craigcu12 diary.

craigcu12

so what i'm going to do on friday is play some cash tables early then i will enter the orford league as i will know then what i've made or lost so far and not play too much cash once the orford league MTT comes.

i would like to ask if anyone could watch my table in the orford league MTT tomorrow and give me some advice on any mistakes i might be doing in MTTs just so i know ready for when the UKOPs main comes.

GELDY

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In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary : so many people say this, but I think its just complicated in a different way. there are so many different stack sizes, levels of experience and playing styles, ICM etc all to take into account. you could argue that cash is simpler becasue everyone has 100bb (normally) and they mostly play the same TAG style, there is no stack pressure from blinds and there is no ICM consideration...
Posted by chicknMelt

+1

mtts are more complex than cash imho  i'm surprised how many people don't understand that.

although sure there are times during an mtt when decision-making becomes simpler,

freshfish1

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tonight was quite a poor night and i need to start taking a break rather than playing too much cash in one night. what i did on thursday was waited until 6pm before havin any games and when it got to that time in the evening i decided to only play the semi knowing that MTTs are far looser than cash poker so i don't want to mix up my play too much. when i went out them i then went into the mini and played a few master cash too but things didn't go well and i was out after about 45 min. I didn't do that well on the master cash either and my BR was getting very damaging and so at 11pm i choose to return to the standard nl10p/20p where things went fine and allowed me to return some damage. so overall my BR has suffered a heavy loss and is £320.
Posted by craigcu12

Good idea, although you might want to consider doing a bit of NL10 until you get back up to between £400-500. I'm sure you'll crush as the few times I've seen you at NL20 you've been doing ok - especially when putting me all in when you have the nuts:) 

gl and hope your br starts to climb back up!

craigcu12

the session i had this afternoon is certainly going to be my last session on nl20 as i've lost £30 through cooldowns and didn't find it as easy getting the money back so tonight it will be 4-6 nl10p.
things did start of well and had a few bluffs but it looks as though the tables were after an hour changing into a tight style which left me with a big hill to climb if i went all in behind.
this hand was my own mistake and i should have just folded it when he reraised

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£29.19
ALLEYKITTY	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.57
	Your hole cards	K A
Kavla	Raise		£0.40	£0.70	£17.08
SR23	Fold
Tillystits	Call		£0.40	£1.10	£9.76
craigcu12	Raise		£1.50	£2.60	£27.69
ALLEYKITTY	Fold
Kavla	Raise		£4.80	£7.40	£12.28
Tillystits	Fold
craigcu12	All-in		£27.69	£35.09	£0.00
Kavla	All-in		£12.28	£47.37	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£11.81	£35.56	£11.81
craigcu12	Show	K A
Kavla	Show	A A
Flop
		7 Q 4
Turn
		6
River
		4
Kavla	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 4s	£33.78		£33.78

If others were still willing to call frequent it would not have been too damaging but sometimes their were so weird calls being done

VITALSTATS	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£38.84
bazzzzzz	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£37.20
nickd49931	Sit out
ALLEYKITTY	Sit out
	Your hole cards	9 Q
lecksville	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£30.04
VITALSTATS	Fold
bazzzzzz	Call		£0.40	£1.30	£36.80
Flop
		10 Q 9
bazzzzzz	Bet		£0.98	£2.28	£35.82
craigcu12	Raise		£2.76	£5.04	£27.28
bazzzzzz	Call		£1.78	£6.82	£34.04
Turn
		4
bazzzzzz	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£5.00	£11.82	£22.28
bazzzzzz	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£6.47		£28.75
craigcu12	Return		£5.00	£0.35	£33.75

craigcu12

after having what was a massive chip stack in the very early stage of the mini and looking as though i was sure to progress past the bubble i just happen to get the passive trapper who had QQ in his hand and so i lost my whole chip stack when he Ch/shoved it on a flop that was 10 high. So you might be able to get a large chip stack in the early stage but that will count for nothing as my aim in MTT is the final table not the bubble so i will be taking them risks.

the bet size on the flop i could say was a bit over the top but i'm thinking myself if i did just bet 1K and he jams i'm still thinking to myself i would still call, but i will know for sure next time that he could have premium pairs and the limping does preflop is a sign of weakness and he did just check all streets with middle pair on an earlier hand so now i know enough about him.

