Disagree with the above poster slightly, this thread has an insane post/brag ratio!!!! Not even idcu could top the braggage on this thread, even if he included the brags he's told me about privately (he learnt to tie his own shoelaces this month too) U deffo shudn't apologise for it though!? wtf? I remember when you first burst on to the SP tourny scene, you were on a similar heater. Got quite abit of stick about being lucky etc. Must be VVV satisfying proving the doubters wrong. GL in the UKOPS this week! Also 30 RR sats? Stop being a plonker! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Hey doh,
Thanks for the comments
To be honest I dont really feel the need to prove anyone wrong though, just because I win a little doesnt mean theyre going to not doubt or not like me. So i dont really mind people doubting me really
Hi wacko just saying hi. i went away on holiday to Jamaica came back and see this cracking record staring me in the face when i've been trying to improve for a year, buying books galore, reading articles, analysing hands and breaking just about even!!! WTHeck!!! Many congrats and you seem to have a good attitude to your playing too. One thing that does surprise me though is the time you have to grind a bit while doing a university course. I'm an ex maths teacher but when i was doing my maths degree i was spending afternoons trying to work out calcs on relativity and quantum theory and ending up with a page of scribbles and crossings out. Don't get me wrong, i had a great time at Uni but i never had the time or money to grind at poker. I was sorry to hear about your friend and the alcohol problems. It sounds like he is depressed and he should realise the alcohol is a depressant too. He needs to see a professional and i would recommend that he sees the medical officer at the Uni too as it may be that he can receive time off his course if needs must but the Uni should be informed of the situation. Anyway, all the best mate..... Posted by profman15
Hi Prof how was your holiday? Thanks for the comment, appriciated
I really dont have much time to play, but its all about balance, if I do a bit of work for a few hours every day then I can have time to play on the night. It wont be possible soon though as il be overrun with work but hey, so no uni is challenging and im enjoying myself as well as working hard. Maths degree eh, you sound a bit like my brother who is currently doing a masters in astro physics????!!!!!! Clever G**
Apologies if, as IDONKCALLU has pointed out that my posts are coming across as brags suppose I just got lucky the past week or 2, it wasnt intended as a brag just reporting on each day That's not right Wacko, this is a Diary, you can chirp all you like on a Diary. When folks keep a Forum Diary, they can say what they like, as many times as they wish, as to chirping etc. Readers have the choice to read or not read specific diaries, so if it gets chirp-heavy, folks don't bother. As far as I can tell, your Diary is very well read. Keep it up man. Posted by Tikay10
Cheers Tikay
Well as you can seeIv got nothing to "chirp" about at the moment . Still, onwards and upwards, thanks for the comments!
I must admit when the title was changed to UKOPS Shocker I thought the shocker was going to be you'd only managed to win UKOPS 1 and not the side event as well, not that you actually had a shocker! Posted by Brrrrrrr
I know what you mean about those JJ in UKOPS1. i was aipf in both main & mini against AK, & lost both. did have a certain satisfaction though that i'd lasted longer than you in the side & mini - if not the main. that's what a benchmark you've become. you'll just have to make amends tonight glgl Posted by GELDY
How did you get on last night? JJ is a killer isnt it, knocked me out the main again last night ahhhhhh, close to money again AHHHHHHHHH! Keep going dude your game is good. P.s. was on Ipad in semi last night or would of said something at least lol.
UL from last night but it sounds like your playing some of the best players on the site and still doing well Sure your BR will be heading North again soon GL m8 Posted by MP33
Update on last night. Again another terrible night really, nevermind not sure whether I played bad or was just unlucky, bit of both I think, more bad play though.
SIDE
Was out after about 15 mins. Accidentally 3 bet pre (only to 120 from a min raise) with Qh10d and got 3 callers. Flop of KhJh9h was fairly awesome only for me to run into a3hh so was a goner there. Cooler or not? Maybe I could of got away but never mind.
