Another losing day. For the time being the cards are still falling my way a bit less often than usual.
In my first tourney, a Speed £5.75 BH, I was coolered with 77<QQ aipf when I cold 4-bet jammed my pair in an attempt to isolate a shortie’s 3-bet shove. It was a high variance play, but with a fast structure you have to be prepared to get your chips in the middle much sooner than you would in a standard game.
Next I took a rare venture into a 15 minute timed tournament. I crashed out quickly after losing both the hands I played. After losing a pair<overcards aipf flip with folded overlay and blinds in the pot I was coolered when I shoved AT into QQ with effective stacks under 10BB. It was a sharp reminder of how brutal these 15 minute games are. There’s very little skill involved, whoever does best in the all-ins wins the money. I’m not very good at all-ins at the moment, though even regardless of that I won’t be entering any more of these for the foreseeable future, I consider them too much of a gamble to make the rake beatable.
In the 10-45 £3.30 BH I ran quite deep, but when all stacks were growing shallow with the bubble looming (average 15BB) I lost most of my stack when I 3-bet shoved Q8s from the SB over a frequent button opener who I had covered. It was bad timing; he held pocket QQ. After that I couldn’t find a way back and busted when all-in and called as the underdog in a 40/60.
By far the best news for me today poker-wise was getting my return on my 2013 WSOP investment. My money came back having earned a very pleasing 374% ROI. With DIY jobs calling that was me done for the day.
My downswing continues. I remain happy with the standard of my play, it’s just that it's hard to get decent results when you keep finding yourself the wrong side of coolers and running badly in all-in situations.
In my first game, the 9-45 BH, I flopped a flush in level 3. Usually that’s good news, not today, an opponent had flopped a flush one spot higher than mine. Soon after I open-shoved my last few BB with suited connectors from the button when the BB was holding pocket AA.
In the 10-45 BH I busted in level 5 when I got my dwindling stack in with pocket 77. Until that point I hadn’t won a pot of note or picked up a single ace or pocket pair in 45 minutes of play. I ran into AA again.
In my first HU STT I had A6 against 96 aipf for the win but couldn’t swerve the three-outer and ended up losing. In the second match I managed the only victory of the day courtesy of a rare hold with 77 > A6o aipf against the same opponent.
In my final MTT, a £5.75 Speed BH, I was going great until I failed to hold with QQ against AJo aipf for the chiplead. I was unable to fight back, exiting the first time I was all-in and called when my A6s didn’t improve against AJs.
I might be too busy to play poker tomorrow (Thursday). If that’s the case I will next be back at the tables on Saturday afternoon.
Down £5.42 today Due to getting home from work earlier than expected I had the opportunity to enter a couple of MTTs before going out this afternoon. I soon wish I hadn’t bothered as it quickly became apparent that I’m still unable to win all-in situations.
The downswing continues, I'm now nearly £100 below my peak balance. My June Rewards payment of £3.63 was credited today.
There was a somewhat morale boosting start to my session today with a deep run in a £5.75 BH. Unfortunately it wasn’t as good as it could have been; I crash’ n burnt at the sharp end by losing every all-in to go from chipleader at final table to out in fifth place. Harshest of the lot was my pocket QQ failing to hold against QJs aipf to ladder one place and take a decent head-prize during 5-handed play. My exit came soon after with AK<QJo aipf.
My second £5.75 BH ended early when I came lost my first standard flip of the day with AK<JJ aipf. I found myself the other side of exactly the same race and came second again with JJ<AK aipf in a £2.20 Scary.
Highlight of the day was winning a small afternoon £2.20 deepie (nice call Mystic Dev!). There were only 11 entrants, but a win is a win. Quite how I did it in the end I’ll never know; twice on the bubble I was on fumes in 4/4, firstly after running 67 into QJ on an 89T flop then I ran my nut full-house into the flopped quads of calling station who’d flatted my button open with 64o on the SB (he must have known the 666 flop was coming!). After losing a pair < overcards flip in HU play I was down to 3355 chips (less than starting stack)against 51,645 chips with blinds at 300/600. However I ran well to win all the all-ins from there, helped by my opponent calling too light on several occasions. In the final hand he more or less gifted me victory by raise/calling with 68s, my pocket jacks held up.
I’d been planning to play again, Saturday nights being my only chance of the week to get some evening poker in, however some unexpected family stuff cropped up and I was too busy to play in the end.
This was only my second winning day in the last fortnight, I’ll take it, hopefully a sign my fortunes are changing.
AllI had time for today was three morning bounty tournaments.
In the 9-45 £3.30 I was an early casualty when I managed to 3-bet/call QQ into the 4-bet shove of a hyper aggressive player with AA. It was a cooler against this particular opponent as QQ is miles ahead of the range with which he’s prepared to play for his stack. Even the maniacs have it sometimes.
From there I jumped into a £5.75 Speed and managed to donk off my stack quite early with a draw that didn’t get there.
For a while I was flying in the 10-45, enjoying the chiplead after getting paid in full twice with flopped top set. Unfortunately the deck turned against me with the bubble approaching. I got unlucky when ahead in a couple of all-in situations then lost a big flip with 99<AK aipf. In the end I stone-called bubbled when I open-jammed pocket TT from UTG into callers with KK and AQ.
Volume is low at the moment because I’ve been too busy with other stuff to play much poker.
After a day-off my only tournament today was the 10-45 £3.30 Bounty Hunter. I ran well to make the late stages including cracking pocket QQ with AT when I squeeze-shoved from the button while short in the mid-stages. I also won a 77 > AJ aipf flip (J on the flop, 7 on the turn). On the bubble I jammed Q8o from the SB into a shortish stack on the BB, expecting to get a fold 90%+ of the time. However the villain made a good call with ace-high, unfortunately for him he didn’t fade my two live cards.
