Graveyard for Fun Hands

Ok gonna take rest of day off and do school shit but just looked over PokerTracker and I've played about 9k hands of nl200 since moving down and I'm pretty happy with my play overall.

I'm down about 6 buyins for this small stretch but there are only a few hands in the 9k hands that I don't really like.

Starting tomorroow I'm going back to nl400 with the best game selection possible.

I will not play high variance poker for a little while

I will not play high variance poker for a little while

I will not play high variance poker for a little while

I will not play high variance poker for a little while

I will not play high variance poker for a little while

Game selection and patience FTW

Game selection and patience FTW

Game selection and patience FTW

Game selection and patience FTW

I will not play high variance poker for a little while.

Game selection and patience FTW.

played a few K hands of nl200 in past few days and have made a few buyins. Nothing amazing to report.

I'm thinking of moving part of my roll to a new site and playing mainly shorthanded as a prop.

Maybe I should convince myself to sit at some nl400 games I dunno. Feel good with my play but don't feel any urgency to move back up right now.

nothing interesting to update

I've made 2$/hand for my last 500 hands of nl200

going back home soon for holidays and will probably grind quite a bit for a week

I'll post some - hopefully - interesting hands once the occasion arises.

Run well everybody.

Just saw that party is offering reload Bonus so it looks like that'll be my gift to myself for the holidays. I figure it'll take about 12k hands to grind off and it's only 200$ but it should be a good incentive to play.

After the holidays I think I'll make my partial move to another site. Prob find a week or so to do nothing as well so it should be fun.

I'll try to post my most interesting hand with detailed analysis after each sizeable session.

One thing I won't be doing is massive multi-tabling just to grind off the Bonus. I'll try to keep it around 4 for the mostpart, almost always 6 or less.

If I run well for the 1st 6k hands, I'll play nl400 for the last bit of whoring which should mean I complete it about 50% quicker. I've been sick for a couple days and will probably start this on Sunday.

party only offered me a $100 Bonus Sad

JJ that sux

At least your Bonus won't take a million hands to grind off.

So I've started grinding the Bonus and so far I've played 2.4k hands and I'm up 6 buyins at nl200.

I'm really not doing anything fancy, just value-betting the shit out of the stations. I'm kinda burned for the moment but I'll post some thin value-town hands soon.

Gah just played a few hundred hands and lost a lot.

I don't even wanna look at PokerTracker but it was pretty bad.

Spewed a buy in the very 1st hand of the session and after that just had brutal shit happen left and right.

Gonna look hard at all of the hands to see what I could have done better. Hopefully I'll be thinking clearly enough to play some more in a little bit.

I was down 980$ in 420 hands.

Just looked over things and 3 of the buyins were spewy.

Of those 3, 1 of them was terrible, 1 of them was marginally bad, and 1 of them is actually o.k. imo.

The rest was just horrible shit running.

If I look up a few posts in my blog, I have all of the advice I need.

I really think owning the games for the past few K hands, having really good results, and basically avoiding all undisciplined poker brought me to a kind of self-satisfied state.

I really want to work on my discipline and lowering the variance of my game so I'm not gonna just move up to nl400 so the pressure of the stakes makes me focus better.

I'm gonna do it at nl200. Taking a break and going back to play in a bit.

Just walked around for a bit and realized that I feel pretty drugged up from the meds I've been taking for my flu since last night.

Prob another sign of arrogance. I never ever play stakes that mean anything to me when I'm not 100% sober.

I'll probably just staw away for the rest of today, although that means falling behind in my Christmas Bonus quest pretty significantly.

It's unlikely that I'll be able to play much tomorrow. This opens up the possibility of grinding the rest of the Bonus at nl400, where it'll clear significantly quicker.

I mentioned a few posts up that I was making decent $ just by value-betting kinda thin.

None of these hands seem particularly thin to me. If I were up against good opponents, I’d be more likely to keep the pot small since I think bloating the pot will be more likely to induce a big mistake from me on a turn or river bet.

Vs these loose-passive mediocre taggs and fish, I have no problem building big pots with marginal hands when I think it’s likely I have the best of it, since I don’t see them bluffing enough in position and I can easily fold to big river bets if I ever get stuck with a bad card falling. These hands are obviously easier since I’m in position…

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 22, 15:30:47 ET 2007
Table Jackpot #1305553 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: vuilewas ( $193.20 USD )
Seat 4: Hohni ( $171.43 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $205 USD )
Seat 5: Overdrive882 ( $143.23 USD )
Seat 3: blindfolded6 ( $200 USD )
Seat 6: Breg15 ( $141 USD )
Hohni posts small blind [$1 USD].
Overdrive882 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ten of Hearts

Breg15 calls [$2 USD]
HERO raises [$9 USD]
vuilewas folds.
blindfolded6 folds.
Hohni folds.
Overdrive882 folds.
Breg15 calls [$7 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Nine of Diamonds

Breg15 checks.
HERO bets [$15 USD]
Breg15 calls [$15 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Diamonds

Breg15 checks.
HERO bets [$35 USD]
Breg15 calls [$35 USD]
** Dealing River ** Three of Clubs

Breg15 checks.
HERO bets [$83 USD]
Breg15 is all-In.
HERO shows Ten of Hearts

two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
Breg15 doesn't show Nine of Clubs

two pairs, Jacks and Nines.
The time at which hand ended:Dec 22 2007 15:31 ET
HERO wins $1 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
HERO wins $281.50 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 22, 18:47:34 ET 2007
Table Table 133901 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: HERO ( $244.25 USD )
Seat 4: Adisbaba ( $122.25 USD )
Seat 5: MacVosti ( $52.86 USD )
Seat 2: MLTBRO ( $218.10 USD )
Seat 1: Robban3 ( $199 USD )
Seat 3: BerndStromberg ( $197.70 USD )
Robban3 posts small blind [$1 USD].
MLTBRO posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

BerndStromberg folds.
Adisbaba calls [$2 USD]
MacVosti folds.
HERO raises [$9 USD]
Robban3 folds.
MLTBRO folds.
Adisbaba calls [$7 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Nine of Clubs

Adisbaba checks.
HERO bets [$15 USD]
Adisbaba calls [$15 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Nine of Spades

Adisbaba checks.
HERO bets [$45 USD]
Adisbaba calls [$45 USD]
** Dealing River ** Three of Clubs

Adisbaba checks.
HERO bets [$54 USD]
Adisbaba is all-In.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

two pairs, Jacks and Nines.
Adisbaba doesn't show Ace of Clubs

two pairs, Nines and Sixes.
HERO wins $0.75 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Nines.
HERO wins $244.50 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Jacks and Nines.

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 22, 18:29:23 ET 2007
Table Table 125446 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: HERO ( $463.88 USD )
Seat 1: lumpy_lums ( $30.10 USD )
Seat 5: scaffscreen ( $111 USD )
Seat 3: seventhcross ( $72.30 USD )
Seat 2: OMZ81 ( $46 USD )
Seat 6: IDontTilt55 ( $200 USD )
seventhcross posts small blind [$1 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

scaffscreen folds.
lumpy_lums calls [$2 USD]
OMZ81 folds.
seventhcross calls [$1 USD]
HERO raises [$8 USD]
lumpy_lums folds.
seventhcross calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Eight of Hearts

seventhcross checks.
HERO bets [$21 USD]
seventhcross calls [$21 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** King of Clubs

seventhcross checks.
HERO bets [$42 USD]
seventhcross is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Nine of Clubs

HERO shows Ace of Spades

a pair of Queens.
seventhcross doesn't show Queen of Spades

a pair of Queens.
HERO wins $0.70 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Queens with Ace kicker.
HERO wins $144.60 USD from the main pot with a pair of Queens with Ace kicker.

