Was resigning myself to being the bridesmaid in every MTT going- must have entered 3 or 4 to no avail, when my last one- an 84 runner £11 BH- resulted in second place.
A total of £36 profit on the night, after all buy-ins were accounted for.
Haven't posted for a little while and I’m playing on the site again tonight, so thought I'd drop by and update.
Bit of an (expected) downswing in my Sharkscope fortunes since I last posted a graph back in March. Let's reveal the brutal facts:
So I'm down £413 on my Sky Poker MTT career from a high earlier this year of plus £279.
I'm still £561 up during 2015, but I've definitely taken a tumble.
And that's where tonight comes in…hopefully! Playing the main and mini, trying to qualify for the 9pm BH which I won a few weeks ago and generally looking for a decent cash.
A very deep run in a field of 210 but I'm a little disappointed as I was chip leader with about 40 players left and was also flying high in the main at the same time.
Gl rich. im sure at this rate not only will you be on aussies 'value' table but also 'most improved'. impressive stuff, from being the butt of many a joke on the couch of 861, to ft'bling main events and binking £55 bh's!!
Gl rich. im sure at this rate not only will you be on aussies 'value' table but also 'most improved'. impressive stuff, from being the butt of many a joke on the couch of 861, to ft'bling main events and binking £55 bh's!! Posted by LmfaoAllin
Thanks mate!
Is this value table of Aussie's a real thing? Can someone post a link to it?
it compares heads and points. those with a strong ratio of heads to points earned are the most fearless. those with strong points and few heads per game are value players.
there is a minimum threshhold to ensure there is a reasonable confidence in the results and to give interpretations that are quite reliable.
you seem to do well in the lower table. fearless is not your middle name.
So, if I am to interpret the table correctly- I am in the top ten players on the site in 2015 for finishing as high as possible whilst taking the fewest heads possible in Bounty Hunters.
Yes?
So it's not necessarily a damning indictment of my poker but it does indicate an 'extreme' style in these formats which not many people adhere to i.e. taking the uber-cautious approach and not risking my tournament life to take heads.
If anything, it probably proves that BH's aren't for me as I'm missing out on half the prize pool because I don't take many heads. That said, if I consistently cash in them, maybe they are.
Any thoughts?
Maybe, I'm just spin-doctoring the facts. Maybe it shows I'm woeful at Bounty Hunters. How does anyone else interpret my place on that particular table? Would love to know, as it's clearly telling me something major about my game.
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : Thanks for that Rob. So, if I am to interpret the table correctly- I am in the top ten players on the site in 2015 for finishing as high as possible whilst taking the fewest heads possible in Bounty Hunters. Yes? So it's not necessarily a damning indictment of my poker but it does indicate an 'extreme' style in these formats which not many people adhere to i.e. taking the uber-cautious approach and not risking my tournament life to take heads. If anything, it probably proves that BH's aren't for me as I'm missing out on half the prize pool because I don't take many heads. That said, if I consistently cash in them, maybe they are. Any thoughts? Maybe, I'm just spin-doctoring the facts. Maybe it shows I'm woeful at Bounty Hunters. How does anyone else interpret my place on that particular table? Would love to know, as it's clearly telling me something major about my game. Posted by RICHORFORD
yes. when you compare heads per game to points per game you are at one end of the list of people. for the whole of 2015 so far, you are at the opposite end to those who are fearless, opposite to those who take many heads yet don't last long. you are amongst those who play well yet do so without taking bounties.
no, not a damning indictment. quite a compliment. a distinction.
however, it indicates that you might be too cautious and/or that you are playing sub-optimally and could gain by shoving more often rather than going to value town.
interpreting this, if i were playing against you, i would not worry greatly about calling your shoves. that is if they ever happen. i could probably bluff you off pots more.
it shows that you are a good, cautious, competent player. it shows that you might improve your returns by increasing your bet sizing.
it might be that you are too scared of the antics of those who shove short stacked. maybe you give them far too much credit for their shoves.
it could be that you play very few BHs but that's not really going to the case as there are only 6 freezeouts amongst the 200 mtts every week. so discard that as an explanation. playing BHs but not taking heads is not necessarily bad either, well as long as you cash more often.
add to this the information we know from seeing your player card. do you recall? it was most odd that you had zero quarter 4 finishes. either late registering and/or uber-cautious? adding all these clues together my interpretation is that you have a big upside and a small downside to your game. risk more by increasing your bet size and go in for the kill more decisively.
