No more sattys
Planing only to play today and tomorrow and then that´s it for me with the Monster Series. Why? The reason is simple: Work re-starts on Monday, I have a busy week ahead and gotta get up early on Monday.
So, tomorrow I will play my last Monster Series events.
First hour survived ... 
11 $ Mix Max: card-dead, had to hero-fold KK, but one good bluff with blocker.
2.20 $ Mix Max: card-dead, totally missed flops but then double up with QQ
0,22 $ Mix Max: just some small pots collected
PKO´s are starting ...
Fight fire with fire!!!
A maniac at one of my tables, so let´s see WHO is the maniac here? (YES, violence is a solution!)
Decent stacks in all the tourneys.
Not many value hands, but proud of my triple- and double-barrels. Light 3-bets help also.
Pheeew, sweating!
0,22 $ Mix Max: out! TT < AK
0,11 $ PKO: out! Card-dead and ATo < QK
2.20 $ Mix Max: out! Flopped two pair, Villain jams and lucks his gutshot on the turn
5.50 $ PKO: Still in, midstack, card-dead, surviving with bluffs n stuff
11 $ Mix Max: decent stack, could double up with nutflush
1.10 $ PKO: card-dead, surviving somehow ....
Playing my very best LAG-A-poker!!!
No matter what happens, I´m proud and can leave the MTTs with my head high up if I bust. ♠_cool:♠_pleased:♠_smile:
The best play doesn´t help....
without luck.
11$ Mix Max: out! First ran with TPTK into a set, down to 10BB, then lost AK < QK
5.50 $ PKO: Out! Lost AK < AJ but freerolled it with 5 K.Oes.
1.10 $: lost QK vs QT
Well that´s it. Bummer! Unlucky MonsterSeries for me. Maybe more luck tomorrow?
Will play my last tourneys tomorrow.
I played a bunch of Monster Series 11¢ buy-in events -- I did get a $2.20 ticket out of one of them, but busted that in short order.
Got almost to the money but lost AA<TT when he got a runner runner straight.
Pretty tough luck lately, Prim. 
I know these games can be very frustrating, and personally, I have given up on large field Hold'em MTTs ages ago. Still, I noticed that you seem to deal with a lot of injustice tilt lately (possibly entitlement tilt as well), not just this weekend, but also during many of our last Saturday sessions. For example, you often had some dismissive things to say about players who took dubious lines, especially if they happen to hit against you.
I have already commented on this topic earlier this year. Again, I believe that the talk of "donks" as well as the "shark - fish" dichotomy may have had its uses back in the late 2000's when there were a lot of new people getting interested in online poker, and the skill aspect of the game was getting emphasized to shake the popular perception of poker being a pure gambling game. By now, though, I believe it has overstayed its welcome, as I argued in that post.
Regarding these players, it should also be noted that we can't get into their heads. Yes, it is extremely frustrating to get rivered by a seemingly "random" hand, but what good is it to accuse them of being just some idiot who has no concept of what they're doing and simply hit their miracle card? In many cases, they may indeed be impulsive gamblers who (perhaps even knowingly) take unreasonable -EV risks. Other times, they might have planned something based on information we simply don't have, be it a bluff on a (bad?) read, an unconventional line, or whatever.
Don't get me wrong, we all vent about "bad players" from time to time, think nasty things about them, possibly say them too. We all do it, including me. It's natural. It can be cathartic at times. But it's not always what moves us forward. Instead of judging them and their play, I think it's better to just register what they're doing, take mental or actual notes, and simply come up with ways to counter what they do. That's how we get an edge - which, of course, often only means a statistical advantage of a few percents. But that's all we can get in a game like this. And it should be pointed out that, as far as I can tell, that's exactly what you were doing.
Those are just some of my thoughts on this matter. Others may disagree, but it's what I came up with to help me deal with the same problem. There is always room for improvement, but remembering some of your posts from last year, I believe your mental game may have actually improved quite a bit in the last few months. And yes, you are a good player.
Now let's get through those swings. GL tomorrow!
I'm beginning to catch on.
On stream today, I went quite a ways in two different tournaments.
After the stream was over I cashed in a few.
I was both more aggressive, and I folded more -- though not in the same hands 
I lose when I play too passively -- just call hoping to hit the right cards.
I lose when I play too aggressively -- raising or 3Betting without the right cards (or draws)
See you later in the Monster PLO8
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
I played a bunch of Monster Series 11¢ buy-in events -- I did get a $2.20 ticket out of one of them, but busted that in short order.Got almost to the money but lost AA<TT when he got a runner runner straight.
Oh bummer, Vorpal! ♠_frown:
Harrier, true words! You´re right! 
Yes, it really sucks getting rivered by players who takes some very "brave" lines and then hit. I´ve been thinking about exactly what you write here. As you know, I also gave up on large field MTTs, just playing them occasionally when there´s a big event like the current MonsterSeries.
