Hey guys, I've just listed the weekday tournaments I plan on playing when I fancy a tourny grind mid-week. Unfortunately tonight will be the only opportunity I get to grind tournies this week so let's hope I get a good score ;)
Party Poker Tournaments:
7pm: $109/$10k gtd
7:15pm: $22r/$10k gtd
7:30pm: $55/$4.5k SPEED
8:00pm: $162/$30k gtd NIGHTLY
9:00pm: $55/$20k gtd
9:30pm: $9r/$10k gtd
10:30pm: $33r/$10k gtd
11:00pm: $33/$7k gtd
12:00pm: $109/$12k gtd
iPoker Tournaments:
7pm: $33/$6k gtd
8:30pm: $10r/$25k gtd
9:25pm: $109/$12.5k gtd
9:45pm: $33r/$20k gtd
10:25pm: $55/$7.5k gtd
12:00pm: $33/$5k gtd
Boss Tournaments:
9:00pm: €25/€4k gtd
9:30pm: €44/€3k gtd
10:00pm: €10r/€7.5k gtd
11:00pm: €55/€3.5k gtd
12:00pm: €25/€3k gtd
OnGame Tournaments:
7:00pm: $108/$15k gtd
9:00pm: $108/$7.5k gtd
11:00pm: $55/$8k gtd
Time Order:
7:00pm: $108/$15k gtd (Ongame)
7:00pm: $109/$10k gtd (Party)
7pm: $33/$6k gtd (iPoker)
7:15pm: $22r/$10k gtd (Party)
7:30pm: $55/$4.5k SPEED (Party)
8:00pm: $162/$30k gtd NIGHTLY (Party)
8:30pm: $10r/$25k gtd (iPoker)
9:00pm: $55/$20k gtd (Party)
9:00pm: €25/€4k gtd (Boss)
9:00pm: $108/$7.5k gtd (OnGame)
9:25pm: $109/$12.5k gtd (iPoker)
9:30pm: $9r/$10k gtd (Party)
9:30pm: €44/€3k gtd (Boss)
9:45pm: $33r/$20k gtd (iPoker)
10:00pm: €10r/€7.5k gtd (Boss)
10:25pm: $55/$7.5k gtd (iPoker)
10:30pm: $33r/$10k gtd (Party)
11:00pm: $33/$7k gtd (Party)
11:00pm: €55/€3.5k gtd (Boss)
11:00pm: $55/$8k gtd (OnGame)
12:00pm: $109/$12k gtd (Party)
12:00pm: $33/$5k gtd (iPoker)
12:00pm: €25/€3k gtd (Boss)
The tournies in bold are the ones I will almost definitely be playing. Whilst the ones in regular font I'll play depending upon how many tables I have up at the time. I still plan on keeping 4-6 tables up and trying not to go over this amount as my game then becomes sub-optimal as I make rushed decisions.
I have heard that OnGame have changed their tournament structure to include antes now, so I might give them another chance in the future. But I don't think that there are that many good tournaments available whilst there are literally too many good tournaments available on the other European networks. So maybe when either party/boss/iPoker piss me off too much I'll switch and mix in OnGame, but for now I'm very happy with this exclusive mix. Saying this, I will give OnGame a trial run tonight in one tournament to see how pissed off I get with the software, then decide. Just checked the tourny structures and despite small level times is almost a replica of FTP MTT's which is by far the best structure tournies going.
I maintain my plan to visit the US sites on the weekend though.
Hope the grindings going well for you all! I'll update with how tonight's session gets on later!
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Monday, 29 June 2009
First Majors Session :)
The session started really bad. Like really bad. I was busting everything left, right and center. But kept my focus. The first proper blow was being the bubble boy in the €140/€100,000 on Boss losing AA to AK. It was a bit of a cooler as I was button, he was SB so the money was going in anyway, but with 2 kings on the flop I was drawing very thin!
As the night went on, I was starting to come to terms with the fact that this could be by far my biggest losing session ever. Not to fear, I wasn't planning on folding to a min-cash in anything so I kept the grind on.
Luckily I managed to cash in the Sunday Million on stars coming 356/8055 for $612 which was a start, unfortunately getting slightly unlucky with this hand.
