Cash
Played a bunch of 2-7 triple draw lowball which is surprisingly a very fun game. I made $9 on the 28th at 3/6 and $533 at 10/20 today. Lost $273.80 playing TD.
NL sucked. Lost $432.30 at $100NL 6-max and $263.85 over 3.1k hands at FR.
Total: ($427.95)
Total since start: $5,098.91
Live
Drove like 50 minutes to get to this place so it's a hassle and I'm not going to play there again. It's a 1/2 game with a $300 buyin which is better than the 100BB games though. Had this big fish to my right who was ~95/5 but she really messed me up because a) she hit everything and b) I couldn't get heads-up in a pot to outplay some of the other players. Towards the end of the night I was down ~$125, I wasn't happy about it, but then I played these 2 hands and ended up + for the night:
Hand 1
Hero is BB with 94o
7-handed
PF:
Everyone except 1 player limps, I raise to $15 (I decided that I'd raise regardless of my cards). 4 players call :/.
Flop: 8d 4h 2d
I bet $40, everyone folds to BTN who calls.
Turn: 8h
I go AI (~$175), BTN folds and shows 53o rabbit hunts the river and it's a 6 lol.
Hand 2
Hero is UTG+1 with K8c
7 players (3rd to last hand of the night)
PF: UTG straddles for $4, I double straddle for $8
MP calls, CO calls, BTN folds, SB calls, BB folds, UTG (fish) calls, I raise to $38, everyone folds to UTG who decides to call.
Flop: K T 4 rainbow
UTG checks, I bet $30, UTG calls
Turn: Q
UTG checks, I check
River: K
UTG checks, I bet $100, UTG calls with T4 making the comment 'I have 2 pair I have to call' LOL
Total for night: $120 in 5.5 hours ($21.82/hour)
Total live: $1,989/30.5 hours ($65.21/hour)
Monday, October 29, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Cash
Cash
Played 4,843 hands and won $631.25. Lost $14.90 in 10 hands at $100PL when I sat at the wrong table.
Total: $616.35
Total since start: $5,526.86
Played 4,843 hands and won $631.25. Lost $14.90 in 10 hands at $100PL when I sat at the wrong table.
Total: $616.35
Total since start: $5,526.86
70k hand Graph at 100NL - apparently I am indeed a luckbox.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
10/24/07 Cash, deal ended
Cash
Played 2,553 hands and won $498.35
Deals
Deal with 'PT' ended, made $3,756.52 off of that.
Deal with 'MT' is ending in ~6 days, looks like I'll make probably $500+ on that.
Total deals: $3,928.25
Total today: $4,254.87
Total since start: $4,910.51
Played 2,553 hands and won $498.35
Deals
Deal with 'PT' ended, made $3,756.52 off of that.
Deal with 'MT' is ending in ~6 days, looks like I'll make probably $500+ on that.
Total deals: $3,928.25
Total today: $4,254.87
Total since start: $4,910.51
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
10/15/07-10/22/07 Cash, MTT, Live
Alright so I havn't updated for a while here's what I've been upto:
MTT
$24 FTP - 1118/1143
$25 PS - 847/1342
$50 FTP - 528/924
$50 PS - 602/1112
$50 FTP - 113/317
$50 PS - 139/1238
$10r PS - 410/1523
$10r PS - 428/1401
$200 PS - 2939/6524
Uh yeah obviously didn't do too well in the turneys.
Cash
Played 11,902 hands at 100NL, won $921 for a decent 3.87PTBB/100 earn rate. My overall earn rate is 3.15PTBB/100. I lost ~$50 playing 1/2 stud Hi/Lo I think.
Total for time frame: $415.73
Total since start: $655.64
Live Play
Played live last night and made $1,013. I had quad 6's twice, once where I flopped trips on the flop vs KK and rivered quads, the other time I flopped set under set and 1-outered the guy (fun). Biggest pot I played was ~$800:
Stacks were really deep between me and a couple of other people. I had ~$950, Main villian had ~$700, 3rd villian had ~$400.
Hero has 9c 6c.
PF: 3 people limp to hero who calls, SB makes it $15 to go, EP limper calls, Hero calls
Flop ($53): K 9 5 rainbow flop
SB bets $20, EP calls, Hero calls
I actually think this call is pretty bad.
