New kid on the block

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

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.
Posted by Tikay10

Thanks for the words. Alot of people had me pegged older than 18 it seems, not sure why. As for the moany-woany stuff - moaning gets you nowhere in life. Just have to take everything on the stride and move on - makes you a stronger person. Sadly learnt that the hard way

Matt237

So after an amazing day + night out yesterday, I've returned to the tables. Still yet to find a good Saturday schedule - Usually out following the footie.

Chris_Mc

good luck mate, u seem too be doing quite well, hope u reach all your targets,

see u at the tables.

Lambert180

I assumed you were young like from your profile pic so not shocked by that but deffo shocked by how long you've been playing the game... from what I've seen of you in the clinic etc you already seem to have a really good understanding of the game. 

Gl at the tables, I'm sure you'll do well. Great idea to get out and play live too, people are always friendly (if you are) and its just great fun.

Fwiw, think you played both hands well. Backdoor flushes are unexpected when flop hasn't been checked through, I'd imagine he's raise/calling all sets and worse flushes if he has any so think the jam us good, just ul.

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

I assumed you were young like from your profile pic so not shocked by that but deffo shocked by how long you've been playing the game... from what I've seen of you in the clinic etc you already seem to have a really good understanding of the game.  Gl at the tables, I'm sure you'll do well. Great idea to get out and play live too, people are always friendly (if you are) and its just great fun. Fwiw, think you played both hands well. Backdoor flushes are unexpected when flop hasn't been checked through, I'd imagine he's raise/calling all sets and worse flushes if he has any so think the jam us good, just ul.
Posted by Lambert180

Cheers Paul. Was fairly certain he would raise sets/worse flushes on river which is why i thought jam was correct play. Fairly certain i'm quite friendly, get on with everyone on here and especially those in the teams so maybe live could be a aim this summer :-), will have to hope for some satellites into the UKPC mini eh?

Matt237

So today i played 5 tournaments and got rivered in all 5. Coolers on my part but some weird calls for sure from villains that just ended up getting there. Ah well it's all fun :-).

Small lesson i learnt today, probably seems like quite an obvious one, is that people will call big jams with draws for bounties - even at level 2. Reason i jammed was because i knew i would get called in one spot - that flop has got to hit atleast one of the opponents' ranges. Think its a bit of a clever play but not sure how often it works overtime. Best way to play this out of my stack i believe - I'm not binning this pre flop because it will flop well multiway, and people will call a bit lighter considering my stack.

PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceLuckyDaveB Small blind  15.00 15.00 1980.00 LONGERS Big blind  30.00 45.00 2970.00   Your hole cards J K       Matt237 Raise  90.00 135.00 1177.50 squeak13 Call  90.00 225.00 1802.50 xCall  90.00 315.00 1910.00 kikikolt2 Fold     LuckyDaveB Fold     LONGERS Call  60.00 375.00 2910.00 Flop    6 10 Q       LONGERS Check     Matt237 All-in  1177.50 1552.50 0.00 squeak13 Fold     xAll-in  1910.00 3462.50 0.00 LONGERS Fold     xUnmatched bet  732.50 2730.00 732.50 Matt237 Show J K    xShow K J    Turn    A       River    9       Matt237 Win Flush to the Ace 2730.00  2730.00

Laura_C

In Response to New kid on the block:

So my poker journey started in december, and after hearing some reviews on the community on the live shows i decided to get involved alot more for 2014. During this time I have met some fantastic people and improved my game dramatically from the point of aiming for min cashes in £2.20 MTTs to taking on some of the sites best MTTers for tournament wins in the late stages on big events. I also decided to join a team about 2 months ago - probably one of the best decisions i've made whilst on sky poker. Past 4 weeks have been awesome - feel like my game has reached a decent level, I've clawed out of sharkscope red from the damage done early on, and I am confident in discussing the game and some hands with others, and helping out the newer players. So a couple of things I would like to share with everyone on Sky Poker - /> 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 And a couple of things i learnt the hard way last night - > If you get it in vs TommyD and flop trips, don't expect to hold > Don't take on Mr DivsDreams, the man is a genius 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!!!!
Posted by Matt237

Great to see you not only doing well on skypoker Matt, but also enjoying it! I think that is the most important part I hope to see you at the felt soon!

