[Insert funny and witty diary title here]

[Jac]

Other news, i've Somehow managed to fade The golden Ticket promo on Sky every single time . There must have been over 1k prizes given out and i haven’t won one! Running so bad in that it’s unreal,sigh. I did see someone saying they hadn’t played a single cash hand and they still had won something which sums up how bad my run in that promo is .

Snap!

Sigh

Lol you aswell? I was amazed when i missed again especially with the amount of tickets i get. i kept seeing the list go on and on and kept thinking surely i have to be on here now  .... it never came  . looool

Not won again either.
Sky rigged

[AJR14]

It pains me to see what’s happening to Phil Jones at United. This is a player that was getting man of the match performances on an almost weekly basis at Ewood against some of the top teams. His first premiership start for Rovers v Chelsea at Ewood was the best centre back display i have ever seen from an 18 year old. He had Drogba in his pocket all day and any Rovers fan who was there knew he was going to be a player at the top one day.

Ferguson bought him for just under 20 million and claimed it was an absolute bargain and he wasn’t wrong. That’s how good he was at Rovers and if there was any team in the world that would take him and make him a world class player it was United. Yet he is now used as a utility player. Every Rovers fan knows it’s an absolute waste, not just for United but for England.

 I’m not saying he would have walked into the United team when he moved, but a couple of years learning from everyone at that club and brought in gradually and i have no doubt he would be United’s first choice centre back and would have been for England. He was talked about as being the future England captain. 

He is no right back, he is good there but he isn’t great. He isn’t a midfielder, again he is good there and can do a job but he is a centre back, and he could be a world class one. Unfortunately he never seems to get the chance to establish himself in that position. Having to concentrate on all the different skills used for the other positions will always stunt his centre back growth.

I hope they start to try and work with him and help him become the great centre back he can be as soon as possible because playing out of position is doing him no favours. The longer it goes on the harder it will be for him, and that won’t just be United’s loss, it will be England’s as well.

[AJR14]

Well a nice 15 buy in 5 days. Unfortunately... the wrong way.

1)   Playing far too many hands
2)   Playing them poorly
3)   Running like shit


I was doing pretty well until one big hand on Friday v a reg who usually plays higher stakes but Ive played with him a lot. I bluff c/raise a turn that was an obv good barrel bluff card for him, I’m giving up on the river almost 100% if he calls. I river 2nd pair, check and he bets huge. Great sizing by him, I’m not sure if he meant it to be but talked myself into a call on the basis i had shown weakness and the big size looked like they wanted the fold. I thought he would vbet small so i called. He obv had the set and that was it, that was the start of 5 days of not winning a hand. I suspect it may have a tilt induced 5 days lol.

So i have spent the last couple of days feeling sorry for myself and i have to start trying to remind myself that i am a winning player, confidence gets low. I knew i would re-hit 20nl before 50nl when i got overconfident last week. Sighhh

 I think im gonna give this thread a rest for a couple of weeks. It feels like it’s getting stale with my constant repetition and i could do with just concentrating on the old poker. It’s not the best updating after a brutal weekend either. It should only be for a couple of weeks though. I do enjoy the writing, even if no one enjoys the reading and i quite enjoy sharing music. I do feel more people should share music all over the internet, there isn’t many places for people to hear stuff other than the mainstream garbage that's around now. 


Record of the Day: Ludovico Einaudi – Nuvole Blanche. Going down a different road today...yep, it’s classical. Well i think that’s what it would be described as. Its been a weird couple of days for music for me, spending a lot of time blaring Oasis thanks to Jac and Ludovico. Pretty contrasting styles lol. This guys a genius with a piano though and he has just brought out a new album so thought i would stick him on here. Give his other songs a listen as well, you will not be disappointed.



Oh. And anyone with Netflix, search up Louis Theroux and enjoy. Great documentarian who could take even the most mundane topic and make it worth watching. Some very funny programmes and some pretty shocking but all enjoyable. 

[Eso Kral]

Hey AJ

I read it whenever you post so dont stop obv

How many Bi's do you keep at each level and why? if you dont mind me asking that is and what are the differences you have found from 30nl to 50nl?

[AJR14]

Hey AJ

I read it whenever you post so dont stop obv

How many Bi's do you keep at each level and why? if you dont mind me asking that is and what are the differences you have found from 30nl to 50nl?

Yeah I’m only giving the poker updates a rest for a couple of weeks or so.

I usually have a 20 buy in rule. I will move down as soon as i hit below... most of the time. 

The main difference with 30nl and 50 for me was mainly the amount of tight regs who fill most of the tables. There are far less reccy players but you do still get quite a few. 50nl is more like 20nl, saturated with tight regs but obv the quality far better at 50 than 20nl.

