Not posted since thursday. Haven't been around really other than to play Saturdays mini which went ok until i ran KK > AA 2 off money. Was painful.
Life. It sucks. Sucking very hard lately, past 4 days have been a horrible experience. No motivation to do anything whatsoever hence no poker. Thought i'd play the DTDs tonight to try and take my mind off things. Went ok in all 3 but no cashes.
Putting my life to one side what a week-end of sport we have been treated to. Championship play-off final showed what a great game football is, Derby absolutely dominant - Gary O'neill taking a red card for the team and was very much so rewarded with Zamora's late goal for QPR - God knows what the Derby defence was doing however.
Straight afterwards was the Heineken cup final. Now i don't have too much interest in rugby union barring the world cup and 6 nations, but i watched the game purely because of Johnny Wilkinson. What a legend that man is. Very fitting farewell for him to win the cup again. Provided a great sporting memory of mine growing up with his drop goal against the aussies in '03.
Then of course it was the champions league final. Gutted for Atletico but what a season they have had. Real deserved it on the night but Atletico certainly contributed to a very entertaining game. Simeone antics were shocking really, as my Dad said; Beckham obviously didn't hit him hard enough.
League 1 play-off on sunday provided the best entertainment - Gutted for a certain TommyD that Orient couldn't win the shoot-out but the game was superb and both teams deserved to go up. 2 Shocking penalties from the Orient blokes costed them promotion, after a 48 game marathon. It must be very tough on the players, as I know how it feels as a fan to get knocked out in the play-offs.
Really looking forward to next season now. I support Leamington FC in the conference north (dont think ive mentioned that here) And our manager has built up a very promising squad for next season in hope of a play-off push. Cannot cannot wait :-).
Must say i did enjoy tonight though. Not a bad sole at the tables in the DTD games and always up for a good chat. Big recommendation to play them to anyone who doesn't already. Hope to get back into the mood to grind tomorrow :-)
You missed something - Might I add the fascinating Monaco F1GP on Sunday, and the look on the podium between Hamilton and Rosberg - EH OH! Here we go possibly with Senna v Prost MkII (No disrespect to the l8 Legend, and the best F1 driver probably ever! oh what a whining T*** Vettel's become now he's in an 'Average' car rather than one which belongs in a league of it's own - Ala Red Bull 2010-2013 and Mercedes this year!)
I have some close pals who live in Rotherham so was supporting them for the day on Sunday and was thrilled to see my 'Adopted' team win promotion....My mate wrote to me on FB earlier to say that he has no nails left following Sunday's game, and he hardly watches football! Better get growing some ready for the WC in less than 3 weeks! THREE WEEKS! OMFG! how quickly has it come around!.... :O
Feeling much better today though - went to docs RE: my depression and helped a fair bit. Ears still playing up which is a pain in the backside but just gotta live with it. Got my daily revision done and sat down for a 5 hour treat from Orford and Jarvis, plus an entertaining night of poker.
Played the main/mini/20:05 BH tonight, and it's quite fair to say it did not go very well. I made an horrendous misclick in the main about 20 minutes in and was therefore down to 180 chips. Recovered up to 1600 but eventually blinded into 10bigs territory and went for it with 7s - called by 8s. Mini exit was with 99 on 2 6 7 rainbow when someone donk jammed who limped in pre and called raise - turned out he had 10s. :-(. 20:05 BH flopped huge with AQ spade on 9 10 J, 2 spades. 2 Jams before myself but felt it was a massive mistake to fold such a strong combo draw and ended up missing.
Then i played 2 £5.50 sit and gos - Not sure why, just felt in the mood. First one i played awfully tight and got to the last 3. I was short - a certain forum friend Mr Liamboi ended up clashing with the other big stack and taking him out and i got to heads up about 6:1 behind. I pulled it back to even and got unlucky in some spots where i would have doubled up otherwise, but anyway i made an optimistic play at the wrong time and got called on turn with A high - on 10 10 J x board 2 diamonds when i had a gutshot. Would've been harsh if i hit but ended up getting 2nd which was a miracle in itself i think. Bubbled the 2nd game - Jammed 33 into the same players' A9 - Couldn't hold. Mr Liamboi ended up winning both games, no real surprise as he is excellent.
