Today's Results: $85 in 2.75 hours
Ran ok to start the day this time, had QQ once in my BB with a straddle by UTG, took down the pot preflop with a raise over 3 limpers. Had AA an orbit later, but it folded to me in the SB. Had QQ again about two orbits after that; open UTG to $10, get 3-bet by an older guy (everyone at the table was 40+ except me) who is on the button to $30. I call with ~$105 behind, flop is KJTr and I check/fold to his pot-sized flop bet. He seemed pretty aggro in general and had a massive stack the entire time I was at the table, but that was the only 3-bet he made all day, so I figured to be drawing slim.
Blind down to around $85, pick up black fives in MP. Limps around and I limp behind, we see the flop 9-ways in a limped pot (lol, family pots). Flop comes Tc9c5d, checks to me, I bet $10 (should have been 15 or 20 on a fairly coordinated flop 9 ways), get 3 callers. Turn is 8h, not the best in the world for me as QJ just got there, but I lead for $35 anyway with around $40 behind and everyone folds and I win the pot.
Two orbits later I pick up black AA on the button. 3 limps to me, I open to $16, one caller who seems pretty fishy, though I hear from some other players that he typically plays $2-$5 NL and is one of the "bull-shitters" of that game. Flop comes T93r, he checks, I bet $25, he calls. Turn comes T putting up two clubs, he bets $100, enough to put me in, I insta-call. He has JJ, river is Ah, and I'm finally up semi-substantially for the first time this summer.
Play for around another hour with nothing too significant happening and winning very few pots.
Summer Profit Total: ($149)
Current Bankroll: $351
Total Time Played: 9.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($16.11)
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
More Losing
Today's Results: ($59) in 3.25 hours
Ran pretty shit again to start the day. Nothing happened for the first few orbits, just junk mostly. About forty five minutes in, I pick up T7o in the BB and we see a limped pot 5 way. Flop comes AT7 with two clubs, the small blind leads for 1/2 pot, I call, another guy calls, and the fourth guy raises and we all call. 4 way to the turn, which is the Qc, SB checks, I check, third guy leads this time for 1/5 pot, flop raiser folds, SB folds, and I call trying to spike a T, 7 or hoping to check down the river. The river is the 3c, I check and the other guy checks behind and shows 89cc for the flush.
Hovered around that level for another 20 minutes or so, then get moved to another table. Keep getting shit hands, folding for another 40 minutes before I pick up TT in the BB. 2 limps to the SB, he opens to $10 with ~80 behind, I cover. I call, one limper calls, and we see a 542 rainbow flop. SB leads $15, I call, limper folds. Turn 4 completing the rainbow, SB thinks for a bit and then checks, I bet $25 and he calls. Turn is a 7, he checks, and I shove the rest in, he thinks for a bit, sighs and calls, asking me if I have a four. I say no and flip over my tens, he flips over jacks, and I'm now down to about $35.
The very next hand I pick up KK in the SB and slightly better than double up to $85. For the next 20 minutes, I blind back down to $68 and pick up red kings again. I open to $10 from MP and get two IP callers. Flop comes T87r, I lead $20 and both call. Turn comes 8d, putting out 2 diamonds, I shove my last $38 and this time only get one caller. I show my kings, and hold for the 3o river. I'm all the way back up to $160.
Over the course of the next hour, I open TT, get 3 callers, and fold when led into on an A high two tone flop, open AQo and check fold a KK8 two tone flop. From there on not much interesting happened and I just hovered around $140 for a while.
Summer Profit Total: ($234)
Current Bankroll: $266
Total Time Played: 6.5 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($36)
Ran pretty shit again to start the day. Nothing happened for the first few orbits, just junk mostly. About forty five minutes in, I pick up T7o in the BB and we see a limped pot 5 way. Flop comes AT7 with two clubs, the small blind leads for 1/2 pot, I call, another guy calls, and the fourth guy raises and we all call. 4 way to the turn, which is the Qc, SB checks, I check, third guy leads this time for 1/5 pot, flop raiser folds, SB folds, and I call trying to spike a T, 7 or hoping to check down the river. The river is the 3c, I check and the other guy checks behind and shows 89cc for the flush.
Hovered around that level for another 20 minutes or so, then get moved to another table. Keep getting shit hands, folding for another 40 minutes before I pick up TT in the BB. 2 limps to the SB, he opens to $10 with ~80 behind, I cover. I call, one limper calls, and we see a 542 rainbow flop. SB leads $15, I call, limper folds. Turn 4 completing the rainbow, SB thinks for a bit and then checks, I bet $25 and he calls. Turn is a 7, he checks, and I shove the rest in, he thinks for a bit, sighs and calls, asking me if I have a four. I say no and flip over my tens, he flips over jacks, and I'm now down to about $35.
The very next hand I pick up KK in the SB and slightly better than double up to $85. For the next 20 minutes, I blind back down to $68 and pick up red kings again. I open to $10 from MP and get two IP callers. Flop comes T87r, I lead $20 and both call. Turn comes 8d, putting out 2 diamonds, I shove my last $38 and this time only get one caller. I show my kings, and hold for the 3o river. I'm all the way back up to $160.
