craigcu12 diary.

craigcu12 · March 2013

after a good start in the 2KBHmini i managed to finish 17 and would a total of 24.95 which included 5 head prizes totaling about £15
thanks to a sattelite i also got into the main and although i missed out on the positional prizes i still won 24.95 thanks to two head prizes one thing i will say about the main was atleast i went out through an easy to take loss

craigcu12 · March 2013

after my 1st chance of playing at a nl10p table things went sort of ok i did suffer 1 heave loss of £10 but part of that was with KK calling a shove preflop where villian held AK and hit the A i tried a master cash table too and that as well did get a loss but it too was when the BB called my button raise with K8 and got 888kk i held QQ at the time and ended up shoving the turn. i still won profit of 3.33 on a nl10p table too.
as for my hands well
losses were 8.07
6.60
4.80
3.23
£2-£3 5 hands
£1-£2 7 hands
winnings were
6.28
5.37
4.21 4.15
£2-£3 4 hands
£1-£2 5 hands

craigcu12 · March 2013

the nl10 tables were better today and although i didn't manage to gain anything i avoided getting too much a loss and my bankroll is currently £300.45
the way my hand went
profits were
£9-£10 3 hands
£7.72 £7.56
£6.75
£4-£5 6 hands
£3.09 £3.02
£2-£3 15 hands
£1-£2 42 hands
losses
£8.41 £8.07
£7.52
£4-£5 4 hands
£3-£4 9 hands
£2-£3 15 hands
£1-£2 26 hands

craigcu12 · March 2013

been hit heavy with my tables this afternoon
lost in them all £10 £4.37 £1.34 £8.13 £6.29 and £12.60
the hands got me
-£13.70
-£9.10
-£8.01
-£7.21
-£4.89
-£3.80
-£2-£3 4 hands
-£1-£2 11 hands
wins got me
8.96
6.10
4.99
3.03
£2-£3 4 hands
£1-£2 7 hands

benc · March 2013

Hey Craig i played with you for a little while on the mastercash tables yesterday, have you moved up to 10nl permenantly now? if so how comes you skipped 4-8p and what differences have you encountered so far would you say to nl4?

devonfish5 · March 2013

Hi Craig,
been following with interest,always entertaining.
the jump up fron nl4 to nl10 doesn't look very big but it is or can be when it comes to how much more you can lose,especially when multi-tabling,as i know you are.
i've dabbled myself playing nl10 losing £100 in a single session,not long ago.
so just be carefull m8,that's all i'm saying.
that £300 or so you have could easily take a bashing,or you could double it up in 1 or 2 sessions.
i'm playing just 2 tables atm at nl4 and really enjoying my poker again.when/if lol i can get my b/roll up to around the £500 mark,i might move up to nl10 for another try,and hopefully i'll see you there.
best wishes

dev

craigcu12 · March 2013

it did look a big step up and TBH the reason for moving up to the nl10 is their only seem to be 1-3 nl8p tables as for my bankroll i will be stepping back down if it is £200
after that bad session i managed to regain my money again when i managed to get -£1.50 £5.73 £8.41 £6.76 -£10 and best of all £26.96 so my bankroll reached £294
my hands themselvs got
£10.61
£9.24
£6.08
£4-£5 3 hands
£3.98
£2-£3 2 hands
£1-£2 9 hands
losses
£5.78
£2.23
£1-£2 7 hands

craigcu12 · March 2013

this evening i went into 4 tournament the 5K freeroll the top of the posts and a 350 and 750BH for 5.75 each
in the £350Bh and freeroll i got nothing in the £750 i won 1.12 the top of the posts i won £50 finishing 1st although i was lucky when i jammed with Kj and needed to hit one which i did as my villian held A10.
in cash tables i lost 2.01 in a action table won 69p on a nl10 and lost £10 on one but my worst loss was 15.73 on a nl8 with one loss came very quick leading to a top up right away when i shoved the flop and got called by bottom pair which hit a third card and rivered me.