Always like to take part in the Mastercash hour to get some TV coverage. It does help getting feedback on cash hands especially as i am a tournament player trying to improve my cash game as i feel i could do well at cash on the side. My cash session ended up +£24 and stacking 4 players. 3 short stacks but its still a good satisfaction :-). Main hand was this one. It was a bit of a gift if i'm honest i couldn't quite believe he was stationing me with what he had. Nearly checked that turn - classic mistake that would have been.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
Bricky_Lee
Small blind
£0.05
£0.05
£23.33
Matt237
Big blind
£0.10
£0.15
£19.20
Your hole cards
A
A
stewie7
Raise
£0.30
£0.45
£18.55
HOLLYWHIT
Fold
stackem115
Fold
x
Call
£0.30
£0.75
£15.38
Bricky_Lee
Call
£0.25
£1.00
£23.08
Matt237
Raise
£1.70
£2.70
£17.50
stewie7
Fold
x
Call
£1.50
£4.20
£13.88
Bricky_Lee
Fold
Flop
8
Q
J
Matt237
Bet
£2.50
£6.70
£15.00
x
Call
£2.50
£9.20
£11.38
Turn
9
Matt237
Bet
£5.10
£14.30
£9.90
x
Call
£5.10
£19.40
£6.28
River
5
Matt237
Bet
£6.28
£25.68
£3.62
x
All-in
£6.28
£31.96
£0.00
Matt237
Show
A
A
x
Show
4
4
Matt237
Win
Flush to the Ace
£30.56
£34.18
Played 2 60p DYMs in the final hour as i've been trying to help a forum reg with his leaks lately. Starting to see some real progress now though, which is very good. Cashed 2/2 in these, not much to talk about here really but i felt like i had a massive edge over these players. There was 1 hand however which i was amazed at what happened - I played this quite passively hoping he would catch up with a draw, but when he snapped me at showdown went to look at what he had mucked and i couldn't quite believe it again. Seen some absolute madness tonight, with all due respects to the villains.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
hecate22
Small blind
100.00
100.00
3005.00
GaryLaud
Big blind
200.00
300.00
1615.00
Your hole cards
10
10
x
Call
200.00
500.00
2790.00
dbmagic
Fold
Matt237
Raise
800.00
1300.00
2730.00
hecate22
Fold
GaryLaud
Fold
x
Call
600.00
1900.00
2190.00
Flop
10
7
7
x
Check
Matt237
Check
Turn
3
x
Check
Matt237
Check
River
6
x
Check
Matt237
Bet
1425.00
3325.00
1305.00
x
Call
1425.00
4750.00
765.00
Matt237
Show
10
10
x
Muck
K
K
Matt237
Win
Full House, 10s and 7s
4750.00
6055.00
Losing night on MTTs but a nice 1 hour profit on 10nl has made this night a B/E. I am rolled to play 20nl which i probably should because of rake etc, but as i am only just starting out at cash i feel i can stick around at 10nl a bit longer. See ya all for the rebuys, been a fun nights play.
Expect to write a long post in the morning - Just made my first ever big final table which i'm chuffed to bits about. Whilst a 6th place in a mini doesn't sound that great, considering the field i'm over the moon.
