Managed to ship a ticket to the UKIPT Nottingham main event Saturday night, unfortunately I had logged on and registered for the satellite on Hannah's account hence got stuck with a non transferable £770 ticket, but meh I am happy to let her play the event. I will try and get another ticket or sell action and buy in direct.
We will make a road trip out of it, should be fun especially if Rosh comes along.
About to start the Sunday grind, registering for 4 hours from 5:30pm onward, hopefully I can get some deep runs cooking :)
Good luck me!
Sunday, 22 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012
A little success...
Sunday I chopped the Sunday £50 Deep and Slow at The Fox for £700 -which was extra sweet as Hannah also made the final table and picked up £700 as part of the chop.
Then I chopped the Thursday £300 freezeout at The Vic for £3,000.
Always fun chopping up £18k+ 6 way...
I feel like I am playing the best I have ever played, and running pretty good too. Long may it last :)
Then I chopped the Thursday £300 freezeout at The Vic for £3,000.
Always fun chopping up £18k+ 6 way...
I feel like I am playing the best I have ever played, and running pretty good too. Long may it last :)
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Once again close but no cigar...
Felt pretty ill last night, so stayed home to grind comps online.
Went super deep in a $30k guarantee ($8k up top).
I was 2nd in chips with 12 remaining, and with my past failures I got Ramey and Pratik to guide me through the final stages.
Unfortunately it was not meant to be and I bubbled the final table. I am very gutted to be fair.
I really have been working hard on my game. Yeah we all work hard, but man seriously hear me when I say this, I am one fucking hungry dude! I want success. But I keep falling short.
Please man one time!
Anyway, I know its coming! And you know what its like a mental block at the moment. I get deep ALL THE FUCKING TIME! I get to final tables, I get to final 5 players, I get to final 3 players and sometimes I have even got heads up, but I never for one minute think I am going to win.
If I bink one, I feel like its going to fucking rain! Its like that wall theory for runners I think, or something like that. You know you hit a wall, and you cant run any more, but if you get pass that point once you know you can do it, so every time you find yourself in that same spot you know you are going to be OK!
I want to be OK!
I am still so ill though. I want to grind tonight, catch the Sunday fish at The Vic, but I really should not go in. But I do have Monday and Tuesday off and I should take advantage, but I need to get better.
Might stay home and grind online. Oh I had to go to work today. Dire. Not worth it. The money I am on at JD is not worth getting out of bed for (but I do even when sick!), especially compared to the earning potential I will have if I played full time poker.
Meh.
Went super deep in a $30k guarantee ($8k up top).
I was 2nd in chips with 12 remaining, and with my past failures I got Ramey and Pratik to guide me through the final stages.
Unfortunately it was not meant to be and I bubbled the final table. I am very gutted to be fair.
I really have been working hard on my game. Yeah we all work hard, but man seriously hear me when I say this, I am one fucking hungry dude! I want success. But I keep falling short.
Please man one time!
Anyway, I know its coming! And you know what its like a mental block at the moment. I get deep ALL THE FUCKING TIME! I get to final tables, I get to final 5 players, I get to final 3 players and sometimes I have even got heads up, but I never for one minute think I am going to win.
If I bink one, I feel like its going to fucking rain! Its like that wall theory for runners I think, or something like that. You know you hit a wall, and you cant run any more, but if you get pass that point once you know you can do it, so every time you find yourself in that same spot you know you are going to be OK!
I want to be OK!
I am still so ill though. I want to grind tonight, catch the Sunday fish at The Vic, but I really should not go in. But I do have Monday and Tuesday off and I should take advantage, but I need to get better.
Might stay home and grind online. Oh I had to go to work today. Dire. Not worth it. The money I am on at JD is not worth getting out of bed for (but I do even when sick!), especially compared to the earning potential I will have if I played full time poker.
Meh.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Frustrating
Not venting but I really do run butters.
Played a bunch of comps today, managed a 3rd in a $4k Guarantee on 888, but got very unlucky on Stars ALL DAY!
It just breaks my heart sometimes.
Playing better than ever though! Aggression at the late stages of these comps is key, and the reality is in order to win you have to get in and gamble (and get lucky at times) in order to win the big money!
Meh.
Played a bunch of comps today, managed a 3rd in a $4k Guarantee on 888, but got very unlucky on Stars ALL DAY!
It just breaks my heart sometimes.
