When I started playing last night, three had registered already for an £11er so I jumped on board too, later on eon gave me a nudge for another one, so I jumped on that as well. Didn't hear anything else so I don't know if they filled quickly or stalled completely. To be honest, if they ran as often as the £3 games, the £11ers would be all I'd play. I can be up to all sorts of shenanigans at the £3 level and if I take a battering, it doesn't really matter to the old BR, with £11 every game, I might be tempted to play a bit more conservatively. Might be! I enjoyed the two £11ers I played last night, was lucky in the first, hotwheals nearly killed me off in the first when he hit his set of fours, but I somehow recovered to cash. Second game was a disaster! Twice I folded good aces post flop & turn. pretty much had to given the board each time. Finally went busto with the "shut my eyes, please don't call my pot raise, but it's not a disaster if you do hand, A246 DS" Obviously did end in a disaster. Love this game! Posted by Macacgirl1
Same here, I treat them much more seriously, & they are far more "competitive".
I saw Eon nudge you, so knew that one would start pretty quickly.
Fingers crossed they run again tonight. Eon will always play them, he registers for them every night, as will hotwheals when he is around, & a few others such as MOTHER, Geldy, Nomadicus, Yorkie, Tuney & JACEON. Some DYM players cba with £3 & £5 games, but when they see £11 games going they get interested.
Having made back my losses from earlier in the week, yesterday was a real kick in the teeth. Never before has this happened to me, I lost every single game I played. Two during the day at £3.30 four at £5.50 and one at £11.00. Has anyone else ever had that kind of run? A couple were standard lost flips three were just spiteful by the poker gods and one was just plain frustration by me. I am sure I had steam coming out of my ears last night, and if I had a cat the R.S.P.C.A would have been in business but today is another day and as MacArthur once said I shall return. Nick
Don't be daft nic, it's easy to lose that many. I'd estimate that it happens to everyone at one time or another. It's why personally I don't get all giddy when I win 8 or 9 on the trot, I am just as likely to lose the next 8 or 9.
Having made back my losses from earlier in the week, yesterday was a real kick in the teeth. Never before has this happened to me, I lost every single game I played. Two during the day at £3.30 four at £5.50 and one at £11.00. Has anyone else ever had that kind of run? A couple were standard lost flips three were just spiteful by the poker gods and one was just plain frustration by me. I am sure I had steam coming out of my ears last night, and if I had a cat the R.S.P.C.A would have been in business but today is another day and as MacArthur once said I shall return. Nick Posted by pompeynic
Ugh.
Yes, VERY painful, on the bankroll and the ego, but it happens to all of us.
Your game is solid, you have all the fundamentald spot on, you'll bounce back.
Vespa had a similar run a while back, but then......well, he ended up with his head supported by a scaffold.
Having made back my losses from earlier in the week, yesterday was a real kick in the teeth. Never before has this happened to me, I lost every single game I played. Two during the day at £3.30 four at £5.50 and one at £11.00. Has anyone else ever had that kind of run? A couple were standard lost flips three were just spiteful by the poker gods and one was just plain frustration by me. I am sure I had steam coming out of my ears last night, and if I had a cat the R.S.P.C.A would have been in business but today is another day and as MacArthur once said I shall return. Nick Posted by pompeynic
Hi Nick Yep as TK said, i had a really,really bad time in July and start of August. Couldn't win a sausage. Probably lost about a third of my modest BR. Was tempted to reload , but didn't. Just kept plugging away, doing the right things. It'll turn around ................. eventually! GL Mick
PS TK - how dare you insinuate i would raise you with Spanners ! :-)
One chap who sometimes joins us is "tomgoodun". If you have played against him, you know what a top bloke & proper gent he is. Anyway, thanks to Matt237, I saw a thread of his today, & I hope you will take a moment or two to read it please, it is HERE Posted by Tikay10
Lovely to see a few of you Posting on that thread, it will mean a great deal to Tom.
pleased to see your bounceback Tikay, and did I detect a little more aggro in your game against me?
I do enjoy these PLO8 games even if they are dyms, and part of that is definitely the community spirit as shown here and in the chatbox. not sure that I should play a PLO mtt at the same time again though. I kept catching myself checking for the low and wanting to fold 89TJ in the Omaha mtt, and having to focus to get over that, which meant I wasn't concentrating on the PLO8. still managed a cash (3/20) in the Omaha and 50/50 in the dyms, but probably more through luck than judgement.
I can play NLHE mtts & sats at the same time as PLO8 dyms no trouble, but not it would seem PLO.
Better! Think I played pretty well, held my concentration well, & probably ran pretty well, too. There is a sort of cause & effect in our minds there, we always THINK we play well when we run well I suppose, or it may even be the other way round. Anyway, that gives the September numbers a much better look, though it is early days yet. I play SEVEN @ £11, the most ever. In fact I quit quite early, once I had passed my daily target of 150 Reward Points, but I saw some further games ran @ £11 later. The £11 games make SUCH a difference, & fingers crossed, as the winter approaches, we'll see more of them. I reduced the number of £3 games, too, so I could give better concentration to the £11ers. Won 7/10 in the £5 games, too, which makes a nice change, I have been doing badly in those of late. The games were very competitive last night, with some really good players on the tables, Hotwheals, JACEON, Geldy, Tuney as well as the regular hot shots. Tuney ran perfectly AWFUL, ugh. Did nothing wrong, but just kept getting coolered. Feel really bad when this happens to folks we regard as friends, but you can't play any different because of it. Hope he runs better tonight. Hotwheals, in the nicest possible way, is a right pain to play when he has position, which he seemed to have most times last night, as he is so aggro. Good fun though. Think last night was the most competitive night I can recall in a while, actually. Am back again tonight, then again Sunday & Monday, before an enforced 2 day break due to work & stuff. See you later. Posted by Tikay10
Thanks for that Tikay, I think I started by winning a 5.50 and an 11 and then lost every other one I played - and most of them were 11's. I think I played some badly but it didn't help that I couldn't win a hand when called!
The evening started badly in the main event with someone going all in on me when I had the nut flush on the flop and he had Q2 for bottom pair and a useless Q high flush draw. Next two cards were Q's! I had a number of bad beats (as we all do) yesterday evening and some were quite cruel (KK v 55 AIP pre and the first card on the flop is a 5 but what do you expect from Ben Nuttal?) I did however manage to final table the mini (finished 5th out of 550ish) to at least recouped my losses on the Omaha HL tables. The guy that won the Mini just ran like God all game, I saw him play 92 and 72 when in the money and both hands he ended up with a FH! My exit hand was against him (obviously) when I raised pre flop with a good ace, he called and the flop came three spades, happy days as I had As. Anyway I bet, he min raised and then I shoved thinking I could push him off and had the nut flush draw if he called. He tanked, for quite some time, then called with the flopped Q high flush! Oops.
Anyway as I finished at about 12.30 this morning I am banned from a long session this evening but may try and squeak a couple in early evening after some tennis.
Run well and good to see you banking a good profit at my expense!
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Thanks for that Tikay, I think I started by winning a 5.50 and an 11 and then lost every other one I played - and most of them were 11's. I think I played some badly but it didn't help that I couldn't win a hand when called! The evening started badly in the main event with someone going all in on me when I had the nut flush on the flop and he had Q2 for bottom pair and a useless Q high flush draw. Next two cards were Q's! I had a number of bad beats (as we all do) yesterday evening and some were quite cruel (KK v 55 AIP pre and the first card on the flop is a 5 but what do you expect from Ben Nuttal?) I did however manage to final table the mini (finished 5th out of 550ish) to at least recouped my losses on the Omaha HL tables. The guy that won the Mini just ran like God all game, I saw him play 92 and 72 when in the money and both hands he ended up with a FH! My exit hand was against him (obviously) when I raised pre flop with a good ace, he called and the flop came three spades, happy days as I had As. Anyway I bet, he min raised and then I shoved thinking I could push him off and had the nut flush draw if he called. He tanked, for quite some time, then called with the flopped Q high flush! Oops. Anyway as I finished at about 12.30 this morning I am banned from a long session this evening but may try and squeak a couple in early evening after some tennis. Run well and good to see you banking a good profit at my expense! Posted by Enut
You must have somehow found favour with your good lady, as you played plenty last night, & from what I saw, won a lot more than you lost.
Anorther regular on the comeback trail is pompeynic. Nick had a torrid evening on Friday, & started off badly last night, but the last I saw of him, he was winning more than he was losing.
