Kauf Jrs blog

Hello everybody, this is the first time I try this sort of thing, so please be kind Very Happy

I'm spending loads of time reading others goals and achivements, but I've newer really made a blog or a goal post, or whatever you call it. In this thread I'll post, major goals as well as minor goals, hand histories, stats check-ups and so on. Well first of all my main goal is to:

Reach 50NL before Christmas Eve!
- Before moving up I'll want to have logged at least 30k 25NL hands, at have a bb/100 of more than 4.

I think this is doable, if I stay focus, and keep learning. I've played my first 4,500 serious hands of 25NLHE FR, my results have been quite disappointing. 0.36BB/100 for a mere 8$. Well at least I'm in the black.

The thing is I like to think I haven't really had time to develop some serious bad habbits, as I tend to read everything I can get my hands on before I even really start. So I play very tight, maybe even a little scared. My stats are 17/7. I think my problem is that I only play the cards, I belive this is called nutcamping. Anyways it dosen't work so well for me, I am not really getting payed of, I'm working on my betting for the moment. This should help me get in more AI situations, as I feel the only time I manage to put my chips in the middle is when I'm beat, lol. Bu I still fell like I'm learning a bit everyday.

From Casino whoring and poker bonuses, my Bankroll now 775$, but I will be finishing a 200$ Bonus form Hollywood Poker by the weekend. This would put me close to 1000$ with only 66$ form poker winnings. (I ran good at some PL tables I joined by accident, but I won't really focus on that as I see NL as my primary game, anyway, the money will of course go to my BR.) I got no intend to cash-out any of my BR, at least not before I'm getting really settled at 50NL, and maybe not even then. I'll continue to boost my BR with casino bonuses, as I still need to clear the Golden Palace Bonus, as well as planet-/starluck.

Any thoughts to if Casino whoring and poker bonuses should be counted in on the BR, if you consider moving up? I'm thinking the 20x max BI rule.

I better get this rambling finished, but before I end it, I'll set a minor goal, on my way to 50NL:

Play 25k hands at 25NL before the end of November. Hopefully increase my bb/100.

Thank for reading this, if anyone did Very Happy

Any comments, questions, advice or just simple wishes of good luck will be greatly appreciated!

Good Luck with all of it. One question, is it really advisable to move up to $50NL if you get to the $1000 bankroll? 30k hands in 8 weeks? Thats 3750 hands a week till Christmas eve. Is this sustainable for you? If so, 25K before end of November? That's 5k a week for 5 weeks? You claimed that

Cool. Always cool to follow the progress of other players.

Good luck. Give us plenty of updates Smile

First of all thanks for all the kind words.

Alright I think it works now, here are a graf of my first 5k hands. And a screenie of my general stats. Please feel free to comment Very Happy

*Last edited by Kauf Jr. on Wed, 01 Nov 2006, 3:02am; edited 1 time in total*

Okay, I belive it is time for an update. I the past few days, I have completed the 200$ Bonus from Hollywood Poker, and before I'm going to Sun Poker, or PokerPlex, I'll just do Eurobets 50$.

I've been playing pretty good lately, and I'm feeling a bit more confident in my game. I've played about 4k hands since my last update, but only 3 of them has been logged on PT. (I had a problem with Hollywood software and had to reinstall, after the reinstall PT would not import my hands. I later found out that I had forgotten to check the "enable statistics" thingy.

But without the 1k where i ran nicely making 3 buy-ins, I'm now 3.9bb/100. I feel that I can still increase this number as my game is improving pretty fast at this moment.

I think I might take a shot at 50 NL two weeks from now, sometime in the weekend, just to see how I do.

Here is a funny hand from last night, god he had me smoked Very Happy

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
10 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (10 players) The lucky Hero is MP1 with :qs :qc
3 folds, The lucky Hero raises to $1, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, 4 folds.

Flop: :qh :6c :9c ($2.4, 2 players)
The lucky Hero bets $2.3, MP3 calls.

Turn: :8d ($7, 2 players)
The lucky Hero bets $6, MP3 calls.

River: :qd ($19, 2 players)
The lucky Hero is all-in $11.7, MP3 calls.

