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Bad Beats & Dark Horses

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  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    An early start this evening, my first in some time.

    MTT 1: UKOPS Rewards Freeroll
    MTT 2: Hitman Satellite (£3.60)

    MTT 1:
    I play this fast and start well before losing a big pot with AK (vs QQ). This left me with less than 50% of starting, which did not last long.

    MTT 2:
    (See MTT 1, but without getting in as well).

    0-0-2, currently.
    (Wins-Cashes/Profit-Games)

    Currently unsure regarding the selection of MTT 3. The £22 BH at 19:30 is a nice early tournament, 3,000 starting stack and a generous structure. However, I must stick to my two-tabling max rule, and, for me, the Three-M's* take preference.

    With this in mind, there is a definite concern that I may gamble (subconsciously, at least) in the 19:30, so I will resist the urge to register and shall spin-up some small cash amounts from now until 8pm.

    *Main, Mini, Mega
  • GlenelgGlenelg Member Posts: 6,598
    Did someone predict a bink? Gl mush...
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Glenelg said:

    Did someone predict a bink? Gl mush...

    You knew. ;)

    Cheers, @Glenelg.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    I decide to sit at £10 NLHE Spin-up. I lose two relatively big pots (£28 & £22) early, despite sticking my money in when 73% and 61%, respectively.

    I fight back to get my head in front before losing another £22 pot at 73/27.

    Remarkably, I end the game dead level (34p in profit, in fact).

    That will do for the time being. I have eight minutes stretching time before the session starts for real. Let's hope I don't pull anything.

  • gpc70gpc70 Member Posts: 1,997
    sretching to the fridge very dangerous
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    We are around eight minutes into the Main and I've been in more hands than a betting shop pencil on National Day.

    One being fairly expensive, too. Losing with kicker issues after raising it up with KJ and hitting top-pair. Managed to fluke a few small pots, though, so still have around 96% of my starting stack in front of me.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    gpc70 said:

    sretching to the fridge very dangerous

    The bulb inside has gone too. Wear and tear.
  • GlenelgGlenelg Member Posts: 6,598
    Whats a "pencil"?
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Glenelg said:

    Whats a "pencil"?

    **** Millennials! :p
  • gpc70gpc70 Member Posts: 1,997
    Glenelg said:

    Whats a "pencil"?

    the good old day's
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    The 20:55 break could not come soon enough.

    I am down to 1,500 chips in the Mini, with little of note to report. However, this is the least of my worries.

    After spewing my first 5,000 in the Main, I rebuy and pick up Kings soon after.

    I realise that I am racing after the flop, but, given the bounty and stack size, I cannot pass...
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    mushroom1Small blind40.0040.004880.00
    Rossco123Big blind80.00120.0011005.00
    Your hole cards
    • K
    • K
    GoldenbCall80.00200.002905.00
    TBLTDKFold
    Neilio123Fold
    SparkyKeefFold
    mushroom1Raise360.00560.004520.00
    Rossco123Fold
    GoldenbCall320.00880.002585.00
    Flop
    • 2
    • 10
    • 4
    mushroom1Bet880.001760.003640.00
    GoldenbAll-in2585.004345.000.00
    mushroom1Raise3410.007755.00230.00
    mushroom1Unmatched bet1705.006050.001935.00
    mushroom1Show
    • K
    • K
    GoldenbShow
    • 10
    • Q
    Turn
    • 6
    River
    • Q
    GoldenbWinTwo Pairs, Queens and 10s6050.006050.00
    I am down to 6,000 in the Mega, after losing a big hand with Ace-King. I flop an Ace but, ultimately, make a bad call post-river.

    My table draw is the stuff of nightmares, less value than a dealers-choice line up at the Vic in 1999.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    I crash out of the Main. It's not often I would sling in 4-bet all-in for 22-bigs with Tens, but the 3-bettor did the same with Eights earlier so, in this particular shove vs fold debate, I option for the former.

    The spoilsport had Kings on this occasion. Hardly fair.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    Small improvement since last we spoke:

    I am now above starting stack in the Mini and have been moved from the "table of death" in the Mega. Sadly, I am still out of the Main.

    On my new table in the Mega, the player to my immediate left is, apparently, a "chicken" and a "melt". So I should have no problems in pushing him around.


  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    I fight on doggedly in the Mini but eventually come up five short of the money.

    I exit in vomit inducing fashion.
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    Allan23Small blind400.00400.0036354.00
    mushroom1Big blind800.001200.004010.00
    Your hole cards
    • K
    • 9
    SenorBegsFold
    AMD68Fold
    wilrichFold
    Allan23All-in36354.0037554.000.00
    mushroom1All-in4010.0041564.000.00
    Allan23Unmatched bet31944.009620.0031944.00
    Allan23Show
    • 3
    • K
    mushroom1Show
    • K
    • 9
    Flop
    • 2
    • 5
    • 10
    Turn
    • 4
    River
    • A
    Allan23WinStraight to the 59620.0041564.00
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    I entered the £33 Turbo shortly before my exit from the Mini - currently 11/39.

