In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary" : Lol Dohhhh You remember that? Must have been at least 6 months ago. Glad it's not just me then. Amazing how poker players can recall hands from years ago. Winning or losing hands. I could tell you the betting through the streets pretty accurately of my biggest cash hand ever, about 3 years ago. I could also tell you how I let someone get there and bluff/shoved the river for my biggest losing cash hand. He snapped about 2 years ago. Donny going to stay up? Easy game for you today! England to win the ashes? Derby to go up? If I knew how to place bets or accumulators? I might have a go on that one. Sure it would be a decent price. Posted by Jac35
You certainly know your football Jacccko!
Although we made hard work of it, I thought we'd win by at least 2 or 3
The price on Derby going up will be contracting all the time, another big win today!
btw, I cnt believe with all your poker experience, live and online, spending hours in the company of gamblers and talking to them onlne that you don't know how to place a bet!
I'll help you out, seeing as though I was critical of the McLaren appointment, i'll have a tenner with you @ evens that DCFC finish outside of the playoff places. Loser donates to Charity.
You don't even have to go up, just finish top 6.
Easy, no betslips required :P
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Quick update on yesterdays poker session....
I came 2nd in the €5 €1k gtd turbo in France for €200.
This isn't anything special in isolation but it's the exact same mtt that I played and won on Thursday for €220.
It was funny because it was a really tough final table for a €5 game. Not sickos or anything, but there weren't many obvious soft spots and nobody was giving it away.
Ironically, I finished HU v the weakest player at the table, had plenty of play left, and I managed to blow it.
The odds of me winning it twice in 2 attempts are over 54,000/1.
Gutted!
I lost abit on sky too, dropped £25 in daytime BHs and £20ish HU.
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December got off to a good start, I had a decent bet on Jol to be the next PL manager sacked around 6 weeks ago.
That finally came in this afternoon, so I've had a winning Sunday without playing a hand
Decembers poker starts tomorrow (today).
Love Monday grinds for some reason, especially if it's raining.
This month a couple of regular forumites Larson & Slipwater will be doing a 24 hour non-stop poker grind to raise money for charity.
I'm sure most of you have seen their thread, but in the unlikely event that there are some readers here who haven't yet seen it, you can read all about it and offer encouragement/support/tips on the thread here.......
Very worthy cause, I am going to donate a tenner BUT will double it if we have no brags for 48 hours about Martin Jol. You sports betting donk ! Posted by ACEGOONER
WP Gooooon.
Challenge is on.
You're going to hear about it all morning on Wednesday though
In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary" : WP Gooooon. Challenge is on. You're going to hear about it all morning on Wednesday though And all afternoon. And all Friday :D:D Mackay next out. Trust moi. Posted by DOHHHHHHH
On second thoughts this is too easy, £30 for the next year!
In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary" : You certainly know your football Jacccko! Although we made hard work of it, I thought we'd win by at least 2 or 3 The price on Derby going up will be contracting all the time, another big win today! btw, I cnt believe with all your poker experience, live and online, spending hours in the company of gamblers and talking to them onlne that you don't know how to place a bet! I'll help you out, seeing as though I was critical of the McLaren appointment, i'll have a tenner with you @ evens that DCFC finish outside of the playoff places. Loser donates to Charity.You don't even have to go up, just finish top 6. Easy, no betslips required :P ------------------------------ Quick updateonyesterdayspoker session.... I came 2nd in the €5 €1k gtd turbo in France for €200. This isn't anything special in isolation but it's the exact same mtt that I played and won on Thursday for €220. It was funny because it was a really tough final table for a €5 game. Not sickos or anything, but there weren't many obvious soft spots and nobody was giving it away. Ironically, I finished HU v the weakest player at the table, had plenty of play left, and I managed to blow it. The odds of me winning it twice in 2 attempts are over 54,000/1. Gutted! I lost abit on sky too, dropped £25 in daytime BHs and £20ish HU. ----------------------- December got off to a good start, I had a decent bet on Jol to be the next PL manager sacked around 6 weeks ago. That finally came in this afternoon, so I've had a winning Sunday without playing a hand Decembers poker starts tomorrow (today). Love Monday grinds for some reason, especially if it's raining. Weird that innit Posted by DOHHHHHHH
In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary" : I think it's a much more even series, if anything we are going in underdogs. we were within 2 or 3 more overs of winning the home series 4-0. 3-0 is 1 of the most flattering results I can remember, 4 would have just been crazy. No way were we 3 tests better than them. Lehman is going to get them right up for it and playing fearless cricket. If they get their selection right (play people like Bailey/Finch/Warner instead of Kawaja/Cowan/Hughes) and play the right brand of aggressive cricket, (particularly with the bat) I think they'll give us a very hard time. The return to form of Mitchell Johnson is huge also. I don't think we have anyone who can bowl a hostile spell @ serious pace like he can. Question marks over Finn, Tremlett & Rankin unproven, wickets wont be ideal for Jimmy, I think it's a huge series for Broad. Posted by DOHHHHHHH
My Ashes preview posted on here 10 weeks ago.
