Last night i played a live competition at my local casino in Birmingham .. everything was going well and i was chipping up untill a lady was moved to my table
She was seated to my right and had a huge rack of chips from blitzing her previous table .
I remember thinking if Mike Caro's book is correct where he says money flows clockwise around poker tables then hopefully i should be getting a chunk of her chips.
it was so funny she was about 30+ stone , looked like she had been released from a mental home and stunk of BO ......... She was friendly and polite though
She started destroying our table knocking out half decent players by getting lucky ........ finally i got a hand i could play against her expecting to chip up but it wasn't to be lol
I had J9 in the Big and it folded around to her in the sb she limps and flop comes K J 9 with me hitting two I bet and she called so i had her on a pair of kings and decided to get it all-in on turn and she showed K4 and hit another king on the river.
There was about 20 players remaining and i really hope she destroyed the lot of them lolzzzzzz
Today im back on Fulltilt playing $5 6max sngs ... i seem to be on going on a break even stretch but thats ok as long as im not losing its all good practice.
Update
and tonight played live again , reached final table and bubbled in 6th
I played a solid game TAG style but didn't have a big stack and wasn't getting the cards or great spots to play and eventually it went down to shit or busto losing all in pre with KJs vs 77
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Monday, 25 February 2013
Monday Sng's - Fulltilt
Im back on Fultilt today to play a few 6max sng's which are part of my $20 to $500 challenge.
So far ive played about 90 games and on $50 including a couple of small bonus's - im satisfied because its heading in the right direction.
For me its most important to be a winning player and keep improving so any profit no matter how long it takes is all good.
Im finding it hard to motivate myself to play long sessions and more tables which i should do really but im also doing other stuff like watching training videos on pokerstars school website.
I usually play 3 or 4 tables and could manage 6 & thats my limit with short handed turbo's
Im not sure how players online can cope with 15+ tables ?? must be autopilot.
Heres how my my sharkcope graph is looking tonight:
btw i found a good way to deal with tilt by playing Black ops 2 on the xbox !
Update ..............
This morning i deposited another $40 into my account to $84 and i have decided to play 16 buyins @ $5 turbo 6 max.
Im going to play 3 tables at a time untill completed and update results here ........
1 4th busto AQ to A6
2 4th played poor
3 2nd $9.70
4 3rd Shoved ATs and got called/beat by T8s .. unreal call ?
5 2nd $9.70
6 1st $18
7 1st $18
8 4th Pocket JJ VS QQ Busto
9 4th
10 4th
11 2nd $9.70
12 1st $18
13 5th AK to QJ preflop all in
14 3rd AK to pocket 77
15 3rd
16 3rd
Total buy-in amount $ 80
Total Cashed $ 83
Final thoughts ... Few too many bad beats but im happy to have made a small profit and gained experience at $5 which imo is the same skill level as $2.25.
graph
I may run this again later today and update here.. i am concerned about hitting a downswing and busting this little $88 bankroll because i really want to keep the sharkscope line going upwards long enough to show some consistency winning at low limits and then move up hopefully.
pdate ... ok here i go again this time im going to play 17 x $5 6max turbo's and update results below.
1 3rd
2 2nd $9.70
3 2nd $9.70
4 2nd $9.70 Cant win an all in ;(
5 6th shoved AK vs pocket KK's
6 4th
7 5th pocket J's all in lost to A8
8 4th
9 3rd
10 2nd $9.70
11 1st $18
12 3rd
13 4th
14 2nd $9.70
15 1st $18
16 3rd
17 2nd $9.70 bad luck HU
I was going to quit playing these $5 sng's after game 11 as the swings are so high for my roll but i decided to continue and complete it today and heres the final results
I have also played a couple of other games and a micro mtt without any luck
Total Buy-in cost $85
Total cashed $94
Results chart:
Final thoughts :
After running this twice playing 33 games @ $5 i think i could grind this level and make a profit which should increase as i fine tune my 6max game
I know i can improve by losing some bad habits like limping and flat calling to see cheap flops
i also need to sort out my bet sizing when i hot the flop , i tend to pot bet whenever i believe i have the best hand so maybe i should put more thought into that.
So far ive played about 90 games and on $50 including a couple of small bonus's - im satisfied because its heading in the right direction.
For me its most important to be a winning player and keep improving so any profit no matter how long it takes is all good.
Im finding it hard to motivate myself to play long sessions and more tables which i should do really but im also doing other stuff like watching training videos on pokerstars school website.
