a sky sanction for continuing to raise a topic that has been very clearly indicated as contrary to sky's wishes is an indefinite forum ban (speaking from experience - but i was one of the lucky ones allowed back on - other's were not so lucky)
frustrated sure - but best to save such discussions for other places
However, if your brother happened to take up the game chicknMelt.... Posted by Lambert180
If your brother doesn't have his own computer, don't worry RTR will give you instructions on the best way to do it on your computer, I'd copy and paste from the Email they sent me but I don't want to get gazza's thread closed for him.
gazza a sky sanction for continuing to raise a topic that has been very clearly indicated as contrary to sky's wishes is an indefinite forum ban (speaking from experience - but i was one of the lucky ones allowed back on - other's were not so lucky) frustrated sure - but best to save such discussions for other places Posted by GELDY
Tbh Geldy if sky want to ban me for a harmless discussion, not an attack on them, but merely an opinion, then i'll close my account anyway and go elsewhere.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : Tbh Geldy if sky want to ban me for a harmless discussion, not an attack on them, but merely an opinion, then i'll close my account anyway and go elsewhere. Posted by gazza127
don't close the account in case you want to come back - as I did
Although decided to play the main tonight. Forgot about the tournament til about 9pm so didnt have the opportunity to satellite in - so direct buy in it was.
Never got going in it.
LEOBARL
Small blind
150.00
150.00
12420.00
OBO1234
Big blind
300.00
450.00
24807.50
Your hole cards
J
J
jakally
Fold
BIG_RIDE
Fold
_Debacle_
Fold
gazza127
All-in
4625.00
5075.00
0.00
LEOBARL
All-in
12420.00
17495.00
0.00
OBO1234
Fold
LEOBARL
Unmatched bet
7945.00
9550.00
7945.00
LEOBARL
Show
A
K
gazza127
Show
J
J
Flop
3
4
8
Turn
2
River
5
LEOBARL
Win
Straight to the 5
9550.00
17495.00
Lost a flip and went out.
UKOPS has been pretty awful for me, although thankfully i've managed to avoid buying in direct to most of the events.
So as some of you may have noticed i've not been posting for a while. This is for two main reasons. Firstly, I haven't really been playing all that much of late. A few busy weeks at work has meant that late nights are slightly less appealing than usual. This is a shame as my favourite tournaments (the 12:00 and 12:30) are obviously the ones that run latest... and they are undoubtably the tournaments I do best in. The second reason is when I have been on i've been running worse than heather mills in a 3 legged race. I cant win anything. Its genuinely depressing logging on... entering a tournament picking up a premium hand and having a sense of dread knowing that somehow its going to be the end of me.
Heck I even entered a 60p HU game just to get a win under my belt to boost confidence. That didn't go well. As the cards were turned I even said outloud 'I wonder which new and interesting way i'm going to lose this hand'
uckyv
Small blind
15.00
15.00
445.00
gazza127
Big blind
30.00
45.00
510.00
Your hole cards
Q
Q
luckyv
All-in
445.00
490.00
0.00
gazza127
Call
430.00
920.00
80.00
luckyv
Show
5
4
gazza127
Show
Q
Q
Flop
3
9
2
Turn
J
River
6
luckyv
Win
Straight to the 6
920.00
920.00
Confidence is in tatters. I'm questioning every move I do. Do I raise into my draw? Do I station off? Do I 3 bet 1010 in pos? Do i peel 45s in the blinds 100bb deep. Do I raise my set on the flop. Do I value bet TPTK? Do i call off my tournament life with QQ to a 4bet Jam? Do I shove AKs into my nut draw against a station opponent? Yes all of these scenarios are all situation and player dependant, however I feel like each one of these decisions I've been taking recently has been wrong. Situations like this i'd normaly know what i'd be doing even before the action comes to me suddenly has become such a chore... and it doesnt help when the cards are against you - like flopping the nuts, like I did in a 60p DYM (lol) and getting outdrawn on the river just seems standard now.
Sigh. I didnt want this post to be me just moaning about poker, even if it has turned out that way. I just wanted to let people know why I havent posted in a while.
