Year end reflections and looking forward

2006 is almost over and its time for some reflection and some looking forward (with goals).
At the beginning of the year I was playing some 0,50/1,00 limit and basically playing break
even. I limped KJo UTG and probably made lots of other stupid moves (lots of slowplaying).

During february I decided to switch to SNG's and some tourneys. I bought some books (theory
of poker was the first one). Through this book I found out about www.twoplustwo.com which
is a great site with lots of good advice from very experienced players.

I played about 1,000 SNG's with an average return of about 20% and won a $6 tourney for about
$1250 in April. That moment I decided to move to No limit (full ring). I started at NL100
with a BR of about $3000. Did this for about 3 months (moved to NL200 with $6000 in July)
and then came to the conclusion that everybody was moving to 6max.

At full ring its basically just set mining, 6 max is a total different game, but I think its
lots more fun and you have a bigger advantage against the donks at your table. Started in
August with 6max and a bankroll of $7000 and I've never regretted that decision.

After NY my bankroll is back to about $23,2K (withdraw 3K) and as some of you know I will
start as a 'pro' beginning in february/march. I really have the feeling that this is the
right moment to take the step. Especially here in the Netherlands poker is really booming
and with all the legilation issues in the US you never know how long it holds on and I don't
see myself doing this for more then 3 years.

I'm gonna try to play about 35 hours poker each week and also teach about 4 starting players.
My goal for next year will be to make about an average of 12,5K per month. Take one month
holiday off and january as I will not play full-time in that month and my goal for next
year is about 130K. Yep I know it sounds like a lot, but I really think it should be
attainable because I think I'm capable of playing anywhere between 80K and 100K hands a month.
To get to this goal I don't even have to play higher then NL200 for this. So when I will move
up to NL400/NL600/NL1000, which is likely giving the BR I will probably have somewhere in the
middle of the year, this will be a lot more (if I'm a winner there as well).

I think a winrate of 3 - 3,5 while 8-tabling NL200 and 6 on NL100 is possible for me.
Offcourse I can move up earlier, but I just like my low variance income this way (my StDev
is about 39BB/100 which is pretty low). Offcourse I will try NL400/600/1000 when the time is
good for it so my goals ($ wise) are likely on the low side....

Goals 2006:

Play 1,000,000 hands
Earn $120,000 in cash games
Earn $ 15,000 in bonuses
Learn 4 students to play NL100 6 max as a winner

Wish you all a very happy, healthy and profitable new year!

Hands played : 43,177 (Stars + Party since 27/11/2006, 2 screens)
$ Won in cashgames : $6,768.33
PTBB/100 : 4,99
MT ratio : 6,38 (some laptop 4-tabling)
Hourly win rate: $80,15

Current BR: ~$27,500
Withdrawn in NY -$3,000
BR to start 2007 with $24,500

Sustainable?

Sometimes you have those sessions where everything seems to work. Every move you make is good and you never get sucked out....today session was one like that.



Some hands:

***** Hand History for Game 5540060096 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, December 28, 14:21:55 ET 2006
Table Table 125785 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: stavroselia ( $344.72 )
Seat 4: PSeeward ( $169.65 )
Seat 5: karelen ( $241.85 )
Seat 6: NightPatrol ( $731.50 )
Seat 1: Shark_Killah ( $212.85 )
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $200 )
stavroselia posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Qc Qh ]
>You have options at Table 126536 Table!.
karelen raises [$8]
NightPatrol folds.
Shark_Killah folds.
stavroselia calls [$7]
PayStation4 raises [$31]
karelen folds.
stavroselia calls [$25]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 5c, Kd ]
stavroselia checks.
PayStation4 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
stavroselia bets [$25]
PayStation4 calls [$25]
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
>You have options at Table 126823 Table!.
stavroselia bets [$50]
PayStation4 calls [$50]
stavroselia shows [ As, 9d ]a pair of Kings.
PayStation4 shows [ Qc, Qh ]two pairs, Kings and Queens.
PayStation4 wins $222 from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

***** Hand History for Game 5540144362 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, December 28, 14:53:37 ET 2006
Table Table 125785 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: stavroselia ( $289.42 )
Seat 5: karelen ( $202.85 )
Seat 6: NightPatrol ( $664.85 )
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $352.90 )
Seat 4: N1nj41337 ( $412 )
Seat 1: ICONTBETYOU ( $197 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
N1nj41337 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jh Kc ]
karelen folds.
NightPatrol calls [$2]
ICONTBETYOU folds.
stavroselia calls [$2]
PayStation4 calls [$1]
N1nj41337 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 5d, 9d ]
PayStation4 bets [$6]
N1nj41337 folds.
NightPatrol folds.
stavroselia raises [$12]
PayStation4 calls [$6]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
PayStation4 checks.
stavroselia bets [$12]
PayStation4 calls [$12]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
PayStation4 checks.
stavroselia bets [$12]
PayStation4 calls [$12]
stavroselia shows [ Th, 9h ]a pair of Nines.
PayStation4 shows [ Jh, Kc ]a pair of Jacks.
PayStation4 wins $77 from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.

***** Hand History for Game 5540116879 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, December 28, 14:43:04 ET 2006
Table Table 126744 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: MrPoker585 ( $385.68 )
Seat 5: PayStation4 ( $376.75 )
Seat 6: pokered007 ( $136.11 )
Seat 2: ijk2nd ( $125.48 )
Seat 4: yalibaba ( $261.70 )
Seat 3: ICONTBETYOU ( $190 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
pokered007 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jd Js ]
MrPoker585 folds.
ijk2nd calls [$2]
ICONTBETYOU calls [$2]
yalibaba calls [$2]
PayStation4 raises [$13]
pokered007 folds.
ijk2nd calls [$12]
ICONTBETYOU folds.
yalibaba folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 8d, 3d ]
PayStation4 checks.
ijk2nd bets [$25]
PayStation4 raises [$188]
ijk2nd is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
PayStation4 shows [ Jd, Js ]two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
ijk2nd doesn't show [ Qh, Kd ]a pair of Threes.
PayStation4 wins $76.52 from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
PayStation4 wins $253.96 from the main pot with two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
pokered007 has left the table.

***** Hand History for Game 5540122215 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, December 28, 14:45:04 ET 2006
Table Table 125552 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: klarmanAtze ( $324.63 )
Seat 4: Paul2000111 ( $135.78 )
Seat 5: kukki77 ( $358.70 )
Seat 6: rollontheriver ( $18.93 )
Seat 1: PayStation4 ( $249.05 )
Seat 3: steavobeavo ( $255.50 )
klarmanAtze posts small blind [$1].
steavobeavo posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 5s 5d ]
Paul2000111 raises [$4]
kukki77 folds.
rollontheriver folds.
PayStation4 calls [$4]
klarmanAtze folds.
steavobeavo folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 8s, Qs ]
Paul2000111 bets [$8]
PayStation4 calls [$8]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
Paul2000111 bets [$6]
PayStation4 calls [$6]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
Paul2000111 bets [$8]
PayStation4 calls [$8]
Paul2000111 shows [ Jd, Ks ]a pair of Queens.
PayStation4 shows [ 5s, 5d ]two pairs, Queens and Fives.
PayStation4 wins $52.25 from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Fives.
#Game No : 5540125415

Back from NY

Finally an update again. Back from NY, which was very impressive.
That city really never sleeps. Maybe I post some photos later on.

Back home I played 2 very lang sessions of about 4 hours each and after a my upswing I now know again what a downswing looks like....

The most funy was one hand was at Full tilt at the deepstack table (200BB).
I re-raised an aggro donkey with AsKs and he called, flop was 7s4s2s and he open pushed 170BB all-in. I called and he showed 88. Turn 8 river 2...gg me.

This one was funny as well:

POKERSTARS GAME #7584136052: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/24 - 08:52:48 (ET)
Table 'Senta' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: kk ichi ($555.85 in chips)
Seat 2: arni alo ($538.70 in chips)
Seat 3: AKA_PSV ($300.65 in chips)
Seat 4: taqtiX ($209.10 in chips)
Seat 5: AlphaMale626 ($274.15 in chips)
Seat 6: zoobrew ($215.05 in chips)
AKA_PSV: posts small blind $1
taqtiX: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Kd Kh]
AlphaMale626: folds
zoobrew: raises $2 to $4
kk ichi: raises $10 to $14
arni alo: folds
AKA_PSV: raises $26 to $40
taqtiX: folds
zoobrew: folds
kk ichi: raises $515.85 to $555.85 and is all-in
AKA_PSV: calls $260.65 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9d 8d Jd]
*** TURN *** [9d 8d Jd] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8d Jd Tc] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [Kd Kh] (a flush, King high)
kk ichi: shows [Qh Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
kk ichi collected $604.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $607.30 | Rake $3
Board [9d 8d Jd Tc 4d]
Seat 1: kk ichi showed [Qh Ad] and won ($604.30) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: arni alo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: AKA_PSV (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a flush, King high
Seat 4: taqtiX (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: AlphaMale626 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zoobrew folded before Flop

Or this one against an uberdonk...

POKERSTARS GAME #7558794584: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/22 - 17:31:38 (ET)
Table 'Adorea IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: dj_cyborg ($483.85 in chips)
Seat 3: Tubbs T ($197 in chips)
Seat 4: ImdaSHARKest ($80.40 in chips)
Seat 5: AKA_PSV ($202.45 in chips)
AKA_PSV: posts small blind $1
dj_cyborg: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [8h 8c]
ImdaSHARKest said, "nh"
Tubbs T: folds
ImdaSHARKest: raises $6 to $8
AKA_PSV: calls $7
dj_cyborg: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [9s Ah Ad]
AKA_PSV: checks
dj_cyborg: checks
ImdaSHARKest: checks
*** TURN *** [9s Ah Ad] [8s]
AKA_PSV: bets $14
dj_cyborg: raises $16 to $30
ImdaSHARKest: folds
Skoly joins the table at seat #6
John deVries has returned
AKA_PSV: raises $58 to $88
dj_cyborg: raises $387.85 to $475.85 and is all-in
AKA_PSV: calls $106.45 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9s Ah Ad 8s] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [8h 8c] (a full house, Eights full of Aces)
dj_cyborg: shows [Jh Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
dj_cyborg collected $410.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $412.90 | Rake $2
Board [9s Ah Ad 8s Jd]
Seat 1: dj_cyborg (big blind) showed [Jh Ac] and won ($410.90) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks
Seat 3: Tubbs T folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ImdaSHARKest (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: AKA_PSV (small blind) showed [8h 8c] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Aces

This one against a verry aggro player:

POKERSTARS GAME #7583329587: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/24 - 06:34:36 (ET)
Table 'Alexandra' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: fab36 ($202.55 in chips)
Seat 2: taqtiX ($200 in chips)
Seat 3: AKA_PSV ($192.85 in chips)
Seat 4: JMPRODIGY ($361 in chips)
Seat 5: MetalMover ($257 in chips)
Seat 6: Big_Rob_48 ($509.90 in chips)
taqtiX: posts small blind $1
AKA_PSV: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [8c 7c]
JMPRODIGY: raises $6 to $8
MetalMover: calls $8
Big_Rob_48: folds
fab36: folds
taqtiX: folds
AKA_PSV: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [2c 6h 5h]
AKA_PSV: checks
JMPRODIGY: checks
MetalMover: bets $20
AKA_PSV: raises $32 to $52
JMPRODIGY: folds
MetalMover: calls $32
*** TURN *** [2c 6h 5h] [9h]
AKA_PSV: bets $75
MetalMover: raises $75 to $150
AKA_PSV: calls $57.85 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2c 6h 5h 9h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [8c 7c] (a straight, Five to Nine)
MetalMover: shows [5c 5s] (a full house, Fives full of Sixes)
MetalMover collected $391.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $394.70 | Rake $3
Board [2c 6h 5h 9h 6s]
Seat 1: fab36 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: taqtiX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: AKA_PSV (big blind) showed [8c 7c] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 4: JMPRODIGY folded on the Flop
Seat 5: MetalMover showed [5c 5s] and won ($391.70) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Seat 6: Big_Rob_48 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Some other big pots were mostly due to cold decks....KK vs AA two times and QQ vs KK one time. And offcourse the set over set 77 vs AA.