I usually play 3 or 4 tables and could manage 6 & thats my limit with short handed turbo's
Im not sure how players online can cope with 15+ tables ?? must be autopilot.
Heres how my my sharkcope graph is looking tonight:
btw i found a good way to deal with tilt by playing Black ops 2 on the xbox !
Update ..............
This morning i deposited another $40 into my account to $84 and i have decided to play 16 buyins @ $5 turbo 6 max.
Im going to play 3 tables at a time untill completed and update results here ........
1 4th busto AQ to A6
2 4th played poor
3 2nd $9.70
4 3rd Shoved ATs and got called/beat by T8s .. unreal call ?
5 2nd $9.70
6 1st $18
7 1st $18
8 4th Pocket JJ VS QQ Busto
9 4th
10 4th
11 2nd $9.70
12 1st $18
13 5th AK to QJ preflop all in
14 3rd AK to pocket 77
15 3rd
16 3rd
Total buy-in amount $ 80
Total Cashed $ 83
Final thoughts ... Few too many bad beats but im happy to have made a small profit and gained experience at $5 which imo is the same skill level as $2.25.
graph
I may run this again later today and update here.. i am concerned about hitting a downswing and busting this little $88 bankroll because i really want to keep the sharkscope line going upwards long enough to show some consistency winning at low limits and then move up hopefully.
pdate ... ok here i go again this time im going to play 17 x $5 6max turbo's and update results below.
1 3rd
2 2nd $9.70
3 2nd $9.70
4 2nd $9.70 Cant win an all in ;(
5 6th shoved AK vs pocket KK's
6 4th
7 5th pocket J's all in lost to A8
8 4th
9 3rd
10 2nd $9.70
11 1st $18
12 3rd
13 4th
14 2nd $9.70
15 1st $18
16 3rd
17 2nd $9.70 bad luck HU
I was going to quit playing these $5 sng's after game 11 as the swings are so high for my roll but i decided to continue and complete it today and heres the final results
I have also played a couple of other games and a micro mtt without any luck
Total Buy-in cost $85
Total cashed $94
Results chart:
Final thoughts :
After running this twice playing 33 games @ $5 i think i could grind this level and make a profit which should increase as i fine tune my 6max game
I know i can improve by losing some bad habits like limping and flat calling to see cheap flops
i also need to sort out my bet sizing when i hot the flop , i tend to pot bet whenever i believe i have the best hand so maybe i should put more thought into that.
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Sunday Mtt's
Having a break from my $20 to $500 challenge today .. played crap yesterday about break even
Today im back on Pokerstars hoping to play some mtt's ... i havn't got a bankroll for the majors so going to play some sats to see if i can get into them on the cheap starting with the Sunday Million
Im now playing a $8.80 6max turbo shootout which pays one entry and 5 cash prizes.
Im going to play the Sunday Storm and may buy shares in other online players in the marketplace at 2+2.
Had a bad beat in the $8.80 SM sat and next hand i decided to blast all in with AK running into KK and busting out as probably deserved lol
Im going to grind the $3.75 sunday storm sats for a bit to hopefully get entry some extra tournament $'s
to be continued .......
Ok i played 5 x $3.75 sats ( 6max hyper - pays 2- Sunday Storm ) and won 3 entries worth $11 each so i will play the Storm later and continue playing sats to get a cheaper mtt schedule sorted for the day.
played x3 $3.75 sats to 6k gtd and won two entries worth $11 each
LOL Donkaments $1.65 rebuy sat to Sunday Million AQ : http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2213966_6C44D5AAF9
So sick haha
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214073_618DD745B6
errr slow roll here http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214199_BC81567012
rebuy and keep on donking :) http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214211_B0F01D749C
Busto :) shove steal attempt got an unwanted call
............
Tournaments registered in today
Sunday Storm - $11 buy-in
6k Gtd - $11 Buy in (unregistered)
i didn't buy shares today so hopefully bink myself.
Im playing the sunday storm now and may register into a few more mtt's but not going take it too seriously as ive decided to have a few glasses of red wine tonight :)
2nd hand played in the storm won a nice little 1100 pot :)
Dont you just fucking love poker !!! i dont care if its peanuts ... its great while winning!
Update ....
Didnt cash in the Sunday Storm which was the only mtt i played today because decided to get drunk instead
but today i made a profit from playing 6 max sats and i might grind them more to build a bankroll because they are so easy.
i think its because on the weekend theres a lot of players with no 6max hyper experience playing these sats just to get into tournaments .
