I am back

Ok so I havent posted for a week, probably because my last week for a chunk of it sucked. I started off the week with $3300 and got it to $3500 pretty early before the slide. I lost a sick amount of money over a few days and slid down to $3000 at its lowest. It was a combination of things that caused it and I had a surprising amount of situations with great hands that went south. But even with an increased amount of tough beats it didnt explain my huge losses and for the life of me I thought I was playing my usual game. It wasnt until Friday night I realised what I was doing wrong which was breaking one of my gameplan rules. I was betting too agressively with marginal hands and calling too many aggressive bets with marginal hands and it was costing me a lot of money. And let me tell you my least favourite hand of the week...JJ. Boy that hand has cost me a lot of money. Why do I seem to get called by 3-4 people with my usual raise with this hand? Why does it run into higher PP's so much? Anyway...so over Saturday and Sunday with just a few hours for each day I made back $260 and ended the week at $3260, thus with a $40 loss for week. More importantly it was a good lesson and refocused me to sticking to my gameplan.

Well Sunday I was really sick and was still sick on Monday so called in sick to work. I slept in till 10am and then put in a full days work at the poker table playing from 10am-10pm with breaks inbetween. I just started 4 tabling this weekend and as long as I am not multi-tasking anything else this is easy to do and keeps me interested more as there is always something going on. Sticking to my gameplan the day was the most profitable session I have yet had to date. At the end of the night I had made a profit of $640 with an ending balance of $3900. I was amazed at how easy it was and everytime I took a break I wanted to hop right back on as the money was there to be taken. I avoided betting in any marginal situations and kept it small in others and avoided any big losses bar one. I had pp 9's and the flop came 89T and a SS went all-in (SS probably has top pair at best) and another guy called it, was about $20 I think. Well at this point if I called I may as well push as if he has me beat its all going to get in the middle by the river anyway and if he does have QJ I still have about 25% chance to boat. He did have QJ and I didnt boat. I lost about $80 on that hand and it was my only major loss for the day. Otherwise I took advantage as best I could when I had the best of it and did that all day long. It was such a great feeling to know I had won so much money without making any major errors. If you have noticed my earning history I have averaged a profit of approx. $300 a week, thus to make over $600 in a day is a huge achievement.

When I make that next $100 to get to $4k I will be tackling the $1/$2 level. I assume I will be able to handle this level just as well. I think there will be less idiots to pay me off though and believe me there is a lot of money to be made off of the idiots at the $0.50/$1 levels. I look forward to the new challenge and expect to be hitting it this week.

Back to normal

I played my usual game tonight and didnt get too jiggy unless I had something to get jiggy with. There is one hand I was a little unsure how well I played it even though I won as I could've lost a sizeable amount of money if I was wrong. I went with my instincts though, you make up your own mind...

PokerStars Game #1400285623: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/22 - 22:02:47 (ET)Table 'Garumna III' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Watchmyrush ($48.60 in chips)
Seat 2: mochi1 ($53.40 in chips)
Seat 3: ballnhand ($79.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Hudson II ($90.90 in chips)
Seat 5: C Buddy ($119.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Art of War ($78.50 in chips)
Seat 7: NikkiRee ($98.85 in chips)
Seat 8: ICTBOB ($99 in chips)
Seat 9: bluey1000 ($107 in chips)
bluey1000: posts small blind $0.50
Watchmyrush: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Jh As]
mochi1: calls $1
ballnhand: folds
Hudson II: folds
C Buddy: folds
Art of War: folds
NikkiRee: folds
ICTBOB: folds
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
Watchmyrush: folds
mochi1: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Jd 9h 9c]
bluey1000: bets $5
mochi1: raises $6 to $11
bluey1000: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Jd 9h 9c] [4s]
bluey1000: checks
mochi1: bets $24
bluey1000: raises $24 to $48
mochi1: calls $14.40 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Jd 9h 9c 4s] [2c]***
SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Jh As] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
mochi1: mucks hand bluey1000 collected $104.80 from pot
bluey1000 said, "hehe"
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $107.80 Rake $3
Board [Jd 9h 9c 4s 2c]
Seat 2: mochi1 mucked [Tc Td]

In my opinion he overbet the turn.

What pissed me off last night, as it is a continuation of past hands for me, is when I get a flop which is giving me 15 live outs and they are not hitting me. My odds to hit one of them is 54%. And in my last several I have hit none of them and it has probably cost me close to $100 in chasing them. Very frustrating. I know they arent garunteed but for Gods sake hit on the next one please!

Anyway the night made up for last nights small loss. I was up $125 for the night. I wont be playing tonight as I have a home game with the boys and tomorrow night I am going out. So will be another short week for poker damn it!

Over aggressive ass

Damn did I play like a tard last night. First 5 mins. of the night I got myself down $50. Overplayed some hands and chased a bit but no real biggy. I made back the $50 plus another $75 (thanks to a rush of high PP's) before taking a break. Second session of the night is when I started playing like a tard. I guess I felt like being super aggressive and getting lots of action last night because thats precisely what I did. That in itself isnt terrible, its when you screw it up on the streets that you suck. My best example is as follows...

I was BB and had QJo (a hand I normally hate) and had two limpers and the SB complete. This typically means everyone is weak so I decide to steal the pot or steal it on the flop, so I raise to $5. Only the SB calls me. The flop comes KTx, pretty good for me. SB checks and I decide not to bet excessive and bet $5, SB calls. Turn was an "x" and it was at this point I made the tard error. SB checks and I bet $10. In this situation I have a strong draw hand but it is a hand that you dont want to be raised on as it is still only a draw hand. Well SB raised me $10 and I made the crying call. No help on the river and SB pushed in and I folded. That turn bet cost me $20 which I should never have lost. SB showed her hand, she had AA, lol. I actually got quite a few medium to high PP's in my last session but because of all the action I was generating my big bet PF was getting multiple callers and compromised a lot on the flop. I did get lucky on one hand where I had KK and made my usual raise to $5 with 3 callers. An Ace came on the flop and I made a 1/2 pot bet and got raised so I folded as did everyone else. He showed his cards and he had AA - very lucky an Ace came on the flop or I would've lost a bunch there. All in all the flop wasnt as kind the second session and I was also called on most of my bluffs so I lost my early profit and ended the night down $35.

I am not playing tonight (going out) so I wont have the chance to redeem myself. The only good thing I can take from this is, that though I was down I was down only a little. Its not really a "bad" night until I am down $100+.

BR week 10

BR for week 9 was $3060 and now at week 10 is $3300. Not bad considering I only played half as much as usual - was out and about a few days this week. Cant think of anything memorable to tell for the week, it was a basic grind with a couple of comebacks from some early losses. Ran into one lucky fool last night who had no concept of correct play but he was the luckiest fool I ever did see. He turned his buy-in into $350 by the time I left sucking out numerous times. He stole $75 from me when he runner, runnered to get a higher FH. He was amazing to watch and I hope to break him one day in the future.

Down and Up

Played two 1 hour sessions tonight. In the first one all my PP's lost (TT, JJ & KK). My KK lost me $50 when I folded to his all-in on the river. There was 3 spades on the board and a 2, 3, 4, 5, x. I am positive he had my hand beat and I couldnt call an extra $50 on the river with that board out there, my guess is he got the flush and he was hoping I had Aces. It sux but KK no longer looked very good. As well as those hands losing, my cards just werent flopping. Basically I lost $90 doing not much at all. Had a break and played another hour session later on and managed to squeeze out a $120 from the players to be $30 up for the night.

I played a couple of hands well to squeeze maximum return...

PokerStars Game #1373935647: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/17 - 23:20:49 (ET)Table 'Opik' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: wndl8888 ($100 in chips)
Seat 2: BCunni33 ($66.25 in chips)
Seat 3: PromoGuy ($102.40 in chips)
Seat 4: zippodaddy ($47.80 in chips)
Seat 5: bluey1000 ($99.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Imagineer ($49 in chips)
Seat 7: hunter20 ($38.05 in chips)
Seat 8: VeNSe ($102.70 in chips)
Seat 9: Chill*Factor ($23 in chips)
PromoGuy: posts small blind $0.50
zippodaddy: posts big blind $1
wndl8888: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Kd Ks]
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
Imagineer: folds
hunter20: folds
VeNSe: calls $4
Chill*Factor: folds
wndl8888: folds
BCunni33: calls $4
PromoGuy: calls $3.50
zippodaddy: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s Kc 9c]
PromoGuy: checks
bluey1000: bets $5
VeNSe: folds
BCunni33: raises $5 to $10
PromoGuy: folds
bluey1000: calls $5
*** TURN *** [9s Kc 9c] [5c]
bluey1000: bets $5
BCunni33: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [9s Kc 9c 5c] [8h]
bluey1000: bets $80.50 and is all-in
BCunni33: calls $47.25 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Kd Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Nines)
BCunni33: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $139.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $142.50 Rake $3
Board [9s Kc 9c 5c 8h]
Seat 2: BCunni33 (button) mucked [Jh Kh]

I bet this hand bizzare so as to confuse the guy then overbet on the river to make it look like a steal. I guess it worked because he called me with his marginal KJs hand.

