Another day of poor results as my downswing continues. I entered four Bounty Hunters today but once again found the cards weren’t falling in my favour. I managed to run AK into AA to end my deepest run, then ran my AA into 34 and lost to end my shortest run!
Such is the nature of MTTs, I’ll be back for another try tomorrow afternoon.
hi Gary, don't get too down m8, just got 2b patient. these downswings happen m8,hang in there & i'm sure things will come good again. ur still over £500 up so don't feel to bad,it's frustrating,i know but we both know how these challenges work don't we.... so up & down & emotional too. just concentrate on the end game of reaching your target figure,however long it may take,& you will be fine. dev
Having seen you come out of a couple of these swings before, I'd say just keep doing what you're doing. If you're getting it in good it's gotta change. If it were me I'd be on my third lappy by now!!
In my first three tournaments today I carried on where I left off yesterday; losing all flips, failing to fade draws, running the second nuts into the nuts, etc.
However, the good news is that I actually managed to win the fourth tournament!
The bad news is that it was only a £1 rebuy with a measly 10 runners (if you exclude satellites not many MTTs run in the afternoon these days and fields are all small). My prize was £15.50, not bad considering, but I have to fess-up to spending a total of £8.80 including rebuys and the add-on due to a severe case of bad runnage in the first hour (including AK<35 all-in on an 62A flop for a 140BB pot in level 2).
So I needed second place just to break even, first to make a profit. I thought I was destined to be runner-up when my HU opponent came back from a 25/75 chip deficit to take a dominating lead by serial limping, serial calling and hitting every board. He also had a knack of folding when I had it and calling when I didn't. I regained the lead after open jamming K9s and getting there against his A8o. Eventually his bad tactics caused his downfall when he open-limped A4 on the small blind. I held J2o on the big blind, the flop came down AJ2 and the chips went in. I’d have folded the J2o to a raise. Although the stakes were tiny I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 ¾ hours this tournament took to play out and I was delighted to win, all of a sudden poker was fun again.
Thanks for the encouraging words in the replies above guys. I won’t be changing anything about the way I play; there’s absolutely no reason why what’s worked for me in the past shouldn’t work for me again in the future. The only adjustment I’m going to make is keep the average buy-in and the volume a bit lower while I’m running bad to minimise losses. Today’s tiny bink is certainly a confidence booster, hopefully it’s a sign things will turn around for me soon.
After a day off poker I returned to enter four micro-stakes MTTs.
To my delight I managed to take down my third game of the day; a £2.20 Scary tournament. It returned a pleasing £34.80 due to a relatively healthy field of 58 runners. It would probably attract less than half that number on a weekday. The win came courtesy of 2 out of 3 flips going my way and making several big holds in 60/40s and 70/30s aipf situations. Obviously you need to run well to stand any chance in a game with only 3 minute levels, and so it was, I picked up the right hands at the right times and flopped nicely in some key spots.
A couple of awful calls helped me too, particularly when an above average stack on the big blind called my button open shove with his J3o. Admittedly my button stealing range is wide when I have a big stack and we're on the bubble, but even so I don’t think he should ever be calling for his tournament life that light despite stacks being shallow. Anyhow, my AJ held-up and he was eliminated. That hand gave me the chip lead with 9 left, a lead I didn’t relinquish for the remainder of the game. The only time I got it in behind and won was the final hand. With my HU opponent down to only 4BB my open shove with K8 was standard, as was his call with A9, the 8 on the river won me the pot. With a big lead at the time I'd still have been favourite even if I lost that one.
Final tournament of the day was the Mini Bounty Hunter. I busted in level 10, there was an EP 3x raise and two flat-callers. I had 12 big blinds and pocket 99 on the BB. With 10 big blinds already in the pot it was the perfect shove spot. The original raiser re-shoved to isolate and the two callers folded. I’d correctly put him on AK but didn’t win the race this time. My play was +ev and I’d play it exactly the same way every time.
It was just the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters for me today. In the 9-45 I was donked out by A9<A3 aipf (my flopped 9 on the flop losing to a running flush). I made final table in the 10-45, but could only manage fifth place, my exit there coming in an unavoidable final table flip with 99<AJ aipf.
After a busy morning I logged on at lunchtime and entered the first two Bounty Hunters going. In the first game I busted in one of those unavoidable tournament situations; my AK running into 33 on an AK3 flop, the case 3 on the river delivering the ‘coup de grace’. In the second I ran JJ into KK on a draw heavy ten-high flop in a late stages cooler, another spot where I’m never folding.