Something that I had been doing very well before today's session was really focusing hard on "leaving my ego at the door" when playing these soft lowstakes games. My hand-reading in general is strong enough that I usually know it when my opponents are weak to medium strong and I often get in trouble pushing them around since ppl hate folding (just see the above hands for proof of that).

By avoiding the temptation to push ppl off of weak hands, I lessen the chances that someone makes a ridiculous huge call on me, putting me on tilt, lighting money on fire etc... So instead of using my hand-reading to bluff ppl, I need to focus on it to value-bet super thin.

This had been working really really well for a while but I really think overconfidence lead me to lose that sharp focus on minimized variance and almost guaranteed steady profits.

I played a little more today and won back a couple buyins. For anybody who reads this and hasn't checked out the Jman (Phil Galfond, a.k.a. OMGClayAiken on FTP) WELL thread in the 2p2 High Stakes Forum.

I think it reveals one of the most appealing poker minds/personalities we'll come across in a long, long time.

No poka 2morrow happy holidays everybody.

Too exhausted to make a long update post; logged 2k hands today and so far have logged 5k hands and am up 8 buyins for this Bonus hunt.

I need to play 5k more hands between now and Sat so I'm going to use my time in front of my laptop wisely.

OK I'm going to abandon the Bonus hunt but I'm really glad I gave it a shot.

I ended up playing 5.5k hands in 5 days at nl200.

I ran at 10.2 ptbb/100 and made just over 2k.

Maybe tomorrow I'll post some hands if I'm bored but I'm really due to just go on vacation for a few days.

Cheers everyone.

I'm not so much into setting very precise goals but here are a few things I'm looking to do in 2008 :

-play 200k+ hands

...

...

K actually I think that's it. I'll likely be out of the country for a couple months and away from poker so that comes out to about 20k hands/month. Added on to school and a cpl other pursuits it seems like a very realistic goal.

Plus, I already played 138 hands... up 1 buyin SHIPIT.

gah back at nl400 and am running like shit so far.

I feel like I've made a couple mistakes that are due to impatience and a bit of rust in my game from the break. Hopefully I can shake it off and hit my stride soon.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to get over this ridiculous mental hurdle of nl400. I'm properly rolled for it but I really really have to try to keep my variance low and table select for the next 10k hands, book some small wins and get my br cushion and confidence level built up. For the next few days I'll only update with a grade I give myself on 2 things :

-table selection

-patience (i.e. low variance poker) and emotional control (resisting the urge to out aggro other regs when I'm running bad)

For today, I'll give myself B- for table selection and A- for patience/emotional control (folded AA on dry flop almost 100% sure I was beat, didn't tilt when I started getting reraised, but couldn't resist making a crazy shove that I think is a +ev play but was def higher variance than I'd like).

Just played a late-night session that would have been huge had AK not gone down in flames to 9To vs a 73/54 ai for 120bb's

Still managed to pull a little win, but the most important thing is that I took some time in the important spots, made what I think were lots of +ev plays. Also, I took the time to table select really really well.

As the session wound down, I fired up 3 nl200 tables where I didn't really play my A game but it wasn't anything major.

I give myself A for low-variance emotional control (1 play kept me away from A+ where I made what I think was a good resqueeze... but I don't need to make these plays right now).

Also I give myself A for table selection (a little sloppy at the end with nl200).

Today's results were lame but that's ok since I think Sklansky owes me about 1k.

I've kept up my steady rate of losing 1$/hand since coming back to nl400 while playing some pretty damned good poker.

played 1.2k hands (while 3 and 4 tabling) for -1.1k fsdajkflsadjfk;asdjf;sdafjk;sd

I sat for a loooong time at some great tables but things just didn't work out.

The play was spread over 2 sessions which I'll give cumulative grades of A for table selection and A- for patience and emotional control. I did some high-variance things that I think were pretty good but as you can guess by the results things didn't work out all that great.

Cpl tough spots that I think I'll post in SHNL.

HYACHACHACHACHACHACHACHACHACHA

Just got it in 300bb's deep with Ace of Spades

on a

board vs a 72/25's King of Diamonds

AF SDKALF JASDKL;F JSAD;K FASJ;DF SADK;

Chased him up to nl600 but he gave all of my money away quicker than you can say gutshot.

A+ FOR TABLE SELECTION

sweet, that is all Wink

Ok I'm down enough at nl400 so that a few more buyins and I'll start feeling awkward about my roll at that limit.

So I'm gonna grind some pretty hardcore multi-tabling at nl200 this afternoon and probably tomorrow as well. Something like 3-4k hands of clear-headed low-variance poker would be nice.

I'll post the interesting spots here in the blog, maybe with some analysis; haven't done that in a while.

Also, tonight should be an awesome sports night : leafs, raps, ufc, steve molitor defending his title and the ufc replay at 10 (if you know what happens with penn-stevenson, don't say anything!).

Updates coming.

Well that wasn’t bad.

Played 1042 hands for +1.3k at nl200 7-8 tabling.

Ran at 25/17 and feel like I played pretty well.

Folded JJ preflop in a tough spot (I 3-bet a loose UTG raiser on Bth, then 30/23 shoved from the bb for 180 more into 220… bleh).

Also made a cpl big calls, the best one being this fun hand vs a guy who had just spewed away a 450bb stack playing like a complete monkey :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 17:48:09 ET 2008
Table Table 127374 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: bubbleboy007 ( $612.20 USD )
Seat 3: LE_GALIZE ( $206.20 USD )
Seat 4: foldItNow77 ( $300.35 USD )
Seat 5: viktorKab ( $263.35 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $375 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$1 USD].
LE_GALIZE posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Six of Spades

foldItNow77 folds.
Lemaro147 has joined the table.
viktorKab folds.
HERO raises [$6 USD]
LE_GALIZE calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Five of Spades

HERO checks.
LE_GALIZE is all-In.
HERO calls [$199.20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Ace of Spades

** Dealing River ** Five of Diamonds

HERO shows Six of Spades

a full house, Fives full of Sixes.
LE_GALIZE doesn't show Jack of Spades

three of a kind, Fives.
HERO wins $410.40 USD from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of Sixes.

This shorty had been pretty aggro… the river card made my CR seem brilliant, but it was more just the fact that I think he thought I was full of it :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 18:15:46 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304944 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 5: jamlicker ( $276.20 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $294 USD )
Seat 4: kaapaa ( $198.85 USD )
Seat 2: nige84 ( $427.02 USD )
Seat 1: carolinprahl ( $87.95 USD )
jamlicker posts small blind [$1 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Diamonds

carolinprahl calls [$2 USD]
nige84 calls [$2 USD]
kaapaa calls [$2 USD]
jamlicker folds.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Flop ** Six of Diamonds

HERO bets [$6 USD]
carolinprahl raises [$18 USD]
nige84 folds.
kaapaa folds.
HERO calls [$12 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

HERO checks.
carolinprahl bets [$16 USD]
HERO calls [$16 USD]
** Dealing River ** Ace of Diamonds

HERO checks.
carolinprahl bets [$30 USD]
HERO raises [$60 USD]
carolinprahl is all-In.
HERO shows King of Diamonds

a full house, Sixes full of Kings.
carolinprahl doesn't show Ace of Clubs

two pairs, Aces and Sixes.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 19 2008 18:17 ET
HERO wins $8.05 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Sixes full of Kings.
HERO wins $178.40 USD from the main pot with a full house, Sixes full of Kings.

