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[MintTrav]

[Swinebag]

[SirPercival]

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Played poker - got drunk - met great people - priceless

I guess these are not in priority order Ger!

[Swinebag]

well, I haven"t updated this for ages and you can probably guess why?

Nothing to brag about?

Correct of course!!

January and February were losing months for me. Most of the losses came from trying to qualify for Irish open and a few GUKPT sats. I also had a very dry run in other MTTs. If I had just stuck to my bread and butter of STTs then I"d have been ticking over nicely.

I also played the UKIPT manchester in February and after donking most of my stack in the first 2 levels, managed to get above my starting stack again by level 7. I went out when I got cute with AA after a raise and reraise and proceeded to let the OR flop a flush and bust me. The correct play was to probably shove pre, but I wanted 3 way action as this would have put me right back in the tourney. However, with this structure, you are never really out of the tourney so the conservative approach would have done here.

March has been much better. I qualified for UKIPT coventry and am really looking forward to playing this. I bubbled a seat for CBPMT bristol which was v disappointing but will be trying again for this.

As for the rest of online poker I have decided to try a new discipline............. FTP 45 man MTTs. I have played 43 of these and have an ROI of -52% which really sucks!! However I do think I have been a bit unlucky. I have made the FT 11 times out of 43 which I think is enough to make a profit. However I have only converted 3 of these 11 FTs into cashes which when you consider that 6 places are paid, is pretty poor.

The make up of players on this is very bizzare. There are a lot of players who are clearly "45 man MTT machines" and are making thousands in profit. There are also a whole load of fishes (of which I am one at the moment). There doesn"t seem to be too many break even players at these. I am going to persist with these because I think I can do well in the long run (43 games is hardly a sample to be making any drastic conclusions). However if anyone has any advice on how to play this particular format then please feel free to share any pearls of wisdom.....

swansea TR to follow.....

[duke3016]

[Swinebag]

thanks Ger, appreciate it.

[Swinebag]

Well I used ger"s advice and managed to get to the FT second in chips. However, another non cash as I ran into AA two hands in a row to finish 9th...

[Swinebag]

Well I used ger"s advice and managed to get to the FT second in chips. However, another non cash as I ran into AA two hands in a row to finish 9th...

Another FT, another non-cash. keep running into monsters.

[Swinebag]

When bluffs run good....

Watch me take it down from here!!

Full Tilt Poker Game #19754856840: $24 + $2 Sit & Go (151157790), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:24:41 ET - 2010/04/02
Seat 1: Nemo995 (6,820)
Seat 3: kiffstoff (1,855)
Seat 4: swinebag22 (3,505)
Seat 5: aBTO6yC (1,825)
Seat 6: MrsGobus (880)
Seat 8: maxGaw (1,390)
Seat 9: JoppieFloppie (2,845)
kiffstoff posts the small blind of 40
swinebag22 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swinebag22 [ ]
aBTO6yC folds
MrsGobus folds
maxGaw folds
JoppieFloppie folds
Nemo995 has 15 seconds left to act
Nemo995 raises to 200
kiffstoff folds
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 raises to 640
Nemo995 calls 440
*** FLOP *** [ ]
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 bets 800
Nemo995 has 15 seconds left to act
Nemo995 calls 800
*** TURN *** [ ] []
swinebag22 bets 2,065, and is all in
Nemo995 calls 2,065
swinebag22 shows [ ]
Nemo995 shows [ ]
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
swinebag22 shows two pair, Nines and Fives
Nemo995 shows a pair of Queens
swinebag22 wins the pot (7,050) with two pair, Nines and Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,050 | Rake 0
Board: [ ]
Seat 1: Nemo995 (button) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: kiffstoff (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: swinebag22 (big blind) showed [ ] and won (7,050) with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 5: aBTO6yC didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 6: MrsGobus didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 8: maxGaw didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: JoppieFloppie didn"t bet (folded)

[Swinebag]

well I"m 4th in chips with 7 left

just did this...(luckbox is turned up to full)

flame away....

Full Tilt Poker Game #19755487014: $24 + $2 Sit & Go (151157790), Table 5 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:11:13 ET - 2010/04/02
Seat 1: zoedoe (5,300)
Seat 2: Fuldtit (1,690)
Seat 3: JoppieFloppie (12,840)
Seat 4: aseri9 (4,380)
Seat 5: rannis82 (3,866)
Seat 6: aBTO6yC (15,820)
Seat 7: hawkins33 (1,520)
Seat 8: dcroo77 (14,464)
Seat 9: swinebag22 (7,620)
aBTO6yC posts the small blind of 200
hawkins33 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swinebag22 [ ]
dcroo77 folds
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 raises to 1,000
zoedoe folds
Fuldtit raises to 1,690, and is all in
JoppieFloppie folds
aseri9 folds
rannis82 folds
aBTO6yC folds
hawkins33 calls 1,120, and is all in
swinebag22 calls 690
Fuldtit shows [ As]
hawkins33 shows [ ]
swinebag22 shows [ ]
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] [Ts]
Fuldtit shows Ace Queen high
suicideking_09 (Observer): thx dc
swinebag22 shows a straight, King high
swinebag22 wins the side pot (340) with a straight, King high
hawkins33 shows a pair of Queens
swinebag22 wins the main pot (4,760) with a straight, King high
hawkins33 stands up
Fuldtit stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,100 Main pot 4,760. Side pot 340. | Rake 0
Board: [ Ts]
Seat 1: zoedoe didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 2: Fuldtit showed [ As] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 3: JoppieFloppie didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 4: aseri9 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 5: rannis82 (button) didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 6: aBTO6yC (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: hawkins33 (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 8: dcroo77 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: swinebag22 showed [ ] and won (5,100) with a straight, King high

[Waz1892]

railing you now...gl

[Swinebag]

3rd. Everytime the cards were turned over I lost when 3 handed. Was chip hoovering otherwise.

well another cash and the ROI is up to -40% in these.

conclusion: blog more!!

[Cyntaf]

Well done Rob, sure you will turn a profit long term, stick with it. No help i"m afraid, i have never played a multi SnG, not that i"m aware of. Obviously played short handed tourneys, but probably players act differently??

GL anyways bud

Cheers Paul

[Swinebag]

[Mikeyboy9361]

Nice read Rob, the G in Blackpool has a £50 F/O on Fridays, I played it last week, and the standard on the whole was good, 120 runners as well.