Over the course of the next hour, I open TT, get 3 callers, and fold when led into on an A high two tone flop, open AQo and check fold a KK8 two tone flop. From there on not much interesting happened and I just hovered around $140 for a while.
Summer Profit Total: ($234)
Current Bankroll: $266
Total Time Played: 6.5 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($36)
Monday, June 11, 2012
Online Poker
I've gotten back into online poker a bit of late trying to regain some confidence after my live losses. I recently got a 35% rakeback deal at Carbon Poker and so I've been playing a few hours here and there with some decent results. It's a little to early to post any graphs because at the moment it's just a heater over about 1500 hands for the last 3 days, but if it keeps up and I move up in any significant way graphs will surely follow.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Rough, Quick Day
Today's Results: ($100) in 1 hour
Felt like I ran pretty terrible today, even though I got some premium holdings. I played a total of four hands during the hour. First hand at the table I'm dealt AQo in the CO and raise a limper, take it down pre. Then I blind down to around $95, get AJo in the SB, one guy opens to $10, a loose-passive player calls on the button, and I call. 3-handed flop comes T76 two tone, and I c/f. Blind down to around $80, pick up AA in the Cutoff, make it twelve over 4 limpers, everyone folds and I make $10.
Then blind back down to $83, pick up QQ on the button. 5 limpers to me, I pop it to $15, get 4 callers. Flop comes 985 two tone, big blind leads for $15, the guy behind him raises to $40, two folds and I shove my last $68 (too short to consider folding an overpair with an stack-to-pot ratio of 1 after the preflop action. Big blind re-shoves around $200, other guy calls instantly, and I'm essentially dead vs the Big blinds flop set of 9's and the other guys' flopped straight with a flush draw to boot 76s.
Gonna take next weekend off I think and try to get my head right. I'm pretty sure I'm just running poorly, but it still messes with your confidence to lose 2 sessions out of 3, with the winning session not all that successful either. Maybe I'll work on my game online some.
Summer Profit Total: ($175)
Current Bankroll: $325
Total Time Played: 3.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($53.85)
Felt like I ran pretty terrible today, even though I got some premium holdings. I played a total of four hands during the hour. First hand at the table I'm dealt AQo in the CO and raise a limper, take it down pre. Then I blind down to around $95, get AJo in the SB, one guy opens to $10, a loose-passive player calls on the button, and I call. 3-handed flop comes T76 two tone, and I c/f. Blind down to around $80, pick up AA in the Cutoff, make it twelve over 4 limpers, everyone folds and I make $10.
Then blind back down to $83, pick up QQ on the button. 5 limpers to me, I pop it to $15, get 4 callers. Flop comes 985 two tone, big blind leads for $15, the guy behind him raises to $40, two folds and I shove my last $68 (too short to consider folding an overpair with an stack-to-pot ratio of 1 after the preflop action. Big blind re-shoves around $200, other guy calls instantly, and I'm essentially dead vs the Big blinds flop set of 9's and the other guys' flopped straight with a flush draw to boot 76s.
Gonna take next weekend off I think and try to get my head right. I'm pretty sure I'm just running poorly, but it still messes with your confidence to lose 2 sessions out of 3, with the winning session not all that successful either. Maybe I'll work on my game online some.
Summer Profit Total: ($175)
Current Bankroll: $325
Total Time Played: 3.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($53.85)
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Take Two
Today's Results: +$25 in 2 hours
I started off well today, over-limping KQo the first hand I was dealt. Flop rolls out QT7r and I lead $10 5-handed (3 checks in front). One caller, who check/folds to my $25 turn barrel on a Kh, which put two hearts on the board.
Next orbit I find AQo and raise to $11 from UTG +2 8 handed. One caller in the CO, same villain who called my KQ flop bet. He folds to my $20 c-bet on KT7tt.
An orbit later I'm sitting on about $115 and pick up black AA in UTG and open to $11. UTG+1, a competent but somewhat weaker female TAG flats, and the table hyper-LAG in UTG+2 squeezes to $31 (was probably playing close to 50/35). Table folds around, and I could call, but we would go to the flop 3-way. I probably should be ok with that and hope someone hits TP on the flop, but instead I elect to 4-bet, and the only option there is to ship. Two folds later and I'm up to almost $160.
I reach my peak of about $180 about an hour into the session, and then I open once with AKo, flat a couple opens with AKo and 66 and miss all three flops and drop down to the $135 range. Blind down a little further and decide to call it a day with a modest win so that I can prepare for the annular solar eclipse that will happen a few hours from now here in ABQ.
Hope next weekend treats me a bit better, but I do need to play a bit more aggressive during my sessions; this session was hampered significantly by the LAG two to my left. I would have liked to take advantage of his style more, which a couple people who had position were able to do.
