I've tried going back to the basics a little bit and am focusing on my positional play a little more. I'm going to try super-tightening up in early/mid position. I think I am spewing a little too much money with mediocre starting hands in early position.
I got $3k transferred into my UltimateBet account recently. Last time I played on UB I ran $5k into around $30k, then lost it all in a couple absolutely miserable nights of $10/$25 heads-up. I don't plan on much $10/$25 this time around, only if there is a huge fish (though I lost about half of that $30k before to a complete idiot).
I played a little 5/10 NL on UB earlier today and won a quick $1,400. I jumped back in tonight and hit the tables pretty hard for almost 4 hours. I was on fire at the start and had built my original $3k into almost $9k. Then, I absolutely hit the wall, made a couple ugly plays, and pissed away another big session. I'm not complaining too much because I'm still winning, but it's becoming a pattern getting way up then dwindling back at least 50% of it. Not sure if it's a leak in my game or just variance. I think I got away from my plan of tightening up a little and playing more position. However, so much of the play on UB tonight was 3-4 handed, and that changes everything. There is NO early position....there is just "in the blinds" and "not in the blinds".
Anyway, after pissing a bunch back, my profit for the day finished at $2160 (meaning I only ended up making $760 in 2nd session tonight). I sort of feel like playing still, but I went on a such a downswing my confidence is a little shot. I'm going to stop playing at those times and this is a decent win to book.
Played a couple sessions on PP 5/10 and 10/20 past couple days.
First session I made a nice comeback and jumped ship pretty quickly after getting myself back in the positive numbers. The graph. Some hands:
So gross
Catch him in a little river bluff, thought it smelt fishy
Finally, FINALLY, against this guy. I finally hit a big one and he freakin' donates to me. Imagine a T on river, I would have lost my mind. I thought for sure I was losing to diamonds, didn't even want to call my last $96. :P
Stupid shortstacks, must be nice K8
Pretty big bluff...
Another shortstack donation from me, seemed like a nice flop for me
Next session, things went VERY smoothly and it was one of those nights I was making all the right decisions and my hands were holding when they should. Fun, fun. Seems so easy. Chalk up a $4680 profit. The graph. Some hands:
This hand is looks completely normal, however look at that hand imagining I think I'm only open-ended, because that is what I thought! I'm actually semi-bluffing this hand on the turn, and I THINK I'm totally bluffing J high on the river. Needless to say, I was a little surprised when the pot got shipped to me after he called. Haha, woops. It works out well, but I stack this guy for sure if I actually knew I flopped the straight (I would have bet the flop 100% of the time here). Anyway, I should pay a little more attention, haha.
I make a pretty big laydown in this hand. I make an extremely cautious check on the turn, but I just smelt KJ so bad. And then the T on the river just makes it so I'm not really beating anything (even if it wasn't KJ or a set, now I'm losing to a T with straight draw). I don't think the guy is bluffing the river. In fact, I think he has a straight MINIMUM, most likely a full house. But, still big fold in the sense I didn't put ANY money in the pot after turning top 2 pair.
then things started running bad, and I get away with this one and quit...
Great session! BUT, then I felt like a hero and went to relax and shoot it up at Barca for a bit. Hit a couple ugly hands, made one bad bluff, and lost $555 CDN. Ah well, not big deal. Then I got home and thought it would be a great idea to jump onto a PokerStars 25/50 table with the last $1700 in my PS account (I've recently transferred the majority of it to other players). Of course, that didn't work out and I just donk my chips away all-in pre-flop against a bigger ace, again. I don't know why I bother taking mini-shots like that. I know it's sort of a gamble, but I feel confident going in, and I never win. Haha. I never get a no-brainer like all the other stupid shortstackers. Just not my game I guess.But anyway, even with that little lapse of judgement, still booked a couple solid days.
I hope we have the Player's game this week simply because I enjoy it. Don't think I'll substitute for the Regent re-buy again, just not worth the time, especially just to become such a friggin' crapshoot at the end. I'd rather it be faster at the start so I could just get out of there early if I'm not going to win.
I have to learn Stud. I know there is a weekly, very juicy, Stud game at Player's. I think they often play $20/$40 limit or something like that. I might just read a quick section of a book, a little info online, and give it a shot. We'll see, could be fun to learn a new game. Omaha Hi is another game I'd like to give a try.
Gah, this entry took forever to write. Tired. G'night.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Pokerhand.org down
I don't really know what the deal is, but pokerhand.org seems to have been taken over. Hopefully, the old site is back soon. But, for now, as you've probably noticed, the hands I have posted in previous threads are not working. For future posts I'll use a different hand converter.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Small progress after roadbump
Yo! Things kept rolling for me after the last blog entry. Haven't updated in a few sessions, so it's a little long...
First session I played some random stuff on PS, little 5/10, 10/20, and SNGs. Made $1715. Also jumped on some PP 5/10 and 10/20 tables and ran up to almost $7000, but then dwindled, lost a couple big ones, and finished at $3200. Here are some hands from that session:
Bluff, followed by a nice little hit. I pretty much figure he has a 3 on the flop, but I had a good feeling and it was only double to call. :) And I was only hoping for one T. Awesome how he pays me off playing board on river.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110658
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110660
WOW, does this guy ever show what NOT to do with aces! Thanks kindly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113780
Little bluff on the guy who doubled me up with AA, try to set him up for later. He has already proven he has some talent, but also the potential to play big hands horribly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113781
Beauty...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113786
I'm-a-hittin'...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113791
And again (though I happily get it in for his small stack everytime)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113795
I don't like how I play this one, in hindsight...piss away a few dollars here...I really want to call river too for some reason, but I'm sure it would have been a donation. But, the bullshit alarms were going in my head...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113811
I don't think I like this one either, but I get away with it...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113823
He instafolds the river. Go ahead, river your heart buddy...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113830
Holy crap, these are back-to-back-to-back-to-back (4 in a row) hands on one 10/20 table! I freakin' love it! Ship it, ship it, ship it, ship it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113852
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113854
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113856
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113858
I totally do not deserve half this pot...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113868
> Then I get coolered with AT vs. 77 on a AT7 rainbow flop. No hand history because PP screws up sometimes when I get busted.
Meh, I dunno. Probably spades.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113878
> Well, I've gone a little cold and am sensing the strength of my 10/20 tables is much higher now. All the fish are gone and I'm tired anyway. I pissed back at least 2k at the end, but still a nice session.
Before the night ended, I was transferred a little $120 shot into my FT account and decided to see if I could work it up to $2,000 before I went to bed. So, here is how I tried:
$119 9-player turbo SNG, 2nd for $175 profit.
$230 heads-up SNG, win for $210 profit.
Quickly jump on a $10/$20 NL table to scrape together $30 more to afford next SNG.
$520 heads-up SNG, win for $480 profit.
That put me just over $1,000 and I was getting tired so decided, HERE WE GO, and jumped on a $25/$50 NL table with a min-buy of $1,000. I was going hard or going to bed. I got blinded a little then got all-in in the blinds with A7 vs. AT for $850 and lost. Rather anti-climatic. Almost made it. Translates into a $105 loss, so who really cares....
Then, I had a crappy day on PS. Started off with following a fish to 15/30 Limit, and played a couple 3/6 NL tables meanwhile. Didn't really do much, lost at limit like normal, down $360. Then jumped to some heads-up SNGs and lost another $1280 like usual. Then I use some 2 year old $W (money reserved just for special events) on PS and play a $215 9-player SNG. Winner get s $1,050 WSOP qualifier seat, and money for 2nd and 3rd. I almost guarantee a win if this crap doesn't happen...I get 3rd for a $35 profit, but no closer to WSOP main event.
After that stupid KK I got a little tilty and blew $1475 on PS 10/20 and very poor table selection.
Next session was on PP 5/10 and 10/20. Here are some hands:
I definitely got a little reckless here, but it pays off! Nice turn! :)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120369
Big bluff...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120372
And this is me getting outplayed
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120402
Stupid shortstacks...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120404
I don't know what to do here...guess I could have stacked him maybe
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120422
Little pickup here...whatever he has, he plays it horribly
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120455
Fucking shortstacks part 2...so annoying...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120463
Big bluff part 2...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120468
Oh my god, I play this hand so pathetically, what am I thinking? Why don't I raise the flop? I'm trying to get fancy, and it makes no sense. And it costs me big time. THen, I make a bad call on the turn and this stupid donkey makes a nice pot when I should have almost busted the other guy instead. Seriously, I'm a fucking idiot. This mistake cost me a TON of money in this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120474
Gettin' a little crazy with the bluffing, but haven't been caught on a big one yet...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120692
I ran so cold forever, then this awesomeness, gah, he took forever to call river too...slowroll
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120724
> I finished down $400 after all that.
