Excellent work Gary, but im surprised you folded 33. Thats like AA to you isnt it? Only joking, as you say, its correct to fold in those situations. When someone has 36 and the flop comes 245 they always bemoan the fact 'they would have won' and not the fact that 63 is junk!
The only poker tournaments I had time for today were the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I ran well to make the final table of both, though they were ultimately destined to be near-misses.
In the 9-45 after flipping well to get there I scored a lucky double on the stone-cold bubble; I opened the betting with AT and the big-blind defended with T5o. That’s great news for me most of the time, however on this occasion the flop was T52r. After all the chips went in I was saved by an ace on the river. Eventually I was busted during 3-handed play by talented MTTer SUPERSNEDD, the only player in the game who’d been running hotter than me. When getting short I ran my AT into his AK blind vs blind, a cooler for me with effective stacks below 20BB.
After embarrassingly donking off most of my stack in the 10-45 I found myself down to only 6BB at one stage. However I managed to flip and shove my back into contention and was in the top two by the bubble. My good fortune dried up soon after when I ran flopped top pair with a good kicker into a flopped set against the same player twice an orbit apart to find myself adrift in 8/8. However it wasn’t all over quite yet, I shoved myself back into it and was in the lead with five left. The wheels finally came off for good courtesy of two coolers. I squeeze/shoved AJ from the button over a weak limp and ran into KK in the blinds. A couple of orbits later I jammed my A9s from the cut-off into pocket AA on the BB and was out in fifth. No complaints, I’d had a good run to get that far.
I particularly enjoyed the tournaments today. They were both played in good spirit, I shared friendly tables with many regs. Poker being played as it should be. It always more fun when you flip well too! I’d like to give fellow forum member Easyfix a mention. I busted him from both tournaments due to his total inability to win all-ins against me. The deck didn’t give him chance today, though I’m sure he’ll get his own back sooner or later.
Nice cashes Gary, it's almost more of a surprise to check up on this thread and see you post a losing session these days. Posted by benc
Cheers Ben. I've been on a bit of a purple patch over the last week. Now I'm playing almost exclusively MTTs I expect to be reporting far more losing days than winning days. They'll undoubtedly come, as will the downswings, though for for the time being I intend to make the most of the run-good while it lasts.
It's funny how your perspective changes. Making £29 profit today was certainly pleasing, though no big deal. Whereas if I look back to the start of this challenge it took me 5 hard weeks to win the first £29. Back then even a £1 HU STT win felt huge.
In Response to Re: 1,000 Poker Points ----- /> £1,000 Can it be done? Latest balance £325.75 : Hi Smiley, thanks very much. I'm unable to give full advice because I only ever play tournament poker and never visit the cash tables. It depends what your best game is really. Personally I'd play standard speed £1.05 HU STTs and try to run it up there. Many opponents in those are pretty weak, any solid player stands a great chance of building the bankroll as long as a downswing can be avoided. Many would recommend DYMs. I'm not a big fan myself; the 15% rake at the the £1.00 level is hard to beat and I'm not too keen on a game in which the correct strategy is to fold most of the time. You're much more likely to profit from real money games than Freerolls in my opinion. Though saying that you've nothing to lose; you might as well use your 60 points to enter a couple and see if you get lucky, after-all you can't do anything else with them. Whatever you do don't waste any of your precious cash balance paying for rebuys and add-ons in a Freeroll, I didn't at any stage of this challenge. Good luck to you. Posted by GaryQQQ
Cheers for the advice Gary,
I would have got back to this post sooner, but had a lot on.
i'm going to try some HU poker. i normally go for 60p/£1.15 DYM's but like you say, i'm struggling to make the balance grow with the rake and downswings. i had been playing some cash tables, but feel as though my bankroll is still a bit small for even the 2p/4p tables. So heads up here i come!
No joy today, I entered three Bounty Hunter tournaments but bricked them all. In the first I enjoyed a bright start with an early bounty but lost it all a bit later when two flips didn’t go my way.
In the second game I busted in the very first hand with pocket kings. The flop was 862, all diamonds. I held the king of diamonds so would never consider folding against an unknown opponent. The villain in the hand held 88 and his set held up (see below).
