Got kicked out of the mickjen. Was truly terrible. Just could not hit a flop with anything. The one time I had AA everyone folded to a tiny raise of 90 chips. AK suited ended up against AA. Top pair against KK. AJ met a QQ flush flop etc etc
Ended up going out with pair of 10s on a low board to pair of Jacks.
Ah well. Onto the next. At least I got my buy in back from 2 DYM I played while all that was going on.
Will do. Got kicked out of the mickjen. Was truly terrible. Just could not hit a flop with anything. The one time I had AA everyone folded to a tiny raise of 90 chips. AK suited ended up against AA. Top pair against KK. AJ met a QQ flush flop etc etc Ended up going out with pair of 10s on a low board to pair of Jacks. Ah well. Onto the next. At least I got my buy in back from 2 DYM I played while all that was going on. Posted by Draig
hiya m8 have renamed this thread to Poker Diaries and explained why at start of thread
hey we all have bad days i had a bit of a downswing yesterday but i treat it like my team losing upset for a while then next day all forgotten and look forward to next result
The worst thing you can do is let it get to you so today i'm back to basics DYM'S if i get my bankroll up a bit i'll have a go at a £1-£2.40 sat.
Monday & Tuesday had been a bit of a downswing so after michjenn1's deepy went straight to the legend that is Tikay and asked him to have a look at 2 hands to see if i played them right
Him being the gent he is promptly directed me over to Poker Stratagy (never been there b4) so i think right i'll find the hands in question & start a thread "did i play these hands right " in Poker Stratagy and check for reply's tomorrow then went to bed
wed 12th Aug
Around 1pm checked post there was a reply from Jimbo31 and i thought wow that was quick ( i highly recommend u read it ) it was a thorough explanation exactly what i was hoping for so i went and put it to the test
RESULT Played 5 Cashed in 3 went straight over to Poker Stratagy to let Jimbo know how i got on as i was buzzing
Found to my suprise another reply from Mr m bro it was totally different to jimbo's but at the same time very revelent to me made perfect sense (if you like playing deepy's read it) back to the tables played a few more games while watching the footy
ended today played 9 cashed 4 my downswing is on a break as my game is back up to par & i look forward to improving my Handicap
to finish off i would like to thank the following:
Tikay for taking the time to point me in the right direction Jimbo for the thorough account of the 2 hands which has cleared things up for me 10 fold Mr m bro the reply you gave me i will take with me when playing Deepstack's
cheers guys very much appreciated & newcommers help is out there just ask
Hi All Am still Buzzing from yesterday what a day it was started with the usual 1min roulette then on to the Cash Tables start with £2-78 came away with £5-41 so thought off to find a sat although was leaving it late so had a go at Five-00 semi did ok went out on the river so went straight to Community Freeroll which had 1119 runners wow took to the table with me the advice of jmbo31 & mr m bro and amazingly came 22nd at 1 stage i had over 100k chips never seen that many b4 came away with £1-50 then went to SnG cashed a scary think it was £2-50 took a break so dropped into watch a couple of tables on the Five-00 brought razorkev bad luck sorry m8 so left had a chat with ozzie08 who was doing well then back to find a tourney there was 1 space left on CELB DYM so i took it £5-50 glad i did got to knock out Martin Bricknell Sorry m8 still (using the advice) and ended up with a heads up with the Legend of the telly MTT'S (no not Tikay) but the man known as DAVEYZZ played the best game of my life so far and won but i think davey was playing other games and seeing as he already had doubled he would have been concentrating on them (as anyone would) even so it was an incredible experience for me came away with £10 played a 30p DYM & cashed then my last game was a £2-20 deepy lost to a better hand
my best day so far on Sky poker had everything good play/banter/thinking/fun /the list goes on
Many thanks to all the contributions from this community who have helped me see the true meanig of Poker you all know who you are
CRACKING DIARY OF EVENTS MICHAEL... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK... GLAD MY LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE HELPED U OUT... GOOD LUCK AT THE TABS;-) Posted by jimbo31
cheers m8 have already qualified for tonights Velocity at 10pm through a £1-20 sat. came 1st then fin 16th of 53 in £30 speed & have just reg for £2k Deepstack sat at 18-00 for £2-40 winner gets to Semi tomorrow i just hope there are the min 10 that's neededas its well worth the cash to enter i will be needing ongoing advice from time to time Jimbo so would appreciate the input as i'm sure the Newcommers who read this Thread would benefit as well
NO PROBLEMS MATE... IM AWAY ON HOLS FOR A WEEK... SO IF I CAN HELP AFTER LET ME KNOW.... GOOD LUCK UNTIL THEN AMD WD ON UR PROGRESS SO FAR... BY THE WAY ILL INVOICE U AT THE END OF THE MONTH LOL;-) ALL THE BEST AND GOOD LUCK IN VELO:- TOP 3 FINISH I PREDICT!
