I'm really happy right now. I just took a step back at this online poker thing and I can't help but think to myself that I've finally made it. I've broken through.
My bankroll is at $821 currently and I think it will be at $1000 very soon. For the most part, I will be 6-tabling .1/.25 because that is what my bankroll allows me to play. I think at the very minimum, I should have 20 buy-ins (1 buyin = 100BBs) for any game. So, with $821, I've got roughly 33 buy-ins and am in very good shape. In order to move up to .25/.50, I'm going to need to have a bankroll of $1000 (100BBs = $50, $50 x 20 buy-ins).
I jump into a $1/$2 game when 1) I feel like I'm playing very well and, 2) There are no regulars seated. Regulars include idols of mine ValueKill (4-6 tabling $1/$2 and currently moving up to $2/$4) and LastNewLeaf (who is currently 9-tabling $1/$2 with over $2k in front of him, and up ~$200 in maybe 20 minutes) If I'm every as good as these guys, I'm quitting my job. I am fairly certain they have already because the money they make is sick. Watching them is a lesson and whenever they are grinding I am usually always watching and picking up on their moves. Their aggression is just sickening and they pretty much run over everyone they play against. I have a few hands logged against ValueKill and have sat next to him which is kind of the equivalent of a 16 year old girl getting to see Justin Timberlake backstage. Just kidding. Actually no.
Anyways, I'm happy! Can't wait to play this weekend. I still haven't qualified for the $200k but I'll try Friday and Saturday to make that happen. Also, haven't played many MTTs as of late but that will change! I'm debating staying up and playing some tonight. We'll see.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Bankroll @ $800!
I flirted with a bankroll of $1k today but eventually settled @ $800. I'm happy with how I'm playing 1/2 currently.
I also made $16 playing NL10 7-handed at BigSlick's house.
I also made $16 playing NL10 7-handed at BigSlick's house.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Funny Story
I was about to close my laptop for the night but then realized I had like a sip or two of my milk left. So I decided to eat 7 cookies and then drink the rest of my milk. So, while I ate my 7 cookies I played 1 table of 1/2 online. And made $87 in like 5 minutes, haha.
What is so sad is that I just made more money than I'll make working an entire day at Quillian tomorrow.
Mm.. cookies and milk.
UB Bankroll: $750
What is so sad is that I just made more money than I'll make working an entire day at Quillian tomorrow.
Mm.. cookies and milk.
UB Bankroll: $750
Tore up NL50 live for +$85
I went over to my friend Tony's house tonight to play in his weekly .25/.50 game and played pretty well. I finished up $85 on the night. The play gets really crazy and loose as the time for cash out comes closer, and I managed to get aipf with JJ v AK v KJ and for a ~$40 pot or so. There weren't really any other significant hands. I doubled someone up early with QQ v AA aipf, and that pissed me off. I also got coolered really nice when I got aipf with KQ v Q7 and still managed to lose. Luckily, I rose above all that. I really liked how I played there today. I think I was a little more aggressive. Or, maybe it was a better run of cards. Either way, I play very well there and have been doing so the entire summer. I am probably up close to $200 there so far.
Anyways, I've been feeling like playing more cash lately so will probably be doing that tomorrow. I've also got a little cute coffee date so hopefully that goes well.
Ciao ballas and thanks for reading,
Birds n Bees
Anyways, I've been feeling like playing more cash lately so will probably be doing that tomorrow. I've also got a little cute coffee date so hopefully that goes well.
Ciao ballas and thanks for reading,
Birds n Bees
Sunday, June 10, 2007
88th in the Sunday 200k for $300
I finished in the money in the 200k today and couldn't be any happier. Usually I am very disappointed when I finish just barely in the money, but I have $300 to keep my happy this time.
Thanks to everyone who railbirded me today during the tourney: Kinney, Emily, Mark, and Michael. You guys are fantastic and I appreciate y'all sticking around and watching me. It is great to have such a supportive group of friends and I love y'all for it.
The tourney went fantastic for ~2+ hours. I was up to ~double the chip average at one point. I started playing grotesquely too tight at the end though. When the antes kicked in at 150/300/25, people starting dropping like flies and before I knew it I was below average. I kept sinking and sinking, and finally settled on just trying to finish itm rather than winning the entire thing. Although I've been out for over two hours now, the final table has just barely been sat.
I felt great playing in the tournament however. I was nervous and excited but also this past week has me feeling extremely confident in my abilities. That confidence, I think, is huge for a poker player. You have to be confident in throwing out that cbet when you completely whiff on the flop. You have to be confident when you only hit midpair and have a junk kicker. I lost this confidence somewhere in between the 2nd and 3rd hour and thats why I limped into the money. At my final table, I had played only 3% of my hands. That is disgusting and next time I play I plan on playing a whole lot less scared.
You've got no chance winning at poker if you're playing scared. Scared money is dead money.
I'm wrapping up two more tournaments before I call this a day:
In the $3 Rebuy $8k Guaranteed, I am sitting pretty with T37,285 and the average at ~19k. This is good for 25th/251.
In the $25+$2 Bounty $5k Guaranteed, I'm sitting @ the chip average with T6340 to my name, good for 32nd/72.
I'll have write ups for both these tourneys later tonight.
Thanks to everyone who railbirded me today during the tourney: Kinney, Emily, Mark, and Michael. You guys are fantastic and I appreciate y'all sticking around and watching me. It is great to have such a supportive group of friends and I love y'all for it.
The tourney went fantastic for ~2+ hours. I was up to ~double the chip average at one point. I started playing grotesquely too tight at the end though. When the antes kicked in at 150/300/25, people starting dropping like flies and before I knew it I was below average. I kept sinking and sinking, and finally settled on just trying to finish itm rather than winning the entire thing. Although I've been out for over two hours now, the final table has just barely been sat.
I felt great playing in the tournament however. I was nervous and excited but also this past week has me feeling extremely confident in my abilities. That confidence, I think, is huge for a poker player. You have to be confident in throwing out that cbet when you completely whiff on the flop. You have to be confident when you only hit midpair and have a junk kicker. I lost this confidence somewhere in between the 2nd and 3rd hour and thats why I limped into the money. At my final table, I had played only 3% of my hands. That is disgusting and next time I play I plan on playing a whole lot less scared.
You've got no chance winning at poker if you're playing scared. Scared money is dead money.
I'm wrapping up two more tournaments before I call this a day:
In the $3 Rebuy $8k Guaranteed, I am sitting pretty with T37,285 and the average at ~19k. This is good for 25th/251.
In the $25+$2 Bounty $5k Guaranteed, I'm sitting @ the chip average with T6340 to my name, good for 32nd/72.
I'll have write ups for both these tourneys later tonight.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Saturday's MTTs
I think I've got pneumonia again. I'll find out for sure on Monday, but if I've got it again.. eek.. it'll be stronger than before and probably pissed off that I tried to kill it with antibiotics. Meh :(
MTTs I'll be playing today:
- $3+.30 Rebuy $1.5k Guaranteed at 12PM
- $15+1.30 Bounty $4k Guaranteed at 2PM
- $1 Rebuy $1k Guaranteed at 4PM
- $10 Rebuy $200k 15 Seat Qualifier at 4PM (maybe)
- $6+.5 Bounty $1.5k Guaranteed at 5PM
- $3 Rebuy $7k Guaranteed at 8PM
- $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier at 8PM (maybe)
As well as:
Trying to qualify for the Sunday 200k because yesterday's bubble finish was devastating.
Also:
Continuing to play 1/2 in the afternoon. There are idiots who play 1/2 and even higher I'm sure. That is a lot of fucking money to be throwing around. And it will be thrown to me.
Wish me luck.
MTTs I'll be playing today:
- $3+.30 Rebuy $1.5k Guaranteed at 12PM
- $15+1.30 Bounty $4k Guaranteed at 2PM
- $1 Rebuy $1k Guaranteed at 4PM
- $10 Rebuy $200k 15 Seat Qualifier at 4PM (maybe)
- $6+.5 Bounty $1.5k Guaranteed at 5PM
- $3 Rebuy $7k Guaranteed at 8PM
- $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier at 8PM (maybe)
As well as:
Trying to qualify for the Sunday 200k because yesterday's bubble finish was devastating.
Also:
Continuing to play 1/2 in the afternoon. There are idiots who play 1/2 and even higher I'm sure. That is a lot of fucking money to be throwing around. And it will be thrown to me.
Wish me luck.
Friday, June 8, 2007
OMGGGGGGG, lol. Ship it. Twice.
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Hand #42332089-46521 at Oshawa (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Jun/07 00:08:59
SweetMel34 is at seat 0 with $420.55.