Flop
dabossman	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£7.76
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£7.92
	Your hole cards	A Q
stejamhun1	Raise		£0.16	£0.28	£12.19
ACE1969	Fold
westland03	Raise		£0.24	£0.52	£7.45
dabossman	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£0.92	£7.52
stejamhun1	Call		£0.32	£1.24	£11.87
westland03	Call		£0.24	£1.48	£7.21
		4 9 Q
craigcu12	Bet		£1.11	£2.59	£6.41
stejamhun1	Fold
westland03	Raise		£4.81	£7.40	£2.40
craigcu12	All-in		£6.41	£13.81	£0.00
westland03	All-in		£2.40	£16.21	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£0.31	£15.90	£0.31
craigcu12	Show	A Q
westland03	Show	4 7
Turn
		J
River
		4
westland03	Win	Three 4s	£14.70		£14.70

overall my losses were
7.69
5.33
3.07
2.40
2.30
2.20
1.32
my only wins were 3.58 1.94 1.81 1.26 and 1.05
two of which came from a bluff on the river
the first was perfectly set up because with me miss i did a cbet and he called then check the turn only for him to bet so i call knowing their is a flush and then miss mine but attempt a bluff for the heart flush which he fell for

Flop
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£6.72
	Your hole cards	Q K
stejamhun1	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£11.35
TheRat1	Fold
ACE1969	Fold
pipus	Fold
dabossman	Call		£0.04	£0.24	£13.98
craigcu12	Raise		£0.24	£0.48	£6.48
stejamhun1	Call		£0.24	£0.72	£11.11
dabossman	Fold
		A 5 8
craigcu12	Bet		£0.36	£1.08	£6.12
stejamhun1	Call		£0.36	£1.44	£10.75
Turn
		J
craigcu12	Check
stejamhun1	Bet		£0.72	£2.16	£10.03
craigcu12	Call		£0.72	£2.88	£5.40
River
		2
craigcu12	Bet		£1.44	£4.32	£3.96
stejamhun1	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£2.66		£6.62
craigcu12	Return		£1.44	£0.22	£8.06

my second one was very simular this time the villian decided to jump in with a bet so i went with the call on the flop and turn but missed it but the villian himself then went for a check which i was thought looked odd so i went for a shove hoping he folded and that was just what he did so again i won with Khigh

Flop
LoveChops	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£4.65
x	Big blind		£0.05	£0.10	£5.00
	Your hole cards	K Q
TheRat1	Call		£0.05	£0.15	£8.50
jim1946	Call		£0.05	£0.20	£4.65
hdogg91	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.20	£0.40	£4.05
LoveChops	Fold
x	Call		£0.15	£0.55	£4.85
TheRat1	Call		£0.15	£0.70	£8.35
jim1946	Fold
		A 7 2
x	Bet		£0.25	£0.95	£4.60
TheRat1	Call		£0.25	£1.20	£8.10
craigcu12	Call		£0.25	£1.45	£3.80
Turn
		4
x	Bet		£1.09	£2.54	£3.51
TheRat1	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£1.09	£3.63	£2.71
River
		10
x	Check
craigcu12	All-in		£2.71	£6.34	£0.00
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		£3.35		£3.35
craigcu12	Return		£2.71	£0.28	£6.06

my bankroll is £300

skeg_poker · March 2013

Nice win in the top of the posts tourny

i wouldn't mind qualifying for that, it's free money basically isn't it? hahaha.

Good luck at NL10, i can't wait until/if i get the sufficient bankroll to start playing there lol.

craigcu12 · March 2013

my last session is now over my bank roll hasn't changed much as what i won on one table made up for losses on another my bankroll is £304
i played 2 nl10 and got losses of £8.64 and £14.30 2 nl8 which got me +3.60 and -2.56 and a 5p action table which was where i made up for my 10p losses with profit here of £19.64
my biggest loss was 7.65

my losses over all were
£3-£4 3 hands
£2-£3 2 hands
£1-£2 6 hands
my profits were
£7.06 AAvsQQ lucky for me it wasn't KK as the 3rd came on the board
£4.65
£3-£4 3hands
£2.03
£1-£2 5hands
so my tables from now on will probably be 2 nl10 2 nl8 and 2 action or nl4 tables which is £46

craigcu12 · March 2013

my bankroll now is 278.13 after some heavy losses
the 10p tables were consisting of a lot of tight passive players.
my tables got me -19p -£6.68 -£8 -12.76 and -3.48 i got one profit of 4.14

i did make a good start thanks to the amount of bluffs i was making but later things changed and my good hands give me more problems that i could avoid
on a nl8 this hand cost me dear
in this hand i should have checked the turn and if the villian bet i could then bluff the river knowing he would fold