Expect to write a long post in the morning - Just made my first ever big final table which i'm chuffed to bits about. Whilst a 6th place in a mini doesn't sound that great, considering the field i'm over the moon. Posted by Matt237
well played pal. leamington f.c though, i thought you were a united fan
Very strange evening for me. Feeling much better today though - went to docs RE: my depression and helped a fair bit. Ears still playing up which is a pain in the backside but just gotta live with it. Got my daily revision done and sat down for a 5 hour treat from Orford and Jarvis, plus an entertaining night of poker. Played the main/mini/20:05 BH tonight, and it's quite fair to say it did not go very well. I made an horrendous misclick in the main about 20 minutes in and was therefore down to 180 chips. Recovered up to 1600 but eventually blinded into 10bigs territory and went for it with 7s - called by 8s. Mini exit was with 99 on 2 6 7 rainbow when someone donk jammed who limped in pre and called raise - turned out he had 10s. :-(. 20:05 BH flopped huge with AQ spade on 9 10 J, 2 spades. 2 Jams before myself but felt it was a massive mistake to fold such a strong combo draw and ended up missing. Then i played 2 £5.50 sit and gos - Not sure why, just felt in the mood. First one i played awfully tight and got to the last 3. I was short - a certain forum friend Mr Liamboi ended up clashing with the other big stack and taking him out and i got to heads up about 6:1 behind. I pulled it back to even and got unlucky in some spots where i would have doubled up otherwise, but anyway i made an optimistic play at the wrong time and got called on turn with A high - on 10 10 J x board 2 diamonds when i had a gutshot. Would've been harsh if i hit but ended up getting 2nd which was a miracle in itself i think. Bubbled the 2nd game - Jammed 33 into the same players' A9 - Couldn't hold. Mr Liamboi ended up winning both games, no real surprise as he is excellent. Always like to take part in the Mastercash hour to get some TV coverage. It does help getting feedback on cash hands especially as i am a tournament player trying to improve my cash game as i feel i could do well at cash on the side. My cash session ended up +£24 and stacking 4 players. 3 short stacks but its still a good satisfaction :-). Main hand was this one. It was a bit of a gift if i'm honest i couldn't quite believe he was stationing me with what he had. Nearly checked that turn - classic mistake that would have been. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance Bricky_Lee Small blind £0.05 £0.05 £23.33 Matt237 Big blind £0.10 £0.15 £19.20 Your hole cards A A stewie7 Raise £0.30 £0.45 £18.55 HOLLYWHIT Fold stackem115 Fold x Call £0.30 £0.75 £15.38 Bricky_Lee Call £0.25 £1.00 £23.08 Matt237 Raise £1.70 £2.70 £17.50 stewie7 Fold x Call £1.50 £4.20 £13.88 Bricky_Lee Fold Flop 8 Q J Matt237 Bet £2.50 £6.70 £15.00 x Call £2.50 £9.20 £11.38 Turn 9 Matt237 Bet £5.10 £14.30 £9.90 x Call £5.10 £19.40 £6.28 River 5 Matt237 Bet £6.28 £25.68 £3.62 x All-in £6.28 £31.96 £0.00 Matt237 Show A A x Show 4 4 Matt237 Win Flush to the Ace £30.56 £34.18 Played 2 60p DYMs in the final hour as i've been trying to help a forum reg with his leaks lately. Starting to see some real progress now though, which is very good. Cashed 2/2 in these, not much to talk about here really but i felt like i had a massive edge over these players. There was 1 hand however which i was amazed at what happened - I played this quite passively hoping he would catch up with a draw, but when he snapped me at showdown went to look at what he had mucked and i couldn't quite believe it again. Seen some absolute madness tonight, with all due respects to the villains. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance hecate22 Small blind 100.00 100.00 3005.00 GaryLaud Big blind 200.00 300.00 1615.00 Your hole cards 10 10 x Call 200.00 500.00 2790.00 dbmagic Fold Matt237 Raise 800.00 1300.00 2730.00 hecate22 Fold GaryLaud Fold x Call 600.00 1900.00 2190.00 Flop 10 7 7 x Check Matt237 Check Turn 3 x Check Matt237 Check River 6 x Check Matt237 Bet 1425.00 3325.00 1305.00 x Call 1425.00 4750.00 765.00 Matt237 Show 10 10 x Muck K K Matt237 Win Full House, 10s and 7s 4750.00 6055.00 Losing night on MTTs but a nice 1 hour profit on 10nl has made this night a B/E. I am rolled to play 20nl which i probably should because of rake etc, but as i am only just starting out at cash i feel i can stick around at 10nl a bit longer. See ya all for the rebuys, been a fun nights play. Posted by Matt237
checking the flop okies but checkin the turn aswell?
Not posted since thursday. Haven't been around really other than to play Saturdays mini which went ok until i ran KK /> AA 2 off money. Was painful. Life. It sucks. Sucking very hard lately, past 4 days have been a horrible experience. No motivation to do anything whatsoever hence no poker. Thought i'd play the DTDs tonight to try and take my mind off things. Went ok in all 3 but no cashes. Putting my life to one side what a week-end of sport we have been treated to. Championship play-off final showed what a great game football is, Derby absolutely dominant - Gary O'neill taking a red card for the team and was very much so rewarded with Zamora's late goal for QPR - God knows what the Derby defence was doing however. Straight afterwards was the Heineken cup final. Now i don't have too much interest in rugby union barring the world cup and 6 nations, but i watched the game purely because of Johnny Wilkinson. What a legend that man is. Very fitting farewell for him to win the cup again. Provided a great sporting memory of mine growing up with his drop goal against the aussies in '03. Then of course it was the champions league final. Gutted for Atletico but what a season they have had. Real deserved it on the night but Atletico certainly contributed to a very entertaining game. Simeone antics were shocking really, as my Dad said; Beckham obviously didn't hit him hard enough. League 1 play-off on sunday provided the best entertainment - Gutted for a certain TommyD that Orient couldn't win the shoot-out but the game was superb and both teams deserved to go up. 2 Shocking penalties from the Orient blokes costed them promotion, after a 48 game marathon. It must be very tough on the players, as I know how it feels as a fan to get knocked out in the play-offs. Really looking forward to next season now. I support Leamington FC in the conference north (dont think ive mentioned that here) And our manager has built up a very promising squad for next season in hope of a play-off push. Cannot cannot wait :-). Posted by Matt237
Like the first bit.
