becomes when the baby arrives.

I always remember bringing our first baby home from the hospital and we both felt so excited and anxious all at the same time. We just plonked the baby down on the middle of the room and said "What now ! "

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day. : Just think how Mels feels about giving birth ) Mums have it the hardest ) Parenting is the most natural thing and you will be surprised how natural it becomes when the baby arrives. I always remember bringing our first baby home from the hospital and we both felt so excited and anxious all at the same time. We just plonked the baby down on the middle of the room and said "What now ! "
Posted by rancid

I'm slightly worries by your "plonking the baby in the middle of the room" 

rancid

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day. : I'm slightly worries by your "plonking the baby in the middle of the room" 
Posted by The_Don90

) Baby was in a car seat

You will become really emotional regarding anything to do with baby/kid stories
You suddenly start to relate to all this, like the fox dragging the baby out of the back door !!
U think OMG it could be mine !!

So apart from anxiety, fear and panic - you will be fine )

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day. : ) Baby was in a car seat You will become really emotional regarding anything to do with baby/kid stories You suddenly start to relate to all this, like the fox dragging the baby out of the back door !! U think OMG it could be mine !! So apart from anxiety, fear and panic - you will be fine )
Posted by rancid

im guessing my standard responce of ill punch that fox square in the chops would be used anymore. 

The_Don90

Day 2 Part 1

Standard early morning tournaments i guess. Weird for me to be awake at this time. I went to bed after posting last night, about 2 hours later woke up. Couldn't get back to sleep. 

So I regged for a few tournaments. The first one 2 cash im chip leader crazy hand. I float but turn 3rd to nut straight wth 3 to flush on board. Oppo continues with a bet for most of his stack and i get it in. Turns out he had just top pair and an open ended. Neither of us had a spade. he rivered the better straight. Was either 5:1 chip lead with 3 left and all bar one head. 

Anyways I regged up for some more, winning one of the games. The 8am i think. 

I also picked up a couple of heads in others but haven't really got going. Can't complain standard hands. I also did do a ME sat for tonight. First one of the day for £2. I lost a flip then lost AQ v KJ both v the same guy . 

Anyways i think its nap time now. Doupt ill play tonights main, unless i decide to buy into the standard semi, but £12 seems alot for a sat. Even with a £300+ BR. 

Strange things morning tournys, you win one, win your buy in back in another, pick up 1/3rd of you money back in others, yet still make a small loss. Ha, maybe not the best time for playing. 

Bankroll: £329.93

Points: 797

waller02

Congrats on your news (and your good form at the tables)

The_Don90

Day 2 part 2.

Firstly thanks Waller . 

I slept right through well everything today. A huge problem of having sleep issues, is once you do get to sleep you don't want to get up. So i missed soo many tournaments. Not waking up till 9. 

This meant I added in some games I wouldn't normally play. Including the nightly semi for next Thursdays main. 5 left (3 seats) i was in good shape, 2nd in chips. Shoved with 77s on shortys BB lost to AQ. 2 hands later get AQ in BB. 1 limper i shove lose to 9s. Finnished 5th as a result. Win either i have the seat wrapped up. 

That pretty much somes up my night. I did play the midnight £11 GTD thing and had the potential to run deep, i accidently misclick 3bet 4's. 853 flop looked safe and i tried to rectify the mistake by repping super strong. T8o still called. From that i never recovered. In the end i got AJ in 3 way. Shorter stack 4 flushed, meaning i doubled on the differance about 1.5BB loss on the hand. That left me 4 bigs, and eventually i shoved A9 into AQ v an opponent who was opening almost every hand. 

The only tournament that actually seen me cash all night was the 11.30 bounty hunter. The same tournament I won exactly 7 days ago to get me going. Even then it wasn't much better than a min cash, as i shoved KTo from the c/o and chip leader called with A9. Despite hitting my K i couldn't get there. Bounties sealed my profit of that to just £8. 

No other cashes mean its been a pretty rank day, in terms of playing. However that is the nature of playing MTT's. I'm sure tomorrow will be much better.

Bankroll: £291.60

Points: 842

unknown_username

Many congrats on the baby news.Make you,re run bads seem trivial.
All the best
Paul

The_Don90

Day Three Part 1

Firstly again thanks Bignoise. . 

I went to bed after my last post despite actually only being awake a few hours. Finally the bordom helped me sleep. That and the sofa and tv. Unfortunetly that tv then woke me up again at 6.30.