Then one hand that could be called tilt, although I doubt he would call with AJ/AQ here (thats what I thought he had).

POKERSTARS GAME #7576766859: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/23 - 20:15:37 (ET)
Table 'Holmia IV' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: skydancing8 ($281.90 in chips)
Seat 2: cmoorehogs ($212.80 in chips)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($193.15 in chips)
The Summit will be allowed to play after the button
AKA_PSV: posts small blind $1
skydancing8: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Ac 8c]
cmoorehogs: calls $2
AKA_PSV: raises $6 to $8
skydancing8: calls $6
cmoorehogs: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [5c Ad 2d]
AKA_PSV: checks
skydancing8: checks
cmoorehogs: bets $20
AKA_PSV: calls $20
skydancing8: folds
*** TURN *** [5c Ad 2d] [9s]
AKA_PSV: checks
cmoorehogs: bets $25
AKA_PSV: raises $73 to $98
cmoorehogs: raises $86.80 to $184.80 and is all-in
AKA_PSV: calls $67.15 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [5c Ad 2d 9s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [Ac 8c] (a pair of Aces)
cmoorehogs: shows [2h 2c] (three of a kind, Deuces)
cmoorehogs collected $393.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $394.30 | Rake $1
Board [5c Ad 2d 9s 7h]
Seat 1: skydancing8 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: cmoorehogs (button) showed [2h 2c] and won ($393.30) with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 4: AKA_PSV (small blind) showed [Ac 8c] and lost with a pair of Aces

Oops....I did it again

On the last day of my goal I finally reached the 25K.
It was a really though challenge, but since I'm playing 8 tables I feel like playing my best poker ever.
Some stats for the last 18 days since 8-tabling:

Hands played NL100: 19,207 >> 6,89 PTBB/100
Hands played NL200: 6,318 >> 6,75 PTBB/100
Amount won: $4,449
MT ratio: 6,27
$ won per hour: $102

Current BR: $25,135

My goal is getting closer.....

On the 1st of november I stated my goal for the 15th of december as follows:

"So that $25,000 will be my goal for 15 december. It will be a though goal, but it should be achievable, at least with all the bonuses and rakeback I receive now."

And although I'm not playing as much hours as some other months I'm really close in reaching this goal. My second monitor for playing 8 tables on stars is really paying me off. Since I bought it 2 weeks ago, I played 30 hours of poker and made exactly $3000 in 19,000 hands.

I believe that when you're playing poker seriously, you should really have at least one 20 inch flatscreen. It is so important to have a good set-up and no overlap that you will earn it back in just a few days. I bought both of my monitors for less then $500 in total and I think that shouldn't be a big problem for someone playing NL100.
So for those players on NL100 that are still staring to their 17 inch CRT monitor.....go buy some real stuff, it will earn you so much more money then it will cost you.

On to some poker....after 8-tabling NL100 for 16,000 hands I today decided to do some 8-tabling on NL200. I must say that there are some really tough players on NL200 on stars, but as everywhere it's also full of fish, but I must say that NL200 on stars is the toughest competition I've seen.

Some hand from this morning:

POKERSTARS GAME #7380063110: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/10 - 06:36:40 (ET)
Table 'Guinevere' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: sukmybigslic ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 2: BDaws ($205 in chips)
Seat 3: murasaki6 ($298.20 in chips)
Seat 4: kaimac ($204.60 in chips)
Seat 5: urout39 ($41 in chips)
Seat 6: AKA_PSV ($218.45 in chips)
urout39: posts small blind $1
AKA_PSV: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Ad Ac]
sukmybigslic: folds
BDaws: raises $6 to $8
murasaki6: folds
kaimac: folds
urout39: folds
AKA_PSV: raises $18 to $26
BDaws: calls $18 >> very aggressive and good player (25/20/6)
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qc Tc]
AKA_PSV: checks >> went for check-raise all-in.
BDaws: checks
*** TURN *** [Jc Qc Tc] [9h]
AKA_PSV: checks >> If I bet here he might raise me on this board giving me a though decision
BDaws: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc Qc Tc 9h] [4d]
AKA_PSV: bets $35 >> Value bet
BDaws: calls $35
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces)
BDaws: mucks hand
AKA_PSV collected $120 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $123 | Rake $3
Board [Jc Qc Tc 9h 4d]
Seat 1: sukmybigslic folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BDaws mucked [Qd Ah]
Seat 3: murasaki6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: kaimac (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: urout39 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: AKA_PSV (big blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won ($120) with a pair of Aces

POKERSTARS GAME #7380116051: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/10 - 06:48:27 (ET)
Table 'Guinevere' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: sukmybigslic ($233.90 in chips)
Seat 2: siralos ($200 in chips)
Seat 3: murasaki6 ($224.60 in chips)
Seat 4: kaimac ($198.10 in chips)
Seat 5: crAAck ($197 in chips)
Seat 6: AKA_PSV ($263.45 in chips)
sukmybigslic: posts small blind $1
siralos: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Ac Qd]
murasaki6: folds
kaimac: folds
crAAck: folds
AKA_PSV: raises $6 to $8
sukmybigslic: calls $7
siralos: folds
*** FLOP *** [7h 2s 8c]
sukmybigslic: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $14
sukmybigslic: calls $14
*** TURN *** [7h 2s 8c] [As]
sukmybigslic: bets $40
AKA_PSV: calls $40
*** RIVER *** [7h 2s 8c As] [8d]
sukmybigslic: bets $72
AKA_PSV: calls $72
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sukmybigslic: shows [9h 3h] (a pair of Eights)
AKA_PSV: shows [Ac Qd] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
AKA_PSV collected $267 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $270 | Rake $3
Board [7h 2s 8c As 8d]
Seat 1: sukmybigslic (small blind) showed [9h 3h] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: siralos (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: murasaki6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: kaimac folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: crAAck folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: AKA_PSV (button) showed [Ac Qd] and won ($267) with two pair, Aces and Eights

POKERSTARS GAME #7379951074: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/10 - 06:11:39 (ET)
Table 'Thalassa II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Deicer ($197 in chips)
Seat 2: G!mmeYour$ ($216.35 in chips)
Seat 3: P4YNE ($149.80 in chips)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($272.90 in chips)
Seat 5: daddyrat1 ($91.70 in chips)
Seat 6: fortysix 111 ($103.80 in chips)
G!mmeYour$: posts small blind $1
P4YNE: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Qs Qd]
AKA_PSV: raises $6 to $8
daddyrat1: calls $8
fortysix 111: folds
Deicer: folds
G!mmeYour$: folds
P4YNE: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 5h 6h]
AKA_PSV: bets $12
daddyrat1: raises $12 to $24
AKA_PSV: calls $12
*** TURN *** [4h 5h 6h] [6c]
AKA_PSV: checks
daddyrat1: bets $10
AKA_PSV: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [4h 5h 6h 6c] [Ks]
AKA_PSV: checks
daddyrat1: bets $8
AKA_PSV: calls $8
*** SHOW DOWN ***
daddyrat1: shows [Ac 4c] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
AKA_PSV: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
AKA_PSV collected $100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $103 | Rake $3
Board [4h 5h 6h 6c Ks]
Seat 1: Deicer (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: G!mmeYour$ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: P4YNE (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AKA_PSV showed [Qs Qd] and won ($100) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 5: daddyrat1 showed [Ac 4c] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Fours
Seat 6: fortysix 111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #7379810557: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/10 - 05:40:42 (ET)
Table 'Dodona' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Louthie ($201 in chips)
Seat 2: Jaybean78 ($316.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Tylor_Durden ($200 in chips)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($212.20 in chips)
Seat 5: jaymzisking ($282.25 in chips)
Seat 6: myhedgefund ($57 in chips)
myhedgefund: posts small blind $1
Louthie: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Kc Qs]
Jaybean78: calls $2
Tylor_Durden: calls $2
AKA_PSV: raises $10 to $12
jaymzisking: folds
myhedgefund: folds
Louthie: folds
Jaybean78: calls $10
Tylor_Durden: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd 8h Tc]
Jaybean78: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $20
Jaybean78: calls $20
*** TURN *** [Qd 8h Tc] [5c]
Jaybean78: checks
AKA_PSV: checks
*** RIVER *** [Qd 8h Tc 5c] [2s]
Jaybean78: bets $40
AKA_PSV: calls $40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jaybean78: shows [Jh Qc] (a pair of Queens)
AKA_PSV: shows [Kc Qs] (a pair of Queens - King kicker)
AKA_PSV collected $146 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $149 | Rake $3
Board [Qd 8h Tc 5c 2s]
Seat 1: Louthie (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Jaybean78 showed [Jh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: Tylor_Durden folded before Flop
Seat 4: AKA_PSV showed [Kc Qs] and won ($146) with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: jaymzisking (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: myhedgefund (small blind) folded before Flop

POKERSTARS GAME #7380008426: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/12/10 - 06:24:27 (ET)
Table 'Misenus' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: RandALLin ($854.55 in chips)
Seat 2: TGRBOB ($244.50 in chips)
Seat 3: dicktracy777 ($200 in chips)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($464.15 in chips)
Seat 5: greenrizla ($186.70 in chips)
Seat 6: StatusUp ($179 in chips)
greenrizla: posts small blind $1
StatusUp: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Qh Ad]
RandALLin: folds
TGRBOB: folds
dicktracy777: raises $4 to $6
AKA_PSV: raises $14 to $20
greenrizla: folds
StatusUp: folds
dicktracy777: calls $14
*** FLOP *** [7c Qc Jd]
dicktracy777: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $31
dicktracy777: raises $49 to $80
AKA_PSV: calls $49
*** TURN *** [7c Qc Jd] [9d]
dicktracy777: bets $100 and is all-in
AKA_PSV: folds
dicktracy777 collected $200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $203 | Rake $3
Board [7c Qc Jd 9d]
Seat 1: RandALLin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TGRBOB folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dicktracy777 collected ($200)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: greenrizla (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: StatusUp (big blind) folded before Flop


Hands played : 18,341 (Stars since 27/11/2006)
$ Won : $3,067.35
PTBB/100 : 7,18
MT ratio : 6,23 (some laptop 4-tabling)
Hourly win rate: $98,95

Current BR: ~$23,700

First week on Stars

A very quick update again. I just finished my first week of 8 tabling on stars and the results are nice.

