In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary time to think : Pull a few strings Mr TK and get Craig interviewed via phone or skype on one of the shows this week (only if you want to obviously Craig lol), great story. Neil Posted by HENDRIK62
When the HR first came up it came as a surprise really because the minute i saw the all i sat i choose to just minimise the thing keeping myself focused on the main and micro. So not only do i have the main event to contend with but i now also have the HR
The HR, although it had over a grand for everyone who gets passed the bubble, My main focus was the UKOPS main event because I had directly bought my entry, I could get money for the head prizes and although unlikely i could have got myself the jackpot, all i was doing in the HR is playing a nice and simple game of ABC poker really.
The turnaround came following the post nutter5932 made having folded his hand on the turn, if they have put me on a range as short as set, they must still see me as the player i am when playing the micro MTTs and considering this is such a high priced MTT it give me much greater confidence going into action post postflop knowing these players will show respect for my cbets and don't play a range including hands like K5o 92s.
people say it must have been hard to have chris sitting to my left but if i was quite honest i think i would have more concern when he is sitting to the right because although i would have position over him most rounds, by having him to my left it enabled me to easily steal when on the button and power of his aggression plus my everyday style of play allowed Ch/R to be used well.
overall it was great and my favourite thing about it were getting the chance of playing an MTT like it should be played rather than a one about getting to see cheap flops.
what has it meant to me well it's given me the belief that with patiences and good planning i could see myself do it poker what has already been achieved in chess and maths.
for now i'll consider this MTT a one for the hall of fame.
I've already got belief that in cash games i'm slowly making my way up further and further. Now it's just a question of weather or not the same can be done in MTTs.
What i might do one day is see if their are many pros which have got aspergers sydrome because that condition is a one which seems to cause most things in life either much easier or much harder to understand than the average person in life and it was in december 2012 that i finally started taking poker serious myself.
so far i have 3 great skills 1. maths 2 chess 3.planning and thinking ahead (not always useful mind as it also gets me to worried about the negative side of life)
Wow. Whats best? Shed loads of money? Or playing THE best online MTT player HU? One of the reasons I love poker is the dream situation where an ordinary guy gets to play a superstar. Its a bit like pulling your boots on for your sunday league team and Ronaldo or Messi showing up for the other side.
My 'well done' is a bit late to the party Craig, but I just saw the result from last night. Fantastic achievement and a great story of David versus Goliath. Onwards and upwards!
Hey Craig, Just wanted to say Well Done on the big score last night. I love to see the underdog do well. Out of interest how much sleep did you get? I know I would have got none last night and would need atleast 6 pints before getting any tonight as well!
today i managed to get into the mini through a freeroll but it didn't go that well and i'm thinking i should have just registered for it before the freeroll ended then cancel the registry and get myself a £5 winninga it was a rebuy and all i would want to play at the minute is the BH or deep stack MTT so i lost 50p from and add on in MTT. i did have a few SnG and they all went well with each getting me past the bubble. 2 were 50p+10p DYM and 1 was a £1+10p six max and i won all three so the profit i got was £3.60 ( 40p x2 and £2.80 ) As for cash well that started off poor and cost me dearly. the first 2 sessions saw mostly losses and those were - £5.81 -£9.77 -£0.82 -£1.77 and - £1.93 them session only got 2 winning tables and they were £3.91 and £2.41 so i suffered a total loss of -£13.78 In my last session i decided to try it with a difference and played with some music and all through that session i fealt so relaxed and it finished with all 4 tables getting good profits of £1.43 £2.02 £5.89 £2.93 . my day as a whole was cash table -£1.51 MTT -50p SnG £3.60 so i have finished with £ 1.59 profit and points were 115 BR £29.15 Posted by craigcu12
Hi Craig. What you achieved last night was absolutely awesome, to go HU with Chris Moorman in the HR It's what us, micro players can only dream about. Enjoy the money, and the moment. Very well played.
I hope you don't mined me replying to the above post, but it just reminds you, and us where we were 12 months ago. (from little acorns, grow) Now go start crushing Craig GL
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Very well done Craig, delighted for you.
And to play Chris Head's up Phenomenal stuff.
Outstanding result.
Is it going to be the barrier reef or safari?:)
You can say to your Aunt you won £40 in the "luck" game and take her out for lunch.
on your fantastic performance last night.
just a suggestion but why not get our local paper the northern echo to run a feature on your epic achievement who knows
it might result in getting some sponsorship in the future or at the worst would make great reading in pride of place in
your scrap book.
The HR, although it had over a grand for everyone who gets passed the bubble, My main focus was the UKOPS main event because I had directly bought my entry, I could get money for the head prizes and although unlikely i could have got myself the jackpot, all i was doing in the HR is playing a nice and simple game of ABC poker really.
The turnaround came following the post nutter5932 made having folded his hand on the turn, if they have put me on a range as short as set, they must still see me as the player i am when playing the micro MTTs and considering this is such a high priced MTT it give me much greater confidence going into action post postflop knowing these players will show respect for my cbets and don't play a range including hands like K5o 92s.
people say it must have been hard to have chris sitting to my left but if i was quite honest i think i would have more concern when he is sitting to the right because although i would have position over him most rounds, by having him to my left it enabled me to easily steal when on the button and power of his aggression plus my everyday style of play allowed Ch/R to be used well.
overall it was great and my favourite thing about it were getting the chance of playing an MTT like it should be played rather than a one about getting to see cheap flops.
what has it meant to me well it's given me the belief that with patiences and good planning i could see myself do it poker what has already been achieved in chess and maths.
for now i'll consider this MTT a one for the hall of fame.
I've already got belief that in cash games i'm slowly making my way up further and further. Now it's just a question of weather or not the same can be done in MTTs.
What i might do one day is see if their are many pros which have got aspergers sydrome because that condition is a one which seems to cause most things in life either much easier or much harder to understand than the average person in life and it was in december 2012 that i finally started taking poker serious myself.
so far i have 3 great skills
1. maths
2 chess
3.planning and thinking ahead (not always useful mind as it also gets me to worried about the negative side of life)
VWP mate. Congrats.
All the best.
Greg.
What you achieved last night was absolutely awesome, to go HU with Chris Moorman in the HR
It's what us, micro players can only dream about.
Enjoy the money, and the moment. Very well played.
I hope you don't mined me replying to the above post, but it just reminds you, and us where we were
12 months ago. (from little acorns, grow) Now go start crushing Craig GL
Regards Alan