Lolpro runs eternally terrible [EvilPingu's Diary]

EvilPingu

Totally forgot about the original thread that I started last month (probably because hardly anyone posted on it other than me, lol), and too lazy to go down to page 359713 and find it. 

Currently have £59.73 in my account, of which £10.75 is profits from Sports Betting and will only be used for that, so £48.98 for Poker. Realised that in my first diary, setting cash targets for the end of a month is pointless, and that my bankroll management still sucks.

This time around, I'll actually post every day that I play, rather than just posting when I can be bothered.

30/12/11, 2:37am

Bankroll: £48.98

C4P: 920

First target is obviously to make sure I get to 1000 C4P by the end of the month, I'm in the UKOPS Main Event (Freerolling ) so should get enough points from that to push me comfortably over the 1k mark. Just hoping I don't play like a complete fish, lol

Targets for January:
1) Grind low stakes DYM's, build bankroll up as much as possible

2) Qualify for League Stars Freeroll at the end of January

3) Don't play with more than 5% of my bankroll at any time

Targets for 1st Quarter:

1) Increase volume - Would like to be in Top 30 on STT leaderboard

2) Learn to play 4 tables at once - At the moment, I can only manage 3.

3) Learn to play PLO8 and Hold'em at the same time - Currently suck at this, my poor brain can't cope :')

TommyD

Good luck Pingu, especially in the UKOPS.  Gotta love a freeroll.

devonfish5

good luck Pingu,

think you,ve hit it on the head
with not playing with any more than5% of your b/roll.
think that is key.

best wishes.devonfish5

pilgrim07

 Good luck, at least you will be able to afford your student loan!!!

EvilPingu

Missed out on the cash in the ME, finished 50th (30 got paid). Raise from big stack, I had AJ in the big blind with 10BB left, shoved, called by K7, king on the river. Would've been right back in it if my hand had held up, but didn't do anything wrong. Also ran my AJ into Scotty77's AK, flop came QT4, J on the turn at which point I jumped out of my chair, then sat down again when I realised opponent had the straight, lol

Didn't lose any money, great fun, and got enough poker points to push me up to the next C4P level, so can't complain Had a hand, blind vs. blind, I raised with A7, oppo shoved (as he did every time I raised the small blind), I called, he turned over T9s, knocked him out, and he sat in the chat box for a while, calling me a bingo player and all that, which made me laugh, so got to 50th by playing bingo apparently, wonder where I could've ended up if I'd actually played poker instead, will give that a go next time :P 

Brilliant structure, will definitely try to play the next one, hoping it's within my bankroll. Off to play some DYM's for a bit

EvilPingu

Played 1 x £1.15 DYM and lost, I know it's probably obvious but the difference in standard of play compared to something like the UKOPS Main Event is massive, it's like playing a totally different game. Played 8 PLO8 DYM's earlier today as well, W4 L4 (played really badly, think I was excited about the main event and not concentrating properly) so a loss of £3.45 today, but with a bit more luck in the main event, that could've easily been so much better.

Will probably have a day off tomorrow, no need to play as there's more chance of **** freezing over than me getting 850 poker points for the next level of C4P, and the Xmas alcohol is unopened so far :O

31/12/11, 1:20am

Bankroll: £45.83

C4P: 1149

PS: Big thanks to everyone who railed me, or supported me during the tournament, much appreciated

ajmilton

shame you didn't cash evil ...but hey top 50 finish isn't to shabby.vwp ul final hand.
Regards Alan..

pilgrim07

50th in that field!  Well played Sir. 

TommyD

In Response to Re: Starting my diary again.:

Missed out on the cash in the ME, finished 50th (30 got paid). Raise from big stack, I had AJ in the big blind with 10BB left, shoved, called by K7, king on the river. Would've been right back in it if my hand had held up, but didn't do anything wrong. Also ran my AJ into Scotty77's AK, flop came QT4, J on the turn at which point I jumped out of my chair, then sat down again when I realised opponent had the straight, lol Didn't lose any money, great fun, and got enough poker points to push me up to the next C4P level, so can't complain Had a hand, blind vs. blind, I raised with A7, oppo shoved (as he did every time I raised the small blind), I called, he turned over T9s, knocked him out, and he sat in the chat box for a while, calling me a bingo player and all that, which made me laugh, so got to 50th by playing bingo apparently, wonder where I could've ended up if I'd actually played poker instead, will give that a go next time :P  Brilliant structure, will definitely try to play the next one, hoping it's within my bankroll. Off to play some DYM's for a bit
Posted by EvilPingu

Glad you weren't bothered by that fellow.  He was on my starting table and he played what I would call somewhat eccentrically.  To say I wouldn't hold his critique in high regard is an understatement.  You put in a fine performance Sir.

Now get spinning on that roll.

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: Starting my diary again.:

shame you didn't cash evil ...but hey top 50 finish isn't to shabby.vwp ul final hand. Regards Alan..
Posted by ajmilton

Thanks, would've liked to cash but if you'd said before the tournament that I'd finish 50th, I would've probably laughed - Last hand was UL, would've been back up to 45k if I'd won the hand, would've probably needed another double up or two to cash, it was the AJ v AK hand that cost me, win that and I think I would've been over 100k, and probably been able to cash. There was a time where I was 1 position ahead of Beaneh for about 5 minutes, so thought if I could just stay there then I'd definitely TID :P

In Response to Re: Starting my diary again.:

Will probably have a day off tomorrow
Posted by EvilPingu

Couldn't resist playing a couple of DYM's when I got up, a £3.30 and £1.15, won both, +£3.55 Might look for some drunk people to play later this evening.

EvilPingu

Running terribad, £15.10 down, so that's last month's C4P gone already.

A9 vs. QQ, A9 hit a 10 high straight.

Had someone call my shove (with nothing) to pinch blinds with K4 pre flop (Wtf?), K4 won and knocked me out.

AJ vs. KJ, KJ hit a straight.

QT vs. 58 All in on a T82 board, turn 5

JJ vs. AK, didn't hold up.

And a really sick PLO8 hand, flopped broadway, rainbow flop, all in against someone with a random 2 raggy clubs...2 clubs on turn + river, flush, out.

Would post some of the times where my hands held, if I could find any in my hand history...Sigh. Those are all exit hands, or hands which left me with a chip and a chair.

EvilPingu

Raised 99 on the button vs calling station, called in the BB, flop 245, shoved knowing he'd call if he had any piece of the flop, guess what the big blind had?

Yup, A3.

£16.25 down, ffs. Officially tilted, no more poker tonight.

On the bright side, my bet on >3.5 Field Goals in NY Jets vs. Miami won, and Tim Tebow to pass for less than 176 yards is looking pretty good at the moment too. Which means I've made back my losses on Man City -1, plus a few pence, yay.

1/1/12, 11:40pm

Bankroll: £48.13 (Including £15 C4P due)

C4P: 44

STT League points: 35

Cash League points: 0

MTT League points: 0

scotty77

Hi just wanna say that when we played on that UKOPS table together thought you played really well. GL with getting ur BR up.

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: EvilPingu's 2nd diary:

£16.25 down, ffs. Officially tilted, no more poker tonight.
Posted by EvilPingu

Turns out I made a mistake in my records, and I'm actually "only" £14.60 down, recorded a £0.60 DYM loss as a £2.25 DYM loss

Plan for tomorrow is to play some more DYM's, maybe enter the forum DTD if I fancy it. Really want to get my BR up to a level where I can play decent level DYM's and NL4 (within my bankroll, unlike previously), low stakes DYM's were fun two months ago when I first signed up, but nowadays I just find them tedious.

Also, my PLO8 game seems to have fallen to bits overnight, gone from winning 14 out of 15 the other day to winning 8 out of 20 in the last 2 or 3 days, so will probably find a couple of training videos and stuff, variance hasn't been very kind the last few days, but in PLO8 DYM's, the variance is insanely low, so it can't just be that. Looked around a couple of the tables I was on earlier, and didn't see any fish - If you can't see any fish at the table, then it's probably you, so my PLO8 game definitely needs some work.

In Response to Re: EvilPingu's 2nd diary:

Hi just wanna say that when we played on that UKOPS table together thought you played really well. GL with getting ur BR up.
Posted by scotty77

Thank you Posted a couple of hands that I wasn't sure about in the clinic to get some feedback, the AK vs. AJ hand where I doubled you up, and the blind vs. blind hand against TommyD before that. If I was being harsh on myself, I leaked about 5k chips in a few hands just before the second tournament break, but other than that, pretty pleased with how I played.

debdobs_67

gl pingu , as i say on any of these threads i always respect a challenge

EvilPingu

My luck hasn't changed since yesterday, still running terribad - £2.25 DYM, got to see a cheap flop early on with pocket 5's, I flopped bottom set, with opponent betting into me. Brilliant, except he'd flopped top set - My best chance of surviving was runners for a straight on board and a chop. Ouch.