Next up was my first attempt at the Club Regent re-buy tourney. $54 buy-in, $20 re-buys, $30 add-on. I spent somewhere between $170-$200, so I'll call it $200. I think I folded 3 hands pre-flop before the re-buy period ended. This wasn't too tough though because my table was full of silly calling stations who would never re-raise a hand weaker than QQ pre-flop (lots of smooth calling JJ or lower, AK, AQ, etc, which you obviously shouldn't in a re-buy tourney). So I saw a few flops and built a stack. The only two hands I played for the remainder of the tourney (other than blind steals) was 22 (flopped quads) and 33 (flopped set). Made nice pots on both. Doubled up AQ with AJ once, then got blinded for a while.
The structure is okay early, but gets pretty ridiculous from the final 2 tables down. Even the chip leaders start feeling committed in the blinds. I grinded to final table, 3rd in chips. Then I got my best hand of the ENTIRE tournament, AQ. Folded to me on button, I push all-in and get called by the 2nd chip leader's A7. He rivers the nut flush and I'm out in 10th. Whoooppppeeee. I had a few hundred dollars in my pocket that I had messed around with on roullette and blackjack during the breaks, just planning on cashing it out. But the AQ hand put me on monkey tilt and I went to pound roullette. Turned out to be a great idea as I ran it way up, then lost two huge spins in a row, and decided to leave up $400 in gambling, and up $110 in poker. So, could have been worse!
Afterwards, I went to Barca and tore it up for $1150 profit, and that INCLUDES losing a $600 pot to a 2-outter (flopped a full house with TT against cabbie Mike, got all-in on flop, he turns a K with KK). I get sick action at Barca, it's fun. Granted, I do bluff like a maniac there, can't help it. I also made $450 earlier in the week at Barca. I wish I ran as well online as I have been at Barca, think I'm up around $3,500 in the last month or so in just a few sessions. Not bad for $1/$2 Pot Limit...
Last night, I jumped into some quick 5/10 and 10/20 on PP before my buddy Angst came over for some NHL 07. Donkeyed away $1070 trying to make a quick score and getting pretty badly setup (two one card straight vs. nut straights, one played quite badly by me). But I should consider myself lucky because I play a hand super aggressive with 45 on a 235 flop and surprisingly run into 64 WITH a flush draw, but I turn a 6 and the flush misses, so we chop. Super lucky chop for me, especially considering I'm 2% to win, 10% to tie.
So, out of all those sessions I'm up a tiny $225 US at online cash & SNG, up $130 US in tourneys (counted the $215 WSOP satellite SNG $35 win in there since it's associated with tourneys), and up $1600 CDN live at Barca.
There was no Player's game this week. I'm not sure, but I think the days of $10/$25 might be up, except maybe occasionally. The fuel for that game seems to have dried up. I'll still play the $5/$10 whenever it happens to get in my live play fix.
That's about it. This post is long enough already, so peace!
First session I played some random stuff on PS, little 5/10, 10/20, and SNGs. Made $1715. Also jumped on some PP 5/10 and 10/20 tables and ran up to almost $7000, but then dwindled, lost a couple big ones, and finished at $3200. Here are some hands from that session:
Bluff, followed by a nice little hit. I pretty much figure he has a 3 on the flop, but I had a good feeling and it was only double to call. :) And I was only hoping for one T. Awesome how he pays me off playing board on river.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110658
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110660
WOW, does this guy ever show what NOT to do with aces! Thanks kindly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113780
Little bluff on the guy who doubled me up with AA, try to set him up for later. He has already proven he has some talent, but also the potential to play big hands horribly.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113781
Beauty...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113786
I'm-a-hittin'...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113791
And again (though I happily get it in for his small stack everytime)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113795
I don't like how I play this one, in hindsight...piss away a few dollars here...I really want to call river too for some reason, but I'm sure it would have been a donation. But, the bullshit alarms were going in my head...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113811
I don't think I like this one either, but I get away with it...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113823
He instafolds the river. Go ahead, river your heart buddy...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113830
Holy crap, these are back-to-back-to-back-to-back (4 in a row) hands on one 10/20 table! I freakin' love it! Ship it, ship it, ship it, ship it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113852
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113854
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113856
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113858
I totally do not deserve half this pot...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113868
> Then I get coolered with AT vs. 77 on a AT7 rainbow flop. No hand history because PP screws up sometimes when I get busted.
Meh, I dunno. Probably spades.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113878
> Well, I've gone a little cold and am sensing the strength of my 10/20 tables is much higher now. All the fish are gone and I'm tired anyway. I pissed back at least 2k at the end, but still a nice session.
Before the night ended, I was transferred a little $120 shot into my FT account and decided to see if I could work it up to $2,000 before I went to bed. So, here is how I tried:
$119 9-player turbo SNG, 2nd for $175 profit.
$230 heads-up SNG, win for $210 profit.
Quickly jump on a $10/$20 NL table to scrape together $30 more to afford next SNG.
$520 heads-up SNG, win for $480 profit.
That put me just over $1,000 and I was getting tired so decided, HERE WE GO, and jumped on a $25/$50 NL table with a min-buy of $1,000. I was going hard or going to bed. I got blinded a little then got all-in in the blinds with A7 vs. AT for $850 and lost. Rather anti-climatic. Almost made it. Translates into a $105 loss, so who really cares....
Then, I had a crappy day on PS. Started off with following a fish to 15/30 Limit, and played a couple 3/6 NL tables meanwhile. Didn't really do much, lost at limit like normal, down $360. Then jumped to some heads-up SNGs and lost another $1280 like usual. Then I use some 2 year old $W (money reserved just for special events) on PS and play a $215 9-player SNG. Winner get s $1,050 WSOP qualifier seat, and money for 2nd and 3rd. I almost guarantee a win if this crap doesn't happen...I get 3rd for a $35 profit, but no closer to WSOP main event.
After that stupid KK I got a little tilty and blew $1475 on PS 10/20 and very poor table selection.
Next session was on PP 5/10 and 10/20. Here are some hands:
I definitely got a little reckless here, but it pays off! Nice turn! :)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120369
Big bluff...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120372
And this is me getting outplayed
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120402
Stupid shortstacks...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120404
I don't know what to do here...guess I could have stacked him maybe
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120422
Little pickup here...whatever he has, he plays it horribly
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120455
Fucking shortstacks part 2...so annoying...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120463
Big bluff part 2...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120468
Oh my god, I play this hand so pathetically, what am I thinking? Why don't I raise the flop? I'm trying to get fancy, and it makes no sense. And it costs me big time. THen, I make a bad call on the turn and this stupid donkey makes a nice pot when I should have almost busted the other guy instead. Seriously, I'm a fucking idiot. This mistake cost me a TON of money in this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120474
Gettin' a little crazy with the bluffing, but haven't been caught on a big one yet...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120692
I ran so cold forever, then this awesomeness, gah, he took forever to call river too...slowroll
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120724
> I finished down $400 after all that.
Next up was my first attempt at the Club Regent re-buy tourney. $54 buy-in, $20 re-buys, $30 add-on. I spent somewhere between $170-$200, so I'll call it $200. I think I folded 3 hands pre-flop before the re-buy period ended. This wasn't too tough though because my table was full of silly calling stations who would never re-raise a hand weaker than QQ pre-flop (lots of smooth calling JJ or lower, AK, AQ, etc, which you obviously shouldn't in a re-buy tourney). So I saw a few flops and built a stack. The only two hands I played for the remainder of the tourney (other than blind steals) was 22 (flopped quads) and 33 (flopped set). Made nice pots on both. Doubled up AQ with AJ once, then got blinded for a while.
The structure is okay early, but gets pretty ridiculous from the final 2 tables down. Even the chip leaders start feeling committed in the blinds. I grinded to final table, 3rd in chips. Then I got my best hand of the ENTIRE tournament, AQ. Folded to me on button, I push all-in and get called by the 2nd chip leader's A7. He rivers the nut flush and I'm out in 10th. Whoooppppeeee. I had a few hundred dollars in my pocket that I had messed around with on roullette and blackjack during the breaks, just planning on cashing it out. But the AQ hand put me on monkey tilt and I went to pound roullette. Turned out to be a great idea as I ran it way up, then lost two huge spins in a row, and decided to leave up $400 in gambling, and up $110 in poker. So, could have been worse!
Afterwards, I went to Barca and tore it up for $1150 profit, and that INCLUDES losing a $600 pot to a 2-outter (flopped a full house with TT against cabbie Mike, got all-in on flop, he turns a K with KK). I get sick action at Barca, it's fun. Granted, I do bluff like a maniac there, can't help it. I also made $450 earlier in the week at Barca. I wish I ran as well online as I have been at Barca, think I'm up around $3,500 in the last month or so in just a few sessions. Not bad for $1/$2 Pot Limit...
Last night, I jumped into some quick 5/10 and 10/20 on PP before my buddy Angst came over for some NHL 07. Donkeyed away $1070 trying to make a quick score and getting pretty badly setup (two one card straight vs. nut straights, one played quite badly by me). But I should consider myself lucky because I play a hand super aggressive with 45 on a 235 flop and surprisingly run into 64 WITH a flush draw, but I turn a 6 and the flush misses, so we chop. Super lucky chop for me, especially considering I'm 2% to win, 10% to tie.
