Just played for approx 1 hr, my usual 4-tabling nl20. Seemed a lot of traffic at this level tonight and some decent players about as well. Continued to run good as shown by the hand below.
Then played this following hand. Would like people's opinions on it.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
TeamMoney
Small blind
£0.10
£0.10
£22.91
marsden01
Big blind
£0.20
£0.30
£47.12
Your hole cards
J
Q
tirurirus
Call
£0.20
£0.50
£19.10
68Trebor
Raise
£0.80
£1.30
£19.80
EARLYBIRD1
Call
£0.80
£2.10
£21.57
TeamMoney
Fold
marsden01
Fold
tirurirus
Call
£0.60
£2.70
£18.50
Flop
7
3
5
tirurirus
Check
68Trebor
Bet
£2.03
£4.73
£17.77
EARLYBIRD1
Fold
tirurirus
Call
£2.03
£6.76
£16.47
Turn
8
tirurirus
Check
68Trebor
Bet
£5.07
£11.83
£12.70
tirurirus
Call
£5.07
£16.90
£11.40
River
3
tirurirus
Bet
£1.75
£18.65
£9.65
68Trebor
All-in
£12.70
£31.35
£0.00
tirurirus
All-in
£9.65
£41.00
£0.00
68Trebor
Unmatched bet
£1.30
£39.70
£1.30
tirurirus
Show
9
9
68Trebor
Show
J
Q
tirurirus
Win
Two Pairs, 9s and 3s
£37.90
£37.90
Pre-flop think my play is fine, raising a limper with position and a nice hand.
Post-flop again think my play is fine, have 2 overcards, flush draw and as pre-flop aggressor have the right to continue to show strength.
Turn card dosen't really alter things and I still think I have the right to continue with aggression.
River card again dosen't really alter much and his weak lead makes me believe he has something but not a lot and I believe my all-in will push him off a lot of hands. He tanks and seems to finally reluctantly call.
Any views appreciated. Was I too aggressive and is this going to be along-term win or lose play.
River bet defo looks blocky but even though you raise he still calls. The river tbh isn't the best card for you and is a massive blank for much of the hands he calls down with, if it was like an A/K/Q etc you probz have more chance of getting fold.
A lot also might depend on what reads you have, has he been calling down light previously or been very stubborn facing aggresion with weak holdings, if so could be just best to give up after firing two barrels.
hi mate , got to ask, just after we split pot with our ak, on the other table you rasied i flated. flop came k high and you bet out. i had qq. intersetd what to had??
well if it wasnt you repped it well :-). looks like you had a good session. was playing 6 tables in the end down on 3 up on 3 ,2 quid down but 200 pts :-)
Played quite a long session of 4-tabling nl20, approx 3 hrs. Played OK, made a few silly mistakes and was down about £25 at one point. Then got a really good read on a multi-tabling reg, please don't ask who and what as refusal may dissappoint. With this read managed to turn loss into a profit and hopefully this will help long-term as I am sure we will meet again.
Another session of about an hour and another profit. Well on the road to moving up a level to nl30. Feel I am playing really well at the mo and the confidence is probably helping my game. Also I realise that I am running very well at the mo, long may it last.
Was going to post how I had suffered my first losing session for a while and that as we all know is going to happen the poker gods had turned and then the following hand happened in the last five mins of session. Someome up there loves me. Anyway quick update as off to work.
Just had a terrible session where all my old bad habits returned. Plaaying far too loose, playing out of position and never believing. Culminated in the following hand on a deep stack table, where I over played / over valued AA. Looking back I played this terribly and was only beating a drawing hand and should never have lost my whole stack.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
classasa
Small blind
£0.10
£0.10
£88.09
TeamMoney
Big blind
£0.20
£0.30
£41.53
Your hole cards
A
A
blackbeltb
Fold
milpcton
Fold
yidlucas
Call
£0.20
£0.50
£7.65
68Trebor
Raise
£0.60
£1.10
£49.10
classasa
Call
£0.50
£1.60
£87.59
TeamMoney
Fold
yidlucas
Call
£0.40
£2.00
£7.25
Flop
8
10
Q
classasa
Bet
£1.00
£3.00
£86.59
yidlucas
Call
£1.00
£4.00
£6.25
68Trebor
Raise
£3.60
£7.60
£45.50
classasa
Call
£2.60
£10.20
£83.99
yidlucas
All-in
£6.25
£16.45
£0.00
68Trebor
Call
£3.65
£20.10
£41.85
classasa
Raise
£9.80
£29.90
£74.19
68Trebor
All-in
£41.85
£71.75
£0.00
classasa
Raise
£71.40
£143.15
£2.79
classasa
Unmatched bet
£35.70
£107.45
£38.49
classasa
Show
J
9
yidlucas
Show
Q
J
68Trebor
Show
A
A
Turn
K
River
Q
classasa
Win
Straight to the King
£105.65
£144.14
In some ways this session may do me some good in the long run as I was becoming over confident and starting to believe I had sussed this level. Hopefully this will be 1 step back, 2 steps forward. Need to remember I am still up £110 in the 13 days I have been completing this diary. Anyway it is back to the drawing board, regroup and go again.