Results:
Final pot: $42.4

Yup vallian had TJo, I newer thought for once I was beat, I had to laugh when we got to the showdown Laughing

Maybe next time he won't float the turn and give you that card for cheap. Nice catch. My last two quads have not paid off because no one caught anything to bet back at me.

Good Luck.

I forgot to mention in the previous post that my style has gotten alot more nitty. I'm 15/7 for the time being, but it lets me play my hands with great confidece. I know this technique is very easy readable, but the maniacs don't pay attention to anything, and they keep trying to force me out everything, practicially giving me their money. Very Happy

Got the Eurobet Bonus done today. Played there for 5 days to clear a 50$ Bonus. 3k hands played, 12/4,5, running 12,06/100, won 186,35$ from poker only, thats more that 7 buyins up. I am very pleased with that, even though I my 12/4,5 numbers are concerning.

Some of the bad news is that I've been forced to withdraw 200$ to bills paying, and just general living. I don't feel to bad about this though, as I invested these money to start off with, and now that my winnings can stand on its own, I feel okay about taking my investment back.

My Bankroll now stands at 1073$ after the 200$ withdrawel.

I'm going to Sun Poker now for their juicy Bonus and a nice Rakeback Very Happy

, I'm just hoping there is enough tables for me to clear it playing 25NL FR.

In this past weekend I haven't played mroe than a mere 600 hands. There has been alot of real life stuff and I have spent much time getting accostumed to the Crypto network. I don't really like it much, currently I have a 100$ reward Bonus going, but I won't really spend much time playing before i at least get the monhtly Bonus going aswell. I thinking I missed out on the 50$ Bonus, I don't reallly know where I should get it from as it is not in my account yet(there is only a casino Bonus).

Another reason for me not liking the Crypto besides the Bonus confusing, is that there is only 3,84 tables of 25NL going at one time?!
My only alternative is going 6max, and I don't won't to do that for now as I am just starting to feel comfortable playing FR.

As for my november goal of playing 21k hands, I think that goal is already out of my reach, as I have not yet had a lot of time to play this month. And I have a big project going on at school. I would like to hear other peoples experiences concerning the Crypto network, I know there bonuses are great, but as the table selection is very poor I don't really know...

Just finished a session on sun-poker, down 3 buy-ins in 250 hands.. My set hit a runner runner straight, and my KK ran into AA.

Here's a plus with Crypto - when you are comfortable at $25NL there, play £25NL instead - the games aren't much harder but because of the exchange rate you're making far more $$$! I have played about 65k hands at £25NL on Crypto and my PTBB/100 is a fraction above 9, so they're decent games.

An inexperienced $1000 will get smoked fast at $50 NL, so stay where you are for now. In that QQ hand, ask yourself what the opponent is calling you with. You have top set, what is his hand that he's going so deep with you? You either have him slaughtered or vice versa. This is not a small edge type hand.

Is he just a fish, or is there a bad reason he calls $6 on the turn. You need to work on pot control against decent players when you hit spots where the only hand that will stack off is one that beats you, and the villain indeed starts stacking off.

When you say you had no idea villain had JT I shook my head a little. The 8 is a make card. You need to know exactly what each successive card does to the hand. Is it a blank. Is it a make? How much fold equity will future cards bring on this flop? Does this turn or river card give me more fold equity? Do I want that equity or not? Does it help me or hurt me?

I see what you mean Rondavu, I guess I just got excited because I hit the top set, newer saw the draw. I know that I have to work on my thinking when I play.

As far as my playing poker goes, I've had a lot of problems with my girl, this just complete set me off my game, I can't focus, I lose patience, lost 3 buy-ins due to very bad play over theese few couple of days. Playing while I feel like this won't get me anywhere, so I am on hold for the moment. Have to spend some time enjoying friends and real life stuff ...

I'll update here as soon as I feel any better.

Wow, this thread is getting dusty Shocked

But now after lurking for the past week, I felt it was time to start posting again, getting more involved. I got my personal life sorted out, and I'm now more than ready to focus on poker!

For this past few days I've been playing at Pacific poker, for their 100$ Bonus. I'm 2/3 ways through it, and up 4 buy-ins from poker. I don't really know where I want to go from here, but definatly some place where PT can import hands! I would love Ongame, I coulden't stand the Crypto skins, there were absolutely no tables to choose from, always the same players. So for the moment I'm looking for an Ongame Bonus.

