In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : It's going well so I'll be giving NL10 a spin in November, get ready for some Fireworks NL10 Regs ) Posted by rancid
If you get all in pre with 56s against my KK I will be very happy.
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Decided to play a little alongside the Orfordable tonight but after a quick buzz and early quick profit I'll call it a night, only losing hand AQs R, M3bet by shorty I shove they have KK lol.
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : Proper losing day today. Actually ran ok in the FLOPS high roller, not good enough to actually cash, but still respectable 7th. Lost a flip against sikas (I guess since it was against sikas it wasn't really a flip). Nothing going in Omaha either except for a min-cash in a bounty hunter. 1 cash out of 5, daily balance -£22.46, MTD balance +£224.98. Posted by Giant811
More runbad. First £20gtd PLO first hand I run 3rd nuts into 2nd nuts house over house, second one I make it to heads-up and don't hit a single flop slowly bleeding chips away, only 5 runners so not even a cash. Made a decent run in the now only £500gtd PLO making the most of the few times I hit anything, but I'm not a magician, I can't make cashes out of thin air. Only 41 runners, so who knows how long this tourney will be around. Hope numbers were artificially low due to SPT, but they have been falling every week. Played the FLOPS event which had everything I hate: hold'em, quick structure, rebuys. Managed to hang around for a while with my initial buy-in, but there never was a chance of me cashing. Didn't quite go 0-fer as I had a min-cash in a £5.50 PLO8. I really hope I hit my usual Saturday form as I'm not used to 2 consecutive losing days and I don't like it one bit.
1 cash out of 6, daily balance -£23.10, MTD balance +£201.88.
early afternoon session a short one - nothing of note- £2.92 up.
not a bad night until i decided to open a third table and got done by a couple of hands including QJ v my KK who stayed in for the straight nevermind still up £7.57 for the night and £48.91 on the month. points now 917
Well my absence from this thread is conspicuous with not making a profit this month .
When I get my cash for points it will be pretty much have me breaking even. I had a shocking downswing on hypers and think I played too many of them, variance hasnt helped either. A lot of my poker performance is down to tempramant, ive bought the mental game of poker and aim to work on many aspects of my game in the coming months.
The saviour has been cash with a couple of very profitable sessions and me finally learning how to three table! I'll be focusing on cash more in November with a few hyper sessions to mix things up. Ive also decided that nl40 is a good place to start with not as many regs and the same cash for points on offer.
MTT performance is also on the way up, had a 11th place and 20th in ME's for october, showing a profit overall. Im waiting to crack my final table duck and cash big. Please let it be the 20k UKOPS BH on monday !
Played mini open last night, down to last 15, shove on the BB from the SB with A2. BB has me slighty covered and calls with 96o. Loving the call - hate the 9 on the flop - 65-35 fav but hey ho this is poker
Cash session started with a few coolers at NL8 and finished break even.
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : You mean you'll miss flopping quads v me and stacking me when I hit nut flush ) I still have nightmares about that hand, should have just folded flop lol Don't worry I'll still be playing NL4 so you can milk me some more Posted by rancid
I still look back and grin. Instantly thought 'I'm not checking this, I'm going for 3 streets'. Won't happen again in a hurry.
Been playing a bit of cash recently, I struggle at NL10 but am very comfortable (and so far profitable) at NL20 and NL30. Anyone got any ideas why?
29 Oct '11 at 02:51PokerHiston£0.58£0.00AHand History29 Oct '11 at 01:52PokerDumbarton£14.85£0.00AHand History29 Oct '11 at 00:20PokerBuckhaven£10.73£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 23:53PokerBuckhaven£19.99£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 23:52PokerDouble Your Money£-5.50£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 16:27PokerDouble Your Money£-5.50£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 16:06PokerKoszalin£47.62
It's official, I hate playing cash on friday nights. Not sure if I've had a winning Friday yet. Couple of BI's down, most of the damage done by marginal hands like AA and KK, with just a small contribution from JJ. Session loss £8.37 Account £143.93 points 675 Posted by harding10
Marginal hands like AA and KK??? I wouldn't exactly call the best possible starting hand and the 2nd best possible starting hand marginal hands. You were likely just unlucky, assuming you didn't try to slowplay them.
Been playing a bit of cash recently, I struggle at NL10 but am very comfortable (and so far profitable) at NL20 and NL30. Anyone got any ideas why? 29 Oct '11 at 02:51 Poker Histon £0.58 £0.00 A Hand History 29 Oct '11 at 01:52 Poker Dumbarton £14.85 £0.00 A Hand History 29 Oct '11 at 00:20 Poker Buckhaven £10.73 £0.00 A Hand History 28 Oct '11 at 23:53 Poker Buckhaven £19.99 £0.00 A Hand History 28 Oct '11 at 23:52 Poker Double Your Money £-5.50 £0.00 A Hand History 28 Oct '11 at 16:27 Poker Double Your Money £-5.50 £0.00 A Hand History 28 Oct '11 at 16:06 Poker Koszalin £47.62 Posted by Poker_Fail
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : Marginal hands like AA and KK??? I wouldn't exactly call the best possible starting hand and the 2nd best possible starting hand marginal hands. You were likely just unlucky, assuming you didn't try to slowplay them. Posted by Lambert180
Missed the irony there Lambert? And no I wasn't slow playing. Just one of those nights.