Agree with 2nd bit. Before Mclaren came Buxton and Keogh seemed to make mistakes like they did on Saturday every game. Since his arrival they've improved beyond recognition. Such a shame for both of them to make an error in the biggest game of their lives.
Well done on your result in the mini
.
Ps Matt
A comment you made elsewhere has hit home a bit and I've had to delete and edit a couple of posts.
In Response to Re: New kid on the block : Like the first bit. Agree with 2nd bit. Before Mclaren came Buxton and Keogh seemed to make mistakes like they did on Saturday every game. Since his arrival they've improved beyond recognition. Such a shame for both of them to make an error in the biggest game of their lives. Well done on your result in the mini . Ps Matt A comment you made elsewhere has hit home a bit and I've had to delete and edit a couple of posts. Posted by Jac35
Apologies whatever this was for, little bit confused sorry. Never intend to cause any harm on here.
In Response to Re: New kid on the block : checking the flop okies but checkin the turn aswell? Posted by seppe
If he has a big hand we are getting it in pre so i checked twice to allow him to catch up on the river aswell as the turn. Flush got there, straight got there. Felt a big bet would get paid. Remember this is lower stakes DYM so if the bloke turned/rivered a pair he probably pays me off.
In Response to Re: New kid on the block : well played pal. leamington f.c though, i thought you were a united fan Posted by THEROCK573
Close to heart still, more of a money thing than anything. Tricky going to every game from warwickshire. With Leamington a whole away day - drinks/food/travel/entry etc is far cheaper than a match ticket these days, even to places like Barrow/Workington. Just wanted something to do on my saturdays whilst i passed on United week in week out. Still go to the big away games though, City/Liverpool/Villa etc
Benefitted me on the side haha non league football knowledge has made me over £4k over past 2 seasons
So I played my new Wednesday schedule - Main/Mini/19:30 £5.50 GTD/20:05 BH/20:30 Megastack/21:45 Speed. Also played 2 £11 DYMs and 1 £11 SNG - Bubbled all 3.
Latter 4 tournaments i listed above went a bit wrong. I never usually get so annoyed during a poker game but in the speed I got slowrolled. It was really obvious aswell. As soon as his time bank started, he said 'Gl' - About halfway through he turned erm twice. Then with about 2 seconds left he finally called. Thankgod this was a hand on the break because it could have really done me. My severe pet hate in poker. Appreciate if someone has a tough decision or if they are playing so many tables, but when its someone i dont really know and does all this hollywooding in the chat box - it's frustrating you know. Even had the cheek to say haha cya after i typed 'Nice.' in the chatbox.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
Tom_Allen
Small blind
500.00
500.00
3500.00
joy01
Big blind
1000.00
1500.00
18945.00
Your hole cards
K
K
missy2804
Fold
x
Call
1000.00
2500.00
12470.00
Matt237
All-in
14120.00
16620.00
0.00
Tom_Allen
Fold
joy01
Fold
x
All-in
12470.00
29090.00
0.00
Matt237
Unmatched bet
650.00
28440.00
650.00
x
Show
A
A
Matt237
Show
K
K
Flop
10
Q
7
Turn
3
River
J
x
Win
Pair of Aces
28440.00
28440.00
Main was going OK but not brilliant. Always had a 20-25bb stack then a hand where I couldn't quite fire a third barrell so I checked behind, and the guy ended up rivering a pair. Left with 10BB and ran into JJ with 66 - Took a gamble and hoped for a flip but he can also have Ax Kx and underpairs in his range as he should be jamming wide.