I starting Casino whoring again, and I just finished intercasinos monthly. Now I'm going to Vegas Red or Golden Palace.

Tonight I am going to take a shot a 50NL probably 2 tables, hoping to catch so druk 'tards donating money Very Happy

Feels good to be back!

What a night this has been guys, my biggest so far in my poker career.
Up 280$
190$ from 25NL and 90$ from 50NL.

On top of that i completed my sign-up Bonus for another 100$. I am a bit sad that PT aint working here, because there is a lot of hand histories I would have loved to show you guys. Like hitting a straight flush on the river and getting payed off big time (won a 90$ pot at 25NL). Or my first "stolen" stack at 50NL, classic, hit my set and he hit his king, hed had AK of course and gladly donated Very Happy

Now I'm going to watch saturday night football live, lets see the Great Dane take on the record as most scoring ever Very Happy

Yehaw what a night Cool

Played 1k hands today, 17/7, lost 30$. I'm telling myself that I just need to adjust my game back to Ongame Very Happy

Here are some HHs a big winner, and some losers.

Here I bring to you, the power of min reraising (ya ya iknow!)

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #1,384,115,897
Table Jena, 18 Dec 2006 6:23 PM ET

Seat 1: startagain ($27.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Kauf99 [ 8D,8C ] ($41.25 in chips)
Seat 4: cha z ($32.95 in chips)
Seat 5: .runtomkring ($47.10 in chips)
Seat 6: fullnono ($27.45 in chips)
Seat 7: lixioalong88 ($53.55 in chips)
Seat 8: ampul ($14.25 in chips)
Seat 9: 33 x ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Sappalele ($24.60 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
lixioalong88 posts blind ($0.15), ampul posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
33 x folds, Sappalele folds, startagain folds, Kauf99 bets $1, cha z folds, .runtomkring calls $1, fullnono bets $1.75, lixioalong88 folds, ampul folds, Kauf99 calls $0.75, .runtomkring calls $0.75.

FLOP [board cards 8H,KS,5D ]
Kauf99 checks, .runtomkring checks, fullnono bets $1, Kauf99 bets $2, .runtomkring folds, fullnono bets $2, Kauf99 bets $2, fullnono bets $2, Kauf99 bets $35.50 and is all-in, fullnono calls $20.70 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards 8H,KS,5D,5H ]

RIVER [board cards 8H,KS,5D,5H,3D ]

SHOWDOWN
Kauf99 shows [ 8D,8C ]
fullnono shows [ QD,AS ]
Kauf99 wins $70.35.

Now looking back at this it looks like an easy fold, 2pair, straight, 3 of a kind, even a boat got me beat. what was i thinking ... Embarassed

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #1,383,672,682
Table Limassol, 18 Dec 2006 4:39 PM ET

Seat 1: Kauf99 [ KC,AD ] ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 2: GetUpAah ($34.25 in chips)
Seat 3: mmps ($24.60 in chips)
Seat 4: itjope ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 5: justindejong ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Vincentos x ($20.65 in chips)
Seat 7: Pr0geimer ($22.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Sir.Liller ($42.10 in chips)
Seat 9: Xardas12 ($23.25 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
itjope posts blind ($0.15), justindejong posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
Vincentos x folds, Pr0geimer bets $1, Sir.Liller folds, Xardas12 folds, Kauf99 bets $2.50, GetUpAah folds, mmps folds, itjope folds, justindejong folds, Pr0geimer calls $1.50.

FLOP [board cards QS,10H,QH ]
Pr0geimer bets $1.50, Kauf99 bets $4, Pr0geimer calls $2.50.

TURN [board cards QS,10H,QH,AS ]
Pr0geimer bets $15.60 and is all-in, Kauf99 calls $15.60.

RIVER [board cards QS,10H,QH,AS,2S ]

SHOWDOWN
Pr0geimer shows [ JD,KD ]
Kauf99 shows [ KC,AD ]
Pr0geimer wins $44.10.

