taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary

YOUNG_GUN · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

Tricky one KJ, if he's been doing it 5/6 times in a row then you probably are ahead of the range but without seeing any of these hands I wouldn't be happy calling, if it was like A10 I'd be more happy calling as I beat loads of random Ax's but KJ is behind to all them even if only 40-60. Also if he is doing it a lot surely you'll find a better spot eventually ? (of course hoping no one else takes him out)
Posted by Dudeskin8

pretty much how i saw it really

The_Don90 · October 2011

5th Oct

Afternoon session

Mixed session today.

winning hands

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.20
zxsprn	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.34
	Your hole cards	3 3
Macacan	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.06
lozelle05	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£1.90
daamet	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£2.17
The_Don90	Call		£0.02	£0.20	£4.18
zxsprn	Raise		£0.08	£0.28	£5.26
Macacan	Call		£0.08	£0.36	£3.98
lozelle05	Call		£0.08	£0.44	£1.82
daamet	Call		£0.08	£0.52	£2.09
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£0.60	£4.10
Flop
		10 5 3
The_Don90	Check
zxsprn	Check
Macacan	Bet		£0.30	£0.90	£3.68
lozelle05	Call		£0.30	£1.20	£1.52
daamet	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£1.05	£2.25	£3.05
zxsprn	Fold
Macacan	Call		£0.75	£3.00	£2.93
lozelle05	All-in		£1.52	£4.52	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£3.05	£7.57	£0.00
Macacan	All-in		£2.93	£10.50	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.12	£10.38	£0.12
The_Don90	Show	3 3
Macacan	Show	10 A
lozelle05	Show	K 2
Turn
		9
River
		J
The_Don90	Win	Three 3s	£9.60		£9.72

speculative call on river, but i had notes he was a fish

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
bigrick91	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.24
veggey1	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£5.99
kano47	Big blind		£0.04	£0.10	£4.46
	Your hole cards	K K
BIGSHANN	Raise		£0.12	£0.22	£6.74
stilts7109	Call		£0.12	£0.34	£3.56
kano47	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.60	£0.94	£3.38
bigrick91	Fold
veggey1	Call		£0.56	£1.50	£5.43
BIGSHANN	Fold
stilts7109	Fold
Flop
		A 2 9
veggey1	Check
The_Don90	Check
Turn
		6
veggey1	Bet		£0.76	£2.26	£4.67
The_Don90	Call		£0.76	£3.02	£2.62
River
		2
veggey1	Bet		£1.52	£4.54	£3.15
The_Don90	Call		£1.52	£6.06	£1.10
veggey1	Show	9 10
The_Don90	Show	K K
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Kings and 2s	£5.62		£6.72

bink

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
gingpete05	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.30
KYZ	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.78
	Your hole cards	J 10
scrumdown	Fold
RandomRiv	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.74
gingpete05	Fold
KYZ	Call		£0.16	£0.42	£1.62
Flop
		3 Q 9
KYZ	Check
The_Don90	Check
Turn
		A
KYZ	Check
The_Don90	Check
River
		8
KYZ	Bet		£0.68	£1.10	£0.94
The_Don90	All-in		£3.74	£4.84	£0.00
KYZ	All-in		£0.94	£5.78	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£2.12	£3.66	£2.12
KYZ	Show	K A
The_Don90	Show	J 10
The_Don90	Win	Straight to the Queen	£3.38		£5.50

losing hands

played this terrible

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
WELLS12345	Sit out
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.94
BIGBLUFF11	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£7.52
	Your hole cards	10 10
nikki4530	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£0.87
bichasila	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.18	£0.28	£3.76
BIGBLUFF11	Call		£0.16	£0.44	£7.36
nikki4530	Fold
Flop
		3 6 4
The_Don90	Bet		£0.44	£0.88	£3.32
BIGBLUFF11	Call		£0.44	£1.32	£6.92
Turn
		A
The_Don90	Check
BIGBLUFF11	Check
River
		5
The_Don90	Check
BIGBLUFF11	Bet		£0.66	£1.98	£6.26
The_Don90	Call		£0.66	£2.64	£2.66
BIGBLUFF11	Show	7 A
The_Don90	Muck	10 10
BIGBLUFF11	Win	Straight to the 7	£2.44		£8.70

closing balance: £151.01

Dudeskin8 · October 2011

33 - fine

KK - fine

J10 - fine to raise but I think 3x is fine here especially against shortstack where you have to fold if he shoves pre. Why no cbet on flop with draw ?

10's - Pre and flop fine, river sigh fold as most draws come in and dirty ace is out.

