In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : so that's what i'm doing wrong! but for me sc aren't that good a hand from the button - would rather K high Posted by GELDY
K high is obviously better but more likely to be in terrible shape if we get looked up.
9 bigs, ante's, 6 handed and folded round to us on the button with 910s? Over the moon to GII and don't even mind a call too much.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : K high is obviously better but more likely to be in terrible shape if we get looked up. 9 bigs, ante's, 6 handed and folded round to us on the button with 910s? Over the moon to GII and don't even mind a call too much. -------------------------------------------------------- Pat, I'll try not to derail young Gazza too much, will put something up this weekend....but yes, open to anyone foolish enough to want a piece Posted by hhyftrftdr
thanks for your feedback
online maybe i buy your argument
live - would still prefer to wait for a better spot
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : thanks for your feedback online maybe i buy your argument live - would still prefer to wait for a better spot Posted by GELDY
Lets hypothetically say I played the mc 100nl £1/£1 table last night... and lets hypothetically say I managed to roll up a very decent amount.
Then... hypothetically of course, I try to get maximum value from a hand against a v v loose player by playing it over aggro (you'd understand if you saw hypothetical villain play)... and lets also assume, hypothetically of course, say he showed up with almost the nuts for the first time on the table.
Been up and down as per. Won a couple of MTTs and had some decent scores, but nothing major to report at the moment. Just getting on with it these days.
I'm thinking i might need a challenge or something to keep me motivated... but not sure what.
Anyway... in the meantime... bad beat of the day goes to this unlucky chap.
I've thought of a target I can try to hit for the end of the year:
Top 15 in SS leaderboard.
I'm currently 14th... but know that volume will be extremely low compared to a lot of other people on that list with a rather hectic job that usually makes me come in when all the MTTs are already running.
Hmmmm.... we shall see about that one, but I want that star!
Things have been going quite well so far this year. I've had a few decent scores, but still think I can improve. Im not where i'd like to be, but i've improved enormously since when I started this diary.
Was looking over my diary the other day and it was pretty cringey reading... both in the fact that i bust after the first page (lol) and the swings and swongs i've had and hands I played and pondered over. I'm definitely happier with my poker these days (although I could take it down a level on cash) but im not going busto anytime soon and things are looking up.
So yeah... target is top 15, although i'll be quite happy with top 25. Want I reaaaaallly want is top 5 but that wont happen in a month of Sundays (particularly as I dont get many Sundays off).
Job update:
Its stressing me out. I'm in a middle of a 9 day work week (day 7 atm - sigh), working 10 hour days with little more than 15 mins break to go and get lunch and eat at my desk. Social life is kaput. Poker is on the backburner as i've been working late shifts so cant play many MTTs at all. Just a bit meh.
The job is OK but lots of blame gets handed out when an error is made. I've made one or two but nothing major, although with one click of a button or one thing missed can result in huge problems. For instance...today a Scottish Youth Team game was built with Dundee U20. Correct fixture was Dundee Utd U20 and it was missed amongst full league fixtures and Champions League - that was a ballache. The jobs getting me paranoid about every button I press so i dont balls up!
Biggest downside is the lack of social life. Work weekends and nights = no social life. That coupled with the fact i've moved for the job and im in a new city means I spend my days off by myself as other people I know are working.
People have said it'l get better... but im not sure I see that as the work pattern will never change.
Undecided at the minute but can almost guarentee I wont be here in a year or two.
If there is one thing that ive learned in the last 3/4 months is that life, a lot like poker, can be an utter grind.
There are ups and downs in everyones life, but day to day you have to work very hard in order to survive. Whether that is working at your job to pay bills/move up the ladder, or whether that is with friends/family to maintain relationships.
I think I found that out the hard way in these past months. I went on a 3 week holiday in America, visiting places like Vegas, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Death Valley and San Francisco. It was a fantastic holiday.
But then I had to come home.
I moved to Stoke to start a new job, but was clearly not prepared for what it'd entail. I knew I'd have to work weekends, but didnt realise it'd be every weekend. I knew itd be odd hours but didnt realise i'd finish at 11-midnight most nights, and I knew it'd be unsociable but didnt think itd be this unsociable.
I don't get time to go for a beer with anyone in the office as we all work different times, and I dont get time to meet anyone outside of work cause my days off change each week meaning I cant get that game of football in I crave. I try to get back down south when I can to see friends, but its difficult with the days I work and innevitably end up missing birthdays/nights out etc.
But I know that I moved here for all the right reasons. I needed the experience of this job to get to where I want to go. Its a massive name to put on my CV when I do eventually look to move back down South. Its just mentally and physically tiring at the minute and I find it hard to motivate myself.
Poker helps with the boredom when I do get time off, but poker, just like life, can also be a grind. Just in a bit of a cycle at the minute where I go to work - work 9/10 hours, come home... play poker for 4/5 hours and go to bed. Everyday.
Meh. Lifes a grind at the minute. Just waiting for that high to come along again. Would have loved to go to Punta Cana, but cant get the time off work. And thats why im booking a holiday to Cambodia to visit my sister in Febuary and im thinking of going back to Vegas next summer. I need something to look forward to. Lifes a bit monotonous at the minute and I need something to get out of the phunk.
Maybe it sounds as if i'm not appreciative of what I have and im just being a bit of a noob. I dunno. Just needed to offload.
Still pretty early days in Stoke, all thing's being equal things will get better.
And at the end of the day, nothings set in stone. If in 6 months a year you want to move onto something else than it's been a great years experience/ for the CV.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : You only sing when your winning....worst diary on the site!* *well, Tommy's is the nut worst! Posted by MattBates
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary) : Haha, standard. I usually encourage peeps when they are having a rough time, but I read your 'adios' comment and knew youd ship a qqq tournie within a few days. Hows things in work man? Any better? Posted by TeddyBloat
Work is work. You know... they pay me to be there, so ultimately i cant complain too much.
