craigcu12 diary.

rancid

When you hold a prem pr u want people to stack off to you by calling down
If you are raised espcially on turn then re evalute your hand.......

What is oppo raising with ?

Put oppo on a range and act accordingly be it fold,call or raise.

Just saying "I have an overpair" doesn't mean you should stack to a raise

In general if oppo has tendacies to raise and stack with top pr then you do not have a problem

good luck

craigcu12

maybe the problem was with that table being new i wouldn't know the villians so well it's easy to think your ahead and hands like the diamond flush and the 3 twos are very hard to spot the Kj109 i see myself i made the mistake as they so well connected and suited atleast i can fold some premium as i show when the KK got shove and here is another one

TIS-DUD	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.15
GEMO	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.25
	Your hole cards	A A
liamboi11	Fold
petebryn	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£13.32
suedehead7	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£13.64
craigcu12	Raise		£0.70	£1.45	£14.04
TIS-DUD	Fold
GEMO	Fold
petebryn	Call		£0.40	£1.85	£12.92
suedehead7	Fold
Flop
		7 7 6
petebryn	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.93	£2.78	£13.11
petebryn	Call		£0.93	£3.71	£11.99
Turn
		10
petebryn	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£2.78	£6.49	£10.33
petebryn	Call		£2.78	£9.27	£9.21
River
		9
petebryn	All-in		£9.21	£18.48	£0.00
craigcu12	Fold

although he could have been bluffing i didn't want to risk it so i folded my aces.

rancid

it's fine

oppo is never bluffing unless oppo decides to call 2 streets with FD and bluff river -

you would need specific reads to call here

craigcu12

my bankroll now is £220
i played on 2 nl4 3 action and 1 nl8 and i lost £3.63 on the nl8 39p on a nl4 and £1.51 on an action table but not every table was bad one action table got me £3.34 the third got me £7.61 and i won £4.03 on the second nl4 table
today was my lucky day with hands as i only got 2 losses over £1 one which was £1.96 the other was 6.43 with this one

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£9.57
D_Legend	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£6.16
	Your hole cards	9 7
gavin1969	Fold
ricky84807	Fold
pepo	Fold
x	Raise		£0.24	£0.36	£6.19
craigcu12	Call		£0.20	£0.56	£9.37
D_Legend	Fold
Flop
		10 6 8
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.56	£1.12	£5.63
craigcu12	Call		£0.56	£1.68	£8.81
Turn
		K
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.84	£2.52	£4.79
craigcu12	Raise		£1.68	£4.20	£7.13
x	Raise		£1.68	£5.88	£3.11
craigcu12	Call		£0.84	£6.72	£6.29
River
		6
craigcu12	Check
x	All-in		£3.11	£9.83	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£3.11	£12.94	£3.18
craigcu12	Show	9 7
x	Show	A J
x	Win	Flush to the Ace	£11.96		£11.96

as for my winning hands well it mainly was between £1-£3
what i might do is i shall stop with the smaller £'s and just put down very big winning and loosing hands such as this one as this hand.

calcalfold

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary : not wanting to be rude but it's as if you are saying that any pair even the premium pair is not worth much if i miss a set because that is what it sounds like and so
Posted by craigcu12

Not what I am saying at all, Rancid got my point over much better than I did.

To put it another way, you should bet overpairs, no doubing that. BUT, and this is the key point, IF you get raised, you should pause and ask yourself "In this situation would an agrotard/nit/callingsation/reg (insert as appropriate) be raising with a worse hand than I have?"

If the answer leans towards a no, you need to seriously consider folding.

Comprendo?

With regards to the AA hand number 4, you are looking too much at the board which is what it is, and not enough at the information that the villian is giving you. Is it likely he is 4betting all in with top pair?

calcalfold

Oh, and 97 suited, at 4nl? imo only do that on the button if you really must.

craigcu12

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary : Not what I am saying at all, Rancid got my point over much better than I did. To put it another way, you should bet overpairs, no doubing that. BUT , and this is the key point, IF you get raised, you should pause and ask yourself "In this situation would an agrotard/nit/callingsation/reg (insert as appropriate) be raising with a worse hand than I have?" If the answer leans towards a no, you need to seriously consider folding. Comprendo? With regards to the AA hand number 4, you are looking too much at the board which is what it is, and not enough at the information that the villian is giving you. Is it likely he is 4betting all in with top pair?
Posted by calcalfold

that AA is not much different to the KK you saying if he raises then he must hold the strongest which is theirfore three twos or a FH so can't the same be said about the AA facing a shove on a board which was paired why else would he shove if it wasn't for the 3rd 7 and as for that flush hand well that one was just too hard to spot he could so easily have held two pair which include an A the only hand for sure out of the first 3 i should be folding is QQ on that KJ109 board but the set of queens is never folding nor the KK as 2 is too hard to put him on he could hold 109 or A10.
as for the AA well my thought was he was trapping me as racid said why would he bluff that hand on the river when it is so well connected.

