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Posted by Phisix: The hell is a fame system Ronin?
G'day mate
C'mon you know a meant game system. So I hit the wrong key, oops sorry. regardless, I hope you have been having a good day. Mine has been tiring and long. be cool
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I actually didn't I was having a spas moment. Pay day tomorrow so I get to get back to playing poker. Had a nice week off without thinking about poker which has been nice. Going to stick to boring slow micro stakes tables and see where I am after all these bad times on Zoom and Speed.
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G'day mate
It got of to a rocky start but I turned it around. Currently after 4 day I am up. Today was a complete wash because of rule #1 so never played any poker at all on day 5. going to go to bed and get a good day in tomorrow. best wishes be cool
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Deposited £11 that I had spare last night and this time I am sticking to normal tables. Nice and slow and no super high variance. I had two sessions; first small and the second bigger.
The first one was great as I played well and was a BI up and the difference between it and speed/Zoom was noticeable as no stupid stuff. However I got AA on the BB and a friend on the table pushed all in with his remaining half of his BI so after all the folds to me I insta called of course. He flipped over AKs and the flop brought two suited cards so I knew another one would come and of course one rivered. I laughed it off to variance and him having more outs post flop but this continues my bad run of AA/KK all in now. Ended up just under break even so it was a good session even with that loss.
The second session went great and I was playing well and getting some nice hands. I managed to make £3.80 profit and managed to crack AA and QQ as well. On top of that I really had fun with the second session along with playing with my ladbrokes friend, which is great as I have not enjoyed poker for a while.
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G'day mate
Glad to here things are going well for you. I do hope that you stay away from the speed tables. You know what I think of them personally. wishing you all the best be cool
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Popular enough but since it has gone to I Poker there has been a whole influx of a lot of players. They do some nice monthly offers and promotions which is nice too.
Stuck away from the speed so far Ronin, but had a very bad day yesterday. Some silly decisions, nearly being flop dead for both sessions, fish keep hitting their low odds draws and some bad variance means I lost around £8 in two sessions. Variance did give me a suckout though so I know to just keep playing well and things will be fine. Managed to crack KK with my JJ in an all in. Still have enough to get back to where I was so that is good. Should be getting a bonus but it has not come in yet, I remember opting in for it at the start of January but worrying now.
BR - £6.50
Update 1:
Just played a small session before the Ladbrokes Social sunday freeroll started. Was crushing one of the tables I was on and was up two BI's on that table. My second tables was a bit different. Only had two decent hands on that one and one of them I got sucked out by a 4% river suckout. Flopped a set of 10's and the fish against me had A2. Kept chasing his 4 outa and on the turn I pushed all the chips he had left as he was short stacked and he called and hit his lucky 5. Only lost 70p from my £2 BI in though.
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G'day mate
Well glad to hear your day is going better then mine mate. I took a shot at moving up levels and lost 3 all ins in a row. The first 2 loses was BS I was hugely favoured to win and lost once to a BS gut shot st8 draw on the river, and once to a runner runner boat. The 3rd loss I was out played in my opinion I should have seen that one coming. took an immediate break thinking I might be on tilt. down 3 full buy ins at $12.50 each. going to drop back dow to the 0.01/0.02 NL tables again on my next session and start to rebuild again. be cool
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Had enough of fishes going all in on a draw and hitting. Just had a 4 way one when I was favourite Pre with AA, they all had draws on the flop apart from someone with 77. I hit a set on the turn and pushed all in with the last guys chips. River flops a flush card to give two of the fishes a flush. Bang goes my profit I just made on that table and I am back down to £9.60 when I was on £11 something. You play bad and lose bad, you play well and be favourite and you can still lose bad.
Freeroll is pissing me off as well as its a table filled with people hitting their magical out's and being complete fishes, as well as never having great cards.
So not a moan about losing loads just a moan at how idiots always win when you have great odds or when I am decent enough ahead. Only 50p down on cash and I am doing well in the freeroll sitting on 11k chips before the first break.
