Maybe cards do have a memory...

November is almost over and it has been the month where I played the most hands ever (97K). During this period I had my biggest downswing and break-even swing ever. This downswing was about 23 buy-ins and the break-even swing lasted for almost 60K hands.
During my time as a pro I've had this periods (although a little bit shorter) more then once and it always ended with a huge upswing and it was the same this time, because I ended this month with my best week ever.

Suddenly al my draws seems to hit, flips are are coming my way and donks donate there money to me instead of me donating to them and then seeing some other reg going away with it. During this week I won more then 40 buy-ins, with 7 straight win days in a row all of them with more then 5 buyins...So in the end November ended quite good with a little more then 60 buyins profit. All in all my second best month ever.

A nice hand to show that there is still hope for people trying to move up...

***** Hand History for Game 3976418868 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, November 27, 01:07:37 ET 2008
Table Bamako10 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: qug ( $753.90 USD )
Seat 2: Maartz ( $382.00 USD )
Seat 3: fotballer ( $461.00 USD )
Seat 4: JUNKlaDONK ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 5: Valo ( $470.80 USD )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $962.20 USD )
qug posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
Maartz posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Jc Ks ]
** Dealing down cards **
fotballer folds
JUNKlaDONK raises [$14.00 USD]
Valo calls [$14.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$14.00 USD]
qug calls [$12.00 USD]
Maartz folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 6s, Td ]
qug bets [$60.00 USD]
JUNKlaDONK folds
Valo folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$60.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
qug bets [$180.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$444.00 USD]
qug calls [$264.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
qug bets [$235.90 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$235.90 USD]
qug shows [5s, Ah ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Jc, Ks ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1536.80 USD from main pot

Grinding....

Sorry for the lack of updates recently , but I've been playing a lot this month.
For november I had a goal to play around 80K-100K hands and so far I'm on track with already 65K hands. But the results are very disappointing so far.
I lost another $2500 pot (flush over flush) on NL400 last week against a terrible player (who managed to run $40 into $4000!! within 2,5 hours).

It's always easy to blame disappointing results to variance, offcourse some part is variance as I'm running way below EV and another funny thing I noticed is that I didn't give any bad beats (all-in with less then 35% equity for at least 75BB) for the past 28K hands...but I've also the feeling that I'm not playing my best game the past 100K hands. I just need to learn to fold more in spots where I just know I'm beat, if it was possible to see ones hand even when you folded it would save me (and a lot of other players) so much money.

Im back

It's been a while since I updated my blog and watching the comments, some people actually read it, so finally another update.
October has been a busy month, Ive been visiting a friend in Calgary and some maintenance to my house has been done. So not much poker this month.
For those who wondered about my september results, I did make a profit in september but it was not more then 10 buy-ins. October has been my 31st winning month in a row, but again results weren't really satisfying. They were a lot better then September, but I keep running (and playing sometimes) bad.

Today I was playing really good, but I still had the feeling the resulst could (and should) have been a lot better.

The 7 hands below were the only hands were I lost more then 90BB (in a 3K hands session) and I'm happy about 90% of my actions here, only the JJ call is probably not that good.

First hand is against a pretty bad player, who plays 32/17 and well not much I can do here....

***** Hand History for Game 3870318556 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 02:01:28 ET 2008
Table Bamako5 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $852.50 USD )
Seat 2: OneM@nShow ( $414.50 USD )
Seat 3: zander86 ( $676.00 USD )
Seat 4: Pfuzzy ( $498.70 USD )
Seat 5: Roelfs ( $415.40 USD )
Seat 6: denise86_ ( $463.00 USD )
denise86_ posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
BldZwtTrn posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 9s 8s ]
** Dealing down cards **
OneM@nShow folds
zander86 folds
Pfuzzy raises [$14.00 USD]
Roelfs folds
denise86_ folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 5s, 6s ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$20.00 USD]
Pfuzzy calls [$20.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$55.00 USD]
Pfuzzy raises [$110.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$240.00 USD]
Pfuzzy raises [$354.70 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$169.70 USD]
BldZwtTrn shows [9s, 8s ]
Pfuzzy shows [As, Ts ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
Pfuzzy wins $996.40 USD from main pot

Second one is against another bad regular, who just doesnt like to fold pre-flop (he plays 27/18 or something).

***** Hand History for Game 3870578304 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 03:13:54 ET 2008
Table Bamako5 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $813.70 USD )
Seat 2: peter_AA100 ( $461.50 USD )
Seat 3: Brutik ( $379.00 USD )
Seat 4: Pfuzzy ( $375.20 USD )
Seat 5: jordan54 ( $396.00 USD )
Seat 6: plusbeau ( $336.20 USD )
jordan54 posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
plusbeau posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ah Ad ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00 USD]
peter_AA100 raises [$48.00 USD]
Brutik folds
Pfuzzy folds
jordan54 folds
plusbeau folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$111.00 USD]
peter_AA100 calls [$77.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Kd, Td ]
BldZwtTrn checks
peter_AA100 bets [$111.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$589.00 USD]
peter_AA100 calls [$225.50 USD]
BldZwtTrn wins $252.50 USD
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah, Ad ]
peter_AA100 shows [Kc, Qd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
peter_AA100 wins $926.00 USD from main pot

This third one is against a complete fish (72/4/1) and again, standard.

***** Hand History for Game 3870751685 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 03:59:12 ET 2008
Table Ikimba0 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Puzo ( $380.00 USD )
Seat 2: marco..90 ( $419.60 USD )
Seat 3: FRUGALFISH ( $40.00 USD )
Seat 4: sukhumvit ( $515.90 USD )
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $573.90 USD )
Seat 6: peter_AA100 ( $553.80 USD )
sukhumvit posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
BldZwtTrn posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qh Ac ]
** Dealing down cards **
peter_AA100 raises [$14.00 USD]
Puzo folds
marco..90 calls [$14.00 USD]
sukhumvit folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$56.00 USD]
peter_AA100 folds
marco..90 calls [$46.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 9c, Ah ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$100.00 USD]
marco..90 raises [$200.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$413.90 USD]
marco..90 calls [$159.60 USD]
BldZwtTrn wins $154.30 USD
BldZwtTrn shows [Qh, Ac ]
marco..90 shows [Ks, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
marco..90 wins $853.20 USD from main pot

This was probably a bad river call (with the shorty in it), but the guy was a complete idiot and I'll have to be good only about 35% of the time.

***** Hand History for Game 3870532129 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 03:01:26 ET 2008
Table Ikimba1 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: fidell1979 ( $42.00 USD )
Seat 2: busdriver ( $40.00 USD )
Seat 4: falk2008 ( $379.40 USD )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $407.00 USD )
falk2008 posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
BldZwtTrn posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Js Jh ]
** Dealing down cards **
fidell1979 raises [$14.00 USD]
falk2008 raises [$44.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$109.00 USD]
fidell1979 calls [$28.00 USD]
falk2008 calls [$67.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, Kd, 8s ]
falk2008 checks
BldZwtTrn checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
falk2008 checks
BldZwtTrn checks
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
falk2008 bets [$266.40 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$266.40 USD]
falk2008 shows [Jd, Kh ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Js, Jh ]
fidell1979 shows [Ks, Ah ]
fidell1979 wins $126.00 USD from main pot
falk2008 wins $673.80 USD from main pot

And again, this guy just doesnt like to fold pre-flop....what can I do.

***** Hand History for Game 3870561642 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 03:09:25 ET 2008
Table Bamako4 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ( $1524.00 USD )
Seat 3: peter_AA100 ( $374.90 USD )
Seat 4: marconi09 ( $524.10 USD )
Seat 5: tanop ( $84.00 USD )
Seat 6: -toto50- ( $123.00 USD )
marconi09 posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
tanop posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Jc Jh ]
** Dealing down cards **
-toto50- folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$12.00 USD]
peter_AA100 raises [$42.00 USD]
marconi09 folds
tanop folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$96.00 USD]
peter_AA100 calls [$66.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2c, 5s ]
BldZwtTrn checks
peter_AA100 bets [$55.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$1416.00 USD]
peter_AA100 calls [$211.90 USD]
BldZwtTrn wins $1149.10 USD
BldZwtTrn shows [Jc, Jh ]
peter_AA100 shows [As, 3d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
peter_AA100 wins $753.80 USD from main pot

This one is against a regular....

***** Hand History for Game 3870615710 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 03:23:57 ET 2008
Table Tengiz0 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Pfuzzy ( $683.40 USD )
Seat 2: vban ( $163.20 USD )
Seat 3: GUS-KILLER ( $224.60 USD )
Seat 4: Heiko ( $399.50 USD )
Seat 5: Regius ( $398.00 USD )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $360.00 USD )
Pfuzzy posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
vban posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ac Kd ]
** Dealing down cards **
GUS-KILLER folds
Heiko folds
Regius raises [$14.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$48.00 USD]
Pfuzzy folds
vban folds
Regius raises [$96.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$312.00 USD]
Regius calls [$250.00 USD]
Regius shows [Ks, Jd ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ac, Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 7s, Qs ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
Regius wins $723.00 USD from main pot

To finish this update....whatch this flop call....

