Off to a good start in my current rake race . This ones a heads up so slightly different to the previous 2 which have been stt,s and micro cash but managed to stay slightly in profit. I,ll be happy with just finishing level though if i can get another top 3 place
Table so far
EDIT : Can,t type under the table so they may look the wrong way round but this is latest table. Lost about just over a quid but thats not bad considering the rake (playing 1 euro games) I,ve two 3rd places and i know trabart will come back strong and i,ve seen franticboy win rake races before so its important to get off to a good start - Got until tommorow night at midnight (One of the good things about these races is that the table gets updated every 60 minutes so i,ll know how much or little i need to play tommorow night)
looking like getting 3rd again in the rake race as the same ppl win it again just like it used to be on here but they do put some hours in
Just found out theres 30% of all MTT,s tommorow as each day is a new promo pretty much so its hard to play on here at the moment as you have to follow the value. That with a few freerolls and no-lose bingo and not left with much time to reach my pts target which originally was 3k then 2k and maybe now 1k as i,m away on Friday
Will hopefully fit in a few satlites though and maybe start taking soem heads in Bountys which i haven,t been doing
Managed to lose £34 since yesterday when i realise i,d have to make a push to get to 1k points this month as i,m going away in the morning and won,t have time to play. Played a few satlitees , DYM,s and MTT,s and some cash tonight with mixed results, but £14 down on the night although i still have the £750 BH to play in a few mins
BR 2469.95 Pts 955
EDIT : Finally managed to get to 1k points for one of the trilogy freerolls next month. Wasn,t aware at the start of the month how much i,d be playing elsewhere so the 3K was well out of reach. Not making any plans or targets for March yet until i,ve seen all the promos that sites are offering but i need to improve on the Bounty Hunter Tournaments which have been terrible again recently. I did have a cpl of tables running of 2p/4p while playing MTT,s and managed to win 5 buy ins within about 30 minutes. Got £8 back from earlier
Just got back from weekend away so not been able to play so far this month. I,ve just spotted the March promos and i will fall into the Bronze category after getting 1k pts last month. I,ll see how it goes but for the first month in a while i won,t be setting myself any targets or goals this month. I felt i was playing last month when i wasn,t really in the mood and not playing my A game so i,ll try and be a bit more selctive this month and just aim to finish the month in profit as since my diary was moved into GPC (about a month ago) my Roll has gone down
Just had a quick 20 minutes on the cash as i spotted somone tilting - Unfortanately they gave away their money to others on the table before i could get half a hand but at least i didn,t lose anything
I was just gonna leave the diary as i,ve not been playing on here recently . I,ve been in some rake races and MTT challenges elsewhere but will looking to get bak on soon. Been running ok and picking up plenty of bonuses by getting high on leaderboards for putting in the hours.
I was wondering when you,ve just played a long tournament and gone deep - Whats the best way to transport your hand historys into a peice of poker software that will tell you which moves were right or wrong - i,ve recently seen this done on cash with poker snowie but think its only cash they deal with - i may be wrong though
Any help appreciated (i,ll try and post one or two in the Poker Clinic )
I figured out out how to get my hand historys of some networks onto my computer to import into poker snowie.
Not sure how to do it on here if its even possible, but will be playing another month elsewhere as the bonuses and promos suit my level better than here at the moment
Hope to be back at some pont though for the odd game this month .
Nor sure if i,ve missed anything but can,t see any SPT satelites running. Anyone know if theres any planned?
