GR1ZZL3R Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hi to @MadAdo Sorry to hear about your lost tickets :Teardrop: but nice to see you still around. 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_ Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Geez I just realized that your avatar picture is Jeremy Brett aka Sherlock Holmes. I always thought it was Austrian Popsinger Falco :wow: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 @Dennis_ wrote: Geez I just realized that you avatar picture is Jeremy Brett aka Sherlock Holmes. I always thought it was Austrian Popsinger Falco :wow:🤣🤣🤣My dear @Dennis_ your observational skills appear to need some working on. 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_ Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Lots will disagree but to me they look somewhat similar Have you seen all the episodes with Jeremy Brett? I have seen the complete first two series and some other episodes as well. My favourite is "The problem of Thor bridge" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 @Dennis_ I vaguely remember watching some when they were first broadcast many years ago, (yes I am an old git) and recently watched the first three series on YT but have neglected them for a while. I think Jeremy Brett was the best tv Holmes, Basil Rathbone the best overall. 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Ever full of optimism (or just plain stupid) I withdrew €251 from my balance last night 👍 to leave exactly €200, the plan being to focus on the horses and betting in general. The main reason is that I just don't seem to enjoy the poker anymore, wether it's because the standard has risen over the last few years, I've got worse, or I'm just plain unlucky, I really don't know. Anyway, that left 48,000 BP's, the plan being to use them on the cash games. Therefore I've bought 3 x €12 tickets, leaving about €12 in reserve, mainly because it seems 3 tables is my comfort zone. I always start a session with optimism and high hopes, today was no different, and sad to say the results weren't much different either, an all in with JJ being smashed by KK. Ultimately I lost 3 all ins and won one, and was actually surprised when I finished that I wasn't as far down as I thought. It felt like a bad session but I'm still going. 👍 5 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 I've had some bad runs in poker but it makes you wonder just how long you can carry on without going completely bananas. I feel like the bloke that is bashing his head against a brick wall, and when asked why he does it answers, "It feels nice when I stop." "This time I'll be lucky," I wasn't."This time he won't hit his three outer," He did."This time, just for once, my set will hold to the river." It didn't. "This can't go on forever." It can.I'm not saying I do everything right, far from it, but as far as I'm aware I do try to give myself the best possible chance. It's agonizingly frustrating when you think you're doing the basic stuff correctly but the results just don't show it, it seems that most times I'm ahead I just can't stay there, and the variance keeps hitting me while I'm down. I'm going to play 5 tables, €2 on each with a short stack strategy and hope it's over soon. When these tickets are finished (tbh I hope it's sooner rather than later) it's a break from poker, I'm just not in the right frame of mind. 5 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psrquack Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 5 tables, half buyin that means a lot variance and a need for a very healthy roll. I hope the Baker Street Boys will bring you some clues to find your way back to the winning path. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 @psrquack wrote: 5 tables, half buyin that means a lot variance and a need for a very healthy roll. I hope the Baker Street Boys will bring you some clues to find your way back to the winning path.@psrquack The variance is so messing with my mind that I'm playing these tickets out with a couldn't care less attitude, I either want to win with them or lose and take a break.Some typical examples.So far so good.Then it bites.All this happened while 4 tabling short stacked, in the space of a few minutes. I left with a profit, these days that's a massive plus for me, winning 2 out of 3 biggies is far more than I'm used to. I'll keep hopping in and out as the urge takes me and hope for the best. 😃 5 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedoM Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Why not check or bet 40% instead of POT on K85 rainbow? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psrquack Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 You were lucky getting called. Today I tried cash game and maybe due to the prize drop promo tables are full of rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 @FreedoM wrote: Why not check or bet 40% instead of POT on K85 rainbow?