Today im back on Pokerstars hoping to play some mtt's ... i havn't got a bankroll for the majors so going to play some sats to see if i can get into them on the cheap starting with the Sunday Million
Im now playing a $8.80 6max turbo shootout which pays one entry and 5 cash prizes.
Im going to play the Sunday Storm and may buy shares in other online players in the marketplace at 2+2.
Had a bad beat in the $8.80 SM sat and next hand i decided to blast all in with AK running into KK and busting out as probably deserved lol
Im going to grind the $3.75 sunday storm sats for a bit to hopefully get entry some extra tournament $'s
to be continued .......
Ok i played 5 x $3.75 sats ( 6max hyper - pays 2- Sunday Storm ) and won 3 entries worth $11 each so i will play the Storm later and continue playing sats to get a cheaper mtt schedule sorted for the day.
played x3 $3.75 sats to 6k gtd and won two entries worth $11 each
LOL Donkaments $1.65 rebuy sat to Sunday Million AQ : http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2213966_6C44D5AAF9
So sick haha
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214073_618DD745B6
errr slow roll here http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214199_BC81567012
rebuy and keep on donking :) http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/2214211_B0F01D749C
Busto :) shove steal attempt got an unwanted call
............
Tournaments registered in today
Sunday Storm - $11 buy-in
i didn't buy shares today so hopefully bink myself.
Im playing the sunday storm now and may register into a few more mtt's but not going take it too seriously as ive decided to have a few glasses of red wine tonight :)
2nd hand played in the storm won a nice little 1100 pot :)
Dont you just fucking love poker !!! i dont care if its peanuts ... its great while winning!
Update ....
Didnt cash in the Sunday Storm which was the only mtt i played today because decided to get drunk instead
but today i made a profit from playing 6 max sats and i might grind them more to build a bankroll because they are so easy.
i think its because on the weekend theres a lot of players with no 6max hyper experience playing these sats just to get into tournaments .
Saturday, 23 February 2013
TheBinkMeister $20 to $500 Challenge
Hi my my is Mark from Birmingham - UK
Welcome to my new blog where i will be posting my random poker related interests and challenges
Ive been playing poker for a couple of years online and only really just turning a corner with my game.
Ive paid the price to learn the trade and now starting to play well and beat low limits.
Unlike before im starting to put time and effort to study and play more and getting better results.
I have also started playing live casino tourney's with a average field of 60+ entrants £30 buy-in and made a
few final tables and one 1st place for £750 :)
I play mainly at pokerstars but recently joined Fulltilt and deposit only £20 setting myself a challenge to
reach $500 in whatever time it takes playing turbo 6max micro's
My bankroll is now on $44 after 48 games
My username is on Fulltilt is TheBinkMeister - heres the results so far on my challenge
About $7 of this profit has come from a bonus and a cash game.
Click on image:
Im happy to be off to a winning start and hoping to build a bankroll playing $2.25 and moving up to $5 buy-ins
Im trying to be carefull and not play tilted or in any frame of mind that can affect my play which is hard sometimes like yesterday i was tired after playing a live tournament Thursday night where i reached the final table and bubbled in 5th place at 3am in the morning busting out with AQs vs pocket 88's :-(
we done a little deal though where 6th & 7th got $30 so at least i had a free night and gained valuable live experience.
Didn't help my challenge yesterday though and i was lucky to get it back on tracks winning $18 on my final tilted game last night .
Today im listening to poker mindset audiobook to try and deal with tilt issues ;)
So heres where im at ...... i love the game and have bought 20 poker books on Ebay and an ebook called Kill Everyone
Im also going to read more guides on the twoplustwo poker forums and im following pokerstars team online pro Andre Acoimbra who has set a challenge to turn $100 into $100k for charity.
Sick he's hit a peak of over 7k so far !
Andre is posting a lot of info and video's on youtube which helps inspire me lol
Also im going to start watching the 6max coaching video's on pokerstars school website .
At the moment im realistic about where im at as a player and its somewhere between shit and a half decent low limit player
i know i have an edge in the games i play by being tight aggressive but theres so much more i need to learn to play a solid game.
Theres lots i need to learn but then every player in the world feels that way .. or at least the ones who are good at the game .
Theres also a lot of players who think they are good and berate other players live or online and they dont realise how poor they really are at poker.
Live poker
Im enjoying playing live poker one night a week at my local casino and its even better because the competition is so poor.
Theres a handfull of half decent regs but majority are just gamblers looking for a way to make their money last a bit longer than the roullete machine and somewhere to hang out.
Strange though how players and even the better players give away so much important information by discussing every hand after showdown.