Hi michael, graet read m8, hope u do as well 2 day. Gl in the velocity 2 nite get busy quickly those blinds go fast lol Gl at the tbs, Ozzie Posted by Ozzie08
hi oz can't beleive last nites CELB DYM best i've ever played thanks for the support m8 got a 6th in £100 speed earlier and cashed £6-78
NO PROBLEMS MATE... IM AWAY ON HOLS FOR A WEEK... SO IF I CAN HELP AFTER LET ME KNOW.... GOOD LUCK UNTIL THEN AMD WD ON UR PROGRESS SO FAR... BY THE WAY ILL INVOICE U AT THE END OF THE MONTH LOL;-) ALL THE BEST AND GOOD LUCK IN VELO:- TOP 3 FINISH I PREDICT! Posted by jimbo31
ok m8 enjoy your break try not to make the invoice too high jimbo
the story will be here on monday but for now i have some graphs for you to mull over the weekend if any of you could tell me how to work out my manhatten for each row i would be very grateful
special thanks for last nites Velocity go to Jimbo31 & Ozzie08 who were railing me throughout (cheers guys)
Wp m8, gr8 gm you played, now cmon its time 2 spill the beans about the flat call under the gun with AJ for 35% of ya stack when the blinds were at 15/30k. I must admit i was slightly worried with the limp but the end result was gr8 so we will just 4 get that limp and remember the end result, lol. Gd luck with ya nxt gms, hope the run continues and the big 1st place isent 2 far away, Ill catch you at the tbs later, cos its a big day for the Kent Spitfires 2day, Ozzie
Wp m8, gr8 gm you played, now cmon its time 2 spill the beans about the flat call under the gun with AJ for 35% of ya stack when the blinds were at 15/30k. I must admit i was slightly worried with the limp but the end result was gr8 so we will just 4 get that limp and remember the end result, lol. Gd luck with ya nxt gms, hope the run continues and the big 1st place isent 2 far away, Ill catch you at the tbs later, cos its a big day for the Kent Spitfires 2day, Ozzie Posted by Ozzie08
hiya oz cheers for your support last nite m8 & Jimbo's it was awesome
ok i will try and explain my thinking on the A J hand here goes i reckonised that i had played a few of the guys at my table from earlier had my notes in front of me for moves i had made that were successful also i remembered that in a mickjenn1 deepy was in 13th of 17 & went out with A A so i thought at this stage i would flat call and was expecting the guys from earlier to fold to narrow the field ( re Jimbo31 advice ) so i limped with full intention of playing the hand but wanted a few players to get out of the way
hope that helps m8 below is the advice i brought to the Table as a refference i got it after i posted a ?? in poker statagy ( re did i play these hands right? ) From Mr mbro
Hi DTW, ok this might not look positive, so im sorry. The first hand, why get involved with a raggy ace(the fact it is suited means nowt), this is a DEEPSTACK tourny on a 10 seat table.His raise could have been anything that was beating you, pairs, AK,AQ,AJ,A10,ETC,even JQ is only slightly behind. Just get rid and find a better spot.
The way you played it, to me was aggresive, but in this sort of tourny after the bet on the flop was called i would have shutdown and moved to the next hand. Forget the result of the hand. in a deepstack early on dont take too many risks, with hands like this. The second hand, i would raise more to thin the field out. I think you are unfortunate that you were second to act after the flop, as your call was not to bad,(in that situation). If you were last to act then my advice would be to fold. If you look at the flop, what hands are around--- nut flush, over pair, trips.