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : yes. when you compare heads per game to points per game you are at one end of the list of people. for the whole of 2015 so far, you are at the opposite end to those who are fearless, opposite to those who take many heads yet don't last long. you are amongst those who play well yet do so without taking bounties. no, not a damning indictment. quite a compliment. a distinction. however, it indicates that you might be too cautious and/or that you are playing sub-optimally and could gain by shoving more often rather than going to value town. interpreting this, if i were playing against you, i would not worry greatly about calling your shoves. that is if they ever happen. i could probably bluff you off pots more. it shows that you are a good, cautious, competent player. it shows that you might improve your returns by increasing your bet sizing. it might be that you are too scared of the antics of those who shove short stacked. maybe you give them far too much credit for their shoves. it could be that you play very few BHs but that's not really going to the case as there are only 6 freezeouts amongst the 200 mtts every week. so discard that as an explanation. playing BHs but not taking heads is not necessarily bad either, well as long as you cash more often. add to this the information we know from seeing your player card. do you recall? it was most odd that you had zero quarter 4 finishes. either late registering and/or uber-cautious? adding all these clues together my interpretation is that you have a big upside and a small downside to your game. risk more by increasing your bet size and go in for the kill more decisively. but then, what do i know? Posted by aussie09
Really interesting. Thanks Rob. I'm glad we don't allow HUD software on Sky Poker, so it's a level playing field. But that all said, using the stats we do have, you can really spot patterns and strengths/weaknesses in your game if you spend the time to look at it.
Bit like the movie 'Moneyball', which I think you would like.
I'm going to take on board your advice and increase my bet sizes and take short stack shoves less seriously.
Can you leave me an address for my compensation claim when it all goes horribly wrong? ;-)
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : Really interesting. Thanks Rob. I'm glad we don't allow HUD software on Sky Poker, so it's a level playing field. But that all said, using the stats we do have, you can really spot patterns and strengths/weaknesses in your game if you spend the time to look at it. Bit like the movie 'Moneyball', which I think you would like. I'm going to take on board your advice and increase my bet sizes and take short stack shoves less seriously. Can you leave me an address for my compensation claim when it all gos horribly wrong? ;-) Posted by RICHORFORD
my pleasure rich.
in summary...
carry on playing your game in the same way. don't change. spot those pesky short stack shoves and give them less respect stop wounding so many people, kill some of them instead.
compensation claims to aussie09@pokerinjuryclaims4u.com
actually, as a pretend thing, i will take 10% of your action (not really, just pretending remember) in all the £500 guaranteed tournament that you play on skypoker over the next month. there will be 800, no doubt you will play a dozen or so. see how you do. it is a big enough sample.
many of us know that you are a good poker player but i know that you would not make a good serial killer. as i used to say to the kray twins, up your strike rate.
i will send the boys round at the end of may for my 10%.
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : my pleasure rich. in summary... carry on playing your game in the same way. don't change. spot those pesky short stack shoves and give them less respect stop wounding so many people, kill some of them instead. compensation claims to aussie09@pokerinjuryclaims4u.com actually, as a pretend thing, i will take 10% of your action (not really, just pretending remember) in all the £500 guaranteed tournament that you play on skypoker over the next month. there will be 800, no doubt you will play a dozen or so. see how you do. it is a big enough sample. many of us know that you are a good poker player but i know that you would not make a good serial killer. as i used to say to the kray twins, up your strike rate. i will send the boys round at the end of may for my 10%. Posted by aussie09
hes come on leaps and bounds(you taking lessons Rich)
Rich, have you taken the game more seriously if you have it shows wp m8
Definitely seen a marked improvement in my play this year.
No lessons per se, other than the hundreds of hours listening to pros in the studio.
Although if you told someone you'd spent anything up to 15 hours a week for years in the presense of professionals analysing their specialist subject (be it poker, archictecture, karate, hang-gliding, the French language,whatever) using other people to watch or from time to time your own performance, I think that would count as lessons!