Online you just play and hope for information by there betting but live these guys are just donating all the info you need to give you work out a strategy to play against them.
Its still hard to win though because theres too many loose players on most tables and your big starting hands are often beaten when 4 numpties have called your preflop 4bet and staying in the hand to the end regardless
Its not unusall to see the biggest fish at the tables holding most the chips but they dont usually last and TAG strat is the best way to play .
One problem with live is that it takes so long to complete .. its a turbo like online but takes an extra 6 hours
The tournament i won started at 9pm and ended at 5am and there was only 60 entrants .
So you can imagine how it feels to bubble at 3am ;(
My Blog
Im going to be playing both live and online regularly and posting random stuff here so if you follow please let me know by leaving a comment because im not expecting loads of web traffic and it would be good to know that someone reading it or posting an opinion.
and dont be afraid to post your opinion or slate me if you think im doing wrong .. i dont claim to be a great player and its not what i do for a living .. Just trying to improve as a poker !
I will post a video of a 6max session soon :)
Welcome to my new blog where i will be posting my random poker related interests and challenges
Ive been playing poker for a couple of years online and only really just turning a corner with my game.
Ive paid the price to learn the trade and now starting to play well and beat low limits.
Unlike before im starting to put time and effort to study and play more and getting better results.
I have also started playing live casino tourney's with a average field of 60+ entrants £30 buy-in and made a
few final tables and one 1st place for £750 :)
I play mainly at pokerstars but recently joined Fulltilt and deposit only £20 setting myself a challenge to
reach $500 in whatever time it takes playing turbo 6max micro's
My bankroll is now on $44 after 48 games
My username is on Fulltilt is TheBinkMeister - heres the results so far on my challenge
About $7 of this profit has come from a bonus and a cash game.
Click on image:
Im happy to be off to a winning start and hoping to build a bankroll playing $2.25 and moving up to $5 buy-ins
Im trying to be carefull and not play tilted or in any frame of mind that can affect my play which is hard sometimes like yesterday i was tired after playing a live tournament Thursday night where i reached the final table and bubbled in 5th place at 3am in the morning busting out with AQs vs pocket 88's :-(
we done a little deal though where 6th & 7th got $30 so at least i had a free night and gained valuable live experience.
Didn't help my challenge yesterday though and i was lucky to get it back on tracks winning $18 on my final tilted game last night .
Today im listening to poker mindset audiobook to try and deal with tilt issues ;)
So heres where im at ...... i love the game and have bought 20 poker books on Ebay and an ebook called Kill Everyone
Im also going to read more guides on the twoplustwo poker forums and im following pokerstars team online pro Andre Acoimbra who has set a challenge to turn $100 into $100k for charity.
Sick he's hit a peak of over 7k so far !
Andre is posting a lot of info and video's on youtube which helps inspire me lol
Also im going to start watching the 6max coaching video's on pokerstars school website .
At the moment im realistic about where im at as a player and its somewhere between shit and a half decent low limit player
i know i have an edge in the games i play by being tight aggressive but theres so much more i need to learn to play a solid game.
Theres lots i need to learn but then every player in the world feels that way .. or at least the ones who are good at the game .
Theres also a lot of players who think they are good and berate other players live or online and they dont realise how poor they really are at poker.
Live poker
Im enjoying playing live poker one night a week at my local casino and its even better because the competition is so poor.
Theres a handfull of half decent regs but majority are just gamblers looking for a way to make their money last a bit longer than the roullete machine and somewhere to hang out.
Strange though how players and even the better players give away so much important information by discussing every hand after showdown.
Online you just play and hope for information by there betting but live these guys are just donating all the info you need to give you work out a strategy to play against them.
Its still hard to win though because theres too many loose players on most tables and your big starting hands are often beaten when 4 numpties have called your preflop 4bet and staying in the hand to the end regardless
Its not unusall to see the biggest fish at the tables holding most the chips but they dont usually last and TAG strat is the best way to play .
One problem with live is that it takes so long to complete .. its a turbo like online but takes an extra 6 hours
The tournament i won started at 9pm and ended at 5am and there was only 60 entrants .
So you can imagine how it feels to bubble at 3am ;(
My Blog
Im going to be playing both live and online regularly and posting random stuff here so if you follow please let me know by leaving a comment because im not expecting loads of web traffic and it would be good to know that someone reading it or posting an opinion.
and dont be afraid to post your opinion or slate me if you think im doing wrong .. i dont claim to be a great player and its not what i do for a living .. Just trying to improve as a poker !
I will post a video of a 6max session soon :)
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