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Hey people,

I notice a lot of people going for the 100% staking thing recently, and was just seeing if there'd be any interest for myself.

It's a new years resolution of mine to build a bankroll from just €250 after taking a nasty downswing at the end of 2008. It's going okay so far, but I doubt by February these tournaments will be within my bankroll!!

About me:
I have been playing poker professionally for effectively 3 years. Usually found playing heads up STTs though I have always had a knack for MTTs; I'm just not a fan of their time consumption and general variance.

What I'm asking for:
£495, which is a 100% stake, for 70% equity in these tournaments. Will sell in whatever chunk size you desire.

Feb 6th - £300 + £30 Deepstack, 10000 Chips, 45 Minute Clock *£50K GUARANTEED* (capped at 270 runners)
Feb 7th - £150 + £15 No Limit Freeze Out, 5000 Chips, 30 Minute Clock *£10K GUARANTEED* (capped at 135 runners)

Obviously I ideally won't be able to play in the £150 event as I will be deep in the £300, in which case obviously £165 stake will be returned in full.


Track record:
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=53177

Have been rather quiet in the last year and haven't played a whole lot live. Have played 3 of these £300 DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) tournaments, and although have done absolutely no good in them, I certainly think I'd beat them in the long term...

Certainly have a fair amount of experience playing at this level, and my final table:tournaments entered ratio is pretty good.

Feel free to ask any questions. I will PM you details you require should you desire to stake :)

Cheers,
James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=184) Atkin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=184)

20% plz

10% for me plz

10% plz

10% for me plz

Wasn't expecting such fast response :)

10% gone via PM

40% left

Thanks guys...

(Note that I made an edit as I mistakenly left in that'd I'd pay the juice. Was originally gonna offer 60% and pay the juice myself but thought 70% would garner more interest)

Flushy's been slow on this one does he know something the rest of us don't?

i mate, i want 10%, purely because u talk a v good game, never seen you play, but ur a sound lad.

wtf new year resolution E250? i dont understand. u are a pro, hence u have a good living, i dont get it.

I just lost a lot of money towards the end of the year, €7000+ in the last couple of months on a sick run. Just to get confidence back and ensure that I dropped levels rather than just saying I would, give me bankroll management. Rather than dipping into savings and continue my bad steak. Lots of reasons. Plus I want to see if I could grind a living out of poker when things aren't going well. If I can make £1k a month playing stupidly low stakes, it's just nice to know.

Anywayz, thanks for investment man!

Maybe Flushy is mad at me for getting so close in Barcelona but just missing out :)


70% gone, 30% left...

10% please

Ill pm you with my details

Thanks Micko!

80% gone, but I'll put selling on hold as someone has PM'd me wanting 10% and Flushy told me to keep him informed of future stakeage after Barca so I will reserve 10% for him if he should want it...

Will PM details to stakers once it's sold out...

ya whatever is left

Okay man you're down for 20% assuming that's still cool with you. Will send shipping details now.

Thanks very much for the quick investment everyone, hope I can come up with the goods in a months time!

20% - LeKnave - Shipped
20% - Flushy - Shipped
10% - Tank - Shipped
10% - GreekStein - Shipped
10% - Eck - Shipped
10% - Anonymous - Shipped
10% - Alex - Still owed
10% - Micko - Shipped

Cheers!

;goodluck; MC and his backers :)up

Cheers guys, plenty of time to prepare at least :)

excellent stakage oppotunity imo, gl all.

Cheers Ace :)


Just a reminder, no rush, but if you could please ship by Feb 7th :)

shipped just now bud.

Was gonna say run like GOD but now I've seen Knave has 20% if you were playing Jesus Christ heads up he'd be in trouble

Thanks dude...

Lol, lets hope LeKnave's 20% means I run at least 20% as good as him, should mean I at least cash!

Hey guys,

I'm sorry about having to post this but my best mate threw something on me today. He just had a baby boy and he's arranged his Christening to be at 2pm on Sunday 8th. 2pm is the time for day 2 players to go back for the £300er, and obv don't want to be playing without full committment to making day 2. £150 also starts at 3pm so that doesn't really work either. He couldn't have had it at 12pm could he!!!