Good luck mate, just have a break now as thats a lot of money you just chucked away, my style not yours lol.
Update:
Not having a great time at the moment. Two BI's down and back to where I was. Nothing is going right and now card dead, same on the freeroll. How can everything go so well and now everything has just shifted to s**tsville. Fed up and on tilt now I think.
------------ Fed up with this game today. Three BI's down on the same table so I leave before I go on major tilt. Twice I have been against the same guy and twice he has had a higher pocket pair and the board has set up a nice rake induced game.
Came right back from being short stacked on the freeroll until all the lucky cards starting hitting for people with no way to win. Last all in I could have jumped back up and I hit the winning card on the turn until a nice set up straight came down for the guy who pushed all in with 44 and I crash out with 60 people to go until the bubble. Sick of losing to people hitting magical s**t all of the time.
Today started so well for me and then as usual it turns into a fucking joke. 100 door Freeroll now, see how that goes.
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maybe it is just the day. ronin also lost three buy ins. Just call it a day and do something else than poker. maybe you should put some goals and stop a little more earlier when you are on the plus side. Good luck in your next games.
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Thanks and yeah I am not playing cash now, just playing in that 100 door BRM freeroll right now. Tilt gone now I am chatting with Plexo.
I think 3 Bi's at least is enough to lose so I would never carry on then. Maybe change that to two depending on what is going on at that table. Everything was fine until I lost with AA( With a set). It happens though and none of that speed bullcrap so far so that is nice.
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G'day mate
Just dropped in to say hello. Going to be going to watch some netflix soon. Gotta love the internet eh It is funny my home phone does not work but my internet does. Well be cool best of luck to you
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Hoping your grind is going better than mine. Lost two more BI's after having to reload last night and nothing was going right. Felt like I was a rank noob by the end. Not hitting many flops, bluffs failing and getting bluffed easy etc. I am just hoping it was just that kind of a day. Today is a new day so we shall see. Maybe I was off my A game although I did well enough in both freerolls played.
Edit:
Good start to the day already as I got given £6 for collecting points from last month.(£1 every 100 LP's) and i also was given a $10 bonus to unlock if I can get 300 LP's this month. Every little helps.
Edit 2:
And the happiness turns to doom. Started so well on both my tables. Then I got AK and a k104 flop came down. Bet out as I was first and some guy tried bluff 3 betting me so I 4 bet him and he went all in. He flipped over Q9 and the turn was a J. Typical hitting a bloody gut shot and one BI was gone. Also lost again with AK against someone who min raised KK. Since then everything has gone wrong and I am getting no cards. £3 down already after everything was going well. Just typical as usual.
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To tell the truth I have actually not been on tilt otherwise I would have been busto by now. Nothing really bad has happened except that one beat/suckout in 4 sessions, but nothing is going for me at the moment. Not hitting many flops, especially with my premiums but everyone always has a hand against me. I manage to steal a few bluffs but the constant lack of hitting the flop(Turn or river if I can better my hand), bad bluffs or just generally folding as trying to stick to tight even if I up my ranges is taking it's toll on my roll.
It could be just variance against me at the moment or the site or maybe just me, but this is nothing to do with beats, set ups or suckouts or some sort of excuse. The last two days of four sessions have stayed the same so today I am having a break which will be nice and because I have not slept much today. I still have a bankroll so I am not busto just having a genuine real bad run.
I look forward to the time when I start running hot again.
Anyone who is reading who want's to throw me some tips for how to manage this bad run better or how to take advantage of it etc would be nice.
Are you still playing or are you on a break as well, Ronin?
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Hey Phisix how are u doing???
Could you run the PT4 again???????
My advice would be to just try to stay breakeven. I mean if you are able to stay breakeven when variance hits you, you can then make profit when you run hot. It sounds hard, but change your set mind to focus on not losing money instead of triying to win.
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You didnt send me a link for the help in the end mate for PT4..
------------ Just had a decent enough session. A BI up so a winning session finally if only small. Just had some short stack donk all in PF with k3s and I called with QQ and of course they get river cracked.