After a trip into town I got back in the mid-afternoon when hardly any MTTs run, satellites excluded. The only game going off at a suitable start time for me was a £1.10 freezeout. The field was weak but I picked up almost exclusively junk hands and couldn’t find a way past the calling stations and gamblers.
So no joy for me today, but on ward and upward, I’ll back to see if I can do better tomorrow.
Afternoon delight. No way past the calling stations for me today, typical example;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceheywood40 Small blind 10.00 10.00 1720.00 g Big blind 20.00 30.00 4265.00 Your hole cards A 10 chico67 Fold GaryQQQ Raise 50.00 80.00 1920.00 fodwarrior Fold heywood40 Fold g Call 30.00 110.00 4235.00 Flop A Q K g Bet 20.00 130.00 4215.00 GaryQQQ Raise 70.00 200.00 1850.00 g Call 50.00 250.00 4165.00 Turn 2 g Bet 20.00 270.00 4145.00 GaryQQQ Raise 150.00 420.00 1700.00 g Call 130.00 550.00 4015.00 River Q g Check GaryQQQ Check g Show 5 J GaryQQQ Muck A 10 g Win Flush to the Ace 550.00 4565.00
keep going Gary...your patience will be rewarded very soon I think. You have to just keep hanging in there and hope you hit another heater! Posted by MAXALLY
Cheers Alan, I hope so, that heater is getting overdue now, I'm waiting patiently!
First game for me today was the 10-45 Bounty Hunter. It went off with an unusually small field of 33 runners, undoubtedly due to the long-awaited sunny weather. I was nearly an early casualty after losing most of my stack to a bingo player. He bizarrely decided to donk shove 6x pot at a 295 rainbow flop with pocket 33. Based on previous history I made the call with my pocket JJ. He hit his miracle two-outer on the river to double-up and put me in trouble. I fought my way back (taking revenge by busting the 33 maniac on the way) to make it to final table, though as one of the shorter stacks. My exit came in third place, a fairly pleasing result considering the early beat, also my prize was sweetened by the overlay.
In the afternoon I tried a £2.30 game but fell victim to another bingo play in the very first hand; my pocket QQ losing to 53o. With no other suitable MTTs imminent I decided to quit for the day.
nice to see you getting back on track gary you have broke the £600 mark again so keep it going, i had the same kinda crazy players last night on cash and got up to over £17 on nl4 only to tangle with donk fest shovers and go back down to £8 after being miles ahead and um hitting silly. Its very anoying when they do hit But is very satisfiying when they dont. I think you are doing a marvalous job with your br management and showing you can work at it and recover wd
There wasn’t much time for poker for me today and I only played in the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters and a few HU matches.
In the 9-45 as pre-flop raiser I played a flopped draw aggressively and missed. After a long think the villain called my all-in bluff on the river with his top pair and I was out.
In the 10-45 I made the final two tables but went out when I open- shoved A6 from the small blind, the chip leader on the big blind called with J7 which improved to two pairs.
Been following your progress on this mission gary very impressive thus far, gary BRM is key i might go and try a challenge myself just if nothing else to give myself a goal to aim at + teach myself better BRM. Hopefully the heater is only round the corner to lift you of this ledge you have been stuck on for a few weeks good luck mate.....
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Closing balance £562.96
(down £18.07 today)
Another day of poor results as my downswing continues. I entered four Bounty Hunters today but once again found the cards weren’t falling in my favour. I managed to run AK into AA to end my deepest run, then ran my AA into 34 and lost to end my shortest run!
Such is the nature of MTTs, I’ll be back for another try tomorrow afternoon.
July poker points 389
6621852HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker18/07/2012 16:36NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7555/80-£5.756623976HNLT0.1GBPSkyPoker18/07/2012 14:45NL Hold'em £1 + £0.12/6£0.46622206HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker18/07/2012 13:41NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7526/30-£5.756621562HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker18/07/2012 13:12NL Hold'em £3 + £0.326/46-£2.176621209HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker18/07/2012 12:39NL Hold'em £3 + £0.323/53-£3.3
don't get too down m8,
just got 2b patient.
these downswings happen m8,hang in there & i'm sure things will come good again.
ur still over £500 up so don't feel to bad,it's frustrating,i know but we both know how these challenges work don't we....
so up & down & emotional too.
just concentrate on the end game of reaching your target figure,however long it may take,& you will be fine.
dev
lol
dev
Closing balance £564.81
(up £1.85 today)
In my first three tournaments today I carried on where I left off yesterday; losing all flips, failing to fade draws, running the second nuts into the nuts, etc.
However, the good news is that I actually managed to win the fourth tournament!
