Variance is still giving me a hiding in the hyper HU STTs. Match deciding hands today included AJ<A2, A8<A2, AJ<J9 and 66<A2, each of those being all-in preflop. I threw in the towel after my opponent won multiple all-ins to come back and win from a 20-980 chip deficit in the final game, which included an A4>QQ on the way with the A hitting on the river.A promising run in a Bounty Hunter tournament fizzled out with a disappointing 5th place finish. After 3 consecutive losing days I suppose I should take heart that I actually managed to break even today. Hopefully it’s a sign the current downswing is about to turn. Feb poker points 67. Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5779260 3-Feb-12 18:14 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779178 3-Feb-12 18:01 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779163 3-Feb-12 17:55 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779148 3-Feb-12 17:48 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778993 3-Feb-12 17:22 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778969 3-Feb-12 17:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778961 3-Feb-12 17:13 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778894 3-Feb-12 17:11 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778866 3-Feb-12 17:04 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055775091 3-Feb-12 16:53 NL Holdem £25/56£6.035778726 3-Feb-12 16:36 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955774297 3-Feb-12 15:06 NL Holdem £226/68-£2.305778078 3-Feb-12 13:54 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778064 3-Feb-12 13:48 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778040 3-Feb-12 13:45 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955777979 3-Feb-12 13:39 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955777963 3-Feb-12 13:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055777939 3-Feb-12 13:24 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055776483 3-Feb-12 02:20 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
I know what you mean about them Hyper HU SNG's, I had a good go myself but just found them super swingy and so easy to lose loads of games consectutively that any winnings can go in a blink of an eye.
Still, good luck matey, it'll defo turn round soon enough.
Happy to see my balance heading the right way again and restored a little confidence. Finished slightly up in heads-up matches and went on 2 deep Bounty Hunter runs. In the first BH I was flying in 3rd of 17 with 6 head prizes when a huge pot crippled my stack. I opened 2.2x from the cut-off with KQ and got flatted by the button. The flop came down KQJ. I c-bet, he raised, I jammed. With hindsight maybe I could have put him on his AT (or a set of jacks) and got away from my hand, but it’s tough to fold top 2 when effective stacks are only 40BB. A few hands later I shoved my last 9BB from the SB with AJ and lost a race against the BB’s 99 to bust in 17th. In the second Bounty Hunter I nursed a small stack for the last 2 of the 3 hours with very few playable hands. It was nice to make the final table of a 138 runner tournament, but I frustratingly busted in 4th, my exit hand being A9<99 aipf, with only 7BB behind the hand played itself. Feb poker points 90.
In Response to Re: My New Year £51 --- /> £1,051 Bankroll Challenge *****With free competition worth £44***** : Am I mis-reading this, you thought he'd turn £51 into £1051 in 7 days? Posted by Lambert180
Yes you are Paul. Gary started on the 9th of jan, so he's saying 1 day lol.
A so-so sort of day that ended well. I seem to have lost my way a bit with the HU matches at the moment, just about breaking even today. My only Bounty Hunter MTT ended in cruel fashion when my TT couldn't hold vs a JK who bluff shoved over my c-bet on a 6 high flop, he hit a J on the river to bust me when a hold would have been worth a top 5 stack. The highlight of the day was turning 50 poker points into £20 in the Fantasy Football Freeroll. I managed a fun run to get 4th of the 297 in this very fast structured event and finish the day on my highest balance to date. I’m keeping a close eye on my poker points, it’s crucial I make it to 500 and qualify for the £5 PTN bonus being awarded in February. I’m ahead of schedule at the moment, but there are several days ahead on which I’ll be unable to play. Feb poker points 110.
A frustrating day. There was a welcome return to form in HU STTs with 10 wins from 14 games, but I just couldn’t get anything going in the MTTs. Most of my tournament time was spent being card dead, coolered, outflopped or losing flips. For the first time today I was able to enter events with a £3.30 buy-in without breaking my BRM rules, not that that helped. Three times I played for over two hours only to bust on the bubble. I’m off work this week, so I’ll be making some rare appearances in evening tournaments. The mini Bounty Hunter started well with a double-up and a head prize in the very first hand, but it only went downhill from there. In the end I was the bubble boy finishing in 51st place with 50 paid. Feb poker points 140.
Another day of MTT frustration. The best I could manage all day was a small profit in a £2 timed tourney. Apart from that absolutely nothing would go my way. Many times my chips went in as a huge favourite but holding seemed impossible.