I am mainly a TAG player and the problem with to many players is not being able to adapt to slower structures and going from 6 to 10 seaters. I have prolems going into turbo tournies(thats why i dont play them). Hope my take on this helps give you another prospective.
col
From Jimbo31
IN HAND ONE ... I DONT THINK U DID NOTHING THAT BAD.... U REPRESENTED U HAD HIT THE BOARD WHICH WAS PRETTY DRY AND FIRED OUT GOOD SIZE BULLETS ON THE FLOP AND TURN..., U HAD A GUTSHOT AND THE OVERCARD POST FLOP AND BET OUT WELL AFTER VILLAIN CHECKED TO U... I LIKE UR BET ON THE TURN OF 240 BUT WHEN I GET MIN RAISED WITH A Q SHOWING I MAY OF POSSIBLY LET THAT GO(EVEN THO U WERE STILL AHEAD).. OR RERAISE BACK... DEPENDING ON UR STYLE.... THE RIVER LEAVES U WITH ACE HIGH... AND 3.7K BEHIND... AGAIN DEPENDING ON UR STYLE..AND IT SEEMS THAT DAZZLER IS A "LAG" A CHECK WAS GOOD ENUOGH AS IF U FIRED IN A THIRD BULLET OF 2/3RD OR SHOVED IM SURE DAZZLER WOULD OF CALLED... THING IS IT WAS LOOSE PLAY BY DAZZLER TO CALL THE FLOP WIV JK(BUT HE HAD A STACK AND MAYBE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER THE TABLE)BUT WHEN HE MINRAISED U I THINK HE WAS FINDING OUT "WHERE HE WAS" U WERE JUST UNLUCKY ON THE RIVER... TURN PLAY IS CRUCIAL IN AN MTT AND HE COULD OF HAD A SET AND WAS SLOW PLAYING... LIKE I MENTIONED... EITHER FOLD ON TURN OR RERAISE HIS RAISE... BUT THE CHECK ON THE RIVER WAS UR ONLY OPTTION AS U WOULD OF BLED MORE CHIPS....
IN HAND TWO.....DONT LIKE THE FLAT CALL WITH UR JACKS.... I WOULD OF RAISED IT UP TO 120-150... NARROW THE FIELD... HOOKS ARE A HAND U WANT TO PLAY AGAINST ONE OPPO... NOT 4! WHEN DAZLER (AGAIN) RASIED U.. ALOT OF PLAYERS JUST CALL...TO SEE A FLOP AS THEY ALL DONE... PERSONALLY I WOULD RERAISE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN TRYING TO NARROW THE FIELD AND PUT MY OPPO ON A HAND... IF U HAD DONE THIS SAY RERAISE TO 570 THEN U WOULD OF EITHER POSSIBLY GOT A CALLER OR BEEN RERAISED URSELF... THIS GIVES U INFO AND U CAN PUT UR OPPO ON A RANGE FROM SAY 10S-ACES... IF VILAIN HAD SHOVED I WOULD OF PASSED AS NOW THE INFO IVE GOT IS THAT MY HOOKS ARE NO GOOD... AND PUT HIM ON QQ-AA. THE FLOP COMES PRETTY DRAW HEAVY... SETS, FLUSH DRAWS STR8S PRETTY SCARY...WHEN DAZZLER BETS 510... UVE GOT TO ASK URSELFWHAT UR OTHER OPPOS HAVE GOT AS WELL... Y WOULD THEY BE IN THE POT HAVE THEY GOT 9S 8S OR 5S... AKX OVER PAIRS... UR HOOKS DO LOOK GOOD AND IF AND I SAY ONLY IF IT WAS ME AND DAZZLER I WOULD OF PROB RERAISED HIM ALL IN... BUT BECAUSE IVE GOT 2 BEHIND ME....WHO WILL PROB CALL OR EVEN RAISE THE 510 I MAY OF FLAT CALLED JUST TO SEE THE TURN IF IT WAS A BLANK..OR A SCARE CARD,BY MINRAISING U SETTING URSELF IN... AS PLAYERS BEHIND U WILL CALL OR RERAISE U... TO WHICH THEY DID LEAVING U NO EQUITY...IF U HAD FLAT CALLED THE 510 STILL WOULD OF LEFT U BEST PART OF 3K PLENTY OF TIME IN A SLEEPSTACK... BY THE SHOVE OF DAZZLER U HAD PRETTY MUCH COMMITED AND 4 WAY POT IS NOT GOOD....AND U MUST KNOW UR BEHIND.... I PERSONALLY THINK IT WAS PREFLOP PLAY THAT LET U DOWN... AS DAZZLER IS A "LAG" AND IF U HAD RERAISED HIS RAISE IM SURE HE WOULD OF SHOVED... U COULD THEN PASS TO HIS QQ AND IF MR 88 WANTED TO GO ALONG HE WOULD OF COLLECTED...HIS MADE SET... BUT U WOULD OF STILL BEEN IN AND MADE A GOOD SOLID LAYDOWN... HOPE THIS HELPS AND GOOD LUCK;-)
Hi michael, this is why we love poker because we all play hands in different ways, I personally would of shoved under the gun if i was going 2 play AJ, with your stack and posistion. But as it worked it out the nxt guy pushed neway. It was a auto call for you cos you had most of ya stack in the pot at this point. So wots your plan 4 2nite, 2nd place in the open or you going for the 1st prize gl m8, Ozzie
Hi michael, this is why we love poker because we all play hands in different ways, I personally would of shoved under the gun if i was going 2 play AJ, with your stack and posistion. But as it worked it out the nxt guy pushed neway. It was a auto call for you cos you had most of ya stack in the pot at this point. So wots your plan 4 2nite, 2nd place in the open or you going for the 1st prize gl m8, Ozzie Posted by Ozzie08
cheers m8