There were no soft spots at an aggressive final table (apart from a very short away player who quickly blinded out in sixth). I ended-up with a pleasing runner-up finish in a huge 3-way aipf final hand, there was no heads-up play. I min-raised with AK on the button and both the SB and BB jammed. I briefly considered folding, worried in particular by the BB’s range, however after considering reads and the shallow stack sizes I felt I had to make the call. It was probably the best case scenarios for me; a flip against two under pairs. However I missed my six outs and the chipleader improved to a set to win the tournament.
Usually I’m pretty disappointed with a runner-up finish, however I’m actually quite happy this time. I’ve had a pretty dire run lately, this was my best result for 10 days and my second best in 22. I was particularly relieved to run well in standard all-in situations for once, something I’ve barely seen recently. Even in the final hand I laddered a place thanks to the winner’s pocket 99 outdrawing the third place finisher’s pocket JJ. Had the JJ held-up I would have been placed third.
Right, that tourney took 3 hours to play out, I’d better get back to the DIY or my dinner will be in the dog!
Bounty Hunter final hand, no need for heads-up play in this one.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceG Small blind 1000.00 1000.00 41496.75 d Big blind 2000.00 3000.00 71179.25 Your hole cards K A GaryQQQ Raise 4000.00 7000.00 42324.00 G All-in 41496.75 48496.75 0.00 d All-in 71179.25 119676.00 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 42324.00 162000.00 0.00 d Unmatched bet 26855.25 135144.75 26855.25 G Show J J d Show 9 9 GaryQQQ Show K A Flop 3 5 5 Turn 9 River 4 d Win Full House, 9s and 5s 135144.75 162000.00
I’m not sure what this guy was playing at; 9BB open/fold?
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 30.00 30.00 2555.00 18AND5TIME Big blind 60.00 90.00 2345.00 Your hole cards K A DeanRed Fold Gixxer1 Fold pokermask Fold FRaise 540.00 630.00 1830.00 GaryQQQ All-in 2555.00 3185.00 0.00 18AND5TIME Fold FFold GaryQQQ Show K A GaryQQQ Win 1140.00 1140.00 GaryQQQ Return 2045.00 0.00 3185.00
Just the two morning £3.30s for me today. In the 9-45am I busted quite early after getting an opponent to put in most of his stack with a straight draw that got there on the river. The odds were well in my favour so no regrets there.
In the 10-45 I went on another deep run and enjoyed the chiplead for quite a lengthy spell prior to the bubble. Unfortunately the wheels came off big-time once we were in the money and the short stacks loosened up, I lost four consecutive all-in pre pots to crash ‘n burn in 8th place. I’m happy I made good decisions and that my chips went in in good spots so I have no problem with the result. The hand that essentially finished me off was the third of the four; a cooler when my 88 on the button ran into TT on the SB. Sometimes the way the cards fall when stacks are shallow it’s almost impossible to win no matter what you do.
In the afternoon I decided not to play due to the unexpected maintenance problems that were affecting the site.
I entered a couple of £5.75 Bounty Hunters today. In the first game I took a head-prize during a promising start, but wasted most of my stack when making a terrible river call in level 4. Soon after I busted when my pocket 44 didn’t win against AQ and KQ aipf for a treble-up that would have got me back in the game with an average stack.
The second tourney went somewhat better. I was chipleader after an early heater during which I took four head-prizes. Highlight was my quad kings doubling me off a player with a flush in only the second orbit.I also got lucky when I didn’t believe an aggressive players 3-bet and set him aipf with my AJ, I spiked an ace to put a beat on his pocket QQ.
With two tables left and several good players to contend with my cards dried up and my stack dwindled. I made the money, though below average as one of the shorter stacks. Then another heater kicked-in. After winning a flip when I 3-bet jammed pocket 77 over AK to double I took another three heads and had surged into the chiplead with three players left.
Unfortunately I couldn’t convert my lead into a win. The deck did me no favours during heads-up play. In the very first hand I doubled my opponent in a 3-bet pre pot. I was fist-pumping when I flopped top two pairs and all the chips went in despite the monotone board. My opponent had flopped the nut flush, an unavoidable cooler in a HU situation. The final hand was a standard flip, I 3-bet jammed KJs with 20BB from the BB and found myself flipping against pocket 33 to get back to level stacks. I caught a jack, but it was of no use, my opponent flopped a set and turned quads to take the victory.
This was my second runner-up in three days, so somewhat frustrating. But none-the-less this is still a useful bink and I feel my results have turned a corner giving me a much needed confidence boost. Suddenly the £500 half-way mark is starting to look close again. It would be nice to get there sometime in the near future.
What goes around comes around. A great way to start the tournament, I win the max here with my quad kings.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 10.00 10.00 1970.00 alexpm Big blind 20.00 30.00 960.00 Your hole cards K K 18AND5TIME Fold grump Fold c Raise 40.00 70.00 5190.00 GaryQQQ Raise 90.00 160.00 1880.00 alexpm Fold c Call 60.00 220.00 5130.00 Flop 10 K 6 GaryQQQ Bet 100.00 320.00 1780.00 c Call 100.00 420.00 5030.00 Turn K GaryQQQ Check c Bet 100.00 520.00 4930.00 GaryQQQ Call 100.00 620.00 1680.00 River 4 GaryQQQ Bet 295.00 915.00 1385.00 c Raise 590.00 1505.00 4340.00 GaryQQQ All-in 1385.00 2890.00 0.00 c Raise 2180.00 5070.00 2160.00 c Unmatched bet 1090.00 3980.00 3250.00 GaryQQQ Show K K c Show 9 J GaryQQQ Win Four Kings 3980.00 3980.00
You win some, you lose some. Two and a half hours later I find myself the wrong side of quads in the final hand.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancem Small blind 800.00 800.00 98035.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 1600.00 2400.00 27565.00 Your hole cards J K m Raise 2400.00 4800.00 95635.00 GaryQQQ All-in 27565.00 32365.00 0.00 m Call 25965.00 58330.00 69670.00 m Show 3 3 GaryQQQ Show J K Flop Q 3 5 Turn 3 River J m Win Four 3s 58330.00 128000.00
Results were pretty awful. I’m happy I played well so I’m totally cool with it, it simply wasn’t my turn to be favoured by the deck today.
