Operation: $2NL to $200NL [PHASE I: Microstakes] - COMPLETE

WTF does this shit ever end...

5th time I've dropped below $0 now at $25nl over the last 7k hands.

PokerStars Game #27393256850: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/04/23 1:02:07 ET
Table 'Nephele' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: thop5574 ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 2: Márcio GCM ($13.55 in chips)
Seat 3: joshil3 ($25 in chips)
Seat 5: newguy89 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: maniac49 ($25 in chips)
Seat 7: Chuck474 ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 8: ProfKev85 ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: zarzoin ($6.75 in chips)
joshil3: posts small blind $0.10
malik3k: is sitting out
malik3k has returned
newguy89: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to newguy89 [As Ah]
maniac49: folds
Chuck474: folds
ProfKev85: folds
zarzoin: folds
thop5574: folds
Márcio GCM: folds
Márcio GCM leaves the table
joshil3: raises $0.50 to $0.75
newguy89: raises $2 to $2.75
malik3k leaves the table
sebipokert joins the table at seat #4
joshil3: raises $4.75 to $7.50
nezlee joins the table at seat #2
newguy89: calls $4.75
*** FLOP *** [3h 2h 6d]
joshil3: bets $17.50 and is all-in
newguy89: calls $17.50 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3h 2h 6d] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2h 6d Kd] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
joshil3: shows [Ks Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
newguy89: mucks hand
joshil3 collected $47.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50 | Rake $2.45
Board [3h 2h 6d Kd 2d]
Seat 1: thop5574 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Márcio GCM (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: joshil3 (small blind) showed [Ks Kc] and won ($47.55) with a full house, Kings full of Deuces
Seat 5: newguy89 (big blind) mucked [As Ah]
Seat 6: maniac49 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Chuck474 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ProfKev85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: zarzoin folded before Flop (didn't bet)

considering I got 2 outered the first hand of my session I suppose there's just nothing I can do.
GG me.

Wonderland: if you read this sir, this is an actual example of running bad

I seriously feel like killing some sort of small, cute animal right now.

PokerStars Game #27394426704: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/04/23 2:11:40 ET
Table 'Bruwer II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: LawCrane ($26 in chips)
Seat 2: severiana11 ($8.30 in chips)
Seat 3: BQuintaine ($19.05 in chips)
Seat 4: värräs ($6.45 in chips)
Seat 5: newguy89 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: McManigal357 ($24.20 in chips)
Seat 7: albolineata ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 8: muck__you123 ($25 in chips)
McManigal357: posts small blind $0.10
albolineata: posts big blind $0.25
schroeder57: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to newguy89 [9d 9s]
muck__you123: folds
LawCrane: folds
severiana11: folds
BQuintaine: calls $0.25
värräs: calls $0.25
newguy89: calls $0.25
McManigal357: folds
albolineata: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 6s Ad]
albolineata: checks
BQuintaine: bets $0.50
värräs: calls $0.50
newguy89: raises $1.50 to $2
albolineata: folds
BQuintaine: calls $1.50
värräs: folds
*** TURN *** [9h 6s Ad] [Ks]
BQuintaine: checks
newguy89: bets $4
BQuintaine: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [9h 6s Ad Ks] [Qs]
BQuintaine: checks
newguy89: bets $12.80
BQuintaine: calls $12.80 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
newguy89: shows [9d 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
BQuintaine: shows [As Js] (a flush, Ace high)
BQuintaine collected $37.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $39.20 | Rake $1.90
Board [9h 6s Ad Ks Qs]
Seat 1: LawCrane folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: severiana11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BQuintaine showed [As Js] and won ($37.30) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: värräs folded on the Flop
Seat 5: newguy89 (button) showed [9d 9s] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: McManigal357 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: albolineata (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: muck__you123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

It's amazing how I actually feel fine.
I think I get more pissed off from playing bad then getting sucked out on.

Does anyone hate the way I played the last hand? Regardless of the result, like pre - post. I had no reads on anyone.

I would have raised to $2 pre, but I think your still getting beat on the hand.

I like your blog btw =)

Hooray! We're both running like ass!!!

keep it up homey, it'll turn

Hit da Silverstar!

I also played really, really good poker today. Swongy as fuck but manged to grind back a ton after a dissapointing start to the sessoin.

I only made one call down that I was terribly unpleased with, for -$11 :/

No biggie though, I was super-focused today and made some solid plays.

Congrats on hitting Silverstar and sorry to hear about the variance. It's amazing how these beats come in bunches, isn't it?

One questions about your 99 hand though. Why is it that we don't raise preflop here (especially with the button)? I think I may have raised to 5x-6x here.

The way we're running, the beer will turn out to be ram's piss, and the wimminz will be tranny's.

