Back in Notts...

[Derbylad]

lol can't help but notice that graph doesn't go in the wrong direction once

There's a new dynamic to my decision making processes in my sessions now. Maintaining upwards graph EV haha.

[Derbylad]

So Rbc_MIke has finally finished his exams and we've just arrived at the hippo to find 7 cash games and a father Gascoine. I can already tell this is going to be an interesting night. GL Us.

[Derbylad]

It pains me to write this but first losing session for March, i was enjoying an upwards graph =(
Mini TR:

Said the words "all in" a lot [X]
Manged to hold a lot [  ]

The session ended -500 with the biggest loss coming from a flopped broadway (me) to a flopped set (Villain) and the board running out consecutive offsuit 3's to pair the board. Sigh.

I'd argue i took the loss quite well though and still looking at marches graph i'm up around 1,700 so i can't expect to be in god mode forever, i just hope this isn't the start of a downswing though. I managed to play some interesting pots, and liked the majority of my reads and plays, but towards the end of the session i was getting really tired and should have probably just mitigated the loss and paid for a taxi.

Last night me and mike headed out to Covent Garden, both sporting some degenerate panda eyes from the grind on Thursday night. We went to a club called "Roundhouse" and had a pretty good night with some mates from uni. There was about 9 of us in total with some interesting shapes being thrown, seriously wish i'd have taken a video. Some pics to follow.

In the meantime here's a picture of mike last time he finished his exams. It was around 10pm, and he met me in Putney already off his face saying the words "Unay" a lot and stumbling round. Like the good friend i am, i got him a chinese to sober him up...

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The first spoiler pic from last night was this guy, who showed unbelievable sleeping tekkers on the nightbus...

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[Derbylad]

It's nearly the end of the month.... Hurray!

Since the £500 loss i've not managed to play any live games however i've put in a bit of volume online. According to my HEM stats i'm currently winning ~$500 for the month however that only takes into consideration NLH, and i primarily play PLO online. I'm still yet to flick it in for a PLO HUD, as so far i haven't found the need for one.

I've decided to end the month in style and as of Friday-Tuesday myself and Mike will be off flag hunting in Nottingham for some of the APAT events. For any blonde heroes feel free to say hi.

I'm also now off work until the 8th April so will likely start April with some big cash sessions, hopefully having a similar start as i did in March.
I'm still undecided on Goals for 2013, however i'd be happy to make ~1k a month as it stands, especially seeing as i'm a student and will unlikely get enough time to put in enough volume to level out the variance.

I really want to start playing a lot more tournaments and will get back into that when i come back to Uni in October. It's pretty apparent that DTD probably have the best value comps in the UK.

I'm also looking to book a holiday soon as i'm sick of this bloody weather. My last holiday was Ibiza and probably one of the best i've ever been on.
For anyone wondering what the typical "Derbylad" looks like, it's very much like this (from Ibiza), much to the misconceptions of a certain Mitch Johnson...

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[Derbylad]

So yesterday was mine and mikes return to Nottingham. We arrived in Nottingham at 14:02 and were playing the APAT 6 max by 14:30 thanks to NFlanagan for picking us up.
The 6 max was actually pretty good value and we were running double average for most of the tournament. I exited in ~60th though after Ali wouldn't fold anything and i had to bet bet fold twice with premiums on rotten boards.

After my exit i joined a table of heroes on the 1/2. By 12 o'clock there was the Goulden one, belton, scott, myself, mike, liam and what seemed another reg. There was literally one value player at the table but the table dynamics were getting ridiculous between the regs, with some pretty big leveling wars.

Managed to somehow survive and won £470 for the session to negate my previous live loss at the Empire. Currently winning ~2.2k for the Month with 2 big days left.
Sausage sandwiches currently on the go. Morale high.

[tight4better]

Good to see you yesterday. <3

[Derbylad]

Just lost the food flip vs Belton and mike. Definite Sean Belton angle shoot putting my card in the middle, psychological.

[cambridgealex]

Now I know who's gonna be on tilt! I'm waiting for you lads, slackers!

[Derbylad]

 Getting the run bad out the way now.

[paulhouk03]

Just lost the food flip vs Belton and mike. Definite Sean Belton angle shoot putting my card in the middle, psychological.

I know some one who always does this on purpose scummy fucker

[iangascoigne]

I can see I will have to keep an eye on this diary. Thanks for the rub downs.

[Derbylad]

I can see I will have to keep an eye on this diary. Thanks for the rub downs.

Good to see my creative writing classes haven't gone unnoticed.

[Derbylad]

Full Nottingham trip report to come. Of to the hippodrome tonight after arriving back in london.

[Derbylad]

Nottingham Trip Report...
Good - Bad - Ugly...

Good:
Had a great start on the Friday. Really enjoyed the 6 max format and was running pretty deep but I had to bet bet fold two pinnacle hands and then lost a flip for the rest.
The cash game on Friday was great fun, with a bunch of heroes at the table even managing to lockup a £470 win.
Saturday i faded the APAT day 1 and went to play cash again. After a morale boosting nandos we joined the 1-2 game where i was introduced to Richard Berridge. After watching numerous pre flop all ins vs the guy i finally find   and get re-raised to £2,000 pre flop after i make it £25 after the double straddle. I call and make a flush with the   already out.

Sunday we won a bowl, somewhere around £80

Bad
After the 1-2 broke i joined a pretty deep omaha game and lost a multi way pot for a BI. This later then broke where i rejoined the 1-2 after Berridge and Alex had left. Got coolered a bit then the 1-2 broke as well..... Ended the night with 1-1 omaha....

Ugly
The cliffs on this hand have already been stated on NFlanagans diary however my hand wasn't taken into account.

I find   in a straddled and potted flop IP. Nick makes it ~22 and i isolate with a repot to roughly ~70 (effective stacks are around £360 each and i'm under the impression Nicks never getting it all in pre unless he has AAxx, and my hand draws pretty well versus this).
The board comes down   and gets checked to me, where i pot and get it in vs a wrap. turn   river  ..... SIGH


Nottingham: Profit / Loss: Lost ~ 50

All in all a great trip just a shame i couldn't hold in some pinnacle spots. Full March Stats to come...

[Derbylad]

March Stats:

Games played: 1-2 NLH & PLO
Live hours played: 82
Total profit/loss: 1617

Hourly rate: 19.71

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