This afternoon I entered three £5.75 Bounty Hunters though without any luck. There was a lot of bingo style wild gambling to be seen at the tables, something that's very common at the weekends.I kept it tight and got my stack in in good spots but was unable to find enough holds to get anywhere. I try to avoid turning this diary into a bad bore, so I won’t be going into tedious details of hands, suffice to say I took at least one vicious beat in each game.
In the evening I entered a deepie and the Mini. To be honest I never really got anything going in either. Then when it came to the crunch I was the loser in all the all-in pots. In the deepie I lost most of stack when I 3-bet jammed a pair and failed to win the race against two overcards. The pot was worth fourth place in chips with the sharp end looming, no regrets there. Soon after I lost the rest with 66 < 92 aipf. In the Mini I picked a bad time to isolate an all-in shortie when my A8 ran into the big stacks AQ. Ironically the shortie took the main pot with Q9o while I busted in the side pot.
It was one of those days, we all have them. I found myself on the wrong side of several like this without anything similar coming back in return.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancel Small blind 30.00 30.00 1710.00 birdy31526 Big blind 60.00 90.00 1700.00 Your hole cards A A SARAHM1788 Call 60.00 150.00 1157.50 box05 Call 60.00 210.00 6393.75 GaryQQQ Raise 245.00 455.00 2205.00 wudzy Fold l Call 215.00 670.00 1495.00 birdy31526 Fold SARAHM1788 Fold box05 Call 185.00 855.00 6208.75 Flop K 9 4 l Check box05 Check GaryQQQ Bet 450.00 1305.00 1755.00 l Call 450.00 1755.00 1045.00 box05 Fold Turn 7 l All-in 1045.00 2800.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 1045.00 3845.00 710.00 l Show K Q GaryQQQ Show A A River K lWin Three Kings 3845.00 3845.00
This morning I entered the two £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I don’t remember too much about the 10-45 apart from the fact that it was a bit of a rollercoaster. After being left with only 360 chips early on by maniac holding T5o I somehow fought back to above average in the late stages. It came to an end after 90 minutes of play when I 3-bet jammed 99 from the BB into an aggressive SB’s open with JJ, an unavoidable cooler with effective stacks only 22BB deep.
In the 9-45 I also survived to the late stages, though having been below average all the way and without a head-prize to my name. Devoid of good cards and short pre-bubble I maintained my stack by making the best of several good shove spots. Then I went on a conveniently timed heater that started on the bubble. I busted three players and took a decent chip lead into the final table. Unfortunately that was when it started to go pear-shaped. With 6 still left I lost a big flip with pair < overcards on the river which would have extended my lead even further going into 5 handed play. Then with 5 left I doubled a player when my K2 couldn’t hold against 36 on a K37 flop leaving me well behind and 4/5 in chips. After fighting as hard as I could to try and get back into the driving seat I eventually crashed out in a disappointing third place after being called and coming second in two standard shove spots.
In the afternoon I tried the £11 Sunday Super Stack for a change. To my amazement play was wild and loose despite the very deep stacks. By mid-way through level 2 there had already been two eliminations at my table. Then in level 4 I saw a 3-way all-in on the flop pot with all the players involved over 100BB deep (top two pairs vs top pair top kicker vs a flush draw, the top pair top kicker sucked-out on the river).
I got bored of being an uber-nit in the second hour and donked off my 15K stack while attempting an awful 3-steet bluff, including a river check/shove with ace-high that failed to get a player off his flopped 5-high flush. I held AK with a draw to the second nut flush. This is the third time I’ve entered the Sunday Super Stack, and probably the last. I simply don’t enjoy it as much as my usual bounty tournaments, in fact the more I play it the more I grow to dislike it. I know many of you here are big fans of deepstacks, however they’re just not my cup of tea. I play for recreation so I’m going to stick to games I enjoy the most.
No joy in two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I was coolered in both; KK into AA in one, flopped trips into a flopped house in the other. I also misclick registered in a timed 15 minute tournament. It was a total waste of a buy-in, I can’t stand these shove-fests and never run well in them. I got taken out by a caller with 52o when I open-jammed KJs with 4 minutes left.
Some overdue run-good arrived in a speed £5.75 BH. I won two flips and sucked-out once to bust a shortie on my way to heads-up play. As has been the trend for me lately in £5.75s though the run-good ended as soon as there were two left. Twice I had my opponent all-in and behind when very short, both times he got there. Later, when the odds were reversed, he held. Victory would have seen me break the £500 barrier. Still second place isn’t too shabby I suppose and least I won enough to ensure a winning day.
In the afternoon I jumped in the first tourney running after I logged-on; a small £1 rebuy. As usual these are great value with dead money in the prizepool put in by players who don’t rebuy or add-on and a pretty soft field overall. I got to final table but to no avail, the cards didn’t fall my way when stacks got super-shallow and it became a push/fold game. I got third for a small profit after losing 98% of my stack with ATs<KQo aipf for a pot that would have got me heads-up with a comfy chiplead.
First up was the 10-45am £3.30 BH. A very short stack and myself were taken out in the same hand by a player who chose to call my 70BB 4-bet shove with 73o. It doesn’t feel good when you get knocked out by such a terrible decision, however you have to remember that it’s the presence of these guys that makes the tournaments so profitable. I’ll make good money off opponents like him in the long run, it’s important they get lucky sometimes as it keeps them in the games.
In a standard speed £5.75 BH I couldn’t get anything going, though at least I managed to take out a shortie for a consolation bounty. I’m happy with my exit, losing most of my stack in a +ev flip with pocket 33 < KQ aipf for a pot that could have got me back in the game and won my second head prize.
After a DIY break I returned to try the 2-00pm £11 game. There was much reckless gambling to be seen, the standard of play at this buy-in seems to vary very little from what you see at £2.30 or £3.30. Unfortunately I didn’t pick up the cards to take advantage. After winning only one small pot in 37 minutes of play I busted in a flip with by far the strongest hole cards I’d seen in that time; my AQ failing to improve against JJ aipf.