The_Don90 · October 2011

satarted a session at 7.22 quit by 7.27 lets have a look at why shall we

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
liamkph35	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£0.44
monika1983	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£0.28
	Your hole cards	Q Q
ash2	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.58
RandomRiv	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£5.36
Chinask1	Call		£0.04	£0.18	£9.38
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.50	£3.68
liamkph35	Fold
monika1983	Fold
ash2	Call		£0.28	£0.78	£1.30
RandomRiv	Call		£0.28	£1.06	£5.08
Chinask1	Fold
Flop
		7 9 10
ash2	Check
RandomRiv	Bet		£0.53	£1.59	£4.55
The_Don90	Raise		£2.65	£4.24	£1.03
ash2	Fold
RandomRiv	Raise		£4.24	£8.48	£0.31
The_Don90	All-in		£1.03	£9.51	£0.00
RandomRiv	Unmatched bet		£1.09	£8.42	£1.40
RandomRiv	Show	8 9
The_Don90	Show	Q Q
Turn
		6
River
		2
RandomRiv	Win	Straight to the 10	£7.78		£9.18

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
babes576	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.40
oldgill	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.24
	Your hole cards	A A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.78
jackell	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£9.13
mapfumo	Fold
babes576	Call		£0.18	£0.64	£4.22
oldgill	Fold
Flop
		Q 5 8
babes576	Bet		£0.64	£1.28	£3.58
The_Don90	Raise		£2.56	£3.84	£1.22
jackell	Fold
babes576	All-in		£3.58	£7.42	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£1.22	£8.64	£0.00
babes576	Unmatched bet		£0.44	£8.20	£0.44
babes576	Show	8 Q
The_Don90	Show	A A
Turn
		10
River
		3
babes576	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 8s	£7.58		£8.02

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
VAGABON	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.51
pirate135	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.11
	Your hole cards	K K
jd893	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.88
MitchMil24	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£9.59
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.46	£3.68
bobcam	Fold
VAGABON	Fold
pirate135	Fold
jd893	Fold
MitchMil24	Call		£0.28	£0.74	£9.31
Flop
		J 10 5
MitchMil24	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.74	£1.48	£2.94
MitchMil24	Call		£0.74	£2.22	£8.57
Turn
		A
MitchMil24	Check
The_Don90	Check
River
		J
MitchMil24	All-in		£8.57	£10.79	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£2.94	£13.73	£0.00
MitchMil24	Unmatched bet		£5.63	£8.10	£5.63
MitchMil24	Show	Q J
The_Don90	Show	K K
MitchMil24	Win	Three Jacks	£7.49		£13.12

I QUIT

DOHHHHHHH · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

I QUIT
Posted by The_Don90

Noooooo not again. U were so close to beating it.

mon the don.

The_Don90 · October 2011

after some stress relief and some gow3 v casual bots (great stress relief) ive calmed down a little. ill load up some nl4 and get to nl8

Dudeskin8 · October 2011

QQ/AA standard ul.

KK looks like tilt.

The_Don90 · October 2011

5 Oct

Night session attempt 2

Return to form. No losing hands over £1

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
hamtin	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.90
JackoG9	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.05
	Your hole cards	7 7
5tevie	Raise		£0.08	£0.14	£2.82
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£0.22	£5.28
ciderdart	Fold
Kegman	Fold
hamtin	Fold
JackoG9	Fold
Flop
		K 7 3
5tevie	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.22	£0.44	£5.06
5tevie	Call		£0.22	£0.66	£2.60
Turn
		2
5tevie	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.66	£1.32	£4.40
5tevie	Call		£0.66	£1.98	£1.94
River
		A
5tevie	Check
The_Don90	All-in		£4.40	£6.38	£0.00
5tevie	All-in		£1.94	£8.32	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£2.46	£5.86	£2.46
5tevie	Show	A K
The_Don90	Show	7 7
The_Don90	Win	Three 7s	£5.42		£7.88

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
sounddd	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.64
Lawny	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.46
	Your hole cards	K A
fenlandpat	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£2.13
The_Don90	Raise		£0.28	£0.38	£9.50
tommysize	Fold
yahr	Call		£0.28	£0.66	£2.74
sounddd	Fold
Lawny	Fold
fenlandpat	Fold
Flop
		2 Q K
The_Don90	Bet		£0.66	£1.32	£8.84
yahr	Call		£0.66	£1.98	£2.08
Turn
		A
The_Don90	Bet		£1.98	£3.96	£6.86
yahr	All-in		£2.08	£6.04	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£0.10	£6.14	£6.76
The_Don90	Show	K A
yahr	Show	9 J
River
		2
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Kings	£5.67		£12.43

