Every Don has its day

The_Don90

Small sample mtt schedule

So TOTP was on today and i decided as a result just to play mtts. Then looked at scheule was abit meh on it, so decided to sell for main, play mini and totp. 

This is the first time ive came off a session in a while and been 100% pleased with how i played. Dont think i made a single if any mistake at all today. I counted 2 1 wasnt really a mistake just one slightly better option, outcome would be the same. The other i save 380 chips again was close. 

Main i got UL. Never got going. Got AK in pre v AQ. He hit flush. Std stuff. 

Totp i got going and was amoungst the chip leaders, before i got house over housed v one of the 2/3 stacks that covered me. The villian went onto win it. 

mini went better. Was bit of a grind tho. but managed to cash for about £22 inc heads. Exit was standard shove the button with QT and 10bigs and bb woke up with AK which held. 

This was one of those days where i really feel i played the best i could to maximise results. 

The_Don90

Long time no update

So the last update was apparently early june. Since the poker wise been on and off. Im not sure why but i can't seem to gather any momentum or confidence. Which in turn effects motovation. I'm not gonna lie that all lies in my park.

Outwith that, I got another fish tank. This time a 80L cold water BiOrb. One thing in life i love is fish. I'd have loads of tanks if Mel let me, she seems to be putting the foot down on the two, but hoping to get a third for one specific type of fish which i can't remember how to spell so i won't but it begins with a C. Anyways at present the tank has two fish in it. We will be getting more in the comming months. 

Outwith that the little one is now walking and saying some words. Including his first full sentence the other day - which was love you dada - one proud dad here lol. Its been so rewarding to see him develop and feels like its comming so fast. I could easily right a post on everything he does and the emotions that makes me feel, but i dont think thats something many want to read lol. 

I had a brief lads trip out to Fuengirola, Spain for a week. Was good but room sharing and homesickness caused some problems. Also some other minor lads stuff. Also turns out it was town's (is it a town or city, meh either way) festival week, so huge amount of domestic travellers which meant alot of the clubs where closed and next to the main fun fair bit they had a make shift set of night clubs. The only decent one i never got in after getting into an arguement with a bouncer. An arguement which might i add, if we both spoke the same language would never have happened. Thankfully the other bouncer spoke some english and explained the situation but by then an hour had passed and there was a 3 hour long cue - even i wasn't waiting that long - would be sober by the time i got in lol.

Since i got home I've mostly spent time with mel and the weeone. Had my first game of poker in almsot 2 months last night though, a live sat for GPS Edinburgh. Most expected overlay so as a result it got huge numbers. Easily the busyiest ive ever seen in there. As for how i did, well in hindsight i didn't make any mistakes that meant i could have got closer to the seat. Thats not to say i didnt make mistakes by the way. But i came away from the table knowing i got as close as was ever going to be possible with the way the deck fell. 

The_Don90

Best Format

Since returning I've played 2 online sessions. My rolls been small and decided to sell action for standard grinds. Both grind sold out extrmely quickly. Infact in both cases i had to ask people to take less cut becasue they both over sold.#

The first package i played on Tuesday, Total buy ins = £66ish and included Main, mini and almost every bounty hunter(£5-£11) between 5.30 and 9.30. I missed one out, id put the package together on Monday when games where playing and somehow missed the best value £5 game on Sky poker. 

Anyways it started poorly and i added in the game i missed and 2x £2 bhs myself. Bust one, 2nd one went much better and the night was very strong. One second played, 2 further cashes and several heads. The second place i even felt ul with because i had 3 major spots, which all went against me despite being in a favorite (see BBV). The rest showed promise for a break and a deep run but nothing came of it. The main was the only one with a reasonably quick exit.

Friday's package didn't include the main or mini, and came to a total entry fee of £56 exactly. It had the bh i missed, so 4x £5 bhs and 3x £11 bhs. 

