Monday evening I log onto Blonde to have my daily fix of the forum. I click on the Mansion thread and OMG my name has been picked in the weekly draw WOOOHOOO.
Now to be honest I have been getting very disillusioned with poker especially since tribeca has gone. My bankroll has been dwindling away slow but sure and I had come to the conclusion that I wasn’t good enough to be a profitable player but that’s okay, not everyone is going to hack it and im cool just ticking along and playing for fun.
SO …here is my chance to play with the big boys and for FREE. Time to get those Dave Colclough CDs out that I had been meaning to listen to.
Armed with a few tips I am sat in front of my PC on Tuesday night for the first game. My stomach is in knots and I’m giving myself the “you can do it, you can win this” pep talk. My game plan is to sit tight, play premium hands, target a couple of fish, no heroics, just plain ABC poker and where could I go wrong.
All is going to plan when the inevitable double or bust hand comes along. I am UTG with QQ and raise 4xBB preflop and find 4 callers, too many for my liking. Flop comes down 676 which is not bad. I put a sizable raise in hoping to take down the pot, matey 1 folds as does matey 2 but matey 3 goes allin…OOPS. I have got to be behind but ive got him covered so “lets see what you have”…..wait for it …did he have AA no, did he have KK no….he had 67 O/S FFS. Luckily a Q on the turn sent him packing but calling a raise with 67os what is THAT about!!! Didn’t make the money that night but I played reasonably well and was quite happy with the way I played.
Thursday night second attempt was a complete nightmare. Half the field was disconnected several times for the first 3 levels, half my chips were lost on the blinds and raising a pot then being kicked off the table mid hand BOOO. No monsters when I finally get back on and its an early night for me.
Saturday night I was more relaxed and was doing great until I went completely card dead, a couple of steals went wrong and im left with an average stack with only 100ish runners left, payout is 63. My cards didn’t improve so I kinda folded my way into the money.
Tonight was my final attempt to win some big bucks but unfortunately my AK suited was no match against the mighty 77 and it was a very early exit.
Results are Tuesday 208/630
Thursday 257/581
Saturday 57/547 $200
Sunday 493/727
What have I learnt?
Well I know now that if I had a bigger bankroll I would feel quite comfortable playing this game on a regular basis. My results weren’t great but I didn’t feel out of my depth which I expected to TBH. There are just as many fish in a $100 as a $10 surprisingly.
I like the software on Mansion, its simple and straightforward though I did find the “dong” sound rather annoying.
I have learnt to play a bit more aggressively thanks to DC cds and also to a very kind blonde who watched my entire first game without my knowledge and then gave me a few tips on where I could improve. One piece of advise is the best I have ever had and helped me a lot. THANK YOU XX
Most important my love for the game has been revived, I feel I have improved my game this week and I haven’t felt that for a long time, who knows with the $200 I won giving me 2 more entries I might hit the jackpot yet.
Thanks Blonde and Mansion
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