not sure what i'm doing yet still checking my bets which are looking good so far had a go on £2-40 sat for open earlier it was early stages i had 47 had a bit of a chip stack flat called flop 456 so i raised he went all-in so i put him on hi pair made decission to call as had a chance of up & down straight plus had a 4 loads of cards to choose from never hit he had AA stack dropped to 55 chips managed to get back up to 580 went out next hand to a better pair i think
Hi Bandit, I've got to say i'm impressed by the way you have have kept a log of all you games so far, the purist will tell you that's the way to do things and i'm sure they are right ! The thing i remember most and always remind myself, was something from the film 'Rounders' about what Doyle Brunson said, "In the rare situations when all your card knowledge and best judgement leave you in doubt, go with your strong feeling and not against it !!"
Hi Bandit, I've got to say i'm impressed by the way you have have kept a log of all you games so far, the purist will tell you that's the way to do things and i'm sure they are right ! The thing i remember most and always remind myself, was something from the film 'Rounders' about what Doyle Brunson said, "In the rare situations when all your card knowledge and best judgement leave you in doubt, go with your strong feeling and not against it !!" glk Benny Stay positive and enjoy Posted by bennydip2
many thanks for your advice bennydip2 I agree with u there as sometimes i over think hands and it gets me into trouble so at present i play to my strenghs and keep it simple i have now established a simple guild i have with me when playing to stop me overthinking i have been working on to improve my play as the blinds go up 1.when to stop limping 2.what level (very confusing) 3. fold or all-in (Tikay & Rich cleared a lot of these up on last nights show with the A J hand debate )
1 thing is for sure i will never ever lose my enjoyment of Poker now as i'm hooked
cheers for your post m8 look forward to reading more
what a week it was am still buzzing it couldn't have gone any better thanks goes to the following
Jimbo31/ Mr mbro/ Ozzie08 / Tikay / Rich Orford / Dudeskin / Pillowman / Trevor / and the many others already mention on this thread
mon 10th & tues 11th
went on a bit of a downswing these 2 days nothing to major
wed 12th
downswing started to cease and by the end of the day was back up to par ready for next day
thurs 13th
caught up with replying to posts on my threads then off to find a Five-00 sat buy - in £1-10 entered played ok went out on bubble then reg fo freeroll which had 1119 runners & finished 22nd cashed £1-50 then just had time to enter CELB DYM came 1st in that i thought what a great day
fri 14th
where do i start ok had a go at Five-00 sat for £4-80 was under my £5-50 buy-in bankroll for telly tourney's another bubble but cashed then played a £1-20 sat for £1000 Velocity & got through to main event at 10pm just had time for a £100 speed tourney came 5th i think & cashed got some dinner ready for Velocity had Jimbo31 & Ozzie08 railing me and thought my aim is to cash got to the cash still had not a bad stack it was like a huge weight had been lifted i think i said to jimbo & ozzie08 that i could relax now and play my game apart from 1 mistake when playing A J hand iwent on to reach the final table ended up finishing 2nd and cashed £228-75 and thought omg
sat 15th 1st thought was sat for tonights open but then i decided just to pay £11 buy-in as my bankroll had improved then off to find a £100 speed tourney buy-in was £1-10 & i cashed £8 so tonights open was only costing £3 result went off to sort out my weeks sports bets til the open Ozzie08 dropped in to rail was struggling a bit but managed to hold on & came 67th & cashed £21
sun 16th i was now on for the hat-trick cashing in 3 £1000+ tourney's so you guessed straight over to a sat cost £3-75 buy-in and i got through to main event tonite thinking could i do it again went off to do me sports then found a £100 speed to get some practice can't remember if i cashed as i was trying to focus for the open got off to a good start picking the hands i wanted to play after a while had dudeskin8 drop in then Ozzie08 then Pillowman now i was doing a lot better than last nites open just plodding along it got down to 65 i was 64th got dealt A3 suited my big blind next and very low stacked so had major decission had not limped all tourny and thought i would leave in the hands of the poker gods and shoved all-in all folded bar 1 he won the hand i thought i had bubbled but by now yhere were loads railing 1 of them said you've cashed then ozzie08 said you've cashed when i checked it turned out i came 58th cashed £36 hat-trick complete
