No worries, and thanks for the offer, I'm a little while away from having anything ready to share but hopefully soon!

Hi,

Took yesterday off as was feeling pretty worn out and mentally drained. So instead I caught up on some reading (speed read The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, which is basically an extended parable. But sort of a fun, if very easy read I guess) and watched a few episodes of Ray Donovan.

Good luck to any and all readers taking part in UKiPT today. Would really like to be there, as I have a big craving for live poker right now. Hopefully someone I know ships it anyway.

Some hands from this morning:

1) Reg



2) Reg



3) Reg 3bettor, rec CC



4) Rec



5) Just posting because unicorn pretty



6) Feel like I butchered this vs Reg. Had no timebank



7) Reg

I like it, all of the hands wp imo, you seem a fair bit better than the average z500 reg, keep it up

Thanks man, I'm not sure that is the case. But it's always nice to hear anyway. Who are you on Stars, btw? I feel like this must be super obvious but can't work it out!

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Had a fairly quiet, uneventful day at the tables today. The midstakes games were probably the worst I've seen in a while. Saw some really soft highstakes games while I was lobbyhunting - thought about joining one or two but I ended up bottling it.

Couple of hands:

1) Rec



2) Reg



3) Rec



Also had KK vs JJ aipf for 180bb, but lost both runs unfortunately!

Kind of a swingy day today, but I was able to book a win in the end. I was feeling a bit brave/punty at times, but think most of my play was good/fine.

Think I'm going to have to start posting some graphs or something (even though I really don't like doing that) to liven up this thread a bit. At the moment I feel like I'm just talking to myself.

1) HU vs weakreg



2) Reg



3) Rec



4) Yolo vs reg

Hey,

I've been pretty unmotivated to update for the past week or so. I'm still playing every day, but have been break even over my last 40k hands or so. Pretty far below EV as usual, but I've also not been playing my best poker. Had some pretty lol punts of stacks in questionable spots and such.

I'll do a more concise and complete update tomorrow when I have time, for now I'm done playing for the night and off to take the dog a walk and catch up with some friends. Tomorrow is a day for study and database review. Maybe some poker in the afternoon.

Hope you're all well.

Update

Hey, so as promised I'm forcing myself to keep this updated. I guess it's kinda tough when you aren't sure who (anyone) is reading it. Guess I'll keep at it and try and find some more interesting things to update about.

Played a lot today. 5k hands, which is an absolute monster session for me. I know some of you guys probably knock that out on the daily, but that just isn't me. Currently feeling like a zombie and very excited to hit bed.

Aimee and I have been dogsitting all week for her parents, which for the most part is great fun. She's a gorgeous dog and a lot of fun to hang out with and take for walks, even if she is a bit of a rascal at times. But JFC dogs are just so tying! Aimee is obv working 8-5 every day, so I'm just chilling in the house with the dog in between walks. Feel as if I'm on house arrest. I know some MTT guys have dogs and still play full time MTT schedules, and I just really want to know HOW? With walks and food prep for me and the dog, those 5 minute breaks definitely wouldn't cut it. Aimee has tomorrow off of work, and is taking the dog with her to her parents' house, so that I can have the night off and get megadrunk with my friends. Really looking forward to that, as it's guaranteed to be super messy.

Anyway, poker has been breakevenish for the last little while. The games have been really dry for the most part. I don't know where all the big punters are, but I sure hope they come back soon. I've taken a few shots at 1knl this week, with varying levels of success/failure. Today was a good day, along with putting in really good volume I was able to win like $4k or so at the tables. Fingers crossed we can find some late month heat.

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Some hands:

1) This spot sucked. With a timing tell I kinda wanted to fold river, but told myself I can't be folding really strong hands in these tough games



2) Ship vs aggro reg



3) Oops vs reg



4) Bink vs reg. Pre is pretty grim, but opener is a fish, so he probably isos pretty wide



5) reg



6) vs shortstack pro



7) reg



8) vs faceup reg



9) vs rec




That's enough for now, take it easy.

I'm enjoying the thread! Things go quiet sometimes and pick up randomly. Trust me, people are reading who are you on stars? We must've played together today...?

Im reading and enjoying this too!

Still reading / enjoying also. Keep on trucking!

+1. Keep grinding, posting, and writing. GL

Interesting thread! Subscribed

Hey, thanks man. We actually didn't play at all yesterday, but we have done some in the past. Keep in mind that almost all of my volume is zoom though, and I don't think you ever dip into the pool.

Thanks a lot people, good to know that I'm not talking to myself.

I don't comment on hands cause you're playing way higher than me but still reading and enjoying! Glgl

not sure i'm on board with the ATdd river call.. re-read the HH a couple times lol.

Hey, definitely don't worry about commenting on hands because you play a bit lower.

Haha yeah me either. The plan on river was obviously check/fold, but I was watching a zaza video on rio at the time, where he makes a few light calls in big pots in a row and loses all of them. Wanted to emulate my hero.

25/04

Hey,

Had a busy few days since my last update. Had a really big, messy night out on Thursday. So I was absolutely dying on Friday and took the day off the tables. On Saturday, Aimee and I had the wedding of a University friend of hers' to go. I knew two people there (Aimee and the bride), but fortunately there was a free bar and a good crowd of people there, so ended up having a really good time. I definitely enjoyed it more than Aimee haha, so was again dying of hangoveritis on the Sunday morning. A couple of wedding photos below with kilt included: (punching, I know )





Got back to poker Sunday evening and this afternoon. The games were pretty good and I played well. Ran really good last night and absolutely horrendous this morning, but still made a bit of money over the course.

I final tabled the Hot $162 today, but crashed and burned pretty early after losing AKhh<KJss, A8o<A4o, 88<A8o and finally 66<ATo to dumpster me. Pretty brutal final table, but I ran good at a few points early on to get there. Thinking about playing a full MTT schedule tonight for a little change and I really like a lot of the new daily additions.

Some cash hands from yesterday/today:

1) reg



2) reg



3) reg



4) reg - don''t know if he ever bluffs this size, so probably getting owned



5) reg



6) reg



7) painful vs rec




That'll do for now, let's finish off the month in style.

sick kilt bro. is that standard in Scotland to wear to a wedding?

Hero raises to $295

shouldn't we just do that vs a fish?

funny that after you posted those pics , i find it hard for your SN to be the guy i assigned

zzzz, im confused

what is OP's screenname? o_O

am i supposed to know?

well from your previous post it felt like you knew? maybe I misunderstood lol

No guesses in the thread please. Outside of personal friends of mine I only know one person who worked it out. I'll probably out myself one day, but not now.

Thanks man, yeah they're pretty standard wedding attire up here. Weird, I know.

Potentially. I go back and forth on having a non all in 5bet sizing at 140bb+. Villain in the hand is a good candidate to have a non all in 5bet bluff range vs IMO.