Birds n Bees is at seat 1 with $210.60.
psd 05 is at seat 2 with $207.75.
TheCleric is at seat 3 with $197.
mrre is at seat 4 with $185.
bosse05 is at seat 5 with $65.
The button is at seat 1.
psd 05 posts the small blind of $1.
TheCleric posts the big blind of $2.
SweetMel34: -- --
Birds n Bees: Ks Ah
psd 05: -- --
TheCleric: -- --
mrre: -- --
bosse05: -- --
Pre-flop:
mrre folds. bosse05 folds. SweetMel34 raises to $7.
Birds n Bees re-raises to $24. psd 05 calls.
TheCleric calls. SweetMel34 calls.
Flop (board: 5h 6s Kd):
psd 05 checks. TheCleric checks. SweetMel34 checks.
Birds n Bees checks.
Turn (board: 5h 6s Kd Js):
psd 05 bets $26. TheCleric folds. SweetMel34 calls.
Birds n Bees raises to $80. psd 05 folds.
SweetMel34 calls.
River (board: 5h 6s Kd Js Qh):
SweetMel34 checks. Birds n Bees checks.
Showdown:
SweetMel34 shows Jd 8s.
SweetMel34 has Jd 8s Kd Js Qh: a pair of jacks.
Birds n Bees shows Ks Ah.
Birds n Bees has Ks Ah Kd Js Qh: a pair of kings.
Hand #42332089-46521 Summary:
$3 is raked from a pot of $282.
Birds n Bees wins $279 with a pair of kings.
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A few hands later..
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Hand #42332089-46558 at Oshawa (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Jun/07 00:26:07
KKTPP is at seat 0 with $112.80.
Birds n Bees is at seat 1 with $350.70.
TheCleric is at seat 3 with $227.70.
bosse05 is at seat 5 with $186.50.
The button is at seat 5.
KKTPP posts the small blind of $1.
Birds n Bees posts the big blind of $2.
KKTPP: -- --
Birds n Bees: Ac Ad
TheCleric: -- --
bosse05: -- --
Pre-flop:
TheCleric raises to $7. bosse05 calls. KKTPP calls.
Birds n Bees re-raises to $35. TheCleric calls.
bosse05 folds. KKTPP folds.
Flop (board: 6d 6h 9s):
Birds n Bees bets $32. TheCleric raises to $90.
Birds n Bees calls.
Turn (board: 6d 6h 9s 9d):
Birds n Bees checks. TheCleric goes all-in for
$102.70. Birds n Bees calls.
River (board: 6d 6h 9s 9d 5c):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
TheCleric shows 4h 4c.
TheCleric has 6d 6h 9s 9d 5c: two pair, nines and sixes.
Birds n Bees shows Ac Ad.
Birds n Bees has Ac Ad 6d 9s 9d: two pair, aces and nines.
Hand #42332089-46558 Summary:
$2 is raked from a pot of $469.40.
Birds n Bees wins $467.40 with two pair, aces and nines.
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Hand #42332089-46521 at Oshawa (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Jun/07 00:08:59
SweetMel34 is at seat 0 with $420.55.
Birds n Bees is at seat 1 with $210.60.
psd 05 is at seat 2 with $207.75.
TheCleric is at seat 3 with $197.
mrre is at seat 4 with $185.
bosse05 is at seat 5 with $65.
The button is at seat 1.
psd 05 posts the small blind of $1.
TheCleric posts the big blind of $2.
SweetMel34: -- --
Birds n Bees: Ks Ah
psd 05: -- --
TheCleric: -- --
mrre: -- --
bosse05: -- --
Pre-flop:
mrre folds. bosse05 folds. SweetMel34 raises to $7.
Birds n Bees re-raises to $24. psd 05 calls.
TheCleric calls. SweetMel34 calls.
Flop (board: 5h 6s Kd):
psd 05 checks. TheCleric checks. SweetMel34 checks.
Birds n Bees checks.
Turn (board: 5h 6s Kd Js):
psd 05 bets $26. TheCleric folds. SweetMel34 calls.
Birds n Bees raises to $80. psd 05 folds.
SweetMel34 calls.
River (board: 5h 6s Kd Js Qh):
SweetMel34 checks. Birds n Bees checks.
Showdown:
SweetMel34 shows Jd 8s.
SweetMel34 has Jd 8s Kd Js Qh: a pair of jacks.
Birds n Bees shows Ks Ah.
Birds n Bees has Ks Ah Kd Js Qh: a pair of kings.
Hand #42332089-46521 Summary:
$3 is raked from a pot of $282.
Birds n Bees wins $279 with a pair of kings.
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A few hands later..
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Hand #42332089-46558 at Oshawa (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Jun/07 00:26:07
KKTPP is at seat 0 with $112.80.
Birds n Bees is at seat 1 with $350.70.
TheCleric is at seat 3 with $227.70.
bosse05 is at seat 5 with $186.50.
The button is at seat 5.
KKTPP posts the small blind of $1.
Birds n Bees posts the big blind of $2.
KKTPP: -- --
Birds n Bees: Ac Ad
TheCleric: -- --
bosse05: -- --
Pre-flop:
TheCleric raises to $7. bosse05 calls. KKTPP calls.
Birds n Bees re-raises to $35. TheCleric calls.
bosse05 folds. KKTPP folds.
Flop (board: 6d 6h 9s):
Birds n Bees bets $32. TheCleric raises to $90.
Birds n Bees calls.
Turn (board: 6d 6h 9s 9d):
Birds n Bees checks. TheCleric goes all-in for
$102.70. Birds n Bees calls.
River (board: 6d 6h 9s 9d 5c):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
TheCleric shows 4h 4c.
TheCleric has 6d 6h 9s 9d 5c: two pair, nines and sixes.
Birds n Bees shows Ac Ad.
Birds n Bees has Ac Ad 6d 9s 9d: two pair, aces and nines.
Hand #42332089-46558 Summary:
$2 is raked from a pot of $469.40.
Birds n Bees wins $467.40 with two pair, aces and nines.
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Friday's Guarantees (omy, so many!)
Meh, I just busted in 75th/109 in the $3+.30 Rebuy $1500 Guarantee. I played eh, all right and am glad I had to be 2-outed to be eliminated from the tournament. There were two huge hands that I guess I misplayed that cost me a ton of chips. The first was the second to last hand before the first break. I had JJ in the SB and in a multi-limped pot, I decided to pot it to 360 with BB60. I got 2 callers and we took a 4A5 flop. Out of position, I checked (mistake) and the other two callers checked as well. The turn was a 3 and I finally decided to bet out at it. The first player folded but the second player pushed and I called (mistake) and showed 22 for the turned straight. I should have bet the flop. Always c-bet! I should have won that hand on the flop but was scared of the Ace. With only one overcard to my pair, I need to be fearless. If I'm called I can be cautious in the later streets and if I'm reraised I can fold.
In the bust hand, the player UTG raised to 1000 with BB150 and a very loose aggressive player called after him. These were sick raises and I found AKo on the button and decided to push for 11,130 total. The player UTG thought long and hard before finally calling with TT and the lag player folded. The board came xxKxT which was heartbreaking as I would have more than likely been in the top 10 with 70~ to go.
I will edit this post later with results from all of today's Guarantees. I'm planning on playing the $15+1.30 Bounty $2000 Guarantee which I got 33rd/352 last time I played right now. Depending on the rest of my day, I will play the $1+.10 Rebuy $800 Guarantee at 4PM which I won this past Wednesday. I'm also planning on playing the $6+.50 Bounty $1500 Guarantee at 5PM, the $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier at 8PM, the $3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee also at 8PM, and possibly the $6+.50 Bounty $2000 Guarantee at 12AM and the $1+.10 Rebuy $1000 Guarantee at 1AM. Wish me luck.
[EDIT, 4:40PM]:
$15+1.30 Bounty $2000 Guarantee
Disgusting, I busted in 22nd/181 players, just 2 spots from the money. I never could build up a dominant chip stack. With 4 or so eliminations to go until the bubble burst, the action was folded to a shortstack with maybe 4-5BBs and of course he pushed to steal the blinds. I found A4o in the SB and had to call, even though I had maybe 9-10BBs of my own. He showed T7o and the board came xxxTx to cripple me. In the last hand, I openpushed K7ss and got 2 callers and the board came AQxx7 and one player showed an Ace and the other a Queen. Oh well.
At the moment, I am playing the $800 Guarantee and have 5,610 chips which is good for ~900 above average. 130 players remain. Wish me luck.
[EDIT, 7:30PM]:
$1+.10 Rebuy $800 Guarantee
I bluffed off a sick amount of chips sometime in the second hour and was called down by Q8 who had hit top pair. Meh, after that I stopped caring.
