Running really well

Today was awesome, so today I didn't get any of the normal bad beats that come with the game. I did make a few bad plays here or there but nothing to major. I am going to post a few of the hands I lost, I slowplayed for the fist time in two days and it comes back to bite me in the ass.

Can't complain when you didn't get stacked all day. Anywho not a lot going on


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $50.90
UTG+1: $59.10
MP1: $48
MP2: $50
MP3: $25.35
CO: $36.55
Button: $34.25
Hero: $118.30
BB: $23.15

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with 3d 3h
5 folds, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls, BB checks.

Flop: 3s 7c 2s ($2, 4 players)
Hero bets $1, BB folds, CO calls, Button calls.

Turn: ac ($5, 3 players)
Hero bets $4.5, CO calls, Button folds.

River: 6c ($14, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $14, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $42
CO showed 4c 5d
Hero mucks 3d 3h


Bone head player of the day goes to this guy, pairs and flush draws are the nuts.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $23.40
Hero: $55.10
MP1: $19.65
MP2: $57.80
MP3: $30.65
CO: $25.15
Button: $16.90
SB: $19
BB: $49.25

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with ac ah
UTG folds, Hero calls, 3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: qd 4s kd ($2, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $1, Hero raises to $3, CO calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Turn: 8h ($11, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9.5, CO raises all-in $21.65, BB folds, Hero calls.

River: 4h ($54.3, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $54.3)

Results:
Final pot: $54.3
Hero showed Ac Ah
CO showed 8d 5d

Bankroll is up over 1k so it is almost time to take shots at the NL100 game...

Riding high

So all in all it was a good week for me, it started with some horrible hands and as I posted the other day. And it did get a lot better once I decided to just settle down and play ABC poker. I do make some moves from time to time but only if it is the right situation. Things have just been going well, there were always some bad beats here and there I did put one bad beat on someone.

There are a few different hands that I wish had turned out different such as:

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is Button with kd ah
3 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.25, SB folds, BB raises all-in $50, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 5s 8s 9c ($100.75, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100.75)
Turn: ts ($100.75, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100.75)
River: 4c ($100.75, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100.75)


Results:
Final pot: $100.75
BB showed Kh 8d
Hero showed Kd Ah


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $56.65
UTG+1: $52.35
MP1: $51.35
MP2: $8.20
Hero: $48.75
CO: $56.35
Button: $34.75
SB: $25
BB: $37.45

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP3 with 4s 4c
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises to $2, MP2 folds, Hero calls, 3 folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: ts 5s 4d ($8.25, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $0.5, MP1 raises to $4, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG raises all-in $54.65, MP1 folds, Hero calls all-in $42.75, BB folds.
Uncalled bets: $7.9 returned to UTG.

Turn: 6d ($24.25, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $109.75)
River: 8s ($24.25, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $109.75)

Results:
Final pot: $24.25
Hero showed 4s 4c
UTG showed 5c 5h

calls a raise with a Qd6d GAHHHHH!!!!!!

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
7 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $26.30
UTG+1: $50
MP1: $46.90
Hero: $49.60
Button: $65.20
SB: $52.30
BB: $50.25

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is CO with kd ac
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.25, 3 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 2d 7d ad ($5.25, 2 players)
UTG bets $4, Hero calls.

Turn: 5s ($13.25, 2 players)
UTG bets $12, Hero raises to $24, UTG calls all-in $8.05.
Uncalled bets: $3.95 returned to Hero.

River: 7s ($53.35, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $53.35)


Results:
Final pot: $53.35
UTG showed 6d Qd
Hero showed Kd Ac




Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
8 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $50
UTG+1: $30.70
MP1: $19.50
MP2: $22
CO: $45.30
Hero: $48.50
SB: $103.20
BB: $30.75

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is Button with ah jh
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2.75, SB calls, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: 2c kh as ($9.25, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $6, SB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: 8c ($21.25, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $11, UTG calls.

River: 6c ($43.25, 2 players)
UTG bets $15, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $73.25
UTG showed Kc Jc
Hero mucks Ah Jh


WHY WON'T YOU HOLD.


Anywho I am up, things are alright, and I think I have another $600 dollar bonus to work through. So the end of it all I made about $300 bucks this week, not bad considering I was running like poo in the middle of the whole thing.

CJ is back and then I am going to work for the next three days. Other than that not a lot going on. I think me and CJ might go out to dinner. Anywho I will post if I play soon I am hoping to clear another $40 dollars before Sunday when the bonus expires.

