Keeping Warm in Winter

[AAroddersAA]

Played the Blonde tournament last night, folded really well for about an hour before getting knocked out. That was about it really. I think The Duke nicked some of my chips at one point but he usually does that when we are on the same table.

My poker game seems to have a weird pattern. I am a cash game player right? Right. However I do better in different types of game at different times. If I have a day off work and dedicate it to poker my day goes something like this. Get up, shower etc, have coffee fire up PC and look for a good game. Play for a couple of hours, take a break for lunch, probably watch something on TV play another two hour session, take another break snack etc, play another two hour session. Sometimes the sessions are 90 mins long, thats probably a better length for me actually.

Strangely this does not work for tournaments, if I dedicate a day to playing tournaments I usually do much worse than I would at cash. Fine then I will be a cash player and play cash.

But this trend reverses itself in the evening. If I play tournaments I usually do OK but I seem to struggle a lot more at cash games. Having something to concerntrate on (like a league or something) helps me in this too. I can"t explain why this would happen but looking at my sessions, the trend is certainly there. For now I am going to stick to playing cash on weekends and days I am not working and probably use the evenings for tournaments. This might sound silly but I think it has gotta be worth a go.

Not playing today or tomorrow though.

[AAroddersAA]

Liked the post on Leighs blog earlier (the one called A Fish and his Chips) about the "What is Reality" documentary on iPlayer. It"s actually really good and I would recommend watching it.

I always enjoy that sort of thing perhaps I will post my feelings on it one day, then again this was meant to be a blog about poker and I spend to much time talking about other stuff already.

Hmm I wonder if there is a reality where I am good at poker? Nah, it says it in the title really, it has to be a reality, not a fantasy :-)

[duke3016]

Liked the post on Leighs blog earlier (the one called A Fish and his Chips) about the "What is Reality" documentary on iPlayer. It"s actually really good and I would recommend watching it.

I always enjoy that sort of thing perhaps I will post my feelings on it one day, then again this was meant to be a blog about poker and I spend to much time talking about other stuff already.

Hmm I wonder if there is a reality where I am good at poker? Nah, it says it in the title really, it has to be a reality, not a fantasy :-)

Nah they said the whole world is ruled by maths - oh wait.  

[AAroddersAA]

Still not playing poker at the moment, not really feeling it to be honest and have the event to play next weekend so turning up for that fresh won"t be a bad thing.

I did watch an interesting video from card runners last night though

http://www.cardrunners.com/poker-videos/13-scariest-small-stakes-leaks-of-all-time-przytula/

It"s free and not exactly ground breaking but I think it might be useful for all micro stakes players who need to be reminded of the basics every now and again, will watch it again later and am also doing some work on my 18 man sit n go"s for the Champion of Champions, although I think I have decided just to take my normal game, not the right time for fancy changes. If my A game happens to turn up then I have as much chance as anybody. Unfortunately my main problem with poker is I spend a LOT of time playing my B game and my C game.

Team APAT plans are coming togther next weekend should be good.

[Chipaccrual]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

[technolog]

Oh great! Time for them to be ironed prior to delivery then.

[Chipaccrual]

Oh great! Time for them to be ironed prior to delivery then.

I was going to get them to Steve for the Friday night, he should have plenty of time.  

[SirPercival]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

"quite good"  

That"s what my missus said when I was 5th in Coventry.  

[Chipaccrual]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

"quite good"  

That"s what my missus said when I was 5th on Coventry.  

I wasn"t too sure about Steve"s style choice, and had a greater concern over his colour choice, but he knows best.

I could post up a pic, but wouldn"t want to spoil the surprise.

They"re not exactly "APAT Green" though, Des won"t be happy.  

[duke3016]

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[HaworthBantam]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

"quite good"  

That"s what my missus said when I was 5th in Coventry.  

At least you got "quite good", Stuart, I got "they don"t match" after Luton    The perils of having a partner with OCD...

As for the shirts, I"m not that concerned about colour (Amanda will now be rolling her eyes), I"m more concerned about getting them over my portly figure...  

Great blog Steve, and roll on Bolton.

[Des]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

"quite good"  

That"s what my missus said when I was 5th on Coventry.  

I wasn"t too sure about Steve"s style choice, and had a greater concern over his colour choice, but he knows best.

I could post up a pic, but wouldn"t want to spoil the surprise.

They"re not exactly "APAT Green" though, Des won"t be happy.  

It"s all in the detail

[AAroddersAA]

Collected your shirts yesterday.  They look quite good.

"quite good"  

That"s what my missus said when I was 5th in Coventry.  

Quite good, could be bad - r good, I really have no idea. I have no idea why Leigh thinks I am going to have lots of time on Friday night I will be very busy.

1) See everybody in hotel bar and say hello
2) Travel to casino
3) Donk out of Champion of Champions event
4) Try and find everybody else

And that is all before 8pm!!!!!!!

[AAroddersAA]

Had a quick session tonight on Sky Poker. Broke even (well was up 4p to be exact). Interesting hand was the following:-

I have JJ in the blinds and about £18 in front of me (still only playing £20nl until I get back to even for the year).

Anyway there is a limper and I make it £1. The limper calls. The flop comes down

-8d-8s

This looked like a good flop for my hand so I have to bet. I put £2 in and limper calls. I mentally have him on a flush draw/straight draw or maybe some lower pair. The tourn comes a safe looking . I fire out £4 and he calls. I now have him on the draw and the turn is . Well the only draw that got there is J-10 and I got two jacks so that not very likely. I choose to check/call. After I check he goes all-in and I call off about £12.He show 7-8 for the full house.

I probably should have folded the river there. Even though my plan was to check call his bet looked a bit strong for an overpair to call. So I lose £12 there that I should have saved. Flop and turn is fine I guess though.

Other than that I played pretty good but will be leaving cash games until next week now.

Bottom line is:

Online Cash = -£90
Online Tournament = +$12.51
Live Tournament = -£75

Time to practice for the Champion of Champions. I have decided that my plan is simple. I am not going to bother trying to outplay the people at that table. Most of them are better than me. I am going to sit there, wait for cards and hope I get enough to win. Odds against needless to say but my best chance.

If I get down to a point where what is in the pot will increase my stack by 20% with just the blinds and antes I am going to be shoving with ATC for the cut off or the button. I am not going to be reshoving light with like 15BB as that play is just above me at the moment ABC poker is going to be FTW. C-bets are also going to be kept to a minimum.

It"s pretty unlikely more than one person playing that game will read this and even if they do they probably won"t believe me and even if they do there is not much of a defense against this game (one is not required), it is just likely I will end up blinding out - so be it.

[duke3016]

Ger"s Plan..... push ATC every hand in position regardless. It really pisses off the rest of the table