trapper	Small blind		100.00	100.00	8145.00
craigcu12	Big blind		200.00	300.00	9879.00
	Your hole cards	J J
NoProHere_	Raise		400.00	700.00	9092.50
pokerghost	Call		400.00	1100.00	9450.00
HITMAN_RV	Fold
pegasuso10	Fold
trapper	Call		300.00	1400.00	7845.00
craigcu12	Raise		1000.00	2400.00	8879.00
NoProHere_	Fold
pokerghost	Fold
trapper	Call		800.00	3200.00	7045.00
Flop
		10 5 7
trapper	Check
craigcu12	Bet		3000.00	6200.00	5879.00
trapper	All-in		7045.00	13245.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		4045.00	17290.00	1834.00
trapper	Show	Q Q
craigcu12	Show	J J
Turn
		A
River
		8
trapper	Win	Pair of Queens	17290.00		17290.00

still i did win my moneys worth spent on a £3 AI sat a £3.30 orford league and this £5.50 BH through £11 worth of head prizes and i will be going into sundays main event with confidience as it is a deep stack MTT and i was doing good whilst my stack was deep it this mini.

LARSON7

Craig put your name down for the HU Forum Leage Game

Are you still ok 2 play it?

craigcu12

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Craig put your name down for the HU Forum Leage Game Are you still ok 2 play it?
Posted by LARSON7

i'm happy to do it when is the games?

LARSON7

Check out the thread mate, people just need to arrange their games, i'll update you on who you have 2 play in a bit.

craigcu12

the UKOPs main event on sunday was an event which i played awfully my betting pattern in it seemed to be just random and i didn't concentrate on my game at all, so it was not long at all before i just went out and wished i just took the money from the sat. the story itself didn't end their because i then choose to do the stupidest of things and just give my chips away in the mini and to make it even worst i went into the side event for £55. the amazing thing about that is the miricle happened i just switched the sky poker streaming off and was left with nothing but that MTT and it was at that point which i got myself playing poker at it's best.

some of the hands i think were played terriblely in the main event were

leftarmove	Small blind		30.00	30.00	11224.00
fara	Big blind		60.00	90.00	11140.00
	Your hole cards	10 10
craigcu12	Raise		180.00	270.00	8660.00
neil1970	Fold
Padster51	Fold
DivsDreams	Fold
leftarmove	Fold
fara	Call		120.00	390.00	11020.00
Flop
		K 6 9
fara	Check
craigcu12	Check
Turn
		J
fara	Check
craigcu12	Bet		195.00	585.00	8465.00
fara	Call		195.00	780.00	10825.00
River
		6
fara	Check
craigcu12	Check
fara	Show	A Q
craigcu12	Show	10 10
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 6s	780.00		9245.00

Padster51	Small blind		30.00	30.00	11796.00
DivsDreams	Big blind		60.00	90.00	18205.00
	Your hole cards	Q Q
leftarmove	Fold
fara	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		180.00	270.00	8975.00
neil1970	Fold
Padster51	Call		150.00	420.00	11646.00
DivsDreams	Call		120.00	540.00	18085.00
Flop
		5 A 3
Padster51	Check
DivsDreams	Check
craigcu12	Bet		270.00	810.00	8705.00
Padster51	Call		270.00	1080.00	11376.00
DivsDreams	Call		270.00	1350.00	17815.00
Turn
		Q
Padster51	Check
DivsDreams	Check
craigcu12	Check
River
		4
Padster51	Check
DivsDreams	Check
craigcu12	Bet		660.00	2010.00	8045.00
Padster51	Fold
DivsDreams	Call		660.00	2670.00	17155.00
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
DivsDreams	Muck	6 A
craigcu12	Win	Three Queens	2670.00		10715.00

