You need to be logged in to your Sky Poker account above to post discussions and comments.

You might need to refresh your page afterwards.

Bad Beats & Dark Horses

1101113151630

Comments

  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    I decide to play the £5.50 BH* alongside the Reload - *the £500 GTD with the slower structure.

    Before I can update the thread with this news, however, I crash out after a few hands.

    Blind-on-blind, I min-raise with 97s and face a click-back from the BB. I have notes and an opinion on the BB and am happy to play as many pots as possible against them.

    The flop comes baby-baby-nine.

    I check to a half-pot c-bet before shoving over 1,800 chips into a pot of 700.

    I am snapped by Ace-Ten (no flush possible).

    Eeek, here comes the turn.....no problem, easy dodge.

    Hold tight for the river.....oh dear, it's an Ace.

    Still, at least the notes were correct.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Crash out of the Reload in 42nd or 43rd.

    I continue to run poorly for the 20th consecutive day. It just seems that, no matter what I do, I will ultimately fail to get the breaks at the crucial time.
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    ozzieowenSmall blind800.00800.0029397.50
    boggoBig blind1600.002400.0022230.00
    Your hole cards
    • A
    • K
    Joelio64Call1600.004000.0023035.00
    whosthemanFold
    mushroom1All-in14615.0018615.000.00
    ozzieowenFold
    boggoFold
    Joelio64Call13015.0031630.0010020.00
    Joelio64Show
    • 8
    • 8
    mushroom1Show
    • A
    • K
    Flop
    • 8
    • 9
    • Q
    Turn
    • A
    River
    • 7
    Joelio64WinThree 8s31630.0041650.00
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Given I am now in a zombie-like state of numbness, I go again, in the £11 £400 BH which started at 23:30.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    mushroom1 said:

    Given I am now in a zombie-like state of numbness, I go again, in the £11 £400 BH which started at 23:30.


    There's a rumour going around that I managed to win two big all-ins.

    It's about time I got lucky and outdrew some players.

    Despite holding only pocket Aces and pocket Queens, I manage to hand out two vicious beats to my opponents' Ace-King and Ace-Queen, respectively.


  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    Panic Over!

    Normality was restored soon after.

    I call a small raise, on the button, with Jc8c.

    I flop a flush draw.

    "I can't keep missing, surely?" I think to myself, "perhaps I should get busy with this hand?" I ponder.

    I decide to play it cheaply and call a c-bet.

    My instincts were correct! I couldn't keep missing, it's obvious. Bingo! A club on the turn.

    So ecstatic to hit, I play it fast and all the money goes in on the turn. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

    EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add; my opponent had AcQc.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    It may have only been a late night 50-runner £11 BH, but I'll take it.

    I did suck out once along the way. With 30-odd players left I shoved 12-bigs (ish) with A5, was looked up by A7.

    A QQ8 flop gave me split hopes but the five on the river resulted in a needed double-up.

    Between that point and when down to three-handed, I managed to hold when getting it in good.

    When down to three, and with the blinds at 1000/2000, I shove on the button with 9c7c with my stack of only 10,500. The BB tanks before calling with AK.

    I enjoy a large slice of luck and hit a Nine to secure the pot. Well, I say large slice, it was hardly David vs Goliath. After all, David was a much bigger price than the 6/4 of my connectors and, apparently, he went much bigger in-running.

    Anyway, my long wait for a final table is over. I even managed to win it. Like I say, it's far from a 'bink', but, by Jove, was it needed.

    It shaved 30% of the month's losses, too.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Play the rush. Well, sort of.

    I decided on a few small cash games to finish off.

    I play £10 PLO and Spin-up NLHE at £2 and £5, turning my total stakes of £34 into £95.

    With regards to the bigger picture and moving forward, tonight's profit of £200 is worth so much more than the immediate financial gain.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Tonight we start with the M&M (Mini & Mega) in hope that last night's victory means that I have truly turned a corner.

    Let's hope the first 19 days of October will soon feel like nothing more than a bad dream - ideally the non-recurring type.
  • tomgooduntomgoodun Member Posts: 3,723
    Hi @mushroom1
    Long time lurker and admirer of your musings.
    Just popped in to say well done on the win, and good luck going forward.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    tomgoodun said:

    Hi @mushroom1
    Long time lurker and admirer of your musings.
    Just popped in to say well done on the win, and good luck going forward.

    Many thanks, @tomgoodun. Much appreciated.

    Good luck at the tables this evening, mate.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 158,861

    Just caught up from last night's adventures - well done on that well-overdue win.

