Average day, my aim for today was to play a lot of tables just for a change and see how it went. Done okay on sky played decent for 3/4 of the session then too spewy for the last bit, just couldn't get interest when playing. Maybe because I was playing 6 tables and it was abit rushed and hard to see the dynamics of the tables. I also struggled to find myself keeping count of what tables I was cb/ barrelling too much on and found myself getting raised so I don't think my balance was correct, but it was hard to keep track. Finished £1 up..... which isn't good but that includes another situation I lost which I shuldn't have when I had QQ vs AQo, and he hit 2 aces aswell just to rub it in lol
Still struggling with varience in mainly mtt, im hoping well in cash. I find it so hard to take iv constantly got bad beats in a rebuy tourney that iv played the last few days, like ridiculous ones, and that's goes with me missing out on a final table last night when I lost with AQ vs A10, just find it so frustrating. Cant seem to motivate myself to play longer then 2 hour sessions lately, poker is a game where you put a lot in to get not a lot back. So just cant be bothered to play for 4/6 hours and finish 2 buyins up or something. Still down on the sky BR and until im playing 20/30nl its still going to feel like an unexciting grind. Just wanna get to the600-800 marks asap. I no your hate this but bring on the cash promos!!! I need motivation!
BTW where have all the 10nl regs gone?? don't tell mum, tintin, cash daddy, mrs crossy, pepe ??
MTTs are brutal and that's just the way it is for everyone. I remember I got to 2 FTs on Sky within 2 nights of each other not that long ago, was first out in the 1st one with AK v AQ aipf.... first out on the 2nd one with AK v AT, both of which resulted in rubbish cashes when just holding would have put me in great shape to win. There's just nothing you can do about it and things do go the other way. It wasn't that long after I won the mini and turned £5 into £400 and I'm willing to bet during that MTT I at least won one race where I had the dominated hand like AJ v AK or TT v KK. You gotta run good to win an MTT, but the better players rely less on rungood and only need a few flips (or w/e) to go their way... the terrible players need to run like god the whole night (but that still happens sometimes).
Cash - Don't think it'll get much more exciting tbh at 20/30NL... you're gonna have +£200 days, but you're also gonna need to take a -£200 day on the chin too. I've said it before but if you're a winning player, the more you play, the more you win. Sometimes you can grind for 8 hours and finish break even, sometimes you can sit down and be 3 BIs up within 15 mins.
MTTs are brutal and that's just the way it is for everyone. I remember I got to 2 FTs on Sky within 2 nights of each other not that long ago, was first out in the 1st one with AK v AQ aipf.... first out on the 2nd one with AK v AT, both of which resulted in rubbish cashes when just holding would have put me in great shape to win. There's just nothing you can do about it and things do go the other way. It wasn't that long after I won the mini and turned £5 into £400 and I'm willing to bet during that MTT I at least won one race where I had the dominated hand like AJ v AK or TT v KK. You gotta run good to win an MTT, but the better players rely less on rungood and only need a few flips (or w/e) to go their way... the terrible players need to run like god the whole night (but that still happens sometimes). Cash - Don't think it'll get much more exciting tbh at 20/30NL... you're gonna have +£200 days, but you're also gonna need to take a -£200 day on the chin too. I've said it before but if you're a winning player, the more you play, the more you win. Sometimes you can grind for 8 hours and finish break even, sometimes you can sit down and be 3 BIs up within 15 mins. Posted by Lambert180
Yeah the varience is massive in them , I havnt found a good tourney on 888 with a structure that doesn't feel like shove or fold. I no that will eventually be part of the tournament but its nearly all the way through it, especially in the rebuys. Sounds annoying mate, at least you got to the final tables though that's still an achievement in any MTT.