Had a torrid mid-session, could not do much right & made an unforced error or two, including busting in Orbit One of an £11er. I mean, he could not possibly have that hand......
Turning into the home straight, I was in a big hole, but won the last 5 (£1 x £11, 2 x £5 & 2 x £3) to nearly get out of it, so that was a bit of a result really.
Had some titanic battles with JACEON, the sort of New Kid On The Block. He is very aggro, so I decided to fight fire with fire, & I played back at him a great deal. You can't just call pre-flop raises v this lad, as if you miss the flop he kills you, so when he raises pre, it's re-raise or fold, so some big pots were played much earlier than I'd normally wish. Generally, though, when I played back at him, he let go. Gotta be done. Don't think I flatted him once, it was all or nothing.
Wonderful atmo again, & tremendous fun all evening. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Another session planned for this evening, probably starting around 5pm, hope to see some of you later.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : You must have somehow found favour with your good lady, as you played plenty last night, & from what I saw, won a lot more than you lost. Good comeback, wp. Posted by Tikay10
Tikay you need to up the medication mate, I didn't play last night!
pleased to see your bounceback Tikay, and did I detect a little more aggro in your game against me? I do enjoy these PLO8 games even if they are dyms, and part of that is definitely the community spirit as shown here and in the chatbox. not sure that I should play a PLO mtt at the same time again though. I kept catching myself checking for the low and wanting to fold 89TJ in the Omaha mtt, and having to focus to get over that, which meant I wasn't concentrating on the PLO8. still managed a cash (3/20) in the Omaha and 50/50 in the dyms, but probably more through luck than judgement. I can play NLHE mtts & sats at the same time as PLO8 dyms no trouble, but not it would seem PLO. Posted by GELDY
More aggro, & earlier per game, against everyone really, not just you Gelders. Just a bit of a tactical tweak, to see if I can find a way to kick on, as my 'roll has been becalmed, neither up now down, for a while now. Once we get beyond Level 3, I never limp, & once we get down to 4 players, I up the aggro dial considerably.
Well done on cashing in the PLO8 Tourney.
Personally, I can't mix PLO or PLO8 with NLH, NLH seems so "flat" with 2 cards & the lack of creative options it gives us compared to 4 card games.
One thing I could never do is play PLO & PLO8 @ the same time. Totally different mindset required, totally different starting hand criteria. Maybe my mental dexterity is not what it was - well no maybe about it, it must be in decline now, its a fact of life & ageing - but I just can't manage both at the same time. Reckon I could do OK @ PLO DYM's if I had a bash, and I get by @ PLO8, but both at the same time, no way Jose, it is way beyond my abilities.
I enjoy the battles with you, you have become pretty aggro yourself! Good to see.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Thanks Tikay for rating my game so highly and for giving a little bit back about your tactics against me. It's now exactly 2 weeks since I've been playing PLO8 - so a real 'newbie' but I've played NLH for a few years. I think I've taken to it like a fish to water (I'll leave it to the community to decide if the fish part of the phrase is apt!). When I started PLO8 93 games ago I didn't have a style in mind and aggression just came naturally - thinking about it more, there are a good percentage of split pots (with the low hand always there to save the day for someone on the river) so the blinds can catch up with everyone before anyone is out - so aggression seems to works well. Currently my cash percentage is 64% so reasonably pleased with that - as anything over 55% should mean I'm making profit (taking into account the table fee). This may of course just be positive variance and I could be broke in a few days! By the way - I am a guy, or a least I was the last time I looked. I'm sure this will give you more thoughts on how to out-wit me and look I forward to playing with you and community some more. ps - think Sky should show some of our games on TV and get Richard to commentate and see how he struggles to keep up LOL! Posted by JACEON
I'm not normally bothered about aggressive players to be honest but there is something about your game that's really tricky to play against, keep up the good work.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Thanks Tikay for rating my game so highly and for giving a little bit back about your tactics against me. It's now exactly 2 weeks since I've been playing PLO8 - so a real 'newbie' but I've played NLH for a few years. I think I've taken to it like a fish to water (I'll leave it to the community to decide if the fish part of the phrase is apt!). When I started PLO8 93 games ago I didn't have a style in mind and aggression just came naturally - thinking about it more, there are a good percentage of split pots (with the low hand always there to save the day for someone on the river) so the blinds can catch up with everyone before anyone is out - so aggression seems to works well. Currently my cash percentage is 64% so reasonably pleased with that - as anything over 55% should mean I'm making profit (taking into account the table fee). This may of course just be positive variance and I could be broke in a few days! By the way - I am a guy, or a least I was the last time I looked. I'm sure this will give you more thoughts on how to out-wit me and look I forward to playing with you and community some more. ps - think Sky should show some of our games on TV and get Richard to commentate and see how he struggles to keep up LOL! Posted by JACEON
Yay, welcome aboard JACEON.