Looking back at this one I should have gotten away when he reraised me all-in, but a lot of the players at these stakes will stack-off with TPTK, even a gutshot as you see..

exas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #1,382,810,808
Table Dortmund, 18 Dec 2006 12:19 PM ET

Seat 1: SJX60 ($46.70 in chips)
Seat 2: ao_jun ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 3: MISTRESS76 ($7.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Zennist ($23.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Pokerhai1 ($22.25 in chips)
Seat 6: marlan1 ($25.50 in chips)
Seat 7: eponzo11 ($24.90 in chips)
Seat 8: Kauf99 [ 8D,JC ] ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 9: biisaa ($16.60 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
eponzo11 posts blind ($0.15), Kauf99 posts blind ($0.25), Zennist posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
biisaa calls $0.25, SJX60 folds, ao_jun folds, MISTRESS76 folds, Zennist checks, Pokerhai1 folds, marlan1 folds, eponzo11 calls $0.10, Kauf99 checks.

FLOP [board cards AH,8C,JD ]
eponzo11 checks, Kauf99 checks, biisaa bets $3, Zennist calls $3, eponzo11 folds, Kauf99 bets $9, biisaa calls $6, Zennist bets $19.95 and is all-in, Kauf99 bets $15.60 and is all-in, biisaa calls $7.35 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards AH,8C,JD,2S ]

RIVER [board cards AH,8C,JD,2S,10D ]

SHOWDOWN
Kauf99 shows [ 8D,JC ]
biisaa shows [ 10H,KS ]
Zennist shows [ 8H,8S ]
Zennist wins $62.75, Kauf99 wins $1.65.

Looking through my PT stats for this session todays lesson was beliving river reraises, as I find myself calling them to often when they catch their lucky card. Here is an example, his line is a draw all the way ..

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #1,384,711,398
Table Binghamton, 18 Dec 2006 8:35 PM ET

Seat 1: Scatt_Man ($26.25 in chips)
Seat 2: AbleDanger ($14.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Kauf99 [ KC,JC ] ($51.15 in chips)
Seat 4: safc_1982 ($18.90 in chips)
Seat 5: arpsa ($25.00 in chips)
Seat 6: edtech21 ($31.25 in chips)
Seat 8: MoP_86 ($24.00 in chips)
Seat 10: JayMJay ($9.10 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
MoP_86 posts blind ($0.15), JayMJay posts blind ($0.25), arpsa posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
Scatt_Man folds, AbleDanger calls $0.25, Kauf99 calls $0.25, safc_1982 calls $0.25, arpsa checks, edtech21 folds, MoP_86 folds, JayMJay checks.

FLOP [board cards KD,8C,9S ]
JayMJay checks, AbleDanger checks, Kauf99 bets $1.30, safc_1982 calls $1.30, arpsa folds, JayMJay folds, AbleDanger folds.

TURN [board cards KD,8C,9S,3D ]
Kauf99 bets $2.50, safc_1982 calls $2.50.

RIVER [board cards KD,8C,9S,3D,10S ]
Kauf99 bets $4, safc_1982 bets $8, Kauf99 calls $4.

SHOWDOWN
safc_1982 shows [ 6S,7S ]
Kauf99 mucks cards [ KC,JC ]
safc_1982 wins $24.50.

750 hands today of 50NL won 120$, things went well and I really did not see any big changes. A few more people not giving up on my c-bets, but otherwise nothing new. I ran 16/9 today and I think I loose some value by being to tight, sometimes I fold KJ UTG or UTG+1. I find that these hands put me in some though situations sometimes, I dunno maybe I just need to grow some balls.

So for now, 50NL will be my primary game unless variance kick me in the nuts Very Happy

Okay ... Variance is kicking me in the nuts, kicking hard!
If anyone really does read this thing, I would love some replies on this, at one point today I was up 2 buyins. Then theese hands happend. I know my play is not optimal at all of the plays, so any comments on my play is more than welcome. After just moving up, this 4 buy-in downswing, (bringing me right back to zero) has taken a big hit on my confidence.