This was a much harder session. I was on the backfoot pretty much the full session and wasn't running great. I don't think i ran brilliant on Tuesday but i had spots where there was clear +EV moves, today there was alot more close calls, and a tonne of all in equity went against me time after time. Thats not a complaint, I've learnt you have to take the bad with the smooth and expessially in higher variance games its going to be tough sometimes. In the end i was down to 1 MTT and i needed 7th to make a small profit (only way i could even get break even) - the table i was on was playing very unorthodox from about 23 down. 17 cashing. It went against my usual style in this spot and i adapted fairly well i think. I had 1 all in where it was close but bang on the bubble i felt shove was right cause he'd fold some hands that beat me. In the end he snapped off with the exact type of hand i thought he'd fold. Meh left with 10 bigs move on and rebuild. Won a flip to get back into it, before losing a 40/60 for the exact same amount. In the end i ended up 9th with no further heads. 

Although a £9 loss on a bad day can be considered strong i think. 

The future will hold, we im away tomorrow, but Sunday & Wednessdayi have another live sat. Hoping to put a package together for Monday/Tuesday more likely just do Tuesday so i have some time with Mel. Then hopfully if sats go well will have GPS over next weekend. 

Already putting together a package for the micro mtt series on another site, which will last for a few weeks and will divert my attention away from these games. But thats that. I also plan on playing the 25/25 in December pending on how results are between now and then. I was certain to play it but the money i was going to use is now going into this Micro Series. Im confident i can do something in those fields, but theyll be alot tougher than the usual games i play at those levels. 

The_Don90

An update

Not even sure if people still read this, but update time anyways lol. 

I've decided to start increasing my volume again, but 100% avoiding cash like the plague and selling for most mtts i play. Out with the current micro series im in the vast majority of this will come on Sky Bounty hunters. Im still finding good mtts on rival shores though. Although i've now built two stable schedules on sky ill play depending on when im awake. 

The micro series has gone ok so far, currently showing a small profit after a deep run yesterday comming 58th in a 6 max non-progressive bounty hunter (head prize was static) with 7 heads to boot. I made very few mistakes in that mtt, unfortunelty the one i made cost me 300k at a time i had just over a 400k stack. I never recovered. 

Other mtts have been close. A good few nearly misses, and one lol win - it turns out Knockout Frenzy doesnt mean Turbo Bounty Hunter my last mtt win came in an mtt where 100% of the prizepool was on heads - i got my own and the guy i beat HU - aswell as 2 more, but i wouldn't at all be suprised if the rest of the FT got paid more than me for their efforts. 

I'm learning alot at the moment and yesterdays micro series event felt very winable. Given the increased standard i expect in that kind of field due to it being a seires and more regs playing it, but also because its on that site where all the pros play. It felt nice to actually feel like i was on a level playing field with most of those guys, and the last time i played a similar buy in and structure event on that site i felt very out classed. This time i felt i was bossing tables for periods. 

I may have got lucky with table draws, time will tell on that. But for now I'm taking only the positives. 

This has all came from me sitting down and thinking for a period of time. I thought to myself what got me into poker, why did/do i enjoy it, and what would get me back to that. And i realised the things i enjoyed most in poker. The feeling of deep runs. in mtts. Obviously winning them. But that wasn't the most important thing. I prefer the social side of poker, thats not something you get online very often - you wont believe how good the social side is on sky compared to elsewhere if you don't play elsewhere. The events I enjoy the most by far are the live tours ive played. SPT's and UKIPT's. I dont have the BR to play UKIPTs now and the 1k buy ins kind of priced me out of sats. Next year the price is dropping so hopfully i can get there again. As for the SPTs im still hoping sky will bring them back at £110/£220 - The 6 max (SPT) in Nottingham easily one of my favourite weekends involving poker. This is my beg to Sky Suits to make another one happen please. I know im critical of the UKPC and thats not because i think its a bad idea, im just priced out as im sure many others on Sky are - but this isn't about that. 

So then i thought about why did i stop enjoying poker. It became a grind. Unenjoyable. No social life at times. And my pc was out of the way, and made that last aspect even worse. 

So i decided, i've moved the pc back downstairs. I want to try and sat into a few live events. And give up cash so i dont feel like its a constant grind, even when mtts feel like a grind, ill still have that odd deep run to pick me back up. 

So today is a good day. Today is the day we move forward and CRUSH! 

Jac35

Don't worry about people not reading Don.

I always have look straight away when I see you've posted and I'm sure others do as well. 

Pleased to read how positive you are right now. 