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£6.57
lyse	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.69
	Your hole cards	Q Q
FIELDY1978	Fold
kyzx84x	Fold
chancjr	Fold
JackoG9	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.24	£0.30	£6.33
lyse	Call		£0.22	£0.52	£3.47
Flop
		7 J 7
The_Don90	Bet		£0.52	£1.04	£5.81
lyse	Call		£0.52	£1.56	£2.95
Turn
		4
The_Don90	Bet		£1.17	£2.73	£4.64
lyse	Call		£1.17	£3.90	£1.78
River
		9
The_Don90	All-in		£4.64	£8.54	£0.00
lyse	All-in		£1.78	£10.32	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£2.86	£7.46	£2.86
The_Don90	Show	Q Q
lyse	Show	5 5
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 7s	£6.90		£9.76

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
FIELDY1978	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.60
kyzx84x	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£2.18
	Your hole cards	K K
Dormy4	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.77
mensaboy	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£1.72
The_Don90	Raise		£0.28	£0.42	£4.39
lyse	Fold
FIELDY1978	Fold
kyzx84x	Fold
Dormy4	Call		£0.24	£0.66	£4.53
mensaboy	Call		£0.24	£0.90	£1.48
Flop
		5 J 4
Dormy4	Bet		£0.08	£0.98	£4.45
mensaboy	Call		£0.08	£1.06	£1.40
The_Don90	Raise		£1.22	£2.28	£3.17
Dormy4	Fold
mensaboy	Call		£1.14	£3.42	£0.26
Turn
		Q
mensaboy	All-in		£0.26	£3.68	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£0.26	£3.94	£2.91
mensaboy	Show	A 7
The_Don90	Show	K K
River
		9
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Kings	£3.64		£6.55

Closing BR: £150.97

The_Don90 · October 2011

6th Oct

Afternoon session.

Came so close to my £160 NL8 target, when i say close i was 50p away and 5 outs to dodge with 2 cards to come. From that point on the session just seemed horrible and crewl, although i may have had a small amount of tilt in my desisions.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
BIGSHANN	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.00
jfmpoker11	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£6.32
	Your hole cards	Q Q
THEWIFE	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.75
vietnam	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£2.24
BIGSHANN	Fold
jfmpoker11	Fold
Flop
		8 2 3
The_Don90	Bet		£0.35	£0.81	£3.40
vietnam	Call		£0.35	£1.16	£1.89
Turn
		4
The_Don90	Bet		£0.87	£2.03	£2.53
vietnam	Call		£0.87	£2.90	£1.02
River
		A
The_Don90	Check
vietnam	Check
The_Don90	Show	Q Q
vietnam	Muck	7 8
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Queens	£2.68		£5.21

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
zah11	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£1.38
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.06
	Your hole cards	Q A
wheeler101	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.01
troggers	Fold
zah11	Call		£0.02	£0.12	£1.36
The_Don90	Raise		£0.28	£0.40	£3.78
wheeler101	Call		£0.28	£0.68	£3.73
zah11	Fold
Flop
		6 A Q
The_Don90	Bet		£0.51	£1.19	£3.27
wheeler101	Call		£0.51	£1.70	£3.22
Turn
		K
The_Don90	Bet		£1.28	£2.98	£1.99
wheeler101	Call		£1.28	£4.26	£1.94
River
		2
The_Don90	All-in		£1.99	£6.25	£0.00
wheeler101	All-in		£1.94	£8.19	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.05	£8.14	£0.05
The_Don90	Show	Q A
wheeler101	Show	Q J
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Queens	£7.52		£7.57

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.87
1mb1brown	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.89
	Your hole cards	Q K
BIGSHANN	Fold
ZINOM	Fold
Calypso18	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£1.02
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.42	£4.55
1mb1brown	Call		£0.30	£0.72	£3.59
Calypso18	Fold
Flop
		Q 8 J
The_Don90	Bet		£0.54	£1.26	£4.01
1mb1brown	Call		£0.54	£1.80	£3.05
Turn
		K
The_Don90	Bet		£1.35	£3.15	£2.66
1mb1brown	Call		£1.35	£4.50	£1.70
River
		5
The_Don90	All-in		£2.66	£7.16	£0.00
1mb1brown	Fold
The_Don90	Muck
The_Don90	Win		£4.16		£4.16
The_Don90	Return		£2.66	£0.34	£6.82

to NL8 or not to NL8, umm lcuky (words wherent clean)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
swinian	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.62
neofive	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.19
	Your hole cards	K K
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.83
mcp88	Fold
winwin92	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£3.44
swinian	Call		£0.18	£0.64	£2.44
neofive	Fold
Flop
		3 6 2
swinian	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.64	£1.28	£3.19
winwin92	Raise		£2.56	£3.84	£0.88
swinian	Fold
The_Don90	All-in		£3.19	£7.03	£0.00
winwin92	All-in		£0.88	£7.91	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.39	£7.52	£0.39
The_Don90	Show	K K
winwin92	Show	6 7
Turn
		7
River
		4
winwin92	Win	Two Pairs, 7s and 6s	£6.95		£6.95