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $68.10
UTG+1: $94.60
MP1: $45.55
MP2: $50.80
MP3: $91.30
CO: $47.75
Button: $63.05
SB: $52.95
The damned Hero: $61.75

Pre-flop: (9 players) The damned Hero is BB with A Spade

Q

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, 3 folds, CO calls, 2 folds, 2 folds, The damned Hero raises to $1.5, UTG+1 calls, CO calls.

Flop: 8 Heart

A

3

($4.75, 3 players)
The damned Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets $3, The damned Hero calls, UTG+1 folds.

Turn: 7 Club

($10.75, 2 players)
The damned Hero checks, CO checks.

River: K Spade

($10.75, 2 players)
The damned Hero bets $8, CO raises to $20, The damned Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $50.75
CO shows 3C 3D
The damned Hero shows AS QH

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
7 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $21.10
UTG+1: $38.25
MP1: $94.70
CO: $49.50
Button: $65.05
The damned Hero: $49.50
BB: $47.95

Pre-flop: (7 players) The damned Hero is SB with A Diamond

A

3 folds, CO raises to $2, Button folds, The damned Hero calls, BB folds.

Flop: 4 Diamond

9

7

($4.5, 2 players)
The damned Hero checks, CO bets $3, The damned Hero calls.

Turn: 7 Club

($10.5, 2 players)
The damned Hero checks, CO bets $9, The damned Hero raises to $18, CO raises all-in $35.5, The damned Hero calls all-in $26.5.
Uncalled bets: $26.5 returned to The damned Hero.

River: 8 Club

($64, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $81.5)

Results:
Final pot: $64
CO shows 7S 6D
The damned Hero shows AD AC

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $50.00
UTG+1: $49.50
UTG+2: $101.10
MP1: $70.50
MP2: $22.25
MP3: $49.05
The damned Hero: $54.50
Button: $9.60
SB: $54.25
BB: $44.95

Pre-flop: (10 players) The damned Hero is CO with 3 Diamond

3

3 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, The damned Hero calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB raises to $2.5, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, The damned Hero calls, SB folds.

Flop: 3 Spade

J

K

($10.5, 4 players)
BB bets $5, 2 folds, The damned Hero raises to $10, BB calls.

Turn: 2 Spade

($30.5, 2 players)
BB is all-in $31.95, The damned Hero calls.

River: 6 Spade

($94.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $94.4)

Results:
Final pot: $94.4
BB shows QC QS
The damned Hero shows 3D 3C

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $38.65
UTG+1: $90.35
UTG+2: $50.00
MP1: $50.00
MP2: $37.95
MP3: $48.00
CO: $48.55
Button: $30.60
The damned Hero: $58.85
BB: $57.40

Pre-flop: (10 players) The damned Hero is SB with K Spade

A

UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, 4 folds, CO calls, Button calls, The damned Hero raises to $2.5, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 4 Diamond

4

J

($7, 2 players)
The damned Hero bets $4.5, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: T Diamond

($16, 2 players)
The damned Hero bets $11, UTG+1 raises all-in $83.1, The damned Hero calls all-in $40.6.
Uncalled bets: $31.5 returned to UTG+1.

River: Q Spade

($119.2, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $119.2)

Results:
Final pot: $119.2
UTG+1 shows 10H10S
The damned Hero shows KS AD

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $44.40
UTG+1: $22.50
MP1: $42.40
The damned Hero: $48.00
MP3: $19.00
CO: $57.55
Button: $163.00
SB: $47.25
BB: $46.95

Pre-flop: (9 players) The damned Hero is MP2 with T Spade

T

2 folds, MP1 raises to $2, The damned Hero calls, 5 folds.

Flop: 5 Heart

8

3

($4.75, 2 players)
MP1 bets $10, The damned Hero calls.

Turn: 5 Spade

($24.75, 2 players)
MP1 is all-in $30.4, The damned Hero calls.

River: A Diamond

($85.55, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $85.55)

Results:
Final pot: $85.55
MP1 shows AS JS
The damned Hero shows 10S10H

I wonder if anyone know a place where you can figure out odds, when you know the holdings, just to see if I really play this bad, or if I'm running poor.

Played 800 hands today, was up 3 buy-ins today, ended up 1 buy-in.
I wonder if I should quit earlier, playing shorter sessions, in theory if my hourly rate is good all I need is hands. But I don't know if it is all that simple. As this seem to happend all the time. I can definately play better than I did today, still a lot of leaks to fix.

