Not really poker related, but enough to justify posting it. Had a deposit bonus for Party, so I stuck $50 in to claim a free $10 (don't think I'll hit the requiements for much higher unless I don't play on Stars at all in the next week, especially as I'm not getting any time over the weekend). Then I went to take the deposit amount back out because I don't want to build my roll like that right now... and moronicly cashed out my entire roll. My bank won't let me redeposit it (unusual level of inactivity? I don't know) so now I have no money on Party.
So smart.
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Something Nice
As I'm not really doing anything today, I've just been hanging around the internet. Checking my emails, I find that some of Party's regulars have complained about me not donating much since my bank went stupid and locked my card (without knowing why, or how to unlock it), so they've given me $40 free (with release requirments, obv.). This leaves me in a dilemna.
I need to generate 320 PartyPoints in 14 days to keep the money (although I'm pretty certain I get the profit, if any, even if I fail to clear the bonus). But on Stars, I'm in the middle of a bonus worth $49.84, for which I need another 164 FPPs by the 3rd of December. Clearing the Party bonus will need me to play about 6000 raked hands in two weeks (in other words, impossible for me at the amount I currently play) so what I'm tempted to do is to play the Party money for two weeks or until I double it then leave it until I clear the Stars bonus. Not sure if that's the best plan, though.
Alternatively, I could try playing a few SNGs to see if I can increase it, then take a couple of shots at 25NL. That seems like it'll just cost me the money, though. No, I'll do cash games and see what happens.
I need to generate 320 PartyPoints in 14 days to keep the money (although I'm pretty certain I get the profit, if any, even if I fail to clear the bonus). But on Stars, I'm in the middle of a bonus worth $49.84, for which I need another 164 FPPs by the 3rd of December. Clearing the Party bonus will need me to play about 6000 raked hands in two weeks (in other words, impossible for me at the amount I currently play) so what I'm tempted to do is to play the Party money for two weeks or until I double it then leave it until I clear the Stars bonus. Not sure if that's the best plan, though.
Alternatively, I could try playing a few SNGs to see if I can increase it, then take a couple of shots at 25NL. That seems like it'll just cost me the money, though. No, I'll do cash games and see what happens.
Friday, October 05, 2007
.05/.10 NLH LH 5/10/07
Opening Balance: $305.50
Buy-In: 10 + 10 + 10 (3 tables)
No. of Hands: 241
Left With: 20 + 12 + 18.75
Closing Balance: $ 326.25
Running Totals: +1042ptbb/4024
+$104.22 /4024
(+25.9ptbb/100)
Well, 26ptbb/100 is a nice enough win rate. I'm also feeling a little happier with 3-tabling after today (it suggested yesterday's mad rush feeling will pass eventually).
In terms of play, I was playing fairly well, although not really concentrating on many hands I wasn't in. Most of these people seem fairly easy to read, though, so it's ok. I made a big early gain with a set but bluffed and missed draws until that was all gone. Manage3d to stack someone with top pair after he shoved $6 into a $4 pot (took me forever to call, but call I did). I also laid down a similar hand in a very similar situation earlier on the same table.
One hand near the end was a real doozy.
Villain is a regular and a known TAG who I bluff quite a lot, although recently not so much. He's been very quiet of late and the preflop call takes him a long time (my first clue as to his holding - something mediocre, like suited connectors or a medium pair)
Seat 1: SKULTUR ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 3: RNG_Coder ($12.15 in chips)
maurice44: posts small blind $0.05
SKULTUR: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RNG_Coder [Ad Ah]
friartuck842: folds
RNG_Coder: raises $0.20 to $0.30
seeno: folds
oror: calls $0.30
4 folds
SKULTUR: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [9h 3s As]
SKULTUR: bets $0.30
RNG_Coder: calls $0.30
oror: folds
*** TURN *** [9h 3s As] [Th]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $0.40
SKULTUR: raises $1.10 to $1.50
RNG_Coder: raises $2 to $3.50
SKULTUR: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [9h 3s As Th] [Ac]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $2.80
SKULTUR: calls $2.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***RNG_Coder: shows [Ad Ah] (four of a kind, Aces)
SKULTUR: mucks hand
RNG_Coder collected $13.50 from pot
On the flop, I'm trying to bring the second villain in as well, but he doesn't play along. I'm hopeful SKULTUR has an under-set or maybe two pair/KK (although I think both of those are very unlikely)
I'm definitely not checking behind on the turn as I want to bet this and win money off lower sets (and make flush draws pay to hit, although I'm not doing that very well, I check/fold to a flush card) His check raise really shows strength (villain specific read) so I decide he'll stick around a little longer, and probably has 99 or TT.
On the river: pot is about 8.50, I have about 8.50 left and he has me well covered. I bet 2.80 in the hope that he now thinks he can put me all in, or bluff me out (depending on how he's thinking and what he has). It doesn't work (maybe I bet too much?) but he does call and I win a nice pot.
Additionally, I'm buying into a staking scheme for Skeptix using $60 from my roll. Hopefully this will add a few nice dollars in a month or so, but even if it doesn't it's only some of my drunk money. Do it to it!
Buy-In: 10 + 10 + 10 (3 tables)
No. of Hands: 241
Left With: 20 + 12 + 18.75
Closing Balance: $ 326.25
Running Totals: +1042ptbb/4024
+$104.22 /4024
(+25.9ptbb/100)
Well, 26ptbb/100 is a nice enough win rate. I'm also feeling a little happier with 3-tabling after today (it suggested yesterday's mad rush feeling will pass eventually).