So, out of all those sessions I'm up a tiny $225 US at online cash & SNG, up $130 US in tourneys (counted the $215 WSOP satellite SNG $35 win in there since it's associated with tourneys), and up $1600 CDN live at Barca.
There was no Player's game this week. I'm not sure, but I think the days of $10/$25 might be up, except maybe occasionally. The fuel for that game seems to have dried up. I'll still play the $5/$10 whenever it happens to get in my live play fix.
That's about it. This post is long enough already, so peace!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Quick update
Things are rolling alright. Here's the summary of the last couple days:
FullTilt: with the little bit of money I have left in FullTilt I screwed around with some small cash and SNGs and am down another $390.
Stars: finally won a big heads-up SNG for a $1950 profit ($50 rake for a freakin' SNG, ridiculous). Lost a $570 though.
Party: couple decent sessions on PP. Profitted $1430 on the first, here is the graph:
Some hands:
yikes, nice start. I think this guy is on a move on flop and turn. The only thing worse than my play was HIS river play. AA cracked, ship it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103928
Meh...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103946
back-to-back shortstack donations to me
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103985http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103988
Aw, I thought this dumbass was going to give me his stack again, guess $300 is fine...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1104011
Other session I got up over $6,000 (mostly thanks to a huge 10/20 all-in preflop with AA, see below for the weird story), then took a harsh beat, pissed a little more away with cold cards, and finished up $3,650. I'll take it. Some more hands:
So gross. Great call he makes on flop. :P
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107081
This was 2 hands later, so made some back with AA.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?110708
I'd been 3-betting this guy a ton, I could feel him getting frustrated.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107350
Good call here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107352
Holy crap! Right in the middle of this hand (immediately after he raised me back), my mouse slipped and I clicked a button and somehow my PartyPoker COMPLETELY disappeared. It just vanished. I was super retarded trying to get logged back in because my hands were shaking, I couldn't type my password right. I finally get back in and THANK GOD, I get brought straight to my table with time left. I would have lost my mind if I timed this out and lost the hand (no disconnect protect). I guess I was detected as disconnected, so it gave me a little more time (because I definitely took longer than the standard allowable time). Whew! Let me say that again....WHEW! This guy is such an aggressive idiot...notice how we're both super deep and I leave him with $0.50, love it!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107395
Things are going my way...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107437
Oh my god, I think this is a signal to quit for the night. Wow, this is so damn gross.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107458
Well, I should have quit when I said. Here I pay the idiot off.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107505
Swung by Barca once and picked up a nice little $675 win there too. Made a couple big folds (which people never think I'll do because they all think I'm a complete maniac), including laying down KK to AA on a 732 flop. Granted, it was pretty damn obvious he had AA and just took a little discipline to make the fold (hard to in a $1/$2 game sometimes).
My hopes for Buffalo Sabres are still alive. I feel a 4-game comeback here.
Doing some painting/washing windows/landscaping tomorrow. My wife is going to help because my Mom is in town to help watch Owen, so basically, this means I'll have a supervisor. Gonna be harder to slack, but I'll figure something out.
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$23,305 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$31,675 CDN
FullTilt: with the little bit of money I have left in FullTilt I screwed around with some small cash and SNGs and am down another $390.
Stars: finally won a big heads-up SNG for a $1950 profit ($50 rake for a freakin' SNG, ridiculous). Lost a $570 though.
Party: couple decent sessions on PP. Profitted $1430 on the first, here is the graph:
Some hands:
yikes, nice start. I think this guy is on a move on flop and turn. The only thing worse than my play was HIS river play. AA cracked, ship it.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103928
Meh...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103946
back-to-back shortstack donations to me
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103985http://www.pokerhand.org/?1103988
Aw, I thought this dumbass was going to give me his stack again, guess $300 is fine...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1104011
Other session I got up over $6,000 (mostly thanks to a huge 10/20 all-in preflop with AA, see below for the weird story), then took a harsh beat, pissed a little more away with cold cards, and finished up $3,650. I'll take it. Some more hands:
So gross. Great call he makes on flop. :P
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107081
This was 2 hands later, so made some back with AA.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?110708
I'd been 3-betting this guy a ton, I could feel him getting frustrated.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107350
Good call here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107352
Holy crap! Right in the middle of this hand (immediately after he raised me back), my mouse slipped and I clicked a button and somehow my PartyPoker COMPLETELY disappeared. It just vanished. I was super retarded trying to get logged back in because my hands were shaking, I couldn't type my password right. I finally get back in and THANK GOD, I get brought straight to my table with time left. I would have lost my mind if I timed this out and lost the hand (no disconnect protect). I guess I was detected as disconnected, so it gave me a little more time (because I definitely took longer than the standard allowable time). Whew! Let me say that again....WHEW! This guy is such an aggressive idiot...notice how we're both super deep and I leave him with $0.50, love it!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107395
Things are going my way...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107437
Oh my god, I think this is a signal to quit for the night. Wow, this is so damn gross.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107458
Well, I should have quit when I said. Here I pay the idiot off.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1107505
Swung by Barca once and picked up a nice little $675 win there too. Made a couple big folds (which people never think I'll do because they all think I'm a complete maniac), including laying down KK to AA on a 732 flop. Granted, it was pretty damn obvious he had AA and just took a little discipline to make the fold (hard to in a $1/$2 game sometimes).
My hopes for Buffalo Sabres are still alive. I feel a 4-game comeback here.
Doing some painting/washing windows/landscaping tomorrow. My wife is going to help because my Mom is in town to help watch Owen, so basically, this means I'll have a supervisor. Gonna be harder to slack, but I'll figure something out.
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$23,305 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$31,675 CDN
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Calm again
Okay, my rant is done and I'm back to normal again. Just re-read my last entry, I spazzed a little...
Anyway, fiddled with a little online. Lost my last $600 on FT on an all-in 50/50 playing 10/20 heads-up, like I said previously, good riddance.
Played a mini-5/10 PP session and made $800. Didn't save any hands.
My only real session was a crazy 5/10 rollercoaster. This is my new favourite thing, graphs showing I'm probably a semi-maniac!
Oh, and I schooled Grimes for another $100 in golf today at Selkirk. He was lucky it wasn't more. We played $100 match, $100 strokes, $20 birdies, $50 eagles. He made 2 more birdies than me, but lost both match and stroke. Then, he won a $60 sidebet on who could hit closer to the hole from about 80 yards out (I plopped it about 8 feet away, then he managed to get about a foot closer). Between holing a bunker shot (landed in the hole) for par, and sinking 3 birdies on the back-nine, he managed to make a little back. So, good job Grimes, only losing $100 to me is sort of like a win, right? I love golfing for free. Good ol' Grimey. Please do give him a hard time if you see him...thanks!
Well, that's enough for now. Enjoy the weather! I love Winnipeg in the summer...actually, I love anything that isn't -40 degrees.
Peace!
Anyway, fiddled with a little online. Lost my last $600 on FT on an all-in 50/50 playing 10/20 heads-up, like I said previously, good riddance.
Played a mini-5/10 PP session and made $800. Didn't save any hands.
My only real session was a crazy 5/10 rollercoaster. This is my new favourite thing, graphs showing I'm probably a semi-maniac!
Here is a bunch of the action:
bloofy bloof, first hand at table
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098322
I absolutely instacall this river, his play made no sense to me on this board.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098377
Somewhat tight fold
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098401
I guess I get a little lucky here, but my play is fine, I don't mind getting it in here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098406
I gotta just start folding AQ pre-flop, I hate my play here...but I'm losing on river
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098420
Geezus, I just went on an unbelievably bad run. All these hhands within 5 minutes. I was hitting all over the place and lost every hand. Started so well and now I'm $800 down out of nowhere...
HH lost, but I had AA with As on an all spades board against 66 with 6s and lose to a straight flush. So gross. Stacked me for $1,000.
Then, worse turn for me in this one...cooler against a shortstack.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098444
Why do I bet the river here? Stupid again.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098450
Another tight fold, but I think the right one.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098455
Ah shit, what a donation here. I really think he's on a move, wow, was I wrong. This hand is so bad on so many levels. I'm really making some bad plays today.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098478
First hand I've won in a while as I outflop a set and hold. Still $900 down for session.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098489
Get paid a little with a set.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098517
Hard to grind back with stupid hands like this happening.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098522
Geezus, nothing is going right. I could have bet turn. Over $2k down now.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098537
Wooo, ship it! K high! How surprised do you think I was when the pot went to me?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098576
Nothing is going right. This guy has 3-bet me with such a huge range of hands. I decide to push AK pre-flop which i never do (because I think he'll fold or even call with AQ or worse), and of course, he shows up with AA. I'm starting to feel like the fish at some of these tables. PP doesn't show the hand history when you go bust on a table. Down almost $3k now. I absolutely can't do anything right today.
