Every Don has its day

The_Don90

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Posted by DOHHHHHHH

every except for u jj  

The_Don90

Frustrating times

Yestday must have been the most frustrating day of poker in a while. I continued to find leaks in my game though. Its amazing when you spot one leak you can discuss the solution with others and suddenly you find another leak, and other leak. If i can keep finding and working on them it can only be good in the long term though. 

The day started well with an early min cash. I swear we did more than that but apparently not. However it seems that the day came down to 3 different 5 minutes of death. During the first a break finnished, 2 new tables opened. I had 5 tables open, decent stacked in all. 5 mins later i had 1. 

Later on the first one wasn't as bad as that jus a couple of drops but acouple  of stack cripplers too. 

Anyways i did make day two of the Trilogy. 300k from the bonus day 1. Day 2 started and we doubled that lost a flip and won back. So we where in good shape, just one player on the table covered us, and they where determined in 3betting almost every open we made. In the end i made a rash decision to 4b jam AJs and he had Kings. In hindsight i made a mistake. It was a cash for €5 though so i wont complain too much. Although i paid €6 entry fee over the 2 day 1's in entered . 

That meant i was play night time mtts aswell, although again no cash. 

In general yesterday was just one of those days, i think if i play like that again on other day we have 1 or 2 deep runs. 

The_Don90

Mixed Emotions

Yesterday I'd arranged to play a casino game with dad last night. in the morning I played a couple of online stuff, being honest though, I could never have seem them out given my arrangements so, I shouldn't have. And even in doing so was pretty half effort.

Anyways I had one small cash.

The live game was probably the most redic mtt I've ever played. Its a £13+£20+£20 but I treat it as a £53 FO. Although I take my Addons when nessesary or at the addon period. The reason being is you can save £20 if you've got above 16k at the break as theres no need for the extra 7k in 99% of circumstances (I know that's backwards but its just so rare people would even be close to you).

Anyways the "rebuy" period I was card dead, came out about +2k chips after a split pot in what was a strange hand pre when it was min raised with 6 callers. After the rebuy period it got strange.

I won a pot, lose a pot for virtually the same amount. Get a table move, flop top set, slow play v a guy I know really well, who decided to overbet bluff turn and river. Anyways he folded to my shove despite insane odds on the river . So I got the max. The very next hand I was now in with the bigger stacks. UTG limps, One guy 4x's. I don't 3 bet as hes the only stack similar sized to me on the table, and don't love getting it in pre in this spot given the situation. So I peel with AQ. UTG peels. 9k in the pot. I check Q44 flop with 2 diamonds. UTG checks. Raise bets all in, 3.5x pot. Ermm.... I call. I have to admit I was slightly confused but it was weird. Anyways he flipped over K3dd and got there. I was left with 2.5bb. So every one limps, im on the button, 88. Ohhh a pair and 2.5bb im all in. UTG shoves to iso. Gulp. he shows QJ we hold. Then TT v T8 on 873 goes all in and we're back to where we was.

So we then pick up chips in other pots nothing major but adding 10k here and there. Eventually 13 are left. At this stage from our accumulating we're one of the chip leaders. Their chipping up the lowest demominatiion chips. I have loads of them, I look at my cards but have to move it around the TD's arm. Guy to my left raises. TD quickly realises whats happen, I see AcKs, well ok my options are open, ok I raise. "raiser" now snap calls. Folds to BB who shoves, I re-shove "raiser" snaps. AK v AQ (Raiser) and TJ. T on flop, sigh. K turn YES. 2 river YES! oh theres 4 diamonds, F@#K! We have 10bb again. Black river and we have 20% of chips in play with 11 left. Instead we finnish 11th with 9 cashing. Sigh.


I felt kinda puke, ontop of that I had to watch FT as my dads friend he was giving a lift to it was in. The guy qith the AQ hand, desides to call off his stack (around 25bb) with 10 high pre. didn't get there. Sigh.

So we got home at 6am.