In terms of play, I was playing fairly well, although not really concentrating on many hands I wasn't in. Most of these people seem fairly easy to read, though, so it's ok. I made a big early gain with a set but bluffed and missed draws until that was all gone. Manage3d to stack someone with top pair after he shoved $6 into a $4 pot (took me forever to call, but call I did). I also laid down a similar hand in a very similar situation earlier on the same table.
One hand near the end was a real doozy.
Villain is a regular and a known TAG who I bluff quite a lot, although recently not so much. He's been very quiet of late and the preflop call takes him a long time (my first clue as to his holding - something mediocre, like suited connectors or a medium pair)
Seat 1: SKULTUR ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 3: RNG_Coder ($12.15 in chips)
maurice44: posts small blind $0.05
SKULTUR: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RNG_Coder [Ad Ah]
friartuck842: folds
RNG_Coder: raises $0.20 to $0.30
seeno: folds
oror: calls $0.30
4 folds
SKULTUR: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [9h 3s As]
SKULTUR: bets $0.30
RNG_Coder: calls $0.30
oror: folds
*** TURN *** [9h 3s As] [Th]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $0.40
SKULTUR: raises $1.10 to $1.50
RNG_Coder: raises $2 to $3.50
SKULTUR: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [9h 3s As Th] [Ac]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $2.80
SKULTUR: calls $2.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***RNG_Coder: shows [Ad Ah] (four of a kind, Aces)
SKULTUR: mucks hand
RNG_Coder collected $13.50 from pot
On the flop, I'm trying to bring the second villain in as well, but he doesn't play along. I'm hopeful SKULTUR has an under-set or maybe two pair/KK (although I think both of those are very unlikely)
I'm definitely not checking behind on the turn as I want to bet this and win money off lower sets (and make flush draws pay to hit, although I'm not doing that very well, I check/fold to a flush card) His check raise really shows strength (villain specific read) so I decide he'll stick around a little longer, and probably has 99 or TT.
On the river: pot is about 8.50, I have about 8.50 left and he has me well covered. I bet 2.80 in the hope that he now thinks he can put me all in, or bluff me out (depending on how he's thinking and what he has). It doesn't work (maybe I bet too much?) but he does call and I win a nice pot.
Additionally, I'm buying into a staking scheme for Skeptix using $60 from my roll. Hopefully this will add a few nice dollars in a month or so, but even if it doesn't it's only some of my drunk money. Do it to it!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
LOL Drunkaments
So it would seem that last night I played some drunk poker (OK,I wasn't that drunk and I do remember some of it). I sat down at a 25NL table with $10 and proceeded to lag the hell out of everything in sight. The HH shows some pretty horrific beats going on all over the place (one guy got mad at me when I hit two pair on the turn with K6 and his aces got stacked). There are also a couple of points where I bluff horrendously and it works.
The short version is that I raped the table, coming out with $105.73 and leaving my bankroll a healthy $299.05.
Leaving aside the stupidity of what I did (it was pretty stupid, I know) this has padded my bankroll quite a bit (up by ninety-odd dollars or about 45%) and it's added a few FPPs to a bonus I'm trying to clear (I'm probably not going to make it, though). I think I'll also start 3-tabling now. My original plan was to do it when I made it to $210 and since I'm beyond that now, I will still implement the plan (stupid method or not, I have exceeded the amount). I'm thinking about 4-tabling, but I'll see how I do with 3 for a while first.
The short version is that I raped the table, coming out with $105.73 and leaving my bankroll a healthy $299.05.
Leaving aside the stupidity of what I did (it was pretty stupid, I know) this has padded my bankroll quite a bit (up by ninety-odd dollars or about 45%) and it's added a few FPPs to a bonus I'm trying to clear (I'm probably not going to make it, though). I think I'll also start 3-tabling now. My original plan was to do it when I made it to $210 and since I'm beyond that now, I will still implement the plan (stupid method or not, I have exceeded the amount). I'm thinking about 4-tabling, but I'll see how I do with 3 for a while first.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Sod The Fancy Crap
So...
My attempts to be all zero to hero backfired in fantastic style. I have nothing left at Party, but I had a little at Stars, so I reloaded and built my roll back to where it was before the summer. In other words, my stats now stand at:
Balance: $159.16
.05/.10 NLH LH: +630ptbb/2546
+$63.06 /2546
I'll be keeping the same stats and everything even though I'll be playing at Stars rather than Party. Continuing to two or sometimes three table up to 20K hands. One difference between the two sites is that Party was ten handed whereas Stars is nine handed. Not sure that'll mean much, except possibly more hands per hour, which can only be a good thing, I suppose.
I played a bit earlier (although didn't record anything from it). I won about $10 from 200-300 hands, using a fairly laggy style (seeing a lot of flops and betting everything) as I thought I might be able to outplay the villains. I did get pretty lucky from time to time, although I think I deserved most of what I won. Also played a multitable where I was in great shape near the second break when some clown with a monster stack called my reraise all in with 8cTc (possible to argue he was pot commited, but not really. More likely he just wanted to be a big stack bully). Needless to say my kings got screwed.
I'm looking forward to getting back in the game. It's been a while.