This hand was fun! Villain was 39/14 so I think unlike many tags, there are lots of 2-card broadway combos in his range :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 17:52:49 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304214 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: viktorKab ( $534.86 USD )
Seat 3: shark33a ( $84.45 USD )
Seat 5: VIPClown ( $207.85 USD )
Seat 6: Kichigi ( $366.27 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $284.60 USD )
Seat 1: jamlicker ( $259.70 USD )
Kichigi posts small blind [$1 USD].
jamlicker posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Seven of Clubs

viktorKab folds.
shark33a folds.
HERO raises [$7 USD]
Kichigi calls [$6 USD]
jamlicker folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Hearts

Kichigi bets [$6 USD]
HERO raises [$21 USD]
Kichigi calls [$15 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Five of Hearts

Kichigi checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing River ** Three of Hearts

Kichigi bets [$38 USD]
HERO raises [$111 USD]
Kichigi is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
HERO shows Four of Clubs

a straight Three to Seven.
Kichigi shows King of Hearts

a flush, Ace high.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 19 2008 17:54 ET
Kichigi wins $81.67 USD from side pot #1 with a flush, Ace high.
Kichigi wins $568.70 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.

This next one was annoying. The turn bet was to get value out of big 1-card flush draws :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 17:47:22 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304214 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: viktorKab ( $537.86 USD )
Seat 3: shark33a ( $111.20 USD )
Seat 5: VIPClown ( $210.85 USD )
Seat 6: Kichigi ( $383.27 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $303.65 USD )
Seat 1: jamlicker ( $203.05 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$1 USD].
VIPClown posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

Kichigi folds.
jamlicker calls [$2 USD]
viktorKab folds.
shark33a folds.
HERO raises [$9 USD]
VIPClown folds.
jamlicker calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Clubs

HERO bets [$20 USD]
jamlicker calls [$20 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Hearts

HERO bets [$35 USD]
jamlicker raises [$72 USD]
HERO folds.
jamlicker does not show cards.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 19 2008 17:48 ET
jamlicker wins $165.50 USD

Here villain’s river betsize just made me too curious. It looked like crap or the nuts and it’s hard for him to have the nuts here imo :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 17:28:27 ET 2008
Table Table 125885 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: Fnogg ( $189.22 USD )
Seat 3: Nuelein ( $311.24 USD )
Seat 6: bond1969111 ( $134.50 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $200 USD )
Seat 5: davrob1 ( $55.12 USD )
Seat 4: petarm111 ( $0 USD )
Nuelein posts small blind [$1 USD].
davrob1 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

petarm111 has joined the table.
bond1969111 raises [$4 USD]
HERO raises [$14 USD]
Fnogg folds.
Nuelein folds.
davrob1 folds.
bond1969111 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Seven of Spades

bond1969111 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

bond1969111 bets [$3.51 USD]
HERO calls [$3.51 USD]
** Dealing River ** Four of Clubs

bond1969111 bets [$42 USD]
HERO calls [$42 USD]
bond1969111 shows King of Diamonds

a full house, Nines full of Kings.
HERO doesn't show Ace of Spades

a pair of Nines.

Lucky this guy wasn’t playing fullstacked :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 17:40:37 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1306154 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: HERO ( $488.70 USD )
Seat 3: Jays_Raps ( $96.50 USD )
Seat 5: bertrichter ( $57.05 USD )
Seat 2: levento ( $80.28 USD )
Seat 6: O_Red_Eyes_O ( $81.50 USD )
O_Red_Eyes_O posts small blind [$1 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

levento folds.
Jays_Raps calls [$2 USD]
bertrichter raises [$9 USD]
O_Red_Eyes_O folds.
HERO raises [$35 USD]
Jays_Raps folds.
bertrichter is all-In.
HERO calls [$20.05 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Clubs

** Dealing Turn ** Three of Diamonds

** Dealing River ** Ace of Clubs

HERO shows Ace of Spades

a pair of Aces.
bertrichter shows King of Clubs

a flush, Ace high.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 19 2008 17:41 ET
bertrichter wins $114.60 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.

Looking through the rest of the hands there’s nothing too epic. Just lots of value-betting and pretty standard stuff.

Here’s one last hand that was kind of funny. Q-high for value baby. Villain was running 80/11/15 :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, January 19, 18:27:23 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304214 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: VIPClown ( $234.50 USD )
Seat 6: Kichigi ( $682.82 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $251.90 USD )
Seat 1: jamlicker ( $226 USD )
Seat 2: papakettles ( $190.65 USD )
Seat 3: achim1959111 ( $82.65 USD )
jamlicker posts small blind [$1 USD].
papakettles posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Hearts

achim1959111 folds.
HERO raises [$7 USD]
VIPClown folds.
Kichigi folds.
jamlicker folds.
papakettles calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** King of Hearts

papakettles checks.
HERO bets [$12 USD]
papakettles raises [$50 USD]
HERO is all-In.
papakettles is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Jack of Hearts

papakettles shows Seven of Diamonds

a pair of Jacks.
HERO shows Ten of Hearts

a flush, King high.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 19 2008 18:28 ET
HERO wins $61.25 USD from side pot #1 with a flush, King high.
HERO wins $378.80 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.

Hopefully tomorrow will be more of the same.

Holy shit.

Just played 550 hands and dropped 1004$ at nl200.

I stopped cuz I started feeling tilty after my Ace of Hearts

went down in flames to KQo on Jack of Hearts

board ai for 200bb's on flop.

I don't really know what to say besides I just reviewed all of the big pots and there were 1 or 2 spots that were slightly overaggro but only because I'm a good hand-reader and knew I was likely beat in setup situations.

Bleh.

Gonna try to play about 1.5k hands of nl400 today, 3-6 tabling, probably in 2 mid-sized sessions. If I drop more than a couple buyins at any point I'll either stop or move down to nl200.

I just played 272 hands of nl200 and lost 775$

2 hands were 100bb tilt-spews. They were just completely gross. I wanna vomit.

I shouldn't have even been playing since I was really really tired.

Also I think a lot of subconscious tilt is the result of built-up anger at myself for my shitty ass results in poker that are all due to a lack of commitment and motivation.

The way this comes out when I'm in this mood is a completely "fuck it" attitude. If you have a tough time imagining what I'm talking about, I mean things like this :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, January 21, 20:40:41 ET 2008
Table Table 127374 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: Folke_Filbyt ( $142.15 USD )
Seat 4: BabbaSquad ( $419.19 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $200 USD )
Seat 6: ESAREGOOD ( $435 USD )
Seat 1: val60qq ( $34 USD )
Seat 2: Overdrink ( $200 USD )
ESAREGOOD posts small blind [$1 USD].
val60qq posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Nine of Clubs

Overdrink folds.
Folke_Filbyt folds.
BabbaSquad folds.
HERO raises [$7 USD]
ESAREGOOD raises [$25 USD]
val60qq folds.
HERO calls [$19 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Diamonds

ESAREGOOD bets [$30 USD]
HERO calls [$30 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Spades

ESAREGOOD bets [$80 USD]
HERO is all-In.
ESAREGOOD calls [$64 USD]
** Dealing River ** Eight of Hearts

ESAREGOOD shows Ace of Hearts

two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
HERO doesn't show Nine of Clubs

two pairs, Nines and Eights.
ESAREGOOD wins $399 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Jacks.

