IN SEARCH OF BLISCIPLINE - Feb cash diary

SR23

Managed to ping the £2.20 rebuy for £135 yesterday. Transferred this good fortune to (mainly) 30nl where I played sometimes well, sometimes horribly, but came away with a decent profit. Ran poorly in the migraine stakes, and copped one just as I was winding down my session whilst watching @PBKR relentlessly flopping nut flushes for hours on his (rather excellent and brand new) stream.

So I have a migraine hangover today. And a hangover hangover. Still, the roll has more than doubled in a few days and I can mix in some 50nl for the last day or two of the challenge (I played a bit of 50nl deep in the early hours but wasn't at my best).

Might put up some hands from yesterday but it's such a faff taking out the names and I don't know how much people want to see hands, so not sure how much it's worth it. If you want to see some hands just say, "I want to see some hands" and I'll put up some hands. If you're ambivalent about seeing hands just say, "Actually, I'm ambivalent about seeing hands" and then I probably won't bother.

Happy weekending everyone.

Opening roll: £150
Roll: £893

Tikay10

We want to see some hands.

tomgoodun

Hi Steve
I’d like to see some hands, for a variety of reasons, fun being top, then there’s the “ So this is how the better players get me off a pot with trash”
Of course having that in mind, calling and them having it kinda sucks.
Funny old game.

Oh, and pics of new flat ( My faith in you never wavers or is it waivers, wafers? )

SR23

Tikay10 said:

We want to see some hands.

Okay, hot off the press - literally since you posted. It's quite a boring hand though but I was singing on the flop and turn, "He has eights, he has eights" because I'm so used to running into eights here. Leaving the SN in because it's super standard.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
SR23	Small blind		£0.25	£0.25	£49.16
Remainer	Big blind		£0.50	£0.75	£49.50
	Your hole cards	5 5
K4	Fold
ZoltanK	Raise		£1.50	£2.25	£24.76
gareth3605	Call		£1.50	£3.75	£33.78
Bazandmull	Fold
SR23	Call		£1.25	£5.00	£47.91
Remainer	Fold
Flop
		5 A 8
SR23	Check
ZoltanK	Bet		£2.00	£7.00	£22.76
gareth3605	Raise		£4.00	£11.00	£29.78
SR23	Call		£4.00	£15.00	£43.91
ZoltanK	Fold
Turn
		K
SR23	Check
gareth3605	Bet		£6.00	£21.00	£23.78
SR23	Raise		£19.50	£40.50	£24.41
gareth3605	All-in		£23.78	£64.28	£0.00
SR23	Call		£10.28	£74.56	£14.13
SR23	Show	5 5
gareth3605	Show	A K
River
		4
SR23	Win	Three 5s	£72.76		£86.89

SR23

tomgoodun said:

Hi Steve
I’d like to see some hands, for a variety of reasons, fun being top, then there’s the “ So this is how the better players get me off a pot with trash”
Of course having that in mind, calling and them having it kinda sucks.
Funny old game.

Oh, and pics of new flat ( My faith in you never wavers or is it waivers, wafers? )

I'll get working on these today, Tom. All the big hands over the last day have just been value bets.

Pics of the new flat could come as early as ... June? June seems a good month to buy a flat.

It absolutely SHOULD be, "My faith in you never wafers" - thanks hermano

SR23

Me=Bin

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
BING	Small blind		150.00	150.00	11987.50
SR23	Big blind		300.00	450.00	7668.50
	Your hole cards	2 A
lee2768	Fold
cjy	Fold
cdfgtyujk	Fold
BING	Call		150.00	600.00	11837.50
SR23	Raise		875.00	1475.00	6793.50
BING	Call		875.00	2350.00	10962.50
Flop
		9 7 8
BING	Check
SR23	Bet		1175.00	3525.00	5618.50
BING	Call		1175.00	4700.00	9787.50
Turn
		3
BING	Check
SR23	Check
River
		6
BING	Bet		2350.00	7050.00	7437.50
SR23	All-in		5618.50	12668.50	0.00
BING	Call		3268.50	15937.00	4169.00
BING	Show	J 6
SR23	Show	2 A
BING	Win	Pair of 6s	15937.00		20106.00

