I wouldn't normally post a chat in here... especially one that reflects semi badly on me... however I feel I need to post it to prove him wrong. I'll hide his name to hide his embarrassments. Needless to say this person has been in arguments with many a sky poker player before. I should know... we've been in the same team and he got on with noone.
Heres the hand in question. I call the fourbet because its so small and the pot is big enough for me to have decent equity.
But the conversation I'll post underneath is all about the river...
gazza127
Small blind
100.00
100.00
6372.50
chelseaAA
Big blind
200.00
300.00
9030.00
Your hole cards
10
A
M
Fold
willcall99
Call
200.00
500.00
9475.00
woody207
Fold
gazza127
Raise
500.00
1000.00
5872.50
chelseaAA
Raise
800.00
1800.00
8230.00
willcall99
Call
800.00
2600.00
8675.00
gazza127
Call
400.00
3000.00
5472.50
Flop
J
2
K
gazza127
Check
chelseaAA
Bet
200.00
3200.00
8030.00
willcall99
Call
200.00
3400.00
8475.00
gazza127
Call
200.00
3600.00
5272.50
Turn
3
gazza127
Check
chelseaAA
Check
willcall99
Bet
200.00
3800.00
8275.00
gazza127
Raise
1600.00
5400.00
3672.50
chelseaAA
Call
1600.00
7000.00
6430.00
willcall99
Fold
River
2
gazza127
All-in
3672.50
10672.50
0.00
chelseaAA
Fold
gazza127
Muck
gazza127
Win
7000.00
7000.00
gazza127
Return
3672.50
0.00
10672.50
Convo:
M /> Hmmm.. that didnt make sense gazza127 /> no it didnt M /> i was talking about your betting nort chelsea M /> why overbet the river and not get paid gazza127 /> me? M /> yes gazza127 /> overbet? gazza127 /> the pot was 7kl gazza127 /> i had 3 gazza127 /> not even close to an overbet M /> rubbish it was a massive overbet gazza127 /> youre kidding right? M /> DID u get paid or not? gazza127 /> haha you are an idiot M /> ? you price a bet to get paid nopt frighten off the opposition gazza127 /> basing it on the fact that she didnt call. M /> so please dont call me an idiot gazza127 /> ok M /> why woould she you went twice you previous bet gazza127 /> cause the pot was twice as much M /> whats the pot got to do with it gazza127 /> please stop gazza127 /> youre embarrassing yourself M /> yopur bet sizing was way over proper poker but it is sky gazza127 /> god. yep you are a poker guru gazza127 /> thanks for enlightening me M /> so why arent you betting another 1600 to get paid or force her to shove M /> GG chelsea gazza127 /> so let me get this straight... i raise smaller and she shoves? that makes sense M /> she will call OR may shove gazza127 /> pipe down chelseaAA /> i hope you beat that idit magic M /> 3200 got u **** all gazza127 /> im the idiot? seriously/ gazza127 /> ? M /> YES U didnt get paid the third street M /> this isnt a who has the biggest D I K competition gazza127 /> she wasnt calling anything clearly she missed her draw or she had QQ M /> she called the 1600 gazza127 /> on the turn M /> so you think overbetting will get you chips do you gazza127 /> it wasnt an overbet idiot M /> ONE LAST TIME.. DID YOU GET PAID M /> IDIOT gazza127 /> you think 1600 is ok on the turn then im going to what bet another 1600 leaving 1400 behind? gazza127 /> seriously? M /> any bet too big which doesnt get paid is TOO BIG gazza127 /> she clearly didnt have a hand M /> look up value betting you re tard gazza127 /> shut up. ive had enough of you dh M /> of course you have.. i make sense and you talk garbage gazza127 /> haha such an idiot M /> the only idiot is the one who didnt get paid
Now I know I come off as a dh. I'm not proud of what I said but I was getting a bit agitated by him tbh. This is a guy who sits at the table at criticizes everyones play. He thinks he is a poker god and I wanted to put him in his place. I shoved with AK then AJ with 10bb later on and he said im such a 'donk shovemonkey idiot' or something like that. Too bad I ran into AK with AJ. Would have liked to teach him a lesson in poker.
Now come on... lets be honest here... I'm right aren't I? It wasnt an overbet... and I cant be 'value betting' the river? If shes got a hand that she'l call 1.6k... shes got a hand that will call 3.5k. I've got to stick it in on the river especially when I hit the nuts. It keeps bluffs in too as I was probably doing it regardless of the river (maybe).