In good news however, I did make ~$187 4-tabling .25/.50 so even though I haven't done anything huge in any of these MTTs today, I'm still up on the day!
In half an hour, the $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier and the $3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee start. These are the tournaments I've been looking forward to the most all day. Big things can happen.
My friends BigSlick and Chip_Mistress are here at my house and we're playing poker all night. I think its cool to play at the same time because it kind of sets a working environment, lol. Hopefully we can all make some monies!
[EDIT, 11:15PM]:
$3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee
Meh, I busted. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
[EDIT, 11:15PM]:
$10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier
Whoops, I didn't know this was a rebuy. Oh well, lets spend $77 then, lol. I busted 3 spots from the money. It is pretty cool to bubble twice. This one is more painful though because there was no difference between what 1st got and what 30 got. I played horrible with ~40 players left. I wasn't anywhere near shortstack but kept making raises with mediocre hands and then becoming shortstacked because of that. So horrible .
Anyways I'm tired.
I played a few hands of 1/2, which are posted above. Omy, my bank is sick now.
UB Bankroll: $784
In the bust hand, the player UTG raised to 1000 with BB150 and a very loose aggressive player called after him. These were sick raises and I found AKo on the button and decided to push for 11,130 total. The player UTG thought long and hard before finally calling with TT and the lag player folded. The board came xxKxT which was heartbreaking as I would have more than likely been in the top 10 with 70~ to go.
I will edit this post later with results from all of today's Guarantees. I'm planning on playing the $15+1.30 Bounty $2000 Guarantee which I got 33rd/352 last time I played right now. Depending on the rest of my day, I will play the $1+.10 Rebuy $800 Guarantee at 4PM which I won this past Wednesday. I'm also planning on playing the $6+.50 Bounty $1500 Guarantee at 5PM, the $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier at 8PM, the $3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee also at 8PM, and possibly the $6+.50 Bounty $2000 Guarantee at 12AM and the $1+.10 Rebuy $1000 Guarantee at 1AM. Wish me luck.
[EDIT, 4:40PM]:
$15+1.30 Bounty $2000 Guarantee
Disgusting, I busted in 22nd/181 players, just 2 spots from the money. I never could build up a dominant chip stack. With 4 or so eliminations to go until the bubble burst, the action was folded to a shortstack with maybe 4-5BBs and of course he pushed to steal the blinds. I found A4o in the SB and had to call, even though I had maybe 9-10BBs of my own. He showed T7o and the board came xxxTx to cripple me. In the last hand, I openpushed K7ss and got 2 callers and the board came AQxx7 and one player showed an Ace and the other a Queen. Oh well.
At the moment, I am playing the $800 Guarantee and have 5,610 chips which is good for ~900 above average. 130 players remain. Wish me luck.
[EDIT, 7:30PM]:
$1+.10 Rebuy $800 Guarantee
I bluffed off a sick amount of chips sometime in the second hour and was called down by Q8 who had hit top pair. Meh, after that I stopped caring.
In good news however, I did make ~$187 4-tabling .25/.50 so even though I haven't done anything huge in any of these MTTs today, I'm still up on the day!
In half an hour, the $10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier and the $3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee start. These are the tournaments I've been looking forward to the most all day. Big things can happen.
My friends BigSlick and Chip_Mistress are here at my house and we're playing poker all night. I think its cool to play at the same time because it kind of sets a working environment, lol. Hopefully we can all make some monies!
[EDIT, 11:15PM]:
$3+.30 Rebuy $7k Guarantee
Meh, I busted. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
[EDIT, 11:15PM]:
$10+1 $200k 30 Seat Qualifier
Whoops, I didn't know this was a rebuy. Oh well, lets spend $77 then, lol. I busted 3 spots from the money. It is pretty cool to bubble twice. This one is more painful though because there was no difference between what 1st got and what 30 got. I played horrible with ~40 players left. I wasn't anywhere near shortstack but kept making raises with mediocre hands and then becoming shortstacked because of that. So horrible .
Anyways I'm tired.
I played a few hands of 1/2, which are posted above. Omy, my bank is sick now.
UB Bankroll: $784
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Won $800 Guarantee; Played 1/2
Ship $222. I played perfectly in this tourney except in the first few minutes where I didn't give a damn and got extremely lucky. I was up huge after KQ>QQ and Ax-1>Ax, lol. After those two suckouts, I think I played all right.
I missed the first 50m of the tourney but with rebuys and addons I was pretty much average at the end of the first break. Flopping sets and straights helped a lot in adding to my chip stack too.
The final table was pretty ridiculously hard. I got to the final table with the sickest of chip leads. I had 400k total when the average was 170k. I think I had 2nd place covered by about 170k as well. Things pretty much evened out though, as I don't think I knocked out any significant stacks. By the time things were 4 and 3-handed, chip stacks were fairly even. However, with the sick blinds and antes, aggression key.
I've never played a tougher 3-handed game than yesterday and I'm very fortunate to have come out with a win. oMONSTERo was a great player.
On the last hand, I raised K9 on the button and we saw a K high flop. oMONSTERo led out and I reraised x3 and he just flat called. The turn was a 9, giving me 2 pair. He had about 190k in front of him and I think I threw out 120k. He thought long and hard before finally shoving. I called and he showed AK. Lucky me I spiked that 9. I obviously wouldn't have busted that hand if I hadn't caught that 9 but it would have definitely put a dent in my stack. I shipped $222 for the first place finish.
I am feeling like I'm playing great poker right now. Last night, while waiting for a friend to call, I decided to put in a ring game session. I jumped into a 1/2 NL ring game and pretty much mopped the floor. I played ~50 hands and swear I was dealt a monster hand 10% of the time. That helps. In the hand of the night, I won a sick ~$180 pot with KK on a J44Qx board, where I think my opponent held QJ or AQ. Overall, I finished up $156 in 50 hands.
In total, I made $382 on the night. I may play more ring game or SNGs when I get back home but we'll see. I'm fucking exhausted.
I missed the first 50m of the tourney but with rebuys and addons I was pretty much average at the end of the first break. Flopping sets and straights helped a lot in adding to my chip stack too.
The final table was pretty ridiculously hard. I got to the final table with the sickest of chip leads. I had 400k total when the average was 170k. I think I had 2nd place covered by about 170k as well. Things pretty much evened out though, as I don't think I knocked out any significant stacks. By the time things were 4 and 3-handed, chip stacks were fairly even. However, with the sick blinds and antes, aggression key.
I've never played a tougher 3-handed game than yesterday and I'm very fortunate to have come out with a win. oMONSTERo was a great player.
On the last hand, I raised K9 on the button and we saw a K high flop. oMONSTERo led out and I reraised x3 and he just flat called. The turn was a 9, giving me 2 pair. He had about 190k in front of him and I think I threw out 120k. He thought long and hard before finally shoving. I called and he showed AK. Lucky me I spiked that 9. I obviously wouldn't have busted that hand if I hadn't caught that 9 but it would have definitely put a dent in my stack. I shipped $222 for the first place finish.
I am feeling like I'm playing great poker right now. Last night, while waiting for a friend to call, I decided to put in a ring game session. I jumped into a 1/2 NL ring game and pretty much mopped the floor. I played ~50 hands and swear I was dealt a monster hand 10% of the time. That helps. In the hand of the night, I won a sick ~$180 pot with KK on a J44Qx board, where I think my opponent held QJ or AQ. Overall, I finished up $156 in 50 hands.
In total, I made $382 on the night. I may play more ring game or SNGs when I get back home but we'll see. I'm fucking exhausted.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Bounty $4000 Guarantee
Bounty $4000 Guarantee
Sun Jun 03 02:00 PM
Buy-in: $15 + $1.30
# Entries: 352
Places Paid: 40
Prize Pool: $4576
Bounty Pool: $704 ($2 bounty/player)
Level 1 (1500 starting chips, 5/10 blinds)
No hands played this level.
Commentary: According to thePokerDB, I have (imo) two players to worry about at my table. The first, sitting to my immediate right is ptw420 (9k+ winnings) who thankfully I have position on. The other player is KingJackO (1.6k winnings) who is 4 seats to my left. I will try to avoid playing pots against these two players.
Level 2 (1485 chips, 10/20 blinds)
Hand 1: AJss in MP, raise to 70. Take blinds.
Hand 2: Jh9d in BB, 4 handed pot. AKx, c/f.
Level 3 (1455 chips, 15/30 blinds)
Hand 3: AQhh in the SB. Raised to 105 by CO-1, and both the button and I join. 899 rainbow board and it goes CK-CK-T130, to which I fold.
