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
maandag, oktober 30, 2006
zaterdag, oktober 28, 2006
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
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
maandag, oktober 23, 2006
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
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
donderdag, oktober 19, 2006
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
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
maandag, oktober 16, 2006
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
zondag, oktober 15, 2006
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
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
vrijdag, oktober 13, 2006
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 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.
woensdag, oktober 11, 2006
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
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
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
zondag, oktober 08, 2006
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
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
zaterdag, oktober 07, 2006
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!
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!
woensdag, oktober 04, 2006
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.
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.
dinsdag, oktober 03, 2006
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
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
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