Turn ($113): 8
SB bets $35, EP calls, Hero raises to $125, SB calls, EP folds
OK, I wanted to take this down since I felt SB would probably fold and EP would definitely fold, I guess I was wrong about SB.
River ($398): 7
SB checks, Hero bets $200, SB calls
River is an easy value bet, I actually think I could bet $250-$300. SB mucked and claimed he had 99.
Total today: $1013 ($155/hour)
Total live: $1,869/25 hours ($74.76/hour)
PCA
Cost of PCA to date: 2k FPP, $67.5
Result: 2 Step 3 tickets
MTT
$24 FTP - 1118/1143
$25 PS - 847/1342
$50 FTP - 528/924
$50 PS - 602/1112
$50 FTP - 113/317
$50 PS - 139/1238
$10r PS - 410/1523
$10r PS - 428/1401
$200 PS - 2939/6524
Uh yeah obviously didn't do too well in the turneys.
Cash
Played 11,902 hands at 100NL, won $921 for a decent 3.87PTBB/100 earn rate. My overall earn rate is 3.15PTBB/100. I lost ~$50 playing 1/2 stud Hi/Lo I think.
Total for time frame: $415.73
Total since start: $655.64
Live Play
Played live last night and made $1,013. I had quad 6's twice, once where I flopped trips on the flop vs KK and rivered quads, the other time I flopped set under set and 1-outered the guy (fun). Biggest pot I played was ~$800:
Stacks were really deep between me and a couple of other people. I had ~$950, Main villian had ~$700, 3rd villian had ~$400.
Hero has 9c 6c.
PF: 3 people limp to hero who calls, SB makes it $15 to go, EP limper calls, Hero calls
Flop ($53): K 9 5 rainbow flop
SB bets $20, EP calls, Hero calls
I actually think this call is pretty bad.
Turn ($113): 8
SB bets $35, EP calls, Hero raises to $125, SB calls, EP folds
OK, I wanted to take this down since I felt SB would probably fold and EP would definitely fold, I guess I was wrong about SB.
River ($398): 7
SB checks, Hero bets $200, SB calls
River is an easy value bet, I actually think I could bet $250-$300. SB mucked and claimed he had 99.
Total today: $1013 ($155/hour)
Total live: $1,869/25 hours ($74.76/hour)
PCA
Cost of PCA to date: 2k FPP, $67.5
Result: 2 Step 3 tickets
Friday, October 19, 2007
10/18/07 Just fucked around
Cash
Lost $72.05 playing $100NL HU. Won $4.40 playing 18 hands of .25/.5 6-max - I was testing out a new HUD so was using this game to do it. I think I made like $8 playing O/8 2/4 LHE. For some reason the FTP hands aren't showing up.
Total for today: ($59.65)
Total since start: $239.91
Lost $72.05 playing $100NL HU. Won $4.40 playing 18 hands of .25/.5 6-max - I was testing out a new HUD so was using this game to do it. I think I made like $8 playing O/8 2/4 LHE. For some reason the FTP hands aren't showing up.
Total for today: ($59.65)
Total since start: $239.91
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Differences between Tournaments and Cash games
OK, so I've started playing a lot more NL cash than tournaments and here are my thoughts about the biggest differences:
Types of Players
In a tournament the perfect opponent is a TAG - meaning a guy who only plays the top 10% of hands and plays them aggressively without being tricky at all. Why do you want your table full of these guys? Simply because you will always know where you are and you can steal their blinds with impunity. Blinds are the key to winning tournaments - if you can steal twice per orbit every orbit you have no problem - you're going deep the vast majority of the time, and when you get there you'll win a lot. The tighter you're opponent the better.
How does this differ from the type of opponent you want to face in a cash game? Well, in a cash game it's very hard to extract money from the same TAG players that you're looking at in a tournament - when they play a pot they have a good hand and you have to outflop them. Players who are very loose aggressive, on the other hand, are great for you. They build big pots with marginal hands, they bluff more and in general make a game much more lucrative. Why? Simply because they induce other's to put more $$ in the middle with weaker holdings. Now, if the LAG is a weak LAG (meaning very spewy) that's great because you can make a lot of $$ off him and off the players who are opening up their ranges (especially if they open up beyond their ability). If it's a strong LAG, it's a bit harder, but the game will still be more profitable than one filled with TAGs.