Matt237

Thanks Laura. Look forward to the show later tonight!

Matt237

Exam #1 (Maths M2) out of the way this morning, and a 3 week gap until the next so i thought i'd completely relax today and have a poker day. No stress really, I'm good with numbers and maths is what i'm continuing at Uni so the exam went pretty well. Mechanics side can be tricky though. No play last night as i wanted to relax prior to my exam.

Anyway standard monday schedule minus the main/mini/mega tonight. I completely forgot about the mega and I also wanted to try out another site. Ended up spinning the $18 tournament tokens into $161 so i was pretty happy about that. Used the designated $7 tournament and entered a turbo - won for $145.

Back to sky the DTDs again did not go very well. Not sure what is with these tournaments, I always seem to struggle. Yet my exits/bad loss pots are standard stuff. Saying that they are extremely tough games to play because of the high quality field. 1 hand really stood out from these today though - And it's something i have never ever seen before. I lost a pot to a 4 high kicker. I had to laugh really, I know i played it badly so no need to comment on that :-)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
LFB	Small blind		100.00	100.00	3255.00
Matt237	Big blind		200.00	300.00	10822.50
	Your hole cards	A 2
Glenelg	Fold
x	Call		200.00	500.00	5480.00
alpinenut	Fold
monkey123	Fold
LFB	Fold
Matt237	Check
Flop
		5 5 3
Matt237	Check
x	Check
Turn
		3
Matt237	Bet		250.00	750.00	10572.50
x	Call		250.00	1000.00	5230.00
River
		A
Matt237	Bet		500.00	1500.00	10072.50
x	Call		500.00	2000.00	4730.00
Matt237	Show	A 2
x	Show	4 A
x	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 5s	2000.00		6730.00

So then i played the £2,20 21;45 £250 Gtd speed. Cracking tournament this -

- Its cheap
- Lower stakes so can capitalise on mistakes more
- Half the players dont rebuy/add-on
- Atleast £90 up top every night

Ended up coming 3rd for £34. Which for £4.40 and a very quick tournament can't complain really. Couple of lucky hands i got away with obviously it being a speed, and 1 tricky call i made for my life vs tight player on the bubble. Whilst it looks like an easy call, believe me i didn't love it. Usually like to make my own moves. :-)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Magicalman	Small blind		1500.00	1500.00	25770.00
Matt237	Big blind		3000.00	4500.00	28453.14
	Your hole cards	J J
DOHHHHHHH	Fold
REDARROW61	Fold
x	All-in		41201.25	45701.25	0.00
brownybear	Fold
Magicalman	Fold
Matt237	All-in		28453.14	74154.39	0.00
x	Unmatched bet		9748.11	64406.28	9748.11
Matt237	Show	J J
x	Show	8 8
Flop
		A 2 6
Turn
		A
River
		10
Matt237	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks	64406.28		64406.28

 
So to sum up todays work.

- Exam 1/9 done.
- +£17 on Sky.
- +$150 elsewhere.
- Had a lotta fun.

Can't complain. Time to chill out and watch the UKPC re run @ 1am. Turboes and master cash tomorrow  :-)

Matt237

No good.
- Exited first hand of a £200 gtd set over set
- Turbo lost a massive flip around 200 left 22 vs 33
- Mini my Aces outdrawn by K6 on draw heavy flop so had to get it in. Happens. 2 heads so 2/3 of buy in back
- 20:05 BH lost QQ vs 9 5 os 6 off money. 4 heads for profit on buy in.

Cash was going ok - Then this happened as i clicked stand from all my tables..

