Diary of a MTT Grinder Wannabe

[Ant040689]

Hotel and train booked, will be at DTD for day 1a of the 550.

Good luck..  Fancy staking me?

I am a joke when it comes to anything staking wise, plus I shouldn't even be taking this shot myself! Cheers for the gl.

[Ant040689]

Nice heater Ant. Well done m8

Thanks, been playing much yourself?

[Eso Kral]

Hotel and train booked, will be at DTD for day 1a of the 550.

Good luck..  Fancy staking me?

I am a joke when it comes to anything staking wise, plus I shouldn't even be taking this shot myself! Cheers for the gl.

GL bud and believe me this wont be a shot for you!!  Just remember Live players dont want to fold, just play solid and take them to value town!!!

[Ant040689]

Hotel and train booked, will be at DTD for day 1a of the 550.

Good luck..  Fancy staking me?

I am a joke when it comes to anything staking wise, plus I shouldn't even be taking this shot myself! Cheers for the gl.

GL bud and believe me this wont be a shot for you!!  Just remember Live players dont want to fold, just play solid and take them to value town!!!

Cue the heartache when they always have it and I'm betting into monster after monster, ha.

Cheers for the gl, annoyed you won't be playing.

[Eso Kral]

Hotel and train booked, will be at DTD for day 1a of the 550.

Good luck..  Fancy staking me?

I am a joke when it comes to anything staking wise, plus I shouldn't even be taking this shot myself! Cheers for the gl.

GL bud and believe me this wont be a shot for you!!  Just remember Live players dont want to fold, just play solid and take them to value town!!!

Cue the heartache when they always have it and I'm betting into monster after monster, ha.

Cheers for the gl, annoyed you won't be playing.

Yeah mate I shall miss it but family gotta come first!!  GLGLGL

[Ant040689]

Played way too tired today, completely fooked and deffo played below par. Will the tomoz late if I feel up to it because my cold is also quite bad.

Btw Luke fields was owning the table very hard, was to his right so struggled as he opens every pot which is what I normally do. I should have 3 bet him more but he often calls and then outplays me. Urgh. Think it was the tiredness letting him run over the table like that and if I feel better I will be going again in day 1b, but only if I am 90%+.

[Ant040689]

Not playing the 550 day 1b today coming down with the flu by the looks of things.

[Ant040689]

Lost 3000 dollars over the last two nights through expenses, 550 pounds entry on friday and a 1700 dollars loss online tonight.

Despite feeling quite ill all weekend and regretting playing the 550 unwell, i did feel better today and can't say my play was badly affected and i was just really unlucky. One pot with about 30 people left in a 215 dollars tourn on stars shows this, 11.5k was up top and this pot would have set me up nicely for a run at the final table, terrible play by him, what else could i have in this spot lol.

PokerStars Hand #75041750346: Tournament #507275568, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (750/1500) - 2012/02/05 1:22:41 WET [2012/02/04 20:22:41 ET]
Table '507275568 4' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: boca2004 (12848 in chips)
Seat 3: agovque69 (22622 in chips)
Seat 4: Mammola (9610 in chips)
Seat 5: Pvd170590 (40182 in chips)
Seat 6: aces_up4108 (10475 in chips)
Seat 7: mcbleeman (39708 in chips)
Seat 8: assinvader (24652 in chips)
Seat 9: anup returns (14072 in chips)
boca2004: posts the ante 175
agovque69: posts the ante 175
Mammola: posts the ante 175
Pvd170590: posts the ante 175
aces_up4108: posts the ante 175
mcbleeman: posts the ante 175
assinvader: posts the ante 175
anup returns: posts the ante 175
mcbleeman: posts small blind 750
assinvader: posts big blind 1500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to anup returns [As ]
anup returns: raises 1500 to 3000
boca2004: folds
agovque69: raises 19447 to 22447 and is all-in
Mammola: folds
Pvd170590: folds
aces_up4108: folds
mcbleeman: folds
assinvader: folds
anup returns: calls 10897 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8550) returned to agovque69
*** FLOP *** [td ]
*** TURN *** [td ] []
*** RIVER *** [td ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
anup returns: shows [As ] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
agovque69: shows [ ] (a full house, Sixes full of Fives)
agovque69 collected 31444 from pot
anup returns finished the tournament in 29th place and received $417.00.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31444 | Rake 0
Board [td ]
Seat 1: boca2004 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: agovque69 showed [ ] and won (31444) with a full house, Sixes full of Fives
Seat 4: Mammola folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Pvd170590 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: aces_up4108 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mcbleeman (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: assinvader (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: anup returns showed [As ] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fives

[claypole]

Good luck mate - nice stack, early days but a squeak

[tonytats]

I see your still in gl

[tonytats]

Oops ul

[Ant040689]

Exit hand from the sunday mill, stand by the call as i think it is correct. Came 16th for 4.1k, if i waited for one more to bust it would have been 6k ish. I was looking for a stack to charge the final table with, not to ladder. Opinions on this hand would be appreciated please. Btw most unhappy i have ever been with a 4.1k bink, lol.

PokerStars Hand #75108283200: Tournament #558020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXVI (100000/200000) - 2012/02/06 5:39:53 WET [2012/02/06 0:39:53 ET]
Table '558020010 586' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: MeirDa (2868177 in chips)
Seat 2: WhiteRabbito (3279410 in chips)
Seat 3: elitelive (5035000 in chips)
Seat 4: MatejK992SLO (5798740 in chips)
Seat 5: Sguirre1 (997374 in chips)
Seat 6: betstreet (1938012 in chips)
Seat 7: pokerice_hr (1655478 in chips)
Seat 8: m0rtengud (10388648 in chips)
Seat 9: anup returns (2258154 in chips)
MeirDa: posts the ante 20000
WhiteRabbito: posts the ante 20000
elitelive: posts the ante 20000
MatejK992SLO: posts the ante 20000
Sguirre1: posts the ante 20000
betstreet: posts the ante 20000
pokerice_hr: posts the ante 20000
m0rtengud: posts the ante 20000
anup returns: posts the ante 20000
m0rtengud: posts small blind 100000
anup returns: posts big blind 200000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to anup returns [ ]
MeirDa: folds
WhiteRabbito: folds
elitelive: folds
MatejK992SLO: folds
Sguirre1: folds
betstreet: folds
pokerice_hr: folds
m0rtengud: raises 10168648 to 10368648 and is all-in
anup returns: calls 2038154 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8130494) returned to m0rtengud
*** FLOP *** [Ah ]
*** TURN *** [Ah ] []
*** RIVER *** [Ah ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
m0rtengud: shows [ ] (a pair of Kings)
anup returns: shows [ ] (a pair of Kings - lower kicker)
m0rtengud collected 4656308 from pot
anup returns finished the tournament in 16th place and received $4144.56.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4656308 | Rake 0
Board [Ah ]
Seat 1: MeirDa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: WhiteRabbito folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: elitelive folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: MatejK992SLO folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Sguirre1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: betstreet folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: pokerice_hr (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: m0rtengud (small blind) showed [ ] and won (4656308) with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: anup returns (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Kings

[tonytats]

Bit of a blow up IMO u could raise maybe with your hand but not call

[Ant040689]

Bit of a blow up IMO u could raise maybe with your hand but not call

Tbf I don't think this can be seen as a blow up, I wanted to get a stack so i could make a run at the final table. His shoving range from the sb is literally any two cards so K5 is in good shape.

[George2Loose]

Standard call imo. Just ul he had it