Hmm yeah maybe it wont, but different players and testing myself at a higher level should get things abit more exicitng. Also 2 buyins wont be £20 it will be £40 or £60, so it will mean a lot more and feel like more of an achievement. Yeah true sometimes it just doesn't happen on the tables then you sit down the next day and you win a few buy ins in hands you didn't have to even think about.
played an mtt with 3 cash games. Won 4 buy ins in cash and come 34th in the mini bh with 1 head taken. Paid 5.50 to go in it and only got back 9.45 which wasn't much I didn't think. Oh well every little helps. Br is close to being recovered
Update played an mtt with 3 cash games. Won 4 buy ins in cash and come 34th in the mini bh with 1 head taken. Paid 5.50 to go in it and only got back 9.45 which wasn't much I didn't think. Oh well every little helps. Br is close to being recovered day +4,3 (£43) Sky 259,82 888 520 Posted by robbie1992
bankroll slowly building back up m8 keep it going,we all get some big hits that set us back but just be confident in your game keepdoin the righ things and you will be back over £400 in no time.
mind you started a thread about heads up the other day, thats a format I need to improve so if ya fancy playing some hu stts/cash and ask some of the more experienced hu players in the forum to join in and play or watch and give their opinions would only benefit both of us imo.
also any good videos you recommend watching on deucescracked? I was watching one were there was a group of 3 or 4 of them including krantz,they picked a few interesting hands each and the group spoke about one players hand at a time but was good because they all had different opinions how they would play these hands. This one specific hand were the player was c/r on turn and he had open ender and had some history which made an impact on his decision and they each explained which way they would play the hand and explained their reasoning.I personally enjoyed watchin it, think they have 5 videos in total I have another 3 to watch.
Yeah initial deposit was £300, havnt paided any back yet but im encouraged by how things have been going this week. I was always confident, just frustrating sometimes how things go and you can lose abit of confidence at times.
The videos on deuces iv watched lately are sweat sessions. But king for a day/ new kid on the block where decent videos. New kid on the block is about the instructors friend, he plays and they talk about his leaks, then in further episodes they say how to improve on them and how to get them out of his game. You should check it out. I think I no the ones you mean with krantz, is it a review session? think iv watched it. I love krantz and his image but I just cant seem to get into his videos for some reason, he seemed a nice man on 2months2million though so its a shame.
Yeah Lambert I was looking for begginers heads up at duecescracked but cant find nothing atm, most of them are cash games. If I put the effort into studying heads up I think id prefer to play cash heads up even if its a low level. I heard rake could make it abit of a joke though to play low so ill have to have a think. The competitive and banter of heads up appeals to me a lot though.
Played a tourney with 3 10nl cash tables on 888, tourney was pretty uneventful, got through the hour of late reg without getting byond +300 or -300 of my starting stack, I waited and waited, got dealt JJ in bb perfect, button min raises perfect, I shove he calls....QQ. Thought that was a good spot where ill often be ahead.
I played really bad in cash, cbb today for some reason I don't know why. Was 1.7 buy ins up within the first 20 mins, one was standard,i had KK, I 3 bet he flatted c/c Q high flop and c/c brick turn with AQ. Then I started losing little bits by being too loose and generally playing like all the other players, I had no edge today because I wasn't being disciplined. Was unlucky with a hand, I raise on button 4 handed, sb 3 bets I 4 bet he flats, flop is J high, he lead shoves......I was abit worried but 4 handed and the on that flop I still beat a lot, open shoves never make too much sense to me anyway. I called he had QQ so my overpair KK were good, turn a Q, for full stacks aswell grrrrrrrr.
Can my BR please grow abit quicker
day: - 2.4 buyins (-$23) the tourney was $5 and I played $2 sat.
Sky: £259 888: $496.87
I need motivation for a big grind, back to 6/8 hours a day for a week to boost both BRS, just cant seem to motivate myself
Played for 4 hours as im trying to play longer sessions again. Was rubbish, played bad, run bad, smelt bad, everything was bad. Started off losing about 1 1/2 buyins, when villain floated the flop villianwith a5o, and shoved the turn with a gutshot and hit on the river, that was for full stacks. Straight away im thinking its going to be another day of running bad and you playing hours and making no progress. Played spewy called too much, even went back to just calling to see what they have days. Then got in poker chat ego battle and called a raise from the guy with 8 5 s, flop 10 8 5, I c/r, and turn is a 10. Thought go again "why am I so unlucky why is it always me that runs bad". I checked turn and called river just to see how unlucky I was, turnt out he had 1010, I was lucky to not lose a stack on the flop. The whole hand was a mess, why raise 85, why call a 3 bet and why call the river.