PokerStars Game #1374141728: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/17 - 23:57:39 (ET)Table 'Neva' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: MarcelloGQ96 ($102.80 in chips)
Seat 3: call_me_ek ($86.50 in chips)
Seat 4: bluey1000 ($103.65 in chips)
Seat 5: CrimsnRoc ($39.90 in chips)
Seat 6: Fox Echo ($45.20 in chips)
Seat 7: th3_c1rcus ($87 in chips)
Seat 8: Outsidefun ($58.70 in chips)
Seat 9: ThugsyQ10 ($169.85 in chips)
bluey1000: posts small blind $0.50
CrimsnRoc: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [3c 3s]
Fox Echo: raises $1 to $2
th3_c1rcus: folds
Outsidefun: folds
ThugsyQ10: folds
MarcelloGQ96: folds
call_me_ek: folds
bluey1000: calls $1.50
CrimsnRoc: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 7h 5s]
call_me_ek said, "i owed chokko one had to take a draw"
bluey1000: checks
Fox Echo: bets $5
bluey1000: raises $5 to $10
Fox Echo: calls $5
*** TURN *** [3h 7h 5s] [Td]
bluey1000: bets $10
Fox Echo: raises $10 to $20
bluey1000: raises $25 to $45
Fox Echo: calls $13.20 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3h 7h 5s Td] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [3c 3s] (three of a kind, Threes)
Fox Echo: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $88.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $91.40 Rake $3
Board [3h 7h 5s Td 8s]
Seat 4: bluey1000 (small blind) showed [3c 3s] and won ($88.40) with three of a kind
Seat 6: Fox Echo mucked [Jd Jh]

Fox wasnt happy to lose and he said I got lucky (obvious), but he did wise up and say well-palyed.

Bad players make me money

Didnt play on Tuesday night but played for a couple of hours last night. Was an up and down night yet again. Basically my good cards werent hitting the flop and if I put a bet out it would be called or raised and I wouldnt improve. Almost all my bluffs were called, just one of those nights. If it werent for some bad play by some players I wouldnt have made any money at all.

PokerStars Game #1368632114: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/16 - 22:52:50 (ET)Table 'Aldebaran' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: natsty ($47.10 in chips)
Seat 2: knubee ($65.45 in chips)
Seat 3: MangoTheBear ($284.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Magellan420 ($23.60 in chips)
Seat 5: bohmate ($50.40 in chips)
Seat 6: bluey1000 ($130.65 in chips)
Seat 7: karmarmar ($60.85 in chips)
Seat 8: eljay4209 ($66.20 in chips)
Seat 9: TEX03 ($19.55 in chips)
karmarmar: posts small blind $0.50
eljay4209: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [7c Ac]
TEX03: raises $1 to $2
natsty: calls $2
knubee: folds
MangoTheBear: folds
Magellan420: calls $2
bohmate: folds
bluey1000: calls $2
karmarmar: folds
eljay4209: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8c Kc]
eljay4209: checks
karmarmar is sitting out
karmarmar has returned
TEX03: checks
karmarmar is sitting out
karmarmar has returned
karmarmar is sitting out
natsty: checks
karmarmar has returned
Magellan420: bets $5
bluey1000: calls $5
eljay4209: folds
TEX03: folds
natsty: folds
*** TURN *** [Qc 8c Kc] [2c]
Magellan420: bets $5
bluey1000: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8c Kc 2c] [5h]
Magellan420: bets $5
bluey1000: raises $7 to $12
Magellan420: calls $6.60 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [7c Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
Magellan420: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $51.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $53.70 Rake $2.60
Board [Qc 8c Kc 2c 5h]
Seat 4: Magellan420 mucked [8s 8h]

I dont fault his flop bet, and although I am fine with his turn bet, I really disagree with his river bet. He should've checked and seen what I did as at that point with four suited cards on the board what exactly did he think I had? And when I reraised him all-in on the river he has to fold. Its the SS syndrome. He dicided to put his last few dollars in on a wish and leave if he lost. Those extra dollars these guys waste sure adds up in my BR :-)

I was quitting at 8pm last night and had unclicked the auto-post feature and was waiting for the blinds to get to me before leaving when this hand happened. At this point I was maybe $10-$20 up for the night. Unfortunately I didnt save the HH so this is from memory...

I was UTG or UTG+1 and raised to $5 w/QQ and SB was the only one to call me. Flop came 38T and there were 2 clubs. He bet $15 (overbet?) and I went through my head what could he have...I decided I was ahead of him at this point and wasnt going to make it cheap for him so I raised him an additional $30. The turn was an "x" nonscary card and he bet into me $10. Normally this is a scare but I just didnt feel he was better than me atthis point and put him on a hand like AT. Well seeing as I felt I was ahead I was going to tell him the smae thing and I pushed in. He paused for a bit, so I felt confident my read was good but he called anyway. Dont remember the pot size but I think it was close to $200. The river was an Ace and I thought that might've killed me but at showdown he showed KTo and I took the pot. It is capitalizing on these bad players that makes me a profitable one. What do you think he was thinking? Some people get stubborn and want laydown when you raise them back and I wouldnt be surprised that byt the time I put him all-in he felt pot invested and guessed he was behind but now wanted some luck to suck out. Fine with me. Most of these I will win but I am going to have to payoff one of these players on the river one day soon. Actually I did just last week...maybe I am safe for a while...

I ended the night about $110 up.

Crazy play tonight

All sorts of crazy play going on last night and some of it I was involved with. The night started of poorly for me with a whole bunch of premium whole cards that went nowhere after the flop. Then got some PP's, for example JJ which I raise and get reraised by a SS. Flop is 7 high and when he bets I put him all-in, unfortunately he has KK. This goes back to my lack of respect for SS (though he did have $45...) and the fact they can be pushing strong with any old crap. Then there was this player I butted heads with a couple of times. What do you think he had on the first hand after seeing both hand examples?

PokerStars Game #1357563934: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/14 - 21:19:13 (ET)Table 'Hedda' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bluey1000 ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 2: nemesi ($95.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Entrapenaur ($30.60 in chips)
Seat 5: donandtricee ($67.95 in chips)
Seat 6: combsgator ($97.80 in chips)
Seat 7: tireguysc ($144.45 in chips)
Seat 8: johnnylove ($117.60 in chips)
Seat 9: blink7 ($88 in chips)
nemesi: posts small blind $0.50
Entrapenaur: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bluey1000 [Kh Ah]
beaverpro has returned
donandtricee: calls $1
combsgator: folds
donandtricee said, "huh"
tireguysc: calls $1
johnnylove: raises $1 to $2
blink7: folds
bluey1000: raises $5 to $7
nemesi: folds
Entrapenaur: folds
donandtricee: folds
tireguysc: folds
johnnylove: calls $5
*** FLOP *** [5s 2c Qc]
johnnylove: checks
bluey1000: bets $15
johnnylove: raises $15 to $30
bluey1000: calls $15
*** TURN *** [5s 2c Qc] [3s]
johnnylove: checks
bluey1000: checks
*** RIVER *** [5s 2c Qc 3s] [8c]
johnnylove: bets $80.60 and is all-in
bluey1000 said, "good flop for u i guess"
bluey1000: folds
johnnylove collected $74.50 from pot
johnnylove: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $77.50 Rake $3
Board [5s 2c Qc 3s 8c]

And the second hand we got into it...

PokerStars Game #1357701513: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/14 - 21:41:21 (ET)Table 'Hedda' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bluey1000 ($100 in chips)
Seat 2: nemesi ($76.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Puh-lease777 ($99 in chips)
Seat 5: donandtricee ($79.75 in chips)
Seat 6: brofell ($81.70 in chips)
Seat 7: tireguysc ($143.60 in chips)
Seat 8: johnnylove ($110.45 in chips)
Seat 9: blink7 ($70.70 in chips)
tireguysc: posts small blind $0.50
johnnylove: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bluey1000 [Qc Qh]
blink7: folds bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
nemesi: folds
Puh-lease777: folds
donandtricee: folds
brofell: folds
tireguysc: folds
johnnylove: raises $4 to $8
bluey1000: raises $4 to $12
johnnylove: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [2s 6s 9d]
johnnylove: bets $40
bluey1000: raises $48 to $88 and is all-in
johnnylove: calls $48
*** TURN *** [2s 6s 9d] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [2s 6s 9d 4d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
johnnylove: shows [2h Kc] (a pair of Deuces)
bluey1000: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
bluey1000 collected $197.50 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $200.50 Rake $3
Board [2s 6s 9d 4d 7s]

When he reraised me I wanted information so I raised him back. When he just called I felt he didnt have KK or AA. Then on the flop when he bet $40 (overbet) I thought about it for a bit and figured if he has AA or KK or got lucky I will pay him off and pushed in. He didnt have the odds to call me but I am sure glad he did. I needed this pot to make up for my early losses in the night. Can you imagine how pissed I would be if he had got one of his 5 outs?!

