Operation "Build a Bankroll" - COMPLETE

Dude I broke even for the first half of the month and am running about -12ptbb/100 for the second half. Have we played each other at Crypto, or are we on at wildly different times? I'm Zerbombt or SRSLY and I play 6max £50 mostly.

A winning session turned into a small loosing session. I was playing very nitty but very aggressive. Because the confidence is shot I feel better playing 16/14 than 21/14 as usual. Need to get the groove back.

I have only just started to push good draws OOP. Was I too aggressive here? I think I played it fine.

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $59.40
CO: $56.65
Button: $33.81
SB: $65.85
Hero: $59.14

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Queen of Diamonds

UTG calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2, UTG calls.

Flop: Queen of Hearts

($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG raises to $9, Hero raises all-in $57.14, UTG folds.
Uncalled bets: $48.14 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $22.25

And here the hand which turned it into a loosing session. Guy miniraises the Aces and gets punished for it. I knew he had AA or AK but when I saw that he had no Heart

I was happy - until the river pairs:

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $48.20
Hero: $45.25
Button: $55.65
SB: $26.40
BB: $51.50

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with King of Clubs

UTG folds, Hero raises to $2, Button raises to $4, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: Jack of Hearts

($8.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $7.5, Button raises to $20, Hero raises all-in $41.25, Button calls.

Turn: Three of Hearts

($91.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $91.25)

River: Three of Clubs

($91.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $91.25)

Results:
Final pot: $91.25
Hero shows Kc Jc
Button shows Ac Ad

ok now move up Very Happy

Me moving up while running like shit? I don't even think that I play bad Poker but I can't hit a set for the love of god, my draws are empty and I'm on the wrong side of coinflips. Variance sucks when it stares you in the face.

March - what a r0llercoaster of emotions:

Just some random question.

a) what does a set look like?
b) where have all the Aces and Kings gone when I 3-bet preflop with AK?
c) why is that when I have more than 10 outs the chances that they hit on the river is +22% for everyone else but for me it's 0%?
d) where have my balls gone?
e) since when is having less than 6 outs reason enough to call a push and then hit them?
f) will a break do me good?

Ok, March was not exactly the best of months as I experienced my first ever downswing. But nonetheless I still made $500 which is mostly due to Bonuses and RB.

I have just cleared the Eurobet Bonus and am nearly finished with the InterPoker Bonus. I deposited $300 on TowerGaming Poker to take advantage of the 5x sign-up $200max Bonus which should be pretty easy to clear. Also Hollywood apparently will offer some 5x bonuses soon so that site will be next.

My BR is approx $2100 so I want to make enough from poker and bonuses this month to become a $100NL regular by the end of it. But first I would like to re-discover my aggression as the downswing turned me into a 18/10/2 pansy.

Welcome to $100nl. Yes I have been buying in short but thanks to Ongames crappy software I cannot play more than 2 tables. Hence me adding a table of $100nl and playing shortstack nitty stuff. Here are the only 3 hands I got involved in.

Hand 1:
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with King of Hearts

UTG calls, CO folds, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, UTG raises to $21, Hero raises all-in $54.55, UTG calls.

Flop: Four of Diamonds

($110.6, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $110.6)

Turn: Ace of Clubs

($110.6, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $110.6)

River: Seven of Diamonds

($110.6, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $110.6)

Results:
Final pot: $110.6
Hero shows KH KC
UTG shows AS QS

Hand 2:
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Three of Spades

2 folds, Button calls, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: Three of Diamonds

($3, 3 players)
SB bets $2, Hero calls, Button calls.

Turn: Ace of Clubs

($9, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6, Button calls, SB folds.

River: Nine of Hearts

($21, 2 players)
Hero bets $18, Button raises to $40, Hero calls all-in $21.2.
Uncalled bets: $0.8 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: $99.4
Button shows 9C KD
Hero shows 3S 3C

Hand 3:
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with King of Spades

Hero raises to $4, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: Queen of Diamonds

($8.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls.

Turn: Queen of Clubs

($16.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10, BB calls.