My attempts to be all zero to hero backfired in fantastic style. I have nothing left at Party, but I had a little at Stars, so I reloaded and built my roll back to where it was before the summer. In other words, my stats now stand at:
Balance: $159.16
.05/.10 NLH LH: +630ptbb/2546
+$63.06 /2546
I'll be keeping the same stats and everything even though I'll be playing at Stars rather than Party. Continuing to two or sometimes three table up to 20K hands. One difference between the two sites is that Party was ten handed whereas Stars is nine handed. Not sure that'll mean much, except possibly more hands per hour, which can only be a good thing, I suppose.
I played a bit earlier (although didn't record anything from it). I won about $10 from 200-300 hands, using a fairly laggy style (seeing a lot of flops and betting everything) as I thought I might be able to outplay the villains. I did get pretty lucky from time to time, although I think I deserved most of what I won. Also played a multitable where I was in great shape near the second break when some clown with a monster stack called my reraise all in with 8cTc (possible to argue he was pot commited, but not really. More likely he just wanted to be a big stack bully). Needless to say my kings got screwed.
I'm looking forward to getting back in the game. It's been a while.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
It's Been A While
Since my last post, I basically haven't played. I had to withdraw all the money from my Party account and was basically prepared to not play online any more. Then in August I received an email from Party saying they were giving me $75 free (obviously subject to release conditions). I played some $10+1 SNGs with it and now have $62 (after they took the original $75 off me for not meeting the release requirements.
I'm still treating this as a bit of a game right now. I'll keep playing the 10+1s for now, until I get back to around $160 like I had before. If I get back to that point, I'll return to micro-stakes cash and go back to becoming a better player.
I'm still treating this as a bit of a game right now. I'll keep playing the 10+1s for now, until I get back to around $160 like I had before. If I get back to that point, I'll return to micro-stakes cash and go back to becoming a better player.
Monday, May 14, 2007
.10/.25 NLH LH 14/5/07
Opening balance: $139.09 (Down $12 from yesterday after a failed sattelite to the 330K Gtd)
Buy in : $48
No. of hands : 98
Left with : $16.01
Closing balance : $107.10
Running total: -$138.84/369
-557ptbb/271
The first table I was on, I was winning handily after a time. I lost most of my first stack after bluffing back at the maniac the one time he really had a hand. I managed to work back from $24 to almost $48 and back to $41 before it broke up. Switched tables and the new one was not so friendly. Both were limp happy, but the second had way more aggression post-flop. Eventually I lost my stack overplaying top pair and getting hammered by a set.
And that's my problem. I can win a series of small and medium sized pots and then I lose it all on one big hand. I play too many hands. On a table like those I had today, I limp a lot behind other limpers, then can't extract my self or control the pot when I catch a small piece of the flop. I'm a bad player. I have taken a number of bad beats recently, but not so much that it justifies the huge losses I've sustained. Losing $300 dollars in less than a thousand hands of .25/.50 and .10/.25 is dreadful. And it hurts.
I remember when I started playing, about three and a half years ago, I thought I knew it all. I was a big fish in pool of even bigger fishes. After a few months, I learnt some things by myself and some other things from my friend Stef (basic position, hand selection, bet sizing etc.) and thought I was great. As it happened, I was better than the people I was playing with. Then I turned 18 and started playing online. For a while, I couldn't believe how unlucky I was. All these donks kept beating me!
From there, I gradually came to realise that I was losing because I was bad. I stopped playing for a few months, came back, lost some more. Finally, I went looking for help. I found Ptips and realised that I was virtually clueless. I learned, I got better, I started winning. Then the bubble burst. I lost more, and more, and more. Then I stopped for a while.
I picked it up again and started this blog. I decided to stop reloading, to try and play within my roll and to closely monitor my progress. And yet, here we are. I'm throwing money away, I'm spewing everywhere and I feel like shit.
Maybe I can't take the variance. I do have a fairly LAG style, which brings with it big swings. Even when I try to contain myself, I don't become TAG, I become loose-passive pre-flop and a bluffing machine post flop. I can't take the variance, I hate losing and I'm not well-off enough to pour money in.
As of now, I'm down another level. .05/.10 NLH LH. I still have ten buy-ins for that, but I'm thinking I should change my plans. If I am prone to big swings, it's possible I'll hit a big upswing soon. If I simply aim at an amount of money, I might move up before I'm ready. So instead of aiming at an amount of money, I'll aim to be above 7ptbb/100 after 15K hands. It'll take me a long time to grind my way up from here, but if I should manage to establish myself as a fundamental winner at this low level (which will come as a result of solid play) I'll relax the restrictions when moving back up to .25/.50.
And in the meantime, I'll study the fundamentals again. I'll go back to the beginning, refresh myself, try and learn from scratch. I'm smart, I love the game and I used to be a winner. I can do this!
Buy in : $48
No. of hands : 98
Left with : $16.01
Closing balance : $107.10
Running total: -$138.84/369
-557ptbb/271
The first table I was on, I was winning handily after a time. I lost most of my first stack after bluffing back at the maniac the one time he really had a hand. I managed to work back from $24 to almost $48 and back to $41 before it broke up. Switched tables and the new one was not so friendly. Both were limp happy, but the second had way more aggression post-flop. Eventually I lost my stack overplaying top pair and getting hammered by a set.
And that's my problem. I can win a series of small and medium sized pots and then I lose it all on one big hand. I play too many hands. On a table like those I had today, I limp a lot behind other limpers, then can't extract my self or control the pot when I catch a small piece of the flop. I'm a bad player. I have taken a number of bad beats recently, but not so much that it justifies the huge losses I've sustained. Losing $300 dollars in less than a thousand hands of .25/.50 and .10/.25 is dreadful. And it hurts.
