Prose from a Poshboy

[cambridgealex]

A rare online poker session last night! Well, if playing 6 tournaments counts as a session.

And it was a successful one! Against all odds, I actually cashed in something on pokerstars. I made day 2 of the SCOOP sunday million with 700k going back to 7k/14k with about 300 hopefuls left.

I wouldn't call it a goal or dream, since I play about 4 days a year and don't really care, but to become a lifetime winning player on pokerstars, and to get a decent cash on there would feel great. I'll need a top 6 finish though

It's interesting, the sample sizes are so small and how successful you are early on in each discipline can have a massive influence on your future. Maybe in an alternate universe I would've ran good online in my first couple years as a pro instead of live and I would've focussed on that instead. Then maybe I'd be one of these guys who check their pocket ranking, live for SCOOP and WCOOP and complain on 2p2 about rake increases In this universe I live for EPTs, Vegas and big hyped up live cash games. But it'd be nice to get out of a large lifetime hole in one foul swoop and be able to say (even though it'd be completely meaningless) that I'd done that.

[cambridgealex]

Sacrificing table space for roast space. Sacrificing potato space for extra yorkshire pudding space. GTO.

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[cambridgealex]

Had a great start, 2m at 10k/20k, 9/150left.

[Eso Kral]

Gl bud

[Marky147]

Gl bud

[Tractor]

Gl bud

[celtic]

Gl bud

[tikay]

Oooh, GL Alex.

[Doobs]

good luck alex

edit on rail. 

[George2Loose]

Gl Alex

[cambridgealex]

27/32 guys, 19bbs. Field left pretty good I think, would be nice to get back in it.

[Longines]

17/25 35bb. 10/25 46bb

I have a train to catch at 06:20, fuxsake  Good luck Alex.

[cambridgealex]

20/21

had a tough spot just now. not sure whats best on turn. river just try to bluff out other missed fd, but maybe got rebluffed, cant think what he has.

PokerStars Hand #153092788487: Tournament #1537004410, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXVIII (80000/160000) - 2016/05/10 0:38:51 WET [2016/05/09 19:38:51 ET]
Table '1537004410 125' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: 20alex430 (4183907 in chips)
Seat 2: Magardan (15563608 in chips)
Seat 4: BruceWizayne (7069938 in chips)
Seat 5: FLBonatto (2452228 in chips)
Seat 6: zeruka (6877416 in chips)
Seat 7: VLgicoVM (2677734 in chips)
Seat 8: imp9kv (6088378 in chips)
Seat 9: AAKaliber1 (2845210 in chips)
20alex430: posts the ante 20000
Magardan: posts the ante 20000
BruceWizayne: posts the ante 20000
FLBonatto: posts the ante 20000
zeruka: posts the ante 20000
VLgicoVM: posts the ante 20000
imp9kv: posts the ante 20000
AAKaliber1: posts the ante 20000
FLBonatto: posts small blind 80000
zeruka: posts big blind 160000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 20alex430 [ ]
VLgicoVM: folds
imp9kv: folds
AAKaliber1: folds
20alex430: raises 168000 to 328000
Magardan: folds
BruceWizayne: calls 328000
FLBonatto: folds
zeruka: calls 168000
*** FLOP *** [ ]
zeruka: checks
20alex430: bets 500000
BruceWizayne: calls 500000
zeruka: folds
*** TURN *** [ ]

20alex430: checks BruceWizayne: checks *** RIVER *** [ ] [] 20alex430: bets 600000 BruceWizayne: raises 955550 to 1555550 20alex430: folds Uncalled bet (955550) returned to BruceWizayne BruceWizayne collected 3424000 from pot BruceWizayne: doesn't show hand *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 3424000 | Rake 0 Board [ ] Seat 1: 20alex430 folded on the River Seat 2: Magardan folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: BruceWizayne (button) collected (3424000) Seat 5: FLBonatto (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 6: zeruka (big blind) folded on the Flop Seat 7: VLgicoVM folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: imp9kv folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: AAKaliber1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[youthnkzR]

gl mate

[cambridgealex]

gg 15th

PokerStars Hand #153094812076: Tournament #1537004410, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XLI (140000/280000) - 2016/05/10 1:44:19 WET [2016/05/09 20:44:19 ET]
Table '1537004410 125' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: 20alex430 (5054814 in chips)
Seat 2: BongBob (4283060 in chips)
Seat 3: gmd68 (4879054 in chips)
Seat 4: BruceWizayne (4200647 in chips)
Seat 5: FLBonatto (6911176 in chips)
Seat 6: zeruka (5970263 in chips)
Seat 8: Nelepo10 (17057261 in chips)
Seat 9: AAKaliber1 (10833510 in chips)
20alex430: posts the ante 35000
BongBob: posts the ante 35000
gmd68: posts the ante 35000
BruceWizayne: posts the ante 35000
FLBonatto: posts the ante 35000
zeruka: posts the ante 35000
Nelepo10: posts the ante 35000
AAKaliber1: posts the ante 35000
AAKaliber1: posts small blind 140000
20alex430: posts big blind 280000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 20alex430 [ ]
BongBob: folds
gmd68: raises 280000 to 560000
BruceWizayne: folds
FLBonatto: folds
zeruka: folds
Nelepo10: folds
AAKaliber1: folds
20alex430: calls 280000
*** FLOP *** [ ]
20alex430: checks
gmd68: checks
*** TURN *** [ ] []
20alex430: bets 690000
gmd68: raises 819790 to 1509790
20alex430: raises 2950024 to 4459814 and is all-in
gmd68: calls 2774264 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (175760) returned to 20alex430
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
20alex430: shows [ ] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
gmd68: shows [td ] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
gmd68 collected 10108108 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10108108 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: 20alex430 (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 2: BongBob folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: gmd68 showed [td ] and won (10108108) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: BruceWizayne folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: FLBonatto folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zeruka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Nelepo10 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: AAKaliber1 (small blind) folded before Flop