Another game, shoved with AJ into short stack, he called with 77 which held, fair enough. 2 hands later, shoved with T7 as I was down to 7BB in the cutoff and blinds were about to go up. Called by K4 (wtf...again? Ridiculous) and lost...

Currently £4.05 down, so that's almost £20 down in 2 days, mostly due to players making awful calls, getting lucky, and knocking me out. Grr. Must be jinxed @ £2.25, I have a winning record at every other level up to £11, but W14 L18 at £2.25...

2/1/12, 3:45pm

Bankroll: £45.73 (Including £15 C4P due)

C4P: 60

STT League points: 55

Cash League points: 0

MTT League points: 0

EvilPingu

Sigh. Someone shoving every single hand currently leading the £25 GTD Rebuy, and a guy calling with ATC, both on my table. Ended up all in, A9 vs. A9 vs. T6, I had A9, the other A9 hit a flush. Getting p****d off now with the amount of what can only be described as idiots at these level. I know they're good value (apparently...), but I'm on Sky Poker, not Sky Bingo, and they've already cost me a pretty sizeable chunk of my bankroll.

Therefore, change of plan. Won't be playing any more DYM's until I can play at higher stakes, where the majority of players, as opposed to the minority, are literate and thus capable of telling the difference between Sky Poker and Sky Bingo, and where people's vocabulary consists of more than just abuse in the chat box when your overpair to their ATC 100BB shove holds up.

Okay, rant over.

-£18.75 since the new year, and -£4.15 today. Will be entering the Forum DTD today, see if I cash in any of the tournaments and how much I win, then hopefully find a way around playing in any more low stakes DYM's for a while. Still want to stick to not having more than 5% of my bankroll on a single game, so basically looking for cheap games with a decent quality field - Mini events @ 8:15, Forum DTD, etc. - The more I lose to calls with K4o from people in low stakes DYM's, the more tempting it is to just play out of my bankroll to get a decent game, which I don't want to do.

DEL560

In Response to Re: EvilPingu's 2nd diary:

Hi just wanna say that when we played on that UKOPS table together thought you played really well. GL with getting ur BR up.
Posted by scotty77

I agree with what Ryan has said.  I played in a game with u a cpl of mnths ago and when I found out you were new'ish was surprised coz u played well.  Keep grinding m8 and playing within your bankroll and sure it will shoot up. GL

Dudeskin8

You keep mentioning that you want to play at higher stakes so you can play better players so you can have 'a better game'. No offence but you really need to get that idea out of your head very soon, playing better players will make it harder to win and not easier, try playing DYM's where EVERYBODY is playing like you folding 95% of hands pre no limpers NO easy double ups.

You started with £48.98 and are down to £30.23 if your updates are correct so have 26 BI's for £1.15 which is a solid amount to play with, the rake is nasty but you should be bale to grind up to £2.25 which is about £50 (22 Bi's)

As for the DTD this can't happen with your roll, no questions asked.

rancid

Why do people always say I want to play better players

I want to play NL50 but only versus donks tbh

EvilPingu

In Response to Re: EvilPingu's 2nd diary:

You keep mentioning that you want to play at higher stakes so you can play better players so you can have 'a better game'. No offence but you really need to get that idea out of your head very soon, playing better players will make it harder to win and not easier, try playing DYM's where EVERYBODY is playing like you folding 95% of hands pre no limpers NO easy double ups. You started with £48.98 and are down to £30.23 if your updates are correct so have 26 BI's for £1.15 which is a solid amount to play with, the rake is nasty but you should be bale to grind up to £2.25 which is about £50 (22 Bi's) As for the DTD this can't happen with your roll, no questions asked.
Posted by Dudeskin8

I know that it sounds illogical that I'd rather play better players, but my records suggest I do actually have better results vs. good players than bad ones. Probably means there's something wrong with my game, but for the time being, until I work out what that is and fix it, I'd rather play good players if it's more profitable for me at this moment in time

As for the DTD - Turns out I added all 3 tournaments to my records, then only entered 1 of them, so off to post in the DTD thread to let everyone know that I'm an idiot, lol.