    Keep the sports betting updates coming too please, most interesting & enjoyable. That L2 Top Scorer bet looks interesting.

    The Ole bet was great value too, & may well still be.
  • mumsiemumsie Member Posts: 7,270
    edited October 2020
    You said "Eeek".



    Oor Wullie influence.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Suffered an early exit in the Mini.

    There were a few hands worthy of note during my short stay.

    I was down to less than starting stack relatively early before shoving with 1,000 chips on the button (30/60 blinds) with AQ. I was snapped by the SB who tabled K6o. OK.

    Although the snapper made two pair, so did I, and yours truly was back to holding 2,000 tournament chips.

    Soon after I ran into 77 while holding 53s on a 42733 board (was in the BB in a min-raised multi-way pot). Thankfully, I played the draw cheap on the flop and turn and only called the river, losing only 25% of my stack in the hand.

    While still patting myself on the back, I crashed out with A6 on a AJ86 rainbow board, to an opponent holding A8.

    The Mega has started reasonably well, still early days, obviously.

    However, this just happened...
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    seikusSmall blind50.0050.007805.00
    mushroom1Big blind100.00150.0019030.00
    Your hole cards
    • A
    • A
    PaulsternFold
    FroozleFold
    dabobs18Fold
    Jperk69Fold
    seikusFold
    mushroom1Show
    • A
    • A
    mushroom1Win100.0019130.00
    mushroom1Return50.000.0019180.00
    Even seikus managing to fold when folded round to. He must've only had one card.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    mumsie said:

    You said "Eeek".



    Oor Wullie influence.

    "Eeek" has been uttered many, many times this month. Sadly, usually followed by an expletive.

    :#
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Tikay10 said:


    Just caught up from last night's adventures - well done on that well-overdue win.

    Keep the sports betting updates coming too please, most interesting & enjoyable. That L2 Top Scorer bet looks interesting.

    The Ole bet was great value too, & may well still be.

    Cheers, @Tikay10 .

    Will do, mate. I am still happy with both bets. If you look through the Premier League, it's pretty difficult to pinpoint "sack race" contenders. Scott Parker an obvious suggestion but he was handed a relatively big contract at the start of the season, which must be a factor.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    After a decent start in the Mega, where I amassed increased my starting stack to 18,000, I make a poor call in a cooler.

    I raise it up with Th8h and flop a flush; Qh Jh 4h.

    I check-call the flop and my sneakiness was punished with a Queen on the turn pairing the board. I bet the turn and call a relatively small re-raise.

    The river brings a Nine, but, sadly, not of hearts.

    I face a pot-sized bet on the river, which I call. I lose to fours-full.

    I beat myself up a bit over the losing 10,000 chips here, and never recovered.
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    It's 0/3 after exiting close to the money (26th) in the Reload.
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    TonyzyaSmall blind2000.002000.0095047.19
    PSquiddlesBig blind4000.006000.0017228.02
    Your hole cards
    • J
    • K
    VibesFold
    adair333Fold
    Custer90Fold
    mushroom1All-in11795.0017795.000.00
    TonyzyaFold
    PSquiddlesCall7795.0025590.009433.02
    PSquiddlesShow
    • 4
    • 9
    mushroom1Show
    • J
    • K
    Flop
    • 9
    • 3
    • 8
    Turn
    • 6
    River
    • 3
    PSquiddlesWinTwo Pairs, 9s and 3s25590.0035023.02
    0/4 after I hit the rail early in the £11 BH (which I won last night). AQ < AK on a AKx flop.

    Bring on the Mid Ex!
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    edited October 2020
    No joy in the Mid Ex but better news from the £33 Turbo BH.

    I make the final four without winning a single bounty, which was far from ideal considering I was in for £63, due to a rebuying after a visit to the cooler (flush over flush).

    I eventually make the final two, where I ran well; winning a couple of important races, holding with some crucial 60/40's, and ultimately managing to scrape home in front.

    So, after a horrendous three weeks, we see definite signs of a turnaround with two MTT wins in two nights.

    Onwards and upwards.
  • EnutEnut Member Posts: 3,270
    Nicely done @mushroom1, you'd probably settle for averaging one mtt win a night wouldn't you?
  • mushroom1mushroom1 Member Posts: 645
    Enut said:

    Nicely done @mushroom1, you'd probably settle for averaging one mtt win a night wouldn't you?

    Cheers, @Enut. Well, given I rarely play more than MTTs a night, I would definitely settle for that average! :#

    Let's aim for one a week and go from there. :p
Sign In or Register to comment.