River: Seven of Clubs

($36.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $66.5
Hero shows KS KD
BB shows AS AC

FFS!

Hand 1: GG.
Hand 2: Raise flop, pot turn, too many draws to just call then 2/3s the turn.
Hand 3: Flat calling AA/KK is the new sexy apparently. River block bet is fine because you showed down at your price.

Playing break-even poker at the moment (thanks to some big pots lost at $100NL) but I think that my game is getting better again. When I stack off it’s either because of a well disguised hand, miracle suck-out or I immediately know where I have gone wrong. It’s the level of awareness that is coming back. Also what loosing at $100NL taught me was that I need to play more aggressive. I am not up for $100NL mentally yet as I do not play with the level of aggression a winning player must display. However, at $50NL I hardly make mistakes, play with a high level of aggression (approx 19/14/4) and am winning again.

I also finished the InterPoker Bonus plus 1x reload. I only made about $100 through Poker there. The game selection is just not good enough at the times when I play plus the majority of the players there are nits. The TowerGaming Bonus is halfway there and I think that I need a break from the Ongame network. As soon as the InterPoker money hits Neteller I will open an account with Ladbrokes as they seem to have a juicy 50Euro bankroll booster going on plus 100Euro Bonus at 5x raked hands. I also put $500 on Bodog as they gave me a 10% reload Bonus which is easy to clear plus I have Rakeback there. I just have to decide whether to play ring (have heard that the Handgrabber thing is pretty useless though) or play some SNG’s which are pretty soft there.

Crushing the $50NL again but still playing a bit weak/tight at $100NL. Here is a hand where I would call 99% of the time but somehow my scared instincts have taken over. I was so angry after I folded this even before I saw the result.

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with Queen of Spades

UTG folds, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: Three of Diamonds

($12, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $8, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: Four of Hearts

($36, 3 players)
SB is all-in $24.9, BB calls, Hero folds.

River: Six of Diamonds

($85.8, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $85.8)

Results:
Final pot: $85.8
SB shows 8S 8H
BB shows 10C 9C

While this hand was one of my favourites. I don't like slowplaying. I even play my bluffs fast. Here I had the goods but so had the opp.

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

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with Six of Hearts

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

Flop: King of Diamonds

($6.5, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, Button folds, SB raises to $15, Hero raises all-in $66.75, SB calls.

Turn: Seven of Clubs

($140, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $140)

River: Queen of Clubs

($140, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $140)

Results:
Final pot: $140
Hero shows 6H 6C
SB shows 10H KS

In the first hand, BB obviously has a FD. So calling the turn is a bad idea since you can force him out and trap more money in the pot. What does SB have? Could be a set, or a draw, though i doubt it would be TP. His line is strange so i would probably just raise the turn and force BB to lay his hand down.

Congrats on a nice pot on hand 2! I like how you lead the flop strong, knowing K-x hands will at least call a big flop bet, and K-10/K-Q+ are probably going to raise. The shove is ok, but i personally like bet/call c/r turn better. IMO the only hands that call a flop shove are A-K/K-10/10-10/K-K/ big draws.

Your hand looks more like a draw to them if you just call on the flop and many one pair hands in that spot will fire hard at the turn, which make up a large portion of his range. You can pot commit them by making them put more money in on the turn, which i bet they would do at least half of the time.

I have been starting to buy in full at $100NL. Been running OK and most big loses came from when I put my money in with the best hand but came out second best after the river. This month I am only slightly up due to some good results at $50NL.

I remember with each level I moved up it always took some time until I got comfortable. This morning I got all my money in with my QQ against someone who I thought was on a flush draw. He was on an OESD and hit it on the river. 8 outs after the turn were enough for him to push. I felt sick for a couple of hours thinking OMG! $100 could have bought me such and such. But then it gives me confidence that I thought the same thing when I was playing $10NL, $25NL and $50NL.

Btw, the Ladbrokes Bankroll Booster Promotion is simply the easiest way to earn $50 ever.