Made a good read early on when I got c/r by laggy villian on 33 6 board that had 2 hearts, I had aQ, and decided to shove. He called with a FD, don't need to say he hit.
Poker is annoying me so much lately. Im bored of playing and winning amount that arnt exciting at all. Im bored of getting sucked out for play that if I done it and posted it on the clinic id get laughed at. Im bored of my mind ruining any skill that iv learnt, and im sick of thinking im unlucky all the time. These BRs are going awful. +7 on one and - 4 on the other.....don't think 20 nl is round the corner for me just yet.
And no I don't think a break would be a good idea.
" These BRs are going awful. +7 on one and - 4 on the other.." - are you serious? You're up and you're still moaning? How on earth is that "awful"? Posted by FCHD
Compared to time played, General quickness of progress d how I'm improvement is going
In Response to Re: ONE TIME!.....another diary. : Compared to time played, General quickness of progress d how I'm improvement is going Posted by robbie1992
I sometimes do wonder why on earth you take poker so seriously. You really seem to let it get to you when you arent quite achieving your own impossible high standards. Poker is more of a chore when you play with such stress and pressure.
I'd recommend just playing for fun one or two nights this week and not worrying too much about what happens. Play ABC poker and see if you can have a stressless evening not worrying too much about the BR. From experience, I definitely play a lot better when im relaxed and not too worried about what im going to be posting on my diary.
In Response to Re: ONE TIME!.....another diary. : I sometimes do wonder why on earth you take poker so seriously. You really seem to let it get to you when you arent quite achieving your own impossible high standards. Poker is more of a chore when you play with such stress and pressure. I'd recommend just playing for fun one or two nights this week and not worrying too much about what happens. Play ABC poker and see if you can have a stressless evening not worrying too much about the BR. From experience, I definitely play a lot better when im relaxed and not too worried about what im going to be posting on my diary. Alternatively take a break gl. Posted by gazza127
Yeah very true I wished I could care less aswell but I just want to do well, poker is mentally hard to not get frustrated at tho. I have spent time trying to correct mental problems but I just find it hard.
Can I ask Robbie...when you sit down for a session on Sky, do you just jump straight into an open seat or do you have a look at the various tables available and see what players are kicking about?
Can I ask Robbie...when you sit down for a session on Sky, do you just jump straight into an open seat or do you have a look at the various tables available and see what players are kicking about? Basically table selection. Posted by hhyftrftdr
I usually just sit on sky as a play around 4/5/6 tables so I have no choice. Iv never table selected tho on any site, why?
I don't mind being on a hard table as I need to be in different situations as that will hopefully improve me as a player long term.
Iv been away for a while, nothing else then just been too busy to have time to play. Sister and mum have gone Portugal so things will quieten down and I should be able to put a good amount of volume in over the next week. I was still watching poker and reading the forum diarys on here just to see whats going on. A lot of the regular diarys are going well for people such as waller02, lamberts past the 1k mark and a player call batkins has had some very impressive results lately so well done to you lot.
I decided to play 10nl 5 tables, my usual stuff, lost 1/2 a buy in early on AKvs my KQ on K high flop so pretty standard. I was using aggression well and felt confident after watching a duececracked video earlier on, it made me think more simply and I think I played very well. I lost a stack to a very fishy player, never seen him before, when I called his shove on a A K 3 K two tone board, only for him to have flatted a 3 bet in the bb with k5o I think that's a good spot so no complaints. I then was on a very splashy table, one of those tables you no if you hit your hand you will get paid. I ended up c/c c/c cking IP when I flopped nut fd/ then gutshot on turn.....I really don't lke how I played this hand, I feel I allow him to have what he did, can I have some advice for otherways to play it.
Im going to create a new section to my forum its called the "wtf hand post". Every session I constantly say ill post a hand where you will think WTF when reading it. I will post it and just laugh along with you when you go through what actually happened
Finish : 1/2 buy ins down
Verdict: Played well , would take playing like that most days just need to cut out the mistakes which are costing buy ins.