Hands played : 10,068
$ Won : $2,111.25
PTBB/100 : 10,48
MT ratio : 5,92 (some laptop 4-tabling)
Hourly win rate: $115,16

Current BR: ~$23,000

Winning account on Stars

It's time for an update again. This week I decide to try to play some poker on stars. Because I bought an extra screen I can now easily 8-table and Pokerstars is THE place to multi-table. The software is excellent, you have a timebank and are allowed to open up 12 tables at once.

Because I didn't have any data on the players there and also no experience 8-tabling I just started at NL100. And it's just amazing how many nice hands you get in one hour when 8-tabling. On average I played 750 hands per hour on Stars. This means that you get QQ/KK or AA once every 6 minutes! So you constantly have the feeling that you're running hot.

While I thought that I was running good on Party with 14 PTB/100 over 7,000 hands. On stars its even better with 16 PTBB/100 over 4,500 hands. The sample size is pretty small offcourse but it feels like I'm printing money at the moment. Because the big difference is in the multi-table ratio which is 2 times higher then at party, my hourly rate at Stars is $192. in comparison with $100 at Party (only on NL100).

I'm still in doubt what to do the next weeks. I'm way overrolled for NL100 (222 but-ins at the moment...), but as long as my winrate stays above 10 I'm earning at least $150 an hour with no stress and very little variance (% of BR wise).
So I might try to reach my goal (25K) here and then after my week off I will re-evaluate. I know it sounds nitty, and I will move up to NL400 again soon, but it's just to easy money at the moment.

I'm just gonna post some random big hands (mostly standard hands):

POKERSTARS GAME #7240170899: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/11/30 - 14:41:56 (ET)
Table 'Cygnus II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bosoxfan55 ($101.35 in chips)
Seat 2: AKA_PSV ($100 in chips)
Seat 3: AngeL_fH ($96.50 in chips)
Seat 4: akevin87 ($180.85 in chips)
Seat 5: skooled ($26.35 in chips)
Seat 6: martijn1979 ($85.65 in chips)
bosoxfan55: posts small blind $0.50
AKA_PSV: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [2s 2c]
AngeL_fH: folds
akevin87: folds
skooled: calls $1
martijn1979: folds
bosoxfan55: calls $0.50
AKA_PSV: raises $4 to $5
skooled: calls $4
bosoxfan55: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [2h Ad Jc]
bosoxfan55: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $9
skooled: folds
bosoxfan55: raises $24 to $33
AKA_PSV: calls $24
*** TURN *** [2h Ad Jc] [8d]
bosoxfan55: bets $27
AKA_PSV: raises $27 to $54
bosoxfan55: folds
AKA_PSV collected $132 from pot
AKA_PSV: doesn't show hand
skooled said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $135 | Rake $3
Board [2h Ad Jc 8d]
Seat 1: bosoxfan55 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: AKA_PSV (big blind) collected ($132)
Seat 3: AngeL_fH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: akevin87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: skooled folded on the Flop
Seat 6: martijn1979 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

POKERSTARS GAME #7240076114: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/11/30 - 14:33:09 (ET)
Table 'Columbia III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: AKA_PSV ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 2: NutMucka ($109.95 in chips)
Seat 4: hitman255 ($173.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Oli16m ($88.90 in chips)
Seat 6: BennyP82 ($99 in chips)
BennyP82: posts small blind $0.50
AKA_PSV: posts big blind $1
arkana: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [7s 7d]
NutMucka: folds
hitman255: calls $1
Oli16m: calls $1
BennyP82: raises $5 to $6
AKA_PSV: calls $5
hitman255: folds
Oli16m: folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 6s 4d]
BennyP82: bets $9.50
AKA_PSV: calls $9.50
*** TURN *** [3c 6s 4d] [2d]
BennyP82: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $22
BennyP82: calls $22
*** RIVER *** [3c 6s 4d 2d] [4s]
BennyP82: checks
AKA_PSV: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BennyP82: shows [Qd Ad] (a pair of Fours)
AKA_PSV: shows [7s 7d] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
AKA_PSV collected $75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $77 | Rake $2
Board [3c 6s 4d 2d 4s]
Seat 1: AKA_PSV (big blind) showed [7s 7d] and won ($75) with two pair, Sevens and Fours
Seat 2: NutMucka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: hitman255 folded before Flop
Seat 5: Oli16m (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: BennyP82 (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with a pair of Fours

POKERSTARS GAME #7240311966: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/11/30 - 14:54:51 (ET)
Table 'Arete III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: AKA_PSV ($123.45 in chips)
Seat 2: sdhrthk ($126.95 in chips)
Seat 3: twosevoff ($220.30 in chips)
Seat 4: 1 notagian ($63.50 in chips)
Seat 6: BennyP82 ($148.95 in chips)
sdhrthk: posts small blind $0.50
twosevoff: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [6h 6d]
1 notagian: calls $1
BennyP82: raises $4 to $5
BearCat4Life joins the table at seat #5
AKA_PSV: calls $5
sdhrthk: folds
twosevoff: calls $4
1 notagian: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [6c Kh 3s]
twosevoff: checks
1 notagian: checks
BennyP82: bets $14.50
AKA_PSV: calls $14.50
twosevoff: calls $14.50
1 notagian: folds
*** TURN *** [6c Kh 3s] [3d]
twosevoff: checks
BennyP82: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $37
twosevoff: calls $37
BennyP82: folds
*** RIVER *** [6c Kh 3s 3d] [5s]
twosevoff: checks
AKA_PSV: bets $66.95 and is all-in
twosevoff said, "sixes?"
twosevoff said, "or the same hand as me?"
twosevoff: calls $66.95
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKA_PSV: shows [6h 6d] (a full house, Sixes full of Threes)
twosevoff: mucks hand
twosevoff said, "nh"
AKA_PSV collected $269.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $271.90 | Rake $2
Board [6c Kh 3s 3d 5s]
Seat 1: AKA_PSV (button) showed [6h 6d] and won ($269.90) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes
Seat 2: sdhrthk (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: twosevoff (big blind) mucked [Kc As]
Seat 4: 1 notagian folded on the Flop
Seat 6: BennyP82 folded on the Turn

POKERSTARS GAME #7240198889: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/11/30 - 14:44:28 (ET)
Table 'Agrius II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: playhard2 ($60.15 in chips)
Seat 2: leuzzo 420 ($51.15 in chips)
Seat 3: drewlo12 ($57.55 in chips)
Seat 4: janetlee123 ($139.45 in chips)
Seat 5: AKA_PSV ($105.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Spoon2004 ($42.90 in chips)
playhard2: posts small blind $0.50
leuzzo 420: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Ad Ah]
drewlo12: folds
janetlee123: calls $1
AKA_PSV: raises $3 to $4
leuzzo 420 said, "LSHORE OF LAKE SUPIOER IN UPPER MICHIGAN"
Spoon2004: folds
playhard2: folds
leuzzo 420: calls $3
Spoon2004 said, "o ok"
janetlee123: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [9c Kh Kd]
leuzzo 420: checks
janetlee123: checks
AKA_PSV: checks
*** TURN *** [9c Kh Kd] [3h]
leuzzo 420: bets $5
janetlee123: calls $5
AKA_PSV: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [9c Kh Kd 3h] [7c]
leuzzo 420: bets $4
janetlee123: calls $4
AKA_PSV: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
leuzzo 420: shows [5h 5c] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
janetlee123: shows [6s 6c] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
AKA_PSV: shows [Ad Ah] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
AKA_PSV collected $37.60 from pot
leuzzo 420 said, "NHS"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $39.50 | Rake $1.90
Board [9c Kh Kd 3h 7c]
Seat 1: playhard2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: leuzzo 420 (big blind) showed [5h 5c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 3: drewlo12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: janetlee123 showed [6s 6c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 5: AKA_PSV showed [Ad Ah] and won ($37.60) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 6: Spoon2004 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hands played in November 28,800
Won in cash games $3,660
Bonus received: $790
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : $22,250
Pending Full Tilt bonus $380

Strategy - 3-betting pre-flop

As promised in my previous post I want to write something about strategy and 3-betting seems like a nice subject as it so important when moving up. When 3-betting or calling 3-bets there are some things to keep in mind:

* Who is the PFR/3-better - someone who raises 15-17% of his hands is not only 3-betting with AA/KK/AK, but someone who raises only 8% is probably only doing it with QQ+/AK.This is also an important factor when making a 3bet.

* Position - Someone who raises UTG has offcourse a much smaller range then someone who raised from the button. Most 3-betting is in the typical blinds-steals. Keep in mind that ranges are very wide here, for both raising and 3-betting from SB/BB.

* Stacksize - Especially when calling 3bets with holdings that have implied odds (PP's, SC's)it is important that you both have at least a buy-in. Also be careful with 3-betting shortieswith marginal cards.

* Image - when your 3-betting a lot, people get angry and will play back on you when they think your full of it. Keep this in mind when players are pushing all-in for example, they are probably not doing this with AA/KK only and so your calling range should increase.

Some practical tips:

* I don't like to call 3-bets with hands like AQ/KQ and even AK. I rather fold them or make a 4-bet against an agressive TAG (21/17 kind of player). When 4-betting you need to keep in mind the stack sizes. For example: When stacks sizes are $100 and I open with AK to $3,5 UTG and the BB makes it $11, I usually make it $27 or something like that, that gives me a chanceto fold when he pushes, but he also knows that when he calls, he plays for stacks, so hiscalling range is very small (QQ+/AK, in general). When you have position on the 3-better, for example in blind wars on the button, I callwith a lot more hands like T9s for example if stacks are deep enough.

* The size of a re-raise is also important, you always see a lot of players make mini re-raises.
This is offcourse never good. My rule of the tumb for 3-betting is always:3 times raiser + 1 BB if there is only one raiser. And 4 times raiser + 1 BB when there isa raiser and a caller behind.

So thats it for now. I hope that some people can learn something from it. I think that this advice is mostly applicable for NL100+, because at lower levels you don't see that much 3-betting and when you do see it, its almost always AA/KK and at NL200 you might see TT/T9s as well, so that makes a big difference in play.