Hello Gazza, good luck on hitting your target. I'm a player who's on a mission to build my BR is well. I'll give you few tips on how to build your BR from paying small money. Cause I see you seem to pay too much for a tourneys and make less profit. There is a team tourney called DTD every Mon, 3 deep stack tourney for £5 ish. Yes you need to FT to make decent profit, but 2 of the tourneys will be £100+ for 1st place and if you get the best score from 2 out 3 tourneys you'll get a free entry to the sat BH main. Also do you play the £1.60 sats to enter the 6 pm sat? If you can win both sats, you'll be able to make decent profit. Last sat I entered the BH main from £3.60 to make £50 profit. Also there is £2.40 sats for 21:30 BH. Yes you might think you can pay the money to enter tourneys, but if you can enter the tourneys from small price. You won't be disappointed when you finish 7th in the main after only paying £1.60 to enter it. In 2 weeks I made £20 into £112.30, had a downswing of 2 days when I lost £50
Hello Gazza, good luck on hitting your target. I'm a player who's on a mission to build my BR is well. I'll give you few tips on how to build your BR from paying small money. Cause I see you seem to pay too much for a tourneys and make less profit. There is a team tourney called DTD every Mon, 3 deep stack tourney for £5 ish. Yes you need to FT to make decent profit, but 2 of the tourneys will be £100+ for 1st place and if you get the best score from 2 out 3 tourneys you'll get a free entry to the sat BH main. Also do you play the £1.60 sats to enter the 6 pm sat? If you can win both sats, you'll be able to make decent profit. Last sat I entered the BH main from £3.60 to make £50 profit. Also there is £2.40 sats for 21:30 BH. Yes you might think you can pay the money to enter tourneys, but if you can enter the tourneys from small price. You won't be disappointed when you finish 7th in the main after only paying £1.60 to enter it. In 2 weeks I made £20 into £112.30, had a downswing of 2 days when I lost £50 Posted by Serge77
Thanks Serge. I would play sats if I wasnt totally awful at them... I should probably play more of them with a smaller BR. Thing is though that after about 9pm the smaller buy in tournaments and sats stop so if i want to play then i have to buy in direct. Something that I dont really mind as I seem to do a lot better at the midnight tournaments. I'll take a look at the DTD and may play on Monday. Thanks for the invite... i'll definitely look into it.
Good to see that you can build a small roll. I've done it before but it was a while back! My game has changed a lot since then. Hope to see you on the tables and run well.
Yeah in Sats you need to be very patient and position is important when you want to play a hand. I also suggest £5 BH tourneys are soft, but of course as usual your best hand need to win against a bingo player. I use to love playing 00:30 BH, it was my fav tourney when I was not working. I use to crush it when I was playing it, my best was in 5 days I FT 3 times and cashed 2wise
Gaz, do you really need us to tell you that the river shove is about as standard as it gets?! Doing anything other than moving in on the river is incorrect imo, unless you have very specific reads on oppo.
Gaz, do you really need us to tell you that the river shove is about as standard as it gets?! Doing anything other than moving in on the river is incorrect imo, unless you have very specific reads on oppo. Posted by hhyftrftdr
No it was more the fact that I was peeved at the other guy having a go at me. I know its the correct move. Just wanted it to be more than my word vs his so if he see's this then he'll know I wasnt just dissagreeing with him to be difficult.
Its been a while. Thought i'd update you guys on where I am.
The last BR i posted was a measly 15 quid as id gone on a mega downswing. That coupled with no BR management was a recipe for disaster. Obviously since then I won a seat to SPT Nottingham with that 15 quid (so not all bad) and have been playing some other tournaments as people have seen me on the tables.
I deposited another £300 and decided to give it another go. Hopefully this time I can show a bit more BR management (I havent so far but i'll get to that).
Its been up and down already. I think ive won 3/4 small tournaments and cashed in a fair few, but also gone and spewed money around, particularly on the rebuy tournament.
I entered the £55 speed BH tonight like the idiot I am... in fact im pretty ashamed of it. I got knocked out of the rebuy having spent a fair few bob after missing my straight, flush, overcard outs all in on a flop. Board was 6s 7s 2d. I had 8s 9s. I was uber happy to get it in, but missed the lot.
Anyway, the £55 went ok. There was one pot which irritated me when my QQ set got rivered to a straight, but apart from that I played quite well. I managed to finish 2nd which made up for some loses in the past couple of days (mainly the rebuy - dont want to talk about it), however had 0 bounties - a sign of good solid play id like to think, although it may be me not getting value from my decent hands.
