Lamb bhuna, saag aloo, special rice and a naan. Delightful!

Haha interesting! Will have to have a word with him about folding the chop hand!

Yesterday was quite tilting. Ran super hot at the start and then just fizzled out and got a bit screwed by coolers and variance...



Still $1+ per hand isn't too bad! So not complaining

Btw, have you played much with jak_paist0r or LckingLab14 in the 500 zoom games? Anything interesting about either of them, you're willing to share if so?

Both Finnish guys, and good friends of mine

Today started off with leftover Indian takeaway for breakfast, and I'm now tucking into a bowl of porridge for dinner #pokerplayerproblems

We need to give you a name

Heads up Harry?

I'm happy with Big Rog

Obv!

Hmm depends who I'm with but if heads up with a good mate we share a full chicken platter, sometimes get something on the side like a pitta too if really hungry.

Have got the whole chicken platter to myself a few times, but it's way too much food.

Also, I like it HOT 

I know the kinda guy.

Maybe you can take this line for value and the c/f river vs such a nit? He's probably not calling with worse, and probably isn't turning sets etc into a bluff without a blocker like . I'd need some kinda stats to try and work out if you can profitable jam or c/c this river, but vs nitty bumhunter c/f can't be bad.

Still cold tho, ul

Fwiw I'm not into posting a load of brag hands, more stuff to learn from. That particular hand was bugging me, so felt good to get it off my chest.

The hand above is pretty horrible without a lot of history on villain, and I thought I'd established the check back turn strong dynamic with him enough that I can rep flushes.

Way too much FPS tho

Tyty!

Really swingy day today. Ran about 8bi below EV but still managed to a small win.

Really happy with how I've been playing this year after a long break over Xmas. Having said that, one particular hand I played the other day is tilting me to fk. Basically FPS syndrome vs another good regular. Had set up the dynamic where I'd checked back some strong hands on the turn (to disguise my range and get called a little lighter, make myself harder to play etc.) But in reality, I think it's bad vs this opponent, he wasn't quite on the level I was thinking at and just absolutely snapped with one of the hands near the top of his range...


BB: $3,412.50 (341.3 bb)
Hero (SB): $1,000 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with
Hero raises to $25, BB calls $15

Flop: ($50) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $40, BB calls $40

Turn: ($130) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($130) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $100, BB raises to $370, Hero raises to $935 and is all-in, BB calls $565

Results: $2,000 pot ($1 rake)
Final Board:
BB showed and won $1,999 ($999 net)
Hero mucked and lost (-$1,000 net)


Ugly

Would be fun if you won deauville next week and came back and said you busted, just to keep your anonymity.

I will be doing my best to win

Here's a deal. If I make the final, I'll 'out' myself on here for the railbirds. Slightly wishful thinking but let's see!

Better yet, if you make the final, out yourself for the one hour or whatever it is where you can edit a post, then delete the post. Make it so your hard core fans know who you are, but the casuals have no clue.

Or do a sweepstake and PM 3 random people your name, but nobody else.

I for one think its cool you are being anonymous.

Interesting idea. Lets hope we can put it into fruition!

TY for the nice comments

Would be fun if you won deauville next week and came back and said you busted, just to keep your anonymity.

I will be doing my best to win

Here's a deal. If I make the final, I'll 'out' myself on here for the railbirds. Slightly wishful thinking but let's see!

how bad is btn'ing/griming etc as a majority HU NL player?

Yeah it's incredibly frustrating. As KoTH has been implemented on some sites you get grimmed/buttoned a lot when you join tables to play/steal them. I probably played like 200 extra BBs or something last year because of it. Might not sound a lot, but still annoying.

I never ever grim myself intentionally, and if someone joins me I try to play 2 hands.

In live mtts would you ever A) limp the button, B) Limp the small blind. I've started to do both a little bit in certain spots but its obviously impossible to work out at the table and only experiencing x situations.

With regards to the anon thing, I think its fine to post here as anon. Dan Carter posted acknowledging he knows the guy, so that makes it fine as we know he isn't fraudulent or w/e.

I had a weird spot to do with screen names and the like recently. In Edinburgh a mate shouted across from a table over asking me my stars name as he couldn't quite remember it. I shouted it over and the Czech guy next to me perked up. "Is that your screen name or a friends?" he said. I replied saying it was mine and he told me we'd played a lot. I asked him if he played hi/lo and he said no but we've played a bunch. I ask him his name and he just smirks and turned back to play. Felt pretty brutal!

I've been sitting in ~ 5/10 PLO8 games lately to see what I can get started. How long should I play for if a good regular sits? Say its someone who I've not quit before but I dont want to play them this high or w.e. What if he has previously sat me that night/week/month? Instaquit or play 5-10 hands? I got sat last night by someone I wouldn't really want to play and we played 30 mins or so and then he went for a break, but I didn't stay seated after that as I didn't really want to play him. (And the games run very infrequently anyway)

Interesting questions!

A) I haven't employed a limping strategy in any live MTTs I've played but it's certainly something I've thought about. I'm mainly worried about balancing it well vs stack sizes. Stuff like will my range be capped to the bottom 30% of hands when I limp the button vs 40+BB stacks in the blinds because I 'should' be raising the good hands. 

One very very good thing about limping is the price you get. Only risking 1bb to win 1.5bb + ANTES and IP for the rest of the hand. Plus if you feel very comfortable in your postflop game, you should have a decent edge vs most MTT players (who are generally stronger preflop) on turns and rivers.

B) Absolutely yes. This is much easier to balance too IMO. If you watch a lot of the HS cash games now a lot of guys are limping their entire range from SB. I guess it depends a lot on stack sizes and opponent in the BB... Are they going to defend extremely wide IP with just about any 2 if we open light? Are they folding too much if we raise? Are we superior postflop? Are they shallow enough that we can limp/jam our value hands etc.

With regards to the PLO8 reg..
1) You are not entitled to play anyone that you don't want to. When you're feeling good, fresh and your game is sharp - take on tougher players... You will learn a hell of a lot quicker than playing some random fish. You could also agree to play slightly lower if you feel more comfortable at a smaller stake.
2) Think about if you were in the position of that reg. He doesn't want to be Hit and ran, grimmed etc. So try and have some etiquette. If you are winning, I think giving 5-10 mins notice of leaving is pretty common and appreciated by the villain. If you're losing, leave when u want.

Obviously these are not set in stone, just try and have some common sense.

hands! graphs! brags! horrible beats!

Give the fans what they want!

I kinda got a bit annoyed at this thread:  http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=63077.0

Why does it matter if I want to remain anonymous or not? It's not like you'll go 'AHHHH IT'S HIM' when I tell you anyway, I'm an unknown! Also, as a newcomer to a forum, I literally know who no one is anyway. It's not like everyone has their IRL name as their account name.

Anyway.. bad couple of days results wise, but generally really happy with how I've been playing. Might post some HHs later this week, nothing too exciting been happening.

Went to watch my beloved Everton away at West Brom tonight. We were really really poor, and Lukaku in particular looked like he couldn't be bothered. Hope it's not the sign of things to come...