Diary on the $4.50 180 man sngs

[david3103]

on ft ofc nice joke!

PokerStars Hand #95802482741: Tournament #706095818, $4.10+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2013/03/19 16:08:03 WET [2013/03/19 12:08:03 ET]
Table '706095818 6' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: LonelySail (17726 in chips)
Seat 2: ashj22 (10616 in chips)
Seat 3: CENUA (19207 in chips)
Seat 4: ShtikTZ (28421 in chips)
Seat 5: kili_75 (33524 in chips)
Seat 6: jgam1986 (40303 in chips)
Seat 7: orestasore (31394 in chips)
Seat 8: shevalex09 (75667 in chips)
Seat 9: amInerd (13142 in chips)
LonelySail: posts the ante 100
ashj22: posts the ante 100
CENUA: posts the ante 100
ShtikTZ: posts the ante 100
kili_75: posts the ante 100
jgam1986: posts the ante 100
orestasore: posts the ante 100
shevalex09: posts the ante 100
amInerd: posts the ante 100
ashj22: posts small blind 500
CENUA: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ashj22 [As ]
ShtikTZ: folds
kili_75: folds
jgam1986: folds
orestasore: folds
shevalex09: folds
amInerd: folds
LonelySail: folds
ashj22: raises 7000 to 8000
CENUA: raises 11107 to 19107 and is all-in
ashj22: calls 2516 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (8591) returned to CENUA
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ashj22: shows [As ] (high card Ace)
CENUA: shows [ ] (a pair of Sixes)
CENUA collected 21932 from pot
ashj22 finished the tournament in 9th place and received $11.07.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21932 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: LonelySail (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ashj22 (small blind) showed [As ] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 3: CENUA (big blind) showed [ ] and won (21932) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: ShtikTZ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kili_75 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jgam1986 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: orestasore folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: shevalex09 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: amInerd folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Raise size seems unusual...

In all seriousness, if you plan on playing any volume of these, and making some form of income from it then you need to revise your attitude to the plays of others. Or you'll go mad very fast.

[ashj22]

i had 10bb so that raise is the same as shoving. its just so annoying when terrible play gets rewarded and i know its the game dosent make it not annoying though. when i bink one then it seems easier to handle bad plays getting rewarded, cos at the moment it just seems like good play gets you knowwhere but i know the variance in poker can be quite brutal depending on what your playing.i also know if i keep making the right descions and playing well it is enevitable that i will hit a good streak.

[Ragz]

I'd make it 630/decide. You can get away from multiple jams that way plus you're IP when he flats which so often he will. HUD stats make these decisions infinitely easier, you should think about trialling Hold Em Manager.

[dakky]

i had 10bb so that raise is the same as shoving. its just so annoying when terrible play gets rewarded and i know its the game dosent make it not annoying though. when i bink one then it seems easier to handle bad plays getting rewarded, cos at the moment it just seems like good play gets you knowwhere but i know the variance in poker can be quite brutal depending on what your playing.i also know if i keep making the right descions and playing well it is enevitable that i will hit a good streak.

It's not exactly terrible play when he wants to (effectively) call of 10bb with an ace BVB tho

[tikay]

Ashley,

As others - wiser & older than me - have said, you need to get your head in the right place if you want to...

a) Be profitable

b) Enjoy poker.

No point playing the game if you don't tick at least one of those two boxes.

This "these idiots make terrible plays & get rewarded" attitude is WRONG.

As long as you think that way, you will NEVER tick boxes a) & b).

Some of us.......only make money at poker due to these idiots. Were it not for them, we'd be HUGE losers.

Respect them, they are your profit.

And the hard truth is, if you cannot beat these players over time.......then you are no better than them.

Good luck Ash, sort it out.

[Rod]

well im thinking if i do 3 bet shove here 88 and worse wont be calling imo.

If you have a read on the player that says that then fine, but in these there are without doubt a lot of players that do call with worse.

[chelseaboy]

Ashley,

As others - wiser & older than me - have said, you need to get your head in the right place if you want to...

a) Be profitable

b) Enjoy poker.

No point playing the game if you don't tick at least one of those two boxes.

This "these idiots make terrible plays & get rewarded" attitude is WRONG.

As long as you think that way, you will NEVER tick boxes a) & b).

Some of us.......only make money at poker due to these idiots. Were it not for them, we'd be HUGE losers.

Respect them, they are your profit.

And the hard truth is, if you cannot beat these players over time.......then you are no better than them.

Good luck Ash, sort it out.

Very wise words... if I was you I would take this in and digest it for a day or 2 cause all the comments on here are right... I have read this from the beginning and I get the feeling you are trying to hard. You know that variance kicks you in the balls at times but you have to be able to take it.

Like tikay said these are the "idiots" that will make you money in the long term!!

[david3103]

Ashley,

As others - wiser & older than me - have said, you need to get your head in the right place if you want to...

a) Be profitable

b) Enjoy poker.

No point playing the game if you don't tick at least one of those two boxes.