So yeah, BR is hovering near the £400 mark at the minute, but the reason i'm posting is to proclaim to the world that I will only treat myself to one main a week from now on with NO £22 BH and NO £55 BH. I will play 5 quid and 11 quid games with one 33 quid BH a week - most likely thursdays. Yes its not great BR management but its better than none at all!
In other news... Schwartzel (or however you spell it) let me down mega in the open. I got him at 28/1 and lumped £20 each way on him. After leading by a shot after the first hole of the last round he decided to go bogey bogey double bogey bogey. They even stopped showing all of his shots after the 7th hole! Such a dissapointment.
Job are still messing me around. I'm applying for a loooooad of other things at the minute despite my work saying they do infact want me back. They just cant guarentee i'll get paid.... they can wish.
In Response to Re: The ramblings of a young man (gazza127 diary): Convo: M /> Hmmm.. that didnt make sense gazza127 /> no it didnt M /> i was talking about your betting nort chelsea M /> why overbet the river and not get paid gazza127 /> me? M /> yes gazza127 /> overbet? gazza127 /> the pot was 7kl gazza127 /> i had 3 gazza127 /> not even close to an overbet M /> rubbish it was a massive overbet gazza127 /> youre kidding right? M /> DID u get paid or not? gazza127 /> haha you are an idiot M /> ? you price a bet to get paid nopt frighten off the opposition gazza127 /> basing it on the fact that she didnt call. M /> so please dont call me an idiot gazza127 /> ok M /> why woould she you went twice you previous bet gazza127 /> cause the pot was twice as much M /> whats the pot got to do with it gazza127 /> please stop gazza127 /> youre embarrassing yourself M /> yopur bet sizing was way over proper poker but it is sky gazza127 /> god. yep you are a poker guru gazza127 /> thanks for enlightening me M /> so why arent you betting another 1600 to get paid or force her to shove M /> GG chelsea gazza127 /> so let me get this straight... i raise smaller and she shoves? that makes sense M /> she will call OR may shove gazza127 /> pipe down chelseaAA /> i hope you beat that idit magic M /> 3200 got u **** all gazza127 /> im the idiot? seriously/ gazza127 /> ? M /> YES U didnt get paid the third street M /> this isnt a who has the biggest D I K competition gazza127 /> she wasnt calling anything clearly she missed her draw or she had QQ M /> she called the 1600 gazza127 /> on the turn M /> so you think overbetting will get you chips do you gazza127 /> it wasnt an overbet idiot M /> ONE LAST TIME.. DID YOU GET PAID M /> IDIOT gazza127 /> you think 1600 is ok on the turn then im going to what bet another 1600 leaving 1400 behind? gazza127 /> seriously? M /> any bet too big which doesnt get paid is TOO BIG gazza127 /> she clearly didnt have a hand M /> look up value betting you re tard gazza127 /> shut up. ive had enough of you dh M /> of course you have.. i make sense and you talk garbage gazza127 /> haha such an idiot M /> the only idiot is the one who didnt get paid Now I know I come off as a dh. I'm not proud of what I said but I was getting a bit agitated by him tbh. This is a guy who sits at the table at criticizes everyones play. He thinks he is a poker god and I wanted to put him in his place. I shoved with AK then AJ with 10bb later on and he said im such a 'donk shovemonkey idiot' or something like that. Too bad I ran into AK with AJ. Would have liked to teach him a lesson in poker. Now come on... lets be honest here... I'm right aren't I? It wasnt an overbet... and I cant be 'value betting' the river? If shes got a hand that she'l call 1.6k... shes got a hand that will call 3.5k. I've got to stick it in on the river especially when I hit the nuts. It keeps bluffs in too as I was probably doing it regardless of the river (maybe). Be honest here guys... what would you do? Posted by gazza127
Man that arguement was magical. If he says you played it wrong then he's undoubtedly correct and you should listen to him....whoever he is.
Good to see you back and that you've ignored all the advice on BRM :P
Played some cash tonight. Ended up about 11 quid up on NL10 which I was pretty pleased with as im useless at cash.
I ended up HU against donttellmum as everyone else had left. I've hardly ever played against donttellmum let alone HU, but rumour has it he is a decent player.
I think I got him quite frustrated really. We barely ever got down to showdown, and after reloading he started open jamming pots. He showed one as a bluff when I had folded A8s.
