On Wednesdays I always try to get home in time for the 9-45am Bounty Hunter if possible. It was a close shave today; I got in a couple of minutes after the start but was able to play as I’d registered on my iPhone before I left work. I registered for the 10-45am also. As I’ve mentioned before these tournaments are among my favourites as they carry a guarantee that ensures 50+ runners and are raked at only 10%.
It’s just as well I was back on time because I went on to win the 9-45 with a pleasing return of over £41 for my £3.30 buy-in. I had a steady run to the late stages, outplaying my opponents and connecting well with a few flops. The bubble period seemed to last ages, which was very useful to me. My table tightened up and I made the most of the opportunity to accumulate lots of easy chips. When we broke to final table the play became much feistier as two big stacks joining from the other table. I was to end up with them 3-handed, though starting as the shortest of the three. I’m very confident with my shortstack game and soon managed to double off the chip leader and then knock him out. HU play was very aggressive and didn’t last long. The final hand saw my only suck-out of the tournament, I 3-bet jammed my 99 from the BB and got there against QQ. My opponent was unlucky to lose the hand, though at that stage my chip lead was in excess of two to one and it certainly wouldn’t have been over if the QQ held.
Meanwhile I was still alive in the 10-45, though for obvious reasons my main focus had been on the final table of the 9-45. I’d love to do the double in these one day, I’ve been very close in the past with a first and second, but it wasn’t to happen today. After the bubble went I was fairly short with around 15BB and open jammed when I picked up 88 at a 4-handed table. SuperSnedd has a good idea of my shoving ranges and it was an easy call for him with TT. Snedds tens held up and he put the chips to good use when he went on to win the tournament for a Team51 double.
After those games I logged off to do a few household chores, when returning to the laptop I decided to ditch poker for the rest of the day due to tiredness. I unexpectedly found myself staying up for the Barcelona v Chelsea match last night. What an amazing game, I’m so glad I stayed up though it meant I only had time for around 3 hours of sleep.
I’m very pleased to finish the day with a new highest balance. I’ve been stuck on a plateau in the £300 to £330 range for around 3 weeks, hopefully this is a sign things are going to start moving upwards again.
I’m happy to finish the day slightly ahead after final table runs in a small £3.30 freezeout and a £5.75 Bounty Hunter, though it could have been better.
The freezeout took ages for a tournament with only 22 runners. I was well set up from the start when my 33 ran into 87 and 87 on an 873 flop for a nice treble up in level 1. My massive stack allowed me to tighten up and cruise to the late stages. The 4-handed bubble lasted a full 30 minutes. There were multiple all-ins during that 30 minutes with the short-stack coming out on top each time, including one for me with AJ /> 66 aipf. When the bubble finally went the stacks were relatively shallow compared to the blinds and I was soon out in third with a standard pocket pair<AK aipf flip. I suffered a very quick kill with AAK falling on the flop.
A £5.75 Bounty Hunter win continues to elude me. I suppose I can’t complain too much at making a final table from 61 runners today but I was destined to bust out in unfortunate circumstances again. The runaway chipleader to my direct left was making life very difficult, while he is a losing player overall he was on a massive heater in this tournament; calling everything, hitting everything, busting opponents for fun. He was making very loose calls so I open jammed when I picked up AcQc with 15BB behind. He made the call with his KQo; this is a call I’m delighted to see obviously. Unfortunately the 4d Jd Tc 6c 9d run-out gave him a straight and I hit the rail in a very disappointing sixth place. Another player at the table was disconnected at the time with only 2BB behind, but as I’ve said before I’m always playing for the win and I’m never going to pass on a great spot like this just to ladder one place. The guy who busted me went on to eliminate the other four players at the final table and win the tournament in his stride.
As soon as I finish work tomorrow I’ll be on the road to Cardiff for the SPT weekend. I won’t be playing online all weekend so this diary will next be updated on Monday.
All I played today were a few quick evening HU STTs after arriving home late in the day from Cardiff.