So I was left with the mini and facing an £90 loss. If im honest I was just in the mood to go to bed as it wasn't happening for me. This was a bit of a weird tournament. I ended up making the final table without doubling up or knocking anyone out. Yet I was playing relatively aggressive. Only started the laddering game when it got to the final 8 as I was desperate to make this final table. Other than that I had the perfect stack to just keep 3b jamming in the spots where I had fold equity. Had to make a few things happen aswell as like I said I couldnt get a double up spot. Didn't really run good or badly either. Few hands here which set me up nicely for the final 20
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
iamdonk
Small blind
250.00
250.00
7280.00
aiken2001
Big blind
500.00
750.00
8025.00
Your hole cards
K
Q
MADPATDOTC
Fold
RyanC7
Raise
1000.00
1750.00
62354.35
Matt237
Call
1000.00
2750.00
26938.00
carlosn17
Fold
iamdonk
Fold
aiken2001
Fold
Flop
7
J
K
RyanC7
Bet
1375.00
4125.00
60979.35
Matt237
Call
1375.00
5500.00
25563.00
Turn
5
RyanC7
Check
Matt237
Bet
2750.00
8250.00
22813.00
RyanC7
Call
2750.00
11000.00
58229.35
River
4
RyanC7
Check
Matt237
Bet
5500.00
16500.00
17313.00
RyanC7
Call
5500.00
22000.00
52729.35
Matt237
Show
K
Q
RyanC7
Muck
10
K
Matt237
Win
Pair of Kings
22000.00
39313.00
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
kgee
Small blind
500.00
500.00
87970.00
shire40
Big blind
1000.00
1500.00
47339.74
Your hole cards
Q
Q
Matt237
Raise
2000.00
3500.00
54813.00
FilthyMurk
Fold
MattBates
Raise
4850.00
8350.00
77561.76
kgee
Fold
shire40
Fold
Matt237
Call
2850.00
11200.00
51963.00
Flop
4
6
9
Matt237
Check
MattBates
Bet
4000.00
15200.00
73561.76
Matt237
Call
4000.00
19200.00
47963.00
Turn
7
Matt237
Check
MattBates
Bet
7000.00
26200.00
66561.76
Matt237
Call
7000.00
33200.00
40963.00
River
10
Matt237
Check
MattBates
Check
Matt237
Show
Q
Q
MattBates
Muck
9
K
Matt237
Win
Pair of Queens
33200.00
74163.00
So as we got to the final table - about 5 hands in I was the victim of one of the coolers of all coolers on a final table. There wasn't really anything I could do.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
ozzieowen
Small blind
2500.00
2500.00
244495.73
Matt237
Big blind
5000.00
7500.00
82663.00
Your hole cards
K
A
kgee
Fold
Doooobs
Raise
10000.00
17500.00
327001.50
ewoowoow00
Fold
shire40
Fold
ozzieowen
Raise
25725.00
43225.00
218770.73
Matt237
All-in
82663.00
125888.00
0.00
Doooobs
Fold
ozzieowen
Call
59438.00
185326.00
159332.73
ozzieowen
Show
A
A
Matt237
Show
K
A
Flop
K
4
2
Turn
Q
River
8
ozzieowen
Win
Pair of Aces
185326.00
344658.73
Doooobs
1190000
1st/239
£679.73
ewoowoow00
0
2
£405.27
kgee
0
3
£243.68
ozzieowen
0
4
£192.38
shire40
0
5
£162.88
Matt237
0
6
£135.94
Also shout-out to fellow TPTer who came 3rd.
I think I played this tournament near perfectly. Very happy with the outcome. Heard these rebuys are the hardest ones to cash somewhere and in 3 weeks of playing them:
/> Week 1 - 8th in main /> Week 2 - Top 20 in mini /> Week 3 - Final table in mini
Clearly my game has gotten to a decent level now, although I still don't want to think I am a good player etc yet. Suppose now that is another target is achieved I should probably take this further, and aim for a top 3 finish in a biggun.
Look forward to tonight - Bounty hunters haven't been my friend lately but the last main event BH i played i managed a cash. Also will play some cash during the TV hours.
Edit - There was a tough spot in the mini which I have posted in the clinic, for any MTT regs that read this diary.
Didn't run well at all tonight. Ended up in a £12 profit however.