Think i played OK as HU cash plays quite similar to HU tournaments. Theres a lot of bluffing and semi-bluffing pots and youve got to pick the right spots to extract value. Made a mess of one pot. Think I could have stacked him as he was quite obviously bluffing...
Thoughts on this hand please:
Should I just call the turn and let him fire again or is this fine?
A board of 8 8 2, heads up against an aggro player. We should just flat the turn all day long, there is nothing to protect against and we have position so we can give him the chance to fire again on the river.
Another reason why I'd flat is because his line looks like total air. He's only called the raise pre, so can generally rule out premium made hands. Flop is 8 8 2. We have an 8. How has he connected to that flop? In the unlikely event he has 22 or a better 8 then all the money will go in and nh gg etc etc but I'd certainly look to give him the chance to hang himself. His bet sizing looks like he might have set himself up for an all in on the river too if you call the turn, as he'll have just less than a pot sized bet behind and I think DTM has the minerals to triple barrel 3 streets with air
Something i've been trying really hard to do is cut out silly calls because im holding a premium hand. Some people cant lay down AA or KK.... and i'm usually guilty of over-repping them post flop.
However.... i'm uber proud of this lay down. A few months ago i'd be snapping this off then tilting cause my KK didnt hold.
Right im stopping tonight and will quickly move onto watch copious amounts of the US office.
Its not going right for me today... it's been pretty tragic.
Cant work out if this is bad play or not in the 12:30 BH.
Obviously if i flat here then I can get away on the river... but with 2 oppos in the hand i figure 1... or maybe even both are on healthy draws and i've got to raise.... Min raise makes no sense here leaving so little behind. Shove, call or fold but why would i call flop to then see a perfect turn card and fold? Obv I cant put anyone on a set... no raise pre so its highly unlikely. I was praying for him to turn over 109.... but i guess that beats me in the end too.
Up and down... up and down. Its the same old story. Still hovering around my second deposit.
I was pretty irritated last night.... mainly with the post I posted 2 above this, but forgot about it today and got on with it...
First tournament of the day I entered I went out 4th hand. I had JJ. Board was 78102 when the money came in. I three bet pre in the blinds so the pot was already quite infated. He had flatted KK back in position and I was a gonna after flopping a gut shot and overpair. Guess its just how it goes... Maybe I could have played it more passively.
Either way... second tournament I entered was the £350 BH. Things went much better. I ran 77 into KK (KK was shortstack) and turned a straight. Went through the tournament pretty solidly, accumulating chips at quite a nice rate. I managed to halve my stack in a silly bluff. He was raising my BB almost every orbit and I got fed up of it and thought id take the initiative.
It backfired.
Maxk29
Small blind
400.00
400.00
23655.00
gazza127
Big blind
800.00
1200.00
15787.50
Your hole cards
A
5
blackopscr
Raise
1600.00
2800.00
18400.00
Maxk29
Fold
gazza127
Raise
2400.00
5200.00
13387.50
blackopscr
Call
1600.00
6800.00
16800.00
Flop
10
5
8
gazza127
Bet
3400.00
10200.00
9987.50
blackopscr
Raise
6800.00
17000.00
10000.00
gazza127
Fold
blackopscr
Muck
blackopscr
Win
13600.00
23600.00
blackopscr
Return
3400.00
0.00
27000.00
It was OK though cause the very next hands were these...
gazza127
Small blind
400.00
400.00
9587.50
blackopscr
Big blind
800.00
1200.00
26200.00
Your hole cards
A
6
Maxk29
Fold
gazza127
All-in
9587.50
10787.50
0.00
blackopscr
Call
9187.50
19975.00
17012.50
gazza127
Show
A
6
blackopscr
Show
K
Q
Flop
J
9
5
Turn
2
River
2
gazza127
Win
Pair of 2s
19975.00
19975.00
blackopscr
Small blind
500.00
500.00
16512.50
Maxk29
Big blind
1000.00
1500.00
22655.00
Your hole cards
A
5
gazza127
Raise
2000.00
3500.00
17975.00
blackopscr
Call
1500.00
5000.00
15012.50
Maxk29
Fold
Flop
4
5
5
blackopscr
Bet
1000.00
6000.00
14012.50
gazza127
Call
1000.00
7000.00
16975.00
Turn
9
blackopscr
Bet
1000.00
8000.00
13012.50
gazza127
Raise
2000.00
10000.00
14975.00
blackopscr
Call
1000.00
11000.00
12012.50
River
K
blackopscr
Check
gazza127
Bet
3000.00
14000.00
11975.00
blackopscr
Fold
gazza127
Muck
gazza127
Win
11000.00
22975.00
gazza127
Return
3000.00
0.00
25975.00
Not sure I could have gotten more value from the hand above or not.... maybe raise flop. Tried to milk it a bit too much though... Reckon he was on a straight draw.