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£10.37
fishyboy28	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£7.32
	Your hole cards	A J
jokev10	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£18.39
nickd49931	Fold
ceri198702	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£8.43
indigo307	Call		£0.08	£0.36	£6.20
craigcu12	Raise		£0.28	£0.64	£10.09
fishyboy28	Fold
jokev10	Call		£0.24	£0.88	£18.15
ceri198702	Call		£0.24	£1.12	£8.19
indigo307	Fold
		5 J 8
craigcu12	Bet		£0.84	£1.96	£9.25
x	Call		£0.84	£2.80	£17.31
ceri198702	Call		£0.84	£3.64	£7.35
Turn
		2
craigcu12	All-in		£9.25	£12.89	£0.00
x	Call		£9.25	£22.14	£8.06
ceri198702	Fold
craigcu12	Show	A J
x	Show	8 5

another costly hand was this one the flop alone showed the sign of a top two pair or set as he was too passive and tight so on the turn i thought to myself the only way i can win large with my flush is if i shove and i was holding two pair
unfortunately i missed

Flop
Cash_Daddy	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.97
nickd49931	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.77
	Your hole cards	K 9
rbell90	Fold
robert1007	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£9.77
Flqk	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£0.30	£0.75	£14.52
Cash_Daddy	Fold
nickd49931	Call		£0.20	£0.95	£9.57
		K 8 Q
nickd49931	Bet		£0.48	£1.43	£9.09
robert1007	Call		£0.48	£1.91	£9.29
craigcu12	Raise		£0.96	£2.87	£13.56
nickd49931	Raise		£2.16	£5.03	£6.93
robert1007	Fold
craigcu12	Call		£1.68	£6.71	£11.88
Turn
		9
nickd49931	Bet		£3.36	£10.07	£3.57
craigcu12	All-in		£11.88	£21.95	£0.00
nickd49931	All-in		£3.57	£25.52	£0.00
craigcu12	Unmatched bet		£4.95	£20.57	£4.95
nickd49931	Show	Q K
craigcu12	Show	K 9
River
		J

i should have folded this on the flop as he shown no signs of a good hand preflop so to bet the flop and then reraise was a set or straight or two pair.

Flop
mackarel21	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£5.98
richtea	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£13.59
	Your hole cards	Q Q
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£0.55	£12.93
Cash_Daddy	Fold
nickd49931	Fold
turbo2	Fold
mackarel21	Call		£0.35	£0.90	£5.63
richtea	Fold
		3 5 4
mackarel21	Bet		£0.90	£1.80	£4.73
craigcu12	Raise		£1.80	£3.60	£11.13
mackarel21	Raise		£1.80	£5.40	£2.93
craigcu12	Call		£0.90	£6.30	£10.23
Turn
		10
mackarel21	All-in		£2.93	£9.23	£0.00
craigcu12	Call		£2.93	£12.16	£7.30
mackarel21	Show	7 6
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
River
		Q
mackarel21	Win	Straight to the 7	£11.24		£11.24

overall my hands got losses of
£10.41
£9.87
£6.03
£5-£6 3 hands
£4.70
£3.63
£2-£3 3 hands
£1-£2 8 hands
as for my wins well they were
£4.02
£3.97
£3.20
£2-£3 8 hands
£1-£2 12 hands
basically when i was running well it was thanks to so many folds

craigcu12 · March 2013

i think i will be going back down to ml4 for now as the nl10 seem to be just as bad with loose play and have cost me nearly £100
first a32 just didn't want to fold

Flop
can60	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£13.20
craigcu12	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£8.85
	Your hole cards	K K
Cash_Daddy	Fold
bestman	Raise		£0.50	£0.65	£24.17
can60	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£1.10	£1.75	£7.75
bestman	Call		£0.70	£2.45	£23.47
		2 10 9
craigcu12	Bet		£1.23	£3.68	£6.52
bestman	Call		£1.23	£4.91	£22.24
Turn
		2
craigcu12	Bet		£4.91	£9.82	£1.61
bestman	Raise		£9.82	£19.64	£12.42
craigcu12	All-in		£1.61	£21.25	£0.00
bestman	Unmatched bet		£3.30	£17.95	£15.72
craigcu12	Show	K K
bestman	Show	3 2
River
		8
bestman	Win	Three 2s	£16.60		£32.32