The next hand I wasnt involved in but I got into a verbal fight with the guy after...check it out.

PokerStars Game #1357760638: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/14 - 21:50:55 (ET)Table 'Alkmene IV' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: 1 Smooth Doc ($46.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Sir WinsALot ($78.60 in chips)
Seat 4: gk2400 ($98.20 in chips)
Seat 5: grande_frere ($75.65 in chips)
Seat 6: bluey1000 ($100.30 in chips)
Seat 7: JoeHusker1 ($56.45 in chips)
Seat 8: TonyTBoss ($88.70 in chips)
Seat 9: JDB4511 ($47.75 in chips)
JoeHusker1: posts small blind $0.50
TonyTBoss: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [5c 7h]
Sir WinsALot said, "ty"
JDB4511: folds
1 Smooth Doc: raises $1 to $2
Sir WinsALot: folds
gk2400: folds
grande_frere: calls $2
bluey1000 has timed out while being disconnected
bluey1000: folds bluey1000 is sitting out
JoeHusker1: calls $1.50
TonyTBoss: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Tc Ac 3c]
JoeHusker1: checks
TonyTBoss: bets $86.70 and is all-in
1 Smooth Doc: folds
gk2400 is connected grande_frere: folds
JoeHusker1: calls $54.45 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Tc Ac 3c] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Ac 3c 8d] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JoeHusker1: shows [Kc 9c] (a flush, Ace high)
TonyTBoss: mucks hand
JoeHusker1 collected $113.90 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $116.90 Rake $3
Board [Tc Ac 3c 8d 8h]
Seat 7: JoeHusker1 (small blind) showed [Kc 9c] and won ($113.90) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: TonyTBoss (big blind) mucked [As Ts]

Then Tony called the other guy a fisher for calling the PF bet which is ridiculous and was complaining how he was a poor player. Unfortunately I my HH didnt catch his early words but it caught some on my verbal discussion with him.

bluey1000 said, "whiny ***** who played a hand as bad as he could"
TonyTBoss said, "do u know the odds of flopping a flush i doubt it"
bluey1000 said, "u overbet so shut up idiot"
TonyTBoss said, "well school is in session now bc i am gonna school all of u"
bluey1000 said, "keep betting like that if u think it was smart"
TonyTBoss said, "i know it was"
bluey1000 said, "I loved it personally"
bluey1000 said, "did u Joe?"
TonyTBoss said, "i will get your stack first bluely"
bluey1000 said, "only if u suckout"
TonyTBoss said, "u play like a calling station easy to beat u"

Me a calling station, lol, hardly. At that point I had enough of the idiot so I left him alone. Lets recap for Tony --> he overbet $80 into an $8 pot with 2 pair and was upset to be called by the nut flush. LOL, you sir are my chimp of the day.

Anyway, I ended $50 up for the night so I was happy.

Much of the same & BR after week 9

Firstly my BR after 9 weeks is now: $3060 - a profit for the week of $840 which is HUGE for the level I am playing at and my best so far beating last weeks best of $695. Half of my BR has been won in the last 2 weeks! I see no reason why it cant continue either.

Carrying on from yesterdays post it was much of the same crap. My good hands were getting constantly screwed over and it really was quite humorous. I had to laugh to stop myself from getting frustrated or worse tilting. Here are a couple of my favourites...

PokerStars Game #1352326539: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/13 - 21:13:08 (ET)Table 'Cygnus III' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Amplify ($31.40 in chips)
Seat 2: JDawgg19 ($73.30 in chips)
Seat 3: aliasbristow ($316.65 in chips)
Seat 4: footnote ($167.40 in chips)
Seat 5: fdx16 ($45.05 in chips)
Seat 6: bluey1000 ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 7: zackmorris ($38.50 in chips)
Seat 8: BiatchMoFo ($8.05 in chips)
Seat 9: R36heartbeat ($26.10 in chips)
BiatchMoFo: posts small blind $0.50
R36heartbeat: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [8c 8d]
Amplify: folds
JDawgg19: folds
aliasbristow: folds
footnote: folds
fdx16: calls
$1bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
zackmorris: folds
BiatchMoFo: calls $3.50
R36heartbeat: folds
fdx16: folds
*** FLOP *** [6d 8h 9s]
BiatchMoFo: checks
bluey1000: bets $5
BiatchMoFo: calls $4.05 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6d 8h 9s] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [6d 8h 9s 9d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BiatchMoFo: shows [Ac Ad] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
bluey1000: mucks hand
BiatchMoFo collected $17.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $18.10 Rake $0.85
Board [6d 8h 9s 9d 9h]
Seat 6: bluey1000 mucked [8c 8d]
Seat 8: BiatchMoFo (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won ($17.25) with a full house, Nines full of Aces

Now it was a little pot and he had me dominated PF, but with my good fortune it was humorus to watch its eventual demise through the turn and river.

Here is another example of a sweet pot with I had to fold my hand on...

PokerStars Game #1352902585: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/13 - 22:50:33 (ET)Table 'Geographos' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: KFence27 ($87.95 in chips)
Seat 2: Cwalkin ($15.65 in chips)
Seat 3: little joe20 ($65.30 in chips)
Seat 4: bluey1000 ($114.75 in chips)
Seat 5: FlopnDaNutz ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 6: mackey239 ($72.05 in chips)
Seat 7: moomin ($95.95 in chips)
Seat 8: juancolorado ($97.50 in chips)
Seat 9: InsaneCane2 ($93.50 in chips)
little joe20: posts small blind $0.50
bluey1000: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bluey1000 [Ks Kh]
FlopnDaNutz: folds
mackey239: folds
moomin: folds
juancolorado: folds
InsaneCane2: raises $2 to $3
KFence27: folds
Cwalkin: calls $3
little joe20: calls $2.50
bluey1000: raises $10 to $13
InsaneCane2: calls $10
Cwalkin: raises $2.65 to $15.65 and is all-in
little joe20: calls $12.65
bluey1000: calls $2.65
InsaneCane2: calls $2.65
*** FLOP *** [5c 5h Ac]
little joe20: bets $10
bluey1000: folds
InsaneCane2: folds
*** TURN *** [5c 5h Ac] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [5c 5h Ac Ts] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
little joe20: shows [Kd Ad] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
Cwalkin: mucks hand
little joe20 collected $59.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $62.60 Rake $3
Board [5c 5h Ac Ts 4d]
Seat 1: KFence27 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Cwalkin (button) mucked [9s Js]
Seat 3: little joe20 (small blind) showed [Kd Ad] and won ($59.60) with two pair, Aces and Fives

I remember thinking when they all called my big raise, "please no Ace on the flop, pleeeaaasseee..."

The only good news to all my losses was that I kept them as small as I could expect and somehow the pot here and there kept my head above water. I look forward to the flops staying on my side in the coming week.

They tried to suckout...

Well I just got back every cent exactly of what I lost this morning. Some people just wont fold to big bets, here is an example...

PokerStars Game #1349852398: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/13 - 13:30:26 (ET)Table 'Dorado' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Fluffy Timmy ($100.85 in chips)
Seat 3: mjwluckydog ($51.80 in chips)
Seat 4: wkdmongoose ($56.95 in chips)
Seat 5: bluey1000 ($128.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Poulet17 ($91.40 in chips)
Seat 7: Poosta ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 8: XCappucinoX1 ($68.80 in chips)
Seat 9: racerguy24 ($61.70 in chips)
Poulet17: posts small blind $0.50
Poosta: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [9c Tc]
XCappucinoX1: folds
racerguy24: folds
Fluffy Timmy: calls $1
mjwluckydog: calls $1
wkdmongoose: folds
bluey1000: calls $1
Poulet17: calls $0.50
Poosta: checks
*** FLOP *** [Td 9d 5h]
Poulet17: bets $3
Poosta: calls $3
Fluffy Timmy: folds
mjwluckydog: folds
bluey1000: raises $7 to $10
Poulet17: calls $7
Poosta: calls $7
*** TURN *** [Td 9d 5h] [Kc]
Poulet17: checks
Poosta: checks
bluey1000: bets $20
Poulet17: calls $20
Poosta: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [Td 9d 5h Kc] [As]
SHAIKS joins the table at seat #1
Poulet17: checks
Poosta: checks
bluey1000: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Poulet17: shows [9h Qh] (a pair of Nines)
Poosta: shows [6d Kd] (a pair of Kings)
bluey1000: shows [9c Tc] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
bluey1000 collected $92 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $95 Rake $3
Board [Td 9d 5h Kc As]
Seat 2: Fluffy Timmy folded on the Flop
Seat 3: mjwluckydog folded on the Flop
Seat 4: wkdmongoose folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bluey1000 (button) showed [9c Tc] and won ($92) with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 6: Poulet17 (small blind) showed [9h Qh] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: Poosta (big blind) showed [6d Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings

So one of them is chasing the flush and the other is chasing with middle pair medium kicker. These are the guys that typically pay me off but the last 2 days these are also the guys that have gutted me - stupid fish.

