Just for a bit of balance it wasn't all bad luck last night. Remembered that I played like a total peasant in one hand. I was loving life as the pot grew large. I snapped off the river bet. I had a straight. "Err, what's going on? Why are the chips sliding his way? He only has 2 pair. Stupid Sky software. Oh, wait a minute, I have 67 and the board is 459 2 J. Not sure after all if that qualifies as a straight. Nah, probably not. As you were dealer." Long time since I've misread my hand Foolish boy Posted by Jac35
Orford would say its a straight ! Gl to the Rams at Wembley
Just for a bit of balance it wasn't all bad luck last night. Remembered that I played like a total peasant in one hand. I was loving life as the pot grew large. I snapped off the river bet. I had a straight. "Err, what's going on? Why are the chips sliding his way? He only has 2 pair. Stupid Sky software. Oh, wait a minute, I have 67 and the board is 459 2 J. Not sure after all if that qualifies as a straight. Nah, probably not. As you were dealer." Long time since I've misread my hand Foolish boy Posted by Jac35
Had a long break from poker. Well it is for me (2 days)
Proper tilted the other night. I reckon I tilt about twice a year at the tables, so normally a sign that I need a little rest. I just rant on the forum as opposed to at the tables generally. Makes me look pretty stupid to you lot but prolly saves me a few quid.
Had a huge sleep on Wednesday night. Felt amazing yesterday. I really need to sort my sleep out. Can't blame the boy, he's sleeping through. Maybe it's from childhood when it was naughty going to bed late but I just mess around doing things that really don't need doing just to avoid going up to bed. I get up early for work as well and so it's doubly gormless finally getting into bed around 2am on a regular basis.
Day off today. Going out for lunch after this post. Meeting up with a few friends this evening. Nice pub down by the river at Darley Abbey. Getting play off final tickets tomorrow and playing a bit of golf. May have a little bash at the sit and go promotion tonight.
Life is pretty good really. Enjoy your day everyone.
Turn up for the books. Won a tourney last night for around £250.
Been running pretty badly but in the comp I got aces and kings (a lot) Really appreciated Jdallstar railing to the end after he was knocked out. He had a couple of real coolers. One against me where it prob looked like I was squeezing from the small blind with a raise and a call in front of me. He 4bet shoved from the big blind with QQ and I looked him up, as you do, with AA.
Finally in okayish profit for the month. £270, which feels awesome after how it's been going so far.
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Got play off final tickets sorted. Half decent fans we've got. Sold out in 54 minutes. All 37,000 tickets gone now. COYR's
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Went to the range last night. Hit the ball so well. Turned up today and drive the ball like a boss. Couldn't hit the green from 100 yards. Sigh, another 0.1. Still, weather was great. My hair has gone a slightly lighter shade of grey in the sun.
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Beer gardens are amazing in the summer. But tipsy now. Bedtime
Think I'm running bad this month You decide - Played 2 lost 2 so far tonight
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
BOYDID
Small blind
10.00
10.00
1930.00
Jac35
Big blind
20.00
30.00
1890.00
Your hole cards
8
8
POKEY2011
Raise
40.00
70.00
1840.00
MAXALLY
Fold
Curt360x27
Fold
harryew
Raise
100.00
170.00
1990.00
BOYDID
Fold
Jac35
Call
80.00
250.00
1810.00
POKEY2011
Call
60.00
310.00
1780.00
Flop
4
5
8
Jac35
Check
POKEY2011
Check
harryew
Bet
310.00
620.00
1680.00
Jac35
Call
310.00
930.00
1500.00
POKEY2011
All-in
1780.00
2710.00
0.00
harryew
Fold
Jac35
Call
1470.00
4180.00
30.00
Jac35
Show
8
8
POKEY2011
Show
6
4
Turn
4
River
4
POKEY2011
Win
Four 4s
4180.00
4180.00
Player
Action
Cards
Amount
Pot
Balance
dekcol
Small blind
30.00
30.00
3740.00
Jac35
Big blind
60.00
90.00
4210.00
Your hole cards
K
K
sprig76
Raise
240.00
330.00
3320.00
Lucky790
Call
240.00
570.00
6575.00
gaz0001
Fold
turner71
Call
240.00
810.00
3380.00
dekcol
Fold
Jac35
Raise
1020.00
1830.00
3190.00
sprig76
All-in
3320.00
5150.00
0.00
Lucky790
Fold
turner71
Fold
Jac35
Call
2480.00
7630.00
710.00
Jac35
Show
K
K
sprig76
Show
A
A
Flop
5
3
Q
Turn
10
River
5
sprig76
Win
Two Pairs, Aces and 5s
7630.00
7630.00
Groan! 1st one is obviously gross, Pokey does do a lot of get theres 2nd is fine, just one of those spells when it's happening loads. Frustrating after chipping up early as well Next tourney. Lets try again
Edit Tried again, 3 games. No good, No good, Got seat in £55 direct sat. Unregged it with 25 secs to spare. Not really feeling it tonight. Made £4.50 on night. A wins a win
I was thinking at work this morning about doing a purely poker post today. Tommy has got there first I guess and it was inspiring reading. i disagree with him a little that anyone can do what he does. He's being too modest. He obviously has a huge talent and also the drive and determination to continue improving that few of us have, me certainly. And he puts the hours in. I noted that he wrote about how huge Sundays are and a drink in the garden may be a nice alternative to playing poker. He still did it though. The temptation would have been too great for me to have a day off.