worst of all was

	Small blind		60.00	60.00	12015.00
craigcu12	Big blind		120.00	180.00	10255.00
	Your hole cards	10 Q
neil1970	Fold
Padster51	Call		120.00	300.00	10926.00
DivsDreams	Call		120.00	420.00	19897.50
leftarmove	Fold
	Raise		420.00	840.00	11595.00
craigcu12	Call		360.00	1200.00	9895.00
Padster51	Call		360.00	1560.00	10566.00
DivsDreams	Call		360.00	1920.00	19537.50
Flop
		J 2 3
fara	Bet		960.00	2880.00	10635.00
craigcu12	Call		960.00	3840.00	8935.00
Padster51	Fold
DivsDreams	Fold
Turn
		9
	Check
craigcu12	Bet		1920.00	5760.00	7015.00
	Call		1920.00	7680.00	8715.00
River
		7
	Check
craigcu12	All-in		7015.00	14695.00	0.00
	Call		7015.00	21710.00	1700.00
	Show	A A
craigcu12	Show	10 Q
	Win	Pair of Aces	21710.00		23410.00

after all the bad play in the main i think it did teach me one thing and that is in the dear events i can take much greater risks with 3betting preflop and check raising post flop

gazza127	Small blind		15.00	15.00	4150.00
craigcu12	Big blind		30.00	45.00	3970.00
	Your hole cards	A 10
TheDent	Fold
icegolf	Fold
hughesie	Fold
goodgirluk	Fold
gazza127	Raise		75.00	120.00	4075.00
craigcu12	Raise		180.00	300.00	3790.00
gazza127	Call		120.00	420.00	3955.00
Flop
		5 6 Q
gazza127	Check
craigcu12	Bet		240.00	660.00	3550.00
gazza127	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		420.00		3970.00
craigcu12	Return		240.00	0.00	4210.00

so unlike most other MTTs i've play the UKOPs side event on sunday was much harder for me in the late stages than the beginning

craigcu12

the only poker i had tonight was the DTD and some HU games both of them went quite well.
in my two heads up battles i won my opponents 2-1 in both.
the DTD events were both excellent, DTD 1 i finished in 5th position and dominated it nearly all the way it was when the MTT got to the bubble that i damaged my stack by calling an all in with 55 and face KK.
the DTD 2 was another great event and in that one i got to the final table too and finished 3rd.
DTD 3 was not such a great MTT and i went out of that mid way.
the only unfortunate thing about the DTD was that this was one of the rare occasion 5th and 3rd place wouldn't be good enough as their was one oter guy who finished 2nd in DTD 1 and might be 2nd in DTD 2 but it doesn't matter that much as the reward was entry into wednesdays rebuy which i would not have been able to play as i need early night for thursday.
so my BR today is £390

craigcu12

i went very well in the UKOPs side event on sunday, monday i got through to a final table in 2 of the 3 DTD today i managed to qualify into the main through 1 semi and now in the main event i went on to finish in 19th place winning £49.73+£97.96 6HP. the task is to avoid the positive tilt causing me going into too many. tomorrow i will enter the orford league, semi and the mini if i can get through the semi.

things got off to a very good start when i had AA did a 3bet and was 4bet so i shoved and he help JJ missing set, who says AA doesn't win. the next premium pair didn't go as well a short stack went all in and 2 called, i decided to shove my KK as their was a pot with 50 BB already so i was happy enough with them than waste more to then loose, the flop was not so good and give the shorty his flush and so my only hope then was runner runner FH but failed.
this was the hand that got me  really going

yoyo	Small blind		50.00	50.00	6817.50
y	Big blind		100.00	150.00	4565.00
	Your hole cards	K A
lovejunky	Fold
Ubbi4820	Fold
	Raise		200.00	350.00	3307.00
craigcu12	Raise		500.00	850.00	4960.50
yoyo	Fold
y	Call		400.00	1250.00	4165.00
	Call		300.00	1550.00	3007.00
Flop
		Q 8 A
y	Check
	All-in		3007.00	4557.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		3007.00	7564.00	1953.50
y	All-in		4165.00	11729.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		1158.00	12887.00	795.50
y	Show	A 7
	Show	A 10
craigcu12	Show	K A
Turn
		10
River
		K
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Kings	12887.00		13682.50

just want to ask when the blinds are still small if my chip stack is this large am i better preserving chip stack or could i play more aggressive 3bets OTB against short stacks?

