Ivano's TSP binkage variance galore

BrownnDog

Interesting thread. The good old days ay...miss them!

BrownnDog

Also £100 a week in keep money sounds so steep haha

bolly580

sorry about that post matey, gl in your grind

profman15

Hi Ivan

I've just come across your diary after a few days away from stuff. Now i'm 55 and a retired teacher but i too did mathematics at university and experienced problems with examinations. The reason was more to do with the fact that i have epilepsy although well controlled now was made worse by stress. Exama exacerbated that stress. i'd have an attack and lose my memory which for maths modules such as Relativity and differential equations is a BIG problem Anyway i was let off my 2nd year exams and told the third years would count for 100% of my degree. Thank god poker wasn't involved in those days as i can't think of anything worse if you're feeling down etc. 

Twenty odd years later my brother took his life whilst i was a maths teacher and i tumbled into anxiety and depression, which has recurred a couple of times but you should seek CBT as you need someone to push you through in the correct direction. I'm experiencing a period of it now and i'm receiving help(CBT). Depression can really be strength sapping some days but do get medical help and stick to it as there is a way out of it, i promise you. 

The ups and downs of poker can't help but the recognition of how you feel is paramount in these periods and needs a qualified person to guide you through it. All the best for the future Ivan and good luck with the CBT.

F_Ivanovic

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory):

sorry about that post matey, gl in your grind
Posted by bolly580

No worries! Don't mind a bit of banter in all honesty, just as long as it doesn't derail the thread completely! Had a decent afternoon session and now reached my weekly target of £1500 (plus a bit)

Folding AK like a pro pre-flop:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
HarryUrz	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£25.09
F_Ivanovic	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£56.33
	Your hole cards	K A
NooGooood	Fold
5toneFace	Fold
joburns06	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£19.36
dougy	Fold
HarryUrz	Raise		£3.45	£4.80	£21.64
F_Ivanovic	Fold
joburns06	Fold
HarryUrz	Muck
HarryUrz	Win		£2.10		£23.74
HarryUrz	Return		£2.70	£0.00	£26.44

Getting someone to barrel off a bluff vs you like a boss:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Dumbmofo	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£30.86
oswaldfich	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£31.74
	Your hole cards	A A
lerky	Fold
	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£32.00
spideryd17	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£2.30	£3.65	£27.55
Dumbmofo	Fold
oswaldfich	Fold
	Call		£1.40	£5.05	£30.60
Flop
		6 A 6
	Check
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£2.10	£7.15	£25.45
	Raise		£4.80	£11.95	£25.80
F_Ivanovic	Call		£2.70	£14.65	£22.75
Turn
		4
	Bet		£8.00	£22.65	£17.80
F_Ivanovic	Call		£8.00	£30.65	£14.75
River
		5
	All-in		£17.80	£48.45	£0.00
F_Ivanovic	All-in		£14.75	£63.20	£0.00
	Unmatched bet		£3.05	£60.15	£3.05
	Show	8 8
F_Ivanovic	Show	A A
F_Ivanovic	Win	Full House, Aces and 6s	£58.35

Flopping quads like a boss:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
MATT8	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£21.35
	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£21.35
	Your hole cards	6 6
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£32.02
basty2010	Fold
dougy	Fold
5toneFace	Fold
MATT8	Fold
	Raise		£0.80	£1.70	£20.55
F_Ivanovic	Call		£0.40	£2.10	£31.62
Flop
		5 5 6
	Bet		£1.58	£3.68	£18.97
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£4.30	£7.98	£27.32
	Call		£2.72	£10.70	£16.25
Turn
		3
	Bet		£8.03	£18.73	£8.22
F_Ivanovic	Call		£8.03	£26.76	£19.29
River
		6
	All-in		£8.22	£34.98	£0.00
F_Ivanovic	Call		£8.22	£43.20	£11.07
	Show	J A
F_Ivanovic	Show	6 6
F_Ivanovic	Win	Four 6s	£41.40		£52.47

So yeah, ran pretty well. Made up for a bad earlier session where I ran badly (only lost 1.5 BI's though) - I had AA about 4/5 times in the first 20 mins. On one of them they did get cracked by a flop set though and it was against the same player in hand 2 (which happened literally 1 min before!!)

