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Very deep in tonight's 888 iron freeroll and there is 22 people left I have 270k chips and get pocket sixes on the button and the blinds are 25k/35k. 4 people limp before me and three of them have 80k or lower chips and the fourth is the tournament chip leader with 400k+. I pushed hoping to either get everyone to fold(If they call I would still have three quarters of my stack left and why would the big stack risk his lead by calling half his chips.)
They all end up calling and I am about to come second after the lowest stack hits a higher card on the turn(I would still have made like 80k profit) and the stack leader hits a river straight with his A9.(Once again I get buggered over by a large stack miracle hitting) but the question I want to ask is: was my pushing of 66 pre flop the right decision or should I have just limped with them?
I keep doing well in freerolls lately but usually I get blinded out once I reach the money or go even deeper, and when I have to push I always lose to the big stacks. I know it is variance and they have me covered 100% but this keeps happening but I know why, it is just frustrating as I truly believed I could reach the final table this time, which I have not for quite a while.
------------ Robbed on the river once again and of course by someone with a massive amount of money. I know I was OOP but Q9s is my favorite hand and it was a cheap enough call. Knew I was going to lose it even though I flopped a straight but expected the other guy to hit a river higher flush. Variance against me once again but no matter.
------------ But on the positive side of things I just about cashed in a 20fpp bronzestar MTT with my last 200 chips and just turned the 90 cents into $2.82 so I have some cash to play with. I won't get happy yet as I turned 90 cents the other day to $4.50 in 20 minutes but lost it all in the same night. So fingers crossed I can grind it to $10 until I can feel safer at least.
I am also starting to cash quite a lot in freerolls lately even though it is chicken feed money but it all helps. If only I reached that FT in the iron FR earlier I might have been able to win a decent bankroll.
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Had a great day of poker. I lost my $5 on Pokerstars that I won from a freeroll and grinded yesterday but I also cashed in a Partpoker freeroll and have since turned that into just over $5. I have a few missions that should boost my bankroll a bit more as well as slowly grinding.
I also deposited $8 to 888 and ran hot in a few sessions and my bankroll stands on $25 at the moment and I am 20 points away from reaching 1000 for a free $10 booster if I so wish and I have 15 points of a $5 to unlock so that will be another nice boost.
Things going great today and I have an interview for my first place of my own in a few years tomorrow so I could be in an even more better mood if that happens. Both of these bankrolls will help towards things for the place if I get it and can stick to not tilting everything away on bigger stakes.
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G'day mate
Glad to read you had a good session. I just dropped in to wish you well and say hi keep up the good work and stay positive have a great day and let us hope you do well this weekend. wishing you all the best be cool
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Not played in a few days but had another great night on 888 last night winning $25 for the night and ending my session on $50. I logged on today to find I had received a $5 bonus but the day has been full of variance, coolers and my stupidity. Been on a yo-yo sort of day and was getting back into the groove when I was nearly back to $40 and flopped a set of 8's with my pocket 8s. Other guy flopped a set of J's with his pocket J's so I am now back down to $29 instead of being back evens.. Going to leave it for an hour, but I do have a back up $10 in my rewards if I need it but wanted to get back to $50 before I did that. See how tonight's session goes, hopefully things change for me.
Over on Party Poker every is going well still although I am grinding at a very slow place as well as tackling the missions to eventually boost my bankroll. Not being able to multi table is annoying but I can DoN SNG's if it bores me.
I also realized I had 450 status points on Ladbrokes so I could enter those under 100 small man freerolls again and managed to come second in the first one netting myself a nice ten euros(£7.86) so I now have three bankrolls to build up, but like Party Poker, the Ladbrokes bankroll will be taken slowly for now so I can be a nit at BRM. I had two other ones to try and boost my new bankroll but both were full of card dead and coolers so that was that.
888: $29:54 PP: $10.19 Laddys: £7.86
------------ Look at this hand. Luck and a set up. I flopped the nuts but funny how it gave someone the exact cards he needed to think that he had the nuts. Not complaining though as I took a little stab at 10NL quickly.
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Just had the worst day for poker ever. Been playing well but variance is on my back like a dog on heat. Getting my money in good and always losing. Players always chasing and hitting an over pair, flush hits galore, especially when I get my money in. I have not been able to make fair money today except once where I got back evens but the old I have KK and someone HAS to have AA came along and you know the story. This is happened all day long. I have had lots of breaks too.
Tilted a bit as well at one point which I should have not done and I ended up back at $6...a nice whopping $60 loss today and must have yo-yo'd between $200 or more winning and losing.