BTW the new software I was very impressed with, very nice sky. / Iv also withdraw my £20 c4p as that pays for ym duecescracked.
sky: £246.71
888: $472.41
The "WTF" hand:
1)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
turbo2
Small blind
£0.10
£0.10
£9.46
x
Big blind
£0.10
£0.20
£22.90
Your hole cards
5
3
cactusjac
Raise
£0.30
£0.50
£7.72
Donttelmum
Fold
robbie1992
Raise
£0.90
£1.40
£9.10
turbo2
Fold
x
Call
£0.80
£2.20
£22.10
cactusjac
Fold
Flop
2
9
10
x
Bet
£0.40
£2.60
£21.70
robbie1992
Raise
£1.70
£4.30
£7.40
x
Call
£1.30
£5.60
£20.40
Turn
J
x
Bet
£0.50
£6.10
£19.90
robbie1992
Call
£0.50
£6.60
£6.90
River
K
x
Bet
£3.30
£9.90
£16.60
robbie1992
All-in
£6.90
£16.80
£0.00
x
Call
£3.60
£20.40
£13.00
x
Show
J
Q
robbie1992
Show
5
3
x
Win
Straight to the King
£19.00
£32.00
Pre: 3 bet IP to give me more options of winning the hand post flop/pre flop . Also because its a very hidden hand that no one will think I have.
Flop: The call by this decent laggy player means its unlikely he has a massive hand/ still maybe an AQ/AJ/PP/ M A10 He leads out weakness or strength? he leads with his best and worse air imo hoping iv missed that flop, also FD. I raise to win the pot here. he calls.
Turn: He now leads out again, small. I don't think his strong, im aggressive, why wouldn't he just check it too me? His obv protecting/betting for value. His still betting when that Jack come, has he 2 pair? seems to small to be a set/2pair/ im putting him on a flush draw/ decent 10. He doesn't fold FD, ill flat and see his actions on the river.
River: So now he leads again and 1/2 pot, he hasn't slowed down and once again if he has it why has he not let me use my aggreson and punish me for it? Is this again a protection bet with 2 pair or a steal after missing his flush. I can definatly rep the Q my range is wide im on the button and I 3 bet pre flop. His obv turnt his FD/decent 10 into a bluff. ILL call! im a genius iv worked it all out YEEEESSS..........oh he had the Q and I just shoved into him for full stacks
What went wrong ?
2)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
gazza127
Small blind
£0.05
£0.05
£25.81
robbie1992
Big blind
£0.10
£0.15
£12.71
Your hole cards
J
A
BCFC_CHU
Fold
LoveChops
Fold
THREEHIGH
Call
£0.10
£0.25
£7.97
kempton12
Call
£0.10
£0.35
£19.22
x
Call
£0.05
£0.40
£25.76
robbie1992
Raise
£0.40
£0.80
£12.31
THREEHIGH
Fold
kempton12
Call
£0.40
£1.20
£18.82
x
Raise
£1.40
£2.60
£24.36
robbie1992
Call
£1.00
£3.60
£11.31
kempton12
Call
£1.00
£4.60
£17.82
Flop
9
6
K
x
Bet
£2.30
£6.90
£22.06
robbie1992
Call
£2.30
£9.20
£9.01
kempton12
Fold
Turn
Q
x
Bet
£4.80
£14.00
£17.26
robbie1992
Call
£4.80
£18.80
£4.21
River
7
x
Check
robbie1992
Check
x
Show
8
6
robbie1992
Muck
J
A
x
Win
Pair of 6s
£17.40
£34.66
Pre flop he never has a Premium hand he tried to rep/ his LAG aswell.
I feel I allowed this to happen, what could I of done different.
I usually fold the turn but I over valued the picked up equity.
I no I get his stack as his LAG, so if I hit its worth a lot.
No point bluffing the river is there? even a 2/3rd pair would have to call .