This "these idiots make terrible plays & get rewarded" attitude is WRONG.

As long as you think that way, you will NEVER tick boxes a) & b).

Some of us.......only make money at poker due to these idiots. Were it not for them, we'd be HUGE losers.

Respect them, they are your profit.

And the hard truth is, if you cannot beat these players over time.......then you are no better than them.

Good luck Ash, sort it out.

Really?

[MC]

is this a 3 bet jam here?

PokerStars Hand #95797457968: Tournament #706095818, $4.10+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2013/03/19 14:15:05 WET [2013/03/19 10:15:05 ET]
Table '706095818 6' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: LonelySail (4509 in chips)
Seat 2: ashj22 (2805 in chips)
Seat 3: Zanimljiv (480 in chips)
Seat 4: memo__9700 (2660 in chips)
Seat 5: JStedile1 (4256 in chips)
Seat 6: FRY773 (4810 in chips)
Seat 7: steggles75 (5127 in chips)
Seat 8: Prometey9 (3572 in chips)
Seat 9: TomateXIV (9207 in chips)
steggles75: posts small blind 75
Prometey9: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ashj22 [ ]
TomateXIV: folds
LonelySail: raises 150 to 300
ashj22: folds
Zanimljiv: folds
memo__9700: folds
JStedile1: folds
FRY773: folds
steggles75: folds
Prometey9: folds
Uncalled bet (150) returned to LonelySail
LonelySail collected 375 from pot
LonelySail: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 375 | Rake 0
Seat 1: LonelySail collected (375)
Seat 2: ashj22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Zanimljiv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: memo__9700 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JStedile1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: FRY773 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: steggles75 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Prometey9 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: TomateXIV folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Good question, I hope MC will answer it

Always shoving nines here, unless perhaps opener is a gigantic nit

[ashj22]

Ashley,

As others - wiser & older than me - have said, you need to get your head in the right place if you want to...

a) Be profitable

b) Enjoy poker.

No point playing the game if you don't tick at least one of those two boxes.

This "these idiots make terrible plays & get rewarded" attitude is WRONG.

As long as you think that way, you will NEVER tick boxes a) & b).

Some of us.......only make money at poker due to these idiots. Were it not for them, we'd be HUGE losers.

Respect them, they are your profit.

And the hard truth is, if you cannot beat these players over time.......then you are no better than them.

Good luck Ash, sort it out.

thanks for the advice i dont feel im trying to hard at all at the minute im playing 4 a day which is nothing. i think my mindset is completely fine i have always been the same i know these players playing bad are good for me but still does my head in when bad plays get rewarded. 9/10 i dont tilt and even when i do tilt i dont let it affect my play. on pkr where i have an avg stake of just $4 and im up $4,000 proves i can play mtts imo so i will just keep plugging away until i hit that enevitable good streak. thanks for all the feedback i do read and absorb every comment appreciate it.

[tikay]

Ashley,

As others - wiser & older than me - have said, you need to get your head in the right place if you want to...

a) Be profitable

b) Enjoy poker.

No point playing the game if you don't tick at least one of those two boxes.

This "these idiots make terrible plays & get rewarded" attitude is WRONG.

As long as you think that way, you will NEVER tick boxes a) & b).

Some of us.......only make money at poker due to these idiots. Were it not for them, we'd be HUGE losers.

Respect them, they are your profit.

And the hard truth is, if you cannot beat these players over time.......then you are no better than them.

Good luck Ash, sort it out.

thanks for the advice i dont feel im trying to hard at all at the minute im playing 4 a day which is nothing. i think my mindset is completely fine i have always been the same i know these players playing bad are good for me but still does my head in when bad plays get rewarded 9/10 i dont tilt and even when i do tilt i dont let it affect my play. on pkr where i have an avg stake of just $4 and im up $4,000 proves i can play mtts imo so i will just keep plugging away until i hit that enevitable good streak. thanks for all the feedback i do read and absorb every comment appreciate it.

...but that is precisely the point. They do NOT get rewarded 9/10.

I'm just trying to get it across to you that there is no point in getting "tilted" because players, in your view, get lucky on you sometimes. It is the way of poker, it is normal, standard, perfectly natural, it always was, & always will be.

So it's best that you come to terms with it. It will always be so.

"Tilt" is a very bad thing for a poker player, it is a weakness, even though it is increasingly fashionable to boast about it. Cure it, & you will a) enjoy your poker more, & b) be more profitable.

[ashj22]

i was suppose to put a fullstop at the ended of rewarded. it is meant to come across i "9/10 i dont tilt". i also dont think that bad play gets rewarded 9/10.

[tikay]

i was suppose to put a fullstop at the ended of rewarded.

Ahh, well that does rather change the meaning. 

[ashj22]

anyone have any ideas how to improve? at the minute im just playing around 4 a day then the next day before my session i review the previous days hh and also posting hands here. what else can i do to improve?

[ashj22]

right i got 4 up and running...........time for a bink?