I have had to go back down to 2NL and had one table of 5NL open which I had been doing well on until this b******t. Always a chaser hitting what he needs regardless:
should have finished over $10 but now I am on $8.75. I should get a $5 bonus too for status points tomorrow which will help but right now I am furious at what has happened to me today variance wise and me tilting to a higher stake like an idiot. I left after that beat about.
Must be 888 as I won a few $ on party poker from some SNG's.
Cries
------------ Phew. Glad I had the sense to stop playing yesterday after winning a few $ back. Just logged on and I was giving a $10 bonus to bring me back up to $18. You can make $5 a day if you make 10 status points, so I must have played a lot of money yesterday to make 20 and $10.
I need to take things a little slower today, especially now I am back down to 2NL. If I did not tilt jump I would have had $40 left but at least I had the sense to leave before I wen't busto. I still need to work on when to stop playing.
Even though a big loss I am still looking good on all three bankrolls.
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From what i see you have made a progress. You decided to stop playing before hitting that 0 again and that is something good. If you see your day is going bad and you are a bit frustrated just stop and do something else besides poker, to take your mind of it. Good luck on your continuous battle
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I should have left when I got back to $62 tbh. The whole day it was bad variance but it was not big losses just could not have a hand hold up or kept being sucked out on ect. Then I thought variance had shifted back until the KK vs AA. Then the night session continued and of course tilt and frustration reared its ugly head. I was thinking of leaving 888 alone for the rest of the day as it was obvious things were against me but I am alive and keep learning.
Should have just focused on Ladbrokes and PP since things were fine on those. Took me a week to get to $68 so I can always get back there again if I take things nice and slowly and things work out. As long as I don't go busto I will always have that chance to go robusto.
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G'day mate
Well i stopped in to say hello. Glad you are staying positive. Hope things go your way real soon and you build your bankroll up large. wishing you all the best be cool
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To be fair 888 has usually been good to me so I just need to ride the bad times. If I was a better player I probably would have saved more or do better.
Hows your grind going these days(Apart from your $1000 night win)?
------------ Keep getting people always hitting draws against me when they have like 6 outs, but when I have open ended straight draws and a flush draw I never hit. Last three days this has been happening. Not losing much but gettiing frustrated at the lack of making any profit.
Anyway, the hand above, am I playing this right? Did know feel like he hit a straight.
#Game No : 613066696 ***** 888poker Snap PokerHand History for Game 613066696 ***** $0.02/$0.05 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** Table Carmen 6 Max (Real Money) Seat 1 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 1: REE07 ( $5 ) Seat 2: Phisix ( $7.26 ) Seat 4: Voracious14 ( $5 ) Seat 6: Iluvata3 ( $13.29 ) Seat 7: ignatovxx ( $8.88 ) Seat 9: yrko12 ( $1.02 ) Phisix posts small blind [$0.02] Voracious14 folds Iluvata3 posts big blind [$0.05] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Phisix [ As, Ks ] ignatovxx folds yrko12 folds REE07 folds Phisix raises [$0.13] Iluvata3 calls [$0.10] ** Dealing flop ** [ Kc, 5h, Jd ] Phisix bets [$0.22] Iluvata3 calls [$0.22] ** Dealing turn ** [ 9h ] Phisix bets [$0.55] Iluvata3 calls [$0.55] ** Dealing river ** [ 3d ] Phisix checks Iluvata3 bets [$1.40] Phisix calls [$1.40] ** Summary ** Iluvata3 shows [ Th, Qs ] Phisix mucks [ As, Ks ] Iluvata3 collected [ $4.41 ]
------------ Please, someone tell me I am playing these wrong or not being aggressive enough with my 3 bets and raises as people keep hitting stuff they need to beat me after checks and calls.
Could have check called but didnt not believe someone would have it. Every time theres two cards that flop down theres always a idiot who has that card with a rubbish hand.
Even with all these b******t and losses I am still doing alright and for some funny reason I have not tilted or gone insane with anger yet. perhaps I am too used to b******t and it does not phase me as much.
------------ Looking back at that hand I played it totally wrong. I should have check first then played it different after but then I would not expect someone to have a six, or am I wrong? I was thinking overcards and then a river bluff at first or maybe lower or higher pockets.
feed back on these hands would be nice as I am thinking it's just me playing poor.
------------ FLUSH FLUSH FLUSH FLUSH FUCKING CUNTING FLUSHS LEFT RIGHT AND FUCKING CENTER EVERY DAMN TIME. GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THEM.
Realized every time I have two pair on the river ITS A FUCKING FLUSH. They chase them or min bet and they will get A FUCKING FLUSH.