What makes that hand even more expert was this hand that happened a few orbits earlier :

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, January 21, 20:32:01 ET 2008
Table Table 127374 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: Folke_Filbyt ( $179.15 USD )
Seat 4: BabbaSquad ( $204.41 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $203.15 USD )
Seat 6: ESAREGOOD ( $198 USD )
ESAREGOOD posts small blind [$1 USD].
Folke_Filbyt posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Four of Clubs

BabbaSquad folds.
HERO raises [$7 USD]
ESAREGOOD raises [$25 USD]
Folke_Filbyt folds.
HERO calls [$19 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Jack of Diamonds

ESAREGOOD checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** Seven of Hearts

ESAREGOOD bets [$36 USD]
HERO raises [$72 USD]
ESAREGOOD is all-In.
HERO calls [$100 USD]
** Dealing River ** Five of Clubs

HERO shows Four of Clubs

a pair of Fours.
ESAREGOOD shows Jack of Clubs

a pair of Jacks.
ESAREGOOD wins $396 USD from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.

A good poker playing friend was railing this short meltdown and I think he hit the nail on the head when he said "it looks like you're punishing yourself".

There's a lot of truth to that and the only way of getting by it is by playing the hands, putting in the time and striving towards the results I know I'm capable of.

Playing at nl200 where the stakes are just low enough that spewing a few buyins doesn't faze me is not what I want to be doing.

Finally, a reminder of just how badly I own nl200. Here are my last 2 sessions, totalling just under 1k hands :

damn man, i know what its like to be in "fuck it" monkey-tilt mode like the 44 hand...and its not pretty

I don't necessarily think it has anything to do with 200nl not meaning enough for you, monetarily speaking..but more with being in the right frame of mind to play good, solid poker. I know I would probably spew close to the same amount of buyins whether its at 1knl or 200nl if im on tilt/tired mode.

Anyways I hope you PZWN poker the rest of the month. GL sicko

good luck man, I know what you mean. You'll come thru it and learn from the it.

Hey Conor, come sweat me - I can even sweat you if you like! Hit me up sometime, sounds like discussing stuff might be useful.

ty guys for the support

I think I have to take care of some stuff outside of poker in order to find a better balance

also, yesterday was just a shitty day

Ok here goes.

It's lame and purely symbolic but I'm renaming this Operation.

I FINALLY got my datamining program working so I'm gonna look to datamine 2-4 for the next few days and only play good tables.

I don't want to play another hand of 1-2 unless my Party BR dips below 24 buyins at 2-4, at which point I'll mix in 1-2 and good 2-4 games.

Simple as that.

WTF, you can datamine on party?? I thought they banned it a couple years ago.

Could you shed a little light on this please.

conor, take a break and play some of the new cash games at the casino. alex said they are wicked soft, and im sure itd be a good break from the grind. i mean you used to barely play a few hundred hands a day and now you are busting out huge sessions.

for you though, i really do think that you need to stick to 400nl regardless of a couple of bumps unless you _really_ need to drop down.

add my new msn, we can chat about hands again.

BigLRIP :

Try one of the datamining programs that can be found on the bottom left of the PokerTracker main page (I use SpadeEye).

Thanks for the advice andy, I'm adding you right now.

Also, get your ass up here soon so we can be degens at the casino and then have deepstacked highstakes cash games back at my place with our winnings and a super-drunk Alexos.

ADJFKASL;DD;JAS

Just table-selected hard and found some good games at nl400.

Won about 1k riiight away then just lost everything for the next hour. I'm checking my results but I don't really wanna look.

edit : just checked and I lost 650$ in 354 hands.

Nothing was even bad but in this case I REALLY should have just stopped after winning a couple buyins, although I know I was massively +ev at all of the tables I played. Building my confidence is probably more important than anything right now.

Here are the big pots I lost :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:29:01 ET 2008
Table Table 128279 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: A_C_K_E_T ( $171.50 USD )
Seat 5: orbit7777 ( $410.17 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $490.30 USD )
Seat 1: charlett21 ( $412.50 USD )
Seat 3: thxforthado1 ( $115.90 USD )
orbit7777 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Hearts

charlett21 folds.
A_C_K_E_T folds.
thxforthado1 folds.
orbit7777 calls [$2 USD]
HERO raises [$16 USD]
orbit7777 calls [$16 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Three of Clubs

orbit7777 checks.
HERO bets [$24 USD]
orbit7777 raises [$52 USD]
HERO is all-In.
orbit7777 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Nine of Spades

** Dealing River ** Four of Hearts

orbit7777 shows Ten of Hearts

two pairs, Tens and Fours.
HERO shows Ace of Hearts

a pair of Fours.
HERO wins $80.13 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Fours.
orbit7777 wins $818.34 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Tens and Fours.

Cold-caller here was an unknown. Since I want to keep my variance low, I think the correct play was just to fold :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:07:30 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304434 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: HERO ( $827.64 USD )
Seat 2: davidross ( $399.36 USD )
Seat 4: Luckyyl ( $376.22 USD )
Seat 3: Neil_Trahey ( $399.60 USD )
Seat 1: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: xBORMANx ( $150.50 USD )
davidross posts small blind [$2 USD].
Neil_Trahey posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Clubs

Luckyyl folds.
HERO raises [$14 USD]
xBORMANx is all-In.
ReteDaPesca calls [$150.50 USD]
davidross folds.
Neil_Trahey folds.
HERO is all-In.
ReteDaPesca is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Hearts

** Dealing Turn ** Two of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Queen of Clubs

HERO shows Jack of Clubs

two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
xBORMANx shows Jack of Hearts

two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
ReteDaPesca shows Queen of Hearts

a full house, Queens full of Tens.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 24 2008 00:08 ET
HERO wins $427.64 USD from side pot #2 with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
ReteDaPesca wins $499 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Queens full of Tens.
ReteDaPesca wins $454 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Tens.

Like I said before, I want to keep my variance low but I was so sure this opponent was bluffing I couldn’t help calling. He was running 69/12 and was a classic strong=weak player :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:00:00 ET 2008
Table Table 126324 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: BertholdHeisterkamp ( $1,479.40 USD )
Seat 3: dauger93 ( $348 USD )
Seat 4: MirjamWLoVe ( $406 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: KYPHIKOBA ( $244 USD )
dauger93 posts small blind [$2 USD].
MirjamWLoVe posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

HERO raises [$14 USD]
KYPHIKOBA folds.
BertholdHeisterkamp folds.
tranmerd has joined the table.
dauger93 calls [$12 USD]
MirjamWLoVe folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Diamonds

dauger93 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Spades

dauger93 bets [$36 USD]
HERO calls [$36 USD]
** Dealing River ** Queen of Spades

dauger93 is all-In.
HERO calls [$298 USD]
dauger93 shows Ace of Spades

high card Ace.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

high card Ace.
dauger93 wins $698 USD from the main pot with high card, Ace with King kicker.

