Diary of a MTT Grinder Wannabe

[Ant040689]

Lol no no no no.

I have a problem with mis-communication. Mainly when i don't want to explain things too much i omit info that confuses people.

In the mornings from say 9am-3pm, as i only play turbos online at the moment, i struggle to get 16 tables up so i get the 18 mans up to help fill in but recently discovered that i cannot play them alongside normal turbos with more runners. So will probably just decide to play the 18 mans alone if ever i decide to grind that early again so as not to fuck up my grind.

My normal grind is 4pm-1am and i only play 100 plus runners turbos and i have been having great success in them I don't change from this and the routine has been working wonderfully. The only day of the week where i integrate the standard tourns in with the normal turbo schedule is on a sunday after i try satelliting through turbo tourns for the biggies.

The future plan is to as i have said get accustomed to turbos, sort of have a knowing of how they play as fully as i can, then drop them for a couple of weeks and play standard tourns solely so that i can concentrate on them and try and get a great knowledge of them and hopefully after a good stint i can then be more well informed on both disciplines making it much easier for me to mix and match both, because at the moment, it is when i integrate that i find i play both incorrectly.

[cambridgealex]

Ok

[Ant040689]

Ok

Unfortunately for me trying to crack the enigma of online mtt's has meant i am doing things in a funky fashion, just need to hold and get there though, ha.

[Ant040689]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiii, day saver came in a 1.4k bink in an 82 dolla hyper turbo, got 5th place. Two final tables in them now both a 5th and a 6th though, bloody frustrating, but shouldn't complain you need a lot of luck to get there. Everywhere else i was losing but i was playing good poker but just not getting there. My highlight on that front would be losing KK vs AA pre flop very deep stacked and quite deep into the 50r turbo with big antes. First time i have played this tourn, otherwise out of my price range and still is, but as i was starting the grind late i was running out of tourns to enter so was a feasible punt. There is one hand in it. I want to know if any of you guys do anything else different. I have no previous with the villain, and never really have any info on any villain lol, probably should stop playing everyone the same, but hey ho, here is the hand.

PokerStars Hand #75217072224: Tournament #510764250, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (100/200) - 2012/02/08 1:33:52 WET [2012/02/07 20:33:52 ET]
Table '510764250 6' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: joao bauer (7068 in chips)
Seat 2: Pessagno (894 in chips)
Seat 3: Santa Fritz (4877 in chips)
Seat 4: Nakkehai (6287 in chips)
Seat 5: N1clasM (10896 in chips)
Seat 6: easymarq (15662 in chips)
Seat 7: Boere*JJ* (7134 in chips)
Seat 8: rivermanl (10198 in chips)
Seat 9: anup returns (11461 in chips)
joao bauer: posts the ante 40
Pessagno: posts the ante 40
Santa Fritz: posts the ante 40
Nakkehai: posts the ante 40
N1clasM: posts the ante 40
easymarq: posts the ante 40
Boere*JJ*: posts the ante 40
rivermanl: posts the ante 40
anup returns: posts the ante 40
rivermanl: posts small blind 100
anup returns: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to anup returns [ ]
joao bauer: folds
Pessagno: folds
Santa Fritz: folds
Nakkehai: folds
N1clasM: folds
Boere*JJ* said, "lol"
easymarq: raises 244 to 444
Boere*JJ*: folds
rivermanl: folds
anup returns: calls 244
*** FLOP *** [ ]
anup returns: checks
easymarq: bets 666
anup returns: calls 666
*** TURN *** [ ] []
anup returns: checks
easymarq: bets 1444
anup returns: calls 1444
*** RIVER *** [ ] [As]
anup returns: checks
easymarq: bets 4000
anup returns: calls 4000


Gym for me tomoz, or a squash session, not sure what i will be doing, one thing is for sure though, one of these will be getting used...



Ohhhh Yesssss.

[Ant040689]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
easymarq: shows [ ] (a pair of Aces)
anup returns: shows [ ] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
anup returns collected 13568 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13568 | Rake 0
Board [ As]
Seat 1: joao bauer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Pessagno folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Santa Fritz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Nakkehai folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: N1clasM folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: easymarq showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Boere*JJ* (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rivermanl (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: anup returns (big blind) showed [ ] and won (13568) with two pair, Aces and Queens

I was pretty happy with it, know csome of the sickos on here will probably think its standard.

[pleno1]

what did you want to do differently?

[Ant040689]

what did you want to do differently?

Was thinking about folding turn/river but decided against it.

[Ant040689]

Was regging an average buy in tonight of about 50 dollars and was 12 tabling for about a 6 hour stint and i must say i am not used to it. The standard i am, of which i have an edge, but i am not accustomed to the losses accrued from negative variance. Mostly to do with not knowing what the worst that could happen is on a night of grinding. Yet i am to list all of the buy ins and amount of tourns.

Going to compile a list today of all the tourns i should play in a regular grind, another list of the standby list of when i get low on the regular grind, and one more list as a backup in case i am really struggling for tables, mainly from regging late.

Also i am going to write down what each of those proposed grinds are likely to cost, how all are laid out in terms of what is likely to be up top and what the sort of buy ins are for each tourn. I am going for complete coverage so that i can drop tourns that don't fit the rest of the grind and i can be happy knowing i am doing all i can to play the best tourns out there for me.

I am also going to hit the 18 mans hard outside of my usual grind because my sharkscope has me turning a nice profit in them, but i most definitely have flaws of which i can only iron out if i am fully concentrating on their format and dynamic.

Tonight i was down a considerable amount and was viciously angry at about how much down and that really isn't like me. Mainly because i wasn't expecting it and that made things a little more worse for me while playing the rest of the night out. It didn't really affect my grind, but i was just in an unhappier mood playing and that is never nice.

Will definitely feel more pro with a more complete set up, which actually brings me to getting a new desk in from Ikea which i have had a look at in person and it is perfect. Need to get into contact with the council about getting rid of this chunky desk i have currently though, and may just leave this in the front garden looking all unsightly for the time being and bring the new one in.

Had a look at the PokerStove, just now and noticed that K5 is in the top 28.8% of starting hands, and for the call in the milly, i think that percentage makes me feel a lot better about my call. He is definitely shoving less than K5 enough for me to correctly make the call despite the tense situation of being on the last two tables of such a big tourn. Just ul imo.

[Ant040689]

26k at 200/400 at the £340 fox poker monthly. Doing ok. Started awfully and git down to 13k, then doubled with JJ beating AK aipf. Then got up to 32k but have since dwindled a little. Still not fully accustomed to playing live and think I am a fish tbh.

[Ant040689]

32k blinds at 500/1000, shouldn't have 4bet all in pre with AK, when I had AK. O well.

[Ant040689]

http://www.foxpokerclub.com/2012/02/12/fpc-me-end-of-day-1-chipcounts-play-resumes-2pm-10010-side-event-3pm/

25/42 going into day two. 50.8k with blinds and antes at 1000/2000 100.

[pleno1]

ah mate, u miss sunday grindaments?? Gl anyway

[Ant040689]

Been on a downswing online, wouldn't mind a little break tbh, and wait for the new set up to be finalised and ty.

[Amatay]

gl m8

[Ant040689]

Safe