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Title: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Dingdell on April 22, 2006, 09:31:03 AM What can I say - after asking for advice on aggressive play I did what I was told and won the £100 freezeout at Luton last night. Played to the end, no deals, I could sense the weakness in my opponent (thanks Rob) and wasn't dealing.
The good news: The upside is I reraised (which I am dreadful at doing) and got people off monster hands against me - one guy put down queens against my A when I put him all in, and my more aggressive style meant that people thought I was at it and 2 people called my all ins with Aces...... ;D I also didn't fold when my bb was raised half as much as I normally do. My J 8 would normally have gone in the muck, I called the raise and faced a flop of J J 7, a nice check got me all his chips and an opportunity to see his A 10 which didn't perform. Another raise and I would have folded my pocket 9's (I know I am a tight player) but this time I called - I could feel the 9 on the flop and there it was. I got as much as I could from his pocket aces, and as he called my bet on the river and saw my cards he said "I knew that was what you had". I didn't ask him why he had called - I was too busy counting my chips ;D 4 handed on the final table and I cover the entire remaining players stack - I bullied and played like a person who was in control of their cards. I'm £2k better off. The bad news: I have had less than 4 hours sleep, I have a full day at the bottom clinic, and 8 hours is a long time to talk about poo..... :( Thank you everyone for your advice - it was like a door opening last night into another world of poker....... Tracey Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Heid on April 22, 2006, 09:36:27 AM Congrats Tracey!!
Fantastic news.. now I just need to be brave enough to do that! Don't think of it as 8 hours of poo - more like 8 hours til you can get home have a kip then go and play some more! Really well done :) Heid xx Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Dewi_cool on April 22, 2006, 09:39:55 AM ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: :respect: very well done
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Dingdell on April 22, 2006, 10:11:11 AM Congrats Tracey!! Fantastic news.. now I just need to be brave enough to do that! Don't think of it as 8 hours of poo - more like 8 hours til you can get home have a kip then go and play some more! Really well done :) Heid xx It was so wierd - I sat in the car in the luton car park before I went in and said I want to win this and I am going to win it. When I started to drift off during the game I pulled myself back into the game by repeating it again. very strange but effective! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: tikay on April 22, 2006, 10:13:48 AM Excellent! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Tonji on April 22, 2006, 10:48:02 AM Well Done Dingdell, hope theres many more.
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: TightEnd on April 22, 2006, 11:09:47 AM Fantastic news :D Well done
PM me the name of your opponent, will add it to my player notes! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Royal Flush on April 22, 2006, 11:54:41 AM CLASS!
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: RED-DOG on April 22, 2006, 12:12:31 PM Well done Trace!
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: moritzey on April 22, 2006, 12:13:07 PM ;applause; :respect: ;applause;
Well done! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: charmaine on April 22, 2006, 12:30:02 PM Thats fantastic news Tracey !!!! , very very well done
;applause; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: :respect: ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: The_nun on April 22, 2006, 12:37:29 PM What they all said...xxxx
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Wardonkey on April 22, 2006, 12:59:38 PM ;applause; Well done Tracy! ;applause;
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Dingdell on April 22, 2006, 01:02:45 PM I have to admit I'm chuffed - it's been a bit of a dry spell - but the lube has arrived and I'm off!
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: RED-DOG on April 22, 2006, 01:07:10 PM So, Walsall tonight Trace? Shoud be a good crowd
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Dingdell on April 22, 2006, 01:12:17 PM So, Walsall tonight Trace? Shoud be a good crowd OK - just queue up to take my money! Actually I would love to but my Dad is coming to lunch tomorrow - and although in a 2 day comp that shouldn't really worry me (!) I would like to think I could come back! All Love to Mrs Red :D Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: matt674 on April 22, 2006, 01:15:21 PM It sounds like the books arent necessary after all, sounds like you knew how to be aggresive after all but as it is something that doesnt come natural to you it is something you have to keep "forcing" yourself to do. All yesterdays advice helped give you the confidence to do that!
Continually practicing over and over again will lead to you being more confident and in time it will become second nature :) Congrats, hopefully the first of many - and then you can pay for that WSOP seat direct ;) ;applause; :respect: ;applause; Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: RED-DOG on April 22, 2006, 01:19:45 PM So, Walsall tonight Trace? Shoud be a good crowd OK - just queue up to take my money! Actually I would love to but my Dad is coming to lunch tomorrow - and although in a 2 day comp that shouldn't really worry me (!) I would like to think I could come back! All Love to Mrs Red :D You know what I like about you Trace? Everything! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Robert HM on April 22, 2006, 04:45:36 PM Congrats T
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Pokerron on April 22, 2006, 09:24:14 PM I came on here tonight hoping to read you had done well, so well done Tracey, when I was Ko'd (a lucky 13th for me ;)) you seemed to be top 3 in chips, so I'm delighted you managed to bring it home from there, well done ;cheerleader;.
If you come on Thursday, please don't have a word with yourself in the 'car park' before you come in! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Chili on April 22, 2006, 09:41:03 PM Well done Dingdell! Delighted for you. Its only higher and higher from now on.
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: bobby1 on April 22, 2006, 09:49:39 PM Well played Dingdell. How many runners were there last night as I am thinking of playing the comp next week?
Thanks Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: Pokerron on April 22, 2006, 10:46:50 PM 50 runners last night.
Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: 12barblues on April 27, 2006, 04:15:09 AM it is something that doesnt come natural to you it is something you have to keep "forcing" yourself to do. All yesterdays advice helped give you the confidence to do that! Continually practicing over and over again will lead to you being more confident and in time it will become second nature :) ;applause; :respect: ;applause; Matt hits the nail on the the head again...............and congrats! Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: maldini32 on April 27, 2006, 05:48:26 AM well done tracy...by the sound of it you played very very well!! nice meetin u at brighton too.
;tightend; Title: Re: Thanks to blonde advice I won........ Post by: thetank on April 27, 2006, 09:09:53 AM The phrase......
Audentes fortuna iuvat. Fortune favours the brave. rings very true in Poker. Well done Dingdell ;applause; |