Been really busy for last couple of weeks hence my lack of play, probably will have done me good to have a little break, but am back with a vengenace and a passion.
Great news for me is the fact that I am getting my dream move at work from Night Trader at Asda to Trading Manager on days. This means that Wednesday night is my last night shift and that I will then be returning to the land of the living, rather than the land of the living dead.
What this means is that I will be playing a lot more on an evening, meaning that when I find a FISH I won't have to let it go. It will also give me the chance to play in a lot more MTT's which may not be such a blessing looking at my MTT record, although, as said on numerous occassions, by myself, I do think I have the game to win at MTT's long-term. Sharkscope shows a loss of £191 from 119 MTT's with an average stake of £21 and a ROI of -6%, although it is nearly 2 years since my biggest cash on Sky, 5th in £20 open in June '10 from a field of 489 runners with a return of £355, recorded on my SKY box and watched now and again, sad really.
So tonight played a quick session, 3-tabling 20nl. Have decided to move back to 3 tables from 4 as I think when playing 4 I am missing some important info about players as I am playing to robotically (is that a word?).
Been playing for the past 1.5 hours and ended up with a losing session. Major loss was to the following hand. Can I ever get away from this? I had a feeling I was probably behind to a set or 2 pair but still couldn't bring myself to fold. What would you have done and why.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
clanfan86
Small blind
£0.10
£0.10
£40.64
TeamMoney
Big blind
£0.20
£0.30
£19.50
Your hole cards
Q
Q
onthemoon
Call
£0.20
£0.50
£19.50
68Trebor
Raise
£0.80
£1.30
£21.55
robyoung
Fold
clanfan86
Fold
TeamMoney
Call
£0.60
£1.90
£18.90
onthemoon
Fold
Flop
2
5
3
TeamMoney
Check
68Trebor
Bet
£1.43
£3.33
£20.12
TeamMoney
Raise
£5.40
£8.73
£13.50
68Trebor
Call
£3.97
£12.70
£16.15
Turn
7
TeamMoney
All-in
£13.50
£26.20
£0.00
68Trebor
Call
£13.50
£39.70
£2.65
TeamMoney
Show
3
3
68Trebor
Show
Q
Q
River
7
TeamMoney
Win
Full House, 3s and 7s
£37.90
£37.90
Other things to think about, its funny where your mind wonders whilst playing poker. Why do we need to sleep? What happens to our bodies that is different when we are asleep to when we are awake. How cool would it be if we didn't have to sleep! Why after feeding my lawn with evergreen does it rain continuously for 3 weeks meaning that my back garden is starting to resemble the Amazon rainforest. Feel sorry for the Flymo if I ever get to cut my lawn again. Why is my 16 year old son sooooo proud of himself for getting to school on time this morning, god help him when he hits the real world.
Anyway off to work now, only 2 more night shifts to do and then it is Goodbye to nights. Hoorah.
Just had a losing session of £16, could of been a lot worse as was down £45 at one point. Lost majority of money in two biggish pots.
£15.40 when trying to push RobYoung off a pot when I had position but no hand, only for him to check raise all-in on river forcing me to fold. Lesson - Don't try to bluff a solid reg like RobYoung.
£20.10 when getting it all-in with a FH 2's over 9's with me holding a 9 only for the villain to hit a 4 on the river to give him the FH 4's over 2's with his pocket 4s. Lesson - Variance sucks.
Probably playing tooo tired as just done 4 night shifts back to back, 13 hr shifts with only approx 5.5hrs sleep each day. Just about to embark on my 5th and very last ever night shift. Shall be celebrating this fact by stopping off at Happy Snappers cafe in the morning to get a Happy Snapper Big Breakfast (2 x Black Pudding, 2 x Bacon, 2 x Sausage, 2 x Spam, 2 x Fried Eggs, 2 x H*sh Brown, Mushrooms, Beans, Tomatoes and 2 X Toast, washed down with a mug of tea. Unbelievable value at £4.30, but probably not very good for you). Will probably play the Main and Mini events tomorrow rather than the cash tables, will see how I feel as only getting 4 hours sleep tomoz due to the school run, my turn bless the little darlings.