Running hot

Yesterday evening I had a another sick run. Because I had been drinken some beer I decided to play NL100 and some NL200 only. But the players were absolutely awful. I don't know what it is the last days, but it seems that all the solid TAG's are gone. I played 6 tabels and there was not one single player who I knew as a regular. Just a lot of players throwing away money.

So I started not so good, being down $250 pretty quick, but I ended up well over $800 in profit....in just 3 hours on 5 tables NL100 and 1 NL200.
At the moment my winrate at NL100 for november, over about 7,000 hands is 15 PTBB/100.
As 6-tabling on NL100 is very easy, I make about $150 an hour on NL100.
So if the games at NL100 stay as soft as they are now, I might do some more 6-tabling there.

Hands played in November 21,485
Won in cash games $2,987
Bonus received: $770
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : $21,567
Pending Full Tilt bonus $400

My worst hand ever....

and it's not even close...
I almost feel ashamed to show you the worst hand I played in a while.
I don't have the exact HH here, but it still remember it, because it was so bad.

The player in the hand is a bad one. He limps a lot and only raises about 6% of his hands (big pairs and AK/AQ). His stats are about 45/6/1. So he is the kind of player who likes to limp and suited ace/king and other paint cards like JTo. He also goes to showdown way to much, which means he calls to much and is probably not that agressive.

Seat 2: Loose passive fish ( ~$500)
Seat 4: XXX
Seat 6: PayStation4 ( ~$200 )
Seat 1: XXX
Seat 3: XXX
Seat 5: XXX
XXX posts small blind [$1].
XXX posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ks Qd ]
Loose passive fish calls [$2]
XXX folds.
PayStation4 raises [$9] > standard raise
Loose passive fish calls [$7] > he calls, which means nothing, his range is huge
XXX folds
XXX folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 4d, 5s ] > pot = $21
loose passive fish checks.
PayStation4 checks > This is a flop a like to check behind, especially against these kind of calling stations with 2 overcards.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ] > at least I have TP now
Loose passive fish bets [$20] > he instantly betted the pot, which looked liked a bluff or a missed check raise on the flop, he also could have a weaker K.
PayStation4 calls [$20] > I make the call, and I think that is the only possibility here
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ] > pot = $ 60 > Now also a 4 (44 beats me)
Loose passive fish bets [$60] > again he betted the pot fairly quickly and as he limped pre-flop it should be clear now that he either has a set or the straight, cause 22-66 are all very likely holdings for him here
PayStation4 calls [$60] > Here you see one of the most stupid calls ever.....I seriously don't know what I thought I could beat here (KJ....) and I knew exactly what he had (22-66), but still I called because he was such a fish.

Lucky for me this was my only real mistake from yesterday so I still ended with a profit of about $350, but somehow this hand keeps going through my mind, so hopefully now I can move one again.
Another nice hand from yesterday was were I got it all-in preflop with KK and was up against A9o.....No Ace on the board and I took down a nice $400 pot, but the funny thing was that his name was something like Markbiggestfishever. How helpful names can be sometimes.....

I also noticed that a lot of people (at least more then I expected) are reading this blog and I'm planning on writing some (possibly) interesting strategy thing again. But I'd like to have some input of everyone reading this about what I can write something. So please let me know.

Hands played in November ~21,000
Won in cash games ~$2200
Bonus received: $650
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : $20,650
Pending Full Tilt bonus $400

20K!

Finally I passed the 20K. So here is a quick update.

Hands played in November 15,590
Won in cash games $1898
Bonus received: $450
Lost in tourney: $40
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : $20,112
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

NL 400 >> 1,000 hands >> 5,51 PTBB/100
NL 200 >> 11,290 hands >> 0,38 PTBB/100
NL 100 >> 2,700 hands >> 19,22 PTBB/100
NL 25 >> 600 hands >> 5,80 PTBB/100

Some big hands:

***** Hand History for Game 5442875450 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 17, 16:19:48 ET 2006
Table Table 125552 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $449.46 )
Seat 4: ElCreco ( $227.65 )
Seat 6: hagelq ( $131.80 )
Seat 1: evenbj ( $206 )
Seat 3: Houbsky ( $59.66 )
Seat 5: potato_onion ( $198 )
potato_onion posts small blind [$1].
evenbj posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ks Kd ]
PayStation4 raises [$7]
Houbsky folds.
ElCreco calls [$7]
potato_onion calls [$6]
evenbj folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, Js, Qd ]
potato_onion checks.
PayStation4 bets [$17]
ElCreco calls [$17]
potato_onion folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
PayStation4 bets [$40]
ElCreco raises [$100]
PayStation4 calls [$60]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
PayStation4 bets [$88]
ElCreco is all-In.
PayStation4 calls [$15.65]
PayStation4 shows [ Ks, Kd ]three of a kind, Kings.
ElCreco shows [ Ad, Td ]a straight Ten to Ace.
ElCreco wins $462.30 from the main pot with a straight, Ten to Ace.

***** Hand History for Game 5443072289 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 17, 17:44:01 ET 2006
Table Table 125552 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $231.45 )
Seat 6: hagelq ( $421.30 )
Seat 3: Houbsky ( $177.67 )
Seat 5: ElCreco ( $183.65 )
Seat 4: NHFTW ( $182.20 )
Seat 1: davidross ( $194 )
NHFTW posts small blind [$1].
ElCreco posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Kh Qs ]
hagelq calls [$2]
davidross folds.
PayStation4 raises [$9]
Houbsky folds.
NHFTW folds.
ElCreco folds.
hagelq calls [$7]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 4s, 9d ]
hagelq bets [$15]
PayStation4 calls [$15]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
hagelq bets [$45]
>You have options at Table 125884 Table!.
PayStation4 calls [$45]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
hagelq bets [$150]
PayStation4 calls [$150]
hagelq shows [ 2s, Ts ]a pair of Tens.
PayStation4 shows [ Kh, Qs ]a pair of Queens.
PayStation4 wins $438 from the main pot with a pair of Queens.

***** Hand History for Game 5442668293 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 17, 14:44:49 ET 2006
Table Table 125884 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mr_Haraldsen ( $101.85 )
Seat 4: ElCreco ( $132.60 )
Seat 5: Helicopterpp ( $121.40 )
Seat 6: RainBroker ( $185 )
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $202 )
Seat 2: Spichi ( $46 )
Spichi posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Qc Ac ]
Helicopterpp raises [$4]
RainBroker folds.
Mr_Haraldsen calls [$4]
Spichi folds.
PayStation4 raises [$15]
Helicopterpp folds.
Mr_Haraldsen calls [$13]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Kc, Jc ]
PayStation4 bets [$25]
Mr_Haraldsen calls [$25]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
PayStation4 checks.
Mr_Haraldsen is all-In.
PayStation4 calls [$59.85]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
PayStation4 shows [ Qc, Ac ]a flush, Ace high.
Mr_Haraldsen shows [ 3d, 3s ]four of a kind, Threes.
Mr_Haraldsen wins $206.70 from the main pot with four of a kind, Threes.
#Game No : 5442669911

***** Hand History for Game 5442744473 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 17, 15:25:38 ET 2006
Table Table 125884 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $351.47 )
Seat 1: pokerturk ( $120.58 )
Seat 2: Dopstra ( $124.24 )
Seat 6: DpokW ( $140.26 )
Seat 4: Monti666 ( $247.81 )
Seat 5: VICTORY68 ( $193 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
Monti666 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 4c 4h ]
VICTORY68 calls [$2]
DpokW folds.
Dopstra calls [$2]
PayStation4 raises [$10]
Monti666 folds.
VICTORY68 folds.
Dopstra calls [$9]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 3h, 6h ]
PayStation4 checks.
Dopstra checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
PayStation4 bets [$16]
Dopstra calls [$16]
** Dealing River ** [ 4d ]
PayStation4 bets [$50]
>You have options at Table 125885 Table!.
>You have options at Table 126324 (No DP) Table!.
Dopstra is all-In.
75?
PayStation4 calls [$47.24]
PayStation4 shows [ 4c, 4h ]three of a kind, Fours.
Dopstra shows [ 5s, 7s ]a straight Four to Eight.
Dopstra wins $250.48 from the main pot with a straight, Four to Eight.

***** Hand History for Game 5442936711 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 17, 16:43:01 ET 2006
Table Table 125884 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $361.50 )
Seat 2: potato_onion ( $398.86 )
Seat 1: aalanden111 ( $83.45 )
Seat 6: beaker999 ( $206.31 )
Seat 4: Zsuninho ( $10.35 )
Seat 5: DonKarlione ( $95 )
potato_onion posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Qc Qh ]
Zsuninho folds.
DonKarlione folds.
beaker999 calls [$2]
aalanden111 folds.
potato_onion folds.
PayStation4 raises [$7]
beaker999 calls [$7]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 3s, 2h ]
PayStation4 bets [$14]
beaker999 raises [$38]
PayStation4 raises [$111]
beaker999 is all-In.
PayStation4 calls [$72.31]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
PayStation4 shows [ Qc, Qh ]two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
beaker999 doesn't show [ 2d, 3d ]two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
PayStation4 wins $410.62 from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
#Game No : 5442940372

Biggest fish ever

As told in my post before I was sitting at a table with the biggest luckiest fish ever. As promised here are some hands of him when he still was lucky:

***** Hand History for Game 5436854581 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 14, 16:31:17 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PSeeward ( $195 )
Seat 5: vovver ( $88.01 )
Seat 6: Dino80222 ( $601.01 ) >> MEGAFISH
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $388.40 )
Seat 2: totteak ( $168.42 )
Seat 1: perfect007 ( $285.16 )
perfect007 posts small blind [$1].
totteak posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jc 8c ]
PSeeward calls [$2]
PayStation4 folds
vovver calls [$2]
Dino80222 calls [$2]
perfect007 raises [$11]
totteak folds
PSeeward folds
vovver calls [$10]
Dino80222 calls [$10]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 5s, 6s ]
perfect007 bets [$25]
vovver folds
Dino80222 calls [$25]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
perfect007 bets [$75]
Dino80222 calls [$75]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
perfect007 bets [$150]
Dino80222 raises [$300]
perfect007 is all-In.
Dino80222 shows [ 7s, 4c ]a straight Three to Seven.
perfect007 doesn't show [ 9c, 6c ]two pairs, Nines and Sixes.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 14 2006 16:32 ET
Dino80222 wins $126.84 from side pot #1 with a straight, Three to Seven.
Dino80222 wins $582.82 from the main pot with a straight, Three to Seven.
#Game No : 5436858069