The main cash however, was on Full Tilt Poker. Somehow, I managed to find my self REALLY deep in the $215/$750,000 guaranteed. 8 and a half hours after the start I cash out for $3875 coming 16/3875 players. It was pretty frustrating as with two tables left I lost this pot which would have had me in top 3 chips with a definate final table ahead of me and a good chance of securing that $137,000 first place prize!! But it was not to be. Still, a really nice cash and I look forward to a couple of weeks time when I'll give the majors another run for their money!
Although you do need to run good to get deep in these things, I think a good solid game can really do well as there is certainly a lot of dead money in these tournies. I'm really really happy with how I played today, and despite a couple of beats in the two tournaments, I have to realise that I won some pretty big flips to get that far and if I keep hammering at it, there should be no reason in the forthcoming year that I can't final table one of these biggies!
It's gone 7am now and I'm absolutely nackered, so good night all! Hope everyone elses Sunday was a success!
edit: Just realised, this is my biggest cash I've had in a tournament, just topping the $55 win I took a few days ago! Weeeeeeeeeeeee :D
As the night went on, I was starting to come to terms with the fact that this could be by far my biggest losing session ever. Not to fear, I wasn't planning on folding to a min-cash in anything so I kept the grind on.
Luckily I managed to cash in the Sunday Million on stars coming 356/8055 for $612 which was a start, unfortunately getting slightly unlucky with this hand.
The main cash however, was on Full Tilt Poker. Somehow, I managed to find my self REALLY deep in the $215/$750,000 guaranteed. 8 and a half hours after the start I cash out for $3875 coming 16/3875 players. It was pretty frustrating as with two tables left I lost this pot which would have had me in top 3 chips with a definate final table ahead of me and a good chance of securing that $137,000 first place prize!! But it was not to be. Still, a really nice cash and I look forward to a couple of weeks time when I'll give the majors another run for their money!
Although you do need to run good to get deep in these things, I think a good solid game can really do well as there is certainly a lot of dead money in these tournies. I'm really really happy with how I played today, and despite a couple of beats in the two tournaments, I have to realise that I won some pretty big flips to get that far and if I keep hammering at it, there should be no reason in the forthcoming year that I can't final table one of these biggies!
It's gone 7am now and I'm absolutely nackered, so good night all! Hope everyone elses Sunday was a success!
edit: Just realised, this is my biggest cash I've had in a tournament, just topping the $55 win I took a few days ago! Weeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Sunday Majors
Hey!
Really excited today, I'll be playing:
7pm: €140/€100k gtd boss
7pm: $240/$300k gtd Full Tilt (Sunday Brawl)
7:30pm: Turbo Takedown/$1 million gtd Stars
7:30pm: $22r/$19500 gtd Full Tilt
8pm: $163/$50,000 gtd Full Tilt
8pm: $55/$200,000 gtd Stars
8:20pm: $30r/$60,000 gtd Full Tilt (MSOP event)
8:30pm: $11/$250,000 gtd Stars (Sunday 1/4 Million)
9:00pm: $11r/$60,000 gtd Stars
9:00pm: $75/$22,500 gtd Full Tilt
9:20pm: $22/$200,000 gtd Full Tilt (Double Deuce)
9:00pm: $33r/$19,500 gtd Full Tilt
9:30pm: $215/$1,500,000 gtd Stars (Sunday Million)
10:00pm: $250 APPT Macau Sat (I won a sat into this) iPoker
10:00pm: $55/$75,000 gtd Stars
11pm: $216/$750,000 gtd Full Tilt
11pm: €55/€3,500 gtd Boss
The tournies in italics are maybe's depending how many tables I have up. Hope today goes well!
