Hey guys, apologies again for the lack of updates, I seem to be really busy with other things at the moment. Good luck stretch if you do manage to get a solid 5 days in, that sounds like what I need at the minute tbh lol. Regarding the Christmas UKOPS I'm not really sure tbh, money is pretty tight for me just at the moment and I won't be using the 'roll from this challenge to play. I'd love to play, though, so if there's anyway I can I will. Will you be trying to get into any?
Anyway, 2 sessions to report, a W 7 L 7 one and a W 8 L 2 one in the £11s. Bankroll - £321.52 C4P - 2447
Really happy as the bankroll is the highest it's been but really disappointed in myself in that I may not reach 3,000 C4P having been in a position where I didn't think I could fail. I may still give it a go but will have to see. 3 evenings left to play 56 games...
Hey guys, apologies again for the lack of updates, I seem to be really busy with other things at the moment. Good luck stretch if you do manage to get a solid 5 days in, that sounds like what I need at the minute tbh lol. Regarding the Christmas UKOPS I'm not really sure tbh, money is pretty tight for me just at the moment and I won't be using the 'roll from this challenge to play. I'd love to play, though, so if there's anyway I can I will. Will you be trying to get into any? Anyway, 2 sessions to report, a W 7 L 7 one and a W 8 L 2 one in the £11s. Bankroll - £321.52 C4P - 2447 Really happy as the bankroll is the highest it's been but really disappointed in myself in that I may not reach 3,000 C4P having been in a position where I didn't think I could fail. I may still give it a go but will have to see. 3 evenings left to play 56 games... Posted by JohnConnor
Your BR is looking healthy mate, 3000 C4P not unachievable but maybe with some heavy multitabling it is possible. I am doing the same atm to reach 1000, I need to play 87 more games in two nights
XMAS ops - I know what you mean about money, it's not even pay day and I pretty much have my wages spent, not including presents Tikay said on the mastercash live show that another fully blown ops will be back inlate Feb, so not too bad. I would like to have a go at the bigger tourneys, however both my br and ability are no where near at that level. I did have a relatively nice cash on the £3k bounty hunter the other night, which along with quite a good run at the DYMS has taken my B.R to £184.
Quick question to all - I have been playing the £2.25s for a while, and have got attached to them. I am now rolled for the £5.50s but the thought of firing up multi table £5.50s scares me. Is the standard much different at the £5.5o mark, do I just need to go for it? Or do you think I should grind out 50 buy ins for the £5.5?
Still finding it hard to get motivated into putting in the hours to play, but thx for the comments JC and Stretch on my last hands posted MP Posted by MP33
No worries bud. I know what you mean about getting motivated, DYM's are quite repetitive, but then I guess every format of the game gets repetitive after a while.
Hey guys, apologies again for the lack of updates, I seem to be really busy with other things at the moment. Good luck stretch if you do manage to get a solid 5 days in, that sounds like what I need at the minute tbh lol. Regarding the Christmas UKOPS I'm not really sure tbh, money is pretty tight for me just at the moment and I won't be using the 'roll from this challenge to play. I'd love to play, though, so if there's anyway I can I will. Will you be trying to get into any? Anyway, 2 sessions to report, a W 7 L 7 one and a W 8 L 2 one in the £11s. Bankroll - £321.52 C4P - 2447 Really happy as the bankroll is the highest it's been but really disappointed in myself in that I may not reach 3,000 C4P having been in a position where I didn't think I could fail. I may still give it a go but will have to see. 3 evenings left to play 56 games... Posted by JohnConnor
Going very well now WD. Its impressive that you had the patience to grind back through the micro stakes using BRM after playing at the high levels before this challenge. I'm sure you will make your 1k in no time now your up to the £11's.