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
bichasila	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.83
BIGSHANN	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.00
	Your hole cards	K A
wheeler101	All-in		£0.31	£0.37	£0.00
The_Don90	Raise		£1.39	£1.76	£6.25
myden	Fold
bichasila	Fold
BIGSHANN	All-in		£4.00	£5.76	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£2.65	£8.41	£3.60
BIGSHANN	Show	K K
wheeler101	Show	A Q
The_Don90	Show	K A
Flop
		5 7 2
Turn
		8
River
		4
BIGSHANN	Win	Pair of Kings	£7.77		£7.77

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
somer	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£3.36
neofive	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.02
	Your hole cards	Q A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.20	£0.26	£3.58
mcp88	Call		£0.20	£0.46	£7.10
poles01	Call		£0.20	£0.66	£0.59
swinian	Fold
somer	Call		£0.18	£0.84	£3.18
neofive	All-in		£1.02	£1.86	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£3.58	£5.44	£0.00
mcp88	Fold
poles01	All-in		£0.59	£6.03	£0.00
somer	Fold
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£2.72	£3.31	£2.72
neofive	Show	7 J
The_Don90	Show	Q A
poles01	Show	4 4
Flop
		4 7 5
Turn
		K
River
		8
poles01	Win	Three 4s	£2.56		£2.56
neofive	Win	Pair of 7s	£0.50		£0.50

Closing BR: £149.58

Lost a full tenner as of part of that KK hand onwards. Demoralized a little and the longer what seemed like a drought went on for the harder i was finding playing. The fact it was only 50p and 5 cards to dodge really hit me hard. I tried to plug on bt just couldnt regain momentum. Taking a break for now but will be playing later depending.

rancid · October 2011

c4p should get you above £160 - crack on !!!

Tell me when your having a go at NL8 and I'll give it a bash with you )

The_Don90 · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

c4p should get you above £160 - crack on !!! Tell me when your having a go at NL8 and I'll give it a bash with you )
Posted by rancid

i only got a freeroll for last month. Due to illness, Dub;in and Gow3 i never got over 400 points. Good news is adding 2 more tables and an extra session per day and playing every day im already at 450. My highest ever weekly amount

.

DOHHHHHHH · October 2011

Nothing ever changes for BIGSHANN eh!

Don, do you literally have golden boll****x?

The_Don90 · October 2011

made the leap to NL8 during this session

Dudeskin8 · October 2011

Nice stuff Don, keep it up mate, only a session or two away now

.

EDIT : Wicked !!!

The_Don90 · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

Nice stuff Don, keep it up mate, only a session or two away now . EDIT : Wicked !!!
Posted by Dudeskin8

No had a brilliant start tbh but mostly note building and the hands ive lost i cant really do much about, the big one that hurt was AA v 99 but Q9x flop looked prety safe. whoops lol.

Dudeskin8 · October 2011

You gonna change the thread title, or could that jinx it ?

The_Don90 · October 2011

6th Oct

Night session, and NL8 intro

In reply to dudeskin, i wont change the title till im 100% sure on staying at N8. The first session was pretty cagey. I decided to start at NL4 with my £149 aiming for £160. The plan was get to £160 stand and go to NL8. Although about 45 mins into my session i done a mis-calculation. I thought id hit £160 instead id hit £157 anyways i decided instead of trying to get back onto tables for one buy in just move on up.

Im going to post slightly more hands than normal although £1.50+ win/losses for NL8 (i may change this as it seems easy to get £1 pots)

Im also going to show a few NL4 hands here.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
june32	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£5.44
zena275	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£1.86
	Your hole cards	5 5
The_Don90	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£4.36
pokacheat	Call		£0.04	£0.14	£3.79
BIGSHANN	Raise		£0.20	£0.34	£3.84
tec02	Fold
june32	Fold
zena275	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£0.16	£0.50	£4.20
pokacheat	Call		£0.16	£0.66	£3.63
Flop
		J 2 5
The_Don90	Bet		£0.66	£1.32	£3.54
pokacheat	Call		£0.66	£1.98	£2.97
BIGSHANN	All-in		£3.84	£5.82	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£3.54	£9.36	£0.00
pokacheat	All-in		£2.97	£12.33	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.36	£11.97	£0.36
The_Don90	Show	5 5
pokacheat	Show	4 6
BIGSHANN	Show	A A
Turn
		7
River
		9
The_Don90	Win	Three 5s	£11.07		£11.43