SR23

Me=Bin

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
SR23	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£38.79
superslo	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£47.14
rocky62	Big blind		£0.30	£0.75	£47.13
	Your hole cards	K 6
mAcstAr777	Fold
JamieReyes	Fold
rocky62	Check
Toby1980	Call		£0.30	£1.05	£12.49
SR23	Call		£0.15	£1.20	£38.64
superslo	Check
Flop
		A 5 3
SR23	Bet		£0.68	£1.88	£37.96
superslo	Fold
rocky62	Fold
Toby1980	Call		£0.68	£2.56	£11.81
Turn
		8
SR23	Bet		£2.03	£4.59	£35.93
Toby1980	Raise		£4.06	£8.65	£7.75
SR23	All-in		£35.93	£44.58	£0.00
Toby1980	All-in		£7.75	£52.33	£0.00
SR23	Unmatched bet		£26.15	£26.18	£26.15
SR23	Show	K 6
Toby1980	Show	2 5
River
		4
Toby1980	Win	Straight Flush to the 5	£25.01		£25.01

SR23

Me=Not Bin. Biggest hand of the challenge and it squeaked me over the £1K mark.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
mongo229	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£30.30
SR23	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£80.57
Arteta4	Sit out
	Your hole cards	A A
4kingboss	Fold
BoomBoom73	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£13.65
rec	Raise		£3.15	£4.50	£54.64
mongo229	Fold
SR23	Call		£2.85	£7.35	£77.72
BoomBoom73	All-in		£13.65	£21.00	£0.00
rec	Call		£11.40	£32.40	£43.24
SR23	Raise		£28.20	£60.60	£49.52
rec	All-in		£43.24	£103.84	£0.00
SR23	Call		£26.44	£130.28	£23.08
SR23	Show	A A
BoomBoom73	Show	Q Q
rec	Show	Q K
Flop
		J 4 2
Turn
		8
River
		K
SR23	Win	Pair of Aces	£128.48		£151.56

Tikay10

Straight Flush man must have been saying to himself "PLEASE let Oppo have the K or Q flush".

What a cooler.

Congrats on hitting 4 figures though.

tomgoodun

Not having the wherewithal to post hand histories, seeing AA hold was pleasing.
It’s late, and I’ve just been knocked out of the mini , 700k+ pot.
88 v AA 🙄
I was the one with AA aipf
Well done on the K.
Is it ok to grumble?

tomgoodun

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
chloebell	Small blind		15000.00	15000.00	334000.00
begbiekoch	Big blind		30000.00	45000.00	418770.25
	Your hole cards	A A
bluethree	Raise		90000.00	135000.00	1442429.75
tomgoodun	All-in		422486.50	557486.50	0.00
BUNDIS	Fold
stuartno14	Fold
chloebell	Fold
begbiekoch	Fold
bluethree	Call		332486.50	889973.00	1109943.25
bluethree	Show	8 8
tomgoodun	Show	A A
Flop
		8 6 2
Turn
		10
River
		K
bluethree	Win	Three 8s	889973.00		1999916.25

tomgoodun

It worked 😊

SR23

Tikay10 said:

Straight Flush man must have been saying to himself "PLEASE let Oppo have the K or Q flush".

What a cooler.

Congrats on hitting 4 figures though.

Cheers Teacakes - he pinged the SF on the river after I jammed turn but I can't remotely moan about running badly tonight.

SR23

tomgoodun said:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
chloebell	Small blind		15000.00	15000.00	334000.00
begbiekoch	Big blind		30000.00	45000.00	418770.25
	Your hole cards	A A
bluethree	Raise		90000.00	135000.00	1442429.75
tomgoodun	All-in		422486.50	557486.50	0.00
BUNDIS	Fold
stuartno14	Fold
chloebell	Fold
begbiekoch	Fold
bluethree	Call		332486.50	889973.00	1109943.25
bluethree	Show	8 8
tomgoodun	Show	A A
Flop
		8 6 2
Turn
		10
River
		K
bluethree	Win	Three 8s	889973.00		1999916.25

Yuk, ul Tom. On a positive note, at least you can post hand histories now ...

SR23

Another dastardly migraine last night which meant playing (I can barely see the screen/cards) was a little tricky and also means that I have another migraine hangover. Feel weak, wiped out, vulnerable and some other words so doubt I'll play much today. Plus I have a new work project starting tomorrow and because I'm a massive square nowadays I want to do some prep for it.