MAIN
So frustrating. Had a poor start and after a few hours was sat on 3k or something. Doubled with 66 vs ak (flop 6qq mbn) then took out a short with 1010 vs a5. Then came a big hand, 1010 on button, flat called a raise then a 3 bet by hyper aggro guy. Flop Kc10cX. Guy bet out about 4k I think, I had about 11k back so shoved and he snapped me off with A9cc eeeeek. Managed to hold and win 27k pot. Was up and down after this. Got to 40k then threw away 10k before knocking out tommyd with qq vs 1010. Lost a pot to put me on 60k and chip leader ak vs 1010. About an hour later was still on 37k, think I was 18th of 35 or so. Then 4 hands in a row killed me and tilted me slighly I suppose. First raise 77 (blinds were getting big min raise was to 2.4k in this hand) flop of A24, bet out and get re raised so fold. 32k. AJ raise and get 3 bet so fold. 29k. AQ, raise get one caller, flop KK2, bet out 3/4 get called then donk bet on turn. Fold, 23k sigh. JJ next hand, min to 3200 now get shoved on, snap, kk gg. SO TILTING!! Spent about 4 hours really grinding and all gone to waste so close to the money again. Very frustrating week for me so far.
MINI
Was chip leader for a while in this on about 35k. Had one sick hand vs sam1986 where I held a7cc flop aa7 and he had ak. Managed to get to last 20, really wanted to get ft here and win something substantial. 18 left I was 15/18 with about 8 bigs, one double and I was top 8 though so was just waiting for spots to steal. Picked up QQ, big stack raised I shove, AK you know the rest. 18th for pointless profit. Another frustrating night.
Definitely feel as if I played better last night, il post the hand up from the main in a min and see what you guys think. Such a frustrating week and lost another load of money yest. Assignment in for tonight so whether il play or not I dont know.
On another note got a new laptop this morning. Wanted to go and get one yesterday afternoon but I wasn't in stock apparently in comet or in any of the stores in Northamptonshire. So couldn't order online as they had no laptops to deliver wtf? Useless. So searched on internet and found Amazon had exactly the same and 30 quid cheaper. Was a bit sceptical at first but it seemed legit and had great reviews so went for it. Ordered it at about 4 yesterday afternoon and it came at 9 this morning. Pretty insane if you ask me. Already up and running and it looks good for sky, decent processor for a laptop and better RAM and cache than my old one so at the moment very happy with it. My old one could handle like 8-10 tables, sometimes onlt 5-6 with bad internet so hope this will be similar if not better.
Time to dome some uni work now, don't even know if I have the motivation to play ukops or any poker tonight. To be honest im already looking forward to this being over so I can go back to grinding mtts where im not out my depth. Haven't felt that in a long while. Haven't played this bad in a long while too. Still have a positive outlook though, it could be worse I suppose There are millions of more important things in life than poker, I know when to say no if im not feeling it which I think is important to know when to say no.
Il post my BR at the end of UKOPS week, it may make it a little less depressing for me
Best I had last night in UKOPS was 27/565 in the mini, when I short-stack shoved my AJ into 77. Bit of a lucky break as it happens cos I then decided to late reg into the 10pm 1.5k BH, which I wasn't plannning to play. Was 2nd in it the night before but last night did one better! Luckily you were still tied up in the UKOPS and therefore not getting in the way.
Loving the diary btw, and you need a little run bad just to make the eventual win taste so much better, but bubble, bubble, that must've hurt.
EDIT: or did i reg into the 10pm after busting out of the main so as to keep the mini company? can't remember for sure, things ended up in a bit of a blur, but do remember having some great railing from my TPT teammates.
. Also pretty much given up on the all in sats. Not sure what the odds of this are. Played 70 (ish), only got past the first hand twice. Posted by Wacko90
I wish you had given them up. Yeah.....you are running so bad you won the last two back to back I hope I can have your 'poor' run soon mate!
GL tonight. I aint playing rebuys and have had 3 bubbles trying to get into the 'proper' game....lol.
Wacko90400001Entry to £5k UKOPS 4 Side + As you have already registered/qualified for this event you have been awarded the cash equivalent of £110, which is equal to the Buy-in and Fee.
You're too kind Dave. Best I had last night in UKOPS was 27/565 in the mini, when I short-stack shoved my AJ into 77. Bit of a lucky break as it happens cos I then decided to late reg into the 10pm 1.5k BH, which I wasn't plannning to play. Was 2nd in it the night before but last night did one better! Luckily you were still tied up in the UKOPS and therefore not getting in the way. Loving the diary btw, and you need a little run bad just to make the eventual win taste so much better, but bubble, bubble, that must've hurt. EDIT: or did i reg into the 10pm after busting out of the main so as to keep the mini company? can't remember for sure, things ended up in a bit of a blur, but do remember having some great railing from my TPT teammates. Posted by GELDY
Hi mate, another good run in the mini for you tonight well done and UL on your exit Annoying me all night you were Another bad night lol ;( Thankd for the positve comments Love the team rails, always fantastic, any other good results from tonight?