Beware of Big Mitch
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More bad news poker-wise, was at the dentiste' yesterday and have been given antibiotics for a week before he can take the **** tooth out. Think they are ones you can't drink on, so gg poker
Up all night watching us get mullered by Australia is bad enough, having to do it with toothache is just ****.
May try a few non-booze fuelled HU sng sessions for a change to try and keep up with 30th on the leaderboard, but it's looking a tough task to get there now.
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At least it's Saturday so can gamble with the bookies instead, plenty to go at, starting with Jacccos Derby. They're on fire and I don't rate Blackpool at all, think they're P poor.
Derby HT/FT @ 7/4 looks decent enough to moi.
Apolz in advance for the bok.
Stick it with Spurs in the teatime game & Reading = 8/1 Good for a fiver.
In Response to Re: "Sit & DOHHHHHHH Diary" : WP Gooooon. Challenge is on. You're going to hear about it all morning on Wednesday though And all afternoon. And all Friday :D:D Mackay next out. Trust moi. Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Ok you have gone a week without gloating, I have doubled the donation and paid it today!
Has been a week since I've updated, which is fairly typical when things are going bad.
It's been a very poor week for me playing wise.
Probably the worst of the year so far.
I was scanning the HU sng lobby as usual earlier in the week and clicked on the £105 HU sng game out of curiosity, to see who was registered.
Was a fella I'd never heard of before, so again out of curiosity I skoped him, and found he had really poor stats, a big minus ROI over a significant sample, and even a goldfish bowl.
I was tempted, but didn't feel brave enough. It was probably a great time to take a shot, I was playing well, things have been going brilliantly recently, confident with my game/roll, running great etc.
Decided to leave it alone and play £10/20s as usual.
Half hour later, it was still there.
F* it! I'm in!
Lost. sigh.
Tried to click re-match to have another shot, but I had insufficient funds.
aghhhhhhh. Probably for the best.
Half hour later again, and he's registered again.
Deposit.
Register.
Crush!
2.75k v 250 chips in my favour, got him! Already thinking "hope he re-matches".
2.5k v 500.
2k v 1k.
THIS CANT BE HAPPENING.
1k v his 2k!
GG!
"sickkkkkkk"
Absolutely gutted, so much equity for £200, all bricked.
Tilt click the re-match button.
Thankfully, the fella refuses a third game, and leaves me staring at a blank screen £210 worse off and rueing yet another failed shot @ a higher stake.
Would I have been better playing 5x £42 games, or 4 x £50 games? Probably.
Do I regret taking the shot? Abit, probably not overall. Everything was right. It wasn't a rushed, tilted decision like it has been in the past, but maybe it was a little silly given how well things have been going and how high my confidence was.
Instantly shattered.
Inevitably the rest of the week was poor, I had a couple more losing/break even HU sessions, and ran awful over in French MTTs.
Also spewed a lot on mastercash on Thursday night. (Your welcome, Liam).
I say it every single time I fail @ taking a shot (which is everytime I take a shot) but I'm never doing it again.
It's just so demoralising, getting kicked in the nackers time and time again. Momentum is difficult to gain and so important when playing heads up. As is confidence. To shatter it when you have it just hurts too much. A lot more than the actual money.
Imagine writing a 2,500 word essay, and after a 5 hour study grind, you've written 2,000 words and you're really happy with the content.
Then the computer crashes and you realise you haven't saved it at any point in the last 5 hours and you have to do it all again.
It's kind of like that !!!!