I really don't want to hijack my operation into a bad beat thread.
All I'm going to say is you don't even know....

Good news is I'm not tilting anymore and I'm playing good. Now where is that massive heater.......

Well I'm gonna stop playing 25nl for a bit, even though I'm well rolled.
It's just so, so sick...

going to be studying like crazy for awhile, likely only will play a few donkaments, some 10nl, and HU sngs for a change.

NYC May 1st, going to be a nice vacation.

I'm sure you'll come back with a vengeance brotha! NYC on the 1st, huh? Well, WELCOME! If by any chance you feel like checking the poker tables at Atlantic City while up here...let me know!

It's 21...but the Tropicana doesn't care and lets just about anyone in!

Hey buddy keep your chin up. BTW thanks for playing HU with me tonight. It was fun just for the shits.

this break really feels good

ill be mostly studying/playing a bit of 10nl this week, but that's it - study 60% play 40%ish.

25nl after I get back from nYC. will be fresh and ready to own everyone.

for now I'm just going to focus on learning a ton. building a bankroll isnt that big of a concern right now, im almost at $1000 anyway which is plenty to maneuver around the microstakes and play some donkaments. im going to have all summer to grind away so im not really in a big panick to get past 25nl.

probably wont do much updating this week, just gonna take it easy. im in absoultely no rush to build a roll anymore, so i think ill just enjoy myself and discover more and more about this interesting game away from the tables.

FUCK THAT!!! MUST BUILD ROLL!!! PLAY MOAR POKERZ!!!!

lol jk dude. thats probs a good idea, but i wont be doing that lol. i got boot in less than a month so im trying to get it up so i can come back and comfortably start out playing 25nl (after warming up for a few thousand hands at 10nl to shake off the rust {acronym Renton hates}). But yea, I need to look into studying more myself Sad

.

Have fun in NYC dude!

Dranger: thanks man, when do you get back again? I think I've asked this like 10 times already so if you just post it in my operation I can go back and look lol. keep the grind on till you leave or else it'll feel like you're away from poker longer haha.

Boog: oh yeeeah, new york is going to be sick. where around there do you live? (you mentioned you live around there amiright)

Well, I get out of Recruit Training (boot camp {acronym Renton hates}) in late August (like ~21st) but I turn around go to my MOS (job in the Marines) training 10 days after that, and thats 7 weeks long, so I'll be gone until just before Halloween. (Not sure if you have Halloween in Canada lol. Its on the 31st of October Smile

)

hahaha of course we have halloween in canada

ill probably still be stuck between 10nl and 25nl by then

god help me, i need to get my game back on track

been thinking about withdrawing down to $300 and regrinding up from $10nl again.........................................

Wat up micro. Like you I’ve had a hella swingy month (although I can’t really put mine off to variance) and I highly recommend pwning 10nl for a couple thousand hands. Just switch between the two depending on your mood. It does wonders for your confidence and still helps the BR (lol +10BI sessions). Remember there is always next month.

Also trip report on NYC I’ve only ever had the chance to check out the west coast and am looking to do some travel in the not too distant future.

Dude, that would be facking ballin! I don't have anything long training wise for next summer either so we could something then if the spring don't work out.

I'll be in Canada by then son I'm in

what the fack
why cant i just play good
what the poop is wrong with me
running bad doesn't help, but every session is just spewing, really really bad spewing.

im so close to withdrawing and starting back a 0.

k w/e im done with poker entirely until I get back from new york. until then all ill do is review hh's and study shit i guess

I hate to hear you're struggling Micro...but it does happen. Don't withdraw everything...leave the roll as is. Study, look over some hands, and take a break from poker. Hit up the self-exclusion and don't allow yourself to play for a week. You seem to know your shit inside and out...but maybe you've done too much too quick? I know it may sound dumb...but you RAN through the microstakes. Take a break...it won't hurt and will only help. Come back to with a strong craving for poker and with an empty mind. You'll definitely come back stronger. Good luck bro.

yeah good points BooG.

im going through my hands of the last couple days where I'm -4 buy ins at $10nl and I can't really see much other than what looks to be poor bet sizing and just consistently running into the f'ing nuts (Though 1 buy-in was for sure certainly a major tilt spew)

I'll have to work on the bet sizing and planning for future streets thing more.

i think i might just 2 table for a bit and focus on pure quality + strong reads and fix the bet sizing problems. if that fails, ill avoid poker for awhile.

Update: Sub-Operation: Rebuild And Renew

Okay so I've given it a bit of though, and I've figured out a strategic plan to get myself back on track. First and formost, confidence is important in poker, and I just don't have the confidence to play 25nl anymore - I don't even have it to play 10nl. So I'm going to be grinding 5nl to regain confidence, while at the same time grinding the roll back up and working on some things.