Summer Profit Total: ($75)
Current Bankroll: $425
Total Time Played: 2.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($33.33)
I started off well today, over-limping KQo the first hand I was dealt. Flop rolls out QT7r and I lead $10 5-handed (3 checks in front). One caller, who check/folds to my $25 turn barrel on a Kh, which put two hearts on the board.
Next orbit I find AQo and raise to $11 from UTG +2 8 handed. One caller in the CO, same villain who called my KQ flop bet. He folds to my $20 c-bet on KT7tt.
An orbit later I'm sitting on about $115 and pick up black AA in UTG and open to $11. UTG+1, a competent but somewhat weaker female TAG flats, and the table hyper-LAG in UTG+2 squeezes to $31 (was probably playing close to 50/35). Table folds around, and I could call, but we would go to the flop 3-way. I probably should be ok with that and hope someone hits TP on the flop, but instead I elect to 4-bet, and the only option there is to ship. Two folds later and I'm up to almost $160.
I reach my peak of about $180 about an hour into the session, and then I open once with AKo, flat a couple opens with AKo and 66 and miss all three flops and drop down to the $135 range. Blind down a little further and decide to call it a day with a modest win so that I can prepare for the annular solar eclipse that will happen a few hours from now here in ABQ.
Hope next weekend treats me a bit better, but I do need to play a bit more aggressive during my sessions; this session was hampered significantly by the LAG two to my left. I would have liked to take advantage of his style more, which a couple people who had position were able to do.
Summer Profit Total: ($75)
Current Bankroll: $425
Total Time Played: 2.25 hours
Hourly Win Rate: ($33.33)
Saturday, May 19, 2012
First Day Back in the Game
I went down to the casino today. Unfortunately, I didn't stay as long as I would have liked. I ended up only playing for about fifteen minutes and losing my entire $100 buyin. Nothing special happened, I had gone through the blinds once and raised/4-bet shoved AKo into QQ against the most active player at the table (he had played 7 hands in the 12 or so hands I had seen, and at least 3 raising or 3-betting). Not much you can do about that. I'm planning on heading down tomorrow as well, hopefully it goes better.
Summer Profit Total: ($100)
Current Bankroll: $400
Total Time Played: 0.25 hrs
Hourly Win Rate: ($400)
My next buyin will be for $100.
Summer Profit Total: ($100)
Current Bankroll: $400
Total Time Played: 0.25 hrs
Hourly Win Rate: ($400)
My next buyin will be for $100.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
My NM Summer Plan
I will be returning to New Mexico for the summer this year before returning to California to finish my Masters' degree in the fall. In addition to working, hanging out with friends, and everything else I plan on doing, I am also planning on trying to get back into the live grind. The rake in NM is lower than here in CA, and I think that suits my style a bit better, especially since I will be playing on a short bankroll. Below is an outline of my plan to get back into the game.
Starting Bankroll: $500.
This is a predetermined amount that has been agreed upon as an acceptable amount to be willing to lose.
I plan on using a 5 Buy-In rule, with the exception that my buy-in never be less than $100, and applying that rule only in $100 increments of my bankroll. The breakdown is as follows:
BR < $600 - Buy-In for $100.
$600 < BR < $700 - Buy-In for $120.
$700 < BR < $800 - Buy-In for $140.
$800 < BR < $900 - Buy-In for $160.
$900 < BR < $1000 - Buy-In for $180.
And once my bankroll exceeds $1000, I will buy in for the maximum, $200 at $1/$2 NL.
I won't plan on moving up at all during the summer months, I just don't think I'll have the time to generate the bankroll required (I'd want >$5k to move to $1/$3).
I'm hoping to play at least 10 hours a week for the summer, but that might be ambitious. I will post an update for every session I play. I plan on having my first session in the middle of May, something like the 20th sounds about right.
If things go well, and I return to CA with a roll of >$1500 or so, I would like to try to use some of it to play once in a while at one of the rooms in San Jose. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Starting Bankroll: $500.
This is a predetermined amount that has been agreed upon as an acceptable amount to be willing to lose.
I plan on using a 5 Buy-In rule, with the exception that my buy-in never be less than $100, and applying that rule only in $100 increments of my bankroll. The breakdown is as follows:
BR < $600 - Buy-In for $100.
$600 < BR < $700 - Buy-In for $120.
$700 < BR < $800 - Buy-In for $140.
$800 < BR < $900 - Buy-In for $160.
$900 < BR < $1000 - Buy-In for $180.
And once my bankroll exceeds $1000, I will buy in for the maximum, $200 at $1/$2 NL.
I won't plan on moving up at all during the summer months, I just don't think I'll have the time to generate the bankroll required (I'd want >$5k to move to $1/$3).
I'm hoping to play at least 10 hours a week for the summer, but that might be ambitious. I will post an update for every session I play. I plan on having my first session in the middle of May, something like the 20th sounds about right.
If things go well, and I return to CA with a roll of >$1500 or so, I would like to try to use some of it to play once in a while at one of the rooms in San Jose. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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