Which is the official site. Make you sure get the right one if you have a 32 or 64bt windows OS. Install that and then when it is installed try downloading PT4 again and see if that fixes it.
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Not really played properly in a few days but I did have a mate around last night and we were taking five playable turns each on a micro table, rinse and repeat until we had lost the BI, won a bit or ran out of time and had to go. We ended up losing it in the end as we were both drunk as hell but it was quite fun. I was playing super TAG and he thought any old hand would work. Fun times apart from the BI down but it's nothing really.
Was an alright after as well but had the worst shot ever called a fireball which had vodka, whiskey, sambuca and other nasty's in it which like the name implies kept my throat on fire for god knows how long and nearly urging.
Quite sober so I will win back that BI later hopefully then carry on my poker quest.
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£6. It has been between £6 and £9 for the last week. So basically on a break even run. Last decent bankroll I had was £60 from a £10 deposite but I spewed that away on higher stakes zoom type poker on super tilt.
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It's my 5th bankroll this month, I went spew crazy with the others. Basically this year I have won a lot, but lost more. So not been so great so far and the times when I had a decent enough bankroll to push on and do properly I have tilted away, if not I could have been in the hundreds now maybe.
Trial and error and learning I guess and as long as I have a bankroll everything is good.
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Posted by Phisix: It's my 5th bankroll this month, I went spew crazy with the others. Basically this year I have won a lot, but lost more. So not been so great so far and the times when I had a decent enough bankroll to push on and do properly I have tilted away, if not I could have been in the hundreds now maybe.
Trial and error and learning I guess and as long as I have a bankroll everything is good.
aye,keep at it Phisix i'm sure you will get there in the end mate.
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Posted by teddybears73:
Posted by Phisix: It's my 5th bankroll this month, I went spew crazy with the others. Basically this year I have won a lot, but lost more. So not been so great so far and the times when I had a decent enough bankroll to push on and do properly I have tilted away, if not I could have been in the hundreds now maybe.
Trial and error and learning I guess and as long as I have a bankroll everything is good.
aye,keep at it Phisix i'm sure you will get there in the end mate.
Basically won 90% of what I lost yesterday in a session now. Making money is going slow though but there is a few fish which ripe for the picking.
Edit: Maybe not. It's luck out time with crappy cards time. Sussed him out now and gained some stats on this idiot. He likes to 3 bet a lot with crap which he has gotten lucky with on the river twice now.
------------ Had a good winning session and made nearly £3 profit. Had a few ups and downs and some annoying calling stations but it's been good either way. My bankroll is evens now but my PT4 still says I am £2 down, but that is down to some bonus's I have gotten towards my bankroll.
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Sorry man I wen't to bed as it was getting late and I never play much after 12. Did you play in it yourself?
------------ And last night's great effort, play and profit gone in two hands. First one was 3 betting a 75 vpip and calling his short stack push with AQs and running into AK. Second was KK in the BB and 3 betting the guy on the button light and he pushed all in and so calling was an easy call. Turns over AK and hits an Ace on the river(thats twice this month now). Add this to calling stations and fish calling with crap and variance always giving them two pairs it's not looking good for me.
This is why I am break even lately as once I start clawing my losses back I get set up against a superior hand or variance gives the villain that one card they need. My poker tracker stats for the BB position stats is now minus £9 which is really bad that is due to a few AA/KK/QQ all in's getting getting cracked. Never has my pokertracker stats been bad and I have more losing sessions that good.
I know it's only one BI and a half but how many times can I keep losing with QQ/KK/AA and getting sucked out lately. Only good thing is I still have a bankroll and can always win it.
------------ Anyone think freerolls are rigged? Every time I have sussed out someone or think they have nothing when I have a low pocket pair or pair the other person who goes all in for no reason always sucks out, especially when they have a damn Ace and always get that ace on the magical river.
Just spent two hours with f**k all chances, f**k all cards and idiot stations keep winning with god knows what and how many hands and the one genuine hand I get(And in the knockout stage as well) I get sucked out on ONCE AGAIN. How many suckouts can I endure until I do well in a freeroll because the variance in these things are always stacked on the losing player for some reason.