mon 17th day off
here are my weeks graphs 10th - 17th aug
and below are my overall graphs from 8th june til 17th aug
many many thanks to everyone for there support this week very much appreciated
oh by the way i cant find the thread ..."players past and present" ? Mind you theres a lot i cant find on this forum now it is growing so fast, wish i knew how to 'mark forum as read, ' so that when i come here the only posts are the ones after my last visit !! sigh!!
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Got kicked out of the mickjen. Was truly terrible. Just could not hit a flop with anything. The one time I had AA everyone folded to a tiny raise of 90 chips. AK suited ended up against AA. Top pair against KK. AJ met a QQ flush flop etc etc
Ended up going out with pair of 10s on a low board to pair of Jacks.
Ah well. Onto the next. At least I got my buy in back from 2 DYM I played while all that was going on.
hiya m8 have renamed this thread to Poker Diaries and explained why at start of thread
hey we all have bad days i had a bit of a downswing yesterday but i treat it like my team losing upset for a while then next day all forgotten and look forward to next result
The worst thing you can do is let it get to you so today i'm back to basics DYM'S if i get my bankroll up a bit i'll have a go at a £1-£2.40 sat.
Happy Days Are Here Again
cheers
dtw
hi folks
thought i would share this with you
Monday & Tuesday had been a bit of a downswing so after michjenn1's deepy went straight to the legend that is Tikay and asked him to have a look at 2 hands to see if i played them right
Him being the gent he is promptly directed me over to Poker Stratagy (never been there b4) so i think right i'll find the hands in question & start a thread "did i play these hands right " in Poker Stratagy and check for reply's tomorrow then went to bed
wed 12th Aug
Around 1pm checked post there was a reply from Jimbo31 and i thought wow that was quick ( i highly recommend u read it ) it was a thorough explanation exactly what i was hoping for so i went and put it to the test
RESULT Played 5 Cashed in 3 went straight over to Poker Stratagy to let Jimbo know how i got on as i was buzzing
Found to my suprise another reply from Mr m bro it was totally different to jimbo's but at the same time very revelent to me made perfect sense (if you like playing deepy's read it) back to the tables played a few more games while watching the footy
ended today played 9 cashed 4
my downswing is on a break as my game is back up to par & i look forward to improving my Handicap
to finish off i would like to thank the following:
Tikay for taking the time to point me in the right direction
Jimbo for the thorough account of the 2 hands which has cleared things up for me 10 fold
Mr m bro the reply you gave me i will take with me when playing Deepstack's
cheers guys very much appreciated
& newcommers help is out there just ask
cheers
dtw
Hi All
Am still Buzzing from yesterday what a day it was started with the usual 1min roulette then on to the Cash Tables start with £2-78 came away with £5-41 so thought off to find a sat although was leaving it late so had a go at Five-00 semi did ok went out on the river so went straight to Community Freeroll which had 1119 runners wow took to the table with me the advice of jmbo31 & mr m bro and amazingly came 22nd at 1 stage i had over 100k chips never seen that many b4 came away with £1-50 then went to SnG cashed a scary think it was £2-50 took a break so dropped into watch a couple of tables on the Five-00 brought razorkev bad luck sorry m8 so left had a chat with ozzie08 who was doing well then back to find a tourney there was 1 space left on CELB DYM so i took it £5-50 glad i did got to knock out Martin Bricknell Sorry m8 still (using the advice) and ended up with a heads up with the Legend of the telly MTT'S (no not Tikay) but the man known as DAVEYZZ played the best game of my life so far and won but i think davey was playing other games and seeing as he already had doubled he would have been concentrating on them (as anyone would) even so it was an incredible experience for me came away with £10 played a 30p DYM & cashed then my last game was a £2-20 deepy lost to a better hand