And no, I honestly don't mind people knowing how I play. Anyway, you don't need any help to best me, you are doing a pretty good demolition job on me already. Remember though, when I squeeze, I have it. Sometimes.
I lolled last night when I limped with bad aces UTG (it was Level 2, no way I could raise with them & take on 3 callers), & you raised from the BB, & then I potted it. You snap-folded & remarked that the UTG limp from me looked sussy.
As hotwheals notes (another VERY good player), something about your game is quite tricky to play against. I try to devise a standard strategy aqainst all the very good players (they get the "YELLOW" colour code), but when you have position on me, you are a proper headache. With position, I can just about cope.
What made you make the switch from NLH to PLO8? And how much more fun is it?
More & more players are making the switch, & loving it.
Been an absolute joy to lock horns with you,. & I hope we have namy more battles.
A 64% Game Win % is awesome, abso incred in these games, long may it last.
See you later. Don't forget, you raise, I re-raise, and then you.......fold. Please?
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I saw Eon nudge you, so knew that one would start pretty quickly.
Fingers crossed they run again tonight. Eon will always play them, he registers for them every night, as will hotwheals when he is around, & a few others such as MOTHER, Geldy, Nomadicus, Yorkie, Tuney & JACEON. Some DYM players cba with £3 & £5 games, but when they see £11 games going they get interested.
One chap who sometimes joins us is "tomgoodun".
If you have played against him, you know what a top bloke & proper gent he is.
Anyway, thanks to Matt237, I saw a thread of his today, & I hope you will take a moment or two to read it please, it is HERE
Has anyone else ever had that kind of run? A couple were standard lost flips three were just spiteful by the poker gods and one was just plain frustration by me. I am sure I had steam coming out of my ears last night, and if I had a cat the R.S.P.C.A would have been in business but today is another day and as MacArthur once said I shall return.
Nick
It's why personally I don't get all giddy when I win 8 or 9 on the trot, I am just as likely to lose the next 8 or 9.
Yes, VERY painful, on the bankroll and the ego, but it happens to all of us.
Your game is solid, you have all the fundamentald spot on, you'll bounce back.
Vespa had a similar run a while back, but then......well, he ended up with his head supported by a scaffold.
Yep as TK said, i had a really,really bad time in July and start of August.
Couldn't win a sausage.
Probably lost about a third of my modest BR.
Was tempted to reload , but didn't.
Just kept plugging away, doing the right things.
It'll turn around ................. eventually!
GL
Mick
PS
TK - how dare you insinuate i would raise you with Spanners ! :-)
As a gentle nudge to others, it is HERE
pleased to see your bounceback Tikay, and did I detect a little more aggro in your game against me?
I do enjoy these PLO8 games even if they are dyms, and part of that is definitely the community spirit as shown here and in the chatbox. not sure that I should play a PLO mtt at the same time again though. I kept catching myself checking for the low and wanting to fold 89TJ in the Omaha mtt, and having to focus to get over that, which meant I wasn't concentrating on the PLO8. still managed a cash (3/20) in the Omaha and 50/50 in the dyms, but probably more through luck than judgement.
I can play NLHE mtts & sats at the same time as PLO8 dyms no trouble, but not it would seem PLO.