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
GMLGML	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£1.95
tealy10	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£3.41
	Your hole cards	K A
svenstr8s	Fold
royalfl463	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£2.96
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.60	£7.48
ICEBRAM	Fold
GMLGML	Fold
tealy10	Fold
royalfl463	All-in		£2.96	£3.56	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£2.64	£6.20	£4.84
royalfl463	Show	10 A
The_Don90	Show	K A
Flop
		8 4 J
Turn
		A
River
		6
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Aces	£5.73		£10.57

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
KITKAT69	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£1.67
Kajlinko	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£2.61
	Your hole cards	J J
panda12	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.44	£7.68
asr147	All-in		£2.90	£3.34	£0.00
KITKAT69	Fold
Kajlinko	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£2.58	£5.92	£5.10
The_Don90	Show	J J
asr147	Show	7 7
Flop
		8 10 Q
Turn
		5
River
		2
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Jacks	£5.47		£10.57

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Marbo	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£4.76
TheRat1	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£1.41
	Your hole cards	K A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.52	£10.33
helena363	Fold
FASTEDY	Fold
Marbo	Call		£0.36	£0.88	£4.40
TheRat1	Fold
Flop
		10 4 J
Marbo	Check
The_Don90	Check
Turn
		Q
Marbo	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.44	£1.32	£9.89
Marbo	Call		£0.44	£1.76	£3.96
River
		4
Marbo	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£1.32	£3.08	£8.57
Marbo	Raise		£3.04	£6.12	£0.92
The_Don90	All-in		£8.57	£14.69	£0.00
Marbo	All-in		£0.92	£15.61	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£5.93	£9.68	£5.93
Marbo	Show	4 A
The_Don90	Show	K A
The_Don90	Win	Straight to the Ace	£8.95		£14.88

Maybe should just fold flop but value seemed there

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
guestvip	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£4.09
newstar	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£1.06
	Your hole cards	A Q
KITKAT69	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£1.44
Kajlinko	Fold
panda12	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.60	£7.57
guestvip	Call		£0.36	£0.96	£3.73
newstar	Fold
KITKAT69	Fold
Flop
		10 5 4
guestvip	Bet		£0.08	£1.04	£3.65
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£1.12	£7.49
Turn
		A
guestvip	All-in		£3.65	£4.77	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£3.65	£8.42	£3.84
guestvip	Show	7 8
The_Don90	Show	A Q
River
		6
guestvip	Win	Flush to the 10	£7.78		£7.78

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
C0nfu5ed	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£9.54
frog51	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£4.33
	Your hole cards	A A
MG42	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.52	£8.31
squashpro1	Fold
nezbeau	Call		£0.40	£0.92	£4.61
C0nfu5ed	Fold
frog51	Call		£0.32	£1.24	£4.01
Flop
		Q 9 3
frog51	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.93	£2.17	£7.38
nezbeau	Raise		£1.86	£4.03	£2.75
frog51	Fold
The_Don90	All-in		£7.38	£11.41	£0.00
nezbeau	All-in		£2.75	£14.16	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£3.70	£10.46	£3.70
The_Don90	Show	A A
nezbeau	Show	9 9
Turn
		6
River
		J
nezbeau	Win	Three 9s	£9.67		£9.67

Closing Balance: £157.44

I think overall im about 20p down for my first NL8 session. It didnt feel like a smooth ride at the time. Although i think alot of that was being bored playing just four tables again. I was really enjoying 6, and i spoke to a fellow player about playing NL4 along side NL8 but he said that wasnt the best of ideas as it may create false results and i could think im doing better than i actually am.

splashies · October 2011

I think you should stay at nl8 now for good or until you drop back down to £120. This way ur giving urself a good shot at it and hopefully you will do well.

Whats ur thoughts?

The_Don90 · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

I think you should stay at nl8 now for good or until you drop back down to £120. This way ur giving urself a good shot at it and hopefully you will do well. Whats ur thoughts?
Posted by splashies

the plan was 4 buy ins so thats £128 i think but really want to take a proper go.

bandini · October 2011

@ Don;

I'm finding this a fascinating read Don and I'm delighted you're slowly building it.

To read the likes of you, Dudeskin and Lambert working their way through this level intrigues me. The three of you think on so many levels above the norm at this level it's unreal. So am glad that you all are slowly building the roll. I sincerely hope you all progress and I have to say I'd be hugely surprised if you all don't.

This is the very thread that will eventually inspire me to tackle the true level of the game : cash.

You seem to hit worse bad beats than most Donaldo? Maybe it's a Scottish thing? lol

But you're progressing and as long as you keep your cool I think you're more than capable of going through the levels.

One bit of advice though : Accept the bad sessions. I've read LOL_RAISE talking of having similar. He accepts it and knows he'll win eventually. Learn from that my friend.

Other than that you NL4 boys are an inspiration. Best of to you all.

harding10 · October 2011

Well done Don, keep it going now.

scotty77 · October 2011

with regards to moving up. if the tables don't look good then look for a nl4 table. or if only a couple are running at nl8 and loads nl4 then have a couple at each going. theres nothing wrong in having a mix of limits going at the same time.

Dudeskin8 · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

with regards to moving up. if the tables don't look good then look for a nl4 table. or if only a couple are running at nl8 and loads nl4 then have a couple at each going. theres nothing wrong in having a mix of limits going at the same time.
Posted by scotty77

Yeah this is exactly how I tackled that tricky period between £160 - £200, usually never going to be enough NL8 tables to 5-6 table so filling in with NL4 is a fine idea

.

Overall though Don great work and just run like God for a few sessions and you should never have to worry about beating NL4 again.

The_Don90 · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary : Yeah this is exactly how I tackled that tricky period between £160 - £200, usually never going to be enough NL8 tables to 5-6 table so filling in with NL4 is a fine idea . Overall though Don great work and just run like God for a few sessions and you should never have to worry about beating NL4 again.
Posted by Dudeskin8

I was planning on trying to stay at NL8 till i got to £250. This is just to add few extra buy ins as cash will start to get trickier i expect going up towards the double figure limits. Although i am open to advice on this.

Scotty im glad you said that as tbh i felt i wanted to have 6 tables during my first NL8 session and could only have 4 (mostly shortys too) and i was getting pretty bored, ended up playing the ps3 while grinding which meant i was missing out on some information. Which may have been vital.

Ill defo look at having NL4 along side now. ty.

The_Don90 · October 2011

7th Oct

Afternoon session

This session started with a pretty speculative hand im still not sure on. Ive posted it in the clinic for further anaysis and opinions, as tbh it was one of those moments i wish i had a timebank and secondly even looking back im not 100% sure on the +Ev play. However that said i went on to have a good session. The first half hour was a grind but the rest was pretty much a doddle. Really starting to enjoy cash poker the way i do with mtts and thats just a big pro for me now.

Ive decided to go for £3 W/L pots as £1.50 seems to show loads. Although i havent looked at losing hands yet it was a good 2 pages of winning hands over £1.50

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
TheCats86	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£23.96
newtpots	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£3.87
	Your hole cards	K K
JK79	Fold
dgw69	Fold
MavsDad	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.44	£10.68
TheCats86	Call		£0.28	£0.72	£23.68
newtpots	Fold
Flop
		J 7 9
TheCats86	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.54	£1.26	£10.14
TheCats86	Call		£0.54	£1.80	£23.14
Turn
		3
TheCats86	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£1.35	£3.15	£8.79
TheCats86	Call		£1.35	£4.50	£21.79
River
		5
TheCats86	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£3.38	£7.88	£5.41
TheCats86	Call		£3.38	£11.26	£18.41
The_Don90	Show	K K
TheCats86	Muck	7 A
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Kings	£10.41		£15.82

I want opinions on my bet size on the turn here. The opponent who folds the turn snapped my re-raise but tanked when the other guy shoved (crazy imo)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
potless40	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£6.89
scryer03	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£11.78
	Your hole cards	Q A
slaterip	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£7.79
money12345	Raise		£0.40	£0.60	£1.66
The_Don90	Call		£0.40	£1.00	£7.56
BIGAL90	Call		£0.40	£1.40	£10.15
potless40	Fold
scryer03	Fold
slaterip	Fold
Flop
		2 Q A
money12345	Bet		£0.40	£1.80	£1.26
The_Don90	Raise		£1.20	£3.00	£6.36
BIGAL90	Call		£1.20	£4.20	£8.95
money12345	All-in		£1.26	£5.46	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£0.46	£5.92	£5.90
BIGAL90	Call		£0.46	£6.38	£8.49
Turn
		6
The_Don90	All-in		£5.90	£12.28	£0.00
BIGAL90	Fold
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£5.90	£6.38	£5.90
money12345	Show	10 8
The_Don90	Show	Q A
River
		7
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Queens	£5.90		£11.80

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£13.61
chunkethMc	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£6.75
	Your hole cards	A Q
cart	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£3.81
duonross	Fold
zippy63	Fold
noose_one	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.36	£0.56	£13.25
chunkethMc	Call		£0.32	£0.88	£6.43
cart	Call		£0.32	£1.20	£3.49
Flop
		Q 6 J
The_Don90	Bet		£0.90	£2.10	£12.35
chunkethMc	Fold
cart	Call		£0.90	£3.00	£2.59
Turn
		3
The_Don90	Bet		£2.25	£5.25	£10.10
cart	Call		£2.25	£7.50	£0.34
River
		3
The_Don90	Bet		£0.40	£7.90	£9.70
cart	All-in		£0.34	£8.24	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.06	£8.18	£9.76
The_Don90	Show	A Q
cart	Show	2 J
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 3s	£7.56		£17.32