Things looked promising for a while in the third game. But I went from above average to out in the space of two consecutive mid-stages hands. First my raise with JT was called by a short stack with A4, I was never folding on the J44 flop. Then my AQs clashed with a callers JT on an AKQ flop for a harsh cooler. At least I had a couple of head prizes under my belt as a consolation.
I’m expecting my volume to be low for the next month or so. DIY jobs around the house will be taking priority over poker for a while. Also I have several family events and a week off work lined up. When I’m off work I like to make the most of it, I often take a break from poker while I get out and about on my travels.
This is how I busted a Bounty Hunter tournament in the first hand. I’m never folding in this spot and I like to play my over pair and flush draw aggressively, my bet sizes are carefully calculated to set up the river shove. I know a good part of the villains range (sets and flopped flushes) beats me, however I’m also considering that you also see unknown opponents getting to the river with many holdings I’m beating in these games. I wouldn’t have been surprised to if he/she held any of these; a pair 99 to JJ (with or without a diamond), AdKx, AQ with a diamond (sometimes without), Ad with any other card, sometimes even just a random hand with a single diamond lower than a king. On this occasion I say well played and good luck to the villain. It would have been interesting to see if he/she could have got away from their set had the fourth diamond hit.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 10.00 10.00 1990.00 XXXNETXXX Big blind 20.00 30.00 1980.00 Your hole cards K K SALSACITY Call 20.00 50.00 1980.00 GaryQQQ Raise 100.00 150.00 1900.00 ebbwlad Fold * Call 90.00 240.00 1900.00 XXXNETXXX Fold SALSACITY Call 80.00 320.00 1900.00 Flop 2 8 6 * Check SALSACITY Check GaryQQQ Bet 240.00 560.00 1660.00 * Call 240.00 800.00 1660.00 SALSACITY Fold Turn Q * Check GaryQQQ Bet 575.00 1375.00 1085.00 * Call 575.00 1950.00 1085.00 River 5 * Check GaryQQQ All-in 1085.00 3035.00 0.00 * All-in 1085.00 4120.00 0.00 * Show 8 8 GaryQQQ Show K K * Win Three 8s 4120.00 4120.00
I was home from work in time for the two £3.30 Bounty Hunters today. In the 10-45 I busted in the mid-stages when I found a good squeeze/shove spot on the button with 18BB and AJs over two weak limps. Unfortunately for me the SB woke up with pocket kings which held-up.
In the 9-45 I enjoyed a deeper run. Solid ABC tournament poker was enough to take me to the sharp end. As usual I didn’t shy away from a big confrontation on the bubble; I won a big one here with TT>AJ aipf to put myself in second place as we went into the money. Not long after that after losing a couple of all-ins my back was against the wall in 8/8. However I shoved myself back into contention and was briefly chipleader for a while after winning another race with AQs>TT aipf once I eventually found a caller.
At the final table I was one more flip away from a substantial chip lead with five left, however this time it didn’t go my way. I shoved pocket 88 over the chipleaders button min-raise and lost the race against his AK to exit in fifth place. I play MTTs to win and am therefore very happy to take my chances in such a spot. If his hole-cards were somehow known to me in advance my stack is still going in the middle. He who dares wins (in the long run!).
After three hours of decorating work I returned to the tables. I was somewhat tired, but jumped in the first game going which was a £2.30 Bounty Hunter. I was donked out by a calling station who caught a 3-outer with one card to come.
My exit hand at the £3.30 final table. I consider my pocket pair to be well ahead of the buttons opening range. Most of the time I'll pick-up the 7K in the middle and add over 20% to my stack without a showdown. However I'm also fully prepared to race against overcards for my tournament life if necessary. In the unlikely event my opponent or the big blind has a bigger pair than me it’s just a cooler, though even then there’s a chance I might suck-out. I have a very aggressive image at this table, so it’s also possible I might get looked up by a smaller pair, maybe even A8s. If I win the flip I’m chipleader and stand a great chance of victory, I’m playing for win here so this was an easy shove.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 1000.00 1000.00 32060.00 laura49 Big blind 2000.00 3000.00 22283.76 Your hole cards 8 8 pinkeeey Fold XXXNETXXX Fold male Raise 4000.00 7000.00 45140.62 GaryQQQ All-in 32060.00 39060.00 0.00 laura49 Fold male Call 29060.00 68120.00 16080.62 GaryQQQ Show 8 8 male Show K A Flop Q A Q Turn 6 River 4 male Win Two Pairs, Aces and Queens 68120.00 84200.62
The only game I could enter today was £5.75 Speed Bounty Hunter. I usually avoid these speed games as skill edges are blunted, however it was all I had time for on a busy day.