I hope it's okay with you all if I arrange 2 substitute events? I looked at Feb's schedule and have potentially found 2 suitable replacements.

Broadway Festival, 18th Feb, £300+30 Double Chance Freezeout 8pm, 2 days....2 x 4,000 chips
GUKPT Walsall: side event, 22nd Feb, £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Freezeout 8pm....2 days...6,000 chips

Alternatively I could just play the March DTD deepstack instead if that's what you'd prefer. Will send out PMs now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Which would you prefer to play?

A happy horse runs faster, or so the old Greek proverb goes.

Lol,

I think I've held onto your money long enough so would be happy to play the two events in mid-Feb as long as that's cool....

Thanks for understanding everyone.

These 2 events are still the plan...

Broadway Festival, 18th Feb, £300+30 Double Chance Freezeout 8pm, 2 days....2 x 4,000 chips
GUKPT Walsall: side event, 22nd Feb, £150 + £15 NL Hold'em Freezeout 8pm....2 days...6,000 chips

Hi James,

Best of luck in those events. I should be at both of those. If for whatever reason one of your stakee's pull out I'll stake you.

Cheers Dan, everyone's still in. Still need shippage from Alex and Flushy; tho you guys might as well see if I cash in this one first (but could do with you sending it before Walsall event please)

Just to confirm will be playing the £300 at the Broadway tonight. Hope I can win some £££ for stakers. Will report back 2moz...

Good luck

glgl

+1

Forgot about this, how much do i owe? Will bank xfer it as soon as you let me know.

Where did u finish up James? I went spinning in 22nd :-(

Happy birthday James.

Any presents for the backers? lol

Thanks for the good luck wishes everyone...

It's cool Flush, £99 is the damage, should I PM you details?

Sorry to hear that Fran :(, I bust 54th :(

Cheers Cos, though it's 2moro! I'm afraid no present as of yet, details below...

Hey guys, bad news I'm afraid. I finished 54/138. I felt like I was on top of my game, just 3 hands in a row where things didn't go my way led to my exit.

I had Fran two on my right for much of the tourney, that was cool. Apart from her and one or two young guns, it looked like a fairly soft table.
8000 starting stack. I made a call down with 77 on an 88342 board, but midway through the hand he'd gotten lucky as he had 44. Up to 50/100 I then picked up AA UTG. I had done a reasonable amount of limping, and a lot of pots had been raised so far, so I limped hoping for a raise that never came. 5 way to a rainbow flop of K83, pretty nice looking considering I wasn't thrilled about it being 5-way. I bet 300, the button (Peter 'the bandit' Evans) called. Turn was an ugly ass K. I check, he bets 300. I almost just folded right here, but felt that was a little weak, and called. Check the blank river, he bets 500. I'll give him credit for value betting an amount that got me to call, 500,aHe had KJ and it was a bad call admitedly. Down to a demoralising 3200 or so...

I then picked up AA in the cutoff, and raised the bandit's limp. Big blind calls, bandit passed. T63 flop, the big blind led out, I obv moved in for not much more, he called with 88 and I doubled up. Up to about 6500. Then dipped to about 5300ish when a shortstack moved in from the sb for 1200 in a multi-way limped pot. I'd called otb with KQs. I'd say this was borderline, but felt I was ahead of his range (based on his general play...his next shove like this was in similar situation with 9Ts) and he might not have expected me to be quite as strong as I was. He had AKs though and I didn't spike anything.

I then got gifted some chips. In a limped pot I had 23 off in the small and made it up. 27K flop, and it checks round. 2 turn, and I led out, one caller. Something like a 9 on the river, I bet out quite big cos this guy had been calling off a lot. He moved in for about 3k and I snapped. He had AK. About 9k now.

