donderdag, november 30, 2006

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

woensdag, november 29, 2006

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.

zaterdag, november 25, 2006

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

dinsdag, november 21, 2006

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

zaterdag, november 18, 2006

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

woensdag, november 15, 2006

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.

zaterdag, november 11, 2006

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

woensdag, november 08, 2006

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

vrijdag, november 03, 2006

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