With nothing else to do I decided to play some pokers. I reg'd up for 2 sats, and alot of bounty hunters between 7.30 and 11ish. 

I went on to win the 7.30 speed. I actually late reg'd this by the time I'd got on and done everything that needs doing and deciding to play. First hand 4 limpers on my BB. Turns out i had AQ but decided to shove, its 7.40am on a saturday with 4 limpers in a turbo bounty hunter. I expect i can get calls enough of the time with as many people showing an interest, to make it a profitable play. 1 caller, AT. Strangely a very crewl flop of ATQ giving us both 2 pair. I held. This is where that paid off tho, the next hand I'm delt aces. I'd taken a head, shoved the only hand I've been delt. 2 limpers, i shove. This move will not be loved by most, by I was attempting to make it look like i was just going to shove every hand. 1 caller i hold v QJ. 

2 hands, 2 heads 1 full double. It slowed for a while, but after half an hour the tournament had paid for itself, and alls my chatbox said was "the_don90 has knocked out xxx and has collected yyy and head value is now zzz" 

However come final table i was shorty. I did recover 3 cashed. I made final 3. Massive flip on the bubble. I got lucky the hand before. I knew i had to shove soon, so i picked the other short stacks BB. Given i was on his SB this was ideal. there was 30 chips differance between us - in his favour. So i know hes pretty much has to call of his stack. Hes also the tightest player at the table. All pros for me shoving this spot. I shove 9To. He snaps A4. I hit my T, very next hand im delt AK. Hes in SB and all in. UTG limps. I shove. I know my image will be destroyed and people will still head chase. BB reshoves. Yes i thought. He flips over 9's. TJQ flop will do lovley. The shorty has QT for 2 pair but doesnt fill. That puts me from shorty to chip leader in 2 hands. 

Although that didn't last long. Shorty shoved, i called with A5 from BB. standard 3 handed for his stack size. He has QQ. Ace on flop but Q on river. Next hand i get QQ. raise he peels, Ace on flop. I cbet turn gives me NFD but dont get there he shoves river. (turn was also a K). I have to fold. Eventually he busted to the other guy, who with our bickering had sat back and built a huge chip lead. HU im 3:1 dog. A few hands early seen me win the first 6 hands of HU bringing it back to 2:1 dog. It then nitted up and after a while i got K9 v K7 All in pre. I held. The next hand i had AJ he shoved i called, he flips AT i hold again. £50 ftw completely obliterating yesterdays losses straight away. 

The rest of the day has been pretty normal. Alot of what im good at with bounty hunters though is minimising loss in the times i dont cash. Pretty sure I picked up one head in every event. I busted the first sat. 3 min levels make it awkward, expessially given the lack of spots on occassions. However on the 2nd time of asking I have made it to the semi. 

I did also cash in two other bounty hunters. Although  one was 9th place for about £13. The other was 5th for £14 so not huge cashes. 

Bankroll: £341.41

Points:  886

The_Don90

Day 3 part 2

a poor night, not won a hand past the flop for 6 mtts. Kinda sucks, so decided to call it a night early. 

That obv tells you no cashes and out of the semi for the main too. 

Bankroll: £319.10

Points: 918

Glenelg

GL Don.  Altho you seem to have your goals in the wrong order m8!   Surely "Don't tilt should be 1st? ;-) Oh and congrats on the bearing! 

The Goals

Cash in a Sky Poker ME

Become a profitable player long term

Don't Tilt

The_Don90

Day 4 Part 1 

In repsonce to Glenelg the goals wheren't in a specific order. Given my improved mental state not tilting isn't as important as I can control it better. I now also have a "venting" teqnique which helps it not effect my desisions.

Well today has to be one of the strangest mornings I've ever had. I've came second in a tournaments, third in another (see exit in BBV pretty much a cooler). I also made the primo semi on the 4th time of asking. Meaning I would have only saved £1.60. However on my 2nd attempt i acually bubbled, getting £2.40 back. So It cost £8 for the semi. Positives where, i saved £4 and had 4 extra games of fun. Positives in failure. 