Here is my stupid hand of today, when he pushed i thought he was holdning an overpair, maybe a 2pair, trying to defend against a weak flush. Guess I was wrong .. Rolling Eyes

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $57.65
UTG+1: $25.75
UTG+2: $49.50
Hero: $69.60
MP2: $116.50
MP3: $52.25
CO: $77.10
Button: $50.75
SB: $55.80
BB: $36.95

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is MP1 with 5 Club

5

3 folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO raises to $2, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: 5 Diamond

9

4

($8.5, 4 players)
SB bets $0.5, Hero raises to $3, MP2 calls, CO folds, SB calls.

Turn: 8 Diamond

($17.5, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 is all-in $111.5, SB folds, Hero calls all-in $64.6.
Uncalled bets: $46.9 returned to MP2.

River: J Spade

($146.7, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $146.7)

Results:
Final pot: $146.7
MP2 shows AD 7D
Hero shows 5C 5S

Just finished my first 5k hands of 50NL today. So far so good, I'm at 4.11BB/100, I'll post a 10k stats-checkup when I get that far.
Just to make sure there is also some good hands in this thread I give you this, ladies and gentlemen. How to toast AA Laughing

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $4.30
UTG+1: $75.30
MP1: $46.25
MP2: $68.45
MP3: $84.65
Kauf99: $70.65
Button: $15.80
SB: $56.95
BB: $49.15

Pre-flop: (9 players) Kauf99 is CO with 3 Spade

3

UTG calls, [color=#Hero]UTG+1 raises to $2.5[/color], 3 folds, Kauf99 calls, Button calls, 2 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 3 Diamond

T

Q

($10.75, 4 players)
UTG checks, [color=#Hero]UTG+1 bets $10[/color], [color=#Hero]Kauf99 raises all-in $68.15[/color], 2 folds, UTG+1 calls.

Turn: Q Diamond

($147.05, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $147.05)

River: 6 Spade

($147.05, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $147.05)

Results:
Final pot: $147.05
Kauf99 shows 3S 3C
UTG+1 shows AC AS

Well, 2006 is almost gone, an it has been a great year. The year I discovered poker. I've completed my main goal to get to 50NL before christmas, even though i did not complete my minor goal of playing 30K hands first (only got in 19K hands running 5.1BB/100). Now that there is a new year and month to come, I better come up with some goals for this year. So far my only goals for January is to:

Move up to 100NL when I reach 1k profit with 50NL.

Other than that my first 8k hands at 50NL has been wonderfull, at 7.2BB/100 I'm hoping to keep this up as I'm going for at huge Bonus 500$ at the Ongame network, I know it will take some time to clear, but I don't mind. Their 50NL and 100NL games are pretty good and I like their software. So now I'm going to focus on grinding it out at 50NL and hopefully move up to 100NL.

When I get comfortable at 100NL I'm considering to buy a samsung 204B monitor so that I can play 8 tables instead of 4. But I will see when that time comes.

I'll update both goals for January and for 2007 in the next post. Happy new year to you all, now lets go get pissed Very Happy

Good Luck Kauf!

Well it's been a good 10 days since my last update, I've played 5k hands since then, running 4.3BB/100. My total profit up 50Nl is now 862$, I'm really looking forward to getting started with 100NL but I will stick to my goal of winning 20 buy-ins at 50NL first. The money at 100NL looks even sweeter at this point, because I'm quitting my part-time job. I'm sick of the job and my boss besides I only make 10$ there and now I'm making 16$ at home, playing 50NL with bonusses.

WOOOT!

Reaching my goal of 1k profit at 50NL yesterday, played at bit 100NL yesterday and some now. +6,5 buyins. 6 og these were today. I ran really hot and played very well. I basically won my 204b samsung that I'm getting soon, as I'm feeling ready to add some more tables. Right now I only 4 table ongane, Canbet, for a 450$ Bonus. The Bonus is not one of the best, but I really like the Ongame network, and I'm willing to play worse bonuses than I would have to otherwise to play here. I know that I can't be running as hot as I have today, but I really feel like these games are very beatable, no real change since 50NL. I'm starting to work on reraising more with position, this has turned out good thus far.

