You've got £100+ to come for C4P. I'm not even up to 20 quid! haha
This might not be the optimal way to spend your points, but could you buy into the main, essentially playing for free, and go for the really big bankroll boosting score?
You've got £100+ to come for C4P. I'm not even up to 20 quid! haha This might not be the optimal way to spend your points, but could you buy into the main, essentially playing for free, and go for the really big bankroll boosting score? Posted by hhyftrftdr
You on the other hand have FT the primo twice in the last month as well as other mains. I know what id rather have. lol.
I dunno. Thats kinda like putting all my eggs into one basket... although I do really want to play it. Played 3 UKOPs events in the last series and cashed in two, finishing in the top 15 of both. Id like to think I have a decent chance of cashing but the way ive been running... it may just be a bit too much of a bankroll buster to buy in direct.
Made the last 12. Then this happens. Theres so much dead money in there that im happy to shove and see everyone fold. However I simply do not understand the call. Not.one.bit. He could easily be crushed.
Won 3 or 4 all ins when I was underdog in the tournament after running JJ into AA.... but yeah, when it comes down to it im losing the pots which are important.
Still generally running like cra p. I win this hand and im first with 12 left.
The secret of a frenzy. Keep digging and digging and digging and eventually you'll win. LOL. gazza127 7000 2 £25,000 UKOPS ME Cost me about 45 quid... but at least I got there for cheaper than direct. Wish me luck!! *digging may mean rebuying. Posted by gazza127
Gl gazza, I have given up for the night. I did get through to the semi but busted out mid stages, finished off with an all in sat........wasn't to be!!
Hope you have a deep run, you are due some run good!
Maybe this is the start of me coming out of my downswing. I only went and won the 12:30 BH.
gazza127
148000
1
£107.30 + £79.55 Head Prizes
7
£23.62
One lucky moment springs to mind when someone limped utg with 12 left. I had 16bb and jammed KJs on the button. He tanks, then calls and shows AA. I was a bit peeved with the tank but I feel justice was served as I hit my flush on the turn.
Ran well on the final table. I was a bit card dead but when 6th went out everyone wanted to jam onto my bb for some reason and I kept picked up decent hands which I was happy to call with. Went from 16k to 100k in 5 hands.
So even though UKOPS was a disaster, I can still go to bed happy
Min cashed in the £22 bh, but knocked out 10 of the 59 registered. I was running pretty well which made for a change! Bit dissapointed I didnt take advantage of my chip lead, but the cards dried up and the blinds creeped up and it wasnt to be.
Min cashed in the turbo too. Got it all in pre 55 v AQ. They hit quads lol. That was for the tournament lead... however wasnt to be either!
Also took a stab at cash earlier.
Master Cash 7
Medium No Limit
£335.88 (£181.54)
So not a bad day all in all. About £250-£300 up so pretty pleased! Heres hoping it continues as long as my downswing did!
So near yet so far. 9th in Main. 8th in Mini. Wouldn't it have been ironic if I'd finished 9th in both Something about 9 9 that has a nice ring to it. Posted by hhyftrftdr
Haha. Very well played Sir. Yes... seems like youre quite attached to 99. Add another digit for the number i was calling after that call you made. lol.
Some nights I just want to cry after losing a chunk of my roll. Other nights I go to bed feeling like Ivey.
Tonight I feel like Ivey.
Sat down on mastercash table 50nl. Played 6 handed for a while and was doing OK. Then I hit a big pot.
Curt360x27
Small blind
£0.25
£0.25
£100.25
RyanC7
Big blind
£0.50
£0.75
£126.23
Your hole cards
Q
A
gazza127
Raise
£1.50
£2.25
£121.98
bet3pm_co
Fold
Crusha
Fold
Batkin88
Call
£1.50
£3.75
£98.50
Curt360x27
Raise
£5.75
£9.50
£94.50
RyanC7
Fold
gazza127
Call
£4.50
£14.00
£117.48
Batkin88
Fold
Flop
J
K
8
Curt360x27
Bet
£8.00
£22.00
£86.50
gazza127
Call
£8.00
£30.00
£109.48
Turn
2
Curt360x27
Check
gazza127
Bet
£15.00
£45.00
£94.48
Curt360x27
Call
£15.00
£60.00
£71.50
River
10
Curt360x27
Check
gazza127
All-in
£94.48
£154.48
£0.00
Curt360x27
All-in
£71.50
£225.98
£0.00
gazza127
Unmatched bet
£22.98
£203.00
£22.98
Curt360x27
Show
K
K
gazza127
Show
Q
A
gazza127
Win
Straight to the Ace
£201.20
£224.18
No I don't know why I bet the turn either.