Anyway I get to the final three and Diva's connection has gone so its effectively heads up, and this was the hand that effectively won it.
gazza127
Small blind
1000.00
1000.00
104322.50
Diva34
Big blind
2000.00
3000.00
13287.50
Your hole cards
10
8
stoker15
Call
2000.00
5000.00
41390.00
gazza127
Raise
3000.00
8000.00
101322.50
Diva34
Fold
stoker15
Call
2000.00
10000.00
39390.00
Flop
7
Q
9
gazza127
Bet
5000.00
15000.00
96322.50
stoker15
Call
5000.00
20000.00
34390.00
Turn
6
gazza127
Bet
12000.00
32000.00
84322.50
stoker15
All-in
34390.00
66390.00
0.00
gazza127
Call
22390.00
88780.00
61932.50
gazza127
Show
10
8
stoker15
Show
9
A
River
A
gazza127
Win
Straight to the 10
88780.00
150712.50
So two tournaments so far today. Last and first... much better than 2 min cashes.
Now i know I should be relatively happy with this but im not.... but i'll get to that.
I started the tournament uber strong.... now I know it may sound arrogant or whatever but I was put on a table where I knew I was better than everyone else - unlikely I know but very true!
Everyone limped into everypot. I could raise 6x pre and still get 2 or 3 callers, and they all called into their draws. I could read them like a book. It was good because I could get max value from every hand and knew when to bluff. After the first hour I had 5x my stack and was sitting comfortably in 1st place.
Then I got moved.
Really struggled adapting to the new table having had it so easy for the first hour or so... getting 3 bet felt uber weird and I had to tighten massively as I didnt know everyones game. I was up and down for the next hour or so but made it into the cash (final 6).
Managed to swing myself a big pot when the chip leader tried to bluff me when I was holding TPTK.. and I was sitting up top along this guy for a good half an hour.
Now this is why im not happy... when there were 4 of us left. Me and this other guy were chip leaders and the other two each had about 10bb each. I was happy to put pressure on them when needed and wait for them to dwindle in chips so I could knock them out.
The other guy however just looooooved to see a flop and looooooved to bluff. He doubled up the other two players twice... each.... And suddenly we were all even.
I just dont know why he wasnt more patient. I was 100% certain we'd both be heads up but I got caught and suddenly had to start winning a few pots here and there when I didnt really want to get involved. Couple that with some loose players that will call your 2.5bb raise with AK with whatever they were holding to little hesistation in jamming a 4910 rainbow flop. Suddenly I was 4/4 and pretty irritated.
Another guy bust missing his draw and I was left with 10bb. The guy who was shortest with 4 players left suddenly had 40bb. I jammed my KJs in a limped pot and he called with Q10os quite happily. He turned a Q.
Really disapointed as there was close to 200 quid up top and I was certain with 4 left that I'd be crushing the other chip leader heads up.
Sigh. Thats poker.
For those that read this (if any) you may be wondering why I dont post a BR... Its because I feel like I put too much pressure on the money (winning or losing) if I post on here. I should just be focussing on playing good poker and hopefully the BR will take care of itself.
Villain really thought about it on the turn and river but decided to call me down. Hes seen me bet into draws. I raise the flop as I reckon its hit almost 0 of his range... He calls which gets me a bit ponderous. Then the ace of diamonds comes which is just an epic card to barrel... as ive hit my draw if i was betting into it and was still ahead if I had a 7. Again he flats.... which made me ponder about what he had... maybe he had a semi decent ace pre and want to see a river as again no raise. 2 comes down. If I was playing just a 2... ive hit a fullhouse... if i was playing a 7 ive got a full house... if i was playing the ace ive hit higher two pair... if i was playing the draw ive hit the flush.
Then he flips over JJ. Is this a case of villain just being reluctant to fold a high PP or was this just a poor spot to try and take a measly pot?
Comments
We played 2 hands i think, i bluffed you in one of them.
The other i shoved over the top of you with a pair/ flush draw.
Heres the hand in question. I call the fourbet because its so small and the pot is big enough for me to have decent equity.
But the conversation I'll post underneath is all about the river...