Well at least I got my morning losses back. Time for a break.

The crap continues

I guess I am up for 2 days of bad flops. Once again my high PP's are being screwed on the flop and my TP's are bing slapped too. I am raising these idiots large PF and they suck along and catch. For example I hit my Ace on the flop and the guy had called my large bet w/ 97o and hit his 2 pair. I jave JJ raise huge and a guy calls and catches a queen with his Qjo, KK ace on the flop. I have lost $123 this morning with good hands losing to suckouts...grrr. Ok I knew I was due for some crap but enough already. One more example, JT with 2 pair on flop. I call a pot sized bet as does one other. Turn brings 3 hearts, one check, SS goes all-in for $20. I know he doesnt have the flush but am worried about the guy after me but have to call. Last guy pushes in for $70. FUCK, have to fold, he has the flush. As I am typing I just lost again w/ JJ and AQ. Hate days like this. Oh well, still way up for the week...at least for now!

Finally the cards went against me

Well I knew it was due. I hadnt been getting much in the way of bad beats or bad situations but they all came this afternoon. A bunch of high pocket pairs (JJ, QQ,KK) were beaten, My two pairs were beaten in many different ways, when I had TP someone had an overpair multiple times. One hand that cost me a bit was JTs and the flop gave me an OES&FD. I check called to the river to keep it small but he wasnt making it cheap but obviously it didnt hit and I lost a bunch, approx. $60. I was tempted on that hand to push-in but knew he had a PP and wouldnt fold and figured it would be cheaper to check call. Saved me $45 when I folded on the tiver. Other funny situations like a BB hand of T3 with a flop of T37 rainbow. $3 pot I check, a bet of $3 and 1 call, I raise another $6, they both call. Turn is another 7, Now if either has a T I am dead, obviously if one has a 7 even worse. was bet and called on the turn and I folded. Needless to say one person had a T and one did have a 7 and I have to wonder what he was thinking calling my reraise on the flop with middle pair...these people normally give me their money but not this time. Plenty of likewise situations came up and I didnt let it bother me because I have been running so good and knew I was due for such down times. I still got plenty of good hole cards tonight but it was the flop, turn and river that was killing me.

The key boys and girls is minimizing your losses when that happens, which I can say I did fairly well today and of course maximizing when everything is hitting. Not sure exactly how much I lost after this mornings session as I did win some more before the losses hit me....if I include my high point then I can say I lost about $150.

I will play again tomorrow morning but hopefully not in the afternoon as I want to go have some fun with friends. They dont know that yet so lets hope it happens!

Down then Up

Friday night partying was cancelled so I ended up playing poker and doing well to start when this doozy happened...

PokerStars Game #1341298890: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/11 - 21:46:25 (ET)Table 'Alfirk III' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: ROHOtheRAT ($76.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Poppybeel ($96.15 in chips)
Seat 3: dorseforce ($50.20 in chips)
Seat 4: lightyear ($72 in chips)
Seat 5: Pockettwos ($94 in chips)
Seat 6: Babydoll56x ($37 in chips)
Seat 7: hockey4444 ($106.10 in chips)
Seat 8: bluey1000 ($100 in chips)
Seat 9: CTBob ($111.25 in chips)
CTBob: posts small blind $0.50
ROHOtheRAT: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Qh Qd]
Poppybeel: folds
dorseforce: folds
lightyear: calls $1
Poppybeel is sitting out
Pockettwos: calls $1
Babydoll56x: calls $1
hockey4444: calls $1
Poppybeel has returned
bluey1000: raises $6 to $7
CTBob: folds
ROHOtheRAT: folds
lightyear: calls $6
Pockettwos: folds
Babydoll56x: folds
hockey4444: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [3h 2d 4d]
lightyear: checks
hockey4444: bets $20
bluey1000: raises $73 to $93 and is all-in
lightyear: folds
Poppybeel is sitting out
hockey4444: calls $73
*** TURN *** [3h 2d 4d] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2d 4d 8h] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hockey4444: shows [3d Ah] (a straight, Ace to Five)
bluey1000: mucks hand
hockey4444 collected $207.50 from pot
bluey1000 said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $210.50 Rake $3
Board [3h 2d 4d 8h 5c]
Seat 1: ROHOtheRAT (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Poppybeel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dorseforce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: lightyear folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Pockettwos folded before Flop
Seat 6: Babydoll56x folded before Flop
Seat 7: hockey4444 showed [3d Ah] and won ($207.50) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 8: bluey1000 (button) mucked [Qh Qd]

I pushed all-in on the flop as I felt he was either on a draw or a weaker PP than me and I didnt want him getting any cheap cards. I am asked him why he called my all-in and he said "he knew I had a pair but he had a feeling". Guess he was right!

Then on another had I was SB and the button raise to $4 and I called with AdKs. Flop came all diamonds J-high. I played it aggressively and was called. Turn was a Ace. I didnt put him on diamonds so I either felt I was ahead of his pocket pair now or we were going to split. So I bet big again and he pushed in which I called. No diamond on the river and he showed AJc - DOH. Another $200 pot lost. The good news is I only ended up the night down $10, so no harm done. Its been a while since I have been handed a bad beat anyway, so I was due.

Been playing again this morning and have had some flops falling very nicely my way. Small PP's have flopped a few trips and on a couple I have managed to win a big pot. See below for an example...

PokerStars Game #1344536032: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/12 - 14:14:53 (ET)Table 'Chimaera' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: MDB123 ($142.15 in chips)
Seat 2: frederica ($38.75 in chips)
Seat 3: cpz... ($195.35 in chips)
Seat 4: bigfatty37 ($58 in chips)
Seat 5: damainevent ($113.55 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($110.55 in chips)
Seat 8: gomer3000 ($30.75 in chips)
Seat 9: Lit21 ($28 in chips)
bigfatty37: posts small blind $0.5
0damainevent: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [8s 8d]
bluey1000: calls $1
gomer3000: calls $1
Lit21: calls $1
MDB123: raises $2 to $3
frederica: calls $3
cpz...: folds
bigfatty37: folds
damainevent: folds
bluey1000: calls $2
gomer3000: calls $2
Lit21: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [3s 8c Ah]
bluey1000: checks
gomer3000: checks
Lit21: checks
MDB123: bets $5
frederica: folds
Azn-Playya has returned
bluey1000: raises $5 to $10
gomer3000: raises $17.75 to $27.75 and is all-in
Lit21: folds
MDB123: calls $22.75
bluey1000: raises $17.75 to $45.50
MDB123: calls $17.75
*** TURN *** [3s 8c Ah] [7d]
bluey1000: bets $25
MDB123: calls $25
*** RIVER *** [3s 8c Ah 7d] [Kh]
bluey1000: bets $37.05 and is all-in
MDB123: calls $37.05
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [8s 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
MDB123: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $159.60 from side pot
gomer3000: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $96.75 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $259.35 Main pot $96.75. Side pot $159.60. Rake $3
Board [3s 8c Ah 7d Kh]
Seat 1: MDB123 mucked [Qh Ac]
Seat 2: frederica folded on the Flop
Seat 3: cpz... (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: bigfatty37 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: damainevent (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bluey1000 showed [8s 8d] and won ($256.35) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: gomer3000 mucked [Ad Kc]

Quite simply MDB couldnt get the hint that he was behind and was drawing dead after the turn. Hey I tried to warn him with my big bets, heh.

I am not sure exactly but I believe this mornings session (split in 2 sittings) has netted me approx. $340. Time for a well deserved break :-)

Quads are us

Had another good night at the tables with $170 profit. I have been very lucky recently with a number of Quad hands. On top of that a number of them have been paid off handsomely. As you would think a lot of them dont get rewarded as any pair on the board will tend to scare off action. So I consider myself to have had a nice run of double luck recently to not only get quads but to get some of them paid off. See hand history below...