Really excited today, I'll be playing:
7pm: €140/€100k gtd boss
7pm: $240/$300k gtd Full Tilt (Sunday Brawl)
7:30pm: Turbo Takedown/$1 million gtd Stars
7:30pm: $22r/$19500 gtd Full Tilt
8pm: $163/$50,000 gtd Full Tilt
8pm: $55/$200,000 gtd Stars
8:20pm: $30r/$60,000 gtd Full Tilt (MSOP event)
8:30pm: $11/$250,000 gtd Stars (Sunday 1/4 Million)
9:00pm: $11r/$60,000 gtd Stars
9:00pm: $75/$22,500 gtd Full Tilt
9:20pm: $22/$200,000 gtd Full Tilt (Double Deuce)
9:00pm: $33r/$19,500 gtd Full Tilt
9:30pm: $215/$1,500,000 gtd Stars (Sunday Million)
10:00pm: $250 APPT Macau Sat (I won a sat into this) iPoker
10:00pm: $55/$75,000 gtd Stars
11pm: $216/$750,000 gtd Full Tilt
11pm: €55/€3,500 gtd Boss
The tournies in italics are maybe's depending how many tables I have up. Hope today goes well!
Friday, 26 June 2009
2 $109 FT's!! :) High stakeeeeees!
Hey!
Although I didn't ship either unfortunately, I did manage to make two $109 Final Tables today :D
Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to take a print screen of the party poker lobby as they seem to vanish as soon as the tourny ends.
This is quite reassuring as I was really focusing in on the players and do think that I have a good edge in these tournaments as some of the plays made were pretty bad by a few players. Of course there are some very good players playing these tournaments, but also enough dead money around to make it worth my while playing them!
It was a bit of a shame in the last $109 as I got pretty cold decked with 10 10 vs JJ in blind vs blind for a chip leader pot. I failed to improve and out I went, but I feel assured that it won't be long again before I return and maybe this time I'll be the lucky sod with pocket jacks in the blinds ;)
I also played two satellite today which I won a seat in both. One was a turbo takedown satellite on Sunday which was 6-seater SNG turbo with 2 seats and also a €10rebuy satellite on Boss into their €140/€100,000 guaranteed. I only really played the sat as it started at 7pm when I was only 2-tabling to fill some screen space, but I'm glad I got in on the cheap as I was planning to buy-in direct anyway.
So Sunday is going to be a massive day for me as I plan on playing $215/$300k gtd on party, $215/$1,500,000 gtd on Stars, $215/$750,000 gtd on Full Tilt and €140/€100,000 gtd on Boss. The iPoker Sunday Major is $320 buy-in which is still too much for me, so I may try to satellite in if I can be bothered but it's quite unlikely. I'de much rather just buy-in direct when my roll is a bit bigger.
The roll is around $24,000 at the moment and despite choosing a 200 buy-in rule I've been speaking to a few people including HSMTT'ers and they think I should definitely play the weekly majors as the amount of bad players that satellite in on the cheap create a lot of value. I mean, I wouldn't play one of the $50r's on stars with my roll as the playing field is so much tougher, but I guess the majors are a lot softer. And who knows, maybe if I run super-hot I could have a crazy pay-day.
My only concern though is primarily taking a huge hit to the bankroll, but I think limiting shot-taking to once a week shouldn't be too detrimental as long as I stay fairly rigid with my buy-ins for the rest of the week and be prepared to move up and down stakes as the bankroll permits.
The other concern I have is being outplayed or making robotic decisions without reads. As such, I'll try to limit myself to just playing 6 tables throughout the night. I tried that out tonight and had great success, but there are so many nice looking tournies, especially on a Sunday, that it's really tempting to just load up a ton. I'll experiment with it I think. I mean I'm not quite as pro as some of the grinders like Shaundeeb and stuff so don't think playing $109 freezeouts I would be +ev without paying close attention to the table and getting reads.
I noticed that Mlagoo, a very successful high-stake MTT'er does that. He plays 4 tables and gets good reads on his opponents throughout adding new tables as he busts his existing ones. It works well for him and I just don't think moving up to higher stakes I would have any edge at all if I played robotic poker.
Anyway, enough random dribble! So yeh, today has been really good. I'm withdrawing £468 from my bankroll as today I've just signed up with a new gym so hope to make good use of that! I also cooked spag bol for my the family tonight as it was my step-dad's birthday and thought I owed it to him considering I don't do a lot to help out normally ;)
Hope all is good, ciao!
Although I didn't ship either unfortunately, I did manage to make two $109 Final Tables today :D
Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to take a print screen of the party poker lobby as they seem to vanish as soon as the tourny ends.
This is quite reassuring as I was really focusing in on the players and do think that I have a good edge in these tournaments as some of the plays made were pretty bad by a few players. Of course there are some very good players playing these tournaments, but also enough dead money around to make it worth my while playing them!
It was a bit of a shame in the last $109 as I got pretty cold decked with 10 10 vs JJ in blind vs blind for a chip leader pot. I failed to improve and out I went, but I feel assured that it won't be long again before I return and maybe this time I'll be the lucky sod with pocket jacks in the blinds ;)
I also played two satellite today which I won a seat in both. One was a turbo takedown satellite on Sunday which was 6-seater SNG turbo with 2 seats and also a €10rebuy satellite on Boss into their €140/€100,000 guaranteed. I only really played the sat as it started at 7pm when I was only 2-tabling to fill some screen space, but I'm glad I got in on the cheap as I was planning to buy-in direct anyway.
So Sunday is going to be a massive day for me as I plan on playing $215/$300k gtd on party, $215/$1,500,000 gtd on Stars, $215/$750,000 gtd on Full Tilt and €140/€100,000 gtd on Boss. The iPoker Sunday Major is $320 buy-in which is still too much for me, so I may try to satellite in if I can be bothered but it's quite unlikely. I'de much rather just buy-in direct when my roll is a bit bigger.
The roll is around $24,000 at the moment and despite choosing a 200 buy-in rule I've been speaking to a few people including HSMTT'ers and they think I should definitely play the weekly majors as the amount of bad players that satellite in on the cheap create a lot of value. I mean, I wouldn't play one of the $50r's on stars with my roll as the playing field is so much tougher, but I guess the majors are a lot softer. And who knows, maybe if I run super-hot I could have a crazy pay-day.
My only concern though is primarily taking a huge hit to the bankroll, but I think limiting shot-taking to once a week shouldn't be too detrimental as long as I stay fairly rigid with my buy-ins for the rest of the week and be prepared to move up and down stakes as the bankroll permits.
The other concern I have is being outplayed or making robotic decisions without reads. As such, I'll try to limit myself to just playing 6 tables throughout the night. I tried that out tonight and had great success, but there are so many nice looking tournies, especially on a Sunday, that it's really tempting to just load up a ton. I'll experiment with it I think. I mean I'm not quite as pro as some of the grinders like Shaundeeb and stuff so don't think playing $109 freezeouts I would be +ev without paying close attention to the table and getting reads.
I noticed that Mlagoo, a very successful high-stake MTT'er does that. He plays 4 tables and gets good reads on his opponents throughout adding new tables as he busts his existing ones. It works well for him and I just don't think moving up to higher stakes I would have any edge at all if I played robotic poker.
Anyway, enough random dribble! So yeh, today has been really good. I'm withdrawing £468 from my bankroll as today I've just signed up with a new gym so hope to make good use of that! I also cooked spag bol for my the family tonight as it was my step-dad's birthday and thought I owed it to him considering I don't do a lot to help out normally ;)
Hope all is good, ciao!
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Down the beach and MTT'ing
Hey!
Today was really hot and thanks to somehow waking up at 8am, I managed to get down to the beach with some friends to soak up the sunlight and bob about in the sea! The sea was really nice today, I was expecting it to be a testicle torturing temperature but it was actually really nice. Plus it's always funny rugby tackling friends who are too scared to just jump right in. Pussies!
I managed to get home in time to register for the 8pm-11pm tournies on Boss/Party/iPoker. Unfortunately today does not exemplify my past couple of months as every flip I lost, every premium pair got busted etc etc. I managed one final table on Boss for the €44/€2000 gtd but busted in 8th for next to nothing. Similarly came 11/383 on party poker $55/$20,000 gtd which sucked slightly as my aces couldn't hold against the dominating q4 offsuit. Weeeeeeeee... Guess it's back to the reality of MTT's eh ;)
Nevertheless, It was a fun grind tonight and I'm pleased Ant had more success than I did shipping a tourny on Boss for just over $1k so grats to him!
Bed time now so hopefully I can hit the beach again tomorrow if the weather stays as good as it is! Ciao!
