I think at the end of the day the problem boils down to sky having to do something about it in the way of increasing time given to us to reconnect especially when it comes to HU in a tournament (or alternatively cash games where we have put in a substantial part of our stack already) - as an idea for HU if someone becomes "away" they should have 5 minutes to get back. At this point the game clock stops as well so as not to disadvantage the other player (if they believe they had an advantage) - it could also only happen twice though in an X period (say an hour) Might post this on suggestions! Posted by F_Ivanovic
You have some great ideas here, good sir.
I completely agree with everything you wrote. It's not happened to me (yet), but I can only imagine how annoying the situation must be where you have the nuts and you're letting some aggressive badass bet his entire stack to you bit by bit as you happily call him down...and then your internet connection goes down as you hit the river. Ouch.
Is there any kind of standard etiquette in times like this for HU play? Sometimes this happens in SNGs, but nobody ever waits for someone to come back (which I think is fair enough there).
It's one of those situations that gets talked about a lot.
I think it was TommyD who said he would run his time bar down repeatedly and not steal the blinds.
I wish I was that nice.
In the Dyms it's a regular occurrence that there is a an 'away' guy when you get to the bubble. Obviously you don't put anything in the chatbox but normally the 3 remaining ensure that they come out as the victors.
£2 down across two tables. I was £100 up then a couple of silly errors and I was back down to -£50. Swing swong. Overbet shoved river with JJ on a 10 high board and got called by a pair of twos. Shows how much credit I get given these days but it was nice to have a break even session i suppose. £25 of Poker Rewards came in so im treating it as a winning day .
Already reached 4k points for £60 this month which shows how much more ive played this week than I did the entirety of last month. Think I could possibly reach priority this month but have serious doubts about this. I cant see myself playing too much around Christmas. I love taking a break from everything, enjoying company with family and friends, eating lots of food and drinking maybe slightly too much. My sister is coming back from NZ this christmas, and a mate is coming back from USA too, so it bodes to be a good Christmas especially with my extra disposable income I have compared to last year.
Hopefully going out and playing some pool tonight with a few mates and having a few pints. I need them. So think thats me done for the week.
Went out last night and tonight with my mates. Bit of pool and a fair few drinks around a couple of pubs last night and a chilled one in watching one of my mates play football on tv (he was in the national final at college level in USA).
Came home this evening around midnight and decided to reg for 3 tournaments. The 11:30 £750 BH... the midnight £250 freezeout and the 12:30 £400 BH.
Not sure I can be bothered to give a full run down on the tournaments at the minute. Its quite late. Bottom line is that I crashed out the midnight tournament relatively early, I min cashed in the 12:30 and I finished 2nd in the 11:30 tournament for another win of over £100.
Couldnt get anything going heads up. I was 2:1 dog and I couldnt shift him off any sort of hand post flop... all when I couldnt hit a bloomin thing. All went in A9 v AQ in the end. Wasn't too upset. Sometimes there isnt a whole lot you can do HU... you cant hit anything while the villain runs golden. How it goes...
Came off the tournaments and decided to play a bit of cash. Played two nl50 tables and managed to finish £130 in the black. Good night all in all
BR up past the £2k mark again. About +£1100 in about a week so pretty happy! Don't know whether I should withdraw back down to £1k and have a **** good christmas or keep it in?!
Such a nice position to be in. In all honesty there has been a fair few times in this diary where I didn't imagine I could possibly be in this position - just look at the first couple of pages of my diary to see why. I considered sacking it in more than once.
About +£1100 in about a week so pretty happy! Don't know whether I should withdraw back down to £1k and have a **** good christmas or keep it in?! Such a nice position to be in. In all honesty there has been a fair few times in this diary where I didn't imagine I could possibly be in this position - just look at the first couple of pages of my diary to see why. I considered sacking it in more than once. Man i'm glad I didn't. Posted by gazza127
Good stuff G man.
Would you say you're doing these kind of numbers consistently, or are you in a rich vein of form at the minute? And would you consider going pro?
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : Good stuff G man. Would you say you're doing these kind of numbers consistently, or are you in a rich vein of form at the minute? And would you consider going pro? Posted by PokerNoon
Im not usually at these numbers no... but ive played A LOT more cash already this month than i did the entirety of last month (or even longer). I think ive finally sussed it to a certain degree and i seem to be able to grind out winning sessions more often than not.
Tournaments have almost always been steady for me, although from May to September this year I had a rocky patch. You can see since then things have picked up on SS.
So yeah, the profit recently has been more than im used to but i think part of that is due to volume... not just playing/running well.
