In Response to Re: DYM Laddering Challenge --- Turn 60p into £200 --- 3x £55 Primo Seats!! --- 223 Runners So Far! === FAO SKY === : Thanks very much. The downswing seemed awful at the time, but looking back now I can see was trivial, nothing more than a temporary blip. Getting only one bad month out of ten is far better than I could have expected. I'll happily accept a ratio of nine good poker months for each bad month for eternity. Also thanks for the NY tip, we're there for a week so I'll defo be doing that. It's still a year away though; early November 2014. Posted by GaryQQQ
Not going till November?... that surely leaves enough time for some sort of cheeky holiday fund raiser challenge of some kind ;-)... then blow it all in Macy's, lol.
totally lucked out there, card dead and was making moves at the wrong times. got a nice little straight to keep me in the running. cracking!... just surviving in the end with 1k of chips.
Level 4 a lot nicer... apart from a rather loose aggro player I had position on, who was playing well at first, but slowed down after I outdrew him, then outaggro'd (not a word) him. lovely jubbly.
I'll leave it there for tonight but Level 5... I'll be back!
I crashed n' burnt in my first attempt at level 5. Had a great table, five very aggressive opponents were slugging it out while I sat back and watched. Unfortunately the shortest stack kept winning the big pots and the chips were being passed backwards and forwards. Eventually I joined the fray and busted myself by open shoving 77 into JJ.
Have climbed back up to another win at level 4 again. Had a tough level 4 table. When desperately short with five left I used my tight image to get away with the cheeky play below. If called I'd have looked a total idiot, probably quite rightly, but I desperately needed those 400 chips. It did the trick, I maintained shove equity and got myself across the line.
just edged level 5. I managed to get a bit too aggro against the big blind when I was small blind... he read me like a book and shoved all in on my same move on 2 separate occasions. left myself a bit low but managed to stay alive...
got a bit lucky on the last hand though, bad timing is certainly my thing but so is being lucky ;-)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
beginner20
Small blind
100.00
100.00
4685.00
Thepob
Big blind
200.00
300.00
1010.00
Your hole cards
Q
A
kjackson12
Fold
smileychop
Raise
400.00
700.00
1525.00
beginner20
Fold
Thepob
Call
200.00
900.00
810.00
Flop
4
7
J
Thepob
Check
smileychop
All-in
1525.00
2425.00
0.00
Thepob
All-in
810.00
3235.00
0.00
smileychop
Unmatched bet
715.00
2520.00
715.00
Thepob
Show
10
J
smileychop
Show
Q
A
Turn
5
River
8
smileychop
Win
Flush to the Queen
2520.00
what can I say, apart from phew. fell free to berate my move, coz I'm not sure if it was the right one. I think with my stack size and his, it was the only one I could make to take the pot.
Those unavoidable spots are why this challenge is so difficult, you're gonna have to run really well to go through all the levels without finding yourself on the wrong side of one like that where neither player will ever be folding.
I'm ready for another crack at level 5. Busy in an MTT right now, will probably leave it 'til tomorrow.
Stumbled at Level 6. got down to 4 left and I managed to double up to a mid stack... then wrongly decided to squeeze shove on the lowest stack when hes got AK went down to just under 1k and tried the same move again on the same guy and he has the same hand.
see my terrible move below... (what a wally)
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
davenant1
Small blind
75.00
75.00
3045.00
smileychop
Big blind
150.00
225.00
2565.00
Your hole cards
6
K
taylerrace
Raise
450.00
675.00
1240.00
Homer78
Fold
davenant1
Fold
smileychop
All-in
2565.00
3240.00
0.00
taylerrace
All-in
1240.00
4480.00
0.00
smileychop
Unmatched bet
1025.00
3455.00
1025.00
smileychop
Show
6
K
taylerrace
Show
A
K
Flop
10
7
Q
Turn
3
River
7
taylerrace
Win
Flush to the King
3455.00
I should know when someone raises 3xbb under the gun, its normally a pretty good hand. I just thought he would shove premium hands.
Uuuurgh, unlucky Wynne. You deserve this for persistence.
I'm ready for another crack at level 5. Took a beat first time. Got too carried away with pocket 77 and donked myself out the second time. Third time lucky?
Had a scare on the bubble, standard shove/call spot my 88 vs AK. An ace on the the river put me 4th/4 with 2 and a bit BB, fortunately I doubled next hand off the same guy and got back into it.
Final hand was an all-in and call between two other players whose stacks were almost level. It's always nice to be able to sit back and relax while others sort out the final placings.
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time to kick off where I left off... Level 3 £2.25, LETS GET IT ON!
totally lucked out there, card dead and was making moves at the wrong times. got a nice little straight to keep me in the running. cracking!... just surviving in the end with 1k of chips.
Level 4 I hope you're a bit nicer to me...
Level 4 a lot nicer... apart from a rather loose aggro player I had position on, who was playing well at first, but slowed down after I outdrew him, then outaggro'd (not a word) him. lovely jubbly.
I'll leave it there for tonight but Level 5... I'll be back!
Have climbed back up to another win at level 4 again. Had a tough level 4 table. When desperately short with five left I used my tight image to get away with the cheeky play below. If called I'd have looked a total idiot, probably quite rightly, but I desperately needed those 400 chips. It did the trick, I maintained shove equity and got myself across the line.
Good luck to all still trying this challenge.
time for a bit of level 5 action me thinks... lets do this!
just edged level 5. I managed to get a bit too aggro against the big blind when I was small blind... he read me like a book and shoved all in on my same move on 2 separate occasions. left myself a bit low but managed to stay alive...
got a bit lucky on the last hand though, bad timing is certainly my thing but so is being lucky ;-)
Level 5 my 77 vs Q4 on a QQ7 flop.
All the chips go in, 4 on the river lol.
Right, wife is watching strictly. time for some level 6 action. COME ON!..
Those unavoidable spots are why this challenge is so difficult, you're gonna have to run really well to go through all the levels without finding yourself on the wrong side of one like that where neither player will ever be folding.
I'm ready for another crack at level 5. Busy in an MTT right now, will probably leave it 'til tomorrow.
****...
Stumbled at Level 6. got down to 4 left and I managed to double up to a mid stack... then wrongly decided to squeeze shove on the lowest stack when hes got AK went down to just under 1k and tried the same move again on the same guy and he has the same hand.
see my terrible move below... (what a wally)
Slow played my trips and oppo hit straight on river!
Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm ready for another crack at level 5. Took a beat first time. Got too carried away with pocket 77 and donked myself out the second time. Third time lucky?
Only another 7 levels to go
Had a scare on the bubble, standard shove/call spot my 88 vs AK. An ace on the the river put me 4th/4 with 2 and a bit BB, fortunately I doubled next hand off the same guy and got back into it.
Final hand was an all-in and call between two other players whose stacks were almost level. It's always nice to be able to sit back and relax while others sort out the final placings.