From here I built up steadily. Played AK kinda craftily which made me some chips. Had about 12500 when the bandit raised to 1200 at 100/200 from 1+UTG. He had like 5k back and I looked down at AQ in the hijack. I had a quick dwell as AK entered my mind, but felt good about my hand and raised to 4k. Folded round, he thought for a little while before doing a "sod it" kind of all-in. He had AT. KT3 flop was ugly but I spiked the Q on the turn. 17000.

Played a hand a little questionably then. 100/200 in a limped pot, featuring a tight player limping UTG, I picked up J9 of spades in the sb. Flop came down 972 with 2 clubs and a spade. I checked, UTG bet out for about 600, button called. I put UTG on an overpair here and made the call cos of the pot size, only intending to continue if I improved. I picked up a spade draw on the 3 of spades turn. Check, UTG checked, button bet 800. This guy always bet when checked to, so I didn't give him much credit. I assumed utg was calling behind, and made the call. However unexpectedly UTG then made it 2k straight. Button passed. I have UTG on a monster now. But he had me covered, and I thought he wouldn't be able to put me on backdoor spades if I hit, so called with major implied odds intending to fire big on a river spade. River was a red 5, I checked, and he checked behind. He flipped up 77. Not sure why he checked the river...

Down to 14k. I hovered between 12 and 15 for the next couple of levels, missing a few flops but winning a small pot here and there and also stealing the blinds and such. Did what I needed to to keep a healthy chip stack when I didn't have much in the way of cards...

My downfall came at 300/600.

I'm in the big blind with 13k. The short stack moved all in from the hijack for about 3.5k. I look down at TT at this point and am anxious to snap call! However the small blind flat called first, I didn't read him as uber strong or anything, so I made the obligatory shove. Sure enough he passed. Sadly the short stack didn't have the dream small pair scenario. He had KQ off and hit the flop hard.

Down to 9.5k. A player new to the table then raises the hijack to 1600 (still 300/600). This was his 4th raise the 6-7 hands he'd been at the table. He was acting a little frustrated from a hand where he got taken off on the flop a couple of raises previously. I find KJcc on the button. He only had 6k behind, I felt there was a reasonable chance he wouldn't put his tourney on the line, and felt there was a reasonable chance I might even have the best hand. He thought a little but called with AJs. The flop came down Qc Tc 3d. Monster! But of course I blanked out.

This left me with 2100. I picked up A9 the next hand, and Mr raisey from the last hand raised again. I almost shipped here but thought I was best off being the first in the pot. I picked up AQ the next hand, dude on my right raised and I of course shipped it in. He had 44 and won the flip.


Sorry things didn't go my way, but felt I played v.well for the most part. Would be interested in what you think of the KJs shove, and if the J9s hand was a little gross?

Hope I can give you some ROI in the £150 on Sunday...

I have just been informed Mr Raisey is thekellster89....lol :)

wow, so many bad plays in that report its untrue.

would you care to elaborate?

limping with aces didn't work, and the river call in that hand; J9s hand wasn't great....other than those two mistakes I felt I played v.well as I said...

not just from you i hasen to add.


"AA UTG. I had done a reasonable amount of limping" why are u limping against a lower standard of player?  i remember you from tribeca, you can play.

"so I limped hoping for a raise that never came" so you gonna limp/shove AA, u may aswell turn your hand face up. If you were planning on Limp/calling its still too risky vs a full ring live table imo. With your image, id imagine being "an internet kid" surely popping it up 2.5x pre is the better play?

when the bandit raised to 1200 at 100/200 from 1+UTG. He had like 5k back and I looked down at AQ in the hijack. I had a quick dwell as AK entered my mind, but felt good about my hand and raised to 4k. Folded round, he thought for a little while before doing a "sod it" kind of all-in. He had AT. KT3 flop was ugly but I spiked the Q on the turn. 17000. lol pete the fkin bandit


called. I put UTG on an overpair here and made the call cos of the pot size, only intending to continue if I improved. I picked up a spade draw on the 3 of spades turn. Check, UTG checked, button bet 800. This guy always bet when checked to, so I didn't give him much credit. I assumed utg was calling behind, and made the call. However unexpectedly UTG then made it 2k straight.   You have to pass here imo.