Back in the black

Alright so I am back in the black for the month, that is always good hopefully I can get some more money cleared, I do have some bonus cleared as well so that will work well, the players are just really that bad at the $50 level, it has been a long time since I have played at Fulltilt and the ring games in the evening are just about as bad as live players. Anywho I spend a few hours 4 tabling last night and it went well. As you can see from the above graphs I haven't put much time in at all.

I don't think I am willing to put in a ton of hours anymore, I am just going to put in good hours. which not resulting in a lot of hands played. We did have some interesting hands I guess. Let take a look through poker tracker.

This was a stupid hand that I should have just folded. This villian had a VPIP of 6 and folded most of his flops, you know what that is ladies and gentlemen. A set miner, someone that just tries to flop sets. That is all he does and he is a super annoying player that you might not know is a set miner unless you had poker tracker. I didn't fold this hand, but as you can see I did lose the minimum here in my humble opinion.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
8 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $115.35
UTG+1: $56.80
MP1: $40.10
MP2: $46.95
CO: $24.75
Hero: $59.85
SB: $101.05
BB: $52.55

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is Button with ad ac
UTG calls, 4 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB calls, BB folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 6s 9c 2s ($6.5, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $6, SB calls, UTG folds.

Turn: jh ($18.5, 2 players)
SB bets $12, Hero calls.

River: 5c ($42.5, 2 players)
SB bets $20, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $82.5
SB showed 6d 6h
Hero mucks Ad Ac



This was the biggest hand of the day, I got lucky with the flop but I was getting a ton of money on the call, I figured I could have won a big pot.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $100.55
UTG+1: $55.20
Hero: $51.75
MP2: $50
MP3: $153.60
CO: $50
Button: $48.70
SB: $48.45
BB: $60.25

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is MP1 with 9c 7c
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, MP2 (poster) checks, MP3, folds, CO (poster) checks, Button calls, SB raises to $2.5, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, MP2 folds, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: 2h 7h 9d ($18, 7 players)
SB bets $5, 2 folds, UTG+1 raises to $33, Hero raises all-in $49.25, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 4s ($121.5, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $121.5)
River: 7d ($121.5, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $121.5)

Results:
Final pot: $121.5
UTG+1 showed 9h 8h
Hero showed 9c 7c

The jackass of the night goes to this villian, I don't know what he was thinking here but this is why we make money....

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $84.40
UTG+1: $71.85
MP1: $85.60
MP2: $47.20
MP3: $46.65
Hero: $49.85
Button: $41.05
SB: $62.05
BB: $65.65

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is CO with qs qh
5 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 2c th 3c ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $3.5, Button calls.

Turn: 4d ($11.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $11, Button raises all-in $35.8, Hero calls.

River: tc ($82.85, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $82.85)

Results:
Final pot: $82.85
Hero showed Qs Qh
Button showed Ac 8h




I think I might have overplayed my hand here a little bit but what are you going to do... I probably should have folded to the min raise, but I did have a gutshot and two shots at a set, the set might not have been good... but can't play them all perfect.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $49.75
UTG+1: $60.70
MP1: $48.75
MP2: $52.45
MP3: $100
CO: $56.65
Hero: $49.25
SB: $66.65
BB: $155.75

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is Button with 7h 7c
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $2, 4 folds, Hero calls, 2 folds.

Flop: qh 8d ts ($4.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $3.5, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 6c ($11.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $6, UTG+1 raises to $12, Hero calls.

River: ah ($35.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $17, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $17 returned to UTG+1.

Results:
Final pot: $35.75


not to many other hands interesting than that... I think I am going to go for a walk outside because it is 60ish degrees for the first time in a long while and then I am going to start grinding away, hopefully I can get a serious amount of hands in tonight. I will probably wait till tomrrow.

An update from Wednesday

So I am going to stick to full ring NL games for a while. On Wednesday I booked my first win in a long time. It was only about $100 dollars ($91 to be specific) but I am just happy to book the win. I made a few pretty good laydowns IMO. I like feel so much more comfortable playing full ring. So I am going to do this for the next 20k hands or so. I will let you know how it turns out.

Right now the bankroll is only $480 ish hopefully we can get that up to 1k soon.

An update from Wednesday

So I am going to stick to full ring NL games for a while. On Wednesday I booked my first win in a long time. It was only about $100 dollars ($91 to be specific) but I am just happy to book the win. I made a few pretty good laydowns IMO. I like feel so much more comfortable playing full ring. So I am going to do this for the next 20k hands or so. I will let you know how it turns out.

Right now the bankroll is only $480 ish hopefully we can get that up to 1k soon.