Anyways today I played 4 tables of NL10 for about 2.5 hours. Finnished £11 up. Given it was such a grim start, with tonnes of hands like these 2.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
NJCFolds	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£12.29
x	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£5.56
llandody	Sit out
	Your hole cards	4 4
JMCB	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£11.64
pocket6s	Fold
NJCFolds	Fold
x	Call		£0.20	£0.65	£5.36
Flop
		J 4 K
x	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.30	£0.95	£11.34
x	Raise		£0.60	£1.55	£4.76
The_Don90	Call		£0.30	£1.85	£11.04
Turn
		6
x	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.90	£2.75	£10.14
x	Call		£0.90	£3.65	£3.86
River
		A
x	All-in		£3.86	£7.51	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£3.86	£11.37	£6.28
x	Show	2 K
The_Don90	Show	4 4
x	Win	Flush to the Ace	£10.51		£10.51

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
x	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£11.68
LARSON7	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£11.63
	Your hole cards	A A
GALLEN940	Fold
BIGSHANN	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£9.70
suedehead7	Fold
x	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£11.43
LARSON7	Fold
Flop
		4 4 9
x	Bet		£0.30	£1.00	£11.13
The_Don90	Call		£0.30	£1.30	£9.40
Turn
		2
x	Bet		£0.50	£1.80	£10.63
The_Don90	Call		£0.50	£2.30	£8.90
River
		3
x	Bet		£1.00	£3.30	£9.63
The_Don90	Raise		£3.00	£6.30	£5.90
x	Call		£2.00	£8.30	£7.63
The_Don90	Show	A A
x	Show	2 2
x	Win	Full House, 2s and 4s	£7.67		£15.30

There was far more interesting hands however. A couple of new things I tried, with HH for discussion. Such as this one where I misclick size my 5b but it seems to induce the jam.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
18spades02	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£6.01
zibzib1	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£7.68
	Your hole cards	K K
x	Raise		£0.20	£0.35	£9.50
The_Don90	Raise		£0.60	£0.95	£10.59
plater5519	Fold
xTheNutzx	Fold
18spades02	Fold
zibzib1	Fold
x	Raise		£0.80	£1.75	£8.70
The_Don90	Raise		£1.10	£2.85	£9.49
x	All-in		£8.70	£11.55	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£8.00	£19.55	£1.49
x	Show	A Q
The_Don90	Show	K K
Flop
		Q 8 2
Turn
		7
River
		K
The_Don90	Win	Three Kings	£18.15		£19.64

There was another one but I can't find it. It was just an interesting hand and not a cooler.

Anyways. Peace for tonight, far too tired to do much as only had like 2 hours sleep.

The_Don90

Cash baby Cash

So I decided to play some NL10. I put on a playlist I recently found just searching for various things on spotify and off I went.

Will post some hands but don't expect a tonne of positive feedback. Tbh a few of them where just trying to do new things, see how people respond to things etc. Stuff that I haven't really done before. Including the strangest hand I've ever played.

Villian had previously been a massive nit, so I assume he doesn't hit this flop that hard, so I decided to go for a 3b. Obv as a bluff but I think I'm also repping strong. When he calls I just give up, we turn top pair, but then he checks back. I was like URGH WTF. So I just assume he has diamonds, so I was going to c/c or value bet small on the river. Then the 4d peels off, and it was like isbnjakbfsjbgksb.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
7se7ens7	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.11
Donttelmum	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£24.70
	Your hole cards	J K
LARSON7	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£11.67
oswaldfich	Fold
x	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£13.83
7se7ens7	Fold
Donttelmum	Fold
Flop
		2 8 4
The_Don90	Bet		£0.30	£1.05	£11.37
x	Raise		£0.98	£2.03	£12.85
The_Don90	Raise		£2.70	£4.73	£8.67
x	Call		£2.02	£6.75	£10.83
Turn
		K
The_Don90	Check
x	Check
River
		4
The_Don90	Check
x	Bet		£5.06	£11.81	£5.77
The_Don90	Fold
x	Muck
x	Win		£6.24		£12.01
x	Return		£5.06	£0.51	£17.07