In a £5.75 Speed BH I got my first lucky break of the day when I doubled with K9 > TT aipf in level 9 when short, then knocked out the same guy in the next hand with AK > KQ aipf. A second bounty meant I more-or-less won my buy-in back, but my luck dried up on the bubble when it was a push/fold game with the average stack falling under 10BB. I made standard +ev shoves but ran into callers with slightly stronger hands twice and failed to improve.
Second place is not too shabby for sure, particularly given your increasing hit rate! Enjoying your journey, and for sure you need to too, so just don't play those you don't enjoy unless the roi makes it worthwhile. Posted by GELDY
Cheers Geldy. Shoot me if you see me if entering another Super Stack. By my own admittance I just don't have the patience for them. My dislike of deep-stacked tournament poker is probably closely related to my dislike of cash poker.
Hey Gary, Going really well! Once you've completed this what next? What you have done is amazing, getting from 1000poker points to a decent amount. It took a lot of guts to do this so publically. Well done and look forward to you hitting 1K. Posted by LARSON7
Thank-you very much.
It feels to me like I'm yo-yoing up and down on a plateau at the moment and progress is painfully slow after some good months earlier. Hopefully my next bink will come sooner rather than later.
I'm not even thinking about what I may do when this is complete. At the moment I don't foresee myself doing another bankroll challenge.
No luck today. I played in £5.75 and £11 Bounty Hunters and a couple of HU matches. Didn’t make many hands and ran into a few cooler situations. I lost both coin-flips and all but one of the all-in and calls involving me. I'm happy that I played as well as I could with the cards I was dealt, so no worries.
I’m not expecting to play much poker over the weekend. I definitely won’t be playing at all on Friday or Sunday, hopefully I’ll have time to get a few games in on Saturday afternoon.
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Closing Balance £421.03
Down £11.84 today
Another losing day. For the time being the cards are still falling my way a bit less often than usual.
In my first tourney, a Speed £5.75 BH, I was coolered with 77<QQ aipf when I cold 4-bet jammed my pair in an attempt to isolate a shortie’s 3-bet shove. It was a high variance play, but with a fast structure you have to be prepared to get your chips in the middle much sooner than you would in a standard game.
Next I took a rare venture into a 15 minute timed tournament. I crashed out quickly after losing both the hands I played. After losing a pair<overcards aipf flip with folded overlay and blinds in the pot I was coolered when I shoved AT into QQ with effective stacks under 10BB. It was a sharp reminder of how brutal these 15 minute games are. There’s very little skill involved, whoever does best in the all-ins wins the money. I’m not very good at all-ins at the moment, though even regardless of that I won’t be entering any more of these for the foreseeable future, I consider them too much of a gamble to make the rake beatable.
In the 10-45 £3.30 BH I ran quite deep, but when all stacks were growing shallow with the bubble looming (average 15BB) I lost most of my stack when I 3-bet shoved Q8s from the SB over a frequent button opener who I had covered. It was bad timing; he held pocket QQ. After that I couldn’t find a way back and busted when all-in and called as the underdog in a 40/60.
By far the best news for me today poker-wise was getting my return on my 2013 WSOP investment. My money came back having earned a very pleasing 374% ROI.
With DIY jobs calling that was me done for the day.
July Poker Points 29
Today’s results;
8109853HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker02/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.318/81-£1.048111427HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker02/07/2013 10:44NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.051/2£0.458108834HNLTI0.5GBPSkyPoker02/07/2013 10:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.512/19-£5.58109699HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker02/07/2013 10:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7538/47-£5.75
Closing Balance £412.16
Down £8.87 today
My downswing continues. I remain happy with the standard of my play, it’s just that it's hard to get decent results when you keep finding yourself the wrong side of coolers and running badly in all-in situations.
In my first game, the 9-45 BH, I flopped a flush in level 3. Usually that’s good news, not today, an opponent had flopped a flush one spot higher than mine. Soon after I open-shoved my last few BB with suited connectors from the button when the BB was holding pocket AA.
In the 10-45 BH I busted in level 5 when I got my dwindling stack in with pocket 77. Until that point I hadn’t won a pot of note or picked up a single ace or pocket pair in 45 minutes of play. I ran into AA again.
In my first HU STT I had A6 against 96 aipf for the win but couldn’t swerve the three-outer and ended up losing. In the second match I managed the only victory of the day courtesy of a rare hold with 77 > A6o aipf against the same opponent.
In my final MTT, a £5.75 Speed BH, I was going great until I failed to hold with QQ against AJo aipf for the chiplead. I was unable to fight back, exiting the first time I was all-in and called when my A6s didn’t improve against AJs.
I might be too busy to play poker tomorrow (Thursday). If that’s the case I will next be back at the tables on Saturday afternoon.
July Poker Points 48
Today’s results;
8113574HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker03/07/2013 12:00NL Hold'em £5 + £0.759/22-£3.878114999HNLST,HU0.25GBPSkyPoker03/07/2013 11:57NL Hold'em £5 + £0.251/2£4.758114963HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker03/07/2013 11:53NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.158113196HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker03/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.338/85-£3.38112938HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker03/07/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.349/86-£3.3
Still taking a kicking from variance. £5.75 Speed Bounty Hunter today, I've seen a lot like this lately;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancegemy Small blind 50.00 50.00 4710.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 100.00 150.00 4300.00 Your hole cards Q Q coop198147 Fold BEAR808 Call 100.00 250.00 2920.00 PAll-in 1745.00 1995.00 0.00 gemy Fold GaryQQQ Raise 3290.00 5285.00 1010.00 BEAR808 Fold GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 1645.00 3640.00 2655.00 GaryQQQ Show Q Q P Show A J Flop Q 10 K Turn 5 River 6 P Win Straight to the Ace 3640.00 3640.00
Didn’t play
Day 184
Closing Balance £406.74
Down £5.42 today
Due to getting home from work earlier than expected I had the opportunity to enter a couple of MTTs before going out this afternoon. I soon wish I hadn’t bothered as it quickly became apparent that I’m still unable to win all-in situations.
