Can i just say blame Dohhhhh for that forum game thing, he said set on up i said no. About 20 minutes later id set one up. young gun, another point about folding those kings. Theres already 3 players all in. I know theirs at least 2 going in behind me (actually turned out to be 3) im no longer any sort of favorite to win the hand. Posted by The_Don90
true but ur gettin gd equity for the money u wud be puttin in
if you're not willing to get it in why sit in this game and not a normal nl4 game?
In Response to Re: New BR challenge : true but ur gettin gd equity for the money u wud be puttin in if you're not willing to get it in why sit in this game and not a normal nl4 game? Posted by SHANXTA
i wasnt comfortable playing there tbh. I left shortly after.
What a night. What a session. What an we everything. From being stacked 3 or 4 times. and still showing a comfortable profit i cant complain. Started of on cash which didnt go well actually think it was my own frustration that done it in the end. Sop i moved to HU. Think i won them all bar one. Back to cash. Lost 2 BIs and suddenly i was peeved off. Went to DYMs, and put my £6 of a £9 roll down over 3. (3.30, 2.25 and 1.15) and despite having 1BB in one, and not playing anything bar KK, QQ and AK i cashed in all 3. So back i went to cash. And early profit was done by over pair v set. However what a session it was to turn out to be. I'm lost for words. And may i say some of the best poker TAG poker ive ever played. Not bad from a player whos traditionally got a wide range.
Some winning hands.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.94
JJ59
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£2.76
Your hole cards
10
10
GNASHER927
Raise
£0.08
£0.14
£5.17
go4it2202
Call
£0.08
£0.22
£2.74
riskitslic
Raise
£0.20
£0.42
£7.29
The_Don90
Call
£0.18
£0.60
£3.76
JJ59
Call
£0.16
£0.76
£2.60
GNASHER927
Call
£0.12
£0.88
£5.05
go4it2202
Call
£0.12
£1.00
£2.62
Flop
10
8
A
The_Don90
Bet
£0.75
£1.75
£3.01
JJ59
Raise
£1.50
£3.25
£1.10
GNASHER927
All-in
£5.05
£8.30
£0.00
go4it2202
Fold
riskitslic
Fold
The_Don90
All-in
£3.01
£11.31
£0.00
JJ59
All-in
£1.10
£12.41
£0.00
GNASHER927
Unmatched bet
£1.29
£11.12
£1.29
The_Don90
Show
10
10
JJ59
Show
A
Q
GNASHER927
Show
A
8
Turn
7
River
4
The_Don90
Win
Three 10s
£10.28
£10.28
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
MP33
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£7.00
markisking
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.79
Your hole cards
Q
Q
SINGA
Fold
DK76
Raise
£0.12
£0.18
£13.13
The_Don90
Raise
£0.44
£0.62
£5.15
MP33
Raise
£1.38
£2.00
£5.62
markisking
Fold
DK76
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£0.96
£2.96
£4.19
Flop
6
7
J
MP33
Bet
£1.48
£4.44
£4.14
The_Don90
Call
£1.48
£5.92
£2.71
Turn
4
MP33
Check
The_Don90
All-in
£2.71
£8.63
£0.00
MP33
Call
£2.71
£11.34
£1.43
MP33
Show
Q
Q
The_Don90
Show
Q
Q
River
2
The_Don90
Win
Flush to the Queen
£10.48
£10.48
Turned my hand into a bluff in the above hand. Bad poker there.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
konten09
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.98
denty765
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£8.75
Your hole cards
7
7
kz24
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£0.74
jeffrey1965
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£3.49
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£3.80
GNASHER927
Raise
£0.08
£0.26
£15.96
konten09
Fold
denty765
Call
£0.04
£0.30
£8.71
kz24
Call
£0.04
£0.34
£0.70
jeffrey1965
Call
£0.04
£0.38
£3.45
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.42
£3.76
Flop
7
A
2
denty765
Check
kz24
Check
jeffrey1965
Check
The_Don90
Check
GNASHER927
Check
Turn
10
denty765
Check
kz24
Check
jeffrey1965
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.32
£0.74
£3.44
GNASHER927
Call
£0.32
£1.06
£15.64
denty765
Fold
kz24
Call
£0.32
£1.38
£0.38
jeffrey1965
Call
£0.32
£1.70
£3.13
River
9
kz24
All-in
£0.38
£2.08
£0.00
jeffrey1965
Raise
£0.76
£2.84
£2.37
The_Don90
Call
£0.76
£3.60
£2.68
GNASHER927
Fold
kz24
Show
9
A
jeffrey1965
Muck
Q
5
The_Don90
Show
7
7
The_Don90
Win
Three 7s
£3.33
£6.01
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
mckenna02
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£4.55
DTWBANDIT
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£6.12
Your hole cards
K
K
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.26
£3.80
cain82
Call
£0.20
£0.46
£1.28
xplosiv
Fold
mckenna02
Call
£0.18
£0.64
£4.37
DTWBANDIT
Call
£0.16
£0.80
£5.96
Flop
7
5
4
mckenna02
Check
DTWBANDIT
Bet
£0.40
£1.20
£5.56
The_Don90
Raise
£1.60
£2.80
£2.20
cain82
Fold
mckenna02
All-in
£4.37
£7.17
£0.00
DTWBANDIT
All-in
£5.56
£12.73
£0.00
The_Don90
All-in
£2.20
£14.93
£0.00
DTWBANDIT
Unmatched bet
£1.59
£13.34
£1.59
mckenna02
Show
6
A
DTWBANDIT
Show
7
7
The_Don90
Show
K
K
Turn
J
River
10
DTWBANDIT
Win
Three 7s
£12.33
£13.92
really did have warning lights flashing at me here but when i called my stack of i felt i had already commited too much to the hand to fold. If i re-raise less i can get away.