Once again I had a brilliant time at Cardiff SPT, it was a fantastic weekend and I can’t recommend an SPT event highly enough to those of you who haven’t made it along to one before. It’s great to meet up with so many well-known community members, many of them for the first time. The SPTs attract a very friendly crowd and a good time is guaranteed regardless of what happens at the poker tables.
As for the tournament; I ran fairly deep busting in 35th/163, though to be honest I was never really in contention and was short throughout. At my starting table I found myself down to half the starting stack during level 2 after losing a big pot with my KK<AK and another with QQ after folding against an unknown hand. I then managed to claw most of that back after defending my BB with J9s and the flop came down 8TQ. On the turn I thought my opponent was pot committed, but he managed to find a fold to my check/shove after c-betting flop and turn leaving himself very little behind.
After the first break I was slightly above average for a while after 3-bet shoving 99 and winning a flip against AK, though soon after I had to make a couple of costly folds after opening pots then being forced to give up under pressure on very unfriendly boards for my cards. At my second and third tables I was soon very short again due to the rapidly increasing blinds but managed to stay alive with a series of uncalled 3-bet shoves and open shoves. I made the second break as one of the shortest stacks still alive and was in shove or fold mode at my fourth table. I didn’t pick up any premium hands but managed to get shoves through with K9o, 24s and JTo among others.
The crunch came when I picked up AK on the button. I was pleased to see a very laggy player open the betting from EP and a another short stack shove all-in. I had about 15BB behind and reshoved to isolate from the button. The opener folded and the short stack flipped over K9s. Unfortunately for me I was drawing dead on the turn when he made his flush and a big pot went to the other side of the table. Immediately after that hand our table broke and there were only 4 tables left, I only had a paltry 6BB left and was looking for a chance to shove asap. That came in the last hand before the third break when I picked up AJ in EP, the BB had an easy call with a small pocket pair and the blinds and antes also in the pot. I couldn’t hit and that was that. Even if I'd won that pot I'd have needed another double just to get to average. I'm happy with how I played and had a brilliant time. The side event was due to start 5 minutes after my bust-out, I decided to give it a miss prefering to head to the bar after 6 hours of play in the ME.
I railed the rest of the tournament until the very end, it was all played in great spirit and I was very pleased to see several well-known forum regulars and one of the Sky analysts going very deep. CTBN played a great game and was a very popular winner in the room. HU he made Jen Mason’s life absolute **** and deservedly took the title. Very well played to you Colin.
Picture borrowed from Sky Dave's excellent SPT Cardiff album, which you can find here;
After a four day break I returned to low stakes MTTs and was soon given a blunt reminder of just how crazy these games can be. The £2.30 Bounty Hunter fields today contained plenty of maniacs; I fastened my seat-belt, got my good hands in and hoped for the best. It wasn’t to be in the first three games when I couldn’t find enough holds for a deep run. In the third I got lucky and managed second place for a day saver. The final hand was a standard cooler; with shallow stacks I was never folding my 78 after the SB limped and the flop came down 568, all the chips went in, the BB held K8 and I couldn’t hit one of my 10 outs.
In my only £5.75 Bounty hunter of the day I busted out early looking like a total fool after check-shoving a river to represent the nuts when I actually only held second pair. It was bad timing because the villain really did have the nuts. The table probably thought I was a huge donk when my cards were revealed, though I feel my move would have got folds from most hands better than mine and taken down a big pot. Saying that it was a reminder to myself that bluffs should be used very sparingly in Bounty Hunters, not many players have a fold button in these games.
By far the most sensible tournament of the day was the £2.20 deepstack at 2-20pm. This is the tournament chosen by The_Don90 to be the basis of the new afternoon league. There were a number of well-known regulars in the field and for the most part skilful and enjoyable poker was being played. I’m keen to support this league and I hope it’s a success as there is very little put on for the daytime regulars, nearly everything like this usually in the evening when I’m unable to participate. Unfortunately the tournament didn’t work out for me this time; as usual I lost a big pot both times I picked up KK and was then unable to win the necessary flips when short.