Still going badly

Yeah some days you are the dog some days you are the hydrant lately I can't seem to do anything right, I have gone back to full ring so I should be able to grind out a win. I think next week/ this weekend I should be able to grind out some of this bonus. If I can get my bankroll up back into a healthy range I might turn to 8 tabling full ring. The problem is getting enough good tables together. The rake back alone I could make enough money to support myself. I am going to need some money to get the rake back going again.

If I could just be a winning player I would be all set.

Rock bottom

I think I have hit rock bottom and I am going to make some moves back, I am not playing any poker until I talk to my mom, she has been freaking out lately. So I am waiting for her to get out of a meeting or something. My bankroll is dangerously low, I am working with around 8 buyins, which is basically nothing. I am going to play full ring and if I drop below $250 dollars I guess I will move down.

You guys saw the bad luck so I guess I am going to go back to grinding. BLAH!! It would be great if I could get back up 3 buyins today. Tonight is live poker and then tomorrow is back to work. So I don't have lots of time to get things going.

I will post later tonight or tomorrow how I am doing.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players

Stack sizes:
Hero: $57.95
UTG+1: $54.60
MP1: $43.10
MP2: $56.05
MP3: $49.65
CO: $48.40
Button: $53.45
SB: $80.50
BB: $48.85

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG with qh qs
Hero raises to $1.75, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, 6 folds.

Flop: qc 6c 5d ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, MP1 calls.

Turn: 7s ($8.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $6, MP1 calls.

River: ts ($20.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $20.25, MP1 raises all-in $33.35, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $86.95
MP1 showed 3d 4d
Hero mucks Qh Qs



Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $47.05
UTG+1: $10.85
Hero: $49.75
Button: $109.70
SB: $89.75
BB: $50

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with 7d 7c
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises to $2.25, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 7s 9c 6h ($5.25, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $3, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 8d ($11.25, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

River: 2c ($11.25, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $3, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $17.25
UTG+1 showed Tc Jd
Hero mucks 7d 7c


My streak with sets continue.

BLAH!!

So as it turns out I dropped $191.90 so far today. It wasn't pretty I played two hands really badly and cost myself a about $100.00. Since I am starting to really be honest I am going to post those hands.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players

Stack sizes:
Hero: $72.75
UTG+1: $50.50
CO: $65.30
Button: $56.65
SB: $109.80
BB: $63.20

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with qs ah
Hero raises to $1.75, 4 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 6s 9d ad ($3.75, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3.75, BB raises to $7.5, Hero raises to $19.75, BB raises all-in $61.45, Hero calls.

Turn: 7h ($126.65, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $126.65)
River: th ($126.65, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $126.65)

Results:
Final pot: $126.65
BB showed Ks Ac
Hero showed Qs Ah

I played this sooo bad I don't know what else, I thought he was bullshit, this wasn't a tight player I am re-raising, but I guess I should have not called the allin, I mean what can I beat...


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $100.90
UTG+1: $49.25
CO: $102.10
Button: $17
SB: $50.45
Hero: $88.20

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with as ah
UTG raises to $1.5, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: th 7c 3s ($3.25, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $3, Hero raises to $8, UTG calls.

Turn: 6s ($19.25, 3 players)
Hero bets $17.5, UTG calls.

River: ts ($54.25, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $33, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $120.25
UTG showed 9s Js
Hero mucks As Ah

This hand I just got unlucky. It sucked.


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $20.15
UTG+1: $25.50
Hero: $58.60
Button: $62.65
SB: $74
BB: $44.50

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with ts th
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $2.25, 2 folds, BB raises to $7.5, UTG folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 4d td 2d ($15.75, 2 players)
BB bets $10.5, Hero calls.

Turn: qs ($36.75, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $36.75, BB calls all-in $26.5.

River: 5d ($89.75, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $89.75)
Results:
Final pot: $89.75
Hero showed Ts Th
BB showed Ad Ks


OUCH, calls allin with one card to come and hits his diamond.


Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $20.60
CO: $12.85
Button: $8.50
SB: $36.40
Hero: $61.05

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with qs kh
2 folds, Button raises to $2, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: kd 6c 2c ($6, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button is all-in $6.5, SB calls, Hero raises to $17, SB raises all-in $34.4, Hero calls.

Turn: 5h ($81.3, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $25.5, Sidepot 1: $55.8)
River: 5c ($81.3, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $25.5, Sidepot 1: $55.8)

Results:
Final pot: $81.3
Hero showed Qs Kh
Button showed Ad Ah
SB showed 8c 9c

Flush sucks out, I would have at least gotten my money back, from the AA.



Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $49.80
UTG+1: $23.45
CO: $49.35
Hero: $52.10
SB: $49.50
BB: $50.75

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with 9s 9d
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, CO raises to $3, Hero calls, 3 folds.

