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Posted on May 2, 2021 by ddmcm

So I played an Omaha tournament this morning. Get to the final table, knock a shortstack out, now second in chips. Then my other half decides we have to go out …. what ? the ? fuck ?

With only 8 of us remaining, I left the table, sigh.

I get back a couple of hours later, to find this displayed on screen

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I was so so surprised. I mean, with 8 left, we were already in the money. To get this far whilst not playing ? What, oh what, were the other 7 players doing ??

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So, not to drink

Posted on June 13, 2020 by ddmcm

Grinded my way through May and as I hoped, I was only rusty when I returned to the virtual felt. There are still a load of really bad players to be exploited. Does 13k count as grinding ….

 

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No DUI in this picture

and onwards into June.

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To Drink or Not to Drink

Posted on May 27, 2020 by ddmcm

I’ve not had a beer since lock-down began. That’s 8 weeks or so. Opened a bottle of wine that’s been in the boot of my car for 18 months …. the wine was nice and it seemed like a good idea at the time. I also decided to spend a little time at the virtual felt. Sigh.

 

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Playing whilst DUI

Sometimes it pays to only play the penny tables.

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“4 weeks later ….”

Posted on May 17, 2020 by ddmcm

as stated last time, thought I’d visit the virtual felt. Several of my old poker accounts still work/have been resurrected …. and some even still had dosh in them, lol.

Started playing in April. And bombed.

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That graph is all the hands played in April. As you may surmise, I’m a little rusty. I will persevere thru May to see if I can re-learn what I used to be good at.

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“4 years later ….”

Posted on April 14, 2020 by ddmcm

…. and I don’t think the standard of online poker has changed much. Small stakes poker, I admit.

I don’t play very much these days but since I suddenly find myself with a lot of spare time, cough cough (sic), as do a large proportion of the population, I thought I’d put a little time in at the virtual felt. After a lot of vacant staring I decided to play some small field sit’n’go.

I didn’t put a lot of thought into my play, I was way more interested in the other players. I watched what they were shoving with, calling with, limping with, checking with. Not sure why it surprised me but as I watched the game unfold, I thought, I’ve seen this all before. This is way too familiar !

I was mesmerised.

After a half dozen games, I gave up. The sun was out and the grass needed cutting.

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red mist

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ddmcm

my “fascination” with z00m continues. apparently 100,00 hands is required to be in any way meaningful. z00m is an odd beast. I think because it plays so fast you need to be, counter intuitively, more patient. my patience, or lack of, caused an unusual bout of tilt play, costing me several unnecessary lost buy-ins. let me give you a few examples ….

shoved AKK5 …. under analysis, that’s a serious wtf ??

on the flop, shoved J35T, with a made straight …. villain rivered me for the higher straight and nut low, that’s a standard fuck.

it amazes me, the crap hands I get involved with whilst under the influence. the worst thing was knowing I was entering the dread zone but doing nothing about it. that’s a serious wtf ??

of course, this episode has put a serious dent in my bb/100 stats, which, quite frankly, horrify me. but I’m putting them up there as a constant reminder.

10,259 hands @ -4.64 bb/100

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more

Posted on February 4, 2016 by ddmcm

been playing some more. 4.5k hands in and running at just 2bb/100. I’ve heard this version of poker described as “swingy” and also “bingo fest”. I’m with the guy who called it the latter.

biggest winning had, oddly enough, KKQQ for a 300bb pot

more traditional winner, AT42 for 288bb

slightly dodgy A742 for 234bb

again, dodgy, AAT4 for 205bb

now, obviously, there must be some losing hands

AAQ2 lost a 301bb pot

AQ52 lost a 220bb pot

and a tricky 6532 lost a 206bb pot

and there is you thinking I only play A2xx hands. perhaps I should try that 🙂

I’ll be back when I find some more spare time, assuming I find more spare time to swing it up with the bingo callers ! Going by past posting history, you really don’t have to hold your breath.

 

 

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online poker

Posted on February 1, 2016 by ddmcm

Finally got back around to playing. Oddly, I quite enjoyed it. For a self confessed recreational beer player, this is quite odd. Playing without a beer to hand, I mean.

“biggest” winning hand was 2234 without showdown.

“biggest” winning hand was AQ43 with showdown.

“biggest” losing hand was A543 without showdown (folded on the river).

“biggest” losing hand was A653 with showdown.

winning hands were 8bb, the folded losing hand was 8bb and the losing showdown was 2bb.

overall, ran at +8bb/100, but microstakes blinds means microstakes pots !

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Running Up That Hill

Posted on September 18, 2015 by ddmcm

last session on ‘stars I decided to split in two. played some nl08b followed by some NLHE. actually in the black for both session. unheard of !

NL08b last session

 

NLHE last session

 

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flipping rubbish !!

Posted on September 16, 2015 by ddmcm

just 7 months this time !

z00ming along at Omaha-8 on ‘stars. not good, not good at all. cannot win a flip, very annoying. either all in pre-flop or all in on the flop .. same frustrating result.

eg villain flops the set, I have nut low and nut flush draw, villains hand holds

eg pre-flop all in holding AA24 double suited but villain binks flush holding AA57

I am well ahead on party, playing their fastforward NLHE. Pity and just as well for you lot, that I don’t actually enjoy playing 2-card-bingo !!

 

back soon ….

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