There are other big losing hands, however they all are pretty basic errors (stacking off TPGK because ur notes say so when the play clearly stinks) ive spotted myself so wont post em up.
There are two other hands both posted in the clinic so wont re-post em here.
Total Balance: £24.52
I think i've learnt alot tonight. volume certainly does pay off. Scotty and Dohhh are two pretty clever guys and i fully recommend any one taking their advice. Its taken a while for it to sink into me, tonight was the first night ive not had a break. Right from the Mastercash game thing i failed at till now, bar 10 mins when i came off the HU to go onto NL4 ive not had a break. That 10 mins was only to take my mind away from my heads up game and back to my cash game. Despite not having a break and saying i would play right through to 6AM im stuggling to keep my eyes open now. Therefore i think it is best to stop playing 2 hours earlier than planned, although i did play through my break thats still and hour lost. Im disappointed for that be re-ajusting to this routine will take a few days and for a guy whos known not to sleep well i do value these times. However i did get lucky in a few situations, the QQ v QQ for example should always be a split, and in fairness i thought i was beat hense turning my hand into a bluff. Ive made a number of simple school boy errors in amougst all this pretty good poker aswell however that even i can't justify, although my notes stated they where likley to do the play with worse, its NL4 for christ sake.
One good thing with that though is i dont think i played like i was scared of losing tonight. I played every hand as if i was going to win something huge. I took pride in taking down a pot weather at showdown or not. I was please just to be playing again. And i think the passion that i was lacking that i felt played tournaments is now starting to show in cash. Its that passion that makes me want to play more and more. And reading Scottys comment from yesterday when he said he doesnt know if i played for money, fun or ego it got me thinking. Why am i playing poker? I started playing poker for fun and eventually i could beat my mates. This however created the will to have fun and win money. I read something the other day, "If your having fun playing poker, your playing it wrong" i don't know if that statement is true, but certainly it applies to me. Then came the Ego, ever since i could beat my mates i wanted to go out and beat the best. So Scotty in answer, you've stumped me, and im the one playing. In honesty it was a fun thing to start out with and then i won some money. And now alls i want to do is be profitable. By admitting this i think ive found yet another flaw in my game, i have no idea why i play.
I think that you can play poker for all the 3 reasons, but you need to get the bankroll situation sorted out first.
Part of being a poker player is being able to relax/cool off by spewing off/showing massive bluffs vs mates. However when I do that, and when others do that, we do it in a game where the stakes don't matter. You'll see a lot of the high stakes regs/mid stakes grinders do that by flpping for stacks at No Limit Omaha 2p/4p...but they can do that because they probably have 500BI rolls @ 200nl so losing 10BIs there means nothing.
I don't know about your financial situation/work committments, so I don't know what your endgame is. What I do know is that with hard work and the ability to grind, you can make very decent tax free money at nl20 or so. And you def put more work into your game than 90pc of the regs at that level.
So you should be focusing on building your roll. Don't play in tough games, don't play in forum games until you have that roll in place. Then you can spend a session or 2 just outplaying Dohhhh constantly by snapping his all in river bluff with Q high and being good
Once you get to around 150£ or so you'll find it a lot more smoother. Until then its either being on a big ginrd or depositing to top your roll up.
I don't agree that you turned your hand into a bluff against MP33. He can call you with worse, and you have an overpair with a strong re-draw. If you are thinking you can get him off a flush/2p or bigger overpair then thats a big flaw in your thinking!!
I like your bet, but for value, not as a bluff!!
Also bet the flop multi way with the set of 7's. 5 handed to the flop, 3 checks in front of you, 1 player behind, and an ace on the board, you gotta bet. I know the pre flop raiser is still to act behind you, but he only min raised the button, and he will check behind alot. I'd just bet myself here.
Other than that, nice 1. Keep the momentum going now. And stay away from that spt sat u were gonna play ffs. That £25 you were thinking about depositing to play it would be much more useful in ur BR!
Don't tilt when Celtic win the league this afternoon.
I think that you can play poker for all the 3 reasons, but you need to get the bankroll situation sorted out first. Part of being a poker player is being able to relax/cool off by spewing off/showing massive bluffs vs mates. However when I do that, and when others do that, we do it in a game where the stakes don't matter. You'll see a lot of the high stakes regs/mid stakes grinders do that by flpping for stacks at No Limit Omaha 2p/4p...but they can do that because they probably have 500BI rolls @ 200nl so losing 10BIs there means nothing. I don't know about your financial situation/work committments, so I don't know what your endgame is. What I do know is that with hard work and the ability to grind, you can make very decent tax free money at nl20 or so. And you def put more work into your game than 90pc of the regs at that level. So you should be focusing on building your roll. Don't play in tough games, don't play in forum games until you have that roll in place. Then you can spend a session or 2 just outplaying Dohhhh constantly by snapping his all in river bluff with Q high and being good Once you get to around 150£ or so you'll find it a lot more smoother. Until then its either being on a big ginrd or depositing to top your roll up. Posted by scotty77
cheers scotty. My financial situation is a yo yo But i would say its not particularly great. This is partly because i dont have a job at the moment. Still helping out with the league but i gave that up because the money wasnt even covering the expenses of the job. I think thats been a big factor in my BR.
I apprechate the comment youve made here. And you have some pretty awesome advice.
Are you playing the freeroll MTTs Don? Worth considering as a decent bink could up your BR by a significant percentage, they're pretty easy to cash in, and also lets you blow off some steam without leaking cash.