I remember when I started playing, about three and a half years ago, I thought I knew it all. I was a big fish in pool of even bigger fishes. After a few months, I learnt some things by myself and some other things from my friend Stef (basic position, hand selection, bet sizing etc.) and thought I was great. As it happened, I was better than the people I was playing with. Then I turned 18 and started playing online. For a while, I couldn't believe how unlucky I was. All these donks kept beating me!
From there, I gradually came to realise that I was losing because I was bad. I stopped playing for a few months, came back, lost some more. Finally, I went looking for help. I found Ptips and realised that I was virtually clueless. I learned, I got better, I started winning. Then the bubble burst. I lost more, and more, and more. Then I stopped for a while.
I picked it up again and started this blog. I decided to stop reloading, to try and play within my roll and to closely monitor my progress. And yet, here we are. I'm throwing money away, I'm spewing everywhere and I feel like shit.
Maybe I can't take the variance. I do have a fairly LAG style, which brings with it big swings. Even when I try to contain myself, I don't become TAG, I become loose-passive pre-flop and a bluffing machine post flop. I can't take the variance, I hate losing and I'm not well-off enough to pour money in.
As of now, I'm down another level. .05/.10 NLH LH. I still have ten buy-ins for that, but I'm thinking I should change my plans. If I am prone to big swings, it's possible I'll hit a big upswing soon. If I simply aim at an amount of money, I might move up before I'm ready. So instead of aiming at an amount of money, I'll aim to be above 7ptbb/100 after 15K hands. It'll take me a long time to grind my way up from here, but if I should manage to establish myself as a fundamental winner at this low level (which will come as a result of solid play) I'll relax the restrictions when moving back up to .25/.50.
And in the meantime, I'll study the fundamentals again. I'll go back to the beginning, refresh myself, try and learn from scratch. I'm smart, I love the game and I used to be a winner. I can do this!
Saturday, May 12, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 12/5/07
Opening balance: $343.94
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $263.94
Running total: -$136.25/488
-272ptbb/488
Well that sucks. Took a few days off to try and get my head together and shake the feeling that I'm going to lose money every time I sit down. It worked, but I lost anyway.
Looking at the reasons why, I'd have to say that it's a combination of not getting flops and of being on a table of deep stacked nutters. One in particular was raising and calling a lot, except when I bet. Not wanting to get caught in the middle of the loose play with weak cards, I tried to get in only with hands that could hit big hands (pocket pairs, connectors, suited aces). Most of them didn't hit a damn thing. I know that's not unusual, but when you're playing with a thin roll anyway it's a recipe for disaster. One important point I should learn is that there was little call for bluffing here. I think I saw too many flops when attempting to steal the blinds from early position. Against this kind of card-happy table, ultra tight is probably the most reliable strategy.
Let's look at some hands.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $115.50 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $152.50 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $68.50 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $44.50 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $50 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 2s 4d ]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Katharina24 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Kd ]
YagaS checks
Katharina24 checks
djangoboy checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
2 folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $2.95 USD
I would normally bet this flop for combined disguise and to deny flush draws, but I knew djangoboy was aggressive and may well bet here, in which case I'd come over the top and probably get paid off. For added value katharina would almost always bet with a king but not much else. The turn bet is for information, but as it turns out it killed any action I may have had.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $113.75 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $186 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.45 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $45 USD )
gozer111222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Tc ]
1 fold
i_crumb_u raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Qh ]
YagaS bets [$3 USD]
i_crumb_u raises [$8 USD]
YagaS calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
YagaS bets [$15 USD]
i_crumb_u is all-In [$35 USD]
YagaS folds
i_crumb_u does not show cards.
i_crumb_u wins $67.75 USD
I've seen crumb let go in situations like this, a couple of times against djangoboy. I suspect the flop raise may be a play back at me, so I call to bet the flop. I think that looks stronger than betting it back on the flop. I also have a tight image, which might be working against me here. That flop doesn't hit many tight hands (AQ, pocket pairs) so he'll probably fancy any good cards here. That said, I saw him throw money around like there's no tomorrow, so maybe I just needed to accept that he wasn't going to fold to me.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $68.35 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $91.52 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $208.65 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $54.15 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $51.53 USD )
eziquioLobao posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
djangoboy posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qs Ad ]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
eziquioLobao calls [$1.75 USD]
djangoboy calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 5h, 3h ]
3 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
eziquioLobao bets [$4 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$14 USD]
eziquioLobao calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
eziquioLobao checks
YagaS checks
eziquioLobao shows [ Ah, 8h ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS shows [ Qs, Ad ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS wins $32.30 USD from the main pot with a pair of Fives with Queen kicker.
I doubt that flop hit anyone but djangoboy is too aggressive for me to want to bet with AQ. The paired turn either means I'm completely screwed or that it's a great bluffing spot that eziquioLobao is taking advantage of. Honestly, I think I might be too short to make that bet often, but I also think I have a reasonable chance to take it on the turn. Lobao was the second least insane of the players. There's too much chance I'll be checkraised or check/called and beaten for me to bet the river.
