Title: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 11, 2014, 12:24:04 AM Hello and welcome to my thread. I started this blog on 2+2 without even realising that this forum existed, so now that I've been educated I'm going to gradually transfer it over to here. I don't know many people from the UK scene so it will be a nice way to meet some characters - that I'm sure!
Introduction I've been profiting from live cash game poker around a full time job for 4 years. A brief breakdown of this would look like so (profit margins are estimations): Year 1 - Job = Finance job (Cardiff) - Poker profit = £3,000 (roughly) - mostly from Live and Online Tournaments Year 2 - Job = Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (Army Officer Training) - Poker profit = £10,000 playing 1/2, 1/3 and 2/5 Live Cash games in 'The Vic' & 'Empire' Casinos Year 3 - Job = Army Officer with a deployment to Afghanistan so a lot less volume - Poker profit = £4,000 Year 4 - The Penny Drops Years 1, 2 and 3 had been unbelievable fun. I had a great job, a decent disposable income (especially after taking into account my poker pocket money) and with London on the doorstep, I was living an extravagant life. However, I had pissed the vast majority of my money against the wall and didn't have a pounds worth of savings before going on tour. Year 4 - I arrive home with a far more proactive approach to life and decide to turn over a new leaf with my poker hobby. I transferred £3,000s worth of savings towards a poker bankroll, and decided to track every single session that I played in order to find out my hourly rate over a large sample. I would also keep my bankroll completely separate from all other living expenses. I had just under 2 years until I was due to finish my career in the Army and at this point, I would hit a significant junction in my life - "Do I play a card game for a living or try my luck in 'The City?' This decision could make or break me, so my goal was to be in a position to make an informed decision. So beginith the start of my blog! The records began from October 2012 December 2013 = 8 months until discharge date: All Games (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/Allstats_zpsd0aa8ff7.jpg) 5-10 shots (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/5-10profitasat20-12-13_zps93dbd88e.jpeg) 2-5 swings (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/2-5profitasat20-12-13_zps19533f35.jpg) 1-3 steady eddy (too bad this game doesn't run 24/7) (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1-3profitasat20-12-13_zpsd2991dbe.jpg) 1-2 (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1-2profitasat20-12-13_zps9fd354d1.jpg) Donkaments (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/Tournyprofitasat20-12-13_zps98db54df.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: Woodsey on March 11, 2014, 01:59:46 AM Welcome to Blonde mate, looking forward to your input on here :-)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 11, 2014, 06:37:24 PM I'm going to leave out the majority of my HHs until this thread has caught up. I'll only add the significant hands!
20 Dec 13 I played in the most boring 2-5 ever for around 3 hours at The Vic. There was 1 maniac on the table but he was playing like a nit. All the regs were goading him into mixing it up and getting the game out of the muck, but he didn't bite. It was particularly painful for me as I'm currently nursing a hangover from last nights Christmas do at work. I bought in for £1,000 and finished with £750. There were no hands of interest (apart from a 1k flip on red/black between the maniac and a reg). After the game broke, a much better 1-3 took its place. I end up with a profit of £483 after 10 hours of play. 23 Dec 13 Since my last post I've played 2 more sessions. They both went FANTASTIC! I've been running on god mode. I'm writing this on the train as I travel back home for Christmas and morale is high! I have bought 2 bottles of champagne for the family and I'm looking forward to a pint with some old friends. Session on 21 Dec 13 - Total profit £2566 I took a shot at a juicy 5/10 plo and sat down with 1k. I floated around the 1k mark for a few hours until the following hand happened: Hero Dealt Kh Qh Qc Tc on SB Straddled to 25 Fish from UTG makes it 50 2 callers behind Hero Calls from SB BB Calls Villain makes it 75 from straddle Fish and others call Hero Pots to 450 Straddler calls and everyone else folds Flop - Kc 4s 5d Hero Shoves and Villain Calls - We run it twice First run - Kd Aspades Second Run - low cards that I can't remember so my hand is KQ on both Hero ships the lot - Roger that! I left the game not long after as it was very deep and I didn't feel comfortable. Later, I sit down at a 1/2 with 600. The most important pot was a hand that I raised to 10 preflop with from the CO with 5d 5c. I get called from BTN, SB and BB (BB is villain and effective stack is 500). Flop comes 5h 7d Kc rainbow rando checks, Villain donks 30, Hero raises to 75, Fold, Fold, Villain re-raises to 150, Hero Calls Turn comes a 2s and completes the rainbow. Villain shoves and Hero snaps. Villain shows AK - Merry Christmas Session on 22 Dec 13 - £1972 profit I played in one of the best 1-3s I've seen for a long time... and I ran good which was a bonus! The most noticeable hand was when I had 7c 7h from the CO. My stack was about 1.3k after sitting down with 800. Villain 1 has about 400 and is a cautious but terrible rec player. Villain 2 has about 900 and is a superstar. Villain 2 limps UTG (for the 99999th time) and Hero makes it 15 from CO. Villain 1 calls from BB (for the 999999999999th time) and Villain 2 calls ofc. Flop Qh Qc 5d rainbow - Check, Check, Hero C-bets £30. Villain 1 & 2 both call. Turn comes a 7d giving a flush draw - Bingo! Check, Check and Hero bets £75. Villain 1 slams in £355 (all in) and Villain 2 quickly calls. I flat and the river comes a 3h. Villain 2 checks and I shove. Villain 2 thinks for 1 minute and calls. And a Happy New Year! Villain 1 had KK and Villain 2 had Q 10. I told you it was a good 1-3!!! (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/Allstats2_zps5c7ca80b.jpg) I won't be playing for at least a week - so Happy Christmas everyone and have a great New Year! X Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: rfgqqabc on March 11, 2014, 10:34:59 PM What is that software called? Pretty interesting stats, keep up the good work. Have you tried any of the other casinos? Hippo has been good for me on friday nights when I've played. My mate who is a bit more of a regular hasn't had any complaints either. Do you play online at all?
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: Woodsey on March 11, 2014, 10:59:05 PM Think it's poker charts, I used to use it years ago.
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: kano on March 12, 2014, 02:54:41 AM Liking the look of this blog
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: teamonkey on March 12, 2014, 08:08:34 AM Not sure i approve of the OPs name though......