***** Hand History for Game 3870124846 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 31, 01:02:22 ET 2008
Table Nassau2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $597.00 USD )
Seat 2: MadSickoHead ( $1080.90 USD )
Seat 3: xav__13 ( $720.00 USD )
Seat 4: im_allin_bro ( $48.00 USD )
Seat 5: OneM@nShow ( $600.00 USD )
Seat 6: phillebelge ( $1905.80 USD )
xav__13 posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
im_allin_bro posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qc Kc ]
** Dealing down cards **
OneM@nShow folds
phillebelge calls [$6.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$30.00 USD]
MadSickoHead folds
xav__13 folds
im_allin_bro folds
phillebelge calls [$24.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, Js, Ks ]
phillebelge bets [$69.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$225.00 USD]
phillebelge calls [$156.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
phillebelge checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$342.00 USD]
phillebelge calls [$342.00 USD]
phillebelge shows [6c, 4c ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Qc, Kc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1200.00 USD from main pot

Worst month ever

September has been terrible for me. Played a lot of hours (most of 2008), but unless I'll have a very good last day it will be my worst month since being a pro.
I don't like to whine about bad beats and running bad, because all players know it's a part of the game. So I just have to hope that October will threat me a little bit better.
I'll finish this update with the biggest pot I ever played on NL400. It was against a terrible player, who was running insane hot at this moment, but as usual managed to lose it all only to the other regs at the table....lucky me.

***** Hand History for Game 3733296916 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, September 26, 12:22:34 ET 2008
Table Ikimba4 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: robang ( $1452.10 USD )
Seat 2: Aasisdebaas ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 3: RiggedMFSHIT ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $1386.20 USD )
Seat 5: KIRILECLOWN ( $991.65 USD )
Seat 6: JUNKlaDONK ( $776.50 USD )
robang posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
Aasisdebaas posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ks Ac ]
** Dealing down cards **
RiggedMFSHIT folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00 USD]
KIRILECLOWN calls [$14.00 USD]
JUNKlaDONK folds
robang raises [$58.00 USD]
Aasisdebaas folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$46.00 USD]
KIRILECLOWN folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 2c, As ]
robang bets [$138.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$138.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
robang bets [$414.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$414.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
robang bets [$840.10 USD]
BldZwtTrn calls [$774.20 USD]
robang wins $65.90 USD
robang shows [Th, Ah ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ks, Ac ]
robang wins $2787.40 USD from main pot

Bad start of the month

I've had a bad start of the month so far. Running pretty bad and losing with hands that used to be my moneymakers (KK, QQ, JJ, AK).
Had some troubles with my computer as well (could only play one screen) and I'm still waiting on delivery of my new computer.
When my new setup is ready with 3 monitors, I hope to be playing 10 tables again (instead of 6 right now).

It's strange how a bad run can get into your mind even though I've played over a million hands and should have enough confidence to know I'm a winning player for sure, still I'm doubting myself and my game during such a bad run.
It's probably a good thing, because during those times I'm always eager to play more and study my game again and again, but it shows how difficult it is to handle variance in poker and not let it influence your game.

But the games are definately getting thougher, so it gets more and more important to study your own (and other regs) game so you can stay one step ahead.
As mentioned in my earlier post, I tried to play a little bit on iPoker, but I'm quite sure that my hourly rate will be lower there (and with more variance).
Games are just packed full with regs and if I look at my datamined statistics, a winrate of about 2 - 3.5 seems reasonable there. On everest I'm still around 5 this year (300K+ hands).

I finish this post with a hand which I think I played fine, although I got it in with only 4.7% equity....
The guy in the blinds (who wakes-up with aces) was a complete donk on tilt, so I called the UTG raise hoping for a squeeze by him....eveything worked out as planned, only there hands were a little bit better then expected.

***** Hand History for Game 3645448035 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, September 01, 12:27:30 ET 2008
Table Nassau0 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: borotje ( $196.00 USD )
Seat 2: dadou887 ( $261.90 USD )
Seat 3: Lebr0nJames ( $600.00 USD )
Seat 4: Parmenido ( $523.00 USD )
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $693.71 USD )
borotje posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
dadou887 posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Kc Ah ]
** Dealing down cards **
Lebr0nJames raises [$21.00 USD]
Parmenido folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$21.00 USD]
borotje folds
dadou887 raises [$81.00 USD]
Lebr0nJames raises [$132.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn raises [$672.71 USD]
dadou887 calls [$174.90 USD]
Lebr0nJames calls [$447.00 USD]
BldZwtTrn wins $93.71 USD
dadou887 shows [Ac, Ad ]
Lebr0nJames shows [Kd, Ks ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Kc, Ah ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, Jd, 2c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
dadou887 wins $788.70 USD from main pot
Lebr0nJames wins $674.20 USD from main pot

First impression of iPoker

As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm playing on iPoker this week mostly.
Just want to see if the rakeback/faster tables/more tables/better bonuses make up for the tougher games.
After 10K hands I can say for sure that the games are definately thougher, mostly because there are lot more multitabling regs and not so much complete donks.
On some tables the only 'fish' are the 30/10, 17/5 type of players.

So am still not sure on which site my $/hour will be the highest.
If I have to guess I think my winrate @ iPoker will be at least 2 ptbb lower then on Everest.
When playing on iPoker it helps alot to install iPokerbolide ($39) it let you change the tables and cards and that's really helpful.

I also bought 500K hands (NL400/NL600) on HHdealer.com (thanx for the tip in the comments) and this is really a very big advantage when playing on a new site.
Besides that I now already have huge samples of almost all my opponents it's also nice to do some analyzing on the winners/losers in the games....

Some interesting things I noticed:

* From the 10 players that play the most hands (20K+), 7 are losing over this sample.
* During a month on NL600 and 10 days of NL400, fishy players (get fish list in HM) donated $155K to the games, which is around $350 per fish.
* The average grinder (10K+ hands) plays a 20/16/3.4 game.

Some nice hands:

This hand was against a decent player, my image was pretty tight here so I didn't like 4betting here that much.

***** Hand History for Game 1133246594 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, August 25, 12:19:51 ET 2008
Table Ribeira (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Motommy ( $771.00 USD )
Seat 3: thedeise ( $344.15 USD )
Seat 5: bucuster ( $615.59 USD )
Seat 6: Tweeeek ( $861.30 USD )
Seat 10: bldzwttrn ( $1212.00 USD )
bldzwttrn posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
Motommy posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ Qs Qd ]
thedeise calls [$6.00 USD]
bucuster calls [$6.00 USD]
Tweeeek folds
bldzwttrn raises [$27.00 USD]
Motommy raises [$84.00 USD]
thedeise folds
bucuster folds
bldzwttrn calls [$60.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 7h, 6c ]
bldzwttrn checks
Motommy bets [$96.00 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$96.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
bldzwttrn checks
Motommy bets [$585.00 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$585.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
bldzwttrn wins $1551.00 USD from main pot
Motommy shows [Ks, Kh ]

This player is an ubergrinder, don't know what happened with him here....he left right after this hand.

***** Hand History for Game 1133256970 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, August 25, 12:28:35 ET 2008
Table Ovalle (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: Tweeeek ( $600.00 USD )
Seat 3: bldzwttrn ( $605.25 USD )
Seat 6: SantaFe04 ( $627.45 USD )
Seat 8: bucuster ( $923.15 USD )
Seat 10: tusendrakar ( $556.44 USD )
tusendrakar posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
Tweeeek posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ 8h 8d ]
bldzwttrn raises [$21.00 USD]
SantaFe04 calls [$21.00 USD]
bucuster folds
tusendrakar calls [$18.00 USD]
Tweeeek folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 8s, 2h ]
tusendrakar bets [$34.50 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$34.50 USD]
SantaFe04 raises [$186.00 USD]
tusendrakar folds
bldzwttrn calls [$151.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
bldzwttrn checks
SantaFe04 bets [$420.45 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$398.25 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
bldzwttrn wins $1269.00 USD from main pot
SantaFe04 wins $22.20 USD from main pot
SantaFe04 shows [Qs, Ks ]

Slowplaying can be fun....

***** Hand History for Game 1134667669 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, August 25, 10:52:14 ET 2008
Table TURBO Kanyu (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: wasson8 ( $881.00 USD )
Seat 3: bucuster ( $621.90 USD )
Seat 5: black117 ( $111.00 USD )
Seat 6: time25 ( $777.40 USD )
Seat 8: Unclefvcker ( $650.55 USD )
Seat 10: bldzwttrn ( $597.00 USD )
Unclefvcker posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
bldzwttrn posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ Qs Qh ]
wasson8 folds
bucuster raises [$18.00 USD]
black117 folds
time25 folds
Unclefvcker folds
bldzwttrn raises [$52.00 USD]
bucuster calls [$40.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 4d, 9d ]
bldzwttrn checks
bucuster checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
bldzwttrn bets [$80.00 USD]
bucuster raises [$160.00 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$80.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qd ]
bldzwttrn checks
bucuster bets [$403.90 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$379.00 USD]
bucuster wins $24.90 USD from main pot
bldzwttrn wins $1194.00 USD from main pot
bucuster shows [Ad, Ks ]

This guy was really overagressive spewy.