I almost make a giant laydown on the turn here, and decide "screw it" and push all-in. He thinks for a while and folds. Guess I was good, tough spot...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098729
I hit a lucky river and overset a guy. I almost jam allin on river because I think he's really strong after his river bet, I probably get paid too.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1098757
I hit a few more medium hands, but didn't save the hand histories. Scrambled back to only $480 down then had to go watch my son for a while. I didn't play very well, so I think I should be happy with this small loss.
Finally, we played some short-handed $5/$10 at Player's on Tuesday. They've moved the game to Corydon which I like a LOT better. A couple players wanted to set a $3,000 max buy-in rule. Fuck that. I pretty much refused and they agreed to raise it to $5,000 (which is reasonable, 500BB is deep enough). We started with a few turbo-tourneys waiting for players to arrive. We played a $40, $40, and $100 tourneys (all 5-7 handed). I won them all, haha. No skill involved whatsoever (I won all-ins twice with dominated hands). Last time I won a pre-tourney at Players, I lost $19k in the cash game. I got down $1,200 in the cash game this time within 2 rotations and figured the jinx was on again. But, things levelled out and I think I played pretty decently on a whole. I bluffed a ton and didn't really get caught at all.
I got AA and KK at least 10 times in 5 hours of play which is ridiculous. Problem is, I think I lost money with them overall. But, I was hitting with obscure hands to balance it out. Wolters had Rosie's number horribly. I won't get into the hands, but Wolters rivered Rosie on a 6-outter, 5-outter, and ONE outter (case J on river). These 3 hands were a combined pot total of at least $7,500.
Here was my favourite hand: I raise 2-7off in 2nd position. I would have done this with ANY hand because everyone was talking and as far as I could see NO ONE was looking to call any raise (it just happened I had 2-7). Wolters wasn't at the table, but was dealt in on the button and he ran in and decides to call $50 blind. Rosie then also decides to call with obviously a junky hand. Flop is KJ5, two clubs. Rosie bets $25 into me, I raise to $150, Wolters calls pretty quickly, Rosie calls. Turn is another 5. Rosie checks, I check, Wolters bets $400, Rosie grudgingly folds, and I check-raise to $1200. Wolters pretty quickly mucks and says he folded AK later (pretty nice blind hand). I know Wolters will fold pretty much anything except a full house here because I'm repping a huge hand and threatening his entire stack. I was pretty sure he'd have to fold this, I haven't made too many big bluffing bets like this in the past. It's always fun showing ridiculous bluffs in big hands. :)
Anyway, I made $3,500 in the cash game, and about $800 in the pre-tourneys. Only other decent winner was Wolters (4.5k). Rosie had one of the worse runs of luck I've seen in a while (though he still cracked my KK on a 5-outter for a $1,700 pot, which gave him the chips to lose that massive 1-outter to Wolters). Silvano was there for the first two hours (even played a pre-tourney), but didn't play in the cash game. What the hell?!? This session got me back over the 30k mark in this game.
Remember that thing I mention a while back about flipping a house with two other couples? Well, we bought a house for $153k in Westwood. Should be interesting, I'm just going to do what I'm told by the guy who knows his stuff. My role will get bigger when I'm done the real estate course, until then, it's manual labour for me which I usually hate because I'm a lazy bastard. Maybe I'll turn a new leaf....Oh, and I schooled Grimes for another $100 in golf today at Selkirk. He was lucky it wasn't more. We played $100 match, $100 strokes, $20 birdies, $50 eagles. He made 2 more birdies than me, but lost both match and stroke. Then, he won a $60 sidebet on who could hit closer to the hole from about 80 yards out (I plopped it about 8 feet away, then he managed to get about a foot closer). Between holing a bunker shot (landed in the hole) for par, and sinking 3 birdies on the back-nine, he managed to make a little back. So, good job Grimes, only losing $100 to me is sort of like a win, right? I love golfing for free. Good ol' Grimey. Please do give him a hard time if you see him...thanks!
Well, that's enough for now. Enjoy the weather! I love Winnipeg in the summer...actually, I love anything that isn't -40 degrees.
Peace!
Monday, May 14, 2007
So frustrated...
I'm very pissed off right now. I've been running good lately and made okay money. But, the SECOND I play a little bigger I always run shitty. I just went bust on FullTilt, mostly playing SNGs. I don't know, I guess I suck at them. I get killed at the bigger ones no matter how shitty my opponents are. I'm so tilted right now, I won't bother playing more.
My last day in Pinawa I lost two $2250 SNGs against a complete fucking fish. She played like it was limit poker. So card dead. I would never play that big SNG unless it was against someone I know to be terrible (and have watched donk away money). Then, today, I played a guy 5 times in FT $1130 SNGs. Won the first easy, then lost 4 in a row. I completely dominated the play and couldn't catch a break on the big hands. Look at this bullshit:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093366
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093390
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093421
If I can't beat these passive fish, who the fuck can I beat in these SNGs? Maybe I should really just stick to cash game. It pisses me off so much everytime I play a $1000+ SNG my luck goes to hell. GAHHHHH! I get all excited about running good for a few days, then I run a million times worse in the span of 2 days and lose my whole FT roll (which was up to $9,500). I can't even describe how pissed off I am at this.
Mixed in there I scraped together $1625 in cash games on FT and PP. Whooppee....
So, in my last 7 SNGs I've lost $7950. Unfuckingreal. All against complete idiot passive fish. Like I said, maybe I just suck at the higher stakes SNGs. It would be nice NOT to have to get my opponent all-in with the far better hand 2-3 times(!!!) each match in order to win. Such bullshit...when my FT account runs bad it completely goes in the shitter. Good riddance, without Neteller it's so hard to get money back there anyway...I won't fucking miss it. I made tons of money before december, and since then, it's been completely useless. Nothing but bad beats and ugly crap.
I don't know if the $10/$25 game is on this Tuesday. We'll see.
I feel so ridiculous that I lost my entire FullTilt bankroll in stupid SNGs. How the fuck do I lose 6/7 against those idiots? Well, I guess crap like the hands above is the answer. But, check out my sharkscope (raiseandpray on fulltilt and groovyt on stars), it's horrible. My ROI (return-on-investment) has always been positive (I think my FT might have just gone to -1%), but my losses are huge. And, obviously, that is because I lose every damn time I play the big ones (and I only play the big ones against losing and crappy players). I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I'm just going to quit playing them. Disappointing...
Anyway, I'm gonna go calm down. I hate this feeling. I love poker, but I almost equally hate this feeling of frustration. I'm sick and tired of feeling like I'm going to get unlucky all the time. Half of my poker in the past two months I'm feeling so vulnerable in all my hands and EXPECTING to get fucked when I get all my chips in, and then bam, exactly what I'm scared of (always 5 outs or less) comes just like I'm imagining it. I hate bitching like a little pussy too, so I'll just stop and go cool off....I'll write more when I'm not so ridiculously pissed off.
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$17,515 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
My last day in Pinawa I lost two $2250 SNGs against a complete fucking fish. She played like it was limit poker. So card dead. I would never play that big SNG unless it was against someone I know to be terrible (and have watched donk away money). Then, today, I played a guy 5 times in FT $1130 SNGs. Won the first easy, then lost 4 in a row. I completely dominated the play and couldn't catch a break on the big hands. Look at this bullshit:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093366
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093390
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1093421
If I can't beat these passive fish, who the fuck can I beat in these SNGs? Maybe I should really just stick to cash game. It pisses me off so much everytime I play a $1000+ SNG my luck goes to hell. GAHHHHH! I get all excited about running good for a few days, then I run a million times worse in the span of 2 days and lose my whole FT roll (which was up to $9,500). I can't even describe how pissed off I am at this.
Mixed in there I scraped together $1625 in cash games on FT and PP. Whooppee....
So, in my last 7 SNGs I've lost $7950. Unfuckingreal. All against complete idiot passive fish. Like I said, maybe I just suck at the higher stakes SNGs. It would be nice NOT to have to get my opponent all-in with the far better hand 2-3 times(!!!) each match in order to win. Such bullshit...when my FT account runs bad it completely goes in the shitter. Good riddance, without Neteller it's so hard to get money back there anyway...I won't fucking miss it. I made tons of money before december, and since then, it's been completely useless. Nothing but bad beats and ugly crap.
I don't know if the $10/$25 game is on this Tuesday. We'll see.
I feel so ridiculous that I lost my entire FullTilt bankroll in stupid SNGs. How the fuck do I lose 6/7 against those idiots? Well, I guess crap like the hands above is the answer. But, check out my sharkscope (raiseandpray on fulltilt and groovyt on stars), it's horrible. My ROI (return-on-investment) has always been positive (I think my FT might have just gone to -1%), but my losses are huge. And, obviously, that is because I lose every damn time I play the big ones (and I only play the big ones against losing and crappy players). I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I'm just going to quit playing them. Disappointing...