Pleased your are still updating this thread its a good read.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : Your BR is looking healthy mate, 3000 C4P not unachievable but maybe with some heavy multitabling it is possible. I am doing the same atm to reach 1000, I need to play 87 more games in two nights XMAS ops - I know what you mean about money, it's not even pay day and I pretty much have my wages spent, not including presents Tikay said on the mastercash live show that another fully blown ops will be back inlate Feb, so not too bad. I would like to have a go at the bigger tourneys, however both my br and ability are no where near at that level. I did have a relatively nice cash on the £3k bounty hunter the other night, which along with quite a good run at the DYMS has taken my B.R to £184. Quick question to all - I have been playing the £2.25s for a while, and have got attached to them. I am now rolled for the £5.50s but the thought of firing up multi table £5.50s scares me. Is the standard much different at the £5.5o mark, do I just need to go for it? Or do you think I should grind out 50 buy ins for the £5.5? Posted by stretch83
If your not confident to try the £5.50's why dont you play the £3.30's for while, you pay less rake there and the move to the £5.50's wont seem as much of a jump when you decide your BR is high enough.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : If your not confident to try the £5.50's why dont you play the £3.30's for while, you pay less rake there and the move to the £5.50's wont seem as much of a jump when you decide your BR is high enough. Posted by lMARKl
+1 to this really, you could do with coming off the £2.25s just for the rake decrease and it's another stepping stone along the way. It's your decision though at the end of the day, if you're not comfortable moving up just yet, don't do it, there's no rush.
Also thanks Mark for your kind comments above. Pleased there are still some followers lol.
Not sure I've ever posted on here beofre but just wanted to give you more praise for the excellent blog. Have just started again in DYM's after a long lay-off and wanted to get the basics nailed down to make sure I was doing things right and must say there are some great tips in there, I particulary like the table for when to shove it's much more conservative than what I was used to i.e. 10 bbs and it's in but so far it seems to be working very well.
Will be attempting a DYM diary similar to yours in December which will hopefully keep me on track to reach my targets. Anyway good luck with your progress, hope you reach that £1k goal .
To John Conner,dudeskin ,stretch,mp33,lambert,poker-fail,and anyone i've missed out . Great thread and inspiring read,unfortunately after receiving job rejection 256! what ever funds i manage to win at cash or tourneys i have to withdraw for everyday things.... how you're meant to survive otherwise on £67.50 a week on jobseekers i don't know! But will eventually get back to the £5/£11 levels when i get a new job,or lucky streak!Good Luck to all.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : If your not confident to try the £5.50's why dont you play the £3.30's for while, you pay less rake there and the move to the £5.50's wont seem as much of a jump when you decide your BR is high enough. Posted by lMARKl
Hi Mark, gonna take your advice and just commit to the £3.30s I have 56 buy ins for this level so plenty of room for settling down. I think I might try to get to £250 BR before moving to £5.50s and play it safe until the new year.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : +1 to this really, you could do with coming off the £2.25s just for the rake decrease and it's another stepping stone along the way. It's your decision though at the end of the day, if you're not comfortable moving up just yet, don't do it, there's no rush. Also thanks Mark for your kind comments above. Pleased there are still some followers lol. Posted by JohnConnor
Hi John, you are right I can afford to lose a few more at the 10% rake level I guess. Part of me is telling me to just keep on following your guide in terms of BR management as it has worked a treat. However due to cashing in a 3k bounty hunter the other night my roll has increased by £90, and need to do my time at the lower levels.
To John Conner,dudeskin ,stretch,mp33,lambert,poker-fail,and anyone i've missed out . Great thread and inspiring read,unfortunately after receiving job rejection 256! what ever funds i manage to win at cash or tourneys i have to withdraw for everyday things.... how you're meant to survive otherwise on £67.50 a week on jobseekers i don't know! But will eventually get back to the £5/£11 levels when i get a new job,or lucky streak!Good Luck to all. Cheers Dave. Posted by Any2Suited
Greetings Dave,
Keep plugging away with the job hunting, something will come along. I was in same situation a few years ago, made redundant from good job, spent 4 months looking and in the end worked in a pub for a year, best experience of my life.
