March is starting slow

The beginning of March was not so great as the end of February.
In a session on NL400 I lost 5 buy-ins in less then a hour!!
And the funny thing was....I played almost without a mistake.

But when people can't laydown AJo....and I'm not hitting my draw its getting difficult.

***** Hand History for Game 1188815248 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - THU MAR 01 19:58:22 EDT 2007
Table Bamako-0 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: PLaToN ( $15.36)
Seat 2: algouz ( $496.24)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $369.84)
Seat 4: FishHoven ( $646.22)
Seat 5: d3fault ( $394.0)
Seat 6: chillyah ( $399.52)
BldZwtTrn posts small blind (2.0).
FishHoven posts big blind (4.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qd, Kd ]
d3fault folds.
chillyah folds.
PLaToN calls (4.0)
algouz calls (4.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (18.0) to 20.0
FishHoven folds.
PLaToN calls (11.36)
PLaToN is all-In.
algouz calls (16.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5s, Td, Ad ]
BldZwtTrn bets (40.0)
algouz raises (80.0) to 80.0
BldZwtTrn raises (208.0) to 248.0
algouz calls (168.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2h ]
BldZwtTrn bets (101.84)
BldZwtTrn is all-In.
algouz calls (101.84)
** Dealing River ** : [ Th ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $50.08 | Side Pot 1: $705.96 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ 5s Td Ad 2h Th ]
PLaToN balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Qs Kh ] [ ]
algouz balance $0, bet $0, collected $756.04, net +$0 [ Jc Ah ] [ ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Qd Kd ] [ ]

Or when people push there (obvious) draw with a massive overbet and still hit.

***** Hand History for Game 1188828232 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - THU MAR 01 20:00:52 EDT 2007
Table Bamako-6 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Sebboss ( $450.88)
Seat 2: d3fault ( $396.0)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $394.0)
Seat 5: Ernesto_777 ( $981.96)
Seat 6: Malene76 ( $951.84)
d3fault posts small blind (2.0).
BldZwtTrn posts big blind (4.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Jc, Ac ]
Ernesto_777 folds.
Malene76 folds.
Sebboss folds.
d3fault calls (2.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (8.0) to 12.0
d3fault calls (8.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3h, Jd, 7h ]
d3fault checks.
BldZwtTrn bets (17.0)
d3fault raises (70.0) to 70.0
BldZwtTrn calls (53.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9d ]
d3fault bets (314.0)
d3fault is all-In.
BldZwtTrn calls (312.0)
BldZwtTrn is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $785.0 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ 3h Jd 7h 9d 4h ]
d3fault balance $0, bet $0, collected $787.0, net +$0 [ Qh 9h ] [ ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Jc Ac ] [ ]

Or when the deck is just as cold as ice....

***** Hand History for Game 1188806098 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - THU MAR 01 19:56:33 EDT 2007
Table Bamako-11 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Djegum ( $377.36)
Seat 2: jean-mary974 ( $230.52)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $421.0)
Seat 4: Sebboss ( $394.0)
Seat 5: Spevel81 ( $444.0)
Seat 6: torp35 ( $420.28)
Djegum posts small blind (2.0).
jean-mary974 posts big blind (4.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ As, Ad ]
BldZwtTrn raises (14.0) to 14.0
Sebboss calls (14.0)
Spevel81 folds.
torp35 folds.
Djegum folds.
jean-mary974 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ts, Qc, Ac ]
BldZwtTrn bets (25.0)
Sebboss raises (85.0) to 85.0
BldZwtTrn calls (60.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
Sebboss bets (130.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (322.0) to 322.0
BldZwtTrn is all-In.
Sebboss calls (165.0)
Sebboss is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 7c ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $791.0 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ Ts Qc Ac 6h 7c ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, collected $27.0, net +$0 [ As Ad ] [ ]
Sebboss balance $0, bet $0, collected $791.0, net +$0 [ Kc Jc ] [ ]