I'm not saying that a 'rock garden' as it's come to be known is not profitable - in fact it's probably one of the easiest games to make $$ in - you're just looking at a grind winning a lot of small pots and staying away from big ones and a fairly steady, small earn rate. Loose games in general will be much more profitable because there's more $$ flying around - and you can play more hands with implied odds. All of this adds up to you're edge being implemented across more hands in bigger pots resulting in more profit, along with much more variance. This is why I'd always pick a game full of 'crazies' vs a game full of 'tight good players' (that terminology is from the home games I go to).
Bluffing
Every player sits down at a table with a preconception - everyone expects to be bluffed a certain percentage of the time. An extreme example is Player 'xyz' who thinks that no one ever bluffs; he starts playing you and after 100 hands notices that you showed down 2 draws that missed and you bet strongly on flop/turn, the wheels start churning and he thinks that possibly you bluff sometimes - maybe 5% of the time*. So now, he calls only you down a tad more often. As you continue to play his take on your play will move back and forth as you attempt to adjust how often you’re actually bluffing. While this variable is impossible to measure, it definitely has a huge impact on the success rate of your bluffs.
Another element that effects how successful your bluffs are is how often you play the same opponents. Tournaments have you facing opponents for short periods of times and seldom do you see the same opponent over and over. Cash games differ in that you can hunt for a specific opponent or he can hunt for you, in general you're much more likely to play the same opponents in a cash game than a tournament**.
The two most discernable variables in the success of bluffs are ‘Bluffing Frequency’ and ‘Bluffing Perception’. Bluffing frequency is just how often you are bluffing; whereas bluff perception is how often you're opponents think you're bluffing. If you're playing good opponents the two will be fairly close together. If you're playing bad opponents they will either over or under-estimate you're bluffing frequency. Against players who have a high bluff perception you're bluffing frequency should decrease because they will fairly often assume that you are bluffing. Against players with a low bluff perception you're bluffing frequency should increase, because they assume you have a hand when you bet.
Your bluffing frequency and as a result your opponent's bluff perception should never be static. As your bluffing frequency increases you are bound to have to show down a bluff. As you show down more and more bluffs your opponent's bluff perception should increase***. The effect of this is that your opponent's bluff perception goes up and you in turn need to compensate.
In tournaments, you rarely want to be caught bluffing. This is because the amount of chips lost will usually not be made up for by an incorrect assessment of your bluffing frequency. Contrastingly, in cash games this see-saw of bluff frequency and bluff perception is vital to your profitability.
What happens if a player doesn't adjust their bluffing frequency? Well, in general this is bad if you play an opponent for any length of time - it's bad because in essence you make yourself predictable. In this scenario your opponent's bluffing perception will converge with your bluffing frequency over time.
* This is assuming some cognizant thought by your opponent.
** In live play (especially home games) this differs because the pool of players is much smaller than online. However, this same small pool of players exists at the higher stakes in online games.
*** Once again, this is assuming they pay attention, and have any common sense - I know a lot to ask for.
Types of Players
In a tournament the perfect opponent is a TAG - meaning a guy who only plays the top 10% of hands and plays them aggressively without being tricky at all. Why do you want your table full of these guys? Simply because you will always know where you are and you can steal their blinds with impunity. Blinds are the key to winning tournaments - if you can steal twice per orbit every orbit you have no problem - you're going deep the vast majority of the time, and when you get there you'll win a lot. The tighter you're opponent the better.
How does this differ from the type of opponent you want to face in a cash game? Well, in a cash game it's very hard to extract money from the same TAG players that you're looking at in a tournament - when they play a pot they have a good hand and you have to outflop them. Players who are very loose aggressive, on the other hand, are great for you. They build big pots with marginal hands, they bluff more and in general make a game much more lucrative. Why? Simply because they induce other's to put more $$ in the middle with weaker holdings. Now, if the LAG is a weak LAG (meaning very spewy) that's great because you can make a lot of $$ off him and off the players who are opening up their ranges (especially if they open up beyond their ability). If it's a strong LAG, it's a bit harder, but the game will still be more profitable than one filled with TAGs.
I'm not saying that a 'rock garden' as it's come to be known is not profitable - in fact it's probably one of the easiest games to make $$ in - you're just looking at a grind winning a lot of small pots and staying away from big ones and a fairly steady, small earn rate. Loose games in general will be much more profitable because there's more $$ flying around - and you can play more hands with implied odds. All of this adds up to you're edge being implemented across more hands in bigger pots resulting in more profit, along with much more variance. This is why I'd always pick a game full of 'crazies' vs a game full of 'tight good players' (that terminology is from the home games I go to).