Then this happens.
Crusha
Small blind
£0.25
£0.25
£44.25
Batkin88
Big blind
£0.50
£0.75
£100.75
Your hole cards
A
A
papapost1
Raise
£2.00
£2.75
£41.95
RyanC7
Fold
gazza127
Raise
£6.00
£8.75
£230.00
Crusha
Fold
Batkin88
Fold
papapost1
Raise
£8.00
£16.75
£33.95
gazza127
Raise
£16.00
£32.75
£214.00
papapost1
Call
£12.00
£44.75
£21.95
Flop
7
10
9
papapost1
Bet
£5.00
£49.75
£16.95
gazza127
Raise
£32.38
£82.13
£181.62
papapost1
All-in
£16.95
£99.08
£0.00
gazza127
Unmatched bet
£10.43
£88.65
£192.05
papapost1
Show
K
K
gazza127
Show
A
A
Turn
8
River
5
gazza127
Win
Pair of Aces
£86.85
£278.90
Then everyone drops off the table apart from me and one other guy. I have around £300. He has around £100. After 2 hours play I had taken the lot. I've just looked through my HH. Only 2 pots in that 2 hour slot were winnings of over £10. I dont know if the oppo was just easy to play, or if I was playing well (or a mixture of both) but it felt so good when I was the only one left on the table sat with £400+. It was like I had won a tournament. lol.
And although im feeling pretty good about cash at the minute, I know it can easily swing the other way. Tomorrow I could sit down and lose the lot. I just can't work out of i'm good/bad/lucky/unlucky or even if I enjoy cash.
The first I'll talk about was the forum freeroll. What can I say? I ran QQ into AJ all in pre 3rd hand and went out on an Ace river. Ha.
Not 30 seconds later I went out in the mini set over set. Not thinking its going to my night at this time.
However I was still in the main and doing well. In fact I thought I was playing really well. Trapped the chip leader twice and managed to bink his entire stack. I ran quite well (even though I remember losing half my stack JJ v 1010 aip) , but really played quite well too, and 2 hours later I had final tabled. With 5 players left I had 1/3 of the chips in play and things were looking rosey.
Then I went on a slippery slope which started off like this.
Enut
Small blind
3000.00
3000.00
67402.64
jokerjoe31
Big blind
6000.00
9000.00
60520.64
Your hole cards
A
3
joey690
Fold
gazza127
All-in
261987.04
270987.04
0.00
Enut
All-in
67402.64
338389.68
0.00
jokerjoe31
Fold
gazza127
Unmatched bet
191584.40
146805.28
191584.40
Enut
Show
J
J
gazza127
Show
A
3
Flop
J
2
K
Turn
10
River
8
Enut
Win
Three Jacks
146805.28
146805.28
Does everyone shove here bearing in mind im likely to call a shove from either of them? I dunno. I think its the correct play.
Either way I went onto finish 3rd after sb open shoved onto my bb. I had A10s. He had 33 and held.
I should be quite happy (and probably will be tomorrow) but its hard not to feel a little dissapointed considering I was the chip leader with 4 left. Still, a FT on the main doesnt happen everyday so lets hope this is the start of a few decent tournament scores.
I was going to post before the main tonight about my cash game - something that I think I have improved massively over the past week. I'm about 500 quid up on cash this week... and with 3rd in the main tonight my BR is looking A LOT healthier... and I still have £120 C4P to come.
I don't think there was anything wrong with the shove as both me and BB had approx 10 BB and had one eye on outlasting the other (well I did certainly). Just unlucky to run into a big hand, I also ran like God in the later stages so binking the ace was never going to happen! Well played though, nice tourney.
Experienced the highs and lows of cash tonight. I went onto 2 tables, and quickly was finding myself topping up after having to fold some tricky spots....
Then everyone left.
I was left HU against the same player on both tables - a guy who was intent on giving me a hard time in the chat box whenever I won a hand...
I took him for a ride and was about £200 up after he kept reloading on 1 table. The other table I was also up about £50. Then after one spot where he called a big raise on the turn, hitting his gutshot on the river to DU.... then doing it again put me on tilt, especially after he went off on one in the chat box saying it was a 'matter of time' whilst also exclaiming I was a 'lucky c***' etc. Then came a series of hands where he hit flushes, straights, sets, 2 pairs and each and every hand I had something to pay him off.... and whenever I hit a pair/straight/flush combo and got the money in, hed have a set and hold!
