New car

Slightly off topic but thought i'd post as im a bit tired and dont want to play at the moment. I bought my first car today, its a Citroen Saxo VTR 1.6 injection. Not too bad for my first car and i will be doing it up a little bit, a new exhaust and a nice sound system i think will come first. I'll defintely post some pics on here once i take some.

So i spent today waking up at 9am after having about 3 hours of sleep, to have a look at the car which a guy brought around to my house, i loved it as soon as i saw it and snapped it up. I then proceeded to have my driving lesson @ 11:30, which is going fine by the way and im fairly confident i can pass when i have my main test, which is on the 21st April. After my driving lesson i washed and waxed the car as it was a little dirty, and furry inside, which is hoovered also, and it looks new, and it really does look nice.

On a poker note i've had a pretty bad run the last 2 days, seems i caught the variance master on a bad day and had some pretty horrible sessions, which i went down over a 1000$, but im happy to say i recovered that loss in a sick session tonight which feels good to sit here in profit for the week :)

Sooooo, new car pics incoming soon, and expect a March result post, including screenies/graphs of my march results.

500 $20+2's played.

Just thought i'd keep up the recent run of posts by just posting some random crap while im bored(eating and just finished a session)
I noticed i've played just over 500 games now at the 20s on ipoker, and thought i'd share the results and how they're going.



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As you can see im running fairly well result wise, with a 23% ROI you cant complain. These are a mix of regular + turbo games, but mainly turbo games. Im steering away from the 20s unless i play late at night where the 50$+ games have low traffic where i'll load up a few 20s to keep the volume up.
anyway :] ill update again soon, with end of month results/profit etc, which hopefully i can keep dwindling up the profit ladder :)

Reaching the leaderboards.

Just thought i'd pop on to share with you that i've reached the top20 profit for 36-100$ 9-10 man SNG's leaderboard on www.sharkscope.com
I hope this is the start of something and not the peak, i hope i can continue all this success and keep improving my game and my profit :)



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Beats and Brags

Hey, thought i'd post something as im waiting for my food, think i've played around 250 this week and i havent been here everyday so its not too bad. I've had my ups and downs, but im currently in about 1500$ profit since last week which isnt bad considering that i've not been running too well showdown wise. I'd like to share a hand which i thought was a little sick, but again, i took it pretty well and with it being a 100$ game i think i kept my cool which i really think im getting good at, im losing less when im losing, which is really adds profit if you can apply it to your game by playing your best even when you've lost 9 out of the last 10 KK vs underpair/undercard showdowns( im not whining.. ;) ), it was really fascinating to see that after a 3 hour session losing 6 pairs of kings all in preflop as a 4 to 1 favourite, and various other runner runners, that i finished 70$ up, which is really sick, if i had let it get to me early on, i've no doubt i would've been down at least 300-400$ that session, so im really pleased out how well im playing when im losing.
anyway heres the hand: 100$, 10 man, Level 3, as usual i have my standard table image and villains range should be TT+ here minimum.. ofc he is -40% roi over a decent sample on sharkscope, so i kinda put him on a bigger range, anyway:

iPoker Network No-Limit Tourney, Big Blind is t60.00 (9 handed)

Button (t1190.00)
SB (t2360.00)
BB (t1380.00)
UTG (t1690.00)
UTG+1 (t1400.00)
MP1 (t1180.00)
MP2 (t410.00)
MP3 (t3360.00)
Hero (t2030.00)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[club], Q[heart].
UTG calls t60, 3 folds, MP3 calls t60, Hero raises to t300, 3 folds, UTG folds, MP3 calls t240.

Flop:(t750) 3[diamond], Q[diamond], J[heart] (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets t540, MP3 calls t540.

Turn: (t1830) J[club] (2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets t540, MP3 bets t2520 (All-In), Hero bets t1190 (All-In).

River: (t5540) J[spade] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t5540

Results:
MP3 has 4d Jd (four of a kind, jacks).
Hero has Qc Qh (full house, queens full of jacks).
Outcome: MP3 wins t5540.

ah well, least it will keep him playing ;)
Will post more soon, i might even post some graphs from sharkscope, not just the main ones but other interesting ones. byebye.