Add this to being on the most boring and nittiest cash table ever and I need to stop playing for an hour before I tilt or something.
I don't know about you guys but sometimes this game really gives me a headache and pure hatred towards it.
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Posted by Phisix:
Add this to being on the most boring and nittiest cash table ever and I need to stop playing for an hour before I tilt or something.
just leave, its not worth it really. hate playing vs nits because pretty much the only way to win some money of them is via setups PLUS you to be on the better side of said setup. And knowing you and ur patience, youll probably end up losing ur temper vs those guys anyways, so just run away, and never look back
Really not worth your time, or nerves to play at such a table so just leave as soon as u figure out you got a few nits there.
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Yeah I left them in the end as it was boring me.
On my second session before and everything is going s**t. I cant pull off a hand or any bluff and I feel like im some kind of stupid fish player. Guy calling my JJ 3bet with 64s and hitting a second 6 on thw river has just put me on some calm tilt. £3 down so putting last £4 on the lowest speed poker table as had enough of grinding my ass off for f**k all and constant s**t this month. Maybe I will get lucky and double, who cares.
Just blew most of my remaining bankroll chasing a straight and flush draw after folding most of my hands PF or never hitting on the cunting flop. Funny how this s**t happens when I am on tilt, unleash the s**t storm on me as usual. Funny how with decent odds I cannot hit but people with no odds at all luck out against me. Funny.
God this game is such a f**king set up merchant it really is. Get JJ and have 3 limpers before. Nice 8x 3 bet and they all call. c Bet out as there is only one over card and the giant stack obviously calls. Turn brings the Ace so I check and obvious middle bet comes out. What can I do then fold and lose money I just spent ages to win back. Then call two short stacks with 88 one has QQ and the other AKs, of course, set up city.
Before I also got set up with AKs on the SB so 3 bet and bb called with j10. Flop gave him a straight and me two pair(Been in this position millions of times) Lucky he slow played it and I hit a full house on the river to win my BI back before losing £3 of it to the fih and set up hand above.
AK on the SB again so just limp in. Get re-raised so 3 bet and he pushes all in. Thought why not since he only had half my chips and everyone who has AK against me in an all in always wins so why not me. Flips over 99 and I hit nothing. Standard.
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That was what I was thinking. Not rigged as for a certain person but a rigged RNG or something. Maybe for the weaker players so they win something and give them a reason to come back to the site, lose it on the site an and deposit again. Something like that, maybe.
Some how I managed to not go busto on that tilt last night. Don't know what came over me but nothing went right last night. Maybe half of my problems are down to me and my play. I am not exactly some great player, but I have crushed 2NL many times before before Ladbrokes went to Ipoker. Maybe players have just got better or the variance is sicker I don't know. All I know is I have to get better.
------------ And I am busto again. The BB and the SB for seem to be real losing places whatever cards I have and it is starting to fucking wind me up. Wen't out with 1010 vs someones 22. After 2KK flopped. He bet showing he did not have a K and I was right but I did not really think about him having a 2 since he was on the button. Thing like this keep happening when I am the BB or SB, whether it's a set up, suckout or my 3 bet with AK+ gets called by some fish in position and of course I don't hit and have to fold after a Cbet call or resistance. The amount of times I have come up against someone with 22 and they keep hitting a set or boat now is getting ridiculous but I never hit when I have them.
Not happy with some of my calls and play since I won that bankroll, but I am not happy at some of the shite I have encountered as well as everything has felt against me in my grind since the start, my PT4 graphs show that too. Big loser is SB and BB but in the green for the rest, and a up and down constant yo-yo on winning and losing.
Maybe it's me...
------------ Oh and I have enough points for a couple of those small man MTT's again so maybe I can win another bankroll. I was thinking of depositing but what is the point when I cannot even stay over the profit line or crush anything, and before anyone says take a break, a break is not going to get me playing any better, maybe I am just not as good as I think, although I don't think I am that great anyway tbh.
------------ Edit:
I need to start learning from books and videos and see if that improves my poker.