***** Hand History for Game 1133877261 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, August 25, 03:11:17 ET 2008
Table TURBO GreveStrand (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Meta1Gear1 ( $1353.95 USD )
Seat 3: gogoplex ( $951.00 USD )
Seat 5: bldzwttrn ( $537.00 USD )
Seat 6: BiancaConti ( $908.90 USD )
Seat 8: iibmuz ( $606.00 USD )
Seat 10: crazygirl100 ( $594.00 USD )
iibmuz posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
crazygirl100 posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ Ts Th ]
Meta1Gear1 raises [$18.00 USD]
gogoplex folds
bldzwttrn raises [$63.00 USD]
BiancaConti folds
iibmuz folds
crazygirl100 folds
Meta1Gear1 raises [$210.00 USD]
bldzwttrn raises [$474.00 USD]
Meta1Gear1 calls [$309.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 5c, 3s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
bldzwttrn wins $1080.00 USD from main pot
Meta1Gear1 shows [4h, 6h ]

I like the way I played this hand, although the river is pretty thin:

***** Hand History for Game 1135271195 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 26, 12:41:13 ET 2008
Table Adria (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: alfiesdad99 ( $547.30 USD )
Seat 3: FabMab ( $542.33 USD )
Seat 5: Gohansan ( $594.00 USD )
Seat 6: hestkewken ( $1194.00 USD )
Seat 8: bldzwttrn ( $639.55 USD )
Seat 10: crazygirl100 ( $600.00 USD )
Gohansan posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
hestkewken posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ As Qh ]
bldzwttrn raises [$21.00 USD]
crazygirl100 folds
alfiesdad99 folds
FabMab calls [$21.00 USD]
Gohansan folds
hestkewken folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 6s, 4d ]
bldzwttrn bets [$39.00 USD]
FabMab calls [$39.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
bldzwttrn bets [$88.00 USD]
FabMab calls [$88.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
bldzwttrn bets [$190.00 USD]
FabMab calls [$190.00 USD]
FabMab wins $682.00 USD from main pot
FabMab shows [Kd, 8d ]

Setup vs huge fish (the other player folded 6d4d):

***** Hand History for Game 1133024223 *****
$600.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, August 24, 09:46:51 ET 2008
Table Ostia (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: mypot147 ( $793.49 USD )
Seat 3: bldzwttrn ( $1116.00 USD )
Seat 5: Gohansan ( $894.00 USD )
Seat 6: Kriskator ( $619.35 USD )
Seat 8: ThinkB4UAct ( $734.85 USD )
Seat 10: bucuster ( $871.40 USD )
Kriskator posts small blind [$3.00 USD].
ThinkB4UAct posts big blind [$6.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to bldzwttrn [ 9d 8d ]
bucuster folds
mypot147 raises [$12.00 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$12.00 USD]
Gohansan folds
Kriskator folds
ThinkB4UAct calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, Qd, 5d ]
ThinkB4UAct checks
mypot147 checks
bldzwttrn bets [$30.00 USD]
ThinkB4UAct calls [$30.00 USD]
mypot147 raises [$60.00 USD]
bldzwttrn raises [$150.00 USD]
ThinkB4UAct folds
mypot147 raises [$721.49 USD]
bldzwttrn calls [$601.49 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
mypot147 wins $1628.98 USD from main pot
mypot147 shows [Ad, Jd ]

Back to the grinding

Holidays are over so it's time to play some hands again.
Haven't really played much the past 7 weeks, but I'm planning on playing a lot again starting tommorrow. Had some troubles with my computer, which was getting way too slow. Couldn't get 8 tabels open with a HUD. When I have my new computer I will try to play 8-10 tables again.
Really hope to play at least 75K hands until the end of September.

I'm also planning on playing some more hands on iPoker as I have a very nice deal over there, but I just hate the software. Hope that installing iPokerbolide will make it a better site to play on, so far it seems a lot better. Now I just have to see how the competition is over there.
It's always difficult to start on a new site, because the advantage to know every player on a site is so valuable.

So far August has been very unlucky. On NL400 I'm just above 0, but running 20 buy-ins below equity. Lucky for me I run a little bit above expectation on NL600+ (2 buy-ins), so still making an average profit of $0,40 per hand.

As I'm planning on playing more, I also hope to post some more hands here.
Just wish me luck.

Back from holiday

I just arrived back home from my holiday in Greece.
Had a very nice time with a lot of sun and relaxing.
Had time to read a lot of books and as I'm planning to start investing some money, I read some books about it.
One very nice and interesting book was Liar's poker (no it's not about poker...).
It's about a bond trader in London during the mid 80's. It's amazing to read how easy it was to make money in the bond market during that period.
It's really fun to read how much poker is like trading bonds/stocks, it's all about taking calcaluted risks, so no suprise I'm thinking about a future job in that area.
For the moment I will go back playing poker, but never know when the time is right to look for a 'real' job...

Not easy to start grinding again after days on places like this...

Not much poker

Havent been playing much poker lately.
Taking some time off and enjoying holiday.
Only played around 15K hands in July, but still made a nice profit of close to $1 per hand. It's my 28th winning month in a row and I'm quite happy with it.
I playing some more HU and Omaha lately and I like it a lot as it is a lot less boring then 8-tabling 6max.
That's it for now, hope to have some more updates after my trip to Greece.

Half year reflection

2008 is half way so a nice time to do some reflections.
So far things are going really well. June was by far my best month ever and for 2008 I'm right on schedule with my winnings still between 40 en 50 cent per hand.

At the moment I'm still playing NL400 and NL600 most of the time and I probably will be doing this the coming period, because I'm quite sure that my hourly rate is slighty higher on NL400/600 then on NL1000 and with the lower variance added on NL400, I see no reason yet to play NL1000 only.

Some facts for this first half year:

Top10 most profitable hands (not really exciting...):

1. AA
2. KK
3. QQ
4. JJ
5. AKo
6. TT
7. AJs
8. KQs
9. 99
10. AQs

I also looked into my worst hands and the funny thing is that the worst hands are those which I never play (VPIP 0%), so this basically means I'm playing all my hands at least +EV at the moment (I would lose more if I would them all the time).

Most dealt PP: AA: 1435 times (1400 expected)....running hot
Less dealt PP: 88: 1323 times

To finish this update, here are the 2 biggest pots for June:

Biggest win:

***** Hand History for Game 3372670346 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 16, 10:53:03 2008
Table Satpara2 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 3: Purreltoch ( $985.63 )
Seat 4: firstmaster ( $727.37 )
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $657.00 )
Seat 6: tobestar11 ( $713.00 )
Purreltoch posts the small blind [$3.00].
firstmaster posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qc Tc ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$21.00]
tobestar11 calls [$21.00]
Purreltoch folds
firstmaster calls [$15.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qs, 7c ]
firstmaster checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$50.00]
tobestar11 calls [$50.00]
firstmaster raises [$706.37]
BldZwtTrn calls [$586.00]
tobestar11 calls [$642.00]
firstmaster wins $14.37
firstmaster shows [Ad Qd ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Qc Tc ]
tobestar11 shows [9h 8h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1974.00 from main pot
firstmaster wins $110.00 from main pot"

Biggest loss:

***** Hand History for Game 3376848283 *****
$1000.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 18, 01:42:21 2008
Table Kainji0 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $1486.00 )
Seat 2: -anomaly- ( $1911.52 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$5.00].
-anomaly- posts the big blind [$10.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 9s Kc ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$25.00]
-anomaly- raises [$90.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$230.00]
-anomaly- calls [$160.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 9h, Kd ]
-anomaly- checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$370.00]
-anomaly- raises [$777.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$856.00]
-anomaly- raises [$874.52]
-anomaly- wins $425.52
-anomaly- shows [Ad Ah ]
BldZwtTrn shows [9s Kc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
-anomaly- wins $2971.00 from main pot

I will not play much in July and August due to some trips/summer, so probably not much updates coming weeks.

1988 - 2008.....

Not much poker this weekend, but euro2008 is great so far.
Against the Italians the Dutch team probably played their best game since at least 8 years (quarter final Euro2000 against Yugoslavia).
Winning with 7-1 againt the best 2 teams in the world is just amazing...still enjoying it....

Best month and week ever

Just a short update for now. Just finished a nice sunday night session to end my best week ever. Played a lot the past week (18K hands) and I won close to 1$ per hand.
As May was my best month ever, I expect June to be even better.
Games are really good lately and Im also playing better then ever. Also had some very sweet HU opponents, here are some examples of hands against them...