The bad news is that it was only a £1 rebuy with a measly 10 runners (if you exclude satellites not many MTTs run in the afternoon these days and fields are all small). My prize was £15.50, not bad considering, but I have to fess-up to spending a total of £8.80 including rebuys and the add-on due to a severe case of bad runnage in the first hour (including AK<35 all-in on an 62A flop for a 140BB pot in level 2).
So I needed second place just to break even, first to make a profit. I thought I was destined to be runner-up when my HU opponent came back from a 25/75 chip deficit to take a dominating lead by serial limping, serial calling and hitting every board. He also had a knack of folding when I had it and calling when I didn't. I regained the lead after open jamming K9s and getting there against his A8o. Eventually his bad tactics caused his downfall when he open-limped A4 on the small blind. I held J2o on the big blind, the flop came down AJ2 and the chips went in. I’d have folded the J2o to a raise. Although the stakes were tiny I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 ¾ hours this tournament took to play out and I was delighted to win, all of a sudden poker was fun again.
Thanks for the encouraging words in the replies above guys. I won’t be changing anything about the way I play; there’s absolutely no reason why what’s worked for me in the past shouldn’t work for me again in the future. The only adjustment I’m going to make is keep the average buy-in and the volume a bit lower while I’m running bad to minimise losses. Today’s tiny bink is certainly a confidence booster, hopefully it’s a sign things will turn around for me soon.
July poker points 405
6627736HNL 0.1GBPSkyPoker19/07/2012 17:21NL Hold'em £1 + £0.11/10£14.46627646HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker19/07/2012 15:54NL Hold'em £3 + £0.331/36-£3.36625855HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker19/07/2012 15:19NL Hold'em £2 + £0.310/35-£0.756625692HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker19/07/2012 14:35NL Hold'em £2 + £0.320/32-£2.3
Closing balance £564.81
(no change)
Took a rest from poker today.
Closing balance £589.34
(up £24.53 today)
After a day off poker I returned to enter four micro-stakes MTTs.
To my delight I managed to take down my third game of the day; a £2.20 Scary tournament. It returned a pleasing £34.80 due to a relatively healthy field of 58 runners. It would probably attract less than half that number on a weekday. The win came courtesy of 2 out of 3 flips going my way and making several big holds in 60/40s and 70/30s aipf situations. Obviously you need to run well to stand any chance in a game with only 3 minute levels, and so it was, I picked up the right hands at the right times and flopped nicely in some key spots.
A couple of awful calls helped me too, particularly when an above average stack on the big blind called my button open shove with his J3o. Admittedly my button stealing range is wide when I have a big stack and we're on the bubble, but even so I don’t think he should ever be calling for his tournament life that light despite stacks being shallow. Anyhow, my AJ held-up and he was eliminated. That hand gave me the chip lead with 9 left, a lead I didn’t relinquish for the remainder of the game. The only time I got it in behind and won was the final hand. With my HU opponent down to only 4BB my open shove with K8 was standard, as was his call with A9, the 8 on the river won me the pot. With a big lead at the time I'd still have been favourite even if I lost that one.
Final tournament of the day was the Mini Bounty Hunter. I busted in level 10, there was an EP 3x raise and two flat-callers. I had 12 big blinds and pocket 99 on the BB. With 10 big blinds already in the pot it was the perfect shove spot. The original raiser re-shoved to isolate and the two callers folded. I’d correctly put him on AK but didn’t win the race this time. My play was +ev and I’d play it exactly the same way every time.
July poker points 418
6636388HNL0.3GBPSkyPoker22/07/2012 01:16NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3135/431-£1.626635703HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/07/2012 17:07NL Hold'em £2 + £0.318/46-£1.556637651HNLSAT0.16GBPSkyPoker21/07/2012 16:56NL Hold'em £1.44 + £0.1652/69-£1.66636238HNLST0.2GBPSkyPoker21/07/2012 16:48NL Hold'em £2 + £0.21/58£32.6
back on track.
best wishes m8,
dev
Closing balance £594.96
(up £5.62 today)
It was just the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters for me today. In the 9-45 I was donked out by A9<A3 aipf (my flopped 9 on the flop losing to a running flush). I made final table in the 10-45, but could only manage fifth place, my exit there coming in an unavoidable final table flip with 99<AJ aipf.