In 'the real world' im quite happy. I've got a job I love which involves football and betting with a contract which ive been chasing for months finally pinned down. So i've got a stable job with a decent income. As poker has been rubbish recently i've made a point of going out a lot more midweek to see friends rather than just weekends. A lot of beers has been drunk, a lot of pool has been played and a lot of football has been watched. I'm trying to organise a trip to Canada next year to go skiing with friends and im searching for a place to rent so I can finally move out. I'm a busy boy and live is moving forwards. I'm 22 and I have years and years of badbeats to go. At the minute im letting bygones be bygones and trying to enjoy my life at the minute regardless of how poker is going.
With that in mind i've decided to reassess poker in the coming month. I've withdrawn everything from my Sky Poker account and have capped my depositing to the minimum possible. I'm solely going to be playing with my C4P this month, which if I remember correctly is between £100-150 somewhere. With my downswing in full momentum and confidence shattered im dropping way down stakes til I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So if im playing cash, its most likely 4nl and if im playing tournaments its unlikely to be with BIs of any higher than a fiver and some satellites. Think this is for the best. I still want to play poker but sticking with the stakes I am is going to get a bit ridiculous if the swing continues. I need to slow it somewhat and feel this is the best way to do it.
So yeah. C4P is my BR this month. I'll see if I can build it up and potentially not have to redeposit.... and if I lose it, meh it was free money and its definitely less than I would have lost otherwise.
gazza, you're a good player and I'm not sure dropping down in stakes massively is the answer. OK, it can't do much harm but at lower stakes you have to think differently and can often be less challenging with little improvement coming from it.
What's wrong with just leaving a 2k BR and dropping down to 20NL as your main game? Also really don't want to say "I told you so!" but I did know from previous experience that whilst having an aggresive BRM can work out well short term when you run well it can really hurt longer term when you have a downswing. Even if the money is not so important if you lose it, it can still affect you.
Anyway hope your luck turns around and GL with your plan! I do hope you binked a sat into the main event and didn't buy in direct
Hmmm. What if... you know, hypothetically, I took it out and spent it all on beer amongst other things.
Yes i'd like to stick 2k into my Sky account but its not possible at the minute. I'm not playing well. I'm certainly not running well and putting that amount of money (of which I dont really have) seems a bit risky... especially as I am prone to tilt up stakes. Maybe 4nl isnt the place for me. Tried a bit last night. Heck it was irritating... however with my £100-150 from C4P tomorrow there is a possibility to spin it up whilst teaching myself the basics of BRM... at least until I think my game is back on track and/or variance stops kicking me in the teeth.
FWIW I deposited just enough tonight for the rebuy as its my favourite tournament and I was bored, before taking on this task for the next month. I've now taken it back out. If you've got any suggestions on how to go about this next month i'm wide open for opinions.
I'm not playing my best poker at the minute (even though I cashed in the main and the mini tonight). I threw my chips away in the mini... well kinda.
ADEN
Small blind
1000.00
1000.00
17987.50
gazza127
Big blind
2000.00
3000.00
54207.50
Your hole cards
7
A
ABSsDad
Fold
bbMike
Fold
AblindmanA
Raise
4000.00
7000.00
70535.00
JADEN
Fold
gazza127
Raise
8000.00
15000.00
46207.50
AblindmanA
Call
6000.00
21000.00
64535.00
Flop
3
5
K
gazza127
Bet
8000.00
29000.00
38207.50
AblindmanA
Raise
16000.00
45000.00
48535.00
gazza127
All-in
38207.50
83207.50
0.00
AblindmanA
All-in
48535.00
131742.50
0.00
AblindmanA
Unmatched bet
18327.50
113415.00
18327.50
gazza127
Show
7
A
AblindmanA
Show
K
9
Turn
4
River
10
AblindmanA
Win
Pair of Kings
113415.00
131742.50
He insta clicked it back on the flop. He's seen me be very aggressive in the last couple of orbits and I knew he'd be a bit fed up of me by now. So when he does click it back... to me at least this is a 'scr*w you i've got a little piece of this board' raise rather than 'i have the nuts and want to get the money in' raise. I was right to some extent, and I think my shove does get through a lot of the time here. Think I gave villain too much credit to fold out a pair - or maybe he read me like a book. I'll never know. He cant have been loving life when I 4 bet shove.
Im still running pretty poor. Actually very poor. I can think of 7 all ins pre flop tonight. I lost 5 of them... the vast majority flips - luckily it was a rebuy. Strangely enough one I won was 22 v KK... the one where I was the big underdog. Horrible beat of the night happened in the mini.
M4VERICK
Small blind
250.00
250.00
10745.00
Jamash147
Big blind
500.00
750.00
8935.00
Your hole cards
K
K
bigdaveys
Fold
beer09
Raise
1500.00
2250.00
9158.75
lee1104
Fold
gazza127
Raise
3000.00
5250.00
11633.75
M4VERICK
Fold
Jamash147
Fold
beer09
Call
1500.00
6750.00
7658.75
Flop
8
3
4
beer09
All-in
7658.75
14408.75
0.00
gazza127
Call
7658.75
22067.50
3975.00
beer09
Show
4
A
gazza127
Show
K
K
Turn
2
River
A
beer09
Win
Two Pairs, Aces and 4s
22067.50
22067.50
Felt like throwing my laptop out of the window at this point. However managed to reign in my 8bbs and cash in 15th in the end... so theres a positive in there somewhere.
Main exit was just inside the money. I had A6s in the BB with 10bb. Button raised... I jammed. Aces. GG. Pretty standard exit hand. Noone flats here.... and folding seems a bit nitty with the blinds just running through me when I have 10bb total.
So not a bad day today all in all. Not much profit at all as I rebought in the main a couple of times, but its more the cashing of two tournaments which I can take away as a massive positive.
''I had A6s in the BB with 10bb. Button raised... I jammed. Aces. GG. Pretty standard exit hand. Noone flats here.... and folding seems a bit nitty with the blinds just running through me when I have 10bb total''.
Can of worms Gazza!
Well done on 2 cashes though. When we have forum cash games, I'm gonna feel really bad stacking you at 4nl knowing you are only playing with C4P.....When are you free for a forum cash game?
''I had A6s in the BB with 10bb. Button raised... I jammed. Aces. GG. Pretty standard exit hand. Noone flats here.... and folding seems a bit nitty with the blinds just running through me when I have 10bb total''. Can of worms Gazza! Well done on 2 cashes though. When we have forum cash games, I'm gonna feel really bad stacking you at 4nl knowing you are only playing with C4P.....When are you free for a forum cash game? Posted by hhyftrftdr
Woha!
Lets open that can of worms... what do you do here?
I wouldn't worry about sticking in £2k anyway, you don't need it, you just need a bit of BRM. What's ya BR gonna be once you get your C4P?
Nice one on cashing the main and mini. No offence but I think we can definitely count that A7s as throwing away our chips lol. 3betting or folding pre is fine, cbetting is fine, but just ditch the hand when he raises, he's gonna have to call like 30k to win 85k, he's not folding a pair that he was willing to clickback.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : I think it's no secret I'd do exactly the same. Did you not consider raising perhaps half your stack pre? He might have folded AA as its pretty clear you have a monster. Posted by hhyftrftdr
I did consider raising 9 of my BBs to induce a shove and convice myself I was priced in for a call with ATC... but decided that was fools play!
I wouldn't worry about sticking in £2k anyway, you don't need it, you just need a bit of BRM. What's ya BR gonna be once you get your C4P? Nice one on cashing the main and mini. No offence but I think we can definitely count that A7s as throwing away our chips lol. 3betting or folding pre is fine, cbetting is fine, but just ditch the hand when he raises, he's gonna have to call like 30k to win 85k, he's not folding a pair that he was willing to clickback. Posted by Lambert180
Yeah it was kinda spewy. I knew he was light... just didnt know how light. Think he folds all pairs that isnt a K... and FWIW i reckon he clicks it back with all his pairs... and even some bluffs here - the board is dry and I have been uber aggro so he's going to be playing a bit more exotically...
TBH I don't know the exact amount of my C4P so cant say exactly what i'll be doing... but as said in my previous post i'll probably be sticking to 5 quid tournaments and below with say £125 in my roll. Maybe a bit of 10nl should my roll increase. Not sure what I can do otherwise. Depositing a heap of money just seems reckless when im on a downswing.
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Been busy. Theres more to life than poker.
Although decided to play the main tonight. Forgot about the tournament til about 9pm so didnt have the opportunity to satellite in - so direct buy in it was.
Never got going in it.
UKOPS has been pretty awful for me, although thankfully i've managed to avoid buying in direct to most of the events.
Heck I even entered a 60p HU game just to get a win under my belt to boost confidence. That didn't go well. As the cards were turned I even said outloud 'I wonder which new and interesting way i'm going to lose this hand'
Sigh. I didnt want this post to be me just moaning about poker, even if it has turned out that way. I just wanted to let people know why I havent posted in a while.
In 'the real world' im quite happy. I've got a job I love which involves football and betting with a contract which ive been chasing for months finally pinned down. So i've got a stable job with a decent income. As poker has been rubbish recently i've made a point of going out a lot more midweek to see friends rather than just weekends. A lot of beers has been drunk, a lot of pool has been played and a lot of football has been watched. I'm trying to organise a trip to Canada next year to go skiing with friends and im searching for a place to rent so I can finally move out. I'm a busy boy and live is moving forwards. I'm 22 and I have years and years of badbeats to go. At the minute im letting bygones be bygones and trying to enjoy my life at the minute regardless of how poker is going.
With that in mind i've decided to reassess poker in the coming month. I've withdrawn everything from my Sky Poker account and have capped my depositing to the minimum possible. I'm solely going to be playing with my C4P this month, which if I remember correctly is between £100-150 somewhere. With my downswing in full momentum and confidence shattered im dropping way down stakes til I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So if im playing cash, its most likely 4nl and if im playing tournaments its unlikely to be with BIs of any higher than a fiver and some satellites. Think this is for the best. I still want to play poker but sticking with the stakes I am is going to get a bit ridiculous if the swing continues. I need to slow it somewhat and feel this is the best way to do it.
So yeah. C4P is my BR this month. I'll see if I can build it up and potentially not have to redeposit.... and if I lose it, meh it was free money and its definitely less than I would have lost otherwise.
Weirdly optimistic about this...
No...not really.
Hmmm. What if... you know, hypothetically, I took it out and spent it all on beer amongst other things.
Yes i'd like to stick 2k into my Sky account but its not possible at the minute. I'm not playing well. I'm certainly not running well and putting that amount of money (of which I dont really have) seems a bit risky... especially as I am prone to tilt up stakes. Maybe 4nl isnt the place for me. Tried a bit last night. Heck it was irritating... however with my £100-150 from C4P tomorrow there is a possibility to spin it up whilst teaching myself the basics of BRM... at least until I think my game is back on track and/or variance stops kicking me in the teeth.
FWIW I deposited just enough tonight for the rebuy as its my favourite tournament and I was bored, before taking on this task for the next month. I've now taken it back out. If you've got any suggestions on how to go about this next month i'm wide open for opinions.
I'm not playing my best poker at the minute (even though I cashed in the main and the mini tonight). I threw my chips away in the mini... well kinda.
He insta clicked it back on the flop. He's seen me be very aggressive in the last couple of orbits and I knew he'd be a bit fed up of me by now. So when he does click it back... to me at least this is a 'scr*w you i've got a little piece of this board' raise rather than 'i have the nuts and want to get the money in' raise. I was right to some extent, and I think my shove does get through a lot of the time here. Think I gave villain too much credit to fold out a pair - or maybe he read me like a book. I'll never know. He cant have been loving life when I 4 bet shove.
Im still running pretty poor. Actually very poor. I can think of 7 all ins pre flop tonight. I lost 5 of them... the vast majority flips - luckily it was a rebuy. Strangely enough one I won was 22 v KK... the one where I was the big underdog. Horrible beat of the night happened in the mini.
Main exit was just inside the money. I had A6s in the BB with 10bb. Button raised... I jammed. Aces. GG. Pretty standard exit hand. Noone flats here.... and folding seems a bit nitty with the blinds just running through me when I have 10bb total.
So not a bad day today all in all. Not much profit at all as I rebought in the main a couple of times, but its more the cashing of two tournaments which I can take away as a massive positive.
Lets open that can of worms... what do you do here?
Nice one on cashing the main and mini. No offence but I think we can definitely count that A7s as throwing away our chips lol. 3betting or folding pre is fine, cbetting is fine, but just ditch the hand when he raises, he's gonna have to call like 30k to win 85k, he's not folding a pair that he was willing to clickback.
TBH I don't know the exact amount of my C4P so cant say exactly what i'll be doing... but as said in my previous post i'll probably be sticking to 5 quid tournaments and below with say £125 in my roll. Maybe a bit of 10nl should my roll increase. Not sure what I can do otherwise. Depositing a heap of money just seems reckless when im on a downswing.