New player: _END GAME_ sits to my immediate left with T1685. _END GAME_ placed 2nd in this event yesterday for $620, his biggest cash to date.
Hand 4: 88 UTG+1 and I decide to limp. 3 of us see a Q62 flop with two clubs. SB throws out a pot sized bet and I fold.
Hand 4 commentary: I didn't raise PF because 88 is very weak out of position. More times than not, a T, J, Q, K, or A will come out on the flop, and then what? I called with hopes to flop a set and missed. When the SB led out, he could've had anything. I was too weak to raise though and too weak to just call, so I just folded. Will pick better spots.
Level 4 (1290 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Hand 5: 9h6c in the BB v the SB. QQK rainbow flop and he checks to me. I bet out 40 and take it down.
New player: Zimma_man sits 4 seats to my right. Has played in 6 MTTs all time and cashed 0% of the time.
Hand 6: 3 limpers and I decide to see with 86cc. J2T board with two spades. Checks all around. The turn brings another 2. SB throws out 75 into a 220 pot and takes it down.
Level 5 (1210 chips, 30/60 blinds)
Hand 7: With 3 limpers, I join in from the SB with Ah9s. We see a 856 flop with 2 spades. I check and _END GAME_ throws out a pot-sized bet and gets 2 callers. I fold.
The last hand before break, _END GAME_ is eliminated with A6 v AJ aipf.
Break 1 (1090 chips, AVG: 3034, 153rd/174 players)
First hour commentary: I feel like I'm playing great, believe it or not. Even though I've lost ~400 chips, I've played nothing but solid hands thus far and I think I've played them all correctly. Soon, I'm going to start connecting with flops and hopefully I can make something then. I've played just 10% of my hands thus far so hopefully that tight image will allow me to steal now that blinds are rising to 50-100.
Level 6 (1090 chips, 50/100 blinds)
New player: foggie77 sits to my immediate left. 1.2k in winnings. Very similar results to mine.
Hand 8: Call all-in with 77 and the pot ends up 4-handed with 77 v AK v AK v A6. Board xxxxx and I triple up. Those crazy pocket 7's.
Level 6 commentary: Things are getting crazy. Everyone is starting to push!
Level 7 (3210 chips, 75/150 blinds)
New player: maverick3399 sits to my immediate left with T6105. Has made 1k+ all time and cashes over 25% of the time, with 20% final table appearances. Very active player.
New player: gooseguy222 sits to my two seats to my left with T7555. No in the money finishes whatsoever. Very active player.
No hands played this level.
Level 8 (2985 chips, 100/200 blinds)
New player: LadyG sits across from me with T3245. 1.8k in winnings and cashes 23% of the time.
New player: BJDMSU sits a3 to my right with T5625. 2.1k in winnings and cashes 13% of the time.
Hand 9: Player in EP limps as do I with 55. Fold to a raise from LadyG in the SB.
New table: We are all being moved to another table. Macerick3399 is across from me with 10345. I have the second least amount of chips with T2485.
Level 9 (2485 chips, 150/300 blinds)
Commentary: I've got ~8BBs so will be looking to push in the next orbit or two.
Hand 10: TT on the button. With two limpers, I push for 2035 total. Last limper calls with As7s and board comes 6J97Q for the double up.
Hand 11: Folded to me in MLP with 9cTc. I raise to 900 total and get a caller from LP and the BB. 4AQ rainbow flop goes ck-ck-ck. I stab 1200 when another Q hits on the turn and take it down.
Hand 12: Kd4h in the BB against the SB. He bets out on a 6A5 flop with two spades and I fold.
Level 10 (2685 chips, 150/300 blinds 25 antes)
Hand 13: Folded to me with KsJh in the CO. I raise to 1200 and take the blinds.
Hand 14: QKo in the BB with one limper and the SB completing. J57 board with two hearts and the player in position bets, and the SB reraises all-in and I fold. Could have taken it down preflop, the SB had J4 and the player in LP had 6h4h.
Break 2 (5820 chips, AVG: 9600, 41th/55 players)
Second hour commentary: Again, I'm satisfied with how I'm playing. I'm not playing fantastic, but I'm definitely in good shape to make something. I've got to survive just 15 players to make the money. I want to become more agressive this level and take all those blinds and antes.
Level 11 (5820 chips, 200/400 blinds 50 antes)
Hand 15: Raise to 1500 with A7o in MP and fold to a push of 3k more. He showed QQ. Glad I wasn't stubborn and called.
Hand 16: Folded to me in the SB and I push T2 and steal from the BB, who has 14k in chips.
Hand 17: Folded to me in the HJ and I push 33 for a smidgen under 4k and take the blinds.
Level 12 (5420 chips, 300/600 blinds 75 antes)
Pre-Level 12 commentary: I have 4795 in chips and 3 people until we are in the money. I hate being this shortstack but am holding on for dear life then will try to steal a whole bunch on
Hand 18: Push A9hh UTG and get the blinds.
Level 13 (5200 chips, 400/800 blinds 100 antes)
Hand 19: Push and steal blinds.
Hand 20: Push K3o on the button and lose to A4o from the BB.
I finished in 33rd place and won $25.16.
Sun Jun 03 02:00 PM
Buy-in: $15 + $1.30
# Entries: 352
Places Paid: 40
Prize Pool: $4576
Bounty Pool: $704 ($2 bounty/player)
Level 1 (1500 starting chips, 5/10 blinds)
No hands played this level.
Commentary: According to thePokerDB, I have (imo) two players to worry about at my table. The first, sitting to my immediate right is ptw420 (9k+ winnings) who thankfully I have position on. The other player is KingJackO (1.6k winnings) who is 4 seats to my left. I will try to avoid playing pots against these two players.
Level 2 (1485 chips, 10/20 blinds)
Hand 1: AJss in MP, raise to 70. Take blinds.
Hand 2: Jh9d in BB, 4 handed pot. AKx, c/f.
Level 3 (1455 chips, 15/30 blinds)
Hand 3: AQhh in the SB. Raised to 105 by CO-1, and both the button and I join. 899 rainbow board and it goes CK-CK-T130, to which I fold.
New player: _END GAME_ sits to my immediate left with T1685. _END GAME_ placed 2nd in this event yesterday for $620, his biggest cash to date.
Hand 4: 88 UTG+1 and I decide to limp. 3 of us see a Q62 flop with two clubs. SB throws out a pot sized bet and I fold.
Hand 4 commentary: I didn't raise PF because 88 is very weak out of position. More times than not, a T, J, Q, K, or A will come out on the flop, and then what? I called with hopes to flop a set and missed. When the SB led out, he could've had anything. I was too weak to raise though and too weak to just call, so I just folded. Will pick better spots.
Level 4 (1290 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Hand 5: 9h6c in the BB v the SB. QQK rainbow flop and he checks to me. I bet out 40 and take it down.
New player: Zimma_man sits 4 seats to my right. Has played in 6 MTTs all time and cashed 0% of the time.
Hand 6: 3 limpers and I decide to see with 86cc. J2T board with two spades. Checks all around. The turn brings another 2. SB throws out 75 into a 220 pot and takes it down.
Level 5 (1210 chips, 30/60 blinds)
Hand 7: With 3 limpers, I join in from the SB with Ah9s. We see a 856 flop with 2 spades. I check and _END GAME_ throws out a pot-sized bet and gets 2 callers. I fold.
The last hand before break, _END GAME_ is eliminated with A6 v AJ aipf.
Break 1 (1090 chips, AVG: 3034, 153rd/174 players)
First hour commentary: I feel like I'm playing great, believe it or not. Even though I've lost ~400 chips, I've played nothing but solid hands thus far and I think I've played them all correctly. Soon, I'm going to start connecting with flops and hopefully I can make something then. I've played just 10% of my hands thus far so hopefully that tight image will allow me to steal now that blinds are rising to 50-100.
Level 6 (1090 chips, 50/100 blinds)
New player: foggie77 sits to my immediate left. 1.2k in winnings. Very similar results to mine.
Hand 8: Call all-in with 77 and the pot ends up 4-handed with 77 v AK v AK v A6. Board xxxxx and I triple up. Those crazy pocket 7's.
Level 6 commentary: Things are getting crazy. Everyone is starting to push!
Level 7 (3210 chips, 75/150 blinds)
New player: maverick3399 sits to my immediate left with T6105. Has made 1k+ all time and cashes over 25% of the time, with 20% final table appearances. Very active player.
New player: gooseguy222 sits to my two seats to my left with T7555. No in the money finishes whatsoever. Very active player.
No hands played this level.
Level 8 (2985 chips, 100/200 blinds)
New player: LadyG sits across from me with T3245. 1.8k in winnings and cashes 23% of the time.