I would highly reccomend giving JC's guide a real go, I started with £15 with only the hand rankings as guidance, I read this blog and haven't looked back since upto £188 after only about a month happy days.
GL Strech, 56 buy ins is plenty just make sure you set a limit to move back down again should it not go to plan.
When I first started to play DYM's I also found the move the £5.50's a little daunting, I ended up trying to get a 100 buy in roll for each level which was obviously to high. I did make it to about £1.1k with the help of a £300 cash in the first TSP qualifier but chickened out at the £11 level and withdraw the majority of my roll and gave cash a go instead.
I'm having another go at DYM's following my poor attempt when this thread first started.
I started with £15 and have been playing the £1.15's for a week, currently at £39 with 500 C4P. Going to move up the levels with 25 buy ins.
To John Conner,dudeskin ,stretch,mp33,lambert,poker-fail,and anyone i've missed out . Great thread and inspiring read,unfortunately after receiving job rejection 256! what ever funds i manage to win at cash or tourneys i have to withdraw for everyday things.... how you're meant to survive otherwise on £67.50 a week on jobseekers i don't know! But will eventually get back to the £5/£11 levels when i get a new job,or lucky streak!Good Luck to all. Cheers Dave. Posted by Any2Suited
Thanks and good luck in finding a job soon, i'm currently trying to find one but as I'm 18 and hopefully going Uni next year i'm lucky that it's not that important to me yet.
I've actually been playing cash for the last month and have had more success although I may still come back to this soon. It's always been one of my goals to rise through the DYMs.
Good thread guys, I don't comment much now that i'm playing mostly cash but it's still a good read : )
Not sure I've ever posted on here beofre but just wanted to give you more praise for the excellent blog. Have just started again in DYM's after a long lay-off and wanted to get the basics nailed down to make sure I was doing things right and must say there are some great tips in there, I particulary like the table for when to shove it's much more conservative than what I was used to i.e. 10 bbs and it's in but so far it seems to be working very well. Will be attempting a DYM diary similar to yours in December which will hopefully keep me on track to reach my targets. Anyway good luck with your progress, hope you reach that £1k goal . Posted by Dudeskin8
Hi Dudeskin, thanks very much mate. You're a player on here I've got tons of respect for and I was just about to signpost some of the guys on here to your hands in the clinic. For anyone who hasn't seem them yet they're excellent examples of DYM hands and posting hands like those will be very good for your game indeed. Please keep posting them sir. Also really looking forward to your DYM challenge in December, I know you're very big on BRM so I'm sure you'll be very successful, see you at the tables (hopefully not too many) ! :-)
To John Conner,dudeskin ,stretch,mp33,lambert,poker-fail,and anyone i've missed out . Great thread and inspiring read,unfortunately after receiving job rejection 256! what ever funds i manage to win at cash or tourneys i have to withdraw for everyday things.... how you're meant to survive otherwise on £67.50 a week on jobseekers i don't know! But will eventually get back to the £5/£11 levels when i get a new job,or lucky streak!Good Luck to all. Cheers Dave. Posted by Any2Suited
Hi Dave, thanks mate. I really hope something comes up soon for you soon and will look forward to seeing you back at the tables!
