Back on the grind online and potentially have something lined up on the live front. I've deposited $200 online to keep the rust off and will run it up playing a bit of everything but keeping to decent BRM. Will also be jumping into the MicroMillions main event, not good BRM I know but I'm not going to miss it

Will keep this thread updated now with online results.

Good to have you back mate, glglgl

Well the MicroMillions Main Event went well....

PokerStars - $20+$2|150/300 Ante 40 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 13.4 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 24)
SB: 77.67 BB (VPIP: 20.83, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 24)
BB: 44.13 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
UTG: 20.56 BB (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
Hero (UTG+1): 66.78 BB
MP: 20.21 BB (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 27.27, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 12)
MP+1: 49.63 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 24)
MP+2: 27.18 BB (VPIP: 20.83, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 24)
CO: 50.87 BB (VPIP: 29.17, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 24)

9 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.7 BB) Hero has A A

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, MP raises to 20.08 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 38.15 BB, Hero raises to 66.65 BB and is all-in, BB calls 5.84 BB and is all-in

Flop: (109.77 BB, 3 players) 8 T 7

Turn: (109.77 BB, 3 players) 6

River: (109.77 BB, 3 players) K

BB shows 8 8 (Three of a Kind, Eights)

Main Pot [61.93 BB]: (Pre 17%, Flop 80%, Turn 84%)
Side Pot#1 [47.84 BB]: (Pre 20%, Flop 89%, Turn 91%)

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)

Main Pot [61.93 BB]: (Pre 65%, Flop 10%, Turn 8%)
Side Pot#1 [47.84 BB]: (Pre 80%, Flop 11%, Turn 9%)

MP shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings)

Main Pot [61.93 BB]: (Pre 18%, Flop 10%, Turn 8%)

BB wins 47.84 BB
MP wins 61.93 BB


PokerStars - $20+$2|200/400 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 9.6 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 7.41, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 28)
MP+1: 68.45 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 28)
MP+2: 35.16 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
CO: 16.34 BB (VPIP: 10.71, PFR: 3.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
Hero (BTN): 15.14 BB
SB: 38.72 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 16)
BB: 36.77 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 28)
UTG: 19.94 BB (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 28)
UTG+1: 37.7 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 7.14, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 28)

9 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.63 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, MP raises to 9.48 BB and is all-in, MP+1 calls 9.48 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 15.02 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 5.54 BB

Flop: (42.13 BB, 3 players) 3 8 3

Turn: (42.13 BB, 3 players) 4

River: (42.13 BB, 3 players) 7

MP+1 shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Threes)

Main Pot [31.06 BB]: (Pre 56%, Flop 79%, Turn 88%)
Side Pot#1 [11.08 BB]: (Pre 57%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Threes)

Main Pot [31.06 BB]: (Pre 35%, Flop 20%, Turn 12%)
Side Pot#1 [11.08 BB]: (Pre 43%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)

MP shows K J (One Pair, Threes)

Main Pot [31.06 BB]: (Pre 9%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)

MP+1 wins 42.13 BB

First couple of days, 4 tabling regular 5nl 6max. Don't feel too bad but probably making some horrible calls in big pots.



Nice to be playing again and looking forward to playing more again.

Thanks man, work has been mental lat few months so given up some other stuff to find time to get back on the tables.

Currently playing large numbers of $15 Spin and Gos while chain drinking white russians with a friend of mine. Love bank holidays....

Update:

We've run out of milk, now vodka, squash and water.

Plot twist:

Girlfriend has turned up from a night out with Sea Bass and a pierced nipple? Pics get me banned?

Hah. No idea what the rules are here in PGC. People post thread-savers, though...

How are the spins going?

I'm very glad to say I'm coming back to the game! Looks like I'm going to be joining back up with an old stable of mine to play online. They're happy with me to get involved again although on a reduced scale due to time constraints. I've restarted my old Ivey Poker subscription and will be on it again pretty soon it seems! Content here will prob focus more on online now but I'm keen to keep a lot of non-poker content as well, thread is still going to be Life AND Poker in London and I'd like to stay true to that.