My poker points total received a well-times boost today with 100 points added for my Cardiff SPT entry. That took me past the 700 points required to qualify for a 25% April C4P bonus e-mail offer. I my sums are correct I should be due a useful C4P bonus of around £7.50 in a week or so.
In the 10-45am £150 gtd Bounty Hunter I had a very near miss. I was ‘in the zone’, playing well and getting plenty of cards to play with throughout. When we got down to 4-handed play I was the shortest stack but fought my way back to bust the 3rd and 4th place finishers and go into HU play with a 2 to 1 chip lead. Unfortunately nothing went my way HU; I somehow managed to lose a pot which levelled the stacks with my Q9s<63o on an AJQr flop; my opponent’s 3 making a running flush. Soon after all the chips went in when I check/shoved my 45 on a 459r flop after my opponent had limped in from the SB, he called with J9 and got there when he binked a 9 on the turn to make a set. The stacks were close to even and a hold would have almost guaranteed me first place. It was a frustrating end after I’d outplayed the rest of the final table including three competent opponents whose game I respect. With that tournament lasting 3 hours and me still needing to go into town to run an errand I had no option but to skip the afternoon league 2-20pm deepstack.
My poor run of form in £5.75 Bounty Hunters continued with a level 1 bust; my turned flush failing to hold against flopped two pairs which filled up on the river. After that I tried a 15 minute timed tournament and soon regretted it, with 20BB starting stacks it was a shove-fest from the off. I lost a standard flip after only 2 minutes to bust. I’m sure these are great fun but it’s not the sort of game that’s going to help me build my roll so I’ll be avoiding them until this challenge is over. I might try the 30 minute version another day, maybe they are a bit more skill based.
Ran super bad today; nothing to report other than a series of harsh beats and coolers, couldn’t win a flip to save my life either. I won’t bore you with individual hands, I’ll just say that the deck was in a brutal mood today. It got to the point where I decided to throw in the towel and end my session much earlier than intended.
hi Gary, although i have seen your posts under gpc i have not posted on it myself... until today. i have kept an eye on how u have been progressing and once u managed 2 get through the early stages, i just knew that it would be only a matter of time until you reached your goal. as i,m sure you will.
as i am just starting off on my dym challenge, i just wanted to ask you.... has there ever been a time when especially after a bad session or two, you ever thought about stopping? or have you got the mindset that you will see it through,know matter what?
Doing great Gary, now you have reached near the £400 mark you can play some nice MTT's where you may bink one and your BR will rise really quickly - bit of run good and you will hit your mark in no time.
.... has there ever been a time when especially after a bad session or two, you ever thought about stopping? or have you got the mindset that you will see it through,know matter what? best wishes :-) devon Posted by devonfish5
Absolutely not. I'm determined to see this through to the very end, I won't quit for any reason. I knew it would take a long time before I started and I knew there would be downswings. I'm 100% committed to seeing it through and there's a bottle of champagne waiting in the fridge for the moment of completion!
My toughest time so far was a 5 week downswing that began when I reached about £140. It was a big test of my patience, I reduced volume and came very close to taking a complete break from poker for a week. Just when I was about to take that break the results suddenly returned, as did the confidence, a period of rapid growth soon followed.
Many times I've quit awful sessions early, today being a typical example. If I can't get 'in the zone' and find I'm getting repeatedly outdrawn I pack it in to minimise losses. I don't have a stop-loss number as such, I just quit when I feel that it's not going to go my way no matter what I do. We all have days like that, I'm sure you know exactly what it feels like too. The worst thing to do would be to continue playing while going into tilt, if that happened there'd be a risk of blasting off a big chunk of my balance. If I feel tilt coming on I end the session asap and go and do something else for the rest of the day, then I can return the following morning with a fresh mind.
Thanks for your kind words, I wish you the very best with your challenge, I hope my example will help you get through the inevitable tough times.