I have hardly been playing. Only got in 1k hands but +$340 at 17.5BB/100 at $100NL. Here some hands with comments:

Hand 1:
I believe that I played my good hands a little bit too fast. I was more interested in stacking opponents instead of value betting. Usually I would have bet more on each street but he only just sat down and had no reads.
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with King of Clubs

UTG (poster) checks, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $5, Button calls, 2 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: Queen of Hearts

($16.5, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $9, Button folds, UTG calls.

Turn: Eight of Clubs

($34.5, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $15, UTG calls.

River: Six of Clubs

($64.5, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $25, UTG calls.

Results:
Final pot: $114.5

Hand 2:
Against 2 donkeys. I was 70% sure that button would raise as UTG was also an aggro donkey. Button has been playing back at UTG a LOT and I was hoping for a re-raise. Afterwards I thought that I should have raised but initially I went with my read
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Seven of Clubs

UTG calls, Hero calls, Button raises to $4, 2 folds, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: Five of Clubs

($13.5, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: Seven of Diamonds

($13.5, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

River: Ace of Spades

($13.5, 3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $10, Button calls, UTG raises to $30, Hero calls, Button calls.

Results:
Final pot: $103.5

Hand 3:
I know I played this way too passive but I have seen opposition make some crazy bluffs but he also bets his flush draws aggressively. I was always going to call but I also expected that he might have gotten his flush.
Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
3 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is BB with Six of Clubs

Button raises to $4, SB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: Nine of Hearts

($8.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $6, Hero calls.

Turn: Four of Diamonds

($20.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $16, Hero calls.

River: Five of Clubs

($52.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $42, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $136.5

hand 1:
stats on villain would be nice. I have to think you won this hand because it looks like villain was just begging to see a showdown w/ AQ or AJ, maybe KQ.

hand 2:
I would bet the flop because you have no reason to think you dont have the best hand. For gods sake atleast bet the turn. And why the flat call on the river? Im pushing over his raise 100% of the time. Youre losing to exactly 2 hands and neither are likely here. Villain just hit his Ax and doesnt believe you. Get as much money out of him as you can, especially since he has been playing back at you guys.

hand 3:
lead out the flop w/ sets as much as you can. W/ the scare card on the turn, i might slow down, but villain looks like he has a K way as much as a flush here.

Thanks for the reply bode. I posted those hands because a) I played them differently to what I usually play b) I won nonetheless

Hand 1: Villain had AQo. That was a far better hand than I put him on and I purely tested if I could milk money out of a weak Ace. Usually I bet harder on each street.

Hand 2: I should have said that 1x villain was 50/30 and the other 90/46(yes true). Hence my way passive lines. I usually always bet my sets but I was hoping for a push from button who was quite deep and has overbet the pot on my occassions. FPS by me.

Hand 3: I had a discussion with a friend regarding sets oop. I always used to bet them out but I also often c/c flop and lead turn. But against a thinking opponent this often was telegraphing my hand way to early. Initially I wanted to lead turn but when the flush card hit I thought that villain either a) has a flush and I'm behind or b) doesn't have a flush and would fold the turn. As I was not folding this was my chosen line. Villain had ATo (maybe that was ISF)

How to turn a winning session into a loosing one. I am such a fish. I even knew I was beat on the river and I still called. I am so angry with myself. Just doubled a shortie who runner runner flushed on me. Dammit! Why do I need only 30 more points on Tower? I need to stop as I'm on tilt.

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with King of Spades

UTG raises to $2, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises to $10, 3 folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 folds.

Flop: Six of Clubs

($23.5, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $15, UTG raises to $30, Hero calls.

Turn: Nine of Spades

($83.5, 2 players)
UTG bets $22, Hero calls.

River: Jack of Diamonds

($127.5, 2 players)
UTG is all-in $30.05, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $187.6

Unless there's a solid read that he's very tight I just stick it in on the turn or even the flop in that hand. Now shut down the computer and take the day off.

I only played as long as needed to to finish the 5x sign-up Bonus on Tower which is really easy to clear. I can't be too unhappy by depositing $300 and withdrawing $880 but my $100NL career is just a little bit swingy. I was initially down -$300 and then up +$350 and finished up +$35. I can't believe that I lost 3x buy-ins in 2 days just because I misplayed 1 hand which threw me off my A-game. Only $50 lost were due to a bad beat, the rest was played badly.