Surely a 3 year stint at being called "sir" before departing for a "city" job leans more towards "the CV improver" Nice profits though, if you can make enough to live well, support yourself and any aditional family you aquire through the years, and live in the city without having to get help from family money, then go for it. And teach me. Please. Sir Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 12, 2014, 01:16:37 PM What is that software called? Pretty interesting stats, keep up the good work. Have you tried any of the other casinos? Hippo has been good for me on friday nights when I've played. My mate who is a bit more of a regular hasn't had any complaints either. Do you play online at all? Woodsey was right - it's pokercharts.com. You can do a free trial for a month and then I think it costs $20 per year. Regardless of whether you use this particular software, I highly recommend keeping accurate records of your play. There are plenty of tools available out there. I play at the Hippo now and again for a change of scenery, but I prefer the larger choice of stakes available and the electronic card shufflers at the Vic. I don't play online a great deal as I haven't been able to beat it consistently. Not sure i approve of the OPs name though...... Surely a 3 year stint at being called "sir" before departing for a "city" job leans more towards "the CV improver" Nice profits though, if you can make enough to live well, support yourself and any aditional family you aquire through the years, and live in the city without having to get help from family money, then go for it. And teach me. Please. Sir What's wrong with the name? It's what the regs in the Vic call me (I didn't think of it myself). I'm not sure I understand the "CV improver" comment... My job involves more than being called sir (if that's what you mean). I have worked my boll**ks off for 4 years and sacrificed a lot (and at the same time nothing compared to some). I'm proud of what I've achieved and contributed, but I feel that I've done my time and wish to pursue other goals. Not all Officers have family money, despite what you may have read in 'The Sun'. Hence the reason for the tough decision I have ahead of me. If you have any live hands that you want analysed then post them in the forum and I'll take a look! I'll be happy to give my opinion on them. Thank you for the comments! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 12, 2014, 01:37:19 PM 4 Jan 14
I've been grinding hard and dealing with the NYE mayhem! I've continued the run good and the graph is looking better again! (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/totalstats_zpsd39b3863.jpg) The good run continues. I played for 1 hour 20 minutes at 2/5 after the post above and won 3714 profit. Hand 1 - Dealt 5c 5d in MP with a stack of 1260 Villain 1 straddles to 10. Villain 1 is a decent young reg who is LAG preflop and pretty solid post flop. He has 2.5k There is 1 limper and Hero limps from MP. Villain 2 makes it 60 from Btn. Villain 2 is an old ultra TAG reg who overplays and is overly aggressive in general IMO. He wants to make people pay huge to outdraw him. Villain 1 and Hero call. Flop comes 4c 5s Kd rainbow. Pot is 197. Villain 1 checks, Hero checks and Villain 2 makes it 200. Villain 1 and Hero both flat. Turn comes 8s giving a flush draw. Pot is 797. Villain 1 checks, Hero checks and Villain 2 makes it 800. Villain 1 calls and Hero shoves for 1000. Villain 1 and Villain 2 both call. River comes an Ac no spade so board is 4c 5s Kd 8s Ac. Pot is 3797. Villain 1 shoves for 1240 and Villain 2 folds saying that he had AK. Villain 1 shows a set (444) and Hero ships the pot. Hand 2 - Dealt Aspades 2s in BB with a stack of roughly 4k Villain is a young unknown and hasn't played a hand (in a small sample though). He has about 700. Some rando raises to 20 in EP, another calls and Villain calls in LP. Hero calls from the BB. Flop comes Qs Tc 9s. Pot is 82. Hero checks, initial raiser Cbets 50, Villain 1 and Hero call. Turn comes 8c. Pot is 232. Hero checks, initial raiser checks, Villain bets 150, Hero calls and initial raiser folds. River comes 5s so board is Qs Tc 9s 8c 5s. Hero checks and Villain shoves for 480 and Hero snaps. Villain mucks. Hand 3 - Hero dealt Kc Kh in MP with a stack of roughly 4.3k Villain is a young pro who is LAG and likes to isolate and out play people on the flop and post. He has bought in for the max (2.5k) and usually plays the bigger games. Hero has seen Villain play 25/50nl. Hero opens to 15 in MP. Villain 2 from Hand 1 calls and Villain raises to 60 from the Btn. Hero flats and the other player folds. Flop - Ac Kd Ks rainbow. Pot is 142. Hero checks and Villain bets 105. Hero calls. Turn - Ac Kd Ks 5s giving the spade flush draw. Pot is 352. Hero checks and Villain bets 300. Hero Calls. River - Ahrt (flush draw missed). Pot is 952. Hero shoves all in and Villain folds. I was really disappointed with myself making this move and definitely realise a C/R is the optimum play here. Villain said he had Q high and turned the flush draw. Never run this good in my life! 2014... The year of the Soldier (please!) (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/profitgraphupdate_zps77174945.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: dakky on March 12, 2014, 02:52:23 PM Have you ever lost more than 100bb in a game lol
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: Pinchop73 on March 12, 2014, 03:44:31 PM Hi Alex we've played a couple times at the vic. Good luck :)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 14, 2014, 09:53:20 PM Not sure i approve of the OPs name though...... Surely a 3 year stint at being called "sir" before departing for a "city" job leans more towards "the CV improver" Nice profits though, if you can make enough to live well, support yourself and any aditional family you aquire through the years, and live in the city without having to get help from family money, then go for it. And teach me. Please. Sir Haha was very close to posting similar last night and asking you to rename 'The Rupert' ;-) Might have to come down the Vic and educate those louts! Did you say you have tried the Hippo yet? Think I enjoy playing there more now than the Vic - the deep 1/2 is getting lairier and lairier! Lots of soft dosh to be had there if you know which faces to avoid, especially at 2am!!! Either way, welcome to the forum - looks like this will be a great read and I'll be following your progress. I have friends in the city and oil who keep telling me how good it would be to go work there as a PM/Ops Manager!!! Rupert isn't a popular name in Cardiff! I'll bear it in mind though for the next forum that I join :) I have mixed opinions of the Hippo. It's definitely better if you want a bit of banter at the table! However, I find that quite often these deep games are saturated with turbo nits... I've sat at tables there before where people had 3k+ stacks in the deep 1/2. On a number of occasions, I licked my lips and bought in for 500bbs, only to get up and leave 2 hours later as the corpses at the table were tilting me to death. Besides, those games usually run in the early hours of the morning, and during those hours I have better things to do (sleep). This assessment is based off a small sample though so correct me if I'm wrong please and I'll adjust my routine. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 14, 2014, 10:27:42 PM 5 Jan 14