Are you playing the freeroll MTTs Don? Worth considering as a decent bink could up your BR by a significant percentage, they're pretty easy to cash in, and also lets you blow off some steam without leaking cash. Posted by DannyMcs
nah mate. freerolls tilt me rather badly for some reason. I may win one but ill just tilt it off with extra
in a day where i just couldnt get anything to work out, i felt i played badly, ran badly and all in all let frustration be my boss. Early on when i first started 3PM yesterday i doubled early over multiple pot. Stacking on another table. Was £1 down. Lost a dym. Done a HU. Then went back to cash. Again just cudnt get anything going couldnt find payments for big hands. Not losing the min for losing hands. Was just one of those days.
Biggest winning pots.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
bannedname
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£2.82
OhDancing1
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.96
Your hole cards
A
K
state
Raise
£0.08
£0.14
£0.86
The_Don90
Raise
£0.36
£0.50
£3.52
PgdL
Call
£0.36
£0.86
£3.39
clifford09
Fold
bannedname
Fold
OhDancing1
Fold
state
Call
£0.28
£1.14
£0.58
Flop
6
4
A
state
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.86
£2.00
£2.66
PgdL
Call
£0.86
£2.86
£2.53
state
Fold
Turn
A
The_Don90
All-in
£2.66
£5.52
£0.00
PgdL
All-in
£2.53
£8.05
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£0.13
£7.92
£0.13
The_Don90
Show
A
K
PgdL
Show
9
K
River
2
The_Don90
Win
Three Aces
£7.32
£7.45
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
awsome
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.93
kazza56
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£6.02
markisking
Sit out
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.10
£3.96
Your hole cards
A
A
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£3.28
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.34
£3.76
denty765
Raise
£0.84
£1.18
£14.97
awsome
Fold
kazza56
Fold
oynutter
Fold
The_Don90
All-in
£3.76
£4.94
£0.00
denty765
Call
£3.16
£8.10
£11.81
The_Don90
Show
A
A
denty765
Show
K
K
Flop
4
3
3
Turn
6
River
9
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, Aces and 3s
£7.49
£7.49
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
richflush
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.31
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.96
Your hole cards
6
6
senlee
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£2.97
Kaninchen
Raise
£0.16
£0.26
£1.51
XED
Fold
richflush
Call
£0.14
£0.40
£5.17
The_Don90
Call
£0.12
£0.52
£3.84
senlee
Call
£0.12
£0.64
£2.85
Flop
8
4
6
richflush
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.48
£1.12
£3.36
senlee
Fold
Kaninchen
Call
£0.48
£1.60
£1.03
richflush
Call
£0.48
£2.08
£4.69
Turn
3
richflush
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£1.56
£3.64
£1.80
Kaninchen
All-in
£1.03
£4.67
£0.00
richflush
Fold
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£0.53
£4.14
£2.33
The_Don90
Show
6
6
Kaninchen
Show
Q
Q
River
2
The_Don90
Win
Three 6s
£3.82
£6.15
Biggest losing pots.
Now for this first one, this guy was shoving every other hand and i felt either K or 9 was possibly good against his range. Unfortunetly i was wrong.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
2scoops43
Big blind
£0.04
£0.04
£7.76
Your hole cards
9
K
bigd351
Call
£0.04
£0.08
£6.74
markisking
Call
£0.04
£0.12
£2.68
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.16
£8.97
denty765
Fold
2scoops43
Check
Flop
2
Q
5
2scoops43
All-in
£7.76
£7.92
£0.00
bigd351
Fold
markisking
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£7.76
£15.68
£1.21
2scoops43
Show
6
Q
The_Don90
Show
9
K
Turn
4
River
9
2scoops43
Win
Pair of Queens
£14.50
£14.50
This one i just played like a donkey.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.85
hooter64
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£5.35
Your hole cards
K
J
hipshooter
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£3.74
Neildown
Fold
eddie2
Fold
becky0020
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£0.02
£0.12
£3.83
hooter64
Check
Flop
7
K
10
The_Don90
Bet
£0.09
£0.21
£3.74
hooter64
Fold
hipshooter
Call
£0.09
£0.30
£3.65
Turn
9
The_Don90
Check
hipshooter
Check
River
6
The_Don90
Check
hipshooter
All-in
£3.65
£3.95
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£3.65
£7.60
£0.09
The_Don90
Show
K
J
hipshooter
Show
10
4
hipshooter
Win
Flush to the King
£7.03
£7.03
Same again here.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
fisheyboy1
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£9.13
baz4cash
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.33
Your hole cards
4
5
markisking
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£4.00
Incubus_05
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£2.60
aza26
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£4.23
fisheyboy1
Fold
baz4cash
Check
Flop
5
2
4
baz4cash
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.18
£0.36
£3.82
Incubus_05
Fold
aza26
Call
£0.18
£0.54
£4.05
baz4cash
Fold
Turn
9
The_Don90
Bet
£0.54
£1.08
£3.28
aza26
Call
£0.54
£1.62
£3.51
River
A
The_Don90
Check
aza26
Bet
£1.22
£2.84
£2.29
The_Don90
Call
£1.22
£4.06
£2.06
aza26
Show
7
6
The_Don90
Muck
4
5
aza26
Win
Flush to the Ace
£3.75
£6.04
Total Balance: £15.25
I think again positives to be taken from today. I ran bad, didnt play well and despite all of this kept the loss to £2. The JJ hand ive not featured here as it wasnt a huge loss (32p) where i had 2 limpers and a raised 8xBB from BB, get a caller and think woohoo maybe i might get value. AKQ flop. nh sir. That sort of somes my day up in one hand. Breif moments of hope but in reality i really wasnt earning them. The whole patience game was against me. Hopefully tomorrow i might get a little run of cards.
just read your story , but cant find it anywhere now - Which section is it in?
