Swear i am getting worse

Hi guys,

haven't been playing micro limit in ages, basically i made the mistake of playing tournaments and had a few big wins.

The mistake i am making is that i have moved away from the fish.

I would love any opinions on this as i have recently been evaluating my game and my approach,
basically i used to make a steady though small income playing against minnows and then i did as all half decent players do and attempted to go for the big money.
For me this meant tournaments and an early 600 and 2000 win made me a bit big headed.

however i believe the web has had a Darwinian affect on players, in that the strongest have survived, live games are still very soft and i do well (very well in live tournaments) however in online tournaments i usually go out just below the top 10% because basically a lot of good players are there and you won't make more than your lucks worth from a good player.

so i think i have learnt my lesson and will be playing again amongst the minnows making a steady stream of low level cash, though i do believe my micro limit game again needs some work as i have changed styles a lot with playing so many tourneys.

I would however recommend tournamentindicator to anyone who does want to play tournaments.

anyway expect to hear lots from me on the subject of micro limit as I will again be playing with avengance and probably starting off with losses as i did in the very beginning of my less than prestigious career.

Second Live Game

Played again on Tuesday night but been too busy to blog about it.

field of 40 people and I came second.

The guy who came first never saw a bet he couldn't call.
He kept catching cards though and put everyone else on tilt.

This allowed me to cruise into second place and finally got knocked out with a KQ all in, called by an A10.

I have generally found the standard of live play to be lower than online and so will have a few more punts at this.

A week of Tournaments (Killing Phil)

Just in case you guys thought I was not posting my results anymore, it has simply been because I have hardly played any micro limit poker in the last week.

I received a new book I had ordered called "Kill Phil" and was inspired to play a few small stakes tournaments.

My Results were as follows.

Lost quite a few but had 2 big wins

$10 short handed tourney 64 entrants 1st Place -$224
$3 Buy in to ladders tournament second place - $300

oh yes and for $5 I have won a seat onto the GBPT final to qualify for GBPT in Edinburgh

lost about $50 altogether with other buyins but was more than impressed with my results.

The question is will I switch to tourneys.
I don't know, the variance is much greater and a few night you just lose after hours of work, while as in limit you seem to win most nights and the variance is not that great if you play well, I will keep you posted.

Anyway the book I used as a primer for these tourneys was Kill Phil see link below, and if you are considering buying it please use the link below and help support my blog.

Kill Phil is excellent for beginners (but all levels can get something out of it) and gave me a few insights that I never saw before, a sort of extension on Harrington's Low 'M' Theory in lots of ways. Anyway if you are serious about tourneys I would also recommend Harrington's books which are must reads and can be bought from my astore (click here to open).

Anyway good luck at the tables whatever your chosen format, just remember that they vary greatly and pick a format that suits you and your temperament.

Peter

First day of the Year of to a flying start

Running good BB/100 of 25.54 over 1,035 hands.

Got more than my fair share of lucky draws and good cards so I presume this will even out on another day.

Anyway I played really loose 40% exactly vpip as I was on a rush and probably instilled some really bad habits in my play.

Anyway I had

7 AA

10 AKo

16 AQo

7 99 which all won

As you can see I really got lucky and below is my graph.

New Year Results

No I was not sad enough to play at midnight I shut my machine down, however my wife wasnt well so we didnt go out and we watched tele, which meant I played Poker. The neighbour did have some fireworks though.

Still on a high about winning my seat for the final to get a seat at the GBPT next Saturday, keep reading and I will let you know exactly how I get knowcked out of it lol.

Anyway I have had a request to post all my results so I will place a graph here every day I play.

I find after a session I can't be bothered writing too much so here goes my results for the day.

Have a seat in the GBPT monthly final on eurobet

came 2nd in the 2nd stage though led all the way and the last 2 places were all in all the way as the prize was the same.

I am very pleased with myself as normally am a limit guy and this was NL.

So now I have a ticket to the final for a seat at the GBPT
1 in 22 people get a seat at the GBPT event in Edinburgh.


see links below for details

http://www.eurobetpoker.com/club/pn.go?page=promotion1&lang=1&sid=231116190254591251048612&ms=MS

http://www.gbpokertour.com/

Last nights results

Hi All

As I had been off line for days I played till the wee hours last night.

I started off playing like a donkey (Too keen to play I guess)and dropped about 70bb, however as you might have guessed I calmed down and won it back with more. below are my results just click on them to get a better view.

Results and being watched

Having had a post From Ed Miller on my site I have been inspired to keep the blog up to date.

So First as promised here are todays results.

The circumstances of my Thursday game is normally that I play with an audience, in that my Fatherin Law watches me, He doesn't play himself but he loves to watch me play and finds it amazing how much I win.

This actually helps my game because I have to explain my thinking out loud, He thinks I am up by way more than I am most of the time and even thinks I'm winning when I'm losing and I bring him down to earth.

However it is impossible to gon on tilt when you explain to someone else out loud that bad beats are good as they "feed the fish" and just move on.

He still doesn't get that but I find I play well with him watching and lose normally, but I play well and that is what matters.

Anyway less ranting here are my results as promised. As you can see nothing to write home about but a not bad bb/Hour



p.s. if anyone knows how to get this info out of PT as text let me know I have done a screen dump.


Now I would be interested in anyone elses experience of being watched while playing, does it help-do you get too tight etc?