My current bankroll is about $725. I will grind 5nl till I have reached 10 buy-ins ($50). At this point I will grind 10nl till I have made $100.
At this point I will be back at $875 and will hopefully have patched up some leaks, stopped spewing/tilting, and be ready to move back to $25nl.

My main concern right now is protecting my roll and putting an end to any spew. While this could be done at 10nl, I feel it's best to drop even lower, since I blew a number of buy-ins at 10nl as well as 25nl.

Operation Rebuild will take place only at full ring tables.

So until $875 this operation is taking a detour from the original plan. I'll keep you all posted. There will be no shortcuts or shot taking. $875, that's it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

I will post statistics and graphs for each phase of Operation Rebuild.(5nl and 10nl). The way I look at it is this is only a bump in the road I'm driving on. Sure it might take me till the end of May to be back on track, but I'm not conerned with time right now - just as long as it gets done.

Obviously I'm overrolled for the stakes that I'm playing, but that's beyond the point. Bankroll mangement is taken care of, now I just need to get back to playing quality poker.

-m2m

GL w/teh new Op goals. You have great discipline and I don't think it will be a problem for you to regain that confidence. The deck will lay off your nuts soon enough!

Solid dude. Fucking solid. Applause

I think a lot of people should take a look at this this last post, and see that playing poker isn't ALL about the money (it just gives us more incentive Wink

). The goal in poker is to play as close to mistake-free, perfect poker you can; moving up and making money is just a by-product. Having the confidence to play at your current limits is also key. You can't play scared.

Good luck on the regrind man, and even if you don't get there til the end of May, like you said, theres no rush. (Besides, gives me a lil slack to catch up after boot, even though ull be pwning 50-100nl by then Very Happy

)).

Later buddy! Keep ur chin up, it only hurts for a lil while. Also, post ur monthly graph if ur not gonna be playing anymore this month? At least before you go to the big apple.

I don't understand the drop to 5NL.

You have 72 BI for 10NL. Over Double Rolled

'splain please

Good luck on the rebuild, rooting for you micro!

Operation rebuild is going well so far.

Aside from running really well at 5nl, I feel a sense of renewed focus and my thought process throughout each hand seems to be running better than before (i.e. less autopiloting). I find studying ranges really helps sometimes.

I'm making more time to review hands after my sessions, and I'm also playing only a maximum 4 tables (for now) to focus on the game harder.

I'm attempting to play as perfect as I can, and it seems to be a good mindset for me so far. I'll continue on striving for perfection and hopefully this will reduce my level of spew to a lessor extent of what it was before. I understand as a human, and also a noob, I'm going to make mistakes. But my main goal at the moment is to minimize the amount of mistakes I make, rather than make as much money as I can. The latter is more of a long term side effect I suppose.

lol wow I run so sick hot at 5nl.

Being focused and playing well helps minimize any mistakes though.

Getting paid off is also easy since the players are so bad. I'm running 50bb/100 on my first 1k hands - basically just making hands and getting paid + sucking out here and there w/ equity - I'm actually winning flips!(I'll use bb instead of ptbb since you guys seem to like bb better, though I usually prefer ptbb/100 for some weird reason)

Now if only I couldnt run this hot at 25nl Razz

Don't give in Micro. Ptbb is the way to go. And good job...you'll be up in 10NL in just a few hours (5NL is so friggin easy). Hopefully I'll be up there with you by the time you get there.

M2M I gotta tell ya buddy you really seem to have your shit together. I commend you for stepping back and being honest with yourself. You took responsibility for the problem at hand. Devised a solution to that problem and now you are working the solution. Good job. We all should posses the ability to be so brutally honest with ourselfs!

Keep up the good work my friend! Applause

BooG: thanks man, and welcome to the ptbb/100 club Razz

Harley: well it took me awhile to get my shit together, but I finally came to. stepping down limits isn't easy, especially for me. I think I made probably the strongest move of my poker career so far my doing it. It's already given me a new perspective on things, especially playing poker to play good poker, and not just to earn money. Thanks alot of the support.

Now for a quick update...

I'll be grinding out a few more hands tonight and then I'm off to New York City! Should be a fun trip, I'll post some pictures if I get around to it while I'm there. I'll be back on Tuesday, and ready to kick some ass. Until then, good luck on the grind everyone, and keep working hard.

-m2m

ptbb's are nice because the number can be smaller and you can still feel good about yourself

Have fun dude!!!

Have fun, and please WASH YOUR HANDS - no joke. We've talked about how dirty that city is, and now there's that fake public health crisis aka swine flu -.-

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