***** Hand History for Game 5437032502 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 14, 17:43:52 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PSeeward ( $185.95 )
Seat 6: Dino80222 ( $809.43 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $1063.85 )
Seat 1: tlbcaptain ( $244.55 )
Seat 2: OGSolskjaer ( $194 )
Seat 5: KungShu ( $74.85 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
KungShu posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 2c Ks ]
Dino80222 raises [$4]
tlbcaptain folds
OGSolskjaer folds
PSeeward calls [$4]
PayStation4 folds
KungShu calls [$2]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, 7d, 5c ]
KungShu bets [$10]
Dino80222 calls [$10]
PSeeward raises [$25]
KungShu calls [$15]
Dino80222 calls [$15]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
KungShu bets [$15]
Dino80222 calls [$15]
PSeeward raises [$75]
KungShu is all-In.
Dino80222 calls [$60]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
Dino80222 bets [$90]
PSeeward is all-In.
Dino80222 shows [ 3s, 3c ]three of a kind, Threes.
PSeeward doesn't show [ As, 7s ]two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
KungShu doesn't show [ Ad, Kh ]a pair of Aces.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 14 2006 17:44 ET
Dino80222 wins $8.05 from side pot #2 with three of a kind, Threes.
Dino80222 wins $222.20 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Threes.
Dino80222 wins $222.05 from the main pot with three of a kind, Threes.
#Game No : 5437034480

***** Hand History for Game 5437038794 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 14, 17:46:47 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PSeeward ( $198 )
Seat 6: Dino80222 ( $1069.38 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $1074.40 )
Seat 1: tlbcaptain ( $240.55 )
Seat 2: OGSolskjaer ( $181.30 )
Seat 5: KungShu ( $50 )
PSeeward posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 8s 4h ]
KungShu raises [$4]
Dino80222 calls [$4]
tlbcaptain folds
OGSolskjaer folds
PSeeward raises [$14]
PayStation4 folds
KungShu calls [$11]
Dino80222 calls [$11]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 5s, 5c ]
>You have options at Table 125885 Table!.
PSeeward bets [$50]
KungShu folds
Dino80222 raises [$288]
PSeeward is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
Dino80222 shows [ 5d, Ts ]a full house, Fives full of Sixes.
PSeeward doesn't show [ Jc, Jd ]two pairs, Jacks and Sixes.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 14 2006 17:47 ET
Dino80222 wins $105 from side pot #1 with a full house, Fives full of Sixes.
Dino80222 wins $409.50 from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of Sixes.
#Game No : 5437040282

***** Hand History for Game 5437111677 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 14, 18:20:57 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PSeeward ( $341.60 )
Seat 6: Dino80222 ( $582.08 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $1272.40 )
Seat 1: tlbcaptain ( $473.15 )
Seat 2: OGSolskjaer ( $418.80 )
Seat 5: Swe4aces ( $98 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
Swe4aces posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 7d 7h ] >> This should have been 9d 9s!!
Dino80222 calls [$2]
tlbcaptain folds
OGSolskjaer raises [$9]
PSeeward calls [$9]
PayStation4 calls [$8]
Swe4aces folds
Dino80222 calls [$7]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 9h, Ad ]
PayStation4 checks
Dino80222 checks
>You have options at Table 125497 Table!.
OGSolskjaer bets [$28]
PSeeward calls [$28]
PayStation4 folds
Dino80222 calls [$28]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
Dino80222 checks
OGSolskjaer checks
PSeeward bets [$100]
Dino80222 calls [$100]
OGSolskjaer calls [$100]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
Dino80222 checks
OGSolskjaer checks
PSeeward is all-In.
Dino80222 calls [$204.60]
OGSolskjaer folds
Dino80222 shows [ 9c, 6d ]two pairs, Nines and Sixes.
PSeeward shows [ As, Jh ]two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 14 2006 18:22 ET
PSeeward wins $827.70 from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
#Game No : 5437114846

***** Hand History for Game 5437048728 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 14, 17:51:20 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: PSeeward ( $186 )
Seat 6: Dino80222 ( $1247.38 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $1069.40 )
Seat 1: tlbcaptain ( $314.75 )
Seat 2: OGSolskjaer ( $200 )
tlbcaptain posts small blind [$1].
OGSolskjaer posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ac 7c ]
PSeeward folds
PayStation4 raises [$7]
Dino80222 calls [$7]
tlbcaptain folds
OGSolskjaer folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 8h, Kc ]
PayStation4 bets [$10]
Dino80222 calls [$10]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
PayStation4 checks
Dino80222 bets [$20]
PayStation4 calls [$20]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
PayStation4 checks
Dino80222 bets [$50]
PayStation4 calls [$50]
Dino80222 shows [ 6h, 4s ]high card Ace.
PayStation4 shows [ Ac, 7c ]a pair of Aces.
The time at which hand ended:Nov 14 2006 17:51 ET
PayStation4 wins $174.50 from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
#Game No : 5437050240


Hands played in November ~10,000
Won in cash games $1765
Bonus received: $150
Lost in tourney: $40
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : ~$19,675
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

An amazing comeback and some coaching

Yesterday was one of the craziest sessions I've ever had.
In the morning I lost $800 on NL200 in less then 1500 hands. No spectacular pots at all, but just losing money all over the place.

Then in the afternoon I started with teaching someone (Ruben) to play some 6max. He will start at NL25 with a BR of about $550 and hopefully we can make it to NL100.
The first 2 hour session went very well. He played (with offcourse some help from me) about 180 hands and won about $65 (+/- 70 PTBB/100 ;-))which was a 10% increase of his bankroll which is a great start.

Then in the evening I wanted to make my $800 back, but again it started bad and I was down $250 pretty quickly. But thanks to my great table selection I found a huge fish, with lots of money (about $500 at that time). He also turned out to be amazingly lucky (not against me luckily). So I was winning lots of money there and this big fish was hitting the most amazing suck-outs I've ever seen against everyone except me(details will follow). So Within 2,5 hours we both had $1200 at that table.

At that time his luck was over and unfortunalety I didn't hit much against him anymore (the others did), so in the next 1,5 hour he lost his entire stack and I ended up at $1404 (which is a new record for me).

So at the end of the day I finished up $50 after being down to about $1150.

A very well played hand

Its time for a very short update on my progress. I'm in Italy at the moment and therefore playing very little lately and when I played it was on my laptop without PT. As I always move down when playing on a laptop, I played NL100. Things are going very well again. As I don't have PT available at the moment I don't know my exact stats, but at NL100 I must be well over 20 PTBB/100. Its only about 2,500 hands so a very small sample, but I'm playing great, even without PT stats.
One hand I like to show, is one hand which I tink I played perfect.

***** Hand History for Game 5428590955 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, November 10, 18:08:27 ET 2006
Table Table 126292 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: docschneid ( $296.69 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $112.50 )
Seat 1: Magiic ( $10 )
Seat 3: KliMakz ( $76.40 ) > Don't know much about him, but shortstacks are generally bad so I don't give him much respect.
Seat 5: Rusbail ( $103.20 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$0.50].
Rusbail posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 8d 8s ]
KliMakz calls [$1].
PayStation4 raises [$3.90].
> Standard raise after one early limper with 88.
Rusbail folds.
KliMakz calls [$3.40].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 7d, 3c ]
> Drawy board that might help a limper with all kind of hands like flush draws, straight draws, sets.
PayStation4 bets [$7.50]. > standard c-bet
KliMakz raises [$15]. > he min-raises me, which is typical for shortstacks and is more often a draw/bluff then its a set, straight. I actually think its never a straight.
PayStation4 calls [$7.50]. So I just call and plan on C/R any non diamond or 5/6, because he will put me on a AK type of hand when I check the turn.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ] > This is probably the best card for me, as there are now even more draws and I dont think he has a 4 or a boat and he will be very often bluffing this turn and could call my all-in with and draw at that time, when I will be a favorite.
PayStation4 checks.
KliMakz bets [$20]. > as expected he makes a sort of blocking bet which convinces me even more to push
PayStation4 is all-In [$93.10]
KliMakz is all-In [$37]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
>You have options at Table 126558 (No DP) Table!.
KliMakz shows [ 5d, 5s ] two pairs, Fives and Fours.
PayStation4 shows [ 8d, 8s ] two pairs, Eights and Fours.
PayStation4 wins $36.10 from side pot #1 with two pairs, Eights and Fours.
PayStation4 wins $152.80 from the main pot with two pairs, Eights and Fours.

Hands played in November ~6,200
Won in cash games $1425
Bonus received: $150
BR beginning of November: $17,800
Current BR : ~$19,375
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

New update

After my last update I played about 3,500 hands with mixed results.
During the weekend I took a shot at NL400 and again was very unlucky.
I flopped a straight when I called raise with 87s(spades). The board was 569 with 2 diamonds. The PRF check/raised me and I made it $150 to go with a 4-bet, which he pushed all-in.
Offcourse he was on a draw with AdQd and hit his flush on the river. After that I won about $200 back, but still my shots on NL400 are very unlucky.

Then on monday I had a very strange session. I lost about $550 in about an hour on NL200. I lost with a flopped straight and a full house. Then at the end of the evening I decided to play some NL100 and I won $300 back in less then an hour. Yesterday was also a very good evenening which made me around $450. So all together I'm back at my all time high.

I also made a demo video for pokernews, and I'm plannig on making some more with probably some commentary. So if you guys (or girls) are interested on how I'm playing please visit Pokernews and download the video.

Hands played in November ~4,300
Won in cash games $550
Bonus received: $150
BR beginning of september: $17,800
Current BR : ~$18,500
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

Closing October + Goals November

I'm happy October is over. It was not a great month for me.
Although I received a lot of money from bonuses (about $1150), I didn't do good in cash games. I actually lost some money on NL100 and won a little more then 3 PTBB/100 @ NL200.

Hands played in october ~35,000
Won in cash games ~$1720
Amount lost in tourney ~$110
Bonus received: $1,150
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$17,800
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

For November I'm gonna set my goals on 15 December. That's the day I will go to New York with my girlfriend. I paid for this trip when I reached my $10,000 BR and that day I told my self that I would aim for a $25,000 BR before NY.
So that $25,000 will be my goal for 15 december. It will be a though goal, but it should be achievable, at least with all the bonuses and rakeback I receive now.
In NY I'm gonna spend a lot of $$$, so I hope to keep my roll over 20K at the end of the year ;-)

I also decided that I really should stop playing NL100. My bankroll is far to big for it and I notice that I'm not playing my best game therefor. So I will only play NL100 when there is some real big fish with at least a whole buy-in, for the rest I will concentrate on NL200 and hopefully later on NL400.

Hands played in November 850
Won in cash games $380
Bonus received: $55
BR beginning of september: $17,800
Current BR : ~$18,235
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

New PSP in half an hour.....

Every downswing is followed by an upswing.
Yesterday I again found out about that. As told in my previous post I had a terrible downswing (-$1500 on NL100 and NL200). So yesterday I decided to buy myself a nice gadget to remember why I'm playing poker and for my birtday (which is today). So I bought a white PSP.
So if anybody knows some nice games....please tell me.

After that I decided to play some poker for 2,5 hours (about 850 hands) and I won more then $1 per hand! I ended up winning $853 which is about 40 PTBB/100....
Offcourse this is not sustainable at all, but for the moment it was sweet!
So I'm back on track and I will at least get one of my goals (I'm 4,5 PTBB/100 @ NL200 over 15,000 hands).