calcalfold

"as for the AA well my thought was he was trapping me as racid said why would he bluff that hand on the river when it is so well connected."

With that comment I was referring to the one where he 4bet all in 67 2pr

craigcu12

my bankroll now is £202 i managed to win 4.95 on a nl10 and 4.38 on a nl4 but lost £15 on a nl10 £3.57 on a nl8 and £4.23 on action tables

craigcu12

well after the way things went this hour i am beginning to think that on the button almost any hand is worth calling as long as the table consists of tight passive villians because this hour i have been stealing so many pots with absolute rubbish at first i was playing as standard and raising good hands folding raggy and low hands but nearly every flop the villians were just folding so from their i change my tactics totally and started being a bully or shark.
the evidence was in hands such as this
if this villian calls the flop then why is he folding the turn should he not just fold the flop?

Cash_Daddy	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£19.38
ronnieg197	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£25.40
	Your hole cards	K Q
craigcu12	Raise		£0.50	£0.65	£23.52
TKDROB	Fold
Bear1975	Fold
Ice_Tiger	Call		£0.50	£1.15	£30.21
Cash_Daddy	Fold
ronnieg197	Fold
Flop
		Q 3 3
craigcu12	Bet		£0.58	£1.73	£22.94
x	Call		£0.58	£2.31	£29.63
Turn
		10
craigcu12	Bet		£1.16	£3.47	£21.78
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£2.13		£23.91
craigcu12	Return		£1.16	£0.18	£25.07

here is the very thing needed to prove how easy it was

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£26.05
TKDROB	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£17.58
	Your hole cards	9 J
Bear1975	Fold
trevor1954	Fold
Cash_Daddy	Fold
x	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£20.82
craigcu12	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£25.80
TKDROB	Fold
Flop
		4 A 6
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.40	£1.10	£20.42
craigcu12	Raise		£0.80	£1.90	£25.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£1.38		£26.38
craigcu12	Return		£0.40	£0.12	£26.78

this sort of thing is making me start to see things now more and more clearer and basically if they do a bet on the turn then they have got a better hand than me most times and any reraise or shove they make will mean they have atleast two pair if not a set also i feel the river i might as well check if i'm in position if  i am first then i shall do a small value bet.
the big fact i see is it is getting so hard to get the callers so i sometimes turn into a shark or bully on the table.
as for my bankroll it is now £209.50

craigcu12

well i had a fairly good session this evening and managed to gain quite a bit i lost £6.33 on an action table and 34p on a nl4 but on 5 other tables i made up for that loss with £2.10, £1.36 and 86p on 3 nl4p on a nl8p i made 12.67 and on a nl10p i made £5.85 so my bankroll now is 225.67
hands such as this one make me wonder if some villians would rather wait until the are very unlikely to be behind before they shove.
why else would this villian just call the flop and turn then shove the river.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
smullyman	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£10.23
ollie2406	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£7.63
	Your hole cards	Q A
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£0.52	£14.88
truslove08	Fold
popeye374	Fold
mrgoose	Call		£0.40	£0.92	£6.36
smullyman	Fold
ollie2406	Call		£0.32	£1.24	£7.31
Flop
		5 A 10
ollie2406	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.93	£2.17	£13.95
mrgoose	Fold
ollie2406	Call		£0.93	£3.10	£6.38
Turn
		A
ollie2406	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£3.10	£6.20	£10.85
ollie2406	Call		£3.10	£9.30	£3.28
River
		6
ollie2406	All-in		£3.28	£12.58	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£3.28	£15.86	£7.57
ollie2406	Show	2 A
craigcu12	Show	Q A
craigcu12	Win	Three Aces	£14.67		£22.24

craigcu12

things didn't go well for me in the tournaments i went in today so my bankroll went down again and at one stage my final cash session looked bad. but then this happened