First I will start with David Skalinsky's No Limit Hold em Theory and also Practice Hold’em Poker For Advanced Players and see if that helps me improve. I hear David Skalinsky books are quite good so I may as well start with these and then maybe some Dan Harrington after.
------------ Done really well in a 9000 man freeroll today once again showing I can play and do well in MTT's when I used to be bad at them. Done so well I was 50th with 200 or so people left but as usual I get set up with AA on the button and someone going all in UTG. KK/QQ for sure right as he had nearly the same amount of chips I did(80k). So easy call for anyone and he flips over 88 and hits his magical two outs and basically knocks me out of the freeroll.
1: who donks 88 UTG when they have so many chips and is dominated by over hands(probably) in position?
2: Why is it when I play really well in MTT's and have a chance to do even better when I have the odds I always lose. Funny old game for me lately.
3: When does so called variance turn into general bad luck?
Anyway I won a special freeroll ticket and $3.50 to play with on 888. Which is cool anyway. Ending up playing two SNAP cash tables and I am bossing both tables until one table gives away a massive pot suckout and the other table carrys on crushing. I banked the good table and reloaded two tables and I was up to $7 and kicking me more ass until I get KK(on CO) and get a small re-raise. Small story short we get into a re-raise marathon and I push(as it cant be KK vs AA again for the 10th time this week can it) and it is and I lose $2 of the hard earned money and bringing me back down to $5.
It's poker I know and maybe I should have realized and folded but once again it shows when I am playing well and on a roll the set ups and suckouts have to come into play.
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Posted by Phisix: 3: When does so called variance turn into general bad luck?
depends ive heard some people being on the bad side of variance for months (no really, months of active daily play) but ur luck does have to turn around at some point. Until that happens, just try to keep ur sanity
and no poker book will help your AA vs 88 situations, so not really worth thinking about it too much Its poker, its happens, sure it must be a bitch to happen that often (hey not like i was doing much better, remember thats exactly why i took a break too ). But yeah, theres tons of useful books, so reading any of them, even if you dont feel like it improves you as a player, wont make you weaker player either.
also theres always hope next time u get 88 and hit triip 8's someone else has pocket aces so he can pay u off
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No I want to read the books to improve(or try to) my game and fix my leaks. If I can be bothered to as that is my downside, not being able to study anything unless it's video gaming or films.
And the AA losing I would not have cared if it was not super deep in a special freeroll and the top 4 places were all over $100 and I would have a great chance once again to go even deeper maybe even a FT, but for some reason whenever I mount a challenge something happens so I lose. If it was astupid few calls or plays then it's my fault but lately all of the times I have running good, playing great and was odds on to go further someone magically hit's something. I know it's poker and it will always happen but it's always at a certain point when I can hit bigger money to a small odd in their favour.
It's why I think MTT's and freerolls are luck based for the FT and winning it.
That KK vs AA set up took my confidence away for some reason but I have started getting back into it now and my bankroll is currently on $8.43. Doing well so far, especially since it is a Zoom type game. Funny how it's the most I have won in weeks unlike on shitty rigged Ipoker.
make that $10.24
Just had two dodgy hands when I had AA in position:
Table 1: AA in the co(instead of KK this time) and bet out x4 and had three callers. KK4 flops down. Know I am beat but I Cbet to make sure. One folds two call so I check and they beat so I fold and watch. They both play and go all in. One guy had KQo(Calls a 4x UTG) and the other QJ(dont know why he played like that. Easy fold but annoying how I lose with KK then lose with AA. Never mind I knew to fold and saved a bomb.
Table 2: Two hands later I get AA on the button and one bet before me so I 3bet light and got a call. Ending up getting called and it looked like the guy either had a J or draw. Ending up river giving the third flush and me watching to see what he was doing before. He bet out to much to show he did not have a flush so I called and he nothing but KQ. Kept calling trying to hit a straight or two over cards but I had him covered but what a call for once.
AA likes to give me a heart attack i swear...