Never seen so many crazy swings - Also what is meant by 37/33?
Nice river Don on the QQ vs QQ btw - Like Dohhhh said I knew it wasn,t a bluff as you hadn,t bluffed me once and as I knew your roll was low (through this thread) I just wanted to see what you had, although i wudda called anyway the way you were playing you should crush that limit - I,d maybe deposit a little more If you can afford it
On whats been an epic day, my emotional state has been all over the place. Mentally for a little with i was as good as use as a pancake. I didnt wake up till 5 yesterday afternoon, so having already decided i was taking a second pop at the SPT (loaded in a fiver again to do so, as to keep a personal goal seperate from poker) and i qualified for the main. I didnt want to play cash between as its a different mind set completely so i visited my dad. I think this allowed me to reflect just having general discussions and talking a couple of hands over with my dad.
I came home with an hour to spare, as to just make sure i was ready intime for the SPT and settled. I qualified. . Kind of a huge lift to my confidence after the battering and how poorly i played yesterday. However with this came a huge burst of hyper. I knew i wasnt in a mind set to play so i chilled out and watched some dvds.
I actually did settle down after that and decided to return to the tables, starting with a dym. This was just to make sure i was platying ok and not spewing. I played well and cashed. The only losing hand i had was v the shorty on the bubble QQ v KK AIP. Once i raised i couldnt fold.
So i went onto cash. And the results.
Wiinning hands.
Right just to point out my reasoning for hand 1, the guy with the stack was literally betting people off the pot, and on at least one occassion Oynutter called down with second pair. Therefore i felt my K was likley good, however with my kicker playing the board i felt calling down was best.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.17
KILLERHAND
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£30.15
Your hole cards
K
9
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£6.61
The_Don90
Call
£0.02
£0.12
£5.15
KILLERHAND
Raise
£0.16
£0.28
£29.99
oynutter
Call
£0.16
£0.44
£6.45
The_Don90
Call
£0.16
£0.60
£4.99
Flop
3
K
Q
The_Don90
Check
KILLERHAND
Bet
£0.30
£0.90
£29.69
oynutter
Call
£0.30
£1.20
£6.15
The_Don90
Call
£0.30
£1.50
£4.69
Turn
3
The_Don90
Check
KILLERHAND
Bet
£0.75
£2.25
£28.94
oynutter
Call
£0.75
£3.00
£5.40
The_Don90
Call
£0.75
£3.75
£3.94
River
2
The_Don90
Check
KILLERHAND
Bet
£1.88
£5.63
£27.06
oynutter
Call
£1.88
£7.51
£3.52
The_Don90
Call
£1.88
£9.39
£2.06
KILLERHAND
Show
A
J
oynutter
Show
10
Q
The_Don90
Show
K
9
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, Kings and 3s
£8.68
£10.74
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
Maxlobo3
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£0.77
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£4.43
Your hole cards
A
Q
mnik73
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£5.82
bryan1979
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£1.66
JAY60
Fold
shoegal37
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£3.96
Maxlobo3
Call
£0.02
£0.20
£0.75
The_Don90
Raise
£0.36
£0.56
£4.07
mnik73
Fold
bryan1979
All-in
£1.66
£2.22
£0.00
shoegal37
Call
£1.66
£3.88
£2.30
Maxlobo3
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£1.30
£5.18
£2.77
Flop
4
3
A
The_Don90
All-in
£2.77
£7.95
£0.00
shoegal37
Fold
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£2.77
£5.18
£2.77
The_Don90
Show
A
Q
bryan1979
Show
J
J
Turn
Q
River
A
The_Don90
Win
Full House, Aces and Queens
£4.79
£7.56
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
yuranASSet
Big blind
£0.04
£0.04
£3.96
Your hole cards
2
2
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.08
£3.96
KILLERHAND
Call
£0.04
£0.12
£29.38
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.16
£3.96
ballboy
Call
£0.04
£0.20
£8.17
yuranASSet
Check
Flop
A
J
2
yuranASSet
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.15
£0.35
£3.81
KILLERHAND
Fold
oynutter
Fold
ballboy
Call
£0.15
£0.50
£8.02
yuranASSet
Fold
Turn
Q
The_Don90
Bet
£0.38
£0.88
£3.43
ballboy
Call
£0.38
£1.26
£7.64
River
4
The_Don90
Bet
£0.95
£2.21
£2.48
ballboy
Call
£0.95
£3.16
£6.69
The_Don90
Show
2
2
ballboy
Muck
Q
J
The_Don90
Win
Three 2s
£2.92
£5.40
Losing hands.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.94
KILLERHAND
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£28.90
Your hole cards
8
8
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£2.21
ballboy
Fold
gilmour07
Fold
yuranASSet
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.30
£3.74
KILLERHAND
Call
£0.18
£0.48
£28.72
oynutter
Call
£0.18
£0.66
£2.03
Flop
K
K
7
The_Don90
Bet
£0.33
£0.99
£3.41
KILLERHAND
Call
£0.33
£1.32
£28.39
oynutter
Fold
Turn
6
The_Don90
Check
KILLERHAND
Check
River
4
The_Don90
Check
KILLERHAND
Bet
£0.20
£1.52
£28.19
The_Don90
Call
£0.20
£1.72
£3.21
KILLERHAND
Show
K
4
The_Don90
Muck
8
8
KILLERHAND
Win
Full House, Kings and 4s
£1.59
£29.78
Biggest losing hand i had. And i felt i lost the min.