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
BenShabba1	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£18.25
3_GirlsNKO	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£13.74
	Your hole cards	K K
Matt237	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£19.12
Chris_Mc	Fold
OHARA69	Fold
BenShabba1	Raise		£1.15	£1.60	£17.10
3_GirlsNKO	Fold
Matt237	Raise		£3.70	£5.30	£15.42
BenShabba1	All-in		£17.10	£22.40	£0.00
Matt237	Call		£14.30	£36.70	£1.12
BenShabba1	Show	A A
Matt237	Show	K K
Flop
		6 6 8
Turn
		3
River
		4
BenShabba1	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 6s	£35.30		£35.30

Ah well. Always tomorrow eh? :-)
Look forward to the rebuy tomorrow. Played it for the first time last week and loved it, not because i came 8th but the structure made it a really enjoyable experienece.

waller02

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

No good. - Exited first hand of a £200 gtd set over set - Turbo lost a massive flip around 200 left 22 vs 33 - Mini lost a flip 150 left, 2 heads so 2/3 of buy in back - 20:05 BH lost QQ vs 9 5 os 6 off money. 4 heads for profit on buy in. Cash was going ok - Then this happened as i clicked stand from all my tables.. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance BenShabba1 Small blind   £0.05 £0.05 £18.25 3_GirlsNKO Big blind   £0.10 £0.15 £13.74   Your hole cards K K       Matt237 Raise   £0.30 £0.45 £19.12 Chris_Mc Fold         OHARA69 Fold         BenShabba1 Raise   £1.15 £1.60 £17.10 3_GirlsNKO Fold         Matt237 Raise   £3.70 £5.30 £15.42 BenShabba1 All-in   £17.10 £22.40 £0.00 Matt237 Call   £14.30 £36.70 £1.12 BenShabba1 Show A A       Matt237 Show K K       Flop     6 6 8       Turn     3       River     4       BenShabba1 Win Two Pairs, Aces and 6s £35.30   £35.30 Ah well. Always tomorrow eh? :-) Look forward to the rebuy tomorrow. Played it for the first time last week and loved it, not because i came 8th but the structure made it a really enjoyable experienece.
Posted by Matt237

Pretty sure that was a big factor though! Loving this diary mate, best of luck in the rebuy tomorrow. It is a great structure and an mtt I would love to play, but always busy on a Wednesday.

Matt237

Cheers mate. The 8th isn't too big a factor ;-)

Rolled for it now and because the structure allows a lot of play, it suits me a bit more.

Chris_Mc

didn't even click that was you at the table, would've said hi, think I was typing the forum when I seen KK vs AA, was unlucky mate, one of those hands

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

didn't even click that was you at the table, would've said hi, think I was typing the forum when I seen KK vs AA, was unlucky mate, one of those hands
Posted by Chris_Mc

Yeah i had about 6 tables up and didn't really notice you much either. Too busy playing mr aggro with the 3 limpers at that table. 

Matt237

Warning - This may be a long post.

Emotional day today. Spent majority of this afternoon planning a memorial day for a friend who passed away 4 years ago. We were only 10 - Playing our weekly sunday league game for Studley Juniors, when suddenly one of my best friends collapsed. Very strange for it to happen at this age so it was clearly very serious. Anyway towards the end of the week he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. This started a 3 year long battle against various cancers, which sadly ended June 2010, whilst I was in Germany. Everyone was devastated. One of the nicest guys I will ever come across, and a best friend for life. I was in shock, completely ruined the rest of my week in Germany (an exchange). Football was never the same again. We've now made it a tradition to run a memorial day of our football team vs the coaches who run/ran the Junior teams when we were playing. Whilst I struggle with deafness/balance issues/fragile hearing aid, its an opportunity I can never turn down. Still got another 30 days till this is played, but already starting to feel the emotion and are slightly nervous for it. But its for a fantastic cause.

Anyway onto the poker.

My evening started quite badly but ended out as a £3 profit.

Main - I gave up the main 5 minutes before the add-on. Had already spent £22, and my 9s failed to hold vs J T. I felt even if i spent the extra £33 (RB x2 + AO), my stack is still not competitive enough relative to blinds and other players on the table. Felt it would have been a complete waste of money which can be used towards better situations. So I trashed the main.

