No goal yet / End week 24

I've been all over the place lately, and not playing too much. Running bad on fulltilt right now but breaking even at least. I'm really looking forward to finishing this goal within the next week or so.
I only played 3 days in week 24.

Week 24 Total +$14
Since 8/25 +$469
Total Goal Left $1,052

Ugh

So I guess I really didn't even have a chance yesterday. I ran bad all day, and I couldn't buy a pot with a set or overpair. I think I got stacked 5 times yesterday, so I guess the results weren't as bad as they could have been.

I don't feel like posting any of the hands because it will just frustrate me. They aren't interesting at all anyway.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1409142 Oh wait, I forgot I made another royal flush.

Yesterday's Net -$495
Total Goal Left $1,521

100th Post / End Week 23

So I guess it's pretty cool that I have kept up with the blog for this long. And while I still haven't reached my goal after 100 posts, I'm well on my way to it.

I put in a relatively short session yesterday, but a good one anyway. I've almost completely recovered from my worst session since the blog started. It's clear I won't get 60k hands played this month, and I guess I'm not too upset. 40k hands is still in reach and will be good enough. As far as september goes, 40k hands will be my goal for that month as well. Between the move, and setting up the new place, that might prove to be my toughest hand goal for one month yet.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1406185 I really can't explain hands like this. Every once in a while, things just seem to make sense to me. He's representing one hand in my opinion. His timing also suggested the same thing. I don't think many people could have saved money here.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1406193 Crucial river check by me after two INSTA calls.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1406195 In this hand, "Arcadefire" had just made a monster noob bluff. He utg min raised with Q4o and called my raise. I had KK vs his Q4o but gave up on the hand after my flop c bet on Axx all one suit. He then over-shoved the river for 250
on Axxxx 4 hearts with Qhi and showed. I had no heart of course. Since "patient" is a tight regular I was willing to play arcade all in and sweat a non spade turn. Wootsauce.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1406199 I guess Q2 and Q4 are possible in the BB but I really felt like a shove was necessary by me. Still had to think about it though.

Week 23 Total +$365 (not including yesterday's net) - not bad considering -$1300 on 8/20

Yesterday's Net +$584
Total Goal Left $1,026

Got Some Back

So I was stuck another two buyins really quick yesterday but managed to put together a solid session and 3,000 hands.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1399127 This was a gift.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1399128 This was stinky.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1399132 Easy one.

Yesterday's Net +$498
Total Goal Left $1,610

Reverse

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1395363

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1395365 I actually really liked my line here too...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1395367 Standard

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1395370 NOT standard

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1395373 Opp was a big losing player... could this be a fold?

Worst session since blog start.

Yesterday's Net -$1,326
Total Goal Left $2,108

End Week 22 Plus

So I keep forgetting to update weekly, and thats probably because I'm not playing consistently. Last week wasn't great after that 3 day losing streak but managed to keep in the green thanks to rakeback.


Week 22 Net +$110
Since 8/17 +149
Total Goal Left $782


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1391501 OH! I made a 6 card royal flush.

Just in the nick of time

1,695 Hands

I got stacked on the first hand of the day, but then everything seemed to go my way. This put me back on track, and I'm pretty relieved to be honest.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1381198 OPP takes an awkward line, and some may argue that if I call the turn I must call the river. In this case I felt comfortable getting a better read on the river as his turn lead was normal speed, but the river shove was insta.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1381203 Whatever, his flop raise stinks and my hand keeps getting better. I'll take it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1381207 Opp had 88.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1381211 Standard. Only big pot I lost really.


Yesterday's Net +$1,044
Total Goal Left $931

Ugh

6,431 Since 8/14

So things have taken a turn for the worse, and I really don't even feel like posting all the hands. They really aren't very interesting at all for the most part, which is I guess a good thing. The fact that I have fewer and fewer questions is positive. Let's see if I can turn this around, I haven't had 3 losing days in a row like this since April.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1377550 Everything kinda just looked like this.


Net since 8/14 -$906
Total Goal Left $1,935

Rude

2,872 Hands

Apparently poker doesn't realize how close I am to a milestone. Ran pretty crap :(. Still close though!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1369698 Everyone started laughing at me in the chat box after this one, hehe. It could have been more interesting though.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1369710 The one sweet hand of the day.

Lost a lot of uninteresting all in pre flop hands, not to worry, I'll run better today.


Yesterday's Net -$360
Total Goal Left $1,074

95% Goal Complete

1,200 Hands

That's right bitches. I'm on a real heater and I hope it holds up till after I break the goal.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1365625 I think stacks are just big enough here to put in a small 3 bet on the flop and still have options.

I just realized everything else was super standard. That's good news though!


Yesterday's Net +$745 + $626 Rakeback = +$1,371
Total Goal Left $714

End Week 21

WTF NOT PLAYING AT ALL!!!!

Week 21 Total = +$2,078

Day 146

2,208 Hands

Yep, believe it or not it's Day 146 since the blog started. I'm getting really close to this goal and it's very motivating.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1347408 Very awkward hand here, but given the smallish raise, and the original cold caller, I don't know how I can continue.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1347414 I've been able to smell shit from a mile away and it's really helping.

Yesterday's net +$143
Total Goal Left $2,017

Hot Start

5,619 Hands 2 day total

I'm running really hot to start the month. I'm on my game and things are going my way.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343596 I smelled something really fishy going on in this hand and got out of there losing the min.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343599 Another hand where I really thought something was on, and got out of there losing next to nothing with an underboat.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343601 Here I get cute with a maniac and make quads.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343605 More quads.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343626 Is this totally awful? At the time it felt like an insta fold. Lots more kids doing the check call lead out with big hands lately.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1343629 More quads; massive monies.


I looked over my site specific PT stats and saw something a little crazy. At Fulltilt my bb/100 is about 3.1 over 70k hands, yet my Bodog bb/100 is 12.8 over 40k hands! Boy I wish I could run more tables:(

Two day total +$1,842
Total Goal Left $2,160

Time to grind

So I haven't played at all practically this month and it's time to turn it on. New goal is 25k hands in the next 10 days.


Since whenever +$161
Total Goal Left $4,002

July Results / End Week 20

38,720 Hands

So after realizing how high 5bb/100 was compared to an average winrate, I'm much less disappointed with my results this month. Also, I realize just how easily my winrate jumps around even after 40k hands in a month. For example, if I ended the month with a 600$ win my bb/100 could jump as much as .8. Here are the results.

Week 20 total +$616 + $180 bonus = +$796
July Total +$2,760 NLHE (3.6bb/100) +$979 bonuses and rakeback = +$3,739