PokerStars Game #1336345091: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/10 - 22:00:59 (ET)Table 'Galt II' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: pkimster2005 ($114.15 in chips)
Seat 3: pighuman ($97.60 in chips)
Seat 4: pgdridge ($96.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Madball73 ($92.60 in chips)
Seat 6: bluey1000 ($100 in chips)
Seat 8: lampfreak ($50.65 in chips)
KingEight will be allowed to play after the button
pkimster2005: posts small blind $0.50
pighuman: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Qd Qc]
pgdridge: folds
Madball73: folds
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
lampfreak: calls $4
pkimster2005: calls $3.50
pighuman: folds
*** FLOP *** [5s Qh Ac]
pkimster2005: bets $3
bluey1000: raises $3 to $6
lampfreak: calls $6
pkimster2005: calls $3
*** TURN *** [5s Qh Ac] [As]
pkimster2005: bets $4
bluey1000: raises $11 to $15
lampfreak: folds
Gilly da kid has returned
pkimster2005: calls $11
*** RIVER *** [5s Qh Ac As] [Qs]
pkimster2005: checks
bluey1000: bets $75 and is all-in
pkimster2005: calls $75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Qd Qc] (four of a kind, Queens)
pkimster2005: shows [Js Ah] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
bluey1000 collected $208 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $211 Rake $3
Board [5s Qh Ac As Qs]
Seat 2: pkimster2005 (small blind) showed [Js Ah] and lost with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 3: pighuman (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: pgdridge folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: Madball73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: bluey1000 showed [Qd Qc] and won ($208) with four of a kind, Queens

How much more of a perfect situation than the above could I get to maximize my return? I dont know how pkmister could get away from calling me on that hand as it looked like I had an Ace in my hand - unfortunate for him, very fortunate for me :-)

Otherwise the night was pretty much folding and waiting for the right opportunites with strong hands or timely bluffs. Not sure if I will be able to play much if any tonight as a group of us should be out partying up...maybe I can squeeze in a couple of hours before I go, heh.

Home game night

Tonight was a scheduled shorthanded game with 6 guys. Before they got there though I had time enough to play 90 mins of online poker. I made $70 for the night and most of it came from this one hand...

PokerStars Game #1331311486: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/09 - 21:31:54 (ET)
Table 'Euboea' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Starider ($63.95 in chips)
Seat 2: vr4kid ($99.15 in chips)
Seat 3: JJJoseph ($70.40 in chips)
Seat 4: WinstonWolfe ($52.45 in chips)
Seat 5: flashgator10 ($44.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Teoma'n ($56.90 in chips)
Seat 8: Romanichine ($100 in chips)
Seat 9: bluey1000 ($126.50 in chips)
WinstonWolfe: posts small blind $0.50
flashgator10: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Ad Ah]
Teoma'n: calls $1
Romanichine: folds
bluey1000: raises $4 to $5
Starider: raises $5 to $10
vr4kid: folds
JJJoseph: folds
WinstonWolfe: folds
flashgator10: folds
Teoma'n: folds
bluey1000: raises $10 to $20
Starider: raises $43.95 to $63.95 and is all-in
bluey1000: calls $43.95
*** FLOP *** [Kd As Qc]
*** TURN *** [Kd As Qc] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Kd As Qc Qh] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Ad Ah] (four of a kind, Aces)
Starider: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $127.40 from pot
bluey1000 said, "that'll pay"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $130.40 Rake $3
Board [Kd As Qc Qh Ac]
Seat 1: Starider mucked [Js Jd]
Seat 2: vr4kid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JJJoseph (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: WinstonWolfe (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: flashgator10 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Teoma'n folded before Flop
Seat 8: Romanichine folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bluey1000 showed [Ad Ah] and won ($127.40) with four of a kind, Aces

Obviously this guy played his hand terribly. He reraised me PF which is fine, but when I reraised him back he needed to take a stepback and think what I might have. I think at this point he should either have folded or called. WIth the flop it would've been an easy dump. I enjoyed it though, heh.

In the home game I played one hand terribly when we were down to 4 and me and one other guys had the majority of the chips. I had limped in with JT, one SS called the blinds which put him all-in, Sb called and the other CL raised it 2xBB more. We all called. Flop came 33J and CL 3xBB. I hum and hawed about this because I just wasnt sure he didnt have an overpair...should I push, fold or call...I decided to call. Turn was a K and Cl bet 6xBB and I knew I had screwed up as if he hadnt hit before he just did and I folded. His hole cards were AK and he took the pot. Still not sure how badly I played that. If the turn had been harmless I would've pushed as I know he would;ve checked if it missed him. Oh well. I ended up busting in 3rd when I lost a race and then lost to Cl my A5 against his AQ. Overall a fun night as I drank plenty of beer. :-)

Rush of cards

Didnt really feel like grinding away at poker last night so decided to play in a private tourney with my fellow Dbpoker members. I recommend checking it out at dbpoker.com where are small group of like-minded people discuss all things poker. The tourney had 34 people playing for a $10+1 buy-in which I was bounced out halfway through. Seeing as the night was still early I decided to try a little grind figuring there wasnt much else to do.

Was a good night and apart from a couple of hands early I pretty much folded away junk for the whole session. After about 60mins of this folding the rush came...In the space of 19 hands over two tables I got QQ once, KK, thrice and AA twice. Unfortunately none of them paid off as everyone either folded PF or on the flop. But one hand paid off nicely - see below.

PokerStars Game #1327106610: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/08 - 23:43:01 (ET)Table 'Camilla II' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Very Lucky ($257.80 in chips)
Seat 2: 1coolhand ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 3: berek2137 ($130.40 in chips)
Seat 4: phishless ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 5: azntheo ($162.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Lammers21 ($35.60 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($103.55 in chips)
Seat 8: ojbreaknrun ($106.25 in chips)
Seat 9: PaulyDF ($63 in chips)
ojbreaknrun: posts small blind $0.50
PaulyDF: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Kc Ks]
Very Lucky: folds 1coolhand: folds
berek2137: raises $3 to $4
phishless: folds azntheo: folds
Lammers21: folds
bluey1000: calls $4
ojbreaknrun: calls $3.50
PaulyDF: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [8h 9c Qs]
ojbreaknrun: checks
PaulyDF: checks
berek2137: bets $6
bluey1000: calls $6
ojbreaknrun: calls $6
PaulyDF: folds
*** TURN *** [8h 9c Qs] [Kd]
ojbreaknrun: bets $10
berek2137: calls $10
bluey1000: raises $15 to $25
ojbreaknrun: calls $15
berek2137: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [8h 9c Qs Kd] [5d]
ojbreaknrun: checks
berek2137: checks
bluey1000: bets $15
ojbreaknrun: calls $15
berek2137: calls $15
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Kc Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
ojbreaknrun: mucks hand
berek2137: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $151 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $154 Rake $3
Board [8h 9c Qs Kd 5d]
Seat 1: Very Lucky folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 1coolhand folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: berek2137 mucked [Kh Jd]
Seat 4: phishless folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: azntheo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Lammers21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bluey1000 (button) showed [Kc Ks] and won ($151) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 8: ojbreaknrun (small blind) mucked [Qh 9h]

The flop was pretty good for me but any JT hand now had a straight, so I intended to play it with some caution. Turn was the lovely K so even if a straight was out there I now had a quarter chance to boat on the river. If you note, Seat 8 checked and called the flop and then lead the turn, this is almost always a sign of a strong hand so I needed to be cautious of the made straight. I decided to make a raise on top of his though to see what he did. They all call and checked to me on the river. I still wasnt sure the straight wasnt made so I value bet an amount which wasnt so much I couldnt get away from but was good enough to make a nice pot if I was the strongest. How would you others have bet and raised this pot?

Here is another example hand why not to slowplay...

