While it hasn't been a non stop session since my update yesterday this has only been down to the games running (or not as was the case late last night).
We're coming up to the last thousand of the rake race It's been an interesting long session, I'm at the limit of my comfort zone, I'm pushing myself as far as I can to get this done this session (and despite the fatigue playing some of my best stuff of the month, strange really). In the last 30 hours or so we've had 4 figure swings both ways. Current situation I think is good but all subject to change.
Will reply to all above after 50k and a long sleep, thanks for the thread rail guys. Nearly there now.
Hit 50k earlier today and obviously I'm done for the month. February 50k ? Jog on - literally no wiggle room for a day off or even un expected situations cropping up. 100k combined woulda been interesting as I've basically played once since last Wednesday knowing I could wind down and had things to do.
I think this one has been harder than the 60k last year because there aren't 15-20 or what ever amount of players going for it so you always know you can get a game [8 tables+] when you want. Respect for you chugging along even when you sold a leg to recover your debts :P not many would have. I would encourage you to go for February by saying.... What's the worst that can happen .
Well done Tommy. Strength of character in abundance to grind through that kind of month.
February? Only if you feel good about your game come Friday. It's tough to work on your game doing that kind of volume, and you're basically just trying to hold the pieces together, under the pressure of playing too many tables. If it's not in any kind of shape to start with, it isn't going to get there just by playing lots.
Thanks for the kind comments guys. I will reply to each when my brain can function at the necessary levels. 423 points to go but I've had somewhat of a rally in the profit stakes. The hole is now a comma-less three figures of red. This essentially means I've ground back 4.5k in around a fortnight I think it is. Now with my mental state not exactly at maximum efficiency I really don't want to spew a significant portion of it back. If I did I'd probably end up doing a Frank Butcher and walking to Manchester. It's raining so I don't fancy doing that. As a result I'm dropping to nl50 to finish off the race. It'll take a little longer but any loss under a grand with the bonuses and C4P still to come to off set it was something I would have leapt at a couple of weeks ago.
So yeah, by the looks of it I play my best poker when I go 30+ hours without any sleep. Who knew? Well that's not strictly true, I did fall asleep during a DYM hand earlier, but it being a DYM there's always a risk of a shooshie nine nine sleepy sleep.
I've been abroad for the last 3 weeks and a bit but thought i'd have a gander to see how you got on. Congrats man, nice to see you hit your target... been a good read as well. keep it up fella
Would be interesting to here guesstimates of how many hours you put in over the month, how many hands over each stakes, and if you had to do it again like at gunpoint for the month what would you do differently..
haha... I guess some people want their cake and eat it!!!!
But not just eat....
Like really eat it with both hands... like go caveman on the cake...
Maybe even wear like 20% of said cake on the face....
And lastly make sure there is someone nearby who be starving and needy and not offer them any cake but eat it in front of them making them jelly that they can't have cake or eat it or even wear a little bit of it
Pfft... make a royal flush and moan!!! oh dear god.. I've lost all respect fo you!!
haha... I guess some people want their cake and eat it!!!! But not just eat.... Like really eat it with both hands... like go caveman on the cake... Maybe even wear like 20% of said cake on the face.... And lastly make sure there is someone nearby who be starving and needy and not offer them any cake but eat it in front of them making them jelly that they can't have cake or eat it or even wear a little bit of it Pfft... make a royal flush and moan!!! oh dear god.. I've lost all respect fo you!! Posted by TPTP123
So I get a call the other day from my Dad. He's coming to the SPT this weekend and decided to check out Aspers while my mother did some shopping around Westfield.
Dad: 'So I went in Aspers. It's a bit grotty isn't it.' Me: 'Really? I thought it looked quite swish.' Dad: 'Yeah, but the people in there were shabby. People wearing T-Shirts...'
When you say the word casino, below is how my father sees it, with a Speak-Easy soundtrack on loop.
In Grant the Cat news: (For those new to the thread, Grant is named after a friend of mine who is also Ginger and a pain in the backside, he's a stray/neighbour's cat who comes around for Tuna).
I've somewhat warmed to him.
He's coming around all of the time now. Doesn't do my allergy any favours but he's unusual for a cat in the way he demands affection so much. He's more like a dog than a cat, plus we still don't know if he has an owner. I'm planning to follow him Spy Vs Spy style one of these days.
In Response to Re: Many Rivers To Cross. A Diary. : lolol I normally start to think the latter about 2 days into a month grind. How much harder do you think it has been to get the target relative to previous rake races like last years in January? in terms of number of games running etc (accepting it depends on when you are available to play, maybe specify that!). Chin up just do some mteeeeet binks. gl Posted by beaneh
I missed this one before and it's a good time to look back on January and that rake race.