You see tons of awful play at the micro stakes. For example, in a £2.30 Bounty Hunter in the second hand of the tournament I was dealt AcQc on the BB. The UTG player open raised to 14BB, a player in MP flatted, and then the SB shoved all-in. After so much crazy action I had no option but to fold. The original raiser called with AJo, the flat caller folded, the SB flipped over 97o. Although I had the best hand preflop the J on the flop would have busted me. Another time I saw a player 4-bet shove his 50BB stack all-in preflop with 43s, he flopped 2 pairs, took a head prize and doubled his stack. Even when you see all this mad play going there’s not a lot you can do about it you when you don’t pick up hands and you miss flops all day.
Today saw a big dent in my balance due to the awful MTT results, a small profit in HU matches and my January £5.66 C4P bonus eased the pain somewhat and maintaining my silver star on Sharkscope gives me heart. I’m off to London in the morning, so there’ll be no poker for the next 48 hours. My confidence is low and a short break might do me good. I managed to earn 55 poker points today and qualify for the iPad draw, fingers crossed. Feb poker points 196.
Day 31 – February 10th No games Day 32 – February 9th 2012 Closing balance £107.53
After 48 hours away from the tables any hope that my fortunes may improve was quickly dashed. In the first tournament my chips went in with 45 vs. KQ on a 45Q flop but I was unable to hold. My second and third tournaments ended in similar fashion. In the fourth I 4-bet shoved all my chips in pre-flop with QQ in the very first hand. For days I’ve been watching players getting it with all sorts of medioce holdings in this situation. My opponent turned up with AA this time of course, and the first time I get it in behind happens to also be the first time the best hand actually holds. The heads-up matches went horrendously too.
While this mini downswing is very frustrating I know it’s standard for a tournament player. It also underlines why my 40 buy-in rule is so important, I could quickly go bust now without sensible BRM . I can only control how I play my cards, I can’t control the deck.Long term results prove that I’m a favourite in these games. It’s crucial I avoid tilt and continue to play to the best of my ability. If I can the results will follow.
how do you not play 4nl or 5nl gary and grind it up that way and treat yourself to the odd tourney if several bi`s up just an idea but gl enjoy reading how you get on.
how do you not play 4nl or 5nl gary and grind it up that way and treat yourself to the odd tourney if several bi`s up just an idea but gl enjoy reading how you get on. Posted by liamboi11
Thanks for the suggestion. I stick to tournaments poker because that's what I enjoy. I'm a recreational player whose main reason for playing poker is to have fun. To me a cash game is about exciting as watching paint dry, I'd rather stick to tournaments even if they're less profitable.
In Response to Re: My quest to turn £51 into £1,051 on Sky Poker____ **** latest balance £107.53 **** : Thanks for the suggestion. I stick to tournaments poker because that's what I enjoy. I'm a recreational player whose main reason for playing poker is to have fun. To me a cash game is about exciting as watching paint dry, I'd rather stick to tournaments even if they're less profitable. Posted by GaryQQQ
This.
keep at it mate. Rome was not built in a day and all that!
Very relieved to finally pull out of the recent steep nosedive. My first tourney of the day ended with a run to the final table. Unfortunately my flopped 2 pair couldn’t survive against a turned gutshot and I busted out in cruel fashion for 6th place. However, it was my best result for days and I happily took it. Two deepish runs in the evening didn’t come to anything but were encouraging none the less. A slight profit in STTs helped me finish slightly up on the day and book a profit for the first time since Sunday. GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5820185 11-Feb-12 02:06 NL Holdem £248/320-£0.805820026 10-Feb-12 22:01 NL Holdem £211/155-£0.755824341 10-Feb-12 21:47 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955823360 10-Feb-12 19:31 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955823228 10-Feb-12 19:26 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055817513 10-Feb-12 14:39 NL Holdem £26/67£3.145821224 10-Feb-12 13:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055821147 10-Feb-12 13:08 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955819034 10-Feb-12 12:58 NL Holdem £22/10£3.805819998 10-Feb-12 12:39 NL Holdem £110/32-£1.105820861 10-Feb-12 11:52 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955820825 10-Feb-12 11:45 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055820624 10-Feb-12 11:40 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Another day of frustration. Well, frustration until a freeroll came to the rescue. All day it seemed my draws could never hit and my opponents draws would always get there on the river. Statistically my all-in pairs will beat a single over card around 70% of the time in the long run. Lately I’ve been going through one of those phases where if feels more like 7%. For these reasons I’m getting absolutely nowhere at the moment in games that I’ve been beating consistently over the last couple of years. When I’d just about had enough and was ready to give up for the day Sky Poker’s 5th birthday Freeroll came to the rescue. My 30th place finish was worth £12.50 and almost cancelled out my losses in the other games. Feb poker points 270.