Total Balance: £26.40
Only a short session tonight. The emotions really got the better of me. As it was kind of a personal goal to get to the SPT i think i put a little more into it. However i usually always get this when i win a tournament. Its just the passion comming through. Although this is starting to show in cash when ever i take down a big pot. The K9 one above i literally lept off my seat. Joy that my reads where right, but even more joy that i won a decent pot, and its been that passion that kept me going back to tournaments over and over again. If i can really get it into my cash game then it will only make me a more determinated and better player. Really quite amazing tbh that im getting it at NL4 tho, i remember saying to DOHHHHH a few weeks back how much i hated the level and it tilted me. Yes it does get frustrating but to be honest, im learning more and more. Last nights 200BB stack off game me a major wake up call. I can beat this level and i will.
All this emotional rollercoaster stuff really has tired me out. So i think its best for bed now. Really enjoyed playing tonight tho, first time ive played with a smile in a long time.
Another day where ive not played nearly enough. Really didnt sleep well yesterday and when i did wake up i felt like a 10 ton weight was repeatedly hitting me on the head. As a result i didnt get started till late. I done the TKP V HitSquad HU matches v Monkey123 and that equatted to a £1.90 profit. Although i really didnt want to gain finances from this towards my roll. After that i went for a nap just to try and recover the headache. Waking up alot later than planned at 1AM. I still wasnt feeling great although i decided to give it a while take some pain killers and get grinding.
And thats what i did. So come 3AM i was in a dym, again same as last night just to make sure i was ok, I didnt play 100% good poker but i played more than well enough to be beating NL4, and a cash there was worth another quid. So onto NL4 for an hour before stopping cause the door went (seriosuly who shows up at 4AM to visit someone) and i ended up needing to go to the shop as i forgot to buy my midnight snack again. So when i got back i got another hour in. Kind of peeved because before i went i was running pretty smooth.
3 biggest winning hands.
First one i felt priced in pre with a decent drawing hand, flopped big and got paid.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
DAEETASS
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.39
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.96
Your hole cards
9
6
MP33
Fold
always4551
Fold
gav2k9
Raise
£0.08
£0.14
£12.53
TonyMT
Fold
Lonsy
Call
£0.08
£0.22
£4.08
SheetFaced
Fold
DAEETASS
Call
£0.06
£0.28
£5.33
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.32
£3.92
Flop
9
3
6
DAEETASS
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.24
£0.56
£3.68
gav2k9
Raise
£0.56
£1.12
£11.97
Lonsy
Fold
DAEETASS
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£1.40
£2.52
£2.28
gav2k9
Call
£1.08
£3.60
£10.89
Turn
4
The_Don90
All-in
£2.28
£5.88
£0.00
gav2k9
Call
£2.28
£8.16
£8.61
The_Don90
Show
9
6
gav2k9
Show
A
9
River
10
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, 9s and 6s
£7.54
£7.54
2nd one is a little reads based. I think i should have just re-raised rather than shoving though.??
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
gav2k9
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£8.03
TonyMT
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£2.68
Your hole cards
A
A
Lonsy
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£3.68
SheetFaced
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£2.86
DAEETASS
Fold
LINSTA
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£5.50
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.58
£7.12
MP33
Call
£0.40
£0.98
£5.84
always4551
Fold
gav2k9
Fold
TonyMT
Fold
Lonsy
Fold
SheetFaced
Fold
LINSTA
Fold
Flop
8
7
6
The_Don90
Bet
£0.74
£1.72
£6.38
MP33
Raise
£1.60
£3.32
£4.24
The_Don90
All-in
£6.38
£9.70
£0.00
MP33
Fold
The_Don90
Muck
The_Don90
Win
£3.86
£3.86
The_Don90
Return
£5.52
£0.32
£9.38
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
gav2k9
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£8.03
TonyMT
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£2.68
Your hole cards
A
A
Lonsy
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£3.68
SheetFaced
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£2.86
DAEETASS
Fold
LINSTA
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£5.50
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.58
£7.12
MP33
Call
£0.40
£0.98
£5.84
always4551
Fold
gav2k9
Fold
TonyMT
Fold
Lonsy
Fold
SheetFaced
Fold
LINSTA
Fold
Flop
8
7
6
The_Don90
Bet
£0.74
£1.72
£6.38
MP33
Raise
£1.60
£3.32
£4.24
The_Don90
All-in
£6.38
£9.70
£0.00
MP33
Fold
The_Don90
Muck
The_Don90
Win
£3.86
£3.86
The_Don90
Return
£5.52
£0.32
£9.38
3rd one, cheers for the check, value bet was abit much
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
hamster880
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£12.37
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£4.08
Your hole cards
2
6
tpth-
Fold
THEROOF
Fold
JINTY
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£5.61
plital27
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£3.70
NuttySlack
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£3.29
hamster880
Fold
The_Don90
Check
Flop
3
7
10
The_Don90
Check
JINTY
Check
plital27
Check
NuttySlack
Bet
£0.09
£0.27
£3.20
The_Don90
Call
£0.09
£0.36
£3.99
JINTY
Fold
plital27
Call
£0.09
£0.45
£3.61
Turn
A
The_Don90
Check
plital27
Check
NuttySlack
Bet
£0.23
£0.68
£2.97
The_Don90
Call
£0.23
£0.91
£3.76
plital27
Call
£0.23
£1.14
£3.38
River
4
The_Don90
Check
plital27
Check
NuttySlack
Bet
£0.86
£2.00
£2.11
The_Don90
Raise
£3.01
£5.01
£0.75
plital27
Fold
NuttySlack
Fold
The_Don90
Muck
The_Don90
Win
£2.64
£3.39
The_Don90
Return
£2.15
£0.22
£5.54
3 biggest losing hands.
