Wednesdays Notes

Tuesday's Notes (Late). I didn't post cause not a whole lot happened. I believe I played close to 1300 hands and made something like $10.

Wednesday's NL10 Session. I played very well today and had one of my nicest days of NL10, finishing up a very welcome $50.85. I played nearly 1900 hands and have surpassed my goal of 10,000 hands at NL10.

The 2+2 post. This never happened. After trying to navigate the forum and find out where to post stats/graphs/results/whatever and being unsuccessful, I decided to forget about it. I don't really need anyones expert opinion on how I'm doing and whether or not I should move up to NL25.

NL25 6-max. Yeah, I think it's time for me to move up to $0.10/$0.25. My bankroll is where I think it needs to be: at 15 BI's for NL25, aka $375+. Starting tomorrow, I'll begin my journey at NL25. Here are some really simple goals, however:

• Play no more than 5 tables at a time.
• Try to play 1000 hands/day unless running horrible/tilting. If doing really well, continue playing for as long as I'd like.
• Play 10,000 hands total of NL25.
• If bankroll falls to below $300, move back down to NL10. Grind up to $375.
  
• Can't move up to $0.25/$0.50 until I have $50 x 20 BI's = $1000.

NL10 running results. Here it is, the results of 10 days of really hard work and dedication. I present to you my results at NL10:



I finished up a delicious $187.15, making something like $9.13/hour.

I've also quickly taken a look at my PokerTracker stats. Everything is just solid. I play comfortable at 22/16/2.5 (VP$IP/PFR/AF). I steal the blinds frequently, at 32%. I have a 60% showdown win percentage, which is decent IMO. I get tighter the further away from the button I am. The only thing of concern, IMO, is that I lose money from the BB. Although this number is small (-$2.49) I still don't like having leaks in my game. I'm currently writing it off as variance yet keeping it in my head that maybe I need to protect my blinds and 3-bet from the BB a little bit more. Its just really scary for me to call a bet OOP but I assume I need to overcome that ridiculous fear. Especially if the raises are coming from the Button where they can be pretty much holding ATC. I should just look at the opponents Attempt to Steal percentage and if its 30% I can call wide and if its 12% I can call tight.

Anyways, I'm off to bed. Exhausting day, for some reason.

uBet Bankroll: $376.86

Monday's Notes

1288/1000 hands played. I'm really tired so I'm just going to post today's results and the NL10 running total. Today was a really up and down day and here is the graph. I did my best to avoid getting stacked if I didn't have to but I think that KK v AA on a QJx board, AQ v 22 on a A2KQ board, and KK v Q9 on a Qxx board that finished out Q9, are all legitimate ways to get stacked. I'm fine with them all.



NL10 running total. 7,705 hands played, 2,295 to go.


Should play the remaining hands in ~2 days. The plan is still to post my PokerTracker stats on 2+2 and see what they say, however, if I don't have a $400-$500 bankroll by 10k hands, I'll be grinding $NL10 for just a little bit longer. I really do want to be adequately stacked for each level.

uBet Bankroll: $349.07

Sunday's Notes

No MTTs Played. For the first time in a long time, I didn't play any MTTs today. I'm completely confident in my NL10 6-max game and don't want to stop.

1923/1000 hands played today. Dirtey.



6.4k hands down, 4.6k to go. Here is a look at my running total at NL10 6-max. I began last Monday.


Lay Down of the day.
Hand #45623292-59098 at Rocky Mount (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 30/Sep/07 19:00:49

h0rny is at seat 0 with $9.82.
onegreenchip is at seat 1 with $16.13.
Birds n Bees is at seat 3 with $10.41.
skybox43 is at seat 4 with $7.24.
arnet75 is at seat 5 with $10.42.
The button is at seat 3.

skybox43 posts the small blind of $.05.
arnet75 posts the big blind of $.10.

h0rny: -- --
onegreenchip: -- --
Birds n Bees: Qh Kc
skybox43: -- --
arnet75: -- --

Pre-flop:
h0rny calls. onegreenchip folds. Birds n Bees
raises to $.45. skybox43 calls. arnet75 folds.
h0rny calls.

Flop (board: Td Jh Ks):
skybox43 checks. h0rny checks. Birds n Bees bets
$.50. skybox43 raises to $2. h0rny folds. Birds n
Bees folds. skybox43 is returned $1.50 (uncalled).

skybox43 opts to show Ac Qs.
skybox43 has Ac Qs Td Jh Ks: straight, ace high.

