Drive to $100NL (still the same thread)

*Last edited by jyms on Sun, 21 Jan 2007, 10:56pm; edited 1 time in total*

Since moving my $300 BR to Prima on the 15 Jan. Plus I have $150 in Bonus.

This is updated on the Jan. 22nd

Could have been a lot better except for the big dip near the end. He had gotten the big stack by being an idiot and catching, What do you think happened.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $9.80
CO: $100.63
Button: $27.46
Hero: $42.00
BB: $14.10

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with A Diamond

A

UTG folds, CO raises to $0.4, Button folds, Hero raises to $1, BB folds, CO calls.

Flop: 7 Heart

Q

J

($2.3, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.2, CO raises to $6, Hero raises to $10.8, CO raises to $15.6, Hero calls.

Turn: 8 Heart

($33.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $8.4, CO raises to $16.8, Hero raises all-in $17, CO calls.

River: K Diamond

($75.9, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $67.5, Sidepot 1: $8.4)

Results:
Final pot: $75.9
Hero shows Ad Ah
CO shows Qs 7s

::Insert tired, yet still true comment here about stacking off deep with 1 pair::

Nice Jyms, I know it is a small sample size but good to see you on the right track keep improving Very Happy

!

so updated my graph at the top, this is since moving to Prima and depositing my $300 roll, leaving only $154 on Crypto. I will post more about my experience there in the morning.

That trainer jyms, he's so hot right now!!

She's a cold hearted bitch, I'm going to divorce her. I don't want her in my life anymore. She just got her settlement. Here it is. -$60 on the day. Was down $120 and got it back up to -$35 before the last hand. Oh well, I was due.

When variance is goot to you, you love her, you talk to her, you become emotional. But when you forget to do something, and she comes home in a bad mood, walk softly, slouch and go to bed. Don't even attempt to reconcile that night. Bring her flowers tomorrow.

941 hands, my smallest session in weeks. good night.

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $26.98
CO: $38.41
Button: $13.61
Hero: $19.70
BB: $35.73

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with A Club

A

2 folds, Button calls, Hero raises to $0.9, BB folds, Button calls.

Flop: 2 Diamond

K

2

($2.1, 2 players)
Hero bets $2.2, Button raises to $8.8, Hero raises to $15.4, Button calls all-in $3.81.
Uncalled bets: $2.79 returned to Hero.

Turn: 5 Spade

($27.32, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $27.32)

River: K Diamond

($27.32, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $27.32)

Results:
Final pot: $27.32
Button shows Ks 6s

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $17.53
Hero: $19.00
CO: $33.78
Button: $27.38
SB: $15.71
BB: $49.16

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with K Club

K

UTG raises to $0.8, Hero raises to $1.4, 4 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: J Heart

T

5

($3.1, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.1, UTG calls.

Turn: 3 Heart

($9.3, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $4.65, UTG calls.

River: K Spade

($18.6, 2 players)
UTG is all-in $8.38, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $35.36
UTG shows As Qh

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $19.70
UTG+1: $18.70
CO: $29.97
Button: $128.74
SB: $197.43
Hero: $19.00

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with 5 Club

Q

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: Q Heart

Q

A

($0.8, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.8, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, SB raises to $11.63, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: 6 Heart

($35.69, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

River: A Diamond

($35.69, 3 players)
SB bets $21.6, Hero calls all-in $7.37, UTG+1 folds.
Uncalled bets: $14.23 returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: $50.43
SB shows As 2s

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $4.74
UTG+1: $24.71
CO: $25.16
Button: $20.35
Hero: $21.05
BB: $16.00

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with Q Club

Q

UTG calls, UTG+1 raises to $0.4, CO folds, Button calls, Hero raises to $1.5, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Button calls.

Flop: 5 Spade

4

7

($6.5, 4 players)
Hero bets $6.6, UTG calls all-in $3.14, UTG+1 folds, Button raises to $13.2, Hero calls all-in $12.95, Button calls all-in $5.55.
Uncalled bets: $0.8 returned to Hero.

Turn: Q Diamond

($31.53, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $15.92, Sidepot 1: $31.22)

River: 3 Heart

($31.53, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $15.92, Sidepot 1: $31.22)

Results:
Final pot: $31.53
Button shows 6d 8s

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.20
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $15.70
Hero: $20.40
Button: $11.60
SB: $42.79
BB: $9.03

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with 9 Heart

T

UTG folds, Hero calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: K Diamond

J

8

($0.6, 3 players)
SB bets $0.2, BB calls, Hero raises to $1.4, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: 2 Heart

($4.8, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $4.8, SB calls, BB calls.

River: 7 Diamond

($19.2, 3 players)
SB is all-in $36.49, BB calls all-in $2.83, Hero calls all-in $14.
Uncalled bets: $22.49 returned to SB. This may have been the only questionable call of the 5?? can you let this go??

Results:
Final pot: $38.86
SB shows Ah 5h

Are any of these hands bad? or can I actually hate that bitch?

1.)NH
2.)BET TURN MORE
3.)PUSH FLOP, TURN, FOLD RIVER
4.)NH
5.)LOL AT OPEN LIMPING, OTHER THAN THAT NH

Triptanes, at a passive game this is fine

I LIEKT TO ISLOLATE DEAD MONEY SRY

Might be +EV, but it's not optimal.

You should NEVER open limp.

No, push the flop, as played, fold the river.