I enjoyed a great start with four early head-prizes and spent much of the tournament as chipleader. My good fortune began to run out when we entered the shallow push/fold zone. I lost my lead when I ran AK into AA, then a series of all-ins on the bubble (4 left, 3 paid) worked against me, including my harsh exit as bubble boy with AK<AQ aipf.
I’m beginning to get a worrying sense of deja-vu here. During my £51 to £1,051 challenge in 2012 the £5.75 Bounty Hunters were my Achilles heel throughout. I just couldn’t win one no matter how hard I tried, making frequent deep runs only to run bad every time at the sharp end. I made over 30 final tables without getting a single first place, only eventually taking one down on the very last day. I hope I’m not going to see a similar pattern this year.
Sigh, this beat takes me out of a £5.75 Speed Bounty Hunter as the bubble-boy. If I hold I take the chip lead.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceSpaarky Small blind 600.00 600.00 14585.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 1200.00 1800.00 8430.00 Your hole cards A K andynurse Fold * All-in 14640.00 16440.00 0.00 Spaarky Fold GaryQQQ All-in 8430.00 24870.00 0.00 * Unmatched bet 5010.00 19860.00 5010.00 GaryQQQ Show A K * Show A Q Flop 2 3 5 Turn Q River 7 * Win Pair of Queens 19860.00 24870.00
Tried my luck in four tournaments today, but found nothing was going my way, I probably won no more than half a dozen small pots across the entire session. The biggest pocket pair I saw was TT, which was an exit hand when I ran it into KK. Twice I flopped a made straight, each time losing a big pot to a flush draw that got there.
Apart from that I spent most of the time picking up junk cards and missing flops. Each time I went all-in I lost, including being busted by a caller with 83s when I open jammed 16BB with my strong ace in a Bounty Hunter.
This afternoon I entered two Bounty Hunters. I got second place in a small £2.30 when I lost the big HU flip. In a £5.75 I enjoyed a deep run. It looked quite promising for a while during a spell as clear chip leader in the mid-stages. However my £5.75 BH curse kicked-in again at the sharp end. I lost a series of big all-ins before and after the bubble to crash ‘n burn including AK<9T aipf, then QQ<JJ aipf for a pot worth a big head-prize and the chiplead with 9 left. Soon after I crashed out with only a min-cash to show for my efforts.
In the evening I fired up three tables, I ran reasonably deep in all three but to no avail. First exit was in a £2.20 Deepstack, after two hours of play I 3-bet jammed 99 from the SB into an opener with TT on the button. Soon after that I was out of the Mini too. Not long after taking a beat when my AK failed to hold-up against A9 on an ace-high flop I check/shoved my over cards and open-ended straight draw when holding AQ on a 9TJ flop. My opponent held pocket AA, so my overcards were no good, I needed the straight but didn’t get there.
My last tournament was the £500 guaranteed Bounty Hunter. I was playing well and comfortably placed in the top ten when I took another harsh beat to bust with 68 left from 248. Once again it was for a decent head-prize and the chip lead, but I found myself unable to fade a three-outer with two to come.
I’ll be taking a day off poker tomorrow, back on Monday. Good luck all.