Cash_Daddy	Sitout
TINTIN	Big blind		£0.10	£0.10	£14.27
	Your hole cards	J J
x	Raise		£0.30	£0.40	£28.57
suedehead7	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.90	£1.30	£15.76
TINTIN	Fold
x	Call		£0.60	£1.90	£27.97
Flop
		J Q 9
x	Bet		£0.95	£2.85	£27.02
craigcu12	Raise		£1.90	£4.75	£13.86
x	Call		£0.95	£5.70	£26.07
Turn
		6
x	Bet		£2.85	£8.55	£23.22
craigcu12	Raise		£5.70	£14.25	£8.16
x	Call		£2.85	£17.10	£20.37
River
		Q
x	All-in		£20.37	£37.47	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£8.16	£45.63	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£12.21	£33.42	£12.21
x	Show	7 6
craigcu12	Show	J J

at first sight this looked so scary and i thought that i was going to loose to a Q9s or even QJ and almost folded my own FH but then i thought to myself i already hold2 js so QJ is unlikely as for Q9 well i thought if it's Q9 it's Q9 and plus i thought that by now he would be holding a straight and was trapping me the way he just called the flop and turn.
but i won it and now my bankroll is £202

devonfish5

Hi Craig,
been following your journey,and am impressed with your spirit determination enthusiasm and bottle,to name just a few.
i always enjoy coming to your diary each day or night as is often the case as like myself you always post after a session,both good or bad.
i'm sure it's only a matter of time before your b/roll takes a massive leap forward,either through a nice tournament bink or from grinding it out playing cash.then i'm also sure with a nice 'roll behind you to play with,you will be even more creative and possibly be tempted to dabble at even higher levels,and who knows where that will lead to.
anyway,just wanted to wish you good luck Craig.keep up the entertainment.  lol
(* *)
   ^
dev

craigcu12

after having a break on thursday and being out most of today my return in the evening was a balanced one  i won £9.98 on an action table £4.05 on a nl10 and £2.53 on a nl4 on 3 other nl4p i lost £4 £4 and £1.17.
one of the tables give me a really big shock with one hand when i saw what the villians held.
what i was thinking was villian A could be holding 89 while villian b is chasing the flush but what i didn't expect was 95 and jj

x	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£4.49
coco3461	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£5.22
	Your hole cards	K K
canemo21	Raise		£0.15	£0.25	£20.37
craigcu12	Raise		£0.30	£0.55	£5.23
y	Call		£0.30	£0.85	£4.54
ben427	Fold
x	Call		£0.25	£1.10	£4.24
coco3461	Fold
canemo21	Call		£0.15	£1.25	£20.22
Flop
		3 8 9
x	Check
canemo21	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.63	£1.88	£4.60
x	All-in		£4.54	£6.42	£0.00
y	All-in		£4.24	£10.66	£0.00
canemo21	Fold
craigcu12	Fold
x	Unmatched bet		£0.30	£10.36	£0.30
y	Show	J J
x	Show	9 5
Turn
		10
River
		A

craigcu12

friday nights i will need to be a lot more careful as their are just too many maniacs and calling stations rather thanvillians who will fold almost any flop things like suited connectors are even harder to play as are low pairs and even the AK because if you miss them it is a big risk to c bet
as for me myself well i might be safest being a nit because so many times i've lost dear
here are some of my worst hands
i) two villians are in love with a suited card and so it feels too hard to spot the 5

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£15.44
Cash_Daddy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£12.46
	Your hole cards	K K
x	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£21.22
tequilalv	Fold
y	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£13.02
Glentelli	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.50	£0.85	£14.94
Cash_Daddy	Fold
x	Call		£0.45	£1.30	£20.77
y	Call		£0.45	£1.75	£12.57
Flop
		J 5 5
craigcu12	Bet		£1.31	£3.06	£13.63
x	Call		£1.31	£4.37	£19.46
y	Call		£1.31	£5.68	£11.26
Turn
		8
craigcu12	All-in		£13.63	£19.31	£0.00
x	All-in		£19.46	£38.77	£0.00
y	All-in		£11.26	£50.03	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£5.83	£44.20	£5.83
craigcu12	Show	K K
x	Show	8 5
y	Show	6 5

ii) flush draws aren't the only thing here i suffer huge loss thanks to another awfully loose caller holding Q6