1st one, river shove looks suspisious but guess i have to pay off here.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
SNOOKY118
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£4.48
Wigachick
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.56
Your hole cards
5
6
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£5.27
Mihir
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£16.58
hamster880
Fold
SNOOKY118
Fold
Wigachick
Check
Flop
A
9
6
Wigachick
Bet
£0.04
£0.18
£1.52
The_Don90
Raise
£0.15
£0.33
£5.12
Mihir
Fold
Wigachick
Call
£0.11
£0.44
£1.41
Turn
J
Wigachick
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.33
£0.77
£4.79
Wigachick
Call
£0.33
£1.10
£1.08
River
2
Wigachick
All-in
£1.08
£2.18
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£1.08
£3.26
£3.71
Wigachick
Show
K
J
The_Don90
Show
5
6
Wigachick
Win
Flush to the Ace
£3.01
£3.01
2nd one. Shouldnt have called the flop. But played this badly overall.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
tpth-
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£7.67
THEROOF
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£8.87
Your hole cards
Q
A
JINTY
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£5.81
plital27
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£3.88
NuttySlack
Fold
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.18
£2.82
hamster880
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.38
£4.32
tpth-
Fold
THEROOF
Call
£0.16
£0.54
£8.71
JINTY
Fold
plital27
Fold
oynutter
Call
£0.16
£0.70
£2.66
Flop
10
8
6
THEROOF
Check
oynutter
Bet
£0.20
£0.90
£2.46
The_Don90
Call
£0.20
£1.10
£4.12
THEROOF
Fold
Turn
3
oynutter
Bet
£0.55
£1.65
£1.91
The_Don90
Fold
oynutter
Muck
oynutter
Win
£1.01
£2.92
oynutter
Return
£0.55
£0.09
£3.47
Third one, guy was doing this alot, put him on a drraw, but river bet was too steep to call with just ace high.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
MP33
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.04
tim01
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£5.48
Your hole cards
J
A
mrBEN485
Fold
oynutter
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£2.72
The_Don90
Raise
£0.16
£0.26
£3.84
beeasyonme
Fold
MP33
Fold
tim01
Call
£0.12
£0.38
£5.36
oynutter
Call
£0.12
£0.50
£2.60
Flop
2
5
2
tim01
Bet
£0.12
£0.62
£5.24
oynutter
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£0.12
£0.74
£3.72
Turn
Q
tim01
Bet
£0.12
£0.86
£5.12
The_Don90
Call
£0.12
£0.98
£3.60
River
3
tim01
Bet
£0.98
£1.96
£4.14
The_Don90
Fold
tim01
Muck
tim01
Win
£0.90
£5.04
tim01
Return
£0.98
£0.08
£6.02
Total Balance: £34.37
Well on track to where i want to be and getting a little breathing room, admittedly not alot, for my roll now. 4 days ago i would have said i was out of my depth doing a challenege like this but really im starting to believe its possible, i still have 14 sessions in which to grind out the rest of the £100. I really havent played as much as i could have the last couple of days either, and with 2 days of live games comming up i guess it may be a little harder to get game time in, so ive decided just to go and come home early on Thursday and im missing the Wednessday game to really get some decent hours in. Im feeling im spotting mistakes quicker now, and correcting them in every session im in, i think thats partly down to the volume and partly the determination.
Nightmare night tonight, weather ive decided to stop for now, weather ill get to play due to the site matience i have no idea. Started really well as was a BI up. Took my break slightly earlier due to the matience and come back. Boom, boom boom stacked 3 times in 15 mins, twice flush over flush. Seriously whats a guy meant to do.
3 biggest winning hands.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
LOGYLEW
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£6.05
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.96
Your hole cards
K
Q
carrotttop
Fold
Yosemite
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£1.57
stoneyb515
Fold
chaddyend
Fold
LOGYLEW
Call
£0.02
£0.12
£6.03
The_Don90
Raise
£0.24
£0.36
£3.72
Yosemite
Fold
LOGYLEW
Call
£0.24
£0.60
£5.79
Flop
3
6
Q
LOGYLEW
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.45
£1.05
£3.27
LOGYLEW
Call
£0.45
£1.50
£5.34
Turn
2
LOGYLEW
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£1.13
£2.63
£2.14
LOGYLEW
Call
£1.13
£3.76
£4.21
River
K
LOGYLEW
Check
The_Don90
All-in
£2.14
£5.90
£0.00
LOGYLEW
Call
£2.14
£8.04
£2.07
LOGYLEW
Show
6
Q
The_Don90
Show
K
Q
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, Kings and Queens
£7.43
£7.43
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
go4it2202
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£9.89
summer666
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£4.92
Your hole cards
K
K
The_Don90
Raise
£0.24
£0.30
£3.52
pomfrittes
Raise
£0.44
£0.74
£4.87
SINGA
Fold
go4it2202
Fold
summer666
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£1.00
£1.74
£2.52
pomfrittes
Call
£0.80
£2.54
£4.07
Flop
9
3
9
The_Don90
All-in
£2.52
£5.06
£0.00
pomfrittes
Call
£2.52
£7.58
£1.55
The_Don90
Show
K
K
pomfrittes
Show
J
J
Turn
7
River
3
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, Kings and 9s
£7.01
£7.01
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
SINGA
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.08
go4it2202
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£11.47
Your hole cards
6
7
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.26
£6.74
pomfrittes
Fold
SINGA
Call
£0.18
£0.44