Today was really hot and thanks to somehow waking up at 8am, I managed to get down to the beach with some friends to soak up the sunlight and bob about in the sea! The sea was really nice today, I was expecting it to be a testicle torturing temperature but it was actually really nice. Plus it's always funny rugby tackling friends who are too scared to just jump right in. Pussies!
I managed to get home in time to register for the 8pm-11pm tournies on Boss/Party/iPoker. Unfortunately today does not exemplify my past couple of months as every flip I lost, every premium pair got busted etc etc. I managed one final table on Boss for the €44/€2000 gtd but busted in 8th for next to nothing. Similarly came 11/383 on party poker $55/$20,000 gtd which sucked slightly as my aces couldn't hold against the dominating q4 offsuit. Weeeeeeeee... Guess it's back to the reality of MTT's eh ;)
Nevertheless, It was a fun grind tonight and I'm pleased Ant had more success than I did shipping a tourny on Boss for just over $1k so grats to him!
Bed time now so hopefully I can hit the beach again tomorrow if the weather stays as good as it is! Ciao!
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Sleep pattern is so messed up...Degen Tales..
Hey,
After trying to get myself out of a nocturnal habit, it somehow backfired and I found myself wide-awake at 3:30am this morning ready to start the day. With little else to do I sat down and started the grind with little success. I busted out of a lot of tournies quite early but did get deep in a couple: the turbo fifty $55 on full tilt coming in at around 30th and the 7am $33/$10k gtd on stars coming 12/840. Woops... I guess you can't always win those big flips on the FT bubble. However, I already know all about this from February and March of this year!
So stranglely enough, the tournament grind finished at around 11am this morning, and I headed out to town with two mates to do some shopping, chilling and generally be degenerates.
The sun was in full force and it was a great day. After picking up a couple of Ralph Lauren Polo shirt's we headed out for a late lunch at Wagamama's. Can't ever go wrong there, fusion oriental food really can't be beaten. Myself and Marlow were interested to seeing the local Gala Casino's tournament schedule. I saw that they have a £50 with 1 rebuy, 1 addon on Friday night's which I may be interested in. I know that the cash games down there are almost non-existent, so if I'm not going to have DTD nearby this will be my only fix for live poker in the forthcoming couple of months!
Inevitably this led to some spunking of money on the old blackjack tables. I let my friend play with some of my money on the perfect pair side-game (whereby if you get dealt a pair you receive like 5-1 or some other really shit odds) as he couldn't afford to play the games himself. Well cheers Sam but you run worse than my Grandma with a broken leg! I was playing two boxes on blackjack and he was choosing which box to put the perfect pair wager on and got the wrong one for like £60 a time at least 3 times! Haha oh well!
After losing some degening it up, we all felt like we had a little gamble left inside to unleash so we grabbed ice creams in Bournemouth park and headed straight to the crazy golf games with side-bets on each hole to spice things up a little. Despite a poor start I only ended up £1.50 down which was quite a victory.
With that not being enough, we headed to the beach and found ourselves in the kiddy amusement arcade playing weird 10p games and some 50p basketball which after about 10 minutes play I managed to win 5p in tokens! Ship the 1p sweets!
Overall a good day, but it's getting on to 7pm now and rather than just waking up, I'm feeling really tired. Weird, I know!
GL at the tables all!
After trying to get myself out of a nocturnal habit, it somehow backfired and I found myself wide-awake at 3:30am this morning ready to start the day. With little else to do I sat down and started the grind with little success. I busted out of a lot of tournies quite early but did get deep in a couple: the turbo fifty $55 on full tilt coming in at around 30th and the 7am $33/$10k gtd on stars coming 12/840. Woops... I guess you can't always win those big flips on the FT bubble. However, I already know all about this from February and March of this year!
So stranglely enough, the tournament grind finished at around 11am this morning, and I headed out to town with two mates to do some shopping, chilling and generally be degenerates.
The sun was in full force and it was a great day. After picking up a couple of Ralph Lauren Polo shirt's we headed out for a late lunch at Wagamama's. Can't ever go wrong there, fusion oriental food really can't be beaten. Myself and Marlow were interested to seeing the local Gala Casino's tournament schedule. I saw that they have a £50 with 1 rebuy, 1 addon on Friday night's which I may be interested in. I know that the cash games down there are almost non-existent, so if I'm not going to have DTD nearby this will be my only fix for live poker in the forthcoming couple of months!
