gl Gary will be following post with interest sounds like a real tough challenge think the start is going to be the hard part but once your off the mark i'm sure it will be achievable hope you have some fun along the way ! maybe i'll see you on the 60p dym's
On behalf of all the members of the greatest team on sky, all the best in this, the hardest of your poker challenges to date. I'm guessing that the walk was a **** of a lot harder Gary.
We know, that if anybody has the patience and the perseverence to conquer this one, it's you mate.
‘Great oaks from little acorns grow’ (Maxally, 2013)
Well, I have my 63p acorn. Will it grow into a £1,000 great oak? Time will tell.
My first cash prize of this challenge came today courtesy of a 25th place finish from 401 entrants in the £100 gtd. Omaha Freeroll today. This tournament represents great value for me at the moment at a cost of only 10 Poker Points. I negotiated my way to the cash prizes by keeping it tight and aggressive, getting paid several times by weak players when I made good hands. The presence of many players sitting out also helped.
As the money bubble approached I did something that I'm not used to; I folded into the money. It felt dirty, but I had to do it this time due to my situation. Under normal circumstances when I’m playing an MTT while properly rolled I’m always going for the win. I usually hold no fear of busting on bubbles and consider them an opportunity to ramp-up the aggression and pick up some extra chips. But today was different. While around 48th/72 with 52 places to be paid, and with all stacks growing shallow I made the decision to fold and stall into the money, knowing that if I didn't play another hand I'd all but guarantee myself a 50p min-cash.
One hand in particular (see below) was very painful to fold when just 3 eliminations from the money. I picked up KKQ2 on the SB facing a raise from a big stack who was doing a great ‘bubble bully’ job by opening every single pot. I had to choose whether to play for my stack pre-flop or fold. Because pre-flop equities are always so close in Omaha I opted to fold and take the morale boosting min-cash. Once in the money I went for it and open-jammed my first hand, chopping with one of my two callers. Soon after a double with AA22 gave me hope ofa deep run, but I eventually went out in an aipf flip situation.
I decided to give the NLHE Freerolls a miss today due to the larger weekend fields. Unlike tournaments with an entry fee equity drops as the field grows bigger in a freeroll. For example if a £50 Freeroll attracts 250 entrants each player has 20p equity on average, if 500 players enter that equity drops to 10p.
For now I'll be sticking to the Freerolls trying to add to the 63p. Tomorrow afternoon I'll be back for another crack at the Omaha tournie.
Nitty folds on the bubble ftw when you have no money;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 800.00 800.00 6988.75 Whizzewky Big blind 1600.00 2400.00 13110.00 Your hole cards K Q 2 K gf97 Fold DE_NATURAL Raise 4800.00 7200.00 126400.00 Deja_Vu Fold GaryQQQ Fold Whizzewky Call 3200.00 10400.00 9910.00 Flop 4 2 J Whizzewky All-in 9910.00 20310.00 0.00 DE_NATURAL Call 9910.00 30220.00 116490.00 Whizzewky Show J J 9 8 DE_NATURAL Show 9 7 J 6 Turn 9 River 9 Whizzewky Win Full House, Jacks and 9s 30220.00 30220.00
Day 4 Closing Balances; Cash £1.13, Poker Points 880
Up 50p today
The 2-00pm £100 Omaha freeroll was my only game today, I was very happy to bink a 50p min-cash for my 10 Poker Points.
I was going pretty well through the early stages, accumulating chips by seeing plenty of cheap flops, then keeping it very tight/aggressive post-flop. After a late set-back when my top-two pairs, straight draw and nut-flush draw couldn’t improve against a flopped set I shut-up-shop again and folded my way into a min-cash. As soon the bubble had passed I gambled my short stack unsuccessfully.
Despite getting there twice in two days making a min-cash in the Omaha tournament isn’t quite as easy as it may appear. For example today we had 472 players chasing 52 spots, so 89% of the field would leave with nothing. Probably around 100 of the entrants were sitting out, but the 78 rebuys and 28 double starting stack add-ons (combined total 134 starting stacks) more than counter-balance those away players. Obviously it would be foolish for me to spend 50p of my tiny balance on an add-on when a min-cash itself is only 50p. I just have to do my best to outwit my fellow players who have the opportunity to buy those precious extra chips at a crucial stage of the tournament.
I'm undecided when I'll use the cash. Not for a while yet, I'm gonna see how it goes. I certainly need a lot more than £1.13 before I'll want to risk buying into anything.
In Response to Re: 1,000 Poker Points ----- /> £1,000 Can it be done? Latest balances; cash £1.13 Poker Points 880 : Thanks, gonna try! I'm undecided when I'll use the cash. Not for a while yet, I'm gonna see how it goes. I certainly need a lot more than £1.13 before I'll want to risk buying into anything. Posted by GaryQQQ
Goes to show how disciplined you are, I would prob play a DYM, lose and be back to square 1 lol. As well as the skill required to complete your last challenge I'm pretty sure you would not have completed it without being disciplined.....a big part of poker imo
Great work so far Gary, must be a relief to finally be off the mark.