***** Hand History for Game 1188987563 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - THU MAR 01 20:32:12 EDT 2007
Table Bamako-11 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: glasleer ( $80.76)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $615.36)
Seat 4: Sebboss ( $850.42)
Seat 5: Spevel81 ( $393.94)
Seat 6: tonicherm ( $120.1)
Spevel81 posts small blind (2.0).
tonicherm posts big blind (4.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 9c, Ac ]
glasleer calls (4.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (18.0) to 18.0
Sebboss calls (18.0)
Spevel81 folds.
tonicherm folds.
glasleer folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6d, 9s, As ]
BldZwtTrn bets (33.0)
Sebboss raises (100.0) to 100.0
BldZwtTrn calls (67.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jd ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
Sebboss checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ 7d ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
Sebboss bets (200.0)
BldZwtTrn calls (200.0)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $643.0 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ 6d 9s As Jd 7d ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ 9c Ac ] [ ]
Sebboss balance $0, bet $0, collected $643.0, net +$0 [ Ad Ah ] [ ]

Or when I have a perfect read, but people still call against the odds...

***** Hand History for Game 1192397851 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - FRI MAR 02 15:15:50 EDT 2007
Table Suva-10 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Macspower ( $264.9)
Seat 2: Xena79 ( $219.92)
Seat 4: vagram ( $200.0)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $208.6)
Seat 6: Masterpolo ( $188.26)
BldZwtTrn posts small blind (1.0).
Masterpolo posts big blind (2.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qc, Ah ]
Macspower folds.
Xena79 folds.
BldZwtTrn raises (5.0) to 6.0
Masterpolo calls (4.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3h, 8c, 3c ]
BldZwtTrn bets (8.0)
Masterpolo raises (16.0) to 16.0
BldZwtTrn raises (44.0) to 52.0
Masterpolo calls (36.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Th ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
Masterpolo bets (24.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (150.6) to 150.6
BldZwtTrn is all-In.
Masterpolo calls (106.26)
Masterpolo is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 9c ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $373.52 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ 3h 8c 3c Th 9c ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, collected $20.34, net +$0 [ Qc Ah ] [ ]
Masterpolo balance $0, bet $0, collected $373.52, net +$0 [ Ac 5c ] [ ]

Or when you're sets get outdrawn...

***** Hand History for Game 1197517701 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - SAT MAR 03 15:16:37 EDT 2007
Table Suva-18 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: tang10 ( $374.11)
Seat 2: obut ( $346.09)
Seat 3: croate ( $54.4)
Seat 4: leotaq ( $134.12)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ( $261.44)
Seat 6: DaniStar5 ( $389.02)
tang10 posts small blind (1.0).
obut posts big blind (2.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 9d, 9s ]
croate folds.
leotaq folds.
BldZwtTrn raises (7.0) to 7.0
DaniStar5 calls (7.0)
tang10 calls (6.0)
obut folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qd, 9h, 4h ]
tang10 checks.
BldZwtTrn bets (16.0)
DaniStar5 calls (16.0)
tang10 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4s ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
DaniStar5 bets (32.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (105.0) to 105.0
DaniStar5 raises (334.02) to 366.02
DaniStar5 is all-In.
BldZwtTrn calls (133.44)
BldZwtTrn is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ Qc ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $528.88 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ Qd 9h 4h 4s Qc ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ 9d 9s ] [ ]
DaniStar5 balance $0, bet $0, collected $656.46, net +$0 [ Qh Ks ] [ ]

Well overall, I still made some good money, I just had a few sessions that were very unlucky. But thats the variance u have to deal with.

March only:
Hands played : 16,005 (15% NL400)
$ Won in cashgames : $2,606.35 (lost money on NL400)
PTBB/100 : 4,33 (5,57 @ NL200)
MT ratio : 7,57
Hourly win rate: $104,05

2007 only:
Hands played : 124,653
$ Won in cashgames : $32,606.93
PTBB/100 : 6,19 (7,97 @ NL200)
MT ratio : 6,77
Hourly win rate: $154,38

My edge

In the comments someone asked me what I think my edge against (most) other players is and why I'm winning and some others not....

This is a question I ask myself a lot as well and also makes me a little afraid.
I have a background in the financial world and one of the things you learn there is the efficient market theory. In a lot of ways the pokerworld is comparable to a stock exchange but somehow in the pokerworld the world is not efficient at all.