***** Hand History for Game 3342066237 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 09, 02:34:57 2008
Table Nakuru6 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $1780.80 )
Seat 2: Niky007 ( $806.90 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$3.00].
Niky007 posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 4s 8s ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$15.00]
Niky007 raises [$24.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$12.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 8d, Jd ]
Niky007 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$44.00]
Niky007 raises [$88.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$44.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
Niky007 bets [$236.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$236.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
Niky007 bets [$452.90]
BldZwtTrn calls [$452.90]
Niky007 shows [Js Th ]
BldZwtTrn shows [4s 8s ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1612.80 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3328735457 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, June 05, 07:39:13 2008
Table Nakuru2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $947.00 )
Seat 2: supernics ( $530.60 )
supernics posts the small blind [$3.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ah 8c ]
** Dealing down cards **
supernics raises [$15.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$12.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 8s, Ts ]
BldZwtTrn checks
supernics bets [$36.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$36.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
BldZwtTrn checks
supernics bets [$108.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$108.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
BldZwtTrn checks
supernics bets [$324.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$324.00]
supernics shows [Jd 9s ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah 8c ]
BldZwtTrn wins $971.00 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3328770191 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, June 05, 07:46:20 2008
Table Nakuru2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $1348.00 )
Seat 2: supernics ( $675.40 )
supernics posts the small blind [$3.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ad Qc ]
** Dealing down cards **
supernics raises [$15.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$52.00]
supernics calls [$40.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, 4s, Jh ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$77.00]
supernics calls [$77.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
BldZwtTrn checks
supernics checks
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$213.00]
supernics raises [$540.40]
BldZwtTrn calls [$327.40]
supernics shows [Js Qs ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ad Qc ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1349.80 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3328843858 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, June 05, 08:01:24 2008
Table Nakuru2 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $2147.80 )
Seat 2: supernics ( $962.80 )
supernics posts the small blind [$3.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 7c 7h ]
** Dealing down cards **
supernics raises [$15.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$50.00]
supernics calls [$38.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 9d, Qh ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$80.00]
supernics raises [$160.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$160.00]
supernics raises [$672.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$1851.80]
supernics calls [$74.80]
BldZwtTrn wins $1185.00
BldZwtTrn shows [7c 7h ]
supernics shows [Tc 2s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1924.60 from main pot

Graph since May 1st:

On track for best month ever

Things are still going well, on track for my best month ever, without playing that much (30K hands so far). From what I hear, people like to see some hands, so here they are, but first a very sexy graph of this month...and the fun thing is that I'm running exactly around expectation.



How to play aces....

***** Hand History for Game 3269433629 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 10:46:02 2008
Table Ikimba5 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: bergumer ( $400.00 )
Seat 2: Mr_Tanou ( $427.70 )
Seat 3: Tessaya ( $792.90 )
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $671.73 )
Seat 5: c4t4nia ( $188.40 )
Seat 6: Luigy ( $402.50 )
c4t4nia posts the small blind [$2.00].
Luigy posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 2s 5s ]
** Dealing down cards **
bergumer calls [$4.00]
Mr_Tanou folds
Tessaya folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$18.00]
c4t4nia folds
Luigy folds
bergumer calls [$14.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 5c, Jh ]
bergumer checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$35.00]
bergumer raises [$70.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$125.00]
bergumer calls [$90.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
bergumer bets [$222.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$222.00]
bergumer shows [Ah Ac ]
BldZwtTrn shows [2s 5s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
bergumer wins $803.00 from main pot

The 3 hands below happened on the same table within 10 minutes....

***** Hand History for Game 3269174391 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 08:49:10 2008
Table Tengiz2 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $386.90 )
Seat 2: Drainlife ( $394.50 )
Seat 3: julien00 ( $65.00 )
Seat 4: Gambler1969 ( $159.90 )
Seat 5: Kaffedopp ( $400.00 )
Seat 6: mr.lambada ( $158.00 )
Drainlife posts the small blind [$2.00].
julien00 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 3d As ]
** Dealing down cards **
Gambler1969 raises [$14.00]
Kaffedopp calls [$14.00]
mr.lambada folds
BldZwtTrn folds
Drainlife folds
julien00 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, Th, Qd ]
Gambler1969 checks
Kaffedopp checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
Gambler1969 bets [$34.00]
Kaffedopp raises [$386.00]
Gambler1969 calls [$111.90]
Kaffedopp wins $240.10
Gambler1969 shows [8s 8h ]
Kaffedopp shows [Qh Kc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
Gambler1969 wins $322.80 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3269182807 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 08:53:41 2008
Table Tengiz2 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $380.90 )
Seat 2: Drainlife ( $398.00 )
Seat 3: julien00 ( $51.00 )
Seat 4: Gambler1969 ( $289.80 )
Seat 5: Kaffedopp ( $440.80 )
Seat 6: mr.lambada ( $151.10 )
Drainlife posts the small blind [$2.00].
julien00 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ad Jd ]
** Dealing down cards **
Gambler1969 raises [$14.00]
Kaffedopp folds
mr.lambada folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$48.00]
Drainlife folds
julien00 calls [$44.00]
Gambler1969 calls [$34.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, Kd, 7d ]
julien00 checks
Gambler1969 checks
BldZwtTrn checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
julien00 bets [$3.00]
Gambler1969 raises [$155.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$332.90]
Gambler1969 calls [$86.80]
BldZwtTrn wins $91.10
julien00 shows [As 8s ]
Gambler1969 shows [3c 3s ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ad Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
Gambler1969 wins $155.00 from main pot
Gambler1969 wins $474.60 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3269194394 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 08:59:45 2008
Table Tengiz2 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $386.00 )
Seat 2: Drainlife ( $416.00 )
Seat 3: julien00 ( $104.80 )
Seat 4: Gambler1969 ( $635.10 )
Seat 5: Kaffedopp ( $440.00 )
Seat 6: mr.lambada ( $131.10 )
mr.lambada posts the small blind [$2.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ As Ac ]
** Dealing down cards **
Drainlife folds
julien00 folds
Gambler1969 calls [$4.00]
Kaffedopp raises [$18.00]
mr.lambada calls [$16.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$71.00]
Gambler1969 folds
Kaffedopp calls [$57.00]
mr.lambada folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 9h, Tc ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$99.00]
Kaffedopp raises [$365.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$212.00]
Kaffedopp wins $54.00
BldZwtTrn shows [As Ac ]
Kaffedopp shows [7h 7d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
Kaffedopp wins $791.00 from main pot

Nice flop :-)

***** Hand History for Game 3269214081 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 09:09:49 2008
Table Nassau3 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $985.70 )
Seat 3: yarzurf ( $726.20 )
Seat 4: th0rns ( $566.75 )
Seat 5: cRaZyahm3D ( $596.40 )
cRaZyahm3D posts the small blind [$3.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ts 9s ]
** Dealing down cards **
yarzurf folds
th0rns raises [$24.00]
cRaZyahm3D folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$69.00]
th0rns calls [$51.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Th, Ac ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$99.00]
th0rns calls [$99.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$150.00]
th0rns calls [$150.00]
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$651.00]
th0rns calls [$242.75]
BldZwtTrn wins $408.25
BldZwtTrn shows [Ts 9s ]
th0rns shows [As 8s ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1134.50 from main pot

Finally 2 lucky rivers for me

***** Hand History for Game 3269152611 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 08:37:05 2008
Table Nassau3 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $645.00 )
Seat 2: BadHabbitz ( $708.20 )
Seat 3: yarzurf ( $615.00 )
Seat 4: th0rns ( $884.70 )
Seat 5: kceler ( $613.00 )
Seat 6: muster94 ( $745.40 )
yarzurf posts the small blind [$3.00].
th0rns posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 5h 3h ]
** Dealing down cards **
kceler folds
muster94 raises [$21.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$21.00]
BadHabbitz folds
yarzurf folds
th0rns folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Js, 5d ]
muster94 bets [$21.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$55.00]
muster94 calls [$34.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
muster94 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$120.00]
muster94 calls [$120.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
muster94 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$222.00]
muster94 calls [$222.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [5h 3h ]
muster94 doesn't show [Ks Kh ]
BldZwtTrn wins $842.00 from main pot

***** Hand History for Game 3269362247 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, May 22, 10:17:37 2008
Table Bamako1 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: yarzurf ( $394.00 )
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ( $1113.90 )
Seat 4: bergumer ( $400.00 )
Seat 5: Soepie ( $219.20 )
Seat 6: sitDOGOsit ( $551.10 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$2.00].
bergumer posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 7h 5h ]
** Dealing down cards **
Soepie folds
sitDOGOsit raises [$14.00]
yarzurf folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$12.00]
bergumer folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 2d, 7c ]
BldZwtTrn checks
sitDOGOsit bets [$22.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$60.00]
sitDOGOsit calls [$38.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$111.00]
sitDOGOsit calls [$111.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$222.00]
sitDOGOsit calls [$222.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [7h 5h ]
sitDOGOsit doesn't show [Js Jc ]
BldZwtTrn wins $816.00 from main pot

A very nice one, to finish this post

***** Hand History for Game 3265663157 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, May 21, 12:15:38 2008
Table Bamako15 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: driss78 ( $632.40 )
Seat 2: -GOLDF1SH- ( $553.80 )
Seat 3: burningspear ( $450.50 )
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $1157.45 )
Seat 5: CptFranklin ( $203.48 )
Seat 6: Luigy ( $534.30 )
-GOLDF1SH- posts the small blind [$2.00].
burningspear posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ah As ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
CptFranklin folds
Luigy folds
driss78 calls [$14.00]
-GOLDF1SH- raises [$56.00]
burningspear folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$118.00]
driss78 folds
-GOLDF1SH- raises [$495.80]
BldZwtTrn calls [$421.80]
-GOLDF1SH- shows [Ad Ac ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah As ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Kh, 3h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1122.60 from main pot

Some nice new gadgets

Finally an update again, but not too much poker this time, because the weather is just too good for poker. One of the advantages of being a pokerpro is that I can decide to take a day/week off when I wake up or whenever I want to. My only goal is basically to make around 100 hours a month or more like 1250 a year.

