I have been playing loads over the last few days and I have been generally running bad but eventually I strung a few big pots together and I have hit a profit of $10,000 from playing at pacific. Although I am not safely over at all, I have barely scraped past it, I am there nonetheless for now. It has been a lot of work to get to this point and it has by no means been easy. I was stuck at $8,000 for a long time and now I am $2,000 clear of that which feels good.
I have been playing a mixture of $200NL and $100NL recently, although I am not really bankrolled for $200NL. Anyway I am trying hard to push into $200NL and so far the games are definately tougher, the aggression is noticeably higher but not a real problem. Players decisions are somewhat similar between the two levels. A big difference is people do get QQ in regularly and even JJ and AK always.. whereas at $100NL QQ often calls a raise and there is less raising in general. I still feel I have an edge although have felt competition in being the most aggressive at the table, which is rare at $100NL.
I will probably take a small break maybe a couple of days as my head is aching from all the grinding and hopefully socialize a little more ^^.
Thanks and Good Luck.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Monday, 15 December 2008
14 buy ins lost in less than 3 hours
Well I woke up today to experience the worst session you could expect. About 5 beats in I recorded them in notepad and continued to do so as it was just awful.
TT vs AK - lost AIPF
straight draw + flush draw against top pair - lost all in on flop.
set vs straight draw - lost all in on flop
top two vs set of aces all in on turn - lost
all in with flush vs pair - lost all in on flop
all in with trips vs straight draw - lost all in on flop
all in pre with AQ vs QQ 30BB - lost
called with pair checked turn he made back door straight
6 outted for a big pot :(
TT loses to QK all in 30 BB
AA vs set of 99's all in pre flop after i 3-bet pre
straight draw loses vs gut shot
QQ loses vs KK AIPF
QQ loses vs A6 AIPF
straight draw + flush draw all in on turn - lost.
river a set but lose to a rivered straight
lost flip pair vs overs for 30BB - lost
i get 22% of my stack in hit with AQ and lose to a set
all in with flush vs bigger flush - lost
missed every flush and pair plus flush draw
flopped set of QQ vs TPTK, split pot..
I was pretty tilted and quit the tables and took a small break. I hit 200NL and won $700 getting a bigger pair vs a smaller pair and holding up several times. What makes me sick is this happens somewhat often and I see people post graphs where they lose 5 buy ins at the most. Its just not possible you are all so lucky. I just seem to encouter these beats so frequently, just getting stacked 14 times when you are such a favourite.. arg so nasty and I had this happen in october with a 22 buy downswing..
Well I had reduced my losses by half and spent 3 hours playing while my friend watched while i 4-tabled $100NL, I initially dropped a little over $400 by lossing KK to A6 where he made quad 6's and then QQ to KK and my friend was like sick... and I was just like you shoulda seen earlier lol. Then from that point I made $700. Some hands were where I turned my TT into a bluff when really deep, betting $120 into $140 and taking it down. I then stacked AQ with AK for 200BB stacks and finished the day down $375 and $75 since being home 4 days ago. recovery FTW ^^
TT vs AK - lost AIPF
straight draw + flush draw against top pair - lost all in on flop.
set vs straight draw - lost all in on flop
top two vs set of aces all in on turn - lost
all in with flush vs pair - lost all in on flop
all in with trips vs straight draw - lost all in on flop
all in pre with AQ vs QQ 30BB - lost
called with pair checked turn he made back door straight
6 outted for a big pot :(
TT loses to QK all in 30 BB
AA vs set of 99's all in pre flop after i 3-bet pre
straight draw loses vs gut shot
QQ loses vs KK AIPF
QQ loses vs A6 AIPF
straight draw + flush draw all in on turn - lost.
river a set but lose to a rivered straight
lost flip pair vs overs for 30BB - lost
i get 22% of my stack in hit with AQ and lose to a set
all in with flush vs bigger flush - lost
missed every flush and pair plus flush draw
flopped set of QQ vs TPTK, split pot..
I was pretty tilted and quit the tables and took a small break. I hit 200NL and won $700 getting a bigger pair vs a smaller pair and holding up several times. What makes me sick is this happens somewhat often and I see people post graphs where they lose 5 buy ins at the most. Its just not possible you are all so lucky. I just seem to encouter these beats so frequently, just getting stacked 14 times when you are such a favourite.. arg so nasty and I had this happen in october with a 22 buy downswing..