Should have folded the last hand but had a fucking nough. Such a action rigged game online poker is. Such a fucking joke. Was up to $22 playing really well and of course s**t as usual. So tireing seeing the same constant things and I still fall for them. Fish and set up sites own my ass.
------------ Going to go super aggressive now on 3 bets as I am not betting enough. They never call though so meh.
------------ Look, no flush for me or no Ace over card. Must be just people against me.
#Game No : 613091691 ***** 888poker Snap PokerHand History for Game 613091691 ***** $0.02/$0.05 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** Table Carmen 6 Max (Real Money) Seat 1 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 1: 2outter ( $9.06 ) Seat 2: zgniteczko30 ( $0.95 ) Seat 4: kkonrad403 ( $3.48 ) Seat 6: ashkanmh ( $9.79 ) Seat 7: doloto525 ( $6.66 ) Seat 9: Phisix ( $3.19 ) zgniteczko30 posts small blind [$0.02] kkonrad403 posts big blind [$0.05] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Phisix [ Ac, 4c ] ashkanmh folds doloto525 raises [$0.20] Phisix calls [$0.20] 2outter folds zgniteczko30 folds kkonrad403 folds ** Dealing flop ** [ 2d, 5c, 7c ] doloto525 bets [$0.47] Phisix calls [$0.47] ** Dealing turn ** [ 9h ] doloto525 bets [$5.99] Phisix calls [$2.52] ** Dealing river ** [ Js ] ** Summary ** doloto525 shows [ Td, Ts ] Phisix shows [ Ac, 4c ] doloto525 collected [ $6.13 ]
Yes I am on tilt and yes it was a bad call but hey they always suck out to me when they have draws when I have a pocket pair. Oh wait its just against me because variance hates me and im a bad player.
Still not down much regardless of all these losses. Cos I am king.
------------ My god I must have sounded like a right moaning girl last night. Hahaha. Not been on a moan like that for a while but I still maintained my play and tilt better than I used to. I actually stopped playing shortly after as I realized I would go busto if I did. I actually managed to finish on $18.45 so a $1 profit even through all of that losing. I guess the advice from Jess about pot limit sank in a bit as I don't stack off or bet everything like I used to.
No free $5 bonus today so I either missed out on getting 10 status points or they have stopped it. I did however get four tickets to the living the dream $5000 freerolls so I can try my hand at those and see if I can get deep again. Perhaps having a day break from 888 Snap cash and having a day on my Party Poker and Ladbrokes bankrolls as 888 is usually my go to site for making money.
As usual whoever reads my rants will get entertained so your welcome.
------------ Been playing for the last hour and for the fourth day in a row everything is still like a yo-yo. I can't win much or lose much without always coming back to break evens. Was up to $21 earlier too. I am thankful though as I would rather be break even then down or busto.
Finally flopped a set but ran into a set of Kings. So frustrated I only get action with a set if it's a cooler against a higher set or someone is chasing and hit's a flush.
No matter, if I keep riding this weird phase things should start evening out sooner or later.
------------ By the way. Does anyone read this thread much or am I just talking to myself half of the time?
------------ Think i'm done with poker for a day or two. It's constanr suckouts and few outs time and time and time again.
Just lost most my bankroll on party playing in a $5 SNG. Called someones all in with AQs against AJs. Guy RIVERS a flush. Yeah not like I have not seen that hundreds of times over these last four days.
Finally get a flush and think I can make some profit finally but hey ho that guy you know MR RIVER comes up again
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Posted by Phisix:
By the way. Does anyone read this thread much or am I just talking to myself half of the time?
Well I read it sometimes to see how you're doing, I think there are more who don't say a thing like me but who do read your posts anyway! Tilt can really hit you by all those BS rounds you get, just relax and play your best game, you must win in the end!
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Damn lurkers!!
Not really on tilt. Had to quit though as nothing is going right apart on ladbrokes when I doubled up and more on a cash table this morning. SNAP on 888 is being bad for me and I was an idiot on Party Poker for joining a $2 and $5 SNG. Just a downswing but as long as I don't go busto I am happy.
------------ Busto on 888. Get KK someone always has AA or an Ace. I get AA every cunt folds. Pushed my last 98 cents on pocket 10s and I lost to 85s. Constant b******t all fucking week on that site. Lose after lose after b******t. Was on $68 4 days ago and now on 0.
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Wow, not updated in here for quite a while. Been playing mostly freerolls and had a tiny bankroll which I cashed out a while ago as I needed it.
Won a $1 ticket for SNG's and stuff the other day from 888 via that daily spin thing and used it for a 40 man MTT today. Things wen't well the entire game and within two hours I had reached my first final table in months. Started the table in 1st place and managed to win the whole damn things 20-30 minutes later for a nice $10.80 profit.