Edit:
And here we go. I am smashing both tables apart(up to $14.60)and the site knows it has to start setting me up to lose. First got 4 limpers and I am the BB with k9s so I just call as I know any raises most will call. I flipped second nut flush. Ends up another limper had flopped the nut flush. Set up one.
Next set up was another flush but this time a fourth on the river. Ends up some fish with K2s had called me OOP and was chasing and hit on the turn. Both check and I hit J high flush. Small bet and call but still something lost.
Currently on $12 now, so $2.50 down thanks to set ups and now my running well and good play is probably finished I bet. *sigh
Wow, nice two set ups against AA in a row on seperate tables now. JJ on the button and two 3.5x bets before so I call. Q is the highest card on the flop but the way the other two bet was weird. Called the flop bet but folded the turn. Turns out it was a 3 way set up of 99 vs JJ vs AA. Good fold by me though.
Second was on the SB and gave me Q9s. BB min raised so I called. Q flops and I valuetown myself as he has AA. Nice. Only down to $11.80 after all of this but funny its happening after running and playing so well.
------------ Other than this it has been a great session starting with $3.50 and making $11 profit before the set ups. $8 is still good, especially after this wanky two weeks at laddys.
------------ Just finished another session at 888. Once again I was crushing both tables I was on and I have gone from $11.80 to $16.40. I then accidentally closed both tables and I just re-loaded two new ones and then it started, variance swept towards me like a tornado. Fish were getting every chase, all my plays and better cards were not hitting anything and had to fold a few KK and JJ's on the flop due to fish hitting something bigger with crap.
Ending up back down to $12 and my anger was ready to push so I just took a deep breath and battled on until I made another $1.30 and quit so I had a little profit to show for that session. Twice in a row I have played really well and crushed these SNAP tables and both times in the end I lose due to variance and fish.
The good news is I am playing well and still making profit for a change. Is this because it's a new site? Variance isnt as bad or maybe these players are worse. Who know's but I am liking it.
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This is the b******t I have to deal with lately. Get my money in good until the river ruins everything. I know more then often I get paid off for this fish, but how stupid can you be.
#Game No : 304025403 ***** 888poker Snap PokerHand History for Game 304025403 ***** $0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** Table Astana 6 Max (Real Money) Seat 1 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 1: olibaro ( $3.62 ) Seat 2: chinibini ( $4.21 ) Seat 4: winnetou888 ( $2.45 ) Seat 6: Phisix ( $1.15 ) Seat 7: mythical69 ( $3.58 ) Seat 9: Roxxjommie ( $0.80 ) chinibini posts small blind [$0.01] winnetou888 posts big blind [$0.02] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Phisix [ Kd, Ks ] Phisix raises [$0.06] mythical69 calls [$0.06] Roxxjommie folds olibaro folds chinibini folds winnetou888 folds ** Dealing flop ** [ 2d, 7s, Qd ] Phisix bets [$0.11] mythical69 calls [$0.11] ** Dealing turn ** [ 3c ] Phisix bets [$0.31] mythical69 calls [$0.31] ** Dealing river ** [ As ] Phisix bets [$0.67] mythical69 calls [$0.67] ** Summary ** Phisix shows [ Kd, Ks ] mythical69 shows [ Ah, 7h ] mythical69 collected [ $2.19 ]
Wasent going to fold that river due to not thinking he had AQ, but this is the sort of stuff that happens to me whenever I have over pocket pairs or fish call with idiot calls.
Luckily I am crushing another table and my bankroll is currently up to $17.50, so another great session so far but I have some really bad toothache. Never had pain from a toothache before it's horrid.
And another. Magical two cards needed from the whole pack and of course hits. Knew he would hit a straight as it's the predictable s**t I have seen all the time for.
It's stuff like this that really pisses me off as it happens too much for standard variance and keeps taking away the bigger profit I should have.
Oh my fucking god why cant this game give me a fucking break. QQ ans QKs calls my big raise and of course hits a fucking flush on the flop. Keep setting me up when I play fucking great and take the money back, I know pokers game. Fucking cunt scum. Was near;y on $19 now down to fucking $14.49 due to set ups and suckouts.