next was a 107o

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£24.85
SR23	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£11.79
	Your hole cards	Q Q
bestman	Raise		£0.50	£0.65	£9.97
liamboi11	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		£0.85	£1.50	£24.00
SR23	Fold
bestman	Call		£0.40	£1.90	£9.57
		K 10 7
craigcu12	Bet		£0.95	£2.85	£23.05
bestman	Raise		£1.90	£4.75	£7.67
craigcu12	Call		£0.95	£5.70	£22.10
Turn
		J
craigcu12	Check
bestman	Bet		£5.70	£11.40	£1.97
craigcu12	Call		£5.70	£17.10	£16.40
River
		4
craigcu12	Check
bestman	Check
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
bestman	Show	10 7
bestman	Win	Two Pairs, 10s and 7s	£15.81		£17.78

i just wish the Q stayed away here

Flop
petebryn	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£11.75
Cash_Daddy	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.69
	Your hole cards	Q Q
craigcu12	Raise		£0.40	£0.55	£23.24
TIS-DUD	Fold
12monkeys	Fold
bobcam	Fold
petebryn	Call		£0.35	£0.90	£11.40
Cash_Daddy	Fold
		7 2 4
petebryn	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.45	£1.35	£22.79
petebryn	Call		£0.45	£1.80	£10.95
Turn
		A
petebryn	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.70	£2.50	£22.09
petebryn	Call		£0.70	£3.20	£10.25
River
		Q
petebryn	Bet		£3.20	£6.40	£7.05
craigcu12	Raise		£6.40	£12.80	£15.69
petebryn	Call		£3.20	£16.00	£3.85
craigcu12	Show	Q Q
petebryn	Show	5 6
petebryn	Win	Flush to the Ace	£14.80		£18.65

i was so lucky with a lot too

Flop
craigcu12	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.41
bestman	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£33.07
	Your hole cards	A A
craigcu12	Call		£0.05	£0.20	£10.36
bestman	Check
		7 J 6
bestman	Check
craigcu12	Bet		£0.20	£0.40	£10.16
bestman	Raise		£0.40	£0.80	£32.67
craigcu12	Raise		£1.20	£2.00	£8.96
bestman	All-in		£32.67	£34.67	£0.00
craigcu12	All-in		£8.96	£43.63	£0.00
bestman	Unmatched bet		£22.71	£20.92	£22.71
craigcu12	Show	A A
bestman	Show	7 6
Turn
		J
River
		9
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks	£20.22		£20.22

liamboi11 · March 2013

the 1st 2 hands kk and qq your 3bet sizing is far 2 small imo and especially vs that villian they just don`t fold ever so you can make it even bigger vs these type of players.

hand no.3 your vul on river with the backdoor flush getting there it`s hard to think of a hand the opponent can have that beats you apart from the flush think you done well 2 lose min here I prob go broke being honest

hand no.4 is againist the same player from 1st 2 hands as I said they don`t fold so never limping with aa but yeah you do need a little bit of luck sometimes nh.

also if you are dropping down don`t just play 4nl mix in some 5nl action/8nl tables gl grinding it back up.

calcalfold · March 2013

"seem to be just as bad with loose play and have cost me nearly £100"

Dude, the first two hands, yes they have made loose calls but you are the one playing loose post flop. As pretty as they look, they are both just one pair (well I suppose technically h1 is KK22 but thats beside the point). Big pots with big hands and small pots with small hands, one pair is not a big hand.

consider that you might be exploitable if playing a very snug range. Some players at 10nl migfht be able to pick up on your range and make it profitable to play relative junk against you, because they know you will stack off with an overpair.

Hand 1, ok I dont mind stacking off too much, its unlikely he has a 2, and its a cooler

Hand2, poor, you are check calling the turn, why? looks like you didnt know what to do, didnt know if you were ahead, yet was still unable to fold pocket queens. Would you have called AJ for that amount on the turn? I doubt it - even though it is pretty much the same as QQ in that spot.

Hand 3, Why raise when there is an ace. Pot control!

Hand 4, a bit of a cooler, but if they were a competent player you were behind 100%

Perhaps loosen up your range in late position, will mean you have to stop relying on big PPs to win hands, and will save you money when you learn when to fold them.

4nl auto stack off with overpair is fine usually, 10nl this isnt always the case.

calcalfold · March 2013

And that Ace jack hand that you shoved vs 2pr. Horrible horrible shove, Bet big to protect your hand. But dont shove your generally only getting called by a better hand, and very rarely the flush draw.

One pair is not a hand to stack off with.

