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New kid on the block
Matt237
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Hi, I'm Matt237 (Matt obviously) and i'm currently studying Maths at Wolverhampton University. I am 19, a deaf survivor of Cholesteatoma, and proud BAHA user. Follow this thread for my journey into living a normal life and a quest to remain a winning sky reg into the future.
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> Get involved in the community
> Get involved in the live shows
> No question/hand is too stupid to post - the clinic will help you improve 100%, even if its a horrible error
> Join a team - the people are fantastic. The Monday DTDs are a great game (Probably the hardest on here)
> Rail tournaments - Learn from the best
In my 6 months here i've made friends with lots of people in the community, and I haven't really introduced myself much. A bit about myself - Well my name is Matt, I'm only 18 and I live in a small village called Studley in Warwickshire. I learnt the game on a group holiday when i was 10 - Was very much so into card/strategy type games when I was younger and I always wondered what poker was and how to play. The adults let us play obviously without the shot aspect :-). Anyway I used to enjoy playing with friends throughout the teen years so I thought I would give online a crack, and I don't regret a single minute of it. I would love to give live poker a crack sometime - but i've put plans off a little bit afraid as I suffer from a nasty ear condition which has caused permanent deafness, just been worried I would mess something up.
Anyway I suppose I just want to say thanks to everyone here, the community is such a welcoming place, and has really made the game x100 times more enjoyable, specifically during the downswings. I'm not quite sure what I would do without the Sky Poker community now. Couple of special thanks I want to give out to on this thread: Sky Poker analysts and Mr. Orford, Pokertrev/FlyingDagg/Zoed/Daiw/DoubleAAA/K8LOU/LARSON7 and everyone else in TPT. Also to TommyD/DivsDreams/MattBates/THEROCK - learnt a lot from railing you guys.
Set myself a target of getting a top 10 finish in a main/mini event which I finally achieved last night in the rebuy. What a tournament that is by the way (Only played it for the first time). Tough field and great structure, I was well chuffed :-). So watch out for me in the future hehehe ;-)
SKY POKER ROCKS!!!!
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When it comes to the bad beats don't dwell on them, onwards and upwards.
All the best with crushing:)
Spent my childhood living in Studley so nice to see someone representing the village so well.
Good luck in the future by the manner of your post you obviously have the right temperament and attitude to do well at this game.
Good luck continuing the upward trend and please keep posting!!
Also you mention you have a hearing problem and that is putting you off from playing live. There are many players who manage to play live with various disabilities and casinos are very accommodating these days, in fact they have to be. I know there are blind players who have someone at their side describing the action etc and I'm sure there are others with similar problems to yourself. Please don't let it put you off if you want to give it a go. Perhaps going in a group or with a friend would give you more condfidence.
Your a great contributor to TPT and we all hope you go from strength to strength
Are you aware of the UK Deaf Poker Tour?
They had a leg at my local casino and it was great craic, really great people
http://www.deafpoker.co.uk/
So tonight wasn't the best.
Main - Picked up an early head prize and got in 15bigs with AQ - Called by 88, couldn't hit. Standard.
Mini - Picked up an early head prize again, got 9bigs in blind on blind with J8 - Called by A4, he flopped flush. Standard.
9.30bh - No good. Flopped set of 9s on 89J 2 hearts, setup for a turn jam on a brick and got called by 6 10 - Rivers the 7.
I played the cheap 19:45 deep stack alongside the main, as whilst i have a bigger BR now i am yet to find a decent schedule for my MTTs, and this game usually contains alot of my teammates, and there is a lot of play in to keep myself occupied. I ended up coming 2nd which i wasn't too happy with really - had a decent edge on villain but he was just going big big big. Had a couple of good hands from that tournament though. I finally managed to find a hero on one of those big shove moments - normally a spot where i just hand it over and save the stack for better spots but as villain was doing it often, i thought this was a good board to catch him
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancex Small blind 150.00 150.00 8002.50 Matt237 Big blind 300.00 450.00 9025.00 Your hole cards 9 8 muffnit02 Fold loggsy Fold FlyingDagg Fold x Call 150.00 600.00 7852.50 Matt237 Check Flop 9 3 2 x Bet 300.00 900.00 7552.50 Matt237 Call 300.00 1200.00 8725.00 Turn 2 x Bet 300.00 1500.00 7252.50 Matt237 Call 300.00 1800.00 8425.00 River A x All-in 7252.50 9052.50 0.00 Matt237 Call 7252.50 16305.00 1172.50 x Show 6 5 Matt237 Show 9 8 Matt237 Win Two Pairs, 9s and 2s 16305.00 17477.50
Gave some cash a go again and it's fair to say it didn't go very well. This hand was the main source of the loss. I turned the world and if im honest i did not want to see that river card. I think its far too nitty to flat on the river as its difficult to credit the BD flush, especially as i also have the BD flush. Then again i'm not great with these cash situations, just think i have to get the lot in, and if i'm behind then so be it.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceSir-Gary Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £22.97 Rubbernix Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £9.90 Your hole cards Q 10 Matt237 Raise £0.30 £0.45 £18.43 PearllJosh Call £0.30 £0.75 £19.70 x Call £0.30 £1.05 £19.70 HOLLYWHIT Fold Sir-Gary Fold Rubbernix Fold Flop J K 4 Matt237 Bet £0.60 £1.65 £17.83 PearllJosh Fold x Call £0.60 £2.25 £19.10 Turn 9 Matt237 Bet £1.50 £3.75 £16.33 x Call £1.50 £5.25 £17.60 River 3 Matt237 Bet £3.85 £9.10 £12.48 x Raise £7.80 £16.90 £9.80 Matt237 All-in £12.48 £29.38 £0.00 x Call £8.53 £37.91 £1.27 Matt237 Show Q 10 x Show J A x Win Flush to the Ace £36.51 £37.78
1) what is he raising with? Air? flush? set? Now if he's raising with air no point to reraise as he's not calling, so if he's raising a flush, will he call your jam with let's say the J spades?
fwiw with no reads I flat the river.
Love this thread, Matt, "feel-good" threads are the greatest, I cba with all the moany-woany stuff these days.
I must say I had you pegged as MUCH older than 18. You write older, for sure.