Alone in the Dark - The poker musings of an also ran

[smashedagain]

I hope this is all just a level.

Why would we want to price in tonnes of people with a hand we are then going to struggle to fold?#

if a fish will call 30 bigs pre why not raise to 30?

Why dont we just flat so no one can put us on aces?

100% not a level andy....we have bet correct to get 1 caller here....bet more and we could have lost him. and your answer about struggling to fold confirms my thoughts. it may explain why tom and myself cashed so many dtd deeps and you stuggle to make day 2...its not coincidence or varience. you make an infinite more money on line than me tom and tikay added together. i learn so much from listening to you. please listen to me when i say to make finals in the deepstack you have to treat everyone like an idiot/amateur and play ABC poker. i will get flamed but dont  give a toss. even the first couple of days at the wsop is about dodging the idiots. once again its not a level..(assuming leveling is taking the piss)

[Dubai]

Why oh why do you insist on posting the same stuff over and over again?

[RED-DOG]

17 pages i have no idea who is levelling who or if the whole thread is a level?

17 pages?

I've waited 5 years for you to post on one of my threads.

Dave.

[titaniumbean]

lol obvious troll is obvious

[smashedagain]

Why oh why do you insist on posting the same stuff over and over again?

sorry dave. will get it out of the system eventually

[Dubai]

Many thanks. When u do il post constructive advise to hhs

[smashedagain]

Many thanks. When u do il post constructive advise to hhs

look dave you have managed to move with the times and are still making a living from the on line game. where as i dont know my arse from my elbow having given the grind up some years ago i tend to cash a high %age of the time when i play live or to when trying to sat into stuff. cant speak for tom but 5 years maybe more like 10 but i remember him crushing (although we did not call it that back then) ladbrokes poker. once my kids start full time education in 18 months time i would like to think  that with the spare time i might return to the grind. i have an education and have not done a days work for anyone but myself for getting on for 20 years. this is not a level. both tom and myself are just trying to learn. explain why andy (a very good on line player) has not made a deepstack day 2 in 18 attempts when complete idiots cash these comps for fun. and dont tell me its fucking varience coz i will ram that shit in your arse

[titaniumbean]

It's variance.

If you think mincashing is a profitable strategy for tournies you have no idea just like most of the live world.

[smashedagain]

It's variance.

If you think mincashing is a profitable strategy for tournies you have no idea just like most of the live world.

if i make the dough andy i must final table more than 50% of the time. you must have spent £6k on this competition  which means you have to come 3rd buddy. i understand that all the money is in the top 3 but you must understand that you must be doing something wrong if you cant make day 2. i love you andrew and dont ever wanna upset you but they pay the top 10% of the field who in a results orientated world means that they are the top ten % who lasted longer in that competition. i know i only play low mid stake comps in general but the likes of eames romanello et al keep proving it at the highest level. i read a post maybe by maybe keys that john aint a net player but also read he has won 2 million on line so i dont know the truth but all i know from watching him is that he is a world class player and this is a guy killing it at the highest level were i would think varience is more prevellant because so many people are playing so well. when playing lesser players as we do varience should  not be a problem because they our opponents are often clueless easy to read and over play their marginal hands.

[titaniumbean]

BUT HOW MUCH DID YOU LOSE

[celebspec]

BUT HOW MUCH DID YOU LOSE

lol

[smashedagain]

BUT HOW MUCH DID YOU LOSE

andy i have never had to buy into any of the dtd comps as always qualified rf had a seat transfered. i only play twice a month now that i have 3 kids so can hardly be called professional but other than rent from a window cleaning business that i own its the primary income. just realized i actually bought into the last ukipt so that first bit was a slight exaggeration and last month spent more than the buy in for the monte carlo and never actually played it myself.

[Boba Fett]

Red Dog, Can I ask what your motivations and goals for this bankroll are?

Is it to spin up a few hundred then cash out? Grind it up to a proper bankroll large enough to play the current stakes and then move up the stakes?

As for the AA hand, why did you check behind on the flop?

explain why andy (a very good on line player) has not made a deepstack day 2 in 18 attempts when complete idiots cash these comps for fun. and dont tell me its fucking varience coz i will ram that shit in your arse

MBN to have never had an 18 tourney downswing.

[smashedagain]

It's variance.

If you think mincashing is a profitable strategy for tournies you have no idea just like most of the live world.

you would probably enjoy it andy. 100% meither tom or myself are piss taking

[smashedagain]

live twice i have had it and 13 is the most i ever had in all honesty and they were playing 5 nights a week in £20 re buy bingo where due to structures i would assume that the varience has to be higher due to the fact that you are pot committed to a raise at almost every point of the competition. cant honestly say about on line because its been that long since i played a 40 hour week. just experienced my worst month trying to win a seat to two events that i tried to sat into. would have almost been cheaper to buy in.  i try to limit myself to playing 2/3 day comps twice a month due to having a young family and in my head i think i cash 50% of the time probably 33% in honesty and know of guys who seem to cash even more regually than me. looking at my hendonmob in last 19 months have had 18 result... 12 have been final tables of which 7 were top 3 where the majority of money is.....andy (sorry to use you mate) is 18 comps no day 2 and this is varience. what is the opposite of varience coz  i am binning the hoodies and having it printed on a t shirt  in big fuck off letters...i have a mate who like andy plays the odd live comps and has never cashed only ever making day 2 twice. we estimate that he has been in £181,000 (might be $) and the reason why he aint cashed is pure and simpley that he is shit (but getting better the more he listens). however this guy has a sunday milion final table and an ftops final but you look on the opr (think this was the one but aint sure) he was down $250k. go figure. i hate to be the anti christ but i am trying to understand all of this but it just makes my shit itch with frustration.