Poker Log

The short of it is I played good and I played bad… Had a very funny chart for awhile with the huge upswing after the bleeding money period after the other giant upswing.  I had AA 5 times early, but none over the last 500 hands.  Managed to lose -$12.25 with the AA’s overall….  Got KK 4 times and -$2.25 overall….  3 times very little to no action and once losing to AA with a shorty stack. Won $1 per time with QQ for $5… Got pushed out of a pot on turn with a check raise when there was an a 5cAc5d8s board with QQ. 

The biggest spike in the graph is with a set of 2’s with a 3way all in pot on the flop.  Full house hit on the turn, flush hit on river although nobody had it.  TPTK A10 JJ were the hands.  The A10 bet out and JJ raised all in way over the size of the pot, I called (had $5 left after calling raise), TPTK called!!!, I put in the rest when a second 10 hit on the turn. 

 You can barely see the upswing as the last hand of the day when I made an awesome read and made a all-in reraise on the flop.  Finished $111 up close to high of the day which was about $125.  I mainly 4 tabled which I didn’t plan on doing, but all went well.  To start out I was playing 5 tables, but I didn’t even realize that until the first set of up swings.  I’m still bothered by some bad beats and some idiot plays, the 3 outers and the like (when all the money is in on the turn).  Part of the game, part of the game… get’em next time….

Took $600 in profits to pay for new kick ass Q6600 computer.  My 2400+ was not cutting it at all.  I could only play one or two tables with HUD stats.  Since I need to be multi-tabling this was purely unacceptable.  I stopped playing poker for a week straight.  This wasn’t that bad since playing sparingly one or two tables wasn’t getting me anywhere anyway!  I played yesterday for the first time in a week and got rocked.  Constantly getting 3bet preflop or check raised on flop.  QQ got rocked twice on the button that I couldn’t get away from.  Not to mention people flopping the flush on me when I have AsKc with a board of 27A all clubs.  I was out of position and check called all the way down… I lost over 4 buyins, but the good thing is I was smart enough to drop back down to 25nl.  I did very well at 50nl, but have lost the proper bankroll.  I had a high of $1,507 for those who are counting (me), and am now at a measly $688.  I had a day of $184, but lost $130 the next day before I stopped playing for a week.

 Game plan now is to shake the obvious rust off from not playing, and get back to the original game plan with 27buyins.  I will be starting back at one or two tables, and slowly make my way up multitabling when my confidence gets back.

Decided to take a couple shots at 50NL and I’ve found it easier then 25NL.  I think good table selection made all the difference in the world.  Sat with fishes instead of the regular descent players.  Since the bankroll is over $1200 I don’t see a reason to play 25NL unless I dip below that line again.  I think 24 buyins will be my cutoff.  If I go below $1200 then I have to play 25NL and make sure I don’t go under $1000 that way.

46BB/100 over almost 950 hands at 50NL, but I plan on things evening out soon.  I had one guy right where I wanted him with KK, but he two outed the river… Playing basically a 18/13/2.5 Game which is exactly what I want.  I was surprised how close my 25NL and my 50NL stats were, but my game is progressing bunches.  Thanks to reading and researching and videos etc…

Well my initial goal was to make $400 a week, but I haven’t had a chance to even focus on poker at all!!!  Surprising I’ve been way too busy, and the days have gone by sooo fast.  I’ve done maybe a weeks worth  of poker in two weeks at best. 

 Frustrated a few times becuase as usual people are hitting slim draws on me constantly or if I hit top set somebody flopped a flush.  I almost posted a thread with about 15 hands where I should have had the best of it, but got donked out on.  I also went over 650 hands without one AA or KK.  I of course probably handed over $100-$200 in just bad moves on top of bad beats.

 However overall I am up $304 on 9200 hands.  Roughly 6.5BB/100, but 5.5BB/100 at .25NL 6 max.  Had one 100 hand session is at .50NL 6 max.  Since my bankroll was over $1,000 and I just had a buy-in losing session I had to take a shot.  I got lucky enough to get on a table with 4 really really bad players and doubled up and then some.  I left with all my profits when they were replaced by better players. Killed it at 123BB/100 for that session .50NL session.

Other then that I placed in the FTR Event which I was happy about because I’m not much of a tourney player.

Well I’ve been away from home the last few days which means 0 poker playing.  I decided to open up and play 4 tables of .25NL, and I got crushed.  Everybody was hitting gut shots on the river even after I double barreled.  It was soooo sick.  A few of these plus some bad plays on my part, and I lost $160+ over about 800 hands.  This was all on Saturday during the day.  I then decided to play only one table, and see what the hell was going wrong.  I have complete faith in my play, and I know that my basic strategy is a winner.  I played another 800 hands over Saturday night and Sunday morning to get back all the losses.  After recouping the losses I played another 400 hands with a profit of $36.  Again I now have faith in the system, and will probably expand to two tables,  and resort back to one table if I get into some more trouble.  Spreadsheet is updated.

Played a measly 1,007 hands two tabling .25NL.  Was up $60 then $40 back up to over $60.  Played within the system very well, had a couple fish catch flush’s on the river.  Lost the minimum on one because he checked it to me when he hit!!! Another I got reraised all in and folded.  I lost every bit of gains trying to be creative and bully around a “gambler”.  Plus Lost a buyin when guy hit a inside straight on the river…. I didn’t see it, and lost a buyin with two pair.  After being up it was hard to be negative for the day, but I had a good run toward the end being up $26 over the 1,007 hands.  Just have to remember to stay within the system, and not donk off money on stupid bluffs!!! Easy avoidable mistakes were very very costly. Spreadsheet is updated and is reporting 10.4BB/100

Mission: Make money, build up bankroll, move up stakes

After playing on and off over the past couple of years on a couple different sites I have never lost a buyin playing poker.  I have taken $20 to over $1500 on two different sites.  All of this was while learning.  I ran good and I ran bad losing most of what I won.  I usually played just to play and won.  Tried to get good, and lost it all back.  Now I’ve read books and posts to gain some insights.  I’ve used 3rd Party Poker tools to help get reads on my opponents.  Now comes a challenge.

Challenge: Playing .25NL multitabling and win $400/week

Tools: Using Poker Tracker to log everything, Poker Spy, Poker Stove, and using a spreadsheet as well

 I believe I have plugged some holes in my game by using Poker Tracker along with researching and reading.  I don’t have a winrate because I either kill the game or get killed.  I hope that after 20,000 hands I should have an idea on a winrate.  I’ve taken a week off from playing any poker, and now I’m all set up for the challenge.

 Bankroll: $750 + will be getting Rakeback on my play