That does not explain the big question: how exactly did your lot manage to get a point yesterday? Posted by Maggiesdad
Ha! Good question, Mike.
By playing a team with an ancient captain who's becoming an increasing liability, an injury-prone striker who's never on the pitch, a promising midfielder who looks more interested in money and hippy crack and a massive hole in the squad from last year that happens to the same size and shape as Louis Suarez. That's how. ;-)
Thought that next decent cash was never gonna come!
Still playing weekly- that's weekly not weakly, although some may beg to differ.
But had taken a dip in results recently. Still going on deep runs, as I did once again tonight in the main and mini. Chipleader for a decent spell in the main, but ran out of juice about 30 off the bubble. Only a total of one rebuy and two add-ons required though for both events. So not totally shabby.
And bubbled the early evening satellite for the £55 BH, although it wasn't the pure bubble so got my money back at least.
So, my last roll of the dice was the £55 speed BH which I entered through late reg with about 2 minutes left. Anyway, to cut a long story short...
Player Name
Chips
Rank
Prize
Heads
Value
Lambert180
245000
1
£453.25 + £219.75 Head Prizes
5
RicOrford
0
2
£269.50 + £167.12 Head Prizes
5
Beaten heads-up by Mr Twitch himself, Paul Lambert!
And here's the new Sharkscope showing a healthy-looking return to something near profit.
-£124 down on my entire 8 year Sky Poker MTT career after 481 tournaments. I can live with that. Especially as the graph is showing signs of continual improvement rather than decline.
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Hi all,
Haven't posted for a little while and I’m playing on the site again tonight, so thought I'd drop by and update.
Bit of an (expected) downswing in my Sharkscope fortunes since I last posted a graph back in March. Let's reveal the brutal facts:
So I'm down £413 on my Sky Poker MTT career from a high earlier this year of plus £279.
I'm still £561 up during 2015, but I've definitely taken a tumble.
And that's where tonight comes in…hopefully! Playing the main and mini, trying to qualify for the 9pm BH which I won a few weeks ago and generally looking for a decent cash.
See you at the tables!
hi richard,
it compares heads and points. those with a strong ratio of heads to points earned are the most fearless. those with strong points and few heads per game are value players.
there is a minimum threshhold to ensure there is a reasonable confidence in the results and to give interpretations that are quite reliable.
you seem to do well in the lower table. fearless is not your middle name.
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no, not a damning indictment. quite a compliment. a distinction.
however, it indicates that you might be too cautious and/or that you are playing sub-optimally and could gain by shoving more often rather than going to value town.
interpreting this, if i were playing against you, i would not worry greatly about calling your shoves. that is if they ever happen. i could probably bluff you off pots more.
it shows that you are a good, cautious, competent player. it shows that you might improve your returns by increasing your bet sizing.
it might be that you are too scared of the antics of those who shove short stacked. maybe you give them far too much credit for their shoves.
it could be that you play very few BHs but that's not really going to the case as there are only 6 freezeouts amongst the 200 mtts every week. so discard that as an explanation. playing BHs but not taking heads is not necessarily bad either, well as long as you cash more often.
add to this the information we know from seeing your player card. do you recall? it was most odd that you had zero quarter 4 finishes. either late registering and/or uber-cautious? adding all these clues together my interpretation is that you have a big upside and a small downside to your game. risk more by increasing your bet size and go in for the kill more decisively.
but then, what do i know?
in summary...
carry on playing your game in the same way. don't change.
spot those pesky short stack shoves and give them less respect
stop wounding so many people, kill some of them instead.
compensation claims to aussie09@pokerinjuryclaims4u.com
actually, as a pretend thing, i will take 10% of your action (not really, just pretending remember) in all the £500 guaranteed tournament that you play on skypoker over the next month. there will be 800, no doubt you will play a dozen or so. see how you do. it is a big enough sample.
many of us know that you are a good poker player but i know that you would not make a good serial killer. as i used to say to the kray twins, up your strike rate.
i will send the boys round at the end of may for my 10%.
just read wikipedia on moneyball. looks interesting.