RyanC7

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory):

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory) : Bolly would OWN your soul in a heads up session dude!
Posted by macapaca

This providing DTM doesn't instant sit-out right?

Lambert180

Seen as Ryan has bumped you... how's your month going Ivan, hardly see you on the tables at all recently?

Been a pretty awful month for me so far but I just keep telling myself 'If I can lose X amount in 10 days, then I can win twice as much in the remaining 20'.

EDIT: Don't wanna de-rail thread further but tbf I don't think DTM has ever sat out V me once when a table has broken.... maybe I'm just a fish

Donttelmum

Instant sit out?  Id play him all day everyday now pi $$ off and stop trying to stir st*& up.

RyanC7

Great read though Ivan. 

Donttelmum

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory):

Seen as Ryan has bumped you... how's your month going Ivan, hardly see you on the tables at all recently? Been a pretty awful month for me so far but I just keep telling myself 'If I can lose X amount in 10 days, then I can win twice as much in the remaining 20'. EDIT: Don't wanna de-rail thread further but tbf I don't think DTM has ever sat out V me once when a table has broken.... maybe I'm just a fish
Posted by Lambert180

I try and keep at least the 16 tables going Paul even if they do get down to hu.  Its not easy playing 4 hu tables against 4 different people while playing another 12 tables.  Of course there are easier spots than playing yourself but I just hate being the one to quit.  I maybe a terrible player but one thing I don't do is sit out.  p.s your twice the player bolly bag is.

I'm done posting on this.  This forum gets worse by the day.  Tikay mentioned it at the SPT and I totally agree with him.

calcalfold

I think it is a requisite that 100nl players know what "flopping quads" means.......

Perhaps check on Google.

GELDY

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory):

I'm done posting on this.  This forum gets worse by the day.  Tikay mentioned it at the SPT and I totally agree with him.
Posted by Donttelmum

nooooo

ignore the haters - haters gotta hate

but lets not derail Ivanovic's thread either

F_Ivanovic

In Response to Re: F_Ivanovic 20nl to 100nl reg by the end of 2013 (+ skypoker/lifestory):

I think it is a requisite that 100nl players know what "flopping quads" means....... Perhaps check on Google.
Posted by calcalfold

Hey, what's it matter if you flop them or river them. Still quads!!

@ Lambert: Not played as much volume as I'd have liked but still playing! I've mainly been playing PLO though so probably why you haven't seen me much. I got up to 1.5k but back down now to just less than 1.4k... profiting at PLO but then losing it at holdem! Still confident I can reach 2k by the end of the month though if I put in a bit more volume. I've become a nit in moving up these days (except when it comes to PLO!!) but think that's OK, no need for me to rush my way to 100nl even if I did only give myself a few months :P

The other thing I forgot to mention about playing 50PLO is that I tend to just 2 table (usually playing a 20PLO alongside it) so I can fully concentrate on it. Want to be fully maximising my winrate when playing 50PLO!

F_Ivanovic

Had a good long session this afternoon where I finished about £250 up. Played mainly Holdem and 15/30p tables although had one 20NL mastercash and 1 40NL table. Ran reasonably well and had 8 pots where I won more than £20 and only 2 pots where I lost more than £20. This was one of the pots I lost more than £20:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
RED_MAN	Small blind		£0.20	£0.20	£34.00
F_Ivanovic	Big blind		£0.40	£0.60	£80.03
	Your hole cards	A A
walks2311	Raise		£1.20	£1.80	£70.92
NooGooood	Fold
SJspanky1	Call		£1.20	£3.00	£37.60
dubzs	Fold
RED_MAN	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£3.30	£6.30	£76.73
walks2311	Call		£2.50	£8.80	£68.42
SJspanky1	Call		£2.50	£11.30	£35.10
Flop
		7 K 10
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£5.20	£16.50	£71.53
walks2311	Raise		£11.20	£27.70	£57.22
SJspanky1	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Call		£6.00	£33.70	£65.53
Turn
		5
F_Ivanovic	Check
walks2311	Bet		£16.85	£50.55	£40.37
F_Ivanovic	Call		£16.85	£67.40	£48.68
River
		8
F_Ivanovic	Check
walks2311	All-in		£40.37	£107.77	£0.00
F_Ivanovic	Fold
walks2311	Muck
walks2311	Win		£65.60		£65.60
walks2311	Return		£40.37	£1.80	£105.97