M /> Hmmm.. that didnt make sense
gazza127 /> no it didnt
M /> i was talking about your betting nort chelsea
M /> why overbet the river and not get paid
gazza127 /> me?
M /> yes
gazza127 /> overbet?
gazza127 /> the pot was 7kl
gazza127 /> i had 3
gazza127 /> not even close to an overbet
M /> rubbish it was a massive overbet
gazza127 /> youre kidding right?
M /> DID u get paid or not?
gazza127 /> haha you are an idiot
M /> ? you price a bet to get paid nopt frighten off the opposition
gazza127 /> basing it on the fact that she didnt call.
M /> so please dont call me an idiot
gazza127 /> ok
M /> why woould she you went twice you previous bet
gazza127 /> cause the pot was twice as much
M /> whats the pot got to do with it
gazza127 /> please stop
gazza127 /> youre embarrassing yourself
M /> yopur bet sizing was way over proper poker but it is sky
gazza127 /> god. yep you are a poker guru
gazza127 /> thanks for enlightening me
M /> so why arent you betting another 1600 to get paid or force her to shove
M /> GG chelsea
gazza127 /> so let me get this straight... i raise smaller and she shoves? that makes sense
M /> she will call OR may shove
gazza127 /> pipe down
chelseaAA /> i hope you beat that idit magic
M /> 3200 got u **** all
gazza127 /> im the idiot? seriously/
gazza127 /> ?
M /> YES U didnt get paid the third street
M /> this isnt a who has the biggest D I K competition
gazza127 /> she wasnt calling anything clearly she missed her draw or she had QQ
M /> she called the 1600
gazza127 /> on the turn
M /> so you think overbetting will get you chips do you
gazza127 /> it wasnt an overbet idiot
M /> ONE LAST TIME.. DID YOU GET PAID
M /> IDIOT
gazza127 /> you think 1600 is ok on the turn then im going to what bet another 1600 leaving 1400 behind?
gazza127 /> seriously?
M /> any bet too big which doesnt get paid is TOO BIG
gazza127 /> she clearly didnt have a hand
M /> look up value betting you re tard
gazza127 /> shut up. ive had enough of you dh
M /> of course you have.. i make sense and you talk garbage
gazza127 /> haha such an idiot
M /> the only idiot is the one who didnt get paid
Now I know I come off as a dh. I'm not proud of what I said but I was getting a bit agitated by him tbh. This is a guy who sits at the table at criticizes everyones play. He thinks he is a poker god and I wanted to put him in his place. I shoved with AK then AJ with 10bb later on and he said im such a 'donk shovemonkey idiot' or something like that. Too bad I ran into AK with AJ. Would have liked to teach him a lesson in poker.
Now come on... lets be honest here... I'm right aren't I? It wasnt an overbet... and I cant be 'value betting' the river? If shes got a hand that she'l call 1.6k... shes got a hand that will call 3.5k. I've got to stick it in on the river especially when I hit the nuts. It keeps bluffs in too as I was probably doing it regardless of the river (maybe).
Be honest here guys... what would you do?
Thanks Serge. I would play sats if I wasnt totally awful at them... I should probably play more of them with a smaller BR. Thing is though that after about 9pm the smaller buy in tournaments and sats stop so if i want to play then i have to buy in direct. Something that I dont really mind as I seem to do a lot better at the midnight tournaments. I'll take a look at the DTD and may play on Monday. Thanks for the invite... i'll definitely look into it.
Good to see that you can build a small roll. I've done it before but it was a while back! My game has changed a lot since then. Hope to see you on the tables and run well.
No it was more the fact that I was peeved at the other guy having a go at me. I know its the correct move. Just wanted it to be more than my word vs his so if he see's this then he'll know I wasnt just dissagreeing with him to be difficult.
Its been a while. Thought i'd update you guys on where I am.
The last BR i posted was a measly 15 quid as id gone on a mega downswing. That coupled with no BR management was a recipe for disaster. Obviously since then I won a seat to SPT Nottingham with that 15 quid (so not all bad) and have been playing some other tournaments as people have seen me on the tables.
I deposited another £300 and decided to give it another go. Hopefully this time I can show a bit more BR management (I havent so far but i'll get to that).
Its been up and down already. I think ive won 3/4 small tournaments and cashed in a fair few, but also gone and spewed money around, particularly on the rebuy tournament.
I entered the £55 speed BH tonight like the idiot I am... in fact im pretty ashamed of it. I got knocked out of the rebuy having spent a fair few bob after missing my straight, flush, overcard outs all in on a flop. Board was 6s 7s 2d. I had 8s 9s. I was uber happy to get it in, but missed the lot.
