Thought I would post yesterday's results while I am waiting for the first practice session to start ahead of this weekend's Spanish GP.
Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd) Played 4 x £1 Russian Roulette (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st) Played 4 x £1 Heads-Up (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd) Played 1 x £12K Super Sat (result: didn't qualify)
Diversified my games yesterday. Played the Russian Roulette games because I saw a Sky Poker regular sitting at the table (Lambert180) and fancied a few hands with him, and the Heads-Up battles were part of Larson's forum competition - both those went down pretty horrifically!
However I more than made up for it through the DYM's, 9/10 cashes - my best ever run over 10 games!
Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge
Played: 90 Cashes: 56 Fails: 34
Balance now £133.69, starting to make some progress again. Will update the first post now.
9/10 is really good going, however, I looks like at best you managed five in a row. Try aiming for 6 & 7 in a row! my personal record is seven, back in the days when I was good at them!
9/10 is really good going, however, I looks like at best you managed five in a row. Try aiming for 6 & 7 in a row! my personal record is seven, back in the days when I was good at them! Posted by GaryLaud
I have been thinking about this lately, my best is 7. I talked to one of the DYM regulars on Sky Poker though and he says his best is 13!! O_O
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : I have been thinking about this lately, my best is 7. I talked to one of the DYM regulars on Sky Poker though and he says his best is 13!! O_O Posted by peter27
Ive done 14 on the spin before all £5.50 those stakes the play is so poor! you cant lose !
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : Ive done 14 on the spin before all £5.50 those stakes the play is so poor! you cant lose ! Posted by alex1229
I've heard many people say that the £5.50 games are easier than the £3.30 games - doesn't make sense really, but if the next level is going to be easier, I'm not complaining!! :-)
Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 4th, 5th)
Not the best end to my 100 DYM challenge, 4 cashes, 6 losses ..
Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge
Played: 100 Cashes: 60 Fails: 40
Being ultra competitive, I couldn't leave it like that though, so I played four more:
Played 4 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 5th, 1st, 4th, 2nd)
Yeah ... it didn't help. I guess it just wasn't my day!
Anyway, my balance is now £123.49. The plan now is to move up to the £5.50 level. Ideally I would like to spend more time at £3.30 to increase the bankroll a little bit, but with the 6-Max UKPC Challenge going on, and with only tournaments that have a minimum buy-in of £5.50 counting - I don't want to wait.
However, I want to fully concentrate on this promotion, so I will only be one-tabling. Also, as soon as my balance drops below £100, I will drop back down to £3.30 to follow some sort of bankroll management.
Played 3 x £5.50 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 5th, 6th)
Well that was pretty horrific ..
Not entirely sure what to do now, I am very keen to move up but I guess I have to now stay at the £3.30 level. Very open to suggestions at this point! Balance is £106.99.
I think you should stay at £3.30 for now, build up your roll a bit more then take shots at £5.50. After the 9/10 run you had, would probably of continued a bit more
Your unfortunate losses just un ravels your hard work a little but it aint over.
I think you should stay at £3.30 for now, build up your roll a bit more then take shots at £5.50. After the 9/10 run you had, would probably of continued a bit more Your unfortunate losses just un ravels your hard work a little but it aint over. Keep it up. Anything come through re: F1 Posted by Tahtrizzle
I probably should, but I do feel a little bored of the DYM's now in all honesty
In terms of the F1 betting, I did recently win £75 for Mercedes winning the first five races which was nice :-)
Took a break from playing over my birthday weekend, but I'm back now and decided to play some MTT's yesterday:
Day 140 (Monday)
Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th, only the top five cashed though) Played 1 x £2.30 Speed B/Hunter (result: 11th, 0 heads) Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: 5th for £8.92)
Balance now £97.11.
Not really sure what the plan is from this point on, but for now I will just be playing whatever I fancy (low stake though, always using BRM).
Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out early) Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: 12th - didn't cash) Played 2 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 4th, 7th - didn't qualify either time) Played 3 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 3rd, 4th)
Really not playing good poker right now, not sure if it is because I'm losing money and unconfident or because I feel very ill - really not sure where to go from here.
Balance is now £81.81, will update the first post now.
Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th - needed top 6 to cash)
Got to say, I've been doing quite well in that tournament lately! Played it three times in the last week and finished 8th, 2nd & 8th. From fields of 35-50, that's quite good! Maybe I'm finding a form of poker I'm very suited too? Although I have to admit, I do get a little bored in them sometimes, I just prefer turbo-style events.
I also played a little cash poker when I was bored last night! Started on £4, and did hit £6.50 at one point, but eventually finished my session on £4.81.
Have you considered giving the freerolls a shot? There are three £20gtd FR's held every morning at 10, 12n, 2pm and another one at 1am and 6-6:30am. all of these only require 10ppts to buy in and are hyper turbo's with 3min blinds, 2000 chip starting stacks. Usually on Saturday afternoon's there is a Social Freeroll but today it's not in the lobby as I look at 12:50pm, so I doubt it's going ahead. When it does run usually held at 3pm, but I cannot remember the structure TBF.