Update Hello everyone, Iv been away for a while, nothing else then just been too busy to have time to play. Sister and mum have gone Portugal so things will quieten down and I should be able to put a good amount of volume in over the next week. I was still watching poker and reading the forum diarys on here just to see whats going on. A lot of the regular diarys are going well for people such as waller02, lamberts past the 1k mark and a player call batkins has had some very impressive results lately so well done to you lot. I decided to play 10nl 5 tables, my usual stuff, lost 1/2 a buy in early on AKvs my KQ on K high flop so pretty standard. I was using aggression well and felt confident after watching a duececracked video earlier on, it made me think more simply and I think I played very well. I lost a stack to a very fishy player, never seen him before, when I called his shove on a A K 3 K two tone board, only for him to have flatted a 3 bet in the bb with k5o I think that's a good spot so no complaints. I then was on a very splashy table, one of those tables you no if you hit your hand you will get paid. I ended up c/c c/c cking IP when I flopped nut fd/ then gutshot on turn.....I really don't lke how I played this hand, I feel I allow him to have what he did, can I have some advice for otherways to play it. Im going to create a new section to my forum its called the "wtf hand post". Every session I constantly say ill post a hand where you will think WTF when reading it. I will post it and just laugh along with you when you go through what actually happened Finish : 1/2 buy ins down Verdict: Played well , would take playing like that most days just need to cut out the mistakes which are costing buy ins. BTW the new software I was very impressed with, very nice sky. / Iv also withdraw my £20 c4p as that pays for ym duecescracked. sky: £246.71 888: $472.41 The "WTF" hand: 1) Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance turbo2 Small blind £0.10 £0.10 £9.46 x Big blind £0.10 £0.20 £22.90 Your hole cards 5 3 cactusjac Raise £0.30 £0.50 £7.72 Donttelmum Fold robbie1992 Raise £0.90 £1.40 £9.10 turbo2 Fold x Call £0.80 £2.20 £22.10 cactusjac Fold Flop 2 9 10 x Bet £0.40 £2.60 £21.70 robbie1992 Raise £1.70 £4.30 £7.40 x Call £1.30 £5.60 £20.40 Turn J x Bet £0.50 £6.10 £19.90 robbie1992 Call £0.50 £6.60 £6.90 River K x Bet £3.30 £9.90 £16.60 robbie1992 All-in £6.90 £16.80 £0.00 x Call £3.60 £20.40 £13.00 x Show J Q robbie1992 Show 5 3 x Win Straight to the King £19.00 £32.00 Pre: 3 bet IP to give me more options of winning the hand post flop/pre flop . Also because its a very hidden hand that no one will think I have. Flop: The call by this decent laggy player means its unlikely he has a massive hand/ still maybe an AQ/AJ/PP/ M A10 He leads out weakness or strength? he leads with his best and worse air imo hoping iv missed that flop, also FD. I raise to win the pot here. he calls. Turn: He now leads out again, small. I don't think his strong, im aggressive, why wouldn't he just check it too me? His obv protecting/betting for value. His still betting when that Jack come, has he 2 pair? seems to small to be a set/2pair/ im putting him on a flush draw/ decent 10. He doesn't fold FD, ill flat and see his actions on the river. River: So now he leads again and 1/2 pot, he hasn't slowed down and once again if he has it why has he not let me use my aggreson and punish me for it? Is this again a protection bet with 2 pair or a steal after missing his flush. I can definatly rep the Q my range is wide im on the button and I 3 bet pre flop. His obv turnt his FD/decent 10 into a bluff. ILL call! im a genius iv worked it all out YEEEESSS..........oh he had the Q and I just shoved into him for full stacks What went wrong ? 2) Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance gazza127 Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £25.81 robbie1992 Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £12.71 Your hole cards J A BCFC_CHU Fold LoveChops Fold THREEHIGH Call £0.10 £0.25 £7.97 kempton12 Call £0.10 £0.35 £19.22 x Call £0.05 £0.40 £25.76 robbie1992 Raise £0.40 £0.80 £12.31 THREEHIGH Fold kempton12 Call £0.40 £1.20 £18.82 x Raise £1.40 £2.60 £24.36 robbie1992 Call £1.00 £3.60 £11.31 kempton12 Call £1.00 £4.60 £17.82 Flop 9 6 K x Bet £2.30 £6.90 £22.06 robbie1992 Call £2.30 £9.20 £9.01 kempton12 Fold Turn Q x Bet £4.80 £14.00 £17.26 robbie1992 Call £4.80 £18.80 £4.21 River 7 x Check robbie1992 Check x Show 8 6 robbie1992 Muck J A x Win Pair of 6s £17.40 £34.66 Pre flop he never has a Premium hand he tried to rep/ his LAG aswell. I feel I allowed this to happen, what could I of done different. I usually fold the turn but I over valued the picked up equity. I no I get his stack as his LAG, so if I hit its worth a lot. No point bluffing the river is there? even a 2/3rd pair would have to call . Posted by robbie1992
No need to hide my name. I dont mind people seeing what i post - i end up posting hands like this on my diary anyway.