Hands played in october ~33,000
Won in cash games ~$1850
Amount lost in tourney ~$110
Bonus received: $1,100
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$17,850
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

I hate October

October so far has gone terrible for me (except for one amazing good session).
On Party I've lost over $1500 in the past 2 weeks. Especially on NL100 I'm losing.
At first I thought it was because of the US-fish that left, but the last few days I'm seeing the usual tables with at least 3 fishes on it. But for some reason I keep losing al the big pots against them.
Offcourse I'm not playing my best poker, but still nothing is more frustating then losing against terrible players.
I'm just gonna post some hands that frustated me the most (not all bad beats):

This first hand is against a very weak/passive player and there's nothing I can do here, just a cold deck...

***** Hand History for Game 5400123917 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, October 28, 12:26:59 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1304534 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: PayStation4 ( $94.90 )
Seat 3: so502y ( $44.45 )
Seat 4: joepet111 ( $120.85 )
Seat 2: murphylester ( $65 )
Seat 6: Knacker09 ( $100.60 )
Seat 1: GrahamU3 ( $48.60 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$0.50].
Knacker09 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Kd As ]
GrahamU3 folds.
murphylester folds.
so502y folds.
joepet111 raises [$2].
PayStation4 raises [$6.50].
Knacker09 folds.
joepet111 calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Kc, 4d ]
PayStation4 bets [$10].
joepet111 calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
PayStation4 bets [$22].
joepet111 calls [$22].
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
PayStation4 is all-In.
joepet111 calls [$55.90].
PayStation4 shows [ Kd, As ] two pairs, Aces and Kings.
joepet111 shows [ Ac, Ad ] three of a kind, Aces.
The time at which hand ended:Oct 28 2006 12:29 ET
joepet111 wins $187.30 from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.

The next hand is heads up and again shows a very cold deck...

***** Hand History for Game 5399096976 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 27, 21:59:52 ET 2006
Table Table 125917 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 6: PayStation4 ( $289.05 )
Seat 4: Typhoonish ( $124.38 )
Typhoonish posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 9c 6c ]
Typhoonish raises [$4].
PayStation4 calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 3s, 9s ]
Typhoonish bets [$5].
PayStation4 calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
Typhoonish bets [$12].
PayStation4 calls [$12].
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
Typhoonish checks.
PayStation4 is all-In.
Typhoonish is all-In.
Typhoonish shows [ 7s, 8s ] a straight flush, Nine high.
PayStation4 shows [ 9c, 6c ] a full house, Sixes full of Nines.
PayStation4 wins $164.67 from side pot #1 with a full house, Sixes full of Nines.
Typhoonish wins $247.76 from the main pot with a straight flush, Nine high.

In the next hand merl29 is the fish as you will see. I finally hit a set and he decides to call 2 all-ins! with a idiot-end-straight-draw.

***** Hand History for Game 5399011241 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 27, 20:59:20 ET 2006
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: PayStation4 ( $234.76 )
Seat 2: JadeJessica ( $46.45 )
Seat 3: merl29 ( $230.75 )
Seat 4: foldurbeat ( $304.35 )
Seat 5: bankofMedSyd ( $200 )
Seat 6: DrFeelinF1ne ( $166.30 )
merl29 posts small blind [$1].
foldurbeat posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 8d 8c ]
bankofMedSyd folds.
DrFeelinF1ne raises [$8].
PayStation4 calls [$8].
JadeJessica folds.
merl29 calls [$7].
foldurbeat raises [$12]. >> mini raise is AA/KK like 90% of time, always fun to know his cards
DrFeelinF1ne folds.
PayStation4 calls [$6].
merl29 calls [$6].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 9d, 8s ]
merl29 checks.
foldurbeat bets [$20].
PayStation4 raises [$67].
merl29 calls [$67].
foldurbeat is all-In.
PayStation4 is all-In.
merl29 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
PayStation4 shows [ 8d, 8c ] three of a kind, Eights.
merl29 shows [ Ad, 6d ] a straight Six to Ten.
foldurbeat shows [ Kh, Ks ] a pair of Kings.
The time at which hand ended:Oct 27 2006 21:02 ET
foldurbeat wins $69.59 from side pot #2 with a pair of Kings.
PayStation4 wins $8.02 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Eights.
merl29 wins $696.75 from the main pot with a straight, Six to Ten.


Hands played in october ~32,000
Won in cash games ~$975
Amount lost in tourney ~$75
Bonus received: $1,080
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$17,000
Pending Full Tilt bonus $420

I need help...

During a bad friday night session (lost $700) I suddenly had the feeling that my game was not improving anymore and that I was playing to predictable. A feeling a lot of people probably have during bad sessions, but this time I felt I had to do something about it.

So I decided to post a scream for help on my blog (as I'm doing now). I'm looking for some other players who are regularly playing at least NL100, but NL200/NL400 (6max)would be better, to review some sessions with. I always felt that that's the best way to improve your game, so I'm hoping someone can 'help' me out and likes to review some sessions and offcourse I'm willing to review yours as well if you want to.

I'm already trying to start it up with Koen (http://claudiusonline.blogspot.com/)
, but I'd like to find some more experienced player as well (people with over 100K hands).

Hands played in october ~28,000
Won in cash games ~$1975
Amount lost in tourney ~$75
Bonus received: $1,060
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$18,000
Pending Full Tilt bonus $440

Taking shots at NL400

Yestday after a long grinding session at NL100, where I fought my way back from -$500 to +$500 I decided to take a shot at NL400. And as always when moving up it is very hard to adjust to the new betting sizes.

For example, when you re-raise a limper and a raiser with AK, you make a bet of like $12 at NL100 or $25 at NL200, but yesterday I was playing at NL400 and there were 2 limpers and one raise to $24.....so I found AK in the SB and decided to make it $66 to make it look a little bit more scary. But the raiser called and the pot was like $140 to start with (oops). Compare this to $35 on NL100 and it looks a lot better.
Flop comes QJ4 (rainbow). Ok so I have a gutshot...and make a 'standard' c-bet of $100. He pushes all-in and I have to fold....nice lesson learned.
So my shot at NL400 ended in losing $400 in like 80 hands or so.

I'm now planning to take a real shot at NL400 when my bankroll is at $20,000. I will set a stop-loss at 5 buy-ins ($2000) and will play 2 tables of NL400 and 2 tables of NL200.

I'm also still playing on Party as I found out that there are still a lot of bad players at NL100 and NL200. I also don't like the overlap that I have when I 4-table at Full tilt. At Party its very easy to 6 table with the resizable screens.
But I'm planning on playing more at Full tilt (screen name: maurice1979) as I have a bonus outstanding and some rakeback which should compensate for the better(?) players and less tables I will be playing.

Hands played in october ~26,500
Won in cash games ~$2390
Amount lost in tourney ~$75
Bonus received: $1,020
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$18,410
Pending Full Tilt bonus $460

Amazing session thanks to huge donk

Today I had my best session ever. This time I catched a lot of cards and only got one bad beat where I lost with a set to someone who cathed trips on the turn and quads on the river with his jacks.
But the funniest thing was a huge donk on one of my tables. He was at the table for over 3 hours and lost well over $1000. At the end of that session when he left I had almost $1400 at that table.




Some fun hands for those who think NL200 is difficult (no comments needed):

***** Hand History for Game 5373086022 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 16, 07:57:30 ET 2006
Table Table 109565 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $649.53 )
Seat 3: cboqyv ( $175.35 )
Seat 2: SqzDoubleDz ( $490.08 )
Seat 1: sweet_roll_4 ( $189 )
Seat 6: snake112233 ( $138.85 )
Seat 5: IdiotFarm ( $274.70 )
cboqyv posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ah Ac ]
IdiotFarm folds.
snake112233 folds.
sweet_roll_4 folds.
SqzDoubleDz raises [$7].
cboqyv calls [$6].
PayStation4 raises [$28].
SqzDoubleDz folds.
cboqyv calls [$23].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 7d, 3s ]
cboqyv bets [$25].
PayStation4 raises [$88].
cboqyv calls [$63].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
cboqyv checks.
PayStation4 bets [$60].
cboqyv is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
PayStation4 shows [ Ah, Ac ] two pairs, aces and queens.
cboqyv doesn't show [ As, 7h ] two pairs, queens and sevens.
PayStation4 wins $2.65 from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and queens.
PayStation4 wins $354.70 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and queens.

***** Hand History for Game 5372965759 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 16, 06:17:46 ET 2006
Table Table 109565 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: karinzebra ( $470.65 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $488.70 )
Seat 3: cboqyv ( $108.24 )
Seat 1: damster ( $293.65 )
Seat 2: SqzDoubleDz ( $181 )
Seat 6: uTz77 ( $201 )
damster posts small blind [$1].
SqzDoubleDz posts big blind [$2].
cboqyv posts big blind + dead [$3].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 9c Qc ]
cboqyv checks.
PayStation4 calls [$2].
karinzebra calls [$2].
uTz77 calls [$2].
damster folds.
SqzDoubleDz checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, Jc, Qh ]
SqzDoubleDz checks.
cboqyv bets [$50].
PayStation4 raises [$100].
karinzebra folds.
uTz77 folds.
SqzDoubleDz folds.
cboqyv is all-In.
PayStation4 calls [$5.24].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
PayStation4 shows [ 9c, Qc ] a straight, nine to king.
cboqyv doesn't show [ Kh, 2d ] a pair of kings.
PayStation4 wins $219.48 from the main pot with a straight, nine to king.

***** Hand History for Game 5372897254 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 16, 05:09:20 ET 2006
Table Table 109565 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 5: karinzebra ( $131.25 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $336.80 )
Seat 2: superpost111 ( $319.42 )
Seat 6: nulbo35 ( $100 )
Seat 1: nicewings ( $0 )
karinzebra posts small blind [$1].
nicewings has joined the table.
nulbo35 posts big blind [$2].
cboqyv has joined the table.
cboqyv posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 4h 4c ]
superpost111 folds.
cboqyv checks.
PayStation4 raises [$9].
nicewings has left the table.
karinzebra folds.
nulbo35 folds.
cboqyv calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, Ts, 7s ]
cboqyv bets [$2].
PayStation4 raises [$17].
cboqyv calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
cboqyv bets [$5.43].
PayStation4 raises [$75].
cboqyv is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
PayStation4 shows [ 4h, 4c ] a full house, Fours full of sevens.
cboqyv doesn't show [ 8h, As ] two pairs, eights and sevens.
PayStation4 wins $1 from side pot #1 with a full house, Fours full of sevens.
PayStation4 wins $201 from the main pot with a full house, Fours full of sevens.