I struggled at 50nl but afterwards i realised that was due to my own play/thought processes/lack of adapting etc but if you are comfortable v decent tight regs and can adapt to exploit them then you should breeze it. Even though i struggled it didn’t seem that tough of a level, it was me who made it a tough level if you get what i mean. Saying that there is definitely a jump in quality from 30 to 50nl, not as many of the one or 2 tabling very poor ‘semi regs’ etc.

[VBlue]

Still reading too.  Will look back when you return.

[AJR14]

As the first week accumulator came in after putting the picks in here i am now going to have to do it every week. Superstition ftw!

£9.51 accy which im not very confident about

Leyton Orient
MK Dons
Burton
Oxford
Stoke
Leicester

£10 BTTS. Again, really not confident of this. shouldnt have put it on.

Blackpool v Reading
Tranmere v Peterborough
Swindon v Gillingham
Bradford v Sheffield Utd
Brighton v Burnley
Southampton v Sunderland
Everton v West Brom

£5 free longshot bet

Blackburn
Newcastle v West Ham Draw
Peterborough
Fleetwood
Exeter


I wouldnt follow these bets lol. I would be v surpirsed if one comes close. i never put Blackburn in either so im sure for double dissapointment in that one.

Gl if anyone else sticks a few on

[AJR14]

                                                             

             

                                                                       A weekend to lose the money - a lifetime to rebuild

Well maybe not a lifetime although thats what it felt like!!

You see, just before the last update i managed to bleed away half my roll. Its sounds worse than it was, i was still rolled for 20nl but it was a difficult weekend and was also difficult facing the idea of writing about it, hence the break from posting.

So what’s been happening? well steadily i have been building it back up. I’m more or less back to where i was before that weekend. It’s been slow, but as i said above that tends to be the norm when losing a lot, quickly. It can all be undone rapid but the winning never seems to be as quick.

I think it’s time to stop driving for 50nl for the moment. Although the roll is close to the target I need to concentrate on improving before that could happen. A lot of work is needed on the fundamentals so I’m just going to concentrate on 30/40nl and some hard work. Some new dealers would be nice as well. For large sections of the break i have been running awful. The usual stuff that people aren’t interested in hearing other than the guy receiving them. Some of it has been pretty brutal though, it’s been a constant battle with the dealers. Tikay!! have a word with head office for me please

I know it seems like I’m painting 50nl as some kind of holy land where the standard is great and I’m gonna get battered about. That’s not the case, I’ve been there before, worn the t-shirt and fked it up. I know 50nl is beatable but these guys are consistently better than me at the moment and I need to work to turn that around. Coming from 4nl up to these levels it can be daunting, something else i need to eradicate from my psyche so I need to make sure my game is in order before I go and spew up there.

I’m half tempted to forget 50nl altogether until I’m finally in a job and the money doesn’t mean as much. On that note, any employers looking for a handsome hard working chap to liven up their place of work, feel free to PM me lol 

If anyone has any small stakes vids from DeucesCracked they recommend to watch, let me know. When looking at the amount its tough to know which one to watch next. They would have to be smaller stakes though, i try to avoid the higher stakes stuff at the moment, unless people think that it's best to watch some of them aswell?

                                                           


Impressive team performance by Blackburn on Saturday. It looks like he may have found his best 11 except for maybe a one or two. Best performance in years and the first time in a while i have come away from Ewood genuinely excited for the season. After Saturdays superb performance and keeping Rhodes I’m optimistic for the rest of the season. That may change after the big derby next week.

Thank god the transfer window is now shut. Usually enjoy deadline day but having to sweat Rhodes rumours all day made it difficult. I managed to avoid the news all day. What a signing Ozil was for Arsenal, don't think it will be enough but cracking to see him in the English Leagues. 100 million Euros for Bale is bonkers money!! I've been reading a lot of people saying he has treated the club bad for a club that has helped turn him into a world class player, but surely the 100 million euros is a massive repayment for his development, its not as if he ran out his contract and left for relatively nothing. Not sure about United, don't think the squad is as weak as everyone is saying but I think they needed 2 or 3 more strong signings. Only time will tell, but I still think Chelsea are still looking really stong this year. People mentioning Spurs for a title chance are very optimistic... Obviously City are going to be massive contenders, it all just depends on if they get the balance right quickly.


Record of the Day: Chicane feat Bryan Adams - Don't Give It Up







Will finish with another track with a bit of film trivia.

What film is the intro from.? Great film.

Warren G - Regulate ft. Nate Dogg

[titaniumbean]

get some coaching? there is little difference between nl20-nl50 regs, it's just about bankroll mindset and then learning the nuances.

[AJR14]

get some coaching? there is little difference between nl20-nl50 regs, it's just about bankroll mindset and then learning the nuances.