I would say this but I think the best way to go forward is to try £1.10 HU SnGs as soon as possible (obviously not Hypers lol). DYMs rake is too high at low levels imo, makes eeking out small profits VERY hard going.
seriously mate,i'm sure you can and will do this challenge.you know this is the hard bit and once you've got £40/£50 to play with the rest 'll be a piece of cake.
Today I entered two 25 Poker Point freerolls, though without any success.
In both tourneys I got myself into great positions only to find the cards weren’t falling my way when it really mattered. This diary won’t become a bad beat bore, so I’m not going to reel off the tedious hard-luck stories. Suffice to say that in both of today’s games I found myself outdrawn after getting my stack in well ahead at a crucial stage.
No worries, it’s the nature of fast structured tournament poker. I’ll be back for another crack at the same games tomorrow.
Keep it up! I honestly think you should use all your poker points first so you know exactly where you are. Then when you start using your winnings you will start to collect PP again and that can be your reserve. Oh, and I really do think there will be at least 4/5 top sixes for you so good luck!
gl with ur quest i'm actually doing a simler thing for tilt management but i must say in freerol i think u have to go for the win i understand a min cash is good at this point ,but u got more then enought point and fields in these are super soft to be able to take the agrro route in these.
also i don't no ur work/life commitment but u shoudl try the 1am freerol very easy to tak them down
In the 12-30pm Freeroll I managed to go out in the very first hand. I flopped the nuts (45 in my hand, A23 on the flop), got my stack in, busted to a 9-high flush draw. Such is the nature of freerolls, with no money invested many of the entrants are happy to gamble for their stack with a weak draw right from the off.
There was a much better start in the 4-00pm. I got my stack in 3-ways with a flopped combo draw (open-end straight draw and flush draw) and hit for the treble-up. However I’m still waiting for things to go my way in the post add-on shallow stack stage. My chances were wrecked by KQ<QJ aipf shortly after losing half of my stack in button v BB AQ<AK cooler.
Just as a note of interest, the 4-00pm Freeroll was mainly funded by the entrants today. The 79 rebuys and add-ons contributed £39.50 to the £50 prizepool.
Ouch! Not running well in the late stages at the moment;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceQPR21 Small blind 300.00 300.00 11995.00 POKERKILLE Big blind 600.00 900.00 3845.00 stacei Sit out Your hole cards K Q gibson32 Fold Rod16 Call 600.00 1500.00 20010.00 GaryQQQ All-in 5927.50 7427.50 0.00 QPR21 Fold POKERKILLE All-in 3845.00 11272.50 0.00 Rod16 Fold GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 1482.50 9790.00 1482.50 POKERKILLE Show Q J GaryQQQ Show K Q Flop A 10 K Turn 8 River 8 POKERKILLE Win Straight to the Ace 9790.00 9790.00
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maybe i'll see you on the 60p dym's
Closing Balances; Cash £0.63, Poker Points 890
Up 63p today
‘Great oaks from little acorns grow’ (Maxally, 2013)
Well, I have my 63p acorn. Will it grow into a £1,000 great oak? Time will tell.
My first cash prize of this challenge came today courtesy of a 25th place finish from 401 entrants in the £100 gtd. Omaha Freeroll today. This tournament represents great value for me at the moment at a cost of only 10 Poker Points. I negotiated my way to the cash prizes by keeping it tight and aggressive, getting paid several times by weak players when I made good hands. The presence of many players sitting out also helped.
As the money bubble approached I did something that I'm not used to; I folded into the money. It felt dirty, but I had to do it this time due to my situation. Under normal circumstances when I’m playing an MTT while properly rolled I’m always going for the win. I usually hold no fear of busting on bubbles and consider them an opportunity to ramp-up the aggression and pick up some extra chips. But today was different. While around 48th/72 with 52 places to be paid, and with all stacks growing shallow I made the decision to fold and stall into the money, knowing that if I didn't play another hand I'd all but guarantee myself a 50p min-cash.
One hand in particular (see below) was very painful to fold when just 3 eliminations from the money. I picked up KKQ2 on the SB facing a raise from a big stack who was doing a great ‘bubble bully’ job by opening every single pot. I had to choose whether to play for my stack pre-flop or fold. Because pre-flop equities are always so close in Omaha I opted to fold and take the morale boosting min-cash. Once in the money I went for it and open-jammed my first hand, chopping with one of my two callers. Soon after a double with AA22 gave me hope of a deep run, but I eventually went out in an aipf flip situation.
I decided to give the NLHE Freerolls a miss today due to the larger weekend fields. Unlike tournaments with an entry fee equity drops as the field grows bigger in a freeroll. For example if a £50 Freeroll attracts 250 entrants each player has 20p equity on average, if 500 players enter that equity drops to 10p.
