Night and Day

Yesterday I played ~1100 hands of 25nl on FTP. It was split up into two session one in the morning ~9am est and one in the evening ~11pm est. To my surprise there seemed to be more solid players at each table in the evening on FTP. Maybe my table selection wasn't as good in the evening I don't know. All I know is that the table makeup for every table I was on in the evening went something like one maniac one super nit and the rest had tag stats. I think I need to reread the table selection articles in microNL on 2+2. It also brings up another topic I've been wondering about lately. Over my last 36xx hands at 25nl I have earned ~$30 in rakeback on FTP. When looking at the number of players on the tables at 11pm est during the week there is usually around 62,000 players on P*'s there usually 104,xxx. Simple math says that means there are more fish on P*'s then FTP. So is the increase amount of bad players create enough of an edge to pass up the rakeback. At these limits I think it is and am going to try playing P*'s for the next couple of weeks and see how it goes. P*'s is offering a "rakeback" program now to but by the way of the FPP program but only for new accounts, which kinda sucks.
For the sessions I ended up taking home just slightly more then 6 buyins which moves me to the positive for this little stretch. After viewing Jojo's HH and seeing his comments I have adjusted my three bet range and my ep raising requirements a little. I think a little more fine tuning is in order and swapping HH's seems a good way to figure out what it is that needs to change. That's all for now gotta get some homework done so I can play later on tonight.

laters
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So cash is not going so well

Played about 650 hands just now and lost another ~ 3 buyins. I wish the replayer was working but I'll post some HH's. Just to get an idea of how it was going KK was my biggest loser and as I lost 4 buyins with it aipf. I guess I just have to keep chugging along and wait for the run to end? I swapped HH's with Jojobinks so I'm hoping he's got some good idea's for me and if it is helpful for both of us maybe turn it into a consistent thing every other week or something. It's funny everytime I get in the here we go, I'm gonna stop screwin around and try and improve and really focus when I'm playing, I have one or two good days then the inevitable bad run starts and squashes my plan. Not this time. I am determined to stay focused. Of course I've said that all before too. This time seems different for some reason though. Maybe it's the shit or get off the pot attitude I have this time. It's pretty pointless to grind for like $4 an hour or w/e so improving and moving up is a high priority this time. Now I'm just babbling so here's the before mentioned HH's since the replayer seems to be down.

PokerStars Game #19184708614: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/07/28 - 23:24:41 (ET)
Table 'Sahade' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: MaxUT ($22.80 in chips)
Seat 2: rmoni10 ($64.20 in chips)
Seat 3: littlebu ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 4: MEC2210 ($31.55 in chips)
Seat 5: Samanchek ($6.15 in chips)
Seat 6: VChillin ($24.65 in chips)
rmoni10: posts small blind $0.10
littlebu: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to littlebu [Kd Kh]
MEC2210: folds
Samanchek: folds
VChillin: raises $0.75 to $1
MaxUT: folds
rmoni10: folds
littlebu: raises $1.25 to $2.25
VChillin: raises $5.25 to $7.50
littlebu: raises $19.75 to $27.25 and is all-in
VChillin: calls $17.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.60) returned to littlebu
*** FLOP *** [7s Ac 4h]
*** TURN *** [7s Ac 4h] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [7s Ac 4h 9c] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
littlebu: shows [Kd Kh] (a pair of Kings)
VChillin: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Aces)
VChillin collected $46.95 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49.40 | Rake $2.45
Board [7s Ac 4h 9c 5d]
Seat 1: MaxUT (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rmoni10 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: littlebu (big blind) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: MEC2210 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Samanchek folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: VChillin showed [Ah Ks] and won ($46.95) with a pair of Aces

PokerStars Game #19185234374: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/07/28 - 23:50:00 (ET)
Table 'Tucson' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: AirFastnFury ($20.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Snow-Tamer ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 3: littlebu ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 4: bigslick2k3 ($44.55 in chips)
Seat 5: Scoutski ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: saminex ($30.65 in chips)
Snow-Tamer: posts small blind $0.10
littlebu: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to littlebu [Ac Kh]
bigslick2k3: folds
Scoutski: folds
saminex: folds
AirFastnFury: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Snow-Tamer: calls $0.65
littlebu: raises $3.75 to $4.50
AirFastnFury: folds
Snow-Tamer: raises $5.75 to $10.25 and is all-in
littlebu: calls $5.75
*** FLOP *** [Kc 7h 9s]
*** TURN *** [Kc 7h 9s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 7h 9s Jd] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Snow-Tamer: shows [Jc 7c] (a full house, Jacks full of Sevens)
littlebu: mucks hand
Snow-Tamer collected $20.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $21.25 | Rake $1.05
Board [Kc 7h 9s Jd Jh]
Seat 1: AirFastnFury (button) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Snow-Tamer (small blind) showed [Jc 7c] and won ($20.20) with a full house, Jacks full of Sevens
Seat 3: littlebu (big blind) mucked [Ac Kh]
Seat 4: bigslick2k3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Scoutski folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: saminex folded before Flop (didn't bet)

there's a couple more but this post just got hella long putting those up and well you get the drift.

