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January 4, 2016

Anyone run good in this?

teaulc · January 4, 2016

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Let's get a good number regged & taking part to prove that it's worth running a league later on in January/Feb. :ok

January 4, 2016

Well done Al & Kev too, great runs from both. Was railing for a while but got distracted by a phone call and didn't see the end.

These are going to be monthly in a similar way to the Grosvenor 25/25 Freeroll, 1 for the diary.

December 28, 2015

See Quasar & Suze in there, our ladies leading the way once again :ok

muttley · December 20, 2015

On 02/01/2015, 16:46:47, Bart(UK) said:

Re: What do you hope to achieve in poker in 2015? Hope to be back pokering in 2015, albeit on a very low key basis again, at least initially. Health issues may still limit the number of live events I'm able to attend and may go through frequent inactivity spells.

Meet up with as many PL members as possible for beer, banter & bellylaughs

Live: Will try to qualify cheaply into at least one each of 25/25, GUKPT & GPS tours, health willing, maybe a UKIPT too but depends on locations. Very much doubt we'll see Poker Mag tour this year but will try to support as many as possible if they run.

Online: May try to develop my cash game more, always been the worse aspect of my game and any improvement may help to refine tournament play further. The odd Sunday Majors from satellites are also probably achievable.

Work on reducing frustration & tilt. Yep the perennial tricking one!

Any profit is a bonus but would be aiming for 4 figures again subject to finding sufficient time to play.

Would be nice to get my first official Hendon flag (online GPS title & GUKPT Sats didn't count) and Vegas with $1k & $500 events now is tempting but these might not be realistic just yet. Good luck everyone in whatever you're looking to achieve this year, large or small.

First line pretty much summed it up, didn't expect to be doing much and frequently inactive for long periods but:

Managed to make it to the Punters Lounge Live event in Brum & Goliath in Coventry. So great to meet up with many established friends and make some new ones. PL Live is always an absolute highlight of the year for me, if you haven't been to one yet, do try to make it next year - it's a blast Also great to meet up with Kev, Tony & others at Goliath, really good being part of a bigger team & railing when busto.
Need to look back at my records (yep I record literally every tourney/satellite/cash table played and every cent won & lost), but vaguely recall having a few lame stabs at 25/25, GUKPT & GPS satellites. Usual thing of getting through to a few online final qualifiers but then playing rediculously poor.
Have played a little more cash games than usual, but still find it utterly tedious and eventually I start to donk just for some action. More structure needed if I ever take it up seriously. Played a couple of bigger tourneys from satellite wins with the odd minor cash, nothing to write home about.
Lack of volume mainly due to frustration & tilt, add to 2016 list lol.
Again need to check my spreadsheet, but expected to be no more than region of +£80 to +£140. Tad more on top if you count a couple of converted 'free bets'. Extreme lack of any volume of tourneys meant no major gains (or losses).

Unexpected (& undeserved) bonus was my first non-Holdem live cash in the Punters Lounge - PLO

December 20, 2015

8 minutes ago, Bart(UK) said:

One that's caught my eye today:

Pokerstars (today only) are running mini versions of some of their majors with buyins at 10% of the bigger versions but running the same structure.

Added value comes from them randomly giving away seats to the bigger version every 10mins during the mini tournament. Again a long shot, but good chance to play a big field at a fraction of the buyin and you never know maybe a shot at the bigs for free too?

Ok might just be 10mins into tourney and not every 10mins. Descriptions in email & website confusing, but hey check the lobbies/website if interested.

December 20, 2015

One that's caught my eye today:

Pokerstars (today only) are running mini versions of some of their majors with buyins at 10% of the bigger versions but running the same structure.

Added value comes from them randomly giving away seats to the bigger version every 10mins during the mini tournament. Again a long shot, but good chance to play a big field at a fraction of the buyin and you never know maybe a shot at the bigs for free too?

December 15, 2015

One more from Genting:

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We are issuing players with a free twister token within the next hour ....

All players with a poker account and have deposited previously will receive a token worth either €1, €2, €5, or €10.

These token can only be used for twister tournaments and will expire at midnight on Friday 18th December.

Achieved nothing with my €1 token, but to be fair I did play it horrendously

December 12, 2015

Swamped already so limited value, worth turning up to see if a bounty is sitting on your table perhaps.

December 12, 2015

3 hours ago, Doc_Scott said:

How do you sell without posting any stats or stars nickname?

Hi Doc,

This is obviously an old obsolete thread dating back to 2014, so assume you are asking a general question, or maybe having a bit of a dig at the OP

Simple answer is that you/they probably wouldn't. Most members would be looking for as much reassurance and data to back up past experience/performance as possible. The most successful stakings/equity swaps are always totally upfront & honest with an overload of available data & open to many questions. Not suggesting OP done anything wrong in this thread, members can of course post up as much or as little as they want.