This is my biggest pot this far:

opponent was 15/0 over 34 hands.

10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $94.40
UTG+1: $19.60
UTG+2: $122.10
MP1: $74.80
MP2: $93.60
MP3: $97.50
CO: $44.00
Button: $54.45
Hero: $165.90
BB: $214.60

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is SB with Q Heart

A

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 raises to $3, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Button calls, Hero calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: Q Club

9

2

($18, 6 players)
Hero bets $12, 2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $30, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: A Club

($78, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 is all-in $89.1, Hero calls.

River: 3 Spade

($256.2, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $256.2)

Results:
Final pot: $256.2
UTG+2 shows KH KC
Hero shows QH AH

I fold the flop.

I see why you would fold, but giving up already on the flop with TPTK seems weak to me. He might give up already on the turn, that was the reason I called in the first place. When he fired a second time I could pretty much narrow it down to AA,KK maybe AK. KK being most likely as I this kind of player would slowplay a set.

I tend to stay away from 15/0 and when he raises the flop its safe to lay it down. When the only thing you beat is a bluff and it's not a strong read on one, which in this case its not even close, you should fold.

Yaeh, I guess in retrospect I should have layed it down, maybe already prefolp.

Well it's been a good 10 days since my last update here. I the time that has passed I've gotten myself 2 204bs and I really love 'em, however I got a problem with the colers. That problem is already mentioned in this thread http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-49695.htm so I wont mention it here.

As far as my playing goes, it's not been good. Since my last update I've lost 2,5 buyins. I've not had a winning day since 21th Crying or Very sad

. I think this is a mix of some things:

1. I've losened up more, this is not good as i don't have a clue about good postflop play.

2. I've been making some really bad calldowns which has cost me approximately 2+ buyins.

3. I've run awefull. Boat<four of a kind twice in 2 days. set over set, set to runner runner straight. My only winning "final hand" is a flush. All other hands I've been losing on Very Happy

I've played 6,5k hands of 100NL now and I don't really find it that hard, I just need to play my A game, and run a little better Very Happy

. I was 15/8 at 50NL as I did with no problems. Now I'm 17/9 with at 100NL so I guess my plan is to tighten up. Another thing I've noticed is that my total agression is a 4.95 now, an it was on 3.46 when I was at 50NL ...

In one of the next days I'll post a new monthly goals post, and check up on this months goals.

Wow, $100 NL?? I'm surprised. I'm not gonna pick but some of the HH's above that show some poor betting patterns. I know because I do the same thing and get shit a lot from guys reading my posts or in chat. GL at $100NL. I'm not sure I'll even attempt it at $2K. You like Ongame?? how's the play? What's the table stats like when you join? Are they typically looser than stars or Full Tilt? Are they aware of your tighter range there, or still playing their own crds at $50NL?

Keep up the climb, nice work.

Well I've made this "rule" that when I win 20 buy-ins for that level I move up. By this rule I have come to 100NL. With bonuses and casinos I've been able to withdraw 1600 for monitors and bills.
I started on a real heater winning 11 buy-ins in first 5k hands, since then I've been on a 6 buy-in downswing. I don't think the play is really different, other than I see a few people who can actually play postflop.

I really like Ongame, I think it's because I've been fairly succesfull there. I've newer been at Full Tilt or stars, so I will not try to compare. As I 8 table now, I sit on alot of tables even though they are not all ideal. I join all with VPIP 25+ and avg pot 30$+. Most was definately playing their own cards, I diden't see any difference from 25NL to 50NL.

As far as climbing goes I'll try to settle in at 100NL then cash out some of my winnings an add a bit to my BR every month(that is if I wont get crushed here Very Happy

).

I think you're trying too hard to be aggressive - you're probably losing value by overbetting. Don't get passive, but also don't feel you ALWAYS need to be the aggressor - not only will it make worse hands fold but good players will find you easier to manipulate.

(haha - just checked my $100NL stats - too small a sample size to be relevant - and my river aggression factor is seventeen...)