The next two hands cost me an entire buy-in between them. One is bad by me, one is just evil.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $52.75 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $167.18 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $202.72 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $36.90 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $77 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc 9c ]
i_crumb_u folds
eziquioLobao raises [$2 USD]
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
Katharina24 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9s, Td ]
YagaS bets [$6 USD]
eziquioLobao folds
djangoboy calls [$6 USD]
gozer111222 raises [$12 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$11.80 USD]
djangoboy calls [$11.80 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$5.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
djangoboy shows [ Jd, 8h ]a pair of Eights.
gozer111222 shows [ Jh, Tc ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Qc, 9c ]a pair of Nines.
gozer111222 wins $58.90 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
Pre-flop, I suppose I had the odds to call. Just about. The trouble with having thin odds pre-flop, limited by your stack, is that when you lose, unless you reload, your implied odds get increasingly thinner and you lose fold equity. On the flop, I'm doing that to spite them. The original bet is ok, I think, although I don't know how often they both fold. Maybe not often enough to make it profitable, but I'd do it again. With a call and a raise, second pair needs to be mucked.
Oh, and then there's this.
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $149.53 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $17.84 USD )
Seat 6: ludoingels ( $68.40 USD )
Seat 1: corblimey111 ( $29.74 USD )
Seat 4: Aputty ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 2: xxx_Phantom_xxx ( $50.40 USD )
Aputty posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Qs ]
ludoingels raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
Aputty calls [$1.75 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.34 USD]
2 folds
Aputty calls [$15.84 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 7d, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
Aputty shows [ 5s, Kd ]a flush, Ace high.
YagaS doesn't show [ Ah, Qs ]three of a kind, Aces.
Aputty wins $37.73 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Let's start with my push. I think Aputty has a huge range here. Not as huge as he took to the showdown, but still. Djangoboy probably has something, but I don't think it's better than AQ very often, mostly he'll fold and sometimes I'll race a small pair. Same goes for ludoingels, except he'll have a slightly better range and will fold more of it.
Then, holy of holies, I hit the flop. And the turn. I'm going to win a big pot! Kd5s!? What the fuck is that? I know, I know, that's the kind of call I want to see here. I'll win this 65% of the time. But seriously, what the fuck is that?!
Wanker.
Anyway...
As you can see, my bankroll no longer looks like a bankroll. I'm sliding in the direction of Bustoville. Tomorrow, I move to .10/.25 full ring. While my bankroll is over $200, I'll 2-table and play very tight. If I go under $200, I'll single table. I'll come back up to .25/.50 and $40 buy-ins when I have $350 for half my sessions, then back full time once I'm over $400 again. I might go to full ring even when I come back up, or perhaps divide my time between short and long hand. I'll get outdrawn on that bridge when I come to it.
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 130
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $263.94
Running total: -$136.25/488
-272ptbb/488
Well that sucks. Took a few days off to try and get my head together and shake the feeling that I'm going to lose money every time I sit down. It worked, but I lost anyway.
Looking at the reasons why, I'd have to say that it's a combination of not getting flops and of being on a table of deep stacked nutters. One in particular was raising and calling a lot, except when I bet. Not wanting to get caught in the middle of the loose play with weak cards, I tried to get in only with hands that could hit big hands (pocket pairs, connectors, suited aces). Most of them didn't hit a damn thing. I know that's not unusual, but when you're playing with a thin roll anyway it's a recipe for disaster. One important point I should learn is that there was little call for bluffing here. I think I saw too many flops when attempting to steal the blinds from early position. Against this kind of card-happy table, ultra tight is probably the most reliable strategy.
Let's look at some hands.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $115.50 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $152.50 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $68.50 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $44.50 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $50 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 2s 4d ]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$0.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
Katharina24 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Kd ]
YagaS checks
Katharina24 checks
djangoboy checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
2 folds
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $2.95 USD
I would normally bet this flop for combined disguise and to deny flush draws, but I knew djangoboy was aggressive and may well bet here, in which case I'd come over the top and probably get paid off. For added value katharina would almost always bet with a king but not much else. The turn bet is for information, but as it turns out it killed any action I may have had.
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $113.75 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $186 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $45.45 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $45 USD )
gozer111222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Tc ]
1 fold
i_crumb_u raises [$2 USD]
3 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Qh ]
YagaS bets [$3 USD]
i_crumb_u raises [$8 USD]
YagaS calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
YagaS bets [$15 USD]
i_crumb_u is all-In [$35 USD]
YagaS folds
i_crumb_u does not show cards.
i_crumb_u wins $67.75 USD
I've seen crumb let go in situations like this, a couple of times against djangoboy. I suspect the flop raise may be a play back at me, so I call to bet the flop. I think that looks stronger than betting it back on the flop. I also have a tight image, which might be working against me here. That flop doesn't hit many tight hands (AQ, pocket pairs) so he'll probably fancy any good cards here. That said, I saw him throw money around like there's no tomorrow, so maybe I just needed to accept that he wasn't going to fold to me.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $68.35 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $91.52 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $208.65 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $54.15 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $30.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $51.53 USD )
eziquioLobao posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
djangoboy posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qs Ad ]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
eziquioLobao calls [$1.75 USD]
djangoboy calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 5h, 3h ]
3 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
eziquioLobao bets [$4 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$14 USD]
eziquioLobao calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
eziquioLobao checks
YagaS checks
eziquioLobao shows [ Ah, 8h ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS shows [ Qs, Ad ]a pair of Fives.