New player: BJDMSU sits a3 to my right with T5625. 2.1k in winnings and cashes 13% of the time.
Hand 9: Player in EP limps as do I with 55. Fold to a raise from LadyG in the SB.
New table: We are all being moved to another table. Macerick3399 is across from me with 10345. I have the second least amount of chips with T2485.
Level 9 (2485 chips, 150/300 blinds)
Commentary: I've got ~8BBs so will be looking to push in the next orbit or two.
Hand 10: TT on the button. With two limpers, I push for 2035 total. Last limper calls with As7s and board comes 6J97Q for the double up.
Hand 11: Folded to me in MLP with 9cTc. I raise to 900 total and get a caller from LP and the BB. 4AQ rainbow flop goes ck-ck-ck. I stab 1200 when another Q hits on the turn and take it down.
Hand 12: Kd4h in the BB against the SB. He bets out on a 6A5 flop with two spades and I fold.
Level 10 (2685 chips, 150/300 blinds 25 antes)
Hand 13: Folded to me with KsJh in the CO. I raise to 1200 and take the blinds.
Hand 14: QKo in the BB with one limper and the SB completing. J57 board with two hearts and the player in position bets, and the SB reraises all-in and I fold. Could have taken it down preflop, the SB had J4 and the player in LP had 6h4h.
Break 2 (5820 chips, AVG: 9600, 41th/55 players)
Second hour commentary: Again, I'm satisfied with how I'm playing. I'm not playing fantastic, but I'm definitely in good shape to make something. I've got to survive just 15 players to make the money. I want to become more agressive this level and take all those blinds and antes.
Level 11 (5820 chips, 200/400 blinds 50 antes)
Hand 15: Raise to 1500 with A7o in MP and fold to a push of 3k more. He showed QQ. Glad I wasn't stubborn and called.
Hand 16: Folded to me in the SB and I push T2 and steal from the BB, who has 14k in chips.
Hand 17: Folded to me in the HJ and I push 33 for a smidgen under 4k and take the blinds.
Level 12 (5420 chips, 300/600 blinds 75 antes)
Pre-Level 12 commentary: I have 4795 in chips and 3 people until we are in the money. I hate being this shortstack but am holding on for dear life then will try to steal a whole bunch on
Hand 18: Push A9hh UTG and get the blinds.
Level 13 (5200 chips, 400/800 blinds 100 antes)
Hand 19: Push and steal blinds.
Hand 20: Push K3o on the button and lose to A4o from the BB.
I finished in 33rd place and won $25.16.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Bounty $2000 Guarantee
Level 1: (1500 starting chips, 5/10 blinds)
Hand 1: I find KK UTG+1, there is a raise from the player UTG to 40 and I reraise to 135 total. He folds.
Hand 2: Find 44 in the SB and call a standard raise with one limper. 5A6 flop goes check-check-check. Turn brings an 8 and I check again. Original raiser bets out 190 and I reraise to 600. He calls. The river brings another 6 and I bet all-in, which he insta-calls and wins with AKo.
Hand 2 Commentary: When he checked the flop I read it as him telling me that he was scared of the Ace. His range is something like TT-QQ, perhaps 99 when he checked here. When he bets the 8, it looks like he is just trying to buy the pot. However, when he calls my very serious raise on the turn, I should know I'm beat. Horrible push by me on the river. I don't understand his check on the flop but it obviously worked out well for him thanks to me. *sigh*
Level 2 (130 chips, 10/20 blinds)
Hand 3: 99 in LP, push all-in over the top of a standard raise and get 3 callers total. Board comes 2A99x for quads and the triple up. Original raiser had AJdd and other caller had 35o.
Hand 4: K4o in the BB. Check-check-check-check the 9J4 board as well as the 7 on the turn. River is another 4 and I bet 60 into a pot of 80 and take it down.
Level 3 (450 chips, 15/30 blinds)
Hand 5: Check QJo in the BB with 4 other limpers and check/fold 9K2 flop.
Level 4 (505 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Hand 6: Push all-in with AJo from the CO-1 with one limper for T405 and blinds/limper fold.
Level 5 (445 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Folded, folded, folded.
Level 6 (445 chips, 30/60 blinds)
Hand 7: Push all-in with Q5 from the BB with just one limper and the SB and of course the limper has JJ. KxTTx and I'm out in 238th place out of 458.
Hey, I paid like $1/hand for this tourney. Cool yo.
Hand 1: I find KK UTG+1, there is a raise from the player UTG to 40 and I reraise to 135 total. He folds.
Hand 2: Find 44 in the SB and call a standard raise with one limper. 5A6 flop goes check-check-check. Turn brings an 8 and I check again. Original raiser bets out 190 and I reraise to 600. He calls. The river brings another 6 and I bet all-in, which he insta-calls and wins with AKo.
Hand 2 Commentary: When he checked the flop I read it as him telling me that he was scared of the Ace. His range is something like TT-QQ, perhaps 99 when he checked here. When he bets the 8, it looks like he is just trying to buy the pot. However, when he calls my very serious raise on the turn, I should know I'm beat. Horrible push by me on the river. I don't understand his check on the flop but it obviously worked out well for him thanks to me. *sigh*
Level 2 (130 chips, 10/20 blinds)
Hand 3: 99 in LP, push all-in over the top of a standard raise and get 3 callers total. Board comes 2A99x for quads and the triple up. Original raiser had AJdd and other caller had 35o.
Hand 4: K4o in the BB. Check-check-check-check the 9J4 board as well as the 7 on the turn. River is another 4 and I bet 60 into a pot of 80 and take it down.
Level 3 (450 chips, 15/30 blinds)
Hand 5: Check QJo in the BB with 4 other limpers and check/fold 9K2 flop.
Level 4 (505 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Hand 6: Push all-in with AJo from the CO-1 with one limper for T405 and blinds/limper fold.
Level 5 (445 chips, 20/40 blinds)
Folded, folded, folded.
Level 6 (445 chips, 30/60 blinds)
Hand 7: Push all-in with Q5 from the BB with just one limper and the SB and of course the limper has JJ. KxTTx and I'm out in 238th place out of 458.
Hey, I paid like $1/hand for this tourney. Cool yo.
Inspring 2+2 article I read
http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/current/Ferguson0607.html
Obviously, I've got a long long way to go before I'm this good.
Obviously, I've got a long long way to go before I'm this good.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
$1k Guaranteed Write-Up
Basically c-betted my 4500 stack into 5700 really quick. Then lost some stupid hand to runner-runner something and was down to about 2100. Then a monster hand comes up. I have K5cc in the BB and the player UTG+1 raises and gets like 6 callers. So I decide do the squeeze play and go all in since there is like 1100 in the pot. It folds around to the very last player who calls with, lol, K3dd and the board comes x5xx5 and just like that I'm in 10th/180 and 14k right before the first break. Cool yo.
Official results after the first break:
12th/180
Me: 19895, Avg: 10283, CL: 32920
Level 6: 50/100
Fold, fold, fold.
Level 7: 75/150
Hand 1: A6o in the BB. Check/fold to 9TJx board.
Hand 2: A9o in the CO, one limper. Raise pot and take it down preflop.
Level 8: 100/200
Hand 3: A7dd in MP w one limper. Raise to 900 and limper calls. Board comes JT6 he bets pot and I fold.
Hand 4: 9Thh in MP I openraise to 700. Button calls and board comes A28 with 2 clubs. I bet out and he reraises and I fold.
Level 9: 150-300
Hand 5: Limp with JQdd UTG and call a raise with one caller. Board comes 248 and I check/fold.
Hand 6: Limp 9Thh with 2 other limpers. 5 handed flop of 923 with two diamonds and a club. I bet 900 and SB calls. 8c on turn and he checks again. I bet 2800 and he calls. River is 6c and we check-check and he shows AKdd for busted draw, I win.
Hand 7: AJdd in the SB. MP raises to 750 and along with one other player I cal.. 3 handed flop of 745 with 2 clubs. Check-fold.
Level 10: 150-300-25
Hand 8: ATo in the CO-1 with one limper. Raise to 1600. Limper folds.
Hand 9: AJo UTG raise to 1300. Folds around.
Hand 10: Folds to the SB who competes. I put him all with T8o and he folds.
Second hour complete; on break.
35th/83
Me: 21070, Avg: 22101, CL: 97550
My table has tightened up a lot. Majority of players are sitting back while a group of 2-4 players run the table. I'm going to loosen up and try to pick up pots against them in position as well as take advantage of the tighter players. We should be close to the bubble after this next coming hour.
Level 11: 200-400-50
Hand 11: Folded to me in the CO w 5Jo in the CO. I raise to 1850 to steal but SB repops and I fold.