H*sh = Street name for an illegal substance smoked in a spliff and known to make you giggly and have a craving for crisps, apparently.
Went looking for fame this evening and didn't even get 10 seconds of it. Decided to try my hand at Master Cash tables from 7pm - 8pm, hoping to see myself on SKY865, rather vain I know but I think most poker players want to be known for their skills, we are not the most modest set of people.
Anyway James and Tikay started out at the 5p/10p table so I deduced thaey would move up the levels so started a 10p/20p master cash table and sat on waiting list of 25p/50p table. Eventually got some action on both tables, but alas no TV coverage. Managed to make a profit of £13 across the 2 tables, £26 up on the nl50 and £13 down on the nl20.
Then entered both the Main and Mini BH and missed cashing in both ny about 20 places but did secure some bounties to the value of £25.
Off to bed now as I start to get used to my life back on the day shift. Off work tomorrow so may get some time at tables in afternoon and then off to Norfolk for my brother's wedding this weekend.
Played for a couple of hours this morning as it will be last chance till Sunday. Was playing pretty good and then made a complete mess of a hand and this ruined my session. Going to post the hand below, not to see if I played it correctly, as I know I played it terribly but as a reminder to myself of how badly I am still capable of playing. Feel free to ridicule as I am quite embarrased to post it, but here goes.
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
stien
Small blind
£0.10
£0.10
£19.40
68Trebor
Big blind
£0.20
£0.30
£31.04
Your hole cards
2
10
balazar
Call
£0.20
£0.50
£27.46
Luzhniki
Fold
stien
Fold
68Trebor
Check
Flop
Q
10
2
68Trebor
Bet
£0.38
£0.88
£30.66
balazar
Raise
£0.76
£1.64
£26.70
68Trebor
Raise
£1.40
£3.04
£29.26
balazar
Raise
£2.04
£5.08
£24.66
68Trebor
Call
£1.02
£6.10
£28.24
Turn
7
68Trebor
Check
balazar
Bet
£6.10
£12.20
£18.56
68Trebor
Call
£6.10
£18.30
£22.14
River
9
68Trebor
Check
balazar
Bet
£18.30
£36.60
£0.26
68Trebor
Call
£18.30
£54.90
£3.84
balazar
Show
2
2
68Trebor
Muck
2
10
balazar
Win
Three 2s
£53.10
£53.36
Bet you are all having a good laugh now! I hang my head in shame.
Gl Trebor and welcome back. However playing while doing your ablutions!!! God, there should be a law against it.......i'm going to disinfect my screen and mouse immediately!!! All the best....
Just a quick update as off to the local for music quiz, always a good evening especially on a Bank Holiday Sunday.
Returned from wedding this aft and played for a couple of hours. Just whilst on the subject of wedding have to say it was a right good do, mainly due to the fact it was a free bar all evening leading to huge quantities of Guiness being supped. This inadvertently lead to a lot of 'Dad dancing' much to the amusement of my 5 neices and much to the embarrasement of my son and daughter. Have to say I thought my interpretaiton of Happy Mondays - Step On and MC Hammer's - Hammer Time were quite revolutionary in their concept and probably the highlight of many people's evening. It was even suggested by my 9 year old neice I should try out for Britain's Got Talent.
Anyway back to the poker. Played pretty good today and also ran very well this lead to a healthy profit today.
Been playing a bit of 20nl this afternoon, 3-tabling. Nothing really exciting to report won some / lost some. Off to watch the footie now but will be back later tonight to play in main and mini. Had a couple of bets on the footie.
£3 treble - West Ham, Wrexham and Wigan - All 90 mins, special price 19/2.
£3 treble - West Ham 4/5, MKDons 5/2, Luton 11/8 - All to be promoted.
Comments
Just played for approx 1 hr, my usual 4-tabling nl20. Seemed a lot of traffic at this level tonight and some decent players about as well. Continued to run good as shown by the hand below.
Then played this following hand. Would like people's opinions on it.
Post-flop again think my play is fine, have 2 overcards, flush draw and as pre-flop aggressor have the right to continue to show strength.