What I can say is that it is ultimately stopping me doing things outside of work (purely of where i am and shift patterns). Im going to stick it out til the summer (as per the original plan) and reassess then. Although I dont see myself being here more than a year or two - but we shall see!
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9 bigs, ante's, 6 handed and folded round to us on the button with 910s? Over the moon to GII and don't even mind a call too much.
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Pat, I'll try not to derail young Gazza too much, will put something up this weekend....but yes, open to anyone foolish enough to want a piece
NOTHING.
that is all.
Then... hypothetically of course, I try to get maximum value from a hand against a v v loose player by playing it over aggro (you'd understand if you saw hypothetical villain play)... and lets also assume, hypothetically of course, say he showed up with almost the nuts for the first time on the table.
Hypothetically that pot was over £1k....
But of course this is all hypothetical yes?
I need a beer
Been up and down as per. Won a couple of MTTs and had some decent scores, but nothing major to report at the moment. Just getting on with it these days.
I'm thinking i might need a challenge or something to keep me motivated... but not sure what.
Anyway... in the meantime... bad beat of the day goes to this unlucky chap.
Top 15 in SS leaderboard.
I'm currently 14th... but know that volume will be extremely low compared to a lot of other people on that list with a rather hectic job that usually makes me come in when all the MTTs are already running.
Hmmmm.... we shall see about that one, but I want that star!
Things have been going quite well so far this year. I've had a few decent scores, but still think I can improve. Im not where i'd like to be, but i've improved enormously since when I started this diary.
Was looking over my diary the other day and it was pretty cringey reading... both in the fact that i bust after the first page (lol) and the swings and swongs i've had and hands I played and pondered over. I'm definitely happier with my poker these days (although I could take it down a level on cash) but im not going busto anytime soon and things are looking up.
So yeah... target is top 15, although i'll be quite happy with top 25. Want I reaaaaallly want is top 5 but that wont happen in a month of Sundays (particularly as I dont get many Sundays off).
Job update:
Its stressing me out. I'm in a middle of a 9 day work week (day 7 atm - sigh), working 10 hour days with little more than 15 mins break to go and get lunch and eat at my desk. Social life is kaput. Poker is on the backburner as i've been working late shifts so cant play many MTTs at all. Just a bit meh.
The job is OK but lots of blame gets handed out when an error is made. I've made one or two but nothing major, although with one click of a button or one thing missed can result in huge problems. For instance...today a Scottish Youth Team game was built with Dundee U20. Correct fixture was Dundee Utd U20 and it was missed amongst full league fixtures and Champions League - that was a ballache. The jobs getting me paranoid about every button I press so i dont balls up!
Biggest downside is the lack of social life. Work weekends and nights = no social life. That coupled with the fact i've moved for the job and im in a new city means I spend my days off by myself as other people I know are working.
People have said it'l get better... but im not sure I see that as the work pattern will never change.
Undecided at the minute but can almost guarentee I wont be here in a year or two.
There are ups and downs in everyones life, but day to day you have to work very hard in order to survive. Whether that is working at your job to pay bills/move up the ladder, or whether that is with friends/family to maintain relationships.
I think I found that out the hard way in these past months. I went on a 3 week holiday in America, visiting places like Vegas, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Death Valley and San Francisco. It was a fantastic holiday.
But then I had to come home.
I moved to Stoke to start a new job, but was clearly not prepared for what it'd entail. I knew I'd have to work weekends, but didnt realise it'd be every weekend. I knew itd be odd hours but didnt realise i'd finish at 11-midnight most nights, and I knew it'd be unsociable but didnt think itd be this unsociable.
I don't get time to go for a beer with anyone in the office as we all work different times, and I dont get time to meet anyone outside of work cause my days off change each week meaning I cant get that game of football in I crave. I try to get back down south when I can to see friends, but its difficult with the days I work and innevitably end up missing birthdays/nights out etc.
But I know that I moved here for all the right reasons. I needed the experience of this job to get to where I want to go. Its a massive name to put on my CV when I do eventually look to move back down South. Its just mentally and physically tiring at the minute and I find it hard to motivate myself.
Poker helps with the boredom when I do get time off, but poker, just like life, can also be a grind. Just in a bit of a cycle at the minute where I go to work - work 9/10 hours, come home... play poker for 4/5 hours and go to bed. Everyday.
Meh. Lifes a grind at the minute. Just waiting for that high to come along again. Would have loved to go to Punta Cana, but cant get the time off work. And thats why im booking a holiday to Cambodia to visit my sister in Febuary and im thinking of going back to Vegas next summer. I need something to look forward to. Lifes a bit monotonous at the minute and I need something to get out of the phunk.
Maybe it sounds as if i'm not appreciative of what I have and im just being a bit of a noob. I dunno. Just needed to offload.
Nice post, good to get stuff off your chest.
Can all be a grind, poker, work, life.
Still pretty early days in Stoke, all thing's being equal things will get better.
And at the end of the day, nothings set in stone. If in 6 months a year you want to move onto something else than it's been a great years experience/ for the CV.
The world has a way of making me look like a moron.
Variance swung the other way and I won 9pm
*facepalm*
*well, Tommy's is the nut worst!
What I can say is that it is ultimately stopping me doing things outside of work (purely of where i am and shift patterns). Im going to stick it out til the summer (as per the original plan) and reassess then. Although I dont see myself being here more than a year or two - but we shall see!
Hmmmm.... whats a qqq tournie?