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They are all the same on every site. I even had my fair share in a ladbrokes £1000 tourny earlier but survived against them andmade it to the money for £20 profit. Wanted to win more but for 30 mins I got no decent hands and so my chips kept getting sucked away on the blinds.
Had a day off from FT BRM today for a change so hopefully tomorrow im back to getting further on the board.
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Encountered lot's and lot's of the idiot bingo queens in the 5 tourneys I played today...
It was like a disease outbreak... Instead of playing relatively tight like I normally do, I decided to loosen up and fight fire with fire. Of course, when you do that, things just get worse. Got doinked out of ALL 5 tourneys and made NO points for the day. I don't like letting that happen. You at least want to get SOMETHING for your efforts on the day. Back to playing tight as a virgin tomorrow...
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Get on bud. Glad when someone from here does it. I have not played for ages but just made the one on at the moment, see if I can pro my self away from short stacked.
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Had a pretty exciting hand right on the Bubble yesterday.
Got dealt an AQ/hearts and just called. Another guy raised and I called after everybody else folded...
Right on the bubble, AA2 comes down. I have 3 aces... So I'm thinking,...there's chance in a million buddy has A2, and very unlikely he has AK to out-kick me,....so I shoved.... He called...
HUH.....???!!! He's got A2 in his pocket....
....but wait......... 55 then comes on the turn and river.... SPLIT.....
So I'm happier than flies on $h!t..... ...and type out to buddy "Lucky Me"
Then some moron not in the hand across the table types..."Big deal......4 cents....?"
Obviously he didn't appreciate the hand, nor consider playing for 3 hours only to get killed on the bubble,...which is ALWAYS tough to gag down...
So I told him it's not the 4c,...it's the leaderboard points and the chance to go deeper for a win. Then he tells me he's on the leaderboard.... I looked and he wasn't.... Maybe registered, but not on it...So I told him he's not 'ON' the board.... He never said anything after that...
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I love when Karma like that happens, it makes you feel better and gives you more confidence. How much further did you get?
------------ Actually had enough of this and Pokerstars now. Getting fish out of big pots or players calling all in after the flop when they have nothing and always hitting a higher card. Its constant and just cant handle it anymore when I try and play fair. Just got knocked out of both at the same time because of this.
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I don't remember exactly how far I got in that one,...but I did get .08c or .10c out of the deal. The points are more important though...
Hey,...I know how ya feel about the f'n idiots playing like that.... It can get discouraging at times,....but I just plug away keeping those as secondary games while I play the bigger money games...
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I just had a bad day yesterday. To make it worse I was down £30 on cash tables because of idiots and then probably because of tilt. Raises mean nothing to some people. Sometimes I just question myself thinking maybe I am the rubbish one. I know I am not the best player but still.
Today is a new day and shall see how it goes. I am calm.
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Its the people not the game, but it still annoys me or gets me down sometimes. Especially when they do stupid things and always come out on top. Unless your on a winning run of course.
You in the tournament on in a few minutes?
Out of another one because no one respects raises and call with crap and as always they hit. Someone raises 3x BB I have KQ, other guy who limped called. K77 on flop. Guess what he had? This needs to stop.
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I usually do between 1 and 3 depending on what else I am up to.
I spent last night reading up about poker to improve my game. Range and position was the ones that stood out to me so hopefully that will improve me if I can implement them well.
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Posted by Phisix:I spent last night reading up about poker to improve my game. Range and position was the ones that stood out to me so hopefully that will improve me if I can implement them well.
Reading up about poker is a good thing to do....BUT,...let's make an analogy here...
...if poker was the Universe, then ALL of Newton's Laws that govern it go RIGHT OUT the window upon entering a BankrollMob tourney on PokerStars as all laws break down in a Black Hole....
You can read up about poker until the cows come home,....but NONE of it will help you in a 'BankrollMob tourney' on Stars...
Let's say that Daniel Negraneau is the Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking of poker....
I saw an interview with Daniel in which he was asked how he deals with bingo queens, donks, newbies, and idiots...
He said there's NOTHING you can rationally do other than just avoid them...
...so all in all,...in a BrM tourney....you either avoid them like black holes,...but if you choose to venture into one....you have to either play like an idiot too and hope for the best but lose 90% of the time,....or sit and wait for a choice hand comes along before your stack bleeds away....and lose 90% of the time...
Hey,....when some Russian has 9 3 off and shoves and you call with your AA,....he's got you beat...because he's Russian,....AND he's gonna get A 2 4 on the flop, and the 5 on the river, just to torture you....
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Shush, we don't like logic in here. It's for normal tournaments I play in as well as cash tables.
You wait I will win this torny thats just about to start.
Edit:
It's working so far playing a better way. I am value betting more too which makes the idiots with medium pairs raise thinking I dont have better. 10k chips so far so I am comfortable and can play safe now.
Do you keep chat on as just messaged you on your table and got no reply...
HUH.....???!!! He's got A2 in his pocket.... 
...and type out to buddy "Lucky Me"
It's for normal tournaments I play in as well as cash tables. 
