Made a loss today, but I'm not too concerned as I feel like I am playing well :-)
Played 10 x £5K Open All-In Satellites - didn't qualify, annoyingly! I am proud of limiting myself to 10 though. I did want to play more! Played 4 x Six-Max (Speed) (results: 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 3rd) Played 2 x £2 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 2nd) Played 1 x £2K BH Satellite - didn't qualify. I used to be awesome at satellites, not sure what happened! Haha Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter - finished 10th taking £4.75 + 75p in head prizes.
Now I'm down to £72.44, but I have set myself the ambitious target of reaching £80 tomorrow! Will update the first post now and will reply to those who commented on my play in the next hour or so.
i think if you bet the flop you have a better idea of what your up against 1. He can fold 2. he can call which i think is definite he has a k because he has been so aggressive (all in x 3 in 6hands) 3. if he raises then its more likely a bluff but you have nothing anyway so fold he cant call you too lightly because of your stacks versus blinds either way you get some info, so you can check all the way and fold to any bets or check as you did hit 2 pair, un-sure where you are at and call a all in you was thinking you shouldn't anyway Posted by EasyHoney
But I was fairly sure he had a king to be honest, based on his reaction time of the check. It was a read of sorts, so I didn't really need the bet for information. I do understand that a continuation bet would be the normal line following my pre-flop aggression though.
Peter, with that hand, you need to piece together the story. He's basically minclicked it back out of position. Will he do this with garbage, or is it more likely to be a premium holding? I'm not at the table so have no idea of dynamic but generally speaking a min 3bet is a strong hand. Using this assumption, what hand does he minclick pre, to then check, check over jam on a AKKQ9 (I think) board? Has he suddenly tried to pinch it with random air? Or turned JJ into a bluff? Big risk for a large %age of his stack and would be a pretty silly spot to bluff in such a modest, passive pot. Would you not think he has more likely flopped massive and is desperate to conceal the strength of their hand? And check it down to let you try and hit a piece. Putting all that together, his range (IMO) leans much more towards a flopped FH with AA/AK, or a turned FH with QQ. Could even argue quads are a possibility. With that action, to call that river jam is pretty spewy and will almost always be a losing call without very specific reads/history saying villain is capable of bluffing in this spot. Just not a great spot to call off our tournament I think. Posted by hhyftrftdr
The dynamic at the table was that he was being very, very aggressive so I thought it was possible he was bluffing. I did suspect he had the king but thought it was worth the shot at the end anyway :-) This is not how I would normally play a hand like this.
hi peter. You seemed to be doing well however........
Having just scoped you your record for the period of this diary shows a £2 loss. Now I know on a few occasions you have stated you have deposited in order to play some MTT's. I know a few have touched on this before as well but the aim of this diary was for you to keep to a better bankroll management plan and it looks to me like you aren't doing this.
Think it was dohhhh on another thread discussed using sng's/hu's etc to fund your mtt's and to get you through periods of negative variance in mtts - I think this would be a better approach for you to give a truer reflection of how you are performing but you'd have to include all results. You seem to be doing well enough at the sng's to make this sort of plan possible.
I really debated whether to post this or not because it may come across a little negative. I hope you will trust that it was made in good faith and not just to be a party poo per. It's your diary, your money and your poker experience so you can do what you like obviously but I thought I just would give my opinion.
hi peter. You seemed to be doing well however........ Having just scoped you your record for the period of this diary shows a £2 loss. Now I know on a few occasions you have stated you have deposited in order to play some MTT's. I know a few have touched on this before as well but the aim of this diary was for you to keep to a better bankroll management plan and it looks to me like you aren't doing this. Think it was dohhhh on another thread discussed using sng's/hu's etc to fund your mtt's and to get you through periods of negative variance in mtts - I think this would be a better approach for you to give a truer reflection of how you are performing but you'd have to include all results. You seem to be doing well enough at the sng's to make this sort of plan possible. I really debated whether to post this or not because it may come across a little negative. I hope you will trust that it was made in good faith and not just to be a party poo per. It's your diary, your money and your poker experience so you can do what you like obviously but I thought I just would give my opinion. GL JD Posted by jdsallstar
No, I encourage posts like this! It helps keep me focussed :-)
The reason for the poor sharkscope stats is depositing specifically for events. However since people told me not to do that, I haven't been - and am including everything in this diary. Today I did come to a conclusion though, will put it in the next post :-)
Terrible day today, but the reason for that was getting some pretty bad news during a few tournaments ... not something I wish to go into on Sky Poker to be honest, as it is not really appropriate.
Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: 26th, didn't cash. One head prize was £1.13 though) Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: took away 93p) Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 4th) Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: out early ..) Played 1 x £2 Heads-Up (Turbo) (result: 1st) Played 1 x UKPC Freeroll (result: knocked out early ..)
Also played a best of three heads up game (50p) against LARSON9, as he requested it a few days ago. He won all three games
I seem to be losing a considerable amount on MTT's at the moment so I have decided that I am going to stay away from them until i have reached £100. That means I will now ONLY be playing STT's.
