Woo, I'm back! Really not sure why we can't see page 13, that's just bizarre ..
I will do a big update later today on my progress! Hmmm, usually I check my previous entry to see what day I'm currently on e.g. day 64, however I can't do that this time as it's on page 13 and I forgot what day my last entry was .. anyone remember? xD
Right, huge update here after I couldn't see page 13 of this thread. This also means that I don't know which day I'm on .. I think some people can see page 13 though, so if you can see it please tell me what day the last entry was on page 13 - would be a great help, thanks!
Day ?? (Sunday)
Played 2 x UKOPS ME Early Sat (results: out early - very card dead, 2nd - into the semi!) Played 1 x UKOPS ME Early Semi (result: 7th, qualified!) Played 2 x £40K UKOPS All-In* (results: didn't qualify both times) Played 1 x £40,000 UKOPS ME (result: 125th) Played 1 x £8,000 UKOPS B/H (result: 87th)
* Already qualified, but £3 entry to win £110 - had to have a shot at that!
Quite disappointed that I didn't cash in either of the big UKOPS events, but it happens. Have to admit I was pretty down about it - well that and the news about Michael Schumacher which is causing me a lack of sleep recently. I'm a huge F1 fan, and although I never liked Michael as a driver, he is one of the legends of the sport and to see him in this situation is making myself (and many other fans) pretty distraught to be honest ... but I digress.
Balance at the end of the day was £70.13.
Day ?? (Monday)
Played 1 x UKOPS 4 Early Sat (result: 8th - out drawn) Played 1 x £20K UKOPS 4 Sat (result: 18th - needed top five) Played 1 x £1000 UKOPS Micro (result: knocked out early with the situation I never win with - AK all-in pre ..) Played 1 x £20K UKOPS All-In (result: didn't qualify) Played 2 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (results: 5th, 5th) Played 11 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, 1st)
Balance at the end of the day was £51.73. Did win a seat into my favourite event for free via Sky Poker TV though, the £5K Turbo Open!
Day ?? (Tuesday)
Played 2 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 3rd - £11 in the bank, first person out - opponents gutshot hit) Played 2 x £5K Turbo All-In (results: knocked out in both) Played 1 x £5K Turbo Open (result: 148th - once again AK all-in pre knocked me out ..) Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out early) Played 1 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (result: 3rd with one head prize -> £1.80) Played 9 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th)
Balance now £50.83. Not had the best UKOPS really, didn't cash once! However, despite this, I am feeling very good about my poker. I spent a lot of UKOPS railing and even playing against experts (such as Simon Hemsworth, Ryan Spittles and today Ross Jarvis) and I have learned a few things.
Actually, I have made one quite considerable adjustment to my game today (Tuesday) and although I didn't do anything spectacular in terms of earning money, I do now feel like I know what I'm doing at the poker tables whereas before I was often unsure. Obviously I always knew position was important, and I understood why too - but today is the first time I've ever really practically seen why while sitting at the tables myself.
Part of the reason for the diary was to determine if I was actually any good at poker, and now I feel like I am better than average at the very least - I'm developing for sure! :-)
Balance took a hit during UKOPS, but January will be all about bankroll building - expect my balance to consistently rise in the next month!!
Anyway, I want to get in the first complaint of 2014 early, so I want to say that I don't like how sharkscope works! When I get awarded free seats by Sky Poker TV (happened a few times now) and don't cash in the event, sharkscope thinks I lost the buy-in which is very annoying .. messes up my profit/loss graph which is bad enough as it is ..
Played 5 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 1st) Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: 56th/232 - one head prize for £1.17)
Balance £47.81
Day ?? + 5 (Thursday)
Played 3 x £12K Super Sat (results: didn't qualify in all three) Played 2 x £12K Sky BH Sat (results: didn't qualify, 6th - qualified) Played 1 x £12K BH Semi (result: out on the second hand - bad beat!)
Also:
Played 13 x £3 Double Your Money with the following results:
1st x 5 2nd x 2 3rd x 4 4th x 1 5th x 0 6th x 1
Balance now £56.91.
Still can't get on page 13 of this diary which is really annoying me! Can anyone get on it?
Didn't play that much today, but had a very profitable evening! Decided to play the mini tonight - it's outside my bankroll but I'm playing very well at the moment so I decided to take a shot - turned out to be a good thing to do!
Played 1 x £2000 Mini B/H (result: 44th for £7.22, also got £6.24 in head prizes) Played 2 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 3rd, 3rd)
Those DYM results mean I am currently on a 9-game DYM win streak :-)
Exit hand from the Mini below, just got unlucky sadly!
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
peter27
Small blind
600.00
600.00
11803.32
thechancer
Big blind
1200.00
1800.00
30305.00
Your hole cards
A
A
Tiger125
Call
1200.00
3000.00
30731.87
ritabeater
Fold
Saltburnjo
Fold
peter27
All-in
11803.32
14803.32
0.00
thechancer
Fold
Tiger125
Call
11203.32
26006.64
19528.55
peter27
Show
A
A
Tiger125
Show
K
A
Flop
5
K
10
Turn
K
River
8
Tiger125
Win
Three Kings
26006.64
45535.19
Balance now £70.27, will update the first post now :-)
Didn't play that much today, but still had a profitable day
Played 1 x £400 Bounty Hunter (result: 44th/376 - top 40 cashed annoyingly, but I did take £3.18 in head prizes) Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 2nd)
Also "officially" played in the Sky Bet Freeroll but wasn't at the computer at the time to actually play .. still managed to finish 284th out of 639 players!
Balance now £73.85 and my DYM win streak is now 10 games. Anyone know what the record is?
Hi Mate just checked scope and the best this year is 19 in row, you must be joint 20th with 10. But I remember it was a lot higher than that at the end of last year maybe in the 20s or 30s. Good luck Posted by stuarty117
Where do you see this information? I see the DYM leaderboard, but not wins in a row?
Once again, I didn't play too much, but still came out with a profit!
Played 3 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 6th, 1st) - sadly this means my win streak is over! Played 1 x Cash Giveaway (result: 250th for £5)
Then decided to take that free £5 and take a shot at a DYM:
Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 2nd) :-)
Balance at the end of the day was £79.45, will update the first post now. Not sure if I'm going to get to play much the next week or so, don't be alarmed if there are no updates
I haven't played since my last update, been very busy! Will probably be the same until Wednesday next week to be honest - might try fit in a few DYM's if I get the chance :-)
I did receive £14.53 in Sky Poker Rewards though! Will update the first post now :-)
Comments
The thread is now up & running, minus Page 13, so that's a result.
I will do a big update later today on my progress! Hmmm, usually I check my previous entry to see what day I'm currently on e.g. day 64, however I can't do that this time as it's on page 13 and I forgot what day my last entry was .. anyone remember? xD
I think you can see page 13 in Google chrome hope this helps
If you see page 13 though, you could answer my question above?
Day ?? (Sunday)
Played 2 x UKOPS ME Early Sat (results: out early - very card dead, 2nd - into the semi!)
Played 1 x UKOPS ME Early Semi (result: 7th, qualified!)
Played 2 x £40K UKOPS All-In* (results: didn't qualify both times)
Played 1 x £40,000 UKOPS ME (result: 125th)
Played 1 x £8,000 UKOPS B/H (result: 87th)
* Already qualified, but £3 entry to win £110 - had to have a shot at that!
Quite disappointed that I didn't cash in either of the big UKOPS events, but it happens. Have to admit I was pretty down about it - well that and the news about Michael Schumacher which is causing me a lack of sleep recently. I'm a huge F1 fan, and although I never liked Michael as a driver, he is one of the legends of the sport and to see him in this situation is making myself (and many other fans) pretty distraught to be honest ... but I digress.
Balance at the end of the day was £70.13.
Day ?? (Monday)
Played 1 x UKOPS 4 Early Sat (result: 8th - out drawn)
Played 1 x £20K UKOPS 4 Sat (result: 18th - needed top five)
Played 1 x £1000 UKOPS Micro (result: knocked out early with the situation I never win with - AK all-in pre ..)
Played 1 x £20K UKOPS All-In (result: didn't qualify)
Played 2 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (results: 5th, 5th)
Played 11 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, 1st)
Balance at the end of the day was £51.73. Did win a seat into my favourite event for free via Sky Poker TV though, the £5K Turbo Open!
Day ?? (Tuesday)
Played 2 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 3rd - £11 in the bank, first person out - opponents gutshot hit)
Played 2 x £5K Turbo All-In (results: knocked out in both)
Played 1 x £5K Turbo Open (result: 148th - once again AK all-in pre knocked me out ..)
Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out early)
Played 1 x £3 Sky Head Hunter (result: 3rd with one head prize -> £1.80)
Played 9 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th)
Balance now £50.83. Not had the best UKOPS really, didn't cash once! However, despite this, I am feeling very good about my poker. I spent a lot of UKOPS railing and even playing against experts (such as Simon Hemsworth, Ryan Spittles and today Ross Jarvis) and I have learned a few things.
Actually, I have made one quite considerable adjustment to my game today (Tuesday) and although I didn't do anything spectacular in terms of earning money, I do now feel like I know what I'm doing at the poker tables whereas before I was often unsure. Obviously I always knew position was important, and I understood why too - but today is the first time I've ever really practically seen why while sitting at the tables myself.
Part of the reason for the diary was to determine if I was actually any good at poker, and now I feel like I am better than average at the very least - I'm developing for sure! :-)
Balance took a hit during UKOPS, but January will be all about bankroll building - expect my balance to consistently rise in the next month!!
Anyway, I want to get in the first complaint of 2014 early, so I want to say that I don't like how sharkscope works! When I get awarded free seats by Sky Poker TV (happened a few times now) and don't cash in the event, sharkscope thinks I lost the buy-in which is very annoying .. messes up my profit/loss graph which is bad enough as it is ..
Will update the first post now :-)
love reading this helps understand those ups and downs just that little bit more.
good luck in the new year
Thanks!! :-)
Played 5 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 4th, 2nd, 1st, 1st)
Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter (result: 56th/232 - one head prize for £1.17)
Balance £47.81
Day ?? + 5 (Thursday)
Played 3 x £12K Super Sat (results: didn't qualify in all three)
Played 2 x £12K Sky BH Sat (results: didn't qualify, 6th - qualified)
Played 1 x £12K BH Semi (result: out on the second hand - bad beat!)
Also:
Played 13 x £3 Double Your Money with the following results:
1st x 5
2nd x 2
3rd x 4
4th x 1
5th x 0
6th x 1
Balance now £56.91.
Still can't get on page 13 of this diary which is really annoying me! Can anyone get on it?
Didn't play that much today, but had a very profitable evening! Decided to play the mini tonight - it's outside my bankroll but I'm playing very well at the moment so I decided to take a shot - turned out to be a good thing to do!
Played 1 x £2000 Mini B/H (result: 44th for £7.22, also got £6.24 in head prizes)
Played 2 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 3rd, 3rd)
Those DYM results mean I am currently on a 9-game DYM win streak :-)
Exit hand from the Mini below, just got unlucky sadly!
Keeping going at the 3.30s you are doing extremely well at them, just stay off my table lol
Didn't play that much today, but still had a profitable day
Played 1 x £400 Bounty Hunter (result: 44th/376 - top 40 cashed annoyingly, but I did take £3.18 in head prizes)
Played 1 x £3 Double Your Money (result: 2nd)
Also "officially" played in the Sky Bet Freeroll but wasn't at the computer at the time to actually play .. still managed to finish 284th out of 639 players!
Balance now £73.85 and my DYM win streak is now 10 games. Anyone know what the record is?
Will update the first post now!
just checked scope and the best this year is 19 in row, you must be joint 20th with 10.
But I remember it was a lot higher than that at the end of last year maybe in the 20s or 30s.
Good luck
Stuarty - we are both at the bottom of the leaderboard for profit in 2014 for DYM's at the $2-$5 level :-)
Once again, I didn't play too much, but still came out with a profit!
Played 3 x £3 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 6th, 1st) - sadly this means my win streak is over!
Played 1 x Cash Giveaway (result: 250th for £5)
Then decided to take that free £5 and take a shot at a DYM:
Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 2nd) :-)
Balance at the end of the day was £79.45, will update the first post now. Not sure if I'm going to get to play much the next week or so, don't be alarmed if there are no updates
I did receive £14.53 in Sky Poker Rewards though! Will update the first post now :-)
Managed to play one quick £3 DYM today, was the bubble boy in 4th :-(
For those who don't know, I'm busy for the next week or so, but will be back regularly on Wednesday.
BIG NEWS: I CAN now see page 13 of my diary again