Go crush 

Glenelg

Another avid reader.   There is always a bit of trepidation tho when clicking on your thread!  ;-))   Glad you're in a better frame of mind & enjoying poker & life a bit more.   GL

The_Don90

Cheers guys, may post more since theres an interest

On an update mtts today went ok small profit. Decided to TV Tart and show support for the new tv system. 

May not have gone well. Top 2 pair once, second set twice - lost with all said hands. ah well. 

Tikay10

"....Not even sure if people still read this, but update time anyways lol...."

Pretty sure everyone reads this Diary, Don, so do try & keep it up & Post regularly.

The more regularly you post, the more interaction you will get.
 
Even if it is only a few lines, & not very interesting, people will still read it - we know that, because they even read & reply on Jac35's Diary.

I tried to Post every day on my little Diary thing, though I've been unwell, & not played for 3 weeks, so it's probably on Page 97 now. That's what happens when we don't post every day.
 
Good luck.   

bbMike

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day:

Cheers guys, may post more since theres an interest On an update mtts today went ok small profit. Decided to TV Tart and show support for the new tv system.  May not have gone well. Top 2 pair once, second set twice - lost with all said hands. ah well. 
Posted by The_Don90

I read your update in the morning (staying away from cash) then sat and watched you get slaughtered in those three big pots in the evening. Cruel. More discipline required for your plan though perhaps?

thejudge10

  keep it going don,makes me laugh at times

The_Don90

Puke and Wins

I woke up at 2am. Micro Series games been on at 3am last few days and body clock well and trully adjusted to that. Yesterdays cash actually felt sorer after a sleep. For a number of reasons, The Q9 i think i can fold in hindsight, but pot was close to that unfoldable status. The 88 is literally the worst hand i call with (i fold 7's ((one set worse)) in that spot) and the 5's v Pingu the very following hand was a cooler. 

As a result of all that i debated not playing for a while. But then I thought to myself. If I'm going to get down every time stuff like this happens then i might aswell withdraw from all accounts, uninstall software and do something much less productive. 

So i reg'd up for my Micro Series stuff 7am and 9am. And several mtts on a certain site which name is made up of 3 numbers. They try to appeal to the Austrillian market so mtts early morning hours are pretty decent. Not brilliant but far better than sites which have most of their player pool based in Europe and The Americas. 

Early on had a Final Table in a $1 event, got a touch ul and got $12. Then in a $4 Static head prize ($1 per head) bh i started badly, doubled up, then broke a record i never thought i'd see. In a single hand i took 4 heads. 56 on 56A v A7, ATand 67. Great shape i thought, turn 7. River the 5 though, . MTT paid for. I took 2 futher heads before losing 2 puke spots on the bubble which left me with 3.5bb on the bubble. BB hit aswell, and that was the hand the bubble burst, all in and call before me meant i folded 3's. One of them had a better pair so it was a good fold - although would have got there. I bust next hand for a cash inc head $12. 

2/3 events left on that site as Micro series started. A strange session on them. One i was up and down, before AQ v 33 in a 3b pot flops AA3 - GG Don. The other one i ran grim, nothing more to it than that. JJ v 99 AIP 9 on flop and A9 v TT all in on turn of ATx9 finnished me off. 

The big result thought was a $1.50 event. Standard mtt. I was almost always a top 15 stack, before closer to the money pushing to a top 5 stack and later i was never worse than top 2 until the final 3. I bossed early stages of FT busting 2nd in chips with 8 left which gave me a huge chip lead  - also bust 9th and 7th. I slowed down till 4 handed which happened quickly and then just tried to pick spots. Was oop to a very unorthodox short stack and had pos on the closest stack to me. 3 handed i was still chip leader and was enforcing it until i hit a flush v 2nd in chips, he rivered his 4 outs for a FH with a pot size bet back. I recovered by winning a flip, and bossed it. Stacked 3rd place quickly after and HU had a 4/1 chip lead over the guy who'd rivered me not long earlier. HU i won by getting lucky but still think its the right call. KT v AT AIP i hit my K. A nice $80 score. 

The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day : I read your update in the morning (staying away from cash) then sat and watched you get slaughtered in those three big pots in the evening. Cruel. More discipline required for your plan though perhaps?
Posted by bbMike

ha as mentioned above i really did want to support the new system. Think its a positive step from Sky.