Balance took a hammering today, down to £62.62. May not be playing tomorrow, having a bit of a crisis in my personal life, let's see what happens. Will update the first post now.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : No, I encourage posts like this! It helps keep me focussed :-) The reason for the poor sharkscope stats is depositing specifically for events. However since people told me not to do that, I haven't been - and am including everything in this diary. Today I did come to a conclusion though, willputitinthenextpost :-) Posted by peter27
Day 26 Terrible day today, but the reason for that was getting some pretty bad news during a few tournaments ... not something I wish to go into on Sky Poker to be honest, as it is not really appropriate. Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: 26th, didn't cash. One head prize was £1.13 though) Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: took away 93p) Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 4th) Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: out early ..) Played 1 x £2 Heads-Up (Turbo) (result: 1st) Played 1 x UKPC Freeroll (result: knocked out early ..) Also played a best of three heads up game (50p) against LARSON9, as he requested it a few days ago. He won all three games I seem to be losing a considerable amount on MTT's at the moment so I have decided that I am going to stay away from them until i have reached £100. That means I will now ONLY be playing STT's. Balance took a hammering today, down to £62.62. May not be playing tomorrow, having a bit of a crisis in my personal life, let's see what happens. Will update the first post now. Posted by peter27
Welcome to my world!
Just let poker take a back seat whilst you deal with whatever is going on. It will still be here when all is resolved.
Day 26 Terrible day today, but the reason for that was getting some pretty bad news during a few tournaments ... not something I wish to go into on Sky Poker to be honest, as it is not really appropriate. Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: 26th, didn't cash. One head prize was £1.13 though) Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: took away 93p) Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 4th) Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: out early ..) Played 1 x £2 Heads-Up (Turbo) (result: 1st) Played 1 x UKPC Freeroll (result: knocked out early ..) Also played a best of three heads up game (50p) against LARSON9, as he requested it a few days ago. He won all three games I seem to be losing a considerable amount on MTT's at the moment so I have decided that I am going to stay away from them until i have reached £100. That means I will now ONLY be playing STT's. Balance took a hammering today, down to £62.62. May not be playing tomorrow, having a bit of a crisis in my personal life, let's see what happens. Will update the first post now. Posted by peter27
Thanks for the kind words all - but much to my surprise, things took a turn for the better both in my personal life and my poker life! Yep, I just couldn't stay away:
Day 27 (was always going to be decent, it's my lucky number!)
Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (result: 4th) Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 2nd)
Also, really wanted some late night action, but the only game that was ready to go was:
Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 3rd) ... it's out of my bankroll range, but I wanted some action. At least I cashed :-)
Also recieved £7.90 from Sky Poker Rewards (although only £4.40 was for the period of this diary, so I will withdraw the extra £3.50). Takes my balance to: £71.32! Will update the first post now :-)
Day 28 Had a terrible day at the tables .. Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 6th) Played The Social FR - /> knocked out early. Not up to my usual standards, I guess it just wasn't my day. Actually, I do want to play more tonight but I am quite angry and would just be tilting. Down to £60.32, will update the first post now. Posted by peter27
some losses are to be expected peter, but look at the long term... your up £50 after a month well done
would be nice if we could have a game at some point... see if your super aggressive loose play can beat my AQs or higher strat lol
Day 28 Had a terrible day at the tables .. Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 6th) Played The Social FR - /> knocked out early. Not up to my usual standards, I guess it just wasn't my day. Actually, I do want to play more tonight but I am quite angry and would just be tilting. Down to £60.32, will update the first post now. Posted by peter27
Nice going peter
Not a good time to play , when your angry or still reeling over a previous hand or game or series of games for that matter. At least you recognise this . Sometimes i just have an extended break before i start playing again. It could be anything from half an hour to a cpl of days. Depends when i,m back in the right mindset to play again. Sometimes watching some poker vids on youtube will help me get back into it.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : some losses are to be expected peter, but look at the long term... your up £50 after a month well done would be nice if we could have a game at some point... see if your super aggressive loose play can beat my AQs or higher strat lol Posted by EasyHoney
Well, it's day 28, let's see where I stand in a few days time. It's just annoying because I was on £80 at one stage
"your super aggressive loose play" - I find that interesting! Are they the notes you have on me? Adjusting my style of play quickly is something I am quite good at so I tend to vary my play depending on how others at the table are playing. I would love to play you again sometime though! What steaks do you currently play at? :-)
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : Nice going peter Not a good time to play , when your angry or still reeling over a previous hand or game or series of games for that matter. At least you recognise this . Sometimes i just have an extended break before i start playing again. It could be anything from half an hour to a cpl of days. Depends when i,m back in the right mindset to play again. Sometimes watching some poker vids on youtube will help me get back into it. GL Paul Posted by MP33
I've found that poker videos help me also, will be back playing today :-)
Day 28 Had a terrible day at the tables .. Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 6th) Played The Social FR - /> knocked out early. Not up to my usual standards, I guess it just wasn't my day. Actually, I do want to play more tonight but I am quite angry and would just be tilting. Down to £60.32, will update the first post now. Posted by peter27
Also if you are tilting don't start playing 5.50 DYMs trying to get losses back wink wink.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : Also if you are tilting don't start playing 5.50 DYMs trying to get losses back wink wink. Posted by stuarty117
Haha, I only did that one day - and that wasn't a tilt either. I just wanted some action and it was the only game ready to go
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player : Haha, I only did that one day - and that wasn't a tilt either. I just wanted some action and it was the only game ready to go Posted by peter27
LOL I say this as I think its better to include all games you have played as I said earlier in dairy.