***** Hand History for Game 5372898796 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 16, 05:11:05 ET 2006
Table Table 109565 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 5: karinzebra ( $130.25 )
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $437.80 )
Seat 2: superpost111 ( $320.42 )
Seat 6: nulbo35 ( $97 )
Seat 3: cboqyv ( $100 )
superpost111 posts small blind [$1].
cboqyv posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ac Qs ]
knew u had the naked ace of spades
PayStation4 raises [$7].
karinzebra folds.
nulbo35 folds.
superpost111 calls [$6].
cboqyv calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 4c, Js ]
superpost111 bets [$2].
>You have options at Jackpot #1300896 (No DP) Table!.
cboqyv calls [$2].
>You have options at Jackpot #1300997 (No DP) Table!.
PayStation4 raises [$16].
superpost111 folds.
cboqyv calls [$14].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
cboqyv checks.
PayStation4 bets [$35].
cboqyv calls [$35].
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
cboqyv bets [$25].
u were fishing again?
PayStation4 calls [$25].
cboqyv shows [ Jd, 3d ] a pair of jacks.
PayStation4 shows [ Ac, Qs ] a pair of aces.
PayStation4 wins $173 from the main pot with a pair of aces.

Hands played in october ~20,000
Won in cash games ~$1750
Amount lost in tourney ~$50
Bonus received: $1,000
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$17,740
Pending Full Tilt bonus $500

Quick update - Party > Full tilt

I finished my reload bonus on Party which was a nice $200 for 2 sessions of play.
Since the US players left Party the level op play has increased a lot.
There a lot less fish and it's impossible to find tables without at least 2 other good players at NL200. SO I decided to try Full tilt as they have a nice reload bonus up to $500 (if you deposit $1000 via Neteller).
Another nice thing about Full tilt is that I have a rakeback account there on which I receive 27% of my rake back. And as I'm paying about 3 to 4K rake a month this could be a nice extra $1000 a month.

Hands played in october 17,500
Won in cash games ~$550
Amount lost in tourney ~$50
Bonus received: $1,000
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$16,540
Pending Full Tilt bonus $500

Lost $800 in 2 days....

The last two days have been terrible. Wednesday I was just totally card dead and hit nothing at all and I was down $350. Yesterday it was even worse and I dropped another $450. But this time I got some cards, but players (read: donks) sucked out on me like everytime. The times I got AA, I lost to a set (2 times), which offcourse is bad play by me or it was folded around.

Some hands from yesterday:

***** Hand History for Game 5361549083 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, October 12, 14:24:52 ET 2006
Table Monster #1293831 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: briedis2 ( $387.90 )
Seat 3: socke155 ( $504.68 )
Seat 4: Kojak007 ( $225.14 )
Seat 5: tiver10 ( $258.20 )
Seat 6: Toda88 ( $224.28 ) >> Fish
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $198 )
tiver10 posts small blind [$1].
Toda88 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jd Kd ]
briedis2 calls [$2].
PayStation4 raises [$9].
socke155 folds.
Kojak007 folds.
tiver10 folds.
Toda88 calls [$7].
briedis2 calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 8d, 8h ]
Toda88 bets [$20]. >> I can't think of a hand here that would bet into a raiser on this board. 99/TT are some hand that could make sense.
briedis2 folds.
PayStation4 calls [$20]. >>> Normally drawing on a paired board is not good, but here with this type of player I see no problem
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
Toda88 bets [$35].
PayStation4 raises [$80]. >> Hit my flush and I obviously raise
Toda88 is all-In [$160.28]
PayStation4 is all-In [$89]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
PayStation4 shows [ Jd, Kd ] a flush, king high.
Toda88 shows [ 3h, 3d ] a full house, Eights full of threes.
The time at which hand ended:Oct 12 2006 14:26 ET
Toda88 wins $26.28 from side pot #1 with a full house, Eights full of threes.
Toda88 wins $402.50 from the main pot with a full house, Eights full of threes.
Game #5361558837 starts.


#Game No : 5361675814
***** Hand History for Game 5361675814 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, October 12, 14:54:34 ET 2006
Table Table 107414 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: wiltzer1969 ( $86.20 )
Seat 3: wineguru4u ( $98.21 ) >> one of my favorite buddy's
Seat 1: PayStation4 ( $199 )
Seat 5: emogirl84 ( $143.95 )
Seat 6: Toolboxnj ( $171.46 )
Seat 4: weakestass ( $200 )
wineguru4u posts small blind [$1].
weakestass posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ As Kd ]
emogirl84 folds.
Toolboxnj folds.
PayStation4 raises [$7].
wiltzer1969 folds.
wineguru4u calls [$6].
weakestass folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, 5h, Qs ]
wineguru4u checks.
PayStation4 bets [$11].
wineguru4u calls [$11].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
wineguru4u checks.
PayStation4 bets [$22].
wineguru4u calls [$22].
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
wineguru4u bets [$23.41]. >> Could it be more obvious that u have AJ
PayStation4 calls [$23.41]. >> Not folding this so cheaply, but I know I'm beaten here far more often then not, but I'm getting 4:1 so I only need to win 25% of the time.
wineguru4u shows [ Jc, Ah ] two pairs, aces and jacks.
PayStation4 doesn't show [ As, Kd ] two pairs, aces and fives.
wineguru4u wins $125.82 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and jacks.

Some stats for october

After I made a new database in pokertracker I can finally show some october results.
First of all, they are terrible. After I good start I'm totally card dead. I'm losing on half of my pocket pairs (normally I make profit on all of them). I'm even losing money with KK. So I have good hope for the rest of october.

Hand played in October: 14,004
NL 100: 7,373 -/- $232,18 (-/- 1,57 PTBB/100)
NL 200: 6,631 + $1,070,43 (+ 4,05 PTBB/100)
Total: + $848,25

Pokertracker

As mentioned in one of my earlier posts I have problems with Pokertracker at the moment. When it starts importing hands it gives an error message within 5 minutes. I contacted them and they told me that probably my access database is full.

As a solution I can start a new database or convert my database to some sort of SQL format in which the size of the database has no maximum (in access there is a maximum). I've never hear of this problem from anyone yet so I'm really suprised that it happened to me. I probably have around 250,000 hands in my database which is that much I thought....If anyone knows how to solve this problem the best, I would be very happy.

So the last days I played some 4-tabling sessions, but without pokertracker it is so much more difficult for me. I know realize that my play was based a lot on pokertracker stats. By not having the stats abailable I feel that I made some laydowns/big calls that I would not have made with the stats available.
Offcourse I try to get reads and make notes, but those stats are so much more valuable to me.

So for those who don't use it yet.....BUY IT!!

Hands played in october ~10,000
Won in cash games ~$1250
Amount lost in tourney ~$50
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$16,240

Quick update

As my pokertracker is not working at the moment I have to give an estimate of my played hands.

Hands played in october ~7,500
Won in cash games ~$1350
Amount lost in tourney ~$50
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$16,340

I hate losing big pots to donks

Yesterday I played a nice session again. At the end I was up about $400 and then this hand came up....
Some background first. The player in the small blind is some 40 VPIP donk who thinks he invented this game. I keep stealing the blinds from the button when its folded to me and he doesn't like that at all as he told me twice before in the chat.
Some hands ago I raised it with 86s and he raises to about $23 and I (offcourse) fold. He shows 87o and keep telling me to stop stealing his blinds.
After that he keeps calling me very light in the blinds with hands like Q9s and T6s.
Then this hand happens (note that we are 3 buy-ins deep):

***** Hand History for Game 5326035390 *****
$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 06, 18:59:29 ET 2006
Table Monster #1294087 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: dfwbmf ( $548.61 )
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $299.65 )
Seat 1: teddyb4 ( $40.24 )
Seat 5: MarioLem66 ( $100 )
Seat 2: wyndham101 ( $137.20 )
dfwbmf posts small blind [$0.50].
MarioLem66 posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jd Js ]
wyndham101 folds.
PayStation4 raises [$3.50].
dfwbmf raises [$19.50] >> The same raise as before, to show me stop stealing
MarioLem66 folds.
PayStation4 raises [$62.50] >> I'm sure he doesn't have QQ/KK/AA here, because he's the kind of guy that would have tried to trap me with that kind of hand.
dfwbmf calls [$46] >> After think for some time he calls. I believe here that he doesn't want to give up on his bluff. Kind of guy that doesn't want to be pushed around when he bluffs.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, 4s, 2s ] >> perfect flop for me as I'm almost 100% sure Í have the best hand here
dfwbmf checks.
PayStation4 bets [$100]. >> standard almost potsized bet
dfwbmf is all-In [$482.61] >> after thinking for a while he pushes all-in
PayStation4 is all-In [$133.65] >> I quickly call
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
PayStation4 shows [ Jd, Js ] a pair of jacks.
dfwbmf shows [ Qh, As ] a pair of aces >> well played!!
The time at which hand ended:Oct 06 2006 19:02 ET
dfwbmf wins $248.96 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces.
dfwbmf wins $597.80 from the main pot with a pair of aces.

After this hand the guy offcourse starts telling me how I overplayed my jacks and that he had me dominated on the flop.
And offcourse against a normal player I would NEVER do this, but against him without thinking for a second.

After all he was the guy who played his hand really horrible. Calling such a big raise pre-flop out of position with AQ is just the worst thing that u could do. And pushing that flop was even worser as my range was about JJ+ AK and he almost had no fold equity there. JJ was about the best he could hope for, giving him a 25% change of winning the pot. Well done sir!

Biggest profitmaker(s) - Strategy

Today I want to tell something about what I think is one of my biggest contributions to my winrate. First of all, table selection. As told before Sixth Sense is a great tool for this. Sometimes I see tables were there are 4 good (20/13/3) players battling with each other.This offcourse is not gonne make you any profit in the long run.

I always look for tables with some high VPIP players with some big stacks and offcours not too many good players. Most of the time it is pretty easy to find 6 of them at Party.When the fish is broke or goes away and I'm left with just tight players, I leave and find a better table. At this low stakes there is just so much fish that it is just stupid to playagainst only TAG's...

The second thing that is very important and which is sometimes a bit more difficult is changeyour play when facing different opponents.Generally I think you can divide palyers in the following groups:

Good TAG players / Bad Loose player
Bigstacks / Shortstacks
Agressive / Passive
Calling stations / 'Bluffable' players

My playing style against all those different players is totally different.For example the Continuation bet, I probably am C-betting a lot more against TAG's,Bigstacks, Passive players and bluffable players then I will do this against the other half.

A second example may be when I hold AK on a K97 board and my flop bet gets raised. Against a Bad/loose player or shortstack I will probably put all my money in, but against a TAG or a passive player I might even fold here if I think I'm up against a set for example.

Another example is playing draws against these different players. I might raise a nut flushdraw against TAG's/ big stacks/ passive and bluffable players, but against the other half you have to be careful with that because you have a lot less Folding equity and that's whatis it all about when raising draws.

These are just a few examples of my different styles against different players. Maybe later I can explain this with some HH's as well.