The plan at the moment is to finish off Ladbroke's sign-up Bonus (already did the Booster Promo) and then to whore PokerroomLA and William Hill in May.

I cannot wait to get off Ladbrokes. What a horrible, horrible site. 3500 hands played, $-126 at -1.63BB/100. Why is this horrible? I have made 3 of a kind less than 50x, a straight less than 30x and a flush less than 17x. I know its a small sample but in comparison to other sites the worst reward for my hands ever. Maybe I am just used to Ongame.

I will play a WSOP freeroll qualifier on Titan tomorrow. I have also opened an account with CD Poker where they will offer freerolls to the WSOP (through a certain affiliate) and playing against a field of approx 500 I fancy my chances. And best of it all it's free.

Sample size...

That said, if you can't be in the correct mindset while playing there then obviously you shouldn't.

Welcome to iPoker! 144 hands -$215 -75bb/100

Poker is over for me tonight as I'm steaming. Here are my biggest loosers. Couldn't catch a break at all. I will only finish off the Ladbrokes Bonus (played on iPoker because Lads was quiet) and then go to Ongame again.

GAME #534577177: Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00 2007-04-23 08:19:01
Table Quilmes
Seat 1: cya ($92.45 in chips) DEALER
Seat 3: docsketch ($88.65 in chips)
Seat 5: janne007 ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 6: noiq3442561 ($317.65 in chips)
Seat 8: lgdae ($135.00 in chips)
Seat 10: austriaco73 ($94.00 in chips)
docsketch: Post SB $0.50
janne007: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to austriaco73 [ Ace of Diamonds

]
Dealt to lgdae [ Ace of Clubs

]
noiq3442561: Fold
lgdae: Call $1.00
austriaco73: Raise $6.00
cya: Fold
docsketch: Fold
janne007: Fold
lgdae: Call $5.00
*** FLOP *** [ Five of Spades

]
lgdae: Check
austriaco73: Bet $9.00
lgdae: Raise $36.00
austriaco73: Raise $79.00
lgdae: Call $52.00
*** TURN *** [ King of Clubs

]
*** RIVER *** [ Nine of Diamonds

]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $186.50 Rake $3.00
lgdae: wins $186.50

GAME #534576586: Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00 2007-04-23 08:16:10
Table "TURBO" Maribo
Seat 1: scheeraa ($86.10 in chips)
Seat 3: Rocker7777 ($93.76 in chips)
Seat 5: shakinhands ($156.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Ruhtinas ($100.00 in chips)
Seat 8: gio710 ($37.50 in chips) DEALER
Seat 10: austriaco73 ($117.00 in chips)
austriaco73: Post SB $0.50
scheeraa: Post BB $1.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gio710 [ Ten of Diamonds

]
Dealt to austriaco73 [ Jack of Spades

]
Rocker7777: Call $1.00
shakinhands: Fold
Ruhtinas: Fold
gio710: Raise $4.00
austriaco73: Raise $13.00
scheeraa: Fold
Rocker7777: Fold
gio710: Call $9.50
*** FLOP *** [ Five of Diamonds

]
austriaco73: Bet $9.00
gio710: Raise $18.00
austriaco73: Raise $18.00
gio710: Allin $6.00
*** TURN *** [ King of Clubs

]
*** RIVER *** [ Three of Clubs

]
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $77.00 Rake $3.00
gio710: wins $74.00
austriaco73: wins $3.00

Dropped down to $50NL again. Loosing stacks to 2-outers sucks and I need confidence. I have replayed my big hands at $100NL and I put in my money with the best hand. Above examples are just a small drop in the ocean.

But this hand sums up my 'luck' at the moment.

