Hi Don, just like to say well done on this venture m8. Would also just like to apologise for the 63 hand v your aces.
I only sat at the table cos there was nothing else available and i usually avoid regs like yourself and mrs b who was
sat next to you. As you may recall i didnt play a hand for 25 mins (most unlike me) but eventually it came to me unopened
so just stuck in standard button raise, when you raised i decided that cos of your range it was worth a call. Then flopping the 2 pair the chips were always going in m8.
There doesn't seem to be a lot wrong with what your doing mate.
That KQ hand where you call raise pre then he cbets, best to just call down there imo as you take away all his bluffs by raising and usually only get called by better.
AA v 63 - sick canny do anything else.
A10 against two vills on that board I might just c/f as it doesn't connect great with ur raise range UTG. turn he's hit a GS so kinda sick again and also hard to fold, but maybe folding is best hard at time I know.
33 - Sos had to chuckle at that one, hope you didn't have any cats nearby lolz.
AK - good stuff.
10's - same
A10 - raise pre imo after 1 limp, as played good to lose minimum.
103 - again 2 pots bets looking for GS, be glad he weren't full stacked.
Don't quit though mate, you just gotta ride out this bad run and get the cards to hold up which they will longterm.
4 tabled for an hour, lost 17 flips but broke even.
Day 3
Logged on to sky but then heard about a freeroll sat into the Icelandic WSOP in Rekjavic so played that instead. Lost a flip on the bubble, and felt too tilted to play nl4 after.
Day 4
BT cut me off, forgot the bill again!
Day 18
Back refreshed, been working at my game whilst away. Logged on to sky but nl4 was full of regs, so decided to give it a miss.
Will start again tomorrow.
Day 19
Finally got a decent session in and played well. Made 2 buy ins playing solid ABC. Really feel like I'm starting to crack it.
One guy got 100xbb in pre 4 different times with pocket 2's! I had an overpair every time and held all 4 times! This level is easy I dunno what all the fuss was about! lol
Day 20
Had a shocking session, losing every 60/40 and getting coolered, lost 4 buy ins.
The pocket 2's guy was back again and got it in pre twice and held against my AK. I mean SERRIOUSLY, how can he not fold???
How can this level be beaten it's impossible, they just wont fold !!!!!
Day 21
Decided to treat myself to a primo sat. Then another 1. Done most of my roll before finally qualifying.
Bust to a 1 outer on the bubble, sooooo sick. Really feel I can compete in these fields though.
Only 2 buy ins left now but I can recover.
Day 22
Having a day off to recover from yesterdays primo tilt. Will start again tomorrow.
Attempted the record for most hands posted in the poker clinic in a day. Feel the feedback will really help me recover.
Day 23
Lost a buy in first hand of session and logged off. How can he call ffs????
Day 24
BT cut me off again, the B*****s!!!
Day 31
Back with my last buy in, I can do this!!!
F this right off. I open the button with AK, bb calls, flop is 10 high and he shoves into me. I fold, and stand.
I'm taking my 2 quid roll back over to grind tournys on pokerstars.
Wow this is a long thread! I only have got half way down page 1 so far and I think dohhhhhhhhhhhhhh sums it up well without needing all the rest DOHHHHHHH Posts: 11010 First: 17/6/2009 Last: 10/10/2011 Day 1 Decided to start tomorrow instead. Day 2 4 tabled for an hour, lost 17 flips but broke even. Day 3 Logged on to sky but then heard about a freeroll sat into the Icelandic WSOP in Rekjavic so played that instead. Lost a flip on the bubble, and felt too tilted to play nl4 after. Day 4 BT cut me off, forgot the bill again! Day 18 Back r efreshed, been working at my game whilst away. Logged on to sky but nl4 was full of regs, so decided to give it a miss. Will start again tomorrow. Day 19 Finally got a decent session in and played well. Made 2 buy ins playing solid ABC. Really feel like I'm starting to crack it. One guy got 100xbb in pre 4 different times with pocket 2's! I had an overpair every time and held all 4 times! This level is easy I dunno what all the fuss was about! lol Day 20 Had a shocking session, losing every 60/40 and getting coolered, lost 4 buy ins. The pocket 2's guy was back again and got it in pre twice and held against my AK. I mean SERRIOUSLY, how can he not fold??? How can this level be beaten it's impossible, they just wont fold !!!!! Day 21 Decided to treat myself to a primo sat. Then another 1. Done most of my roll before finally qualifying. Bust to a 1 outer on the bubble, sooooo sick. Really feel I can compete in these fields though. Only 2 buy ins left now but I can recover. Day 22 Having a day off to recover from yesterdays primo tilt. Will start again tomorrow. Attempted the record for most hands posted in the poker clinic in a day. Feel the feedback will really help me recover. Day 23 Lost a buy in first hand of session and logged off. How can he call ffs???? Day 24 BT cut me off again, the B*****s!!! Day 31 Back with my last buy in, I can do this!!! F this right off. I open the button with AK, bb calls, flop is 10 high and he shoves into me. I fold, and stand. I'm taking my 2 quid roll back over to grind tournys on pokerstars. Blandie can you close this thread for me plz! ---------------------------------------------- Until next time Sky Poker, I have been THE don! Posted by donkeyplop
In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary : Hey I might have to drop back down and join you as I had to withdraw all of my br on sky to help out my new venture! Posted by donkeyplop
missed u loads mate was going to send u a text to make sure u where ok.
Mixed session tbh. Pretty nitty fold in clinic although going by my read i felt i was crushed. Other than that i lost a large number of small pots. But was taking in a high % of big pots. Which helps.
First hand. Pretty speculative tbh, but was purely based on my reads and notes. A good note always helps make the correct desision. Still not sure about it as all the straight draws get there but turns out i was right on this occassion
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
The_Don90
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£7.84
sawg
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£3.04
Your hole cards
K
J
JayPeeH
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£6.78
heddoh18
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.28
£0.48
£7.56
sawg
Fold
JayPeeH
Call
£0.24
£0.72
£6.54
Flop
4
Q
J
The_Don90
Bet
£0.54
£1.26
£7.02
JayPeeH
Call
£0.54
£1.80
£6.00
Turn
9
The_Don90
Check
JayPeeH
Bet
£0.96
£2.76
£5.04
The_Don90
Call
£0.96
£3.72
£6.06
River
A
The_Don90
Check
JayPeeH
Bet
£1.86
£5.58
£3.18
The_Don90
Call
£1.86
£7.44
£4.20
JayPeeH
Show
7
7
The_Don90
Show
K
J
The_Don90
Win
Pair of Jacks
£6.88
£11.08
This hand is as standard as they come. Glad i was on the right end of it after a rough few days.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
ShadowPain
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.32
Baby_Taz
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£8.59
Your hole cards
A
A
bobby786
Fold
carrotttop
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£4.80
DJP1990
Raise
£0.30
£0.50
£9.94
The_Don90
Raise
£1.18
£1.68
£10.64
ShadowPain
Fold
Baby_Taz
Fold
carrotttop
Fold
DJP1990
Raise
£3.00
£4.68
£6.94
The_Don90
All-in
£10.64
£15.32
£0.00
DJP1990
All-in
£6.94
£22.26
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£1.58
£20.68
£1.58
DJP1990
Show
K
K
The_Don90
Show
A
A
Flop
6
3
8
Turn
A
River
A
The_Don90
Win
Four Aces
£19.28
£20.86
This hand. If i put opponent on the hand he has i get it in on the flop. Ofc hindsight and HHs tell us that. However i felt i played it well.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
carrotttop
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£5.35
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£20.78
Your hole cards
A
A
Baby_Taz
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£8.45
bobby786
Call
£0.08
£0.28
£10.32
carrotttop
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.32
£0.60
£20.46
Baby_Taz
Fold
bobby786
Call
£0.32
£0.92
£10.00
Flop
A
10
5
The_Don90
Bet
£0.69
£1.61
£19.77
bobby786
Call
£0.69
£2.30
£9.31
Turn
9
The_Don90
Bet
£1.73
£4.03
£18.04
bobby786
Call
£1.73
£5.76
£7.58
River
4
The_Don90
Bet
£4.32
£10.08
£13.72
bobby786
Call
£4.32
£14.40
£3.26
The_Don90
Show
A
A
bobby786
Muck
Q
10
The_Don90
Win
Three Aces
£13.32
£27.04
This is standard i think. Pleased with how i played it given stack sizes.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
coco521
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.56
noose_one
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£8.06
Your hole cards
A
K
ToffeLad
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.32
£0.44
£9.67
coco521
Raise
£1.24
£1.68
£3.32
noose_one
Fold
The_Don90
All-in
£9.67
£11.35
£0.00
coco521
All-in
£3.32
£14.67
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£5.39
£9.28
£5.39
coco521
Show
K
K
The_Don90
Show
A
K
Flop
5
8
7
Turn
10
River
6
coco521
Win
Pair of Kings
£8.58
£8.58
Closing Balance: £182.46
Second winning cash session in a row at NL8. Ive reduced the number of tables will i build notes again and that seems to be helping. Rather than playing the hand im playing the player. This seems to be pretty key. What ive noticed at NL8 is players do seem to pay a little but more attention than they do at NL4. However maybe im giving them too much credit.
On the NL8 seem to pay a little more attention than at NL4, this might be the case against some players but overall I'd still say the standard is pretty horrific take that KJ v 77 for eg.
You should try playing NL20 where you basically have to scour the tables for maybe one or two bad players and then pray you get hands against them, everyone else are like big blocks of granite, exactly like me lol, so enjoy NL8 and then NL10 while you can .
Please keep post. Lost everyother post ive made tonight.
Anyways mixed session felt i could have been up so much more
Hand 1. I majorly overplayed. i think i can fold river.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
wild244
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.56
foster0517
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£5.01
Your hole cards
9
A
TheRat1
Fold
cwurep1
Fold
The_Don90
Raise
£0.24
£0.36
£7.86
AcidMan27
Fold
wild244
Fold
foster0517
Call
£0.16
£0.52
£4.85
Flop
4
A
7
foster0517
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.39
£0.91
£7.47
foster0517
Call
£0.39
£1.30
£4.46
Turn
J
foster0517
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.98
£2.28
£6.49
foster0517
Call
£0.98
£3.26
£3.48
River
8
foster0517
Bet
£1.63
£4.89
£1.85
The_Don90
Call
£1.63
£6.52
£4.86
foster0517
Show
7
7
The_Don90
Muck
9
A
foster0517
Win
Three 7s
£6.03
£7.88
Hand 2. Just ul i think
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
marrs04
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.85
lefty1507
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£9.90
Your hole cards
A
J
TheRat1
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£1.40
The_Don90
Raise
£0.32
£0.52
£9.22
marrs04
Call
£0.28
£0.80
£4.57
lefty1507
Call
£0.24
£1.04
£9.66
TheRat1
Fold
Flop
3
J
7
marrs04
Check
lefty1507
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.78
£1.82
£8.44
marrs04
Call
£0.78
£2.60
£3.79
lefty1507
Fold
Turn
J
marrs04
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£1.95
£4.55
£6.49
marrs04
All-in
£3.79
£8.34
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£1.84
£10.18
£4.65
marrs04
Show
10
J
The_Don90
Show
A
J
River
10
marrs04
Win
Full House, Jacks and 10s
£9.41
£9.41
Hand 3. Really pleased with how i played this
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
BigBinMan
Small blind
£0.04
£0.04
£4.65
The_Don90
Big blind
£0.08
£0.12
£9.87
Your hole cards
3
A
bishopa23
Call
£0.08
£0.20
£4.67
lordgee12
Fold
dusithurt
Fold
shelley08
Call
£0.08
£0.28
£12.10
BigBinMan
Call
£0.04
£0.32
£4.61
The_Don90
Check
Flop
4
2
6
BigBinMan
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.24
£0.56
£9.63
bishopa23
Fold
shelley08
Call
£0.24
£0.80
£11.86
BigBinMan
Call
£0.24
£1.04
£4.37
Turn
9
BigBinMan
Check
The_Don90
Bet
£0.52
£1.56
£9.11
shelley08
Fold
BigBinMan
Raise
£1.04
£2.60
£3.33
The_Don90
Call
£0.52
£3.12
£8.59
River
A
BigBinMan
All-in
£3.33
£6.45
£0.00
The_Don90
Call
£3.33
£9.78
£5.26
BigBinMan
Show
3
4
The_Don90
Show
3
A
The_Don90
Win
Flush to the Ace
£9.04
£14.30
And again here
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
geordiemar
Big blind
£0.08
£0.08
£5.68
Your hole cards
9
10
dusithurt
Call
£0.08
£0.16
£7.47
BigBinMan
Call
£0.08
£0.24
£4.04
The_Don90
Call
£0.08
£0.32
£13.54
geordiemar
Check
Flop
3
K
5
geordiemar
Bet
£0.16
£0.48
£5.52
dusithurt
Fold
BigBinMan
Call
£0.16
£0.64
£3.88
The_Don90
Call
£0.16
£0.80
£13.38
Turn
7
geordiemar
Bet
£0.16
£0.96
£5.36
BigBinMan
Call
£0.16
£1.12
£3.72
The_Don90
Call
£0.16
£1.28
£13.22
River
Q
geordiemar
Bet
£1.28
£2.56
£4.08
BigBinMan
All-in
£3.72
£6.28
£0.00
The_Don90
All-in
£13.22
£19.50
£0.00
geordiemar
All-in
£4.08
£23.58
£0.00
The_Don90
Unmatched bet
£7.86
£15.72
£7.86
geordiemar
Show
6
4
BigBinMan
Show
Q
3
The_Don90
Show
9
10
The_Don90
Win
Flush to the King
£14.54
£22.40
Closing Balance: £187.67
Pleased with how i played. Although really feel i could have been up 5 or 6 buy ins. I was struggling with lag issues aswell as neighbours being noisy. Not ideal.
Comments
Evening session
Never really got going
Closing Balance: £184.07
Marginally down but thats good for a hard session i think.
9th Oct
Night session
Lasted an hour. On tilt. Wont try to say too much on this matter
I think your style of play leads to bigger swings, I'm sure you'll bring it back.
Hi Don, just like to say well done on this venture m8. Would also just like to apologise for the 63 hand v your aces.
I only sat at the table cos there was nothing else available and i usually avoid regs like yourself and mrs b who was
sat next to you. As you may recall i didnt play a hand for 25 mins (most unlike me) but eventually it came to me unopened
so just stuck in standard button raise, when you raised i decided that cos of your range it was worth a call. Then flopping the
2 pair the chips were always going in m8.
9th Oct
Night session attempt 2.
Lasted 30 mins. played NL4 and NL8. lets assess
ok other hands.
Taking a beating. Quitting for a while will return when more refreshed. Hard to swollow all these beats and bad play of late.
That KQ hand where you call raise pre then he cbets, best to just call down there imo as you take away all his bluffs by raising and usually only get called by better.
AA v 63 - sick canny do anything else.
A10 against two vills on that board I might just c/f as it doesn't connect great with ur raise range UTG. turn he's hit a GS so kinda sick again and also hard to fold, but maybe folding is best hard at time I know.
33 - Sos had to chuckle at that one, hope you didn't have any cats nearby lolz.
AK - good stuff.
10's - same
A10 - raise pre imo after 1 limp, as played good to lose minimum.
103 - again 2 pots bets looking for GS, be glad he weren't full stacked.
Don't quit though mate, you just gotta ride out this bad run and get the cards to hold up which they will longterm.
I only have got half way down page 1 so far and I think dohhhhhhhhhhhhhh sums it up well without needing all the rest
First: 17/6/2009
Last: 10/10/2011
I have been away from here for a while did you miss me????
Afternoon sesh
Wasnt going to play today but that £2 UKOPs sat was too tempting and then decided on a 2 hour 2 table grind till it started.
Thats after registering for UKOPS sat aswell. Although ive made a bad start to that.
new venture?
Tea time session
Mixed session tbh. Pretty nitty fold in clinic although going by my read i felt i was crushed. Other than that i lost a large number of small pots. But was taking in a high % of big pots. Which helps.
First hand. Pretty speculative tbh, but was purely based on my reads and notes. A good note always helps make the correct desision. Still not sure about it as all the straight draws get there but turns out i was right on this occassion
Second winning cash session in a row at NL8. Ive reduced the number of tables will i build notes again and that seems to be helping. Rather than playing the hand im playing the player. This seems to be pretty key. What ive noticed at NL8 is players do seem to pay a little but more attention than they do at NL4. However maybe im giving them too much credit.
On the NL8 seem to pay a little more attention than at NL4, this might be the case against some players but overall I'd still say the standard is pretty horrific take that KJ v 77 for eg.
You should try playing NL20 where you basically have to scour the tables for maybe one or two bad players and then pray you get hands against them, everyone else are like big blocks of granite, exactly like me lol, so enjoy NL8 and then NL10 while you can
Night session
Please keep post. Lost everyother post ive made tonight.
Anyways mixed session felt i could have been up so much more
Hand 1. I majorly overplayed. i think i can fold river.
Pleased with how i played. Although really feel i could have been up 5 or 6 buy ins. I was struggling with lag issues aswell as neighbours being noisy. Not ideal.