Anyway, I'm gonna go calm down. I hate this feeling. I love poker, but I almost equally hate this feeling of frustration. I'm sick and tired of feeling like I'm going to get unlucky all the time. Half of my poker in the past two months I'm feeling so vulnerable in all my hands and EXPECTING to get fucked when I get all my chips in, and then bam, exactly what I'm scared of (always 5 outs or less) comes just like I'm imagining it. I hate bitching like a little pussy too, so I'll just stop and go cool off....I'll write more when I'm not so ridiculously pissed off.
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$17,515 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Quit just a LITTLE too late
Was in Pinawa today. Had a few chances to jump on for some mini-sessions here and there. Up until my last session, I ran super hot. But, then my last session, I hit a couple ridiculously gross hands and decided to pack it up for the night before it got worse. All-in-all, I can't complain. Was a great day of makin' bling and relaxing with my family.
Here are the highlights:
First was a $350 9-player SNG on FullTilt:
Early double-up, bottom 2 pair actually wins once in a while!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085448
Donation by me...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085478
Little loose call by me in BB, but against a button push and the SB who most likely just doesn't believe the button push, I think it's okay. I play to win! Boom, sweet river! Double knockout.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085498
Gah, I should have re-raised preflop, he said he folded AQ, but I didn't want to run into a big hand vs. the other big stack and bubble.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085516
Ship it! Played like a genius (and lucky guess on river). :)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085526
No-brainer city
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085531
Woops
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085534
I play this bad, he plays it worse.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085551
Game Over
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085563
I had a little more time, so I jumped into another identical SNG:
I'm awesome at getting paid with AA. I think I played this perfect. Oh wait, no brainer again.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085612
Haha, AA again. Don't you just hate when this happens though?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085619
Ah damn it. Sure would like to see a turn...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085671
I am such a lucksack today! I should be playing cash games!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085677
Haha, this gives me 2nd place.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085680
I win a coin flip to double up and even the chip count heads-up!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085686
Unreal, look at this shit I'm hitting! I may have been winning or able to bluff these anyway, but hitting gutters works too!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085695http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085701
Game Over
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085705
Ship it again! Back-to-back 9-player Donk-N-Goes wins (I call everything Donk-something that isn't cash game). I should play poker in Pinawa more! Off to the park with the boy. Damn, poker is fun when you win! I've learnt it's important to enjoy it to the max when running good.
Up next was some 5/10 and 10/20 action on Tilt and Party. I found my old buddy iSplashFunds on PP (made some nice $$$ off him before). Some hands on PP:
Early bluff and show to my buddy. This is the 2nd time I've done it to him. Time to hit some hands now.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085963
Gah, horrible. I get greedy betting river. I come SO close to calling his check-raise. It was so fishy.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085968
Ship it. He had nothing.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085983
Not this time bitch!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086029
Add I get to show another stupid bluff.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086032
And some hands from FT:
Look at what I get myself into first hand at the table. This could have been a huge donation, but I really felt he would fold. Whew...nice little $470 pot with absolutely nothing. Everyone was supposed to fold pre-flop!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086501
Gross!!! HAHAHAHA......gross......
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086513
Making all the right guesses today.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086522
Decent little pot...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086524
This is a super tight laydown against this player
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086526
I like my river bet on this one, but I could have raised turn.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086541
AA to finish off the little session against a shortstack. I love my river bet and comment afterwards. Sometimes (well, often) I love being a jackass.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086562 (edit: I just noticed this hand history is all fucked up, not sure why, but it's saved on my hard drive like that too. Anyway, I bet $84.95 when he had $85 left on the turn. He pushed all-in on his open-ender, missed, then I made the comment at the bottom. He swore a bunch and left. haha.)
And then tonight I noticed on Sharkscope player jems23's average stake in SNGs is $133. I just watched jems23 win a $1100 heads-up SNG on FT, and waiting to play another. I decided to take a stab and turned out to be a good idea. Super weak player, very passive.
I shouldn't have given up on this bluff.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087109
Nice little pot he calls for a chop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087114
Good pickup against his flush draw, though I could have made much more this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087118
I dominate this guy for a while, then it's game over at hand #33.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087124
Then, I decide to play one more SNG, a $555 on FT. During that I play a little 5/10 cash too. Well, needless to say, I should have quit.
Holy crap, my luck is definitely over today. I could feel that 9 coming. So bad. First out of SNG.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087152
Then in 5/10:
SO damn gross, my run was about to end somewhere. This idiot left after this hand. Guess I didn't lose that much.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087143
Then I make this retarded play thinking he's on spades. After I hit the turn, I convince myself he's bluffing spades. Weee, retard....
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087183
I dropped $1,600 from my highest point just 30 minutes ago, so I'm done. Book a win of $4,450 for the day. Hate ending on sour notes, but I ran pretty damn sweet earlier today. Cracked the 20k mark for online cash & SNGs since starting this blog, and pushing the 30k mark if you include tourneys.
I SERIOUSLY have to get on top of this real estate licensing course I'm taking. The deadline is coming closer and closer. Gah! Been out of University for over 4 years and my study habits are identical...
PCH Online Tourney tomorrow @ 2pm, might play some other stuff during it. Then next week real estate is priority #1 (except for Tuesday, of course, if we have our Penguin 10/25 game)!!!
Peace!
Here are the highlights:
First was a $350 9-player SNG on FullTilt:
Early double-up, bottom 2 pair actually wins once in a while!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085448
Donation by me...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085478
Little loose call by me in BB, but against a button push and the SB who most likely just doesn't believe the button push, I think it's okay. I play to win! Boom, sweet river! Double knockout.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085498
Gah, I should have re-raised preflop, he said he folded AQ, but I didn't want to run into a big hand vs. the other big stack and bubble.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085516
Ship it! Played like a genius (and lucky guess on river). :)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085526
No-brainer city
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085531
Woops
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085534
I play this bad, he plays it worse.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085551
Game Over
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085563
I had a little more time, so I jumped into another identical SNG:
I'm awesome at getting paid with AA. I think I played this perfect. Oh wait, no brainer again.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085612
Haha, AA again. Don't you just hate when this happens though?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085619
Ah damn it. Sure would like to see a turn...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085671
I am such a lucksack today! I should be playing cash games!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085677
Haha, this gives me 2nd place.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085680
I win a coin flip to double up and even the chip count heads-up!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085686
Unreal, look at this shit I'm hitting! I may have been winning or able to bluff these anyway, but hitting gutters works too!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085695http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085701
Game Over
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085705
Ship it again! Back-to-back 9-player Donk-N-Goes wins (I call everything Donk-something that isn't cash game). I should play poker in Pinawa more! Off to the park with the boy. Damn, poker is fun when you win! I've learnt it's important to enjoy it to the max when running good.
Up next was some 5/10 and 10/20 action on Tilt and Party. I found my old buddy iSplashFunds on PP (made some nice $$$ off him before). Some hands on PP:
Early bluff and show to my buddy. This is the 2nd time I've done it to him. Time to hit some hands now.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085963
Gah, horrible. I get greedy betting river. I come SO close to calling his check-raise. It was so fishy.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085968
Ship it. He had nothing.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1085983
Not this time bitch!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086029
Add I get to show another stupid bluff.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086032
And some hands from FT:
Look at what I get myself into first hand at the table. This could have been a huge donation, but I really felt he would fold. Whew...nice little $470 pot with absolutely nothing. Everyone was supposed to fold pre-flop!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086501
Gross!!! HAHAHAHA......gross......
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086513
Making all the right guesses today.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086522
Decent little pot...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086524
This is a super tight laydown against this player
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086526
I like my river bet on this one, but I could have raised turn.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086541
AA to finish off the little session against a shortstack. I love my river bet and comment afterwards. Sometimes (well, often) I love being a jackass.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1086562 (edit: I just noticed this hand history is all fucked up, not sure why, but it's saved on my hard drive like that too. Anyway, I bet $84.95 when he had $85 left on the turn. He pushed all-in on his open-ender, missed, then I made the comment at the bottom. He swore a bunch and left. haha.)
And then tonight I noticed on Sharkscope player jems23's average stake in SNGs is $133. I just watched jems23 win a $1100 heads-up SNG on FT, and waiting to play another. I decided to take a stab and turned out to be a good idea. Super weak player, very passive.
I shouldn't have given up on this bluff.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087109
Nice little pot he calls for a chop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087114
Good pickup against his flush draw, though I could have made much more this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087118
I dominate this guy for a while, then it's game over at hand #33.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087124
Then, I decide to play one more SNG, a $555 on FT. During that I play a little 5/10 cash too. Well, needless to say, I should have quit.
Holy crap, my luck is definitely over today. I could feel that 9 coming. So bad. First out of SNG.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087152
Then in 5/10:
SO damn gross, my run was about to end somewhere. This idiot left after this hand. Guess I didn't lose that much.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087143
Then I make this retarded play thinking he's on spades. After I hit the turn, I convince myself he's bluffing spades. Weee, retard....