yoyo	Small blind		30.00	30.00	6717.50
0mc	Big blind		60.00	90.00	6582.00
	Your hole cards	A 9
?	Raise		120.00	210.00	1296.50
blackbur01	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		240.00	450.00	3240.50
yoyo	Fold
0mc	Fold
?	Call		120.00	570.00	1176.50
Flop
		7 3 Q
?	Check
craigcu12	Bet		240.00	810.00	3000.50
?	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		570.00		3570.50
craigcu12	Return		240.00	0.00	3810.50

telboy121	Small blind		20.00	20.00	3513.50
	Big blind		40.00	60.00	1520.50
	Your hole cards	Q A
craigcu12	Raise		120.00	180.00	4560.50
emcdee	Call		120.00	300.00	298.00
0mc	Call		120.00	420.00	4216.00
chrisdboy	Fold
telboy121	Fold
	All-in		1520.50	1940.50	0.00
craigcu12	Fold
emcdee	All-in		298.00	2238.50	0.00
0mc	Fold
	Unmatched bet		1142.50	1096.00	1142.50
	Show	8 8
emcdee	Show	8 9
Flop
		K 5 Q
Turn
		J
River
		4
	Win	Pair of 8s	1096.00		2238.50

craigcu12

my BR is now £522.61

craigcu12

the money i got from MTTs has not been able to stay that long, the times in the past it was MTT but this time it was alot of cooldowns and a few bad calls.
the cooldowns i had were when QQ lost to KK KK lost to AK flush lost to FH and KK lost to QQ set.
the two hands i question my own play were AJ calling a shove on the board 8 8 8 2 the guy shoved with 108 so i was drawing dead, what made it so frustrating was he give me a great chance to fold yet i still opted to call.

the other loss i got was not quite as easy because the thing about this player is he was a total maniac and had been betting with total air, i was sure to still be ahead on the turn because although a second club and 7 came onto the board 9776 when the river card came 10c i don't know why i called that as their was lots of cards ahead now. so i should have folded the river for sure.

oynutter

 You should do what you should do, and should you do that, you should do well

craigcu12

the poker clinic might be making players get tighter on the cash tables but tonight shows their will still be some calling stations if you study tables well enough.
my original plan tonight was to play poker for a couple of hours then go to bed at midnight, thn i decided to remain up for 30 minutes more and then choose to stay on the tables.
the thing about this calling station is he was reloading every time he lost his previous stack another benifit about him was he had 100BB at once. calling stations like this are good when they are around but the one i had on my table was too good for me to leave behind so i stayed until his game finished. when he finished on the the table it was just seconds later the tables were empty so he had the whole table targetting the same person.

to show just how much of my late night depended on that calling station here is a hand which i had against a different player, the calling station was at the time out of cash and sat out so i was wondering if he is going to leave as he had already left the other table.
basically  i thought well this hand i wouldn't have been in, this player said to me in chat that today was not his day and i had taken a full stack from him with AK beating QJ on Q J 10xx

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£41.69
silvalady	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£38.28
	Your hole cards	5 5
kcuddedoo	Fold
	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£35.34
craigcu12	Call		£0.50	£1.40	£41.19
silvalady	Call		£0.40	£1.80	£37.88
Flop
		10 K 5
craigcu12	Check
silvalady	Check
	Bet		£1.20	£3.00	£34.14
craigcu12	Raise		£2.40	£5.40	£38.79
silvalady	Fold
	Call		£1.20	£6.60	£32.94
Turn
		A
craigcu12	Bet		£2.00	£8.60	£36.79
	Call		£2.00	£10.60	£30.94
River
		4
craigcu12	Check
	Check
craigcu12	Show	5 5
	Muck	A J
craigcu12	Win	Three 5s	£10.07		£46.8

craigcu12

my poker game today has given me more understanding of the reraise, when i was on micro stakes the pots i was in were nearly always going to be a case of me doing an open bet pre, a cbet OTF, double barrel turn, but what i was hardly seeing happen is a raise. now that i'm becoming a regular on nl20 things have turned into a more aggressive table pattern, their are still the tight passive ones who play fit or fold and fish for cards but the ratio of passive and aggressive is much smaller than micros were.

so my BR tonight stands at £393.65 with 78 point so far in may.

craigcu12

friday will see me making a return to nl10 as thursday night has been an awful run.

what i'm thinking is that i should have taken abreak after a the first two as the tables were beginning to go pasive and i do get extra aggressive when they are passive. 3betting preflop is more common but what i know hasn't changed much is semi bluff and 3bets post flop. they still have a very tight range.
some of the losses i'm questioning are these.

what the check on the turn the right thing to do or should i have still done a bet and just stay weak?