Here is my attempt to fill in some of the blanks, including the biggest winning session I've ever had. On 1 Jan 14 I played a great 2/5 game where I won 500 profit. I was in for 5k though as the table had a mega donk with a 7k stack. I'd lost a 3.2k pot to him all in pre with QQ < KK and at one point was 2k down, so overall it was a good result. In addition to this, I lost a 1100 pot with QQ all in on a 10 9 8 rainbow flop against JJ. Needless to say, the donk did the lot. 2nd Jan 14 I played a terrible 2/5 game and lost 1k. I lost a 1.3k pot all in pre with AA < KK. Slightly tilted I decided to leave the game and fire one 1k bullet on a ridiculously soft sh 5/10 plo game. I ended up cashing out over 5k! 3 Jan 14 played a 2/5 for 2 hours and won 1.2k. I 4bet a reg on Btn with Ad Qd from 65 to 175 and flop came KQQ. He checked and I Cbet. Turn came a 7 and we both checked. River came a 5 and he leads for 450. I shove and he snap folds. 29 Jan 14 Most notable events in recent history were taking a shot at a juicey 10/25 NL game. I had perfect position on one of the greatest value players in London. I bought in for 100bbs and tried to spin it up. I lost 50bbs before getting the remaining 50bbs in pre-flop with AK in a 3 way pot. I got called by 2 deepstacks who checked it down to the river. The reg had AK as well and the villain rivered a straight with A7 off. Doh! I also came 8th in the Hippodrome Winter Classic for £1.8k. First prize was £14k. I went from roughly 2nd in chips with 14 remaining to a short stack after losing an all in preflop with QQ < 1010. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/statsasat29jan14_zps2c89d598.jpg) 6 Feb 14 Played 3 weekend sessions last week all at The Vic. It went very well overall. On Fri I squeezed out a late session after work and lost £500. I was tired and impatient so this wasn't surprising. Sat was a huge rollercoaster. I was up £1,000 very quickly after playing a very juicey 1-3 game. Hero is UTG and straddles. Hero is dealt 55 with a stack of 1300. UTG+2 with a stack of 230ish raises to 15. It folds around and SB (a complete rec maniac with a stack of 2000) 3bets to 30. I flat from straddle with a little speech of "in for a penny in for a pound" and UTG+2 calls. Flop - 5 7 10dd - pot is 93. Maniac bets 65, Hero flats, UTG+2 ships all in, Maniac re-raises all in and Hero snaps. I can't remember turn and river exactly but UTG+2 hit his nut flush and I shipped the larger side pot from the maniac who had KK. The other big hand came at a 2-5 game. I rivered the nut straight in a bloated pot and bet 475ish into 750. Villain tries to rep the backdoor flush that also connected with my straight and raised me to 2175. I tank called. Played a small session on Sun at 2-5 and ran pretty decent hitting flops etc so bagged another 1k. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/asatfeb_zpsdfb546dc.jpg) Off to Edinburgh for a stag do this weekend so no poker for a while! Gutted to be missing the GUKPT but I'm sure I'll get over it after a few pints. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: SuuPRlim on March 15, 2014, 04:31:04 PM Looks like you're crushing!
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 17, 2014, 08:51:34 PM Have you ever lost more than 100bb in a game lol Yes :(Hi Alex we've played a couple times at the vic. Good luck :) Thank you! What's your name?Seems like your routine is doing just fine! What hours are you generally managing to play around work? I'm restricted to the weekends that I'm not on duty. Since pondering the decision about whether to play fulltime I've dedicating almost all of my weekends to playing; at the expense of my social life. I've averaged around 17 hrs per week since I started recording, playing mostly Fri nights, Sat & Sun. Almost all of my leave has gone towards poker as well. A lot of people have suggest playing poker as a side income around a day job - I don't think that it is sustainable if you want to do it seriously around a full time job (>40 hrs per week) and have a balance in life, unless your job allows you sufficient freedom. Let me know any jobs that do!Looks like you're crushing! Everyday is a school day!Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 17, 2014, 09:09:13 PM The stag do in Edinburgh was epic! Some pictures:
We weren't organised enough to book seats next to each other on the plane (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1606879_615669978504903_883787546_n_zpse06d2843.jpg) Hurry up drive, we have a pub to catch! (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1796434_615670015171566_454602517_n1_zps93f7248b.jpg) Money was no object so we spared no expense for our stag. I didn't know they had a Ritz in Edinburgh (this room smelt great in the morning). (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1618665_615669065171661_487785452_n_zps77fc011d.jpg) Some paintball to get the blood pumping. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1888730_615668358505065_668882675_n_zpsa2d1c04b.jpg) Looking for a swift pint on the way back to get changed (didn't get in anywhere). (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1508610_615669955171572_1871063565_n_zpsfa6b5afc.jpg) We dressed the stag as Pocahontas and we dressed as cowboys (not my idea!). (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1890995_615669875171580_532223481_n_zps0eaf55a4.jpg) We hired out some rando bus that drove around Edinburgh with us and a couple of hen dos. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1005781_614586218613279_847639890_n_zps2b23f215.jpg) Standard (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1517684_615670085171559_273599699_n_zpscdd82482.jpg) A bus wanker trying to bus surf (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1897952_615670055171562_1813596515_n_zpscd2bfec1.jpg) There were some hot hens on our bus! I'll try and get some more pics of them (there is one dressed as a chav in the pic above). We also had a stripper with us on the bus (mandatory)! I'll try and get some more pics, but for now... (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1459794_615669251838309_964151399_n_zps7258fa42.jpg) A true friend serving the stag a good old cup of earl grey before going to bed. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/1896727_615667755171792_14262384_n_zps051cd80a.jpg) p.s. this pic isn't of me! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: teamonkey on March 17, 2014, 11:40:39 PM I miss weds afternoon sports.
The first 10 years were true sports, mostly rugby, occasionally target rifle shooting. The final 4 years it varied between golf and online poker. Now I spend 6 months of the year bobbing up and down in the middle of the north sea on 60 x 60 metal pontoon floating thingy. Keep up the good work Rupert old chap, mind you dont get too many creases in your mustard cords Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 18, 2014, 10:54:48 PM Poker is technically a sport, so Wednesday afternoons could be accommodated down The Vic ;-) I manage to get the odd football and rugby game in :)I miss weds afternoon sports. No dramas. I'll also ensure my Tweeds remain in good order. Do a lot of ex-forces work in your industry?The first 10 years were true sports, mostly rugby, occasionally target rifle shooting. The final 4 years it varied between golf and online poker. Now I spend 6 months of the year bobbing up and down in the middle of the north sea on 60 x 60 metal pontoon floating thingy. Keep up the good work Rupert old chap, mind you dont get too many creases in your mustard cords Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: teamonkey on March 18, 2014, 11:11:50 PM There are quite a lot in my particular field, ROVs, and a few in general in various other roles.
