First up today was the 10-45 BH which I late registered. I had a bad start after losing a pot with 99<KK, then had to fold my flopped nut-flush to a river shove after the board had cruelly double-paired on the turn and river. I went into ‘short stack ninja’ mode and just about kept my head above water for over half an hour, even managing to bust two stacks that had fallen even shorter than mine. My demise eventually came when I saw an AQQ flop with A6, I was too short to fold and couldn’t manage a chop with A9 due to low cards falling on the turn and river.
Meanwhile the 11-30 BH had also fired-up. I spent the first 40 minutes card dead and missing flops before managing a double-up with AQs>J8s aipf. I got my stack in as favourite again a couple of orbits later against the same guy, hoping to bring myself into contention with the bubble not too far away. I squeeze-shoved pocket 77 over my opponents limp, he made the call with A6, I successfully faded the ace………..but I didn’t fade his quad sixes!
Those were the only two MTTs I entered today. I also played a few HU STTs, I ran well in those to finish level on the day, including winning a couple of game deciding all-ins as an underdog.
I'll probably be taking a day off poker tomorrow (Friday), I'm then intending to get some good volume in over a 5 day period from Saturday onwards.
After getting home from work earlier than expected I decided I did have time for some poker today after all.
First off I late registered the 10-45 BH. I had a good start and increased my stack by 50% within 10 minutes, but three unfortunate hands in the space of just one orbit led to a rapid exit. Firstly my set of 9s lost a big pot to KJo which made a running jack-high straight on the river, then my pocket JJ was outdrawn by A9, finally I ran KQ into 55 on a KQ5 flop. All three hands were played against the same player, must be nice.
I also tried my luck in the 11-30 BH. For the first hour I was going nowhere fast, hovering around the starting stack. Things looked up when I busted a shortie and moved close to average during level 7. Then I thought a beat had wrecked my chances; I jammed AK over a limper who called for his stack with KJ and got there. However, I more than doubled in the very next hand with AA>AT, then busted another player by winning an 88>AT flip to complete a quick recovery, by now slightly above average with 19 of the 56 entrants left.
Just when things were starting to look promising I took a big knock. I flatted a min-raise and call with KQs on the big blind. The K82 flop initially looked good for me, but I ended up losing nearly 40% of my stack to the chipleader who was holding J9 (turn J, river J).
Soon after that I busted in a standard late-stages tournament flip; my AKs against pocket TT. Our stacks were almost exactly level and the pot was worth third place in chips with 13 remaining. I was fist-pumping when an ace was dealt on the flop, when a ten was dealt on the river the laptop nearly went through the window. That was it for poker today, as planned I went out for the rest of the afternoon.
Will I ever run well in the late stages of a £5.75 Bounty Hunter? I'm still patiently waiting, it hasn’t happened yet in any of my 133 attempts during this quest.
After a terrible afternoon of poker an unexpected run to the final of the Mini Bounty Hunter was by far the highlight of the day. A couple of key hands during my run spring to mind; on the bubble my pocket KK held up all-in on the flop against a very strong combo-draw and overcard to see me into the money comfortably. Then on the final table bubble I open jammed 67s from the button with only 11BB behind, the big stack on the big blind tanked before calling, my cards made a straight to beat his KJo for a crucial double.
It feel likes I played a blinder and I don’t recall any mistakes, despite that I was destined to finish as runner-up. During heads-up play I had AhKh v KdJd all-in pre-flop for the win. Had my 71/29 held-up I’d have won the tournament and this quest would be almost complete. As it was my opponent flopped a flush. Nevermind; I ran well to get in that position, it’s a call I want and I’m very happy to take second place and make a major leap towards my target. The final hand was a standard flip, A8<77 aipf.
My only other chance of a score came in an afternoon £5.75 Bounty Hunter. An untimely suck-out cost me a head-prize and a pot worth second place in the late stages; my AQ losing to A9 aipf to go from 4/12 to 12/12 with 10 to be paid. I recovered to 9/11 courtesy of a series of uncalled shoves. However a chain of unlikely events led to me busting on the stone-cold bubble.
So near yet so far. If I win this pot I win the Mini Bounty Hunter;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancewelp Small blind 6000.00 6000.00 285929.91 GaryQQQ Big blind 12000.00 18000.00 486070.09 Your hole cards A K welp Raise 30000.00 48000.00 255929.91 GaryQQQ All-in 486070.09 534070.09 0.00 welp All-in 255929.91 790000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 206140.18 583859.82 206140.18 welp Show J K GaryQQQ Show A K Flop 3 4 8 Turn 7 River 3 welp Win Flush to the King 583859.82 583859.82
Very well done, love reading your progress every day and your commitment to the task is amazing. Was railing the final table and really thought it was gonna be the end this evening, but onwards and upwards as you would say. Your constant ability to overcome bad beats is an example to every player on this site.
Great work again Gary, it's really not gonna be long before you reach your target. So with that in mind, I'm guessing you must have been thinking about it, what are you gonna do once this is all over?
just a shame that your AK didn't hold up m8. wow...it must have been so exciting for you. nearly there now,this really is going 2b a close finish between us now. lol looking forward to meeting up with you for that well earned pint.... whoever has to 'get 'em in' lol
Cheers guys, thanks for the support, it's very much appreciated.