Inevitably this led to some spunking of money on the old blackjack tables. I let my friend play with some of my money on the perfect pair side-game (whereby if you get dealt a pair you receive like 5-1 or some other really shit odds) as he couldn't afford to play the games himself. Well cheers Sam but you run worse than my Grandma with a broken leg! I was playing two boxes on blackjack and he was choosing which box to put the perfect pair wager on and got the wrong one for like £60 a time at least 3 times! Haha oh well!
After losing some degening it up, we all felt like we had a little gamble left inside to unleash so we grabbed ice creams in Bournemouth park and headed straight to the crazy golf games with side-bets on each hole to spice things up a little. Despite a poor start I only ended up £1.50 down which was quite a victory.
With that not being enough, we headed to the beach and found ourselves in the kiddy amusement arcade playing weird 10p games and some 50p basketball which after about 10 minutes play I managed to win 5p in tokens! Ship the 1p sweets!
Overall a good day, but it's getting on to 7pm now and rather than just waking up, I'm feeling really tired. Weird, I know!
GL at the tables all!
Monday, 22 June 2009
Biggest Tourny Cash Ever!
Hey,
I know this is my second post of the day, but I think this is worth posting about! As I stated in the earlier blog post, I'm staying up over 24 hours to try and get back into a somewhat regular sleep pattern. So I registered for a few tournaments from 8pm-11pm on stars and full tilt to keep me occupied.
Somehow out of all of this, with several coffees and cans of relentless later I manage to ship the $55/$10,000 gtd on Full Tilt for just over $3,000. My biggest cash to date :D.
I was pretty buzzed up and focused due to probably o/d'ing on caffeine and was able to make some quite nice reads, thus some somewhat unorthodix spewy plays which seemed to pay off:
http://weaktight.com/1228854 I was getting quite a nice dynamic going with this guy. I had been opening a ton in late position and he seemed completely determined to call most of these and try to outplay me and win the pots. I got the better of him in this one exploiting his somewhat aggressive tendencies.
http://weaktight.com/1228869 Some call it spew, other's call it having balls. I'm pretty sure it's the first, but from the way this guy was playing from the final two tables it was pretty evident he was playing with scared money and I don't think by the river action he is calling this given my line. It's also pretty obvious he has the best hand here by a longway, but the pot was so big that I was willing to gamble for it as that would clinch me a strong stack that could take me to short-handed play with ease. After I over-shoved he did time-bank it down which did get my heart pumping a little, but that's all part of the fun, right? ;)
So yeh, I'm a luckbox and the bankroll is at the highest it's ever been now, just over £14,000. Woot!
I know this is my second post of the day, but I think this is worth posting about! As I stated in the earlier blog post, I'm staying up over 24 hours to try and get back into a somewhat regular sleep pattern. So I registered for a few tournaments from 8pm-11pm on stars and full tilt to keep me occupied.
Somehow out of all of this, with several coffees and cans of relentless later I manage to ship the $55/$10,000 gtd on Full Tilt for just over $3,000. My biggest cash to date :D.
I was pretty buzzed up and focused due to probably o/d'ing on caffeine and was able to make some quite nice reads, thus some somewhat unorthodix spewy plays which seemed to pay off:
http://weaktight.com/1228854 I was getting quite a nice dynamic going with this guy. I had been opening a ton in late position and he seemed completely determined to call most of these and try to outplay me and win the pots. I got the better of him in this one exploiting his somewhat aggressive tendencies.
http://weaktight.com/1228869 Some call it spew, other's call it having balls. I'm pretty sure it's the first, but from the way this guy was playing from the final two tables it was pretty evident he was playing with scared money and I don't think by the river action he is calling this given my line. It's also pretty obvious he has the best hand here by a longway, but the pot was so big that I was willing to gamble for it as that would clinch me a strong stack that could take me to short-handed play with ease. After I over-shoved he did time-bank it down which did get my heart pumping a little, but that's all part of the fun, right? ;)
So yeh, I'm a luckbox and the bankroll is at the highest it's ever been now, just over £14,000. Woot!
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