Monday, October 29, 2007

Micro 7Stud + 180 Man $4.40 29/10/07

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Opening Balance: $529.02
Closing Balance: $521.04

Didn't do very much in either of the two 180s I played. I just never really got going and made a couple of weak/loose calls. Did not play well in either really, and barely broke the top half.

7-stud went better- rolled up trips on the first hand. Felt like I was playing well, although I didn't play for long.

Micro 7Stud + 180 Man $4.40 28/10/07

Stars
Opening Balance: $533.00
Closing Balance: $529.02

Won $0.42 in the 7-stud. Fairly uneven session overall.

Finished the $4.40 in about 50th. Lost an all-in with a set vs. a flush draw on the turn that would've put me in the chip lead with ~6K more than third. Left me crippled and I donked off the last thousand. Meh. I'll bust one of these soon, I'm sure.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

.10/.25 NLH LH 27/10/07

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Opening Balance: $440.40 (slightly up on before from some PLH I've decided to ignore)
No. of Tables: 2
No. of Hands: 266
Closing Balance: $533.00(+$92.60)

Running Totals: +$92.60/266
+370ptbb/266

Bored of 10NL, I decided to try a 2BI shot at 25NL. I've heard the play isn't that different and I figured 2BI wouldn't really hurt that much. Plus I'd stopped caring so much about losing at 10NL and so I went for it.

The first one vanished when I got felted on the very first hand (turned a straight, villain rivered a FH and I got stacked thinking {correctly, as it happens} that he put me on a missed flush). Managed to turn that session around by the end, finishing my first 100 or so hands up about half a buy in.

Sat down for a second try this morning and hit a massive rush, flopping big aces and overpairs all over the place. I screamed my way to ~$75 on one table and about $40 on the second (I've decided to 2-table 25NL to start with, although unless I start feeling really uncomfortable I'll bring the third table back after a couple of thousand hands). From there I sat fairly tight and eventually came away a big winner.

So far, this looks to be a success. Should it all go wrong from here I'll move back down if my roll falls under $400 (and not back up until it hits $500). I've not noticed a huge amount of difference in the playing ability (although I've only played a couple of hours). I'm feeling great about my play right now and really looking ahead.