Cash tables were better in that rake race. More ran, more faces and it was a lot easier to start a table. Now for my style of play the benefit I received for the new poker point system of weighted contribution really showed. I got more points from cash tables than I ever did in previous races. However the downside was the DYMs just didn't run at the high levels as they did the year previous. There were plenty of the ones above £55 going in Jan 2012, hardly any ran this Jan and the £55 DYMs were well down. Now I know I'm currently a long term loser on the £55 DYMs, however I have cashed in more than half. I beat the game, I don't beat the rake. The fact is that with the length of blind levels and the structure (IMO the standard ones are pretty much turbos by industry standard) along with the fact they are 6-max and how much education is out there for free, the edges in these games are just not that big at all. The playerpool just isn't big enough and the Reg ability levels are not different enough to crush these games. DYMs don't lend themselves to big edges anyway. Luckily enough the C4P I have gained from them dwarf the losses so it's still +ev for me to play them at a large volume.
So in conclusion for the question, cash was much better all day round, DYMs were much worse. MTTs were pretty netrual.
For me, January was tough. I documented the downswing I was on and it really put me through the mental grind. I'm pretty pleased how I reacted TBH. I didn't tilt to any major levels, I didn't go chasing at higher limits and I worked through it to play better.
Luckily subsquent months have been kinder to me. And I didn't go for the points total in Feb. Without the DYMs running I just couldn't face it truth be told.
In Response to Re: Many Rivers To Cross. A Diary. : I missed this one before and it's a good time to look back on January and that rake race. Cash tables were better in that rake race. More ran, more faces and it was a lot easier to start a table. Now for my style of play the benefit I received for the new poker point system of weighted contribution really showed. I got more points from cash tables than I ever did in previous races. However the downside was the DYMs just didn't run at the high levels as they did the year previous. There were plenty of the ones above £55 going in Jan 2012, hardly any ran this Jan and the £55 DYMs were well down. Now I know I'm currently a long term loser on the £55 DYMs, however I have cashed in more than half. I beat the game, I don't beat the rake. The fact is that with the length of blind levels and the structure (IMO the standard ones are pretty much turbos by industry standard) along with the fact they are 6-max and how much education is out there for free, the edges in these games are just not that big at all. The playerpool just isn't big enough and the Reg ability levels are not different enough to crush these games. DYMs don't lend themselves to big edges anyway. Luckily enough the C4P I have gained from them dwarf the losses so it's still +ev for me to play them at a large volume. So in conclusion for the question, cash was much better all day round, DYMs were much worse. MTTs were pretty netrual. For me, January was tough. I documented the downswing I was on and it really put me through the mental grind. I'm pretty pleased how I reacted TBH. I didn't tilt to any major levels, I didn't go chasing at higher limits and I worked through it to play better. Luckily subsquent months have been kinder to me. And I didn't go for the points total in Feb. Without the DYMs running I just couldn't face it truth be told. Posted by TommyD
I think better is the wrong word, there may physically have been more games but with 5/6 players all folding on 12-20 tables the games were awful.
dyms aren't even slightly interesting and should be easily crushable on sky there may be a tonne of info and explanations of how to beat them but no one bothers to try and learn so you deffo must have big leaks to not be winning after rake.
In Response to Re: Many Rivers To Cross. A Diary. : I think better is the wrong wor d, there may physically have been more games but with 5/6 players all folding on 12-20 tables the games were awful. dyms aren't even slightly interesting and should be easily crushable on sky there may be a tonne of info and explanations of how to beat them but no one bothers to try and learn so you deffo must have big leaks to not be winning after rake. Posted by beaneh
On DYMs maybe you're right. I'm easily beating all levels apart from the £55 (including all of the ones above). Maybe I have huge leaks, the passion to sort out my DYM game isn't exactly massive anymore. One thing I do know, I get called on the bubble hand a vast amount more than anyone else, and tbh it's a call you never want as it means the other two are usually freerolling. Had plenty of games with people passing to everyone else's shove for ten orbits, then I shove and foldy villain decides K6 is in their call range v me.
Meh, maybe I just suck and shouldn't whine so much.
On the cash games, I didn't have that as much as you did. Yeah maybe better was the wrong word and yes there were plenty of sessions with tons of people just folding but I had some good sessions in there where people were opening up much more.