I think your right Biodino, I'll try to slowdown with c-bets and general betting.. Calling is definately and thing I'm not comfortable with, I'm not home right now so I can't check PT stats, but I'm pretty sure that I lose $ on every hand in which I'm not the agressor. Maybe I should try slowplaying against better opponents, I don't know. But I better start winning again soon, I give myself 5 buy-ins from now on. Which is what I have left in total profit from 100NL. I these next couple of days I'll try to play only 6 tables and be a bit more aware of my table image.

The only difference between 50NL and 100NL is there are less fish and more nits, but the style of play is the same. If you practice good table selection though it shouldn't be an issue, you can find plenty of juicy tables.

I just lost nearly a buy-in yesterday on a quick 400 hands, my TPTK ran into AA. The villain was a callingstation, calling down with any pair, so I lost 3/4 buyin trying to milk him...

Jess, I can't play today but tommorrow I'll put in a good long session, it's like I can't win anymore Very Happy

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I'm glad to tell you guys that I finally caught a break, played 600 hands today and won 2 buyins. I ran into another CS slowplaying AA today, I guess that is just bound to happen sometimes.

Since the month has now passed I'll check up on my stats and later my monthly goals:

It is 100NL from 7k hands mark.
Note that todays resulst aint accounted for in these screens.

Goals:

Just lost 2 buy-ins within the last 50 hands, AA both ran into flopped sets of queens. Crying or Very sad

EDIT: Still manged to end the session up 14$ so overall not to shabby.

Just finished a nice day, 2 sessions up 4,5 buy-ins. Variance smiled at me in certain spots. On-game is down so I cant show you the HHs, but today my KK ran into AA (yeah yeah no big deal), but this time i went to runner runner a FH, ironically the card that completed my FH also completed his A high flush Laughing

Other than that I had an OESFD going all in with 2 others on the flop, cathing a flush for a nice pot.

Oh, and my 450$ Bonus is also clearing soon.. yay Dancing

Up another 4,5 buy-ins since my last update. My sign-up Bonus has also completed for another 450. I think I'll do the Canbet reload now for another 500$.

I can't really review my stats right now, because on-game is having some problems with their databases, but they are saying that they will "remake" the HHs when they get it up and running, so hopefully they won't be lost. I don't really know if I'm keeping up with my hands play, you get tired faster when playing 8 tables so I think I have a tendency to play less.

Since I started playing 8 tables I've been playing without my HUD. My computer simply lags to much, even when I don't have PT importing, I dont know if it's because of on-games laggy software, or if my computer just suck. I guess it's both.

EDIT!

Double-post

Just finished a nice session for 3 buy-ins. Nothing spectacular hands really, but I think I may have identified a leak of mine.
Gambling with shorties!! Today I noticed that I do it all the time nearly, mostly in coinflips or when I'm a little behind. Those things add up...

As far as on-games database problem goes it seems that they have really screwed up. They are now saying that they are incapable of backtracking the lost HHs, this basically means that I don't know how may hands I have played, and don't exactly know how much money I have won this month, which suck. This also means that I have to change my goals for the rest of this month. I will re-evaluate my hands-played goal when on-game get their database up and running again.

My new primary goal for the month, however will be to:
Move up to 200NL when bankroll hits $4000

Bankroll now: $3621

wow man, just skimmed your post since you read mine too Wink

25NL in oct--->100NL in Jan. impressive, im inspired going into 50NL when i get a chance to play this week.

gl man

I've been breakeven since my last post. Today I ended down 1buyin, but I lost 3 times while getting it all-in with the best hand, I better start running good soon Smile

Since my last update I've joined Cardrunners, I've watched a couple of the 100NL vids. and nothing new was revealed. But it was still nice to get confirmed that you're doing the right things, I should probably work on tightening up a bit, even though that seems a bit weird as I'm 16/9.

As for hand histories problem, that is finally solved...

I was also a member of Cardrunners and I got a lot out of it. The only problem I have is that they don't show the videos where they get outdrawn by a 2-outer on the river with their stacks in the middle Laughing

But seriously, I don't think that CR is very valuable for stakes below $50NL (I know you play higher) because of the amount of donks at the microstakes. Its also quite expensive in relation to the BR. But when I reach $100NL (hopefully) I might consider it again.

GL at the tables!

Nice progress man!! Keep it up!

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