The downswing continues, I'm now nearly £100 below my peak balance. My June Rewards payment of £3.63 was credited today.
July Poker Points 48
Today’s results;
8119665HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker05/07/2013 11:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7535/35-£5.758119504HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker05/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.371/85-£3.3
still doing great...all from nothing.
i'm sure the next win won't be too far away.
dev
Closing Balance £418.44
Up £11.70 today
There was a somewhat morale boosting start to my session today with a deep run in a £5.75 BH. Unfortunately it wasn’t as good as it could have been; I crash’ n burnt at the sharp end by losing every all-in to go from chipleader at final table to out in fifth place. Harshest of the lot was my pocket QQ failing to hold against QJs aipf to ladder one place and take a decent head-prize during 5-handed play. My exit came soon after with AK<QJo aipf.
My second £5.75 BH ended early when I came lost my first standard flip of the day with AK<JJ aipf. I found myself the other side of exactly the same race and came second again with JJ<AK aipf in a £2.20 Scary.
Highlight of the day was winning a small afternoon £2.20 deepie (nice call Mystic Dev!). There were only 11 entrants, but a win is a win. Quite how I did it in the end I’ll never know; twice on the bubble I was on fumes in 4/4, firstly after running 67 into QJ on an 89T flop then I ran my nut full-house into the flopped quads of calling station who’d flatted my button open with 64o on the SB (he must have known the 666 flop was coming!). After losing a pair < overcards flip in HU play I was down to 3355 chips (less than starting stack) against 51,645 chips with blinds at 300/600. However I ran well to win all the all-ins from there, helped by my opponent calling too light on several occasions. In the final hand he more or less gifted me victory by raise/calling with 68s, my pocket jacks held up.
I’d been planning to play again, Saturday nights being my only chance of the week to get some evening poker in, however some unexpected family stuff cropped up and I was too busy to play in the end.
This was only my second winning day in the last fortnight, I’ll take it, hopefully a sign my fortunes are changing.
July Poker Points 81
Today’s results;
8123960HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker06/07/2013 16:20NL Hold'em £2 + £0.21/11£8.88123858HNLST0.2GBPSkyPoker06/07/2013 15:55NL Hold'em £2 + £0.216/31-£2.28124170HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker06/07/2013 15:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7586/96-£5.758124680HNLSAT0.16GBPSkyPoker06/07/2013 15:10NL Hold'em £1.44 + £0.1614/27-£1.68122809HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker06/07/2013 12:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.755/84£12.45
The highs and lows of tournament poker;
In the mid-stages of the £5.75 I extract full value with my quads. Poker is an easy game when the cards are falling like this.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 150.00 150.00 10430.00 m Big blind 300.00 450.00 19613.75 Your hole cards 3 3 ryan83 Fold jimHFX Fold RiverDream Call 300.00 750.00 43171.00 stuart43 Call 300.00 1050.00 22603.50 GaryQQQ Call 150.00 1200.00 10280.00 m Raise 900.00 2100.00 18713.75 RiverDream Call 900.00 3000.00 42271.00 stuart43 Call 900.00 3900.00 21703.50 GaryQQQ Call 900.00 4800.00 9380.00 Flop K 3 K GaryQQQ Check m Check RiverDream Check stuart43 Check Turn 3 GaryQQQ Check m Bet 900.00 5700.00 17813.75 RiverDream Fold stuart43 Fold GaryQQQ Call 900.00 6600.00 8480.00 River 7 GaryQQQ All-in 8480.00 15080.00 0.00 m Call 8480.00 23560.00 9333.75 GaryQQQ Show 3 3 m Show Q K GaryQQQ Win Four 3s 23560.00 23560.00
Things went pear-shaped later, the deck wasn’t quite so friendly at at the final table.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancestuart43 Small blind 400.00 400.00 24107.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 800.00 1200.00 35957.50 Your hole cards Q Q m Raise 1600.00 2800.00 8983.75 hardygirl2 Fold jimHFX Call 1600.00 4400.00 33071.00 stuart43 Fold GaryQQQ All-in 35957.50 40357.50 0.00 m All-in 8983.75 49341.25 0.00 jimHFX Fold GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 26173.75 23167.50 26173.75 GaryQQQ Show Q Q m Show Q J Flop 3 10 5 Turn 6 River 2 m Win Flush to the Queen 23167.50 23167.50
Closing Balance £410.61
Down £7.83 today
All I had time for today was three morning bounty tournaments.
In the 9-45 £3.30 I was an early casualty when I managed to 3-bet/call QQ into the 4-bet shove of a hyper aggressive player with AA. It was a cooler against this particular opponent as QQ is miles ahead of the range with which he’s prepared to play for his stack. Even the maniacs have it sometimes.
From there I jumped into a £5.75 Speed and managed to donk off my stack quite early with a draw that didn’t get there.
For a while I was flying in the 10-45, enjoying the chiplead after getting paid in full twice with flopped top set. Unfortunately the deck turned against me with the bubble approaching. I got unlucky when ahead in a couple of all-in situations then lost a big flip with 99<AK aipf. In the end I stone-called bubbled when I open-jammed pocket TT from UTG into callers with KK and AQ.
July Poker Points 95
Today’s results;
8126308HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker07/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.311/70£1.228126213HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker07/07/2013 10:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7530/34-£5.758126110HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker07/07/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.372/81-£3.3
Didn’t play
Day 188
Closing Balance £410.61
Up £26.68 today
Volume is low at the moment because I’ve been too busy with other stuff to play much poker.
After a day-off my only tournament today was the 10-45 £3.30 Bounty Hunter. I ran well to make the late stages including cracking pocket QQ with AT when I squeeze-shoved from the button while short in the mid-stages. I also won a 77 > AJ aipf flip (J on the flop, 7 on the turn). On the bubble I jammed Q8o from the SB into a shortish stack on the BB, expecting to get a fold 90%+ of the time. However the villain made a good call with ace-high, unfortunately for him he didn’t fade my two live cards.