YagaS wins $32.30 USD from the main pot with a pair of Fives with Queen kicker.
I doubt that flop hit anyone but djangoboy is too aggressive for me to want to bet with AQ. The paired turn either means I'm completely screwed or that it's a great bluffing spot that eziquioLobao is taking advantage of. Honestly, I think I might be too short to make that bet often, but I also think I have a reasonable chance to take it on the turn. Lobao was the second least insane of the players. There's too much chance I'll be checkraised or check/called and beaten for me to bet the river.
The next two hands cost me an entire buy-in between them. One is bad by me, one is just evil.
Seat 2: eziquioLobao ( $52.75 USD )
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $167.18 USD )
Seat 4: gozer111222 ( $202.72 USD )
Seat 6: Katharina24 ( $36.90 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.80 USD )
Seat 1: i_crumb_u ( $77 USD )
YagaS posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Katharina24 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc 9c ]
i_crumb_u folds
eziquioLobao raises [$2 USD]
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$2 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
Katharina24 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9s, Td ]
YagaS bets [$6 USD]
eziquioLobao folds
djangoboy calls [$6 USD]
gozer111222 raises [$12 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$11.80 USD]
djangoboy calls [$11.80 USD]
gozer111222 calls [$5.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
djangoboy checks
gozer111222 checks
djangoboy shows [ Jd, 8h ]a pair of Eights.
gozer111222 shows [ Jh, Tc ]a pair of Tens.
YagaS doesn't show [ Qc, 9c ]a pair of Nines.
gozer111222 wins $58.90 USD from the main pot with a pair of Tens.
Pre-flop, I suppose I had the odds to call. Just about. The trouble with having thin odds pre-flop, limited by your stack, is that when you lose, unless you reload, your implied odds get increasingly thinner and you lose fold equity. On the flop, I'm doing that to spite them. The original bet is ok, I think, although I don't know how often they both fold. Maybe not often enough to make it profitable, but I'd do it again. With a call and a raise, second pair needs to be mucked.
Oh, and then there's this.
Seat 3: djangoboy ( $149.53 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $17.84 USD )
Seat 6: ludoingels ( $68.40 USD )
Seat 1: corblimey111 ( $29.74 USD )
Seat 4: Aputty ( $36.42 USD )
Seat 2: xxx_Phantom_xxx ( $50.40 USD )
Aputty posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
YagaS posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Qs ]
ludoingels raises [$2 USD]
2 folds
djangoboy calls [$2 USD]
Aputty calls [$1.75 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.34 USD]
2 folds
Aputty calls [$15.84 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, 7d, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
Aputty shows [ 5s, Kd ]a flush, Ace high.
YagaS doesn't show [ Ah, Qs ]three of a kind, Aces.
Aputty wins $37.73 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Let's start with my push. I think Aputty has a huge range here. Not as huge as he took to the showdown, but still. Djangoboy probably has something, but I don't think it's better than AQ very often, mostly he'll fold and sometimes I'll race a small pair. Same goes for ludoingels, except he'll have a slightly better range and will fold more of it.
Then, holy of holies, I hit the flop. And the turn. I'm going to win a big pot! Kd5s!? What the fuck is that? I know, I know, that's the kind of call I want to see here. I'll win this 65% of the time. But seriously, what the fuck is that?!
Wanker.
Anyway...
As you can see, my bankroll no longer looks like a bankroll. I'm sliding in the direction of Bustoville. Tomorrow, I move to .10/.25 full ring. While my bankroll is over $200, I'll 2-table and play very tight. If I go under $200, I'll single table. I'll come back up to .25/.50 and $40 buy-ins when I have $350 for half my sessions, then back full time once I'm over $400 again. I might go to full ring even when I come back up, or perhaps divide my time between short and long hand. I'll get outdrawn on that bridge when I come to it.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
.25/.50 NLH SH 9/5/07
Opening balance: $428.53
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 89
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $308.53
Running total: -$91.76/217
-183.5ptbb/217
Dreadful session. Utterly dreadful. Couldn't get action with good cards, could get action with bad cards. Lost top two vs. set on the flop, top two to a straight on the river, outkicked numerous times. Changed tables after the second buy in.
Then I starting doing well. Built up to $75ish, planning to stop when I hit $80. One buy in down is ok. After that, it all went wrong. Tried to bluff the maniac out in a blind vs. blind where I had KQ and it was obvious he wasn't going away. Lost about $40 in that one. Then tilt-4 bet with A8o (same hand I just lost to) and got mashed by AA. Very bad.
The first buy-in went half to a lack of luck, not getting any action except when I was behind. I bluffed off the second half as follows
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.40 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $50.75 USD )
kASSpar posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
DrTMMG posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 4s Kh ]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
1 fold
DrTMMG raises [$6.50 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.40 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$12.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Td, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
DrTMMG shows [ Ah, 8s ]high card Ace.
YagaS doesn't show [ 4s, Kh ]high card King.
DrTMMG wins $37.10 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace.
I don't like his calling me, obviously. Partly because I think he doesn't have a good enough hand, but I guess the thing there is, I should like people calling with bad hands like that and I should stop complaining just because he had my number.