P.s. I sympathise with you on the jobseeker's part, especially with some of the things the things they make you do sometimes. For instance, when I left uni, my CV had been drawn up and formatted by one of the most experienced career advisors in the country in his field and when I took it in the job centre the lady penned all over it and made it look like a child had done it. They also tried to send me on interviews that were wildly innapropriate for me so I only managed a couple of weeks. I was fortunate, though, sometimes you have no choice whatsoever I guess.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : Hi Dudeskin, thanks very much mate. You're a player on here I've got tons of respect for and I was just about to signpost some of the guys on here to your hands in the clinic. For anyone who hasn't seem them yet they're excellent examples of DYM hands and posting hands like those will be very good for your game indeed. Please keep posting them sir. Also really looking forward to your DYM challenge in December, I know you're very big on BRM so I'm sure you'll be very successful, see you at the tables (hopefully not too many) ! :-) Posted by JohnConnor
Think i need to take a look at them
Played 5 x £5.50 games - lost 5 . wouldn,t mind if it was bad bts, but don,t think my DYM game is as good as it used to be - Also finding easy games a lot harder to come by these days. I,ll post a cpl of exit hands up shortly but i,m finding myself in to many spots where i,m undecided what to do, when it should be a lot more robotic
played 1 x £3 after this and finally cashed after a long bubble
Monday and Tuesday night's sessions combined: (Monday was ~£20 down, Tuesday ~£70 up and the £22 and £16.50 were Monday):
Played 31 £11s W 20 L 11 Played 1 £16.50 W 1 Played 1 £22 L 1
Bankroll - £372.02 Poker points - 2792
The bigger buy-ins were an attempt to get a few extra points in the bag. Now that I have to play 21 more £11s and am properly 'rolled for the £16.50s I feel confident again that I will make 3,000 points this month for a nice welcome £50 bonus.
In Response to Re: ABC of DYM's, by JOHNCONNOR : Think i need to take a look at them Played 5 x £5.50 games - lost 5 . wouldn,t mind if it was bad bts, but don,t think my DYM game is as good as it used to be - Also finding easy games a lot harder to come by these days. I,ll post a cpl of exit hands up shortly but i,m finding myself in to many spots where i,m undecided what to do, when it should be a lot more robotic played 1 x £3 after this and finally cashed after a long bubble Posted by MP33
This wasn,t an exit hand but pretty much cost me a cash in this one . Shanxta was fairly low stacked and with the blinds about to reach him and goig up soon I thought his range would be wider
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
MP33
Small blind
100.00
100.00
1960.00
Krzy1
Big blind
200.00
300.00
3875.00
Your hole cards
A
K
shammy161
Fold
SHANXTA
All-in
1430.00
1730.00
0.00
bearace
Fold
MP33
All-in
1960.00
3690.00
0.00
Krzy1
Fold
MP33
Unmatched bet
630.00
3060.00
630.00
MP33
Show
A
K
SHANXTA
Show
7
7
Flop
4
7
A
Turn
8
River
J
SHANXTA
Win
Three 7s
3060.00
3060.00
looking at it now , i,m still not sure if this was the right move or not especially as its Shanxta
2/ After looking at your chart of where ur in trouble in these games, i was running out of hands and don,t know if this was a bit rash ?
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
daiyellow
Small blind
150.00
150.00
5060.00
ballsman
Big blind
300.00
450.00
1420.00
Your hole cards
Q
6
wason06
Fold
MP33
All-in
1405.00
1855.00
0.00
Meeny
Fold
daiyellow
Fold
ballsman
All-in
1420.00
3275.00
0.00
ballsman
Unmatched bet
315.00
2960.00
315.00
ballsman
Show
Q
J
MP33
Show
Q
6
Flop
10
K
10
Turn
J
River
3
ballsman
Win
Two Pairs, Jacks and 10s
2960.00
3275.00
3/ i think was standard and would do the same again
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
wrongjohn1
Small blind
150.00
150.00
1580.00
jutka9
Big blind
300.00
450.00
3430.00
Your hole cards
3
3
MP33
All-in
1125.00
1575.00
0.00
pokaboss
Fold
wrongjohn1
All-in
1580.00
3155.00
0.00
jutka9
Fold
wrongjohn1
Unmatched bet
605.00
2550.00
605.00
wrongjohn1
Show
J
J
MP33
Show
3
3
Flop
9
5
8
Turn
10
River
7
wrongjohn1
Win
Straight to the Jack
2550.00
3155.00
4 and 5 _ not posted as they were pretty standard, but there were shoves because i was getting low on chips and still with 5 players , which means there is something going wrong in the middle part of the games levels 3 + - I,m just getting unsure when to steal try stealing the blinds as i seem to be leaking to many chips during levels 3-5 -
Gonna take a look at the hands inthe clinic from dudeskin and play another 1 or 2 . I,ve had a brk and am not tilting and don,t mind if get bad beats . thats a good thing in my book
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Anyway, 2 sessions to report, a W 7 L 7 one and a W 8 L 2 one in the £11s.