Turn card dosen't really alter things and I still think I have the right to continue with aggression.
River card again dosen't really alter much and his weak lead makes me believe he has something but not a lot and I believe my all-in will push him off a lot of hands. He tanks and seems to finally reluctantly call.
Any views appreciated. Was I too aggressive and is this going to be along-term win or lose play.
Session Profit £5.23
Overall Cash Profit £169.24
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £299.38
Overall Net Profit £149.38
Monthly C4P 450
Played quite a long session of 4-tabling nl20, approx 3 hrs. Played OK, made a few silly mistakes and was down about £25 at one point. Then got a really good read on a multi-tabling reg, please don't ask who and what as refusal may dissappoint. With this read managed to turn loss into a profit and hopefully this will help long-term as I am sure we will meet again.
Session Profit £15.83
Overall Cash Profit £185.07
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £315.21
Overall Net Profit £165.21
Monthly C4P 540
Another session of about an hour and another profit. Well on the road to moving up a level to nl30. Feel I am playing really well at the mo and the confidence is probably helping my game. Also I realise that I am running very well at the mo, long may it last.
Session Profit £36.88
Overall Cash Profit £221.95
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £352.09
Overall Net Profit £202.09
Monthly C4P 582
Was going to post how I had suffered my first losing session for a while and that as we all know is going to happen the poker gods had turned and then the following hand happened in the last five mins of session. Someome up there loves me. Anyway quick update as off to work.
Session Profit £1.02
Overall Cash Profit £222.97
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £353.11
Overall Net Profit £203.11
Monthly C4P 635
Oh Dear, Oh Dear.
Just had a terrible session where all my old bad habits returned. Plaaying far too loose, playing out of position and never believing. Culminated in the following hand on a deep stack table, where I over played / over valued AA. Looking back I played this terribly and was only beating a drawing hand and should never have lost my whole stack.
Need to remember I am still up £110 in the 13 days I have been completing this diary.
Anyway it is back to the drawing board, regroup and go again.
Session Profit £92.47
Overall Cash Profit £130.50
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £260.64
Overall Net Profit £110.64
Monthly C4P 719
Overall Cash Profit £146.71
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £276.85
Overall Net Profit £126.85
Monthly C4P 734
Been playing for the past 1.5 hours and ended up with a losing session. Major loss was to the following hand.
Can I ever get away from this? I had a feeling I was probably behind to a set or 2 pair but still couldn't bring myself to fold. What would you have done and why.
Why do we need to sleep? What happens to our bodies that is different when we are asleep to when we are awake. How cool would it be if we didn't have to sleep!
Why after feeding my lawn with evergreen does it rain continuously for 3 weeks meaning that my back garden is starting to resemble the Amazon rainforest. Feel sorry for the Flymo if I ever get to cut my lawn again.
Why is my 16 year old son sooooo proud of himself for getting to school on time this morning, god help him when he hits the real world.
Anyway off to work now, only 2 more night shifts to do and then it is Goodbye to nights. Hoorah.
Overall Cash Profit £32.92
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £263.06
Overall Net Profit £113.06
Monthly C4P 54
Overall MTT Profit -£25.30
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £247.32
Overall Net Profit £97.32
Monthly C4P 101
Overall MTT Profit -£36.84
Overall C4P Profit £5.14
Bankroll £248.52
Overall Net Profit £98.52
Monthly C4P 217
Played for a couple of hours this morning as it will be last chance till Sunday. Was playing pretty good and then made a complete mess of a hand and this ruined my session. Going to post the hand below, not to see if I played it correctly, as I know I played it terribly but as a reminder to myself of how badly I am still capable of playing. Feel free to ridicule as I am quite embarrased to post it, but here goes.
I hang my head in shame.
Got £5.87 C4P for April, TY Sky.
Session Profit £5.26
Overall Cash Profit £135.48
Overall MTT Profit -£36.84
Overall C4P Profit £11.01
Bankroll £259.65
Overall Net Profit £109.65
Monthly C4P 269
hand just posted one of the oldest adages is "do not go broke in a limped pot" this still applies today i think except when holding the nuts of course
we have all played hands a lot worse than that (well i have) so dont be ashamed to post them
Overall MTT Profit -£36.84
Overall C4P Profit £11.01
Bankroll £316.79
Overall Net Profit £166.79
Monthly C4P 321
Overall MTT Profit -£36.84
Overall C4P Profit £11.01
Bankroll £337.05
Overall Net Profit £187.05
Monthly C4P 366