Readers should also check out the following stickied threads if contemplating posting up a staking request or post.

Enjoy your poker.

December 10, 2015

Says 100CP (player points) Buyin, but I had an entry token in my account. No idea if this was earnt somehow, randomly awarded or offered to all.

andybell666 · December 10, 2015

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December 9, 2015

Cashed one, near bubbled the other. Kev & Al amongst those also cashing :clap

Future steps appear to be restricted only to those who qualified so some good value on offer.

Thanks to reb & teaulc for flagging these up, verymuch appreciated :ok

December 4, 2015

2016 Grosvenor 25/25 Series Schedule (All £220 buyin & £25k Guarantee)

07/01/2016 London (Victoria)
07/01/2016 Birmingham (New Street)
14/01/2016 Brighton
14/01/2016 Newcastle
21/01/2016 Dundee
21/01/2016 Leeds (Arena)
04/02/2016 Manchester (BNR)
18/02/2016 Leicester
25/02/2016 Bournemouth
10/03/2016 Edinburgh
10/03/2016 Reading
17/03/2016 Southampton
31/03/2016 Sheffield
14/04/2016 Blackpool
14/04/2016 Portsmouth
05/05/2016 Luton
05/05/2016 Leeds (Westgate)
12/05/2016 Walsall
19/05/2016 Glasgow
26/05/2016 Thanet
09/06/2016 Bolton
09/06/2016 London (Victoria)
16/06/2016 Birmingham
23/06/2016 Cardiff
23/06/2016 Southampton
07/07/2016 Edinburgh
14/07/2016 Liverpool
11/08/2016 Huddersfield
11/08/2016 Portsmouth
18/08/2016 Stockton
01/09/2016 Luton
15/09/2016 Didsbury
22/09/2016 Southend
22/09/2016 Leicester
29/09/2016 Leeds (Arena)
29/09/2016 Swansea
13/10/2016 Blackpool
13/10/2016 Aberdeen
20/10/2016 Brighton
27/10/2016 Birmingham
27/10/2016 Bradford
03/11/2016 London (Victoria)
17/11/2016 Glasgow
01/12/2016 Leeds (Westgate)
08/12/2016 Newcastle
08/12/2016 Salford
08/12/2016 Thanet

* All subject to change, always confirm details prior to travelling.

December 4, 2015

2016 Schedule announced:

Jan 21-24, Luton, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Feb 3-7, Birmingham, £440 GPS Main, £100k Guarantee
Feb 25-28, Sheffield, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Mar 16-20, Westcliff, £440 GPS Main, £100k Guarantee
Mar 31-Apr 3, Glasgow, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Apr 14-17, Reading, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
May 19-22, Stoke, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
June 16-19, Liverpool, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
July 14-17, Luton, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Aug 18-21, GIC, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Sep 8-11, Birmingham, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Sep 28-Oct 2, Edinburgh, £440 GPS Main, £100k Guarantee
Oct 13-16, Westcliff, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Nov 10-13, Torquay, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Nov 17-20, Newcastle, £220 GPS Mini, £35k Guarantee (includes 9x£440 seats)
Dec 7-11, Sheffield, £440 GPS Main, £100 Guarantee

December 4, 2015

First of a series of events announced for 2016.

$400 Buy in, $50,000 guaranteed prize pool

Innsbruck Igls in Austria, 4th-7th Feb 2016

Buyin direct or qualify via online satellites. Packages incorporating ski activities as well as buyin also can be won.

avongirl · December 3, 2015

Ok, here's a quick hit thread to post up any bits of Christmas or regular value that you find on your reindeer travels.

Genting

Providing a couple of Freerolls with GPS tokens added, 4th & 5th Dec (maybe longer), freezeout, turbo & will end after 50mins.

These are in addition to the regular GPS pennyrolls.

Stan James (probably MPN network wide)

Daily Freerolls to win micro (€0.25, €1 or €2) MPNPT tour tokens. All-in flips, reg & no need to turn up. Takes some grinding, but can pick up a few bigger tokens or consolation cash with a little bit of effort.

Coral

Login freerolls still appear to be active, but not sure for how much longer. All in flips, massive fields but £50 up top. Log in, reg & check whether win anything the following day.

December 3, 2015

Ooh sneaky!

Might still be some value there if you are playing cash tables regularly. Probably one to just forget though, play your usual game and check on progress occasionally.

Think that particular one would make me limp far too many pocket pairs than is good for me, -ve value if it changes your game too much

December 2, 2015

New tour dates posted below, will improve the formatting soon when I get more time.