KiddR8r	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£25.15
letmewin88	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£19.80
	Your hole cards	A Q
	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£45.14
hipoh	Fold
KiddR8r	Call		£0.50	£1.40	£24.65
letmewin88	Fold
Flop
		4 2 2
KiddR8r	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.70	£2.10	£44.44
KiddR8r	Call		£0.70	£2.80	£23.95
Turn
		Q
KiddR8r	Check
craigcu12	Check
River
		Q
KiddR8r	Bet		£1.40	£4.20	£22.55
craigcu12	Raise		£4.00	£8.20	£40.44
KiddR8r	All-in		£22.55	£30.75	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£19.95	£50.70	£20.49
KiddR8r	Show	2 2
craigcu12	Show	A Q
KiddR8r	Win	Four 2s	£48.90		£48.90

when they calling on the flop should i be ruling out the possibility of him bluffing?

craigcu12	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£24.75
Curt360x27	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£46.14
	Your hole cards	A Q
letmewin88	Fold
mungo11	Call		£0.20	£0.50	£8.57
	Raise		£0.90	£1.40	£30.03
craigcu12	Raise		£2.70	£4.10	£22.05
Curt360x27	Fold
mungo11	Fold
	Call		£1.90	£6.00	£28.13
Flop
		8 10 9
craigcu12	Bet		£2.60	£8.60	£19.45
	Call		£2.60	£11.20	£25.53
Turn
		A
craigcu12	Bet		£6.00	£17.20	£13.45
	Call		£6.00	£23.20	£19.53
River
		10
craigcu12	Check
	All-in		£19.53	£42.73	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£13.45	£56.18	£0.00
	Unmatched bet		£6.08	£50.10	£6.08
craigcu12	Show	A Q
	Show	A K
	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 10s	£48.30		£54.38

should i have donked this turned set rather than Ch/R?

alex161	Small blind		£0.10	£0.10	£26.71
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.20	£0.30	£22.02
	Your hole cards	6 6
tgmtel	Fold
letmewin88	Raise		£0.60	£0.90	£21.03
scrumdown	Fold
lecksville	Raise		£1.60	£2.50	£44.99
alex161	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£1.40	£3.90	£20.62
letmewin88	Fold
Flop
		8 3 7
craigcu12	Check
lecksville	Bet		£2.20	£6.10	£42.79
craigcu12	Call		£2.20	£8.30	£18.42
Turn
		6
craigcu12	Check
lecksville	Bet		£4.15	£12.45	£38.64
craigcu12	All-in		£18.42	£30.87	£0.00
lecksville	Call		£14.27	£45.14	£24.37
craigcu12	Show	6 6
lecksville	Show	Q K
River
		J
lecksville	Win	Flush to the King	£43.34		£67.71

CraigSG1

Hand 1: think you played that fine. Just no getting away. Betting or checking turn is fine, it's going to be hard to get 3 streets of value. He's often going to have  PP and even some Qx hands. 

Hand 2: I'm prob giving up on the flop, so draw heavy and opponent is prob never folding to one bet in 3 bet pot and he's so often all over this flop. As played I would bet fold here. AJ is prob only hand we are still ahead of. 

Hand 3: I'm folding and for the exact reason you got into trouble. Your calling pre to hit a set. You miss so can fold, and more importantly one of your probable out is a club. Not just because they could have the FD but also it could shut down your opponent so you never get your implied odds. 

Lambert180

Craig has covered most of it.

The only thing I'd add... as a general rule you should never be set mining to 3bets when 100xBB deep. That's not to say you can't call 3bets with say 22-99 ever but it has to be because you know their 3b range well and have a plan to outplay them on certain flops. If you're calling 3bets purely to flop a set or fold, then you'll never win enough on the times you hit to outweigh the times you miss and fold when you're only 100xBB deep.

craigcu12

today i yet again took myself a step too far and bought the 3K BH then having gone out i had half an hour of bad play on cash.

what i am finding a nightmare is how to do my notes best, and what are the most important notes to have so what i keep doing is going into too much detail with the hand histories and can be still looking at hands after 5 hours.

what are the most important things to keep track of?