Played a 1 hour cash session before my MTT schedule tonight. MTTs I played were the Main, Mini, 20:05 BH, 21:45 speed and the 22:00 Turbo.
Only one that went ok was the main - Made a pretty speculative call pre flop, went with it on the flop and got there on the turn ............ only to be rivered. This would've been head #4 and 3rd in chips. Fine lines!
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
kingbodger
Small blind
200.00
200.00
16364.25
Matt237
Big blind
400.00
600.00
6242.50
Your hole cards
6
3
JerseyPhil
Fold
thebookie2
Raise
800.00
1400.00
3802.50
Ando
Call
800.00
2200.00
2875.00
kingbodger
Fold
Matt237
Call
400.00
2600.00
5842.50
Flop
4
A
4
Matt237
Check
thebookie2
Bet
1300.00
3900.00
2502.50
Ando
Fold
Matt237
All-in
5842.50
9742.50
0.00
thebookie2
All-in
2502.50
12245.00
0.00
Matt237
Unmatched bet
2040.00
10205.00
2040.00
Matt237
Show
6
3
thebookie2
Show
7
A
Turn
Q
River
10
thebookie2
Win
Flush to the Ace
10205.00
10205.00
My return was just over £40 from 3 heads so i made off this.
Cash session was where my profit came from, particulary 1 hand really. I played it ok post flop, but pre flop I don't really like my call. Felt its a spot where I can 4b.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
longman912
Small blind
£0.05
£0.05
£6.96
dundeejohn
Big blind
£0.10
£0.15
£21.30
Your hole cards
3
A
Matt237
Raise
£0.30
£0.45
£19.50
Sir-Gary
Fold
silvalady
Raise
£1.05
£1.50
£18.96
mountain24
Fold
longman912
Fold
dundeejohn
Fold
Matt237
Call
£0.75
£2.25
£18.75
Flop
8
J
9
Matt237
Check
silvalady
Bet
£1.69
£3.94
£17.27
Matt237
Call
£1.69
£5.63
£17.06
Turn
6
Matt237
Check
silvalady
Bet
£4.22
£9.85
£13.05
Matt237
All-in
£17.06
£26.91
£0.00
silvalady
Call
£12.84
£39.75
£0.21
Matt237
Show
3
A
silvalady
Show
Q
K
River
9
Matt237
Win
Flush to the Ace
£38.35
£38.35
And also a spot where I somehow managed to stack the bloke, in very odd circumstances.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
VINEY73
Small blind
£0.05
£0.05
£19.45
Matt237
Big blind
£0.10
£0.15
£16.72
Your hole cards
7
Q
stevemug2
Fold
Sir-Gary
Fold
Chris_Mc
Fold
x
Call
£0.10
£0.25
£8.90
VINEY73
Fold
Matt237
Check
Flop
J
10
K
Matt237
Check
x
Bet
£0.20
£0.45
£8.70
Matt237
Call
£0.20
£0.65
£16.52
Turn
9
Matt237
Check
x
Bet
£0.33
£0.98
£8.37
Matt237
Raise
£1.30
£2.28
£15.22
x
Call
£0.97
£3.25
£7.40
River
7
Matt237
Bet
£3.25
£6.50
£11.97
x
All-in
£7.40
£13.90
£0.00
Matt237
Call
£4.15
£18.05
£7.82
Matt237
Show
7
Q
x
Show
3
9
Matt237
Win
Straight to the King
£16.69
£24.51
Not much to discuss tonight, as 3/4 of my exits were button raises waking up with monsters where I can jam decent hands with some fold equity. Ran into QQ x2, AQ and AA - Bit unfortunate haha. So another night in profit for playing the game we love - who can complain???
No play. Revision, life stuff etc gotten the better today. Doesn't help i slept in till 3pm lol :-)
Easy choice on what to watch tonight, although it wasn't good viewing for myself. Not sure how many super league fans we have on here but Leeds Rhinos are a big family team of ours - bit like Man United. Do like watching the rugby league, find it quite entertaining. Anyway pretty big game tonight away at Warrington, and Leeds got slaughtered. Yet to come out of the game losing 24-6 was very impressive. Warrington looked so sharp, and for their awful start to the season, they are looking like a team to watch out for again come September/October.