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1087183
I dropped $1,600 from my highest point just 30 minutes ago, so I'm done. Book a win of $4,450 for the day. Hate ending on sour notes, but I ran pretty damn sweet earlier today. Cracked the 20k mark for online cash & SNGs since starting this blog, and pushing the 30k mark if you include tourneys.
I SERIOUSLY have to get on top of this real estate licensing course I'm taking. The deadline is coming closer and closer. Gah! Been out of University for over 4 years and my study habits are identical...
PCH Online Tourney tomorrow @ 2pm, might play some other stuff during it. Then next week real estate is priority #1 (except for Tuesday, of course, if we have our Penguin 10/25 game)!!!
Peace!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
I guess this is running good
Nice to say I'm on a little roll. Think I've booked around 8 winning sessions in a row online. I can barely call most of them "sessions", often it's under 30 minutes. But, whatever, been winning and winning is goooood.
Opponent slowplays and gets burnt. I almost tried to check-raise river, I should have (or bet really small to entice a K to raise), I think I stack him if I do.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1073026
Stats told me this unknown player is SUPER-TIGHT pre-flop and on the flop (but does re-raise huge pairs), so a 7 is almost totally out of his range. I've been playing very aggressive at this table, so my weak turn bet makes him think his Q is good. I like how I play this hand given the information I have though I guess it looks a little no-brainer. The good part is I was confident I was winning and not just hoping.
Last night I spotted a 10/20 table on FullTilt which looked good. Couple guys going at it pretty hard and making some questionable plays. I jumped into the middle and doubled my $2,000 stack. Here are a couple hands:
I limp with AA, then just smooth-call a raise and re-raise (I felt like I was going to lose them if I back-raised this, and I felt like action). I don't know how much I like how I play this, but it works out. These guys were nuts! If I do back-raise, they probably both fold I think. So, this time I get tricky and it pays off. Gross flop though. I would have hated getting turned or rivered on this one...double up! Pretty much the only significant hand I won on this table, good enough. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1077094
Woops, bad call. Thought he missed a straight draw. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1077099
Tonight I messed around on Stars a bit. Lost an HU-SNG, won an HU-SNG, scraped back to +$75 on a few 5/10 cash tables, then thought "meh, pokerstars, meh" and quit. I dunno, Stars is annoying. Always grabbing my screen focus, I constantly misclick if I do anything else while playing, annoying. I'll book the microwin.
Had a couple mini-Barca $1/$2 sessions in the past week, played like a donkey and pretty much broke even.
I would love to play in main event at the WSOP this year. I really gotta try and win a seat. We'll see, I never get around to it. I'll probably buy-in to at least one event while there, not sure which one. We'll see how cash games go the first couple days...I've heard and read so many stories of how soft they can be.
So, chalk up another $4,715 on these 3 sessions. I hope this continues. The difference between running good and running bad is SOOOOO thin (for example, I lose that AA hand above and I'm pretty much even for these 3 sessions). I think my attitude is better then it's ever been about poker, and I'm ready to ride the storm of another bad run, but I'll happily take a bit more no-brainer poker in the meantime, keep 'em coming!
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$19,390 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
No $10/$25 on Tuesday, too many guys out of town. So, instead, I figure I'd go try the Club Regent re-buy tourney. Of course, I don't pre-register (cuz I didn't think I was going), get there, go on a waiting list, wait for the entire re-buy period (with Joe Williams who is also wanting to play some cards on our usual poker day), don't get in (neither does Joe), and we both go home after wasting a good few hours (Joe makes $150 in $3/$6 limit, I lose about the same in roullette, sounds about right). Regent sucks. Don't feel like elaborating.
Anyway, to the sessions i guess. Had a fun $5/$10 session on Party. Pretty much stress-free as you can see here
Quick $2,640 profit. Here are a few hands:
My play LOOKS like such a bluff (which it is), this was risky. I'm lucky he didn't call because his PF% is 47% and his showdowns won is 33% (aka fish). I was banking he missed a draw or was VERY weak. Not sure I like this play, but it worked.
My play LOOKS like such a bluff (which it is), this was risky. I'm lucky he didn't call because his PF% is 47% and his showdowns won is 33% (aka fish). I was banking he missed a draw or was VERY weak. Not sure I like this play, but it worked.
Opponent slowplays and gets burnt. I almost tried to check-raise river, I should have (or bet really small to entice a K to raise), I think I stack him if I do.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1073026
Stats told me this unknown player is SUPER-TIGHT pre-flop and on the flop (but does re-raise huge pairs), so a 7 is almost totally out of his range. I've been playing very aggressive at this table, so my weak turn bet makes him think his Q is good. I like how I play this hand given the information I have though I guess it looks a little no-brainer. The good part is I was confident I was winning and not just hoping.
I do this against these stupid tight shortstackers all the time. Brings in a lot of dead money and I rarely get caught.
At this point I made $2400 playing 5/10 in 178 hands. 23% flops seen, 41% wins when flop seen, 100% showdown wins. Wish it were always so easy.
Then I scooped up a quick $250 in 20 hands on a $10/$20 table and went to watch Survivor with the wife (shut up, we like it).
Then I scooped up a quick $250 in 20 hands on a $10/$20 table and went to watch Survivor with the wife (shut up, we like it).
Last night I spotted a 10/20 table on FullTilt which looked good. Couple guys going at it pretty hard and making some questionable plays. I jumped into the middle and doubled my $2,000 stack. Here are a couple hands:
I limp with AA, then just smooth-call a raise and re-raise (I felt like I was going to lose them if I back-raised this, and I felt like action). I don't know how much I like how I play this, but it works out. These guys were nuts! If I do back-raise, they probably both fold I think. So, this time I get tricky and it pays off. Gross flop though. I would have hated getting turned or rivered on this one...double up! Pretty much the only significant hand I won on this table, good enough. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1077094
Woops, bad call. Thought he missed a straight draw. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1077099
Tonight I messed around on Stars a bit. Lost an HU-SNG, won an HU-SNG, scraped back to +$75 on a few 5/10 cash tables, then thought "meh, pokerstars, meh" and quit. I dunno, Stars is annoying. Always grabbing my screen focus, I constantly misclick if I do anything else while playing, annoying. I'll book the microwin.
Had a couple mini-Barca $1/$2 sessions in the past week, played like a donkey and pretty much broke even.
I would love to play in main event at the WSOP this year. I really gotta try and win a seat. We'll see, I never get around to it. I'll probably buy-in to at least one event while there, not sure which one. We'll see how cash games go the first couple days...I've heard and read so many stories of how soft they can be.
So, chalk up another $4,715 on these 3 sessions. I hope this continues. The difference between running good and running bad is SOOOOO thin (for example, I lose that AA hand above and I'm pretty much even for these 3 sessions). I think my attitude is better then it's ever been about poker, and I'm ready to ride the storm of another bad run, but I'll happily take a bit more no-brainer poker in the meantime, keep 'em coming!
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$19,390 US
Donkaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Few winners in a row...
Well, guess I've been running alright for the past few sessions. I don't think I've had any sessions over an hour, definitely not over two hours. But, it feels good to string together some wins.
I didn't save much for hand histories. Here's what I've been up to:
Betfair $10/$20 (one weak table): +$2,000
Stars $5/$10 (4 tables): +$900
FullTilt HUSNG (heads-up Sit-and-Go): +$530
PS HUSNG: +$105 (in this small SNG I'm just showing my Mom what online poker looks like. I outflop this guy's AK with my AT all-in preflop in later blinds, "that's what poker is about, Mom, put your chips in when losing and hope to get lucky")
Barca $1/$2 mini-session for kicks: +$300 (came back from -$400)
This hand made me chuckle a little. This is my crazy I'm-just-hoping-for-the-best check-raise all-in on the flop. Look what he calls me with, he's drawing to one out. Didn't expect that if I got called! Super genius. Not a big pot but I'll take it...
It looks like my wife and I are going to start attempting to flip houses with two other couples. I think it's a pretty safe investment and the worse case scenario is breaking even on the first couple houses. I'm optimistic about it and should be fun. But, it will cut into the little poker time I have. I have to also write the Phase I exam for this real estate licensing course before I go to Vegas at the end of June. I have two more assignments and a lot of work to do. Actual work this all feels like....gah, I dunno about this! I've also heard of a bunch of guys lately who subscribe to various stocktrading newsletters (between $150-$500/year to subscribe) and are having great success with the stock picks (one guy mentioned he doubled his investment in 2006). Seems too good to be true. Pay a negligable fee to get recommendations, make a few clicks of a mouse merely based on these recommendations, and make money. I could do that, might give it a shot in the near future. I've been reading a lot of information and debates about buying PartyPoker stock. If they ever got business back in the US, then it's a no-brainer. Not sure, still on the rail about that one.
