Slow start to June
Apoloagies, I've yet to reinstall Photoshop back on my laptop, so no fancy graphic! But yeah the title says it all, I've been working a lot in the last few months, I have a holiday to Tenerife booked with friends so am aiming on padding my alcohol roll, but the downside being, not much play time, and when I have played, it hasn't gone too well if I'm honest. Only 2k hands this month but down 4BI, EV says I should be down like 7, so I'm pushing my luck apparently. I've played ok, I think a few hands I butchered and misplayed, and I think I've made a couple of bad calls, but I have yet to hit a set this month, and I've taken a few coolers (also people seem to like flopping flushes against me).
The biggest problem has been tilt. I haven't tilted off much (if anything), but my emotions at the table lead me to quitting or not playing when I should be, and I've got 'angry' in a few spots where I shouldn't let it affect me. The mental side of the game is definitely something I need to work on, I have the Eightfold Path to Enlightenment series on my HD and I've seen episode one, but I think I should make it my aim to try and get through the series this month, or atleast read up a lot more about the psychological side of the game. I guess I've post a couple of hands, do you guys fold these?
Full Tilt Poker $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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SB: $25.00
Hero (BB): $29.07
UTG: $33.99
CO: $51.73
BTN: $41.40
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with K
K
UTG raises to $0.50,
3 folds,
Hero raises to $1.75, UTG calls $1.25
Flop: ($3.60) 6
3
J
(2 players)
Hero bets $3.00,
UTG raises to $6,
Hero raises to $27.32, UTG calls $21.32
Turn: ($58.24) A
(2 players)
River: ($58.24) T
(2 players)
Final Pot: $58.24
Hero shows K
K
UTG shows T
K
UTG wins $55.33
(Rake: $2.91)
Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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UTG: $27.30
MP: $25.00
Hero (CO): $25.25
BTN: $52.37
SB: $24.73
BB: $25.00
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with A
A
1 fold,
MP raises to $0.75,
Hero raises to $2.75,
3 folds, MP calls $2
Flop: ($5.85) 5
T
K
(2 players)
MP checks,
Hero bets $4.25,
MP raises to $8.50,
Hero raises to $22.50 all in, MP calls $13.75 all in
Turn: ($50.35) 3
(2 players - 2 are all in)
River: ($50.35) 2
(2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: $50.35
MP shows J
Q
(a flush, King high)
Hero shows A
A
(a pair of Aces)
MP wins $47.84
(Rake: $2.51)
Minraise on monotone flops are always tehnutz ldo. Also, I don't even have a winning hand to post this month, nothing above 80bb's anyway, and even that was just getting AK in pre vs. AQ and holding up. So yeah, not a whole lot going on at the moment, my volume since I started this thread has been slack, something I want to work on in the next few days. I've written a schedule of the MSOP events I want to play though, so hopefully I can go deep in 1 or 2 of these at some point.
#13 - 5/6 @ 20:20 - $10+$1
#16 - 6/6 @ 20:20 - $15+$1.50
#22 - 11/6 @ 20:20 - $10+$1
#26 - 14/6 @ 20:20 - $25+$2.50 (6m)
#30 - 16/6 @ 20:20 - $15+$1.50
#34 - 18/6 @ 20:20 - $10+$1
#36 - 19/6 @ 20:20 - $10+$1
#39 - 21/6 @ 20:20 - $15+$1.50
I'm going to Glastonbury festival later in June too, so I won't be able to play anymore until I get back, and seeing as I only play NLHE, it'll likely be the Main Event if I do decide to play in it, $100+$10, I'll see how I feel and how the rest of this month goes results and volume wise, baring in mind I've only put in 6.8k hands since the start of this blog, I probably won't be playing it.
Really excited about the World Cup starting next Friday! Uruguay vs. France should be interesting on the Friday, and then England are playing on the Saturday, so now doubt I'll be off somewhere watching that after work, I've forgotten what the atmosphere of a mjor tournament is like, and this will be my first one when I can legally drink, so there should be a fair few days where I'm down the pub all day watching every game on my day off! Really gutted Theo Walcott didn't make the squad, I mean his form before February/March was shoddy, but he put in a decent shift for us after than, but I heard his form in training for England was more than awful, so what can you do. Losing Rio Ferdinand is a blow. I rate Ledley King really highly, but he can't train ... so the World Cup really isn't going to suit him. I can see him playing against USA on Saturday, maybe Algeria but probably won't play against Slovenia, it'd be too much. Anyways I'm playing in Event #13 at the moment, I'll let you all know how I get on, currently sitting 1039/5558.