    Hanging on for dear life in the Mega; 16/21 with 16-bigs.

  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Another near-cash finish this evening, with a 16th place elimination in the Mega.

    With only the £33 Turbo on the go, I decide to spin up a tenner at NLHE cash.

    In the very first hand, I get it in good in a three-way coup, then improve to top-set on the flop. I'm 91% approaching the river. I am 0% after the river.

    What next? The £11 BH at 23:30, followed by the Mid Ex.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    mushroom1 said:


    What next? The £11 BH at 23:30, followed by the Mid Ex.

    No cash in the £11, my 88 finishing runner-up to Q5o in an all-in pre coup.

    I didn't play the Mid Ex as things were getting serious in the Turbo and I didn't want the distraction.

    I make the final table for the second consecutive night in the Turbo and enjoy a bit of luck when down to four runners...
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    DivsDreamsSmall blind3000.003000.0032159.96
    mushroom1Big blind6000.009000.0068940.04
    Your hole cards
    • 9
    • K
    TIMBERFold
    cabbazFold
    DivsDreamsCall3000.0012000.0029159.96
    mushroom1Check
    Flop
    • 7
    • 10
    • 8
    DivsDreamsCheck
    mushroom1All-in68940.0480940.040.00
    DivsDreamsAll-in29159.96110100.000.00
    mushroom1Unmatched bet39780.0870319.9239780.08
    DivsDreamsShow
    • J
    • J
    mushroom1Show
    • 9
    • K
    Turn
    • Q
    River
    • 6
    mushroom1WinStraight to the 1070319.92110100.00
    We are heads-up a hand later.

    Although chips passed back and fourth for a short while, we were naturally shallow and it was only a matter of time before we were flipping for the win.

    I gamble with and up and down straight draw against two-pair, which improve to a house on the river.

    Happy enough, given my start to the evening, as I continue to chip away at October's losses - about £80 profit (+£110 MTTs, -£30 cash approx).
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    I had a decision to make earlier; should I meet my mates in the pub (a rarity these days) or play.

    I used to love my local, as did many people. It was a true bastion of a bygone age. How best to describe it? Let me think....I guess it's the kind of place that Millennials are Zoomers would hate - get the picture? ;)

    No ordering on Apps. No children. No food served after 2pm. Seafood on Sundays. No card payments (until around a year ago).

    On enquiring about the current rules and regulations in place, however, I decided on against further sullying memories of how the place once was.

    Therefore, Sky have the pleasure of my company tonight. I am starting with the Mini Avenger, followed by the Mega.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    Extremely annoying start to the Mini.

    I earn an early double-up, however, it was one of those occasions where I missed out on a bounty due to having 20 less chips than my opponent.
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    ribeiro66Small blind15.0015.001930.00
    champion04Big blind30.0045.004725.00
    Your hole cards
    • 10
    • 10
    mushroom1Raise90.00135.003910.00
    stuartno14Fold
    dee210Call90.00225.003930.00
    SCHOF78Fold
    ribeiro66Call75.00300.001855.00
    champion04Call60.00360.004665.00
    Flop
    • 3
    • 10
    • J
    ribeiro66Check
    champion04Check
    mushroom1Bet360.00720.003550.00
    dee210Call360.001080.003570.00
    ribeiro66Fold
    champion04Fold
    Turn
    • J
    mushroom1Check
    dee210Bet540.001620.003030.00
    mushroom1Call540.002160.003010.00
    River
    • Q
    mushroom1All-in3010.005170.000.00
    dee210Call3010.008180.0020.00
    mushroom1Show
    • 10
    • 10
    dee210Show
    • J
    • K
    mushroom1WinFull House, 10s and Jacks8180.008180.00
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    My opponent being left with a small amount of chips led to this two hands after...
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    mushroom1Small blind15.0015.008135.00
    stuartno14Big blind30.0045.001865.00
    Your hole cards
    • Q
    • Q
    dee210All-in100.00145.000.00
    SCHOF78Fold
    ribeiro66Call100.00245.001725.00
    champion04All-in4675.004920.000.00
    mushroom1All-in8135.0013055.000.00
    stuartno14Fold
    ribeiro66Fold
    mushroom1Unmatched bet3475.009580.003475.00
    mushroom1Show
    • Q
    • Q
    dee210Show
    • 4
    • 5
    champion04Show
    • 10
    • A
    Flop
    • 6
    • 6
    • 8
    Turn
    • J
    River
    • A
    champion04WinTwo Pairs, Aces and 6s9580.009580.00
    Obviously, the Ace-Ten is chasing the bounty, here, leading him to stick his money in poorly, but ultimately scoop the pot.

    So, somehow, I am under starting stack and bountyless.

    Anyone have a Thesaurus to hand? I need to find an antonym for "justice".
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