I've kept up the reading since the new year and have read a load of books, I won't review all of them but if you want to ask about any of them I'll do my best to answer!

2015 Books so far:
War and peace - Tolstoy
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Escobar - Roberto Escobar
Walking the Nile - Levinson Wood
Walking the Amazon - Ed Stafford
Guantanamo Diary - Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Captain Scott - Ranulph Fiennes
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know - Ranulph Fiennes

I'm currently reading Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls.

On the work front things are going well, I've just come out of a decent £25k week although I face a difficult call today where £4k might be going under. Also need to sit through 7 hours of technical training which going to be a bore but needs to be done, will be good practice for PT database study....

All the best,

PG

Christ, trying to survive this training while running in and out to not let this deal die! Looking forward to playing tonight if I can escape at a reasonable hour!

Just played a quick evening session and wanted to run a couple hands past the thread to see what you guys thought.

First hand was just more of a line check. Villain was pretty loose and aggressive but I find 2pair hands are where I've made mistakes in the past and perhaps haven't adjusted as well as I could have.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 16.18, PFR: 7.35, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 73)
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
CO: 80.4 BB (VPIP: 61.54, PFR: 30.77, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
BTN: 121.2 BB (VPIP: 19.27, PFR: 16.06, 3Bet Preflop: 3.90, Hands: 450)
Hero (SB): 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q K

fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 2.6 BB, fold

Flop: (7 BB, 2 players) K 8 Q
Hero checks, CO bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 11.6 BB, CO calls 7.6 BB

Turn: (30.2 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 21.6 BB, CO calls 21.6 BB

River: (73.4 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 63.8 BB and is all-in, CO calls 44.2 BB and is all-in


This second hand I'm not too sure whats best for me to do on the river?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 75.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
CO: 99.6 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
BTN: 104 BB (VPIP: 18.53, PFR: 15.09, 3Bet Preflop: 5.95, Hands: 242)
Hero (SB): 237.2 BB
BB: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 18)
UTG: 167.6 BB (VPIP: 24.00, PFR: 4.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) A 6 K
Hero bets 12 BB, BTN calls 12 BB

Turn: (43 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 27.6 BB, BTN calls 27.6 BB

River: (98.2 BB, 2 players) 9

Thanks for any advice, I know I've got a long way to go and these are likely very standard spots!

Welcome back sir

What was walking the Amazon like?

Many thanks!

Fantastic read. I think we struggle to comprehend the range of challenges that an expedition of that magnitude entails and Ed does really well to bring you along the journey with him. I'd strongly recommend it as a supplement to something like "The Mental Game of Poker" to show you how people have overcome their own issues to allow them to complete their own epic projects.

City looking good this morning...

Taken Friday and Monday off work to give myself a long weekend to relax after a pretty intense few months at work. I get up early to play some poker, late reg a micro Deepstack on stars and here is my first hand:

PokerStars - $2.50+$0.25|250/500 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 22.2 BB
MP: 21.18 BB
MP+1: 41.86 BB
MP+2: 64.24 BB
Hero (CO): 20 BB
BTN: 31.62 BB
SB: 32.44 BB
BB: 20.17 BB
UTG: 55.28 BB

9 players post ante of 0.1 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.4 BB) Hero has K K

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 19.9 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 16.9 BB

Flop: (45.2 BB, 2 players) T T T

Turn: (45.2 BB, 2 players) J

River: (45.2 BB, 2 players) T

MP+1 shows A Q (Four of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 32%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows K K (Four of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
MP+1 wins 45.2 BB

Not a bad beat statistically, but a funny runout nonetheless.

Should be a pretty debaucherous weekend, got something fun planned for Saturday so will get some photos up when possible!

Plan today is to grind some 6max cash, get outside and enjoy the sun and meet my mates when they finish work to kick the long weekend off!

These two hands had warning signs all over them, should I have got away from them?