Reasons for doing what I did: Its a limped pot so I put your raising range quite wide to take control of the hand. As soon as I decide to play the hand, I don't want to be playing oop without the initiative, so I reraised - minimum itd do would be confuse the **** out of you. Then I barrel two streets. You bet the river... I call as it looks a lot like a missed draw as on a wet board id be expecting you to raise made hands on flop or turn - although if the river brings in the first flush id have to fold (EDIT - actually the pot is quite big... might have to call anyway). If you raise the flop or turn into your draw id have to fold also.
I wouldnt say I was LAG really. But i certainly play some rubbish occassionally to balance my range. All I wanted was the initiative in the hand... and it worked.
In Response to Re: ONE TIME!.....another diary. : No need to hide my name. I dont mind people seeing what i post - i end up posting hands like this on my diary anyway. Reasons for doing what I did: Its a limped pot so I put your raising range quite wide to take control of the hand. As soon as I decide to play the hand, I don't want to be playing oop without the initiative, so I reraised - minimum itd do would be confuse the **** out of you. Then I barrel two streets. You bet the river... I call as it looks a lot like a missed draw as on a wet board id be expecting you to raise made hands on flop or turn - although if the river brings in the first flush id have to fold (EDIT - actually the pot is quite big... might have to call anyway). If you raise the flop or turn into your draw id have to fold also. I wouldnt say I was LAG really. But i certainly play some rubbish occassionally to balance my range. All I wanted was the initiative in the hand... and it worked. Posted by gazza127
Yeah just done it out of respect I knew ud be having a look.
Okay that's for the explaining, can I ask why the barrell tho? What did u think u was folding.
Yeah but let's say u have AA, AK, qq jj kk. Would u really just make up in the sb knowing u would be 4 way ? Never IMO. There's no need too that table was very loose, if u raised those premium hands u would be likely to get paid for them. So it did confuse me alot but I suppose it come down to me not having he minerals to raise or shove with the draw.
Thanks for explaining tho, makes me think of different approaches I could take.
In Response to Re: ONE TIME!.....another diary. : Yeah just done it out of respect I knew ud be having a look. Okay that's for the explaining, can I ask why the barrell tho? What did u think u was folding. Yeah but let's say u have AA, AK, qq jj kk. Would u really just make up in the sb knowing u would be 4 way ? Never IMO. There's no need too that table was very loose, if u raised those premium hands u would be likely to get paid for them. So it did confuse me alot but I suppose it come down to me not having he minerals to raise or shove with the draw. Thanks for explaining tho, makes me think of different approaches I could take. Posted by robbie1992
I barrelled the turn as I didnt want to get give you the initiative - I thought i could get a flush draw to fold or even second pairs... but with your extra equity on the turn you didn't.
I knew you'd never believe i had a prem hand, however I do feel that sometimes its important to do something completely unexpected on a table... otherwise people learn your game and you can become easy to play. Yes that seems contradictory to play a hand bad on purpose... but i feel as if espescially in this case, it shows that im not playing ABC poker so when I do hit a hand im more likely to get paid if im seen as LAG.
(EDIT - plus im big stack so thought i had liscence to boss a bit more)
Comments
Average day, my aim for today was to play a lot of tables just for a change and see how it went. Done okay on sky played decent for 3/4 of the session then too spewy for the last bit, just couldn't get interest when playing. Maybe because I was playing 6 tables and it was abit rushed and hard to see the dynamics of the tables. I also struggled to find myself keeping count of what tables I was cb/ barrelling too much on and found myself getting raised so I don't think my balance was correct, but it was hard to keep track. Finished £1 up..... which isn't good but that includes another situation I lost which I shuldn't have when I had QQ vs AQo, and he hit 2 aces aswell just to rub it in lol
Still struggling with varience in mainly mtt, im hoping well in cash. I find it so hard to take iv constantly got bad beats in a rebuy tourney that iv played the last few days, like ridiculous ones, and that's goes with me missing out on a final table last night when I lost with AQ vs A10, just find it so frustrating. Cant seem to motivate myself to play longer then 2 hour sessions lately, poker is a game where you put a lot in to get not a lot back. So just cant be bothered to play for 4/6 hours and finish 2 buyins up or something. Still down on the sky BR and until im playing 20/30nl its still going to feel like an unexciting grind. Just wanna get to the600-800 marks asap. I no your hate this but bring on the cash promos!!! I need motivation!
