Original Diary of a losing recreational player - The resurrection

68Trebor

 Just played a very quick session and I am going to have a break, mow the lawn and cook tea, as I am really struggling to focus. Will return later, possibly at 6pm for the primo semi.

 Session Profit £7.64

 Overall Cash Profit £331.02

 Overall MTT Profit -£101.56
 Overall C4P Profit £11.01

 Bankroll £391.47
 Overall Net Profit £241.47
 Monthly C4P 1003

donkeyplop

In Response to Re: Original Diary of a losing recreational player - The resurrection:

 Seen far worse to be honest. Think there is a good solid bunch of regs at 20nl, yourself included, but there are 1 or 2 relatively fishy regs about, and then a fair amount of day trippers. 
Posted by 68Trebor

Yep there have been a lot more nutters over the last few days too which has helped my br quite considerably

68Trebor

 Have to say I have played really bad tonight. Started off playing the Primo semi at 6pm and missed out on reaching primo when finished about 20 places off a seat. Then went on the cash tables and lost a bundle throguh a combination of bad beats and a lot of really bad play. Not much to add really and have decided to call it a day before any more damage is done.

 Session Profit £94.40

 Overall Cash Profit £248.62

 Overall MTT Profit -£113.56
 Overall C4P Profit £11.01

 Bankroll £297.07
 Overall Net Profit £147.07
 Monthly C4P 1083

68Trebor

 Not been about for a while as I was busy on another site. Returned tonight and just played in 3 tournies - Main finished 37th, Mini finished 34th, £400 timed 30min - more than doubled. So not a bad session really although it will go down as a losing one. 

 On other events I see that the Villa still haven't been able to appoint a manager, it really is a sorry state of affairs when you think what a big job this would have been 10 years ago and now we could suffer the humiliation of Martinez, nothing more than an average manager in my opinion, turning us down again so he can remain at the mighty Wigan Athletic. Still hoping we can Mr Lambert and that he brings Grant Holt with him, sorry to all you Canaries out there.

 For all you Twitter users out there can I recommend that you start following @WolfpackAlan, extremely humourous and well worth a read. For a taster a couple of his tweets - 

 "Does this dress make me look fat?" "No, the fat makes you look fat.".

 Things to do 1. Make a hole.  2. Call it love.  3. Watch people fall in love.

 I hate it when I don't forward a chain letter and then die the next day.

 Session Profit £5.66

 Overall Cash Profit £248.62

 Overall MTT Profit -£119.22
 Overall C4P Profit £11.01

 Bankroll £291.41
 Overall Net Profit £141.41
 Monthly C4P 1215

 

68Trebor

 Another day another losing session I am afraid. I 3-tabled 20nl and played a  very, very LAG style. To start with this was a disaster and I was down £40 at one point, then the cards started running my way and I got it back into a £15 profit, only for disaster to hit on the very nearly last hand. Due to my style I got involved in 7 hands with pots of more than £30 all of which are shown below along with my thinking, comments would be greatly appreciated.
 Would also appreciate it if someone would tell me how I poat more than one HH per post.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
68Trebor	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£74.51
balcon	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£25.04
	Your hole cards	2 2
TeamMoney	Fold
andybeth	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£19.40
PORKO	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£48.08
smugge90	Fold
68Trebor	Call		£0.50	£2.00	£74.01
balcon	Call		£0.40	£2.40	£24.64
Flop
		A 3 2
68Trebor	Bet		£1.80	£4.20	£72.21
balcon	Call		£1.80	£6.00	£22.84
andybeth	Fold
PORKO	Call		£1.80	£7.80	£46.28
Turn
		7
68Trebor	Bet		£5.85	£13.65	£66.36
balcon	Fold
PORKO	Call		£5.85	£19.50	£40.43
River
		5
68Trebor	Check
PORKO	Bet		£14.63	£34.13	£25.80
68Trebor	Call		£14.63	£48.76	£51.73
PORKO	Show	4 A
68Trebor	Muck	2 2
PORKO	Win	Straight to the 5	£46.96		£72.76