Bluffing
Every player sits down at a table with a preconception - everyone expects to be bluffed a certain percentage of the time. An extreme example is Player 'xyz' who thinks that no one ever bluffs; he starts playing you and after 100 hands notices that you showed down 2 draws that missed and you bet strongly on flop/turn, the wheels start churning and he thinks that possibly you bluff sometimes - maybe 5% of the time*. So now, he calls only you down a tad more often. As you continue to play his take on your play will move back and forth as you attempt to adjust how often you’re actually bluffing. While this variable is impossible to measure, it definitely has a huge impact on the success rate of your bluffs.
Another element that effects how successful your bluffs are is how often you play the same opponents. Tournaments have you facing opponents for short periods of times and seldom do you see the same opponent over and over. Cash games differ in that you can hunt for a specific opponent or he can hunt for you, in general you're much more likely to play the same opponents in a cash game than a tournament**.
The two most discernable variables in the success of bluffs are ‘Bluffing Frequency’ and ‘Bluffing Perception’. Bluffing frequency is just how often you are bluffing; whereas bluff perception is how often you're opponents think you're bluffing. If you're playing good opponents the two will be fairly close together. If you're playing bad opponents they will either over or under-estimate you're bluffing frequency. Against players who have a high bluff perception you're bluffing frequency should decrease because they will fairly often assume that you are bluffing. Against players with a low bluff perception you're bluffing frequency should increase, because they assume you have a hand when you bet.
Your bluffing frequency and as a result your opponent's bluff perception should never be static. As your bluffing frequency increases you are bound to have to show down a bluff. As you show down more and more bluffs your opponent's bluff perception should increase***. The effect of this is that your opponent's bluff perception goes up and you in turn need to compensate.
In tournaments, you rarely want to be caught bluffing. This is because the amount of chips lost will usually not be made up for by an incorrect assessment of your bluffing frequency. Contrastingly, in cash games this see-saw of bluff frequency and bluff perception is vital to your profitability.
What happens if a player doesn't adjust their bluffing frequency? Well, in general this is bad if you play an opponent for any length of time - it's bad because in essence you make yourself predictable. In this scenario your opponent's bluffing perception will converge with your bluffing frequency over time.
* This is assuming some cognizant thought by your opponent.
** In live play (especially home games) this differs because the pool of players is much smaller than online. However, this same small pool of players exists at the higher stakes in online games.
*** Once again, this is assuming they pay attention, and have any common sense - I know a lot to ask for.
10/16/07 Live Cash
Live Cash
Played at my Tuesday night game, won $245 in 6 hours. Had a rough start, but I'm satisfied since the action guys weren't there to really get the big pots going.
Total today: $245 ($40.83/hour)
Total live: $856/18.5 hours ($46.27/hour)
Played at my Tuesday night game, won $245 in 6 hours. Had a rough start, but I'm satisfied since the action guys weren't there to really get the big pots going.
Total today: $245 ($40.83/hour)
Total live: $856/18.5 hours ($46.27/hour)
Monday, October 15, 2007
10/14/07 Million
Turney
$200 PS - 3212/6366 Made a bad 4-bet and lost all but 1.5k chips. Worked my short stack for an hour and then busted 99 vs JTs.
Deals
MT took down 1.7k on PS . . . 2 weeks till that's over.
Total Today: ($215)
Total since start: $299.56
$200 PS - 3212/6366 Made a bad 4-bet and lost all but 1.5k chips. Worked my short stack for an hour and then busted 99 vs JTs.
Deals
MT took down 1.7k on PS . . . 2 weeks till that's over.
Total Today: ($215)
Total since start: $299.56
Sunday, October 14, 2007
10/12-13/07 Moving up worked out badly
Cash
100 NL - made $37.95 in 980 hands
200 NL - lost $843.20 in 856 hands
I misplayed a few hands and such. So I'll drop down to 100NL till I win it back. Also, for 12-tabling 10k won't be sufficient.
Turneys
$150 PS - 475/664 AA vs KJ AI on J high flop
$50 PS - 584/1259
$50 FTP - 52/343
PCA
Cost of PCA to date: 2k FPP, $67.5
Result: 3 Step 2 tickets, 1 Step 1 ticket.