Some work needed I think before you can crush 8/10nl

But im sure it will come.

rancid · March 2013

If you are raised holding a one pair hand then re evalute the strength of your hand against the oppo and board texture
At this level you want people calling you down when you hold one pr hands.
No shame in folding one pair hands where at this level you are never being expolited
Your need specific reads that oppo will raise with worse one prs for you to continue, because apart from draws/bluffs this is all you beat.

Lambert180 · March 2013

Hand 1 - Definitely raise more, when someone @ 10NL raises 5x, they're very unlikely to fold to a 3bet, so I'd be going to like £1.80 here. FWIW the 2nd 2 does make a difference because you are now beating T9. I don't go full pot on the turn but happy to get it in V his raise.

Hand 2 - Even worse 3bet size in this hand, again they've opened 5x so again you can 3bet big cos they probably aint folding, I'd go to £1.80ish again. As played, it's hard cos your 3bet is SO small that he could be pretty much calling with ATC. I probably call the flop raise, turn is a pretty bad card and he full pots, think you definitely have to fold here.

Hand 3 - Imo you need to either check the turn or make a 'proper' sized bet. Your turn bet looks so weak in a 'I hate that Ace' kinda way, and aside from that you give him a much better price to hit his draws than if you'd bet say £1.20. FWIW that was a pretty good card for him without hitting, he's now open ended and picked up the FD so you're never getting fold, but you're still favourite to win so charge him!

Lambert180 · March 2013

P.S. Not having a go, just something really wierd I've been meaning to ask about for ages... Why do you bother keep track of every lost pot size and every wont pot size (above a certain amount)?

Just seems a strange thing to do, it doesn't really serve a purpose.

craigcu12 · March 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

P.S. Not having a go, just something really wierd I've been meaning to ask about for ages... Why do you bother keep track of every lost pot size and every wont pot size (above a certain amount)? Just seems a strange thing to do, it doesn't really serve a purpose.
Posted by Lambert180

it generally is just a way of saying what the day has been like for me sometimes it might only be bad pot sizes i get on a certain day and any good pots i end up loosing and vis versa.

craigcu12 · March 2013

In Response to Re: craigcu12 diary:

"seem to be just as bad with loose play and have cost me nearly £100" Dude, the first two hands, yes they have made loose calls but you are the one playing loose post flop. As pretty as they look, they are both just one pair (well I suppose technically h1 is KK22 but thats beside the point). Big pots with big hands and small pots with small hands, one pair is not a big hand. consider that you might be exploitable if playing a very snug range. Some players at 10nl migfht be able to pick up on your range and make it profitable to play relative junk against you, because they know you will stack off with an overpair. Hand 1, ok I dont mind stacking off too much, its unlikely he has a 2, and its a cooler Hand2, poor, you are check calling the turn, why? looks like you didn't know what to do, didn't know if you were ahead, yet was still unable to fold pocket queens. Would you have called AJ for that amount on the turn? I doubt it - even though it is pretty much the same as QQ in that spot. Hand 3, Why raise when there is an ace. Pot control! Hand 4, a bit of a cooler, but if they were a competent player you were behind 100% Perhaps loosen up your range in late position, will mean you have to stop relying on big PPs to win hands, and will save you money when you learn when to fold them. 4nl auto stack off with overpair is fine usually, 10nl this isnt always the case.
Posted by calcalfold

not wanting to be rude but it's as if you are saying that any pair even the premium pair is not worth much if i miss a set because that is what it sounds like and so i guess AKs must be the best hand as it can hit two pair a flush or a straight as well as top pair top kicker unlike AA KK and QQ
hand 1 1092 why should i be expecting myself to be behind to a 2 when i have shown the sign of a top pair or over pair so when that two comes on the turn i am not behind much at all only set and AA but not 23
hand 2 maybe my mistake was calling the raise i should just put him on a K but if i fold every time a bigger card comes then i will never win because on bigger stakes get what you call bluffs more often so QQ is still worth calling here as he could so easily hold QJ and raised for the straight.
hand 3 why should i expect him to hold an A for sure again this is just giving the villain a chance to scare me away with rubbish hands just like i did with them bluffs i did when i missed the flushes.
you say auto stack with pair is usually fine well what's different between AA and KK with just a 2 paired that 2 should never be expected.
only 1 of them 4 hands i think i should fold and that was the QQ on an K107J board because TBH i could well be behind two pair now such as KJ or J10 a flush a straight or a set

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