Had to walk away from the table as one table inparticular I had donated about £300 to him. I didnt play great admittidly but ive never seen someone run so well also. Its not just the fact that he hit big hands... its the fact that I ALWAYS had a decent enough hand or a hand with enough equity to pay him off. Genuinely about 6 hands had made the difference between being £500 up and £100 down. I remember one hand he called a raise on the flop with the flush draw... then called another big bet on the turn and then hit flush on the river. Usually hes throwing money away here but it was ridiculously frustrating when he kept calling for his draws and kept hitting when the pot was massive.
So down £100 on cash today (2 buy ins). However made about £80 on tournaments today so nothing to be concerned with.
It plays a big part in poker for sure. Something which I just found out the hard way in the rebuy.
What do you do when you don't get dealt any hands? When you raise AK and the flop comes 359? When you raise with 33 and the flop comes 69A? When youre card dead for the entirety of the tournament...
Well its obvious... you bluff. You take control in pots you cant win and rep a much better hand than the one you are holding. The problem? If you get looked up, the liklihood that you can steal another pot shortens. And if you get looked up again? Well then you can't ever bluff again on the same table as noone will believe you. Normally I don't mind this as you can really leather it on when you do flop the nuts or when you do get dealt AA and you will get paid. The issue... I never flopped the nuts. I never got dealt AA.
So when I ever made a play like this...
SUPERSNEDD
Small blind
125.00
125.00
10740.00
gazza127
Big blind
250.00
375.00
7550.00
Your hole cards
8
4
XX
Call
250.00
625.00
5235.00
TommyD
Fold
raymon1969
Fold
jonnyparka
Fold
SUPERSNEDD
Fold
gazza127
Check
Flop
5
3
7
gazza127
Check
XX
Check
Turn
5
gazza127
Check
XX
Bet
468.75
1093.75
4766.25
gazza127
Raise
1250.00
2343.75
6300.00
XX
Call
781.25
3125.00
3985.00
River
10
gazza127
All-in
6300.00
9425.00
0.00
XX
All-in
3985.00
13410.00
0.00
gazza127
Unmatched bet
2315.00
11095.00
2315.00
gazza127
Show
8
4
XX
Show
4
4
XX
Win
Two Pairs, 5s and 4s
11095.00
11095.00
or this...
raymon1969
Small blind
75.00
75.00
3400.00
jonnyparka
Big blind
150.00
225.00
16277.50
Your hole cards
Q
A
SUPERSNEDD
Fold
gazza127
Raise
300.00
525.00
4097.50
POKERTREV
Fold
TommyD
Call
300.00
825.00
8675.00
raymon1969
Fold
XX
Call
150.00
975.00
16127.50
Flop
6
7
9
XX
Check
gazza127
Bet
487.50
1462.50
3610.00
TommyD
Fold
XX
Raise
1000.00
2462.50
15127.50
gazza127
Call
512.50
2975.00
3097.50
Turn
10
XX
Check
gazza127
All-in
3097.50
6072.50
0.00
XX
Call
3097.50
9170.00
12030.00
XX
Show
Q
10
gazza127
Show
Q
A
River
5
XX
Win
Pair of 10s
9170.00
21200.00
...you get snap called.
Just one of those days really where I had to try and make my own luck with very little success.
And theres nothing you can do when you flop the essential nuts and get outdrawn.
Comments
I dunno. Thats kinda like putting all my eggs into one basket... although I do really want to play it. Played 3 UKOPs events in the last series and cashed in two, finishing in the top 15 of both. Id like to think I have a decent chance of cashing but the way ive been running... it may just be a bit too much of a bankroll buster to buy in direct.
When I say im running bad... Im running bad.
You did better than me i went out early doors, every pot was limped, and if you raised you were getting a family pot most times....
Unreal
Made the last 12. Then this happens. Theres so much dead money in there that im happy to shove and see everyone fold.
However I simply do not understand the call. Not.one.bit. He could easily be crushed.
Won 3 or 4 all ins when I was underdog in the tournament after running JJ into AA.... but yeah, when it comes down to it im losing the pots which are important.
Still generally running like cra p. I win this hand and im first with 12 left.
Keep digging and digging and digging and eventually you'll win.
LOL.
*digging may mean rebuying.
Hope you have a deep run, you are due some run good!
It did help that i noticed the rebuy period was about to close when I was on SB.... so I tanked until it came into effect.
Next 4 hands... out out out and then I pick up AK UTG. Game over
Jammed AKs with 15bb. called by 78. runner runner flush ftw.
Sigh. Hate poker sometimes.
Maybe this is the start of me coming out of my downswing. I only went and won the 12:30 BH.