Well I had reduced my losses by half and spent 3 hours playing while my friend watched while i 4-tabled $100NL, I initially dropped a little over $400 by lossing KK to A6 where he made quad 6's and then QQ to KK and my friend was like sick... and I was just like you shoulda seen earlier lol. Then from that point I made $700. Some hands were where I turned my TT into a bluff when really deep, betting $120 into $140 and taking it down. I then stacked AQ with AK for 200BB stacks and finished the day down $375 and $75 since being home 4 days ago. recovery FTW ^^
Half way!
I am currently on my christmas break but I have exams in January and pretty much need to learn everything in 2 of the units.. Well I plan on spending the day studying but I realise I will have to pay the second half of my tuition fees soon and therefore january and febrary will cost me a little over £1000 including rent. Therefore I really need to put some hours in at the tables. The good news is I am half way through the year in which I decided to pay bills/rent/tuition by playing poker.
Having made $1000 online in the last 3 weeks from playing very few hours and 1 of the weeks I was out getting drunk and clubbing and so I am pretty pleased with the result. Unfortunately its just not enough I really need to play more.
Currently I am really pleased with how I am playing, I am definately playing my best poker right now. It was really good to be able to discuss poker with a friend from back home and my situation and talk it through with someone. This is something I want to do with family but its just not really possible. My friend unexpectedly apologized for doubting the skill in poker as he can clearly understand it now, even tho he doesn't play. This means a lot to me and I wish others would see it. While I continue to make money at poker I also continue to just scrape through. I maybe am to blame because I buy drinks for others and eat out nice places but food is important to me as well as friends.
I have pushed my winrate to about 5BB/100 (or 10bb/100) and this will make me one of the biggest winners at my limit but there is still room for improvement. I am pretty thankful to be running well as I ran pretty bad in october and couldn't do another month like that... literally felt like I lost every flip lol.
Wish me luck!
Having made $1000 online in the last 3 weeks from playing very few hours and 1 of the weeks I was out getting drunk and clubbing and so I am pretty pleased with the result. Unfortunately its just not enough I really need to play more.
Currently I am really pleased with how I am playing, I am definately playing my best poker right now. It was really good to be able to discuss poker with a friend from back home and my situation and talk it through with someone. This is something I want to do with family but its just not really possible. My friend unexpectedly apologized for doubting the skill in poker as he can clearly understand it now, even tho he doesn't play. This means a lot to me and I wish others would see it. While I continue to make money at poker I also continue to just scrape through. I maybe am to blame because I buy drinks for others and eat out nice places but food is important to me as well as friends.
I have pushed my winrate to about 5BB/100 (or 10bb/100) and this will make me one of the biggest winners at my limit but there is still room for improvement. I am pretty thankful to be running well as I ran pretty bad in october and couldn't do another month like that... literally felt like I lost every flip lol.
Wish me luck!
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Live £1/£2
I got back this morning at 8am after going to a casino with some friends. I played for several hours and made £225 although gave half of it to my friend who was unlucky to lose a big pot. It was nice to profit as I dont plan on going much but hopefully again before finishing my degree. There was a £2000 buy in tournament and therefore the cash games were supposedly tougher than normal as many people joined the cash tables from the tournament and there was even filming!
I was at the top of the waiting list when they opened up a 2nd table and many people from the £2/£5 game came over to play, as there game had broken up. Generally the play was bad and the £2/£5 players were just messing about in this game. I got nicknamed the rock as I played very few hands but you get so few hands an hour it is pretty easy to be card dead for an hour.
One had I had was raising to £7 with AK getting a re-raise to £25 by a good player messing about and 2 callers. I shoved for a little over £200 and everyone folded. I took a few pots down on the flop but my best hand of the night was raising to £7 UTG with pocket 5's and getting a call on my left by a professional poker player who plays £10/£20 live and up to $10/$20 online. He had told me he was bored and at the time this was the highest game available. I got another call out the blinds and we saw a flop: 346 two tone, 3 way. It was checked to me and I bet £15 and got two calls. The turn brought a 9 completing a flush draw. It was checked to me and I checked and the guy to my left checked. The river was a 6 and we checked it to the guy to my left who bet £42 into £67. I spent a few minutes thinking and I was really confident I had the best hand I wasn't worried about the flush although I was thinking he could have turned his hand into a bluff. In which case he may have a 3 or a 4 and I would have him beat. I also didn't think he value bet a 6 in this way and that was more of a betting tell and given how he played which was crazybored I was confident and I made the call and he instantly said "you got me" and I showed 55 and he went wow, nh. I got a lot of respect making this call and people said well played when I left the table at around 5 am.