Villain knows nothing about me and he’s running 29/26. We haven’t tangled. The cold-call preflop was to induce the 63/1 station to overcall from the blinds (even though I’m way ahead of villain opening range). I wanted to make it clear I was never folding on the turn :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:03:26 ET 2008
Table Table 127409 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: MirjamWLoVe ( $563.60 USD )
Seat 4: shoqi ( $434.24 USD )
Seat 6: addict68 ( $663.43 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $468 USD )
Seat 5: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: Anaialeite ( $394 USD )
MirjamWLoVe posts small blind [$2 USD].
shoqi posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Clubs

addict68 raises [$14 USD]
HERO calls [$14 USD]
Anaialeite folds.
MirjamWLoVe folds.
shoqi folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Six of Hearts

addict68 bets [$24 USD]
HERO calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Hearts

addict68 bets [$68 USD]
HERO raises [$202 USD]
addict68 raises [$556 USD]
HERO did not respond in time
HERO folds.
addict68 does not show cards.
addict68 wins $906 USD

Last one : taking myself to value-town vs a 63/0 who didn’t seem to enjoy folding any pair postflop.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 00:05:35 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304434 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: HERO ( $1,083 USD )
Seat 2: davidross ( $415.36 USD )
Seat 4: Luckyyl ( $181.36 USD )
Seat 3: Neil_Trahey ( $399.60 USD )
Seat 1: ReteDaPesca ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: xBORMANx ( $80 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
xBORMANx posts big blind [$4 USD].
ReteDaPesca is sitting out
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Hearts

davidross raises [$12 USD]
Neil_Trahey folds.
Luckyyl calls [$12 USD]
HERO calls [$10 USD]
xBORMANx folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Nine of Clubs

HERO bets [$24 USD]
davidross folds.
Luckyyl calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Clubs

HERO bets [$45 USD]
Luckyyl calls [$45 USD]
** Dealing River ** Six of Diamonds

HERO bets [$101 USD]
Luckyyl is all-In.
HERO shows Jack of Hearts

two pairs, Jacks and Sixes.
Luckyyl shows Queen of Clubs

a flush, Ace high.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 24 2008 00:06 ET
HERO wins $0.64 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Sixes.
Luckyyl wins $376.22 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.

So that’s that. I don’t really know what the plan is besides continuing to table-select hard and hope to play and run well.

Looking back at those big hands it’s clear that the self-valueownage and turn bluff hands are way too high-variance for my roll at nl400 right now. The AJ call I don’t regret at all since I was as close to 100% sure villain was bluffing as I could possibly be.

play HU, you will own people so hard imo

Just played an 8-tabling session of nl200 and made a few buyins to finish slightly up for the day.

Nothing wacko to report.

Was really tired tonight but saw a good game at nl400 so I sat down and just 1-tabled for an hour.

What is my mantra these days? Table select and be patient. Target the fish.

So after building up a 1k stack, what do I do?

1st hand vs a 30/27/5 in my database over a large sample :

Rather than 3-bet I planned on check-raising dry flops and playing flops that hit me pretty passively to let him do the betting.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 23:05:02 ET 2008
Table Table 127461 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: AANOTILTKK ( $1,005.61 USD )
Seat 3: igetjokes1 ( $432.30 USD )
Seat 6: donjey ( $538.68 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $586.46 USD )
Seat 5: BertholdHeisterkamp ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: hanzfat ( $436.40 USD )
igetjokes1 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Hearts

BertholdHeisterkamp folds.
donjey folds.
AANOTILTKK folds.
hanzfat raises [$12 USD]
igetjokes1 folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Six of Diamonds

HERO checks.
hanzfat bets [$18 USD]
HERO raises [$51 USD]
hanzfat raises [$118 USD]
HERO is all-In.
hanzfat is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Queen of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

hanzfat shows King of Clubs

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
HERO shows Ace of Hearts

a pair of Queens.
HERO wins $150.06 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Queens.
hanzfat wins $871.80 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Seriously. It tils me soooooo much to spew this way. I really have a tough time expressing just how angry this makes me.

Obv I can justify it by saying that a smart villain almost has to 3-bet bluff me on this flop. Why? Because all I'm repping that beats him is 222 and 666 along with flushdraws. But this kind of overly complicated wacky-play thinking is exactly what I want to iron out right now until I build a comfortable roll at nl400.

I tilt myself so fucking hard right now.

130 hands for -450$.

Don't wanna dwell exclusively on the negative, so I should probably post a decent, if somewhat standard, call I made to build up my stack :

Preflop both villain were running overly loose (40/25ish) so I was definitely ahead of their ranges but was pretty sure I’d get called if I 3-bet. Also they both seemed a bit fishy and predictable postflop :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 24, 22:36:56 ET 2008
Table Table 127461 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: AANOTILTKK ( $1,229.13 USD )
Seat 3: igetjokes1 ( $458.50 USD )
Seat 5: xBORMANx ( $169 USD )
Seat 6: donjey ( $543.42 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: Goldamp ( $412 USD )
igetjokes1 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

xBORMANx folds.
donjey calls [$4 USD]
AANOTILTKK raises [$18 USD]
Goldamp folds.
igetjokes1 folds.
HERO calls [$14 USD]
donjey calls [$14 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Five of Hearts

HERO checks.
donjey checks.
AANOTILTKK bets [$22 USD]
HERO calls [$22 USD]
donjey calls [$22 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Diamonds

HERO bets [$71 USD]
donjey calls [$71 USD]
AANOTILTKK folds.
** Dealing River ** Seven of Spades

HERO checks.
donjey is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

a pair of Jacks.
donjey shows Queen of Clubs

high card Queen.
donjey wins $143.42 USD from side pot #1 with high card, Queen.
HERO wins $839 USD from the main pot with a pair of Jacks.

My new goal is to play 5k hands without spewing once.

NOT ONE SPEW FOR FIVE THOUUUUSAND HANDS.

No spews this morning so I get a checkmark there.

1st a very very marginal spot :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:12:04 ET 2008
Table Table 127934 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: IhasFlush ( $678.76 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $592 USD )
Seat 2: kasiiino ( $366 USD )
Seat 5: Weini7107 ( $96.95 USD )
Seat 4: hakkis96 ( $131.89 USD )
Weini7107 posts small blind [$2 USD].
IhasFlush posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

kasiiino raises [$14 USD]
HERO calls [$14 USD]
Weini7107 folds.
IhasFlush raises [$56 USD]
kasiiino calls [$46 USD]
HERO…

The squeezer from the blinds has done this a few times now so my plan worked perfectly until the original raiser flatted.

This is gross since I really really think it’s unlikely original raiser is slowplaying AA KK here in a possible huge 3-way pot. That means his likely hands are those that he thinks he can play 3-way vs a bluff-squeezer… and QQ TT…. Maybe 99. With all the dead money I just said fuck it.

is all-In.
IhasFlush folds.
kasiiino is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** King of Hearts

** Dealing Turn ** Three of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Nine of Diamonds

kasiiino shows Queen of Diamonds

two pairs, Queens and Threes.
HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
HERO wins $226 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Threes.
kasiiino wins $792 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Threes.