However imho there isnt close to enough ex-forces working offshore. On phone so not going to type a huge reply, more than willing to in the day time though. Anyway, keep crushing the games while you can Tarquin, wish you all the best what what Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 18, 2014, 11:27:16 PM 18 Feb 14
Last weekend I travelled to Birmingham to play the GPS at Sky City. I played Day1a online and made day 2 with roughly average chips. The only hand worth mentioning was the very last hand of the day - Chip lead raises from UTG and UTG+1 (villain) calls. I call with 9s 8s on Btn and SB + BB call. Flop comes Qs Js 2d. SB + BB check and Chip lead C-Bets roughly 3k into 7. Villain then raises to 10k. Effective stack with Villain is 100k and he has me covered. Advice? I folded! I arrived in Birmingham on Fri night and head straight to the casino to play some Cash. There wasn't a great deal running, only 1/2. A few of the regs and I tried to start a 2/5 game 4 handed but the tourney players weren't interested. There were 2 hands of note from the 2/5. The first was a pretty standard AIPF with my JJ v AK. We ran it twice and chopped. The 2nd was a hand where the Btn raised to 15 and I called from the BB with A5 suited. The flop came A52 and I donk. He called and the turn came a 6. I bet again and he calls. The river comes a 3 (no flush). I bet 125ish and he raises me to 300ish. I call pretty quickly and he mucks - I have a bunch of history with Villain and know that he bluffs...... a lot. The game broke quickly afterwards and I join a deep 1/2. The majority of the table are nits apart from one complete maniac sitting 2 to my right. He was playing roulette, so I adjusted my game accordingly and played some high variance, but sensible poker with him whilst the majority of the nits got out of our way. I lost a bunch running pretty dry before stacking his last bullet with 7s 5s on a 8s 5d 4s board. He mucked an 8 (probably 2 kicker). After the maniac bust I went back to the hotel to get rested up for Day 2. Day 2 started with a bang. I 3bet some rec player OOP with AK early on and he folded AQ. Not long after, I flat an early raise with 9d 8d on the button; effective stack is 75k (I cover). I flop the nuts and he flops bottom set on a 7c Ts Jh board. Happy days! It goes all in on the flop and I increase my stack to 180k. Shortly afterwards I move tables and play pretty standard with a comfortable stack until after the bubble. Not long after the bubble, I double up a rec player with AK < QQ. I am back at around 200k when I win 2 pots and all my chips back from him. The first I raise from the Btn with Kc 8c and he calls from BB. The flop comes and I miss everything. He checks and I Cbet my back door flush draw. He calls and the turn brings me the flush draw. He checks and I bet again - he calls. River gives me the flush and I get paid. He mucks in disgust :D Not long after, I min-raise in LP with Jh Th. The same Villain from the previous hand min 3bets me on the Btn and I flat. The flop comes AJ10. I check raise all in and he calls with A2! I am now a big stack with roughly 480k and get moved to the "TV Table" with roughly 30 players remaining. If you'd like to watch my stack dwindle from 480k to < 200k in less than 30 mins, when it probably could (should) have increased to > 900k and potentially the chip lead, please feel free to: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUUM3n93tgc I join the table from 1:12:48 (seat 3). I'd be interested to hear some feedback on the hands I played if anyone has an opinion. In summary A9 in BB < A4 from Btn. Btn raises, Hero 3 bets, Villain tanks for ages and Hero says "If you wait long enough then you'll be able to see my hand on the 30 minute delayed stream." Villain insta-shoves all in after speech and Hero calls. 4 comes in the window. Kd Jd < Worst bluff I've ever seen. Rando tight player limps UTG with short stack, Hero flats on Btn with KJdd, SB (Villain) calls and BB checks. Flop comes Ad 3d 3s, Villain bets with air, fold, fold, Hero calls. Turn comes Qd giving Hero the flush. Villain bets 30% of his stack and Hero calls. River comes A, Villain goes all in with air and Hero folds. Right play? We move tables after this and I bust not long after with roughly 12 bigs - I min raise with A7, SB tanks for an hour and then ships with roughly the same stack as me, I cover by 1 ante. I sigh/tilt call and lose to KK. I then spin up 2k chips to 24k chips, by winning 3 all ins in a row. Alas, the best comeback in tournament history wasn't to be and I bust the next hand in 21st place for £1,225. I was disappointed about the A7 min raise/call, but overall, quite happy with my play. I'll bink one of these things one day! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 19, 2014, 08:07:41 PM Ooph seems you were sat in one of the toughest seats you could have been that day - Deadman 2 to your right and Alex Spencer to your immediate left! You learnt your first lesson - don't get involved with Simon Deadman, if he doesn't have it then he runs too good and by the river he will have it lol That bluff is weird, real weird so think I'm going on reads. Really don't understand why he would donk any 3 in his hand; maybe an Ace and its kinda tough cus casino regs do weird stuff like leading out here. Split between calling it off and feeling dirty n folding. Yeah it was a reasonably tough table. Simon and Alex were both really nice blokes and have obviously been killing it lately! I think it's a bluff <10% of the time here. The question I was thinking at the time was "does he have a flush as well?" Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 19, 2014, 08:26:17 PM 10 Mar 14 - Donkaments Update
Things haven't been going so great recently. I've played a few tournaments: 1. Sky Poker Champs - Busted around 90th in the main (9 away from $) with around 15BBs. CO raised to 3x and I shipped with JJ. He called with AK and I lost the flip. 2. WPT Aspers - Busted day 1c. Biggest hand of note was QQ in MP1. Villain (huge fish) limped UTG (standard for him) and UTG+1 limped as well. I popped it to 4x and it folded around to Villain who flatted (for about 20% of his stack). UTG+2 folded. Flop came 99xss. He checked, I C-bet and he raised all in. I call and he tables 6-9. I had him covered by 3bbs so that was me pretty much out the next hand. 3. Hippodrome Spring Classic - Busted on day 1b. I had 25BBs and got dealt KK UTG. I raise 2x and a huge limp station calls from UTG+1. At the same time he says "I was going to raise 3x so you may have saved me some chips" (said man is Villain and has me covered). A couple more players call and the flop comes K J 10 rainbow. I C-bet 4 BBs and Villain min-raises. It folds around to me and I sigh shove knowing that I'm probably behind here, however, he would stack off with 2 pair and potentially AK (not likely due to flat preflop) for sure in this situation. He had AQ. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/tournamentsnow_zpsb80ef47d.jpg) Cash Update Cash has been running super bad. I haven't kept 'detailed' HHs as the games have been VERY good and the majority of my concentration has been focussed on playing my A-game and not going on tilt. It has put my resolve to the test at a crucial stage in my "life plan." Some coolers: (1) I can't remember prelims, but I flop the nut straight on a QJ10 board in a deep 2-5 game. I get it in 3 ways on the flop against top 2 and bottom set, and the Villain gets instant service on the turn. (2) KK < AA all in pre against a fish. (3) In a 5-10 I have a stack of £1,900 (effective) and a fish that has run good raises on Btn to 40. I flat with 66 in BB and the flop comes 6 8 10 rainbow (pot is 90). He C-bets 60 and I call. The turn is a K, bringing a flush draw - pot is £210. I check raise his bet of £135 to £400. He calls and the river comes an 8 (flush draw misses). I bet £1k and he raises me all in for 400 more. FML. (4) In a short handed 2-5, I raise with 1010 UTG to 20 (effective stack is £1,000). The Btn (solid decent reg) calls and the flop comes 10, 8, 9 rainbow. I C-bet £30 and he calls. The turn comes a Q and I check/call a bet of £50. The river comes another Q and I lead for £100. The reg raises to £500. I tilt shove (for an extra 300) – I’m usually quite disciplined when tilting and instantly leave the game - so I’m disappointed with this play…… and ofc, he tables Q 10. Having thought in more depth about this hand and discussed it with others, I came to realise that a check/raise is a far better river play! (5) Reg raises 3x from UTG (villain), 2 fish call and I flat on Btn with J8hh (stack is 300bb effective). The board comes Qh high and I flop a flush draw. Checked around to me and I bet. Villain calls and turn completes the flush. He leads for 2/3 pot and I call. River blanks and he leads for 3/4 pot and I call. He shows nut flush. (6) Tried to 4bet bluff a LAG reg who 3bet my raise from Btn in a 5-10. It didn't work - mostly due to my failure to continue with my line. If I'd C-bet flop, even small, it would probably have worked. I played it bad. Summary (1) I’ve lost a bunch more big hands but these are the ones that I remember. I’ve been running bad and playing sub-optimally in cash games for 35 sessions, which is about 1-2 months play for me. (2) I’m going to take this week off and reflect on my game during this period to address my leaks! (3) My hourly has dropped significantly. (4) Playing well in tournaments. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/total10mar_zps18479dd6.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 22, 2014, 03:06:10 PM 16 Mar 14
I played very little this weekend due to the rugby, which was exactly what I needed. Sat was epic! - I went to the Durell Arms in Fulham to watch all 3 games with old Uni mates. England were unlucky not to get anything as they were probably the most on form team of the competition (serves them right for relying on the French). Ireland were very consistent though and a decent team so probably deserve the win! Wales on the other hand need to sort their sh** out (at least there were signs of this against Scotland). The group of death in the World Cup is going to be interesting... I played a hung over session at the Vic on the Sun. When the 2-5 game started I made a disciplined decision to remain at the 1-2, given my hangover and recent poor play. It turned out to be a good decision as I bagged £984 in profit (half from PLO and half from NLHE). The most notable hand from the 1-2 was: Hero is dealt Aspades Ks in the CO. Villain is a fish on a heater, with a stack of £2.2k. My stack is 1k as I've bought in for 50% of the biggest stack. He will call with literally any hand that he likes preflop and raise pre a very small %age of the time. Villain limps in early position, another rando limps and Hero makes it 15 from CO. A short stack on the Btn ships all in for £35 and Villain calls. The rando folds and Hero makes it £140 – Villain calls. Flop - £320 – Kc 3d 3s. Villain checks and Hero bets £100. Villain raises to 300 and Hero ships. Villain tank folds. Anyone think I should just call here? In other news, I've played a few online tournaments recently. I've bricked all but have 1 interesting hand to report: Game is the big $162 on stars and I have 28 bigs. We are 16 away from the prize pool. The Villain is a complete maniac. The very hand before this one he has 15 bigs and is UTG. He raises 3.5x with 2s 4s and a dude with 10 bigs ships on him. He snaps and knocks him out. The very next hand I'm dealt 88 UTG. I min raise and it folds around to Villain who ships for 25 bigs. I snap and he has KK - gg. Would anyone fold here? (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/mar_zps80c8ab79.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on March 26, 2014, 08:08:14 PM Now we are up to date!
Last weekend I was seeing my family so the volume I played was pretty low. However, I managed to play a few online tournies on Sat night. I made one deep run in the nightly $165, making a small profit in the session overall. On the way back to my place of work during Sun night, I made a brief stop at the 'Rainbow Casino' in Bristol. I lost £300 playing 1/1 plo & nlhe. For feedback on my experience at 'The Rainbow,' please see here - http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=63491.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=63491.0) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 01, 2014, 08:12:19 PM Yeah that was me! Where were you sitting? The game was surprisingly good, although I remember it being a lot more aggro back when it was 1/2 ROE. I lost an all in preflop with Ad Aspades 5s 2d. I turned my hand over on the flop and was like "ship it" - as I flopped top set and a flush draw! Get back into your box big lad... villain rivers a straight :( The villain had a good starting hand though so no hard feelings. I went turbo card dead after that.
I'm glad you agree with the points - I find it totally bizarre how a card room that has been there that long can still operate the way it does. The sad thing is that many other card rooms are exactly the same. It's mostly in London and Nottingham where competition has resulted in the 'survival of the fittest' where you won't notice it. Shame the thread turned into a debate about the delivery and dick swinging and not the content. I was on a course at the ‘Land Warefare Centre’ in Warminster, which was a convenient place to visit Cardiff -> Bristol from. Have you ever played in Swindon? I’ve overheard people talking about it a few times now… Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: dreenie on April 02, 2014, 04:34:45 AM Read your diary with interest, keep it up :)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: ruud on April 02, 2014, 07:39:30 AM Sounds like you play with a lot of "fish"! ;)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 02, 2014, 09:18:24 PM I got a pretty serious grind on last weekend. It began with the PKR Live in Stratford on Fri (day 1). Day 1 was quite frustrating for the most part, although it ended well! I went from 20k chips to 4k chips off the bat. I arrived at the table roughly 3 levels in after finishing work late (1500 hrs :)).
