Scottish Dave's Bankroll Experiment

[Sark79]

Have you tried the other STT games?   Omaha, etc

[Ginger]

Hope yours is going better than mine today Dave, I've just managed to bubble in all 4 of mine, within 15mins lol... Grrrr   

[Sark79]

Check out the FullTilt ( I don't play there ) site.  There is a podcast with Chris Ferguson.  He talks about how he turned $1 into $20,000 online.  He lost his first dollar at the first attempt,  this comment made me laugh  " Once I got to around $10, I knew that I wouldn't go broke from that point on ".   lol,  even if I had five thousand times that amount, I would still be sure that it would happen. The life of a poker fish compared to the life of Jesus. 

It was an experiment on Fulltilt to explain proper BR management.  It is worth a look

[Scottish Dave]

Hope yours is going better than mine today Dave, I've just managed to bubble in all 4 of mine, within 15mins lol... Grrrr   

Hi Ginge sorry but i havent played all day, been out on the piss, its hard to get out with Emily being born......well i say that, but she is 10 days old and already ive had 5 days out on the piss so far....im absolutely pished as i type this message!... great being a dad, even better being drunk after being off the bevvy for 6 weeks

[Graham C]

lol    These days will settle down soon Dave, make the most of them

Keep us posted with the results though

[GlasgowBandit]

giving this a bash myself playing 4 x $10 STT's on Blue Square - trying the extended ones.

First one was going well i bubbled having built p a stack of around 3.8 k i am in the BB and get to see a flop with my  9 6 off flop came with T 8 9 with two hearts the loosest of the 4 players left best 1000 on the flop I put him on a flush draw and he calls after i go OTT next card to hits a 7 given me straight but just like Dave's luck the 3 of hearts hit the river.  The geezer showed i don't dispute his bet on flop with flush draw and top pair but why you calling with that in the first place??

The 2nd game was over after 5 hands again playing the way i try to play all STT's very similar to the advice that Wardonkey had given theer is a nut to my left who had raised all in 3 out the first 4 hands I find QQ and i was UTG + 2 folds round and i raised to 160 (4 x BB) the guy who had ben going all in does so againg I insta call as I thought hehad to be at it only this time he has pocket rockets I felt sick as a parrot.

On my 3rd game just now not seen any premium hands yet but i limped with flopp a full house and managed to almost double up with it.

I'll let you all know how i fair.

[Royal Flush]

First one was going well i bubbled having built p a stack of around 3.8 k i am in the BB and get to see a flop with my  9 6 off flop came with T 8 9 with two hearts the loosest of the 4 players left best 1000 on the flop I put him on a flush draw and he calls after i go OTT next card to hits a 7 given me straight but just like Dave's luck the 3 of hearts hit the river.  The geezer showed i don't dispute his bet on flop with flush draw and top pair but why you calling with that in the first place??

Your in an extended SNG do the blinds are not too hight, the guy is in the small blind, he has you out chipped, you are willing to stack off with 2nd pair on the bubble, why should he not be limping in?

[GlasgowBandit]

Ooops 3rd game update.

In the BB and get and 2 callers flop comes down as 7 7 3 SB checks I bet 300 matey to my left  SB comes OTT for another 800 i think he  might have the 7 and think i am in front and i flat call turn looked innocuous with a so i bet the pot and he goes all in he has me covered by a few hundred chips so i call and he has pocket 7's!!

so 3 games gone no cashes bubbled twice!  knocked out in the other one first I now need to win this 4th and final one to break even.

[GlasgowBandit]

First one was going well i bubbled having built p a stack of around 3.8 k i am in the BB and get to see a flop with my  9 6 off flop came with T 8 9 with two hearts the loosest of the 4 players left best 1000 on the flop I put him on a flush draw and he calls after i go OTT next card to hits a 7 given me straight but just like Dave's luck the 3 of hearts hit the river.  The geezer showed i don't dispute his bet on flop with flush draw and top pair but why you calling with that in the first place??

Your in an extended SNG do the blinds are not too hight, the guy is in the small blind, he has you out chipped, you are willing to stack off with 2nd pair on the bubble, why should he not be limping in?

1 he wasn't small blind
2 he had me outchipped by around a 100 or so.
3 blinds are 200/400 - i reckon its silly to pay 400 to see a flop with T 5

[Royal Flush]

1 he wasn't small blind

So you check raised all in with 2nd pair then?

[GlasgowBandit]

First one was going well i bubbled having built p a stack of around 3.8 k i am in the BB and get to see a flop with my  9 6 off flop came with T 8 9 with two hearts the loosest of the 4 players left best 1000 on the flop I put him on a flush draw and he calls after i go OTT next card to hits a 7 given me straight but just like Dave's luck the 3 of hearts hit the river.  The geezer showed i don't dispute his bet on flop with flush draw and top pair but why you calling with that in the first place??

Your in an extended SNG do the blinds are not too hight, the guy is in the small blind, he has you out chipped, you are willing to stack off with 2nd pair on the bubble, why should he not be limping in?

the reason i push is i though he had  a draw and i don't think he calls unless - but the fact he has top pair makes this decision easier for him.

[GlasgowBandit]

1 he wasn't small blind

So you check raised all in with 2nd pair then?

Clearly thats not the brightest decision i have made but at the time i thought my pair of 9's where good 

[Royal Flush]

A lot of draws are destroying you on that board though, and he might not have a draw. That board is made hand heaven, 3 running cards. Any hand fastplays that board.

Assuming he does have a draw though a combo draw is highly likely (str8+fd) throw in the pair+draw hands and the only draw you are really that great against is the 2 unders fd. And the Ax fd where he is only on 12 outs. Surely against a lose player you can find a better spot!

I am by no means a STT specialist but i am pretty sure War/Tank etc would advise against marginal decisions on the bubble.

[Sark79]

I tried this today.  I played six £5 STT on Betfair.  Did ok and finnished up at the end of the session.  The problem is I hate STT, it is the only style of poker that I don't enjoy.   I am going to stick with it though as I feel it will be good for growing my BR on Betfair.

[Scottish Dave]

Have you tried the other STT games?   Omaha, etc

yes but, cant make any money out of it yet, havent read enough of the Omaha basics either, plus i can only single table when Omaha'ing