Total for 2 days: ($1,144.75)
Total since start: $514.56
100 NL - made $37.95 in 980 hands
200 NL - lost $843.20 in 856 hands
I misplayed a few hands and such. So I'll drop down to 100NL till I win it back. Also, for 12-tabling 10k won't be sufficient.
Turneys
$150 PS - 475/664 AA vs KJ AI on J high flop
$50 PS - 584/1259
$50 FTP - 52/343
PCA
Cost of PCA to date: 2k FPP, $67.5
Result: 3 Step 2 tickets, 1 Step 1 ticket.
Total for 2 days: ($1,144.75)
Total since start: $514.56
Friday, October 12, 2007
10/11/07 Cash
Cash
Played 3.3k hands at 100NL FR. Won $120.90 - I threw away a couple of buyins on a couple of stupid plays. I'll probably move up to 200NL FR in a couple of days.
Total today: $120.90
Total since start: $1,659.31
PCA
Stars just introduced these steps so I think I'll try to qualify through them. I hope the tickets are transferrable, but not sure. I played a 500FPP step 1 and finished 5th (played while 12 tabling cash). So I'll keep track of this in it's own section.
Cost of PCA to date: 500FPP, $0
Played 3.3k hands at 100NL FR. Won $120.90 - I threw away a couple of buyins on a couple of stupid plays. I'll probably move up to 200NL FR in a couple of days.
Total today: $120.90
Total since start: $1,659.31
PCA
Stars just introduced these steps so I think I'll try to qualify through them. I hope the tickets are transferrable, but not sure. I played a 500FPP step 1 and finished 5th (played while 12 tabling cash). So I'll keep track of this in it's own section.
Cost of PCA to date: 500FPP, $0
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
10/10/07 A little cash
Cash
100NL FR - played 1,423 hands and won $524.75
$50NL SH - played 830 hands and won $111.15
I tried out $50NL cause of yesterdays (or was it 2 days ago) experience at 100NL 6-max. Anyway the play is fishy and it took me awhile to get used to the bet amount and small stakes. Overall, I think the play is terrible here - so I'm not sure if I'll play 50NL SH again since it'll prob be useless once I get higher up. Huge upswing in 100NL FR - seemed to get paid off whenever I hit a hand.
Total: $653.90
Total since start: $1538.41
100NL FR - played 1,423 hands and won $524.75
$50NL SH - played 830 hands and won $111.15
I tried out $50NL cause of yesterdays (or was it 2 days ago) experience at 100NL 6-max. Anyway the play is fishy and it took me awhile to get used to the bet amount and small stakes. Overall, I think the play is terrible here - so I'm not sure if I'll play 50NL SH again since it'll prob be useless once I get higher up. Huge upswing in 100NL FR - seemed to get paid off whenever I hit a hand.
Total: $653.90
Total since start: $1538.41
10/09/07 100NL 6-max and Live play
Cash
Played 841 hands at 100NL 6-max and lost $198.55, I didn't really like it as it's so overaggressive, it's not that I don't get aggressive enough I start to get over-aggressive myself and that leads me to make mistakes. I'll probably play more hands at 100NL FR, and drop down to 50NL 6-max to work on the 6-max game. Also played 10 hands at 100NL FR and lost $3.45.
Total today: ($202)
Total since blog started: $884.51
Live Cash
I played live for about 7 hours. I made $357 at 1/2 NL. I might go play on a game on thursday night for a few hours since I'm told it's got a lot of action/fish (of course the people telling me this are somewhat action fish themselves so it's gotta be good).
Total today: $357/6 hours ($59.50/hour)
Total since blog: $611/12.5 hours ($48.88/hour)
Played 841 hands at 100NL 6-max and lost $198.55, I didn't really like it as it's so overaggressive, it's not that I don't get aggressive enough I start to get over-aggressive myself and that leads me to make mistakes. I'll probably play more hands at 100NL FR, and drop down to 50NL 6-max to work on the 6-max game. Also played 10 hands at 100NL FR and lost $3.45.
Total today: ($202)
Total since blog started: $884.51
Live Cash
I played live for about 7 hours. I made $357 at 1/2 NL. I might go play on a game on thursday night for a few hours since I'm told it's got a lot of action/fish (of course the people telling me this are somewhat action fish themselves so it's gotta be good).