Here goes the second buy-in about ten hands later:
Seat 4: walta888 ( $36.30 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $41.75 USD )
Seat 2: Pokersaft ( $46.20 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $67.45 USD )
Seat 6: kASSpar ( $47.75 USD )
Seat 3: big_tony_88 ( $21.50 USD )
Pokersaft posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
big_tony_88 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Th ]
walta888 calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
kASSpar folds
DrTMMG raises [$3 USD]
Pokersaft folds
big_tony_88 folds
walta888 calls [$2.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Tc, Jc ]
walta888 bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
DrTMMG raises [$11 USD]
walta888 folds
YagaS is all-In [$35.75 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$27.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
DrTMMG shows [ 8d, 8c ]three of a kind, Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, Th ]two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
DrTMMG wins $84.75 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Eights.
My preflop call of the $3 is a bit dubious, but I have good implied odds and pot odds. When he reraises on the flop, I thought about letting go but this was the first good flop I'd had all session. The guy was also pretty aggressive, especially against me with my appalling image. He could've had AJ or an overpair, maybe AcKc. I'd do it over again, this is the loss that hurts the least.
The third buy in was just awful.
If I take one more hit, I'm going to drop down to .10/.25 LH and build up again. It sucks that I've hit a big rough patch at the start of this new attempt to play properly. Something I've thought about doing before but never gone with is not rebuying at a table. It never seems to go well, as I'm generally chasing my losses. If I find a fantastic table, then I'll do it, but other than that it seems a bad plan. Better seems to be to leave for half an hour and find a different table. It's not like they're in short supply.
Buy in : $40.00 + $40.00 + $40.00
No. of hands : 89
Left with : $0
Closing balance : $308.53
Running total: -$91.76/217
-183.5ptbb/217
Dreadful session. Utterly dreadful. Couldn't get action with good cards, could get action with bad cards. Lost top two vs. set on the flop, top two to a straight on the river, outkicked numerous times. Changed tables after the second buy in.
Then I starting doing well. Built up to $75ish, planning to stop when I hit $80. One buy in down is ok. After that, it all went wrong. Tried to bluff the maniac out in a blind vs. blind where I had KQ and it was obvious he wasn't going away. Lost about $40 in that one. Then tilt-4 bet with A8o (same hand I just lost to) and got mashed by AA. Very bad.
The first buy-in went half to a lack of luck, not getting any action except when I was behind. I bluffed off the second half as follows
Seat 5: YagaS ( $19.40 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $50.75 USD )
kASSpar posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
DrTMMG posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 4s Kh ]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$2 USD]
1 fold
DrTMMG raises [$6.50 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$17.40 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$12.40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Td, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
DrTMMG shows [ Ah, 8s ]high card Ace.
YagaS doesn't show [ 4s, Kh ]high card King.
DrTMMG wins $37.10 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace.
I don't like his calling me, obviously. Partly because I think he doesn't have a good enough hand, but I guess the thing there is, I should like people calling with bad hands like that and I should stop complaining just because he had my number.
Here goes the second buy-in about ten hands later:
Seat 4: walta888 ( $36.30 USD )
Seat 5: YagaS ( $41.75 USD )
Seat 2: Pokersaft ( $46.20 USD )
Seat 1: DrTMMG ( $67.45 USD )
Seat 6: kASSpar ( $47.75 USD )
Seat 3: big_tony_88 ( $21.50 USD )
Pokersaft posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
big_tony_88 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Js Th ]
walta888 calls [$0.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.50 USD]
kASSpar folds
DrTMMG raises [$3 USD]
Pokersaft folds
big_tony_88 folds
walta888 calls [$2.50 USD]
YagaS calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Tc, Jc ]
walta888 bets [$0.50 USD]
YagaS raises [$3 USD]
DrTMMG raises [$11 USD]
walta888 folds
YagaS is all-In [$35.75 USD]
DrTMMG calls [$27.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
DrTMMG shows [ 8d, 8c ]three of a kind, Eights.
YagaS doesn't show [ Js, Th ]two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
DrTMMG wins $84.75 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Eights.
My preflop call of the $3 is a bit dubious, but I have good implied odds and pot odds. When he reraises on the flop, I thought about letting go but this was the first good flop I'd had all session. The guy was also pretty aggressive, especially against me with my appalling image. He could've had AJ or an overpair, maybe AcKc. I'd do it over again, this is the loss that hurts the least.
The third buy in was just awful.
If I take one more hit, I'm going to drop down to .10/.25 LH and build up again. It sucks that I've hit a big rough patch at the start of this new attempt to play properly. Something I've thought about doing before but never gone with is not rebuying at a table. It never seems to go well, as I'm generally chasing my losses. If I find a fantastic table, then I'll do it, but other than that it seems a bad plan. Better seems to be to leave for half an hour and find a different table. It's not like they're in short supply.
Monday, May 07, 2007
First Post
This is my poker-related blog. I plan to use it so that I can keep a closer record of my poker playing. I also have an account on www.checkyourbets.com (Simon87... add me!*) to track basic money growth. The blog will be used for a closer analysis of each session, specific hands and so on. I'm hoping it'll make me a better player.
I first learned to play about 4 years, although I've only been playing seriously since last December. In that time, I've improved a lot, due largely to the influence of the www.pokertips.org forums and a few books. I've also learned that I'm not as good as I thought I was, and that's a crucial lesson.
My main game is no-limit hold'em, although I have also played some omaha and 7-stud. I think it's best for now if I focus on one version and try to become as skilled as possible in that. Should I become a consistent winner at something like 1/2 NLH, I'd have the money to throw at learning a new game.