Thought i,d try and revive my flagging diary with a brag post - 77 days - I,ve been off playing freerolls and leaugues for pts etc and building up a few tokens and haven,t really played on Sky until tonight when i enetered my favourite tourney :
The £200 GTD - £5.50. Got a good structure -Having said that anyone with my cards would have won -Got off to a flyer after late reging . it could be fixed to lure me back. In first orbit hit 3 sets and got paid to get up to 9.9k from 2k and held the lead till the last 8 . It plays pretty deep - nothing like the 99c rebuy frenzy i was also playing where every pot was 3 handed if you wer lucky . We got down to 4 players and all ended up with the same stacks at just above 25k at 300/600 for over 30 minutes and i got in HU behind but this hand turned it and i won my 1st tourney back: -and will definately be playing more on here again : only 54 players - wil have to try some BH,s
Its a Punters paradise today . Last game of footy season and the Players Championship - What looks set to be a gr8 final day of Golf. (got a chance with Senden but if not would love to see the 20 year old Jordan Speith TID - (despite being a future possible Ryder Cup game with Kaymer - He can win then if it happens)
Will sign up for some £5 + games on Sky and give that MTT promo a shot since i got off to a good start, but this is the schedule so far for today. I,ve decided its sometimes worth playing casino games for certain promos but have to be very disciplined in only doing enough and the way you balance your bets out. I do have a 75 Euro Token on ipoker which i won in a FR . Its a bit over my normal buy in ( well a lot over ) so have decided to wait until a mate comes round to sell some action
4pm - Bounty Hunter Seat FR ( Sky - 75pts)
4pm - 500 GTD Facebook FR - (get password off FB)
6pm - BH Seat FR ( Sky 50pts)
6.30pm - 500 GTD Slotmania FR (wager 10 euro in one week)
6.30pm - 250 GTD Cardgames Mania (Wager 10 euro in 1 week)
Another good thing about having a thread is you can advertise on it (its all through Sky)
Setting up a World Cup Fantasy Leaugue . If anyones not done one before its done through the Skysports website and you can pay from your Sky accounts . You all pay x amount into a pot and we create are own private leaugue but your team also counts in the Sky Leaugue throughout the Country for free with some pretty big prizes.
Orfords in it so value str8 away : Need to vote for stake 1st tho :
EDIT - Only got 9 euros from the games in previous post and down a few satlites on here tonight. Going well in a 500 euro GTD with a 5 euro token i got in a FR, Only got 74 runners with a few mins late reg left so should be overlay, but 2nd of 25 so far
RE-Edit - It ended up been 86 players in the 500 GTD. In 2nd place and got my Aces AIPF against 4th place. He rivered a str8 and now i,m hanging on in the bubble when i could be leading - Top ten pay -EDIT - Didn,t even make FT. Got 15 euros for last spot. A chance missed
Thought i,d come bk to play some satelites . Having been updating my Roll but its about the same . About evens over last cpl of days on sats with todays losses - maybe up a bit after a 9th in 3k BH but havent qaulified for any yet tonight although did get a seat in the £48 UKPC semi which should be fun. Still playing some and had £4.40 and £6.60 when bubbling a cpl. Hope to make into the 2k BH 3K BH and 1 other similar
Still got the £500 Bh to go in 40 mins so will probably play some other games
Got a result from the £2 UKPC satllite frenzy by taking the overlay in the Semi although i was in the lead or 2nd and am really starting to think whether i should have taken the chance and play it -. I did announce to the table that i,d raise fold which i did if everyone agreed and no one disagreed so gave it up basically . some ppl will think i,m mad I,ll certainly play more sats tho
Will get my thread going again soon as i want to be playing abit more by the time we get into September and the weather goes bad again. It should give an extra incentive to work harder if i,m doing my diary.
My BR is abouth the same but i,ll have to go through SS and check. played about 1 hour cash in last 2 months so can,t include that although i know i,m up v. slightly
Although i played 5p./10p the other night and the difference between that and playing 50p/£1 where everyone was at least a cpl of hundred deep at the casino was huge considering the blinds. So much easier in Casino where you get gamblers who,ve had a few drinks , so hope to carry that on some weekends. Will also continue to chase promos on other sites but its pretty qiuet at the mo. Will update on here tho
Got 260pts this month which is most for a while. sattelited into the 2K BH tonight and going to stick to playing some more sats
EDIT (1 hour later) - not made anything since last win - Lost about half of that so time to start playing properly again and try and build up gradually
After a good start early on by sateliting into the 2K BH at 1st attempt it was pretty much downhill after that. Only played for a cpl of hours but bust out of 2 x £5.75 Bounty Hunters as well as the 2K (with just 1 head). i did take 3 heads in one of the £5.75 Bh,s but took a chance on chasing a nut flush draw as i was getting a good price and could have put me in the lead, but missed it and was downwards from there on. Won a cpl of quid at cash but still finished slightly down on the night - Playing a £5.50 PLO8 game was probably my biggest mistake last night. I saw Tikays name there and just jumped in . I,ve got away with it before but really can,t get to grips with that game and its not ideal when your watching a youtube video on the basics of PLO8 whilst playing it at the same time. I blame Tikay for that one
I,ll be playing again tonight though as i,ve also got that Poker Player FR to play. Will probably try some sattelites around the same time
Didn,t start playing till 8pm which was abit later than i wanted to as i,ve missed some of the satlites i wanted to play. Currently playing the Poker Player £500 FR with 441 players but there are a few sat out. I have missed a cpl of hands as i was concentrating on another FR elsewhere.