Total today: $357/6 hours ($59.50/hour)
Total since blog: $611/12.5 hours ($48.88/hour)
Monday, October 8, 2007
10/8/07 Mostly cash a couple of turneys
Turneys
$50 PS - 508/1287 Played a hand really really bad.
$10r PS - 509/1490
Cash
Played 4,278 hands and made $452.20. Very swingy with 2 seperate 3 buy-in swings.
Interesting hands:
$50 PS - 508/1287 Played a hand really really bad.
$10r PS - 509/1490
Cash
Played 4,278 hands and made $452.20. Very swingy with 2 seperate 3 buy-in swings.
Interesting hands:
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566098
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566105
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566119
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566123
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566129
- http://www.pokerhand.org/?1566132
I also played a little razz (made $4.20) and a little .5/1 LHE HU (lost $15.20). In addition to this, I did a short shot-stacking session at 200NL. I'm short-stacking so that I have a good idea of how my opponents play when I move up while the multi-tablers stats on me will be way off (and this is a good +ev way to do it I think). I lost $170.05 while short-stacking.
Total Today: $155.15
Total Since blog Start: $1,086.51
10/08/07 Mil and cash
Turney:
$200 PS - 931/6330 Bubbled.
Cash:
Played 3.6k hands and made $397.20
Total: $182.20
Total since start: $931.36
$200 PS - 931/6330 Bubbled.
Cash:
Played 3.6k hands and made $397.20
Total: $182.20
Total since start: $931.36
Sunday, October 7, 2007
10/06/07 5k+ hands
Cash
Played ~5.3k hands and won a whopping $36.85. Now that's a grind.
Turneys
Played 2 turneys today:
$50 PS - 44/1280 I got short and then did a stop/go right into KK - exciting.
$10r PS - 640/1664 Lost AKs vs AJ - to be fair I had won AQ vs AA against the same guy.
Total today: $175.85
Total since start: $749.16
Tommorow I'll play the sunday million. I'm feeling really good about my tournament play so looking forward to it. I'll probably also play a little more cash (maybe 2k hands or something). Oh, also today I played a 1k FPP satellite to the PCA the play was a lot better than I expected though obviously not great. I finished somewhere in the middle. I think I'll try to qualify for it again this year - though it'll involve a little hassle and in gnereal I'm against satellites.
Played ~5.3k hands and won a whopping $36.85. Now that's a grind.
Turneys
Played 2 turneys today:
$50 PS - 44/1280 I got short and then did a stop/go right into KK - exciting.
$10r PS - 640/1664 Lost AKs vs AJ - to be fair I had won AQ vs AA against the same guy.
Total today: $175.85
Total since start: $749.16
Tommorow I'll play the sunday million. I'm feeling really good about my tournament play so looking forward to it. I'll probably also play a little more cash (maybe 2k hands or something). Oh, also today I played a 1k FPP satellite to the PCA the play was a lot better than I expected though obviously not great. I finished somewhere in the middle. I think I'll try to qualify for it again this year - though it'll involve a little hassle and in gnereal I'm against satellites.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
10/05/07 Cash
Woke up played like 100 hands realized I was playing like a retard and quit (dropped $150 in those hands). Was kinda tilting and dropped $200 at 5/10 LHE SH. Quit for the day (mostly cause I had to go to dinner and I wasn't gonna play a turney). Came back from dinner - I walked there and back like 2.5miles each way and actually ran the last couple of blocks home (I'm really out of shape) - but I felt good afterwards so I started up some $100NL. The first 2k hands went well and I was up about $500 (including the 150 I dropped earlier) then ran into a bunch of 2 outers and shit and made a few mistakes and finished +$177.10. Last night I also played 3 hands at 2/4 6-max and made $5 - I sat down played 2 hands (folded) realized I didn't want to play played the 3rd hand and won it (guessing on the flop) and left - hit and run FTW lol.
I also suck at life I couldn't figure out how to get play money chips on pokerstars so I sent 50 cents to some newbie to help me out. Hopefully he doesn't lose it all on one hand :p.
Total today: ($18.40)
Total Since blog started: $573.31
I'll put in the thoughts I had about the small downswing in the last 500 hands at 100NL today:
[03:22] it's such fucking bullshit
[03:22] I was up over $500 now I'm up 175 . . .