All the information is available to everybody but somehow, there are people who don't use all those information. Some people just don't care because they wanne gamble. Others don't have the time to study the game and so on.

The thing that makes me afraid is that making so much money as easy as with poker HAS to make the 'market' more effecient in the long run. Players are gonna get better and losing players will leave the market. The question is.....what is the long run in poker (6 months or 3 years?????)

Offcourse not everyone can be a winning poker player, some skills that you need to have to be a winning player are:

* Having great discipline (the most important thing I would say)
* Analytical (good with numbers)
* Eager to learn and improve your game
* Flexible (able to adjust to different situations)
* Mentally stable

And remember this:
* Winning players see a bad beat as a reason to play more poker and losing players see a bad beat as a reason to quit poker.

Then my first month as a pro....although I only played 2,5 weeks this month, due to my holiday, I still exceeded my expectation by far.

February only:
Hands played : 65,980
$ Won in cashgames : $19,447.33
PTBB/100 : 6,85
MT ratio : 7,17
Hourly win rate: $183,26

GOALS MARCH 2007:
Play 100K hands with a profit of $25K

Best day ever....

It's getting a little bit boring but today was my best day of poker ever.
I played for 7 hours and a total of 4,995 hands.
And this were my profits:

NL400 Everest +$ 2,228.79 19,02 PTBB/100
NL200 Everest +$ 1,250.94 18,79 PTBB/100
NL200 Stars +$ 382,85 5,13 PTBB/100

Total +$ 3,862.58 13,75 PTBB/100

I also include my new updated and very sick low variance graph of NL200 since January 12.

2007 only:
Hands played : 99,177
$ Won in cashgames : $27,918.29
PTBB/100 : 6,70 (9,2 on Everest, 4,0 on Stars)
MT ratio : 6,61
Hourly win rate: $163,25
Current BR: $53K

Cleaning out the tables

Yesterday evening I had some time to play again. Since I'm pro I don't play much in the weekend anymore but it always strikes me how big the difference is. So once in a while I play to get a little extra profit.
In the session from yesterday I probably stacked more people (lots of shorties offcourse) then Jamie Gold during the last WSOP ;-)

Most of this was on tables were I was HU and people kept taking shots at me.
It always strikes me that almost all the regulars on Everest are leaving the table immediately when they're HU or 3-handed against me.
But anyhow, this night I got my money in almost always as a favorite against the shorties and the strange thing was that I won nearly all of this all-in situations. I think that I won more then 10 60/40 situations in a row. Which on itself is offcourse very lucky but I made the right decision every single time and that's what matters.

On one table I was HU with a fullstack (non regular) and I really got him tilting of his whole stack. Check this 3 hands that did the job...

First one is probably a standard HU hand. Also note that his POT bet on the river was instant, which made it an easy call for me.

***** Hand History for Game 1161428831 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - SAT FEB 24 02:51:47 EDT 2007
Table Suva-23 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $494.42)
Seat 5: caton ( $259.16)
caton posts small blind (1.0).
BldZwtTrn posts big blind (2.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Th, Ah ]
caton raises (5.0) to 6.0
BldZwtTrn raises (16.0) to 18.0
caton calls (12.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Kd, 8d, 9c ]
BldZwtTrn bets (25.0)
caton calls (25.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 3h ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
caton checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ Tc ]
BldZwtTrn checks.
caton bets (86.0)
BldZwtTrn calls (86.0)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $255.0 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ Kd 8d 9c 3h Tc ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, collected $255.0, net +$0 [ Th Ah ] [ ]
caton balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Qh Ad ] [ ]

This second hand is almost identical.