** Game ID 735458639 starting - 2007-04-24 07:11:32
** Santa Cruz [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Jumping_Jack sitting in seat 1 with $70.60
- geopi sitting in seat 2 with $47.69
- silu_nz sitting in seat 4 with $48.67
- SPruss sitting in seat 5 with $29.46 [Dealer]
- Hsvedan sitting in seat 6 with $59.93

Hsvedan posted the small blind - $0.25
Jumping_Jack posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to silu_nz: Jack of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds
geopi called - $0.50
silu_nz raised - $3.00
SPruss folded
Hsvedan folded
Jumping_Jack called - $3.00
geopi folded

** Dealing the flop: 10 of Spades, 2 of Spades, 3 of Diamonds
Jumping_Jack checked
silu_nz bet - $4.50
Jumping_Jack called - $4.50

** Dealing the turn: 2 of Hearts
Jumping_Jack checked
silu_nz bet - $8.00
Jumping_Jack called - $8.00

** Dealing the river: 2 of Clubs
Jumping_Jack checked
silu_nz bet - $12.42
Jumping_Jack called - $12.42
silu_nz shows: Jack of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds
Jumping_Jack shows: Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs
Jumping_Jack wins $54.59 from the main pot

End of game 735458639

arent your flop and turn bets on the small side. afraid of suckout??

Man confidence is that low?? maybe stop thinking about whoring all the time and settle into a site for awhile. or go back to a soft site

I know and you are right. It must be because of my low confidence that I didn't bet harder. That was one reason why I dropped down, just to regain confidence even if it's just for a week or two until I found my mojo again.

BTW i hope im not coming off as an ass or annoying.

Poll?

I had a 3 hour session playing $50NL and it was like pulling teeth. Ended up a buy-in there though. Went back to $100NL and was running good and was up 2 buy-ins until I pissed it away in 3 hands. I called a overbet push on the river with Top 2 pair on a monotone board and ran right into a set. So a 3 hour break-even session at $100NL. But I was not too unhappy because I played really well and made only one expensive mistake. Didn't help that I was tired and believed two pair is the nuts.

Lessons learnt:

a) when I get tired I should stop - immediately
b) respect overbets from unknowns

Only need about 980 more points on Ladbrokes to qualify for a $150 Bonus and 20% cashback. I tried out Everest on the playmoney tables but I don't like the software so I won't go there.

i like Everest software, maybe coz i played at poker4ever before that. but i still likey

super fishy 100NL FR and some half decent 200NL FR but i was gone before i moved up. Built ALOT of my roll there

I had a super average April. Not much to report to. I often even couldn't get motivated so I didn't play many hands as am used to.

I cleared over $200 from Bonuses from Ladbrokes which is not too bad. I have just deposited on PokerroomLA (Prima) to get their $100 sign-up Bonus. And then its another $100 on Everest for me.

Dropped some money on William Hill to take advantage of their great Bonus + Rakeback. It's pretty tight there but I still kind of like the software. Here some big hands:

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with Queen of Hearts

Hero raises to $4, 3 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: Ace of Diamonds

($9, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, SB raises to $10, Hero raises to $50, SB calls.

Turn: Eight of Diamonds

($109, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero is all-in $62.5, SB calls all-in $42.5.
Uncalled bets: $20 returned to Hero.

River: Six of Diamonds

($194, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $194)

Results:
Final pot: $194

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Two of Diamonds

UTG calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, Hero checks.

Flop: Two of Clubs

($2.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, UTG calls.

Turn: Jack of Spades

($6.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $4, UTG calls.

River: Two of Hearts

($14.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $14, UTG raises to $34, Hero raises to $99, UTG calls all-in $27.75.
Uncalled bets: $37.25 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $138

CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with King of Hearts

Hero raises to $4, UTG+1 raises to $17, 4 folds, Hero raises all-in $102.5, UTG+1 calls all-in $83.
Uncalled bets: $2.5 returned to Hero.

Flop: Nine of Hearts

($3, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $201.5)

Turn: Ten of Spades

($3, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $201.5)

River: Ace of Clubs

($3, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $201.5)

I have joined Cardrunners.

Simply for the fact that I want to learn heaps more and also the NZ$ is really strong at the moment so it doesn't cost me that much. I really look forward to sbrugby's videos.