I'll do my post anyway as it's from the completely different level stake and goals wise.
These days i kind of know where i am in poker. I'm a little better than average at the stakes i play and i set myself realistic targets. For this year I've just wanted to achieve the same sort of profits that I've made over the last two years which is about £8000 a year.
This is me on Sky since i begun SCHEDULED 505 £5.07 £7.77 53.9% £2,562 78 SNG 8,328 £0.65 £7.05 9.1% £5,390 72
Obviously Dyms have been my main game. Pleasingly since the start of the year when i moved up to playing mostly £16.50's £22's I've continued to have decent results. From the 730 I've played at these stakes I've an roi of 14.5 at the £16.50's and 7.8 at the £22's.
What i want to do now is to start playing far more tourneys on here at a higher level. Due to playing live a lot before Harry was born I've always been reluctant to play the bigger tourneys online. I'd rather do that live. With me playing very little live these days I'm considering upping my buy in level online. I've had a few nice wins live over the last couple of years and the boost they give to the bankroll are fantastic. I know i have plenty of leaks in my tourney game but feel that i might have the odd result in me somewhere. A lot of players I've noticed have been having coaching recently and it's probably something i should consider. Tourneys are fun and as Dohhhh wrote earlier, the chance for a big result is always there. Over half my profit last year was from the SPT win and there's no better feeling than a tourney win.
Dyms have been great for me on here but i can no longer put in the volume. When i was doing the PS4 promo in January i played 583 Dyms. Since then I've played only another 396 in nearly 4 months. Dyms are all about volume and i don't think i can make the money i want to solely playing them these days.
I've kind of got away with it since January. Last month i had the skill and go final which made me £700 and a couple of other bits and bobs have kept me going in the right direction.
I'm pretty much bang on schedule for this year and I'm considering having a decent break for the first time in years. I enjoy playing poker but the main thing for me is the money. I want to win so that i can do the things i want to. Summer is just about here and with the World Cup and a family holiday in June, now seems a good time to have a break. I may have mentioned before that i like golf and the weather is perfect right now. It seems silly for me to be playing to earn money to do the things i want to do and not do them.
So that was pretty long! Basically i see poker as a nice part time job at the moment which in addition to the pittance i earn at work gives me a reasonable chance to look after my family. Just need to keep going i guess.
When I do get the odd chance to play live I think I'm going to play some bigger events than I usually would. Will look to play sats. Going to do my best to play the £250 mini at DTD in August.
Also I want to join a team on here again. I really enjoyed it before and I love it when there's people on the table I know when I'm playing. Really enjoy the banter.
Surprised you don't flick in for most of the mains here on Sky. For every Tommy, Melt, Bates, Divs and Scotty, there are tons more inexperienced, or just plain bad, players also kicking about. Certainly money to be made if you can handle (financially and emotionally!) the dreaded variance that comes with MTT's.
Might see you in Notts, hoping to secure that week off work to play the £250 and try and also bink a seat into the ME*
*meh, who am I kidding, Hooters for a week of chicken wings it is.
I have no doubt that if you put in the volume you will reach your profit targets for the year. Your MTT game is very good, and the results you have from the 500 odd games you played last year show it.
If you played 300-500 MTTs a month instead of your 700 DYMs or whatever, I think you'd be making alot more than your £8k TBH. If I were you, I'd ditch the DYM's completely!
coaching is definately worth while if you take the game seriously, but can be a big investment. PM me if you want me to put you in touch with someone.
I'll definately be playing the £250 in august - will see you there!
Mnaged a catch-up with your diary this p,m, (SOO many diaries & not enough time!- sigh) Anyhoo, seems like life is treating you well & poker is on the up. GL & maybe see u at the mtt tables.
Very nice read Jackson. Surprised you don't flick in for most of the mains here on Sky. For every Tommy, Melt, Bates, Divs and Scotty, there are tons more inexperienced, or just plain bad, players also kicking about. Certainly money to be made if you can handle (financially and emotionally!) the dreaded variance that comes with MTT's. Might see you in Notts, hoping to secure that week off work to play the £250 and try and also bink a seat into the ME* *meh, who am I kidding, Hooters for a week of chicken wings it is. Posted by hhyftrftdr
Hi Jac, I have no doubt that if you put in the volume you will reach your profit targets for the year. Your MTT game is very good, and the results you have from the 500 odd games you played last year show it. If you played 300-500 MTTs a month instead of your 700 DYMs or whatever, I think you'd be making alot more than your £8k TBH. If I were you, I'd ditch the DYM's completely! coaching is definately worth while if you take the game seriously, but can be a big investment. PM me if you want me to put you in touch with someone. I'll definately be playing the £250 in august - will see you there! Posted by chicknMelt
Cheers Andy, appreciate your comments.