So I was in a frisky mood, this hand was personally a favourite of mine. But I've jotted it down in the don'ts section of my notes for the session. But meh why not share.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.00
x	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£13.85
	Your hole cards	J 9
Superman_	Fold
BIGSHANN	Fold
Donttelmum	Fold
supercrazy	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.25	£0.40	£9.75
x	Call		£0.20	£0.60	£13.65
Flop
		Q 7 4
The_Don90	Check
x	Check
Turn
		3
The_Don90	Bet		£0.30	£0.90	£9.45
x	Raise		£0.60	£1.50	£13.05
The_Don90	Raise		£1.10	£2.60	£8.35
x	Fold
The_Don90	Muck
The_Don90	Win		£1.66		£10.01
The_Don90	Return		£0.80	£0.14	£10.81

So away from bluffing and onto Value betting, I hate my river sizing here, but overall like my line. I guess my sizing wasn't bad as we get called, but I think slightly bigger would have been better.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
lordgee12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£17.69
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£13.77
LARSON7	Big blind		£0.10	£0.25	£9.90
	Your hole cards	10 10
Konny	Fold
LARSON7	Check
Donttelmum	Fold
darkwinter	Fold
x	Call		£0.05	£0.30	£17.64
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.60	£13.47
LARSON7	Fold
x	Call		£0.30	£0.90	£17.34
Flop
		9 2 J
x	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.40	£1.30	£13.07
x	Call		£0.40	£1.70	£16.94
Turn
		Q
x	Check
The_Don90	Check
River
		8
x	Bet		£1.70	£3.40	£15.24
The_Don90	Raise		£4.00	£7.40	£9.07
x	Call		£2.30	£9.70	£12.94
The_Don90	Show	10 10
x	Muck	J 9
The_Don90	Win	Straight to the Queen	£8.97		£18.04

So that does me for hands. It was another small profit session, but just generally trying out new things, profit is a bonus. I maintain to work on my mental game, and if I can get that solid I will hopefully be able to start progressing at cash, and ideally that's where I'd like to be just for the more solid win rate. Mtts are fun and all but the time between wins is hard to take sometimes. Expessially when you aint cashing to soften the blow.  

Tomorrow sparks the beginning of Micromillions. I've already sold my pretty sweet looking package, which was infact one of the fastest ever sellouts ive had, if not the fastest. Was much more interest in more too. So my main focus will be on that, that will mean a huge drop in volume, but I will probably play cash or HU instead.

The_Don90

More cash action

Well i thought i was done for the day, but Mel decided it was soap time. Sigh gg tv remote, hello mouse. 

So i played, much more simple through the night, although the tables where less friendly for splashing about with weird plays. I would post hands but really you'd just look and be like cooler, cooler, even the only interesting hand was a pretty simple river fold. That i still called because im like he reps that card soo often, and he was the only "thinking" player at the table. 

In the end i finnished £21 up for that session. Given a tough start again I'm pleased with that. And this NL10 time has put me back on track, i have some momentum and I'm enjoying playing again. Just in time for the MM to start too. 

Glenelg

Still reading Don!  SO many diaries, not enough time!  THe HHs make interesting reading!  DO you spend much time reviewing hands? Or just make a note of ones where you think you might have made mistakes/can learn from them? 

The_Don90

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Still reading Don!  SO many diaries, not enough time!  THe HHs make interesting reading!  DO you spend much time reviewing hands? Or just make a note of ones where you think you might have made mistakes/can learn from them? 
Posted by Glenelg

haha take your time its not going anywhere bud  

I spend a decent amount of time reviewing hands. Not as much as others do though. 

Erm... during a session i note some hands. Most of these i know theres a big mistake straight away or I've tried something and its worked. Or just something against a reg i want to take a bigger idea against later. I also then search hands as there probably something I've missed. 

I prefer grup sessions though, i think i recorded one a few pages back if you want a look. Would like to do more of that. We have done similar, someone recorded a cash NL50 session and we discussed things through the video, this allowed us to think of different lines, what we rep, what others rep, how do we use our notes to an advantage etc. 

I think having a study time is very important. Obviously you have to have the time to do it, and i am lucky in that sense. 

The_Don90

jabfbgsbg hsbguoabghbgbsrg

Yes that title sums up my thoughts perfectly. 

So i played some NL10. First session was the most boring session ever. I finnished a buy in down, but literally was just reg, reg reg reg reg. Meh. 

So i played some HU. 

As you can see that didn't go well. 

So back to cash. 

-£70. 

BR destroyed. 

GG etc etc. 