Only one losing hand over £1.50 so ive decided to include this. Looking back i feel a little silly. but given the play i was fairly sure 7s where good. Made a note and moved on but comments would still be welcomed.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
noose_one	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£7.44
duonross	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£5.12
	Your hole cards	7 7
ryder36	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£3.12
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£16.38
chunkethMc	Raise		£0.16	£0.44	£6.73
noose_one	Fold
duonross	Fold
ryder36	Call		£0.08	£0.52	£3.04
The_Don90	Call		£0.08	£0.60	£16.30
Flop
		Q 6 5
ryder36	Check
The_Don90	Check
chunkethMc	Check
Turn
		5
ryder36	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.30	£0.90	£16.00
chunkethMc	Call		£0.30	£1.20	£6.43
ryder36	Call		£0.30	£1.50	£2.74
River
		9
ryder36	Check
The_Don90	Check
chunkethMc	Bet		£1.13	£2.63	£5.30
ryder36	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£1.13	£3.76	£14.87
chunkethMc	Show	K K
The_Don90	Muck	7 7
chunkethMc	Win	Two Pairs, Kings and 5s	£3.47		£8.77

Closing Balance: £185.83

I think i have re-assured my desision to go to £250 before moving on up. Im less than 2 buy ins from the £200 recommended and ive only played 2 sessions. I really dont think thats enough game time at all to fully say im beating NL8. Im also making a few small adaptments within my cash game to cope with moving on up. Many have said that ill need to widen my range a little for NL10 and i started to add in high suited cons into my range for NL8. I think that will allow moving into NL10 much easier. Im also changing the way i play "pretty" hands in the blinds. A huge leak i had at NL4 was say 4 limpers and KQ. Im trying to plug that leak as i think as i develop that will really start to hurt me. Although i do expect less limping as i move on up, i still expect ill see it.

splashies · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

7th Oct Afternoon session This session started with a pretty speculative hand im still not sure on. Ive posted it in the clinic for further anaysis and opinions, as tbh it was one of those moments i wish i had a timebank and secondly even looking back im not 100% sure on the +Ev play. However that said i went on to have a good session. The first half hour was a grind but the rest was pretty much a doddle. Really starting to enjoy cash poker the way i do with mtts and thats just a big pro for me now. Ive decided to go for £3 W/L pots as £1.50 seems to show loads. Although i havent looked at losing hands yet it was a good 2 pages of winning hands over £1.50 Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance TheCats86 Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £23.96 newtpots Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £3.87 Your hole cards K K JK79 Fold dgw69 Fold MavsDad Fold The_Don90 Raise £0.32 £0.44 £10.68 TheCats86 Call £0.28 £0.72 £23.68 newtpots Fold Flop J 7 9 TheCats86 Check The_Don90 Bet £0.54 £1.26 £10.14 TheCats86 Call £0.54 £1.80 £23.14 Turn 3 TheCats86 Check The_Don90 Bet £1.35 £3.15 £8.79 TheCats86 Call £1.35 £4.50 £21.79 River 5 TheCats86 Check The_Don90 Bet £3.38 £7.88 £5.41 TheCats86 Call £3.38 £11.26 £18.41 The_Don90 Show K K TheCats86 Muck 7 A The_Don90 Win Pair of Kings £10.41 £15.82 I want opinions on my bet size on the turn here. The opponent who folds the turn snapped my re-raise but tanked when the other guy shoved (crazy imo) Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance potless40 Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £6.89 scryer03 Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £11.78 Your hole cards Q A slaterip Call £0.08 £0.20 £7.79 money12345 Raise £0.40 £0.60 £1.66 The_Don90 Call £0.40 £1.00 £7.56 BIGAL90 Call £0.40 £1.40 £10.15 potless40 Fold scryer03 Fold slaterip Fold Flop 2 Q A money12345 Bet £0.40 £1.80 £1.26 The_Don90 Raise £1.20 £3.00 £6.36 BIGAL90 Call £1.20 £4.20 £8.95 money12345 All-in £1.26 £5.46 £0.00 The_Don90 Call £0.46 £5.92 £5.90 BIGAL90 Call £0.46 £6.38 £8.49 Turn 6 The_Don90 All-in £5.90 £12.28 £0.00 BIGAL90 Fold The_Don90 Unmatched bet £5.90 £6.38 £5.90 money12345 Show 10 8 The_Don90 Show Q A River 7 The_Don90 Win Two Pairs, Aces and Queens £5.90 £11.80 Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance The_Don90 Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £13.61 chunkethMc Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £6.75 Your hole cards A Q cart Call £0.08 £0.20 £3.81 duonross Fold zippy63 Fold noose_one Fold The_Don90 Raise £0.36 £0.56 £13.25 chunkethMc Call £0.32 £0.88 £6.43 cart Call £0.32 £1.20 £3.49 Flop Q 6 J The_Don90 Bet £0.90 £2.10 £12.35 chunkethMc Fold cart Call £0.90 £3.00 £2.59 Turn 3 The_Don90 Bet £2.25 £5.25 £10.10 cart Call £2.25 £7.50 £0.34 River 3 The_Don90 Bet £0.40 £7.90 £9.70 cart All-in £0.34 £8.24 £0.00 The_Don90 Unmatched bet £0.06 £8.18 £9.76 The_Don90 Show A Q cart Show 2 J The_Don90 Win Two Pairs, Queens and 3s £7.56 £17.32 Only one losing hand over £1.50 so ive decided to include this. Looking back i feel a little silly. but given the play i was fairly sure 7s where good. Made a note and moved on but comments would still be welcomed. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance noose_one Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £7.44 duonross Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £5.12 Your hole cards 7 7 ryder36 Call £0.08 £0.20 £3.12 The_Don90 Call £0.08 £0.28 £16.38 chunkethMc Raise £0.16 £0.44 £6.73 noose_one Fold duonross Fold ryder36 Call £0.08 £0.52 £3.04 The_Don90 Call £0.08 £0.60 £16.30 Flop Q 6 5 ryder36 Check The_Don90 Check chunkethMc Check Turn 5 ryder36 Check The_Don90 Bet £0.30 £0.90 £16.00 chunkethMc Call £0.30 £1.20 £6.43 ryder36 Call £0.30 £1.50 £2.74 River 9 ryder36 Check The_Don90 Check chunkethMc Bet £1.13 £2.63 £5.30 ryder36 Fold The_Don90 Call £1.13 £3.76 £14.87 chunkethMc Show K K The_Don90 Muck 7 7 chunkethMc Win Two Pairs, Kings and 5s £3.47 £8.77 Closing Balance: £185.83 I think i have re-assured my desision to go to £250 before moving on up. Im less than 2 buy ins from the £200 recommended and ive only played 2 sessions. I really dont think thats enough game time at all to fully say im beating NL8. Im also making a few small adaptments within my cash game to cope with moving on up. Many have said that ill need to widen my range a little for NL10 and i started to add in high suited cons into my range for NL8. I think that will allow moving into NL10 much easier. Im also changing the way i play "pretty" hands in the blinds. A huge leak i had at NL4 was say 4 limpers and KQ. Im trying to plug that leak as i think as i develop that will really start to hurt me. Although i do expect less limping as i move on up, i still expect ill see it.
Posted by The_Don90