The blinds are 200 (I think) and some dude with a Grosvenor patch raises in early position to 600ish. I 3-bet in MP with A Aspades Kh to 1500 (I think) and villain cold calls from the Btn. Mr Grosvenor also calls and we see a 3 way flop. Flop comes 4d 7s Ad (I think). Mr Grosvenor checks, I bet 2.5k, villain calls from Btn and Grosvenor calls. Turn comes a Th (I think). Grosvenor checks, I bet 4k, villain calls and Grosvenor mucks. River comes a 3 (no diamond). I check/sigh call the villains 8k bet on river. He had 56 suited… Just so you know my thought process here – this guy was tighter than a ducks arse, so I discounted 56 suited preflop and all 2 pair combos. I thought he either had a set, AK or a busted flush draw. I didn’t have the Kd. Given he’s a bit of a nit, I expected him to raise the turn in a 3 way pot if he had a set, so I discounted that on the river. My dad was right, it is dangerous when I think! I play the next 4 hours or so with some discipline (I still had > 20 bigs) and manage to survive until about 1 hour from the end. Somehow, I turned that 4k into a 50k stack (which is about average) and make day 2. I went 'Dan Bilzerian' that night to celebrate and stayed in some rando 2 star hotel hole in Stratford. I didn’t get anywhere during day 2 (now a 6-maxer), just managed to tread water around average stack. I took a knock back after 3-betting some aggro lady’s UTG open. Aggro lady makes it 2x from UTG, I make it 5x with JJ in the CO. The flop came A K 9. She checks, I bet 4x and she raises to 12.5x (pretty much all in). I fold and aggro lady flips over 66. Needless to say, she tried something similar about 1 hour later and got felted. My buddy told me I should check that flop… Not long after, with about 9bbs left, I post the small blind and get dealt Jc8c. UTG (lag) min raises and btn (lag) flats. I ship (TAG) and BB re-raises all in with 20+ bigs. Lag 1 + 2 fold and I’m up against KK. GG. A couple of people I’ve spoken to say that I had no fold equity and so it was a bad play. If everyone did fold I would have doubled up (probably not much fold equity but surely a little). If 1 player called I would have tripled up. It is high variance stuff but I’m still not convinced it is as terrible as some have suggested. I’d be interested to hear peoples’ thoughts. I made my way to the Vic straight afterwards and played some 1/2 and 1/3 for the remainder of the weekend. I dodged the 2/5 due to my recent downswing. The games were great and I made 1.1k. Total profit for the weekend = £808. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/apr_zps1f47083d.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: celtic on April 02, 2014, 10:42:46 PM Tell us more about the CPR story.
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: Chompy on April 02, 2014, 11:46:45 PM Garth fan?
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: tikay on April 03, 2014, 07:02:13 AM some dude with a Grosvenor patch That was quite possibly Jeff Kimber, who is a fulltime Freddie on blonde, where he posts as Jaffa Cake. Decent sort, despite being a Geordie. http://www.gukpt.com/kimber-wins-pkr-live/ (http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/tikay2/tikay2193/JKPKR_zpsa6d8f4f0.png) (http://s1147.photobucket.com/user/tikay2/media/tikay2193/JKPKR_zpsa6d8f4f0.png.html) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 09, 2014, 08:19:04 PM Tell us more about the CPR story. An elderly gentleman collapsed (I suspect from a heart attack although I couldn't say for sure) at the Hippo one night I was playing there. A lady working security and I did what we could until the paramedics arrived, but sadly he passed away. Garth fan? Haha not really I just got brain washed whilst staying in the Encore one year as his poster was literally EVERYWHERE. It tilted me that I had no fking idea who this cowboy was! It became a bit of a joke with my group of friends.some dude with a Grosvenor patch That was quite possibly Jeff Kimber, who is a fulltime Freddie on blonde, where he posts as Jaffa Cake. Decent sort, despite being a Geordie. http://www.gukpt.com/kimber-wins-pkr-live/ (http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/tikay2/tikay2193/JKPKR_zpsa6d8f4f0.png) (http://s1147.photobucket.com/user/tikay2/media/tikay2193/JKPKR_zpsa6d8f4f0.png.html) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: tikay on April 09, 2014, 08:21:01 PM Thought so. He won it, too. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 09, 2014, 09:20:39 PM Summary:
I win the “Yellow Jersey,” which is rake free play for 24 hours at 'The Hippodrome' I play a 19 hour session I make the biggest bluff of my life I nearly get into a fight Man sits down at a 1/2 deepstack with more than £30,000 I see an actual fight Part 1 I ran a bit of a marathon last weekend, which was a mistake as I hate marathons and I’m whack at them! Fri night I played a VERY nice 1/3 game at the Vic. I couldn’t help but have a few drinks with one of the rec players and it worked in my favour as he played very softly against me! A little oiled, I managed to goad Rick the Rock into a drink – a mistake as it cost me a pony side bet! The rock bet me a pony that he’d put his £700 stack all in during the next 2 orbits. The only rule I added was that he had to be shoving on at least one player that had him covered (this was a deep game and most players did have him covered). So, with 2 hands left to go, I raise 4x in early position with 55 (stack 1200) and Rick calls from the CO. The flop comes 6 4 A. I bet 4x and the Rock shoves. GG (he had A10). Still, at least it loosened the game up! I finished the session at about 0130 hrs down £150. The next day, I wake up fresh and head back to the Vic at about midday. The 1-2 game has just started and is full! Doh. Not fancying the wait, I decide to give the Hippo a go. I sit at a short stacked 1-2 with 400. In one of my first hands, I raise from early position with 67 suited. A young guy on the Btn flats and the blinds fold. The flop comes something like KQ10 so I decide to check/fold right away. The kid turns over 6 2 off suit after betting the flop - and the rest of the table shower him with praise like he’s a total bad ass. I just sit quietly and pretend that I don’t speak English. Not long afterwards, I’m in the big blind with J8 suited and some young Irish bloke raises 3x from early position. After 4 people call, I call 2x from the BB. I flop the nuts and the flush draw. I check to Irish guy and he C-bets. Two others call and I raise small – 3x his bet. Irish guy and 1 other calls. The turn blanks and just as I’m about to bet, Irish guy says ”I’ll call whatever you bet” - I bet 40% pot, basically committing Irish guy to go all in. He gives a long speech and I sit there silently. He goes on and on and on and I say nothing. Eventually they both fold and I muck. He seems pissed off about the hand, so I let him boil. The very next hand is 1-2-100 as Irish guy goes all in. This worked out for him as he had KK and somebody called with AK. After about 10 mins listening to the Irish guy gobbing off about what a genius he is (now happy as Larry of course), I decide I’ve had enough and request a table change from the short stacked table of wizards to a deeper game. When asked by the table why I’m leaving, I reply with “because you’re all too good for me on this table.” Not much happens on the next table, but I win the “yellow jersey” and now am playing rake free for the next 24 hours (hence the marathon session). I end up playing from 1300 hrs on Sat afternoon to 0800 hrs on Sun morning. This was one of the most bizarre sessions I’ve ever played! A lot happens in a poker room over the space of a day… Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 01:46:15 PM Part 2 (of 3)