So this might be the end of the challenge. Not sure if I've found bliscipline and I'm not sure how much I like nicked-from-Tommy-Angelo portmanteaus but both my game and bankroll are more sturdy than they were at the beginning of the month.

The first night after posting I dropped around 25 buy-ins which was, frankly, breathtaking and I still marvel at it, so I'm delighted that I've reached four figures. The last couple of days have seen some ridiculous sun running as I moved up to predominantly 30nl (and some 50nl) and I'm tempted to try to continue to play a bit higher throughout March and possibly keep this diary going. I'm also tempted to take out a grand and go back to rofl-ing around at 10nl.

Let's see, shall we. Thanks for following everyone, happy Sundaying.

Opening roll: £150
Roll: £1,195*

*with rakeback and some promo bits to come

SR23

This is a hand:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
SR23	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£225.38
REC	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£38.90
	Your hole cards	K J
EVILEDNA	Fold
Mizroe	Fold
4kingboss	Fold
maseboy	Fold
SR23	Raise		£0.75	£1.20	£224.63
REC	Call		£0.60	£1.80	£38.30
Flop
		10 9 7
SR23	Bet		£1.20	£3.00	£223.43
REC	Call		£1.20	£4.20	£37.10
Turn
		8
SR23	Bet		£2.70	£6.90	£220.73
REC	Call		£2.70	£9.60	£34.40
River
		2
SR23	Check
REC	Bet		£7.20	£16.80	£27.20
SR23	Raise		£20.70	£37.50	£200.03
REC	Call		£13.50	£51.00	£13.70
SR23	Show	K J
REC	Muck	10 9
SR23	Win	Straight to the Jack	£49.20		£249.23

Tikay10

I do hope you continue with the Diary Steve, it's beautifully thrown together & a delight to read.

What do you take for your migraines? I always used Migraleve always found it very good, though it needed sleep to make them work.

SR23

This is also a hand:

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
EVILEDNA	Small blind		£0.15	£0.15	£29.25
REC	Big blind		£0.30	£0.45	£58.24
	Your hole cards	3 3
4kingboss	Fold
mongo229	Fold
SR23	Raise		£0.90	£1.35	£148.04
KevinCai	Fold
EVILEDNA	Fold
REC	Call		£0.60	£1.95	£57.64
Flop
		6 7 6
REC	Check
SR23	Bet		£1.20	£3.15	£146.84
REC	Call		£1.20	£4.35	£56.44
Turn
		3
REC	Check
SR23	Bet		£2.70	£7.05	£144.14
REC	Raise		£12.45	£19.50	£43.99
SR23	Call		£9.75	£29.25	£134.39
River
		4
Polipok	Bet		£14.63	£43.88	£29.36
SR23	Raise		£42.76	£86.64	£91.63
REC	Call		£28.13	£114.77	£1.23
SR23	Show	3 3
REC	Muck	J 6
SR23	Win	Full House, 3s and 6s	£112.97		£204.60

SR23

Tikay10 said:

I do hope you continue with the Diary Steve, it's beautifully thrown together & a delight to read.

What do you take for your migraines? I always used Migraleve always found it very good, though it needed sleep to make them work.

Thank you so much Tikay - it's genuinely a delight to have you here supporting me.

I take Fever Few to stave them off which I found - honestly hyperbole aside - almost life saving. I went from having a dozen or so migraines in a month (and four in a weekend once) to having none for well over a year once I started on a daily Fever Few tablet. Migraleve, I take the pink ones, are pretty good at easing the pain but it's all the other associated stuff - visual disturbances, feeling stripped to the marrow the day after etc - that I struggle with. I might try a month or so laying completely off the booze, caffeine and so on but because the causes of migraines often hide in the shadows and could be almost random, I don't want to end up like one of BF Skinner's pigeons trying to identify the cause.

Tikay10

The cause of migraines is interesting. Well the cause is constricted blood vessels to the brain, but what causes that is odd. I suffered horribly for years but I eventually discovered that if I avoided the dreaded "C"'s, I was OK.

So I was fine once I packed up eating/drinking;

Citrus fruits

Cheese

Chocolate

Coffee, or anything containing caffeine.


I had them so bad at one time, I went to a private quack. He said the secret was to open up constricted the blood vessels, & the best way to do that was to knock one out. I swear to God that was his advice.