my best day so far on Sky poker had everything good play/banter/thinking/fun /the list goes on
Many thanks to all the contributions from this community who have helped me see the true meanig of Poker you all know who you are
cheers
michael
CRACKING DIARY OF EVENTS MICHAEL... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK... GLAD MY LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE HELPED U OUT... GOOD LUCK AT THE TABS;-)
cheers m8
have already qualified for tonights Velocity at 10pm through a £1-20 sat. came 1st then fin 16th of 53 in £30 speed & have just reg for £2k Deepstack sat at 18-00 for £2-40 winner gets to Semi tomorrow i just hope there are the min 10 that's needed as its well worth the cash to enter
i will be needing ongoing advice from time to time Jimbo so would appreciate the input as i'm sure the Newcommers who read this Thread would benefit as well
many thanks m8
michael
Gl at the tbs, Ozzie
hi oz can't beleive last nites CELB DYM best i've ever played thanks for the support m8 got a 6th in £100 speed earlier and cashed £6-78
will have a look in on 1 of your tables later
cheers
michael
ok m8 enjoy your break try not to make the invoice too high jimbo
cheers
michael
hi all this is just a preveiw with Graphs
the story will be here on monday but for now i have some graphs for you to mull over the weekend if any of you could tell me how to work out my manhatten for each row i would be very grateful
special thanks for last nites Velocity go to Jimbo31 & Ozzie08 who were railing me throughout (cheers guys)
any feedback is always welcome
watch this space for full story so far
I must admit i was slightly worried with the limp but the end result was gr8 so we will just 4 get that limp and remember the end result, lol.
Gd luck with ya nxt gms, hope the run continues and the big 1st place isent 2 far away, Ill catch you at the tbs later, cos its a big day for the Kent Spitfires 2day, Ozzie
hiya oz cheers for your support last nite m8 & Jimbo's it was awesome
ok i will try and explain my thinking on the A J hand here goes
i reckonised that i had played a few of the guys at my table from earlier had my notes in front of me for moves i had made that were successful also i remembered that in a mickjenn1 deepy was in 13th of 17 & went out with A A so i thought at this stage i would flat call and was expecting the guys from earlier to fold to narrow the field ( re Jimbo31 advice ) so i limped with full intention of playing the hand but wanted a few players to get out of the way
hope that helps m8 below is the advice i brought to the Table as a refference i got it
after i posted a ?? in poker statagy ( re did i play these hands right? )
From Mr mbro
Hi DTW,
ok this might not look positive, so im sorry.
The first hand, why get involved with a raggy ace(the fact it is suited means nowt), this is a DEEPSTACK tourny on a 10 seat table.His raise could have been anything that was beating you, pairs, AK,AQ,AJ,A10,ETC,even JQ is only slightly behind. Just get rid and find a better spot.
The way you played it, to me was aggresive, but in this sort of tourny after the bet on the flop was called i would have shutdown and moved to the next hand.
Forget the result of the hand. in a deepstack early on dont take too many risks, with hands like this.
The second hand, i would raise more to thin the field out. I think you are unfortunate that you were second to act after the flop, as your call was not to bad,(in that situation). If you were last to act then my advice would be to fold.
If you look at the flop, what hands are around--- nut flush, over pair, trips.
I am mainly a TAG player and the problem with to many players is not being able to adapt to slower structures and going from 6 to 10 seaters. I have prolems going into turbo tournies(thats why i dont play them).
Hope my take on this helps give you another prospective.