I also bought some nice new gadgets the last month. Finally bought a flat TV with a nice 2.1 surround set (I hate all those cables for normal sets) and finally a new phone (nokia N82). This Nokia really is a great phone. Especially the combination of GPS (with google maps) and a great internet browser is very useful when you're looking for nice restaurants for example.

Then a little bit of poker....only played 10K hands this month, but I'm up close to 1 cent per hand, so resulst so far are good. For 2008 I'm a little below schedule (My goal was around 0,40-0,50 cent per hand) with 225K hands for around 37 cents per hand.

Finally one tricky hand I played today. Not sure about my river call. Villian in this hand was about 21/15/3 over about 330 hands.

***** Hand History for Game 3227897730 *****
$1000.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, May 12, 12:51:26 2008
Table Kwania4 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: soFly- ( $1052.00 )
Seat 2: Parmenido ( $1308.50 )
Seat 3: Tevje ( $1415.00 )
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $1877.00 )
Seat 6: crazy_macho ( $1313.75 )
crazy_macho posts the small blind [$5.00].
soFly- posts the big blind [$10.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ As Ac ]
** Dealing down cards **
Parmenido folds
Tevje raises [$35.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$35.00]
crazy_macho calls [$30.00]
soFly- folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 2s, 4c ]
crazy_macho checks
Tevje checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$80.00]
crazy_macho raises [$195.00]
Tevje folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$115.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
crazy_macho bets [$317.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$317.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
crazy_macho bets [$588.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$588.00]



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Nokia N82

Finally an update again

I've been kind of lazy lately with my blog. But I got a lot of request to update it again. So here it is. Poker is still going good. After my downswing of about 65K hands I had my biggest upswing ever, winning about 1$ per hand for over 30K hands.

After a hand (bluff) that I happened against a pretty bad player (38/10/2) I was thinking about how easy it is to put people on hands (it's really not that difficult most of the time), but on the other hand how difficult it is to guess if they are able to fold a hand.
A lot of the time I see players who clearly seem to know that someone is weak, but the problem is that they overestimate (or need I say underestimate..) bad players. They seem to think that those players are actually thinking about what kind of hand you are repping, but in fact they just look at their own hand.
Kind of standard offcoure but against first-level thinkers its just not necessary to rep some kind of hand, cause they're not thinking about your hand.

So here are some hands which probably are good against second-level thinkers at least, but not against the players in the particular hands.


***** Hand History for Game 3089056959 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 10, 10:03:47 2008
Table Tengiz0 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: daniela29 ( $645.00 )
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ( $406.00 )
Seat 3: smokingpaper ( $1465.78 )
Seat 4: Sham4n ( $400.00 )
Seat 5: werky365 ( $355.60 )
Seat 6: Spevel81 ( $370.50 ) > 38/10/2
werky365 posts the small blind [$2.00].
Spevel81 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 7s 9s ]
** Dealing down cards **
daniela29 folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
smokingpaper calls [$14.00]
Sham4n folds
werky365 folds
Spevel81 calls [$10.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 4c, Qc ]
Spevel81 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$33.00]
smokingpaper folds
Spevel81 calls [$33.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
Spevel81 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$80.00]
Spevel81 calls [$80.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
Spevel81 checks

On this river I'm pretty sure he has KQ at best, but there's also a chance he has a missed draw here (flush/53/A3ss), so I overbet the pot here to rep AQ or better. But offcourse he calls with a hand that is nothing more then a bluff catcher. Bluffing calling stations is just not a very smart move....

BldZwtTrn bets [$279.00]
Spevel81 calls [$243.50]
BldZwtTrn wins $35.50
BldZwtTrn shows [7s 9s ]
Spevel81 shows [Qs Ts ]
Spevel81 wins $754.00 from main pot

The bluff in this hand below, probably is a little better. This player is a little better, although still not very good. When he calls the turn, I put him on AQ at best here. The river completes the backdoor flush, but misses mine, but I still decide to pull the last barrel.

***** Hand History for Game 3092440682 *****
$800.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 10, 10:51:40 2008
Table Thimphu3 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: abagado ( $86.60 )
Seat 2: peperuiz ( $807.60 )
Seat 3: Puzo ( $699.50 ) -> 21/12/2
Seat 4: 4wards ( $1270.60 )
Seat 5: Montherlant ( $1352.80 )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $950.30 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$4.00].
abagado posts the big blind [$8.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ks Js ]
** Dealing down cards **
peperuiz folds
Puzo raises [$26.00]
4wards folds
Montherlant folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$22.00]
abagado folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 3s, 4h ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Puzo bets [$42.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$42.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Puzo bets [$92.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$226.00]
Puzo calls [$134.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$420.00]
Puzo calls [$405.50]
BldZwtTrn wins $14.50
BldZwtTrn shows [Ks Js ]
Puzo shows [Ad Td ]
Puzo wins $1404.00 from main pot

I finish this update with the biggest pot (BB wise) in a while. It was against a complete idiot, who managed to sponser me $1900 in about an hour.

***** Hand History for Game 3013517013 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 24, 10:31:24 2008
Table Ikimba10 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Balg ( $360.00 )
Seat 2: beatrice777 ( $1205.65 )
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $1039.00 )
Seat 4: Maartz ( $576.30 )
Seat 5: koelitski ( $412.30 )
Seat 6: MStyz ( $398.00 )
Balg posts the small blind [$2.00].
beatrice777 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ As Ad ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
Maartz folds
koelitski calls [$14.00]
MStyz folds
Balg folds
beatrice777 calls [$10.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Jd, 5h ]
beatrice777 bets [$44.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$140.00]
koelitski folds
beatrice777 calls [$96.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
beatrice777 bets [$324.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$324.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
beatrice777 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$561.00]
beatrice777 calls [$561.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [As Ad ]
beatrice777 shows [Js 7c ]
BldZwtTrn wins $2091.00 from main pot

Some hands

Just posting some hands to show how hot I'm running lately. I've won about 40 buy-ins during the last 6 working days.
The games are extremely good these period and some of the hands below clearly shows why....

Always nice to have the nuts in a 400BB+ pot...

***** Hand History for Game 2976329771 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 10:26:35 2008
Table Nassau4 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Charlotte83 ( $409.90 )
Seat 2: Chriss1506 ( $949.55 )
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $717.90 )
Seat 4: JopieMan ( $518.05 )
Seat 5: Akim100 ( $545.10 )
Seat 6: threeFingers ( $398.70 )
threeFingers posts the small blind [$2.00].
Charlotte83 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qs Qh ]
** Dealing down cards **
Chriss1506 calls [$4.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$18.00]
JopieMan folds
Akim100 calls [$18.00]
threeFingers folds
Charlotte83 folds
Chriss1506 calls [$14.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qd, 6c ]
Chriss1506 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$40.00]
Akim100 calls [$40.00]
Chriss1506 calls [$40.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
Chriss1506 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$99.00]
Akim100 raises [$198.00]
Chriss1506 calls [$198.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$99.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
Chriss1506 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$461.90]
Akim100 folds
Chriss1506 calls [$461.90]
BldZwtTrn shows [Qs Qh ]
Chriss1506 shows [Tc Jh ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1694.80 from main pot

Top pair is the nuts, part 1

***** Hand History for Game 2976471285 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 11:21:30 2008
Table Nassau4 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 3: Okovanga ( $1068.00 )
Seat 4: Cha1nsaw ( $606.00 )
Seat 5: JopieMan ( $837.80 )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $822.56 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$3.00].
Okovanga posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ks Kh ]
** Dealing down cards **
Cha1nsaw folds
JopieMan raises [$21.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$67.00]
Okovanga raises [$153.00]
JopieMan folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$89.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, 7c, 3h ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Okovanga bets [$90.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$300.00]
Okovanga raises [$819.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$363.56]
Okovanga wins $245.44
BldZwtTrn shows [Ks Kh ]
Okovanga shows [Ah Jh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1664.12 from main pot