Ran well on the final table. I was a bit card dead but when 6th went out everyone wanted to jam onto my bb for some reason and I kept picked up decent hands which I was happy to call with. Went from 16k to 100k in 5 hands.
So even though UKOPS was a disaster, I can still go to bed happy
Min cashed in the £22 bh, but knocked out 10 of the 59 registered. I was running pretty well which made for a change! Bit dissapointed I didnt take advantage of my chip lead, but the cards dried up and the blinds creeped up and it wasnt to be.
Min cashed in the turbo too. Got it all in pre 55 v AQ. They hit quads lol. That was for the tournament lead... however wasnt to be either!
Also took a stab at cash earlier.
Some nights I just want to cry after losing a chunk of my roll. Other nights I go to bed feeling like Ivey.
Tonight I feel like Ivey.
Sat down on mastercash table 50nl. Played 6 handed for a while and was doing OK. Then I hit a big pot.
Then this happens.
And although im feeling pretty good about cash at the minute, I know it can easily swing the other way. Tomorrow I could sit down and lose the lot. I just can't work out of i'm good/bad/lucky/unlucky or even if I enjoy cash.
I dunno!!
The first I'll talk about was the forum freeroll. What can I say? I ran QQ into AJ all in pre 3rd hand and went out on an Ace river. Ha.
Not 30 seconds later I went out in the mini set over set. Not thinking its going to my night at this time.
However I was still in the main and doing well. In fact I thought I was playing really well. Trapped the chip leader twice and managed to bink his entire stack. I ran quite well (even though I remember losing half my stack JJ v 1010 aip) , but really played quite well too, and 2 hours later I had final tabled. With 5 players left I had 1/3 of the chips in play and things were looking rosey.
Then I went on a slippery slope which started off like this.
Either way I went onto finish 3rd after sb open shoved onto my bb. I had A10s. He had 33 and held.
I should be quite happy (and probably will be tomorrow) but its hard not to feel a little dissapointed considering I was the chip leader with 4 left. Still, a FT on the main doesnt happen everyday so lets hope this is the start of a few decent tournament scores.
I was going to post before the main tonight about my cash game - something that I think I have improved massively over the past week. I'm about 500 quid up on cash this week... and with 3rd in the main tonight my BR is looking A LOT healthier... and I still have £120 C4P to come.
Onwards and upwards!
I love it. I hate it.
Experienced the highs and lows of cash tonight. I went onto 2 tables, and quickly was finding myself topping up after having to fold some tricky spots....
Then everyone left.
I was left HU against the same player on both tables - a guy who was intent on giving me a hard time in the chat box whenever I won a hand...
I took him for a ride and was about £200 up after he kept reloading on 1 table. The other table I was also up about £50. Then after one spot where he called a big raise on the turn, hitting his gutshot on the river to DU.... then doing it again put me on tilt, especially after he went off on one in the chat box saying it was a 'matter of time' whilst also exclaiming I was a 'lucky c***' etc. Then came a series of hands where he hit flushes, straights, sets, 2 pairs and each and every hand I had something to pay him off.... and whenever I hit a pair/straight/flush combo and got the money in, hed have a set and hold!
Had to walk away from the table as one table inparticular I had donated about £300 to him. I didnt play great admittidly but ive never seen someone run so well also. Its not just the fact that he hit big hands... its the fact that I ALWAYS had a decent enough hand or a hand with enough equity to pay him off. Genuinely about 6 hands had made the difference between being £500 up and £100 down. I remember one hand he called a raise on the flop with the flush draw... then called another big bet on the turn and then hit flush on the river. Usually hes throwing money away here but it was ridiculously frustrating when he kept calling for his draws and kept hitting when the pot was massive.
So down £100 on cash today (2 buy ins). However made about £80 on tournaments today so nothing to be concerned with.
It plays a big part in poker for sure. Something which I just found out the hard way in the rebuy.
What do you do when you don't get dealt any hands? When you raise AK and the flop comes 359? When you raise with 33 and the flop comes 69A? When youre card dead for the entirety of the tournament...
Well its obvious... you bluff. You take control in pots you cant win and rep a much better hand than the one you are holding. The problem? If you get looked up, the liklihood that you can steal another pot shortens. And if you get looked up again? Well then you can't ever bluff again on the same table as noone will believe you. Normally I don't mind this as you can really leather it on when you do flop the nuts or when you do get dealt AA and you will get paid. The issue... I never flopped the nuts. I never got dealt AA.
So when I ever made a play like this...
...you get snap called.
Just one of those days really where I had to try and make my own luck with very little success.
And theres nothing you can do when you flop the essential nuts and get outdrawn.