My mission has failed

[MrsLime]

It was one of those nights that no matter what hand I played I just could not win cause some muppet called with rubbish and hit.

Newsflash: pot calls kettle black.

[suzanne]

It was one of those nights that no matter what hand I played I just could not win cause some muppet called with rubbish and hit.

Newsflash: pot calls kettle black.

Very helpful 

New mission is going okay so far

$1 9 seat (128 hands would you believe) 1st  $4.50
$2 9 seat                                            2nd  $5.40
$1 2 seat                                            won  $2

Next step was a bit tricky coz with $11+ I should have tried a $3 but I bloody hate the $3 now.......so .......$2 again or a $5 mmmmmm.....sod it ...go for a $5

$5 9 seat                                            2nd $13.50    v  ....had to be done.

So im up to $19

Going steady 

[suzanne]

Slight set back

$5 - NL - 9 Seats 12359864-42 Holdem No Limit 150/300
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Hand Start.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Seat 1 : newsuper has $5,190
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Seat 2 : MissHoolie has $1,560
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Seat 6 : Howcroft has $6,430
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Seat 9 : Teflon_Don has $4,820
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Teflon_Don is the dealer.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : newsuper posted small blind.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : MissHoolie posted big blind.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Game [42] started with 4 players.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Oct 15 03:23:12] : Seat 2 : MissHoolie has
[Oct 15 03:23:15] : Howcroft folded.
[Oct 15 03:23:16] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 4 min. 
[Oct 15 03:23:17] : Teflon_Don folded.
[Oct 15 03:23:23] : newsuper called 150 and raised 300
[Oct 15 03:23:26] : MissHoolie called 300 and raised 960 and is All-in
[Oct 15 03:23:28] : newsuper called 960
[Oct 15 03:23:29] : Showdown!
[Oct 15 03:23:29] : Seat 2 : MissHoolie has
[Oct 15 03:23:31] : Seat 1 : newsuper has
[Oct 15 03:23:31] : Seat 2 : MissHoolie has
[Oct 15 03:24:08] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 3 min. 
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : Board cards [ ]
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : Seat 2 : MissHoolie has
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : MissHoolie has High Card : Ace
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : Seat 1 : newsuper has
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : newsuper has Pair: 10s
[Oct 15 03:24:14] : newsuper wins 3,120 with Pair: 10
[Oct 15 03:24:23] : Hand is over.

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

[Wardonkey]

Good luck Suze!

[suzanne]

ty 

[MrsLime]

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

I'm not sure $5 STTs are the best, quickest, most fun, or least frustrating way of spinning $13 into $31.50.  How about blackjack, $4 per hand?

[Poppet7]

Good Luck Suzanne

[suzanne]

Latest update

Took a risk with the $5 and lost..was back down to $8 and to be honest I though b*****cks im not going back to the $1

Sat at the next $5 and WON!!!

On $25 now

Another dilemma...my aim here is to play the rebuy tomorrow..I have the buy in and the top up but I like to top up early doors and play it like a freeze out.

Ok decided to play safe and go for a $2...it will give me enough if I win and if I dont then I still have entry and add on..not ideal but kids r gonna be waking up soon lol

[suzanne]

Lost the $2 so back down to $23

To be honest I would not like to go near the $1k without at least a top up and a rebuy.

Hope I can make up the difference tomorrow but I have a major problem here.

This is a "new" game and has not too many players, I know and have played most of them for some time now which gives me a bit of an advantage but I know I cant play as I would want to without the funds to back me up.

Im up $20 so im going to bed happy...see you all in the $1k tomorrow

[suzanne]

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

I'm not sure $5 STTs are the best, quickest, most fun, or least frustrating way of spinning $13 into $31.50.  How about blackjack, $4 per hand?

Im guessing by your comments that you are a good card player and hopefully one day I will be able to give out the same advice but im sure I will be a little more tactful.

The joy of blonde is that I ...as a single parent with no life..can play with some of the best players in the country at a minimal fee and more important LEARN

[MrsLime]

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

I'm not sure $5 STTs are the best, quickest, most fun, or least frustrating way of spinning $13 into $31.50.  How about blackjack, $4 per hand?

Im guessing by your comments that you are a good card player and hopefully one day I will be able to give out the same advice but im sure I will be a little more tactful.

The joy of blonde is that I ...as a single parent with no life..can play with some of the best players in the country at a minimal fee and more important LEARN

Don't really see how tact comes into it.  I wasn't suggesting that you are so crap that you should give up poker.  The best STT players in the world (ie the ones who play perfect poker) will often lose ten (or more) STTs in a row, due to something called variance.  It is the same as if I flip a coin five times, I might get five heads in a row, but that doesn't mean that the coin isn't fair.  At $5 STTs, you can easily lose $50 without really doing anything wrong.  (Of course, the converse also applies, and you can also win $50 without really doing anything right.)

Going back to the coin analogy, suppose I am playing 'heads or tails' with you for $5/flip.  Let's suppose that the coin is weighted 60/40 to your advantage.  (This represents your skill over mine in an STT.)  If we both start with $10,000, then eventually you will certainly win all of my money.  However, if I start with $10,000 and you start with, say, $13, then the problem is that you might be unfortunate enough to start off on a losing run of three flips, and then you are bankrupt.  I am certainly not going to loan you any money, so by going bankrupt you have ruined your chances of winning my $10,000.

It would be more sensible to negotiate with me so that we start off playing for $0.50/flip.  Then when you have got up to $25, we can play for $1/flip, etc.  In this way, you always have a cushion to take the inevitable losing streaks (which will occur, regardless of your skill level), and you are almost guaranteed to win my $10,000.

Anyway, you probably know this already.  Unfortunately, your bankroll of $13 cannot sustain playing $5 STTs.  It is certainly not impossible to get to $31.50, far from it.  But it is basically completely random whether you succeed or not.  Other posters have pretty much made the exact same point.

If you want to spin up your $13 by playing $5 STT, then go ahead and have fun -- who am I to rain on your parade.

However if, as you claim, you want to improve your game, then you are going about it the completely wrong way and you are ignoring good advice (if not from me, then certainly from other forum posters).

[tantrum]

I couldn't agree more with MrsLime.

[madasahatstand]

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

I'm not sure $5 STTs are the best, quickest, most fun, or least frustrating way of spinning $13 into $31.50.  How about blackjack, $4 per hand?

Im guessing by your comments that you are a good card player and hopefully one day I will be able to give out the same advice but im sure I will be a little more tactful.

The joy of blonde is that I ...as a single parent with no life..can play with some of the best players in the country at a minimal fee and more important LEARN

Don't really see how tact comes into it. 

maybe you dont but tact is a part of most folks everyday life. when tact is used, people listen. when its not, people can become defensive or offended. i think one of the principles of the blonde forum is  tact and it allows people to be open about their weakness without fear of critisism.

[suzanne]

Back down to $13 weeeeeeep

To make my target im gonna have to stick with the $5....wish me luck!!

I'm not sure $5 STTs are the best, quickest, most fun, or least frustrating way of spinning $13 into $31.50.  How about blackjack, $4 per hand?

Im guessing by your comments that you are a good card player and hopefully one day I will be able to give out the same advice but im sure I will be a little more tactful.

The joy of blonde is that I ...as a single parent with no life..can play with some of the best players in the country at a minimal fee and more important LEARN

Don't really see how tact comes into it.  I wasn't suggesting that you are so crap that you should give up poker.  The best STT players in the world (ie the ones who play perfect poker) will often lose ten (or more) STTs in a row, due to something called variance.  It is the same as if I flip a coin five times, I might get five heads in a row, but that doesn't mean that the coin isn't fair.  At $5 STTs, you can easily lose $50 without really doing anything wrong.  (Of course, the converse also applies, and you can also win $50 without really doing anything right.)

Going back to the coin analogy, suppose I am playing 'heads or tails' with you for $5/flip.  Let's suppose that the coin is weighted 60/40 to your advantage.  (This represents your skill over mine in an STT.)  If we both start with $10,000, then eventually you will certainly win all of my money.  However, if I start with $10,000 and you start with, say, $13, then the problem is that you might be unfortunate enough to start off on a losing run of three flips, and then you are bankrupt.  I am certainly not going to loan you any money, so by going bankrupt you have ruined your chances of winning my $10,000.

It would be more sensible to negotiate with me so that we start off playing for $0.50/flip.  Then when you have got up to $25, we can play for $1/flip, etc.  In this way, you always have a cushion to take the inevitable losing streaks (which will occur, regardless of your skill level), and you are almost guaranteed to win my $10,000.

Anyway, you probably know this already.  Unfortunately, your bankroll of $13 cannot sustain playing $5 STTs.  It is certainly not impossible to get to $31.50, far from it.  But it is basically completely random whether you succeed or not.  Other posters have pretty much made the exact same point.

If you want to spin up your $13 by playing $5 STT, then go ahead and have fun -- who am I to rain on your parade.

However if, as you claim, you want to improve your game, then you are going about it the completely wrong way and you are ignoring good advice (if not from me, then certainly from other forum posters).

  and thank you for taking the time to reply.

The reason why I jumped up to the $5 stts is because this is where I normally play and I have the advantage of knowing many of the players and have notes on loads of them. The standard of play in general tends to be better and so I feel more comfortable playing there.

Also as I pointed out my goal was to reach $31.50, as I only play 1 table at a time I would have to win all the $1 games to reach that goal by tonight which is highly unlikely.

Anyway as last night is the first time in ages that I have been in profit I have decided to change my mind. It would be foolish to play the $1k with a rock bottom bankroll so I will give it a miss and will grind out the $1/2 stts till I have at least a three figure sum.

Thanks to all who gave advice.

Anyway

[bhoywonder]

suz

i have seen you play a lot here

i think the problem right now lies with a combination of bankroll and confidence

get these 2 lil pearls up a notch or 2 and your a match for anybody


i would stake you if i had the funds

seriously