The 'Yellow Jersey' is meant to be worth over £200 if you play a long session. Some argue more. To settle this, I'll try and play a 24 hour session when I next win it and record all of my savings! I grind during the day on a great table and hover around even. I then get into a £1,000 pot (all in on the flop) against a maniac as a 60/40 favourite. He connects with his straight and I lose. I reload to £1k to cover the maniac and carry on… I make friends with a real nice bloke sitting to my right who buys me a steak and lobster dinner after feeling sorry for me losing the pot. I tell him not to but he insists! What a legend. I can’t remember your name sir, but on the off chance you read this then the next steak is on me! A really really grumpy American feller sits down and instantly pisses half the table off by moaning at everyone and everything. My new friend is taking the majority of this abuse and starts to kick back. I didn’t get involved, however, not long afterwards I win a £900 pot off Mr Grumpy and I can see the joy on my new friend's face. I buy some drinks to thank him for the dinner. The table switches to insane mode at around midnight – very deep and very aggressive. I get involved in a big pot with a flush and luckily manage to find the fold button. I’m SB with 5d 6d. It gets limped around by roughly 3 players in a straddled pot and the BB raises big – everyone calls. The flop comes Kd 9d 7c (roughly). I check, BB C-bets big into 5 players – the Btn and I call. The turn comes Td. I check, BB bets pot, Btn under raises (reasonably quickly) and I tank fold. The BB calls and the river blanks. BB has the nuts. Not long afterwards, I’m on the Btn with Jh Tc and a stack of 1.5k. In a straddled pot, there are 3 limpers and I make it 30. The straddler (Villain) makes it 75 and the limpers fold. I call. I don’t have much info on Villain, but he looks like a rec player and has 1.1k in chips. He has deep pockets as he bought in for £500 and reloaded for £1k after losing his first bullet. He thinks that I'm a nit after I revealed the flush I had folded previously. Just a reminder, this is a 1-2 deep stack (straddle = 5) The flop - £168 – Ahrt 6h 9d. Villain C-bets 55 and Hero calls. The Turn - £278 – Ahrt 6h 9d 5h. Villain bets 100 and Hero raises to 300 – Villain looks in serious pain and calls after some thought. The River - £878 – Ahrt 6h 9d 5h 2s. Villain checks and Hero shoves - £670 for Villain to call. Villain thinks for 2 mins in serious pain again. It looks as if he changes his mind 3 times, playing with his cards, then his chips and then his cards again. I feel pretty relaxed as I've had one or two beers. He looks at his girl friend (who is sitting behind her), puts his jacket on, stands up and calls. He shows Q6 off suit. GG. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: Pinchop73 on April 10, 2014, 03:16:54 PM (http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/woah.gif)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: rfgqqabc on April 10, 2014, 04:14:36 PM (http://www.tickld.com/cdn_image_thing/758483.gif)
Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 06:16:15 PM (http://www.tickld.com/cdn_image_thing/758483.gif) Thank you for your inspirational and witty reply. (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/special_zpsc0878d7a.jpg) Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 07:01:50 PM Part 3 (of 3)
It felt like a bad beat when he called the bluff, but the game was so good that I couldn’t let it bother me. I reloaded to £2k (to cover the fish) and continued. Not long afterwards, the young gobby Irish bloke I mentioned in part 1 stumbled into the card room, but now he was pissed as a fart (from this point onwards he is known as The Bell End). I invited him to join us and he told me to “fu** off” (obviously I had left an impression). My steak buddy jumped to my defence and The Bell End started gobbing off at him. I said “You’re welcome to play at this table anytime.” He lost it then and wanted to “take me outside.” The floor came over to calm him down and he was led to another table. Bell Boy must be a regular because if he was a rando then I’m sure he would have been kicked out. That was the last I heard from him that night, but I’m sure we’ll meet again some day. Sadly, the sick game we were playing came to an end at around 0400 hrs and I had failed to get out of the £1,000 hole I was in. I moved to another table after a number of deeply stacked pros joined ours. I managed to get all in pretty quickly preflop with AA for a £2,000 pot. GG, the other player also had AA! Shortly afterwards, a young guy I recognised from the Empire sat down with 2.5k. I believe he’s a pro. I can’t confirm this, but all I remember is that he’s very laggro – he is Villain for the hand below and this is one of his first hands. A loose goose opened UTG to 12, I 3-bet in MP to 35 (with 7h 8h) and the Villain 4-bet to 95 from the Btn. UTG folds and I flat. Flop - (£205) - 2h 7 8. I check and Villain checks. Turn – (£205) – 2h 7 8 Ahrt. I bet £100 and Villain raises to £250. I call. River – (£705) – 2h 7 8 Ahrt A. I check and Villain bets £500. I fold. Villain said he had a high pocket pair. Villain leaves not long afterwards and I’m about to call it a day. Until…. Tall, thin Max arrives pissed and sits down with £35k. Pissed Max playing poker is notorious around London. He lives up to his reputation and goes all in every hand for the next 30 mins - bearing in mind, the average stack at this table is £800. In his first hand, he went all in and showed 6 2 afterwards. The next hand he went all in again and the tightest player on the table called off his £1,000 stack. Max had QQ and stacked him! This continued for about 5 more hands until the bloke sitting next to Max stands up, walks around behind him and gets Max in a aggressive headlock, pulling him backwards off his chair. There are some fierce words exchanged before security come and throw them both out. I remember the bloke saying “You’re lucky someone doesn’t kill you if you keep calling people cun*s at the poker table.” When security arrives the man claims he was “teaching Max a lesson.” There must be some history between the two of them. All very strange… Anyway that marked the end of my session and I finish the day in a £1,300 hole . Lessons Learned: 1. The floor really does earn their money. If this had all happened in some dodgy club somewhere then I really don’t know what could have escalated during this session. It was like the Jeremy Kyle show meets Eastenders. 2. Don’t bluff unknowns, they are probably idiots. 3. Don’t play marathon sessions – you suck at them! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 07:05:36 PM (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/headlock_zps05f04fbd.png)