Went out all day, only had time for one quick HU game when I got in. An early night for me, I'm back to work and the usual 1-30am alarm calls tomorrow after a week off work.
Didn’t play much today, but I played enough to be remind myself how badly I’m running.
My first (and only) hand in my third tournament sums up my current form pretty well. With TT on the BB I flatted a min raise from UTG, the other 4 players at the table had folded. The flop came down T83r, I checked my top set and he checked back. I led out half pot on the 5 turn and the villain re-raised, I raised again hoping to get all the chips in, but he just called. The river was an A. With 1,060 in the pot I bet 360 to induce and was loving life when the villain snap shoved all-in. He flipped over AA of course, the only hand that could beat me (apart from the highly unlikely 24) and had just binked his 2 outer on the river. 970 of those 1,060 chips had gone in the pot while I was miles ahead.
In heads-up matches I’m finding it almost impossible to hold. Again and again while holding the bigger stack I’m getting my opponents all-in and behind. Again and again they’re hitting and coming back to win. Also I cannot win any flip.
I don’t want this diary to turn into one long whinge but there’s not much else to say at the moment. Despite my poor run I’m still aware that skill is permanent and luck is temporary. The deck can’t continue to hammer me forever. I’ll keep plugging away and wait for a fair share of luck to come my way. Luck in poker is very streaky, hopefully a heater is just around the corner. Feb poker points 289.
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Closing balance £114.31
Variance is still giving me a hiding in the hyper HU STTs. Match deciding hands today included AJ<A2, A8<A2, AJ<J9 and 66<A2, each of those being all-in preflop. I threw in the towel after my opponent won multiple all-ins to come back and win from a 20-980 chip deficit in the final game, which included an A4>QQ on the way with the A hitting on the river. A promising run in a Bounty Hunter tournament fizzled out with a disappointing 5th place finish. After 3 consecutive losing days I suppose I should take heart that I actually managed to break even today. Hopefully it’s a sign the current downswing is about to turn. Feb poker points 67.
Recent ResultsGameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5779260 3-Feb-12 18:14 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779178 3-Feb-12 18:01 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779163 3-Feb-12 17:55 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055779148 3-Feb-12 17:48 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778993 3-Feb-12 17:22 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778969 3-Feb-12 17:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778961 3-Feb-12 17:13 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955778894 3-Feb-12 17:11 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778866 3-Feb-12 17:04 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055775091 3-Feb-12 16:53 NL Holdem £25/56£6.035778726 3-Feb-12 16:36 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955774297 3-Feb-12 15:06 NL Holdem £226/68-£2.305778078 3-Feb-12 13:54 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778064 3-Feb-12 13:48 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055778040 3-Feb-12 13:45 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955777979 3-Feb-12 13:39 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955777963 3-Feb-12 13:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055777939 3-Feb-12 13:24 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055776483 3-Feb-12 02:20 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
Closing balance £130.46
Happy to see my balance heading the right way again and restored a little confidence. Finished slightly up in heads-up matches and went on 2 deep Bounty Hunter runs. In the first BH I was flying in 3rd of 17 with 6 head prizes when a huge pot crippled my stack. I opened 2.2x from the cut-off with KQ and got flatted by the button. The flop came down KQJ. I c-bet, he raised, I jammed. With hindsight maybe I could have put him on his AT (or a set of jacks) and got away from my hand, but it’s tough to fold top 2 when effective stacks are only 40BB. A few hands later I shoved my last 9BB from the SB with AJ and lost a race against the BB’s 99 to bust in 17th. In the second Bounty Hunter I nursed a small stack for the last 2 of the 3 hours with very few playable hands. It was nice to make the final table of a 138 runner tournament, but I frustratingly busted in 4th, my exit hand being A9<99 aipf, with only 7BB behind the hand played itself. Feb poker points 90.