GELDY

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day:

In Response to Re: Every Don has its day : ha as mentioned above i really did want to support the new system. Think its a positive step from Sky.
Posted by The_Don90

Good on you

says another lurker

gl don

walesboy

I also read with interest.
enjoy the wee man before he grows up. it happens too quickly.

liamboi11

I don`t post much on forum tbh but I do read this when you are updating bud

The_Don90

That Deflated Feeling

Now's probably not the ideal time to post. Im going to attach two pictures at the bottom via facebook direct to picture links of my EV graphs because today was Brutal. 

First of all folkes, glad so many of you are reading still. Means alot that you take time out of your day to read my rants and brags - with very little in between. 

I ended yesterday with a strategy session found a couple of leaks with will only help me in future - not major leaks but stuff that will increase our win rate a little long term.

That meant i managed to stay up a little longer than what i had been. Plan was to wake up around 5/6ish for todays session. Just about managed that 4.45am was the wake up time. First mtt started at 5.15 and Micro Series started at 7am. 

All in all i regged everyhting upto 11am that i fancied. $50 on the number site, 3 on the Micro Series and 2 for Sky. 

Starting with the 2 for sky - because somehow this is going to be the most positive ones. 2x £3.30 bhs, between them took 4 heads, stack in one peaked at starting, the otherone peaked at double starting but not till starting was 10bb. Set v backdoor straight in a 4b pot crippled me in one, Shoved Two overs + FD in a 3b monotone flop pot in the other, got called by a bare gutshot which was accompanied by Ace high. He hit his 3 out gutshot anyways, but the Ace high would have been enough to beat my KQ. 

To the micro series. First game was a progressive bh. Played well first 3 hours before going spot dead, getting ul in 3 spots before a double then AT v 78 AIP for 10BB runs out xxxx7 GG. Second one again up to 40k from 5 starting after playing well, people handing us stacks, then QQ v KK AQ v AJ and A9 v AQ later we're GG. So that left the 4 max static bounty hunter33 v QQ v A4cc all in for 500BB pot and 2 heads all in on 36T with 2 clubs - turn club board doesnt pair. Reocvered back to 3k before AA v QQ v the same opponent AIP runs out xxxxQ. 

So the numbers site. I can't rmemeber most of the mtts. One bluff on the bubble went wrong left with chips before JJ lost to AJ for a huge pot then lost a flip for the rest. Nothing you can do in those spots. The other was a static bounty hunter where you have to have a web cam. 5 where paid. Lost a mega flip (like 4/5-1 chip lead if i win flip) with 12 left. Then AQ v 99 on T8x, A6cc v 78cc on 245cc and AQ v A2 meant that i came 8th. 

Those where the only games i can remember never got going in the rest tbh. 

Ev Graph for numbers site

EV Graph for Micros Series

The_Don90

Miss Miss and Hit

So i decided to have a second session. Knew i was staying up for the football anyways, great result by the way. Great tactical battle from 2 solid managers, managing average teams. 

Anyways to the pokers... Started around 2 with a huge session. Some meh luck around a bubble and then alot of luck as a result of bad lack we ended up all in on the BB during H4H. By the time the hand had finnished someone had already bust so we got a min cash. A few other nearly misses meant that was our only cash, showing at that time a -$80 day -$100 if you include the other $ site. 

Andy mailed me when i had one mtt left, with a stack that was yo-yoing about 2 freeroll sats on sky. Cant mind what the first was for. As it started i bust the MTT i was in with a cooler A4 v A6 on A64 - that was just again shy of the bubble too. Anyways, first sat went meh. The second was for Thursdays main, and things went well, didnt lose much, got paid when i had it, won my flips. And got a seat. If i'd had a good day id have taken the seat and the gamble. But because i was having the day i had, i decided to do the reg and de-reg thing. 

The_Don90

Coolers and Outdraws

So today has been one of the hardest days for me to swollow. A total of 23 games, 2 cashes, and 3 heads i think. 

Most of that volume came on the numbers site with 18 games. 4 on Sky and 1 micro Series. 