***** Hand History for Game 1161451993 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - SAT FEB 24 03:00:20 EDT 2007
Table Suva-23 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $519.06)
Seat 5: caton ( $218.72)
BldZwtTrn posts small blind (1.0).
caton posts big blind (2.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Qd, Th ]
BldZwtTrn raises (5.0) to 6.0
caton calls (4.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qh, Jd, 6h ]
caton bets (12.0)
BldZwtTrn calls (12.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kd ]
caton checks.
BldZwtTrn checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ 2s ]
caton bets (36.0)
BldZwtTrn calls (36.0)
** Summary **
Main Pot: $105.0 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ Qh Jd 6h Kd 2s ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, collected $105.0, net +$0 [ Qd Th ] [ ]
caton balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Jh 8c ] [ ]

And this is the final one. My raise on the flop is ugly by the way, it should have been a push, but I was almost timing out there and so this stupid min raise came out that offcourse committed me.

***** Hand History for Game 1161455023 *****
0/0 TEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) - SAT FEB 24 03:01:31 EDT 2007
Table Suva-23 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ( $569.06)
Seat 5: caton ( $165.72)
BldZwtTrn posts small blind (1.0).
caton posts big blind (2.0).
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 5s, 5h ]
BldZwtTrn raises (5.0) to 6.0
caton raises (16.0) to 18.0
BldZwtTrn calls (12.0)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4c, 6h, 3c ]
caton bets (36.0)
BldZwtTrn raises (80.0) to 80.0
caton calls (44.0)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 8d ]
caton bets (67.72)
caton is all-In.
BldZwtTrn calls (67.72)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: $328.44 | Rake: $3.0
Board: [ 4c 6h 3c 8d 4h ]
BldZwtTrn balance $0, bet $0, collected $328.44, net +$0 [ 5s 5h ] [ ]
caton balance $0, bet $0, lost $0.0 [ Ah 2c ] [ ]

At the end of this session I won about 2K which was almost $1 per hand.

My winrates @ NL200 are really spectacular at the moment. For example:

My winrate during the last week was 11,54 PTBB/100 (14K hands)
My winrate in february is 9,13 PTBB/100 (36K hands)
My total winrate @ NL200 8,99 PTBB/100 (57K hands)

This really shows that my game is still improving here. Offcourse I had some luck during the last week, because I think my long term winrate (100K+) should be somewhere close to 8.

2007 only:
Hands played : 93,915
$ Won in cashgames : $23,375.56
PTBB/100 : 6,23 (8,8 on Everest, 3,9 on Stars)
MT ratio : 6,57
Hourly win rate: $143,38

Still going strong

Poker is till going very well. I was just checking some of my PT stats in 2007 (80K hands) and it really looked nice. I won money with every single PP for example. So it seems that the small changes in my strategy have worked ok.
And with the hands that I put money in there are only 6 (KJo, ATo, 87s, T8s, A5s and J9s) with which I lost more then 1 buy-in ($200). And there is just one of these with which I lost slightly more then $400 (J9s).

This morning I played a session at Pokerstars again ( didn't play there for almost a week). The first 30 minutes I really had to adjust to the hyperagressive pre-flop game there on NL200 (compared to Everest). Overall it's a lot more difficult to play there, but there are still plenty of fish there as well.

Some hands from the session:

POKERSTARS GAME #8547736654: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/02/21 - 04:10:00 (ET)
Table 'Amphios II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: 369Dan ($330.10 in chips)
Seat 2: ayoria ($393.45 in chips)
Seat 3: BaronVonBer ($103.55 in chips)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($722.30 in chips)
Seat 5: $GM$AN$EY$ ($324.60 in chips)
Seat 6: xxGooilersxx ($197 in chips)
369Dan: posts small blind $1
ayoria: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [Qh Ad]
BaronVonBer: folds
AKA_PSV: raises $6 to $8
$GM$AN$EY$: folds
xxGooilersxx: raises $18 to $26

This guy (27/21/1) was 3-betting almost all the time from the blinds against a steal or from the button, but never showed a hand down. AQ is not really the hand you want to play in re-raised pot, but this time I decided that is was time to take a stand and as he was not that agressive postflop so I called.

369Dan: folds
ayoria: folds
AKA_PSV: calls $18

*** FLOP *** [2d 5c Qc] -> Flops looks perfect, but the problem is that there's not one hand that is paying you off if you bet here, so I decide to check.

