Tricky one KJ, if he's been doing it 5/6 times in a row then you probably are ahead of the range but without seeing any of these hands I wouldn't be happy calling, if it was like A10 I'd be more happy calling as I beat loads of random Ax's but KJ is behind to all them even if only 40-60. Also if he is doing it a lot surely you'll find a better spot eventually ? (of course hoping no one else takes him out) Posted by Dudeskin8
Came so close to my £160 NL8 target, when i say close i was 50p away and 5 outs to dodge with 2 cards to come. From that point on the session just seemed horrible and crewl, although i may have had a small amount of tilt in my desisions.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
BIGSHANN
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£4.00
jfmpoker11
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£6.32
Your hole cards
Q
Q
THEWIFE
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.26
£3.75
vietnam
Call
£0.20
£0.46
£2.24
BIGSHANN
Fold
jfmpoker11
Fold
Flop
8
2
3
The_Don90
Bet
£0.35
£0.81
£3.40
vietnam
Call
£0.35
£1.16
£1.89
Turn
4
The_Don90
Bet
£0.87
£2.03
£2.53
vietnam
Call
£0.87
£2.90
£1.02
River
A
The_Don90
Check
vietnam
Check
The_Don90
Show
Q
Q
vietnam
Muck
7
8
The_Don90
Win
Pair of Queens
£2.68
£5.21
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
zah11
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£1.38
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£4.06
Your hole cards
Q
A
wheeler101
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£4.01
troggers
Fold
zah11
Call
£0.02
£0.12
£1.36
The_Don90
Raise
£0.28
£0.40
£3.78
wheeler101
Call
£0.28
£0.68
£3.73
zah11
Fold
Flop
6
A
Q
The_Don90
Bet
£0.51
£1.19
£3.27
wheeler101
Call
£0.51
£1.70
£3.22
Turn
K
The_Don90
Bet
£1.28
£2.98
£1.99
wheeler101
Call
£1.28
£4.26
£1.94
River
2
The_Don90
All-in
£1.99
£6.25
£0.00
wheeler101
All-in
£1.94
£8.19
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£0.05
£8.14
£0.05
The_Don90
Show
Q
A
wheeler101
Show
Q
J
The_Don90
Win
Two Pairs, Aces and Queens
£7.52
£7.57
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£4.87
1mb1brown
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£3.89
Your hole cards
Q
K
BIGSHANN
Fold
ZINOM
Fold
Calypso18
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£1.02
The_Don90
Raise
£0.32
£0.42
£4.55
1mb1brown
Call
£0.30
£0.72
£3.59
Calypso18
Fold
Flop
Q
8
J
The_Don90
Bet
£0.54
£1.26
£4.01
1mb1brown
Call
£0.54
£1.80
£3.05
Turn
K
The_Don90
Bet
£1.35
£3.15
£2.66
1mb1brown
Call
£1.35
£4.50
£1.70
River
5
The_Don90
All-in
£2.66
£7.16
£0.00
1mb1brown
Fold
The_Don90
Muck
The_Don90
Win
£4.16
£4.16
The_Don90
Return
£2.66
£0.34
£6.82
to NL8 or not to NL8, umm lcuky (words wherent clean)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
swinian
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£2.62
neofive
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.19
Your hole cards
K
K
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.26
£3.83
mcp88
Fold
winwin92
Call
£0.20
£0.46
£3.44
swinian
Call
£0.18
£0.64
£2.44
neofive
Fold
Flop
3
6
2
swinian
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.64
£1.28
£3.19
winwin92
Raise
£2.56
£3.84
£0.88
swinian
Fold
The_Don90
All-in
£3.19
£7.03
£0.00
winwin92
All-in
£0.88
£7.91
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£0.39
£7.52
£0.39
The_Don90
Show
K
K
winwin92
Show
6
7
Turn
7
River
4
winwin92
Win
Two Pairs, 7s and 6s
£6.95
£6.95
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
bichasila
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£2.83
BIGSHANN
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£4.00
Your hole cards
K
A
wheeler101
All-in
£0.31
£0.37
£0.00
The_Don90
Raise
£1.39
£1.76
£6.25
myden
Fold
bichasila
Fold
BIGSHANN
All-in
£4.00
£5.76
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£2.65
£8.41
£3.60
BIGSHANN
Show
K
K
wheeler101
Show
A
Q
The_Don90
Show
K
A
Flop
5
7
2
Turn
8
River
4
BIGSHANN
Win
Pair of Kings
£7.77
£7.77
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
somer
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£3.36
neofive
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.02
Your hole cards
Q
A
The_Don90
Raise
£0.20
£0.26
£3.58
mcp88
Call
£0.20
£0.46
£7.10
poles01
Call
£0.20
£0.66
£0.59
swinian
Fold
somer
Call
£0.18
£0.84
£3.18
neofive
All-in
£1.02
£1.86
£0.00
The_Don90
All-in
£3.58
£5.44
£0.00
mcp88
Fold
poles01
All-in
£0.59
£6.03
£0.00
somer
Fold
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£2.72
£3.31
£2.72
neofive
Show
7
J
The_Don90
Show
Q
A
poles01
Show
4
4
Flop
4
7
5
Turn
K
River
8
poles01
Win
Three 4s
£2.56
£2.56
neofive
Win
Pair of 7s
£0.50
£0.50
Closing BR: £149.58
Lost a full tenner as of part of that KK hand onwards. Demoralized a little and the longer what seemed like a drought went on for the harder i was finding playing. The fact it was only 50p and 5 cards to dodge really hit me hard. I tried to plug on bt just couldnt regain momentum. Taking a break for now but will be playing later depending.
c4p should get you above £160 - crack on !!! Tell me when your having a go at NL8 and I'll give it a bash with you ) Posted by rancid
i only got a freeroll for last month. Due to illness, Dub;in and Gow3 i never got over 400 points. Good news is adding 2 more tables and an extra session per day and playing every day im already at 450. My highest ever weekly amount .
Nice stuff Don, keep it up mate, only a session or two away now . EDIT : Wicked !!! Posted by Dudeskin8
No had a brilliant start tbh but mostly note building and the hands ive lost i cant really do much about, the big one that hurt was AA v 99 but Q9x flop looked prety safe. whoops lol.
In reply to dudeskin, i wont change the title till im 100% sure on staying at N8. The first session was pretty cagey. I decided to start at NL4 with my £149 aiming for £160. The plan was get to £160 stand and go to NL8. Although about 45 mins into my session i done a mis-calculation. I thought id hit £160 instead id hit £157 anyways i decided instead of trying to get back onto tables for one buy in just move on up.
Im going to post slightly more hands than normal although £1.50+ win/losses for NL8 (i may change this as it seems easy to get £1 pots)
Im also going to show a few NL4 hands here.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
june32
Small blind
£0.02
£0.02
£5.44
zena275
Big blind
£0.04
£0.06
£1.86
Your hole cards
5
5
The_Don90
Call
£0.04
£0.10
£4.36
pokacheat
Call
£0.04
£0.14
£3.79
BIGSHANN
Raise
£0.20
£0.34
£3.84
tec02
Fold
june32
Fold
zena275
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£0.16
£0.50
£4.20
pokacheat
Call
£0.16
£0.66
£3.63
Flop
J
2
5
The_Don90
Bet
£0.66
£1.32
£3.54
pokacheat
Call
£0.66
£1.98
£2.97
BIGSHANN
All-in
£3.84
£5.82
£0.00
The_Don90
All-in
£3.54
£9.36
£0.00
pokacheat
All-in
£2.97
£12.33
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£0.36
£11.97
£0.36
The_Don90
Show
5
5
pokacheat
Show
4
6
BIGSHANN
Show
A
A
Turn
7
River
9
The_Don90
Win
Three 5s
£11.07
£11.43
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
GMLGML
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£1.95
tealy10
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£3.41
Your hole cards
K
A
svenstr8s
Fold
royalfl463
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£2.96
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.60
£7.48
ICEBRAM
Fold
GMLGML
Fold
tealy10
Fold
royalfl463
All-in
£2.96
£3.56
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£2.64
£6.20
£4.84
royalfl463
Show
10
A
The_Don90
Show
K
A
Flop
8
4
J
Turn
A
River
6
The_Don90
Win
Pair of Aces
£5.73
£10.57
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
KITKAT69
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£1.67
Kajlinko
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£2.61
Your hole cards
J
J
panda12
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.32
£0.44
£7.68
asr147
All-in
£2.90
£3.34
£0.00
KITKAT69
Fold
Kajlinko
Fold
The_Don90
Call
£2.58
£5.92
£5.10
The_Don90
Show
J
J
asr147
Show
7
7
Flop
8
10
Q
Turn
5
River
2
The_Don90
Win
Pair of Jacks
£5.47
£10.57
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
Marbo
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.76
TheRat1
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£1.41
Your hole cards
K
A
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.52
£10.33
helena363
Fold
FASTEDY
Fold
Marbo
Call
£0.36
£0.88
£4.40
TheRat1
Fold
Flop
10
4
J
Marbo
Check
The_Don90
Check
Turn
Q
Marbo
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.44
£1.32
£9.89
Marbo
Call
£0.44
£1.76
£3.96
River
4
Marbo
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£1.32
£3.08
£8.57
Marbo
Raise
£3.04
£6.12
£0.92
The_Don90
All-in
£8.57
£14.69
£0.00
Marbo
All-in
£0.92
£15.61
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£5.93
£9.68
£5.93
Marbo
Show
4
A
The_Don90
Show
K
A
The_Don90
Win
Straight to the Ace
£8.95
£14.88
Maybe should just fold flop but value seemed there
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
guestvip
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.09
newstar
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£1.06
Your hole cards
A
Q
KITKAT69
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£1.44
Kajlinko
Fold
panda12
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.60
£7.57
guestvip
Call
£0.36
£0.96
£3.73
newstar
Fold
KITKAT69
Fold
Flop
10
5
4
guestvip
Bet
£0.08
£1.04
£3.65
The_Don90
Call
£0.08
£1.12
£7.49
Turn
A
guestvip
All-in
£3.65
£4.77
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£3.65
£8.42
£3.84
guestvip
Show
7
8
The_Don90
Show
A
Q
River
6
guestvip
Win
Flush to the 10
£7.78
£7.78
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
C0nfu5ed
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£9.54
frog51
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£4.33
Your hole cards
A
A
MG42
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.40
£0.52
£8.31
squashpro1
Fold
nezbeau
Call
£0.40
£0.92
£4.61
C0nfu5ed
Fold
frog51
Call
£0.32
£1.24
£4.01
Flop
Q
9
3
frog51
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.93
£2.17
£7.38
nezbeau
Raise
£1.86
£4.03
£2.75
frog51
Fold
The_Don90
All-in
£7.38
£11.41
£0.00
nezbeau
All-in
£2.75
£14.16
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£3.70
£10.46
£3.70
The_Don90
Show
A
A
nezbeau
Show
9
9
Turn
6
River
J
nezbeau
Win
Three 9s
£9.67
£9.67
Closing Balance: £157.44
I think overall im about 20p down for my first NL8 session. It didnt feel like a smooth ride at the time. Although i think alot of that was being bored playing just four tables again. I was really enjoying 6, and i spoke to a fellow player about playing NL4 along side NL8 but he said that wasnt the best of ideas as it may create false results and i could think im doing better than i actually am.
I think you should stay at nl8 now for good or until you drop back down to £120. This way ur giving urself a good shot at it and hopefully you will do well.
I think you should stay at nl8 now for good or until you drop back down to £120. This way ur giving urself a good shot at it and hopefully you will do well. Whats ur thoughts? Posted by splashies
the plan was 4 buy ins so thats £128 i think but really want to take a proper go.
I'm finding this a fascinating read Don and I'm delighted you're slowly building it.
To read the likes of you, Dudeskin and Lambert working their way through this level intrigues me. The three of you think on so many levels above the norm at this level it's unreal. So am glad that you all are slowly building the roll. I sincerely hope you all progress and I have to say I'd be hugely surprised if you all don't.
This is the very thread that will eventually inspire me to tackle the true level of the game : cash.
You seem to hit worse bad beats than most Donaldo? Maybe it's a Scottish thing? lol
But you're progressing and as long as you keep your cool I think you're more than capable of going through the levels.
One bit of advice though : Accept the bad sessions. I've read LOL_RAISE talking of having similar. He accepts it and knows he'll win eventually. Learn from that my friend.
Other than that you NL4 boys are an inspiration. Best of to you all.
Comments
Afternoon session
Mixed session today.
winning hands
speculative call on river, but i had notes he was a fish
losing hands
played this terrible
closing balance: £151.01
KK - fine
J10 - fine to raise but I think 3x is fine here especially against shortstack where you have to fold if he shoves pre. Why no cbet on flop with draw ?
10's - Pre and flop fine, river sigh fold as most draws come in and dirty ace is out.
I QUIT
KK looks like tilt.
Night session attempt 2
Return to form. No losing hands over £1
Closing BR: £150.97
Afternoon session.
Came so close to my £160 NL8 target, when i say close i was 50p away and 5 outs to dodge with 2 cards to come. From that point on the session just seemed horrible and crewl, although i may have had a small amount of tilt in my desisions.
Closing BR: £149.58
Lost a full tenner as of part of that KK hand onwards. Demoralized a little and the longer what seemed like a drought went on for the harder i was finding playing. The fact it was only 50p and 5 cards to dodge really hit me hard. I tried to plug on bt just couldnt regain momentum. Taking a break for now but will be playing later depending.
EDIT : Wicked !!!
6th Oct
Night session, and NL8 intro
In reply to dudeskin, i wont change the title till im 100% sure on staying at N8. The first session was pretty cagey. I decided to start at NL4 with my £149 aiming for £160. The plan was get to £160 stand and go to NL8. Although about 45 mins into my session i done a mis-calculation. I thought id hit £160 instead id hit £157 anyways i decided instead of trying to get back onto tables for one buy in just move on up.
Im going to post slightly more hands than normal although £1.50+ win/losses for NL8 (i may change this as it seems easy to get £1 pots)
Im also going to show a few NL4 hands here.
I think overall im about 20p down for my first NL8 session. It didnt feel like a smooth ride at the time. Although i think alot of that was being bored playing just four tables again. I was really enjoying 6, and i spoke to a fellow player about playing NL4 along side NL8 but he said that wasnt the best of ideas as it may create false results and i could think im doing better than i actually am.
Whats ur thoughts?
I'm finding this a fascinating read Don and I'm delighted you're slowly building it.
To read the likes of you, Dudeskin and Lambert working their way through this level intrigues me. The three of you think on so many levels above the norm at this level it's unreal. So am glad that you all are slowly building the roll. I sincerely hope you all progress and I have to say I'd be hugely surprised if you all don't.
This is the very thread that will eventually inspire me to tackle the true level of the game : cash.
You seem to hit worse bad beats than most Donaldo? Maybe it's a Scottish thing? lol
But you're progressing and as long as you keep your cool I think you're more than capable of going through the levels.
One bit of advice though : Accept the bad sessions. I've read LOL_RAISE talking of having similar. He accepts it and knows he'll win eventually. Learn from that my friend.
Other than that you NL4 boys are an inspiration. Best of to you all.