[03:23] cause of the most ridiculous bullshit
[03:24] what's the point of playing if I'm making a whopping $10/hour?
[03:25] so I can get better to the point I'm making $100/hour duh
[03:25] who cares if I lose $350 now? if I learn how to play better it's all coming back neway
[03:26] who cares if I lose a little $$ right now?
[03:27] I can see when I'm 10 tabling 5/10 making 5PTBB/100 the 350 will seem completely meaningless
[03:27] right?
[03:28] so tell me to stfu next time I'm complaining
Also, on a sidenote I noticed a weird thing. I've played 30k hands at 100NL now, and I've played 100+ hands with 1,265 players. Oddly enough only 50.47% of these are losers. I would think this number has to be higher. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway just a weird stat.
I also suck at life I couldn't figure out how to get play money chips on pokerstars so I sent 50 cents to some newbie to help me out. Hopefully he doesn't lose it all on one hand :p.
Total today: ($18.40)
Total Since blog started: $573.31
I'll put in the thoughts I had about the small downswing in the last 500 hands at 100NL today:
[03:22] it's such fucking bullshit
[03:22] I was up over $500 now I'm up 175 . . .
[03:23] cause of the most ridiculous bullshit
[03:24] what's the point of playing if I'm making a whopping $10/hour?
[03:25] so I can get better to the point I'm making $100/hour duh
[03:25] who cares if I lose $350 now? if I learn how to play better it's all coming back neway
[03:26] who cares if I lose a little $$ right now?
[03:27] I can see when I'm 10 tabling 5/10 making 5PTBB/100 the 350 will seem completely meaningless
[03:27] right?
[03:28] so tell me to stfu next time I'm complaining
Also, on a sidenote I noticed a weird thing. I've played 30k hands at 100NL now, and I've played 100+ hands with 1,265 players. Oddly enough only 50.47% of these are losers. I would think this number has to be higher. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyway just a weird stat.
Friday, October 5, 2007
10/04/07 Cash/turneys
Cash
Played 4,224 hands and lost $49. Not happy about this, but I feel I'm getting better at NL.
Turneys
$50 PS - 446/730 I don't remember what happened here
$50 PS - 10/1178 I bubbled the FT. I made a call I probably shouldn't have and then was short, final hand was AT vs A9.
$5r PS - 965/1899
$10r PS - 198/1334 Bubbled.
I also lent this guy $111 don't think he's paying me back - sucks but it's probably for the best. I also reached goldstar already which is pretty crazy.
Total: $41.35
Total since blog start: $591.71
Played 4,224 hands and lost $49. Not happy about this, but I feel I'm getting better at NL.
Turneys
$50 PS - 446/730 I don't remember what happened here
$50 PS - 10/1178 I bubbled the FT. I made a call I probably shouldn't have and then was short, final hand was AT vs A9.
$5r PS - 965/1899
$10r PS - 198/1334 Bubbled.
I also lent this guy $111 don't think he's paying me back - sucks but it's probably for the best. I also reached goldstar already which is pretty crazy.
Total: $41.35
Total since blog start: $591.71
Thursday, October 4, 2007
10/3/07 Cash and turneys
Cash
Tried 12-tabling went well, played 1k hands it went well till the last 100 hands where I got into bad spots and lost 90% of what I had won. Only made $15.35.
Turneys
$10 PS - 1220/2308 Lost AKo vs AKo
$25 PS - 194/1329 I bubbled can't remember how
$50 PS - 442/1061
$5r PS - 233/1962 Lost a flip
$10 1r 1a PS - 105/513 Apparently I'm cursed in this turney. Lost a couple of hands and went out 77 vs KK.
$10r PS - 75/1455 Got a good stack then blew it playing too fancy vs a fish, followed by pushing a 10BB stack into AA :/
Total today: ($12.94)
Total since blog started: $550.36
Also 'MT' has been doing well on UB I think he's up a few hundred on there.
Tried 12-tabling went well, played 1k hands it went well till the last 100 hands where I got into bad spots and lost 90% of what I had won. Only made $15.35.
Turneys
$10 PS - 1220/2308 Lost AKo vs AKo
$25 PS - 194/1329 I bubbled can't remember how
$50 PS - 442/1061
$5r PS - 233/1962 Lost a flip
$10 1r 1a PS - 105/513 Apparently I'm cursed in this turney. Lost a couple of hands and went out 77 vs KK.