(yes, that has happened to me too. doh.)
Heres a stat comparing my fortunes in HU games £21 and below, and games £25 and above.
Anyway my week got a lot better last night when 1 of my staking investments came in to the sum of $3,200!
My best return so far, I run really well with these kind of things, and am very lucky to have made some good poker friends on here who have gotten me out of jail on more than 1 occasion!
So I'm going into this week off the back of my worst poker week of 2013 so far, but also my most profitable.
Funny game!
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Cricket.
We currently need 250 to win with 5 wickets left.
It sounds grim, and the old commentators classic line of "add 2 wickets to the score" and see where it leaves us, makes it sound even more grim.
But...
How about adding a 100 partnership to the score?
Prior and Stokes could easily put on 100 here.
That leaves the tail 150 to get between them.
YOU NEVER KNOW!!!
It's the closest we've got to winning a test all series.
Hi Dohhhhh (not sure if I got enough H's in there).
I'm in no position to advise you on poker as I'm sure you're more experienced and better than me.
However I do believe that in general it's good to take a shot at a higher level, whether it be in sport, work, whatever. If it doesn't work for you at that higher level, you come back, regroup, assess what happened and where you went wrong, and prepare to try again. Obviously in the case of poker, 'preparing to try again' can include rebuilding your bankroll.
As long as you're weren't playing at the higher level in order to recoup prior losses (same as a gambler trying to 'double up' at the casino), then I don't really see the problem.
Btw, how did you manage to lose the second game? Did you call a bit too light in an attempt to end the game quickly or did he just get lucky?
Hi Dohhhhh (not sure if I got enough H's in there). I'm in no position to advise you on poker as I'm sure you're more experienced and better than me. However I do believe that in general it's good to take a shot at a higher level, whether it be in sport, work, whatever. If it doesn't work for you at that higher level, you come back, regroup, assess what happened and where you went wrong, and prepare to try again. Obviously in the case of poker, 'preparing to try again' can include rebuilding your bankroll. As long as you're weren't playing at the higher level in order to recoup prior losses (same as a gambler trying to 'double up' at the casino), then I don't really see the problem. Btw, how did you manage to lose the second game? Did you call a bit too light in an attempt to end the game quickly or did he just get lucky? Posted by PokerNoon
They were all standard hands, if I added up my equity to win the game (even though I got it in behind 2/3 times) I would have been above a 1/10 favourite.
But it works in my favour too. Just annoying that it went against me in the bigger game.
I love the idea of betting on sport profitably.
Do you have a twitter account?
I follow lots of traders on there, mainly cricket. I have a rough idea how it all works, but am very keen to learn abit more.
If I can make money watching sport that's like the dream job. Or at least as close as I'm realistically gonna get to my dream job
After the last update things were pretty doom 'n' gloom pokerwise, but have had a really good couple of sessions.
Poker is v powerful, after doing a load in last Saturday I was dreading the Monday morning session, I'd lost a lot of confidence as well as money and I was wondering how I ever managed to win!
2 good winning sessions later and I'm loving playing again and can't wait for the next grind to begin!
Suppose a lot of poker is about timing, and I've had a mini heater just when I needed it.
Monday I won 8 consecutive HU hyper games to take down my favourite €20 HU mtt, for around €350. Couple of other scores around €50 cushioned the session nicely.
Yesterday I found $15 in my 888 account, and decided to use it to play a $3.5k gtd $3.50 rebuy, just about had enough for a double stack, an addon and 1 rebuy if required.
Managed to take it down for just under $1,000.
Even managed to final table a Sky £11 BH!
That is a rare occurrence, although obviously didn't win, had to settle for third & £60ish total.
Apologies for the upbeat nature/braggyness of the post, but I'm well chuffed that I've managed to bounce back from the worst week of my poker year so far with the best week of my poker life so far.
Add in the staking bink (can I count that?) and it's upwards of a $5,000 week.
Still Friday/Sunday sessions to go, hope I don't ruin it!
Played some HU on sky last night after the mtt grind, only 9 games, the site was almost unplayable. I won 8, and the 1 I lost was when the table didn't load until I had 70 chips v 930, gg me.
I had a walkover in my favour too, connection variance!