col
From Jimbo31
IN HAND ONE ... I DONT THINK U DID NOTHING THAT BAD.... U REPRESENTED U HAD HIT THE BOARD WHICH WAS PRETTY DRY AND FIRED OUT GOOD SIZE BULLETS ON THE FLOP AND TURN..., U HAD A GUTSHOT AND THE OVERCARD POST FLOP AND BET OUT WELL AFTER VILLAIN CHECKED TO U... I LIKE UR BET ON THE TURN OF 240 BUT WHEN I GET MIN RAISED WITH A Q SHOWING I MAY OF POSSIBLY LET THAT GO(EVEN THO U WERE STILL AHEAD).. OR RERAISE BACK... DEPENDING ON UR STYLE.... THE RIVER LEAVES U WITH ACE HIGH... AND 3.7K BEHIND... AGAIN DEPENDING ON UR STYLE..AND IT SEEMS THAT DAZZLER IS A "LAG" A CHECK WAS GOOD ENUOGH AS IF U FIRED IN A THIRD BULLET OF 2/3RD OR SHOVED IM SURE DAZZLER WOULD OF CALLED... THING IS IT WAS LOOSE PLAY BY DAZZLER TO CALL THE FLOP WIV JK(BUT HE HAD A STACK AND MAYBE WAS TRYING TO RUN OVER THE TABLE)BUT WHEN HE MINRAISED U I THINK HE WAS FINDING OUT "WHERE HE WAS" U WERE JUST UNLUCKY ON THE RIVER... TURN PLAY IS CRUCIAL IN AN MTT AND HE COULD OF HAD A SET AND WAS SLOW PLAYING... LIKE I MENTIONED... EITHER FOLD ON TURN OR RERAISE HIS RAISE... BUT THE CHECK ON THE RIVER WAS UR ONLY OPTTION AS U WOULD OF BLED MORE CHIPS....
IN HAND TWO.....DONT LIKE THE FLAT CALL WITH UR JACKS.... I WOULD OF RAISED IT UP TO 120-150... NARROW THE FIELD... HOOKS ARE A HAND U WANT TO PLAY AGAINST ONE OPPO... NOT 4! WHEN DAZLER (AGAIN) RASIED U.. ALOT OF PLAYERS JUST CALL...TO SEE A FLOP AS THEY ALL DONE... PERSONALLY I WOULD RERAISE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN TRYING TO NARROW THE FIELD AND PUT MY OPPO ON A HAND... IF U HAD DONE THIS SAY RERAISE TO 570 THEN U WOULD OF EITHER POSSIBLY GOT A CALLER OR BEEN RERAISED URSELF... THIS GIVES U INFO AND U CAN PUT UR OPPO ON A RANGE FROM SAY 10S-ACES... IF VILAIN HAD SHOVED I WOULD OF PASSED AS NOW THE INFO IVE GOT IS THAT MY HOOKS ARE NO GOOD... AND PUT HIM ON QQ-AA. THE FLOP COMES PRETTY DRAW HEAVY... SETS, FLUSH DRAWS STR8S PRETTY SCARY...WHEN DAZZLER BETS 510... UVE GOT TO ASK URSELFWHAT UR OTHER OPPOS HAVE GOT AS WELL... Y WOULD THEY BE IN THE POT HAVE THEY GOT 9S 8S OR 5S... AKX OVER PAIRS... UR HOOKS DO LOOK GOOD AND IF AND I SAY ONLY IF IT WAS ME AND DAZZLER I WOULD OF PROB RERAISED HIM ALL IN... BUT BECAUSE IVE GOT 2 BEHIND ME....WHO WILL PROB CALL OR EVEN RAISE THE 510 I MAY OF FLAT CALLED JUST TO SEE THE TURN IF IT WAS A BLANK..OR A SCARE CARD,BY MINRAISING U SETTING URSELF IN... AS PLAYERS BEHIND U WILL CALL OR RERAISE U... TO WHICH THEY DID LEAVING U NO EQUITY...IF U HAD FLAT CALLED THE 510 STILL WOULD OF LEFT U BEST PART OF 3K PLENTY OF TIME IN A SLEEPSTACK... BY THE SHOVE OF DAZZLER U HAD PRETTY MUCH COMMITED AND 4 WAY POT IS NOT GOOD....AND U MUST KNOW UR BEHIND.... I PERSONALLY THINK IT WAS PREFLOP PLAY THAT LET U DOWN... AS DAZZLER IS A "LAG" AND IF U HAD RERAISED HIS RAISE IM SURE HE WOULD OF SHOVED... U COULD THEN PASS TO HIS QQ AND IF MR 88 WANTED TO GO ALONG HE WOULD OF COLLECTED...HIS MADE SET... BUT U WOULD OF STILL BEEN IN AND MADE A GOOD SOLID LAYDOWN... HOPE THIS HELPS AND GOOD LUCK;-)
it was an amazing nite
many thanks to all
michael aka dtw
cheers m8
not sure what i'm doing yet still checking my bets which are looking good so far had a go on £2-40 sat for open earlier it was early stages i had 47 had a bit of a chip stack flat called flop 456 so i raised he went all-in so i put him on hi pair made decission to call as had a chance of up & down straight plus had a 4 loads of cards to choose from never hit he had AA stack dropped to 55 chips managed to get back up to 580 went out next hand to a better pair i think
gonna have a look at tourney's now
Hi Bandit,
I've got to say i'm impressed by the way you have have kept a log of all you games so far, the purist will tell you that's the way to do things and i'm sure they are right !