July poker points 424
6639474HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/07/2012 13:42NL Hold'em £3 + £0.35/43£7.796639218HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/07/2012 12:33NL Hold'em £3 + £0.332/48-£2.17
Closing balance £590.13
(down £4.83 today)
After a busy morning I logged on at lunchtime and entered the first two Bounty Hunters going. In the first game I busted in one of those unavoidable tournament situations; my AK running into 33 on an AK3 flop, the case 3 on the river delivering the ‘coup de grace’. In the second I ran JJ into KK on a draw heavy ten-high flop in a late stages cooler, another spot where I’m never folding.
After a trip into town I got back in the mid-afternoon when hardly any MTTs run, satellites excluded. The only game going off at a suitable start time for me was a £1.10 freezeout. The field was weak but I picked up almost exclusively junk hands and couldn’t find a way past the calling stations and gamblers.
So no joy for me today, but on ward and upward, I’ll back to see if I can do better tomorrow.
July poker points 431
6645894HNL0.1GBPSkyPoker23/07/2012 18:01NL Hold'em £1 + £0.113/34-£1.16646718HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker23/07/2012 15:17NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.056644094HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/07/2012 15:10NL Hold'em £2 + £0.39/30-£0.386643893HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker23/07/2012 14:36NL Hold'em £2 + £0.329/36-£2.3
Afternoon delight. No way past the calling stations for me today, typical example;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceheywood40 Small blind 10.00 10.00 1720.00 g Big blind 20.00 30.00 4265.00 Your hole cards A 10 chico67 Fold GaryQQQ Raise 50.00 80.00 1920.00 fodwarrior Fold heywood40 Fold g Call 30.00 110.00 4235.00 Flop A Q K g Bet 20.00 130.00 4215.00 GaryQQQ Raise 70.00 200.00 1850.00 g Call 50.00 250.00 4165.00 Turn 2 g Bet 20.00 270.00 4145.00 GaryQQQ Raise 150.00 420.00 1700.00 g Call 130.00 550.00 4015.00 River Q g Check GaryQQQ Check g Show 5 J GaryQQQ Muck A 10 g Win Flush to the Ace 550.00 4565.00
Closing balance £603.26
(up £13.13 today)
First game for me today was the 10-45 Bounty Hunter. It went off with an unusually small field of 33 runners, undoubtedly due to the long-awaited sunny weather. I was nearly an early casualty after losing most of my stack to a bingo player. He bizarrely decided to donk shove 6x pot at a 295 rainbow flop with pocket 33. Based on previous history I made the call with my pocket JJ. He hit his miracle two-outer on the river to double-up and put me in trouble. I fought my way back (taking revenge by busting the 33 maniac on the way) to make it to final table, though as one of the shorter stacks. My exit came in third place, a fairly pleasing result considering the early beat, also my prize was sweetened by the overlay.
In the afternoon I tried a £2.30 game but fell victim to another bingo play in the very first hand; my pocket QQ losing to 53o. With no other suitable MTTs imminent I decided to quit for the day.
July poker points 438
6648676HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/07/2012 15:51NL Hold'em £2 + £0.326/26-£2.36648157HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/07/2012 12:47NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/33£15.43
Bingo!
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancereidza25 Small blind 15.00 15.00 2080.00 rainman001 Big blind 30.00 45.00 1995.00 Your hole cards J J MYTIMENOW Fold bingo player Raise 120.00 165.00 1815.00 GaryQQQ Call 120.00 285.00 2680.00 reidza25 Fold rainman001 Fold Flop 2 9 5 bingo player All-in 1815.00 2100.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 1815.00 3915.00 865.00 bingo player Show 3 3 GaryQQQ Show J J Turn 10 River 3 bingo player Win Three 3s 3915.00 3915.00
best wishes,
dev
Closing balance £597.41
(down £5.85 today)
There wasn’t much time for poker for me today and I only played in the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters and a few HU matches.
In the 9-45 as pre-flop raiser I played a flopped draw aggressively and missed. After a long think the villain called my all-in bluff on the river with his top pair and I was out.
In the 10-45 I made the final two tables but went out when I open- shoved A6 from the small blind, the chip leader on the big blind called with J7 which improved to two pairs.
July poker points 448
6651934HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker25/07/2012 13:07NL Hold'em £3 + £0.311/45-£3.36651637HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker25/07/2012 12:47NL Hold'em £3 + £0.350/66-£3.36653595HNLT,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker25/07/2012 10:51NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.856653836HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker25/07/2012 10:43NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.056653786HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker25/07/2012 10:29NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.05
Been following your progress on this mission gary very impressive thus far, gary BRM is key i might go and try a challenge myself just if nothing else to give myself a goal to aim at + teach myself better BRM.
Hopefully the heater is only round the corner to lift you of this ledge you have been stuck on for a few weeks good luck mate.....