AKA_PSV: checks
xxGooilersxx: checks
*** TURN *** [2d 5c Qc] [6s]

AKA_PSV: checks > As he didn't bet the flop I don't think I'm have to be afraid of the flushdraw so I check again to get maximum value out of worse hand (mostly bluffs, but also hands like JJ/TT).
xxGooilersxx: bets $42
AKA_PSV: calls $42

*** RIVER *** [2d 5c Qc 6s] [8c]

AKA_PSV: checks -> The third flushcard falls, so again betting is stupid as he will not call with a worse hand.
xxGooilersxx: bets $129 and is all-in
AKA_PSV: calls $129

This call took me a while, but his push just didn't look like it wanted a call. I also thought that he would have bet the flop with a flushdraw, so then it must be a bluff, because spots like this are most of the time the nuts or a total bluff.

*** SHOW DOWN ***

xxGooilersxx: shows [2s Ks] (a pair of Deuces)
AKA_PSV: shows [Qh Ad] (a pair of Queens)
AKA_PSV collected $394 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $397 | Rake $3
Board [2d 5c Qc 6s 8c]
Seat 1: 369Dan (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ayoria (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BaronVonBer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: AKA_PSV showed [Qh Ad] and won ($394) with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: $GM$AN$EY$ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: xxGooilersxx (button) showed [2s Ks] and lost with a pair of Deuces

POKERSTARS GAME #8548009223: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/02/21 - 05:06:52 (ET)
Table 'Henan' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ayoria ($288.70 in chips)
Seat 2: cerebos ($201.50 in chips)
Seat 3: smidebrandt ($246.05 in chips) >>> 76/47/3 uberdonkey
Seat 4: AKA_PSV ($275.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Acid Fire ($584.15 in chips)
Seat 6: SmittyUF ($189 in chips)
SmittyUF: posts small blind $1
ayoria: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AKA_PSV [As Ks]
cerebos: folds
smidebrandt: calls $2
AKA_PSV: raises $8 to $10
Acid Fire: calls $10
SmittyUF: folds
ayoria: calls $8
SmittyUF is sitting out
smidebrandt: raises $24 to $34
AKA_PSV: raises $241.75 to $275.75 and is all-in
Acid Fire: folds
ayoria: folds
smidebrandt: calls $212.05 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [5d 2h 7s]
*** TURN *** [5d 2h 7s] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [5d 2h 7s Td] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
smidebrandt: shows [8h 8c] (a pair of Eights)
AKA_PSV: mucks hand
smidebrandt collected $510.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $513.10 | Rake $3
Board [5d 2h 7s Td 6h]
Seat 1: ayoria (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: cerebos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: smidebrandt showed [8h 8c] and won ($510.10) with a pair of Eights
Seat 4: AKA_PSV mucked [As Ks]
Seat 5: Acid Fire (button) folded before Flop
Seat 6: SmittyUF (small blind) folded before Flop


2007 only:
Hands played : 79,194
$ Won in cashgames : $20,950.98
PTBB/100 : 6,36 (8,4 on Everest, 4,2 on Stars)
MT ratio : 6,40
Hourly win rate: $147,40

Another Quick update

Hands played : 109,689 (since 27/11/2006, 2 screens)
$ Won in cashgames : $21,722.81
PTBB/100 : 5,50
MT ratio : 6,25 (some laptop 4-tabling)
Hourly win rate: $111.81
Current BR: $41,259

2007 only:
Hands played : 65,395
$ Won in cashgames : $16,260.88
PTBB/100 : 6,01
MT ratio : 6,30
Hourly win rate: $137,82

My first 24 hours as a 'pro'

Today was my first day as 'poker pro'. I played a ton of hands (9,622 + FTOPS 6 max). As much as I played today I will probably never do again, but I had to catch up a little bit after not playing for like 10 days so today was a monster session.

But at the end of the day I was up $2,732.29 for a nice hourly rate of $162 (how the .... did I play 16,8 hours....). I also played the FTOPS 6max tourney and as usual was out somewhere in the middle after losing every single coinflip and not getting any cards at all (I hate donkaments) so thats -$216.

If I can maintain this hourly rate, I will be more then happy. Because after all I'm still only playing NL200 and I really feel that my winrate there in comparison with the low variance is best for me.