Really needs sorting though. I don't moan on the forum anymore (or try not to) so can HU players keep moaning @ them on my behalf plz, ty :P
brilliant results dohhhhhhh, esp the 888 one. beats finding an old washed out tenner is your jeans.
i made a few lil ventures into £5 games and ran bad at just the wrong time, big hands cracked and some coolers that were unavoidable. it's junk superstition i know, but run bad does seem to strike at THE very worst moment. maybe the only diff between you and the nosebleed regs is that they ran hot when they took shots. fine lines and all that innit.
may the hot-streak continue.
[and i have continued the moan about the HU lobbies].
brilliant results dohhhhhhh, esp the 888 one. beats finding an old washed out tenner is your jeans. i made a few lil ventures into £5 games and ran bad at just the wrong time, big hands cracked and some coolers that were unavoidable. it's junk superstition i know, but run bad does seem to strike at THE very worst moment. maybe the only diff between you and the nosebleed regs is that they ran hot when they took shots. fine lines and all that innit. may the hot-streak continue. [and i have continued the moan about the HU lobbies]. Posted by TeddyBloat
Cheers Teddy, yes the 888 was a bonus. In more ways than 1, I now have another site to pick the best mtts from to add to the schedule. Hadn't really given it much of a go aside from turbos, but the game was really good.
I know what you mean about timing when taking shots.
Problem is my sample of 'shots' is getting bigger and bigger, you can blame 3/4/5 even 6/7 fails on bad luck/timing, I'm well above that line though.
Said earlier in the week 'never again'. Getting tempted though! gulp.
Did you ever get on Skype btw? have doubleaa and k8lou added following the post on the TPT thread.
Also curious how you chose your alias, is your name Edward or something?
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Just realised the Aussie version of the IPL starts tomorrow.
Done some late night study of the squads without looking at the odds, and really like the Melbourne Storm squad.
Checked the prices, and ofc they're favourites @ 4/1
Still a decent enough price though, Jeremy Kyle @ Christmas is all about happy stories, and no lie detector/dna results, so for some alternative breakfast TV over the xmas period, get a tenner on the Storm!
Just didn't feel focussed, I was struggling to keep up with the action early on even 4 tabling, and wasn't really thinking things through. Was weird.
All abit of a blur for a couple of hours!
I'd slept well the night before, had eaten ok etc, maybe just 1 of those days.
As a result, the majorty of the MTT grind was over before I felt I'd even got going.
The last 1 left was the 2pm sky BH which I 1 tabled to victory, after a 45 minute Heads up battle!
I went in 80k v 60k.
Was down to 30k v 110k
Back up to 90k v 50k.
Down to 30k v 100k again, all in and called for the first time at this point, held KQ v Q9.
Before grinding up and winning the final hand with AA v A8.
Really tough/deep battle.
DOHHHHHHH
138000
1
£103.50 + £64.14 Head Prizes
5
BOUNCY497
0
2
£69 + £33.11 Head Prizes
5
adair333
0
3
£41.40 + £8.44 Head Prizes
1
iwojima03
0
4
£34.50 + £35.62 Head Prizes
8
Didn't play any HU again, couple of hours 3 tabling abit of cash, ended +20 odd quid.
Played pretty bad.
The 1 big hand I won was bvb v a good agro reg, we got it in on the flop with just a flush draw each, luckily my K high held over his Q high.
Very impressed with Gazza's play, doesn't mess about that lad. Great for the game too.
Really up for a good session tomorrow, hopefully I don't feel like a zombie for the first couple of hours of the grind again. Looking to bink a big en' !
Good start for the Melbourne storm in The Big Bash yesterday too, impressive all round performance and a thumping win!
Nice results recently JJ are you going to leave that money in 888 and grind some more mtts on there then? Posted by benc
Hey Ben, congrats on the new job!
Plan to leave a couple of hundred $$$ on, there isn't much in the midday - 2/3pm schedule for me to play and I only play micros anyway so that should be plenty.
Taken them 4 days now to process the withdrawal and it still isn't done, so if they have it their way, then yeh, I'll be leaving it all on
Good luck with the grind over xmas, I've totally gone off sngs with the lobby problems recently so I doubt we'll clash much, just Gooner left for you to worry about
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Didn't get above starting in either.