Top pair is the nuts part 2

***** Hand History for Game 2985926328 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, March 19, 11:18:25 2008
Table Bamako1 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: ofasa ( $609.00 )
Seat 2: TechniqueS ( $732.00 )
Seat 3: Bjoernberlin ( $893.85 )
Seat 4: merwin ( $636.00 )
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $705.90 )
Seat 6: MartijnP ( $600.00 )
merwin posts the small blind [$3.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ac As ]
** Dealing down cards **
MartijnP folds
ofasa folds
TechniqueS folds
Bjoernberlin calls [$6.00]
merwin folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$18.00]
Bjoernberlin calls [$18.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 4c, Tc ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Bjoernberlin bets [$51.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$160.00]
Bjoernberlin calls [$109.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$250.00]
Bjoernberlin calls [$250.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$271.90]
Bjoernberlin calls [$271.90]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ac As ]
Bjoernberlin shows [Ts 5h ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1411.80 from main pot

Top pair is the nuts part 3

***** Hand History for Game 2975543322 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 12:29:07 2008
Table Ikimba8 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: chris77240 ( $276.10 )
Seat 2: Purreltoch ( $421.80 )
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $836.60 )
Seat 4: Garuda72 ( $785.80 )
Seat 5: pepsifred ( $869.60 )
Seat 6: PopHerCherry ( $531.00 )
Purreltoch posts the small blind [$2.00].
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ah Qs ]
** Dealing down cards **
Garuda72 folds
pepsifred folds
PopHerCherry raises [$14.00]
chris77240 calls [$14.00]
Purreltoch folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$56.00]
PopHerCherry calls [$46.00]
chris77240 calls [$46.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, 3c, 9d ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$125.00]
PopHerCherry raises [$471.00]
chris77240 folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$346.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah Qs ]
PopHerCherry shows [As Ts ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1121.00 from main pot

Soooooted cards are the nuts part 1

***** Hand History for Game 2970176504 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, March 15, 11:18:35 2008
Table Nassau0 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: lqomar ( $121.00 )
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ( $705.00 )
Seat 3: Tooren ( $1833.00 )
Seat 4: Valo ( $600.00 )
Seat 5: doualaedo ( $483.20 )
Seat 6: gerard-klein ( $548.00 )
doualaedo posts the small blind [$3.00].
gerard-klein posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qc Ah ]
** Dealing down cards **
lqomar folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$21.00]
Tooren calls [$21.00]
doualaedo raises [$87.00]
gerard-klein calls [$84.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$684.00]
Tooren folds
doualaedo calls [$393.20]
gerard-klein folds
BldZwtTrn wins $221.80
doualaedo shows [Ks 5s ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Qc Ah ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Qd, Jd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
BldZwtTrn wins $1075.40 from main pot

Two pair is the nuts :-)

***** Hand History for Game 2977351140 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 03:26:38 2008
Table Tengiz5 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ( $382.00 )
Seat 2: denise86_ ( $386.00 )
Seat 3: dben ( $155.43 )
Seat 4: hoipipiloi ( $892.30 )
Seat 5: rr55 ( $1239.00 )
Seat 6: DerBesen ( $406.80 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$2.00].
denise86_ posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 7c Ac ]
** Dealing down cards **
dben calls [$4.00]
hoipipiloi raises [$18.00]
rr55 calls [$18.00]
DerBesen folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$16.00]
denise86_ folds
dben calls [$14.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, Kh, Ad ]
BldZwtTrn checks
dben checks
hoipipiloi checks
rr55 bets [$12.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$12.00]
dben calls [$12.00]
hoipipiloi calls [$12.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$88.00]
dben folds
hoipipiloi folds
rr55 calls [$88.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$264.00]
rr55 calls [$264.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [7c Ac ]
rr55 shows [Kc Td ]
BldZwtTrn wins $825.00 from main pot

A little bit too thin valuebet, but how should I put him on just KT...

***** Hand History for Game 2976507469 *****
$600.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 11:34:38 2008
Table Nassau4 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Mr.Edison ( $264.05 )
Seat 2: Ze_Gnome ( $600.00 )
Seat 3: Okovanga ( $570.00 )
Seat 4: Cha1nsaw ( $531.60 )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $1611.12 )
Mr.Edison posts the small blind [$3.00].
Ze_Gnome posts the big blind [$6.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qs Qh ]
** Dealing down cards **
Okovanga raises [$18.00]
Cha1nsaw folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$63.00]
Mr.Edison folds
Ze_Gnome folds
Okovanga calls [$45.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 4h, 7d ]
Okovanga checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$99.00]
Okovanga calls [$99.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
Okovanga checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$150.00]
Okovanga calls [$150.00]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
Okovanga checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$258.00]
Okovanga calls [$258.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [Qs Qh ]
Okovanga shows [Ts Ks ]
Okovanga wins $1147.00 from main pot

He put me on.....AK...no wait...aaah whatever...

***** Hand History for Game 2975559877 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 17, 12:34:48 2008
Table Ikimba8 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: PopHerCherry ( $408.50 )
Seat 2: zhezhe ( $145.80 )
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $909.00 )
Seat 4: Garuda72 ( $396.00 )
Seat 6: hochhoch ( $308.20 )
hochhoch posts the small blind [$2.00].
PopHerCherry posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Kh Kd ]
** Dealing down cards **
zhezhe folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
Garuda72 folds
hochhoch folds
PopHerCherry raises [$50.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$106.00]
PopHerCherry calls [$66.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 8c, 2d ]
PopHerCherry checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$789.00]
PopHerCherry calls [$288.50]
BldZwtTrn wins $500.50
PopHerCherry shows [Qd As ]
BldZwtTrn shows [Kh Kd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
PopHerCherry wins $817.00 from main pot

Running extremely good again.

After running break-even for about 65K hands I'm finally back at my all time high.
The last week has been really good, with today being one of the best ever. I just won every single flip, and got paid off with big hands almost always. Won about 13 buy-ins in 3000 hands.

Here's my march graph:



I will post some hands later on.

Poker sucks

The last 2 weeks have been really terrible. I just can't seem to win anymore. Played almost 18K hands in March alone and I'm still around break even. This break even stretch is now over a record of 50K hands....
Against one (new) player I managed to lose $2,4K in March alone....this guy managed to win 6 buy-ins of me (just normal 6max games) and I didn't win one single pot bigger then 20BB against him.
The funny thing is that he's pretty bad overall, but he's running so extremely hot against me that I will ship anyone who postst the sickest cooler or bad beat against him $25. I will decide which one deserves to won obvious, just post it in the comment.

Here are some of the big pots against him (alexsasha 22/14/4):

Cooler number 1 (we just ended HU, but it was 6max before):

EverestPoker Game #2925223290: Table Bamako-1 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:11:55 - 2008/03/06
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,231.39)
Seat 3: alexsasha ($429.80)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
alexsasha posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[5s 5d]
BldZwtTrn raises to $12.00
alexsasha calls $8.00
*** FLOP *** [2c 6c 5h]
alexsasha checks
BldZwtTrn bets $20.00
alexsasha calls $20.00
*** TURN *** [2c 6c 5h] [Ah]
alexsasha checks
BldZwtTrn bets $50.00
alexsasha raises to $140.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $484.00
alexsasha calls $257.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $86.20 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alexsasha shows [3h 4h]
BldZwtTrn shows [5s 5d]
*** RIVER *** [2c 6c 5h Ah] [Qc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2c 6c 5h Ah Qc]
alexsasha collects $858.60

He doesn't like to fold 4-bets preflop:

EverestPoker Game #2926781564: Table Bamako-16 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:28:07 - 2008/03/06
Seat 1: alexsasha ($414.00)
Seat 2: laurent-59 ($384.00)
Seat 3: JackAdi ($501.80)
Seat 4: Kobayasi ($72.02)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($521.40)
Seat 6: cerilloin ($465.50)
cerilloin posts the small blind of $2.00
alexsasha posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ad Ac]
laurent-59 folds
JackAdi folds
Kobayasi folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
cerilloin folds
alexsasha raises to $44.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $110.00
alexsasha calls $66.00
*** FLOP *** [9s 5h 7c]
alexsasha checks
BldZwtTrn bets $140.00
alexsasha calls $140.00
*** TURN *** [9s 5h 7c] [6h]
alexsasha checks
BldZwtTrn bets $271.40 and is all-in
alexsasha calls $164.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $107.40 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alexsasha shows [8h 9c]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ad Ac]
*** RIVER *** [9s 5h 7c 6h] [Td]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9s 5h 7c 6h Td]
alexsasha collects $827.00

As said, he doesn't fold to 4-bets because he will hit anyhow against me...