Mini - This was a struggle. I had 2 players that never folded and min bet every flop regardless of whether they hit or not - One of them limped 7 2 in the SB and i checked with 2 6. Flop came 2 2 7 then a 6 turned. Ended up costing me £11. Cheeky sod :-). Then I got moved to a more solid table, which was playing extremely wide and aggressive. Anyway I managed to recover and cash for £27. I believe this was as far as I could go - I struggled to make the cash. Not by playing tight but very much rode my luck at times. Made some good plays and the hands I ended up jamming were dominated. Few interesting hands I have from this mini though. Managed to get max value in a spot I think I did well to.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
terrier922	Small blind		300.00	300.00	9650.00
x	Big blind		600.00	900.00	31249.38
	Your hole cards	J 9
Matt237	Raise		1200.00	2100.00	9800.00
kopite1984	Fold
tantulus50	Fold
terrytwomore	Fold
terrier922	Fold
x	Call		600.00	2700.00	30649.38
Flop
		9 7 9
x	Check
Matt237	Bet		1350.00	4050.00	8450.00
x	Call		1350.00	5400.00	29299.38
Turn
		J
x	Check
Matt237	Check
River
		7
x	Bet		4050.00	9450.00	25249.38
Matt237	All-in		8450.00	17900.00	0.00
x	Call		4400.00	22300.00	20849.38
x	Show	7 10
Matt237	Show	J 9
Matt237	Win	Full House, 9s and Jacks	22300.00		22300.00

 


So 4 hands later I was dealt AA in UTG+1 and UTG had flatted. I decide to flat behind intending for more action and expected someone to squeeze (As described above it was a very aggressive table) . I know its not the best way to play my Aces, but I got some value from them anyway. I was a little surprised at what UTG flatted with, Had he raised pre 100% I 3b and we could get it in. Also think it benefitted me slightly as I was massively underrepped, hence his station.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
terrytwomore	Small blind		400.00	400.00	25600.00
terrier922	Big blind		800.00	1200.00	6750.00
	Your hole cards	A A
x	Call		800.00	2000.00	19149.38
Matt237	Call		800.00	2800.00	20600.00
kopite1984	Fold
tantulus50	Fold
terrytwomore	Fold
terrier922	Check
Flop
		9 K 3
terrier922	Check
x	Check
Matt237	Bet		1600.00	4400.00	19000.00
terrier922	Fold
x	Call		1600.00	6000.00	17549.38
Turn
		6
x	Check
Matt237	Bet		3000.00	9000.00	16000.00
x	Call		3000.00	12000.00	14549.38
River
		8
x	Check
Matt237	Bet		6000.00	18000.00	10000.00
x	Call		6000.00	24000.00	8549.38
Matt237	Show	A A
x	Muck	10 10
Matt237	Win	Pair of Aces	24000.00		34000.00

Then a spot 1 before the bubble where this guy had lost a monster pot previous hand and was down to just under 4bb, thought about this a little and think i have to call with any 2 here. Only just.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Birchinio	Small blind		800.00	800.00	141613.75
Matt237	Big blind		1600.00	2400.00	27648.76
	Your hole cards	7 3
YoungUn	All-in		6295.62	8695.62	0.00
CRABMAN54	Fold
lyonsbob06	Fold
Birchinio	Fold
Matt237	Call		4695.62	13391.24	22953.14
Matt237	Show	7 3
YoungUn	Show	9 10
Flop
		3 4 3
Turn
		K
River
		5
Matt237	Win	Three 3s	13391.24		36344.38