I close this nice first day with a very nice graph.....

Quick update

Today is my first day as a 'pro', but before getting really to work, I will go to Val Thorens for a week to do some skiing.
So this is the last update for at least a week.

Hands played : 90,247 (since 27/11/2006, 2 screens)
$ Won in cashgames : $17,254.09
PTBB/100 : 5,36
MT ratio : 6,12 (some laptop 4-tabling)
Hourly win rate: $106.49
Current BR: $37,061

Best hands:

AA/KK/QQ/JJ/AQs/AQo/66/98s/ATs/AKs

Worst hands:

87s/97s/76s/J9s/T8s/64s/QJs/A7s/94s/54s

My best month ever

2007 couldn't have started any better then this. Starting February 12 I will be playing poker full-time (playing at least twice as much hands as I'm doing now) so this is a great start of this very exciting new year for me.

Two reasons for this great month are probably a good game selection and also some important improvements I'm currently making into my game. Studying my game is very important and I'm always looking for leaks that can be fixed and even when I'm winning, I probably have lots of leaks that can be fixed easily at the stakes I'm currently playing (NL200/NL400).

I don't want to go in great detail about the things I'm changing to my game, but it's mainly based on position, dealing with 3-bets and check-raising on turn with different kind of hands.
I also notice that my reading skills are getting better and better which is obvious when you're playing more, but it is just nice to see that it improves your winrate over time.


Below some hands from yesterday when I had a nice session on Party:

#Game No : 5624047286
***** Hand History for Game 5624047286 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 28, 17:43:26 ET 2007
Table Table 125784 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Sumpfbeeba ( $524.85 )
Seat 3: rol1111 ( $23.03 )
Seat 4: helena21 ( $118.17 )
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $228.60 )
Seat 5: IneedPot_ ( $215 ) -> regular standard TAG
PayStation4 posts small blind [$1].
rol1111 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Qh Qc ]
helena21 folds
IneedPot_ raises [$8]
Sumpfbeeba folds
PayStation4 raises [$25] -> standard
rol1111 folds
IneedPot_ calls [$18]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Qd, Kh ] ->drawy flop, but I think I'm ahead of his range which I think is 88+ (22-77) / AQ+ / some SC's (T9)

PayStation4 bets [$36]
IneedPot_ calls [$36] -> I don't think he has a set here, but probably has some outs with his A/T or he flopped the straight.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ] -> completes flush, but I'm not to scared here about a flush because there are not much possibilties on the flush here as the J and K are out already and I think he would have raised a combo draw like AhQh.

PayStation4 checks -> this looks really weak, and when he bets (which I think he does on this board) with some draw or a pair with a draw he will be comitted to call if I C/R.

IneedPot_ bets [$80]
PayStation4 raises [$160]
IneedPot_ is all-In [$73]

** Dealing River ** [ 7c ]
PayStation4 shows [ Qh, Qc ]three of a kind, Queens.
IneedPot_ doesn't show [ Th, Ts ]a pair of Tens.
PayStation4 wins $7 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Queens.
PayStation4 wins $430 from the main pot with three of a kind, Queens.

Stacking the same (dutch) fish twice in 12 minutes....

#Game No : 5624154404
***** Hand History for Game 5624154404 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 28, 18:18:46 ET 2007
Table Table 125784 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: helena21 ( $243.07 )
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $494.88 )
Seat 6: Paddo80 ( $93.40 )
Seat 1: SelfSaboteur ( $209.95 )
Seat 5: EatTh1s ( $398 )
Seat 3: maykel33 ( $237.05 )
maykel33 posts small blind [$1].
helena21 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Td Kd ]
EatTh1s folds
Paddo80 raises [$4]
SelfSaboteur folds
PayStation4 calls [$4] -> On the button I'm calling this
maykel33 calls [$3]
helena21 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Jd, Ts ]
maykel33 bets [$15]
Paddo80 calls [$15]

PayStation4 calls [$15] -> Raising here against a fish (and shorty) is not necessary, you don't have fold equity when they have a hand and when you hit they pay you off anyhow

** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
maykel33 bets [$50]
Paddo80 folds
PayStation4 raises [$100] -> A nice mini-raise to suck him in
maykel33 calls [$50]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
maykel33 checks
PayStation4 bets [$100] -> by min-raising turn I now can get his whole stack without overbetting

maykel33 calls [$100]
PayStation4 shows [ Td, Kd ]a flush, King high.
maykel33 doesn't show [ Th, 3h ]two pairs, Tens and Sixes.