Lame

Here I make a big call vs an aggro villain (29/25) who seems to be repping a busted flush draw or exactly KQ. He took quite a while to call on the turn which lead me to believe he thought he had implied odds with a draw vs my seemingly big hand. I’m very sure he raises trips on the flop or turn…

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:30:40 ET 2008
Table Table 128282 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: kasiiino ( $436 USD )
Seat 2: hejsan66 ( $565.80 USD )
Seat 3: BlackHawk2101 ( $400 USD )
Seat 4: Pakka_52 ( $446.30 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $770.80 USD )
Seat 6: iownulongrun ( $647.50 USD )
hejsan66 posts small blind [$2 USD].
BlackHawk2101 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Nine of Diamonds

Pakka_52 folds.
HERO raises [$16 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$16 USD]
kasiiino folds.
hejsan66 folds.
BlackHawk2101 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$31 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

HERO bets [$65 USD]
iownulongrun calls [$65 USD]
** Dealing River ** Nine of Clubs

HERO checks.
iownulongrun bets [$160 USD]
HERO calls [$160 USD]
iownulongrun shows Queen of Clubs

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
HERO doesn't show Nine of Diamonds

two pairs, Nines and Eights.
iownulongrun wins $547 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Repping a bluff vs a tight reg :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:15:34 ET 2008
Table Table 130472 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: ARKADAK ( $64.75 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $673.65 USD )
Seat 3: Zoey2042 ( $269.50 USD )
Seat 1: Karikatyr ( $408.30 USD )
Seat 2: wakajawaka1 ( $411.90 USD )
Seat 5: A_Behemoth ( $382 USD )
Karikatyr posts small blind [$2 USD].
wakajawaka1 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Spades

Zoey2042 folds.
HERO raises [$16 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$16 USD]
ARKADAK calls [$16 USD]
Karikatyr folds.
wakajawaka1 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Spades

HERO checks.
A_Behemoth checks.
ARKADAK checks.
** Dealing Turn ** King of Hearts

HERO bets [$34 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$34 USD]
ARKADAK folds.
** Dealing River ** Five of Clubs

HERO bets [$145 USD]
A_Behemoth calls [$145 USD]
HERO shows King of Spades

two pairs, Kings and Queens.
A_Behemoth doesn't show Ace of Hearts

a pair of Queens.
HERO wins $409 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Queens.

Making a call-down vs a loose and bluffy fish. Pretty sure he raises top pair and better hands on the flop so either he had 67 or I win :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, January 25, 13:08:44 ET 2008
Table Table 127934 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: IhasFlush ( $508 USD )
Seat 4: fnldrmkck ( $410 USD )
Seat 5: Oldie55 ( $330.76 USD )
Seat 6: lutzio ( $546.20 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $414 USD )
Seat 2: kasiiino ( $394 USD )
lutzio posts small blind [$2 USD].
IhasFlush posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Hearts

kasiiino raises [$8 USD]
HERO calls [$8 USD]
fnldrmkck folds.
Oldie55 calls [$8 USD]
lutzio folds.
IhasFlush folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Jack of Hearts

kasiiino checks.
HERO bets [$21 USD]
Oldie55 calls [$21 USD]
kasiiino folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Spades

HERO checks.
Oldie55 bets [$40 USD]
HERO calls [$40 USD]
** Dealing River ** Three of Hearts

HERO checks.
Oldie55 bets [$104 USD]
HERO calls [$104 USD]
Oldie55 shows Ace of Hearts

high card Ace.
HERO shows Nine of Hearts

a pair of Nines.
HERO wins $357 USD from the main pot with a pair of Nines.

Wish I could play more; the games are good right now. Gotta go. 400ish hands for a couple buyins of profit.

i m soooooooooooooo fking tilted

Sat in 6 great nl400 games

quickly made about 1.5k in 200 hands playing solid

then got set-over-setted on a draw-heavy board 180bb's deep and then lost JJ to ATo on 8 high board

then I made a huge fold I'm not sure about

then I made a marginal call with 99 vs a monkey that was probably -ev. benny was sweating me at the time and called out villain's exact hand Sad

. should have listened to him.

ASDFKJASDJFK;ASDJFKA;SDLJFKADS;LJF;ASDLKJKFSADL;JKFSA;DLFJSA;KLDJFASDKL;JFADSK;JFSAD;SDKAJ;DAFS;JSD

earlier I played a 9-tabling session at nl200 cuz I couldn't get a seat at any of the good nl400 games. felt like I played well but managed to drop a couple buyins.

I am sooo fking disgusted. I know I'm impatient and I'm not the 1st person to run super-swongy and not great when trying to establish himself at another limit.

but fuck me, I'm getting fking sick of this b.s.

God I'm getting sick of this.

Here are today’s biggest pots :

Villain is 27/24 aggro.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 17:32:30 ET 2008
Table Table 125491 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: mad4it109 ( $394 USD )
Seat 4: FourBetBluff ( $414.60 USD )
Seat 6: FeFuracao ( $290 USD )
Seat 1: HERO ( $589.05 USD )
Seat 2: deine_Mudder ( $455.20 USD )
Seat 5: krasssavec ( $394 USD )
FeFuracao posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Spades

deine_Mudder folds.
mad4it109 folds.
FourBetBluff raises [$14 USD]
krasssavec folds.
FeFuracao calls [$12 USD]
HERO raises [$61 USD]
FourBetBluff calls [$51 USD]
FeFuracao folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Seven of Hearts

HERO bets [$81 USD]
FourBetBluff is all-In.
HERO calls [$268.60 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Six of Clubs

HERO shows Ace of Spades

a straight Six to Ten.
FourBetBluff shows King of Clubs

a flush, King high.
FourBetBluff wins $840.20 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.

Villain was 19/15. So gross. No options are good really. Folding pre is just meh…

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 18:54:54 ET 2008
Table Table 127604 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ulohon ( $228.10 USD )
Seat 2: kmsbnn ( $549.10 USD )
Seat 4: Pakka_52 ( $536.10 USD )
Seat 5: SiaromOnun ( $149 USD )
Seat 6: PPSuicideMe ( $404.40 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $400 USD )
Ulohon posts small blind [$2 USD].
kmsbnn posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Clubs

HERO raises [$16 USD]
Pakka_52 raises [$54 USD]
SiaromOnun folds.
PPSuicideMe folds.
Ulohon folds.
kmsbnn folds.
HERO raises [$140 USD]
Pakka_52 is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Diamonds

** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Spades

** Dealing River ** Five of Diamonds

HERO shows Queen of Diamonds

a pair of Queens.
Pakka_52 shows King of Clubs

a pair of Kings.
Pakka_52 wins $136.10 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Kings.
Pakka_52 wins $803 USD from the main pot with a pair of Kings.

Villain is 44/22 spewtard.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 18:29:01 ET 2008
Table Table 130473 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: VIPClown ( $400 USD )
Seat 2: AWOOGAAA ( $390.40 USD )
Seat 4: mad4it109 ( $461 USD )
Seat 6: vvvvvnh ( $625.20 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $400 USD )
Seat 3: B1ngo_Bango ( $410 USD )
mad4it109 posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Queen of Spades

vvvvvnh raises [$12 USD]
VIPClown folds.
AWOOGAAA folds.
B1ngo_Bango folds.
mad4it109 folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Nine of Hearts

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh bets [$24 USD]
HERO calls [$24 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Clubs

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh checks.
** Dealing River ** Ace of Spades

HERO checks.
vvvvvnh bets [$60 USD]
HERO raises [$222 USD]
vvvvvnh is all-In.
HERO is all-In.
HERO shows Queen of Spades

three of a kind, Jacks.
vvvvvnh shows Ace of Clubs

a full house, Aces full of Jacks.
vvvvvnh wins $225.20 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Aces full of Jacks.
vvvvvnh wins $799 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Jacks.

Limped pot… gross.

Problem with the turn is that even if I call to fill up, he has a higher set a decent % of the time.