£2.90
go4it2202
Call
£0.16
£0.60
£11.31
Flop
5
6
4
SINGA
Bet
£0.60
£1.20
£2.30
go4it2202
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£1.95
£3.15
£4.79
SINGA
Call
£1.35
£4.50
£0.95
Turn
6
SINGA
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.95
£5.45
£3.84
SINGA
All-in
£0.95
£6.40
£0.00
SINGA
Show
7
4
The_Don90
Show
6
7
River
6
The_Don90
Win
Four 6s
£5.92
£9.76
3 biggest losing hands
Could have done better here but literally this guy done this every hand
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.88
ALBION156
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£6.73
Your hole cards
9
10
TUNES
Fold
bigarchie
Raise
£0.12
£0.18
£11.19
The_Don90
Call
£0.10
£0.28
£3.78
ALBION156
Call
£0.08
£0.36
£6.65
Flop
A
5
J
The_Don90
Check
ALBION156
Check
bigarchie
Bet
£0.36
£0.72
£10.83
The_Don90
Call
£0.36
£1.08
£3.42
ALBION156
Fold
Turn
2
The_Don90
Check
bigarchie
Bet
£1.08
£2.16
£9.75
The_Don90
Call
£1.08
£3.24
£2.34
River
K
The_Don90
Check
bigarchie
Bet
£2.43
£5.67
£7.32
The_Don90
All-in
£2.34
£8.01
£0.00
bigarchie
Unmatched bet
£0.09
£7.92
£7.41
The_Don90
Show
9
10
bigarchie
Show
K
Q
bigarchie
Win
Flush to the Ace
£7.32
£14.73
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£7.41
carrotttop
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.50
Your hole cards
A
Q
Yosemite
Fold
stoneyb515
Fold
chaddyend
Fold
LOGYLEW
All-in
£2.07
£2.13
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£2.05
£4.18
£5.36
carrotttop
Fold
The_Don90
Show
A
Q
LOGYLEW
Show
K
K
Flop
8
9
6
Turn
2
River
10
LOGYLEW
Win
Pair of Kings
£3.86
£3.86
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
SAIFU
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£2.62
cozyuncle
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£6.71
Your hole cards
J
9
MisterK22
Raise
£0.12
£0.18
£1.39
The_Don90
Call
£0.12
£0.30
£4.04
EssexGent
Fold
13Silly
Fold
SAIFU
Fold
cozyuncle
Call
£0.08
£0.38
£6.63
Flop
K
J
A
cozyuncle
Bet
£0.04
£0.42
£6.59
MisterK22
Call
£0.04
£0.46
£1.35
The_Don90
Raise
£0.42
£0.88
£3.62
cozyuncle
Fold
MisterK22
Raise
£0.84
£1.72
£0.51
The_Don90
All-in
£3.62
£5.34
£0.00
MisterK22
All-in
£0.51
£5.85
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£2.65
£3.20
£2.65
MisterK22
Show
K
A
The_Don90
Show
J
9
Turn
8
River
10
MisterK22
Win
Two Pairs, Aces and Kings
£2.96
£2.96
Total Balance: £29.05
seriously brutal night not going to say much here. played like a donkey, and even when i had the hands i couldnt win. AK v 9T (25BB opponent) all in pre sorta suggests what kind of night i had. He limps so i set him in and he snaps flops the nuts. :@.
If i get time before the site closes ill play again, as long as im cooled off as right now pretty peeved off to say the least. Hense the lack of comments in here.
Comments
Some winning hands.
There are other big losing hands, however they all are pretty basic errors (stacking off TPGK because ur notes say so when the play clearly stinks) ive spotted myself so wont post em up.
There are two other hands both posted in the clinic so wont re-post em here.
Total Balance: £24.52
I think i've learnt alot tonight. volume certainly does pay off. Scotty and Dohhh are two pretty clever guys and i fully recommend any one taking their advice. Its taken a while for it to sink into me, tonight was the first night ive not had a break. Right from the Mastercash game thing i failed at till now, bar 10 mins when i came off the HU to go onto NL4 ive not had a break. That 10 mins was only to take my mind away from my heads up game and back to my cash game. Despite not having a break and saying i would play right through to 6AM im stuggling to keep my eyes open now. Therefore i think it is best to stop playing 2 hours earlier than planned, although i did play through my break thats still and hour lost. Im disappointed for that be re-ajusting to this routine will take a few days and for a guy whos known not to sleep well i do value these times. However i did get lucky in a few situations, the QQ v QQ for example should always be a split, and in fairness i thought i was beat hense turning my hand into a bluff. Ive made a number of simple school boy errors in amougst all this pretty good poker aswell however that even i can't justify, although my notes stated they where likley to do the play with worse, its NL4 for christ sake.
One good thing with that though is i dont think i played like i was scared of losing tonight. I played every hand as if i was going to win something huge. I took pride in taking down a pot weather at showdown or not. I was please just to be playing again. And i think the passion that i was lacking that i felt played tournaments is now starting to show in cash. Its that passion that makes me want to play more and more. And reading Scottys comment from yesterday when he said he doesnt know if i played for money, fun or ego it got me thinking. Why am i playing poker? I started playing poker for fun and eventually i could beat my mates. This however created the will to have fun and win money. I read something the other day, "If your having fun playing poker, your playing it wrong" i don't know if that statement is true, but certainly it applies to me. Then came the Ego, ever since i could beat my mates i wanted to go out and beat the best. So Scotty in answer, you've stumped me, and im the one playing. In honesty it was a fun thing to start out with and then i won some money. And now alls i want to do is be profitable. By admitting this i think ive found yet another flaw in my game, i have no idea why i play.