PokerStars Game #1326717570: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/08 - 22:39:48 (ET)Table 'T #13133326'
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Amplify ($125.50 in chips)
Seat 2: cowboy1168 ($61.40 in chips)
Seat 3: turnkey1 ($175.35 in chips)
Seat 5: EdmondT ($130.25 in chips)
Seat 6: bluey1000 ($98 in chips)
Seat 7: carcha ($61.85 in chips)
Seat 8: Romanichine ($99 in chips)
carcha: posts small blind $0.50
Romanichine: posts big blind $1
Return0Zeph: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Jc Ah]
Amplify: folds
cowboy1168: folds
turnkey1: calls $1
EdmondT: folds
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
carcha: calls $3.50
Romanichine: folds
turnkey1: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Kh 9d Qs]
carcha: checks
turnkey1: bets $2
bluey1000: calls $2
carcha: calls $2
*** TURN *** [Kh 9d Qs] [Td]
carcha: checks
turnkey1: bets $2
bluey1000: raises $10 to $12
carcha: folds
turnkey1: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9d Qs Td] [Kd]
turnkey1: bets $21
bluey1000: calls $21
*** SHOW DOWN ***
turnkey1: shows [Jd Th] (a straight, Nine to King)
bluey1000: shows [Jc Ah] (a straight, Ten to Ace)bluey1000 collected $82 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $85 Rake $3
Board [Kh 9d Qs Td Kd]
Seat 1: Amplify folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: cowboy1168 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: turnkey1 showed [Jd Th] and lost with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 5: EdmondT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bluey1000 (button) showed [Jc Ah] and won ($82) with a straight, Ten to Ace

Turnkey played this wrong on several levels. One he slowplayed the flop with the nuts and his bet was so insignificant that I was fine to call for $2 thinking maybe I'll get my miracle T or even that an Ace will make my hand good. Sure enough the miracle Ten is what I got. Even with that T now on the board he still has the second nut yet he chose to bet a super small amount which I raised as I now had the nuts. On the river the board paired and flushed which means I no longer have the nuts and neither does he and this is the time he decides to raise big?! - big mistake. I called as he feasibly could've had me beat now but I was certainly going to call. I love these chimps :-)

I ended my playing session after no more than 90 mins for a $240 profit - very nice thankyou.

Depressing Monday

From my limited experience at dating in LA I have found (so far) all of the single women are flakes and/or expect way more than they have to give. I think it could possibly be years before I find someone decent. This in the short term is fine with me as I am not in the right frame of mind to give myself 100% to someone new anyway.

Concerning poker I am wondering if I should start whoring all the sites for their bonuses. I havent cared to this point, but isnt that stupidly passing up free money? Anyone have any input about this?

BR update Week 8

8 weeks have gone by now since I started up again with my $200 BR. Here is where I stand now after...

week 5: $1200
week 6: $1400
week 7: $1525
week 8: $2220

A very good week for me and I felt like it was long overdue. Will be mixing up my levels with some $1/$2 and $0.50/$1.00 NL cash games this week.

A good week

Well its only 9pm and unless I have a change of heart I am going to end my poker night here. Has been a fruitful week for me with some ups and some downs but by far more ups. I played in the $1/$2 NL game for about and hour and walked away with about an extra $15. What I noticed was far superior play than that of the $0.50/$1 Nl tables. Perhaps it was just that table, but they played a lot tighter and subsequently strong hands were being played trickier to garner a bigger pot. So I decided to play my $0.50/$1 game for the rest of the day and made an additional $200. I will definitely be trying the $1/$2 games again and see whether it is a lot tougher or not. I had some good pots go my way and made some timely bluffs on scary tables. Would be nice if I could do this well every week.

Here are a couple of hands for your enjoyment...

PokerStars Game #1316928079: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/06 - 23:40:41 (ET)Table 'Mensa IV' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Lotsa Leaks ($101.15 in chips)
Seat 2: jarlaxle133 ($97 in chips)
Seat 3: JLucky13 ($94.75 in chips)
Seat 4: O_Rawk ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 5: HOLDEM49 ($39.30 in chips)
Seat 6: rezn8nh ($186.40 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($222.55 in chips)
Seat 8: eddthefed ($20.70 in chips)
Seat 9: cook32 ($111.70 in chips)
eddthefed: posts small blind $0.50
cook32: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [9h 9d]
Lotsa Leaks: folds
jarlaxle133: folds
JLucky13: folds
O_Rawk: folds
HOLDEM49: folds
rezn8nh: folds
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
eddthefed: folds
cook32: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [5c Qd 5h]
cook32: bets $2
bluey1000: raises $5 to $7
cook32: calls $5
*** TURN *** [5c Qd 5h] [8h]
cook32: bets $3
bluey1000: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [5c Qd 5h 8h] [9s]
cook32: bets $3
bluey1000: raises $25 to $28
cook32: calls $25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [9h 9d] (a full house, Nines full of Fives)
Lotsa Leaks leaves the table
cook32: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $81.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $84.50 Rake $3
Board [5c Qd 5h 8h 9s]
Seat 1: Lotsa Leaks folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: jarlaxle133 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JLucky13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: O_Rawk folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HOLDEM49 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rezn8nh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bluey1000 (button) showed [9h 9d] and won ($81.50) with a full house, Nines full of Fives
Seat 8: eddthefed (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: cook32 (big blind) mucked [Ks Kd]

As you can see this guy tried to play off of my aggression. But a good lesson to anyone is if I guy calls your big bet on the flop you need to slow down, especially when they lead small into you and call your raise. Then he led into me again - at this point I thought I was beat but seeing as his bet was so small I figured I would call his measley $3 turn bet. Magic came on the river and I felt with his $3 bet again I would reraise huge in the belief he had a strong hand and would call or hopefully reraise. As it was his hand was strong but not trip 5's strong. It is another good lesson to not slowplay your hand. He could've taken this hand away from me on either the flop or the turn but he tried to be tricky and it cost him.

PokerStars Game #1316783184: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/06 - 23:14:54 (ET)Table 'Mensa IV' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: spartangator ($103.55 in chips)
Seat 2: bailey8 ($76.85 in chips)
Seat 3: JLucky13 ($98.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Tekkster ($167.35 in chips)
Seat 5: lsunick80 ($66.50 in chips)
Seat 6: rezn8nh ($189.50 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($112.75 in chips)
Seat 9: cook32 ($75.60 in chips)
cook32: posts small blind $0.50
spartangator: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to bluey1000 [Ts Jh]
bailey8: folds
JLucky13: folds
Tekkster: calls $1
lsunick80: folds
rezn8nh: folds
bluey1000: calls $1
cook32: calls $0.50
spartangator: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h Tc Qh]
cook32: checks
spartangator: checks
Tekkster: bets $4
bluey1000: calls $4
cook32: folds
spartangator: folds
*** TURN *** [9h Tc Qh] [8h]
Tekkster: checks
bluey1000: bets $5
Tekkster: calls $5
*** RIVER *** [9h Tc Qh 8h] [Th]
Tekkster: bets $20
bluey1000: raises $30 to $50
Tekkster: raises $107.35 to $157.35 and is all-in
bluey1000: calls $52.75 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tekkster: shows [9d 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Tens)
bluey1000: shows [Ts Jh] (a straight flush, Eight to Queen)
bluey1000 collected $224.50 from pot
bluey1000 said, "hehe
"*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $227.50 Rake $3
Board [9h Tc Qh 8h Th]
Seat 1: spartangator (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: bailey8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JLucky13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tekkster showed [9d 9s] and lost with a full house, Nines full of Tens
Seat 5: lsunick80 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rezn8nh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bluey1000 (button) showed [Ts Jh] and won ($224.50) with a straight flush, Eight to Queen

Tekkster played this hand fine until the river. The turn put a flush on the board and gave me a straight which I also noticed the slim possibility of a straight flush on the river. His check and call of my $5 was obviously in the hopes to make a FH on the river to beat either my straight or flush. What a beautiful card to see on the river for both of us. With his leading bet into me I knew he probably had an Ace high flush or a FH and knew he would call another big bet. Obviously with his FH he knew he could beat a flush so he reraised and as he said after "I should pay more attention to the board" as he didnt initially notice the straight flush possibility.

WOO!

Got it back

Just played a smoking hot 1 hr session to win back the money I had lost. Once again just sitting over $2k now. Having a dabble at a freeroll NL Holdem tourney for a change of pace right now and will tackle the $1/$2 NL later on today.

Here a couple of my hands for the day...

PokerStars Game #1313816774: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/06 - 14:01:58 (ET)Table 'Warck' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kykkomagi ($101.15 in chips)
Seat 2: desperado366 ($50.40 in chips)
Seat 3: earbig ($116.15 in chips)
Seat 4: KINGNEIL ($69.55 in chips)
Seat 5: pondman_1 ($66.50 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($137.85 in chips)
Seat 8: tacamo ($39.65 in chips)
Seat 9: lazyeye126 ($111.50 in chips)
bluey1000: posts small blind $0.50
tacamo: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Kh As]
lazyeye126: calls $1
kykkomagi: folds
desperado366: folds
earbig: folds
KINGNEIL: calls $1
pondman_1: calls $1
bluey1000: raises $5 to $6
tacamo: calls $5
lazyeye126: folds
KINGNEIL: calls $5
pondman_1: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6c Ac]
bluey1000: bets $12
tacamo: raises $21.65 to $33.65 and is all-in
KINGNEIL: folds
bluey1000: calls $21.65
*** TURN *** [Qs 6c Ac] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6c Ac 5s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Aces)
tacamo: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Aces)
bluey1000 collected $42.15 from pot
tacamo collected $42.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $87.30 Rake $3 Board [Qs 6c Ac 5s 7s]
Seat 1: kykkomagi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: desperado366 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: earbig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KINGNEIL folded on the Flop
Seat 5: pondman_1 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bluey1000 (small blind) showed [Kh As] and won ($42.15) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: tacamo (big blind) showed [Ah Ks] and won ($42.15) with a pair of Aces

The next hand I got maximum return I believe, because he had seen me bet as aggressively like this with AK twice up to this point.