I have also stone bubbled 2 other mtts. Both where in weird circumstances. On one i got one of the hardest table draws you can possibly get on a £5 mtt. 3 of my opponent well know players on the site, and all i have a great deal of respect for. I came out of that rather short, couldn't find a spot, resulting in me having to shove Q3 with 2BB. It was a turbo so blinds went up at the wrong time (on my BB) and contant 3x raises every time i had a marginal. In hindsight i probably just gamble with A9s about 3 or 4 hands earlier. 

The other one i made a mistake with 13ish left. A very strange line by an oppo resulted in me thinking wtf and hitting call. When in honesty i should have went wtf, ok sigh fold. Strange one really cause with the opponents line he should only get called by worse, but in my wtf daze i managed to call with worse. I guess then that made it the correct play, so well played to him. That left me with 10bigs. 13th then busted 9 cashed and again i couldn't find any spots. Eventually i took a gamble knowing i had 3BB left if i folded my BB. I had KJ facing a 3x so i knew i was getting called. But i felt i had to take the risk. Turns out i had 40% so was probably mathematically correct to do so. 

However I won't complain. I started off the day playing so poorly i think i busted my first 4 tournaments without winning a single hand. And i cant even blame the variance this time. 

The 2nd was also worth just £8. As a result of all that I have made a small loss on this morning. 

Bankroll: £298.83

Points: 997

I dont really care about points, but my record for a month is 1200. 997 in just over a week is insane for me.

The_Don90

Day 4 Part 2

I wish i could make my form consistant. I took a break and tried and failed to have a nap after the last update. Having failed to sleep I entered the 4.30 £300 GTD bounty hunter. I also entered the 4.35 £5 sat to the semi for the £110 bounty hunter. I always planned to just take the £24 if i got that, purley based on I don't feel up to playing £110 tournaments with my current role. I know that might be a little contraversial. I went on to win, and took the £24. 

While slowly plucking away in the bounty hunter the primo sat started. The primo is a tournament i still have the evils for. Its the main event I've probably tried the most, and I know i say I've crushed my bogey now, but i probably can't fully until i cash in this bad boy. However despite getting to 6k early i didn't manage to get a seat. I opened a button and got shoved on, then went card dead. SB 3x my BB and i shoved with TT. Was about a 14BB shove. He called with AQ and i lost the resulting flip. That would have gave me 8k with 72 left, 35 seats. Depending on how i use it that flip is probably for the seat. All the same meh. 

Still plucking away in the bounty hunter i was rather annoyed because with 18 left i'd grinded a good stack but only had one head. That then quickly balanced with 3 heads in 3 hands. First one folded to SB who has 4BB and shoves. I call with 33 and win the flip. Actually flopped the FD too so take some cards off him. Then moved table and pick up kings UTG +1. UTG shoves, i reshove end of hand. I hold v TJ. The final one of the 3 probably the most strange. Folded to SB who limps from a 5BB stack. I shove with A2. Close to the bubble i can pick up the limp alot of the time. Other times ill be ahead and its only 10% of my stack. And if im behind of coarse i can get there. They tanked and called with K4 of hearts. Ace high flop, with 2 hearts gave a sweat. In the end i held. 

I did pick up another head on FT. However in the end i came 4th. (my 3 final tables today, in order from 1st to 3rd ive finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th - guess i was finnishing 4th or winning lol). However im disappointed with that. Managed to get the short stack to put over half his stack in on a gutshot on the turn. Only for it to land on the river. That left me with 10 bigs. Standard shove on the button with A3s, Sb wakes up with Kings. Nothing i can do about variance.

However i feel like when i play like this, i can beat so many fields. Obviously i cant do anything about variance and i can accept that. 3 final tables in one day (not inc sats) - won 2 sats, and bubbled a third. Ontop of that ive had 2 further MTT bubbles. If i can maintain going this deep in mtts on a regular basis, This don will have its day. 