Bankroll - £321.52
C4P - 2447
Really happy as the bankroll is the highest it's been but really disappointed in myself in that I may not reach 3,000 C4P having been in a position where I didn't think I could fail. I may still give it a go but will have to see. 3 evenings left to play 56 games...
MP
XMAS ops - I know what you mean about money, it's not even pay day and I pretty much have my wages spent, not including presents
Quick question to all - I have been playing the £2.25s for a while, and have got attached to them. I am now rolled for the £5.50s but the thought of firing up multi table £5.50s scares me. Is the standard much different at the £5.5o mark, do I just need to go for it? Or do you think I should grind out 50 buy ins for the £5.5?
Also thanks Mark for your kind comments above. Pleased there are still some followers lol.
Will be attempting a DYM diary similar to yours in December which will hopefully keep me on track to reach my targets. Anyway good luck with your progress, hope you reach that £1k goal
Keep plugging away with the job hunting, something will come along. I was in same situation a few years ago, made redundant from good job, spent 4 months looking and in the end worked in a pub for a year, best experience of my life.
I would highly reccomend giving JC's guide a real go, I started with £15 with only the hand rankings as guidance, I read this blog and haven't looked back since upto £188 after only about a month
When I first started to play DYM's I also found the move the £5.50's a little daunting, I ended up trying to get a 100 buy in roll for each level which was obviously to high. I did make it to about £1.1k with the help of a £300 cash in the first TSP qualifier but chickened out at the £11 level and withdraw the majority of my roll and gave cash a go instead.
I'm having another go at DYM's following my poor attempt when this thread first started.
I started with £15 and have been playing the £1.15's for a week, currently at £39 with 500 C4P. Going to move up the levels with 25 buy ins.
Thanks and good luck in finding a job soon, i'm currently trying to find one but as I'm 18 and hopefully going Uni next year i'm lucky that it's not that important to me yet.
I've actually been playing cash for the last month and have had more success although I may still come back to this soon. It's always been one of my goals to rise through the DYMs.
Good thread guys, I don't comment much now that i'm playing mostly cash but it's still a good read : )
so JC has done a great job in getting it up there
P.s. I sympathise with you on the jobseeker's part, especially with some of the things the things they make you do sometimes. For instance, when I left uni, my CV had been drawn up and formatted by one of the most experienced career advisors in the country in his field and when I took it in the job centre the lady penned all over it and made it look like a child had done it. They also tried to send me on interviews that were wildly innapropriate for me so I only managed a couple of weeks. I was fortunate, though, sometimes you have no choice whatsoever I guess.
Played 5 x £5.50 games - lost 5 . wouldn,t mind if it was bad bts, but don,t think my DYM game is as good as it used to be - Also finding easy games a lot harder to come by these days. I,ll post a cpl of exit hands up shortly but i,m finding myself in to many spots where i,m undecided what to do, when it should be a lot more robotic
played 1 x £3 after this and finally cashed after a long bubble
Played 31 £11s W 20 L 11
Played 1 £16.50 W 1
Played 1 £22 L 1
Bankroll - £372.02
Poker points - 2792
The bigger buy-ins were an attempt to get a few extra points in the bag. Now that I have to play 21 more £11s and am properly 'rolled for the £16.50s I feel confident again that I will make 3,000 points this month for a nice welcome £50 bonus.
looking at it now , i,m still not sure if this was the right move or not especially as its Shanxta
2/
After looking at your chart of where ur in trouble in these games, i was running out of hands and don,t know if this was a bit rash ?
Gonna take a look at the hands inthe clinic from dudeskin and play another 1 or 2 . I,ve had a brk and am not tilting and don,t mind if get bad beats . thats a good thing in my book
Paul