Doing great Gary, now you have reached near the £400 mark you can play some nice MTT's where you may bink one and your BR will rise really quickly - bit of run good and you will hit your mark in no time. run golden Posted by rancid
Thanks very much for your support. I'm itching to get to £440 so that I can buy directly into the 2-00pm and 4-00pm £11 Bounty Hunters without breaking my 40 buy-in BRM rule. These tournaments are softer than you might think because a lot of the entrants get in through shove-fest £2.40 satellites that don't involve much skill. I've been running awfully in £5.75 Bounty Hunters since I've been rolled for them, when I can start getting results in those hopefully I'll soon be rolled for the £11 games too.
hi Gary, devon again. that was the answer that i thought you would give. good 2 hear your thoughts especially about those inevatable down-swings. hpoe u get to your next target asap and see that b/roll shoot up. best wishes, :-) devon
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Very nicely on your way to £1051 though. The start is always the hardest when you gotta play REALLY low stakes
Closing balance £358.68
On Wednesdays I always try to get home in time for the 9-45am Bounty Hunter if possible. It was a close shave today; I got in a couple of minutes after the start but was able to play as I’d registered on my iPhone before I left work. I registered for the 10-45am also. As I’ve mentioned before these tournaments are among my favourites as they carry a guarantee that ensures 50+ runners and are raked at only 10%.
It’s just as well I was back on time because I went on to win the 9-45 with a pleasing return of over £41 for my £3.30 buy-in. I had a steady run to the late stages, outplaying my opponents and connecting well with a few flops. The bubble period seemed to last ages, which was very useful to me. My table tightened up and I made the most of the opportunity to accumulate lots of easy chips. When we broke to final table the play became much feistier as two big stacks joining from the other table. I was to end up with them 3-handed, though starting as the shortest of the three. I’m very confident with my shortstack game and soon managed to double off the chip leader and then knock him out. HU play was very aggressive and didn’t last long. The final hand saw my only suck-out of the tournament, I 3-bet jammed my 99 from the BB and got there against QQ. My opponent was unlucky to lose the hand, though at that stage my chip lead was in excess of two to one and it certainly wouldn’t have been over if the QQ held.
Meanwhile I was still alive in the 10-45, though for obvious reasons my main focus had been on the final table of the 9-45. I’d love to do the double in these one day, I’ve been very close in the past with a first and second, but it wasn’t to happen today. After the bubble went I was fairly short with around 15BB and open jammed when I picked up 88 at a 4-handed table. SuperSnedd has a good idea of my shoving ranges and it was an easy call for him with TT. Snedds tens held up and he put the chips to good use when he went on to win the tournament for a Team51 double.
After those games I logged off to do a few household chores, when returning to the laptop I decided to ditch poker for the rest of the day due to tiredness. I unexpectedly found myself staying up for the Barcelona v Chelsea match last night. What an amazing game, I’m so glad I stayed up though it meant I only had time for around 3 hours of sleep.
I’m very pleased to finish the day with a new highest balance. I’ve been stuck on a plateau in the £300 to £330 range for around 3 weeks, hopefully this is a sign things are going to start moving upwards again.
April poker points 598
GameIDDate (UTC+0100)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit6231884 25-Apr-12 13:33 NL Holdem £38/61£4.676231563 25-Apr-12 12:36 NL Holdem £31/62£38.416233514 25-Apr-12 02:28 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956233501 25-Apr-12 02:22 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056233481 25-Apr-12 02:15 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Closing balance £366.66
I’m happy to finish the day slightly ahead after final table runs in a small £3.30 freezeout and a £5.75 Bounty Hunter, though it could have been better.
As soon as I finish work tomorrow I’ll be on the road to Cardiff for the SPT weekend. I won’t be playing online all weekend so this diary will next be updated on Monday.The freezeout took ages for a tournament with only 22 runners. I was well set up from the start when my 33 ran into 87 and 87 on an 873 flop for a nice treble up in level 1. My massive stack allowed me to tighten up and cruise to the late stages. The 4-handed bubble lasted a full 30 minutes. There were multiple all-ins during that 30 minutes with the short-stack coming out on top each time, including one for me with AJ /> 66 aipf. When the bubble finally went the stacks were relatively shallow compared to the blinds and I was soon out in third with a standard pocket pair<AK aipf flip. I suffered a very quick kill with AAK falling on the flop.