@FreedoM That's exactly what I would do normally, probably going for the small bet rather than checking. I've seen far too many slow played hands where the slow player let's the passive guy catch up before betting, only to realize he's caught up too much. Also, as I said, my mental attitude is not in the right place, get the money in and stand or fall. 🤣@psrquack you're right, it reminds me of the billionth hand promo, the tables just filled up with no-one playing. Today's Four For Thought. Three minutes in. A raise, I 3-bet, a call. I bet the flop and am called. I shove the turn and get called. Ten minutes. I raise, get 3-bet, I jam. Villain's played nearly every hand with a raise first in and 3-bet quite a few, far too many for my liking. Twenty one minutes. Villain raises, I 3-bet, he calls. I go all-in on the flop and get called. Fifty five minutes. I raise, villain 3-bets, I jam.Four all-ins shown down, 3 wins, 1 loss. Profit €3.68. The ticket is in fight or flight mode. :Thumbsup: 6 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Four For Thought.Six minutes, I raise, called. Bet the flop and turn, shove the river, called all the way. Thirty two minutes, he raises, I shove. Again he'd been raising a lot, this time I was against the higher end of his range but got lucky. Forty two minutes, he raised, I shoved.About an hour gone. Why are there raises and re-raises in the previous twenty hands then everyone folds when I want to play? :Teardrop: Boredom had kicked in, just over an hour gone, as it does when I'm down to one table. I'd already clicked the Leave Next Big Blind when he raised so I shoved. This is going to take an awfully long time at this rate, so when I win or lose on one table I'll start another, keeping four going.:Geek: 6 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_ Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 So you lose when you want to win and then, when you just want to bust everything to give yourself a break, you start winning?! :haha: Seems familiar to me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 @Dennis_ wrote: So you lose when you want to win and then, when you just want to bust everything to give yourself a break, you start winning?! :haha: Seems familiar to me@Dennis_ It can seem the only way to win is just don't care. The trouble is if I build too high I might start caring again. 🤣 2 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 The ticket finally expired yesterday afternoon. :waterfall: 1 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAdo Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 @GR1ZZL3R wrote: The ticket finally expired yesterday afternoon. :waterfall:@GR1ZZL3R you played last friday (due to the post in your thread here)! How can be CG ticket expired within 1-2 days ??? I don't get it ... sorry :scared: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedoM Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 @MadAdo wrote: @GR1ZZL3R wrote: The ticket finally expired yesterday afternoon. :waterfall:@GR1ZZL3R you played last friday (due to the post in your thread here)! How can be CG ticket expired within 1-2 days ??? I don't get it ... sorry :scared:giphy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR1ZZL3R Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 @MadAdo wrote: @GR1ZZL3R wrote: The ticket finally expired yesterday afternoon. :waterfall:@GR1ZZL3R you played last friday (due to the post in your thread here)! How can be CG ticket expired within 1-2 days ??? I don't get it ... sorry :scared:@MadAdo Sorry to cause confusion, I meant it expired due to lack of funds. I got it up to over €17 and played 8 tables of €2 on Friday night, playing short stack strategy of virtually push or fold. The poker gods just continued to mess with me, every big pocket pair ran into a bigger pair or a smaller pair that called and hit a set or an unlikely flush or straight. Saturday afternoon I was down to 2 tables of €4 playing a nitty style but still no joy, even when I folded to aggression the river would laugh in my face. @FreedoM is totally correct. It gets particularly frustrating when I play the top of my range with no success, getting out turned or rivered, then folding T2o from out of position, seeing a flop of TT2 and two maniacs manage to get it all in with AK and a pair of sevens. :Teardrop: It's a running theme.The cash games are over for the time being, though I still have some BP's and a healthy br, I'm emotionally done with fighting the variance, I'll just play the UK and UO satties for this month and maybe try again in the new quarter. I've also got the DT to play tomorrow, so who knows? :Rofl: Good Luck with your games. :Thumbsup: 4 "It turns out that 75% of all poker players think they play better than the other 75%." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_ Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 @GR1ZZL3R it´s a common theme in my games as well. You have a medium Ace on a dry board but suddenly the two other players go bezerk with their 4bets and 5bets and you make what is ought to be an easy fold, just go see an underpair and a baby Ace and you would have had 80% equity... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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