Running into Royals isn't fun
Although we made hard work of it, I thought we'd win by at least 2 or 3
The price on Derby going up will be contracting all the time, another big win today!
btw, I cnt believe with all your poker experience, live and online, spending hours in the company of gamblers and talking to them onlne that you don't know how to place a bet!
I'll help you out, seeing as though I was critical of the McLaren appointment, i'll have a tenner with you @ evens that DCFC finish outside of the playoff places. Loser donates to Charity.
You don't even have to go up, just finish top 6.
Easy, no betslips required :P
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Quick update on yesterdays poker session....
I came 2nd in the €5 €1k gtd turbo in France for €200.
This isn't anything special in isolation but it's the exact same mtt that I played and won on Thursday for €220.
It was funny because it was a really tough final table for a €5 game. Not sickos or anything, but there weren't many obvious soft spots and nobody was giving it away.
Ironically, I finished HU v the weakest player at the table, had plenty of play left, and I managed to blow it.
The odds of me winning it twice in 2 attempts are over 54,000/1.
Gutted!
I lost abit on sky too, dropped £25 in daytime BHs and £20ish HU.
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December got off to a good start, I had a decent bet on Jol to be the next PL manager sacked around 6 weeks ago.
That finally came in this afternoon, so I've had a winning Sunday without playing a hand
Decembers poker starts tomorrow (today).
Love Monday grinds for some reason, especially if it's raining.
Weird that innit
This month a couple of regular forumites Larson & Slipwater will be doing a 24 hour non-stop poker grind to raise money for charity.
I'm sure most of you have seen their thread, but in the unlikely event that there are some readers here who haven't yet seen it, you can read all about it and offer encouragement/support/tips on the thread here.......
https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=show_static&page=poker_community_forums&plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat:57795ac2-1793-4377-b4cf-e124b0f555f4Forum:df77f82c-151f-4bea-aae1-fb423dcae1faDiscussion:07c6e01b-f9c9-4236-b05f-f366bcb3e0bf
If you'd like to donate, their page is here...
www.justgiving.com/pokerthon
Both popular guys on here, and what they're trying to do isn't easy unless you are called donttellmum!
And even he allows himself a couple of hours off per day!
It'll be a big effort by both if they can pull it off.
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Oh & Jac, I've just realised I subconsciously avoided your Ashes question.
I think that pretty sums up how I feel about the way this series is going to pan out.
Gulp.
WP Gooooon.
Challenge is on.
You're going to hear about it all morning on Wednesday though
And all afternoon. And all Friday
Mackay next out. Trust moi.
Close but no cigar yesterday !
I played 6 mtts, across 3 sites.
#Volume.
2nd/25 in a £5.50 freezeout on here for £36.
I had something like 55k v 10k going into HU and MKgunner just battered me. Never had a beating like it.
2 €5 comps on winamax I bricked, 1 was pretty much a bubble but I'm not worried about that. It was another promising run though!
20th/220 in that €5 turbo that I've come 1st and 2nd in the last 2 sessions, paid about €19.
Then I came 5th/550 and 5th/700 in the €2r and €10 knockout on .fr, both for €250ish.
Unbelievably frustrating to come so close so often and not close them out.
As you can imagine, I ran very well for most of the session, and it STILL wasn't enough to win 1. Need so much luck in these things.
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HU went ok back on sky, so a decent start to the challenge.
Only 15 games, 14% roi for a $48 profit.
Hard to keep track of how I'm doing in this challenge so I'll try this....
Gap between me & 30th @ the start of the month = $478
Gap now = $436
Dec sng profit = +$48
A couple of new arrivals on the leaderboard,it would make my task alot easier if you could please start losing.
Or at least stop winning
GL all playing today.
Gap between me & 30th @ the start of the month = $478
Gap now = $502
Dec sng profit = +$107
Worst night ever for action yesterday, at 1 point had to wait 35 minutes for a game.
Back Friday.
Beware of Big Mitch
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More bad news poker-wise, was at the dentiste' yesterday and have been given antibiotics for a week before he can take the **** tooth out. Think they are ones you can't drink on, so gg poker
Up all night watching us get mullered by Australia is bad enough, having to do it with toothache is just ****.
May try a few non-booze fuelled HU sng sessions for a change to try and keep up with 30th on the leaderboard, but it's looking a tough task to get there now.