$10r PS - 75/1455 Got a good stack then blew it playing too fancy vs a fish, followed by pushing a 10BB stack into AA :/
Total today: ($12.94)
Total since blog started: $550.36
Also 'MT' has been doing well on UB I think he's up a few hundred on there.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
10/2/07 Turneys, cash, deals
Alright I sucked at turneys today:
$50 FTP - 176/287
$50 PS - 373/1400
$25 PS - 1350/1400 43s vs 99 AI on a 4s 3c 6s flop turn was a 9
$24 FTP - 973/1146 - I suck at life :)
$10 FTP - 233/1337 I bubbled this though I was bored and sat out for like 1/2 an hour to take a break
$10 FTP - 899/1466
$50 PS - 723/1176
$50 FTP - 606/1014
Didn't even cash in one which sucked.
Cash
I played a little less than 2.5k hands today at $100NL I lost ~$70 the first 1.5k hands, then during the 2nd 1k hand session I made about $225 and finished + $154.80. I 11-tabled today and didn't have a problem I'll probably jump to 12-13 tables for the next session. I also posted a couple of hands on 2+2 - I don't usually post there but ITH was down so I was like fuck it it's going there: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=12338996&an=0&page=0#Post12338996
Deal
One of my backees won a big tournament today for ~8.9k. The funds don't get dispersed till the 24th but since he can only play $50 and lower turneys I doubt he can lose more than a couple of K. Also, I feel that many people slow down their volume for a couple of days after a big win so I expect him to play a little less. I know he's +ev and couldn't care if he plays during the next week or not - just stating something that I've noticed.
Total today: ($142.7)
Total since blog started: $563.30
I really need to start focusing more while playing turneys.
$50 FTP - 176/287
$50 PS - 373/1400
$25 PS - 1350/1400 43s vs 99 AI on a 4s 3c 6s flop turn was a 9
$24 FTP - 973/1146 - I suck at life :)
$10 FTP - 233/1337 I bubbled this though I was bored and sat out for like 1/2 an hour to take a break
$10 FTP - 899/1466
$50 PS - 723/1176
$50 FTP - 606/1014
Didn't even cash in one which sucked.
Cash
I played a little less than 2.5k hands today at $100NL I lost ~$70 the first 1.5k hands, then during the 2nd 1k hand session I made about $225 and finished + $154.80. I 11-tabled today and didn't have a problem I'll probably jump to 12-13 tables for the next session. I also posted a couple of hands on 2+2 - I don't usually post there but ITH was down so I was like fuck it it's going there: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=12338996&an=0&page=0#Post12338996
Deal
One of my backees won a big tournament today for ~8.9k. The funds don't get dispersed till the 24th but since he can only play $50 and lower turneys I doubt he can lose more than a couple of K. Also, I feel that many people slow down their volume for a couple of days after a big win so I expect him to play a little less. I know he's +ev and couldn't care if he plays during the next week or not - just stating something that I've noticed.
Total today: ($142.7)
Total since blog started: $563.30
I really need to start focusing more while playing turneys.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
10/1/07 Last couple of days
All the tournaments I played:
$100 PS - 201/357
$30 PS - 174/372
$10 FTP - 56/254
$10 FTP - 184/1455
$4 180 PS - 87/180
So I didn't play many turneys. I did play some cash games, I kinda tilted for a bit made 5.5 buyins at 100NL FR, lost 1.7 buyins at 100NL SH and lost $66 fucking around $25NL. The guy in the wcoop didn't cash so that's -$100.
Total: $76.95
Cool thing about 100NL FR is that I've got a new system which should reduce my tilt and also allows me to play a couple more tables.
Total since blog started: $706
$100 PS - 201/357
$30 PS - 174/372
$10 FTP - 56/254
$10 FTP - 184/1455
$4 180 PS - 87/180
So I didn't play many turneys. I did play some cash games, I kinda tilted for a bit made 5.5 buyins at 100NL FR, lost 1.7 buyins at 100NL SH and lost $66 fucking around $25NL. The guy in the wcoop didn't cash so that's -$100.
Total: $76.95
Cool thing about 100NL FR is that I've got a new system which should reduce my tilt and also allows me to play a couple more tables.
Total since blog started: $706
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