Hand #45623292-59098 Summary:
$.12 is raked from a pot of $2.45.
skybox43 wins $2.33.
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Bad Beat of the day.
Hand #45622894-64495 at Tallahassee (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 30/Sep/07 15:08:08

coolchris21 is at seat 0 with $9.55.
jl815 is at seat 1 with $12.38.
Chillbaer is at seat 2 with $9.98.
unome2 is at seat 3 with $2.50 (sitting out).
BLASTARD25 is at seat 4 with $9.19.
Birds n Bees is at seat 5 with $19.92.
The button is at seat 5.

coolchris21 posts the small blind of $.05.
jl815 posts the big blind of $.10.

coolchris21: -- --
jl815: -- --
Chillbaer: -- --
BLASTARD25: -- --
Birds n Bees: Ks Kh

Pre-flop:
Chillbaer folds. BLASTARD25 raises to $.35. Birds n
Bees calls. coolchris21 folds. jl815 re-raises to
$2.60. BLASTARD25 goes all-in for $9.19. Birds n
Bees goes all-in for $19.92. jl815 folds. Birds n
Bees is returned $10.73 (uncalled).

Preflop Commentary: I only called BLASTARD25's raise because "jl815" was in the blinds and he always 3-bets. Although I was planning on BLASTARD25 folding and then me pushing over the top of "jl815," this still played out perfectly.

Flop (board: 7s 7h 6h):
(no action in this round)

Turn (board: 7s 7h 6h 4h):
(no action in this round)

River (board: 7s 7h 6h 4h Td):
(no action in this round)

Showdown:
Birds n Bees shows Ks Kh.
Birds n Bees has Ks Kh 7s 7h Td: two pair, kings and sevens.
BLASTARD25 shows 6c 6d.
BLASTARD25 has 6c 6d 7s 7h 6h: full house, sixes full of sevens.

Well... almost perfectly.

Hand #45622894-64495 Summary:
$1.05 is raked from a pot of $21.03.
BLASTARD25 wins $19.98 with full house, sixes full of sevens.
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Feel Good hand of the day.
Hand #45622882-70489 at St Johns (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 30/Sep/07 13:55:32

Birds n Bees is at seat 0 with $13.09.
mass4040 is at seat 1 with $16.67.
MAG992003 is at seat 2 with $9.90.
nonameFF is at seat 4 with $9.93.
The button is at seat 4.

Birds n Bees posts the small blind of $.05.
mass4040 posts the big blind of $.10.

Birds n Bees: Ah As
mass4040: -- --
MAG992003: -- --
nonameFF: -- --

Pre-flop:
MAG992003 folds. nonameFF folds. Birds n Bees
raises to $.30. mass4040 calls.

Flop (board: 2d 6s Ad):
Birds n Bees bets $.45. mass4040 calls.

Flop Commentary: I don't care that I flopped a set of aces, there are still two diamonds out there. Just like I would lead out with AK, 22, and 66 here, I'm leading out with AA. All these hands are still vulnerable to a diamond. Also, with him calling, he almost certainly has AK or a diamond draw, more than likely a diamond draw since he didn't raise.

Turn (board: 2d 6s Ad 6h):
Birds n Bees checks. mass4040 checks.

OK, now a diamond can hit.

River (board: 2d 6s Ad 6h 5d):
Birds n Bees checks. mass4040 bets $8.50. Birds n
Bees goes all-in for $12.34. mass4040 calls.

This couldn't have played out any better.

Showdown:
Birds n Bees shows Ah As.
Birds n Bees has Ah As 6s Ad 6h: full house, aces full of sixes.
mass4040 mucks cards.
(mass4040 has Kd 8d.)

Hand #45622882-70489 Summary:
$1.30 is raked from a pot of $26.18.
Birds n Bees wins $24.88 with full house, aces full of sixes.
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Moving up to NL25 6-max? I will more than likely be making the move up to $0.10/$0.25 within the next week or so. Here is what I would like to do before then:

• Play a total of 10k hands @ NL10 6-max.
• Post 10k results/stats from PokerTracker at 2+2 for feedback.
• Have a bankroll between $400-$500.

uPoints. For every raked hand I'm involved in, I get a certain amount of uPoints. Accumulate enough and you can transfer in these uPoints for cash.

• 750-999 points, 3 cents per point
• 750 points, $22.50
• 999 points, $29.97
  
• 1000-1999 points, 5 cents per point
• 1000 points, $50.00
• 1999 points, $99.95
  
• 2000 or more points, 7.5 cents per point
• 2000 points, $150

I've got 216 points now and I've got until Thursday to get at least 750. Eek. That is a lot of poker. It'd be nice to get this bonus but we'll just have to see if I can make it happen. Ultimately, I'm fine with the way things are going. It'd just be nice.

uBet Bankroll: $334.38