Hi,
recently I started playing SNGs again so I would definitely be interested in a sweat session..
My name is Lubor Cerny and skype nick LuborC, I'm not on much though so let me know here or via the community tub first..
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Originally posted by Tim64
Hey <3,Give me another week or so to recover sanity from the baby arrival and then would love to do a sweat.
Tim
YAY! im so excited tim, drop me a private message when you are ready as im not always connected to skype. looking forward to it.
im having a rough start to the 11s. break even EV stretch + running bad = stress.
but im hanging in there. looking forward to a 2nd opinion on my play. also looking forward to sweating you on the 22s ! ♦
Originally posted by LuborC
Hi,recently I started playing SNGs again so I would definitely be interested in a sweat session..
My name is Lubor Cerny and skype nick LuborC, I'm not on much though so let me know here or via the community tub first..
YAY! id love to sweat with you as well LuborC. ill send you a private message and we can set something up soon.
SIGH................welcome to the 12s
[ ] sample size.
[x] losing anyway
i dont know what the hell is going on. i dont think im playing that badly. ive run into lots of cooler spots close the bubbles. pushing standard cards and running into monsters. the players just seem in a whole different class. the limit is definitely beatable ive seen so many donkey plays. i just dont know why im running so bad and its starting to mess with my mind!!!
i think i have to run through every game with a replayer and study spots im not sure about. in the mean time i think i have to move back down to the 6s to at least get some confidence back
ive even reduced the number of tables im playing from 12 to 8 to really study the pushes and players. f u variance! /end rant
Hey Lessthanthreee
This is exactly what happened to me when I moved up to the $22's, very anoying.
I guess you just have to move back down if required and then take another shot
good to know im not the only one who gets the move-up doomswitch lennonac.
i havent reached my stop loss yet. if i lose about 7BI ive reached it. but i just think for my mental health i need to go back for a few sets get a few winning sessions and have another shot.
it doesnt help that my computer suddenly likes to lag out a lot in the heat/new hm update/ft lag.
anyway time to go work for the man. at least rake-back + end of year ft bonus will ease the pain.
Don't worry it happens to everyone, I had the same problem moving from 22s to 33s. Also, I don't think the players are any better as you move up (to a certain level), just different. Make sure you have a comfortable bankroll and just take some time to adjust to the limit. The players will have different exploits which you should pick up fairly quickly.
Great blog! A great read. I Have read it twice now.
I may sound really insane saying this but congradulations on your slump.
You have finally reached the key point in EVERY SNG players journey. You run well enough, you fight through
some long ass break even stretches, and you even have some 10+ BI swings which you even averaged out as
normal and were comfortable seeing them often enough. No problem so far eh? Just plug on through and
up and up the limits you charge.
Enter the horrible run. Like nothing you have ever seen before. WTF is wrong you ask? I am playing the same game..
why does it feel like I'm not? How many times can this happen in a row? Your even questioning if the quality of the
players has somehow increased. You said it EXACTLY when you said it is messing with your mind.
Your BR dwindles daily, then weekly... and eventually it gets just plain hard to even fire them up.
Now I am writing this before the outcome of the current nasty time you are going through, this one
may end soon enough and it may then be followed by 2 or 3 or 4 more even. It may also be followed
by happy times and great profit again right away.
The thing is this is the milestone of all milestones.
If you can hang on now, no matter how long this lasts and no matter how hard it gets, and you
can still find a love for this game during and after this nasty time, and through all the rest then
you truly are a winning SNG player and you have passed the test of tests.
I myself failed the first time around, and I am trying again from scratch.
Sorry to write such a long post in your blog, but I really hope you make it through this..
If you wanna read a failure and give up at it, check out my old blog.
If you wanna read about someone with an iron will and heart of steel...
read through NickParkes Blog. He made it through to the other side of this.
It took a long time and alot of work but he pushed through and now he is instoppable.
I am going to read this blog at every update, and I will be hoping this turns out for the best.
Good luck man.