Would I consider going pro? No. Can't see this ever happening and not sure id want it to. Dont like the idea of paying bills through poker. If I can bink a few nice scores on the side of my current job then I can have the best of both worlds.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : Im not usually at these numbers no... but ive played A LOT more cash already this month than i did the entirety of last month (or even longer). I think ive finally sussed it to a certain degree and i seem to be able to grind out winning sessions more often than not. Tournaments have almost always been steady for me, although from May to September this year I had a rocky patch. You can see since then things have picked up on SS. So yeah, the profit recently has been more than im used to but i think part of that is due to volume... not just playing/running well. Would I consider going pro? No. Can't see this ever happening and not sure id want it to. Dont like the idea of paying bills through poker. If I can bink a few nice scores on the side of my current job then I can have the best of both worlds. Posted by gazza127
Fair play. Did you have a 'lightbulb moment' with regards to cash or was it just that you suddenly found one day you could do it consistently?
Certainly I find a lot of skills are like this. When I learned to play guitar I spent about 9 months struggling with the pain of trying to play barre chords..then one day I woke up and they were suddenly easy. No idea how or why this happens.
I hope you didn't miss yourself on tv this time! They finally played your hand that you've been asking for. Very interesting it was too! Posted by PokerNoon
Yeah I saw it. Glad I didnt look like a complete fish.
Sickkkkk hand ! Credit to you both. What more did he have to do to win that pot??? Aside from folding to the shove he couldn't have played it any better even if he could see your hand! Ivey v Jac all over again! Classic 861 hand. vvvvv wp! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Just looked like 2 fish clicking buttons to me, but each to their own I suppose
Sickkkkk hand ! Credit to you both. What more did he have to do to win that pot??? Aside from folding to the shove he couldn't have played it any better even if he could see your hand! Ivey v Jac all over again! Classic 861 hand. vvvvv wp! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
You can see why I wanted the hand shown on tv now! You make notes on players and after playing him for a while, when the hand played out as it did I had to trust that my reads were right and go with it!
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if i know them or they are generally friendly in chat and especially in the deeper / slower formats i'll offer to reset stacks.
in an MTT i would wait a few hands and if they came back in a reasonable time would prob reset stacks. unless they were rude to people in chat...
£2 down across two tables. I was £100 up then a couple of silly errors and I was back down to -£50. Swing swong. Overbet shoved river with JJ on a 10 high board and got called by a pair of twos. Shows how much credit I get given these days but it was nice to have a break even session i suppose. £25 of Poker Rewards came in so im treating it as a winning day
Already reached 4k points for £60 this month which shows how much more ive played this week than I did the entirety of last month. Think I could possibly reach priority this month but have serious doubts about this. I cant see myself playing too much around Christmas. I love taking a break from everything, enjoying company with family and friends, eating lots of food and drinking maybe slightly too much. My sister is coming back from NZ this christmas, and a mate is coming back from USA too, so it bodes to be a good Christmas especially with my extra disposable income I have compared to last year.
Hopefully going out and playing some pool tonight with a few mates and having a few pints. I need them. So think thats me done for the week.
Came home this evening around midnight and decided to reg for 3 tournaments. The 11:30 £750 BH... the midnight £250 freezeout and the 12:30 £400 BH.
Not sure I can be bothered to give a full run down on the tournaments at the minute. Its quite late. Bottom line is that I crashed out the midnight tournament relatively early, I min cashed in the 12:30 and I finished 2nd in the 11:30 tournament for another win of over £100.
Couldnt get anything going heads up. I was 2:1 dog and I couldnt shift him off any sort of hand post flop... all when I couldnt hit a bloomin thing. All went in A9 v AQ in the end. Wasn't too upset. Sometimes there isnt a whole lot you can do HU... you cant hit anything while the villain runs golden. How it goes...
Came off the tournaments and decided to play a bit of cash. Played two nl50 tables and managed to finish £130 in the black. Good night all in all
BR up past the £2k mark again. About +£1100 in about a week so pretty happy! Don't know whether I should withdraw back down to £1k and have a **** good christmas or keep it in?!
Such a nice position to be in. In all honesty there has been a fair few times in this diary where I didn't imagine I could possibly be in this position - just look at the first couple of pages of my diary to see why. I considered sacking it in more than once.
Man i'm glad I didn't.
Well done on a fantastic week.
Tournaments have almost always been steady for me, although from May to September this year I had a rocky patch. You can see since then things have picked up on SS.
So yeah, the profit recently has been more than im used to but i think part of that is due to volume... not just playing/running well.
Would I consider going pro? No. Can't see this ever happening and not sure id want it to. Dont like the idea of paying bills through poker. If I can bink a few nice scores on the side of my current job then I can have the best of both worlds.
Notes FTW!
Credit to you both.
What more did he have to do to win that pot??? Aside from folding to the shove he couldn't have played it any better even if he could see your hand!
Ivey v Jac all over again!
Classic 861 hand.
vvvvv wp!
beast of a hand that.
You can see why I wanted the hand shown on tv now! You make notes on players and after playing him for a while, when the hand played out as it did I had to trust that my reads were right and go with it!
One for the scrapbook for sure