Down to 9.5k. A player new to the table then raises the hijack to 1600 (still 300/600). This was his 4th raise the 6-7 hands he'd been at the table. He was acting a little frustrated from a hand where he got taken off on the flop a couple of raises previously. I find KJcc on the button. He only had 6k behind,

You think a young, possibly internet player raise/folds a 12bb stack?

"AA UTG. I had done a reasonable amount of limping" why are u limping against a lower standard of player?  i remember you from tribeca, you can play."

When I say that, I'm talking limping behind 2 or 3 players with a hand like 89s in position. I'd probably only whacked in 1 raise up to this point, based on my hands. But none of my hands had gone to showdown yet so thought they might just think I was a weak player at this point and was hoping to play off that...

"so I limped hoping for a raise that never came" so you gonna limp/shove AA, u may aswell turn your hand face up. If you were planning on Limp/calling its still too risky vs a full ring live table imo. With your image, id imagine being "an internet kid" surely popping it up 2.5x pre is the better play?"

But the standard raise coming in was 6x the BB. Thought I'd try and take advantage of this, so I'd limp and re-evaluate, doubt I was shoving. But you're right, should raise here 90% of the time. But on this occasion tried something different.

"called. I put UTG on an overpair here and made the call cos of the pot size, only intending to continue if I improved. I picked up a spade draw on the 3 of spades turn. Check, UTG checked, button bet 800. This guy always bet when checked to, so I didn't give him much credit. I assumed utg was calling behind, and made the call. However unexpectedly UTG then made it 2k straight. You have to pass here imo."

Fair point, not gonna disagree, passing to the button's bet is probs where I should have got out, but it was 1200 more into like a 6.2k pot when utg pops it. Hard to give up 5 to 1 when you think you might be able to stack someone.

"Down to 9.5k. A player new to the table then raises the hijack to 1600 (still 300/600). This was his 4th raise the 6-7 hands he'd been at the table. He was acting a little frustrated from a hand where he got taken off on the flop a couple of raises previously. I find KJcc on the button. He only had 6k behind,

You think a young, possibly internet player raise/folds a 12bb stack?"

I did consider this, and decided it was likely he was raising hands like A5s and 22 here, and that he'd have to lay hands like this down. His raise was a non-commiting to the pot kinda raise. Thought there was a decent chance of him passing with his potential range, and if not, thought I had decent equity.

   equity    win    tie          pots won    pots tied   
Hand 0:    46.847%     44.61%    02.23%         197089027      9867656.00   { KcJc }
Hand 1:    53.153%     50.92%    02.23%         224950093      9867656.00   { 22+, A2s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, A8o+, KTo+, QJo }

^Was figuring i'd be about 50% on there but obviously didn't have pokerstove on hand, I thought he could fold 1/3 of the time so went with it.


Thought I'd post an open honest report rather than leaving the slightly dodgy hands out or whatever. A couple of mistakes in 6 hours of solid play.

Anywayz, thanks for taking an interest. Always looking to improve so feedback is +ev.

great reply, and its cool you tell the hands as they are instead of BS'ing the whole report. Gl in the walsall sideys

lol, cheers man ;)

James problem with that range for the short stack is he probs just jams his marginal hands like 22 etc, and raises to induce his stronger hands so although you are correct his range of played hands here is good for KJs his opening to 2.5x range has you crushed.

That's a fair point. Think you're right generally. But I think he jams AJs under this theory. He wasn't thrilled about calling this one off. All 5 of the raises seen he raised to 1600.

Would u advocate mixing up you 2.5x and shoving ranges to vary your hand ranges when down to less than 15bbs? Or does it not matter live?

Doesn't matter live people will never be able to get a read on you given how infrequently you play them under this dynamic, even online i don't worry about it as for all the players who are smart enough to work out the simple pattern, there are still gazzilions of idiots who look down at A8 and go "oooh fold equity"

This is obviously not the case in things like 1k's and 100r's

Sorry guys, couldn't come up with the goods this time round. Again felt I was playing well, but got coolered for my effective exit and not much I could do.