PokerStars Game #1313832300: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/06 - 14:05:33 (ET)Table 'Warck' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: kykkomagi ($99.15 in chips)
Seat 2: desperado366 ($49.40 in chips)
Seat 3: earbig ($113.95 in chips)
Seat 4: KINGNEIL ($58.55 in chips)
Seat 5: pondman_1 ($65.50 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($140.35 in chips)
Seat 8: tacamo ($36.15 in chips)
Seat 9: lazyeye126 ($125.45 in chips)
kykkomagi: posts small blind $0.50
desperado366: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Jc Js]
earbig: folds KINGNEIL: calls $1
pondman_1: calls $1
bluey1000: raises $5 to $6
tacamo: folds lazyeye126: folds
kykkomagi: folds desperado366: calls $5
KINGNEIL: folds pondman_1: calls $5
*** FLOP *** [3s 4d 7c]
desperado366: checks
pondman_1: checks
bluey1000: bets $15
desperado366: calls $15
pondman_1: folds
*** TURN *** [3s 4d 7c] [Th]
desperado366: checks
bluey1000: bets $30
desperado366: calls $28.40 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 4d 7c Th] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
desperado366: shows [8c 8d] (a pair of Eights)
bluey1000: shows [Jc Js] (a pair of Jacks)
bluey1000 collected $103.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $106.30 Rake $3 Board [3s 4d 7c Th Qc]
Seat 1: kykkomagi (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: desperado366 (big blind) showed [8c 8d] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 3: earbig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KINGNEIL folded before Flop
Seat 5: pondman_1 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: bluey1000 showed [Jc Js] and won ($103.30) with a pair of Jacks

Down Day

Well nothing at all happened positive for me yesterday. Played bleh and just didnt really see anything good coming my way. Ended the day down $172. Poker sux when all you do all day is press FOLD. Hopefully I get some action with HOT hands today.

So far no good

Well just played a very quick 30min $1/$2 session and got burned for $100. I overplayed a draw hand and a pocket TT hand and lost some other battles. DOH. Dropped back to the trusty $0.50/$1 and called a raise w/ KK
Flop 88K
I check, he bet $6, I called
Turn A
check check
River x
I bet $15, he pushes, I call he had AA

Double DOH

Not the start I wanted. I will just have to grind it out down here again until I can get back to $2000 to give it another shot.

Time for some $1/$2 NL

Was a good night for me last night and long overdue. I actually played a terrible hand early on with JJ. The PF and PF betting told me he had a higher pair but it took me $75 to finally press the fold button. I had all the information I needed to fold at the $25 mark. Good news is I got it all back and then some shortly after with AK. I ended up the night about $325 up which put my BR just over $2000. At that mark I am going to try the next level of Nl cash games. I think the toughest thing there will be getting used to betting twice as much without fear of losing it. If my first session is a winner that will be a big boost, if its a loser...ouch.

One player with I got in a few battles with and here is one of the more positive ones. His looseness made me more aggressive than normal and as it worked out I got an encouraging flop...

PokerStars Game #1306845507: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/05 - 02:37:56 (ET)Table 'Izar III' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Kringle66 ($74.35 in chips)
Seat 2: bluey1000 ($101.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Sixfingers ($26.65 in chips)
Seat 4: wearingred ($190.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Outsidefun ($38.90 in chips)
Seat 6: Zadan ($114.25 in chips)
Seat 7: zednom ($120.95 in chips)
Seat 8: fixedset ($109.45 in chips)
Seat 9: RAJ27 ($45.95 in chips)
bluey1000: posts small blind $0.50
Sixfingers: posts big blind $1
** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [As Kc]
wearingred: folds Outsidefun: folds
Zadan: folds zednom: raises $1 to $2
fixedset: folds
RAJ27: folds
Kringle66: folds
bluey1000: raises $5 to $7
Sixfingers: folds zednom: raises $8 to $15
bluey1000: raises $15 to $30
zednom: raises $15 to $45
bluey1000: calls $15
*** FLOP *** [6c 4d Ks]
bluey1000: checks
zednom: bets $57
bluey1000: calls $56.30 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6c 4d Ks] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [6c 4d Ks 3d] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [As Kc] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
zednom: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $200.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $203.60 Rake $3
Board [6c 4d Ks 3d 6h]
Seat 1: Kringle66 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bluey1000 (small blind) showed [As Kc] and won ($200.60) with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 3: Sixfingers (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: wearingred folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Outsidefun folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Zadan folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: zednom mucked [Jd Qc]

Looking at his hole cards we can see he didnt like being raised...if the flop had missed me what would I have done?...I guess we will never know but it sure felt good taking his $100, heh.

Here is the hand that made up for the initial $75 I lost.

PokerStars Game #1305344123: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/04 - 21:37:41 (ET)Table 'Cetus II' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hans Gruber ($14.35 in chips)
Seat 2: BIGGULP ($85.05 in chips)
Seat 3: timo99 ($228.80 in chips)
Seat 4: wndl8888 ($37.50 in chips)
Seat 5: FFredd ($95.40 in chips)
Seat 6: eze4prez ($47.80 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($98 in chips)
Seat 8: dcookie ($56.50 in chips)
Seat 9: TheMongol ($130.40 in chips)
wndl8888: posts small blind $0.50
FFredd: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Ks Ac]
eze4prez: calls $1
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
dcookie: folds
TheMongol: folds
Hans Gruber: raises $10.35 to $14.35 and is all-in
BIGGULP: folds
timo99: calls $14.35
wndl8888: folds
FFredd: folds
eze4prez: folds
bluey1000: calls $10.35
*** FLOP ***
[Kd 9c Qh]bluey1000: bets $13
timo99: raises $37 to $50
bluey1000: raises $33.65 to $83.65 and is all-in
timo99: calls $33.65
*** TURN *** [Kd 9c Qh] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 9c Qh Ad] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
timo99: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $166.55 from side pot
timo99 said, "nh"
Hans Gruber: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $43.30 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $212.85 Main pot $43.30. Side pot $166.55. Rake $3
Board [Kd 9c Qh Ad 4h]
Seat 1: Hans Gruber mucked [6s 6c]
Seat 2: BIGGULP folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: timo99 (button) mucked [Kc Jc]

The SS initial all-in illustrates why I dont respect there bets - they push-in with all sorts of junk and they dont have money to scare anyone off. Tim099 is obviously willing to gamble and he did back it up by raising my bet on the flop but unfortunately for him I had him dominated.

The cards fell pretty nice for me last night and only really had one bad beat where I lost a pot of about $70. I raised $5 PF with AA and got called by two. Flop came 883. Me and SS battles it out and he took the pot with his mightyy 89o. If only he had a bigger stack...I dont understand why these chimps come to the tables with so few chips. To me they are playing scared and they commit themselves to hands to easily that they shouldnt be in. But it is easier to take, so I shouldnt complain.

Well I am off to try the $1/$2 NL now...I will just play one table to get a feel for the new amounts.

Good luck me!

Keep shooting

Well I played my "A" game tonight but the cards and players killed me. You know those nights where everything works against you...this was one of those nights. I was down $140 and I was playing as good as I could. Unfortunately I kept on getting sucked out on. These idiots were calling my bets when I was ahead and when they hit their cards on the river they didnt get 1 cent extra from me. How do I know they hit you ask...well being the monkeys they are they checked their strong hand and I knew they had hit so I checked and saw their flushes or gut shot straights. A common flaw of these chimps is to overplay their weak hands and underplay their strong hands, way to go! Every big draw hand missed, ie. 15 outs on the flop, they never hit. My AA against 46s - he gets his 3rd 6 on the river. My 99 on an 8 high flop, raise a SS to all his money and he had KK. If something could go wrong it would. There were many times during the night I almost broke something because I was making the right plays but not scoring. It makes me wonder how much I could've lost if I didnt know how to fold or when to check that last card when I felt they hit.