Small raise OTF was scary looking and couldn't do much but call. Turn I figure he may still be betting draws and call. I exploitedly folded the river because I think people at these stakes will often give up any bluffs OTR and the only value hand I could see him play like this would be AK. I block some of his AK because I have AA and I think I'm almost always up against a set by now.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
F_Ivanovic	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£51.47
AJ_Rockets	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£66.02
	Your hole cards	3 5
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£0.75	£1.20	£50.72
AJ_Rockets	Call		£0.60	£1.80	£65.42
Flop
		4 7 2
AJ_Rockets	Check
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£1.35	£3.15	£49.37
AJ_Rockets	Call		£1.35	£4.50	£64.07
Turn
		A
AJ_Rockets	Check
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£3.38	£7.88	£45.99
AJ_Rockets	Call		£3.38	£11.26	£60.69
River
		9
AJ_Rockets	Check
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£8.45	£19.71	£37.54
AJ_Rockets	Raise		£19.00	£38.71	£41.69
F_Ivanovic	All-in		£37.54	£76.25	£0.00
AJ_Rockets	Call		£26.99	£103.24	£14.70
F_Ivanovic	Show	3 5
AJ_Rockets	Show	9 A
F_Ivanovic	Win	Straight to the 5	£102.24		£102.24

This was the biggest pot won. Pretty standard cooler although a worse player probably wouldn't go broke since they wouldn't have value-raised the river with TP2.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
robert1968	Sit out
tallboy	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£29.83
F_Ivanovic	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£45.33
	Your hole cards	Q 8
jd44	Fold
	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£33.22
tallboy	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£2.40	£3.75	£42.93
	Call		£1.80	£5.55	£31.42
Flop
		6 10 3
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£2.78	£8.33	£40.15
	Call		£2.78	£11.11	£28.64
Turn
		8
F_Ivanovic	Check
	Bet		£5.70	£16.81	£22.94
F_Ivanovic	Call		£5.70	£22.51	£34.45
River
		10
F_Ivanovic	Check
	All-in		£22.94	£45.45	£0.00
F_Ivanovic	Call		£22.94	£68.39	£11.51
F_Ivanovic	Show	Q 8
	Show	J A
F_Ivanovic	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 8s	£66.59		£78.10

And finishing off with a nice hero call!

Current balance now £1674... £330 off my target off £2k by the end of the month. C4P is only at £55ish with 3800 points. Should have taken more advantage of the double points earlier but nvm. Need to play a lot over the next couple weeks to try and make priority but just going to concentrate on playing good poker more than anything I think.

F_Ivanovic

Just £40 shy now off £2k. Came 2nd in a £11 BH today for a ~ £55 profit. Really grinded that result as well and didn't have many bounties to show for it!! That and a late(ish) run in the mini last night shows my tourney play is improving slightly.

Still, biggest profit is on cash! Playing 15p/30p now for the most part since 50BI's is more than enough. If there's a 20NL mastercash playing them as well because love playing deep stacked! So much more pressure you can apply. I don't think I will make Priority this month unfortunately. Don't know how I managed it last month tbh when I was playing lower stakes (on avg) I think I may start adding in some 50NL games when I reach the £2.5k mark although atm the 30NL games are pretty good so not in any rush to move up!

I feel like I'm bound to have a downswing soon though as well. Been pretty plain-sailing the last week where I hovered around 1.4k/1.5k for a while before having a good run up to my current total.