Meanwhile the FA have confirmed preliminary line-ups for the leagues, more specifically non leagues as there are often switches/etc during the AGM which is held in 2 weeks. Usually now i start finding my picks to plonk money on. Done very well past 2 seasons and expect to do ok next year, although our league is stronger and much harder to pick. Conference North atm looks like this:
AFC Fylde
Barrow
Boston United
Brackley Town
Bradford Park Avenue
Chester FC
Chorley
Colwyn Bay
Gainsborough Trinity
Gloucester City
Guiseley
Harrogate Town
Hednesford Town
Hyde FC
Leamington FC
North Ferriby United
Oxford City
Solihull Moors
Stalybridge Celtic
Stockport County
Tamworth
Worcester City
Would say this is the strongest the league has ever been. On that list there are about 10 bankrolled clubs, 3 clubs that should be higher up the pyramid, and then only 1 or 2 punching above their weight. I can't wait for august for the start of the season, some of the away days will be fantastic. 6 new grounds on that list for me too, as I missed 2 of the away games last year. I also hope Oxford get shifted to the south and we get Lowestoft :-)
May play tomorrow but not sure, will try and play the roller on Sunday. Probably work on a month summary tomorrow aswell.
Good Reading your Diary Matt. I've just updated mine having completed my "May Challenge" and it's not good reading....Good to see other's (Yrself Included) doing well for themselves.
No play tonight but railed for a few hours busting some fifa on the ps3. Managed to see a fellow team mate take down the mini so well done to Mattprawn for that. Hopefully post monthly tomorrow and try and figure out what i'm doing next month. Definitely will be a quiet month for sure. Hopefully get my bets sorted soon aswell, will defo post some decent tips on here of good prices from non league market.
Not a bad month at all really for the stakes i've been starting out at under a proper bankroll. My aim of a top 10 in a main/mini was beaten, following an 8th place in a Rebuy main (Wednesday 14th). Then i set myself a target of a main/mini final table, which was beaten in a Rebuy mini - 6th place (Wednesday 28th). I also won 4 tournaments this month - a freebuy, a mega stack, a £1k BH and a £200 GTD @ 7.30pm.
I feel like my game has reached another level too, april was progress from a bad march, and despite a bad UKOPS, i came out of april near enough even. Now to take myself onto a month of profit is real progress. I am making much fewer mistakes and it's being rewarded. Tried alot more cash this month too, as one of my longer term goals is to become a winning cash player aswell as MTTs, aspiring to become someone like TommyD, who is extremely successful at both games.
June will be a fairly relaxed month, as WB 9th June, my exams restart for a 2 week period. I'm not sure how often i'll be around but i do plan to play a little bit this month. No real target set for it however, just get the exams out of the way and my first proper month will be July. Hopefully be able to devise a proper schedule for my roll on a daily basis for that month. Can't wait.
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I have some close pals who live in Rotherham so was supporting them for the day on Sunday and was thrilled to see my 'Adopted' team win promotion....My mate wrote to me on FB earlier to say that he has no nails left following Sunday's game, and he hardly watches football! Better get growing some ready for the WC in less than 3 weeks! THREE WEEKS! OMFG! how quickly has it come around!.... :O
Always like to take part in the Mastercash hour to get some TV coverage. It does help getting feedback on cash hands especially as i am a tournament player trying to improve my cash game as i feel i could do well at cash on the side. My cash session ended up +£24 and stacking 4 players. 3 short stacks but its still a good satisfaction :-). Main hand was this one. It was a bit of a gift if i'm honest i couldn't quite believe he was stationing me with what he had. Nearly checked that turn - classic mistake that would have been.
Played 2 60p DYMs in the final hour as i've been trying to help a forum reg with his leaks lately. Starting to see some real progress now though, which is very good. Cashed 2/2 in these, not much to talk about here really but i felt like i had a massive edge over these players. There was 1 hand however which i was amazed at what happened - I played this quite passively hoping he would catch up with a draw, but when he snapped me at showdown went to look at what he had mucked and i couldn't quite believe it again. Seen some absolute madness tonight, with all due respects to the villains.
So I played my new Wednesday schedule - Main/Mini/19:30 £5.50 GTD/20:05 BH/20:30 Megastack/21:45 Speed. Also played 2 £11 DYMs and 1 £11 SNG - Bubbled all 3.