The thing i remember most and always remind myself, was something from the film 'Rounders' about what Doyle Brunson said,
"In the rare situations when all your card knowledge and best judgement leave you in doubt, go with your strong feeling and not against it !!"
glk Benny
Stay positive and enjoy
many thanks for your advice bennydip2 I agree with u there as sometimes i over think hands and it gets me into trouble so at present i play to my strenghs and keep it simple i have now established a simple guild i have with me when playing to stop me overthinking i have been working on to improve my play as the blinds go up 1.when to stop limping 2.what level (very confusing) 3. fold or all-in (Tikay & Rich cleared a lot of these up on last nights show with the A J hand debate )
1 thing is for sure i will never ever lose my enjoyment of Poker now as i'm hooked
cheers for your post m8 look forward to reading more
dtw
what a week it was am still buzzing it couldn't have gone any better thanks goes to the following
Jimbo31/ Mr mbro/ Ozzie08 / Tikay / Rich Orford / Dudeskin / Pillowman / Trevor / and the many others already mention on this thread
mon 10th & tues 11th
went on a bit of a downswing these 2 days nothing to major
wed 12th
downswing started to cease and by the end of the day was back up to par ready for next day
thurs 13th
caught up with replying to posts on my threads then off to find a Five-00 sat buy - in £1-10 entered played ok went out on bubble then reg fo freeroll which had 1119 runners & finished 22nd cashed £1-50 then just had time to enter CELB DYM came 1st in that i thought what a great day
fri 14th
where do i start ok had a go at Five-00 sat for £4-80 was under my £5-50 buy-in bankroll for telly tourney's another bubble but cashed then played a £1-20 sat for £1000 Velocity & got through to main event at 10pm just had time for a £100 speed tourney came 5th i think & cashed got some dinner ready for Velocity had Jimbo31 & Ozzie08 railing me and thought my aim is to cash got to the cash still had not a bad stack it was like a huge weight had been lifted i think i said to jimbo & ozzie08 that i could relax now and play my game apart from 1 mistake when playing A J hand iwent on to reach the final table ended up finishing 2nd and cashed £228-75 and thought omg
sat 15th 1st thought was sat for tonights open but then i decided just to pay £11 buy-in as my bankroll had improved then off to find a £100 speed tourney buy-in was £1-10 & i cashed £8 so tonights open was only costing £3 result went off to sort out my weeks sports bets til the open Ozzie08 dropped in to rail was struggling a bit but managed to hold on & came 67th & cashed £21
sun 16th i was now on for the hat-trick cashing in 3 £1000+ tourney's so you guessed straight over to a sat cost £3-75 buy-in and i got through to main event tonite thinking could i do it again went off to do me sports then found a £100 speed to get some practice can't remember if i cashed as i was trying to focus for the open got off to a good start picking the hands i wanted to play after a while had dudeskin8 drop in then Ozzie08 then Pillowman now i was doing a lot better than last nites open just plodding along it got down to 65 i was 64th got dealt A3 suited my big blind next and very low stacked so had major decission had not limped all tourny and thought i would leave in the hands of the poker gods and shoved all-in all folded bar 1 he won the hand i thought i had bubbled but by now yhere were loads railing 1 of them said you've cashed then ozzie08 said you've cashed when i checked it turned out i came 58th cashed £36 hat-trick complete
mon 17th day off
here are my weeks graphs 10th - 17th aug
and below are my overall graphs from 8th june til 17th aug
many many thanks to everyone for there support this week very much appreciated
dtw aka michael
Good read , its nice to read a success story instead of omg i waz robbed ,fix fix, fix.......
Good man, keep up the good work.
oh by the way i cant find the thread ..."players past and present" ?
Mind you theres a lot i cant find on this forum now it is growing so fast, wish i knew how to 'mark forum as read,
' so that when i come here the only posts are the ones after my last visit !! sigh!!