New month, new goals

Since the last update I haven't been playing much. I was happy to have reached my bankroll goal and decided to take break for a few days. I played a lot the last month (40,000 hands) and this month I will probably play not that much. My winrate over september was far from good ( about 1,5 PTBB/100).

So for October I hope to play less hands, but make more profit ;-)
I need to get my winrate up (especially on NL200) before I want to move up to NL400.
I know I have the bankroll to play NL400, but I think it is more important that you're able to crush the level below for at least 4 ptbb/100 and this is not yet the case for NL200.

Goals October:

Play 30,000 hands of which at least 20,000 at NL200
Winrate for NL200 @ 4 PTBB/100
Bankroll end October $19,000
Post more hands on blog!


Hands played in october ~ 2,500
Won in cash games ~$550
BR beginning of september: $15,040
Current BR : ~$15,590

I did it!

With less then two days ago, I reached my bankroll goal for the end of september.
Altough it wasn't through cashgames I'm still pretty happy with it.
Yesterday I played the $6 rebuy on party with >1000 players and I became second.
I won about $1200. I also played some NL100 and NL200 which went very well.
At the end I had over $1000 at one table, shich also was a milestone for me.
Hopefully later I can post some key hands from the tourney.

Hands played in september ~37500
Won in cash games ~$1800
Received from VIP bonus $150
Won in Tourneys ~$1300
Pending Red carpet bonus ~$250
BR beginning of september: $11,540
Current BR : ~$15,040

Played my best session ever but....

losing my biggest pot ever (almost $1000).
Still in poker you shouldn't always look at the results. As long as your decessions are correct the results don't really matter in the short term. So last night I played perfect poker for about 2,5 hours. Even with losing this huge pot, I still ended up about $250 in the plus.

Below is the big hand I'm talking about. The other player in the hand is at the table for about an hour on the table and won 2 big pots with rag cards in which he didn't play very well.
I also won one nice pot of about $100 from him were he tried to bluff me on the river on a K9942 board with QJo. So I didn't respect his play much and knew that he was capable of big overbets bluff.

***** Hand History for Game 5247490243 ***** $200
NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 25, 17:44:45 ET 2006
Table Monster #1292821 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: PayStation4 ( $477.13 )
Seat 5: IAMINTROUBLE ( $510.59 )
Seat 2: daniel911222 ( $132.52 )
Seat 4: frugg81 ( $178.40 )
Seat 1: tinom888 ( $150.01 )
Seat 3: AArbitrage ( $180 )
IAMINTROUBLE posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Jd Jc ]
tinom888 folds.
daniel911222 calls [$2].
AArbitrage calls [$2].
frugg81 folds.
IAMINTROUBLE raises [$13].
PayStation4 calls [$12]. >> I could have re-raised here and most of the time I will do, especially against loose players, but this time I decided to flat call.
daniel911222 calls [$12].
AArbitrage calls [$12].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Ah, 8h ] >> dangerous flop, but I always try to play a set fast on such a board. The ace of hearts on the board makes it more unlikely that someone holds the flush
IAMINTROUBLE bets [$24]. >> A c-bet which is a bit on the low side, which convinces me that he is not that strong
PayStation4 raises [$75]. >> I raise a bit to low I think, but at least I will know with this raise if the other 2 players have anything
daniel911222 folds.
AArbitrage folds.
IAMINTROUBLE calls [$51]. >> His flat call her shows me that he hasn't AA for sure, because he would certainly be 4-betting that here. I put him on AxKh most likely.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
IAMINTROUBLE is all-In [$421.59] >> He instantly betted all-in on this turn, which isn't a sign of strength, because then he would want me to call en this is not an easy call at all offcourse, so AxKh looks even more likely now but the hand I'm scared for is KxKh obviously.
PayStation4 is all-In [$388.13] >> I called pretty quick here, because I thought his bet was weak and I saw him doing something similiar before with nothing. The only hand that could beat me that he could have here was KK, for the rest of the possible hand he had like 10-13 outs I would say (He had one heart for sure I thought)
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ] >> He hits one his 13 outs and I'm down to zero.....
IAMINTROUBLE shows [ Qd, Qh ] a straight, ten to ace.
PayStation4 doesn't show [ Jd, Jc ] three of a kind, jacks.
The time at which hand ended:Sep 25 2006 17:45 ET IAMINTROUBLE wins $33.46 from side pot #1 with a straight, ten to ace. IAMINTROUBLE wins $978.76 from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace

After the hand I wasn't really upset or something, I just went on and played the same good poker and was happy with my good call here. I think that's one of the most important things when playing on a certain limit, if you can't handle a 2,5 buy-in loss in like 1 hand you're probably playing above your comfort level and should move down.

Hands played in september ~33000
Won in cash games ~$1400
Received from VIP bonus $150
Won in Tourney $100
Pending Red carpet bonus $250
BR beginning of september: $11,540
Current BR : ~$13,450

new update with some hands

Finally an update again after not playing that much the last week.
So not much interesting happened about my Bankroll.
Although there is one hand I need to show as it is my biggest win ever with 72....enojoy

***** Hand History for Game 5204795844 *****$200
NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, September 19, 15:35:49 ET 2006
Table Monster #1292774 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: bertblip ( $226.24 )
Seat 6: mKU7TR4 ( $361.70 )
Seat 1: PayStation4 ( $212.50 )
Seat 4: dancer4eva1 ( $198.50 )
Seat 3: MikeTysonLover ( $192.80 )
Seat 2: dtwdeadmoney ( $200 )
mKU7TR4 posts small blind [$1].
PayStation4 posts big blind [$2].
dtwdeadmoney posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 7h 2h ]
dtwdeadmoney checks.
MikeTysonLover calls [$2].
dancer4eva1 folds.
bertblip folds.mKU7TR4 folds.
PayStation4 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 5h, Jh ]
PayStation4 bets [$5].
dtwdeadmoney folds.
MikeTysonLover raises [$20].
PayStation4 raises [$70].
MikeTysonLover calls [$55].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
PayStation4 is all-In.
MikeTysonLover is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
PayStation4 shows [ 7h, 2h ] a flush, king high.
MikeTysonLover doesn't show [ 5c, 5s ] three of a kind, fives.
The time at which hand ended:Sep 19 2006 15:36 ET
PayStation4 wins $19.70 from side pot #1 with a flush, king high.PayStation4 wins $385.10 from the main pot with a flush, king high.

I also promised some people on pokernews to show some other interesting hands. First some hands with AK/AQ/KQ as PRF which missed the flop and where the c-bet gets called. I don't fire that much second barrels when I get called with AK, although there offcourse times I do.
For example when somebody is floating a lot with PP or when a possible scare card hits (overcard to board for example).
Here are 2 examples of AK hands that missed the flop.

***** Hand History for Game 5144671432 *****$200
NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, September 10, 20:07:27 ET 2006
Table Monster #1292831 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 4: PayStation4 ( $487.70 )
Seat 6: jd9786 ( $188.20 )
Seat 1: tenderbears ( $206.05 )
Seat 3: ppoker39 ( $192.12 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
jd9786 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ah Ks ]
tenderbears folds.
ppoker39 calls [$2].
PayStation4 raises [$8].
jd9786 folds.
ppoker39 calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 3d, 7c ]
PayStation4 bets [$14].
ppoker39 calls [$14].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
PayStation4 checks.
ppoker39 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
PayStation4 bets [$33].
ppoker39 folds.
PayStation4 does not show cards.The time at which hand ended:Sep 10 2006 20:08 ETPayStation4 wins $78.50

***** Hand History for Game 5158595049 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, September 12, 21:31:58 ET 2006
Table Monster #1292669 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: PayStation4 ( $257.20 )
Seat 4: scullen7 ( $278.40 )
Seat 6: lowbudgetm ( $198.01 )
Seat 2: amato11 ( $49.70 )
Seat 3: DahJinerat ( $207.35 )
Seat 1: golfguypsu ( $92.39 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
lowbudgetm posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ As Qh ]
golfguypsu calls [$2].
amato11 calls [$2].
DahJinerat folds.
scullen7 calls [$2].
PayStation4 raises [$12].
lowbudgetm folds.
golfguypsu calls [$11].
amato11 folds.scullen7 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 9s, 7c ]
PayStation4 bets [$20].
golfguypsu calls [$20].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
PayStation4 checks.
golfguypsu checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
PayStation4 bets [$44].
I probably could have won it without betting here as he is on a draw most of the time. But all kinds of PP wil fold with the K as scare card as they will put me on AK.
golfguypsu folds.
PayStation4 does not show cards.The time at which hand ended:Sep 12 2006 21:32 ET

I also promised to post some SB/BB hands. This is always a difficult position to play and a lot of players play to loose from the blinds and are calling to much instead of raising/folding.

***** Hand History for Game 4974566609 *****$100
NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, August 18, 15:23:06 ET 2006
Table Table 108728 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: heroooo ( $172.24 )
Seat 3: das_pferd ( $185.60 )
Seat 4: sper69 ( $115.73 )
Seat 6: maurice79 ( $143.70 )
Seat 5: gepard1 ( $73.85 )
Seat 1: HappyHoppy ( $93.80 )
maurice79 posts small blind [$0.50].
HappyHoppy posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to maurice79 [ Kh Qs ]
heroooo calls [$1].
das_pferd folds.
sper69 calls [$1].
gepard1 raises [$7].
maurice79 folds.
KQo is not a hand I wanne play against good players OOP in a possible 3-way pot.

***** Hand History for Game 5163390088 *****$100
NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, September 13, 16:36:02 ET 2006
Table Monster #1294119 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: PayStation4 ( $100 )
Seat 6: cazaaa1 ( $257.10 )
Seat 2: Big_Boy_Bluff ( $131.85 )
Seat 5: leif_64 ( $220.15 )
Seat 1: MGMTWINS ( $104.78 )
Seat 4: EQ_TRADER ( $60.55 )
PayStation4 posts small blind [$0.50].
EQ_TRADER posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ 2c 2s ]
leif_64 folds.
cazaaa1 folds.
MGMTWINS calls [$1].
Big_Boy_Bluff folds.
PayStation4 raises [$3.50].
EQ_TRADER folds.
MGMTWINS calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Qs, Js ]
PayStation4 bets [$6].
MGMTWINS calls [$6].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]PayStation4 checks.
MGMTWINS checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
PayStation4 bets [$8].
MGMTWINS calls [$8].
PayStation4 shows [ 2c, 2s ] two pairs, queens and twos.
MGMTWINS doesn't show [ 8c, Ad ] a pair of queens.
The time at which hand ended:Sep 13 2006 16:36 ETPayStation4 wins $34.65 from the main pot with two pairs, queens and twos.

Hands played in september ~29000
Won in cash games ~$1150
Received from VIP bonus $150
Won in Tourney $140
Pending Red carpet bonus $400

BR beginning of september: $11,540
Current BR : ~$13,300