Hand 12: KQo UTG, raise to 1850 and CO calls. Bet 3200 into 96A, all diamond board and take it down.
Level 12: 300-600-75
Hand 13: Openraise QJo in MP and take it down.
Hand 14: 77 in MP I limp/call a raise see 3 handed flop of TJ3 with 2 hearts, which I check/fold.
Level 13: 400-800-100
Hand 15: 79hh from the button with one limper. Raise pot and take it down.
Hand 16: KTo from the button-1 with one limper. Raise pot for the second time in a row and SB minraises. I'm tired of him minraising so I put him all in and he calls with KJ. I turn a flush draw but can't suck out on the river. Down to ~3k. :(
Hand 17: Crippled, I push Q2ss for 3250 and double up against A5o. x2x2x board
Hand 18: Push JQo in MP and take the blinds.
Hand 19: Push 94cc in the CO-1 in an unopened pot and take the blinds.
Hand 20: Find ATdd in MP and push. Button calls and shows 99. TJ764 for the double up. Up to ~25k. 31st/50.
Level 14: 600-1200-125
Hand 21: KK on the button. Folds around so I decide to just limp and the SB folds and BB checks. J44 flop. I bet 1200 and take it down. I should have just raised preflop and taken it for the same amount of chips. Why give free cards?
Hand 22: AQ in the SB. Call an all in raise and he shows A6 and doesn't improve.
Hand 23. AJ as the dealer. Call a 4k raise from player who showed AJ his last raise. Board comes 4J8 and he bets half pot. I call. Q on turn, he checks and I push for 23k and he folds.
Hand 24: AK in the CO. Raise to 6400 with one limper. Button pushes for 2k more. I call and he shows AA. JQJ22.
Hand 25: A8 in the CO-1. I raise to 5200 and SB calls then pushes on a xQ8 board. I hate that play.
Level 15: 800-1600-150
Hand 26: Raise UTG+1 with A7s and steal
Hand 27: Raise UTG with AA and steal. (What a sick run of cards just now, look at that. 5 aces, AA, and KK in ~10 hands, no joke)
Hand 28: Raise MP with JQ and one limper and take it down.
Hand 29: Raise AQss UTG+1 and steal blinds. There is a player named Bird32 where all he does is just limp into the pot and you steal and he folds. How wonderful.
** MOVED TO NEW TABLE, 40 remain ** (yay I skipped the blinds, lol)
Third hour complete; on break.
22nd/38 (30 cash)
Me: 38180, Avg: 49223, CL: 179440
I'm at a new table so we'll see what I decide to do. 4th and 6th place are sitting at my table and I'm not really worried about anything else. I've got position on 6th and another big stack so I may try to push over the top of their raises occasionally if they get too frisky with their raises.
I'm still really lucky to be in this after being down to 3k in the 13th level.
Level 16: 1000-2000-200
Hand 30: 43o in the BB. Check/fold to the KA9 board.
Hand 31: 77 in the CO. One limper then a SS pushes for a few k more. I reraise all in and get HU with him and he shows AJ. Board K458K. 48k in chips, 15th/35.
Hand 32: Push A2o in the SB and BB wakes up with JJ. Why does this always happen? I feel like I have to push here because there is T3600 in play preflop and usually he won't have a hand that merits calling.
34th place, just outside the money. I feel I played pretty well overall.
Official results after the first break:
12th/180
Me: 19895, Avg: 10283, CL: 32920
Level 6: 50/100
Fold, fold, fold.
Level 7: 75/150
Hand 1: A6o in the BB. Check/fold to 9TJx board.
Hand 2: A9o in the CO, one limper. Raise pot and take it down preflop.
Level 8: 100/200
Hand 3: A7dd in MP w one limper. Raise to 900 and limper calls. Board comes JT6 he bets pot and I fold.
Hand 4: 9Thh in MP I openraise to 700. Button calls and board comes A28 with 2 clubs. I bet out and he reraises and I fold.
Level 9: 150-300
Hand 5: Limp with JQdd UTG and call a raise with one caller. Board comes 248 and I check/fold.
Hand 6: Limp 9Thh with 2 other limpers. 5 handed flop of 923 with two diamonds and a club. I bet 900 and SB calls. 8c on turn and he checks again. I bet 2800 and he calls. River is 6c and we check-check and he shows AKdd for busted draw, I win.
Hand 7: AJdd in the SB. MP raises to 750 and along with one other player I cal.. 3 handed flop of 745 with 2 clubs. Check-fold.
Level 10: 150-300-25
Hand 8: ATo in the CO-1 with one limper. Raise to 1600. Limper folds.
Hand 9: AJo UTG raise to 1300. Folds around.
Hand 10: Folds to the SB who competes. I put him all with T8o and he folds.
Second hour complete; on break.
35th/83
Me: 21070, Avg: 22101, CL: 97550
My table has tightened up a lot. Majority of players are sitting back while a group of 2-4 players run the table. I'm going to loosen up and try to pick up pots against them in position as well as take advantage of the tighter players. We should be close to the bubble after this next coming hour.
Level 11: 200-400-50
Hand 11: Folded to me in the CO w 5Jo in the CO. I raise to 1850 to steal but SB repops and I fold.
Hand 12: KQo UTG, raise to 1850 and CO calls. Bet 3200 into 96A, all diamond board and take it down.
Level 12: 300-600-75
Hand 13: Openraise QJo in MP and take it down.
Hand 14: 77 in MP I limp/call a raise see 3 handed flop of TJ3 with 2 hearts, which I check/fold.
Level 13: 400-800-100
Hand 15: 79hh from the button with one limper. Raise pot and take it down.
Hand 16: KTo from the button-1 with one limper. Raise pot for the second time in a row and SB minraises. I'm tired of him minraising so I put him all in and he calls with KJ. I turn a flush draw but can't suck out on the river. Down to ~3k. :(
Hand 17: Crippled, I push Q2ss for 3250 and double up against A5o. x2x2x board
Hand 18: Push JQo in MP and take the blinds.
Hand 19: Push 94cc in the CO-1 in an unopened pot and take the blinds.
Hand 20: Find ATdd in MP and push. Button calls and shows 99. TJ764 for the double up. Up to ~25k. 31st/50.
Level 14: 600-1200-125
Hand 21: KK on the button. Folds around so I decide to just limp and the SB folds and BB checks. J44 flop. I bet 1200 and take it down. I should have just raised preflop and taken it for the same amount of chips. Why give free cards?
Hand 22: AQ in the SB. Call an all in raise and he shows A6 and doesn't improve.
Hand 23. AJ as the dealer. Call a 4k raise from player who showed AJ his last raise. Board comes 4J8 and he bets half pot. I call. Q on turn, he checks and I push for 23k and he folds.
Hand 24: AK in the CO. Raise to 6400 with one limper. Button pushes for 2k more. I call and he shows AA. JQJ22.
Hand 25: A8 in the CO-1. I raise to 5200 and SB calls then pushes on a xQ8 board. I hate that play.
Level 15: 800-1600-150
Hand 26: Raise UTG+1 with A7s and steal
Hand 27: Raise UTG with AA and steal. (What a sick run of cards just now, look at that. 5 aces, AA, and KK in ~10 hands, no joke)
Hand 28: Raise MP with JQ and one limper and take it down.
Hand 29: Raise AQss UTG+1 and steal blinds. There is a player named Bird32 where all he does is just limp into the pot and you steal and he folds. How wonderful.
** MOVED TO NEW TABLE, 40 remain ** (yay I skipped the blinds, lol)
Third hour complete; on break.
22nd/38 (30 cash)
Me: 38180, Avg: 49223, CL: 179440
I'm at a new table so we'll see what I decide to do. 4th and 6th place are sitting at my table and I'm not really worried about anything else. I've got position on 6th and another big stack so I may try to push over the top of their raises occasionally if they get too frisky with their raises.
I'm still really lucky to be in this after being down to 3k in the 13th level.
Level 16: 1000-2000-200
Hand 30: 43o in the BB. Check/fold to the KA9 board.
Hand 31: 77 in the CO. One limper then a SS pushes for a few k more. I reraise all in and get HU with him and he shows AJ. Board K458K. 48k in chips, 15th/35.
Hand 32: Push A2o in the SB and BB wakes up with JJ. Why does this always happen? I feel like I have to push here because there is T3600 in play preflop and usually he won't have a hand that merits calling.
34th place, just outside the money. I feel I played pretty well overall.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Long post. Good read.
What can you do? I'm getting out-flushed and 3-outed left and right. I'm being hit by gutshot straights and those are next-to-impossible to see at times. Especially 6-tabling. What makes me sick is that I don't think I'm being outplayed.