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : Missed the irony there Lambert? And no I wasn't slow playing. Just one of those nights. Posted by harding10
Well I think you mean sarcasm not irony lol, but yeah it's tricky to see sarcasm sometimes in the written word.
But yeah, never nice. I've been grinding DYMs recently. Had one the other day, I'm chip leader, small stack (still has just under 2k) raises pre, I stick him all in with KK, he calls with 22 and flops the 2 lol. Halves my stack, I bubble shortly after.
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : I play there! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
LOL I only played you for about 10 mins before you switched tables, I 4bet you with 97 suited at one point because I thought you were on one :P and got a few notes
But seriously this week i'm down £40 on DYMs (normally profitable just having a bad streak) but i'm up £140 on cash.
I really do find NL20 and 30 easier, so maybe my playstyle's just suited against the opponents at this level?
Had a few juicy Hu action and Br now at £550. £250 profit so far Posted by shaun09
Br now at £760 Iv taken my £300 out and i have left my self with £470 so now im playing with profit. Hu action is going good. Hope to play some more tonight. Profit in 2 weeks
In Response to Re: *****OCTOBER PROFIT CHALLENGE THREAD***** : LOL I only played you for about 10 mins before you switched tables, I 4bet you with 97 suited at one point because I thought you were on one :P and got a few notes But seriously this week i'm down £40 on DYMs (normally profitable just having a bad streak) but i'm up £140 on cash. I really do find NL20 and 30 easier, so maybe my playstyle's just suited against the opponents at this level? Posted by Poker_Fail
The reason you find nl20 and 30 easier is because you have a higher standard of poker player who wont call you down with marginal hands all the time getting lucky by the river. Its also because you are putting meaningful amounts of money into each pot when you are trying to display strength.
NL4/NL8 is soul destroying and should only be played as an introduction to poker for a newbie to get used to things like position and starting hand selection. If you are still playing nl4/8 after 12 months grinding there either is something wrong with your game or you just wanna play for fun and risk the minimum.
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Decided to play a little alongside the Orfordable tonight but after a quick buzz and early quick profit I'll call it a night, only losing hand AQs R, M3bet by shorty I shove they have KK lol.
Start BR - £290.54
Session - £13.21
Current BR - £414.52
Points - 1447
1 cash out of 6, daily balance -£23.10, MTD balance +£201.88.
not a bad night until i decided to open a third table and got done by a couple of hands including QJ v my KK who stayed in for the straight
nevermind still up £7.57 for the night and £48.91 on the month.
points now 917
good luck
When I get my cash for points it will be pretty much have me breaking even. I had a shocking downswing on hypers and think I played too many of them, variance hasnt helped either. A lot of my poker performance is down to tempramant, ive bought the mental game of poker and aim to work on many aspects of my game in the coming months.
The saviour has been cash with a couple of very profitable sessions and me finally learning how to three table! I'll be focusing on cash more in November with a few hyper sessions to mix things up. Ive also decided that nl40 is a good place to start with not as many regs and the same cash for points on offer.
MTT performance is also on the way up, had a 11th place and 20th in ME's for october, showing a profit overall. Im waiting to crack my final table duck and cash big. Please let it be the 20k UKOPS BH on monday !
Cash session started with a few coolers at NL8 and finished break even.
+£120 ish
C4P 1560
Couple of BI's down, most of the damage done by marginal hands like AA and KK, with just a small contribution from JJ.
Session loss £8.37
Account £143.93
points 675
29 Oct '11 at 02:51PokerHiston£0.58£0.00AHand History29 Oct '11 at 01:52PokerDumbarton£14.85£0.00AHand History29 Oct '11 at 00:20PokerBuckhaven£10.73£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 23:53PokerBuckhaven£19.99£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 23:52PokerDouble Your Money£-5.50£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 16:27PokerDouble Your Money£-5.50£0.00AHand History28 Oct '11 at 16:06PokerKoszalin£47.62
But yeah, never nice. I've been grinding DYMs recently. Had one the other day, I'm chip leader, small stack (still has just under 2k) raises pre, I stick him all in with KK, he calls with 22 and flops the 2 lol. Halves my stack, I bubble shortly after.
But seriously this week i'm down £40 on DYMs (normally profitable just having a bad streak) but i'm up £140 on cash.
I really do find NL20 and 30 easier, so maybe my playstyle's just suited against the opponents at this level?
As a purely recreational player i'm very happy with this return.
Be lucky.
In quiet a bit of profit tonight lol. Sat with 200 on a 10p/20p nl HU table and 113 on another 20nl hu table.
Best month by far for me since I started playing.
MTTs +£1400ish
STTs(DYMs) +£100ish
Cash NL20,30 and 50. £350ish
1694 points, so gonna get £15 C4P
NL4/NL8 is soul destroying and should only be played as an introduction to poker for a newbie to get used to things like position and starting hand selection. If you are still playing nl4/8 after 12 months grinding there either is something wrong with your game or you just wanna play for fun and risk the minimum.
Well played.