Interesting what you say about the Dyms. I've had pretty much the same conversation recently with a poker mate. Tricky one though. They're kind of a comfort blanket. Arrogant I know but I feel very confident that I will always win long term at them. Tourneys are obviously different and the long term can be very long.
In fairness my sample size is very small for tourneys on here. Although I did grind the 90 and 180 man tourneys on Full Tilt a while ago with good results.
Will sleep on it. It's nudging towards towards concentrating on tourneys at the moment though.
Well Jac, I for one definately think you should never ever ever play another DYM paticularily at the £11 and £22 levels and I'm sure all the other regs will be delighted to agree with me.
On a more serious note I'll have fingers and toes crossed for a Derby win tomorrow, lets just hope it doesnt rain and Mclaren gets his brolly out.
You are very good at making sets. Against me at least!
Still a bit unsure about it all. Tourneys or Dyms.
Weather forecast for tomorrow is shocking. It will definitely be worrying Steve. Think the ringmaster might go with a top hat to protect his hair-do. Doubt the brolly will make an appearance.
hope derby win 2mora for u mate, my dad is a ram aswell so hopefully you will both have big smiles on ur faces tommorow come around teatime. QPR must have broken every financial fair play rule in the book surely. i can also remind joey barton on twitter than hes playing championship football again next year and that hes the biggest **** in football too.
Comments
Orford would say its a straight !
Gl to the Rams at Wembley
You decide - Played 2 lost 2 so far tonight
Next tourney. Lets try again
Edit
Tried again, 3 games. No good, No good, Got seat in £55 direct sat. Unregged it with 25 secs to spare. Not really feeling it tonight. Made £4.50 on night. A wins a win
Teach me please
Come on you Rams
I'll do my post anyway as it's from the completely different level stake and goals wise.
These days i kind of know where i am in poker. I'm a little better than average at the stakes i play and i set myself realistic targets. For this year I've just wanted to achieve the same sort of profits that I've made over the last two years which is about £8000 a year.
This is me on Sky since i begun
SCHEDULED 505 £5.07 £7.77 53.9% £2,562 78
SNG 8,328 £0.65 £7.05 9.1% £5,390 72
Obviously Dyms have been my main game. Pleasingly since the start of the year when i moved up to playing mostly £16.50's £22's I've continued to have decent results. From the 730 I've played at these stakes I've an roi of 14.5 at the £16.50's and 7.8 at the £22's.
What i want to do now is to start playing far more tourneys on here at a higher level. Due to playing live a lot before Harry was born I've always been reluctant to play the bigger tourneys online. I'd rather do that live. With me playing very little live these days I'm considering upping my buy in level online. I've had a few nice wins live over the last couple of years and the boost they give to the bankroll are fantastic.
I know i have plenty of leaks in my tourney game but feel that i might have the odd result in me somewhere. A lot of players I've noticed have been having coaching recently and it's probably something i should consider.
Tourneys are fun and as Dohhhh wrote earlier, the chance for a big result is always there. Over half my profit last year was from the SPT win and there's no better feeling than a tourney win.
Dyms have been great for me on here but i can no longer put in the volume. When i was doing the PS4 promo in January i played 583 Dyms. Since then I've played only another 396 in nearly 4 months. Dyms are all about volume and i don't think i can make the money i want to solely playing them these days.
I've kind of got away with it since January. Last month i had the skill and go final which made me £700 and a couple of other bits and bobs have kept me going in the right direction.
I'm pretty much bang on schedule for this year and I'm considering having a decent break for the first time in years. I enjoy playing poker but the main thing for me is the money. I want to win so that i can do the things i want to. Summer is just about here and with the World Cup and a family holiday in June, now seems a good time to have a break. I may have mentioned before that i like golf and the weather is perfect right now. It seems silly for me to be playing to earn money to do the things i want to do and not do them.
So that was pretty long! Basically i see poker as a nice part time job at the moment which in addition to the pittance i earn at work gives me a reasonable chance to look after my family. Just need to keep going i guess.
Surprised you don't flick in for most of the mains here on Sky. For every Tommy, Melt, Bates, Divs and Scotty, there are tons more inexperienced, or just plain bad, players also kicking about. Certainly money to be made if you can handle (financially and emotionally!) the dreaded variance that comes with MTT's.
Might see you in Notts, hoping to secure that week off work to play the £250 and try and also bink a seat into the ME*
*meh, who am I kidding, Hooters for a week of chicken wings it is.
On a more serious note I'll have fingers and toes crossed for a Derby win tomorrow, lets just hope it doesnt rain and Mclaren gets his brolly out.