Peter, Have you considered giving the freerolls a shot? There are three £20gtd FR's held every morning at 10, 12n, 2pm and another one at 1am and 6-6:30am. all of these only require 10ppts to buy in and are hyper turbo's with 3min blinds, 2000 chip starting stacks. Usually on Saturday afternoon's there is a Social Freeroll but today it's not in the lobby as I look at 12:50pm, so I doubt it's going ahead. When it does run usually held at 3pm, but I cannot remember the structure TBF. Posted by GaryLaud
I used to play the freerolls a lot when I was between £10-20, but the fields are usually really big with prizes fairly low so I don't really feel like it is worth my time at this bankroll. Could just play a DYM instead.
I do play the social freeroll when I get time though, prize pool is usually fairly substantial. I'm pretty sure I saw an advert for it on twitter today, so I think it did happen. Would still be going on probably.
yes. I eventually found it - didnt notice it up the top of the window, as it had been added as a TV Table, which means any hands which go on there, you can submit them to the TV pundits for analysis!! how cool eh!? I played it, eventually busting an hr & qtr in 194/595...here is my exit hand, where I had a STR8 and my oppy turns over cards to make a F/Hse!:-
Tends too happen gary, u where a little unlucky, but I think a raise on the button there would miby have your opo folding pre, not all the time its gets through but alot of the time it does.
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Thought I would post yesterday's results while I am waiting for the first practice session to start ahead of this weekend's Spanish GP.
Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd)
Played 4 x £1 Russian Roulette (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 1st)
Played 4 x £1 Heads-Up (results: 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd)
Played 1 x £12K Super Sat (result: didn't qualify)
Diversified my games yesterday. Played the Russian Roulette games because I saw a Sky Poker regular sitting at the table (Lambert180) and fancied a few hands with him, and the Heads-Up battles were part of Larson's forum competition - both those went down pretty horrifically!
However I more than made up for it through the DYM's, 9/10 cashes - my best ever run over 10 games!
Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge
Played: 90
Cashes: 56
Fails: 34
Balance now £133.69, starting to make some progress again. Will update the first post now.
Played 10 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 4th, 4th, 5th)
Not the best end to my 100 DYM challenge, 4 cashes, 6 losses ..
Mini "100 x £3.30 DYM" Challenge
Played: 100
Cashes: 60
Fails: 40
Being ultra competitive, I couldn't leave it like that though, so I played four more:
Played 4 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 5th, 1st, 4th, 2nd)
Yeah ... it didn't help. I guess it just wasn't my day!
Anyway, my balance is now £123.49. The plan now is to move up to the £5.50 level. Ideally I would like to spend more time at £3.30 to increase the bankroll a little bit, but with the 6-Max UKPC Challenge going on, and with only tournaments that have a minimum buy-in of £5.50 counting - I don't want to wait.
However, I want to fully concentrate on this promotion, so I will only be one-tabling. Also, as soon as my balance drops below £100, I will drop back down to £3.30 to follow some sort of bankroll management.
... ugh!
Played 3 x £5.50 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 5th, 6th)
Well that was pretty horrific ..
Not entirely sure what to do now, I am very keen to move up but I guess I have to now stay at the £3.30 level. Very open to suggestions at this point! Balance is £106.99.
I feel like I'm playing well, keep not hitting anything at all however
In terms of the F1 betting, I did recently win £75 for Mercedes winning the first five races which was nice :-)
Day 140 (Monday)
Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th, only the top five cashed though)
Played 1 x £2.30 Speed B/Hunter (result: 11th, 0 heads)
Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: 5th for £8.92)
Balance now £97.11.
Not really sure what the plan is from this point on, but for now I will just be playing whatever I fancy (low stake though, always using BRM).
Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: knocked out early)
Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: 12th - didn't cash)
Played 2 x £5K Turbo Direct (results: 4th, 7th - didn't qualify either time)
Played 3 x £3.30 Double Your Money (results: 6th, 3rd, 4th)
Really not playing good poker right now, not sure if it is because I'm losing money and unconfident or because I feel very ill - really not sure where to go from here.
Balance is now £81.81, will update the first post now.
Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 2nd for £17)
First cash in an MTT for a long time! Was quite satisfying, ran well & played well - now I need to build on this success.
Balance now £96.61, will update the first post now.
Didn't play at all on Thursday, but Friday:
Played 1 x £2.20 @ 2:20 (result: 8th - needed top 6 to cash)
Got to say, I've been doing quite well in that tournament lately! Played it three times in the last week and finished 8th, 2nd & 8th. From fields of 35-50, that's quite good! Maybe I'm finding a form of poker I'm very suited too? Although I have to admit, I do get a little bored in them sometimes, I just prefer turbo-style events.
I also played a little cash poker when I was bored last night! Started on £4, and did hit £6.50 at one point, but eventually finished my session on £4.81.
Balance now £93.02.
I do play the social freeroll when I get time though, prize pool is usually fairly substantial. I'm pretty sure I saw an advert for it on twitter today, so I think it did happen. Would still be going on probably.