Flop: 4d 7h th ($7.25, 2 players)
CO bets $6, Hero raises to $16, CO raises all-in $46.35, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $30.35 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $39.25

This is the villian I was playing against with AQ in the first hand. Directly after I got stacked with the AQ to the AK I got JJ and the same villian raised I raised he pushed and I instacalled without really thinking and he has KK I didn't suck out. I didn't post the hand history because for some reason it didn't register in pokertracker.

Alright I am going to play some full ring tonight. I hope it goes much better or else I might have to be done with poker for a little while. Which means finding another way to earn money, which pretty much sucks.

Playing bad

I played some hands on Sunday or maybe it was Saturday. It didn't go well. I played bad. I stopped focusing on position and played pretty badly. I only lost $43 on the day so it wasn't that bad. I realized I was playing bad and hung up the cleats for the day. I am just now watching some videos and getting my head straight.

I still have that $300 from Fulltilt but I forgot I only have two weeks to clear it. I don't think I am going to be able to do the whole thing unless I go nutso. Since I put in that ton of hours I kind of lost the will to play. I am going to see if I can play some hours tonight. I have not been running that good, that also has contribued to not playing. I should have never started playing donkaments but so far this month I have only played 1600 hands this month, I usually average that much in 3/4 a day. Anywho I think I am going to play 2 tables of 6 max all night and see what I can do. I should be able to double my hand totals for the month in the next two days.

Also I have found that when I am running bad I tend to just start calling more instead of reraising which is death in short handed NL poker. Alright I don't think I am going to play any hands until CJ leaves for India, I just hate starting a session only to stop it in two hours. I think I am going to get all the AHK scripts set up so I can datamine and get a good read on my opponents.

Anywho I am off I will post results later tonight or tomorrow.

Starting another week

Alright so we are starting another week. This one is going to be a little short just because there are a lot of things going on. For one this weekend is St. Patrick's day, the second is Monday which is usually a large volume day for me is going to be much lower because CJ is going to India and she is going to want me to take her to the airport. Anywho on to the good news, I am running normal, playing great, and FullTilt has given out bonuses. It is pretty sweet, $300 dollar bonus which is probably going to take a little while to clear. I love clearing bonus, it just seems like there is something to play for. I don't know it is like giving cash games a goal. Something like that.

Anywho I am going to play a ton of cash games and get that bonus cleared. I have a feeling that it is going to take a lot of hands. So I think I am going to stick to Fulltilt poker for the rest of the month anyway. Hopefully after I clear this I should be ready for $100NL and that should bring in a lot more money. I want to get enough saved up so I can go out to Vegas and take a shot for a month or so.

I have also signed up for a service called Cardrunners it is a great service that has a play along with a lot of amazing online players. That is really about all.

I would post a graph but I am lazy.

Today sucked

First day of the new challenge and it sucked. I cashed 5th in a tournament for $22 but other than that it pretty much sucked.

Holdem -$23.30
Stud - $30.70
Omaha + $16.65

Tournaments-
+$11
many buyins to the $3 rebuy and didn't cash

Total Bankroll $169.35 on Stars
$400 on Tilt

Looks like I am going to be playing some games on Stars and some on Tilt tomorrow. I think I might just play $25 6 max NL one from each site and see how it goes. I need to make sure I earn some money playing cash games or these tournaments are going to eat my bankroll alive.

Long Time No Post, and a New Challenge

Alright I know I haven't posted in my blog in a while. To be honest I have just been grinding out the bonus on Doyles Room. I finally ground that up to about $1700 beans and moved the whole thing to Fulltilt, because Doyles Room no longer allow US players. So I decided to cash out $1000 of that so that I can have some money in a savings account.

So I have $250 on Stars, and $400 on Fulltilt. I am going to see if I can get this ground up to enough to purchase a car for the summer. My ultimate goal is be a real estate agent and make a ton of money this summer and move to California. I think this should be reasonably easy since I have a long time to do it. I am going to play a mix of tournaments and cash games, I am going to play the $3r on Poker Stars as often as possible.

So far today I have been playing some cash games on Stars and so far it is going pretty well I am up about $25 dollars thus far playing PLO and 7 card stud, I am also going to try to really use this chance to play some different low stakes games. I am pretty sure that I can beat most low stakes games but I want to make sure that I can play decent in all games. All of this is going to be on Fulltilt and Pokerstars because with the current state of things I don't know if I can count on any other sites. It does mean that I will no longer be getting bonus or rakeback which is a lot of money but the peace of mind is worth it.

I am going to have to really focus on game selection though since I have to beat the games for a greater amount. Ideally I would like to post every night at the end of the night. We will see how it goes.