A few further thoughts about my runner-up finish in the Mini;
I'm very happy with the way I played throughout the tournament, particularly at the final table which I entered as 6th/6 with only 10BB. My first 5 shoves there went uncalled, by then I'd lost all respect and it paid off; my 6th shove was called by J8s, my AK held-up to move me up to 3rd/6.
From there I ran over the table and busted 2 opponents on the way to heads-up play, it was exciting stuff and I was loving it. Losing the AK v KJ 70/30 quickly followed by a 48/52 flip was disappointing, though to be fair I'd won a series of 70/30s and a 40/60 in the late stages, sooner or later one wasn't going to go my way. Sure, one more hold and the victory would have been nice, but it wasn't to be this time. Overall I'm very happy with my second place finish, it's the best win of this challenge (narrowly beating an £11 Bounty Hunter win on day 159) and has given me a valuable confidence boost as the finishing line starts to feel fairly close for the first time.
just got back from the paralympic marathon - which was truly inspirational - but that also reminded me i spent quite a time with you on the tables yesterday Gary and hopefully was able to pacemake (though not give you an inch) -a truly remarkable marathon which will soon be reaching an extremely successful climax - well done to a fellow 51er!!!!!
What's next? I'm not thinking too much about that yet, just gonna focus on the job in hand until I've seen it through.
Saying that, I must admit I have an idea brewing that's based upon a few suggestions that have been made to me by PM and via this thread. I'm going to keep it under my hat for now, once this quest is completed I'll run the idea past a few people, if the feedback is good and I think it's worth the effort I'll proceed.
Cheers guys. What's next? I'm not thinking too much about that yet, just gonna focus on the job in hand until I've seen it through. Saying that, I must admit I have an idea brewing that's based upon a few suggestions that have been made to me by PM and via this thread. I'm going to keep it under my hat for now, once this quest is completed I'll run the idea past a few people, if the feedback is good and I think it's worth the effort I'll proceed. Posted by GaryQQQ
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Closing balance £805.99
(up 10p today)
First up today was the 10-45 BH which I late registered. I had a bad start after losing a pot with 99<KK, then had to fold my flopped nut-flush to a river shove after the board had cruelly double-paired on the turn and river. I went into ‘short stack ninja’ mode and just about kept my head above water for over half an hour, even managing to bust two stacks that had fallen even shorter than mine. My demise eventually came when I saw an AQQ flop with A6, I was too short to fold and couldn’t manage a chop with A9 due to low cards falling on the turn and river.
Meanwhile the 11-30 BH had also fired-up. I spent the first 40 minutes card dead and missing flops before managing a double-up with AQs>J8s aipf. I got my stack in as favourite again a couple of orbits later against the same guy, hoping to bring myself into contention with the bubble not too far away. I squeeze-shoved pocket 77 over my opponents limp, he made the call with A6, I successfully faded the ace………..but I didn’t fade his quad sixes!
Those were the only two MTTs I entered today. I also played a few HU STTs, I ran well in those to finish level on the day, including winning a couple of game deciding all-ins as an underdog.
I'll probably be taking a day off poker tomorrow (Friday), I'm then intending to get some good volume in over a 5 day period from Saturday onwards.
September poker points 128
6845029 6-Sep-12 19:19 NL Holdem £21/2£1.906840925 6-Sep-12 14:07 NL Holdem £516/51-£5.756841330 6-Sep-12 13:50 NL Holdem £324/85-£0.506843642 6-Sep-12 13:16 NL Holdem £51/2£4.756843459 6-Sep-12 13:08 NL Holdem £32/2-£3.156843596 6-Sep-12 12:49 NL Holdem £21/2£1.906842764 6-Sep-12 02:42 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
i think that's the saying.
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Closing balance £804.65
(down £1.34 today)
After getting home from work earlier than expected I decided I did have time for some poker today after all.
First off I late registered the 10-45 BH. I had a good start and increased my stack by 50% within 10 minutes, but three unfortunate hands in the space of just one orbit led to a rapid exit. Firstly my set of 9s lost a big pot to KJo which made a running jack-high straight on the river, then my pocket JJ was outdrawn by A9, finally I ran KQ into 55 on a KQ5 flop. All three hands were played against the same player, must be nice.
I also tried my luck in the 11-30 BH. For the first hour I was going nowhere fast, hovering around the starting stack. Things looked up when I busted a shortie and moved close to average during level 7. Then I thought a beat had wrecked my chances; I jammed AK over a limper who called for his stack with KJ and got there. However, I more than doubled in the very next hand with AA>AT, then busted another player by winning an 88>AT flip to complete a quick recovery, by now slightly above average with 19 of the 56 entrants left.
Just when things were starting to look promising I took a big knock. I flatted a min-raise and call with KQs on the big blind. The K82 flop initially looked good for me, but I ended up losing nearly 40% of my stack to the chipleader who was holding J9 (turn J, river J).