No comments needed on this one.....

#Game No : 5624186549
***** Hand History for Game 5624186549 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 28, 18:30:23 ET 2007
Table Table 125784 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: helena21 ( $201.57 )
Seat 2: PayStation4 ( $704.88 )
Seat 6: Paddo80 ( $93.20 )
Seat 1: SelfSaboteur ( $200 )
Seat 5: EatTh1s ( $392 )
Seat 3: maykel33 ( $198 )
Paddo80 posts small blind [$1].
SelfSaboteur posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PayStation4 [ Ah Jd ]
PayStation4 raises [$8]
maykel33 calls [$8]
helena21 folds
EatTh1s folds
Paddo80 folds
SelfSaboteur folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Js, 4c ]
PayStation4 bets [$10]
maykel33 raises [$25]
PayStation4 calls [$15]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
PayStation4 checks
maykel33 bets [$100]
PayStation4 calls [$100]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
PayStation4 bets [$67]
maykel33 is all-In [$65]
PayStation4 shows [ Ah, Jd ]three of a kind, Jacks.
maykel33 doesn't show [ Td, Ks ]two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
PayStation4 wins $2 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, Jacks.
PayStation4 wins $396 from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.

Hands played in January: ~42,000
Won in cash games : $ 10,300
Bonus received : $ 450
Winrate @ NL200 : ~ 6 PTBB/100

Current Bankroll : ~$35,000

Short update

Just a short update for now wth some nice stats and a very nice graph...

Stats since 27/11/2006 (2 screens / 8-tabling)

Played hands: 70,342
$ won : $11,730.55
PTBB/100 : 4,78
MT Ratio : 6,18
Hourly rate : $94,77

Current Bankroll : ~ $31K

Most Profitable 10 hands: Biggest losers
1. AA 6.33 BB/hand 1. 97s - 0.98 BB/hand (not my favorite anymore...)
2. KK 3.05 BB/hand 2. 87s - 0.97 BB/hand
3. QQ 2.87 BB/hand 3. 76s - 0.67 BB/hand
4. JJ 2.37 BB/hand 4. KJs - 0.55 BB/hand
5. 98s 1.54 BB/hand 5. A7s - 0.42 BB/hand
6. KQs 1.48 BB/hand 6. 54s - 0.38 BB/hand
7. AKs 1.45 BB/hand 7. 64s - 0.33 BB/hand
8. AQo 1.25 BB/hand 8. A4s - 0.32 BB/hand
9. 66 1.24 BB/hand 9. A6s - 0.31 BB/hand
10. TT 1.23 BB/hand 10. 86s - 0.31 BB/hand

So yeah....I love suited connectors....

Then a real nice graph on which you can see how stable my profit is growing in the long run. This is a graph of my last 100K hands.

Another new site...

Finally an update again. This weekend I decided to give Everest a try. Heard some good stories about it, but I always hated (and still do) the software and hate the fact that you can't use pokertracker/gametime there. They also don't have any bonuses or rakeback so I wasn't expecting much....but wow Everest is just total different poker.

I started with $2500 on NL200 and there are just no good TAG's at all. You have some regulars, but most of them suck and are probably only winning because 60% just don't understand poker at all. I think I played around 6,000 hands there the last 2 days and there are maybe 3 to 4 players at most that would be winners at PokerStars NL100.

The difference is just huge. The main thing on which you notice it, is the betting sizes. No one seems to know what a proper raise is even though there is a bet pot button. Some people also don't have a check button, but just keep betting $2 in a $40 pot. The funniest thing was when the pot was about $35 on the river with 3 players (including me) in it. The board was something like AQ877 and someone betted $2, I called with 33 (im never ever folding for $2 in such a pot) and the third person made it $4 (woohooo scary), so the first person folded and I (offcourse) called. and he showed KJ....well I think this sums it all up.