2016 Tour Dates

From To Venue Buyin Guarantee

Leg 1 24 Jan - 31 Jan London (Victoria) £1,000+100 £200,000

Leg 2 28 Feb - 06 Mar Manchester (BNR) £1,000+100 £200,000

Leg 3 17 Apr - 24 Apr Reading £500+50 £100,000

Leg 4 29 May - 05 Jun Moved to Walsall from Leeds (Westgate) £500+50 £100,000

Leg 5 26 Jun - 03 Jul London (Victoria) £500+50 £100,000

Goliath 30 Jul - 07 Aug Coventry £100+20 £250,000

Leg 6 04 Sep - 11 Sep Edinburgh (Maybury) £500+50 £100,000

Leg 7 02 Oct - 09 Oct Luton £1,000+100 £200,000

Leg 8 06 Nov - 13 Nov Blackpool £1,000+100 £200,000

Grand Final 20 Nov - 27 Nov London (Victoria) £2,000+125 £400,000

December 2, 2015

unpinned awaiting announcement of new tour dates.

December 2, 2015

unpinned, awaiting annoucement of new tour dates.

December 2, 2015

Pinned at top alongside the other tours.

Thanks for posting CowsOnTilt. I'll be totally upfront and brutally honest with you and every other member here. There are 2 main reasons why this wasn't posted up before now, they are:

I made a promise a long time back that I would never promote any Partypoker product or event ever again. This followed many previous incidents of them not honouring payouts of their own official promotions (some of which are well documented within these forum pages & do not need to be revisited again). More than happy for others to post/promote however especially in the interest of members as a whole and where events are well run, payouts are honoured and/or provide value.
Sadly, these days it seems that unless something is posted by myself or one of the very small band of core-contributors, no-one else seems to be bother and will just keep information on fun or value events to themselves.

Thankfully there are those core-contributors like your good self that are prepared to spend a few moments helping others and I for one very much appreciate your efforts and thank you for posting. :ok

November 27, 2015

This is a great hand for post-analysis. Think it through carefully (stack sizes, relative to blinds, pot size, how it's played out etc) and post what you are thinking and how you would've genuinely played it. Be totally honest with yourselves. Remember there are no right or wrong answers but thinking it through with others who have different ways of looking at it helps us all to develop our game.

Video courtesy of Grosvenor gukpt.com & it's facebook page.

Will post my thoughts just as soon as i work out how to use the spoiler facility on here. Feel free to let me know your thoughts on mine too but post yours first without looking at the spoilers

CzechPunter · November 26, 2015

Hi capri,

Good to hear you're doing well on these. There will still be a considerable amount of variance on these as with any poker format. Obviously the longer the structure (slower the clock), the more your own skill will come to the fore whereas the quicker the clock, the bigger role luck/variance will play. So find a structure that works for you and stick with it is probably the best advice I can give.

I would suggest that a good solid Bankroll Management (BRM) should be used on whatever poker format is played. All types of sit & go's are notoriously very swingy and a well structured BRM will allow for moving up when running good, but also help protect your current gains from losses in a downswing.

Actual BRM is very subjective, 50x buyins is often thought the norm for sng's with no less than 30x buyins recommended, but it is entirely up to you. In the past I've often adjusted BRM according to the amount at stake, higher BRM once a decent balance was built up to provide more protection.

Some other aspects worth considering:

Your win rate will usually decrease the higher you move up as the proportion of regular players to fish increases
You really need a decent volume of results (1,000+ games) in order to get an accurate estimate of your win rate
Tournament fee/rake can make a big difference to your overall profit. 10% fee is typical, sometimes reducing to 6% on higher buyins, but 20% is becoming more frequent on really small buyins. Overcoming 20% fees is difficult (but not impossible) for even skilled players over longer periods.
ICM Push/Fold is pretty key in sng's, regular practice on a decent ICM trainer is incredibly useful in helping to maintain or improve your win rate.
Player traits are often easier to identify in Double or Nothing sng's than in other sng formats. Make good use of your colour coding/player notes to indicate which players are tight and trying to hold on, which are maniacs etc.
Grinding sng's for long periods can become pretty mundane, make sure you take regular breaks to keep your mind focused.

So after all my whaffle, the short answer is yes, if you are happy with how you're doing, have the funds available for a decent attempt at the higher level and are confident it won't adversely affect your game, go for it, but just 1 level at a time and keep reassessing as you go. It could just be you're running insanely good at the moment and it might not last, so steady as you go

Good luck & have fun!

November 24, 2015

12 hours ago, amit said:

poker is wonderful combination of luck and skill.,Poker is a family of card games involving betting.

Hi amit & welcome to the forum, good to see you join us.

If we could ask that you refrain from posting external links to poker and/or affiliate sites please, only PuntersLounge.com approved links are allowed in the forum.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation with this, enjoy your poker.

Bart

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