1)
PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 107 BB (VPIP: 25.97, PFR: 20.78, 3Bet Preflop: 12.00, Hands: 81)
SB: 97.6 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 17.19, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 66)
Hero (BB): 206 BB
UTG: 228.8 BB (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
MP: 82.2 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
CO: 113 BB (VPIP: 21.88, PFR: 15.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 32)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K K

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10.4 BB, UTG raises to 29.6 BB, fold, Hero calls 19.2 BB

Flop: (62.6 BB, 2 players) 3 J 5
Hero checks, UTG bets 40 BB, Hero raises to 176.4 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 136.4 BB

Turn: (415.4 BB, 2 players) A

River: (415.4 BB, 2 players) 3

Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 0%)
UTG shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Threes)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 100%)
UTG wins 398.2 BB


2)
PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 150.8 BB (VPIP: 29.17, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 24)
SB: 30.6 BB (VPIP: 27.45, PFR: 21.57, 3Bet Preflop: 26.67, Hands: 52)
BB: 122.2 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
UTG: 147.4 BB (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
Hero (MP): 229.8 BB
CO: 174 BB (VPIP: 28.77, PFR: 23.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 77)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 4 4

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (7.4 BB, 2 players) 9 4 5
Hero bets 4.8 BB, BTN raises to 17.2 BB, Hero raises to 58.6 BB, BTN raises to 147.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 89.2 BB

Turn: (303 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (303 BB, 2 players) J

Hero shows 4 4 (Full House, Fours full of Fives)
(Pre 19%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows 9 9 (Full House, Nines full of Fives)
(Pre 81%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins 290.4 BB

any specific reason for not 5 betting hand 1. is it his low pfr %?

id prefer check calling flop if thats the way u want to play the hand and then check folding a lucky turn card for you.

i would have just 5 bet called off pre flop cant be folding KK pre at nl5 imho

Only that we're 200+bb deep.

Lets be honest, the poker side of my life is f***ing boring, do you really care how a 5nl grinder is doing? I wouldn't either.

I'll keep this mainly the bad things my friends and I do and we'll take it from there...

So last night someone had their birthday and it got a little loose.



Right now I'm trying to deal with my hangover as in a couple hours we've taking a helicopter to Wales for a pub lunch.

But yeah, 5nl hands, advice would be welcome.

Subbed, gl mate!

Good day so far! Headed down to Lundy for lunch with some friends, couldn't have had a better day for the weather although we're all suffering a little after last night...





Unfortunately we got their a little late and missed service so as we flew back towards London we were calling hotels seeing if A) anywhere was still serving food and B) did they mind us landing our helicopter in their garden.

Luckily somewhere just outside Bath let us drop in, probably not expecting the loudest machine ever created to appear.



Anyway, drank far too much gin and now off to the club for a mates bday, let the good times roll!

Want to see what happens with this, gl

Many thanks, very kind of you to say so!

Just signed and sent back my contract for a staking and coaching deal. Once that is all settled and approved we can kick this thread off properly!

Money has been shipped and ready to play. Will be starting at 10nl and upwards from there! Will be putting in some good volume today and tomorrow hopefully, then regular evening sessions around work.

I'd love to make some goals and predictions about where I'll be in however many months, but right now I just want to really work on my game and improve. I'd love to be a winning 50nl reg by the end of 2015 but we'll see how we get on!

Best of luck mate. Feel free to add me on Skype if you wanna chat bout any hands!

Are you f****** serious? First hand of 4th anniversary Sunday Storm:

PokerStars - $10+$1|10/20 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 246 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BTN: 282 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
SB: 249 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: 250 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG: 227 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG+1: 246 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: 250 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
Hero (MP+1): 250 BB
MP+2: 250 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T Q

UTG calls 1 BB, UTG+1 calls 1 BB, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 4.5 BB, fold, UTG calls 4 BB, UTG+1 calls 4 BB, MP calls 4 BB

Flop: (26 BB, 5 players) Q T 6
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP checks, Hero bets 19 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 19 BB

Turn: (64 BB, 2 players) T
MP checks, Hero bets 38.5 BB, MP calls 38.5 BB

River: (141 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 187.5 BB and is all-in, MP calls 187.5 BB and is all-in

Hero shows T Q (Full House, Tens full of Queens)

MP shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Tens)

MP wins 516 BB