$200 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 19:10:40 ET 2008
Table Jackpot #1304946 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: thelymac ( $567.10 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $357.79 USD )
Seat 4: Watson1010 ( $126.97 USD )
Seat 5: AA_Hickok_88 ( $201 USD )
Seat 3: Gazza99 ( $113.20 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$1 USD].
Gazza99 posts big blind [$2 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Two of Diamonds

Watson1010 calls [$2 USD]
AA_Hickok_88 calls [$2 USD]
thelymac calls [$2 USD]
HERO calls [$1 USD]
Gazza99 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Hearts

HERO bets [$8 USD]
Gazza99 folds.
Watson1010 folds.
AA_Hickok_88 folds.
thelymac calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$24 USD]
kya333 has joined the table.
thelymac raises [$77 USD]
HERO is all-In.
thelymac calls [$270.79 USD]
** Dealing River ** Queen of Spades

thelymac shows Four of Spades

a straight Ace to Five.
HERO doesn't show Two of Spades

three of a kind, Twos.
The time at which hand ended:Jan 27 2008 19:11 ET
thelymac wins $719.08 USD from the main pot with a straight, Ace to Five.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, January 27, 17:46:30 ET 2008
Table Table 127894 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: sunnylake ( $793.50 USD )
Seat 5: Spinogryz ( $467.10 USD )
Seat 6: HERO ( $429.50 USD )
Seat 3: kroemtjod ( $142.30 USD )
Seat 1: MrTommy ( $96 USD )
Seat 2: Mr_Multi ( $130 USD )
MrTommy posts small blind [$2 USD].
Mr_Multi posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Diamonds

kroemtjod raises [$8 USD]
sunnylake folds.
Spinogryz folds.
HERO calls [$8 USD]
MrTommy calls [$6 USD]
Mr_Multi calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Four of Diamonds

MrTommy checks.
Mr_Multi bets [$15 USD]
kroemtjod calls [$15 USD]
HERO calls [$15 USD]
MrTommy folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Ten of Diamonds

Mr_Multi checks.
kroemtjod bets [$16 USD]
HERO raises [$67 USD]
Mr_Multi folds.
kroemtjod raises [$102 USD]
HERO raises [$102 USD]
kroemtjod is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

HERO shows Jack of Diamonds

two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
kroemtjod shows Ace of Hearts

two pairs, Aces and Nines.
HERO wins $49.70 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Jacks and Tens.
kroemtjod wins $312.60 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Nines.

Srsly. I would trade a 10-buyin downswing in 2 months for just running normal right now when I’m kind of vulnerable.

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Just played 400 hands and lost a few buyins.

I think I came up a little short on my goal of not spewing for 5k hands :

I made it 3k hands without a single spew.

These two hands happened back to back and I think they were the reasons I was tilting without admitting it :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:05:55 ET 2008
Table Table 126755 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Repo_man69 ( $511.90 USD )
Seat 2: TheBlueMile ( $476.30 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $431 USD )
Seat 4: kalino ( $495.41 USD )
Seat 5: pas1sat1 ( $219.86 USD )
Seat 6: VickyRaisins ( $400 USD )
kalino posts small blind [$2 USD].
pas1sat1 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Five of Hearts

VickyRaisins folds.
Repo_man69 folds.
TheBlueMile raises [$16 USD]
HERO calls [$16 USD]
kalino calls [$14 USD]
pas1sat1 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Queen of Hearts

kalino checks.
TheBlueMile bets [$37 USD]
HERO raises [$81 USD]
kalino calls [$81 USD]
TheBlueMile raises [$203 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kalino is all-In.
TheBlueMile is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Ten of Hearts

** Dealing River ** Jack of Clubs

TheBlueMile shows Queen of Clubs

a full house, Queens full of Tens.
HERO doesn't show Five of Hearts

a full house, Fives full of Tens.
kalino shows King of Hearts

two pairs, Kings and Tens.
kalino wins $19.11 USD from side pot #2 with two pairs, Kings and Tens.
TheBlueMile wins $90.60 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Queens full of Tens.
TheBlueMile wins $1,294 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Tens.

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:24:55 ET 2008
Table Table 126968 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: cardslugger ( $312.40 USD )
Seat 6: Gleb3136 ( $662.70 USD )
Seat 4: VickyRaisins ( $675.90 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $421.50 USD )
Seat 2: Majestic1009 ( $288.20 USD )
Seat 1: xBORMANx ( $80 USD )
Gleb3136 posts small blind [$2 USD].
xBORMANx posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO King of Spades

Majestic1009 calls [$4 USD]
HERO raises [$18 USD]
VickyRaisins did not respond in time
VickyRaisins folds.
cardslugger folds.
Gleb3136 folds.
xBORMANx folds.
Majestic1009 calls [$14 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Three of Clubs

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO bets [$31 USD]
Majestic1009 calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Ace of Hearts

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing River ** Six of Hearts

Majestic1009 checks.
HERO bets [$75 USD]
Majestic1009 calls [$75 USD]
HERO shows King of Spades

a pair of Kings.
Majestic1009 shows Four of Clubs

two pairs, Sixes and Fours.
Majestic1009 wins $251 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Sixes and Fours.

So when the donk made a small turn bet here, I felt like he had a mid-pair, maybe (big maybe) a weak top pair, or a float that decided to bluff the turn. No WAY do I do this if I’m running/thinking well :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 01:08:39 ET 2008
Table Table 127170 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Napalm_77 ( $779 USD )
Seat 2: kamikaz999 ( $348.20 USD )
Seat 3: Angelica6 ( $405.10 USD )
Seat 5: HERO ( $396 USD )
Seat 6: AGENTURA ( $126 USD )
Seat 4: kaimachek ( $80 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
AGENTURA is sitting out
Napalm_77 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Diamonds

kamikaz999 calls [$4 USD]
Angelica6 folds.
HERO raises [$19 USD]
Napalm_77 folds.
kamikaz999 calls [$17 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Two of Clubs

HERO bets [$31 USD]
AGENTURA has left the table.
kamikaz999 calls [$31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Four of Clubs

HERO checks.
kamikaz999 bets [$36 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kamikaz999 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Seven of Hearts

kamikaz999 shows Nine of Clubs

a pair of Sixes.
HERO shows Ace of Diamonds

high card Ace.
HERO wins $47.80 USD from side pot #1 with high card, Ace.
kamikaz999 wins $698.40 USD from the main pot with a pair of Sixes.

GG another few buyins.

This blog is good because it forces me to realize that I struggle way more with the emotional control aspect of poker than anything else. That is what I need to work on. I will never be a top-class player if I can’t get my emotions under control.

*Last edited by Genitruc on Tue, 29 Jan 2008, 4:53pm; edited 1 time in total*

I just played about 1k hands and did o.k.

I got completely levelled in a reraised pot where I c-bet with a pair+ nutflushdraw, then went for a check-raise on the turn when the top card paired on a low-card, draw-heavy board. Villain, who was loose, bluffy and strange, overbet allin 320 into 200. I tanked and called... and he flipped 86o for turned trips.

I guess it makes sense, but whatever. Folding is never a big mistake there, and I got caught trying to be a hero. I think I almost called because I was angry at myself that he overbet when I wanted to checkraise to put pressure on a 99-type hand.

It's just another example of allowing emotional instability affect my bottom line.

I managed to get unstuck for the day by, among other things, running kings through aces for a buyin. Still, I was sitting at some amazing tables and couldn't really get on any kind of roll.