EverestPoker Game #2920755700: Table Bamako-11 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:37:21 - 2008/03/05
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($392.00)
Seat 2: TonySE ($410.00)
Seat 3: alexsasha ($733.70)
TonySE posts the small blind of $2.00
alexsasha posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Kc]
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
TonySE folds
alexsasha raises to $44.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $110.00
alexsasha calls $66.00
*** FLOP *** [Js Jd 7h]
alexsasha checks
BldZwtTrn bets $166.00
alexsasha raises to $332.00
BldZwtTrn calls $116.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $50.00 returned to alexsasha
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alexsasha shows [7c 7d]
BldZwtTrn shows [As Kc]
*** TURN *** [Js Jd 7h] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Js Jd 7h 5c] [Kd]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Js Jd 7h 5c Kd]
alexsasha collects $785.00

This rivershove is pretty thin and he obviously has the nuts and needs to run his timebank down before calling....

EverestPoker Game #2915927039: Table Bamako-13 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:25:46 - 2008/03/04
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($404.00)
Seat 3: Crovax83 ($46.00)
Seat 4: teamen ($448.00)
Seat 5: StR_Soli ($496.70)
Seat 6: alexsasha ($384.00)
alexsasha posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Tc Qh]
Crovax83 folds
teamen folds
StR_Soli folds
alexsasha raises to $8.00
BldZwtTrn calls $4.00
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8c As]
alexsasha bets $10.00
BldZwtTrn calls $10.00
*** TURN *** [Jh 8c As] [9s]
alexsasha bets $18.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $69.00
alexsasha calls $51.00
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8c As 9s] [5s]
alexsasha bets $108.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $317.00 and is all-in
alexsasha calls $189.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $20.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Tc Qh]
alexsasha shows [Ks 3s]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jh 8c As 9s 5s]
alexsasha collects $766.00

So $25 to someone who can post a nice 1 outer or something against him in the comments :-)

Quick update

It's 2 weeks since my last update, so time for a new one.
Not much happened though, still on target for my goal of 40 to 50 cent per hand this year (I'm on 42 cent so far this year).

Want to post one hand, which I played perfect given my read.
Key in this hand is that I know he donks mediocre hands and no draws as far as I know, so I can 'safely' check behind on the turn (he is drawing to 5 outs most likely) en valuebet the river.

EverestPoker Game #2857888444: Table Nassau-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:11:49 - 2008/02/22
Seat 1: morpheo ($600.00)>> 25/17/3 (not a very good player, note: donks TPWK hands and calls raise)Seat 2: galley ($631.60)
Seat 3: DronpaUK ($912.27)
Seat 4: BRILLORM ($677.30)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($948.11)
Seat 6: TAITAITAI ($116.10)
TAITAITAI posts the small blind of $3.00
morpheo posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qc Qh]
galley folds
DronpaUK folds
BRILLORM folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $21.00
TAITAITAI folds
morpheo calls $15.00
*** FLOP *** [3d 9h Th]
morpheo bets $30.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $99.00
morpheo calls $69.00
*** TURN *** [3d 9h Th] [Kd]
morpheo checks
BldZwtTrn checks
*** RIVER *** [3d 9h Th Kd] [3s]
morpheo checks
BldZwtTrn bets $160.00
morpheo calls $160.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qc Qh]
morpheo mucks
UNKNOWN ACTION - GAME #2857888444 - Jd, 10d
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3d 9h Th Kd 3s]
BldZwtTrn collects $560.00

Best midstakes players on Everest

In the comments someone asked me the following question:

"Could you make a top 10 list over the most solid players fra N400-NL1000 at everest. Should include players that have been there for 4 months+
That could be super cool!"

As I like to make lists I'm gonna try to make a top5 of the players who I think are the most solid NL400/NL600 players (don't play NL1000 enough to rate those players).
When looking through my database of the last two months I noticed that there were only about 60 players with who I played more then 1000 hands....
And even with 1000 hands on somebody it's still very difficult to tell how good someone is. I also noticed that a lot of good players haven't been around the last two months as much as before.

So I'll select my top5 by the ~60 players I played the most the last two months.
So when you're not in the list it could mean two things...you're not good enough or you're avoiding me at the tables ;-)

1. Bigspender80 (24/21/6): Very tricky player, can mix his game very well and is not easy to read and very agressive. Haven't seen him for a while, but last month he seems to play more.

2. Sebboss (24/21/3): Good agressive player. Have seen him make some sick calls/plays, not easy to play against for sure.

3. cRaZyahm3D (20/17/6): Played the most hands by far against him the last two months. Maybe a bit too agressive, but definitely not nice to have him left of you.

4. Ze_Gnome (20/16/3): Plays a shitload of hands every month (100K+) and while he's not one of the best, he still is a lot better then most guys who play so much hands and he surely is one of the three biggest winners on NL400 ($$-wise).

5. Niwle (21/17/3): Another player with who've I played a lot of hands. Around for a very long time on NL400 and from what I've seen he's very decent and one of the very few players who I've never seen on tilt and thats a quality as well.

Kickstart

February is starting great. Only played for 5 hours but I'm up over 10 buy-ins.



Posting one kind of interesting hand. It's probably a very standard hand, but the key point is that raising the flop here is not the best option. By calling this flop I'm repping JT+, 99+ and he has a hand like 44-88 (+bluff) almost always here.
The turn is a good card, not because I hit a pair, but because the chance of him having 44 is very small and when he checks I'm obviously bluffing him off his 66 or something. But he knows I'm playing AJ+/QQ+ exactly the same.

EverestPoker Game #2764878697: Table Nassau-0 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:12:49 - 2008/02/04
Seat 1: merwin ($600.00)
Seat 2: koelitski ($594.00)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($1,038.60)
Seat 5: Walkinwild ($1,665.65)
Seat 6: bifffeno ($663.00) -> 23/14/3 (5000 hands)
bifffeno posts the small blind of $3.00
koelitski posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ad 4d]
BldZwtTrn raises to $21.00
Walkinwild folds
bifffeno calls $18.00
koelitski folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh 3s 3c]
bifffeno checks
BldZwtTrn bets $39.00
bifffeno raises to $96.00
BldZwtTrn calls $57.00
*** TURN *** [Jh 3s 3c] [4h]
bifffeno checks
BldZwtTrn bets $160.00
bifffeno folds
Uncalled bet of $160.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jh 3s 3c 4h ]
BldZwtTrn collects $238.00

Still running good

The past 10 days have been very good. I'm obviously running good but also playing and (important) table selecting good at the NL1000 tables.

I also had a nice discussion with Kaby (oo_kaby on Everest) on pokernews about my w$wsf percentage (which is around 42-43 usually). He pointed me on the fact that a w$wsf this low (he thinks 45+ is optimal) is a decent leak.
I'm aware of the fact that it could be higher with me and that I might miss a few +EV spots now and then, but I'm still not sure it's that easy to tell.
For instance, my Went to SD and Won $ At SD are pretty high (28 and 53 respectively).

Usually people with higher w$wsf percentages have lower Won at SD percentages (between 48-50). And one important thing that they might miss, is that pots at showdown are usually bigger then pots that don't go to showdown.
Offcourse it's very difficult to say what's optimal here, but having a w$wsf too high could mean that you don't give villian's the opportunity to bluff enough.

I would like to hear some other opinions (especially from Everest players NL400+) on this discussion. For those who missed the discussion....this is the link: http://nl.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic46313/

Still runnig good (400/600/1000):


For all the PokerEV-lovers, here a game analysis graph for January. It's easy to see my downswing (red-line way above blue) and the following upswing.

Best weekend ever

After a terrible week, I decided to play some during the weekend, especially during the night. It worked out pretty well and if games are always like this I might do it more. Just finished my first session of the day and I probably had the sickest run of cards in a long time. I won about 8 buy-ins in less then an hour.
Got aces 5 times and always there was action, no bad beats (maybe one) and so on.
Anyhow it's nice to recover from my biggest downswing in just 3 days.

Below a nice overview of the difference between running bad (5 weekdays) and running good (last 3 days).

Worst week ever.

This week was by far my worst poker week ever, results wise.
I lost every single day, which is probaly also a record (losing 5 days in a row).
In total I lost 15 buy-ins (mostly on NL600). I also managed to lose money with QQ/KK/AA and AKs.....quite an accomplishment I would say.
The fun thing was that I lost most of my money to terrible players.

Hands like the one below are a good example. Villian is a terrible (but passive!!! player). I'm perfectly happy with how I played the hand, but I should fold to his river raise.

EverestPoker Game #2670357043: Table Harare-11 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:01:04 - 2008/01/17
Seat 1: Djegum ($1,008.50)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($1,282.00)
Seat 3: I_Destroy_U ($1,000.00)
Seat 4: rafael70 ($1,259.75)
Seat 5: Memorax ($1,604.00)
Seat 6: Noroc2U ($1,336.00)
Noroc2U posts the small blind of $5.00
Djegum posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Js Ts]
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
I_Destroy_U folds
rafael70 calls $35.00
Memorax calls $35.00
Noroc2U folds
Djegum folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kh Tc]
BldZwtTrn bets $90.00
rafael70 calls $90.00
Memorax folds
*** TURN *** [Jd Kh Tc] [2c]
BldZwtTrn bets $256.00
rafael70 calls $256.00
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kh Tc 2c] [3h]
BldZwtTrn bets $450.00
rafael70 raises to $878.75 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $428.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Js Ts]
rafael70 shows [Qs Ah]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jd Kh Tc 2c 3h]
rafael70 collects $2,566.50

This hand is almost the same as the hand before, and again it is against a calling station and I should fold to his river raise. Again betting for value on 3 streets is perfectly standard against those players, but I need to fold when they raise me on the river.