I'm ashamed to say I lost $100 to Grimes golfing. He beat me on #18 to win our match by 1 hole by draining a 40 foot bomb with huge break that he hit 300% too hard but still went in (if it doesn't go in he has the same length putt coming back up the hill). Lucksack. Great match though, we tied the last 7 holes under par down the stretch (except #18 of course). I'll get him back though, still shaking the winter rust!
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I'll be in Vegas from June 25th to July 9th. Staying in the penthouse suite at New Frontier (is that like the nicest room on Higgins?) with Angst and Quentin from June 25th - July 2nd, then with my wife, son, and Moms in a 2 bedroom condo at the Desert Rose (5 min off strip behind Tropicana) from July 2nd - 9th. Should be a blast! I'm going to organize a night for the whole Winnipeg and Pegcity Hustling crew to meet up. Just a tip to anyone who hasn't arranged flights yet, check out allegiantair.com. Super cheap charter flights out of Fargo. Very worth it especially if you drive down with a few people.
Would anyone be interested in playing a $1000-$1200 buy-in 10-man SNG for a WSOP main event seat? Everyone who participates gets 2-3% of the winner if they cash at the WSOP. E-mail me if you'd be SERIOUSLY interested.
Peace!
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$14,675 US
Tournaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
I didn't save much for hand histories. Here's what I've been up to:
Betfair $10/$20 (one weak table): +$2,000
Stars $5/$10 (4 tables): +$900
FullTilt HUSNG (heads-up Sit-and-Go): +$530
PS HUSNG: +$105 (in this small SNG I'm just showing my Mom what online poker looks like. I outflop this guy's AK with my AT all-in preflop in later blinds, "that's what poker is about, Mom, put your chips in when losing and hope to get lucky")
Barca $1/$2 mini-session for kicks: +$300 (came back from -$400)
This hand made me chuckle a little. This is my crazy I'm-just-hoping-for-the-best check-raise all-in on the flop. Look what he calls me with, he's drawing to one out. Didn't expect that if I got called! Super genius. Not a big pot but I'll take it...
It looks like my wife and I are going to start attempting to flip houses with two other couples. I think it's a pretty safe investment and the worse case scenario is breaking even on the first couple houses. I'm optimistic about it and should be fun. But, it will cut into the little poker time I have. I have to also write the Phase I exam for this real estate licensing course before I go to Vegas at the end of June. I have two more assignments and a lot of work to do. Actual work this all feels like....gah, I dunno about this! I've also heard of a bunch of guys lately who subscribe to various stocktrading newsletters (between $150-$500/year to subscribe) and are having great success with the stock picks (one guy mentioned he doubled his investment in 2006). Seems too good to be true. Pay a negligable fee to get recommendations, make a few clicks of a mouse merely based on these recommendations, and make money. I could do that, might give it a shot in the near future. I've been reading a lot of information and debates about buying PartyPoker stock. If they ever got business back in the US, then it's a no-brainer. Not sure, still on the rail about that one.
I'm ashamed to say I lost $100 to Grimes golfing. He beat me on #18 to win our match by 1 hole by draining a 40 foot bomb with huge break that he hit 300% too hard but still went in (if it doesn't go in he has the same length putt coming back up the hill). Lucksack. Great match though, we tied the last 7 holes under par down the stretch (except #18 of course). I'll get him back though, still shaking the winter rust!
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I'll be in Vegas from June 25th to July 9th. Staying in the penthouse suite at New Frontier (is that like the nicest room on Higgins?) with Angst and Quentin from June 25th - July 2nd, then with my wife, son, and Moms in a 2 bedroom condo at the Desert Rose (5 min off strip behind Tropicana) from July 2nd - 9th. Should be a blast! I'm going to organize a night for the whole Winnipeg and Pegcity Hustling crew to meet up. Just a tip to anyone who hasn't arranged flights yet, check out allegiantair.com. Super cheap charter flights out of Fargo. Very worth it especially if you drive down with a few people.
Would anyone be interested in playing a $1000-$1200 buy-in 10-man SNG for a WSOP main event seat? Everyone who participates gets 2-3% of the winner if they cash at the WSOP. E-mail me if you'd be SERIOUSLY interested.
Peace!
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$14,675 US
Tournaments (since blog start): +$4,770 US
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,700 CDN
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Finally, smooth sailing
Well, it's about damn time I had a reasonably hassle-free session at Penguin Club. I got there around 4:30pm to see only Joe and Rosie there. We were thinking about playing 3-handed to start it off, then Sammy (from Brandon) showed up. We played a little $100 tourney with some house guys, and I happily got all-in with 77 on the very 1st hand and lost to Sammy's AA. Good, I never want to win that pre-tourney ever again since I had the worse cash session of my life after winning it before.
Anyway, Sammy wins that mini-tourney, then we start 5 handed. We played 2 hours of $5/$10, then Silvano showed up and we soon made it $10/$25 (I was up only $400 when we started 10/25 and actually swung below even for a while). Things went pretty well for me the first 5 hours and I was making all the right decisions. It seems pretty easy when I'm not getting super-coolered every hour. I lost some unavoidable hands, but nothing too crazy or too expensive. There was one hour in there where I was raising every 3rd hand and hitting like crazy (probably hit 3 nice flushes in 20 minutes which all won decent pots). Rosie was doing a lot of his standard 3-barrel betting into people with any random touch, but this time my hands were holding. I got up almost $7,500, then just went card dead for the last 2-3 hours and never found any great openings for bluffs (I have to be pretty selective since I did so much bluffing and showing early). I finished the session up $5,000. Joe made $6k, and Hung made a few thousand. I didn't hit a single set the whole session either...
Only one hand really sticks out in my mind. It's the one that really got Silvano on tilt and was the focus of discussion for an hour or two after the hand. Was pretty funny listening to the lopsided analysis. Anyway, here it is:
I won't say the hands until the end. Joe raises in middle position to $85, I just call with AK on the button, Silvano calls in SB, Rosie calls in BB. Flop is Q99. Check, check, check, check. Turn is an A. Check, check, check, check. River is another Q making an Q99AQ board. Silvano checks, Rosie bets $200, Joe quickly calls, and I'm not sure what to do. It's not a very big bet, and I have Joe on an A for sure, so I call too hoping Rosie is just bluffing or small case A. Then, Silvano check-raises all-in as we all simultaneously laugh and it's obvious no one is calling. We all instamuck. Rosie shows K9, Joe AK, and I also have AK as said. Silvano angrily flips over QQ (quads! flopped full house) and doesn't comprehend whatsoever how he didn't make more money after seeing we all had a big or decent piece of the board. Haha, only Silvano could win $800 in a pot and lose his mind in the process. If ANYONE makes any bet on the flop or turn, those two get all-in (Joe and I have such a loose hold on our AK, we don't lose more money than we did no matter what happens). Anyway, was just a funny hand, we talked about it for an hour straight it seemed.
The most fun hand (for me) of the night: rock Gabe raises to $75, one caller, Joe calls, another caller, I raise to $425 with K3 in the SB. Fold, fold, Joe thinks for a while and I know he's not really believing me (good read) and he calls (most likely with a low-mid pair), fold. Flop is something like JT6, two diamonds. I must admit this isn't the best board to make a huge bluff at with nothing, but I fire out $600 and Joe thinks a bit and folds. Then I get to show my retarded hand and scoop almost $700+ profit. It's fun making plays on Joe cuz I respect his game tons and it eats at him a little even if he doesn't want to show it. Haha. I gotta be VERY careful though and I'm sure I'll lose a fortune sooner or later doing something stupid. He makes good plays on me too, but he can write his own blog if he wants those heard! :)
The game ended early around 12:45am, so I swung to Barca to relax an hour and made $75 in that game (woo!). Good times, finally enjoyed a Tuesday. Still not planning much poker until next Tuesday, but I might jump on Betfair a little, they have a new interface which looks much improved.
I find myself starting to ride the waves of poker better than before. If I lose to bad luck, I try my best to suck it up. If I lose to bad play, I try to improve my game or make the necessary adjustments (or just not make the same bad play again). It helps that I've refocused on my table selection, which makes the game so much more winnable. Don't get me wrong, the highs are high and the lows are low, but that's just poker. I'm really trying to not make it affect my non-poker life (i.e. family, friends, business, etc.). Sometimes it is tough doing other things with poker on my mind, but it's not just random poker babble in my mind, I'm actually analyzing my play and debating different styles and approaches more than ever before. It's making me better, but it's distracting. I want a career or business other than poker. I'd honestly like poker to just become a "serious hobby". Sometimes I think taking 6 months to a year off poker would allow me to accomplish other stuff more easily. The problem is, I don't really want to do that. I like poker and I feel confident in my ability to make money, but I'm in a little catch-22 where it's harder to make good money at poker (especially online) when playing "casually" (in my experience anyway), and it's hard to pursue other things even when playing poker "casually". Not sure if this makes much sense, but whatever, it's my blog so I'm always right by default. What I want to continue pursuing is a proper mix of poker and business, while leaving enough time for family and friends. I think it's genuinely a difficult mix, but I am getting better at it, and my wife is developing more and more patience and understanding for it. She keeps me grounded and reminds me regularly of other things that are important, but she supports my decisions no matter what. And when it comes to poker, she stands up for me when faced with the speculative criticism of having a husband who "gambles for a living". She knows that's truly not the case. I couldn't ask for anything more, and I know I couldn't do it without this support. For anyone wishing to pursue poker seriously, I couldn't imagine doing it without a supportive spouse who is onboard with the idea...so, thanks Sarah.