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At least it's Saturday so can gamble with the bookies instead, plenty to go at, starting with Jacccos Derby. They're on fire and I don't rate Blackpool at all, think they're P poor.
Derby HT/FT @ 7/4 looks decent enough to moi.
Apolz in advance for the bok.
Stick it with Spurs in the teatime game & Reading = 8/1 Good for a fiver.
GL all punting/playing this weekend.
Has been a week since I've updated, which is fairly typical when things are going bad.
It's been a very poor week for me playing wise.
Probably the worst of the year so far.
I was scanning the HU sng lobby as usual earlier in the week and clicked on the £105 HU sng game out of curiosity, to see who was registered.
Was a fella I'd never heard of before, so again out of curiosity I skoped him, and found he had really poor stats, a big minus ROI over a significant sample, and even a goldfish bowl.
I was tempted, but didn't feel brave enough. It was probably a great time to take a shot, I was playing well, things have been going brilliantly recently, confident with my game/roll, running great etc.
Decided to leave it alone and play £10/20s as usual.
Half hour later, it was still there.
F* it! I'm in!
Lost. sigh.
Tried to click re-match to have another shot, but I had insufficient funds.
aghhhhhhh. Probably for the best.
Half hour later again, and he's registered again.
Deposit.
Register.
Crush!
2.75k v 250 chips in my favour, got him! Already thinking "hope he re-matches".
2.5k v 500.
2k v 1k.
THIS CANT BE HAPPENING.
1k v his 2k!
GG!
"sickkkkkkk"
Absolutely gutted, so much equity for £200, all bricked.
Tilt click the re-match button.
Thankfully, the fella refuses a third game, and leaves me staring at a blank screen £210 worse off and rueing yet another failed shot @ a higher stake.
Would I have been better playing 5x £42 games, or 4 x £50 games? Probably.
Do I regret taking the shot? Abit, probably not overall. Everything was right. It wasn't a rushed, tilted decision like it has been in the past, but maybe it was a little silly given how well things have been going and how high my confidence was.
Instantly shattered.
Inevitably the rest of the week was poor, I had a couple more losing/break even HU sessions, and ran awful over in French MTTs.
Also spewed a lot on mastercash on Thursday night. (Your welcome, Liam).
Overall it was around a -£500 week.
HU graph below.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/40fg.jpg/
I say it every single time I fail @ taking a shot (which is everytime I take a shot) but I'm never doing it again.
It's just so demoralising, getting kicked in the nackers time and time again. Momentum is difficult to gain and so important when playing heads up. As is confidence. To shatter it when you have it just hurts too much. A lot more than the actual money.
Imagine writing a 2,500 word essay, and after a 5 hour study grind, you've written 2,000 words and you're really happy with the content.
Then the computer crashes and you realise you haven't saved it at any point in the last 5 hours and you have to do it all again.
It's kind of like that !!!!
(yes, that has happened to me too. doh.)
Heres a stat comparing my fortunes in HU games £21 and below, and games £25 and above.
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2711/jv8x.jpg
fml.
Anyway my week got a lot better last night when 1 of my staking investments came in to the sum of $3,200!
My best return so far, I run really well with these kind of things, and am very lucky to have made some good poker friends on here who have gotten me out of jail on more than 1 occasion!
So I'm going into this week off the back of my worst poker week of 2013 so far, but also my most profitable.
Funny game!
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Cricket.
We currently need 250 to win with 5 wickets left.
It sounds grim, and the old commentators classic line of "add 2 wickets to the score" and see where it leaves us, makes it sound even more grim.
But...
How about adding a 100 partnership to the score?
Prior and Stokes could easily put on 100 here.
That leaves the tail 150 to get between them.
YOU NEVER KNOW!!!
It's the closest we've got to winning a test all series.
C'mon England!
GL all playing this week.
But it works in my favour too. Just annoying that it went against me in the bigger game.
I love the idea of betting on sport profitably.
Do you have a twitter account?
I follow lots of traders on there, mainly cricket. I have a rough idea how it all works, but am very keen to learn abit more.
If I can make money watching sport that's like the dream job. Or at least as close as I'm realistically gonna get to my dream job
Skype?
Binkage to report
After the last update things were pretty doom 'n' gloom pokerwise, but have had a really good couple of sessions.