Coaching is something i am definitely considering. In fact i was close to starting a thread on here the other day.

I stopped myself because even though I could afford it out of the roll, the main problem (being jobless) is its hard to justify spending that sort of cash on something not required to the missus and myself lol

However i am going to write to a well known sky reg who I have been recommended and may start the thread up so i can get an idea on cost, and who people would recommend for my stakes etc.

[titaniumbean]

Spend a couple of buyins and get good help > grinding without improving.


one to one coaching can really help improve your game. tis somewhat hard as you want sky specific coaching (ie poker dumbed down). PM if you want to do a session or want some advice, you could also look to players at a similar level to you and try and start discussing hands with them etc as that is free

[AJR14]

Spend a couple of buyins and get good help > grinding without improving.


one to one coaching can really help improve your game. tis somewhat hard as you want sky specific coaching (ie poker dumbed down). PM if you want to do a session or want some advice, you could also look to players at a similar level to you and try and start discussing hands with them etc as that is free

Aye, def need to look at all the ways to help improving. I will def be taking you up on your offer soon. Cheers. As you say sky specific could be tough, i do know one that im def thinking of getting in touch with though.

I do a few sessions with other regs at my levels which are helpful as well, its good for spotting leaks in my thought processes, something that I can have a problem with in game. Obv something coaching would be really good for.

[titaniumbean]

Spend a couple of buyins and get good help > grinding without improving.


one to one coaching can really help improve your game. tis somewhat hard as you want sky specific coaching (ie poker dumbed down). PM if you want to do a session or want some advice, you could also look to players at a similar level to you and try and start discussing hands with them etc as that is free

Aye, def need to look at all the ways to help improving. I will def be taking you up on your offer soon. Cheers. As you say sky specific could be tough, i do know one that im def thinking of getting in touch with though.

I do a few sessions with other regs at my levels which are helpful as well, its good for spotting leaks in my thought processes, something that I can have a problem with in game. Obv something coaching would be really good for.

Yeh happy to do a session if you want to try, can always give some advice re other people too.

[AJR14]

Spend a couple of buyins and get good help > grinding without improving.


one to one coaching can really help improve your game. tis somewhat hard as you want sky specific coaching (ie poker dumbed down). PM if you want to do a session or want some advice, you could also look to players at a similar level to you and try and start discussing hands with them etc as that is free

Aye, def need to look at all the ways to help improving. I will def be taking you up on your offer soon. Cheers. As you say sky specific could be tough, i do know one that im def thinking of getting in touch with though.

I do a few sessions with other regs at my levels which are helpful as well, its good for spotting leaks in my thought processes, something that I can have a problem with in game. Obv something coaching would be really good for.

Yeh happy to do a session if you want to try, can always give some advice re other people too.

Cheer. I'll PM you sometime over the next week.

[AJR14]

Well, poker is gambling and ones gambling tendencies are bound to come out sometimes. That was the sort of weekend I’ve had at the tables. Playing lots of pots and certainly playing them far from perfect. It is fun though... most of the time. Trying to play a lot of pots with hardly any logical thinking isn’t the best strategy. It obv started after a few beers on Friday night and trickled on through the next couple of days.

I finished the weekend with a small loss, which is ok given the fact I was playing pretty poor but is criminal when looking at the tables I was on. I missed an opportunity for a big weekend results wise. Too much gamboool and a very poor last hour last night where i decided to play some hands embarrassingly bad. Dhfvchwfurhgfh


I saw a well known, and well respected (at least from what i was aware)Sky reg hunt down a reccy player who had obv hit and run him HU and then joined my table. He started to say ‘never join my table again’ etc. I’m assuming the reg isn’t the sort of player to give action to other regs so he will know the dangers of playing recs heads up. To hunt him down just seemed pretty poor form tbh. This guy he had hunted down felt he had to fully apologise and explain why. The guy was trying to explain that he had seen him on tv and wanted to play and was well out of his roll etc

I don’t know him, but i know he has a pretty good rep on sky forums etc and i think he just let himself down. I hate that HU regs feel they have a right to play recs until they have their money. It may have just been a one off thing for them, i don’t know.


Not sure how much poker i will get played this week. Planning on a lot but i have just received the blitzkrieg game for the PC. I think it’s a game i used to play a lot but i may have the wrong one. Either way looks like it should be a good game.

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Record of the Day: Kings of Leon - Pyro. Used to be a big Kings of Leon fan when they first started. Enjoyed their newer stuff but prefer their older records. Tried their Come Around Sundown album other day and come across this cracking record. Wasnt the biggest fan of the rest, although it is a decent album.



I thought this was a good track aswell.

Kings of Leon - Pony Up