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£8.53
Cash_Daddy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£12.05
	Your hole cards	J J
tequilalv	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£9.60
x	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£4.70
jojo24	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.35	£0.70	£8.18
Cash_Daddy	Fold
tequilalv	Call		£0.30	£1.00	£9.30
x	Call		£0.30	£1.30	£4.40
Flop
		Q 7 Q
craigcu12	Bet		£0.65	£1.95	£7.53
tequilalv	Fold
x	Call		£0.65	£2.60	£3.75
Turn
		J
craigcu12	Check
x	Check
River
		6
craigcu12	Bet		£1.30	£3.90	£6.23
x	All-in		£3.75	£7.65	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£2.45	£10.10	£3.78
craigcu12	Show	J J
x	Show	6 Q
x	Win	Full House, Queens and 6s	£9.34		£9.34

iii) another bad time for my set was this

tj50	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£4.17
bad_karma	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£4.18
	Your hole cards	7 7
maidenft20	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.52
craigcu12	Raise		£0.12	£0.22	£6.40
tj50	Fold
bad_karma	Call		£0.08	£0.30	£4.10
maidenft20	Call		£0.08	£0.38	£3.44
Flop
		6 8 7
bad_karma	Check
maidenft20	Bet		£0.16	£0.54	£3.28
craigcu12	Raise		£0.51	£1.05	£5.89
bad_karma	Call		£0.51	£1.56	£3.59
maidenft20	All-in		£3.28	£4.84	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£2.93	£7.77	£2.96
bad_karma	Call		£2.93	£10.70	£0.66
Turn
		3
bad_karma	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£2.96	£13.66	£0.00
bad_karma	All-in		£0.66	£14.32	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£2.30	£12.02	£2.30
bad_karma	Show	6 5
maidenft20	Show	9 Q
craigcu12	Show	7 7
River
		J
maidenft20	Win	Flush to the Queen	£9.88		£9.88
bad_karma	Win	Flush to the Jack	£1.23		£1.23

so my bankroll now is £170.
atleast i can take 1 positive from this, i can now try to shut up the moan i get from others who are with me.
yesterday they thought because i had £200 i should withdraw some but no way do i want to withdraw any of it because if i did it would only take 1 bad run and i am back to square 1 meaning i would end up needing to deposit money each week after 2.5 months without a depositing a penny.

craigcu12

after a break on thursday a bad night friday and a bug which kept me away on saturday things might be changing again for me today, my afternoon went well as i managed to gain £8.89 on nl8p and 67p, £1.95, £3.46 on nl4p i lost 74p on an action table and 1.87 on a nl4 my bankroll now is £191.66
one hand i feel really lucky with is this
i was ready to reload my chipstack already when i saw the K on the flop

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£4.90
jp129	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£4.96
	Your hole cards	Q Q
Emmie774	Fold
dobo81	Call		£0.05	£0.15	£7.79
x	Call		£0.05	£0.20	£3.84
craigcu12	Raise		£0.15	£0.35	£4.75
jp129	Fold
dobo81	Call		£0.15	£0.50	£7.64
x	Raise		£0.50	£1.00	£3.34
craigcu12	Raise		£1.75	£2.75	£3.00
dobo81	Fold
x	All-in		£3.34	£6.09	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£1.94	£8.03	£1.06
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
x	Show	K K
Flop
		6 K 9
Turn
		10
River
		J
craigcu12	Win	Straight to the King	£7.42		£8.48

the odds for this to happen is 0.808% or 4/495 and thats if i worked it out right (4/45)x(4/44)

the big hands made me
£6.50
£3.74 £3.53
£2-£3 3 hands
£1-£2 3 hands
losses were
£2-£3 4 hands
£1-£2 3 hands

craigcu12

tonight fealt like another of them boring nights where action is very low and so again i was stealing pots left right and centre

x	Small blind		£0.02	£0.02	£6.88
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.04	£0.06	£3.90
	Your hole cards	2 Q
thedame376	Call		£0.04	£0.10	£3.08
reap_sow	Fold
x	Raise		£0.10	£0.20	£6.78
craigcu12	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£3.82
thedame376	Call		£0.08	£0.36	£3.00
Flop
		J 6 A
x	Bet		£0.27	£0.63	£6.51
craigcu12	Call		£0.27	£0.90	£3.55
thedame376	Fold
Turn
		K
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.68	£1.58	£2.87
pomfrittes	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£0.83		£3.70
craigcu12	Return		£0.68	£0.07	£4.38