Micro Series has no came to and end. One game today, i did have more but would need to commit to 9am finnishes tomorrow which since i started at 8am today felt a pretty decision. I lasted a total of 20 mins playing 3 hands AA, KK, QT in that order - the QT was a 10BB shove. I've finnished the series with a profit of +$19

Sky games where all bounty hunters as usual, picked up 2 heads i think no other cashes. These where the only games i was really happy with. Full clean exits never got going if anything. 

The numbers site has some serious issues today aswell. And i dont mean in terms of my results either. Never been disconnected so often. Results fell down to 0 cashes across the board with 3 games remaining. Got through bubble on one and ran down to final 3/4 tables before busting, can't even mind the exit to be honest. 

With one game left i needed 7th to break even on that specific site, 4th to break even since my last cash, and 3rd to break even for all sites.  Not an ideal spot to be. Going into the money i was 2nd in chips but that did't really maintain as cards and spots went against me. Approching FT i was always just above the shorties, and then FT bubble i got Jacks in against A8s - which flopped me dead to one out. That was slightly frustrating expessially given i was miles higher than all of the life support stacks, including one sat out. 

This unfortunetly in the power of mtt poker, but I feel like im playing well, I'm starting to get some volume in again and looking back to getting my next score which im sure is in the post. Although really could use it soon as the BR is looking very wounded at the moment.

Once i ship sales of the Micro series BR back to people who bought, ill be splitting that into 2 between the big site and its sister old big site allowing maximum pool to choose from. 

The money i have on the numbers site at present is also crippled, tonight i had 100% BR in play, which is never a good spot. However i really think its +Ev to reload there as soon as i can. 

Im taking tomorrow off, partly to refresh the head, but also to refresh the body. 

Returning Tuesday or thats the plan. GTA will be a mega lure but so is Double GTE Turbo Tuesday.

The_Don90

Why wouldn't you hit yourself over the head with a Hammer

So i am purposely posting this before i even start my grind today.

Yesterday i took the plunge and signed up to a well known strategy video website. I have so far downloaded somewhere in the region of 250 hours of stuff. Including everything they had on the mental aspect of poker.

Which is what i started on yesterday. I've only watched episode one properly so far of on ofthe series based on tilt and I can already alot of things. This episode was just talking about foundations of fixing things, but building these foundations will in turn help build a mighty fine looking house. 

These foundations are also something that when i was watching i seen similar issues in most poker players. Obviously these other poker players don't have the mental game i have which means they get away with it. However I now think I'm on the right path. 

As a result of this I've decided to set myself some goals and targets. Now the goal will be unachieveable but its to also remind me that failure is ok and acceptable as long as I am trying my hardest. The targets will only be achieveable with hard work and dedication. 

Goal(s)

 [  ] Play Perfect Poker

Target(s)

[  ] Make the Correct Decision on this street

[  ] Volume of at least 400 MTTs in December

So thats the goals and targets. Playing perfect poker will never be possible, but we can always strive towards it. Targets should be something we look to hit over and over again, so I decided on taking the videos example of making the right decision on the current street i am on. This is achieveable on every hand i play on between 1/4 times a hand. I feel this is a good target to work on. 400 MTTs i think is very much achieveable. I've kept it low, because my BR on sites is low and a couple of bad days could easily see me not cashin and being busto on certain sites. 

As for the title - it refers to good advice, right reason.

Chris_Mc

"Perfection is not attainable,  but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. "

Gl

DOHHHHHHH

I'm not sure if it's a goal or a target (wtf is the difference?) but a good 'aim' to go alongside your volume target would be to spend xx hours watching those videos you've downloaded. 

Now that you're only playing mtts I think you should make the most of the skype group you have access to. 

There are people in there who can help you much more and in ways poker videos can't. Really is an invaluable resource that money can't buy. 

Half an hour talking to MB/TD/MP/CG and Sanj (for comedy value) about mtt mindset, approach, temporament, swings etc is worth 2/3 hours sat in front of poker vids imo. 

Not just talking to them but actually trusting what they say, taking it in and using it to help yourself improve. Just look at their results, they know their stuff!!

Don't ask about the relative strengths of 22 and Q9 though, that definitely doesn't help tilt levels

Hopefully (at last) this is some sorta break through ! 

The_Don90

Knock, Knock... 