This was a 500 euro FR with 75 players although you only start with 20 chips and 10 minute blind levels. Luckily i got qq in 1st hand and tripled up to 60 chips and never really looked back. Despite a bad beat at the end i got 100 euros for 2nd place and it was over in 45 minutes.
I,ve only played it once before as its by email invite only . You have to play 5 different slots to qualify but can play 1 cent a go which i did this time costing me 5 cents. i did play it a few weeks back and cashed again but there were only 20 + players then so it looks like its getting more poplular.
i was looking at the 800th million hand promo and after this PP FR i may try and get 50 pts to gain entry into the 5K FR on Wednesday i think it is, but so far so good tonight
EDIT : Played some 5p/10p on 2-3 tables and a cpl of DYM,s and won about £10 on cash. Managed to get to 50pts without losing any money so hopefully i,ll get into the FR tommorow , presuming the 800th million hand is played by about 10.30pm which is looking like it will
No luck in the 5K FR unfornanetly _ best hand was 66 which ran into aces at 150/300 with 7.7k _ Shoved from mid position in unopened pot
Played 3 x 60p AIPF sats for the main but no luck and played a 5p action table on my mobile at my m8,s but ended up playing omaha - Dbld my fiver and thats been it until a cpl of £5 games now - A BH and a 15 min timed
Still not sure about this exit hand. I was thinking he folded as hed done some something previous
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceMP33Small blind50.0050.001375.00onooBig blind100.00150.003200.00 Your hole cards
Played from about 1am - 3.30am with a mixture of £5 BH,s £3-£5 timed games a DYM and some 5p action cash
Finished - £14.46
BR £2593.07
Pts 401
Gonna play for an hour or so tonight before bed
EDIT : Still feeling a bit rusty and struggling to play more than 3 tables. Did ok at cash but got rivered in a 3 way pot in the 15 min timed game
Also broke one of my golden rules by trying to play with the TV on which never helps. Think i,m about £15-£20 down although still going in the £200 GTd and a £5 BH although i,m down to 750 chips after a loose call . I,ll update tommorow as i,m off to bed after these have finished
EDIT: They didn,t last as long as i,d hooped. Got aces busted in one game and A3 d vs J9d AIPF
just thought i'd pop in and say hi as i've just seen this thread in poker chat.
wanted to say firstly how great you are doing, only quickly glanced through, but from £40 less than 2 years ago, to £2.500 is to be admired & congratulated, very well done.
you mentioned that playing live at the casino was easier than playing on-line so would it not pay you to play there all the time, or do you like playing the two together? just thought i'd ask out of interest.
also see you are playing low stakes for your b/r ie; nl10 low buy-in b/h tournaments, etc, are you never tempted to play any higher levels, or have you ever tried to in the past?
anyway mate, keep up the good work...
not tempted to withdraw anytime & treat yourself to a nice present of some kind? only asking 'cos I was & bought myself a 55" tv, something to show for all my hard work, ha ha.
@ Devonfish - I recently had a bit of a brk from poker so am just getting back into it gradually but i do like playing £10 Bounty Hunters as well although i,d prefer to satelite in to anything from £10 and above as i feel i,m losing out by buying directly in. As for cash its something i,ve never quite got my head around which is why i stick to the low levels. I would play at the casino a lot more if we had one in Preston ( There was supposed to be one opening up early this year but not sure whats happened to that) so it means going to Blackpool to play and as i don,t own my own car it makes it a bit more difficult.
I do withdraw from time to time like yourself and have treated myself to a cpl of things including a new computer and monitor and bought some shares in Royal Mail. Any profit in the next year i,d like to put toward my premium bonds as its always nice when you get letters through the door some months with £25 or £50 which has happened on a few occasions.