 Last big losing hand of the session. Although I thought he may have the 4 I made the crying call as I had really been dominating this player and felt he may have been a bit sick of me bullying him off hands and would try the bluff. Obviously I was wrong.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
balcon	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£23.97
daragh1980	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£18.40
	Your hole cards	9 10
SINO	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£13.40
PORKO	Fold
SPENO10	Fold
68Trebor	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£54.71
balcon	Call		£0.70	£2.00	£23.27
daragh1980	Fold
SINO	Fold
Flop
		J 3 K
balcon	Bet		£0.20	£2.20	£23.07
68Trebor	Raise		£1.20	£3.40	£53.51
balcon	Call		£1.00	£4.40	£22.07
Turn
		Q
balcon	Bet		£4.40	£8.80	£17.67
68Trebor	Raise		£11.00	£19.80	£42.51
balcon	All-in		£17.67	£37.47	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£11.07	£48.54	£31.44
balcon	Show	9 10
68Trebor	Show	9 10
River
		A
68Trebor	Win	Flush to the Ace	£46.74		£78.18

 One of those hands where you just get lucky.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
daragh1980	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£19.40
TeamMoney	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£40.28
	Your hole cards	4 5
PORKO	Fold
SPENO10	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£25.03
68Trebor	Call		£0.60	£1.50	£28.88
thecoxy	Raise		£2.20	£3.70	£18.56
daragh1980	Fold
TeamMoney	Fold
SPENO10	Fold
68Trebor	Raise		£4.80	£8.50	£24.08
thecoxy	Call		£3.20	£11.70	£15.36
Flop
		5 J 4
68Trebor	Bet		£7.20	£18.90	£16.88
thecoxy	All-in		£15.36	£34.26	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£8.16	£42.42	£8.72
68Trebor	Show	4 5
thecoxy	Show	A 7
Turn
		2
River
		10
68Trebor	Win	Two Pairs, 5s and 4s	£40.62

 Pre-flop I knew he was capable of the squeeze play and reacted accordingly. Don't really get his shove but was grateful for it.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
yippy	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£19.18
painy12	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£30.23
	Your hole cards	8 9
tuf-poker	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£31.49
68Trebor	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£19.10
nsc01	Fold
yippy	Call		£0.70	£2.00	£18.48
painy12	Call		£0.60	£2.60	£29.63
tuf-poker	Call		£0.60	£3.20	£30.89
Flop
		A 10 9
yippy	Check
painy12	Bet		£1.60	£4.80	£28.03
tuf-poker	Fold
68Trebor	Call		£1.60	£6.40	£17.50
yippy	Call		£1.60	£8.00	£16.88
Turn
		9
yippy	Bet		£2.80	£10.80	£14.08
painy12	Raise		£5.80	£16.60	£22.23
68Trebor	Raise		£10.00	£26.60	£7.50
yippy	Fold
painy12	All-in		£22.23	£48.83	£0.00
68Trebor	All-in		£7.50	£56.33	£0.00
painy12	Unmatched bet		£10.53	£45.80	£10.53
painy12	Show	10 10
68Trebor	Show	8 9
River
		8
painy12	Win	Full House, 10s and 9s	£44.00		£54.53

 Looking back I played this terribly. Probably shouldn't be involved and then should have got out of the way after the re-raise on the turn, always going to be behind. The call after the shove is even worse, just giving money away.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
bexhill	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£24.28
sneji	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£22.17
	Your hole cards	J J
painy12	Fold
tuf-poker	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£32.55
68Trebor	Raise		£0.80	£1.30	£37.11
nsc01	Call		£0.80	£2.10	£20.24
bexhill	Fold
sneji	Call		£0.60	£2.70	£21.57
tuf-poker	Call		£0.60	£3.30	£31.95
Flop
		3 5 3
sneji	Check
tuf-poker	Check
68Trebor	Bet		£2.48	£5.78	£34.63
nsc01	Fold
sneji	Call		£2.48	£8.26	£19.09
tuf-poker	Fold
Turn
		9
sneji	Check
68Trebor	Check
River
		J
sneji	Check
68Trebor	Bet		£6.20	£14.46	£28.43
sneji	All-in		£19.09	£33.55	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£12.89	£46.44	£15.54
sneji	Show	3 3
68Trebor	Show	J J
sneji	Win	Four 3s	£44.64		£44.64

 Played itself, the River was a killer and never getting away from this.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
sneji	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£18.20
swisster	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.12
	Your hole cards	A K
WheresDirk	Fold
baz1985821	Fold
68Trebor	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£22.87
punxxs_13	Fold
sneji	Fold
swisster	Call		£0.40	£1.30	£18.72
Flop
		4 10 8
swisster	Check
68Trebor	Bet		£0.98	£2.28	£21.89
swisster	Call		£0.98	£3.26	£17.74
Turn
		A
swisster	Check
68Trebor	Bet		£2.45	£5.71	£19.44
swisster	All-in		£17.74	£23.45	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£15.29	£38.74	£4.15
swisster	Show	10 10
68Trebor	Show	A K
River
		J
swisster	Win	Three 10s	£36.94		£36.94

 Badly played again, should of got away from it after the shove on the turn.

 Session Profit £20.18

Overall Cash Profit £227.98

Overall MTT Profit -£119.22
Overall C4P Profit £11.01

Bankroll £271.23
Overall Net Profit £121.23
Monthly C4P 1273

68Trebor

 Nearly busto.
 Tonight was the night that poker decided it didn't like me. I had been 4-tabling nl20 and had lost about £30 witht he cards just not going my way. Fir some unknown reason I decided to try my hand at single tabling 100nl, and yes I am well aware this is a crazy move, but it just felt right for some reason. Started off really good and was surprised how poor the standard of play was, managed to get my stack up over the £200 mark when this happened. I know it is just one of those variance situations but it would of been nice for the poker gods to let me win just this once, would have made a huge difference to my BR.

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
ajs4385	Small blind		£0.50	£0.50	£94.15
ezryder	Big blind		£1.00	£1.50	£125.49
	Your hole cards	3 3
dangerdeez	Raise		£2.00	£3.50	£27.84
68Trebor	Call		£2.00	£5.50	£198.81
jimmynoleg	Raise		£8.00	£13.50	£106.05
nepzride	Fold
ajs4385	Fold
ezryder	Fold
dangerdeez	Call		£6.00	£19.50	£21.84
68Trebor	Call		£6.00	£25.50	£192.81
Flop
		4 3 J
dangerdeez	All-in		£21.84	£47.34	£0.00
68Trebor	Call		£21.84	£69.18	£170.97
jimmynoleg	Raise		£46.00	£115.18	£60.05
68Trebor	All-in		£170.97	£286.15	£0.00
jimmynoleg	All-in		£60.05	£346.20	£0.00
68Trebor	Unmatched bet		£86.76	£259.44	£86.76
dangerdeez	Show	10 J
68Trebor	Show	3 3
jimmynoleg	Show	A A
Turn
		2
River
		5
jimmynoleg	Win	Straight to the 5	£257.64		£257.64

 After this I had the following hand and was slightly tilty and basically bust my roll in one night.

68Trebor

 

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
dangerdeez	Small blind		£0.50	£0.50	£83.11
68Trebor	Big blind		£1.00	£1.50	£86.38
	Your hole cards	J 7
jimmynoleg	Fold
nepzride	Fold
ajs4385	Fold
ezryder	Raise		£3.00	£4.50	£115.99
dangerdeez	Call		£2.50	£7.00	£80.61
68Trebor	Call		£2.00	£9.00	£84.38
Flop
		K K Q
dangerdeez	Check
68Trebor	Check
ezryder	Bet		£5.00	£14.00	£110.99
dangerdeez	Fold
68Trebor	Raise		£14.00	£28.00	£70.38
ezryder	Call		£9.00	£37.00	£101.99
Turn
		A
68Trebor	Bet		£18.50	£55.50	£51.88
ezryder	Call		£18.50	£74.00	£83.49
River
		10
68Trebor	All-in		£51.88	£125.88	£0.00
ezryder	All-in		£83.49	£209.37	£0.00
ezryder	Unmatched bet		£31.61	£177.76	£31.61
68Trebor	Show	J 7
ezryder	Show	K Q
ezryder	Win	Full House, Kings and Queens	£175.96		£207.57

 Going to have to re-evaluate what I am going to do now. Carry on with cash, never really seem to win, or concentrate on just MTT's, or give poker up as a bad job.
 Will sleep on this and decide what to do tomorrow, with the aim of coming up with a plan for June and sticking to it.

