Monday, May 29, 2006

Another short NL session

Played about and hour on two tables of .25/50 nl on pokershare today. Played well, I really am starting to feel at home again at the cash game tables.

Todays Totals:
Total NL hands = 95
Amount Won = $16.60
Fpp's earned = 38.75

Promo Stats:
Total Nl hands = 948
Total Limit hands = 89
Total hands = 1037
Total Amount Won = $108.25
Total Fpp's earned = 265

I'm a little more than half way finished with the promo now. I can't wait to finish so I don't have to keep track of the fpp's any more.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Well couldn't sleep what else to do but play poker

I couldn't sleep, it's to damn hot, so I fired up the comp and played poker the last two hours. I played 3 PStars $6.50 sng's, 1 Titan $6 sng, and a $5 MTT on Titan. The Mtt had 227 runners.

Total stars stats:

Pstars Finishes:
2nd - 1
4th - 1
6th - 1

Total buyins = $19.50
Amount Won = 16.20
Total profit = -$3.30

Titan sng Finishes:
3rd -1

Total buyin = $6
Amount Won = $10
Total profit = $4

Titan MTT:
29th - 1

Total buyin = $5
Amount Won = $8.51
Total profit = $3.51

Total profit for this late night session = $4.21

I know baller.

Played some sng's today

I played two $6.50's on stars after taking a break from sng's for awhile. I also played a ministep on party. Played a PS $4.40 180 man today to. Bubbled out in 21 in the 180 on this gem of a hand. Can't ask for a better situation. This type of thing really gets to me. I have to work on my tilt.

PokerStars Tournament, Big Blind is t800 with t50 antes (7 handed) Converter on pregopoker.com

UTG (t5566)
UTG+1 (t4204)
Hero (t6609)
CO (t6618)
Button (t4210)
SB (t9122)
BB (t6490)
Preflop: Hero is in MP1 with K K
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to t2000, CO calls t2000, Button raises to t4160 (All-in), SB folds, BB folds, Hero raises to t6559 (All-in), CO calls t4559
Flop: (t20828) 3 T Q (3 players)
Turn: (t20828) A (3 players)
River: (t20828) 7 (3 players)

Edit: CO had QQ and button had JJ so I went out to the set of Q's

The sng stats for the day.

PStars - 2 $6.50's
Total buyins = $13
Finishes = 2 3rds
Total won = $21.60
Total profit = $8.60

Party - 2 mini steps
Total buyins = $6
Finishes = 4, 1
Won = 1 mini step 1 freeroll, used it to play the second game won a seat to a mini step 2 for 1st
These are fun.

So total profit for the day was $4.20 and a ministep 2 seat after the lovely bubble in the 180

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Played a mixed bag today

Well started the morning playing .25/.50 nl on Pokershare. The two tables I was at were crazy, a lot of big pots, which would have been great had I been able to pick up some cards. Also while I was playing there I decided since I have around $300 in Titan poker I might as well play a couple of the $5 + 1 Jackpot sng's. If you win 5 in a row you get $25,000 or in you get a combo of 5 1st's and 2nd's you get a $200 bonus. I know odds are it won't happen but I haven't played a sng in a while so I figured I would give it a shot. Played 3. I won the first, coasted through, was playing really well. The second I got some cards early then went card dead for awhile, but managed to make the money. Doubled up with 44 against the chipleaders A3. Then took out the guy left shorter than me. Then lost heads-up when my AJ lost to 33. O well still a shot for the $200. Third game I held 77 made a boat on a 6h7h6s flop. 8 people to flop. Action check check check me bet 80 (pot was 80 5/10 blinds) one call, raise to 200, fold to me, call(hoping original caller would come), fold. Turn Ah. I'm hoping this guy is playing some hearts, a big A, 6A, bets pot, I come over top, he pushes, I call, he shows Q6, river 6. Such is the game. I guess I'll start over next time I play.

So todays sng stats:

3 - $6's
Total buy-ins = $18
Total Won = $40
Total profit = $22

NL stats:
Total hands = 263
Amount Won = -$14.65
Fpp's earned = 62.25

Promo stats:
Total NL hands = 853
Total Limit hands = 89
Total Hands = 942
Total Amount Won = $91.65
Total Fpp's = 226.25

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Yesterday

So I played some more .25/.50 nl yesterday. Got down early due to two over played overpairs. Worked my way back from -$60 with pretty solid play after that. I'm beginning to see a trend with those. I played another PStars $4.40 180. Went out 75th after my stack took a hit with AKs in spades. Flop came 2spade 9 spade 9heart. Action he checked I check. Turn 10spade, he bets I raise he pushes I call he shows A9hearts river 10. Three hands later my AA< Q9 and I'm down to 1BB, so is poker.

NL Stats:

Total hands = 93
Amount Won = -$11.95
Total Fpp's Earned = 24.25

Total for Promo:

Total NL hands = 590
Total Limit hands = 89
Total hands = 679
Total Amount Won = $106.31
Total Fpp's earned = 164

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Short session

Played a short session just now about half an hour of 2 table .25/.50 nl on Pokershare. Nothing to exiciting happend. Just wanted to play some since I've taken four days off to work on my poker table I am building. Anyway here's the stats.

Todays Stats:

Total hands = 53
Amount Won = $18.40
Total Fpp's earned = 11.50

Total for promo:

Total Nl Hands = 497
Total Limit Hands = 89
Total Hands = 586
Total Amount Won = $118.26
Total Fpp's Earned = 139.75

Hopefully I'll get to play a lot more this weekend.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Played some NL today and a PS $4.40 180 man

I got up early, at least for me on a Sat. and played some NL cash on PokerShare working off the latest PSO bonus. I played two tables of .25/.50 NL and a Pokerstars 180 man $4.40.