A little frusteration

So after dropping a little over a buyin yesterday, today I lost a little over 2 more. I had to turn off FTP cause I could feel the tilt coming. There were some real gems in the swingy session. My KK < A3 aipf for an entire buying (wtf) flop 245 sigh. Then win back a buyin then lose to river gutter that calls down. It just seemed to be one of those days where you make a bunch of second best hands or get sucked out on. I know I'm whining, I know it shouldn't matter, and really it doesn't cause I felt I played fine until the end. I'm really hoping this HH swap with Jojo reveals something I am doing wrong cause 6 max has been very swingy. I'm not entirely sure if that is the norm or not but that has been my expierence thus far.

Later,
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FT on FTP 6max

I played a 6 max tourney on FTP. Just finished 4/136 for $95. Overall I'm happy the way I played and got knocked out when I ran a flush into a rivered full house against the CL'er. Sucks but can't do anything about it. I can however improve my cash game. I was 3 tabling in addition to the tourney and while the ~ 650 hand session ended with me winning overall it would have been a much better performance if it weren't for 2 hands. I will prolly post tomorrow as I'm tired as hell but all in all I'm pretty happy with how I played today. I didn't make as many mistakes as I have been lately. I have a 25k gntd tourney to play Sun. from my rakeback affliate on FTP so here's to hoping I'm still running well and playing decent enough then.

laters,
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Playing cash

So I've been trying to refind my 6max NL game. Haven't played a ton of hands but it feels like I have forgotten a lot. From playing HU it seems my hand reading has gotten better, and even though I get to the point where I think I'm beat I still find myself calling and paying off far to often for my liking. Even though I was playing/running bad at 25nl my BR stayed even thanks to limit 6max. Here's a hand I played particularly bad. I don't have many stats on the guy as he's only been sitting for a few orbits. I panzy out and don't c-bet cause limping weak Ax's seems to be the norm for these guys and I didn't want to build a big pot. I know I'm super weak.

I was a little surprised to see what he limped/called with pf. I took note and continued playing. Here's another hand that left me loling. O.K so you call with your gutter all the way. Why's he calling the river?


I later donked about $15 away against another "big stack" (bu ~ $55, him ~$67), when I flop two pair he flops straight and he let's me "value bet" the whole way, didn't even raise the river, although a backdoor flush showed up. Probably should've lost more.

Some random thoughts:
I'm thinking about taking a break from the CT LNPT games since that is really the only time I have to play anymore, with summer house projects, getting ready for the baby, classes, and trying like hell to get my car into a paint booth before winter so it can be reassembled throughout the winter and be ready for spring, playing time is at a premium. While I enjoy the games and the camaraderie that they offer, my br would have only slightly increased without the 180man wins and the two large field FT's. My goal is to get back to putting 10k hands a month in (I know not really that many but it's been awhile for me). Shouldn't be a problem 4 tabling two hours a night 4 days a week but I don't want to do more then 4 tables. I want to improve my game not just grind 9 tables of 25nl forever. Also After talking some with Jojo I'm going to start taking shots a little more often and quit being such a BR nit. Before my latest cash out I was playing 25nl and 50nl on a 5k BR. Who the hell does that. After I get back to feeling comfortable again I think I'm going to use the 20 buyin rule and take some shots if I see that the games are good. No sense in puttering along.

laters,
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Brief update

So I sign up for this $2.22 2X rebuy on stars while I wait for the LNPT to start last night. I don't have much of a BR on stars but have been dabbling in some of their .10/.25 ring games lately because well not really sure. Thinking a BR building challenge on stars will get me motivated to play again. Anyway I started with a BR just over $50 as I was only going to play the LNPT there and keep playing on FTP. After last nights run in the $2.22 I am sitting a little over $500 as I took 4th out of 1208 for ~ $280. A couple of weeks ago I took down a $2 180 man also. I'm glad I can graduate to the $5 games now. It made for a late night for not a big pay day, but I have a somewhat workable stars roll now. At least I can safely play 25nl now on 20 buyins there. I still enjoy FTP but the change of scenary is good for some reason. For the tourney I felt like I played well and picked up good hands when I needed to, except for the last 2hrs or so. I mean let's be honest the early play in a $2 tourney the play is awful at best and there are plenty of chances to chip up. The end of the tourney the play was better, but still pretty awful on most levels. It was fun to go deep in another big field tourney as it gains you expierence regardless of the level, on how to play when your exhausted. Look at that two post's in a week. Haven't done that in awhile.

Wow been awhile

Been a long time without a post. I cashed out a good chunk of my BR and started grinding low limit cash games to replenish it. Been playing a lot of 22's and occasional 33's HU sng's along with 50HUNL with pretty good success. Also final tabled the midnight madness on FTP recently finishing 7/1441. So all in all not a lot going on. Classes are tough and taking away from playing time. That's it for now and GL on the tables.