More bad runnage again at the sharp end of a £5.75 Bounty Hunter. A hold here would have given me the chip lead and a juicy head-prize with 9 left from 71.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 200.00 200.00 9800.00 TOXYBOY Big blind 400.00 600.00 20250.00 Your hole cards Q Q acerowe Fold GaryQQQ Raise 900.00 1500.00 16632.75 padge2525 Fold * All-in 9800.00 11300.00 0.00 TOXYBOY Fold GaryQQQ Call 9100.00 20400.00 7532.75 * Show J J GaryQQQ Show Q Q Flop 8 J 5 Turn 3 River 7 * Win Three Jacks 20400.00 20400.00
The £500 guaranteed Bounty Hunter was no kinder. Again this pot was worth the chip lead, this time with 68 runners alive from 248 entrants.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancemick311270 Small blind 150.00 150.00 3183.75 Amarie Big blind 300.00 450.00 5007.50 Your hole cards A K Tsaaaar Fold GaryQQQ Raise 600.00 1050.00 10147.50 Fonzy180 Call 600.00 1650.00 7332.50 * Call 600.00 2250.00 12817.50 mick311270 Fold Amarie Fold Flop J A 4 GaryQQQ Bet 995.00 3245.00 9152.50 Fonzy180 Fold * All-in 12817.50 16062.50 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 9152.50 25215.00 0.00 * Unmatched bet 2670.00 22545.00 2670.00 GaryQQQ Show A K * Show A 10 Turn 10 River 9 * Win Two Pairs, Aces and 10s 22545.00 25215.00
It's prob no comfort but i'm havin the same sort of luck at the mo, it's funny when your luck just aint in. You watch people getting it in with AQ A10 EVEN A9 and holding. I go in with AQs against 55 and out i go..lol but it will change soon. Keep it going Gary. Posted by tomo_efc
Thanks. While I won't deny these beats are frustrating I'm not really worried about it. As long as I can consistantly make the late stages in a decent proportion of my tournaments the wins will follow sooner or later. The luck will even out over time, as it always does. I'm sure if I looked back I'd see I've won with AK over AT and QQ over JJ plenty of times in crucial late spots then quickly forgotten about it.
I'd be much more concerned if I kept busting due to bad decisions; ie getting my stack in when behind.
Hey man.Still enjoyin the thread.Was at a table with you earlier in the 9:45 bh for a wee while.Very impressive goin still man.Shouldnt be a prob reachin the target. Be good Paul
Hey man.Still enjoyin the thread.Was at a table with you earlier in the 9:45 bh for a wee while.Very impressive goin still man.Shouldnt be a prob reachin the target. Be good Paul Posted by bignoise10
Cheers Paul, thanks very much. If you spoke to me in chat and I ignored you I apologise; I was in mini-view for nearly all of that one. Good luck to you.
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Closing Balance £371.68
Up £29.26 today
The only poker tournaments I had time for today were the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I ran well to make the final table of both, though they were ultimately destined to be near-misses.
In the 9-45 after flipping well to get there I scored a lucky double on the stone-cold bubble; I opened the betting with AT and the big-blind defended with T5o. That’s great news for me most of the time, however on this occasion the flop was T52r. After all the chips went in I was saved by an ace on the river. Eventually I was busted during 3-handed play by talented MTTer SUPERSNEDD, the only player in the game who’d been running hotter than me. When getting short I ran my AT into his AK blind vs blind, a cooler for me with effective stacks below 20BB.
After embarrassingly donking off most of my stack in the 10-45 I found myself down to only 6BB at one stage. However I managed to flip and shove my back into contention and was in the top two by the bubble. My good fortune dried up soon after when I ran flopped top pair with a good kicker into a flopped set against the same player twice an orbit apart to find myself adrift in 8/8. However it wasn’t all over quite yet, I shoved myself back into it and was in the lead with five left. The wheels finally came off for good courtesy of two coolers. I squeeze/shoved AJ from the button over a weak limp and ran into KK in the blinds. A couple of orbits later I jammed my A9s from the cut-off into pocket AA on the BB and was out in fifth. No complaints, I’d had a good run to get that far.
I particularly enjoyed the tournaments today. They were both played in good spirit, I shared friendly tables with many regs. Poker being played as it should be. It always more fun when you flip well too! I’d like to give fellow forum member Easyfix a mention. I busted him from both tournaments due to his total inability to win all-ins against me. The deck didn’t give him chance today, though I’m sure he’ll get his own back sooner or later.
