Stars Sit and Go's (Ongoing)

[BorntoBubble]

Off and running for a short but hopfully profitable session tonight!

[BorntoBubble]

When i asked for a short session i meant that i was only going to be registering for an hour. Stars obviously got the wrong memo!

Been a bit brutalised tonight have had some big stacks and then had coolers and beats galore

[BorntoBubble]

Well this just about sums things up in the last one! No sweat given!

PokerStars Hand #113572120837: Tournament #883687186, $3.19+$0.31 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2014/03/20 19:08:25 WET [2014/03/20 15:08:25 ET]
Table '883687186 13' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: chevichile (2880 in chips)
Seat 2: ILBadBeat (7942 in chips)
Seat 3: JonnyKilo (12194 in chips)
Seat 4: jshuttles14 (11170 in chips)
Seat 5: tony781214 (16498 in chips)
Seat 6: wanderer_pro (18037 in chips)
Seat 7: Lefto (25860 in chips)
Seat 8: P4K3R Face (11935 in chips)
Seat 9: instinctas (18453 in chips)
chevichile: posts the ante 125
ILBadBeat: posts the ante 125
JonnyKilo: posts the ante 125
jshuttles14: posts the ante 125
tony781214: posts the ante 125
wanderer_pro: posts the ante 125
Lefto: posts the ante 125
P4K3R Face: posts the ante 125
instinctas: posts the ante 125
JonnyKilo: posts small blind 600
jshuttles14: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to P4K3R Face [ As]
tony781214: folds
wanderer_pro: folds
Lefto: folds
P4K3R Face: raises 10610 to 11810 and is all-in
instinctas: raises 6518 to 18328 and is all-in
chevichile: folds
ILBadBeat: folds
JonnyKilo: folds
jshuttles14: folds
Uncalled bet (6518) returned to instinctas
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
P4K3R Face: shows [ As] (a pair of Nines)
instinctas: shows [ ] (four of a kind, Nines)
instinctas collected 26545 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26545 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: chevichile folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ILBadBeat (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JonnyKilo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: jshuttles14 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: tony781214 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: wanderer_pro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lefto folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: P4K3R Face showed [ As] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 9: instinctas showed [ ] and won (26545) with four of a kind, Nines

[BorntoBubble]

Balance $689.88

[BorntoBubble]

Back in the game tonight, not sure when yet probably around 7 ish? Just trying to bash out another 1000 words on my dissertation!

Making real good progress on all my life goals at the minute so feeling 100% better than this time last week, got a shed ton of work done in the last week and drank a shed ton of alchol as well so everything is positive in my life! Time to get this stake sorted now.

[BorntoBubble]

Started a session now

[BorntoBubble]

weve had an 11th in an $8 one but not much else to shout home about got 5 left and have stacks in a couple of them so hoping for a good end!

[BorntoBubble]

PokerStars Hand #113787444031: Tournament #885801045, $3.19+$0.31 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (1250/2500) - 2014/03/24 23:45:15 WET [2014/03/24 19:45:15 ET]
Table '885801045 11' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Skipijslv (19855 in chips)
Seat 2: Deividas K (43780 in chips)
Seat 4: P4K3R Face (18930 in chips)
Seat 7: tomeckyn (42092 in chips)
Seat 8: Perucao (29560 in chips)
Seat 9: oh_betty420 (68662 in chips)
Skipijslv: posts the ante 250
Deividas K: posts the ante 250
P4K3R Face: posts the ante 250
tomeckyn: posts the ante 250
Perucao: posts the ante 250
oh_betty420: posts the ante 250
Skipijslv: posts small blind 1250
Deividas K: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to P4K3R Face [ ]
P4K3R Face: raises 16180 to 18680 and is all-in
tomeckyn: folds
Perucao: folds
oh_betty420: raises 49732 to 68412 and is all-in
Skipijslv: folds
Deividas K: folds
Uncalled bet (49732) returned to oh_betty420
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
P4K3R Face: shows [ ] (a straight, Nine to King)
oh_betty420: shows [As ] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
oh_betty420 collected 42610 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42610 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Skipijslv (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Deividas K (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: P4K3R Face showed [ ] and lost with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 7: tomeckyn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Perucao folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: oh_betty420 (button) showed [As ] and won (42610) with a straight, Ten to Ace

This was right on the bubble but managed to scapre 27th with others busting.

Got oneleft 21/27 in that one $8 one so another not fun session.

[BorntoBubble]

13/17 in the last one feels like ive not had a shot at a stack on a FT in an eternity!

[BorntoBubble]

PokerStars Hand #113787830890: Tournament #885814289, $7.34+$0.66 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2014/03/24 23:54:44 WET [2014/03/24 19:54:44 ET]
Table '885814289 16' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: P4K3R Face (9995 in chips)
Seat 2: Hoituu (10175 in chips)
Seat 3: KsT_1986 (38261 in chips)
Seat 4: Lampovicious (8062 in chips)
Seat 6: Mad1Lee (37838 in chips)
Seat 7: frankieboy50 (13810 in chips)
Seat 8: benasg (9676 in chips)
Seat 9: borjka (32036 in chips)
P4K3R Face: posts the ante 125
Hoituu: posts the ante 125
KsT_1986: posts the ante 125
Lampovicious: posts the ante 125
Mad1Lee: posts the ante 125
frankieboy50: posts the ante 125
benasg: posts the ante 125
borjka: posts the ante 125
P4K3R Face: posts small blind 600
Hoituu: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to P4K3R Face [As ]
KsT_1986: folds
Lampovicious: folds
Mad1Lee: folds
frankieboy50: folds
benasg: folds
borjka: raises 3600 to 4800
P4K3R Face: raises 5070 to 9870 and is all-in
Hoituu: folds
borjka: calls 5070
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
P4K3R Face: shows [As ] (three of a kind, Jacks)
borjka: shows [ Ah] (three of a kind, Jacks - Ace+Ten kicker)
borjka collected 21940 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21940 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: P4K3R Face (small blind) showed [As ] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: Hoituu (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: KsT_1986 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Lampovicious folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Mad1Lee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: frankieboy50 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: benasg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: borjka (button) showed [ Ah] and won (21940) with three of a kind, Jacks

[BorntoBubble]

Balance $492.79.

Need a change in fortunes and a few FT's maybe tomorrow!

[teamonkey]

perhaps not going to make any friends with this post, but as you are playing with my money, i cant help but thinking the following:

1) stop playing a billion tables at once, i havent backed you to win a volume prop bet, i have backed you to play poker to your best standard and return me some money

2) have a good look at your stats, find out what games you win at, and stick to that game, play what you can actually beat, not what you want to beat

3) dont fall behind on your uni work, if you are struggling to get your degree work in on time then you'll be worrying about that, which will in turn affect your poker playing

4) you arent a pro, we know you arent a pro, and we i dont expect to earn a house from my stake, but i'm sure i'm not the only one who would rather see you play 10 high quality, intelligently played games (which you are capable of) in a week with a small return, rather than you burn through 50% of your staking pool in 3 sessions because you are stuck in prop bet mode.


Hope this doesnt sound too harsh, but i'd rather be blunt and speak my mind than dance around a subject

Mick

[BorntoBubble]

perhaps not going to make any friends with this post, but as you are playing with my money, i cant help but thinking the following:

1) stop playing a billion tables at once, i havent backed you to win a volume prop bet, i have backed you to play poker to your best standard and return me some money

2) have a good look at your stats, find out what games you win at, and stick to that game, play what you can actually beat, not what you want to beat

3) dont fall behind on your uni work, if you are struggling to get your degree work in on time then you'll be worrying about that, which will in turn affect your poker playing

4) you arent a pro, we know you arent a pro, and we i dont expect to earn a house from my stake, but i'm sure i'm not the only one who would rather see you play 10 high quality, intelligently played games (which you are capable of) in a week with a small return, rather than you burn through 50% of your staking pool in 3 sessions because you are stuck in prop bet mode.


Hope this doesnt sound too harsh, but i'd rather be blunt and speak my mind than dance around a subject

Mick

Some fair points Mick and although its nice to make friends bottom line is we are here to make money so im happy to take and criticisms on board but i will reply to some points and then leave it open to the floor/other backers to offer advice on the best way forward.

1) This is something that was raised by Ray the other week and since then ive dropped from 20-25 tables down to around the 12-16 region, since we have "moved up" also this naturally reduces the number of tables as the games dont run as often.

2) The two games i win most at are $8 and $3 games. I dont have a large enough sample of $15 games yet but i believe im probably just above BE and there may be an argument therefore to not play these but at the minute im trying to play about 1 in 5/6 of my games of these. The reason for dropping $2.50 is it just is not a viable option for me anymore, im winning just above BE and for the time/effort involved this seems silly especially as im playing MTT's on my own dime bigger than this. The backers/and myself are never going to get in a great return in these games unless i sit there and play 30 tables every night for 8 hours etc etc which currently im just not going to do.

3) completely agree, uni work is number one priority at the minute and will need to keep it that way for the next 6 weeks until im done.

4) Since moving up it kinda poo poo's my pro bet so the mentality behind how and what im playing is not linked to that. BOWLerization is playing $2.50 and $8 games in large volume and therefore will beat me on volume and it will be easier to win on ROI due to him playing lower (you would imagine) so moving up has affected this but my EV in moving up is worth more to me than winning a prop bet. Tonight i will cut tables again and play just $3 and $8 see how it goes in the past ive had a tendency that when i cut tables massively in these i struggle as will try and over play stuff when in these it tends to need to be a bit more robotic but im happy to give 5/10 tables ago for tonight and see how i feel.

Not harsh at all good points well made i just had to explain some of my beliefs as i think you have got the reason for moving up slightly wrong.

The reason is to increase returns (obviously it increases risk) and not to aide in my prob bets etc.

Currently i am the biggest share holder in this and for me i would ideally have even more of my action so i am the last person that wants to be setting fire to this stake which i think is a little different to some people when they get in makeup there is obviously incentive just to move up and get a bink.

Hope my response does not sound to blunt just want to get across my views! Off to the library until like 7 now so happy to hear thoughts on plans before i get back and play tonight.

Cheers

Callum

[redsimon]

Less tables at a slightly higher abi is ok with me.

Certainly would not want you to think you have to maintain volume/ play long sessions when you have Uni essays/ revision? etc to consider.

Keep plugging away!

[OverTheBorder]

I have no useful input, I would guess following any game selection advice Ray gives you is a good idea.

Picking up on the comment from the reload blurb, you have mentioned that you are rolled for playing bigger MTT games on your own dime and are a major shareholder of this stake.  Is this not a bit of a bind for you? Are you enjoying the 180 mans?

As a stat novice I have no idea how we decide the likelihood of our return on 15$ games, I certainly would not up volume on these.  ABI is looking around $10-$11 and with $1,000 top ups we are going to do the roll in 4 bad sessions.

Also just win and provide more dinner pictures.