Rich, 1. vwp 2. you should practice taking bounties there is a tournament every day called the headhunter where all the prize pool is on heads. i remember one game last year where I finished 6/64 with only 1 head which left me with a £2 loss! although the guy who went out in 3rd had none. guess he picked the wrong tournament to go deep in. another time i won it for £53 (£5 entry) with 3 heads, but with 10 left I was the only player without any. the moral of the story is that late heads are very valuable, so no need to panic early on. that being said there are spots where you can isolate and induce small stack shoves and it is worth looking out for those. so give it a go and practice Starts At 22:05 Late Reg for 20 Minutes Buy-In £5 + £0.50 Prize Pool £0 Registered 0 / 1000 Chips 2000 Blind Limits 5 Minutes Try our Brand New Sky Head Hunter tournament where there is no prize pool just bounties and you take 60% of the head-prize of whoever you knock out. The other 40% is added to your head prize. Please leave feedback in the forum. Posted by GELDY
This week's session ended with a big result for me.
249 runners in the midweek Rebuy Open Main Event...
Final-tabled it!
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Players Remaining: 5 / 249
kyp1961
500485.75
elvisg1972
323744.22
kapax
302584.63
Curt360x27
245964.60
abzy89
147220.80
RicOrford
0
6
£336.55
6th place for £336. Sharkscope hasn't updated yet, but I think it will show me getting perilously near again to a career proft in online MTTs.
Played for 8 hours solid today, feeling confident on the tables and getting the rub of the green. Going to try and put some more hours in and increase the volume of MTTs I'm playing over the next few weeks.
This week's session ended with a big result for me. 249 runners in the midweek Rebuy Open Main Event... Final-tabled it! Players Players Remaining: 5 / 249 kyp1961 500485.75 elvisg1972 323744.22 kapax 302584.63 Curt360x27 245964.60 abzy89 147220.80 RicOrford 0 6 £336.55 6th place for £336. Sharkscope hasn't updated yet, but I think it will show me getting perilously near again to a career proft in online MTTs. Played for 8 hours solid today, feeling confident on the tables and getting the rub of the green. Going to try and put some more hours in and increase the volume of MTTs I'm playing over the next few weeks. Thanks for everyone who railed. :-) Posted by RICHORFORD
Very well played Richard. I was in that too but unfortunately went out at no 30! From a 60p all in. Totally gutted but always next time! Btw what time did FT go on to?
Olive the FT went on well past 2am, Rich played very well and was particularly unlucky as he had a 3 way all in around 3 tables left - holding AKdd dominating both villains, he even flopped the flush draw but could not hit, the shorty won the main pot trebling up - this is the same villain that went on to bust poor Orf when Rich shoves A10 from the button with 8bb and gets called by AA in the BB.
Well and truly got the bug for the game again right now. Started playing again this afternoon and aiming to go right the way through.
Sharkscope updated and it turns out I've now played exactly 500 MTTs on my own personal account on Sky as of today.
The low point was December 31st 2014. The graph starts improving from Jan 1st. It's the sort of line I'm happy to see because overall it's heading upwards even if there are dips along the way. Before this year, it was the other way round, overall heading downwards with the odd bounce along the way.
Currently £155 away from overall profit. I'm hoping to get a reasonable cash which takes me right into profit and then I never enter loss territory again.
Olive the FT went on well past 2am, Rich played very well and was particularly unlucky as he had a 3 way all in around 3 tables left - holding AKdd dominating both villains, he even flopped the flush draw but could not hit, the shorty won the main pot trebling up - this is the same villain that went on to bust poor Orf when Rich shoves A10 from the button with 8bb and gets called by AA in the BB. Rich is back in the green for MTTs Posted by Janana
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : Yeah, it was a late one, Olive. That's the only downside of running deep...and it's a downside I'd take all day long! (or all night long to be precise). Posted by RicOrford
Well played though, was watching your table round about 12ish as well as railing Team TPT who were in ft else where. Was a good game, enjoyed playing it and watching it. What about trying your hand at PLO8?? Come on be a devil dip your toe if you've not already. Tonight's league games are on and it's always fun. Good luck in your games next time you are playing. Might even pop up and say hi and gl gl gl.
Haven't updated for a while, so thought I'd post...
NOW THAT I WON TONIGHT'S 10.30PM SPEED BOUNTY HUNTER ;-)
Yes, this week's session ended rather nicely. No joy in the main and mini plus the other big BHs, although I ran quite deep in most.
But everything came together for the final game of the night. £55 buy-in, playing against the big hitters, the TommyDs, MattBates, Andrew1947s of the world. And a magic combination of not putting a foot wrong, hitting some ridiculous outdraws, running like god and having a few extended sequences of being a total card rack culminated in a big win for me.
Having not cashed for a little while, this result puts me back to just off my career best. £111 in profit in total on Sky for MTTs over the course of 6 years and £1,099 up in 2015.
Here's the latest Sharkscope..
Yes, I only sing when I'm winning! Something I'm going to correct actually. If I go back to having a shocker next time, I'll look to post about it.
Good luck everyone with hitting any targets you've given yourself this year.
Very well done Richard. Especially against those sharks lol Look forward to some more nice wins from you in the not so distant future. My target is not to go out first hand at UKPC in Notts in August! Posted by Darkangel7
Thanks Olive. Have you qualified then? Nice work. You'll be fine in August. Just treat it like an online game on Sky, don't be swayed by the bravado of people chucking their chips round early, play your game, don't panic and you'll have outlasted half the field before you know it.
I'll be commentating on the series when it's broadcast on Sky Sports, so I hope to be saying your name a lot!
In Response to Re: (The Imaginatively Titled) Orford Poker Journal 2015 : Thanks Olive. Have you qualified then? Nice work. You'll be fine in August. Just treat it like an online game on Sky, don't be swayed by the bravado of people chucking their chips round early, play your game, don't panic and you'll have outlasted half the field before you know it. I'll be commentating on the series when it's broadcast on Sky Sports, so I hope to be saying your name a lot! Posted by RICHORFORD
Yes Rich I freerolled it! So first practice saturday at MK. Am dreading it tbh. Just don't try and analyse my play please. I don't want to know. Just take me as I am, I'm unique! lol
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Olive
All the best.
Rainman397.
Rich is back in the green for MTTs
Look forward to some more nice wins from you in the not so distant future. My target is not to go out first hand at UKPC in Notts in August!
excellent. pleased for you rich
Started a blog my road to Nottingham.