Now that I'm done with brownie points with the wife, I guess I'll get some real work done...
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$11,140
Tournaments (since blog start): +$4,860
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,400
Anyway, Sammy wins that mini-tourney, then we start 5 handed. We played 2 hours of $5/$10, then Silvano showed up and we soon made it $10/$25 (I was up only $400 when we started 10/25 and actually swung below even for a while). Things went pretty well for me the first 5 hours and I was making all the right decisions. It seems pretty easy when I'm not getting super-coolered every hour. I lost some unavoidable hands, but nothing too crazy or too expensive. There was one hour in there where I was raising every 3rd hand and hitting like crazy (probably hit 3 nice flushes in 20 minutes which all won decent pots). Rosie was doing a lot of his standard 3-barrel betting into people with any random touch, but this time my hands were holding. I got up almost $7,500, then just went card dead for the last 2-3 hours and never found any great openings for bluffs (I have to be pretty selective since I did so much bluffing and showing early). I finished the session up $5,000. Joe made $6k, and Hung made a few thousand. I didn't hit a single set the whole session either...
Only one hand really sticks out in my mind. It's the one that really got Silvano on tilt and was the focus of discussion for an hour or two after the hand. Was pretty funny listening to the lopsided analysis. Anyway, here it is:
I won't say the hands until the end. Joe raises in middle position to $85, I just call with AK on the button, Silvano calls in SB, Rosie calls in BB. Flop is Q99. Check, check, check, check. Turn is an A. Check, check, check, check. River is another Q making an Q99AQ board. Silvano checks, Rosie bets $200, Joe quickly calls, and I'm not sure what to do. It's not a very big bet, and I have Joe on an A for sure, so I call too hoping Rosie is just bluffing or small case A. Then, Silvano check-raises all-in as we all simultaneously laugh and it's obvious no one is calling. We all instamuck. Rosie shows K9, Joe AK, and I also have AK as said. Silvano angrily flips over QQ (quads! flopped full house) and doesn't comprehend whatsoever how he didn't make more money after seeing we all had a big or decent piece of the board. Haha, only Silvano could win $800 in a pot and lose his mind in the process. If ANYONE makes any bet on the flop or turn, those two get all-in (Joe and I have such a loose hold on our AK, we don't lose more money than we did no matter what happens). Anyway, was just a funny hand, we talked about it for an hour straight it seemed.
The most fun hand (for me) of the night: rock Gabe raises to $75, one caller, Joe calls, another caller, I raise to $425 with K3 in the SB. Fold, fold, Joe thinks for a while and I know he's not really believing me (good read) and he calls (most likely with a low-mid pair), fold. Flop is something like JT6, two diamonds. I must admit this isn't the best board to make a huge bluff at with nothing, but I fire out $600 and Joe thinks a bit and folds. Then I get to show my retarded hand and scoop almost $700+ profit. It's fun making plays on Joe cuz I respect his game tons and it eats at him a little even if he doesn't want to show it. Haha. I gotta be VERY careful though and I'm sure I'll lose a fortune sooner or later doing something stupid. He makes good plays on me too, but he can write his own blog if he wants those heard! :)
The game ended early around 12:45am, so I swung to Barca to relax an hour and made $75 in that game (woo!). Good times, finally enjoyed a Tuesday. Still not planning much poker until next Tuesday, but I might jump on Betfair a little, they have a new interface which looks much improved.
I find myself starting to ride the waves of poker better than before. If I lose to bad luck, I try my best to suck it up. If I lose to bad play, I try to improve my game or make the necessary adjustments (or just not make the same bad play again). It helps that I've refocused on my table selection, which makes the game so much more winnable. Don't get me wrong, the highs are high and the lows are low, but that's just poker. I'm really trying to not make it affect my non-poker life (i.e. family, friends, business, etc.). Sometimes it is tough doing other things with poker on my mind, but it's not just random poker babble in my mind, I'm actually analyzing my play and debating different styles and approaches more than ever before. It's making me better, but it's distracting. I want a career or business other than poker. I'd honestly like poker to just become a "serious hobby". Sometimes I think taking 6 months to a year off poker would allow me to accomplish other stuff more easily. The problem is, I don't really want to do that. I like poker and I feel confident in my ability to make money, but I'm in a little catch-22 where it's harder to make good money at poker (especially online) when playing "casually" (in my experience anyway), and it's hard to pursue other things even when playing poker "casually". Not sure if this makes much sense, but whatever, it's my blog so I'm always right by default. What I want to continue pursuing is a proper mix of poker and business, while leaving enough time for family and friends. I think it's genuinely a difficult mix, but I am getting better at it, and my wife is developing more and more patience and understanding for it. She keeps me grounded and reminds me regularly of other things that are important, but she supports my decisions no matter what. And when it comes to poker, she stands up for me when faced with the speculative criticism of having a husband who "gambles for a living". She knows that's truly not the case. I couldn't ask for anything more, and I know I couldn't do it without this support. For anyone wishing to pursue poker seriously, I couldn't imagine doing it without a supportive spouse who is onboard with the idea...so, thanks Sarah.
Now that I'm done with brownie points with the wife, I guess I'll get some real work done...
Online cash & SNG (since blog start): +$11,140
Tournaments (since blog start): +$4,860
Live cash (since Nov/06): +$26,400
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
cracked at Barca
Yo! So I headed down to Barca last night to hang out for a bit. There was a seat open next to my buddy Gavin Fifi, so I ended up sitting in the game for about 30 minutes. I always have a pretty maniac reputation there, so everyone expects me to do some crazy stuff right off the bat. Well, I straddle first hand to $5 and get AA. Few limpers, and the BB (only player at table who has me covered for my $500 buy-in) makes it $25, I pot it (knowing I'm going to get a call) for around $120. Flop is J73, he thinks a bit and pots into me. Well, obviously I like this play and jam all-in. He instacalls with JJ (well played, but sort of no-brainer). Bang, $500 down after the first hand. Of course, Grimes was dealing.
I almost leave immediately because I don't really feel like playing anymore and don't care much about $1/$2 and I know I won't make that money back in 30 minutes with the stacks at the table. But, Johnny brings me another $500 before I say anything, so I play. I proceed to get AA two more times in my short session (win small pots), hit a bunch of other medium size pots and have people donate to me left and right (especially the drunk cabbie, if you play at Barca you know who I'm talking about). I actually grinded back to up $75 and just quit and went home. Weird session.
The only online I've played since last Tuesday was a short session against two guys heads-up on FullTilt. Here are a few hands:
Hand 1: After slowly building from 1k to 2.2k, I double him up on this all-in pre-flop. I feel stupid afterwards, but tough one to avoid given the aggressiveness of the match so far.
Hand 2: I think this is the NEXT hand, where he returns the favour. Gutsy bluff on his part, but bad timing, hard for me to fold.
Hand 3: I jumped on a 10/20 table with $1,400 left in my FT account and hit a nice little no-brainer to double it up.
So, all-in-all, finished $150 up and decided to leave it at that.
Off to the Penguin Club right now for the weekly game. Will post results later tonight or tomorrow. One of these Tuesdays I gotta get something going again, hopefully today...
I almost leave immediately because I don't really feel like playing anymore and don't care much about $1/$2 and I know I won't make that money back in 30 minutes with the stacks at the table. But, Johnny brings me another $500 before I say anything, so I play. I proceed to get AA two more times in my short session (win small pots), hit a bunch of other medium size pots and have people donate to me left and right (especially the drunk cabbie, if you play at Barca you know who I'm talking about). I actually grinded back to up $75 and just quit and went home. Weird session.
The only online I've played since last Tuesday was a short session against two guys heads-up on FullTilt. Here are a few hands:
Hand 1: After slowly building from 1k to 2.2k, I double him up on this all-in pre-flop. I feel stupid afterwards, but tough one to avoid given the aggressiveness of the match so far.
Hand 2: I think this is the NEXT hand, where he returns the favour. Gutsy bluff on his part, but bad timing, hard for me to fold.
Hand 3: I jumped on a 10/20 table with $1,400 left in my FT account and hit a nice little no-brainer to double it up.
So, all-in-all, finished $150 up and decided to leave it at that.
Off to the Penguin Club right now for the weekly game. Will post results later tonight or tomorrow. One of these Tuesdays I gotta get something going again, hopefully today...
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