. Also pretty much given up on the all in sats. Not sure what the odds of this are. Played 70 (ish), only got past the first hand twice. Posted by Wacko90
I wish you had given them up. Yeah.....you are running so bad you won the last two back to back I hope I can have your 'poor' run soon mate! GL tonight. I aint playing rebuys and have had 3 bubbles trying to get into the 'proper' game....lol. Wacko90 40000 1 Entry to £5k UKOPS 4 Side + As you have already registered/qualified for this event you have been awarded the cash equivalent of £110, which is equal to the Buy-in and Fee. Posted by MAXALLY Haha Hi alan
I know I know, so stupid of me but I had to give them a go and it paid off tonight, free entry to main and made money on side it seems,. Ims till really confused though, did I win 2 of the side sats in a row? I was sure I had only won one hence when I sAW this and my account balance I was like ??????????????????. It would seem I won 2 of the side ones, tried looking at my account history but that didnt show anything...hmmm....
Here we go again!!! Another gutting night, I do feel as if I was rather unucky again tonight but maybe thats me lying to myself!
MINI
Same old really, got a good stack pre and went deep, nothing major happened until last 20ish. Got mnoved to YOYOs table RUNITSRANN etc etc lol anyway played well enough, got a nice double off Julian with AA vs his 77 aipf and im sat on 100k (only like 13bbs) but 6/17 so looking good for top 10. Next hand after (or maybe 2) AQ on the bb, sb shoves 50k and obvs I snap cos im never losing with this right? I mean he has 6bbs, hes shoving any 2. So obvs he turns AK, knocks me back down, then I pick up 33 and he has 66 and im a gonner. 30 odd quid, rebought a few times so were talking pennies again.
SIDE
Had a bad start, grinded back and won a big flip vs IH8PALACE my 22 vs his A2 to get me back to 10k. Then came the killer hand. Aggro nut mins to button to 600, I 3-bet AQ to about 1650. He dwells, then shoves. I had a long think and I just didnt believe at all, probably silly of me to risk my stack at this stage, but I was fairly confident I was ahead. Maybe it was a bad call. He turns k9, 22k pot so pretty huge, top 4 pot. Kxxxx GG! Seriously frustrating.
MAIN
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
@!!!
32nd bubble bubble. I believe Tommd bubbled, done by the same guy, UL Tommy.
What a horrific UKOPS im having, I could and probably should of cashed in 3 (the ones iv bubbled where iv been UL on each exit or just prior) and then if i just won a few races where I was ahead maybe another 2 events.
New laptop is fabulous Got lucky in a few all in sats although im still confused as to what happened so may clarify when I know more. Still another losing day which is a bit sigh but hey, not too much I could do about it. Same as Tommy it feels like its been a long month and im a little bit pokered-out so to speak. Definitely havnt brought my A game yet though its through no lack of trying. Nevermind, thats life.
Again we shall see about tomorrow, virtually 0% chance of me playing the biggie, but the sideys look lovely. Alternatively I may go watch Bond.
"The clock is running. make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why they call it the present."
I'd love to see those notes To be fair to the guy, he actually used his big stack very effectively, but you were so unlucky to run into that hand at the end. Posted by Slykllist
Lol I cant repeat them on here lolol. Im blaming it on you anyway, soon as you showed up the wheels fell off! it wasnt like I played any hands bad or anything, your fault your fault! haha
In Response to Re: Diary, Challenge, Motivation. NEW CHALLENGE. £999 to £9999.UKOPS SHOCKER. sd@@zsodjfh : Lol I cant repeat them on here lolol. Im blaming it on you anyway, soon as you showed up the wheels fell off! it wasnt like I played any hands bad or anything, your fault your fault! haha Posted by Wacko90
I was going to post after ukops but decided to vent now instead
Last night was the first night of profit, managed 16th or soemthing like that in the ME. Went dead near the end on table with chip leader, picked up jacks, got excited when i saw a raise and a call at 1500/3k, me on 50k shove it in and the caller has kk. Really does sum up how its gone this week, I cant complain though had a great week running up to it. Lost with kk vs ak in mini. Then a few hands later a 3 way all in kk again vs a10 and ax, we all know what the river was. Admittedly lost alot of money thisd week but I have full confidence of getting it back and feel mentally better off.
Not really looking forward to tonight, im going to play the main and mini, maybe the side, but confidence is so low, not just in myself just at how bad im running even if i do get a good hand it feels like il still be beat. Still, il play, and play my best and thats all i can do, itl be fun
Made a sizeable withdrawal about 2 days ago of well over £1k. After tonight il probably withdraw more (got trip, bills, other trip abroad to pay for etc) down to £999 and restart the challenge in my own time as I think il probably have some time off. Priorties.