For now I'll be sticking to the Freerolls trying to add to the 63p. Tomorrow afternoon I'll be back for another crack at the Omaha tournie.
Nitty folds on the bubble ftw when you have no money;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGaryQQQ Small blind 800.00 800.00 6988.75 Whizzewky Big blind 1600.00 2400.00 13110.00 Your hole cards K Q 2 K gf97 Fold DE_NATURAL Raise 4800.00 7200.00 126400.00 Deja_Vu Fold GaryQQQ Fold Whizzewky Call 3200.00 10400.00 9910.00 Flop 4 2 J Whizzewky All-in 9910.00 20310.00 0.00 DE_NATURAL Call 9910.00 30220.00 116490.00 Whizzewky Show J J 9 8 DE_NATURAL Show 9 7 J 6 Turn 9 River 9 Whizzewky Win Full House, Jacks and 9s 30220.00 30220.00
Keep it going m8....all behind you!
Closing Balances; Cash £1.13, Poker Points 880
Up 50p today
The 2-00pm £100 Omaha freeroll was my only game today, I was very happy to bink a 50p min-cash for my 10 Poker Points.
I was going pretty well through the early stages, accumulating chips by seeing plenty of cheap flops, then keeping it very tight/aggressive post-flop. After a late set-back when my top-two pairs, straight draw and nut-flush draw couldn’t improve against a flopped set I shut-up-shop again and folded my way into a min-cash. As soon the bubble had passed I gambled my short stack unsuccessfully.
Despite getting there twice in two days making a min-cash in the Omaha tournament isn’t quite as easy as it may appear. For example today we had 472 players chasing 52 spots, so 89% of the field would leave with nothing. Probably around 100 of the entrants were sitting out, but the 78 rebuys and 28 double starting stack add-ons (combined total 134 starting stacks) more than counter-balance those away players. Obviously it would be foolish for me to spend 50p of my tiny balance on an add-on when a min-cash itself is only 50p. I just have to do my best to outwit my fellow players who have the opportunity to buy those precious extra chips at a crucial stage of the tournament.
How much are you going to win on the frerolls before you start playing with the winnings? Are you going to use up all your points first?
Keep it up
I'm undecided when I'll use the cash. Not for a while yet, I'm gonna see how it goes. I certainly need a lot more than £1.13 before I'll want to risk buying into anything.
I would say this but I think the best way to go forward is to try £1.10 HU SnGs as soon as possible (obviously not Hypers lol). DYMs rake is too high at low levels imo, makes eeking out small profits VERY hard going.
Good luck!
O and can you hurry up plz
almost enough for 1/2 a lager already!!! lol
seriously mate,i'm sure you can and will do this challenge.you know this is the hard bit and once you've got £40/£50 to play with the rest 'll be a piece of cake.
best wishes
dev
Closing Balances; Cash £1.13, Poker Points 830
No change today
Today I entered two 25 Poker Point freerolls, though without any success.
In both tourneys I got myself into great positions only to find the cards weren’t falling my way when it really mattered. This diary won’t become a bad beat bore, so I’m not going to reel off the tedious hard-luck stories. Suffice to say that in both of today’s games I found myself outdrawn after getting my stack in well ahead at a crucial stage.
No worries, it’s the nature of fast structured tournament poker. I’ll be back for another crack at the same games tomorrow.
Also keeping this at the top
I'd love to play in the 1-00am game, unfortunately it clashes with my work hours so I won't be competing in that one.
Closing Balances; £1.13 Poker Points 780
(no change today)
In the 12-30pm Freeroll I managed to go out in the very first hand. I flopped the nuts (45 in my hand, A23 on the flop), got my stack in, busted to a 9-high flush draw. Such is the nature of freerolls, with no money invested many of the entrants are happy to gamble for their stack with a weak draw right from the off.
There was a much better start in the 4-00pm. I got my stack in 3-ways with a flopped combo draw (open-end straight draw and flush draw) and hit for the treble-up. However I’m still waiting for things to go my way in the post add-on shallow stack stage. My chances were wrecked by KQ<QJ aipf shortly after losing half of my stack in button v BB AQ<AK cooler.
Just as a note of interest, the 4-00pm Freeroll was mainly funded by the entrants today. The 79 rebuys and add-ons contributed £39.50 to the £50 prizepool.
Ouch! Not running well in the late stages at the moment;
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceQPR21 Small blind 300.00 300.00 11995.00 POKERKILLE Big blind 600.00 900.00 3845.00 stacei Sit out Your hole cards K Q gibson32 Fold Rod16 Call 600.00 1500.00 20010.00 GaryQQQ All-in 5927.50 7427.50 0.00 QPR21 Fold POKERKILLE All-in 3845.00 11272.50 0.00 Rod16 Fold GaryQQQ Unmatched bet 1482.50 9790.00 1482.50 POKERKILLE Show Q J GaryQQQ Show K Q Flop A 10 K Turn 8 River 8 POKERKILLE Win Straight to the Ace 9790.00 9790.00