Bankroll: £344.95 

Points: 1020

DOHHHHHHH

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

Day 4 Part 2 I wish i could make my form consistant. I took a break and tried and failed to have a nap after the last update. Having failed to sleep I entered the 4.30 £300 GTD bounty hunter. I also entered the 4.35 £5 sat to the semi for the £110 bounty hunter. I always planned to just take the £24 if i got that, purley based on I don't feel up to playing £110 tournaments with my current role. I know that might be a little contraversial. I went on to win, and took the £24.  While slowly plucking away in the bounty hunter the primo sat started. The primo is a tournament i still have the evils for. Its the main event I've probably tried the most, and I know i say I've crushed my bogey now, but i probably can't fully until i cash in this bad boy. However despite getting to 6k early i didn't manage to get a seat. I opened a button and got shoved on, then went card dead. SB 3x my BB and i shoved with TT. Was about a 14BB shove. He called with AQ and i lost the resulting flip. That would have gave me 8k with 72 left, 35 seats. Depending on how i use it that flip is probably for the seat. All the same meh.  Still plucking away in the bounty hunter i was rather annoyed because with 18 left i'd grinded a good stack but only had one head. That then quickly balanced with 3 heads in 3 hands. First one folded to SB who has 4BB and shoves. I call with 33 and win the flip. Actually flopped the FD too so take some cards off him. Then moved table and pick up kings UTG +1. UTG shoves, i reshove end of hand. I hold v TJ. The final one of the 3 probably the most strange. Folded to SB who limps from a 5BB stack. I shove with A2. Close to the bubble i can pick up the limp alot of the time. Other times ill be ahead and its only 10% of my stack. And if im behind of coarse i can get there. They tanked and called with K4 of hearts. Ace high flop, with 2 hearts gave a sweat. In the end i held.  I did pick up another head on FT. However in the end i came 4th. (my 3 final tables today, in order from 1st to 3rd ive finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th - guess i was finnishing 4th or winning lol). However im disappointed with that. Managed to get the short stack to put over half his stack in on a gutshot on the turn. Only for it to land on the river. That left me with 10 bigs. Standard shove on the button with A3s, Sb wakes up with Kings. Nothing i can do about variance. However i feel like when i play like this, i can beat so many fields. Obviously i cant do anything about variance and i can accept that. 3 final tables in one day (not inc sats) - won 2 sats, and bubbled a third. Ontop of that ive had 2 further MTT bubbles. If i can maintain going this deep in mtts on a regular basis, This don will have its day.  Bankroll: £344.95  Points: 1020
Posted by The_Don90

Nice progress Donald. 

How do you think this attempt at a diary/bankroll build is different to your previous attempts? 

What are the chances of you asking Sky Dave to close the thread within 2 months? 

Are you a changed man?

Not seeing much cash reported, have you given up that plan? Not fancy a sng grind in the mornings when MTTs are poor value? HU sngs are where it's at. 

I've given up persuading you to play hypers, but you're better off grinding £5 turbocharged than £6 BH with £15 ftw. 

Also re. the highlighted bit in your post. 

I don't normally have a go at people about their spelling, but I'd have thought you'd know how to spell donk by now. 

I was at your table the other day and noticed your location has changed to 'a shoe factory'. Can you be more specific about where this shoe factory is Geographically, and why you're living there?

glgl 

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day.:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day. : Nice progress Donald.  How do you think this attempt at a diary/bankroll build is different to your previous attempts?  

What are the chances of you asking Sky Dave to close the thread within 2 months?  

Are you a changed man?

 Not seeing much cash reported, have you given up that plan?

 Not fancy a sng grind in the mornings when MTTs are poor value? HU sngs are where it's at.  I've given up persuading you to play hypers, but you're better off grinding £5 turbocharged than £6 BH with £15 ftw.  Also re. the highlighted bit in your post.  I don't normally have a go at people about their spelling, but I'd have thought you'd know how to spell donk by now. 

 I was at your table the other day and noticed your location has changed to 'a shoe factory'. Can you be more specific about where this shoe factory is Geographically, and why you're living there? glgl 
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

1. Mostly mtts this time around.

2. Im older and wrinkleyer

3. Meh when the time is right

4. I suck at STTs 

5. No comment

The_Don90

Day 5 Part 1

I played further into the afternoon than usual. Mostly because I don't see the point in the early morning  MTTs and i actually slept better. I started at 9.45 and played. 

However despite qualifying for the semi for the main - took 4 attempts. I've had two sat bubbles. One tournament i bubbled the bubble (if that make sense) and other than about 3 heads in various mtts, I literally have 1 cash to my name today. Although in one sat bubble i got double the buy in - but again that doesnt count. 

However the one MTT cash comes in an event i wouldnt normally play. The 1PM £50 GTD. It was also a win. An epic HU with the opponent in the end i sort of coolered him. I opened 34 flop 3xK he checked and i checked back. Turn comes a 4. We got it all in. He had the K. I rivered another 3 but thats irelevant. 

Bankroll: £354.33

Points: 1074