A £5.75 Bounty Hunter win continues to elude me. I suppose I can’t complain too much at making a final table from 61 runners today but I was destined to bust out in unfortunate circumstances again. The runaway chipleader to my direct left was making life very difficult, while he is a losing player overall he was on a massive heater in this tournament; calling everything, hitting everything, busting opponents for fun. He was making very loose calls so I open jammed when I picked up AcQc with 15BB behind. He made the call with his KQo; this is a call I’m delighted to see obviously. Unfortunately the 4d Jd Tc 6c 9d run-out gave him a straight and I hit the rail in a very disappointing sixth place. Another player at the table was disconnected at the time with only 2BB behind, but as I’ve said before I’m always playing for the win and I’m never going to pass on a great spot like this just to ladder one place. The guy who busted me went on to eliminate the other four players at the final table and win the tournament in his stride.
April poker points 630
GameIDDate (UTC+0100)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit6237961 26-Apr-12 17:47 NL Holdem £56/61£9.156238725 26-Apr-12 16:36 NL Holdem £33/22£9.906237254 26-Apr-12 16:13 NL Holdem £546/68-£5.756237960 26-Apr-12 14:56 NL Holdem £516/26-£3.876236747 26-Apr-12 14:47 NL Holdem £219/55-£2.306239974 26-Apr-12 14:07 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
(Didn’t play)
Day 111 – April 27th 2012
(Didn’t play)
Day 112 – April 28th 2012
Closing balance £365.21
All I played today were a few quick evening HU STTs after arriving home late in the day from Cardiff.
Once again I had a brilliant time at Cardiff SPT, it was a fantastic weekend and I can’t recommend an SPT event highly enough to those of you who haven’t made it along to one before. It’s great to meet up with so many well-known community members, many of them for the first time. The SPTs attract a very friendly crowd and a good time is guaranteed regardless of what happens at the poker tables.
As for the tournament; I ran fairly deep busting in 35th/163, though to be honest I was never really in contention and was short throughout. At my starting table I found myself down to half the starting stack during level 2 after losing a big pot with my KK<AK and another with QQ after folding against an unknown hand. I then managed to claw most of that back after defending my BB with J9s and the flop came down 8TQ. On the turn I thought my opponent was pot committed, but he managed to find a fold to my check/shove after c-betting flop and turn leaving himself very little behind.
After the first break I was slightly above average for a while after 3-bet shoving 99 and winning a flip against AK, though soon after I had to make a couple of costly folds after opening pots then being forced to give up under pressure on very unfriendly boards for my cards. At my second and third tables I was soon very short again due to the rapidly increasing blinds but managed to stay alive with a series of uncalled 3-bet shoves and open shoves. I made the second break as one of the shortest stacks still alive and was in shove or fold mode at my fourth table. I didn’t pick up any premium hands but managed to get shoves through with K9o, 24s and JTo among others.
The crunch came when I picked up AK on the button. I was pleased to see a very laggy player open the betting from EP and a another short stack shove all-in. I had about 15BB behind and reshoved to isolate from the button. The opener folded and the short stack flipped over K9s. Unfortunately for me I was drawing dead on the turn when he made his flush and a big pot went to the other side of the table. Immediately after that hand our table broke and there were only 4 tables left, I only had a paltry 6BB left and was looking for a chance to shove asap. That came in the last hand before the third break when I picked up AJ in EP, the BB had an easy call with a small pocket pair and the blinds and antes also in the pot. I couldn’t hit and that was that. Even if I'd won that pot I'd have needed another double just to get to average. I'm happy with how I played and had a brilliant time. The side event was due to start 5 minutes after my bust-out, I decided to give it a miss prefering to head to the bar after 6 hours of play in the ME.
I railed the rest of the tournament until the very end, it was all played in great spirit and I was very pleased to see several well-known forum regulars and one of the Sky analysts going very deep. CTBN played a great game and was a very popular winner in the room. HU he made Jen Mason’s life absolute **** and deservedly took the title. Very well played to you Colin.
Picture borrowed from Sky Dave's excellent SPT Cardiff album, which you can find here;
https://picasaweb.google.com/116075574842206351453/SPTCardiffApril2012#
GameIDDate (UTC+0100)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit6258555 29-Apr-12 21:01 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956258548 29-Apr-12 20:55 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056258521 29-Apr-12 20:51 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056258441 29-Apr-12 20:48 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056258428 29-Apr-12 20:36 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956258375 29-Apr-12 20:30 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956258359 29-Apr-12 20:24 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956258286 29-Apr-12 20:22 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056258094 29-Apr-12 19:53 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05April poker points 639
Closing balance £369.05
After a four day break I returned to low stakes MTTs and was soon given a blunt reminder of just how crazy these games can be. The £2.30 Bounty Hunter fields today contained plenty of maniacs; I fastened my seat-belt, got my good hands in and hoped for the best. It wasn’t to be in the first three games when I couldn’t find enough holds for a deep run. In the third I got lucky and managed second place for a day saver. The final hand was a standard cooler; with shallow stacks I was never folding my 78 after the SB limped and the flop came down 568, all the chips went in, the BB held K8 and I couldn’t hit one of my 10 outs.
In my only £5.75 Bounty hunter of the day I busted out early looking like a total fool after check-shoving a river to represent the nuts when I actually only held second pair. It was bad timing because the villain really did have the nuts. The table probably thought I was a huge donk when my cards were revealed, though I feel my move would have got folds from most hands better than mine and taken down a big pot. Saying that it was a reminder to myself that bluffs should be used very sparingly in Bounty Hunters, not many players have a fold button in these games.
By far the most sensible tournament of the day was the £2.20 deepstack at 2-20pm. This is the tournament chosen by The_Don90 to be the basis of the new afternoon league. There were a number of well-known regulars in the field and for the most part skilful and enjoyable poker was being played. I’m keen to support this league and I hope it’s a success as there is very little put on for the daytime regulars, nearly everything like this usually in the evening when I’m unable to participate. Unfortunately the tournament didn’t work out for me this time; as usual I lost a big pot both times I picked up KK and was then unable to win the necessary flips when short.
My poker points total received a well-times boost today with 100 points added for my Cardiff SPT entry. That took me past the 700 points required to qualify for a 25% April C4P bonus e-mail offer. I my sums are correct I should be due a useful C4P bonus of around £7.50 in a week or so.
April poker points 760
GameIDDate (UTC+0100)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit6259830 30-Apr-12 19:10 NL Holdem £22/46£15.046259168 30-Apr-12 18:16 NL Holdem £220/39-£2.206259241 30-Apr-12 16:33 NL Holdem £550/56-£5.756259327 30-Apr-12 16:29 NL Holdem £213/36-£2.306258534 30-Apr-12 14:50 NL Holdem £27/26-£0.806261397 30-Apr-12 14:17 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956257785 30-Apr-12 13:46 NL Holdem £117/33-£1.10
Fasten your seat-belt! The highs and lows of micro-stakes Bounty Hunters;
High!
Closing balance £383.97
In the 10-45am £150 gtd Bounty Hunter I had a very near miss. I was ‘in the zone’, playing well and getting plenty of cards to play with throughout. When we got down to 4-handed play I was the shortest stack but fought my way back to bust the 3rd and 4th place finishers and go into HU play with a 2 to 1 chip lead. Unfortunately nothing went my way HU; I somehow managed to lose a pot which levelled the stacks with my Q9s<63o on an AJQr flop; my opponent’s 3 making a running flush. Soon after all the chips went in when I check/shoved my 45 on a 459r flop after my opponent had limped in from the SB, he called with J9 and got there when he binked a 9 on the turn to make a set. The stacks were close to even and a hold would have almost guaranteed me first place. It was a frustrating end after I’d outplayed the rest of the final table including three competent opponents whose game I respect. With that tournament lasting 3 hours and me still needing to go into town to run an errand I had no option but to skip the afternoon league 2-20pm deepstack.
My poor run of form in £5.75 Bounty Hunters continued with a level 1 bust; my turned flush failing to hold against flopped two pairs which filled up on the river. After that I tried a 15 minute timed tournament and soon regretted it, with 20BB starting stacks it was a shove-fest from the off. I lost a standard flip after only 2 minutes to bust. I’m sure these are great fun but it’s not the sort of game that’s going to help me build my roll so I’ll be avoiding them until this challenge is over. I might try the 30 minute version another day, maybe they are a bit more skill based.
May poker points 17
GameIDDate (UTC+0100)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit6261878 1-May-12 18:24 NL Holdem £0308/334£06264536 1-May-12 18:23 NL Holdem £564/68-£5.756267659 1-May-12 16:46 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956263349 1-May-12 15:56 NL Holdem £282/87-£2.206267264 1-May-12 15:56 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056263375 1-May-12 13:46 NL Holdem £32/62£25.076265279 1-May-12 02:27 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056265142 1-May-12 02:16 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Closing balance £355.20
Ran super bad today; nothing to report other than a series of harsh beats and coolers, couldn’t win a flip to save my life either. I won’t bore you with individual hands, I’ll just say that the deck was in a brutal mood today. It got to the point where I decided to throw in the towel and end my session much earlier than intended.
May poker points 53
6270347 2-May-12 17:54 NL Holdem £231/41-£2.206270436 2-May-12 17:05 NL Holdem £547/52-£5.756269851 2-May-12 16:00 NL Holdem £529/58-£3.876272863 2-May-12 14:32 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056270829 2-May-12 14:28 NL Holdem £518/31-£5.756272754 2-May-12 13:27 NL Holdem £11/2£0.956272726 2-May-12 13:19 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056269434 2-May-12 13:18 NL Holdem £324/58-£3.306272697 2-May-12 13:09 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.056272118 2-May-12 12:58 NL Holdem (Sat) £2.2020/21-£2.406268915 2-May-12 12:39 NL Holdem £325/79-£3.30
although i have seen your posts under gpc
i have not posted on it myself...
until today.
i have kept an eye on how u have been progressing
and once u managed 2 get through the early stages,
i just knew that it would be only a matter of time
until you reached your goal.
as i,m sure you will.
as i am just starting off on my dym challenge,
i just wanted to ask you....
has there ever been a time when especially after a bad session or two,
you ever thought about stopping?
or
have you got the mindset that you will see it through,know matter what?
best wishes
:-)
devon
run golden
My toughest time so far was a 5 week downswing that began when I reached about £140. It was a big test of my patience, I reduced volume and came very close to taking a complete break from poker for a week. Just when I was about to take that break the results suddenly returned, as did the confidence, a period of rapid growth soon followed.
Many times I've quit awful sessions early, today being a typical example. If I can't get 'in the zone' and find I'm getting repeatedly outdrawn I pack it in to minimise losses. I don't have a stop-loss number as such, I just quit when I feel that it's not going to go my way no matter what I do. We all have days like that, I'm sure you know exactly what it feels like too. The worst thing to do would be to continue playing while going into tilt, if that happened there'd be a risk of blasting off a big chunk of my balance. If I feel tilt coming on I end the session asap and go and do something else for the rest of the day, then I can return the following morning with a fresh mind.
Thanks for your kind words, I wish you the very best with your challenge, I hope my example will help you get through the inevitable tough times.
devon again.
that was the answer that i thought you would give.
good 2 hear your thoughts especially about those inevatable down-swings.
hpoe u get to your next target asap
and see that b/roll shoot up.
best wishes,
:-)
devon