I thought I played pretty well in the Pokerstars tourney but I ended up finishing in 38th. Top 18 get paid.

Stats for the NL cash games for today are:

Total hands = 218
Amount Won = $32.60
Total Fpp's earned = 39.75

Total stats since starting this promo:

Total NL hands( mix of .05/.10, and .25/.50) = 444
Total Limit hands(.50/1.00) = 89
Total Hands = 533
Total Amount Won = $99.86
Total FPP's earned = 128.25

I think I'm just going to stick with .25/.50 NL now. There's really no skill difference between the .05/.10 level and there, plus the FPP's clear a lot faster at .25/.50. I would love to get some more limit hands in but it doesn't seem like there is a game going on ever. I really feel like I'm playing good poker again and I actually am comfortable playing. I haven't felt this comfortable playing in a long time. Maybe I should stay with cash games, I seem to have a much better understanding than I do at sng's.

Friday, May 19, 2006

Today I played some NL cash

I played some NL cash games today trying to clear my bonus to get my 3 free books on Pokershare from Pokersourceonline. I played two .05/.10 NL tables and one .25/.50 NL table. I need to get to 500 FPP's to get the books and 1400 FPP's to get my $140 bonus. So far it's clearing pretty quick.

Stats for today:

Total hands = 226
Amount Won = 49.61

Next are total stats since starting the bonus at PSO.

Total hands = 315
Total won = $67.56
Total FFP's = 88.50

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Played some limit today

Played 89 hands of .50/1 today working towards my bonus from pokersourceonline today. I earned a whopping 20.75 fpp points on pokershare. I sure hope the traffic picks up there or I'm never going to finish this promo on time. I had to play one table of 6 max. Here's the stats. I suffered the usual limit beats but for some reason it doesn't get to me like losing all my chips in a sng. Maybe I'm just better made for limit. I know I understand it a whole lot better.


Hands played - 89
Amount won - 17.75
Total Fpp's - 20.75

Not a bad way to make my way back into limit.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

OK I'm calm

I think I found a leak. It's called playing when pissed. I feel a little better today. I'm still going to do the promo and take some time off from sng's. I need to study more. I think I'm going to start studying every other day instead of playing, so if you see me on the tables on tues., thurs., or sat.(mornings I can't miss all the juicyness of the weekend) then yell at me over the chat. I feel better already.

Monday, May 15, 2006

I'm going back...

To my usual winrate(hopefully). I'm going to do a promo through pokersourceonline at pokershare to get 3 books and $140 deposit bonus. It will probably take around 2000 hands or so. I think I just need a break from sng's. I'm getting overly frustrated and it is affecting my play.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Todays games

Happy Mothers day. I split this set into two $6's and two $11's. I should have named this damned thing the negative side of variance.

*************Set 1***************************************

Total buy-ins = $34

$6's
1 - 2nd
1 - 6th

$11's
1 - 3rd
1 7th

Total won = $35
Total profit = $1

****************Set 2*******************************

Played 4 $6's. Been on a rough deck of cards today, coupled with some more than likely bad play.

Total buy-ins = $24

1 - 1st
1 - 4th
2 - 6th's

Total won = $25
Total profit = $1

****************Set 3*******************************

Played 4 more $6's. This getting sucked out on over and over sucks. I can't wait until I hit an upswing.

1 - 2nd
1 - 3rd
1 - 4th
1 - 7th

Total won = $25
Total profit = $1

****************Set 4*******************************

I need to stop playing now. Frustration is setting in.

Total buy-in = $24

1 - 2nd
1 - 6th
1 - 7th
1 - 9th

Total won = $15
Total profit = -$9

****************Todays Totals***********************

Total games = 16
Total buy-ins = $106
Total won = $100
Total profit = -$6

****************Monthly Totals*********************

Total games = 28
Total buy-ins = $178
Total won = $165
Total profit = -$13

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Todays games

Well here's my first set to post on this blog. These were 4 $6 on Party. I know the rake is crazy but I want to learn and find my leaks at a low level so it won't cost me so much.

*************Set 1************************************************************

Total buy-ins = $24
2 - 3rds
1 - 4th
1 - 5th

Total won = $20
Total profit = -$4

Not the way I wanted to start this but there it is. I don't think I made any really dumb plays but I have a few hands to post up from this set.

*******************Set 2**************************************************

Again another 4 tables of $6 sng's on Party. This set I played like complete crap. Heres the results.

Total buy-ins = $24
1 - 1st
1 - 5th
2 - 6th's

Total won = $25
Total profit = $1

*****************Set 3****************************************************
Well this was a great set. Losing coinflips left in right. It was a lot of fun. O well I got it all in ahead everytime except one.

Total buy-ins = $24
2 - 3rd's
1 - 4th
1 - 6th

Total won = $20
Total profit = -$4

******************Todays Totals*********************************************

12 games
Total buy-ins = $72
Total won = $65
Total profit = -$7

******************Monthly Totals******************************************

12 games
Total buy ins = $72
Total won = $65
Total profit = -$7

Friday, May 12, 2006

So I started a poker blog

I decided to start a blog to track my progress as I try to grow as a poker player and to help me focus on improving since I'll have a record. My main focus right now is on sng's. I am a converted cash game player. I'm starting low and plan on working my way up. I'm currently playing $6's and $11's on party. I also play some $6.50 turbos on stars. Anyway I'll update after I play a couple of sets and will try to update everday I play