£150 GUKPT side event, 6k starting stack...

I'm in seat 6 to the left of RED-DOG, Lucy Rokach in seat 1 and Ash Hussain is in seat 9, and again 'the bandit' turned up as an alternate in seat 4.

The first hand I really played was about 10 hands in. I raise JT in mid position, Lucy calls in the big blind. She leads out an 89J rainbow flop for 300. I make it 850 and she insta moves all-in! I thought about it for a couple of minutes. I hated to call off all my chips in this spot, but with my knowledge of how Lucy plays, I couldn't put her on a hand that made me want to pass. I made the call, and it turned out she had JTs. She was freerolling though with a back-door flush draw, and the obligatory sweat was given on the turn, but we chopped the pot.

I then ran good for a while. Made most of my chips in these 2 hands: I flopped 347 with 44 and got it in on the flop against a short stack for a 6-7k pot. I also flopped AT7 in a limped pot with a T7 big blind special. Check raised an early position bet of 450 and a flat caller to 1500. EP guy calls, caller passes. Turn was a King. About my least favourite card after an Ace, but he only had 3.5k back with the pot at 4k. I put him in on the turn, and he snapped. Of course he had AK. River....7  I wasn't expecting that!

Winning a couple of medium sized pots on top of these I was up to about 18k. Then my luck ran out...

Picked up AA in mid position and raise it up. Short stack playing 1,500ish moves in. Everyone else folds. He has QQ. I get a 3 spade board holding the Ace of spades, but he binks the Q on the river. Still, not of too much concern as it wasn't too much of a hit to the stack.

My 16k then dwindles to about 11k with the following hands around the 75/150, 100/200 levels...

Paid off Lucy Rokach twice when I was in the blinds in limped pots. Once with Q9 vs the nut straight on KQ69A after she bet turn and river. My river call here was bad.Then with A7 on 97595 after she bet flop and river. Was positive she didn't have an overpair (she would have open raised 88+), and though I was only beating air on the river, I felt there was a good chance of this the way it played out. She actually had A9.

Everytime I raised from then on in, I was in a bad spot. KQ I resisted c-betting an Ace high flop, folded the turn and was shown AQ. 88 I got JTx and against red-dog who had limped. Felt this was likely to have hit him so again shut down and I believe correctly mucked when he bet the turn (he usually has it when he bets right?!)

Lost 1.7k raising a limper with KK, only for the flop to come A55 with 2 diamonds. Check check on the flop (The way he checked made me think he had hit the flop, but I wish I'd bet the flop here anyway). Turn was a low diamond (no King of diamonds for me). He bet 1k. I called. Turn was a diamond. He trap checked but I checked behind. He had JQdd. Def prefer betting the flop and shutting down as opposed to calling the turn, but in this particular hand I guess the same net loss.

I did win a couple of small pots in between these hands, and chopped a pot with KJ on a QxxJx board. But nothing spectacular.

My effective exit hand was a cooler. A limped pot, I make up the small blind with 69 off. 5 handed to a flop of...578 with 2 clubs. Bingo! I check, UTG bets out 500 into 1000., I raise. I made a little balls up because as I bet two of my 1000 chips got stuck together and I raised to 2300 when i meant to raise to 1300! I felt I was inadvertently giving off strength when I pointed this out, I perhaps should have stayed quiet! Anyway he moved all in and I snapped. He had top set. Was obv hoping for the board not to pair, which it didn't...he did hit the case 8 however on the turn.

Always harsh when you lose a big pot when you flop the nuts. I still had just over 2k left. I got about 3 rounds out of it with the blinds at 150/300. Shoved KK only to get no callers. Red-dog raised and I had 66. I had 2k and the 200/400 (25) had just kicked in, and although I'd have liked to get in my chips first or against a looser raise, I didn't see away of not putting my chips in here. He had AQ and an board of TTKTQ sent me packing.

Thanks for investing guys.