It was great to speak to some of the players and we got talking about live vs online and was interesting. I was pleased with how I played, although didn't get into all that many spots and I think my decision to leave the table when I did was good as it was just the high stakes players and although they were still messing about I didn't feel comfortable with £425 at the table. I had a hand where I had K high and I was so so sure I had the best hand on a AA4 board, he had re raised my c-bet to over £50 and he had about £150 behind and I should have pushed and I would have if we were playing lower and I just wanted to book a win and thought I was to tired to make this re-bluff. Although I thought I had the best hand I thought he could be playing wild with a small pocket pair and the play would be to re raise all in and take it down. I folded and he showed 5 high and I soon left the table, but I was very tired lol.
All in all it was fun and I can see live is VERY soft. But I wouldn't wanna play live much because its pretty boring playing tight. You play so few hands an hour and I could easily run bad for long time live, as the action is pretty slow. If I had more money I would be interested in playing the higher stakes but I am not even rolled for their lowest stakes so it is back to grinding the pokeh on the internets
I was at the top of the waiting list when they opened up a 2nd table and many people from the £2/£5 game came over to play, as there game had broken up. Generally the play was bad and the £2/£5 players were just messing about in this game. I got nicknamed the rock as I played very few hands but you get so few hands an hour it is pretty easy to be card dead for an hour.
One had I had was raising to £7 with AK getting a re-raise to £25 by a good player messing about and 2 callers. I shoved for a little over £200 and everyone folded. I took a few pots down on the flop but my best hand of the night was raising to £7 UTG with pocket 5's and getting a call on my left by a professional poker player who plays £10/£20 live and up to $10/$20 online. He had told me he was bored and at the time this was the highest game available. I got another call out the blinds and we saw a flop: 346 two tone, 3 way. It was checked to me and I bet £15 and got two calls. The turn brought a 9 completing a flush draw. It was checked to me and I checked and the guy to my left checked. The river was a 6 and we checked it to the guy to my left who bet £42 into £67. I spent a few minutes thinking and I was really confident I had the best hand I wasn't worried about the flush although I was thinking he could have turned his hand into a bluff. In which case he may have a 3 or a 4 and I would have him beat. I also didn't think he value bet a 6 in this way and that was more of a betting tell and given how he played which was crazybored I was confident and I made the call and he instantly said "you got me" and I showed 55 and he went wow, nh. I got a lot of respect making this call and people said well played when I left the table at around 5 am.
It was great to speak to some of the players and we got talking about live vs online and was interesting. I was pleased with how I played, although didn't get into all that many spots and I think my decision to leave the table when I did was good as it was just the high stakes players and although they were still messing about I didn't feel comfortable with £425 at the table. I had a hand where I had K high and I was so so sure I had the best hand on a AA4 board, he had re raised my c-bet to over £50 and he had about £150 behind and I should have pushed and I would have if we were playing lower and I just wanted to book a win and thought I was to tired to make this re-bluff. Although I thought I had the best hand I thought he could be playing wild with a small pocket pair and the play would be to re raise all in and take it down. I folded and he showed 5 high and I soon left the table, but I was very tired lol.
All in all it was fun and I can see live is VERY soft. But I wouldn't wanna play live much because its pretty boring playing tight. You play so few hands an hour and I could easily run bad for long time live, as the action is pretty slow. If I had more money I would be interested in playing the higher stakes but I am not even rolled for their lowest stakes so it is back to grinding the pokeh on the internets
Thursday, 4 December 2008
poker is easy when you flop the nuts!
Since starting this blog I have hadn't played all that much. This is partly due to the fact I have university work to do. Although I have done a lot of reading of hands posted on forums and talking with friends about particular poker situations. This has really helped and I feel I have increased the depth of my understanding of certain situations.
I played for about 40 minutes earlier, I would have continued but I had such a headache and I had to stop. I was running so so hot although didn't get much action a lot of the time when I had the nuts. I bluffed off a buy in against a flopped set but ended up a few dollars short of 4 buy ins up. This included winning an all in with AQs vs KK and KK, for a $300 pot. They certainely fooled me pre-flop lol, when I decided to shove over the top, oh well. I am now clearly out my breakeven stretch and have made around $600 from my last 3 sessions.
I played for about 40 minutes earlier, I would have continued but I had such a headache and I had to stop. I was running so so hot although didn't get much action a lot of the time when I had the nuts. I bluffed off a buy in against a flopped set but ended up a few dollars short of 4 buy ins up. This included winning an all in with AQs vs KK and KK, for a $300 pot. They certainely fooled me pre-flop lol, when I decided to shove over the top, oh well. I am now clearly out my breakeven stretch and have made around $600 from my last 3 sessions.
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