Also played the £250 GTD speed tonight as always. Cashed in it for £10. I love this £2.20 tournament so much - gotta be the best £2 tournament on the site by a mile. Managed to get my 5th straight flush, and I knew the guy had the 2nd nuts also, so I was absolutely loving this hand.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
windamon	Small blind		50.00	50.00	3980.00
__harry__	Big blind		100.00	150.00	1922.50
	Your hole cards	4 3
TIS-DUD	Fold
x	Call		100.00	250.00	1460.00
Matt237	Call		100.00	350.00	5095.00
horne03	Fold
windamon	Fold
__harry__	Check
Flop
		J 5 A
__harry__	Check
x	Check
Matt237	Bet		300.00	650.00	4795.00
__harry__	Fold
x	Call		300.00	950.00	1160.00
Turn
		2
x	Check
Matt237	Check
River
		10
x	Bet		100.00	1050.00	1060.00
Matt237	Raise		675.00	1725.00	4120.00
x	All-in		1060.00	2785.00	0.00
Matt237	Call		485.00	3270.00	3635.00
x	Show	8 K
Matt237	Show	4 3
Matt237	Win	Straight Flush to the 5	3270.00		6905.00

My profit came from a super deep turbo on 888 which I final tabled for $32. So a day of very mixed emotions ended out in a £3 profit. For a very long enjoyable session, you can't complain at any profit at all. Think its the most variance I have experienced in one night though. Love it.

Matt237

Love a thursday poker evening session me, especially hours after some revision. Main/Mini some smaller tournaments and some cash thrown in. Goodluck to everyone tonight :-)

Matt237

Fine evening.

Played the main, mini, 20:05 BH, 19.30 £200 GTD and the £2 speed @ 21:45.

The 4 latter tournaments were non events really. Took 1 head in Mini and the 20:05 so got 1/3 of my money back. Standard exits in all.

The main was a rollercoaster and a half - Started badly, then 8.30-9 I was hitting everything - busted out 2 people including MattBates QQ vs JJ. I then made a horrible decision - and the guy would not let it go. He wasn't even in the hand, I made a bad 4b jam on a draw heavy flop with top pair, and he just would not shut up about it. Not sure whether he was trying to make myself tilt or not, but kindly the 2 other talkative players at the table just told him to leave it. One of those ended up coming 3rd - SJspanky - a true gent and i'm pleased he did well.

So my exit was after becoming short post this hand. This guy had only just come to the table and I wasn't really sure what to make of his play. Limping out of that stack is BAD, but is it bad or is it monster? On history I had him down as one who raised huge with his premiums and limped connecting sort of hands, so I went for it. 11bbs A9, It's going in.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
TONY509	Small blind		500.00	500.00	25594.92
horses	Big blind		1000.00	1500.00	26785.62
	Your hole cards	A 9
powell1058	Fold
x	Call		1000.00	2500.00	10035.00
SUPERSNEDD	Fold
Matt237	All-in		11504.92	14004.92	0.00
TONY509	Fold
horses	Fold
x	All-in		10035.00	24039.92	0.00
Matt237	Unmatched bet		469.92	23570.00	469.92
x	Show	A K
Matt237	Show	A 9
Flop
		8 K 4
Turn
		7
River
		2
x	Win	Pair of Kings	23570.00		23570.00

So this resulted in 39th place and a return of £56. Satellited in for a total of £18 (5 all in attempts) So a decent night really. Bit gutted I pushed that hand really but that's just the player I am.

I then proceeded to play a few 60p DYMs - In order to help out a newer player who is a forum reg. Not collusion etc, but just played as normal to help him improve and try and spot some leaks. I know my game is far from perfect but I felt I can definitely help him. The one funny thing about these games were about the 3rd one I played - The game start to finish was 3 hands. I'll post these in the BBV section as it doesn't half take some doing.

So another night in profit and another enjoyable show courtesy of Sarah and Tikay. Loving it.

Matt237

In Response to Re: New kid on the block:

The one funny thing about these games were about the 3rd one I played - The game start to finish was 3 hands. 
Posted by Matt237

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Glenelg

Hi Matt, 

just catching up with ya diary.  Your memorial footie puts life in perspective.   Rem lifes way too short so just try & enjoy it. 

oh and I'm  mucking  A9. 

Gl 

day4eire76

Hi Matt,

Just caught up with this diary.
Nice read gl with everything.

Run well