Mid March Update.

yoyo, so thought i'd post like i said i would during march about my progress now i've switched back to 10 mans. It is going well to be quite honest, and though personally i wouldn't say im running hot, showdown wise at least im having a fair share of bad beats, but im handling them very well and i think im almost near to not even sweating when losing QQ to K9o on a 200$ bubble, after taking that beat and just carrying on playing in harmony was good to know about myself.
So i've made about 6500$ profit in the last 2 weeks, but i havent played that much, ive had a virus which made me feel like shit so i was playing crappy 1-2 hour sessions. I've also been a bit busy with some live event(which didnt go so well after running QQ into KK) which hasnt helped with the volume, but ive promised myself i'll put in some heavy volume now towards the end of march.
Ive been playing 10-30$ turbo games to keep the games running and 50-100$ normals, and its working great. I'll be updating how well im doing within the next 2 weeks or so again, defintely towards the end of march, hopefully it will be good news:)

On a side note i just passed my driving theory test ( brag: got 50/50 on the questions :D )
and have my driving test booked for the 21st of April, and im confident i can pass, so i'll be looking for a car soon which will be fun, also being able to drive to the casino / events is a big +.
anyways chow guys.

No more jackpot grinding.

As most people who know me know, ive been grinding the 50+9 jackpot games, these are 6 max games, with top3 payout and 1000 starting chips, very bad value, but if you win 6 in a row you get like 60,000$ and top2 6 in a row you get 750$, which is nice, but you just cant win it enough to make it +EV playin these games(which over 1300 games ive realised) The extra rakeback is nice, as the 50s are usually 50+5, your paying 50+9, and with a decent rakeback system you can make nice money here. So over 1300 games i ran at 2% ROI according to sharkscope, only getting 2x750$ jackpot things. Along with the rakeback it was a nice earner, but there is hardly any bubble to really dominate and use decent SNG skills to really own other players, so the variance and general motivation wasnt there, and i really dont think anyone can run over 5% at these games. Anyway, im now back playing 10 man games, mainly $50+5s, but throwing in some 100s + 200s, and mixing in some 20s+30s for some extra volume. I really feel confident playing the 10 mans, with 1500 chips instead of the old 1000 in the jackpots, its like a breathe of fresh air for cbetting and outplaying others. With a real bubble now, with 3rd place being double the buyin i can actually "own" it unlike the jackpot games. Im pretty confident in my game at the moment and really feel im going to do well in the upcoming games, im running pretty good so far over the first 100 games netting in some big profit, and i hope to keep it up (i deserve it, been on a breakeven/downswing for a 300-500 games now) . So keep track of me on sharkscope, and its probably best to filter out the jackpot games, you can do this by clicking advanced search, then choosing 20-200 Buying, and 10 man only, no 6 max games. Pretty decent stats, but for 10 mans, its still a small sample, but expect some heavy volume during march:)
On a side note, im still offering coaching during march where ill be playing heavy, i really enjoy coaching people as helping others and teaching also improves your own game, so get in touch with me if you want. Ill be posting back during march hopefully every week or two. x

Variance

It happens to us all sometimes, some of us more than others, but it does happen, and you can do nothing about it(apart from pretend to handle it well) I've suffered this demon over the past 500 sng's, just about breaking even somehow, and it doesnt feel good. theres not much to do to avoid it, or cope with it better, but taking breaks does help, at least stop any tilt creeping in. the last week or so i havent played as much, and i feel alot more enthuisastic about playing again, and im even coping fine with the variance, and, touch wood, i hope im out of it now:)
My advice to anyone else facing any downswings or variance is quite simple:
Be positive, if for any second u feel like your just playing to lose, quit playing, quit loading, take a break. You have to remember the basics, and dont see losing as just losing and with a bad attitude u make worse calls, and it affects ur judging. always remember every thing is profit, if you lose 2 buyins less than you shouldve because u kept your cool instead of getting depressed/playing worse, then your UP 2 buyins.
Playing during variance, i take this approach. I sit down, in a good mood, and drill it in that you will be in a good streak now, i play then, until i get noticably bad luck(again) and i quit before it effects me, i take a break, shower, food, some air. Then rinse and repeat. Note how this isnt avoiding playing during variance, but limiting time spent in 1 session, which in personal experience helps alot. Overall the hardest thing in poker isnt learning the game, playing good when your running hot, the hardest thing is coping with variance, variance is a killer, it can make or break someone, if you can learn to handle it, and admit to it it will greatly improve your game. Anyway thats me, thats my first post, expect more soon, containing results, various brags/beats and life.
p.s, ffs just got runner runner straighted after flopping a set of Tens HU by leguito, what a fish :x.
:D