999x seen offers to "take this outside" in a poker room 1st time I've seen unarmed combat in a poker room ^ Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 07:45:21 PM A naughty midweek session on Stars
I’ve recently been playing the odd tournament on Stars to “test the waters” and see if I can maybe bink one of them. I ran deep in the ‘Big 109’ and ended up placing 13th for $800+. The prize up top was $22k. There were 4 hands worth mentioning that I can remember: 1. I 3-bet shove and double up with around 30 players left to 20bbs after my Ahrt Qd > Ahrt Kc 2. Whilst there are 15 players left, I lose/draw/win/whatever this hand with Aspades Ahrt for a “big” chip lead (so cruel): http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/8380799_2D70DBDBA1 (http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/8380799_2D70DBDBA1) 3. I have around 35bbs and I'm dealt Kh Qd in SB - we are 7 handed and the table dynamic is fast and aggressive preflop. There is lots of opening and 3 betting by 5 of the players. The BB and I have been pretty card dead and have been tight up until this point. BB has 30BBs and Villain in MP has 20BBs. Villain’s PFR %age is 20% and his fold to 3 bet %age is 0% over a sample of 75 hands. He is probably the 3rd laggiest preflop. Villain has about 100k winnings in total to his name, not sure of his profits %age. He min raises and I flat as the stack sizes are awkward for a 3-bet. Thoughts on this? BB also calls and flop comes Kd 6d 7h. I check, BB checks and Villain bets 3bbs into 8. I call and BB folds. Turn - Kd 6d 7h 2h - 14bbs in pot. I bet 7bbs and Villain shoves for 15 total - I call and he has Ad Kc. I guess preflop fold > call > 3-bet? Anyone play post flop differently assuming they call pre? 4. One orbit later, I have 12bbs in the SB and am dealt Ac Qh. CO - with roughly 40bbs min raises. He is the laggiest player with a PRF %age of 30% over 75 hands - bearing in mind that many of those hands were whilst we were 8 + 9 handed so he is opening A LOT. CO has over 1 million cashes and I'm not sure about profit. Btn - with roughly 35bbs 3-bets to 4bbs. He is the 2nd laggiest player with a PRF %age of 25% over 100 hands. His 3-bet %age is 10%, although in this spot it is likely to be quite high. Btn has over 5 million in cashes and I'm unsure of profit. He is obviously calling whatever I do - still shove with Ac Qh? I did by the way and he had Ahrt Ks to knock me out. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: rfgqqabc on April 10, 2014, 10:26:32 PM I wouldn't donk the turn with the KQ. Its quite hard to see the stack sizes and everything but it looks like just a check/shove when villain commits himself. Of course sometimes he checks back flush draws and gets there but by donking we really just prevent him from bluffing. AQ seens very standard. There would have to be a very weird dynamic or an icm spot to consider folding vs this villain imo. Enjoyed your live poker exploits, sounds like fun. The laggy villains claim of an overpair seems pretty fos though!
edit: Just seen your reaction to my .gif. I'm sorry it offended you so badly. I thought it fit in quite well with your story. You seem to have taken a strong dislike to me because I thought you'd wasted some time in the rainbow bristol thread. (cba to check but I think it was that). I don't really think I've done much to deserve your reactions but I'm quite happy to stay out of your way. Good luck. Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 10, 2014, 10:44:39 PM I wouldn't donk the turn with the KQ. Its quite hard to see the stack sizes and everything but it looks like just a check/shove when villain commits himself. Of course sometimes he checks back flush draws and gets there but by donking we really just prevent him from bluffing. AQ seens very standard. There would have to be a very weird dynamic or an icm spot to consider folding vs this villain imo. Enjoyed your live poker exploits, sounds like fun. The laggy villains claim of an overpair seems pretty fos though! edit: Just seen your reaction to my .gif. I'm sorry it offended you so badly. I thought it fit in quite well with your story. You seem to have taken a strong dislike to me because I thought you'd wasted some time in the rainbow bristol thread. (cba to check but I think it was that). I don't really think I've done much to deserve your reactions but I'm quite happy to stay out of your way. Good luck. Maybe I misunderstood - but it didn't offend me, I just wanted to kick back. I have a tendency to over react on forums (with the aim of adding some humour but in a knee jerk like style) and I have no idea why. I'm pretty calm in person so it could be all those times I wanted to lash out (but didn't) just building up tension! Please don't take anything I say on here too seriously, it's all fun and games and I never judge people from their online exploits. I wasn't aware that you commented in the Rainbow Bristol thread at the time of posting and I'm not bothered that you did so no hard feelings towards you or anyone else, from me at least. Plus, the world I've been living in for the last 4 years is one where everyone just rips into each other constantly. Strangers would wonder how we are even friends the way we speak to one another. It's a sport ;adamm; I think you are right regarding the KQ hand. If he checks behind and a diamond or J/10 come on river, do you check/call there? Regarding the over pair hand, seems strange to check the flop and get aggro on the A if he has an over pair. I didn't know what to make of that, I was just happy at folding the worst hand! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 24, 2014, 06:21:01 PM My performance at blogging has been poor recently, although the poker has been pretty good! Life is busy with work, poker, looking for a flat and Easter. My last few sessions:
(http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/pokernow_zps9cff0791.jpg) When things quieten down a little I should have more time to post HHs etc! Title: Re: The Soldier - UK Grind for life? Post by: The Soldier on April 24, 2014, 06:29:56 PM (http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad269/aj5865/asat24apr_zps95a3cdbe.jpg)
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