BTW where have all the 10nl regs gone?? don't tell mum, tintin, cash daddy, mrs crossy, pepe ??
sky : £216.97
888: $521.81
Cash - Don't think it'll get much more exciting tbh at 20/30NL... you're gonna have +£200 days, but you're also gonna need to take a -£200 day on the chin too. I've said it before but if you're a winning player, the more you play, the more you win. Sometimes you can grind for 8 hours and finish break even, sometimes you can sit down and be 3 BIs up within 15 mins.
Hmm yeah maybe it wont, but different players and testing myself at a higher level should get things abit more exicitng. Also 2 buyins wont be £20 it will be £40 or £60, so it will mean a lot more and feel like more of an achievement. Yeah true sometimes it just doesn't happen on the tables then you sit down the next day and you win a few buy ins in hands you didn't have to even think about.
The videos on deuces iv watched lately are sweat sessions. But king for a day/ new kid on the block where decent videos. New kid on the block is about the instructors friend, he plays and they talk about his leaks, then in further episodes they say how to improve on them and how to get them out of his game. You should check it out. I think I no the ones you mean with krantz, is it a review session? think iv watched it. I love krantz and his image but I just cant seem to get into his videos for some reason, he seemed a nice man on 2months2million though so its a shame.
Yeah Lambert I was looking for begginers heads up at duecescracked but cant find nothing atm, most of them are cash games. If I put the effort into studying heads up I think id prefer to play cash heads up even if its a low level. I heard rake could make it abit of a joke though to play low so ill have to have a think. The competitive and banter of heads up appeals to me a lot though.
Played a tourney with 3 10nl cash tables on 888, tourney was pretty uneventful, got through the hour of late reg without getting byond +300 or -300 of my starting stack, I waited and waited, got dealt JJ in bb perfect, button min raises perfect, I shove he calls....QQ. Thought that was a good spot where ill often be ahead.
I played really bad in cash, cbb today for some reason I don't know why. Was 1.7 buy ins up within the first 20 mins, one was standard,i had KK, I 3 bet he flatted c/c Q high flop and c/c brick turn with AQ. Then I started losing little bits by being too loose and generally playing like all the other players, I had no edge today because I wasn't being disciplined. Was unlucky with a hand, I raise on button 4 handed, sb 3 bets I 4 bet he flats, flop is J high, he lead shoves......I was abit worried but 4 handed and the on that flop I still beat a lot, open shoves never make too much sense to me anyway. I called he had QQ so my overpair KK were good, turn a Q, for full stacks aswell grrrrrrrr.
Can my BR please grow abit quicker
day: - 2.4 buyins (-$23) the tourney was $5 and I played $2 sat.
Sky: £259
888: $496.87
I need motivation for a big grind, back to 6/8 hours a day for a week to boost both BRS, just cant seem to motivate myself
Played for 4 hours as im trying to play longer sessions again. Was rubbish, played bad, run bad, smelt bad, everything was bad. Started off losing about 1 1/2 buyins, when villain floated the flop villianwith a5o, and shoved the turn with a gutshot and hit on the river, that was for full stacks. Straight away im thinking its going to be another day of running bad and you playing hours and making no progress. Played spewy called too much, even went back to just calling to see what they have days. Then got in poker chat ego battle and called a raise from the guy with 8 5 s, flop 10 8 5, I c/r, and turn is a 10. Thought go again "why am I so unlucky why is it always me that runs bad". I checked turn and called river just to see how unlucky I was, turnt out he had 1010, I was lucky to not lose a stack on the flop. The whole hand was a mess, why raise 85, why call a 3 bet and why call the river.
Made a good read early on when I got c/r by laggy villian on 33 6 board that had 2 hearts, I had aQ, and decided to shove. He called with a FD, don't need to say he hit.