There were no soft spots at an aggressive final table (apart from a very short away player who quickly blinded out in sixth). I ended-up with a pleasing runner-up finish in a huge 3-way aipf final hand, there was no heads-up play. I min-raised with AK on the button and both the SB and BB jammed. I briefly considered folding, worried in particular by the BB’s range, however after considering reads and the shallow stack sizes I felt I had to make the call. It was probably the best case scenarios for me; a flip against two under pairs. However I missed my six outs and the chipleader improved to a set to win the tournament.
Usually I’m pretty disappointed with a runner-up finish, however I’m actually quite happy this time. I’ve had a pretty dire run lately, this was my best result for 10 days and my second best in 22. I was particularly relieved to run well in standard all-in situations for once, something I’ve barely seen recently. Even in the final hand I laddered a place thanks to the winner’s pocket 99 outdrawing the third place finisher’s pocket JJ. Had the JJ held-up I would have been placed third.
Right, that tourney took 3 hours to play out, I’d better get back to the DIY or my dinner will be in the dog!
July Poker Points 98
Today’s results;
8132193HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker09/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.32/81£26.68
Bounty Hunter final hand, no need for heads-up play in this one.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceG Small blind 1000.00 1000.00 41496.75 d Big blind 2000.00 3000.00 71179.25 Your hole cards K A GaryQQQ Raise 4000.00 7000.00 42324.00 G All-in 41496.75 48496.75 0.00 d All-in 71179.25 119676.00 0.00 GaryQQQ All-in 42324.00 162000.00 0.00 d Unmatched bet 26855.25 135144.75 26855.25 G Show J J d Show 9 9 GaryQQQ Show K A Flop 3 5 5 Turn 9 River 4 d Win Full House, 9s and 5s 135144.75 162000.00
I’m not sure what this guy was playing at; 9BB open/fold?
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 30.00 30.00 2555.00 18AND5TIME Big blind 60.00 90.00 2345.00 Your hole cards K A DeanRed Fold Gixxer1 Fold pokermask Fold FRaise 540.00 630.00 1830.00 GaryQQQ All-in 2555.00 3185.00 0.00 18AND5TIME Fold FFold GaryQQQ Show K A GaryQQQ Win 1140.00 1140.00 GaryQQQ Return 2045.00 0.00 3185.00
Closing Balance £438.26
Up 97p today
Just the two morning £3.30s for me today. In the 9-45am I busted quite early after getting an opponent to put in most of his stack with a straight draw that got there on the river. The odds were well in my favour so no regrets there.
In the 10-45 I went on another deep run and enjoyed the chiplead for quite a lengthy spell prior to the bubble. Unfortunately the wheels came off big-time once we were in the money and the short stacks loosened up, I lost four consecutive all-in pre pots to crash ‘n burn in 8th place. I’m happy I made good decisions and that my chips went in in good spots so I have no problem with the result. The hand that essentially finished me off was the third of the four; a cooler when my 88 on the button ran into TT on the SB. Sometimes the way the cards fall when stacks are shallow it’s almost impossible to win no matter what you do.
In the afternoon I decided not to play due to the unexpected maintenance problems that were affecting the site.
July Poker Points 104 (£1.04)
Today’s results;
8135301HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker10/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.38/87£4.278135042HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker10/07/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.363/84-£3.3
Closing Balance £483.77
Up £45.51 today
I entered a couple of £5.75 Bounty Hunters today. In the first game I took a head-prize during a promising start, but wasted most of my stack when making a terrible river call in level 4. Soon after I busted when my pocket 44 didn’t win against AQ and KQ aipf for a treble-up that would have got me back in the game with an average stack.
The second tourney went somewhat better. I was chipleader after an early heater during which I took four head-prizes. Highlight was my quad kings doubling me off a player with a flush in only the second orbit. I also got lucky when I didn’t believe an aggressive players 3-bet and set him aipf with my AJ, I spiked an ace to put a beat on his pocket QQ.
With two tables left and several good players to contend with my cards dried up and my stack dwindled. I made the money, though below average as one of the shorter stacks. Then another heater kicked-in. After winning a flip when I 3-bet jammed pocket 77 over AK to double I took another three heads and had surged into the chiplead with three players left.
Unfortunately I couldn’t convert my lead into a win. The deck did me no favours during heads-up play. In the very first hand I doubled my opponent in a 3-bet pre pot. I was fist-pumping when I flopped top two pairs and all the chips went in despite the monotone board. My opponent had flopped the nut flush, an unavoidable cooler in a HU situation. The final hand was a standard flip, I 3-bet jammed KJs with 20BB from the BB and found myself flipping against pocket 33 to get back to level stacks. I caught a jack, but it was of no use, my opponent flopped a set and turned quads to take the victory.
This was my second runner-up in three days, so somewhat frustrating. But none-the-less this is still a useful bink and I feel my results have turned a corner giving me a much needed confidence boost. Suddenly the £500 half-way mark is starting to look close again. It would be nice to get there sometime in the near future.