May Poker Points 240 (£2.40)
Today’s results;
7960979HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/05/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.35/63£12.797960689HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker20/05/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/81£16.47
It's funny how your perspective changes. Making £29 profit today was certainly pleasing, though no big deal. Whereas if I look back to the start of this challenge it took me 5 hard weeks to win the first £29. Back then even a £1 HU STT win felt huge.
I would have got back to this post sooner, but had a lot on.
i'm going to try some HU poker. i normally go for 60p/£1.15 DYM's but like you say, i'm struggling to make the balance grow with the rake and downswings. i had been playing some cash tables, but feel as though my bankroll is still a bit small for even the 2p/4p tables. So heads up here i come!
Keep up the good work and thanks again.
Smiley
Closing Balance £364.45
Down £7.23 today
No joy today, I entered three Bounty Hunter tournaments but bricked them all. In the first I enjoyed a bright start with an early bounty but lost it all a bit later when two flips didn’t go my way.
In the second game I busted in the very first hand with pocket kings. The flop was 862, all diamonds. I held the king of diamonds so would never consider folding against an unknown opponent. The villain in the hand held 88 and his set held up (see below).
Things looked promising for a while in the third game. But I went from above average to out in the space of two consecutive mid-stages hands. First my raise with JT was called by a short stack with A4, I was never folding on the J44 flop. Then my AQs clashed with a callers JT on an AKQ flop for a harsh cooler. At least I had a couple of head prizes under my belt as a consolation.
I’m expecting my volume to be low for the next month or so. DIY jobs around the house will be taking priority over poker for a while. Also I have several family events and a week off work lined up. When I’m off work I like to make the most of it, I often take a break from poker while I get out and about on my travels.
May Poker Points 259 (£2.59)
Today’s results;
Missed by Sharkscope; 7965408 16:30 £5.75 BH 20th/55 £4.69 head-prizes -£1.06
7965359HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker21/05/2013 16:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.325/25-£2.37964001HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker21/05/2013 11:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7543/72-£3.87
This is how I busted a Bounty Hunter tournament in the first hand. I’m never folding in this spot and I like to play my over pair and flush draw aggressively, my bet sizes are carefully calculated to set up the river shove. I know a good part of the villains range (sets and flopped flushes) beats me, however I’m also considering that you also see unknown opponents getting to the river with many holdings I’m beating in these games. I wouldn’t have been surprised to if he/she held any of these; a pair 99 to JJ (with or without a diamond), AdKx, AQ with a diamond (sometimes without), Ad with any other card, sometimes even just a random hand with a single diamond lower than a king. On this occasion I say well played and good luck to the villain. It would have been interesting to see if he/she could have got away from their set had the fourth diamond hit.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 10.00 10.00 1990.00 XXXNETXXX Big blind 20.00 30.00 1980.00 Your hole cards K K SALSACITY Call 20.00 50.00 1980.00 GaryQQQ Raise 100.00 150.00 1900.00 ebbwlad Fold * Call 90.00 240.00 1900.00 XXXNETXXX Fold SALSACITY Call 80.00 320.00 1900.00 Flop 2 8 6 * Check SALSACITY Check GaryQQQ Bet 240.00 560.00 1660.00 * Call 240.00 800.00 1660.00 SALSACITY Fold Turn Q * Check GaryQQQ Bet 575.00 1375.00 1085.00 * Call 575.00 1950.00 1085.00 River 5 * Check GaryQQQ All-in 1085.00 3035.00 0.00 * All-in 1085.00 4120.00 0.00 * Show 8 8 GaryQQQ Show K K * Win Three 8s 4120.00 4120.00
keep going............
Closing Balance £369.77
Up £5.32 today
I was home from work in time for the two £3.30 Bounty Hunters today. In the 10-45 I busted in the mid-stages when I found a good squeeze/shove spot on the button with 18BB and AJs over two weak limps. Unfortunately for me the SB woke up with pocket kings which held-up.