Anyway, the £55 went ok. There was one pot which irritated me when my QQ set got rivered to a straight, but apart from that I played quite well. I managed to finish 2nd which made up for some loses in the past couple of days (mainly the rebuy - dont want to talk about it), however had 0 bounties - a sign of good solid play id like to think, although it may be me not getting value from my decent hands.
So yeah, BR is hovering near the £400 mark at the minute, but the reason i'm posting is to proclaim to the world that I will only treat myself to one main a week from now on with NO £22 BH and NO £55 BH. I will play 5 quid and 11 quid games with one 33 quid BH a week - most likely thursdays. Yes its not great BR management but its better than none at all!
In other news... Schwartzel (or however you spell it) let me down mega in the open. I got him at 28/1 and lumped £20 each way on him. After leading by a shot after the first hole of the last round he decided to go bogey bogey double bogey bogey. They even stopped showing all of his shots after the 7th hole! Such a dissapointment.
Job are still messing me around. I'm applying for a loooooad of other things at the minute despite my work saying they do infact want me back. They just cant guarentee i'll get paid.... they can wish.
So yeah. Thought i'd post an update.
Run well all.
I call it a great read on an oppo.
Proud of this one.
Glad you have decided to redeposit and continue with your diary though
Convo: M /> Hmmm.. that didnt make sense gazza127 /> no it didnt M /> i was talking about your betting nort chelsea M /> why overbet the river and not get paid gazza127 /> me? M /> yes gazza127 /> overbet? gazza127 /> the pot was 7kl gazza127 /> i had 3 gazza127 /> not even close to an overbet M /> rubbish it was a massive overbet gazza127 /> youre kidding right? M /> DID u get paid or not? gazza127 /> haha you are an idiot M /> ? you price a bet to get paid nopt frighten off the opposition gazza127 /> basing it on the fact that she didnt call. M /> so please dont call me an idiot gazza127 /> ok M /> why woould she you went twice you previous bet gazza127 /> cause the pot was twice as much M /> whats the pot got to do with it gazza127 /> please stop gazza127 /> youre embarrassing yourself M /> yopur bet sizing was way over proper poker but it is sky gazza127 /> god. yep you are a poker guru gazza127 /> thanks for enlightening me M /> so why arent you betting another 1600 to get paid or force her to shove M /> GG chelsea gazza127 /> so let me get this straight... i raise smaller and she shoves? that makes sense M /> she will call OR may shove gazza127 /> pipe down chelseaAA /> i hope you beat that idit magic M /> 3200 got u **** all gazza127 /> im the idiot? seriously/ gazza127 /> ? M /> YES U didnt get paid the third street M /> this isnt a who has the biggest D I K competition gazza127 /> she wasnt calling anything clearly she missed her draw or she had QQ M /> she called the 1600 gazza127 /> on the turn M /> so you think overbetting will get you chips do you gazza127 /> it wasnt an overbet idiot M /> ONE LAST TIME.. DID YOU GET PAID M /> IDIOT gazza127 /> you think 1600 is ok on the turn then im going to what bet another 1600 leaving 1400 behind? gazza127 /> seriously? M /> any bet too big which doesnt get paid is TOO BIG gazza127 /> she clearly didnt have a hand M /> look up value betting you re tard gazza127 /> shut up. ive had enough of you dh M /> of course you have.. i make sense and you talk garbage gazza127 /> haha such an idiot M /> the only idiot is the one who didnt get paid Now I know I come off as a dh. I'm not proud of what I said but I was getting a bit agitated by him tbh. This is a guy who sits at the table at criticizes everyones play. He thinks he is a poker god and I wanted to put him in his place. I shoved with AK then AJ with 10bb later on and he said im such a 'donk shovemonkey idiot' or something like that. Too bad I ran into AK with AJ. Would have liked to teach him a lesson in poker. Now come on... lets be honest here... I'm right aren't I? It wasnt an overbet... and I cant be 'value betting' the river? If shes got a hand that she'l call 1.6k... shes got a hand that will call 3.5k. I've got to stick it in on the river especially when I hit the nuts. It keeps bluffs in too as I was probably doing it regardless of the river (maybe). Be honest here guys... what would you do?
Posted by gazza127
Want to see how you can convert 2.5 bb at 75/150 blind levels into a 6th place finish in the 2k BH.
I bet you do.
Nice.