Poker is annoying me so much lately. Im bored of playing and winning amount that arnt exciting at all. Im bored of getting sucked out for play that if I done it and posted it on the clinic id get laughed at. Im bored of my mind ruining any skill that iv learnt, and im sick of thinking im unlucky all the time. These BRs are going awful. +7 on one and - 4 on the other.....don't think 20 nl is round the corner for me just yet.
And no I don't think a break would be a good idea.
sky: £259
888: $472
Hello everyone,
Iv been away for a while, nothing else then just been too busy to have time to play. Sister and mum have gone Portugal so things will quieten down and I should be able to put a good amount of volume in over the next week. I was still watching poker and reading the forum diarys on here just to see whats going on. A lot of the regular diarys are going well for people such as waller02, lamberts past the 1k mark and a player call batkins has had some very impressive results lately so well done to you lot.
I decided to play 10nl 5 tables, my usual stuff, lost 1/2 a buy in early on AKvs my KQ on K high flop so pretty standard. I was using aggression well and felt confident after watching a duececracked video earlier on, it made me think more simply and I think I played very well. I lost a stack to a very fishy player, never seen him before, when I called his shove on a A K 3 K two tone board, only for him to have flatted a 3 bet in the bb with k5o
Im going to create a new section to my forum its called the "wtf hand post". Every session I constantly say ill post a hand where you will think WTF when reading it. I will post it and just laugh along with you when you go through what actually happened
Finish : 1/2 buy ins down
Verdict: Played well , would take playing like that most days just need to cut out the mistakes which are costing buy ins.
BTW the new software I was very impressed with, very nice sky. / Iv also withdraw my £20 c4p as that pays for ym duecescracked.
sky: £246.71
888: $472.41
The "WTF" hand:
1)
Flop: The call by this decent laggy player means its unlikely he has a massive hand/ still maybe an AQ/AJ/PP/ M A10
He leads out weakness or strength? he leads with his best and worse air imo hoping iv missed that flop, also FD. I raise to win the pot here. he calls.
Turn: He now leads out again, small. I don't think his strong, im aggressive, why wouldn't he just check it too me? His obv protecting/betting for value. His still betting when that Jack come, has he 2 pair? seems to small to be a set/2pair/ im putting him on a flush draw/ decent 10. He doesn't fold FD, ill flat and see his actions on the river.
River: So now he leads again and 1/2 pot, he hasn't slowed down and once again if he has it why has he not let me use my aggreson and punish me for it? Is this again a protection bet with 2 pair or a steal after missing his flush. I can definatly rep the Q my range is wide im on the button and I 3 bet pre flop. His obv turnt his FD/decent 10 into a bluff. ILL call! im a genius iv worked it all out YEEEESSS..........oh he had the Q and I just shoved into him for full stacks
What went wrong ?
2)
I feel I allowed this to happen, what could I of done different.
I usually fold the turn but I over valued the picked up equity.
I no I get his stack as his LAG, so if I hit its worth a lot.
No point bluffing the river is there? even a 2/3rd pair would have to call .
No need to hide my name. I dont mind people seeing what i post - i end up posting hands like this on my diary anyway.
Reasons for doing what I did: Its a limped pot so I put your raising range quite wide to take control of the hand. As soon as I decide to play the hand, I don't want to be playing oop without the initiative, so I reraised - minimum itd do would be confuse the **** out of you. Then I barrel two streets. You bet the river... I call as it looks a lot like a missed draw as on a wet board id be expecting you to raise made hands on flop or turn - although if the river brings in the first flush id have to fold (EDIT - actually the pot is quite big... might have to call anyway). If you raise the flop or turn into your draw id have to fold also.
I wouldnt say I was LAG really. But i certainly play some rubbish occassionally to balance my range. All I wanted was the initiative in the hand... and it worked.
I knew you'd never believe i had a prem hand, however I do feel that sometimes its important to do something completely unexpected on a table... otherwise people learn your game and you can become easy to play. Yes that seems contradictory to play a hand bad on purpose... but i feel as if espescially in this case, it shows that im not playing ABC poker so when I do hit a hand im more likely to get paid if im seen as LAG.
(EDIT - plus im big stack so thought i had liscence to boss a bit more)