the trouble it give me today was that i suffered a big loss of 8.34 which due to the amount of passive villians their were on tables i therefore could not recover it as i already suffered a few £1 losses before that which i was only just recovering by being the bully.
here was my big loss

turner71	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£5.95
suedehead7	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.56
	Your hole cards	2 2
craigcu12	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£8.24
jampot	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£7.59
kettle9930	Fold
turner71	Call		£0.05	£0.40	£5.90
suedehead7	Check
Flop
		2 Q 10
turner71	Check
suedehead7	Bet		£0.30	£0.70	£10.26
craigcu12	Call		£0.30	£1.00	£7.94
jampot	Fold
turner71	Fold
Turn
		3
suedehead7	Bet		£1.10	£2.10	£9.16
craigcu12	Raise		£2.20	£4.30	£5.74
suedehead7	Raise		£6.50	£10.80	£2.66
craigcu12	All-in		£5.74	£16.54	£0.00
suedehead7	Call		£0.34	£16.88	£2.32
suedehead7	Show	10 10
craigcu12	Show	2 2
River
		Q
suedehead7	Win	Full House, 10s and Queens	£15.61		£17.93

my bankroll now is £179.75

sighcall

QQ hand i prob just flat the 3-BET - then again it is NL5 action table

22 hand vul but i prob raise pre. 

craigcu12

this afternoon has been a much more enjoyable time to play than what i get during the night. at night all i seem to do is bet large preflop then steal it on the flop yet during afternoons i have to be much more cautious as the tables have a lot more varity of play rather than just the loose passive villians i see in the evening
the tables i played on were 1 action table and 5 nl4 i did swap around during my time.
i got winnings of +£2.05, +£6.95, +£4.43 and +£2.93
the losses were -£1.92, -£7.90 -£1.14,-85p and -£2.22
overall i won 2.33
as for my hands well differance in the number of £1+ winning now to when i was on last night says it all
£7.22
£4.18
£2.92
£2.02
£1-£2 3 hands
losses
£5.81
£2.61
£1-£2 4 hands
my bankroll now is 182.08

craigcu12

had a bad period at 6:30 and lost quite a lot can't remember the total
i had a break at 9pm and returned at 10:30 which went better this evening i played 3 action tables and 5 nl4 multi tabling 6 at a time  overall i won £2.08 £6.22 and lost 45p on the action tables
the nl4p got £3.41 but losses of 22p £5.36 2.29 and 35p
overall i won 3.04 my bankroll is £178
the hands were
£6.07
£3.79
£2.58 £2
£1-£2 7 hands
the losses
£3.57
£2.20
£1-£2 3 hands
the two big ones were thanks to me having a maniac on the table at the time who i think was on tilt

alexever08	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£6.60
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£4.20
	Your hole cards	Q K
x	Call		£0.05	£0.15	£4.44
Scratville	Fold
TheRat1	Fold
alexever08	Check
craigcu12	Raise		£0.15	£0.30	£4.05
x	Call		£0.15	£0.45	£4.29
alexever08	Call		£0.15	£0.60	£6.45
Flop
		2 6 7
alexever08	Check
craigcu12	Check
x	Bet		£0.45	£1.05	£3.84
alexever08	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.90	£1.95	£3.15
x	Call		£0.45	£2.40	£3.39
Turn
		6
craigcu12	Bet		£1.00	£3.40	£2.15
x	All-in		£3.39	£6.79	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£2.15	£8.94	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£0.24	£8.70	£0.24
craigcu12	Show	Q K
x	Show	4 10
River
		J
craigcu12	Win	Pair of 6s	£8.04		£8.04

x	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£7.60
Scratville	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£5.28
	Your hole cards	9 8
botsup	Raise		£0.10	£0.20	£3.13
craigcu12	Call		£0.10	£0.30	£6.61
x	Call		£0.05	£0.35	£7.55
Scratville	Call		£0.05	£0.40	£5.23
Flop
		5 7 9
x	Check
Scratville	Check
botsup	Bet		£0.20	£0.60	£2.93
craigcu12	Raise		£0.60	£1.20	£6.01
x	Call		£0.60	£1.80	£6.95
Scratville	Fold
botsup	Fold
Turn
		8
x	All-in		£6.95	£8.75	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£6.01	£14.76	£0.00
x	Unmatched bet		£0.94	£13.82	£0.94
x	Show	A 7
craigcu12	Show	9 8
River
		J
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, 9s and 8s	£12.78		£12.78