I can play small pot poker to a "T": raise preflop, get a caller, c-bet, and take it down. If I get checkraised, I'm probably beat. I rarely get checkraised so I don't mind folding top pair top kicker if I have to. Eh, tough decisions but they are rare. But still, they add up. It is one aspect I am struggling with: being checkraised. I don't know if they are just tired of me c-betting (I do it a lot) and are willing to go down with MP or TPLK. Or maybe they checkraised a set or 2-pair or TPTK. There are so many possibilities. If I call, there is a chance they keep on better, and since it is NL I could all of a sudden be drawn into a huge hand with nothing much.
If my c-bet gets called, I don't really know what to do. I should probably continue to bet my made hands, I guess. I just get so worrisome of people having flopped sick, sick things. But its rare, right? I gotta bet the turn as I've heard it is the most profitable street. Many people are unwilling to continue to chase with just one card to go. If they call, I guess they have some sort of hand and I don't mind checking down the river and I'm sure they don't either.
There is only a 10% chance of flopping a flush draw with two suited cards. I don't know why I continue to play them. Even after that 10% chance of getting a draw, I'm drawing to no more than 9 outs which is ~38%. Eh, the odds aren't that great but I guess if I get 2-4 outed constantly then 38% is golden. LOL. Suited cards are still a confusing part of my game and I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
Some memorable hands of the day:
Raise TJ from the button and get a caller. Board AKQ, nuts. We get all in and he shows KQ for 2P and the board finishes A-A. Since when did flopping the nuts mean absolutely anything?
Raise AK in position and get a caller. Board xxx, check-check. 7 on the turn, check-check. A on the river, he calls a bet and shows A-7 for 2P.
Raise AK in position and get a caller. Board ATx. He checkraises me and I call. He bets pot on turn and river almost instantly each time and I call him down. $25 pot. He shows AT for 2P. I hate when this play gets pulled on me. "This play" being the insta-bet pot. I guess I should know I'm beat if they are that comfortable and careless of what cards come out on the turn and river.
Also, hitting T-high flushes. I just don't know what to do! Am I ahead or drawing dead? Does my opponent have that perfect combination of cards that has me just barely beat? Decisions, decisions. Sometimes, I just don't know.
Another thing I have problems with: I raise pf in position and get a caller. He check-calls. We check-check the turn. And as soon as the river comes out he bets pot. Am I ahead or behind? Did the river really help him or did he slow play something all the way from the flop? I guess I should start taking notes on some players. I should probably call a player the first time this happens (if have some sort of a hand, obv) and see what he has. Did he try to trap me on the turn or get frustrated with me and hope to catch on the river?
There are too many ins and outs of poker. Ugh. Its a frustrating game but I'm completely determined to make the most of it. I think I've started the day down $15 but I feel like I'm playing well. My biggest problem isn't winning big pots, its losing pots. Anybody can play wired Aces but the great players distinguish themselves by knowing if their mid pair is ahead or behind. Those are the decisions that add up in the long run and I need to learn.
Meh, I want to run hot I hate running as cold as I have been. Especially when I feel like I'm not playing horrible.
I'm trying to clear 1000 UB points to make that stupid $50 bonus. I've already lost almost $200 in not even 12 hours but there is no point in stopping trying to get the bonus now.
I'm setting a floor. I can't dip below... $150. After that, um.. we'll rethink our strategy here. Something woul dobviously be very, very wrong if I dropped $300 just like that.
I can play small pot poker to a "T": raise preflop, get a caller, c-bet, and take it down. If I get checkraised, I'm probably beat. I rarely get checkraised so I don't mind folding top pair top kicker if I have to. Eh, tough decisions but they are rare. But still, they add up. It is one aspect I am struggling with: being checkraised. I don't know if they are just tired of me c-betting (I do it a lot) and are willing to go down with MP or TPLK. Or maybe they checkraised a set or 2-pair or TPTK. There are so many possibilities. If I call, there is a chance they keep on better, and since it is NL I could all of a sudden be drawn into a huge hand with nothing much.
If my c-bet gets called, I don't really know what to do. I should probably continue to bet my made hands, I guess. I just get so worrisome of people having flopped sick, sick things. But its rare, right? I gotta bet the turn as I've heard it is the most profitable street. Many people are unwilling to continue to chase with just one card to go. If they call, I guess they have some sort of hand and I don't mind checking down the river and I'm sure they don't either.
There is only a 10% chance of flopping a flush draw with two suited cards. I don't know why I continue to play them. Even after that 10% chance of getting a draw, I'm drawing to no more than 9 outs which is ~38%. Eh, the odds aren't that great but I guess if I get 2-4 outed constantly then 38% is golden. LOL. Suited cards are still a confusing part of my game and I'm not quite sure what to do with them.
Some memorable hands of the day:
Raise TJ from the button and get a caller. Board AKQ, nuts. We get all in and he shows KQ for 2P and the board finishes A-A. Since when did flopping the nuts mean absolutely anything?
Raise AK in position and get a caller. Board xxx, check-check. 7 on the turn, check-check. A on the river, he calls a bet and shows A-7 for 2P.
Raise AK in position and get a caller. Board ATx. He checkraises me and I call. He bets pot on turn and river almost instantly each time and I call him down. $25 pot. He shows AT for 2P. I hate when this play gets pulled on me. "This play" being the insta-bet pot. I guess I should know I'm beat if they are that comfortable and careless of what cards come out on the turn and river.
Also, hitting T-high flushes. I just don't know what to do! Am I ahead or drawing dead? Does my opponent have that perfect combination of cards that has me just barely beat? Decisions, decisions. Sometimes, I just don't know.
Another thing I have problems with: I raise pf in position and get a caller. He check-calls. We check-check the turn. And as soon as the river comes out he bets pot. Am I ahead or behind? Did the river really help him or did he slow play something all the way from the flop? I guess I should start taking notes on some players. I should probably call a player the first time this happens (if have some sort of a hand, obv) and see what he has. Did he try to trap me on the turn or get frustrated with me and hope to catch on the river?
There are too many ins and outs of poker. Ugh. Its a frustrating game but I'm completely determined to make the most of it. I think I've started the day down $15 but I feel like I'm playing well. My biggest problem isn't winning big pots, its losing pots. Anybody can play wired Aces but the great players distinguish themselves by knowing if their mid pair is ahead or behind. Those are the decisions that add up in the long run and I need to learn.
Meh, I want to run hot I hate running as cold as I have been. Especially when I feel like I'm not playing horrible.
I'm trying to clear 1000 UB points to make that stupid $50 bonus. I've already lost almost $200 in not even 12 hours but there is no point in stopping trying to get the bonus now.
I'm setting a floor. I can't dip below... $150. After that, um.. we'll rethink our strategy here. Something woul dobviously be very, very wrong if I dropped $300 just like that.
Let the games begin
Well, I finally decided to buy in to Ultimate Bet for real money last night. And, well, let's say it's going pretty well... I turned $50 into about $60 in 5 or 6 hours last night, racking up 60 Ultimate Points.
So my plan is to play hours of ring games and build up the bankroll, as well as Ultimate Points. Ultimate Bet has this promotion where if you get at least 750 Ultimate Points in a week, they will turn it into real money. They pay by the point, and while it only yields about $20-$50 depending on how many you have, free money is free money. The week started at midnight last night, so we shall see how this goes.
Then I logged on this morning. Yahoo. Huge ring session for about 3 or 4 hours i just finished. As it stands, I've got $90.21 in the bank roll, and have 138 Ultimate Points, or about 20% of the way there to get the weekly changeover.
So my plan is to play hours of ring games and build up the bankroll, as well as Ultimate Points. Ultimate Bet has this promotion where if you get at least 750 Ultimate Points in a week, they will turn it into real money. They pay by the point, and while it only yields about $20-$50 depending on how many you have, free money is free money. The week started at midnight last night, so we shall see how this goes.
Then I logged on this morning. Yahoo. Huge ring session for about 3 or 4 hours i just finished. As it stands, I've got $90.21 in the bank roll, and have 138 Ultimate Points, or about 20% of the way there to get the weekly changeover.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
.25/.50 online
Not much to talk about except that I am raping ring games. Of the maybe 3-4 times I've re-bought today only one has been a direct result of me sucking. All else is me being sucked out on. So, I'm happy. As I told someone earlier: I lost $40 but played well so I'm happy.
I dabbled in some .25/.50 tonight since .1/.25 was too easy. Apparently I'll be moving up to .5/1 soon because I made $58/1o5 hands in half an hour.