Before i get into this update. Chris love that quote

JJ a target is a static aim, a goal is something that when you hit, you forget about and create a brand new goal. Tbf volume of 400 games should maybe be a goal but I've put it there because i can adjust the amount. 400 might also be too small but i can always adjust in the future if i smash it in December. 

So onto today - I took in a much strong attitude into today. And early doors I felt like i needed it. Much like the past few days I couldn't keep any amount of tables open. No matter what I did. The one game i had left was one of these buy 3 seats into one mtt and was left with just 1. Anyways  plogged on. made one pretty daft mistake but knew it straight away and moved on. 

However the differance from yesterday to other days, I felt much more in control. And that meant i was enjoying it more, and playing better. The first mtt i cashed in normally im like sigh just a min cash ffs. I put... "i couldn't have done anything to go any further in this mtt" - im sure the guys i type to prefer that to ffs etc, and although its seems like a moan i was expressing I had no regrets with how i played it and no regrets for where i finnished. I played my best and that is what really matters. 

Later on min cashes where going galore. I was ul in alot of spots, but thats regardless. As i said to jj on FB i feel a score comming, I keep putting myself in great spots to go deep, only a matter of time before i do. 

Then i was left with 2 mtts, into the money in both. The one that just creeped into the money again i got ul. But again i made the right decisions. The one that was left was going ok. Unlike the others, i got lucky. However i still feel i was making the right decisions. The first one 2 limpers at 3/6k i shove A9 from the SB - at this stage the feild of 67 remaining was extremely compact, less than 7bb from chip leader to 7th, so stealing a spot like this would give me 3bb + my SB back and the antes in play. All that dead money, and chances are v limping ranges A9 is the best hand anyways. The BB snaps - Some swear words came out my mouth at that point, but i still think its the right decision, i just know im in awful shape. He had QQ we hit out ace on the flop. That was the same kind of spots that was going against us earlier in the other events. But thats why i now want to focus on the decision regardless of the result. 

From that i took control of the FT final 3 you could combine the other 2 stacks and id still be chip leader - HU  i had a 3/1 chip lead. The site once again disconnected while HU and i decided to wait talk in chat until the other guy confirmed he was back. 2 hands later i shipped an OESD on him he called with TPTK - i got there and won the tournament. 

Strangely im still in loss since my last win, but i feel if i keep playing like i did today, and more importnantly keep the mental attitude and build upon it - this will be a far more common occurance.

The_Don90

Bread and Butter

So this evening was purely the games I've always said was my bread and butter. And 2 near misses with no heads, a couple of heads then ul meant nothing really went anywhere. 

The main had a solid start, then a meh pot back to starting. Then made a small mistake, but the play was for the right reasons. Im still happy with it, although i was maybe giving the opponent slightly too much credit. I then got ul with my exit but thats no biggie. 

The mini was similar i doubled took a head, then got ul in a great spot, then lost a flip and gg.

However i cant complain and i won 5/10 all in sats i entered for the main. That means I'm only -£4 on sky today - i sold all my nightly action so will deposit that and i'll have increased my roll a small amount. 

I'll be honest i was a touch embarrased sending te details of my package, but variance will be variance and we can hopefully show a profit next time on the package. 

Also congrats to you guys on ur 3-1 win.

The_Don90

In the Ketchup

So yesterday i took a day off. My back had been getting sorer and sorer through the micro series, and despite the day break Tuesday was unbearable, expessially towards the end of the session. 

I didn't do too much a little bit of study time, and spent alot of the day just playing with the weeman. 

Onto todays poker exploits. When i first woke up i was 20 mins away from any MTTs starting. I had a tournament ticket I'd won in a depositers promo freeroll the other day, I had the choice between a 9 max S&G, a steps system or a 6 max or 6 max turbo. Steps probably the most EV option but i didn't want to comit to much time to it so went for the STD 6 max. Strange payout structure meant i came third for $1.02 (3 paid with like less than 3 buy ins for the win $2 buy in as standard - defo not something I'd put any volume in) 

Bar 1 head in a static bounty hunter that was literally my only cash. So from 22 games my total cashes where $2.02 - Not the result I was hoping for. 

I felt like i played reasonably well, and when i break down hands i played, I struggle to see how I could have done any better - couple of nitty folds in places, but often proved to be the correct fold. I also stayed away from any sort of tilt bar one slight moan when i had aces cracked by KQ and KK respectively in the space of about 10 seconds. 

I really do find the stuff i have found on the mental game to be helping and i've only watch 50% of the episodes so far.

The increase in volume is also going well, i could have easily played another 20 mtts today but have some stuff to discuss with Mel about the little ones education and the application for the place Mel wants has to be in tomorrow so agreed we'd sit down and discuss. That meant stopping registering about 1pm. 

I was going to put this post up earlier, and although i wasn't tilted comming off the session i felt a touch deflated and I decided to just play some Minecraft and chill for a couple of hours first. 

The_Don90

Oh so nearly

Today's been a funny day. I stopped around 12ish having had 3 cashes, all virtually min cashes from 8 mtts played in the morning session. I had a headache and decided to stop regging till Mel came home with some painkillers to sooth it.

My exit's in all the cashed events where pretty sigh. 2 bad beats and one hand where i probably could/SHOULD have folded AQ. The moment you sigh before hitting the all in button is the second you know its not the correct move, and even though we're shallow AQ is a fold in that spot. 

The afternoon session again showed lots of promise. a further 3 cashes including 18th in a 2k runner turbo competition. AK v 96 being the crippler there, altho i did get back into it after Blinds, followed by the breaking of my table blinds going up and straight back into the BB (basically i went BB SB BTN(didnt get a shove) BB) meant that no comeback would be possible. My exit was a touch ul i got there, had him down to 2 outs, and he re-got there. 

Every other exit was pretty ul too.

My last major tilt episode where i went x amount of mtts without a cash, Dohhhhh said to me he'd prefer that to loads of min cashes. Today i understand why. I'm not tilted, I'm not annoyed. I'm disappointed because every one of the deep run exits, if i hold, I'm in great shape for FT and maybe beyond.

But I'm going to look at the positives,  I keep putting myself in spots where I'm getting my money in good for a stack which puts me in great shape for a deep run. I'm playing well, and I've added a few things to my game recently, and although its not got me a decent score yet, i feel its only a matter of time. 

The mental improvements are helping too. Despite several spots where i'd have preiously lost the plot, the most i gave out was a sigh, and right at the end of the last one a small sick of busting like that. But compared to before thats a rapid improvement. 

I've came a long way in a short space of time, Theres still a long way to go... But i'm getting there. 

I was going to end on that note... However I wanted to add, my target for December. Including Xmas theres about 4 days i can't play. So its a 27 day month for me - thats also including one day where I'm considering playing a live event. Over 27 days that means I'd need to average 15 tournaments per day. Currently im averaging between 18-31 depending on how often I'm regging up to cover an exit. I'm also starting to find 7 tables easier to deal with although still not perfect and has never been tested with a deep run in the mix. Anyways this leads me to a question for those of you who have read this far. Should i consider increasing the target a small amount. - maybe aim for 500 instead of 400? 

Chris_Mc

im sure your big score wont be long, plenty of cashes although its min cashes, your confident your making the right decisions when it matters,

you cant win every tournament you play but too cash in most is an achievement itself I would think.

as for your volume, if your comfortable you can play at the same standard and get too 500 then why not go for it.

gl in your games don  reading with interest,


just maybe change that profile pic,

4 leaf clover for luck and all

gl matey.

The_Don90

More sighage

Today probably been one of my hardest days. I was never planning alot of tables anyways, but i was loading up S&Gs to keep tables up. That is never a good sign. 

I did have one "deep" run in the 4r that JJ often takes 50% of my action in. My history in it is almost a mirror image of how it went today. Do ok through rebuy period think my most expensive time was 1 extra rebuy the rest its been enter double stack and addon. Today was the cheapest route again. 

After that we fold for a while before getting a huge hand and someone bluffs into us and says have my stack. We then fold a little more before making a good call down. We then fold a little more before getting unlucky when approching the bubble. Today was AK into AA for 18BB effective. Thats been the most ok fair enough exit of the lot. 

I spoke wth jj afterwards and he was like your having a good month, i said i thought despite the 2 wins ive have and the 3rd lol win im -$100 across all sites. He asked me to get my average buy in and work out. One score would settle that - turns out i wasn't -$100 at all, -$243 not including any of todays game which would be easily another $50 and thats also not including the £43 i lost on mastercash in that session earlier in the month. 

I have around $400 roll back, but that obviously means if i go for decent volume next month, theres a decent chance i could go broke - there is no reload. 

So overall i feel like im playing well, but theres no results to show for it.

Thats the nature of mtts, and maybe my punnishment for winning some of the lowest buy in events i play in - thats not out of choice, I keep putting myselfs ITM in higher up before getting unlucky in pots that give me a great chance of a deep run. 

All in all, i feel positive despite feeling deflated about the results. Hopefully the corner is just up ahead and i can find the real winning ways. 

The_Don90

Don V DOHHHHHHHHH Prop bet

So i planned a mega Sunday session. Instead a mate offered me a pint on Saturday night, and a pint quckly turned out to crawling into the house at 4am. Sunday grind became stuck with a hangover barely able to stay awake through the F1. At least Hamilton won tho

JJ mentioned a 7 day prop bet to me Monday to Sunday. Not much just a fiver but its more for the ego that counts. JJ i imagine will just increase his volume on playing days rather than playing more days. I think that gives me a strong advantage. Or so you'd think. 

My plan is to play 20-30 mtts per day depending on how I'm running. I've already lost on of the sites i play on though due to moving that roll to another one to help keep me be able to play on either one. So thats 3/4 mtts a day i'd play removed.

JJ is starting today, I am not. Due to a on going illness I have an appointment with my GP. That puts any grind today out of the window. Thats fine I should still be able to get easily more volume in over Dohhhh. 

I will update my volume in here daily for each of the 3 sites i play on via sharkscope. And on Sunday will also cover the full week. Which will set up good feedback (if you folkes wouldn't mind) for doing it for my personal challenge in December. 

The_Don90

Ok This is getting boring now

Yesterdays Doctors went well - nothing seriously wrong, some heavy medication go back in 3 weeks should be better by then.

So that left today open for grind. I'd planned a mega session on Sunday and missed it due to hangover and couldn't play yest for obv reasons. 

So that left today. Mega grind it was. So woke up put a package together for 16 mtts, Sold out, not as quickly as normal but was short notice and during peoples working hours. 

Add that with 27 mtts from other sites and 1 i had 100% of myself of on Sky. In total 44 mtts. 

That was the posititives. 13 cashes (inc 1 FT and 1 FT bubble) - Highest cashes £12 and $5.70 in each currency respective. Results -£70 and -$20 

Suddenly it doesn't feel as positive. When i look at how i played, i feel happy. Again I repeatedly put myself in great spots, and just get outdrawn when it really starts to matter. 

At least I'll have some points on P5's

The_Don90

A little bit of this... A little of that... And a lot of ketchup

So the grind has been a little on off recently. JJ suggested Twitch to a few of us in group, and I have watched alot of Pokerstaples and a little of JCarver the past few weeks. I thought it would be a solid Idea, and I went for it. Since then I've had 2 sessions and steamed on throughout and the other about 50% of it. Really enjoyed it although didn't notice i had no sound on for the latter. And now i know how to do it keen to do some more. Although the issue is my grind hours and the little one sleeping come into question. And I think moving the pc again is bad for my grind ethic in general. 

So how did we get on. Well on 888 there was a load of losses, think in total i had a game where i picked up 2 heads for combined $2 and thats about it. I sold stake for sky comps and requested payment on 888 to try cover some damage.

Sky - 2 min cashes - 1 early FT bust out - and a few heads take us to -£80 since the last update. 

Stars - 3rd and a 4th in 180 man S&Gs and conistently cashing the microest of micro turbos (11-55 cent entries) see us making small profit since the last update.

Overall the bankroll is at breaking point on literally every single site. The lowest its been in a long time. The downswing is starting to effect my mood towards grinding, but i need to power on. As i speak JJ has a slight edge in the bet - I had a slight edge going into today but he's taken over, almost certain of it. I should re-take over tomorrow while he's nursing off the cider. (or the Gavascon - a couple of people will get that remark for the rest, i wouldn't worry)

I'm going to put some effort into studying tonight, speicifically mid stages of games - I think its getting too common to be min cashing as much for it to be just variance like i like to think it is. We shall see. But i have a couple of videos which I'm keen to look at.