In the 9-45 I enjoyed a deeper run. Solid ABC tournament poker was enough to take me to the sharp end. As usual I didn’t shy away from a big confrontation on the bubble; I won a big one here with TT>AJ aipf to put myself in second place as we went into the money. Not long after that after losing a couple of all-ins my back was against the wall in 8/8. However I shoved myself back into contention and was briefly chipleader for a while after winning another race with AQs>TT aipf once I eventually found a caller.
At the final table I was one more flip away from a substantial chip lead with five left, however this time it didn’t go my way. I shoved pocket 88 over the chipleaders button min-raise and lost the race against his AK to exit in fifth place. I play MTTs to win and am therefore very happy to take my chances in such a spot. If his hole-cards were somehow known to me in advance my stack is still going in the middle. He who dares wins (in the long run!).
After three hours of decorating work I returned to the tables. I was somewhat tired, but jumped in the first game going which was a £2.30 Bounty Hunter. I was donked out by a calling station who caught a 3-outer with one card to come.
May Poker Points 268 (£2.68)
Today’s results;
7968648HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/05/2013 15:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.318/26-£2.37967909HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/05/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.335/84-£1.97967618HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker22/05/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.35/79£9.52
My exit hand at the £3.30 final table. I consider my pocket pair to be well ahead of the buttons opening range. Most of the time I'll pick-up the 7K in the middle and add over 20% to my stack without a showdown. However I'm also fully prepared to race against overcards for my tournament life if necessary. In the unlikely event my opponent or the big blind has a bigger pair than me it’s just a cooler, though even then there’s a chance I might suck-out. I have a very aggressive image at this table, so it’s also possible I might get looked up by a smaller pair, maybe even A8s. If I win the flip I’m chipleader and stand a great chance of victory, I’m playing for win here so this was an easy shove.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 1000.00 1000.00 32060.00 laura49 Big blind 2000.00 3000.00 22283.76 Your hole cards 8 8 pinkeeey Fold XXXNETXXX Fold male Raise 4000.00 7000.00 45140.62 GaryQQQ All-in 32060.00 39060.00 0.00 laura49 Fold male Call 29060.00 68120.00 16080.62 GaryQQQ Show 8 8 male Show K A Flop Q A Q Turn 6 River 4 male Win Two Pairs, Aces and Queens 68120.00 84200.62
Closing Balance £371.54
Up £1.77 today
The only game I could enter today was £5.75 Speed Bounty Hunter. I usually avoid these speed games as skill edges are blunted, however it was all I had time for on a busy day.
I enjoyed a great start with four early head-prizes and spent much of the tournament as chipleader. My good fortune began to run out when we entered the shallow push/fold zone. I lost my lead when I ran AK into AA, then a series of all-ins on the bubble (4 left, 3 paid) worked against me, including my harsh exit as bubble boy with AK<AQ aipf.
I’m beginning to get a worrying sense of deja-vu here. During my £51 to £1,051 challenge in 2012 the £5.75 Bounty Hunters were my Achilles heel throughout. I just couldn’t win one no matter how hard I tried, making frequent deep runs only to run bad every time at the sharp end. I made over 30 final tables without getting a single first place, only eventually taking one down on the very last day. I hope I’m not going to see a similar pattern this year.
May Poker Points 276 (£2.76)
Today’s result;
7972292HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker23/05/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £5 + £0.754/25£1.77
Sigh, this beat takes me out of a £5.75 Speed Bounty Hunter as the bubble-boy. If I hold I take the chip lead.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceSpaarky Small blind 600.00 600.00 14585.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 1200.00 1800.00 8430.00 Your hole cards A K andynurse Fold * All-in 14640.00 16440.00 0.00 Spaarky Fold GaryQQQ All-in 8430.00 24870.00 0.00 * Unmatched bet 5010.00 19860.00 5010.00 GaryQQQ Show A K * Show A Q Flop 2 3 5 Turn Q River 7 * Win Pair of Queens 19860.00 24870.00
Down £18.10 today
Tried my luck in four tournaments today, but found nothing was going my way, I probably won no more than half a dozen small pots across the entire session. The biggest pocket pair I saw was TT, which was an exit hand when I ran it into KK. Twice I flopped a made straight, each time losing a big pot to a flush draw that got there.