Going to the pub for a sturdy meal now, hope the poker gods are with me tonight and I run and play well.
Evening all, I was going to post after ukops but decided to vent now instead Last night was the first night of profit, managed 16th or soemthing like that in the ME. Went dead near the end on table with chip leader, picked up jacks, got excited when i saw a raise and a call at 1500/3k, me on 50k shove it in and the caller has kk. Really does sum up how its gone this week, I cant complain though had a great week running up to it. Lost with kk vs ak in mini. Then a few hands later a 3 way all in kk again vs a10 and ax, we all know what the river was. Admittedly lost alot of money thisd week but I have full confidence of getting it back and feel mentally better off. Not really looking forward to tonight, im going to play the main and mini, maybe the side, but confidence is so low, not just in myself just at how bad im running even if i do get a good hand it feels like il still be beat. Still, il play, and play my best and thats all i can do, itl be fun Made a sizeable withdrawal about 2 days ago of well over £1k. After tonight il probably withdraw more (got trip, bills, other trip abroad to pay for etc) down to £999 and restart the challenge in my own time as I think il probably have some time off. Priorties. Going to the pub for a sturdy meal now, hope the poker gods are with me tonight and I run and play well. Posted by Wacko90
Regardless of the mini blip you still made some serious bunce, up from £100 into the thousands in a few weeks, cant argue with that.
In Response to Re: Diary, Challenge, Motivation. NEW CHALLENGE. £999 to £9999.UKOPS SHOCKER. sd@@zsodjfh : Regardless of the mini blip you still made some serious bunce, up from £100 into the thousands in a few weeks, cant argue with that. Posted by ACEGOONER
Cheers ace mate, had second profitable night last night so cant complain hope the job is going well!
Okay brief update on last night. Main was dissapointing was about 15 off money in the end. Doubled up early on with AA vs KK. And didnt get a hand for the rest of the tourney. Once again I think I was a little UL. With 40 left I found A10 with 8BBs on button. Folded round so I shove, BB has a9 and snaps and I hold. Very next hand I get JJ. Min raise, same bloke shoves I snap. KK. I can I run this bad argh! So im down to nothing and soon exit after I shve my 33 into the same guys JJ.
Side went really well until I made the money. Hit all sorts early on and was 1/14 (15 paid) with 10 heads ro soemthing. Then made 2 bad bluffs and suddenly im 8/11. Then a gross hand. Min 77 2 call. Flop AQ9. All check. Turn 7, I bet out, big stack re raises big. I almosty knew he had 99, but how can I fold here, shove in my 30k and yup 99. Turn was just so gross. Still cashed, and won like 500 quid almost in heads so made some good money. Was so dissapointed though.
I have withdrawn back to 999. Few reasons, have various things I have had to and need to pay for and Id rather pay for ti with poker winnings so. Withdrawn well over 2k in the past week so im happy. Challenge starts again today, from £999 Il be taking it slower now though, a little burnt out.
UKOPS summary. Awful week for me, but great week for sky. Only the main that didnt meet it Guarantee (which is really surprising IMO) but the money on offer was outstanding. The quality of the play was alot higher than normal too, there were no easy tables thats for sure. Hope this can be run maybe twice a year, or I hope there will once agian be the christmas UKOPS (Hopefully slightly longer and better than last year) and a proper easter UKOPS.
Lessons learnt. Being lazy and not focusing on sattelliteing in to the events. Amazing how many I bought into when I didnt need to. Dont play all in sats. The GF played like 5 of these, she won 2 (including last night where she got into the main on the first attempt for 2 quid). Quick story on that she really did get very unlucky. About 30 mins in shed lost 2k after some guy called her 3 bet pre with 87 off only to hit 1096. Some people. Anyway not long after she picked up 66, in a 3 bet pot for the flop to come 6510. Lovely, flat called a bet on flop, turn J, they get it in, JJ. How UL is that really. Also I need to improve. I felt like a right wally playing against some of the better players on the site. Outclassed many a time.
Great week for sky, very impressive set of events, long may it continue.
Registered for the 2pm BH. Feel better already already doing some reading to try and progress my game as much as it can. No point having potential if you dont utilise it.
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Posted by Wacko90
Posted by MAXALLY
Haha Hi alan
To be fair to the guy, he actually used his big stack very effectively, but you were so unlucky to run into that hand at the end.