My first game a £5.75 Bounty Hunter was a a total non-event. After 40 minutes of nothing happening I finally picked up pocket KK when growing short. My OOP caller, a very laggy opponent , flopped a well disguised straight with his 78o and I was out.
The second tournament went somewhat better though I had to settle for a third place min-cash after a spectacular crash n' burn. I went from chip leader to out in the space of three hands. A premium pair triggered my downfall again; my pocket AA was cracked by a pre-flop limp/caller with KT who flopped top pair then got there on the river. Two hand later the same guy busted me when he rivered a gut-shot to crack my set of tens with his AK.
It all went downhill from there. I donked off £6.60 in a Rebuy and lost a couple of £5.25 HU matches. Then a £10.50 HU despite being all-in and head for the win twice. By then I knew it wasn't going to be my day and quit the session before I did more damage to my balance.
A pleasing run to a £5.75 BH final table started my session, though I had to settle for a disappoining fifth place finish. My exit came when I 3-bet shoved 19BB with ATs from the SB over a button open. The button made the call with QJs. I was slight favourite at 57/43 for a pot worth the chiplead, unfortunately a jack was dealt on the flop and I hit the rail.
From there nothing went right for a while. In my second game I was busted in the first orbit by an OOP opponent who decided his pocket 55 was good on a 237r flop after flatting my large pre-flop 3-bet. He hit a two-outer on the turn to crack my pocket KK. Then I tried a couple of HU matches but continued straight on from yesterday in those; still an expert at snatching defeats from the jaws of victories by losing all-ins for the win when ahead.
My session ended in style, albeit in a cheap MTT with a small field. Aided by a ton of good hands and flip wins I absolutely ran over a £2.30 Bounty Hunter. After assuming the chiplead soon after we made final table I crushed my opponents one-by-one on the way to victory taking 8 of the 17 available head-prizes. It's quite rare to win more in bounties than first place money in these, a feat I managed it in this one. Obviously I'd much rather have card-racked in a £5.75 with 70+ runners, but I can't complain, any MTT win always feels regardless of buy-in.
Well played Gary. As you said, a win is always good no matter how much it is. I would rather fin 1st for £50 than 2nd for £60 in a way as a win always feels good!
BTW; The player that busted you took a massive pot off me with my AK v there AQ and then went out with KK v 42o. I 3 bet my KK in SB v BB and he called. 4 8 A flop. chq,chq. J. chq. I bet n got called. 4 on river. I had little left so chq called and his excuse was "I thought you was stealing!".
Its can be very frustrating playing the early parts of these tournies but we have to move on!
Was telling my mate the other day about this thread and he didn't believe me . Absolutely amazing progress so far, just a matter of when you complete this imo. You have inspired me, so decided to give it a go starting next month with about £14 (c4p) and about 700 points. I aint expecting to get near to what you have achieved thus far but will try my best. What one piece of advice would you give ? GL achieving your goal !
Due to puter probs, I've been away for a little while but pleased to see, on my return, that there's gd news in my fav thread. Keep it up. Posted by Mohican
Was telling my mate the other day about this thread and he didn't believe me . Absolutely amazing progress so far, just a matter of when you complete this imo. You have inspired me, so decided to give it a go starting next month with about £14 (c4p) and about 700 points. I aint expecting to get near to what you have achieved thus far but will try my best. What one piece of advice would you give ? GL achieving your goal ! Posted by LockyBhoy
Thank-you very much, and I wish you the very best of luck too!
That one piece of advice; have the discipline to never break your BRM rule. In my case I never risk more than 2.5% of my balance at any one time, without exception. When tilting after losing a game due to bad beats it's very tempting to chase your losses by buying into a game with more than you know you should. You might get away with it the first time, you might get away with it the second time too, but this is a disaster waiting to happen. Sooner or later you'll end up causing serious damage to your balance in a short space of time.
My second piece of advice; when you've only got £14 and 700 points you absolutely must run well, this is not a good time to go on a downswing!
Well played Gary. As you said, a win is always good no matter how much it is. I would rather fin 1st for £50 than 2nd for £60 in a way as a win always feels good! BTW; The player that busted you took a massive pot off me with my AK v there AQ and then went out with KK v 42o. I 3 bet my KK in SB v BB and he called. 4 8 A flop. chq,chq. J. chq. I bet n got called. 4 on river. I had little left so chq called and his excuse was "I thought you was stealing!". Its can be very frustrating playing the early parts of these tournies but we have to move on! Posted by CraigSG1
Thanks Craig. It's frustrating when you see a poor player going on a huge heater like that. However we want these guys in the game making their awful plays as we'll win plenty of money off them in the long run.
Also it's very important the bad players get lucky and win sometimes because it keeps them coming back for more. The last thing we want for is for these guys to all go on long losing streaks and quit playing. It's much better for us if they stay, knowing that they're always in with a chance of a big win due to the luck factor is the carrot that tempts them to keep depositing.
Was telling my mate the other day about this thread and he didn't believe me . Absolutely amazing progress so far, just a matter of when you complete this imo. You have inspired me, so decided to give it a go starting next month with about £14 (c4p) and about 700 points. I aint expecting to get near to what you have achieved thus far but will try my best. What one piece of advice would you give ? GL achieving your goal ! Posted by LockyBhoy
Advice from me would be- listen and follow to the letter Gary's advice and if you haven't already, read through this whole thread to really get an understanding of what a grind this has been.
I didn't actually play any poker today, my balance increased because my August Rewards payment was credited to my account.
Day 246
Closing Balance£723.22
Up £23.28today
I didn't have time to commit to any MTTs this afternoon so I entered a few STTs instead. It started well in the cheap games, but as has been the case every time during this challenge so far things went pear-shaped as soon as I moved up to the £10 (+ fee) level. I entered two soft £11 DYMs but managed to bubble both. I'd carefully selected weak tables and don't think I made any mistakes, so I don't regret entering the games which I still consider to have been a +ev decision. I made amends somewhat with a win in a £10.50 HU match.
As noticed by Maxally the £5K International Freeroll went pretty well for me. Usually I avoid timed tournaments like the plague, however this one was irresistible due to the large guarantee which represented an expected value of £5 per entrant. At the end of the hour my chips were worth a very useful £25.89. I gradually chipped-up throughout playing tight aggressive poker, winning lots of small pots and without being involved in any 'all-in and called' situations.
My only regular MTT of the day was the Mini, a fun roller-coaster ride for me. I enjoyed a bright start with an early head-prize and double the average in chips. However my stack dwindled during a mid-stages card-dead spell, then I was left on fumes (9BB) when an opponent holding QT didn't believe my check/raise with AsJs on an 842 flop with two spades. He had no showdown value or draw but somehow caught one of his four outs while I missed all my re-draws.
However luck quickly swung the other way; I won two pair holding against over-card aipf races within the next orbit. Soon after that I sucked out big-time when I squeeze/shoved my KQ over a limper trapping with AK to get myself back in the game. I was an above average again for only two hands though. An opponent played his K8o teribly but managed to double off my AJ with x8xA on the board when he rivered two pairs. After that hand I was uncomfortably short with the bubble approaching so took a few risks to chip-up, including three open-shoves in four hands at one point, then a 3-bet shove with KJo over a player who had me well covered just three spots from the money (he folded).
Post bubble I enjoyed a heater for a while, climbing to above average again and taking my second and third head-prizes. It wasn't destined to last though. My demise came when my open with K5 was flatted by a player holding J9s on the SB. He completely whiffed the flop, but decided to call my c-bets and got there by making a runner-runner flush to crack my two pairs. To rub salt in the would he busted me in the next hand by calling my open shove with the mighty 23o, I held QJo. No complaints though; I wanted him to make those calls against the odds and I have to remember I got lucky earlier with my KQ outdrawing AK aipf.
It was a disappointing end to the session I suppose, falling so close to the big money in the Mini, however I enjoyed my poker today and finish on a new highest balance. I'll take it
keep meaning to folow this - Its ruddy imprssesive and the BRM is ecellent
I heard you have done a cpl of vids on youtube. I tried 2 myself with my 1st webcam webcam but someone said you may be able to kelp as its all over the place
T51 FTW
(Someone has suggested using "Fraps" . Not sure how easy it is" and if its worth it
GL with with more on your diary but i can only see it carrting on North
keep meaning to folow this - Its ruddy imprssesive and the BRM is ecellent I heard you have done a cpl of vids on youtube. I tried 2 myself with my 1st webcam webcam but someone said you may be able to kelp as its all over the place T51 FTW (Someone has suggested using "Fraps" . Not sure how easy it is" and if its worth it GL with with more on your diary but i can only see it carrting on North Paul Posted by MP33
Thanks Dubmaster and MP33.
I find Camtasia the easiest way to make screen-recordings of online poker, it's very easy to use and you get excellent results. I'll send you a PM about this.
It was just the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters for me today. No joy, though I had the consolation of a head prize in the 9-45 in which I ran fairly deep. I was caught out squeezing against the wrong person with the bubble looming; an UTG limper with pocket AA. Fair play to him, his trap caught me out, notes were updated accordingly. My late stages sqeeze plays are very profitable on the whole, though nothing is guaranteed to work every time and every now and then you're left looking like a fool.
I should point out that open-limping pocket AA from UTG is a risky play too. Limps can be contageous, if you end up seeing the flop four or five ways you're in a very awkward spot and out of position.
In Response to Re: 1,000 Poker Points ----- /> £1,000 Can it be done? Latest balance £723.22 : Thanks Dubmaster and MP33. I find Camtasia the easiest way to make screen-recordings of online poker, it's very easy to use and you get excellent results. I'll send you a PM about this. Posted by GaryQQQ
Hi gary. Ive been using a program to record sessions but it exportsin a format not recognised by youtube. I did look for converters but they usually had nasty malware bundled in with them. I take it camista can export to youtube? Any advice appreciated. I would like to be able to upload so people can review some of my sessions.
In Response to Re: 1,000 Poker Points ----- /> £1,000 Can it be done? Latest balance £723.22 : Hi gary. Ive been using a program to record sessions but it exportsin a format not recognised by youtube. I did look for converters but they usually had nasty malware bundled in with them. I take it camista can export to youtube? Any advice appreciated. I would like to be able to upload so people can review some of my sessions. Cheers, TEDDY Posted by TeddyBloat
Hiya, yes Camtasia has a very easy to use screen-recorder that creates videos that can be uploaded to Youtube. It's not cheap software unfortunately.
Send me a PM with your e-mail address if you want more advice (My PMs don't work, I see what gets sent to me in the e-mail notifications, however I can't reply without an e-mail address).
My volume is going to be very low for the next fortnight, which will include 6 or 7 days away. After that I'm gonna have a good crack at closing this thing out
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Closing Balance £678.29
Down £23.55 today
My first game a £5.75 Bounty Hunter was a a total non-event. After 40 minutes of nothing happening I finally picked up pocket KK when growing short. My OOP caller, a very laggy opponent , flopped a well disguised straight with his 78o and I was out.
The second tournament went somewhat better though I had to settle for a third place min-cash after a spectacular crash n' burn. I went from chip leader to out in the space of three hands. A premium pair triggered my downfall again; my pocket AA was cracked by a pre-flop limp/caller with KT who flopped top pair then got there on the river. Two hand later the same guy busted me when he rivered a gut-shot to crack my set of tens with his AK.
It all went downhill from there. I donked off £6.60 in a Rebuy and lost a couple of £5.25 HU matches. Then a £10.50 HU despite being all-in and head for the win twice. By then I knew it wasn't going to be my day and quit the session before I did more damage to my balance.
September Poker Points 49
Today’s results;
8318870 H NL ST,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 14:58 NL Hold'em £10 + £0.5 2/2 -£10.5 8318850 H NL ST,HU 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 14:50 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.25 2/2 -£5.25 8318815 H NL T,HU 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 14:45 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.25 2/2 -£5.25 8318732 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 14:03 NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.05 1/2 £0.45 8317914 H NL R 0.2 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 14:00 NL Hold'em £2R + £0.2 12/14 -£3.63 8318678 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 13:59 NL Hold'em £0.5 + £0.05 2/2 -£0.55 8317733 H NL 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 04/09/2013 12:00 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 3/22 <p style="font-size:6pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif';vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;font-stDay 244
Closing Balance £695.26
Up £16.97 today
A pleasing run to a £5.75 BH final table started my session, though I had to settle for a disappoining fifth place finish. My exit came when I 3-bet shoved 19BB with ATs from the SB over a button open. The button made the call with QJs. I was slight favourite at 57/43 for a pot worth the chiplead, unfortunately a jack was dealt on the flop and I hit the rail.
From there nothing went right for a while. In my second game I was busted in the first orbit by an OOP opponent who decided his pocket 55 was good on a 237r flop after flatting my large pre-flop 3-bet. He hit a two-outer on the turn to crack my pocket KK. Then I tried a couple of HU matches but continued straight on from yesterday in those; still an expert at snatching defeats from the jaws of victories by losing all-ins for the win when ahead.
My session ended in style, albeit in a cheap MTT with a small field. Aided by a ton of good hands and flip wins I absolutely ran over a £2.30 Bounty Hunter. After assuming the chiplead soon after we made final table I crushed my opponents one-by-one on the way to victory taking 8 of the 17 available head-prizes. It's quite rare to win more in bounties than first place money in these, a feat I managed it in this one. Obviously I'd much rather have card-racked in a £5.75 with 70+ runners, but I can't complain, any MTT win always feels regardless of buy-in.
September Poker Points 78
Today’s results;
8321626 H NL ST,HU 0.25 GBP SkyPoker 05/09/2013 13:46 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.25 2/2 -£5.25 8320143 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 05/09/2013 13:45 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.3 1/18 £17.39 8320654 H NL T,HU 0.1 GBP SkyPoker 05/09/2013 13:30 NL Hold'em £2 + £0.1 2/2 -£2.1 8320085 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 05/09/2013 13:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 64/64 -£5.75 8319599 H NL B 0.75 GBP SkyPoker 05/09/2013 11:30 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.75 5/59 £12.68
Head-prizes exceed first place money, a rare occurrence in bounty tournaments;
GaryQQQ36000 1 £9 + £10.69 Head Prizes8 alexan1960 02£5.40 + £4.31 Head Prizes 5 montydave03£3.600
That one piece of advice; have the discipline to never break your BRM rule. In my case I never risk more than 2.5% of my balance at any one time, without exception. When tilting after losing a game due to bad beats it's very tempting to chase your losses by buying into a game with more than you know you should. You might get away with it the first time, you might get away with it the second time too, but this is a disaster waiting to happen. Sooner or later you'll end up causing serious damage to your balance in a short space of time.
My second piece of advice; when you've only got £14 and 700 points you absolutely must run well, this is not a good time to go on a downswing!
Also it's very important the bad players get lucky and win sometimes because it keeps them coming back for more. The last thing we want for is for these guys to all go on long losing streaks and quit playing. It's much better for us if they stay, knowing that they're always in with a chance of a big win due to the luck factor is the carrot that tempts them to keep depositing.
Day 245
Closing Balance £699.94
Up £4.68 today
I didn't actually play any poker today, my balance increased because my August Rewards payment was credited to my account.
Day 246
Closing Balance £723.22
Up £23.28 today
I didn't have time to commit to any MTTs this afternoon so I entered a few STTs instead. It started well in the cheap games, but as has been the case every time during this challenge so far things went pear-shaped as soon as I moved up to the £10 (+ fee) level. I entered two soft £11 DYMs but managed to bubble both. I'd carefully selected weak tables and don't think I made any mistakes, so I don't regret entering the games which I still consider to have been a +ev decision. I made amends somewhat with a win in a £10.50 HU match.
As noticed by Maxally the £5K International Freeroll went pretty well for me. Usually I avoid timed tournaments like the plague, however this one was irresistible due to the large guarantee which represented an expected value of £5 per entrant. At the end of the hour my chips were worth a very useful £25.89. I gradually chipped-up throughout playing tight aggressive poker, winning lots of small pots and without being involved in any 'all-in and called' situations.
My only regular MTT of the day was the Mini, a fun roller-coaster ride for me. I enjoyed a bright start with an early head-prize and double the average in chips. However my stack dwindled during a mid-stages card-dead spell, then I was left on fumes (9BB) when an opponent holding QT didn't believe my check/raise with AsJs on an 842 flop with two spades. He had no showdown value or draw but somehow caught one of his four outs while I missed all my re-draws.
However luck quickly swung the other way; I won two pair holding against over-card aipf races within the next orbit. Soon after that I sucked out big-time when I squeeze/shoved my KQ over a limper trapping with AK to get myself back in the game. I was an above average again for only two hands though. An opponent played his K8o teribly but managed to double off my AJ with x8xA on the board when he rivered two pairs. After that hand I was uncomfortably short with the bubble approaching so took a few risks to chip-up, including three open-shoves in four hands at one point, then a 3-bet shove with KJo over a player who had me well covered just three spots from the money (he folded).
Post bubble I enjoyed a heater for a while, climbing to above average again and taking my second and third head-prizes. It wasn't destined to last though. My demise came when my open with K5 was flatted by a player holding J9s on the SB. He completely whiffed the flop, but decided to call my c-bets and got there by making a runner-runner flush to crack my two pairs. To rub salt in the would he busted me in the next hand by calling my open shove with the mighty 23o, I held QJo. No complaints though; I wanted him to make those calls against the odds and I have to remember I got lucky earlier with my KQ outdrawing AK aipf.
It was a disappointing end to the session I suppose, falling so close to the big money in the Mini, however I enjoyed my poker today and finish on a new highest balance. I'll take it
September Poker Points 120 (£1.20)
Today’s results;
(£25.89 Freeroll win missing from the database)
8327467 H NL B 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 20:15 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5 24/558 £10.04 8329569 H NL ST,HU 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 17:53 NL Hold'em £10 + £0.5 1/2 £9.5 8329551 H NL ST,HU 0.05 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 17:50 NL Hold'em £1 + £0.05 2/2 -£1.05 8329475 H NL 6MX,DN 0.5 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 17:45 NL Hold'em £5 + £0.5 4/6 -£5.5 8329272 H NL 6MX,DN 1.0 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 16:54 NL Hold'em £10 + £1 4/6 -£11 8329183 H NL 6MX,DN 1.0 GBP SkyPoker 07/09/2013 16:02 NL Hold'em £10 + £1 4/6 -£11 8328958 H NL T,HU 0.1 GBP <p style="font-size:6pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',Tahoma,Verdana,'Sans-Serif';vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:normal;color:windowtext;font-style:normal;text-align:center;background-color:transparent;text-indent:0px;" class="Para
I find Camtasia the easiest way to make screen-recordings of online poker, it's very easy to use and you get excellent results. I'll send you a PM about this.
Closing Balance £719.49
Down £3.73 today
It was just the two morning £3.30 Bounty Hunters for me today. No joy, though I had the consolation of a head prize in the 9-45 in which I ran fairly deep. I was caught out squeezing against the wrong person with the bubble looming; an UTG limper with pocket AA. Fair play to him, his trap caught me out, notes were updated accordingly. My late stages sqeeze plays are very profitable on the whole, though nothing is guaranteed to work every time and every now and then you're left looking like a fool.
I should point out that open-limping pocket AA from UTG is a risky play too. Limps can be contageous, if you end up seeing the flop four or five ways you're in a very awkward spot and out of position.
September Poker Points 126 (£1.26)
Today’s results;
8330273 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 08/09/2013 10:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 57/87 -£3.3 8330013 H NL B 0.3 GBP SkyPoker 08/09/2013 09:45 NL Hold'em £3 + £0.3 20/101 -£0.43
Send me a PM with your e-mail address if you want more advice (My PMs don't work, I see what gets sent to me in the e-mail notifications, however I can't reply without an e-mail address).
My volume is going to be very low for the next fortnight, which will include 6 or 7 days away. After that I'm gonna have a good crack at closing this thing out