By amazing, I'm talking like 3 ppl with 45% vpip or higher, and 2 mediocre taggs with me. It's ridiculous that I can't seem to beat these games badly these days. Just gotta keep on plugging away at building up my equanimity and patience.

hmm today it only took 217 hands to drop 1.3k. I'm leaving a table with a 62/11 who is limp-calling any amount preflop because it's just not happening for me right now.

I’ve been punishing villain, who is running at 37/0 and making some very weird postflop plays, both bluffs and calls (think peeling flops with 8 hi and backdoor FD, randomly overbetting pot, etc.).

In my experience when someone takes this line (he instashoved river fwiw) it’s very often a frustrated bluff. I dunno maybe I’ve just run weird in the last 500k hands of poker I’ve played and railed :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 14:46:32 ET 2008
Table Table 127889 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: ScootingCat ( $488.40 USD )
Seat 6: MLVIDIA ( $318.30 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $487.80 USD )
Seat 5: ARKADAK ( $80 USD )
Seat 4: bierher555 ( $400 USD )
Seat 1: VodkaUser ( $689 USD )
bierher555 posts small blind [$2 USD].
ARKADAK posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Nine of Hearts

MLVIDIA calls [$4 USD]
VodkaUser folds.
ScootingCat folds.
HERO raises [$18 USD]
bierher555 calls [$16 USD]
ARKADAK folds.
MLVIDIA folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Spades

bierher555 bets [$36 USD]
HERO calls [$36 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Three of Hearts

bierher555 bets [$64 USD]
HERO calls [$64 USD]
** Dealing River ** King of Clubs

bierher555 is all-In.
HERO calls [$282 USD]
bierher555 shows Ace of Diamonds

a full house, Aces full of Kings.
HERO shows Nine of Hearts

two pairs, Aces and Kings.
bierher555 wins $805 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Kings.

Villain is 76/52/11 (… not kidding). I was literally praying for him to call the flop shove since I expected to be way ahead of his wheel draw + overs :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, January 29, 14:57:22 ET 2008
Table Table 127929 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: kelb3 ( $320.90 USD )
Seat 2: chicagoluis1 ( $272.70 USD )
Seat 4: vvvvvnh ( $484.20 USD )
Seat 6: AWOOGAAA ( $434.90 USD )
Seat 5: ARKADAK ( $70 USD )
Seat 3: HERO ( $462.10 USD )
vvvvvnh posts small blind [$2 USD].
ARKADAK posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Five of Hearts

AWOOGAAA folds.
kelb3 raises [$16 USD]
chicagoluis1 folds.
HERO calls [$16 USD]
vvvvvnh folds.
ARKADAK folds.
** Dealing Flop ** Two of Diamonds

kelb3 checks.
HERO bets [$35 USD]
kelb3 raises [$80 USD]
HERO is all-In.
kelb3 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** Queen of Hearts

** Dealing River ** Nine of Hearts

kelb3 shows King of Hearts

a pair of Kings.
HERO shows Five of Hearts

a pair of Fives.
HERO wins $141.20 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Fives.
kelb3 wins $644.80 USD from the main pot with a pair of Kings.

On the brighter side, losing 1k really quickly doesn't affect me anymore.

Maybe it's time to move up to get unstuck?

This is too much for me.

Here are today's 3 biggest pots, in ascending $:

Villain is 54/34/7 fish-maniac :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 16:58:42 ET 2008
Table Table 134036 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: KPOKO3ABP ( $538.40 USD )
Seat 2: kan2k ( $392 USD )
Seat 5: tobas22 ( $1,560.37 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $394 USD )
Seat 6: Sturm_09 ( $1,201 USD )
Seat 3: Tankalanka ( $440 USD )
tobas22 posts small blind [$2 USD].
Sturm_09 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Hearts

KPOKO3ABP folds.
kan2k raises [$14 USD]
Tankalanka folds.
HERO calls [$14 USD]
tobas22 calls [$12 USD]
Sturm_09 calls [$10 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ace of Spades

tobas22 checks.
Sturm_09 checks.
kan2k bets [$42 USD]
HERO calls [$42 USD]
tobas22 calls [$42 USD]
Sturm_09 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** Five of Diamonds

tobas22 checks.
kan2k checks.
HERO bets [$124 USD]
tobas22 raises [$368 USD]
kan2k folds.
HERO is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Four of Diamonds

tobas22 shows Ace of Clubs

a full house, Aces full of Fives.
HERO doesn't show Ace of Hearts

three of a kind, Aces.
tobas22 wins $30 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Aces full of Fives.
tobas22 wins $855 USD from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of Fives.

Here villain is a 21/19 tagg I’ve been running over because of a great run of cards :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 15:57:18 ET 2008
Table Table 127747 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: AA_Hickok_88 ( $487.50 USD )
Seat 2: HERO ( $795.51 USD )
Seat 4: Troublebox ( $400 USD )
Seat 6: alaikpat ( $438 USD )
HERO posts small blind [$2 USD].
AA_Hickok_88 posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Ace of Diamonds

Troublebox folds.
alaikpat raises [$14 USD]
BACIN has joined the table.
HERO raises [$51 USD]
AA_Hickok_88 folds.
alaikpat calls [$39 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Eight of Diamonds

HERO bets [$75 USD]
alaikpat calls [$75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Jack of Clubs

HERO bets [$321 USD]
alaikpat is all-In.
** Dealing River ** Nine of Spades

HERO shows Ace of Diamonds

a pair of Kings.
alaikpat shows King of Spades

two pairs, Kings and Jacks.
HERO wins $11 USD from side pot #1 with a pair of Kings.
alaikpat wins $878 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Kings and Jacks.

And finally, the hand that made me shut down Party for the day, vs the same 54/34/7 from hand 1 :

$400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, January 31, 17:27:58 ET 2008
Table Table 134036 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: KPOKO3ABP ( $1,087.50 USD )
Seat 2: kan2k ( $440.50 USD )
Seat 5: tobas22 ( $1,515.67 USD )
Seat 4: HERO ( $776 USD )
Seat 6: Sturm_09 ( $1,189.50 USD )
Seat 3: Tankalanka ( $390 USD )
Tankalanka posts small blind [$2 USD].
HERO posts big blind [$4 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO Jack of Clubs

tobas22 calls [$4 USD]
Sturm_09 folds.
KPOKO3ABP raises [$20 USD]
kan2k folds.
Tankalanka calls [$18 USD]
HERO calls [$16 USD]
tobas22 raises [$56 USD]
KPOKO3ABP calls [$40 USD]
Tankalanka calls [$40 USD]
HERO calls [$40 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** Ten of Diamonds

Tankalanka checks.
HERO checks.
tobas22 bets [$90 USD]
KPOKO3ABP calls [$90 USD]
Tankalanka folds.
HERO raises [$324 USD]
tobas22 raises [$618 USD]
KPOKO3ABP folds.
HERO is all-In.
tobas22 calls [$8 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** Six of Clubs

** Dealing River ** Ace of Clubs

tobas22 shows King of Hearts

a flush, Ace high.
HERO doesn't show Jack of Clubs

a flush, Ace high.
tobas22 wins $1,759 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high with King kicker.

I don’t know what to say, besides this is why I’ve always been a br nit. If this goes on any longer I’m gonna have to move back down to nl200 ffs. Fuck me.

Have you thought of a prolonged break? Just to relax and do other things besides Poker?

Anyway, what is your BR management criteria? 30x buy-ins? Although I have hardly played since mid December I still play $200NL with a 14k bankroll.

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