I also was all-in (for about $150) with AK vs A7 (he called my all-in).
So there is a big chance I will play some more poker on Everest.
I ended my 2 sessions with just over 2 times my buy-in on Everest ($5020).

Current BR: ~$27,500

First session of 2007 and some BR management

In my first 2007 session I had a terrible start.
Lost $500 within 10 minutes. The first pot was wit AKs against KK pre-flop all-in.
I knew this player was verry agressive and so I called his all-in after my 4-bet,
this time he had a hand. The second big pot was with QQ pre-flop all-in against AK.
Again against a very aggressive player who pushed all-in after my 4-bet and with A and K on the flop my queens were no good.
And the last one (50BB) was with KK vs AA which went all-in on the flop.

After that I made a huge comeback and ended the session up $1100 in about 2200 hands.
Biggest pot ($700) was one were I had AA and my opponent AK on a A high flop.
I also had a AA vs KK again but this time in my advantage. Overall I was pretty happy with my game although I noticed that there are some tough players on Stars. I tend to have the most problems with the 22/20/6 type of players. When they enter a pot it's almost always with a (re) raise, they probably are re-raising almost any pair on the button, which is very tough to play against, especially OOP.

Bankroll management and winrate

Another topic I was thinking about lately was BR management in corresponce with your winrate.I read a lot of forums and then it's very common to hear players say "I'm a 6 PTBB/100 winner". Most of the time those players, played about 50,000 hands and they think the winrate they had during that stretch of hands is 'their winrate'. In fact, when you've been winning 6 PTBB/100 over 50,000 hands you're longterm winrate is with 99% confidence between 1,38 and 10,62!
So the only thing you can conclude is that your at least a winner, but that's about it. Another example: you can tell with 99% confidence that you're winning between 3 and 4 PTBB/100 when you have a winrate of 3,5 PTBB/100 over 4,5 million hands!!

What has this to do with bankrollmanagement? You always hear that you need at least 20 buy-ins so you have little risk of going broke. But to get this to work you at least need to be a winner, otherwise a 100 buy-in BR is not even enough offcourse. But when can you say that you're a winner?? As told earlier it takes 50,000 hands of 6PTBB/100 winning to be sure you're a winner AT THAT LEVEL, but it takes 100,000 hands of 3,5 PTBB/100 winning to be 99% sure.
Also a winner at NL50 doesn't mean that you're a winner a NL100. Even a winning player over the past year, might be a loser this year because this year because of the much tougher games....

So a sufficient bankroll might not be the reason to move up, for me it's time to move up when I have shown over enough hands that I'm a more then normal winner (3+ PTBB/100) at a level. Yes this might take me 100,000 hands per level, but at least gives me the confidence (99%) that I'm a winner at that level.

ps: Calculations have been done with StDev of 40 (my Stdev), but this is somewhat on low side (some people I heard of had one of 60). You can look your StDev up in Pokertracker BTW.

Year end reflections and looking forward

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goals 2006:

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

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

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

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

Sustainable?

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



Some hands:

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

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

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

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

Back from NY

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

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

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

This one was funny as well:

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

Or this one against an uberdonk...

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

This one against a verry aggro player:

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

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

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

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

Oops....I did it again

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

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

Current BR: $25,135

My goal is getting closer.....

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

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

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

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

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

Some hand from this morning:

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

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

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

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

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


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

Current BR: ~$23,700

First week on Stars

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

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

Current BR: ~$23,000

Winning account on Stars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strategy - 3-betting pre-flop

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

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

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

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

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

Some practical tips:

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

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

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

Running hot

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

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

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

My worst hand ever....

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

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

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

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

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

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

20K!

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

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

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

Some big hands:

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

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

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

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

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

Biggest fish ever

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

An amazing comeback and some coaching

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

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

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

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

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

A very well played hand

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

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

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

New update

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

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

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

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

Closing October + Goals November

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

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

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

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

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