Poker is v powerful, after doing a load in last Saturday I was dreading the Monday morning session, I'd lost a lot of confidence as well as money and I was wondering how I ever managed to win!
2 good winning sessions later and I'm loving playing again and can't wait for the next grind to begin!
Suppose a lot of poker is about timing, and I've had a mini heater just when I needed it.
Monday I won 8 consecutive HU hyper games to take down my favourite €20 HU mtt, for around €350. Couple of other scores around €50 cushioned the session nicely.
Yesterday I found $15 in my 888 account, and decided to use it to play a $3.5k gtd $3.50 rebuy, just about had enough for a double stack, an addon and 1 rebuy if required.
Managed to take it down for just under $1,000.
Even managed to final table a Sky £11 BH!
That is a rare occurrence, although obviously didn't win, had to settle for third & £60ish total.
Apologies for the upbeat nature/braggyness of the post, but I'm well chuffed that I've managed to bounce back from the worst week of my poker year so far with the best week of my poker life so far.
Add in the staking bink (can I count that?) and it's upwards of a $5,000 week.
Still Friday/Sunday sessions to go, hope I don't ruin it!
Played some HU on sky last night after the mtt grind, only 9 games, the site was almost unplayable. I won 8, and the 1 I lost was when the table didn't load until I had 70 chips v 930, gg me.
I had a walkover in my favour too, connection variance!
Really needs sorting though. I don't moan on the forum anymore (or try not to) so can HU players keep moaning @ them on my behalf plz, ty :P
gl all playing this weekend.
i made a few lil ventures into £5 games and ran bad at just the wrong time, big hands cracked and some coolers that were unavoidable. it's junk superstition i know, but run bad does seem to strike at THE very worst moment. maybe the only diff between you and the nosebleed regs is that they ran hot when they took shots. fine lines and all that innit.
may the hot-streak continue.
[and i have continued the moan about the HU lobbies].
I know what you mean about timing when taking shots.
Problem is my sample of 'shots' is getting bigger and bigger, you can blame 3/4/5 even 6/7 fails on bad luck/timing, I'm well above that line though.
Said earlier in the week 'never again'. Getting tempted though! gulp.
Did you ever get on Skype btw? have doubleaa and k8lou added following the post on the TPT thread.
Also curious how you chose your alias, is your name Edward or something?
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Just realised the Aussie version of the IPL starts tomorrow.
Done some late night study of the squads without looking at the odds, and really like the Melbourne Storm squad.
Checked the prices, and ofc they're favourites @ 4/1
Still a decent enough price though, Jeremy Kyle @ Christmas is all about happy stories, and no lie detector/dna results, so for some alternative breakfast TV over the xmas period, get a tenner on the Storm!
Strange session yesterday.
Just didn't feel focussed, I was struggling to keep up with the action early on even 4 tabling, and wasn't really thinking things through. Was weird.
All abit of a blur for a couple of hours!
I'd slept well the night before, had eaten ok etc, maybe just 1 of those days.
As a result, the majorty of the MTT grind was over before I felt I'd even got going.
The last 1 left was the 2pm sky BH which I 1 tabled to victory, after a 45 minute Heads up battle!
I went in 80k v 60k.
Was down to 30k v 110k
Back up to 90k v 50k.
Down to 30k v 100k again, all in and called for the first time at this point, held KQ v Q9.
Before grinding up and winning the final hand with AA v A8.
Really tough/deep battle.
Played pretty bad.
The 1 big hand I won was bvb v a good agro reg, we got it in on the flop with just a flush draw each, luckily my K high held over his Q high.
Very impressed with Gazza's play, doesn't mess about that lad. Great for the game too.
Really up for a good session tomorrow, hopefully I don't feel like a zombie for the first couple of hours of the grind again. Looking to bink a big en' !
Good start for the Melbourne storm in The Big Bash yesterday too, impressive all round performance and a thumping win!
GL all grinding over the weekend.
Plan to leave a couple of hundred $$$ on, there isn't much in the midday - 2/3pm schedule for me to play and I only play micros anyway so that should be plenty.
Taken them 4 days now to process the withdrawal and it still isn't done, so if they have it their way, then yeh, I'll be leaving it all on
Good luck with the grind over xmas, I've totally gone off sngs with the lobby problems recently so I doubt we'll clash much, just Gooner left for you to worry about