Most of my play is online at Party Poker. I play NLH up to .50/1, and MTTs from the $5+1 to $30+3 level. I'm considering moving my play to a different site in the future, one where I can get rakeback, but I won't do that for a while. I'm comfortable where I am, despite the flaws. I also play live once a week with a group of people from my university. The game takes the form of a 1-table tournament with a £10 ($~20) buy in, no rake.
Currently, my bankroll stands at $400 dollars for online play. As my live play is only once a week and only really for fun, I don't have a roll for that. I don't want to reload any more; I've already chucked a considerable sum of money at this hobby, and the time has come for me to stop. The exception might be if I get a reload bonus, when I'll cash out the deposit once the bonus has cleared. Barring that eventuality, a big tournament win, or an emergency, I also don't mean to cash out until I become a long-term winner at .50/1.
$400 dollars isn't really enough to play even .25/.50 NLH SH. I plan to buy-in for $40 until my roll exceeds $550, when I'll start buying in for $50. Once my roll goes over $800, I'll start playing one session per week of .50/1 NLH. When my roll goes over $1200 dollars, I'll move that up to 2 sessions a week. I'll move to .50/1 permanently when I have over $1500 and a proven winning record at .25/.50 (20K hands) and at .50/1 (at least 6K hands). At that point, I'll move over to one session of .25/.50, where I'm a proven winner, until I have 15K hands of winning at .50/1 and a roll of $2000.
With moving down, I'll buy in at $40 if I go under $500. I'll stop playing .50/1 if I go under $700, and play only one session if I go below $1100. Having moved to .50/1 permanently, I'll drop back a stage in my plan if I go below $1300.
Nowhere in this plan have I mentioned MTTs. I plan to play only two of these a week at the $5+1 or $10+1 level. Should I make a cash in those that exceeds $100+buy-in, I'll cash out the surplus so that my roll doesn't get over-inflated.
So that's my plan. I'm bad at sticking to plans and bankrolls, but I'm determined to stick to this one. My biggest flaw as a poker player is not being disciplined enough. This includes bankroll management (I've busted and reloaded frequently due to playing above my roll and skill level) and bluffing into the wrong targets, not laying down where I'm clearly beaten etc. Sticking to this will hopefully help me with that, and will make me better at what I hope can become a profitable hobby instead of a black-hole for surplus cash.
Wish me luck! And if you have any comments or anything, greatly appreciated.
*I used to have an account under the name Jokeslayer, but it's very out of date now. Besides which, I'm drawing a line in the sand. Done is done.
I first learned to play about 4 years, although I've only been playing seriously since last December. In that time, I've improved a lot, due largely to the influence of the www.pokertips.org forums and a few books. I've also learned that I'm not as good as I thought I was, and that's a crucial lesson.
My main game is no-limit hold'em, although I have also played some omaha and 7-stud. I think it's best for now if I focus on one version and try to become as skilled as possible in that. Should I become a consistent winner at something like 1/2 NLH, I'd have the money to throw at learning a new game.
Most of my play is online at Party Poker. I play NLH up to .50/1, and MTTs from the $5+1 to $30+3 level. I'm considering moving my play to a different site in the future, one where I can get rakeback, but I won't do that for a while. I'm comfortable where I am, despite the flaws. I also play live once a week with a group of people from my university. The game takes the form of a 1-table tournament with a £10 ($~20) buy in, no rake.
Currently, my bankroll stands at $400 dollars for online play. As my live play is only once a week and only really for fun, I don't have a roll for that. I don't want to reload any more; I've already chucked a considerable sum of money at this hobby, and the time has come for me to stop. The exception might be if I get a reload bonus, when I'll cash out the deposit once the bonus has cleared. Barring that eventuality, a big tournament win, or an emergency, I also don't mean to cash out until I become a long-term winner at .50/1.
$400 dollars isn't really enough to play even .25/.50 NLH SH. I plan to buy-in for $40 until my roll exceeds $550, when I'll start buying in for $50. Once my roll goes over $800, I'll start playing one session per week of .50/1 NLH. When my roll goes over $1200 dollars, I'll move that up to 2 sessions a week. I'll move to .50/1 permanently when I have over $1500 and a proven winning record at .25/.50 (20K hands) and at .50/1 (at least 6K hands). At that point, I'll move over to one session of .25/.50, where I'm a proven winner, until I have 15K hands of winning at .50/1 and a roll of $2000.
With moving down, I'll buy in at $40 if I go under $500. I'll stop playing .50/1 if I go under $700, and play only one session if I go below $1100. Having moved to .50/1 permanently, I'll drop back a stage in my plan if I go below $1300.
Nowhere in this plan have I mentioned MTTs. I plan to play only two of these a week at the $5+1 or $10+1 level. Should I make a cash in those that exceeds $100+buy-in, I'll cash out the surplus so that my roll doesn't get over-inflated.
So that's my plan. I'm bad at sticking to plans and bankrolls, but I'm determined to stick to this one. My biggest flaw as a poker player is not being disciplined enough. This includes bankroll management (I've busted and reloaded frequently due to playing above my roll and skill level) and bluffing into the wrong targets, not laying down where I'm clearly beaten etc. Sticking to this will hopefully help me with that, and will make me better at what I hope can become a profitable hobby instead of a black-hole for surplus cash.
Wish me luck! And if you have any comments or anything, greatly appreciated.
*I used to have an account under the name Jokeslayer, but it's very out of date now. Besides which, I'm drawing a line in the sand. Done is done.
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