Thanks for your kind words guys, im taking 2 days or so off (got long hours at work) and spending time with friends. but after that im going to hit the 6s for a few sets hopefully grind out 10-20BIs and then take some shots at the 12s again.
Originally posted by GunFlavoured
The players will have different exploits which you should pick up fairly quickly.
This is what ive been thinking about a lot during my down-time and i think i might have some ideas that im going to test.
ill keep you guys posted over the next few days. hopefully i can start grinding out a nice upward trend.
ok running like god on the 6s as usual. just had a +15BI session in a set of 12. i think that is my biggest winning session ever. (shame i didnt run that good on the 12s lol)
feeling good about my 6s game. luck adjusted ROI comfortable above 10%.
spending the weekend on the 6s and reviewing a lot of my 12s with the universal replayer. trying to study the players and find leaks to exploit.
off to work for the man.... again... lol ♠_cool:
Originally posted by cryingcow
I really like your blog.
thanks! i like ur name! <3
♠_cool:
little update. im back in the 12s after evaluating some of my games that i did last week. i focused on my weaknesses and after some confidence builders on the 6s (got up about 25BI in a few sessions) i decided to give the 12s another go.
i wanted to pay full attention to my game and take notes and get strong reads. so i opened up 4 tables only (which i havent done in a long time... minimum has been 8 for 3 months) i ended up running pretty damn good getting my $ in ahead at least 95%.
results for that little session were 2x 1st, 1x 2nd, 1x3rd for an 8BI profit!
feels good. i know i can beat the 12s. i looked at my swing in Buy-ins and it was just standard 'break even run bad' .. just amplified.
my plans now are to stick to 4 tabling until i gain some confidence and an overall feel for the players on these games. then bump it up to 8 then hopefully to 12 in a few weeks.
i am also way behind in my ICM training. need to do a lot more practice to perfect my ICM game.
I spent some time at the beach today which was fun! and tomorrow im going to the movies 
<3
This is really interesting so i thought i would share it.
my swings in $ vs BI
I know this may be obvious to some people. but this is why bank roll management is so important. if you move up limits at a steady rate and losing 20BIs isnt a massive hit to your roll (it was 20% of mine) you can withstand the monetary values of the swings. because variance over small samples is huge as you can see.
Note: this is the exact same sample, just different representation.
Nice to see you made it to the other side.
Gratz, your patience and hard work paid off.
Wow, a 300 tourney BE spell - well done indeed for grinding your way through that one!
Keep it up!
Tim
Hey,
are there any films made by you while playing? Maybe you'd like to show how you play by making a movie? I'd be very interested to see you playing some mickro stakes SnGs.
Originally posted by msliw
Hey,are there any films made by you while playing? Maybe you'd like to show how you play by making a movie? I'd be very interested to see you playing some mickro stakes SnGs.
Hi, not yet but i like the idea! maybe ill make a video soon 
keep an eye on this space for updates ♠_cool:
Hi, not yet but i like the idea! maybe ill make a video soon
I'm looking forward to see this.
I just had to post this. its too funny.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 12 Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP1 (t2240)
Hero (MP2) (t1375)
MP3 (t1410)
CO (t1360)
Button (t2030)
SB (t995)
BB (t1085)
UTG (t1580)
UTG+1 (t1425)
Hero's M: 11.46
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A
, A
UTG bets t160, UTG+1 calls t160, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1375 (All-In), 5 folds, UTG calls t1215, 1 fold
Flop: (t3030) 5
, 6
, 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t3030) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t3030) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t3030
Results:
UTG had K, 10 (four of a kind, tens).
Hero had A, A (full house, tens over Aces).
Outcome: UTG won t3030
my ev line is still trending upward nicely. im break-even actual winnings over the past 50 games but im not worried. ive fixed my game and am confident i can beat the 12s in the long run with a very good ROI. just need to get the volume in now... im back to 8 tabling comfortably and trusting my decisions are correct. just waiting for the heater ♠_evil: