Staking for PLO cash on blonde - Part II ($0.50/1)

[GreekStein]

The bet I had in mind meant several ppl could take action...

Go on then Cos set a line.

I was thinking 65k hands?

[T_Mar]

I reckon you'd do 65k pretty easily tbh cos!

[GreekStein]

I reckon you'd do 65k pretty easily tbh cos!

Why though?

I feel I grind pretty hard now tbh....when I found out I haven't played more than 17k hands in the last 6 months it really surprised me.

[Longy]

You got much time off in December, with Christmas and all that?

65k seems a lot to me, but not sure I want to bet on it as you will spite grind on me.

[GreekStein]

You got much time off in December, with Christmas and all that?

65k seems a lot to me, but not sure I want to bet on it as you will spite grind on me.

Not for December as I do have 10 days off over xmas but I don't wanna do the bet for then. Prob be January.

[T_Mar]

I reckon you'd do 65k pretty easily tbh cos!

Why though?

I feel I grind pretty hard now tbh....when I found out I haven't played more than 17k hands in the last 6 months it really surprised me.

My maths might be wrong but worked out 8 tables 3.5 hours a day (average) would do it comfortably - ok not saying its 'easy' to keep going for full month but sure a sick puppy like yourself could manage this if there was $$ on the table    ....or  i wouldn't bet against you at any rate

[T_Mar]

I'm presuming you play that many tables... seem to remember reading something you wrote about playng this many... maybe have that wrong?!

[StuartHopkin]

You got much time off in December, with Christmas and all that?

65k seems a lot to me, but not sure I want to bet on it as you will spite grind on me.

I wouldnt like to hear about this if it happened.

Cos says: Hey StuBop guess what I did last night
Stu says: No idea mate had a few beers, binked some poker
Cos says: You know I only drink girls drinks and anyway i spite grinded all up on Longy

[GreekStein]

You got much time off in December, with Christmas and all that?

65k seems a lot to me, but not sure I want to bet on it as you will spite grind on me.

I wouldnt like to hear about this if it happened.

Cos says: Hey StuBop guess what I did last night
Stu says: No idea mate had a few beers, binked some poker
Cos says: You know I only drink girls drinks and anyway i spite grinded all up on Longy

hey only I do the fake msn convos and present them as real tyvm

[Longy]

You got much time off in December, with Christmas and all that?

65k seems a lot to me, but not sure I want to bet on it as you will spite grind on me.

I wouldnt like to hear about this if it happened.

Cos says: Hey StuBop guess what I did last night
Stu says: No idea mate had a few beers, binked some poker
Cos says: You know I only drink girls drinks and anyway i spite grinded all up on Longy

I don't even get it, surely he isn't spite grinding until Jan.

[GreekStein]

This month has started terribly, made a few horrible hero calls that cost me.

Sometimes I level myself and give opponents credit for being more creative than they are.

It's an annoying habit that I somehow need to get out of, I seem to start every month losing before I dig in and grind out of it.

Will be likely taking a few days off until the weekend now.

Also, Neil and George, can you pm me your blonde usernames?

[gatso]

don't think this has been posted yet which is a shame as you deserve recognition for the great work you're doing supporting our brave soldiers

[GreekStein]

FML what a weekend.

Saturday began with me making a deposit to play some small MTTs on my own dime. I think I played 7 in total, including one satellite for the $50k GTD.

I busted the first 2 within about 30 mins playing like a complete dick. After a bit of a word with myself I regged for some more.

I won the $20 deepstack for $700 and came 2nd in a small PLO MTT for about $500 and change and then later in the evening won the $5r for $2.4k and change.

I had also ammassed a stack in the 50k GTD and was never in danger. I was one-tabling by this point and checking the lobby but 12 left was taking a while - this comp strangely has no antes at any point. On my 6-handed table it passed round to the button who opened just as the table merged into one, meaning we were on the final and two had gone from the other table. I moved all in with AQhh and my opponent tanked. The longer he took the more confident I was, thinking he's either got AJ/A10 or a pair like 77/88. As his time almost ran out he made the brave call with AK green. FML. Went from 4th to 10th in a hand and exited in 9th for $1k.

Over the course of Saturday night and I did manage to iron it back out for a weekend total of -$200.

Sexy time.

Had a session on the stake last night and finally began winning which obviously didn't really last long. I was up 6 BI at peak and finished up $52 in the end.

I did something rare though and reviewed every hand from the session and made some general notes which probably explains why I've had the worst month in terms of buy ins I've ever had so far. I'm 100% I'll get back to even but it will probably take me until into Jan to do so which is obviously pretty annoying.

Anyway my notes were:

3-bet pots:

3-betting too many hands. Peel in pos with AKJx type hands more. 3-betting with run downs etc I'm still doing well but I've widened my 3-bet range way too much.

3-bet sizing is sloppy. It seems I'm just hitting 'pot' rather than 3-balling small. Normally I 3-bet to like $9 after someone opens to $3.50 but I've been potting to like $12 all the time. Takes away a bit of my edge post I think.

Playing way too many double suited hands. Start folding these dickface!

Playing too many hands from UTG.

[T_Mar]

You bink 2 tourns and 2nd in another for about 4k and then do the lot the next day?? I thought I was loose with my cash, but am starting to feel a whole lot better about myself!!!... that is ridic mate, surely you got to just stick to the stake for your own sanity?!

[GreekStein]

You bink 2 tourns and 2nd in another for about 4k and then do the lot the next day?? I thought I was loose with my cash, but am starting to feel a whole lot better about myself!!!... that is ridic mate, surely you got to just stick to the stake for your own sanity?!

Meh I've had more spins from bowls this year between £2k and £4k and subsequent spin downs that I can count.

Once I'm out of live and online makeup I'm gonna give things a good re-think about what I want from poker.