MM went poor too. 

I have nothing more to say. Night all

The_Don90

Time for a break

I refused to update proper last night as really my head wasn't in the best of places. 

However after sleeping on it I've decided that after i see out the package i sold for MM I will be taking time away from the game. 

In honesty i bar one session the other day, I think its clear I haven't enjoyed the game of late. Yesterday i played badly. I got frustrated and simply lost disipline. Yes i ran bad, but i didn't make the tilt mistakes of old, i just got into that "i cant fold TPTK every time" and the one time i got it wrong sent the rest of the session spiraling out of control. 

I have two weeks of MM to see out, I think that will be all i will play between now and christmas. I may play more i dono but unlikely. I think its best I just enjoy some family time. 

So for those that read this thank you, the goals for 2014 are now unreachable with my br anyways. Best of luck to every one at the tables. 

DOHHHHHHH

Nice sample size with the HU sng session that 'didn't go well', Donald. Bet losing that 4 quid really stung.

Well done for giving them a proper shot!

GL in Micromillionzzzzzzz ~ !!!

DOHHHHHHH

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More cash action Well i thought i was done for the day, but Mel decided it was soap time. Sigh gg tv remote, hello mouse.  So i played, much more simple through the night, although the tables where less friendly for splashing about with weird plays. I would post hands but really you'd just look and be like cooler, cooler, even the only interesting hand was a pretty simple river fold. That i still called because im like he reps that card soo often, and he was the only "thinking" player at the table.  In the end i finnished £21 up for that session. Given a tough start again I'm pleased with that. And this NL10 time has put me back on track, i have some momentum and I'm enjoying playing again. Just in time for the MM to start too. 
Posted by The_Don90

In Response to Re: Every Don will have its day.:

Time for a break I refused to update proper last night as really my head wasn't in the best of places.  However after sleeping on it I've decided that after i see out the package i sold for MM I will be taking time away from the game.  In honesty i bar one session the other day, I think its clear I haven't enjoyed the game of late. Yesterday i played badly. I got frustrated and simply lost disipline. Yes i ran bad, but i didn't make the tilt mistakes of old, i just got into that "i cant fold TPTK every time" and the one time i got it wrong sent the rest of the session spiraling out of control.  I have two weeks of MM to see out, I think that will be all i will play between now and christmas. I may play more i dono but unlikely. I think its best I just enjoy some family time.  So for those that read this thank you, the goals for 2014 are now unreachable with my br anyways. Best of luck to every one at the tables. 
Posted by The_Don90

2 days is a long time in poker

The_Don90

Update for stakers.

Played out schedule, and a friend bought me into MM11.

Also misclick reged for big 8. 

Bst big 8 JJ v 88 AIP

Bust both MM events with a set. All in v 9 high on turn and lost in MM12. Guy called down with Jack high and hit ruuner runner in MM11.

Its also became clear to me that i was just a fish on a heater.  

68Trebor

 You remind me of me in so many ways!

Glenelg

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Update for stakers. Played out schedule, and a friend bought me into MM11. Also misclick reged for big 8.  Bst big 8 JJ v 88 AIP Bust both MM events with a set. All in v 9 high on turn and lost in MM12. Guy called down with Jack high and hit ruuner runner in MM11. Its also became clear to me that i was just a fish on a heater.  
Posted by The_Don90

STILL reading DON!*   I feel ya pain! I went out on the bubble in a MM tourney last nite...Had FH A^9's  Vilnius (he was from Lithuania!) had quad 9's!!  Anyhoo, keep playing/posting.  If ya need some "staking" Pm me.

Fairydean FTW!

* Was gonna do a funny PS about it being difficult reading etc. BUT changed my mind!  ;-)

pad

68Trebor

 Hi Don, 

 I have sent you a PM if you don't mind having a look, cheers.

The_Don90

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 Hi Don,   I have sent you a PM if you don't mind having a look, cheers.
Posted by 68Trebor

seen and replied m8. 

Thanks for the support in this diary and out. 

Today i had 2 more MM and made 2 mistakes which cost me in both. The strange thing is, probably a good thing actually, is that i was more annoyed than all the tilt i've had over the past few weeks purely because i was annoyed at myself. 