We shall see how I do with this bankroll but I am sure this thread will see a few moans or celebrations along the way.
------------ Another good day for free but this time on Ladbrokes.
I started playing some SNAP on 888 and lost down to $6 after being $13 up. Not my day there at all, but I logged into Ladbrokes to play the social Sunday and I had a free 10 euro ticket in my account which I used on a DoN and made £14 from. I then just finished a 3 and a half hours on the Sunday Social freeroll and won another £5.70 finishing in the last 30 people. Not very about that win though as I tried to steal with 44 against one person with my whole 130k stack as the blinds were getting big and he called his whole stack with K10s and hit his 10. Every time I push with small pockets I always lose. I could have folded of course but I wanted to keep pushing my stack even higher.
I had a feeling of a final table and bigger money for once but as usual its out of my reach. Still a good day and some nice abnkrolls to play with. Hopefully it continues.
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2015 has not been a great time for me with cash tables so far. I am seeing too many bad beats when I am getting my money in and always lose. I have lost about four small bankrolls so far and it is really driving me nut's. 888 seems to be much worse for this than Ladbrokes but it happens on all sites but 888 is taking the biscuit lately. Luckily I am not depositing this year so these losses are nothing bad but it's sicking to keep witnessing this. I keep thinking it is down to fast tables but that is just rubbish as variance would soon have me winning this but no.
I truly feel right now that I have worst luck then most people or maybe variance is just major bad for me this last year gone.
On the freeroll side I(Where I have said bankrolls) things have been going well and I have reach the money stages in most of them(On 888 would you believe it) although I am still seeing a lot of the same crap but that's freerolls for you.
On a positive note I am actually up £10 up this year since I withdrew it from ladbrokes after winning that £14(Better than being in the minus). I was up to £24 at one point but the same crap on 888 fast tables happens on the Ladbrokes. I am trying to do freerolls only this year as I am sick of depositing and losing more than I win.
Should I quit fast tables and see if normal tables change this or am I forever doomed to lose bankrolls?
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It's tough to sustain such a small bankroll on the fast tables. I'm not sure whether the swings are worse or not, but either way they happen quicker - as everything does on those types of tables.
Give normal tables a shot for a month or two, and see if you notice any change in your luck.
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I think I will and DoN's as well as I have a high win rate on those. It just makes me confused as last year I won quite a lot on fast tables(Before stake jumping and losing loads) but since then over the months I just cannot sustain building up a bankroll with them.
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Look at this for a suckout. My mate was on tilt at mine on his 888 account as 888 stitched him up with loads of suckouts and put his last $12 on a DoN on tilt. We nearly lost and came back then got this hand and thought we were all good.
#Game No : 656212444 ***** 888poker Hand History for Game 656212444 ***** $50/$100 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** Tournament #65148798 $11.35 + $0.65 - Table #1 (Real Money) Seat 5 is the button Total number of players : 7 Seat 2: CALLIN777 ( $990 ) Seat 3: monsta2009 ( $370 ) Seat 5: Torvi790g ( $255 ) Seat 6: cvetelin888 ( $155 ) Seat 7: DocGreek ( $480 ) Seat 8: Assasin100 ( $490 ) Seat 10: ineedbadbeat ( $1,260 ) DocGreek posts ante [$15] Torvi790g posts ante [$15] CALLIN777 posts ante [$15] ineedbadbeat posts ante [$15] monsta2009 posts ante [$15] cvetelin888 posts ante [$15] Assasin100 posts ante [$15] cvetelin888 posts small blind [$50] DocGreek posts big blind [$100] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Assasin100 [ Jd, Jh ] Assasin100 calls [$100] ineedbadbeat folds CALLIN777 folds monsta2009 folds Torvi790g folds cvetelin888 folds DocGreek checks ** Dealing flop ** [ 8h, Tc, 3h ] DocGreek bets [$100] Assasin100 raises [$375] DocGreek calls [$265] ** Dealing turn ** [ Qd ] ** Dealing river ** [ 4h ] ** Summary ** DocGreek shows [ 4c, Ts ] Assasin100 shows [ Jd, Jh ] DocGreek collected [ $1,085 ]
Sick, but someone we won another two hands and someone got knocked out and he won $22. Miracles do happen to us after b******t. Had 20 left but somehow manage to finish on 500. Sick river though as usual on 888 but karma prevailed.
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G'day mate
I have not dropped in lately and so I thought I would do so now. Hope things are going well for you in the new year. You are going to make 2015 the best year of you life. I have faith in you mate. Wishing you all the best. be cool
and that is something good. If you see your day is going bad and you are a bit