July Poker Points 120 (£1.20)
Today’s results;
8138487HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker11/07/2013 12:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.752/64£49.388138207HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker11/07/2013 11:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7527/58-£3.87
What goes around comes around. A great way to start the tournament, I win the max here with my quad kings.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 10.00 10.00 1970.00 alexpm Big blind 20.00 30.00 960.00 Your hole cards K K 18AND5TIME Fold grump Fold c Raise 40.00 70.00 5190.00 GaryQQQ Raise 90.00 160.00 1880.00 alexpm Fold c Call 60.00 220.00 5130.00 Flop 10 K 6 GaryQQQ Bet 100.00 320.00 1780.00 c Call 100.00 420.00 5030.00 Turn K GaryQQQ Check c Bet 100.00 520.00 4930.00 GaryQQQ Call 100.00 620.00 1680.00 River 4 GaryQQQ Bet 295.00 915.00 1385.00 c Raise 590.00 1505.00 4340.00 GaryQQQ All-in 1385.00 2890.00 0.00 c Raise 2180.00 5070.00 2160.00 c Unmatched bet 1090.00 3980.00 3250.00 GaryQQQ Show K K c Show 9 J GaryQQQ Win Four Kings 3980.00 3980.00
You win some, you lose some. Two and a half hours later I find myself the wrong side of quads in the final hand.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancem Small blind 800.00 800.00 98035.00 GaryQQQ Big blind 1600.00 2400.00 27565.00 Your hole cards J K m Raise 2400.00 4800.00 95635.00 GaryQQQ All-in 27565.00 32365.00 0.00 m Call 25965.00 58330.00 69670.00 m Show 3 3 GaryQQQ Show J K Flop Q 3 5 Turn 3 River J m Win Four 3s 58330.00 128000.00
Didn’t play
Day 192
Closing Balance £455.37
Down £28.40 today
Results were pretty awful. I’m happy I played well so I’m totally cool with it, it simply wasn’t my turn to be favoured by the deck today.
This afternoon I entered three £5.75 Bounty Hunters though without any luck. There was a lot of bingo style wild gambling to be seen at the tables, something that's very common at the weekends. I kept it tight and got my stack in in good spots but was unable to find enough holds to get anywhere. I try to avoid turning this diary into a bad bore, so I won’t be going into tedious details of hands, suffice to say I took at least one vicious beat in each game.
In the evening I entered a deepie and the Mini. To be honest I never really got anything going in either. Then when it came to the crunch I was the loser in all the all-in pots. In the deepie I lost most of stack when I 3-bet jammed a pair and failed to win the race against two overcards. The pot was worth fourth place in chips with the sharp end looming, no regrets there. Soon after I lost the rest with 66 < 92 aipf. In the Mini I picked a bad time to isolate an all-in shortie when my A8 ran into the big stacks AQ. Ironically the shortie took the main pot with Q9o while I busted in the side pot.
July Poker Points 155 (£1.55)
Today’s results;
8145630HNLB0.5GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 20:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5204/442-£5.58145000HNL 0.2GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 19:15NL Hold'em £2 + £0.233/74-£2.28147326HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 18:26NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.858147295HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 18:12NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.158147291HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 18:05NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.158145855HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 15:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7518/97-£5.758145693HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 14:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7558/97-£5.758144795HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker13/07/2013 13:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7538/78-£5.75
It was one of those days, we all have them. I found myself on the wrong side of several like this without anything similar coming back in return.
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancel Small blind 30.00 30.00 1710.00 birdy31526 Big blind 60.00 90.00 1700.00 Your hole cards A A SARAHM1788 Call 60.00 150.00 1157.50 box05 Call 60.00 210.00 6393.75 GaryQQQ Raise 245.00 455.00 2205.00 wudzy Fold l Call 215.00 670.00 1495.00 birdy31526 Fold SARAHM1788 Fold box05 Call 185.00 855.00 6208.75 Flop K 9 4 l Check box05 Check GaryQQQ Bet 450.00 1305.00 1755.00 l Call 450.00 1755.00 1045.00 box05 Fold Turn 7 l All-in 1045.00 2800.00 0.00 GaryQQQ Call 1045.00 3845.00 710.00 l Show K Q GaryQQQ Show A A River K lWin Three Kings 3845.00 3845.00
Closing Balance £457.91
Up £2.54 today
This morning I entered the two £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I don’t remember too much about the 10-45 apart from the fact that it was a bit of a rollercoaster. After being left with only 360 chips early on by maniac holding T5o I somehow fought back to above average in the late stages. It came to an end after 90 minutes of play when I 3-bet jammed 99 from the BB into an aggressive SB’s open with JJ, an unavoidable cooler with effective stacks only 22BB deep.
In the 9-45 I also survived to the late stages, though having been below average all the way and without a head-prize to my name. Devoid of good cards and short pre-bubble I maintained my stack by making the best of several good shove spots. Then I went on a conveniently timed heater that started on the bubble. I busted three players and took a decent chip lead into the final table. Unfortunately that was when it started to go pear-shaped. With 6 still left I lost a big flip with pair < overcards on the river which would have extended my lead even further going into 5 handed play. Then with 5 left I doubled a player when my K2 couldn’t hold against 36 on a K37 flop leaving me well behind and 4/5 in chips. After fighting as hard as I could to try and get back into the driving seat I eventually crashed out in a disappointing third place after being called and coming second in two standard shove spots.
In the afternoon I tried the £11 Sunday Super Stack for a change. To my amazement play was wild and loose despite the very deep stacks. By mid-way through level 2 there had already been two eliminations at my table. Then in level 4 I saw a 3-way all-in on the flop pot with all the players involved over 100BB deep (top two pairs vs top pair top kicker vs a flush draw, the top pair top kicker sucked-out on the river).
I got bored of being an uber-nit in the second hour and donked off my 15K stack while attempting an awful 3-steet bluff, including a river check/shove with ace-high that failed to get a player off his flopped 5-high flush. I held AK with a draw to the second nut flush. This is the third time I’ve entered the Sunday Super Stack, and probably the last. I simply don’t enjoy it as much as my usual bounty tournaments, in fact the more I play it the more I grow to dislike it. I know many of you here are big fans of deepstacks, however they’re just not my cup of tea. I play for recreation so I’m going to stick to games I enjoy the most.
July Poker Points 176 (£1.76)
Today’s results;
8149929HNL6MX,DN0.3GBPSkyPoker14/07/2013 17:10NL Hold'em £3 + £0.31/6£2.78130973HNL 1.0GBPSkyPoker14/07/2013 15:00NL Hold'em £10 + £127/38-£118147812HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker14/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.325/79-£3.38147587HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker14/07/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.33/66£14.14
Closing Balance £485.51
Up £27.60 today
No joy in two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters. I was coolered in both; KK into AA in one, flopped trips into a flopped house in the other. I also misclick registered in a timed 15 minute tournament. It was a total waste of a buy-in, I can’t stand these shove-fests and never run well in them. I got taken out by a caller with 52o when I open-jammed KJs with 4 minutes left.