 Session Profit £165.27

Overall Cash Profit £62.71

Overall MTT Profit -£119.22
Overall C4P Profit £11.01

Bankroll £105.96
Overall Net Profit £44.04
Monthly C4P 1346

laffn

lol............try playing live games......most pubs and clubs do them........this is basically a fruit machine , a real deck of cards hasnt been programmed unlike sky poker .....and the programmers have put far too much emphasis on bad beats ...... yes they do happen in live games ..............but its the norm on sky , to the point i actually consider folding AA............  and its much more fun playing live, you can have a proper chat and a laugh

68Trebor

 Have come to the conclusion I am going to give cash a miss for the month of June and concentrate on multi table SNG's and MTT's with buy ins of $3 to $11. Unfortunately as SKY do not host multi-table SNG's and very few MTT's at the £5 to £10 range I have made the decision to try a month at stars. I will continue to participate on the forum and will still update this diary, although without the HH's. Not sure if SKY will block this thread or allow it to continue, we can but try.

 On other news it looks like Paul Lambert is a done deal for the Villa, lets hope it goes through now as defo best man for job. Think Bent and Holt could be a great partnership, like the good old days, Gray and Little, Withe and Shaw.

 

68Trebor

 Deposited £150 and played my first session on stars, consisted of $3.50 Rebuy 180 man SNG's. Strategy with these is to not re-buy or add-on and wait for big hands and bet them hard in the period bfore re-buy ends.

Finished 179th, 45th and then managed to finish 4th for $140. Bit gutted as felt I had real chance to take it down which with a 1st prize of $528 would of been nice. Will show all profits / losses in £'s as all my money is held in this currency.

 Session profit £84.52

 Total profit £84.52

68Trebor

 First things first, Mr Lambert is officially a Villain and will lead the rebuild of the mighty. This is excellent news and at last Randy has got the right man, only took him 3 attempts. Hearing rumours that Zaha may be on his way along with Holt - Both would be excellent additions although would be sorry to see Weisman go in the other direction of Zaha deal, think he has a good future in front of him. Atleast will look forward to the new season now.

 Played 4 tournies on stars this aft - 3 x $3.50 rebuy 180's - Nothing to note except out early in them all. Also played the $5.40 turbo knockout (similar to Bounty hunter except your head prize never grows, so all knockouts earnt you $1) Finished 151 out of 2662 for areturn of $18.31, which included $5 in bounties. Never really got going and was nursing shortstack from about 500 players out so did ok to get to 151. Doubt if I will be playing again today as Sat night is for going out and drinking. Off to my local for a few jars of the black stuff to reward myself for another working week completed.

 Just watched Derby and have to say Camelot is a mighty impressive horse, did think at about 2 furlongs out he was struggling to get there but have to say he was given an excellent ride by perhaps the most exciting jockey to arrive on the scene for quite some time. The O'Briens are beginning to make horse racing a one team spectacle. How long until the classics and group 1's are renamed the O'Briens.

 Session profit £1.55

 Total profit £86.07

68Trebor

 Played 6 MTT / Multi table SNG in the last couple of days for a total buyin of $31.90 and no returns. Played OK and just suffering the old variance thingy.

 Session profit £20.78

 Total profit £65.29

pod1

sorry to see this mate, tbf my roll is pretty much busto. been on sky for yrs and yrs and never had a time like it. now i know im not the best player in the world, but i can hold my own up until (nl50) had great wins live . i dont keep adding and topping up my br (apart from when i bought in direct to grand final spt at dtd). but i have seen my br go from £1000 to 50 in 2 mnths.

unlike you mate i dont play on another site, so i need to re evaluate if i want to carry on playing or not. played in a tourny live on sat night, 51 runners and came 2nd  so my game cant be that far off.

very busy at work until october ,so i think i will take some time off till then and see how i feel. gl bud   phil

pod1

sarkel15	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£2.52
pod1	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.13
	Your hole cards	K K
mrchips200	Fold
kayjane861	Fold
_hazzer_	Raise		£0.12	£0.18	£1.86
Bojangle	Call		£0.12	£0.30	£5.43
sarkel15	Fold
pod1	Raise		£0.40	£0.70	£2.73
_hazzer_	Raise		£1.28	£1.98	£0.58
Bojangle	Fold
pod1	All-in		£2.73	£4.71	£0.00
_hazzer_	All-in		£0.58	£5.29	£0.00
pod1	Unmatched bet		£1.19	£4.10	£1.19
pod1	Show	K K
_hazzer_	Show	A A
Flop
		5 J 9
Turn
		A
River
		7
_hazzer_	Win	Three Aces	£3.79		£3.79

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