Closing balance £147.26
A so-so sort of day that ended well. I seem to have lost my way a bit with the HU matches at the moment, just about breaking even today. My only Bounty Hunter MTT ended in cruel fashion when my TT couldn't hold vs a JK who bluff shoved over my c-bet on a 6 high flop, he hit a J on the river to bust me when a hold would have been worth a top 5 stack. The highlight of the day was turning 50 poker points into £20 in the Fantasy Football Freeroll. I managed a fun run to get 4th of the 297 in this very fast structured event and finish the day on my highest balance to date. I’m keeping a close eye on my poker points, it’s crucial I make it to 500 and qualify for the £5 PTN bonus being awarded in February. I’m ahead of schedule at the moment, but there are several days ahead on which I’ll be unable to play. Feb poker points 110.
Recent Results Show Last 250 Results (1 Search)GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5778595 5-Feb-12 20:07 NL Holdem £04/297£205791846 5-Feb-12 17:09 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955784242 5-Feb-12 16:19 PL Omaha £0417/657£05791444 5-Feb-12 15:56 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955791412 5-Feb-12 15:44 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055791407 5-Feb-12 15:41 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055786639 5-Feb-12 15:08 NL Holdem £232/99-£2.305790825 5-Feb-12 14:03 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955790689 5-Feb-12 13:50 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955790659 5-Feb-12 13:35 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055790594 5-Feb-12 13:26 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955788308 5-Feb-12 12:29 NL Holdem £15/10-£1.155790097 5-Feb-12 11:46 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055790005 5-Feb-12 11:39 NL Holdem £0.505/6-£0.555790071 5-Feb-12 11:36 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955790019 5-Feb-12 11:31 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055789910 5-Feb-12 11:22 NL Holdem £0.501/2£0.455789973 5-Feb-12 11:17 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955789899 5-Feb-12 11:13 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Heading in the right direction & your BRed for £3:30's!
n1 Gary, well done m8! Came across your post about bad beats the other day = very good post and true. Keep up the good work, its all adding up.
Closing balance £140.34
A frustrating day. There was a welcome return to form in HU STTs with 10 wins from 14 games, but I just couldn’t get anything going in the MTTs. Most of my tournament time was spent being card dead, coolered, outflopped or losing flips. For the first time today I was able to enter events with a £3.30 buy-in without breaking my BRM rules, not that that helped. Three times I played for over two hours only to bust on the bubble. I’m off work this week, so I’ll be making some rare appearances in evening tournaments. The mini Bounty Hunter started well with a double-up and a head prize in the very first hand, but it only went downhill from there. In the end I was the bubble boy finishing in 51st place with 50 paid. Feb poker points 140.
Recent Results Show Last 250 Results (1 Search)GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5794909 7-Feb-12 00:12 NL Holdem £351/494-£2.175799816 6-Feb-12 22:35 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955795441 6-Feb-12 22:17 NL Holdem £224/124-£2.305795381 6-Feb-12 21:59 NL Holdem £2100/118-£2.305798512 6-Feb-12 19:22 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955798467 6-Feb-12 19:18 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955798444 6-Feb-12 19:14 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055798410 6-Feb-12 19:10 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055794910 6-Feb-12 19:00 NL Holdem £211/81-£1.555798104 6-Feb-12 18:25 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955797290 6-Feb-12 16:06 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955793423 6-Feb-12 13:28 NL Holdem £342/61-£3.305796241 6-Feb-12 13:24 NL Holdem £0.504/10-£0.605796534 6-Feb-12 13:14 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955796518 6-Feb-12 13:12 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955796508 6-Feb-12 13:10 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055796393 6-Feb-12 12:37 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955796380 6-Feb-12 12:32 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955796347 6-Feb-12 12:30 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055796136 6-Feb-12 11:27 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
balance £125.23
Another day of MTT frustration. The best I could manage all day was a small profit in a £2 timed tourney. Apart from that absolutely nothing would go my way. Many times my chips went in as a huge favourite but holding seemed impossible.
You see tons of awful play at the micro stakes. For example, in a £2.30 Bounty Hunter in the second hand of the tournament I was dealt AcQc on the BB. The UTG player open raised to 14BB, a player in MP flatted, and then the SB shoved all-in. After so much crazy action I had no option but to fold. The original raiser called with AJo, the flat caller folded, the SB flipped over 97o. Although I had the best hand preflop the J on the flop would have busted me. Another time I saw a player 4-bet shove his 50BB stack all-in preflop with 43s, he flopped 2 pairs, took a head prize and doubled his stack. Even when you see all this mad play going there’s not a lot you can do about it you when you don’t pick up hands and you miss flops all day.