EverestPoker Game #2670676002: Table Harare-2 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:28:57 - 2008/01/17
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,030.00)
Seat 2: I_Destroy_U ($1,091.00)
Seat 3: salut_mec ($1,037.00)
Seat 4: merwin ($1,327.00)
Seat 5: tontondadou ($3,886.75)
Seat 6: ballegrep99 ($2,315.50)
ballegrep99 posts the small blind of $5.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Kh]
I_Destroy_U folds
salut_mec folds
merwin folds
tontondadou calls $10.00
ballegrep99 folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
tontondadou calls $25.00
*** FLOP *** [Ad 6h 6s]
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
tontondadou calls $60.00
*** TURN *** [Ad 6h 6s] [Qc]
BldZwtTrn bets $150.00
tontondadou calls $150.00
*** RIVER *** [Ad 6h 6s Qc] [2s]
BldZwtTrn bets $325.00
tontondadou raises to $650.00
BldZwtTrn calls $325.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tontondadou shows [Qh Ac]
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ad 6h 6s Qc 2s]
tontondadou collects $1,792.00

This is how you end up losing with AA....

EverestPoker Game #2664249613: Table Nassau-6 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:13:05 - 2008/01/16
Seat 1: smokingjoep ($1,117.32)
Seat 2: ---DIO--- ($786.00)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($970.95)
Seat 4: oo_kaby ($765.00)
Seat 5: MONAZ ($1,518.72)
Seat 6: minot ($730.26)
---DIO--- posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Ac]
oo_kaby folds
MONAZ folds
minot folds
smokingjoep folds
---DIO--- raises to $18.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $60.00
---DIO--- raises to $180.00
BldZwtTrn calls $120.00
*** FLOP *** [5d 4c Ts]
---DIO--- bets $280.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $790.95 and is all-in
---DIO--- calls $326.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $184.95 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
---DIO--- shows [8h 6h]
BldZwtTrn shows [As Ac]
*** TURN *** [5d 4c Ts] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4c Ts 7s] [3d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [5d 4c Ts 7s 3d]
---DIO--- collects $1,569.00

To recover a bit from my losses I decided to play some in the weekend and it was a good decision. I won about 11 buy-ins yesterday on NL400, so Im on my way back.

Stats freak

I'm probably a bit of a stats freak, but as a poker player thats probably a good thing. Once in a while I look into my PT database and try to look at all my stats over a big sample. Which hands are losing, how do specific hands do it from the blinds? By looking at this I can see if I'm overplaying some hands, or maybe opening to much hands.
My last database currently consist of 141K hands (almost 3 months). I think it's still not enough, but it gives some idea of hands that are winning/losing.

Some facts from this database:

Pocket pairs:
- Winning with all of them (AA 5,85 BB/hand)/KK/TT/QQ/JJ most profitable in that order)
- Most dealt (EV=~642 times) JJ -> 698 times
- Less dealt AA -> 565 times (as you can see there is still a huge difference here)

Suited connectors:
- Winning all playable hands 65s+ (AKs, KQs, JTs, 98s most profitable)
- Most dealt 54s(EV=~427 times) -> 441 times
- Less dealt KQs -> 398 times

Broadway hands not suited (JT+):
- Only losing with QTo (-0,01 BB hand), so not really losing, because it's better then nog playing the hand at all.
- Most profitable are AKo (1,22 BB/hand), AQo and AJo
- Most dealt (EV=~1298) KTo -> 1,373 times
- Less dealt KQo -> 1,251

Broadway hands suited:
- Losing with AJs (-0,08 BB/hand) and ATs (-0,11 BB/hand)
- Most profitable AKs (1,90 BB/hand), AQs and KJs
- Most dealt ATs -> 450 times
- Less dealt AQs -> 391 times

Suited aces:
- Losing with AJs,ATs and A7s (-0,18 BB/hand)

All hands:

When you look at how much you win/lose with hands it's not necesseraly bad when losing with a hand. Because when not playing the hand at all, you also lose a certain amount. For example 72o lost 0,15 BB per hand. So basically when I lose more then that I'm playing that hand unprofitabla for sure.

So which hands them I'm playing regularly (> 25% VPIP) are losing more then 0,15 BB/Hand....

K7s -0,16 BB/hand -> VPIP 25%
A7s -0,18 BB/hand -> VPIP 74%
J8s -0,18 BB/hand -> VPIP 35%
K8s -0,28 BB/hand -> VPIP 27%
86s -0,29 BB/hand -> VPIP 45%
J9s -0,38 BB/hand -> VPIP 57%
64s -0,39 BB/hand -> VPIP 35%
97s -0,48 BB/hand -> VPIP 69%

So as a conclusion I can say that I'm probably overplaying 97s (my favorite hand lol) and J9s a litte bit too much. But overall I'm pretty happy with those stats, as there are no real big losers.

This month:
Already played 20K hands which is good and I'm playing really well and I'm up almost $0,60 cent a hand and I'm aiming for $0,40 - $0,50 this year so running above expectation so far.

Ace high baby

Hands like the one showed below always feel nice, but especially when it's the very first hand at the table. So I didn't know the player and could only use my pattern mapper and timing tells (instant pot bet the river for example).
Offcourse this board texture is probably the best possible to make a call like this and as I have the Ace of hearts its very unlikely he has a bigger ace.

EverestPoker Game #2619097835: Table Nassau-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:42:57 - 2008/01/07
Seat 1: blackschole ($494.38)
Seat 2: tygKen ($552.90)
Seat 3: StAr-K ($414.10)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($600.00)
Seat 6: I_Destroy_U ($901.40)
StAr-K posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[7h Ah]
I_Destroy_U folds
blackschole folds
tygKen folds
StAr-K calls $3.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
StAr-K calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [6h 9h 6d]
StAr-K checks
BldZwtTrn bets $27.00
StAr-K calls $27.00
*** TURN *** [6h 9h 6d] [Qd]
StAr-K checks
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
StAr-K calls $60.00
*** RIVER *** [6h 9h 6d Qd] [3c]
StAr-K bets $210.00
BldZwtTrn calls $210.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
StAr-K shows [Th Kd]
BldZwtTrn shows [7h Ah]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6h 9h 6d Qd 3c]
BldZwtTrn collects $628.00

Thinking about your game

To improve as a poker player it's important to look critical your game from time to time.
It helps to read articles and watch video's from other players, who may have an other view on certain situations.
When playing as much as I do, I notice that I'm sometimes playing as a machine. The positive side of this is that I never tilt, but the downside is that I play some hands/situations the same too often.

A few days ago a read an article on 2+2 (could not find it back), but one thing in this article was about 'upfront' and 'backdoor' agression. It really opened my eyes a little, because a lot of the good players (including me) know how to use upfront agression (continuation betting, double barrel, triple barrel and so on), but using backdoor agression in a good way is a lot more difficult, but makes you so much tougher to play against.

Backdoor agression is about check-raising flops/turn/river when you are the pre-flop agressor. It's also about leading into the raiser (AKA donk betting). I think when your capable of balancing this agression into your game with strong/mediocre and (semi)- bluff hands it really makes you a bigger winner in most games and also a lot tougher to play against.

Triple barrel gone wrong

Finally I like to show a triple barrel that went wrong in a HU game against a pretty good player (his stats were 49/40/3 or something like that) and he views me as a good, but tight player (my HU stats are 38/34/3).

This hand made me think about 3-barreling ranges. On the river I'm about 100% sure that his best possible hand on this board is QT (AT would have been re-raised pre-flop and 2-pair+ would have bet the river/turn).
On the other hand he knows that the king on the turn is a perfect second barrel card for me and when I bet the river he probably knows I have 2pair+ or nothing here, because a lot of the time a hand like AK would check behind on turn or river.

I'm not sure if I like his call here so much, because I could be bluffing with better hands here, but it made me think of why it's so important to value bet thin against players like this. It not only makes you tougher to play, but it also makes your range a lot wider then just top2 or nothing when betting 3 streets.

EverestPoker Game #2604287733: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:58:05 - 2008/01/04
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,706.00)
Seat 2: tagomaga ($881.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $3.00
tagomaga posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qh Jd]
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
tagomaga calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2d 6c]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $27.00
tagomaga calls $27.00
*** TURN *** [Ts 2d 6c] [Kc]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $69.00
tagomaga calls $69.00
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2d 6c Kc] [8s]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $164.00
tagomaga calls $164.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qh Jd]
tagomaga shows [6h 5c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ts 2d 6c Kc 8s]
tagomaga collects $555.00