Yes, it really sucked that the cards were not on my side, but those large field MTTs are very very very variance-heavy. I always totally underestimate variance and as everybody knows, the mental game of poker is not really my strong point. 
That´s exactly the reason and the only reason why I gave up grinding and went recreational.
It´s pretty normal that you do get rivered or sucked-out on or encounter coolers when many people call or raise when they actually should fold. It´s simple math. More gamblers means also higher probability to loose to some "lucky miracle card".
But at least, believe me or not, despite beeing not so lucky I indeed had fun.
I will keep that "injustice tilt" in mind and try to work on that. Even as recreational player, I must work hard on my mental game! I know that I probably won´t master it but I can improve it and make the best out of it. 
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
See you later in the Monster PLO8
I´m really thinking about picking up four cards today, but don´t know yet, cause those tourneys start at 8:30 p.m CET and take very long. Don´t feel like playing all night, that´s why I choose the early games. I will probably play the PKOs? Don´t know, would love to pick up four cards.......mrm...with a lot of coffee? ♠_biggrin::sifflote:
Haven´t decided yet, but gonna post my todays schedule as soon as I made up my mind. 
Originally posted by drinkmorewater
do you stream Primrose8679?
you are quite popular...when?
No, I don´t, drinkmorewater.
Why 5:0 is not 6:0....
I use to get horribly dissapointed in tourneys when I have a decent stack and then get unlucky and my stack shrinks. Then tennis came to my mind (have tennis practice today): It´s similar. Leading 5:2 doesn´t mean 6:2 and doesn´t mean you win the set! There were so many occasions, not only me but also other players who were 5:1 or even 5:2 ahead but lost the set 7:5 anyway. Happened to me two years ago. I was 5:2 ahead! Villainesse changed her strategy and I got tired. I lost that set 7:5. 
Same in poker: Beeing bigstack when the money or the tickets is still far away, doesn´t mean ITM. And vice versa: Beeing a shortie doesn´t mean = bust. I was pretty big stack in one of the sattys I played. What did I do? I was tanking, time playing and waiting for the shorties to bust. But they didn´t. Shorties doubled up, my stack shrank and eventually the ultra-shortie doubled just at the bubble up and the BB set me all-in, I lost and bubbled. That taught me an important lesson too. Next time I played more aggressive near bubble, jammed aggressively and got though. I made it and won that 11 $ ticket.
So, 5:0 is not 6:0!
Have tennis at 4 p.m. and deciding about my todays schedule after tennis (depends how hard training will be ♠_ugly: )
you don't? thats a pity because i read in blog you like sorrel from the garden and i like the docks too but i have no garden, and so i thought that could come to your stream and could eat some of my rumex salad with you...
but than again there's some rucola in mine. comes from old tricky lady at the market, pretends has memory loss when it comes to giving back change. had the sorrels, rucolas, regular salad, celery, leaks, parsley, carrot, onion, mint, BEETS and other leaf stalks too... and i asked before if you liked rucola, relpied no, and turned out you do, so i'm not exactly sure what to believe anymore in all of this shady uk poker forum.
please don't be mad at me, I like you a lot, even though are not similiar...
so there won't be any stream? that's a pity...
damn that vietnamise girl! winning against you in tennis, she didn't deserve it!
p.s. while in tournaments, at least before the very very deep stages when ICM comes in question, keep in mind to not get lazy and constantly accumolate chips.
You´re right, drinkmorewater! Not getting lazy and especially not getting scared! I tend to switch into DON-mode in order to avoid any risk. That´s probably the DON-player in me :mdr:. I always should keep in mind, that in large-field MTTs you mostly do not win! To get a deep run you gotta be "lucky", which means: Your hands most hold up, you gotta get good solid hands which hold up, you gotta win coinflips, sometimes win even as underdog, besides playing well. And as I said: 5:0 is not 6:0, big stack is not = win in MTTs. Only in DONs and sattys you can switch to careful- and stack-preserving mode in order to win.
There was no vietnamese girl winning against me. She is German and this year I defeated her 7:5, 6:1. ♠_pleased:
Feeling fit
Tennis training was great and helped a lot to further improve our backhand-topspins. 
There´s nothing better against "injustice tilt" than sports!
Made my decision for todays MonsterSeries schedule and decided that we continue here.
Gonna pick up four cards today!
Maybe more luck with four cards?
After my Holdem events went more like this
let´s hope that Omaha is gonna be real horrorshow! Let´s rock the PLO8-tables!
busted out of the 888 NLO8 when flopped nut str8, and lost to rivered FH
Let's hope the Party ones go better
Originally posted by VorpalF2F
busted out of the 888 NLO8 when flopped nut str8, and lost to rivered FH
Let's hope the Party ones go better
Let´s rock them, Vorpal! Gl gl gl! See you at the FT ♠_biggrin:♠_thumbsup:♠_drink:
