1,407 Hands
2,835 Hands Week 11
Today was tough. I was set up a WHOLE lot, and had several monster vs. monsters, but I really made some necessary laydowns and took home a modest win to say the least. Here's a look.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134705 My opp turned over A5 at the end of this hand, so I felt really good about my laydown. I can beat his ace ranges 6:5, but his insta pot river was a give away. Money saved.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134711 Turn sucked here, but I don't think this is a hard laydown at all in retrospect.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134712 Standard trips fold.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134713 These hands are great. The board showed the nuts and I just overshove, and I got 2 folds here! +EV!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134714 I'm just not sure what I can beat here. JJ and TT are possible, but I really put him on a big pair or a set. This board is relatively dry considering his raising position. I think he's trapping with a big pair.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1134716 Again, this insta-shove screams big pair. I'm just not going broke on a board this dry. I'd feel worse about this check fold, but during play, it just seemed ridiculously obvious. If I can't trust my reads I should choose a different game.
Other than this I got stacked with KK vs AA when I button raised and the SB reraise. We got it AIPF. Also I had 33 vs TT on T83 all one suit. O well.
This week I hardly played. I was moving back home to NY and didn't have much time to play. That's ok. I'm all set up now and ready to get into a groove.
Today's Net +$59
Week 11 Total +$218 (8 hrs $27.25/hr)
Total Goal Left $10,736
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Settled In
1,428 Hands
So after all that moving, I'm settled back in New York. Finally played a session with decent results. I actually made about 80$ more but I got owned in limit HE messing around the other day.
Today's Net +$159
Total Goal Left $10,795
So after all that moving, I'm settled back in New York. Finally played a session with decent results. I actually made about 80$ more but I got owned in limit HE messing around the other day.
Today's Net +$159
Total Goal Left $10,795
Thursday, May 24, 2007
What a Week / End Week 10
1,408 Hands
9,021 Hands - 25.5 Hrs - Week 10 Total
Even after getting stacked a few times today, I pulled out a win. I feel great about my results this week, and after busting my butt putting hands in, I was paid back for my hard work IN FULL. I was in my fair share of set ups today, but none that post worthy. I was stuck about -$600 at my lowest, but kept my wits and grinded through the day. It's hard to get over my recent success at 1-2nl full ring, but I really don't feel like I can't expect 10bb/100 long term. Check out the week totals.
Today's Net +$343
Week 10 Net +$2,506 (13.9bb/100--$98.27/hr)
Total Goal Left $10,954
9,021 Hands - 25.5 Hrs - Week 10 Total
Even after getting stacked a few times today, I pulled out a win. I feel great about my results this week, and after busting my butt putting hands in, I was paid back for my hard work IN FULL. I was in my fair share of set ups today, but none that post worthy. I was stuck about -$600 at my lowest, but kept my wits and grinded through the day. It's hard to get over my recent success at 1-2nl full ring, but I really don't feel like I can't expect 10bb/100 long term. Check out the week totals.
Today's Net +$343
Week 10 Net +$2,506 (13.9bb/100--$98.27/hr)
Total Goal Left $10,954
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Woot
1,050
Today was super smooth. Played a little less than I wanted but 1k hands is fine. I won all my races today, and I really got a lot of value in some marginal spots.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124042 Funny ass value at a 1-2Limit table.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124043 Total pwnage.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124046 Baller lead out with top two.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124050 I do a great job losing next to nothing with an underflush.
Today's Net +$666
Total Goal Left $11,297
Today was super smooth. Played a little less than I wanted but 1k hands is fine. I won all my races today, and I really got a lot of value in some marginal spots.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124042 Funny ass value at a 1-2Limit table.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124043 Total pwnage.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124046 Baller lead out with top two.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1124050 I do a great job losing next to nothing with an underflush.
Today's Net +$666
Total Goal Left $11,297
Monday, May 21, 2007
Just Rollin' / 40% Goal Completed
1,380 Hands
Back to winning again, and it feels good. Not many big pots today at all, but I could care less. I made a couple river values that I'm very proud of and to be honest, playing that limit session really helped me evaluate my river play. Who would have thought?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120108 Sorry buddy, take that 6 outer and shove it. It really felt good to catch a shortstack. These plays by shortstacks annoy me more than anything else.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120113 I made a big mistake in this hand. I was thinking that if I bet the flop he would just shove. What I realize now is that it doesn't matter. I need to c-bet this flop, and if he shoves, I can just give him credit. Now the turn comes and he puts half his stack in, now instead of making a $40 c bet, I have to play him all in. I never see people post hands that they make mistakes in. O well.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120118 Valuetown.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120119 This hand annoyed me. I would have just called the check raise, but it was so small that I think I need to isolate the guy behind me. No way I can give him such a good price on his draw. I thought I put in a good sized raise, but the check raiser typed something in the chat box that lead me to believe he was folding TT-QQ. O well. Mistake raise?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120121 These hands are HUGE. I was really pleased that Keith agreed with my laydown here. I think this ability to make laydowns separates me from a lot of low limit poker players. I saved a bunch of money here I think.
Today's Net +$403
Total Goal Left $11,963
Back to winning again, and it feels good. Not many big pots today at all, but I could care less. I made a couple river values that I'm very proud of and to be honest, playing that limit session really helped me evaluate my river play. Who would have thought?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120108 Sorry buddy, take that 6 outer and shove it. It really felt good to catch a shortstack. These plays by shortstacks annoy me more than anything else.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120113 I made a big mistake in this hand. I was thinking that if I bet the flop he would just shove. What I realize now is that it doesn't matter. I need to c-bet this flop, and if he shoves, I can just give him credit. Now the turn comes and he puts half his stack in, now instead of making a $40 c bet, I have to play him all in. I never see people post hands that they make mistakes in. O well.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120118 Valuetown.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120119 This hand annoyed me. I would have just called the check raise, but it was so small that I think I need to isolate the guy behind me. No way I can give him such a good price on his draw. I thought I put in a good sized raise, but the check raiser typed something in the chat box that lead me to believe he was folding TT-QQ. O well. Mistake raise?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1120121 These hands are HUGE. I was really pleased that Keith agreed with my laydown here. I think this ability to make laydowns separates me from a lot of low limit poker players. I saved a bunch of money here I think.
Today's Net +$403
Total Goal Left $11,963
Limit Holdem
1,363 Hands
Keith convinced me to play some short handed 2/4 limit he with him today. It was fun, and I ran 49/38 and made some pretty insane plays. I showed down 48o and 25o for winners early on, and also lost some pots with ridiculous lines like here. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116966 In that hand, I actually chose my line preflop (lol) and just went with it. But because of my image, and the softness of the table, I was able to school people with lines like this. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116969
I ended up beating the game for 20bb in about 120 hands, and I had a really good time. I can't say the same for my NLHE today.
The last two days I just couldn't get much going. I'd win one big pot, then not win a hand for an hour. Then suck out huge, but get sucked out on huge right after. I'm breaking even, and as far as I'm concerned, breaking even while running not-so-great is ok in my book. Here is a hand that stumped me today
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116976 I checked the turn here, and even looking back on it, I'm not that upset with it. I wanted to react to his hand. And his bet screamed to me like he started with an ultra strong hand, but was now worried about the double flush draws and straight draws. He actually showed down AcTc, but his bet on the turn really fooled me. I could have lead the turn, and likely checked the river. There are about 30 scare cards that can come on the river. O well. I'll be looking at this hand several times before tomorrow's session.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116978 This hand was cool. He leads for over pot here, and with $70 left behind him, I was not fooled at all. I raised in EP and it's obvious to him that I likely have a big ace. He showed 444. I rule.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116982 Here I make a not so standard flop check, but I've been doing it more often head up in position, ESPECIALLY on Full Tilt. It's a great way to squeeze some value out. I put myself in a tough spot by showing weakness to start but I ended up making the correct decision. The guy showed 333. People seemed to be showing me a lot of hands today. I appreciate it, as it bodes well for my confidence.
In other news, my sleeping schedule has completely changed. I no longer wake up tired. Ever since graduation, I've been sleeping between 8 and 9 hours a night and waking up refreshed. This may seem normal, but to me it isn't. If I went to sleep at 1, and had a class at 2pm the next day, I would struggle to get out of bed by 1pm. It's crazy how stress can affect my sleeping pattern. I've woken up before 11:30AM every morning for the last 9 days. I haven't done this since freshman year of high school, where I had no choice.
I want to talk about variance and baseball, but I'll save that for tomorrow.
Today's Net -$39 (lame huh?)
Total Goal Left $12,366
Keith convinced me to play some short handed 2/4 limit he with him today. It was fun, and I ran 49/38 and made some pretty insane plays. I showed down 48o and 25o for winners early on, and also lost some pots with ridiculous lines like here. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116966 In that hand, I actually chose my line preflop (lol) and just went with it. But because of my image, and the softness of the table, I was able to school people with lines like this. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116969
I ended up beating the game for 20bb in about 120 hands, and I had a really good time. I can't say the same for my NLHE today.
The last two days I just couldn't get much going. I'd win one big pot, then not win a hand for an hour. Then suck out huge, but get sucked out on huge right after. I'm breaking even, and as far as I'm concerned, breaking even while running not-so-great is ok in my book. Here is a hand that stumped me today
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116976 I checked the turn here, and even looking back on it, I'm not that upset with it. I wanted to react to his hand. And his bet screamed to me like he started with an ultra strong hand, but was now worried about the double flush draws and straight draws. He actually showed down AcTc, but his bet on the turn really fooled me. I could have lead the turn, and likely checked the river. There are about 30 scare cards that can come on the river. O well. I'll be looking at this hand several times before tomorrow's session.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116978 This hand was cool. He leads for over pot here, and with $70 left behind him, I was not fooled at all. I raised in EP and it's obvious to him that I likely have a big ace. He showed 444. I rule.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1116982 Here I make a not so standard flop check, but I've been doing it more often head up in position, ESPECIALLY on Full Tilt. It's a great way to squeeze some value out. I put myself in a tough spot by showing weakness to start but I ended up making the correct decision. The guy showed 333. People seemed to be showing me a lot of hands today. I appreciate it, as it bodes well for my confidence.
In other news, my sleeping schedule has completely changed. I no longer wake up tired. Ever since graduation, I've been sleeping between 8 and 9 hours a night and waking up refreshed. This may seem normal, but to me it isn't. If I went to sleep at 1, and had a class at 2pm the next day, I would struggle to get out of bed by 1pm. It's crazy how stress can affect my sleeping pattern. I've woken up before 11:30AM every morning for the last 9 days. I haven't done this since freshman year of high school, where I had no choice.
I want to talk about variance and baseball, but I'll save that for tomorrow.
Today's Net -$39 (lame huh?)
Total Goal Left $12,366
Saturday, May 19, 2007
She smiled louder than I had expected
1,426 Hands
I bought a cd off of itunes today. Will Stratton came out with his first cd this month. It's along the lines of Sufjan Stevens' acoustic stuff, so I'm listening to it right now. It's very good so far.
I wanted to talk a little about playing poker when no one realizes it. I have two roomates, and they often ask for favors while I'm playing poker. My desk is in the living room facing three large windows in the front of my apartment. I placed it there so I wasn't stuck in my room for hours and hours at a time. Also, I was the one to find the apartment after MANY days and weeks of searching, so I decided to put my desk wherever I wanted.
So about asking favors, I really don't mind, but I often explain to them that I cannot stop what I'm doing. "Hey can you help me move this?" yeah sure, "ok 1 second.... ok lets move it" sorry dude can't for a sec, I have AQs, 44, J8s on the button and I flopped a junk 2 pair. These windows of opportunity to do anything are very small.
I also don't flip out anymore at the computer when I'm losing. So to the average person, it just looks like I'm uninvolved with anything when I play. The same goes for phone calls. I often talk on the phone and tell someone I'm playing cards. I don't mind talking for a bit on the phone, but if I need to make a decision, it's hard to just cut someone off in the middle of a sentence. "HOLD ON" and I put down the phone. This can be very very rude, but if I chose to pick up the phone, I'm going to have to do that sometimes.
Going to the bathroom while playing 350+ hands an hour can be a nightmare also. At least twice a day, I sprint back and forth to my computer. All it takes is one missed hand to alter your entire session. I didn't work on being an extremely patient, disciplined poker player, to miss my one opportunity in 1,000 hands to win a monster pot.
I used to hang up on people practically when I lost a big pot on the phone. Now I handle it much better.
I think it's important for me to realize that what I am doing really is work. I'm going to be doing this as a career, and I'd better start treating it like a career. Although I think it's my responsibility to make the people around me realize that this game I'm playing on my computer is actually important.
I'm not sure if I've come off as angry in this post. It certainly wasn't my intention, but I refuse to read over my posts before posting to check as see.
Things are ok right now. Things are even good. I think my family is really starting to see some very good results from my poker playing. They are supportive even without really knowing exactly what I'm doing. It will be an adjustment when I get home, but I think if I establish that when I'm playing poker I really can't do anything else, things will be fine.
As far as poker, today was rough all around. Many many coolers/set ups/beats, but I am extremely pleased with my results. I' m most proud of keeping my cool.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113382 This hand demonstrates my ability to be conscious of my table surroundings even while multitabling. I almost timed out preflop. As soon as the reraise went in I stopped in my tracks. This ability to lose next to nothing with KK vs AA really makes me believe that I can be really good one day.
Today's Net +$11
Total Goal Left $12,327
I bought a cd off of itunes today. Will Stratton came out with his first cd this month. It's along the lines of Sufjan Stevens' acoustic stuff, so I'm listening to it right now. It's very good so far.
I wanted to talk a little about playing poker when no one realizes it. I have two roomates, and they often ask for favors while I'm playing poker. My desk is in the living room facing three large windows in the front of my apartment. I placed it there so I wasn't stuck in my room for hours and hours at a time. Also, I was the one to find the apartment after MANY days and weeks of searching, so I decided to put my desk wherever I wanted.
So about asking favors, I really don't mind, but I often explain to them that I cannot stop what I'm doing. "Hey can you help me move this?" yeah sure, "ok 1 second.... ok lets move it" sorry dude can't for a sec, I have AQs, 44, J8s on the button and I flopped a junk 2 pair. These windows of opportunity to do anything are very small.
I also don't flip out anymore at the computer when I'm losing. So to the average person, it just looks like I'm uninvolved with anything when I play. The same goes for phone calls. I often talk on the phone and tell someone I'm playing cards. I don't mind talking for a bit on the phone, but if I need to make a decision, it's hard to just cut someone off in the middle of a sentence. "HOLD ON" and I put down the phone. This can be very very rude, but if I chose to pick up the phone, I'm going to have to do that sometimes.
Going to the bathroom while playing 350+ hands an hour can be a nightmare also. At least twice a day, I sprint back and forth to my computer. All it takes is one missed hand to alter your entire session. I didn't work on being an extremely patient, disciplined poker player, to miss my one opportunity in 1,000 hands to win a monster pot.
I used to hang up on people practically when I lost a big pot on the phone. Now I handle it much better.
I think it's important for me to realize that what I am doing really is work. I'm going to be doing this as a career, and I'd better start treating it like a career. Although I think it's my responsibility to make the people around me realize that this game I'm playing on my computer is actually important.
I'm not sure if I've come off as angry in this post. It certainly wasn't my intention, but I refuse to read over my posts before posting to check as see.
Things are ok right now. Things are even good. I think my family is really starting to see some very good results from my poker playing. They are supportive even without really knowing exactly what I'm doing. It will be an adjustment when I get home, but I think if I establish that when I'm playing poker I really can't do anything else, things will be fine.
As far as poker, today was rough all around. Many many coolers/set ups/beats, but I am extremely pleased with my results. I' m most proud of keeping my cool.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1113382 This hand demonstrates my ability to be conscious of my table surroundings even while multitabling. I almost timed out preflop. As soon as the reraise went in I stopped in my tracks. This ability to lose next to nothing with KK vs AA really makes me believe that I can be really good one day.
Today's Net +$11
Total Goal Left $12,327
Worst Beat Possible
1,500 Hands
Today was great. I was pretty much on fire from the get go. The tables were soft on full tilt and on bodog, and I took full advantage. Although I got some serious beats today, I still pulled in about 4 buy ins. I got 2 outed one one of the last hands where I flopped a boat and that cost me about $450. If not for that I'd have had my best 1-2nl day ever. I'll certainly take this day everyday.
OH! I dished out the worst POSSIBLE beat mathematically in poker. He had 99.899% equity on the flop!!!!!! It was sweet, check it out.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110645
Today's Net +$851
Total Goal Left $12,338
Today was great. I was pretty much on fire from the get go. The tables were soft on full tilt and on bodog, and I took full advantage. Although I got some serious beats today, I still pulled in about 4 buy ins. I got 2 outed one one of the last hands where I flopped a boat and that cost me about $450. If not for that I'd have had my best 1-2nl day ever. I'll certainly take this day everyday.
OH! I dished out the worst POSSIBLE beat mathematically in poker. He had 99.899% equity on the flop!!!!!! It was sweet, check it out.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1110645
Today's Net +$851
Total Goal Left $12,338
Friday, May 18, 2007
Jump Start
894 hands
So for the last 8 days I have to play cards in boston, I was shooting for about 30 hours of play. That should yield about 10k hands. May will be the last month I speak in terms of hours, as I will then switch to hands played. I will still record how many hours I play, but I'm probably going to start another mini goal for 40k hands in June.
I wasn't planning on playing yesterday but I put in about 900 hands with good results. I hope I can roll through this week, and take $18,000 home with me. For those of you that don't know, my original bankroll goal for when I graduated college was 10k. This quickly jumped to 20k and now 30k.
Some ass on bodog lead out pot in a 3 way raised pot with 77 on 2x6c7c; I paid him off with my KK. But still a good session. I'm never giving bodogers credit there, sorry.
Yesterday's Net +$271
Total Goal Left $13,189
So for the last 8 days I have to play cards in boston, I was shooting for about 30 hours of play. That should yield about 10k hands. May will be the last month I speak in terms of hours, as I will then switch to hands played. I will still record how many hours I play, but I'm probably going to start another mini goal for 40k hands in June.
I wasn't planning on playing yesterday but I put in about 900 hands with good results. I hope I can roll through this week, and take $18,000 home with me. For those of you that don't know, my original bankroll goal for when I graduated college was 10k. This quickly jumped to 20k and now 30k.
Some ass on bodog lead out pot in a 3 way raised pot with 77 on 2x6c7c; I paid him off with my KK. But still a good session. I'm never giving bodogers credit there, sorry.
Yesterday's Net +$271
Total Goal Left $13,189
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Why no poker/End Week 9
So I graduated College. That's pretty cool... MOVING ON!
I didn't play at all while I was home and I figured that's ok. I'm back in boston and have about 8 days to play before I move the rest of my stuff home for good. I should actually be able to play enough while I'm here to get to 60 hours for the month of May. That would be good. Then my goals change for summer. Instead of shooting for hours played, I'm going to shoot for 40,000 hands in June and July. I should be able to do this in about 90 hours. And at 7.5-10bb/100 you can do the math.
O by the way I just ordered a sweet ass 30" dell monitor. 3007wfp-hc. Holler! I'll start running 2 more tables once I get that set up at home. That equals 110 more hands per hour; sweet.
Week 9 Net +$232, (+$576 rakeback) = +$808
Total Goal Left $13,460
I didn't play at all while I was home and I figured that's ok. I'm back in boston and have about 8 days to play before I move the rest of my stuff home for good. I should actually be able to play enough while I'm here to get to 60 hours for the month of May. That would be good. Then my goals change for summer. Instead of shooting for hours played, I'm going to shoot for 40,000 hands in June and July. I should be able to do this in about 90 hours. And at 7.5-10bb/100 you can do the math.
O by the way I just ordered a sweet ass 30" dell monitor. 3007wfp-hc. Holler! I'll start running 2 more tables once I get that set up at home. That equals 110 more hands per hour; sweet.
Week 9 Net +$232, (+$576 rakeback) = +$808
Total Goal Left $13,460
Friday, May 11, 2007
Short Break
So I made a couple silly folds yesterday, which I guess is better than silly calls. I try to separate myself from the "I gotta go broke on this hand" mentality. I'm still trying to find a balance between just going with big hands on the flop, and making world class laydowns. No limit is about folding, and while in the last week I've made maybe 3 too many folds, I don't think I'm folding too much. Let's put it this way, those 3 folds cost me $255. If I called every time I was in those sticky spots this week, and just submitted to the fact that I "HAD" to go all in with my overpair, it would have cost me about $1200. I will be making some adjustments of course, but I certainly do not just want to blindly shove every flop with TPTK.
My family is about to arrive in boston. Tomorrow is my graduation, and I'll be back in NY tomorrow night. The plan is to get back to playing a little at home on monday, and then when I get back to boston in a week, I'll just pump out 1,500-2,000 hands a day.
Yesterday's Net +$232
Total Goal Left $14,036
My family is about to arrive in boston. Tomorrow is my graduation, and I'll be back in NY tomorrow night. The plan is to get back to playing a little at home on monday, and then when I get back to boston in a week, I'll just pump out 1,500-2,000 hands a day.
Yesterday's Net +$232
Total Goal Left $14,036
Thursday, May 10, 2007
End College/End Week 8
Week 8 - 4,434 hands
So that's it. College was pretty much a breeze anyway I guess. Still feels good as hell to be done. Although I don't have any class, it is still going to be hard for me to play much the rest of the month. This weekend i'll be with the family and mother's day. I actually go home to NY on the 12th, the day of graduation. I'll be home for maybe 6 days and then I have to come back to Boston to get the rest of my stuff/play a gig on the 26th. So I think the plan will have to be, chill at home, and when I get back up here, just try and bang out 2k hands a day. We will see.
So I'm focusing more on how many hands I play rather than hours. For May I'm looking for 5k hands a week, and 21k hands a month. But once I'm settled at home in June, I'm going to really kick it up. 42k hands a month. Believe it or not, I can achieve that in about 120 hours. I can't wait to start seeing some serious results this summer.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081376 Free money! YAY
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081377 Standard fold getting 3298147:1. "99 dijon"-keith
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081380 Talk about losing the min! WOOT
There were some more, including some annoying hands, but I just don't feel like it. This week was ok but clearly not the 25bb/100 I was pulling in for a while. I haven't been running SUPER HOT but I won't complain with these results. I missed value in 2 hands over the week that cost me a couple hundred. O well.
Week 8 Net +$714 ($51/hr, 8.06bb/100)
Total Goal Left $14,268
So that's it. College was pretty much a breeze anyway I guess. Still feels good as hell to be done. Although I don't have any class, it is still going to be hard for me to play much the rest of the month. This weekend i'll be with the family and mother's day. I actually go home to NY on the 12th, the day of graduation. I'll be home for maybe 6 days and then I have to come back to Boston to get the rest of my stuff/play a gig on the 26th. So I think the plan will have to be, chill at home, and when I get back up here, just try and bang out 2k hands a day. We will see.
So I'm focusing more on how many hands I play rather than hours. For May I'm looking for 5k hands a week, and 21k hands a month. But once I'm settled at home in June, I'm going to really kick it up. 42k hands a month. Believe it or not, I can achieve that in about 120 hours. I can't wait to start seeing some serious results this summer.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081376 Free money! YAY
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081377 Standard fold getting 3298147:1. "99 dijon"-keith
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1081380 Talk about losing the min! WOOT
There were some more, including some annoying hands, but I just don't feel like it. This week was ok but clearly not the 25bb/100 I was pulling in for a while. I haven't been running SUPER HOT but I won't complain with these results. I missed value in 2 hands over the week that cost me a couple hundred. O well.
Week 8 Net +$714 ($51/hr, 8.06bb/100)
Total Goal Left $14,268
Monday, May 7, 2007
Swing City
Yesterday's session was crazy! I must have been all in 11 times in 1000+ hands. I started the session with 3 brutal beats, and then went on a complete tear. I must have been showing +$1000 at the tables minus the initial downswing. Then more swings followed with a late run for a decent session. I had a lot of hands saved, but I'm going to try and save the KK vs QQ all in on turn slash 2 outer bad beat hand histories for another day.
More importantly, the New York Yankees signed Roger Clemens. I am extremely happy with this as I enjoy watching 130+ games a year. I'm also an avid fantasy baseball player. As soon as Pavano went down (again) and talks of surgery were in the air, I knew it was only a matter of time.
Soooo, I'm in the green for May now.
Last 2 sessions net +$479
Total Goal Left $14,280
More importantly, the New York Yankees signed Roger Clemens. I am extremely happy with this as I enjoy watching 130+ games a year. I'm also an avid fantasy baseball player. As soon as Pavano went down (again) and talks of surgery were in the air, I knew it was only a matter of time.
Soooo, I'm in the green for May now.
Last 2 sessions net +$479
Total Goal Left $14,280
Friday, May 4, 2007
Baseball Bifecta
So I figured out I can run 3 bodog tables while watching my MLB TV games. I need ram badly, and I just assumed this wouldn't work, but it does. Although i'd like to keep very concentrated, I think poker and baseball is better than poker and aim and web browsing etc. I have an enormous 21" crt monitor that is about twice as deep as the actual viewing screen. I want to pick up one of those baller 30" flat screen bad boys. Maybe i'll get one when I move back to NY.
I did some calculations regarding the amount of hands I play, bb/100, and my expectation, and it turns out on further on pace than I thought. As long as I can keep up 30 hours a week at home (shouldn't be a problem) I should actually be good to go closer to August than September. I don't like to get to in depth with making these specific expectation goals because poker is so volatile, and I find if I fall off pace I get very frustrated. However, after a large sample size, I think this is a safe bet. (330hands/hr 7.5bb/100 etc...) You can figure it out.
Yesterday's Net +$223
Total Goal Left $14,759 (Edit: Numbers got messed up from yesterdays total goal left.)
I did some calculations regarding the amount of hands I play, bb/100, and my expectation, and it turns out on further on pace than I thought. As long as I can keep up 30 hours a week at home (shouldn't be a problem) I should actually be good to go closer to August than September. I don't like to get to in depth with making these specific expectation goals because poker is so volatile, and I find if I fall off pace I get very frustrated. However, after a large sample size, I think this is a safe bet. (330hands/hr 7.5bb/100 etc...) You can figure it out.
Yesterday's Net +$223
Total Goal Left $14,759 (Edit: Numbers got messed up from yesterdays total goal left.)
Thursday, May 3, 2007
End Week 7
Well I almost booked a nice win but late in the day things kind of fell apart. I haven't been running well the past couple days but I'm not all that concerned. A couple more set over sets last night, and some guy folded J6 on J64 to my 44. That was on bodog too! O well, wasn't my night. Still put together a decent week. Let's see if I can't pick it up for May.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1058377 Limped pot madness. I don't think he's valuing a King here 3 way.
O! and I accidentally sat in $400 max so I played ONE rotation. I got my KK in vs AA preflop!!! But the board 5 straighted and I got the fuck out of there. Go figure.
Made so many folds yesterday. yuck city.
Yesterday's Net -$101
Total Goal Left $14,892 (EDIT: $14,982)
Week 7 Total +$785 ($60.38/hr)
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1058377 Limped pot madness. I don't think he's valuing a King here 3 way.
O! and I accidentally sat in $400 max so I played ONE rotation. I got my KK in vs AA preflop!!! But the board 5 straighted and I got the fuck out of there. Go figure.
Made so many folds yesterday. yuck city.
Yesterday's Net -$101
Total Goal Left $14,892 (EDIT: $14,982)
Week 7 Total +$785 ($60.38/hr)
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Blah
My cold streak for the first of the month continues, though this one wasn't so bad. Couple set over sets, and some unfortunate kill cards, and I really couldn't get anything going. Gunna try to finish out week 7 strong today.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1055056 In this hand I really wanted to figure out where I was on the flop. My opp is very passive preflop, and I feel this line gets me out of there for the cheapest. What do you think?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1055063 I was so close to folding this hand, as you can see my time bar almost runs out. I dunno, probably a small mistake at worst.
Yesterday's Net -$474
Total Goal Left $14,881
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1055056 In this hand I really wanted to figure out where I was on the flop. My opp is very passive preflop, and I feel this line gets me out of there for the cheapest. What do you think?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1055063 I was so close to folding this hand, as you can see my time bar almost runs out. I dunno, probably a small mistake at worst.
Yesterday's Net -$474
Total Goal Left $14,881
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
April In Review
Despite not reaching my goal of 75 hours played this month, I'm not disappointed with my results. I ended up playing 57 hours which is the exact total from the month of March. During these 57 hours though, I certainly played more hands. Adding tables allowed me to play about 30%more hands total from last month. I made $2,757 this month taking a $48.37/hourly rate. My record this month was not as good as last, and I certainly didn't run as well. I went 15-6-2-7 (wins losses ties and days not played.) My overall win percentage is 75%.
These are pretty good results considering I took a complete week off in the middle of the month. I've just switched to 9 handed now, and my results have been excellent at bodog. I'm curious to see how this next month will go.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1052349 3 way all in that I take down.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1052354 Betting the turn here I think is crucial. I got good value out of my hand I think, but does anyone vote for a river bet here?
Yesterday's Net +$508
Total Goal Left $14,407
April Total +$2,757
These are pretty good results considering I took a complete week off in the middle of the month. I've just switched to 9 handed now, and my results have been excellent at bodog. I'm curious to see how this next month will go.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1052349 3 way all in that I take down.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1052354 Betting the turn here I think is crucial. I got good value out of my hand I think, but does anyone vote for a river bet here?
Yesterday's Net +$508
Total Goal Left $14,407
April Total +$2,757
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