You will still see this a lot imo.

I think £250 before you move up is good plan, esp as you only been on nl8 for two days. Keep it up!

unknown_username · October 2011

Yeah. BRM FTW Don.

I had a go at NL8 when i hit $160 the first time and got coolered a few times in my first few sessions and dropped down again. Decided to get to $200 before trying again, just to give me a bit more of a cushion. I got coolered a few times since but they havent really hurt my BR and i am now healthily above $230 and taking the odd session at 10NL. I find NL10 easier to tell the truth. Maybe i have just hit a bit of run good.

As for playing NL4 with NL8 at the same time, its fine. I did/do it still on occasion now even. I only 4 table max and i find having 2xNL8 tables at the top and 2xNL4 tables at the bottom seems to seperate the two enough.

I am always a bit wary of how much of my BR is in play at one time. One bad session when your heads not on right can cost you if you have too much on the tables at once.

unknown_username · October 2011

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 diary:

Yeah. BRM FTW Don. I had a go at NL8 when i hit $160 the first time and got coolered a few times in my first few sessions and dropped down again. Decided to get to $200 before trying again, just to give me a bit more of a cushion. I got coolered a few times since but they havent really hurt my BR and i am now healthily above $230 and taking the odd session at 10NL. I find NL10 easier to tell the truth. Maybe i have just hit a bit of run good. As for playing NL4 with NL8 at the same time, its fine. I did/do it still on occasion now even. I only 4 table max and i find having 2xNL8 tables at the top and 2xNL4 tables at the bottom seems to seperate the two enough. I am always a bit wary of how much of my BR is in play at one time. One bad session when your heads not on right can cost you if you have too much on the tables at once.
Posted by DrSharp

lol! Is that even English!

Patching99 · October 2011

Well done Don, good to see you moving up...

The_Don90 · October 2011

ty guys

Drsharp i get what u mean lol. Ive just watched a nick weatherall seminar about tilt and other forms of mental psycoloy in poker as i really look to develop this part of my game. Most of it i knew but there was a little extra which has been great info so workking a lil at a time.

taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary

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