The evening started badly in the main event with someone going all in on me when I had the nut flush on the flop and he had Q2 for bottom pair and a useless Q high flush draw. Next two cards were Q's! I had a number of bad beats (as we all do) yesterday evening and some were quite cruel (KK v 55 AIP pre and the first card on the flop is a 5 but what do you expect from Ben Nuttal?) I did however manage to final table the mini (finished 5th out of 550ish) to at least recouped my losses on the Omaha HL tables. The guy that won the Mini just ran like God all game, I saw him play 92 and 72 when in the money and both hands he ended up with a FH! My exit hand was against him (obviously) when I raised pre flop with a good ace, he called and the flop came three spades, happy days as I had As. Anyway I bet, he min raised and then I shoved thinking I could push him off and had the nut flush draw if he called. He tanked, for quite some time, then called with the flopped Q high flush! Oops.
Anyway as I finished at about 12.30 this morning I am banned from a long session this evening but may try and squeak a couple in early evening after some tennis.
Run well and good to see you banking a good profit at my expense!
Good comeback, wp.
Anorther regular on the comeback trail is pompeynic. Nick had a torrid evening on Friday, & started off badly last night, but the last I saw of him, he was winning more than he was losing.
6th SEPTEMBER Scores on the Doors.
Played 37
Won 22
Lost 15
£3.30, P 14, W 12, L 2
£5.50, P 18, W 8 L 10
£11, P 5, W 2, L 3
Opening Balance - £1,389.15
Closing Balance = £1,380.95
Profit/Loss on Night - £8.20
Profit/Loss on Month = £21.80
REWARD POINTS on night = 182
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 803 (= £8.03)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 178
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 100
AUGUST WIN % = 56.18%
August Profit/Loss per game = £0.12
Lost £8, but it felt like a win.
Had a torrid mid-session, could not do much right & made an unforced error or two, including busting in Orbit One of an £11er. I mean, he could not possibly have that hand......
Turning into the home straight, I was in a big hole, but won the last 5 (£1 x £11, 2 x £5 & 2 x £3) to nearly get out of it, so that was a bit of a result really.
Had some titanic battles with JACEON, the sort of New Kid On The Block. He is very aggro, so I decided to fight fire with fire, & I played back at him a great deal. You can't just call pre-flop raises v this lad, as if you miss the flop he kills you, so when he raises pre, it's re-raise or fold, so some big pots were played much earlier than I'd normally wish. Generally, though, when I played back at him, he let go. Gotta be done. Don't think I flatted him once, it was all or nothing.
Wonderful atmo again, & tremendous fun all evening. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Another session planned for this evening, probably starting around 5pm, hope to see some of you later.
More aggro, & earlier per game, against everyone really, not just you Gelders. Just a bit of a tactical tweak, to see if I can find a way to kick on, as my 'roll has been becalmed, neither up now down, for a while now. Once we get beyond Level 3, I never limp, & once we get down to 4 players, I up the aggro dial considerably.
Well done on cashing in the PLO8 Tourney.
Personally, I can't mix PLO or PLO8 with NLH, NLH seems so "flat" with 2 cards & the lack of creative options it gives us compared to 4 card games.
One thing I could never do is play PLO & PLO8 @ the same time. Totally different mindset required, totally different starting hand criteria. Maybe my mental dexterity is not what it was - well no maybe about it, it must be in decline now, its a fact of life & ageing - but I just can't manage both at the same time. Reckon I could do OK @ PLO DYM's if I had a bash, and I get by @ PLO8, but both at the same time, no way Jose, it is way beyond my abilities.
I enjoy the battles with you, you have become pretty aggro yourself! Good to see.
Love glass half-full types.
And no, I honestly don't mind people knowing how I play. Anyway, you don't need any help to best me, you are doing a pretty good demolition job on me already. Remember though, when I squeeze, I have it. Sometimes.
I lolled last night when I limped with bad aces UTG (it was Level 2, no way I could raise with them & take on 3 callers), & you raised from the BB, & then I potted it. You snap-folded & remarked that the UTG limp from me looked sussy.
As hotwheals notes (another VERY good player), something about your game is quite tricky to play against. I try to devise a standard strategy aqainst all the very good players (they get the "YELLOW" colour code), but when you have position on me, you are a proper headache. With position, I can just about cope.
What made you make the switch from NLH to PLO8? And how much more fun is it?
More & more players are making the switch, & loving it.
Been an absolute joy to lock horns with you,. & I hope we have namy more battles.
A 64% Game Win % is awesome, abso incred in these games, long may it last.
See you later. Don't forget, you raise, I re-raise, and then you.......fold. Please?