Latter 4 tournaments i listed above went a bit wrong. I never usually get so annoyed during a poker game but in the speed I got slowrolled. It was really obvious aswell. As soon as his time bank started, he said 'Gl' - About halfway through he turned erm twice. Then with about 2 seconds left he finally called. Thankgod this was a hand on the break because it could have really done me. My severe pet hate in poker. Appreciate if someone has a tough decision or if they are playing so many tables, but when its someone i dont really know and does all this hollywooding in the chat box - it's frustrating you know. Even had the cheek to say haha cya after i typed 'Nice.' in the chatbox.
So I was left with the mini and facing an £90 loss. If im honest I was just in the mood to go to bed as it wasn't happening for me. This was a bit of a weird tournament. I ended up making the final table without doubling up or knocking anyone out. Yet I was playing relatively aggressive. Only started the laddering game when it got to the final 8 as I was desperate to make this final table. Other than that I had the perfect stack to just keep 3b jamming in the spots where I had fold equity. Had to make a few things happen aswell as like I said I couldnt get a double up spot. Didn't really run good or badly either. Few hands here which set me up nicely for the final 20
I think I played this tournament near perfectly. Very happy with the outcome. Heard these rebuys are the hardest ones to cash somewhere and in 3 weeks of playing them:
/> Week 1 - 8th in main
/> Week 2 - Top 20 in mini
/> Week 3 - Final table in mini
Clearly my game has gotten to a decent level now, although I still don't want to think I am a good player etc yet. Suppose now that is another target is achieved I should probably take this further, and aim for a top 3 finish in a biggun.
Look forward to tonight - Bounty hunters haven't been my friend lately but the last main event BH i played i managed a cash. Also will play some cash during the TV hours.
Edit - There was a tough spot in the mini which I have posted in the clinic, for any MTT regs that read this diary.
My return was just over £40 from 3 heads so i made off this.
Cash session was where my profit came from, particulary 1 hand really. I played it ok post flop, but pre flop I don't really like my call. Felt its a spot where I can 4b.
DTD1
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceEyeman Small blind 300.00 300.00 14470.00 GELDY Big blind 600.00 900.00 5238.00 Your hole cards A K xtortion8 Fold strawbs028 Raise 1800.00 2700.00 21696.25 Matt237 All-in 3849.00 6549.00 0.00 mowgli11 Fold Eyeman Fold GELDY Fold strawbs028 Call 2049.00 8598.00 19647.25 strawbs028 Show Q A Matt237 Show A K Flop 8 4 Q Turn 5 River 10 strawbs028 Win Pair of Queens 8598.00 28245.25
DTD2
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancebewhereall Small blind 15.00 15.00 4745.00 Matt237 Big blind 30.00 45.00 4830.00 Your hole cards K K shirley02 Fold stokefc Fold truly56 Fold MacMonster Call 30.00 75.00 4990.00 bewhereall Call 15.00 90.00 4730.00 Matt237 Raise 120.00 210.00 4710.00 MacMonster Call 120.00 330.00 4870.00 bewhereall Call 120.00 450.00 4610.00 Flop 6 2 3 bewhereall Check Matt237 Bet 300.00 750.00 4410.00 MacMonster All-in 4870.00 5620.00 0.00 bewhereall Fold Matt237 All-in 4410.00 10030.00 0.00 MacMonster Unmatched bet 160.00 9870.00 160.00 Matt237 Show K K MacMonster Show 4 2 Turn 8 River 4 MacMonster Win Two Pairs, 4s and 2s 9870.00 10030.00
And DTD3
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancestokefc Small blind 30.00 30.00 1700.00 dabossman Big blind 60.00 90.00 1665.00 Your hole cards 10 Q rivermunky Raise 120.00 210.00 4235.00 mickzilla Call 120.00 330.00 1782.50 Shelford Call 120.00 450.00 3272.50 Matt237 Call 120.00 570.00 4185.00 stokefc Fold dabossman Fold Flop 10 Q 5 rivermunky Bet 570.00 1140.00 3665.00 mickzilla Fold Shelford Call 570.00 1710.00 2702.50 Matt237 All-in 4185.00 5895.00 0.00 rivermunky All-in 3665.00 9560.00 0.00 Shelford All-in 2702.50 12262.50 0.00 rivermunky Unmatched bet 50.00 12212.50 50.00 rivermunky Show 5 Q Shelford Show 5 A Matt237 Show 10 Q Turn 6 River 5 rivermunky Win Full House, 5s and Queens 12212.50 12262.50
Poker! Love it.