Soon after that I busted in a standard late-stages tournament flip; my AKs against pocket TT. Our stacks were almost exactly level and the pot was worth third place in chips with 13 remaining. I was fist-pumping when an ace was dealt on the flop, when a ten was dealt on the river the laptop nearly went through the window. That was it for poker today, as planned I went out for the rest of the afternoon.
Will I ever run well in the late stages of a £5.75 Bounty Hunter? I'm still patiently waiting, it hasn’t happened yet in any of my 133 attempts during this quest.
My August C4P bonus of £5.00 was credited today.
September poker points 140
(results to follow)
keep going - cmon Gary not far now !
as rancid says 'not far now'
'don't forget there's a pint resting on this m8'
gl buddy.
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Closing balance £917.65
(up £113.00 today)
After a terrible afternoon of poker an unexpected run to the final of the Mini Bounty Hunter was by far the highlight of the day. A couple of key hands during my run spring to mind; on the bubble my pocket KK held up all-in on the flop against a very strong combo-draw and overcard to see me into the money comfortably. Then on the final table bubble I open jammed 67s from the button with only 11BB behind, the big stack on the big blind tanked before calling, my cards made a straight to beat his KJo for a crucial double.
It feel likes I played a blinder and I don’t recall any mistakes, despite that I was destined to finish as runner-up. During heads-up play I had AhKh v KdJd all-in pre-flop for the win. Had my 71/29 held-up I’d have won the tournament and this quest would be almost complete. As it was my opponent flopped a flush. Nevermind; I ran well to get in that position, it’s a call I want and I’m very happy to take second place and make a major leap towards my target. The final hand was a standard flip, A8<77 aipf.
My only other chance of a score came in an afternoon £5.75 Bounty Hunter. An untimely suck-out cost me a head-prize and a pot worth second place in the late stages; my AQ losing to A9 aipf to go from 4/12 to 12/12 with 10 to be paid. I recovered to 9/11 courtesy of a series of uncalled shoves. However a chain of unlikely events led to me busting on the stone-cold bubble.
September poker points 169
6851217 9-Sep-12 00:32 NL Holdem £32/296£126.846851783 9-Sep-12 00:04 NL Holdem £2223/314-£2.306851694 8-Sep-12 22:26 NL Holdem £244/156-£2.306851515 8-Sep-12 18:54 NL Holdem £511/86-£3.296853518 8-Sep-12 18:31 NL Holdem £31/2£2.856851978 8-Sep-12 16:22 NL Holdem (Sat) £1.4412/28-£1.606850503 8-Sep-12 16:22 NL Holdem £216/32-£2.306851977 8-Sep-12 15:53 NL Holdem (Sat) £1.4421/32-£1.606845188 7-Sep-12 14:05 NL Holdem £514/56-£1.996845626 7-Sep-12 13:20 NL Holdem £350/75-£3.306847808 7-Sep-12 11:35 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
So near yet so far. If I win this pot I win the Mini Bounty Hunter;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancewelp Small blind 6000.00 6000.00 285929.91 GaryQQQ Big blind 12000.00 18000.00 486070.09 Your hole cards A K welp Raise 30000.00 48000.00 255929.91 GaryQQQ All-in 486070.09 534070.09 0.00 welp All-in 255929.91 790000.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 206140.18 583859.82 206140.18 welp Show J K GaryQQQ Show A K Flop 3 4 8 Turn 7 River 3 welp Win Flush to the King 583859.82 583859.82
just a shame that your AK didn't hold up m8.
wow...it must have been so exciting for you.
nearly there now,this really is going 2b a close finish between us now. lol
looking forward to meeting up with you for that well earned pint....
whoever has to 'get 'em in' lol
keep going buddy
best of luck.
dev
A few further thoughts about my runner-up finish in the Mini;
I'm very happy with the way I played throughout the tournament, particularly at the final table which I entered as 6th/6 with only 10BB. My first 5 shoves there went uncalled, by then I'd lost all respect and it paid off; my 6th shove was called by J8s, my AK held-up to move me up to 3rd/6.
From there I ran over the table and busted 2 opponents on the way to heads-up play, it was exciting stuff and I was loving it. Losing the AK v KJ 70/30 quickly followed by a 48/52 flip was disappointing, though to be fair I'd won a series of 70/30s and a 40/60 in the late stages, sooner or later one wasn't going to go my way. Sure, one more hold and the victory would have been nice, but it wasn't to be this time. Overall I'm very happy with my second place finish, it's the best win of this challenge (narrowly beating an £11 Bounty Hunter win on day 159) and has given me a valuable confidence boost as the finishing line starts to feel fairly close for the first time.
nearly at your target )
N1 gary great result, great to see you almost there
Cheers guys.
What's next? I'm not thinking too much about that yet, just gonna focus on the job in hand until I've seen it through.
Saying that, I must admit I have an idea brewing that's based upon a few suggestions that have been made to me by PM and via this thread. I'm going to keep it under my hat for now, once this quest is completed I'll run the idea past a few people, if the feedback is good and I think it's worth the effort I'll proceed.
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