Playing better than ever though! Aggression at the late stages of these comps is key, and the reality is in order to win you have to get in and gamble (and get lucky at times) in order to win the big money!
Meh.
Let's keep it going...
Booked a much needed solid win last night.
Felt after a long chat with my boy Rosh, I made the necessary adjustments and played a controlled game.
I couldn't help but 3 bet light, 2/3 weak opens but both got through after half pot c-bets. This is definitely a good sign that my feel is improving and I am picking decent spots as opposed to recklessly chucking chips in hoping to push through.
Session came to a sweet finish while I was playing 3 / 4 handed. I moved to get the god seat on the fish in the game who had somehow chipped up to £300ish and gave it all to me by 5 bet shoving A3 off into my KK.
Going to fire up some comps on line now, if anyone is due a bink its me!
Felt after a long chat with my boy Rosh, I made the necessary adjustments and played a controlled game.
I couldn't help but 3 bet light, 2/3 weak opens but both got through after half pot c-bets. This is definitely a good sign that my feel is improving and I am picking decent spots as opposed to recklessly chucking chips in hoping to push through.
Session came to a sweet finish while I was playing 3 / 4 handed. I moved to get the god seat on the fish in the game who had somehow chipped up to £300ish and gave it all to me by 5 bet shoving A3 off into my KK.
Going to fire up some comps on line now, if anyone is due a bink its me!
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Recent correspondence with my backers...
Happy New Year guys!
All the losses have been at The Vic (1-2 and 1-3).
I am not going to lie I am feeling somewhat dejected to say the least, well more like I feel like quitting -but I am not obviously.
Its sometimes hard to look back at hands and results and evaluate how I am playing during a horrendous run of results like this, because your judgement becomes a little bit clouded and not so objective.
But I really have not been doing anything different to what I was doing before this period of losses and all along the time I have been getting your backing.
I look for suitable situations to aggressively isolate fish, and I constantly adjust to semi competent regs who show signs of adjusting to me.
This does mean I have to get my money in somewhat light at times, and this is causing a great deal of variance in my results.
I also bet very thinly for value, which is a direct result of re adjusting to people adjusting to me. I mean what's the fucking point of creating a decent loose image where people are willing to pay me off with worse hands but I think its less variance to check down.
Looking back over the last few sessions, at the big hands / pots I have lost, they have been pretty nasty coolers, and there have been 2 / 3 per session.
But one thing I will say is I have been relentless even during the midst of a losing session. I wont let up, I will continue to try my best to iso, attack weakness (especially pre flop) and hammer away.
And I think this may certainly be an area I can re evaluate. I remember talking to Ramey, and he said that if he is losing in a session, he will tighten up and not make any "plays / moves".
I don't, I just carry on, and I think even though I think I am not tilted and the plays I am making are "+EV", I think you cant help but be slightly misguided in your decision making when you are losing. Every one makes better decisions when they are winning, you see things much more clearly, and you have confidence and momentum carrying you forward.
That's why I think, recently I have either big wins or big losses.
I need to tighten up when the session is not going my way, because my decisions or worse let my overall strategy / approach is flawed -or at the very least a little bit forced.
What do you think? Do you carry on sticking to your overall strat. during a losing session or do you tighten up?
I really do believe the way I am playing in these games, gives me the opportunity to win the most I can by really putting myself in spots to exploit my experience, skill and edge I have over my opponents. But what do I have to show for it? Nothing. Its embarrassing.
Should I just play a TAG game? Nut peddle? There are enough bad players to grind, wait around and get paid. But then you really let go of all control.
I really (even after this run of results) feel I am playing the best poker I have played, feel incredibly confident in my ability to read situations and control / adjust to game dynamics and generally feel OK about things.
But at the same time (and please don't laugh -because I know this sounds ridiculous) I feel shit is rigged against me ALL THE FUCKING TIME! I never get a break when I most need it.
I feel like a deluded fish, who at best is a break even player.
Meh. I have babbled enough. I will start a new results thread. I have got lazy with posting hands and discussing shit, so after each session I will make more of an effort to do so.
Also I have quit smoking. I don't want to smoke EVER AGAIN! Without realising it weed has ruined my life! I have made some terrible decisions this year as a result of it (non poker related), and feel I need to get a grip.
I want to work forwards May 2012, if I have not shown a decent return at that point, I will probably want to end our deal and probably quit poker (or at least not take it seriously) and concentrate on getting back my career back on track with JD.