I ended up HU against donttellmum as everyone else had left. I've hardly ever played against donttellmum let alone HU, but rumour has it he is a decent player.
I think I got him quite frustrated really. We barely ever got down to showdown, and after reloading he started open jamming pots. He showed one as a bluff when I had folded A8s.
Think i played OK as HU cash plays quite similar to HU tournaments. Theres a lot of bluffing and semi-bluffing pots and youve got to pick the right spots to extract value. Made a mess of one pot. Think I could have stacked him as he was quite obviously bluffing...
Thoughts on this hand please:
Should I just call the turn and let him fire again or is this fine?
However.... i'm uber proud of this lay down. A few months ago i'd be snapping this off then tilting cause my KK didnt hold.
Cutting out some leaks!
SO irritated... not sure ive ever been this annoyed about poker before.
Playing £1000 BH. All going well.... im one of the chip leaders and even have a few bounties.... then this happens.
Its not going right for me today... it's been pretty tragic.
Cant work out if this is bad play or not in the 12:30 BH.
Obviously if i flat here then I can get away on the river... but with 2 oppos in the hand i figure 1... or maybe even both are on healthy draws and i've got to raise.... Min raise makes no sense here leaving so little behind. Shove, call or fold but why would i call flop to then see a perfect turn card and fold? Obv I cant put anyone on a set... no raise pre so its highly unlikely. I was praying for him to turn over 109.... but i guess that beats me in the end too.
Bad play or just unavoidable?
I was pretty irritated last night.... mainly with the post I posted 2 above this, but forgot about it today and got on with it...
First tournament of the day I entered I went out 4th hand. I had JJ. Board was 78102 when the money came in. I three bet pre in the blinds so the pot was already quite infated. He had flatted KK back in position and I was a gonna after flopping a gut shot and overpair. Guess its just how it goes... Maybe I could have played it more passively.
Either way... second tournament I entered was the £350 BH. Things went much better. I ran 77 into KK (KK was shortstack) and turned a straight. Went through the tournament pretty solidly, accumulating chips at quite a nice rate. I managed to halve my stack in a silly bluff. He was raising my BB almost every orbit and I got fed up of it and thought id take the initiative.
It backfired.
Anyway I get to the final three and Diva's connection has gone so its effectively heads up, and this was the hand that effectively won it.
Lets hope for another win later.
Now i know I should be relatively happy with this but im not.... but i'll get to that.
I started the tournament uber strong.... now I know it may sound arrogant or whatever but I was put on a table where I knew I was better than everyone else - unlikely I know but very true!
Everyone limped into everypot. I could raise 6x pre and still get 2 or 3 callers, and they all called into their draws. I could read them like a book. It was good because I could get max value from every hand and knew when to bluff. After the first hour I had 5x my stack and was sitting comfortably in 1st place.
Then I got moved.
Really struggled adapting to the new table having had it so easy for the first hour or so... getting 3 bet felt uber weird and I had to tighten massively as I didnt know everyones game. I was up and down for the next hour or so but made it into the cash (final 6).
Managed to swing myself a big pot when the chip leader tried to bluff me when I was holding TPTK.. and I was sitting up top along this guy for a good half an hour.
Now this is why im not happy... when there were 4 of us left. Me and this other guy were chip leaders and the other two each had about 10bb each. I was happy to put pressure on them when needed and wait for them to dwindle in chips so I could knock them out.
The other guy however just looooooved to see a flop and looooooved to bluff. He doubled up the other two players twice... each.... And suddenly we were all even.
I just dont know why he wasnt more patient. I was 100% certain we'd both be heads up but I got caught and suddenly had to start winning a few pots here and there when I didnt really want to get involved. Couple that with some loose players that will call your 2.5bb raise with AK with whatever they were holding to little hesistation in jamming a 4910 rainbow flop. Suddenly I was 4/4 and pretty irritated.
Another guy bust missing his draw and I was left with 10bb. The guy who was shortest with 4 players left suddenly had 40bb. I jammed my KJs in a limped pot and he called with Q10os quite happily. He turned a Q.
Really disapointed as there was close to 200 quid up top and I was certain with 4 left that I'd be crushing the other chip leader heads up.
Sigh. Thats poker.
For those that read this (if any) you may be wondering why I dont post a BR... Its because I feel like I put too much pressure on the money (winning or losing) if I post on here. I should just be focussing on playing good poker and hopefully the BR will take care of itself.
Then he flips over JJ. Is this a case of villain just being reluctant to fold a high PP or was this just a poor spot to try and take a measly pot?