Also for some lols, a mate offered to take me to the pub last night, and i fell down a flight of stairs on route to said pub. 

The_Don90

MM Update

So yesterday was slightly better. 

Event 1 we started well 20% increase in stack came quickly. We then lost house over house but lost the min. We built back up then lost with nut straight v backdoor flush. Again losing the min bt we never really regained momentum. We did recover to starting but then someone bust and the new player mixed with a beat on another player who went on tilt changed the table dynamic. Either a huge 3b shove for like 50BB effective or a fish who was heatering like mad peeled and just flopped the nuts. Eventually the fish stopped heatering but by then we had 18bb. He wasn't just heatering v us either it was v everyone, it was just nuts watching some of the hands. We did manage one double, but then a 21BB 3b jam with 6s got snapped quicker than a snappy thing by AT. Meh gg. 

Event two was a turbo zoom poker mtt. again a good start increasing our stack by 20% before we got AA v KK all in pre. K hits we're down to 1k. We recover then get KK v AA. Strangely the K hits. The next while was a grind before we got QQ v KK. Q hits. Then a grind, KK then lost to A2 and that really was the damage from that we never recovered. Blinds and ante's where huge, eating away. Anyways we shove got called gg. First cash of the seiries though. 

Event 3 was a HU shootout. Opponent was was terrible. Literally if i was to pick any type of player to play this would have been it. He had a tendancy to Check shove insane spots, like 5k into 200 pots. Eventually we open A4 they peel flop A94 with 2 clubs, we cbet 200 into 400 so 600 in middle, snap jam for 4.5k. Well ok i call. Oh you have A9 wp sir. Eventually i got one shove through he called the 2nd one with KJ and xxQT9 runout meant it was gg. Annoying but what can you do. 

The_Don90

More MM update

Today i had 3 scheduled events

Fell just short of the money in the first event, strange spot with AK followed by losing a flip cost me my tournament. Nothing i could do but watch. 

The second event was just strange. I doubled quickly with top set v TPTK, made a strange error, was just a misread and tbh even with my read i could have found better spots. Its a turbo and i did recover but by the time i got back there, it was 15bb. Thus one K9 into KQ later i was out. 

Third event i decided not to play as i was just too tired, given my inability to sleep ive been left regretting that decision. 

Since dropping my volume i found I have enjoyed poker again, the issue is 1 tabling is just horrible. I have nothing scheduled for tomorrow so going to have a day where i meet a friend or two. But Wednessday i think i'll put in a proper shift. 

Also a new avatar. Kinda like this one, As much as i liked the Cartman one, i felt it was time for a change. 

The_Don90

Reload, Refocus, Respawn

Meh another pretty frustrating grind. 2nd hand of the day (first hand was a misclick i went to reg for an mtt stars wanted looked at flicked over the top and i was hitting reg and as a result i peeled a cold 4b with T5s) i got set over setted in a pretty grim spot. 

Much of the day continued like that. I promised myself i wouldn't moan but i just couldnt even manage that simple task. 

Anyways after much discussion elsewhere i've set a goal for december.

Over all sites, in december i plan to play 200 mtts. Doesn't sound alot, but with xmas, sisters birthday, mels 21st and a couple of maybe live events much more would be hard. 

The only other worry is running out of br before completeion. 

Glenelg

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Reload, Refocus, Respawn Meh another pretty frustrating grind. 2nd hand of the day (first hand was a misclick i went to reg for an mtt stars wanted looked at flicked over the top and i was hitting reg and as a result i peeled a cold 4b with T5s) i got set over setted in a pretty grim spot.  Much of the day continued like that. I promised myself i wouldn't moan but i just couldnt even manage that simple task.  Anyways after much discussion elsewhere i've set a goal for december. Over all sites, in december i plan to play 200 mtts. Doesn't sound alot, but with xmas, sisters birthday, mels 21st and a couple of maybe live events much more would be hard.  The only other worry is running out of br before completeion. 
Posted by The_Don90

Hi Don, 

1. New logo/avatar suks! 

2. Still reading! (That should have been 1 btw!)

3. 200 mtts is a pretty sick schedule?  Also, surely a goal needs to be results orientated ? Just an observation.

4. Erm..thats all....