Because I knew I was playing my "A" game and I wasn't tilting I felt there was no reason to give up. For the next two hours I continued to play and the cards no longer burnt me and by only winning small or medium pots I clawed my way back to end up +$60 for the night. I felt a huge sense of accomplishment and gave myself a pat on the back for controlling my frustration and fighting through the crap to make that comeback.

A couple of hands for ya...

PokerStars Game #1301549420: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/04 - 01:13:51 (ET)Table 'Sylvia II' Seat #2 is the buttonSeat
1: mk711 ($20.60 in chips)
Seat 2: joepaau92 ($96.65 in chips)
Seat 3: vasilios57 ($57.15 in chips)
Seat 4: SugarRichard ($23.70 in chips)
Seat 5: ddongsoo ($37.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Bkjk ($108.05 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($197.45 in chips)
Seat 8: siefert87 ($29 in chips)
Seat 9: Romanichine ($106.10 in chips)
vasilios57: posts small blind $0.50
SugarRichard: posts big blind
$1*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Th Ts]
ddongsoo: folds
Bkjk: folds
bluey1000: raises $3 to $4
siefert87: calls $4
Romanichine: folds
mk711: raises $6 to $10
joepaau92: folds
vasilios57: folds
SugarRichard: folds
bluey1000: calls $6
siefert87: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [3s 3c Jh]
bluey1000: checks
siefert87: checks mk711:
bets $10.60 and is all-in
bluey1000: calls $10.60
siefert87: folds
*** TURN *** [3s 3c Jh] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [3s 3c Jh 8c] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Th Ts] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
mk711: shows [Kc Ad] (a pair of Threes)
bluey1000 collected $50.15 from pot
mk711 leaves the table

Two reasons I called his $10 flop bet. One I have seen people reraise with AK plenty of times and then bet out on the flop when they miss and secondly I have very little respect for SS play and am not scared of losing a max of an extra $10 on a decent call.

PokerStars Game #1301537765: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/03/04 - 01:11:05 (ET)Table 'Sylvia II'
Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: mk711 ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 2: joepaau92 ($98.15 in chips)
Seat 3: vasilios57 ($63.15 in chips)
Seat 4: SugarRichard ($65.70 in chips)
Seat 5: ddongsoo ($37.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Bkjk ($108.05 in chips)
Seat 7: bluey1000 ($155.45 in chips)
Seat 8: siefert87 ($30 in chips)
Seat 9: Romanichine ($97 in chips)
mk711: posts small blind $0.50
joepaau92: posts big blind $1
siefert87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bluey1000 [Ac 9d]
vasilios57: calls $1
SugarRichard: calls $1
ddongsoo: folds
Bkjk: folds
bluey1000: calls
$1siefert87: checks
Romanichine: folds
mk711: calls $0.50
joepaau92: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 5h As]
mk711: checks
joepaau92: checks
vasilios57: checks
SugarRichard: bets $3
bluey1000: calls $3
siefert87: folds
mk711: folds
joepaau92: folds
vasilios57: calls $3
*** TURN *** [9h 5h As] [2c]
vasilios57: checks
SugarRichard: checks
bluey1000: bets $13
vasilios57: folds
SugarRichard: raises $13 to $26
bluey1000: calls $13
*** RIVER *** [9h 5h As 2c] [Kd]
SugarRichard: checks
bluey1000: bets $10
SugarRichard: calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bluey1000: shows [Ac 9d] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
SugarRichard: mucks hand
bluey1000 collected $84 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $87 Rake $3
Board [9h 5h As 2c Kd]
Seat 1: mk711 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: joepaau92 (big blind) folded on the
FlopSeat 3: vasilios57 folded on the TurnSeat 4: SugarRichard mucked [Tc Ad]

I just called his raise on the turn as I didnt want to scare him off and I know you always have to be wary of trips. He checked the river, so I was right to assume no trips and value bet him to call my two pair.

Atrocious play

The title sums it up. I cant defend my play at all last night and deserved to lose every penny that I lost, which was, $135. I overplayed many hands and never folded when it was obvious I was behind. And one player had me so confused and betting on emotion I figured my AK was good enough to be all-in by the river against him with neither an A or a K on the board! That is something I never (until now) do. Boy he suckered me good. He had AA and had played it very bizzarre and I didnt believe he had shit. It probably didnt help that the night before someone had done something similar and I had folded on the turn to his big bet and he showed 82o.

Such is poker and last night I played my 'C' game. Wasnt even good enough to be called a 'B' game. But I think we all need these reminders every now and again that we arent infallible and need to stick to the plan. Stop overplaying and bluffing so much, its just wasting me money.

Blogging begins

Welcome to my very first post!

After reading other blogs about poker I felt there was no reason why I couldnt post my own for others amusement and education. I may not be a high roller or even semi-pro but I am profitable and feel I can pass on what I do know to anyone who cares to read and take it in.

Let me post a little of my history to set the stage. I was first introduced to poker by my CEO approximately 2 years ago and I knew aboslutely nothing and really was guessing when I played. Being smart though I played freeroll first to get a limited education before investing $50 into Pokerstars. I solely played sng's at the $5+0.50 level and had a super low but positive ROI (return on investment). Then I read a book and my understanding began to bloom. Aahhh, it makes sense now. I got my bankroll up to about to $200 and jumped to the $10+1 sng's and got it up to around $400ish before stagnating and basically giving up through boredom.

Jump ahead about 6 months and I am now working for a new company (still not playing poker) and I saw my old CEO on tv at the final table where he came 5th and made about $90k. WOW. I called him up and after talking my juices got flowing about playing poker again. I started reading everything online and got back into my sng's. I played solid and when my roll got to about $550 I jumped into the $20 sng's. Then when it got to $1000 I jumped into the $30 sng's. Then when it got to $1750 I jumped into the $50 sng's. At its peak I got as high as $2350 and I withdrew $1750 and played with the remaining balance of $600.

But I went on a losing streak and I think quit again when my remaining balance dipped down to around $350. That was probably around Sept. of 2004. and I played the odd game here and there when I was bored before it got down to its lowest at $200 and I really wasnt interested in poker anymore.

Jump forward to Dec. 13th and for some reason the bug to play bit me again, probably due to the fact I was having problems with my girlfriend, which in Dec. was my ex-g/f (still having problems there to this day), so I had more time on my hands. I was bored of the Sng's so I decided I would play NL cash games.

I had a starting balance of $200 and played the $0.25/0.50 NL games and this is my progress in terms of my BR (bankroll) after:

week 1: $400
week 2: $615 ---> week 3 I decided to try the $0.50/$1.00 NL games
week 3: $666
week 4: $525
week 5: $1200
week 6: $1400
week 7: $1525 ---> in week 7 after reading other blogs I decided to try the 3/6 6max limit table and blew $400. By good fortune and good luck I made it back and then some to post a profit at the end of the week playing my usual NL game.

Today is week 7 + 3 days. My weekly roll is counted at the end of play on Sunday and will be posted on Mondays.

I typically play 2 tables with the max buy-in of $100 and play tight after the flop. I see about 25-30% of flops (this includes from the blinds).

My first goal is to get to $2000 and at that point I will jump up to the $1/$2 NL tables. Hopefully with continued growth and I can jump up to even higher tables. I am not about making money super quick but rather making consistent increases with little risk of losing large amounts of my roll. The only times I lose huge pots is to a suckout or a bigger monster to my own.

Let me give you a taste from last nights play. Was one of those nights where everything is going wrong. My KK, QQ, JJ TT(x2) all lost, my draws missed, my bluffs didnt work and I was down $100 before I knew it. The good thing about my game is I can smell when I am behind and slow down the play otherwise I could be down a hell of a lot more. Then this hand came....

I was BB and was dealt Q8spades. EP min. raised with 3 callers and me completing for the extra $1.
Flop Qh 3c 8c -- nice top 2 pair!
SB (big stack) bet out $2 and I raised it $5 more. EP folded, MP called and CO reraised $19 more. SB called and I called and MP SS (shortstack) called for his remaining $1.90.
Turn 8d -- Jackpot!
SB checked, I checked and CO took his time to bet but bet $60, I was surprised that SB called and at this point didnt think anyone would be folding now so called and pushed in my remaining $40. CO called his last $12 and SB completed.
River Td

Showdown:
SB -- had QJo (love these idiots)
Hero -- Q8 for a QQ888 hand
MP -- JTo (idiot SS chasing his gutshot)
CO -- 33 for 33388

Pot was $368 w/ a $3 rake.

Obviously after seeing CO's hand I am glad the other 8 came or the night really could've sucked. That pot is the biggest pot I have won to date and turned a losing night into a $164 profit. So as of Tuesday night I am at $1757. Maybe if the trend continues I can make that $2000 by Sunday! WIsh me luck.