In Response to Re: Many Rivers To Cross. A Diary. : On DYMs maybe you're right. I'm easily beating all levels apart from the £55 (including all of the ones above). Maybe I have huge leaks, the passion to sort out my DYM game isn't exactly massive anymore. One thing I do know, I get called on the bubble hand a vast amount more than anyone else, and tbh it's a call you never want as it means the other two are usually freerolling. Had plenty of games with people passing to everyone else's shove for ten orbits, then I shove and foldy villain decides K6 is in their call range v me. Meh, maybe I just suck and shouldn't whine so much. On the cash games, I didn't have that as much as you did. Yeah maybe better was the wrong word and yes there were plenty of sessions with tons of people just folding but I had some good sessions in there where people were opening up much more. Posted by TommyD
pretty sure I was the only one raising any non Aces hands in january.
the dyms are just maths, theres no skill except judging your oppos calling range, tis utterly mind numbing, if in doubt fold. + the sample size will be small so you may have just run worse at the bigger buyin ones.
In Response to Re: Many Rivers To Cross. A Diary. : pretty sure I was the only one raising any non Aces hands in january. the dyms are just maths, theres no skill except judging your oppos calling range, tis utterly mind numbing, if in doubt fold. + the sample size will be small so you may have just run worse at the bigger buyin ones. Posted by beaneh
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We're coming up to the last thousand of the rake race It's been an interesting long session, I'm at the limit of my comfort zone, I'm pushing myself as far as I can to get this done this session (and despite the fatigue playing some of my best stuff of the month, strange really). In the last 30 hours or so we've had 4 figure swings both ways. Current situation I think is good but all subject to change.
Will reply to all above after 50k and a long sleep, thanks for the thread rail guys. Nearly there now.
February? Only if you feel good about your game come Friday.
It's tough to work on your game doing that kind of volume, and you're basically just trying to hold the pieces together, under the pressure of playing too many tables.
If it's not in any kind of shape to start with, it isn't going to get there just by playing lots.
Good luck whatever you decide.
So yeah, by the looks of it I play my best poker when I go 30+ hours without any sleep. Who knew? Well that's not strictly true, I did fall asleep during a DYM hand earlier, but it being a DYM there's always a risk of a shooshie nine nine sleepy sleep.
We're home.
P/L: -£871.63
C4P: 50,013
Stick a fork in me, I'm done. Will give full report thoughts etc next time I'm online (i.e. February)
Till then, night all, I'm off to bed.
Wasn't really a moan, just a sigh
So I get a call the other day from my Dad. He's coming to the SPT this weekend and decided to check out Aspers while my mother did some shopping around Westfield.
Dad: 'So I went in Aspers. It's a bit grotty isn't it.'
Me: 'Really? I thought it looked quite swish.'
Dad: 'Yeah, but the people in there were shabby. People wearing T-Shirts...'
When you say the word casino, below is how my father sees it, with a Speak-Easy soundtrack on loop.
I've somewhat warmed to him.
He's coming around all of the time now. Doesn't do my allergy any favours but he's unusual for a cat in the way he demands affection so much. He's more like a dog than a cat, plus we still don't know if he has an owner. I'm planning to follow him Spy Vs Spy style one of these days.
Cash tables were better in that rake race. More ran, more faces and it was a lot easier to start a table. Now for my style of play the benefit I received for the new poker point system of weighted contribution really showed. I got more points from cash tables than I ever did in previous races. However the downside was the DYMs just didn't run at the high levels as they did the year previous. There were plenty of the ones above £55 going in Jan 2012, hardly any ran this Jan and the £55 DYMs were well down. Now I know I'm currently a long term loser on the £55 DYMs, however I have cashed in more than half. I beat the game, I don't beat the rake. The fact is that with the length of blind levels and the structure (IMO the standard ones are pretty much turbos by industry standard) along with the fact they are 6-max and how much education is out there for free, the edges in these games are just not that big at all. The playerpool just isn't big enough and the Reg ability levels are not different enough to crush these games. DYMs don't lend themselves to big edges anyway. Luckily enough the C4P I have gained from them dwarf the losses so it's still +ev for me to play them at a large volume.
So in conclusion for the question, cash was much better all day round, DYMs were much worse. MTTs were pretty netrual.
For me, January was tough. I documented the downswing I was on and it really put me through the mental grind. I'm pretty pleased how I reacted TBH. I didn't tilt to any major levels, I didn't go chasing at higher limits and I worked through it to play better.
Luckily subsquent months have been kinder to me. And I didn't go for the points total in Feb. Without the DYMs running I just couldn't face it truth be told.
Meh, maybe I just suck and shouldn't whine so much.
On the cash games, I didn't have that as much as you did. Yeah maybe better was the wrong word and yes there were plenty of sessions with tons of people just folding but I had some good sessions in there where people were opening up much more.