The main reason i,ve started back online (esp. on Skypoker ) is to get some practise for when September and the colder weather comes in and the traffic should pick up. GL with your latest challenge DV. I do read most of the diarys on here but don,t always post, but as someone said ina post the other day -"Just because you don,t always get replies doesn,t mean to say ppl arn,t reading them". I find them all pretty interesting in there own ways and all the different challenges ppl are setting themselves from micro stakes upwards. I also find them a good learning tool. You can always pick up little tips and bits of advice from other players on here whilst they are going through there ups and downs during their diarys
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Ps - was going to play a bit tonight but maybe left it a bit to late and despite taking more pain killers than i should have my toothache will not go away
EDIT : Played for an hour on 4 tables - 2 x cash - 8NL and 10Nl plus £3 DYM and £5 15 min timed. I know some ppl would say its not ideal to mix up different type games at the same time but its pretty qiuet with not to many options. Lost the £3 DYM but won on the other 3. It wasn,t much but more satisfying was getting some more notes as a lot of my notes are out of date now so 1 aim is to keep up with the note taking
Finished + £7.16 despite making a bad shove to get stacked from someone who,d flopped a str8
BR £2587.17
Pts 443
RE-Edit - Just remembered i never added my bonus,s from last month. I managed to win 2 lots of £66 in the "Deposit £66 promo" so as its gone on to my BR anyway i,ll add it on now
glad to read about your computer & monitor treat. as to playing cash, i found it hard to make any inroads with it myself so i understand why you are playing nl10. i think it is arguably the hardest discipline to win at so maybe the one that will take the longest time to learn. just my thought.
as to your toothache, i feel for you, phone up the dentist asap & get it looked at. i had tooth ache for almost 8 yrs before it finally ended... long story, so i know all about pain
Like the £66 promo addition... nice... wish my b/r went up so easily, ha ha
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Table so far
EDIT : Can,t type under the table so they may look the wrong way round but this is latest table. Lost about just over a quid but thats not bad considering the rake (playing 1 euro games)
I,ve two 3rd places and i know trabart will come back strong and i,ve seen franticboy win rake races before so its important to get off to a good start - Got until tommorow night at midnight (One of the good things about these races is that the table gets updated every 60 minutes so i,ll know how much or little i need to play tommorow night)
Pts 826
looking like getting 3rd again in the rake race as the same ppl win it again just like it used to be on here but they do put some hours in
Just found out theres 30% of all MTT,s tommorow as each day is a new promo pretty much so its hard to play on here at the moment as you have to follow the value. That with a few freerolls and no-lose bingo and not left with much time to reach my pts target which originally was 3k then 2k and maybe now 1k as i,m away on Friday
Will hopefully fit in a few satlites though and maybe start taking soem heads in Bountys which i haven,t been doing
Played a few satlitees , DYM,s and MTT,s and some cash tonight with mixed results, but £14 down on the night although i still have the £750 BH to play in a few mins
BR 2469.95
Pts 955
EDIT : Finally managed to get to 1k points for one of the trilogy freerolls next month. Wasn,t aware at the start of the month how much i,d be playing elsewhere so the 3K was well out of reach. Not making any plans or targets for March yet until i,ve seen all the promos that sites are offering but i need to improve on the Bounty Hunter Tournaments which have been terrible again recently. I did have a cpl of tables running of 2p/4p while playing MTT,s and managed to win 5 buy ins within about 30 minutes. Got £8 back from earlier
£2477.95
Pts : 1026
I,ve just spotted the March promos and i will fall into the Bronze category after getting 1k pts last month. I,ll see how it goes but for the first month in a while i won,t be setting myself any targets or goals this month. I felt i was playing last month when i wasn,t really in the mood and not playing my A game so i,ll try and be a bit more selctive this month and just aim to finish the month in profit as since my diary was moved into GPC (about a month ago) my Roll has gone down
Just had a quick 20 minutes on the cash as i spotted somone tilting - Unfortanately they gave away their money to others on the table before i could get half a hand but at least i didn,t lose anything
BR £2483.74
Pts 5
Also downloaded some poker software which i,ve never used before but may have a look into it and see if its any good
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Players Remaining: 0 / 54
4pm - Bounty Hunter Seat FR ( Sky - 75pts)
4pm - 500 GTD Facebook FR - (get password off FB)
6pm - BH Seat FR ( Sky 50pts)
6.30pm - 500 GTD Slotmania FR (wager 10 euro in one week)
6.30pm - 250 GTD Cardgames Mania (Wager 10 euro in 1 week)
7pm Mega Dozen - $20k GTD - (satelited)
7pm £500 GTD - Football FR - (invitaional)
8pm - $5K - Snap FR (play raked hands)
8pm - 200 GTD Club Bankroll Builder - (Points)
GL to everyone having a bet today
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