Part of being a poker player is being able to relax/cool off by spewing off/showing massive bluffs vs mates. However when I do that, and when others do that, we do it in a game where the stakes don't matter. You'll see a lot of the high stakes regs/mid stakes grinders do that by flpping for stacks at No Limit Omaha 2p/4p...but they can do that because they probably have 500BI rolls @ 200nl so losing 10BIs there means nothing.
I don't know about your financial situation/work committments, so I don't know what your endgame is. What I do know is that with hard work and the ability to grind, you can make very decent tax free money at nl20 or so. And you def put more work into your game than 90pc of the regs at that level.
So you should be focusing on building your roll. Don't play in tough games, don't play in forum games until you have that roll in place. Then you can spend a session or 2 just outplaying Dohhhh constantly by snapping his all in river bluff with Q high and being good
Once you get to around 150£ or so you'll find it a lot more smoother. Until then its either being on a big ginrd or depositing to top your roll up.
I apprechate the comment youve made here. And you have some pretty awesome advice.
Biggest winning pots.
Biggest losing pots.
Now for this first one, this guy was shoving every other hand and i felt either K or 9 was possibly good against his range. Unfortunetly i was wrong.
Total Balance: £15.25
I think again positives to be taken from today. I ran bad, didnt play well and despite all of this kept the loss to £2. The JJ hand ive not featured here as it wasnt a huge loss (32p) where i had 2 limpers and a raised 8xBB from BB, get a caller and think woohoo maybe i might get value. AKQ flop. nh sir. That sort of somes my day up in one hand. Breif moments of hope but in reality i really wasnt earning them. The whole patience game was against me. Hopefully tomorrow i might get a little run of cards.
just read your story , but cant find it anywhere now - Which section is it in?
Never seen so many crazy swings - Also what is meant by 37/33?
Nice river Don on the QQ vs QQ btw - Like Dohhhh said I knew it wasn,t a bluff as you hadn,t bluffed me once and as I knew your roll was low (through this thread) I just wanted to see what you had, although i wudda called anyway
the way you were playing you should crush that limit - I,d maybe deposit a little more If you can afford it
I came home with an hour to spare, as to just make sure i was ready intime for the SPT and settled. I qualified.
I actually did settle down after that and decided to return to the tables, starting with a dym. This was just to make sure i was platying ok and not spewing. I played well and cashed. The only losing hand i had was v the shorty on the bubble QQ v KK AIP. Once i raised i couldnt fold.
So i went onto cash. And the results.
Wiinning hands.
Right just to point out my reasoning for hand 1, the guy with the stack was literally betting people off the pot, and on at least one occassion Oynutter called down with second pair. Therefore i felt my K was likley good, however with my kicker playing the board i felt calling down was best.
Losing hands.
Total Balance: £26.40
Only a short session tonight. The emotions really got the better of me. As it was kind of a personal goal to get to the SPT i think i put a little more into it. However i usually always get this when i win a tournament. Its just the passion comming through. Although this is starting to show in cash when ever i take down a big pot. The K9 one above i literally lept off my seat. Joy that my reads where right, but even more joy that i won a decent pot, and its been that passion that kept me going back to tournaments over and over again. If i can really get it into my cash game then it will only make me a more determinated and better player. Really quite amazing tbh that im getting it at NL4 tho, i remember saying to DOHHHHH a few weeks back how much i hated the level and it tilted me. Yes it does get frustrating but to be honest, im learning more and more. Last nights 200BB stack off game me a major wake up call. I can beat this level and i will.
All this emotional rollercoaster stuff really has tired me out. So i think its best for bed now. Really enjoyed playing tonight tho, first time ive played with a smile in a long time.
And thats what i did. So come 3AM i was in a dym, again same as last night just to make sure i was ok, I didnt play 100% good poker but i played more than well enough to be beating NL4, and a cash there was worth another quid. So onto NL4 for an hour before stopping cause the door went (seriosuly who shows up at 4AM to visit someone) and i ended up needing to go to the shop as i forgot to buy my midnight snack again. So when i got back i got another hour in. Kind of peeved because before i went i was running pretty smooth.
3 biggest winning hands.
First one i felt priced in pre with a decent drawing hand, flopped big and got paid.
3 biggest losing hands.
1st one, river shove looks suspisious but guess i have to pay off here.
Total Balance: £34.37
Well on track to where i want to be and getting a little breathing room, admittedly not alot, for my roll now. 4 days ago i would have said i was out of my depth doing a challenege like this but really im starting to believe its possible, i still have 14 sessions in which to grind out the rest of the £100. I really havent played as much as i could have the last couple of days either, and with 2 days of live games comming up i guess it may be a little harder to get game time in, so ive decided just to go and come home early on Thursday and im missing the Wednessday game to really get some decent hours in. Im feeling im spotting mistakes quicker now, and correcting them in every session im in, i think thats partly down to the volume and partly the determination.
3 biggest winning hands.
Could have done better here but literally this guy done this every hand
seriously brutal night not going to say much here. played like a donkey, and even when i had the hands i couldnt win. AK v 9T (25BB opponent) all in pre sorta suggests what kind of night i had. He limps so i set him in and he snaps flops the nuts. :@.
If i get time before the site closes ill play again, as long as im cooled off as right now pretty peeved off to say the least. Hense the lack of comments in here.
Chilled out returned to tables. Started to recover. Then Boom this happens.
Closing Balance: £20.46
Really disappointing night. Really dont know if i played bad, if i run bad. possibly both. Certainly tilt set in. Frustration killed me. I dunno. FML.