Apart from that I spent most of the time picking up junk cards and missing flops. Each time I went all-in I lost, including being busted by a caller with 83s when I open jammed 16BB with my strong ace in a Bounty Hunter.
May Poker Points 295 (£2.95)
Today’s results;
7974663HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker24/05/2013 12:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7557/73-£5.757975959HNL 0.3GBPSkyPoker24/05/2013 12:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.317/19-£3.37974364HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker24/05/2013 11:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7557/80-£5.757974737HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker24/05/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.361/92-£3.3
The best of luck with it!
Closing Balance £356.90
Up £3.46 today
This afternoon I entered two Bounty Hunters. I got second place in a small £2.30 when I lost the big HU flip. In a £5.75 I enjoyed a deep run. It looked quite promising for a while during a spell as clear chip leader in the mid-stages. However my £5.75 BH curse kicked-in again at the sharp end. I lost a series of big all-ins before and after the bubble to crash ‘n burn including AK<9T aipf, then QQ<JJ aipf for a pot worth a big head-prize and the chiplead with 9 left. Soon after I crashed out with only a min-cash to show for my efforts.
In the evening I fired up three tables, I ran reasonably deep in all three but to no avail. First exit was in a £2.20 Deepstack, after two hours of play I 3-bet jammed 99 from the SB into an opener with TT on the button. Soon after that I was out of the Mini too. Not long after taking a beat when my AK failed to hold-up against A9 on an ace-high flop I check/shoved my over cards and open-ended straight draw when holding AQ on a 9TJ flop. My opponent held pocket AA, so my overcards were no good, I needed the straight but didn’t get there.
My last tournament was the £500 guaranteed Bounty Hunter. I was playing well and comfortably placed in the top ten when I took another harsh beat to bust with 68 left from 248. Once again it was for a decent head-prize and the chip lead, but I found myself unable to fade a three-outer with two to come.
I’ll be taking a day off poker tomorrow, back on Monday. Good luck all.
May Poker Points 319 (£3.19)
Today’s results;
7979770HNLB0.5GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 20:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5224/453-£3.627980261HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 20:05NL Hold'em £2 + £0.368/248£0.337979151HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 19:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.229/68-£2.27981841HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 18:56NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.052/2-£0.557981766HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 18:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.157979835HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 16:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7510/71£9.417979336HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker25/05/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £2 + £0.32/12£3.24
More bad runnage again at the sharp end of a £5.75 Bounty Hunter. A hold here would have given me the chip lead and a juicy head-prize with 9 left from 71.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance* Small blind 200.00 200.00 9800.00 TOXYBOY Big blind 400.00 600.00 20250.00 Your hole cards Q Q acerowe Fold GaryQQQ Raise 900.00 1500.00 16632.75 padge2525 Fold * All-in 9800.00 11300.00 0.00 TOXYBOY Fold GaryQQQ Call 9100.00 20400.00 7532.75 * Show J J GaryQQQ Show Q Q Flop 8 J 5 Turn 3 River 7 * Win Three Jacks 20400.00 20400.00
The £500 guaranteed Bounty Hunter was no kinder. Again this pot was worth the chip lead, this time with 68 runners alive from 248 entrants.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancemick311270 Small blind 150.00 150.00 3183.75 Amarie Big blind 300.00 450.00 5007.50 Your hole cards A K Tsaaaar Fold GaryQQQ Raise 600.00 1050.00 10147.50 Fonzy180 Call 600.00 1650.00 7332.50 * Call 600.00 2250.00 12817.50 mick311270 Fold Amarie Fold Flop J A 4 GaryQQQ Bet 995.00 3245.00 9152.50 Fonzy180 Fold * All-in 12817.50 16062.50 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 9152.50 25215.00 0.00 * Unmatched bet 2670.00 22545.00 2670.00 GaryQQQ Show A K * Show A 10 Turn 10 River 9 * Win Two Pairs, Aces and 10s 22545.00 25215.00
I'd be much more concerned if I kept busting due to bad decisions; ie getting my stack in when behind.
Good luck to you too.
Be good
Paul