But until then, I am going to give it 100%, and keep dreaming of summer in Vegas with you boys.
Thank you for your continued support boys, means more than you can imagine to me. Hope you are all well, would love to hear about what you been up to!
x
All the losses have been at The Vic (1-2 and 1-3).
I am not going to lie I am feeling somewhat dejected to say the least, well more like I feel like quitting -but I am not obviously.
Its sometimes hard to look back at hands and results and evaluate how I am playing during a horrendous run of results like this, because your judgement becomes a little bit clouded and not so objective.
But I really have not been doing anything different to what I was doing before this period of losses and all along the time I have been getting your backing.
I look for suitable situations to aggressively isolate fish, and I constantly adjust to semi competent regs who show signs of adjusting to me.
This does mean I have to get my money in somewhat light at times, and this is causing a great deal of variance in my results.
I also bet very thinly for value, which is a direct result of re adjusting to people adjusting to me. I mean what's the fucking point of creating a decent loose image where people are willing to pay me off with worse hands but I think its less variance to check down.
Looking back over the last few sessions, at the big hands / pots I have lost, they have been pretty nasty coolers, and there have been 2 / 3 per session.
But one thing I will say is I have been relentless even during the midst of a losing session. I wont let up, I will continue to try my best to iso, attack weakness (especially pre flop) and hammer away.
And I think this may certainly be an area I can re evaluate. I remember talking to Ramey, and he said that if he is losing in a session, he will tighten up and not make any "plays / moves".
I don't, I just carry on, and I think even though I think I am not tilted and the plays I am making are "+EV", I think you cant help but be slightly misguided in your decision making when you are losing. Every one makes better decisions when they are winning, you see things much more clearly, and you have confidence and momentum carrying you forward.
That's why I think, recently I have either big wins or big losses.
I need to tighten up when the session is not going my way, because my decisions or worse let my overall strategy / approach is flawed -or at the very least a little bit forced.
What do you think? Do you carry on sticking to your overall strat. during a losing session or do you tighten up?
I really do believe the way I am playing in these games, gives me the opportunity to win the most I can by really putting myself in spots to exploit my experience, skill and edge I have over my opponents. But what do I have to show for it? Nothing. Its embarrassing.
Should I just play a TAG game? Nut peddle? There are enough bad players to grind, wait around and get paid. But then you really let go of all control.
I really (even after this run of results) feel I am playing the best poker I have played, feel incredibly confident in my ability to read situations and control / adjust to game dynamics and generally feel OK about things.
But at the same time (and please don't laugh -because I know this sounds ridiculous) I feel shit is rigged against me ALL THE FUCKING TIME! I never get a break when I most need it.
I feel like a deluded fish, who at best is a break even player.
Meh. I have babbled enough. I will start a new results thread. I have got lazy with posting hands and discussing shit, so after each session I will make more of an effort to do so.
Also I have quit smoking. I don't want to smoke EVER AGAIN! Without realising it weed has ruined my life! I have made some terrible decisions this year as a result of it (non poker related), and feel I need to get a grip.
I want to work forwards May 2012, if I have not shown a decent return at that point, I will probably want to end our deal and probably quit poker (or at least not take it seriously) and concentrate on getting back my career back on track with JD.
But until then, I am going to give it 100%, and keep dreaming of summer in Vegas with you boys.
Thank you for your continued support boys, means more than you can imagine to me. Hope you are all well, would love to hear about what you been up to!
x
New Year
I enter 2012 on the back of a £5k down swing.
Here is where we stand:
Live Bankroll: £5,200
Pokerstars: $716.56
888.com: $1,090.97
With the prospect of moving in to Hannah's parent's house, and nothing to show for my years of grinding I am truly at an all time low.
2011 I started smoking weed and it has destroyed me, I decided to quit last Thursday, not wanting to wait for the New Year and so far I have not smoked. I think this will be the key to any success I may have going forward not just in poker but in life.
I am keen to get grinding now, so I will cut this post short.
Yigit
Here is where we stand:
Live Bankroll: £5,200
Pokerstars: $716.56
888.com: $1,090.97
With the prospect of moving in to Hannah's parent's house, and nothing to show for my years of grinding I am truly at an all time low.
2011 I started smoking weed and it has destroyed me, I decided to quit last Thursday, not wanting to wait for the New Year and so far I have not smoked. I think this will be the key to any success I may have going forward not just in poker but in life.
I am keen to get grinding now, so I will cut this post short.
Yigit
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