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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #780 on: January 26, 2011, 20:10:00 PM »


I never play cash as I might just as well make a donation to charity instead. Might have a go using your points listed. Tracking software is out the question at the moment though unfortunately.

Thanks for the tips. I seriously need them  ;D

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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #781 on: January 26, 2011, 22:19:13 PM »



I never play cash as I might just as well make a donation to charity instead. Might have a go using your points listed. Tracking software is out the question at the moment though unfortunately.

Thanks for the tips. I seriously need them  ;D


Holdem Manager is $55 for the small stakes version so i think it pays for itself pretty quickly
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #782 on: January 26, 2011, 22:48:45 PM »



I never play cash as I might just as well make a donation to charity instead. Might have a go using your points listed. Tracking software is out the question at the moment though unfortunately.

Thanks for the tips. I seriously need them  ;D


I should also mention that each network seems to play slightly differently, so following my suggestions may need a bit of tweaking depending on which site you"re using. Most of my playing time over the last couple of weeks has been on Winner Poker which is part of the Ipoker network. That site seemed to have some technical glitches tonight, so i reverted to APAT's sponsor"s, Betfair, who are on Ongame. On Winner I"ve found that 3 and 4 betting preflop almost always shifts all opponents who don"t hold absolute monsters. Betfair players seem more willing to limp and call, so I"ve found that continuation betting less often produces better results than on Winner and there are far fewer opportunities to 3 or bet bet from the blinds or button.
   So, onto tonight"s results. I was a little apprehensive about trying Betfair tonight as, as mentioned above, I knew that I would have to modify my tactics and the last time I was on the site I took a battering. However, I was delighted to return another solid profit as detailed below:

Minutes played - 153
hands - 298
Profit - 25 x bb
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #783 on: January 26, 2011, 22:52:40 PM »
Oh s**t, it looks like there"s been a major glitch in my brain. I"ve been overstaing my profits/losses by a factor of 10, so for example, yesterday"s profits should read 62.7 x bb not 627. Sorry folks, I am making profit, but not that much!  
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #784 on: January 27, 2011, 13:43:22 PM »

Just catching up with this. I thought your results were amazing lol. Still impressed though. What stakes are you playing at?

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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #785 on: January 27, 2011, 23:37:23 PM »
Back playing on Winner tonight and the winning sequence is at an end with one of those if-it-can-go-wrong-it-will sessions. Not only did I run into a couple of unavoidable dead-ends, but I played worse than I have for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Minutes played  - 104
Hands - 172
Loss -  172 x bb
« Last Edit: January 27, 2011, 23:39:02 PM by monkeyman »
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #786 on: January 28, 2011, 12:15:54 PM »
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Deep down I knew I was making too many mistakes and simply not absorbing some of the information available to me. I thought the best way of keeping myself in check was to post some results,


I"d suggest especially now as you mention that u are using tracking software now is to approach breaking down your game by noting every hand where u feel lost,confused,unsure what to do,what situations gave u trouble etc etc... Do this for pre-flop and post-flop and when u have collected a good sample size u can then look for common themes within that sample [spot leaks,common themes] , the themes that can crop up may vary, such as playing draws OOP , 3bet pots or being donk bet into, not sure of the maths in certain spots etc etc... This way if u are honest with yourself u will learn and grow far quicker, u can either break it down and analyse it all yourself, ask someone better than yourself who"s willing to help, or post them in the forums although be aware u met get varying answers, as u will get replies from people that may of had little experience of the situation/problem(s) u post.. [but it still gives insight as to how others think]  
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #787 on: January 30, 2011, 21:27:37 PM »

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Deep down I knew I was making too many mistakes and simply not absorbing some of the information available to me. I thought the best way of keeping myself in check was to post some results,


I"d suggest especially now as you mention that u are using tracking software now is to approach breaking down your game by noting every hand where u feel lost,confused,unsure what to do,what situations gave u trouble etc etc... Do this for pre-flop and post-flop and when u have collected a good sample size u can then look for common themes within that sample [spot leaks,common themes] , the themes that can crop up may vary, such as playing draws OOP , 3bet pots or being donk bet into, not sure of the maths in certain spots etc etc... This way if u are honest with yourself u will learn and grow far quicker, u can either break it down and analyse it all yourself, ask someone better than yourself who"s willing to help, or post them in the forums although be aware u met get varying answers, as u will get replies from people that may of had little experience of the situation/problem(s) u post.. [but it still gives insight as to how others think]  


Will definitely be posting some hands on here. Ideally I would like to find some hands which go to showdown and involve action at every stage. Admittedly that doesn"t apply to too many hands, but with in excess of 10000 this month, I shouldn"t have to wait too long before something suitable pops up
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #788 on: January 31, 2011, 22:17:22 PM »
After a weekend which involved playing pool for the first time in months, a winless trip to Fakenham racecourse and having a man dressed as a clown shouting "DANCE" in my face, I suppose its only fitting that my final session of January should reflect the month as a whole; 50% enough cold deck situations to reduce a man to tears,25% tilty chip-spewing brainlessness and 25% completely unstoppable table-crushing superiority. I won"t be sorry to turn to a new page in my calender, but I suppose I knew I was likely to be in the red this month and so it has proved. My game has changed radically over the last few weeks and there is every reason to believe that February will be very good. This is going to make for painful reading for me, but here are my results for the month:

Hours played - 87
Hands   - 11398
loss - 1180 x bb  
Loss rate - 10.35 bb per 100 hands    - ouch
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #789 on: February 01, 2011, 21:56:56 PM »
Let"s hope the rest of February is like that. Norwich City win with the final kick of the game, then as the final whistle is blown, I"m dealt pocket nines on the button. UTG limps then calls my raise. The flop is  kc kd 4s, my opponent checks,I bet three quarters of the pot and my opponent calls. The turn is  7h and again my opponent checks then calls  my three-quarter pot bet. River is  9s and bizarrely the betting is exactly the same, opponent checks, I three-quarter pot bet and he calls. He didn"t have the King, so a juicy pot was mine.    

Minutes Played - 122
Hands - 185
Profit - 46.5 x bb
« Last Edit: February 01, 2011, 21:59:33 PM by monkeyman »
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #790 on: February 03, 2011, 22:17:31 PM »
Sigh............here we go again. After a couple of nights of solid profits, tonight I"m back in carcrash territory. I picked-up very few small pots and the session hinged on a number of key hands. My hands are quoted first:

1) 10 hands in and I"m all-in preflop with Kings versus Aces and I lose
2) All in preflop with Kings versus Queens - win
3) In mid table with Tens and raise. The small blind, who has about a third of a full stack reraises. I shove, he calls and he turns over AK. There are aces on both the flop and turn - Lose
4)  UTG +1 with Tens and raise. Player 2 before the button reraises, I shove and he has aces. I lose.
5)  I"m on the button with Queens.  There"s 1 limper and I raise,big blind min reraises,limper folds,I 4 bet and the big blind calls. The flop is  7c  9d 6s,big blind bets half the pot,I shove and he calls. My opponent has  8d 8c and needless to say has completes the straight on the river. Lose
6) I"m in midtable with  ac qc. The cut-off calls, big blind reraises, I call,cut off folds. Flop is  5c 7c :2d: My opponent bets the pot,I shove,he calls and turns over aces. I lose

FFS Betfair, why?
Am I really unlucky or a fish who gets his chips in way too easily? Discuss
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #791 on: February 05, 2011, 22:24:46 PM »
After my usual saturday afternoon watching Channel 4 racing, I"m getting almost stupidly excited about this year"s visit to the Cheltenham festival. This will be (I think) my eighth trip and I"ve got no idea why, but I"m looking forward to it more than in previous years. I usually go with one of my brothers and rent a property within easy driving distance. This year we"re staying in Stratford-Upon-Avon, which is particularly handy as not only is it a comfortable drive to the village hall where we normally park, but the property is on Evesham Road between 5 and 10 minutes walk away from Stratford Racecourse where there just happens to be a race meeting on the day before the festival. I suggested that we could, in fact, go racing every day of our holiday (Wolverhampton saturday,Warwick Sunday), but when I broached the subject, my brother"s reply was that I should try and do something which in all probability is physically impossible. 
 So, onto the poker and today has been a good one. For the first time in weeks I"ve been playing on 888 and I might just hang around for a while as I suspect this is the softest cash site of all.

Time played - 3.5 Hours
Hands - 434
Profit - 112 x bb
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« Reply #792 on: February 06, 2011, 22:12:52 PM »
I"ve spent a bit of time this weekend thinking about the practicalities of a trip to Cardiff in June for the Speedway Grand Prix at the Millenium Stadium. As its around a six hour drive from home, I"m looking for accomodation for Friday 24 and Saturday 25th. Not surprisingly, as the crowd is likely to be 40000 to 50000, rooms in Cardiff are in short supply. The alternative is to find somewhere between home and Wales then commute to the principality on the day. Thinking about my likely routes, Coventry seems to be about halfway,the hotels are cheap and this hasn"t influenced my thinking at all (err,cough), there"s a very good casino there. Friday night playng poker? Seems like a plan.
   
Today"s results
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Minutes played - 168
Hands - 355
Profit - 87 x bb  
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #793 on: February 07, 2011, 22:50:36 PM »
Today"s results
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Minutes played - 155
Hands - 296
Loss - 48 x bb
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Re: If Chris Ferguson can do it, so can I
« Reply #794 on: February 08, 2011, 23:03:46 PM »
Back to back losing days, but strangely I"m really pleased with today"s effort as it could have been so much worse. Tonight I had 4 hands where pocket pairs were beaten by smaller pairs, aces cracked by 4 6 offsuit and flopped trip eights beaten by a rivered straight. All that and my loss was less than a single buy-in. I must have done something right.
 On top of that, I"ve been doing a bit more investigation in to my proposed trip to Cardiff in June and have stumbled across a bargain. Staying in Wales seems to be completely out of the question due to price, but plan B seems very much on, as I"ve found something in the midlands at a price which I had to look twice at to believe and within a few minutes drive of the G casino in Coventry where I"m thinking about spending the firday night. Anyone know what the tournament or cash action is like at the G on a friday?

Today"s results
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Minutes played - 170
Hands - 333
Loss - 91 x bb
« Last Edit: February 08, 2011, 23:05:59 PM by monkeyman »
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