This was probably the highlight of my day today:
.1/.25 NL
Birds n Bees posts the small blind of $.10.
wjmx posts the big blind of $.25.
colton66: -- --
KravenMorhed: -- --
Birds n Bees: Jd Kd
wjmx: -- --
math_guy: -- --
Pre-flop: (Obviously I want to see a flop with these cards and all the limpers just makes it more delicious. I didn't contemplate raising because its suicide to play KJ oop.)
math_guy calls. colton66 calls. KravenMorhed folds.
Birds n Bees calls. wjmx checks.
Flop (board: Td 6d Qd): (Hey there beautiful flop. I've survived 1:99 odds to flop you. Um, check?)
Birds n Bees checks. wjmx bets $1. math_guy calls.
colton66 calls. Birds n Bees raises to $6. wjmx
calls. math_guy calls. colton66 calls. ($1 bets are weak plus I want isolate someone. I re-raise but still get called by all 3? Please, no diamond and don't pair the board.)
Turn (board: Td 6d Qd 5h): (Safe card. I don't know why I checked here. Probably a bad mistake since I was putting someone on the A high diamond draw)
Birds n Bees checks. wjmx bets $12. math_guy goes
all-in for $22.22. colton66 folds. Birds n Bees
goes all-in for $40.66. wjmx goes all-in for $31.47.
Birds n Bees is returned $9.19 (uncalled). (Well.. wjmx continues to play back at me so I've got him pinned at a made hand. Probably a set of 6s because he only limped preflop. math_guy has the A high flush draw)
River (board: Td 6d Qd 5h Js):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Birds n Bees shows Jd Kd.
Birds n Bees has Jd Kd Td 6d Qd: flush, king high.
wjmx shows 6h 6c. (Called it)
wjmx has 6h 6c 6d Qd Js: three sixes.
math_guy shows Ad 5c. (Called it)
math_guy has Ad 5c Qd 5h Js: a pair of fives.
Hand #42331927-17820 Summary:
$2 is raked from a total pot of $110.16.
$2 is raked from the main pot of $91.66.
$0 is raked from side pot #1 of $18.50.
Birds n Bees wins the main pot $89.66 with flush, king high.
Birds n Bees wins the side pot $18.50 with flush, king high.
(Thanks for playing)
In other news, my bankroll is at a record high. I would have $500 if I didn't give away free monies to friends so I'm not doing that anymore, lol. Actually I still am but I'm probably going to charge something like 25%-50% juice on it.
Goals:
Goal: $484.83/$550
Will I hit $550 before June?
I dabbled in some .25/.50 tonight since .1/.25 was too easy. Apparently I'll be moving up to .5/1 soon because I made $58/1o5 hands in half an hour.
This was probably the highlight of my day today:
.1/.25 NL
Birds n Bees posts the small blind of $.10.
wjmx posts the big blind of $.25.
colton66: -- --
KravenMorhed: -- --
Birds n Bees: Jd Kd
wjmx: -- --
math_guy: -- --
Pre-flop: (Obviously I want to see a flop with these cards and all the limpers just makes it more delicious. I didn't contemplate raising because its suicide to play KJ oop.)
math_guy calls. colton66 calls. KravenMorhed folds.
Birds n Bees calls. wjmx checks.
Flop (board: Td 6d Qd): (Hey there beautiful flop. I've survived 1:99 odds to flop you. Um, check?)
Birds n Bees checks. wjmx bets $1. math_guy calls.
colton66 calls. Birds n Bees raises to $6. wjmx
calls. math_guy calls. colton66 calls. ($1 bets are weak plus I want isolate someone. I re-raise but still get called by all 3? Please, no diamond and don't pair the board.)
Turn (board: Td 6d Qd 5h): (Safe card. I don't know why I checked here. Probably a bad mistake since I was putting someone on the A high diamond draw)
Birds n Bees checks. wjmx bets $12. math_guy goes
all-in for $22.22. colton66 folds. Birds n Bees
goes all-in for $40.66. wjmx goes all-in for $31.47.
Birds n Bees is returned $9.19 (uncalled). (Well.. wjmx continues to play back at me so I've got him pinned at a made hand. Probably a set of 6s because he only limped preflop. math_guy has the A high flush draw)
River (board: Td 6d Qd 5h Js):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Birds n Bees shows Jd Kd.
Birds n Bees has Jd Kd Td 6d Qd: flush, king high.
wjmx shows 6h 6c. (Called it)
wjmx has 6h 6c 6d Qd Js: three sixes.
math_guy shows Ad 5c. (Called it)
math_guy has Ad 5c Qd 5h Js: a pair of fives.
Hand #42331927-17820 Summary:
$2 is raked from a total pot of $110.16.
$2 is raked from the main pot of $91.66.
$0 is raked from side pot #1 of $18.50.
Birds n Bees wins the main pot $89.66 with flush, king high.
Birds n Bees wins the side pot $18.50 with flush, king high.
(Thanks for playing)
In other news, my bankroll is at a record high. I would have $500 if I didn't give away free monies to friends so I'm not doing that anymore, lol. Actually I still am but I'm probably going to charge something like 25%-50% juice on it.
Goals:
Goal: $484.83/$550
Will I hit $550 before June?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
iRape
So, I put together a very, very solid performance at cash games today. I don't know what made me do it, but I bought into 4 .1/.25 NL ring games. Those of you who play with me know I like to buy in deep. 100BB has become my standard buy-in for any NL cash game. So, basically I was in for $100.
I played flawless and most importantly, I didn't play scared. I didn't fold a single pocket pair all night. I wanted to hit that set. I called with the SCs (suited connectors) and the SGCs (suited gapped connectors). I raised from the button a lot with all sorts of hands.
Hand of the night:
I find AJcc and open raise. The button calls and the BB repops. I call pretty loosely as does the button. I'm either hitting this or I fold, that simple. We see a flop of KcQcXx. Yahtzee! I flopped the nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. The player in the BB leads out for a pot sized bet and it basically put me all in. I happily pushed for whatever for a few cents more. I figured I had, at least, 12 outs, even if he had AA, which meant we were at a coinflip. He calls and shows AA and I hit my club on the river. $45 pot. The guy was steamed, haha.
An improvement in my game:
You really don't want to bluff me. I've learned a lot about the science of bluffing. You really can't just, all of a sudden in the middle of a hand decide to bluff. That isn't how you bluff. Bluffing requires some cooperation from the board. Scare cards need to come out. The board needs to pair or that 3rd heart needs to come out. Then you bluff at it.
I called the buttons raise w wired 8s from the BB and we saw a 3-way flop of AXX. It went chk-chk to the raiser and he checked as well. Bad check, horrible check. Because now, I knew, he was scared of that Ace. I put him on a big pocket pair. The turn came a 4. It went chk-chk and this time he decided to lead out. Wrong move again. I sure as hell no that fucking 4 did not help you. Anybody smell a check-raise coming his way? Mhm. I repopped and won the pot there, getting a "lmao, nice bet" from him afterwards.
I think that was one of my best played hands of the night.
I played 600 hands in an hour and a half and finished the night up $75.01.
Goals:
SNG Goal: $446.53/$550
I played flawless and most importantly, I didn't play scared. I didn't fold a single pocket pair all night. I wanted to hit that set. I called with the SCs (suited connectors) and the SGCs (suited gapped connectors). I raised from the button a lot with all sorts of hands.
Hand of the night:
I find AJcc and open raise. The button calls and the BB repops. I call pretty loosely as does the button. I'm either hitting this or I fold, that simple. We see a flop of KcQcXx. Yahtzee! I flopped the nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. The player in the BB leads out for a pot sized bet and it basically put me all in. I happily pushed for whatever for a few cents more. I figured I had, at least, 12 outs, even if he had AA, which meant we were at a coinflip. He calls and shows AA and I hit my club on the river. $45 pot. The guy was steamed, haha.
An improvement in my game:
You really don't want to bluff me. I've learned a lot about the science of bluffing. You really can't just, all of a sudden in the middle of a hand decide to bluff. That isn't how you bluff. Bluffing requires some cooperation from the board. Scare cards need to come out. The board needs to pair or that 3rd heart needs to come out. Then you bluff at it.
I called the buttons raise w wired 8s from the BB and we saw a 3-way flop of AXX. It went chk-chk to the raiser and he checked as well. Bad check, horrible check. Because now, I knew, he was scared of that Ace. I put him on a big pocket pair. The turn came a 4. It went chk-chk and this time he decided to lead out. Wrong move again. I sure as hell no that fucking 4 did not help you. Anybody smell a check-raise coming his way? Mhm. I repopped and won the pot there, getting a "lmao, nice bet" from him afterwards.
I think that was one of my best played hands of the night.
I played 600 hands in an hour and a half and finished the night up $75.01.
Goals:
SNG Goal: $446.53/$550
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