Today saw a big dent in my balance due to the awful MTT results, a small profit in HU matches and my January £5.66 C4P bonus eased the pain somewhat and maintaining my silver star on Sharkscope gives me heart. I’m off to London in the morning, so there’ll be no poker for the next 48 hours. My confidence is low and a short break might do me good. I managed to earn 55 poker points today and qualify for the iPad draw, fingers crossed. Feb poker points 196.
Recent Results Show Last 250 Results (1 Search)GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5801269 8-Feb-12 01:11 NL Holdem £2109/280-£2.305801233 8-Feb-12 00:46 NL Holdem £2208/349-£2.305801171 8-Feb-12 00:15 NL Holdem £2386/462-£2.305801027 7-Feb-12 22:15 NL Holdem £269/182-£2.305805692 7-Feb-12 21:35 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955805618 7-Feb-12 21:33 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055805286 7-Feb-12 20:52 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955805232 7-Feb-12 20:49 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955804999 7-Feb-12 20:31 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955804859 7-Feb-12 20:11 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955800513 7-Feb-12 19:16 NL Holdem £213/81-£0.425804120 7-Feb-12 18:19 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055803984 7-Feb-12 18:08 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955801056 7-Feb-12 16:17 NL Holdem £39/32-£3.305803262 7-Feb-12 16:15 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955799560 7-Feb-12 16:13 NL Holdem £245/49-£2.305803173 7-Feb-12 16:03 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055799103 7-Feb-12 15:56 NL Holdem £228/129£2.155803122 7-Feb-12 15:43 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955799133 7-Feb-12 15:33 NL Holdem £240/53-£2.305802940 7-Feb-12 15:11 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955802917 7-Feb-12 15:07 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055798926 7-Feb-12 15:00 NL Holdem £241/53-£1.555802575 7-Feb-12 14:06 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055802314 7-Feb-12 13:16 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955802203 7-Feb-12 12:52 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055802154 7-Feb-12 12:41 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955801923 7-Feb-12 12:36 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055801471 7-Feb-12 12:31 NL Holdem (Sat) £0.967/16-£1.055798724 7-Feb-12 12:10 NL Holdem £320/67-£3.305801896 7-Feb-12 11:44 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955801825 7-Feb-12 11:40 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055801533 7-Feb-12 11:33 NL Holdem (Sat) £2.2029/35-£2.405801808 7-Feb-12 11:18 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955801597 7-Feb-12 11:02 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Enjoy your break m8. Maybe go to the Vic.....heard the feild is soft there.....yikes!
Enjoy your break, you deserve it! Come back refreshed and raring to go!
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Day 32 – February 9th 2012
Closing balance £107.53
After 48 hours away from the tables any hope that my fortunes may improve was quickly dashed. In the first tournament my chips went in with 45 vs. KQ on a 45Q flop but I was unable to hold. My second and third tournaments ended in similar fashion. In the fourth I 4-bet shoved all my chips in pre-flop with QQ in the very first hand. For days I’ve been watching players getting it with all sorts of medioce holdings in this situation. My opponent turned up with AA this time of course, and the first time I get it in behind happens to also be the first time the best hand actually holds. The heads-up matches went horrendously too.
While this mini downswing is very frustrating I know it’s standard for a tournament player. It also underlines why my 40 buy-in rule is so important, I could quickly go bust now without sensible BRM . I can only control how I play my cards, I can’t control the deck. Long term results prove that I’m a favourite in these games. It’s crucial I avoid tilt and continue to play to the best of my ability. If I can the results will follow.
Recent Results Show Last 250 Results (1 Search)GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5813918 10-Feb-12 01:13 NL Holdem £2259/260-£2.305813881 10-Feb-12 00:29 NL Holdem £2209/292-£2.305813853 9-Feb-12 23:51 NL Holdem £2254/366-£2.305813738 9-Feb-12 22:14 NL Holdem £272/146-£2.305818475 9-Feb-12 22:08 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818404 9-Feb-12 22:06 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818300 9-Feb-12 21:55 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818265 9-Feb-12 21:47 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818229 9-Feb-12 21:45 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955818174 9-Feb-12 21:41 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818118 9-Feb-12 21:35 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055818074 9-Feb-12 21:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055817979 9-Feb-12 21:18 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055817674 9-Feb-12 20:47 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Closing balance £111.42
Very relieved to finally pull out of the recent steep nosedive. My first tourney of the day ended with a run to the final table. Unfortunately my flopped 2 pair couldn’t survive against a turned gutshot and I busted out in cruel fashion for 6th place. However, it was my best result for days and I happily took it. Two deepish runs in the evening didn’t come to anything but were encouraging none the less. A slight profit in STTs helped me finish slightly up on the day and book a profit for the first time since Sunday.
GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5820185 11-Feb-12 02:06 NL Holdem £248/320-£0.805820026 10-Feb-12 22:01 NL Holdem £211/155-£0.755824341 10-Feb-12 21:47 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955823360 10-Feb-12 19:31 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955823228 10-Feb-12 19:26 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055817513 10-Feb-12 14:39 NL Holdem £26/67£3.145821224 10-Feb-12 13:29 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055821147 10-Feb-12 13:08 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955819034 10-Feb-12 12:58 NL Holdem £22/10£3.805819998 10-Feb-12 12:39 NL Holdem £110/32-£1.105820861 10-Feb-12 11:52 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955820825 10-Feb-12 11:45 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055820624 10-Feb-12 11:40 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Closing balance £111.32
Another day of frustration. Well, frustration until a freeroll came to the rescue. All day it seemed my draws could never hit and my opponents draws would always get there on the river. Statistically my all-in pairs will beat a single over card around 70% of the time in the long run. Lately I’ve been going through one of those phases where if feels more like 7%. For these reasons I’m getting absolutely nowhere at the moment in games that I’ve been beating consistently over the last couple of years. When I’d just about had enough and was ready to give up for the day Sky Poker’s 5th birthday Freeroll came to the rescue. My 30th place finish was worth £12.50 and almost cancelled out my losses in the other games. Feb poker points 270.
GameIDDate (UTC)TypeEntryFeePositionProfit5826486 12-Feb-12 00:12 NL Holdem £275/284-£2.305831100 11-Feb-12 22:47 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955830989 11-Feb-12 22:39 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955830986 11-Feb-12 22:36 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955830932 11-Feb-12 22:31 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055830923 11-Feb-12 22:28 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055830817 11-Feb-12 22:22 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055796020 11-Feb-12 20:17 NL Holdem £030/798£12.505825604 11-Feb-12 19:53 NL Holdem £281/125-£2.305822186 11-Feb-12 19:04 NL Holdem £0302/355£05824913 11-Feb-12 18:15 NL Holdem £241/70-£1.555824428 11-Feb-12 16:37 NL Holdem £222/71-£2.305828572 11-Feb-12 16:36 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055826736 11-Feb-12 16:32 NL Holdem (Sat) £0.9624/40-£1.055828424 11-Feb-12 16:21 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055828235 11-Feb-12 16:01 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955822663 11-Feb-12 11:59 NL Holdem £212/53-£2.305827161 11-Feb-12 11:43 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955827147 11-Feb-12 11:31 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955827152 11-Feb-12 11:30 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055827132 11-Feb-12 11:26 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.055827072 11-Feb-12 11:19 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955827055 11-Feb-12 11:12 NL Holdem £11/2£0.955827039 11-Feb-12 11:04 NL Holdem £12/2-£1.05
Closing balance £112.27
Went out all day, only had time for one quick HU game when I got in. An early night for me, I'm back to work and the usual 1-30am alarm calls tomorrow after a week off work.
5836499 12-Feb-12 20:12 NL Holdem £11/2£0.95
Closing balance £107.37
Didn’t play much today, but I played enough to be remind myself how badly I’m running.
My first (and only) hand in my third tournament sums up my current form pretty well. With TT on the BB I flatted a min raise from UTG, the other 4 players at the table had folded. The flop came down T83r, I checked my top set and he checked back. I led out half pot on the 5 turn and the villain re-raised, I raised again hoping to get all the chips in, but he just called. The river was an A. With 1,060 in the pot I bet 360 to induce and was loving life when the villain snap shoved all-in. He flipped over AA of course, the only hand that could beat me (apart from the highly unlikely 24) and had just binked his 2 outer on the river. 970 of those 1,060 chips had gone in the pot while I was miles ahead.
In heads-up matches I’m finding it almost impossible to hold. Again and again while holding the bigger stack I’m getting my opponents all-in and behind. Again and again they’re hitting and coming back to win. Also I cannot win any flip.
I don’t want this diary to turn into one long whinge but there’s not much else to say at the moment. Despite my poor run I’m still aware that skill is permanent and luck is temporary. The deck can’t continue to hammer me forever. I’ll keep plugging away and wait for a fair share of luck to come my way. Luck in poker is very streaky, hopefully a heater is just around the corner. Feb poker points 289.
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