Some overdue run-good arrived in a speed £5.75 BH. I won two flips and sucked-out once to bust a shortie on my way to heads-up play. As has been the trend for me lately in £5.75s though the run-good ended as soon as there were two left. Twice I had my opponent all-in and behind when very short, both times he got there. Later, when the odds were reversed, he held. Victory would have seen me break the £500 barrier. Still second place isn’t too shabby I suppose and least I won enough to ensure a winning day.
In the afternoon I jumped in the first tourney running after I logged-on; a small £1 rebuy. As usual these are great value with dead money in the prizepool put in by players who don’t rebuy or add-on and a pretty soft field overall. I got to final table but to no avail, the cards didn’t fall my way when stacks got super-shallow and it became a push/fold game. I got third for a small profit after losing 98% of my stack with ATs<KQo aipf for a pot that would have got me heads-up with a comfy chiplead.
July Poker Points 201 (£2.01)
Today’s results;
8152723HNLST,HU0.25GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 17:02NL Hold'em £5 + £0.251/2£4.758152576HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 16:05NL Hold'em £3 + £0.152/2-£3.158151777HNLR0.1GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 14:35NL Hold'em £1R + £0.13/20£3.408149889HNLTI0.3GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 11:00NL Hold'em £3 + £0.311/23-£3.38150713HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.367/67-£3.38150589HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 10:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.752/31£32.58150488HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker15/07/2013 09:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.366/70-£3.3
Closing Balance £472.32
Down £13.19 today
Not much joy for me today.
First up was the 10-45am £3.30 BH. A very short stack and myself were taken out in the same hand by a player who chose to call my 70BB 4-bet shove with 73o. It doesn’t feel good when you get knocked out by such a terrible decision, however you have to remember that it’s the presence of these guys that makes the tournaments so profitable. I’ll make good money off opponents like him in the long run, it’s important they get lucky sometimes as it keeps them in the games.
In a standard speed £5.75 BH I couldn’t get anything going, though at least I managed to take out a shortie for a consolation bounty. I’m happy with my exit, losing most of my stack in a +ev flip with pocket 33 < KQ aipf for a pot that could have got me back in the game and won my second head prize.
After a DIY break I returned to try the 2-00pm £11 game. There was much reckless gambling to be seen, the standard of play at this buy-in seems to vary very little from what you see at £2.30 or £3.30. Unfortunately I didn’t pick up the cards to take advantage. After winning only one small pot in 37 minutes of play I busted in a flip with by far the strongest hole cards I’d seen in that time; my AQ failing to improve against JJ aipf.
In a £5.75 Speed BH I got my first lucky break of the day when I doubled with K9 > TT aipf in level 9 when short, then knocked out the same guy in the next hand with AK > KQ aipf. A second bounty meant I more-or-less won my buy-in back, but my luck dried up on the bubble when it was a push/fold game with the average stack falling under 10BB. I made standard +ev shoves but ran into callers with slightly stronger hands twice and failed to improve.
July Poker Points 235 (£2.35)
Today’s results;
8155408HNLST,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 15:00NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.98155344HNLST,HU0.15GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 14:51NL Hold'em £3 + £0.151/2£2.858154454HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 14:45NL Hold'em £5 + £0.758/35-£0.138155289HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 14:01NL Hold'em £1 + £0.051/2£0.958153832HNLB1.0GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 14:00NL Hold'em £10 + £135/54-£118154889HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 11:32NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.058153181HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 11:30NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7537/63-£3.418153508HNLB0.3GBPSkyPoker16/07/2013 10:45NL Hold'em £3 + £0.352/71-£3.3
Closing Balance £473.77
Up £1.45 today
I only had a small window of time available to play poker today so I made do with a few micro STTs. Had fun and finished a quid up, happy!
July Poker Points 242 (£2.42)
Today’s results;
8157696HNLST,HU0.1GBPSkyPoker17/07/2013 12:18NL Hold'em £2 + £0.11/2£1.98158002HNL6MX,DN0.25GBPSkyPoker17/07/2013 11:44NL Hold'em £2 + £0.251/6£1.758157996HNLT,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker17/07/2013 11:09NL Hold'em £1 + £0.052/2-£1.058157946HNL6MX,DN0.15GBPSkyPoker17/07/2013 11:02NL Hold'em £1 + £0.155/6-£1.15
Going really well!
Once you've completed this what next?
What you have done is amazing, getting from 1000poker points to a decent amount. It took a lot of guts to do this so publically.
Well done and look forward to you hitting 1K.
It feels to me like I'm yo-yoing up and down on a plateau at the moment and progress is painfully slow after some good months earlier. Hopefully my next bink will come sooner rather than later.
I'm not even thinking about what I may do when this is complete. At the moment I don't foresee myself doing another bankroll challenge.
Closing Balance £451.22
Down £22.55 today
No luck today. I played in £5.75 and £11 Bounty Hunters and a couple of HU matches. Didn’t make many hands and ran into a few cooler situations. I lost both coin-flips and all but one of the all-in and calls involving me. I'm happy that I played as well as I could with the cards I was dealt, so no worries.
I’m not expecting to play much poker over the weekend. I definitely won’t be playing at all on Friday or Sunday, hopefully I’ll have time to get a few games in on Saturday afternoon.
July Poker Points 264 (£2.64)
Today’s results;
8161041HNLST,HU0.05GBPSkyPoker18/07/2013 14:00NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.052/2-£0.558159600HNLB1.0GBPSkyPoker18/07/2013 14:00NL Hold'em £10 + £121/48-£118161007HNLT,HU0.25GBPSkyPoker18/07/2013 13:43NL Hold'em £5 + £0.252/2-£5.258159412HNLB0.75GBPSkyPoker18/07/2013 13:15NL Hold'em £5 + £0.7522/27-£5.75