Anyway, reviewing some hands today I've had 13 where I've won more than £10 and 6 where I've lost more than £10. Probably 1 hand that I was disappointed in where I called down with 88 on J6x6J board.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Rumpy	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£42.22
F_Ivanovic	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£40.50
	Your hole cards	8 A
Bodie66	Fold
dubzs	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£57.13
rocky62	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£20.41
Rumpy	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£2.00	£3.50	£38.50
dubzs	Call		£1.60	£5.10	£55.53
rocky62	Fold
Flop
		3 5 4
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£2.80	£7.90	£35.70
dubzs	Call		£2.80	£10.70	£52.73
Turn
		7
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£7.20	£17.90	£28.50
dubzs	Call		£7.20	£25.10	£45.53
River
		A
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£13.00	£38.10	£15.50
dubzs	Fold
F_Ivanovic	Muck
F_Ivanovic	Win		£23.84		£39.34
F_Ivanovic	Return		£13.00	£1.26	£52.34

This was a pretty unusual spot I got into on the river. I had him on a range of hands that was mostly 99-KK and occasionally a slow played set/some float that picked up a flush draw. I thought 6x was pretty unlikely. My range OTT is probably some 6x, random 2 pr, big overpairs, some FD's.

F_Ivanovic

OK so quick update: Comfortably reached my target for this month of £2k. (Just shy of 2.3) with a £200 profit for today. Rough figures: +£90 in PLO Omaha (20PL) +£30 in NL Holdem (1 BI at 30NL) and + £80 profit in MTT, (the main event tonight where I finished 12th iirc)

Volume's been pretty low with me only 2/3 tabling at most but just means I'm making better decisions on each table. The BH tonight I really thought I had a decent chance at final tabling. I was in the top 10 for so long but then ran really card dead for ages and after losing a flip got quite short. I miraculously doubled up when my Q8s ran into AA (I think this was the first time my tournament life was on the line and it was with 13 left) and flopped a flush draw and hit on the river. Few hands later though I flopped top pair, turned 2 pair and shoved river only to find myself up against a slow played set of 88's (that slow rolled river?!) 

I think if I can reach 3k by the time SPT comes around I may decide to buy in if I haven't already won a seat. Going to be tough but I reckon I can definitely get close to reaching the target if I put in enough volume! As for priority... doubt that's going to happen this month

F_Ivanovic

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
F_Ivanovic	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£53.61
dubzs	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£43.99
	Your hole cards	Q Q
GAZZEE	Raise		£0.40	£0.70	£10.29
williwont	Call		£0.40	£1.10	£41.31
TYRESONE	Call		£0.40	£1.50	£34.09
RyanC7	Call		£0.40	£1.90	£39.29
F_Ivanovic	Raise		£2.30	£4.20	£51.31
dubzs	Fold
GAZZEE	Fold
williwont	Fold
TYRESONE	Call		£2.00	£6.20	£32.09
RyanC7	Call		£2.00	£8.20	£37.29
Flop
		8 6 6
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£2.80	£11.00	£48.51
TYRESONE	Call		£2.80	£13.80	£29.29
RyanC7	Call		£2.80	£16.60	£34.49
Turn
		9
F_Ivanovic	Bet		£7.80	£24.40	£40.71
TYRESONE	Call		£7.80	£32.20	£21.49
RyanC7	Fold
River
		6
F_Ivanovic	All-in		£40.71	£72.91	£0.00
TYRESONE	All-in		£21.49	£94.40	£0.00
F_Ivanovic	Unmatched bet		£19.22	£75.18	£19.22
F_Ivanovic	Show	Q Q
TYRESONE	Show	9 8
F_Ivanovic	Win	Full House, 6s and Queens	£73.38		£92.60

Here's a hand that happened a few days ago that I think I played pretty well when I was looking through my hand history. Some people seem to go really big on the flop here with their range when in reality we should be betting small. It's a dry flop and unlikely anyone has connected so going for small we get calls from a much wider range. Turn card makes the board slightly more wet so I bet a little bigger this time (but still less than half pot) which leaves me with a perfect river sizing to go all in.

KKrippler

if ur selling any action for MTTs count me in.

DOHHHHHHH

+1 to the above.

Was gonna reply in lamberts diary but didn't wanna spam it.

Grand final is really deep and slow clock? Would always prefer to back a good cash player than a good sky mtt player but moreso in this structure.

PM me if anything becomes available plz

fwiw u cud probably sell all 100% of yourself 4/5 times over.

Nice work with the roll.

How did you learn to play PLO btw are you self taught?

zing

good reg, the climb should be easy for you barring terrible variance gl