Why you should not open limp: When people call you, you are playing a raised pot in position, they are out of position. You pick up money in the pot if they all fold. People are more likely to go broke in raised pots (also they bluff more). Flopping a set or sf draw in an unraised pot = crap pot.

So, I took another shot. First time not so good, I droppped 3 buy ins and the variance (as seen by the graph) was too much. I wasn't playing my game. I was fearing the money, And thinking everybody had a monster just because they PSB the turn. Then I just started losing. After about 3000 hands I was done and went back to $20NL, killed it for all I had lost in the same night. I had $890 on Prima so I pulled $650 to deposit for another Bonus and possibly Rakeback on another site (have nothing here) Leaving me $240. That was my last shot at $50 I was going to play it out. I basically gave up the money. Was going to play for the whole wad, no fear. I opened 3 tables and I think I played well. I had some bad plays, still have problems with betting lines, especially the 3 betting preflop. I need some work on the more aggressive styles that the villains play, like when to 3 bet, when 3 bet isn't AA, KK or QQ, firing second barrels, They will and I need to do it more. The fact that I'm re-raised post flop is not a made hand.

Here is my graph with all my $50NL hands from Prima so far.

You can see how things have leveled out. It was swingy at first. I think that was all me. Then I started playing better but losing. Alot of old habits came back. Too far with TP, limping pre and calling too much post flop. I think it's looking better. We will see how it goes tonight. I have $160 in Neteller, and I'm waiting for Prima to release the other $650, and I just withdrew the rest last night ($241). That I may put in stars or even use it to whore the small bonuses, I'm not sure.

As of right now, I'm stuck as to where to go, were to play and what bonuses. My options are Absolute, Crypto ( InterPoker looks good), I have rake at plenty, or maybe something else. Anybody want to suggest something.

Sorrry about the long read, not like talking to the wife would help.

So TJ, was your leak-fix for FullTilt $25NL to leave it entirely? I've recently moved there after being a winning $50NL player elsewhere, and I think I'm getting killed at FT $25NL.

Absolutely. I left $80 in Bonus on the table. Even $10 NL was insane. Too agro and tight. I couldn't read them. I don't know how to beat Full Tilt, and may not go back. My confidence there is shot.

Would anybody be willing to work with me to acheive the next level or two. I can be available from 8pm or so till 12pm EST4 of 5 nights and weekend evenings for up to 6 or 7 hours if need be. I will work out details if any are interested, depending on the level of involvement (HH's or rail)and success. I would be paying by poker bankroll, so my success would be necassary to be reimbursed. I can really use a little help with climbing the ranks, I'm willing to rail, read and or sit thru grueling verbal abuse when I fuck up. I'm sitting right now with $1100 or so and would like to get to $100NL by end of march, and $200NL is targetl. To be honest, my goal is to cushion myself to quit this job. I want to make a career change and need some financial means to keep the credit in check while retooling my situation.

Thanks if you reply. P.M. only

lol when I first went to FT I got murdered there. I actually became semi-affraid to play there. But I got stubborn and played more just to be able to adjust to a different playing field and beat it and I did. I'm mainly a Prima player and I remember when I went to Titan I got killed there too at first until I figured out everyone was weak-tight so I had to change gears from playing hands for value (like on Prima) to playing hands for stealing tons of small pots. But on FT you can neither be exclusively weak/tight waiting for hands (because they won't pay you off and you'll get run over) nor can you play blindly aggressive and steal tons (because they'll play back at you) so you need to be more creative and get good reads.

Anyway, just my impressions.

*Last edited by jyms on Thu, 01 Feb 2007, 9:28am; edited 1 time in total*

Party has done everything to me to try to get me to quit poker. It drives me crazy. Last Bonus I barely broke even, then Empire actually cost me money by the time Neteller converted my cash to Canadian dollars. I since fixed the conversion problems and now this Bonus comes along. I get a 20% up to $100 so I deposit $600. It's 1K raked hands, so I 4 table $25NL to play safe and just clear it quick. This is the road it took me down, 2 days of stress and real bad players.

So with that Bonus and the $4 I made. I have

$704 from Party going to Neteller
$260 in Neteller
$140 in InterPoker
---------- for a grand total of
$1104.

I also have $5 or $10 strewn about on different sites that I will return to, or I'll just play out a tourney or two. So I'm thinkin of finishing up the InterPoker $150 welcome Bonus on the $25NL tables, then putting in the wad and taking a run at their monthly $500 on the $50NL tables. Any thoughts. If I run through this. I have alot of monthlies I can run with. I also need to hit up AP still now that I have the $750 to match the 100% Bonus there. I've been assured I can beat the game ther so the Bonus sounds good if thats true.

First night on InterPoker. Thought I would take it easy and play £25NL instead of $50NL. Wow.

I need to play less variance poker, that is too hard on my heart.

Yea I suck, Villian is the same guy, same table. It got down to H/U and I thought I could get back the first one.

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: £0.15/£0.25
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: £25
UTG+1: £6.90
CO: £21.85
Button: £34.70
SB: £55.46
Hero: £47.80

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with A Heart

A

UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, Hero raises to £1, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: K Club

6

3

(£5, 5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets £3, UTG calls, 3 folds.

Turn: 2 Spade

(£11, 2 players)
Hero bets £6.5, UTG raises all-in £21, Hero calls.

River: 8 Spade

(£53, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: £53)

Results:
Final pot: £53
UTG shows 6c 6d
Hero shows Ah Ac

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: £$0.125/£0.25
2 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
SB: £68.55
Hero: £23.45

Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is BB with A Spade

A

SB calls, Hero rais

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