But you are going well keep going. Maybe go back to the 1.10 6 max for a session as you were going so well at them.
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Made a loss today, but I'm not too concerned as I feel like I am playing well :-)
Played 10 x £5K Open All-In Satellites - didn't qualify, annoyingly! I am proud of limiting myself to 10 though. I did want to play more!
Played 4 x Six-Max (Speed) (results: 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 3rd)
Played 2 x £2 Double Your Money (results: 4th, 2nd)
Played 1 x £2K BH Satellite - didn't qualify. I used to be awesome at satellites, not sure what happened! Haha
Played 1 x £250 Bounty Hunter - finished 10th taking £4.75 + 75p in head prizes.
Now I'm down to £72.44, but I have set myself the ambitious target of reaching £80 tomorrow! Will update the first post now and will reply to those who commented on my play in the next hour or so.
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: The dynamic at the table was that he was being very, very aggressive so I thought it was possible he was bluffing. I did suspect he had the king but thought it was worth the shot at the end anyway :-) This is not how I would normally play a hand like this.
Having just scoped you your record for the period of this diary shows a £2 loss. Now I know on a few occasions you have stated you have deposited in order to play some MTT's. I know a few have touched on this before as well but the aim of this diary was for you to keep to a better bankroll management plan and it looks to me like you aren't doing this.
Think it was dohhhh on another thread discussed using sng's/hu's etc to fund your mtt's and to get you through periods of negative variance in mtts - I think this would be a better approach for you to give a truer reflection of how you are performing but you'd have to include all results. You seem to be doing well enough at the sng's to make this sort of plan possible.
I really debated whether to post this or not because it may come across a little negative. I hope you will trust that it was made in good faith and not just to be a party poo per. It's your diary, your money and your poker experience so you can do what you like obviously but I thought I just would give my opinion.
GL JD
The reason for the poor sharkscope stats is depositing specifically for events. However since people told me not to do that, I haven't been - and am including everything in this diary. Today I did come to a conclusion though, will put it in the next post :-)
Terrible day today, but the reason for that was getting some pretty bad news during a few tournaments ... not something I wish to go into on Sky Poker to be honest, as it is not really appropriate.
Played 1 x £150 Bounty Hunter (result: 26th, didn't cash. One head prize was £1.13 though)
Played 1 x £50 Gtd (15 mins) (result: took away 93p)
Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 4th)
Played 1 x £100 Gtd (30 mins) (result: out early ..)
Played 1 x £2 Heads-Up (Turbo) (result: 1st)
Played 1 x UKPC Freeroll (result: knocked out early ..)
Also played a best of three heads up game (50p) against LARSON9, as he requested it a few days ago. He won all three games
I seem to be losing a considerable amount on MTT's at the moment so I have decided that I am going to stay away from them until i have reached £100. That means I will now ONLY be playing STT's.
Balance took a hammering today, down to £62.62. May not be playing tomorrow, having a bit of a crisis in my personal life, let's see what happens. Will update the first post now.
Totally agree with HH and Jac, poker will always be there, and all the best whatever it is.
You have done really well at the poker starting from £10 and building it up.
*Ahem* RTR?
Thanks for the kind words all - but much to my surprise, things took a turn for the better both in my personal life and my poker life! Yep, I just couldn't stay away:
Day 27 (was always going to be decent, it's my lucky number!)
Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (result: 4th)
Played 1 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (result: 2nd)
Also, really wanted some late night action, but the only game that was ready to go was:
Played 1 x £5 Double Your Money (result: 3rd) ... it's out of my bankroll range, but I wanted some action. At least I cashed :-)
Also recieved £7.90 from Sky Poker Rewards (although only £4.40 was for the period of this diary, so I will withdraw the extra £3.50). Takes my balance to: £71.32! Will update the first post now :-)
Had a terrible day at the tables ..
Played 5 x £2 Six-Max (Speed) (results: 5th, 6th, 4th, 3rd, 6th)
Played The Social FR -> knocked out early.
Not up to my usual standards, I guess it just wasn't my day. Actually, I do want to play more tonight but I am quite angry and would just be tilting.
Down to £60.32, will update the first post now.
would be nice if we could have a game at some point... see if your super aggressive loose play can beat my AQs or higher strat lol
"your super aggressive loose play" - I find that interesting! Are they the notes you have on me? Adjusting my style of play quickly is something I am quite good at so I tend to vary my play depending on how others at the table are playing. I would love to play you again sometime though! What steaks do you currently play at? :-)
In Response to Re: Diary of a fledgling player: I've found that poker videos help me also, will be back playing today :-)
But you are going well keep going. Maybe go back to the 1.10 6 max for a session as you were going so well at them.