Is it possible to play good Poker and still loose? I am going through this patch (again) where I believe I play solid Poker and still can’t win a thing. Last night was a great example. I played on the GBP$50NL 6-max tables on Crypto and I lost 1.5 buy-ins despite never loosing a big pot. It was just a case of raising pre-flop, not hitting, c/betting, and then either being floated or raised or taking down a small pots. Then I had no draws or just underpairs to go to the turn/river with. I am not c/betting blind but with purpose.

The game was quite passive and it happened often that I raised with AQ in position, get called in the blinds. Ace falls on the flop. I bet, get mini-raised or called and then it’s checked down to the river with opp showing AK. Or I raise AK on the button; get cold called by a shortie in the blinds, flop is AT7rainbow. He checks, I bet, he calls or raises basically putting himself all-in and I call – he flips over TT. Nothing hair-raising, just not hitting flops or am running into monsters.

After joining Cardrunners I have been watching a lot of videos. I also started to incorporate Poker Tracker more into my post session reviews. I look through most of the big loosing hands and see if I played badly. Mostly I didn’t (as strange as it sounds).

BR is closer to $2k again after dropping $500 so far in May. A couple of coolers and your BR is hit bad. I played some $50NL again but only with minimal success. I am not upset or depressed because of my prolonged downswing as I’m sure that I will bounce back hard and win that money back. I’m good enough to beat you guys (directed at whoever is sitting at my tables)!

You may be a little dissappointed with a lot of the cardrunners vids.

I have hardly been playing lately but I thought a lot about Poker. I come to the conclusion that the downswing had not much to do with variance but with my own bad play and complete lack of concentration whilst playing. Maybe 25% of my losses were through bad beats but the rest could have been avoided.

I only 2-table $50NL 6-max at the moment but I try to incorporate several concepts into my game. I also take this "thinking on different levels" more serious now. I also study the tables really intensive at the moment trying to read people or put them on narrow hand ranges. When I'm in a hand I also try to think about what the opposition thinks I could have based on my betting. That's unfortunately something I have stopped doing.

It's quite slow at the moment but I made a little bit of money +$80 over 300 hands but the lessons learnt will hopefully be paying off when I play more hands again.

2-tabling is pure grinding. But hey I’m winning. It helps that Everest is one of the fishiest sites I have ever played at. I have incorporated lots of stuff I have learnt from Cardrunners and I’m playing a pretty good and tight (20/14) game. I’m quite happy to make 5-15bb/100 per session at the moment and given the opposition this is not too hard. I am however still only playing 2 tables as I’m practicing my hand reading skills and on a small laptop screen 3 tables are too much (+ my laptop runs really slow).

I have decided to post this hand here again. Although this was the biggest aggro fish I quit the session soon after this as I was starting to play back at him with marginal holdings.

This 80/30/5 guy has lunchboxed himself to a huge stack. I have never seen someone being on the good end of suck-outs ever. Here it was my turn:

EverestPoker Game #1512612250: Table Dili-13 - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 06:08:07 - 2007/05/12
Seat 1: Phillipines ($364.18)
Seat 2: orensi ($114.70)
Seat 3: Hero ($100.00)
Seat 4: FrenchFlair ($27.40)
Seat 5: slwwolf2 ($117.90)
Seat 6: baksus18 ($79.60)
slwwolf2 posts the small blind of $0.50
baksus18 posts the big blind of $1.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[Qs Qd]
Phillipines calls $1.00
orensi folds
Hero raises to $4.50
FrenchFlair folds
slwwolf2 folds
baksus18 folds
Phillipines calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [6s 2h Js]
Phillipines bets $10.50
Hero calls $10.50
*** TURN *** [6s 2h Js] [3c]
Phillipines bets $31.50
Hero raises to $85.00 and is all-in
Phillipines calls $53.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillipines shows [Jh 4h]
Hero shows [Qs Qd]
*** RIVER *** [6s 2h Js 3c] [5d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6s 2h Js 3c 5d]
Phillipines collects $198.50

I will definitely redeposit on PokerStars as soon as the Everest sign-up Bonus is finished. But then I’m torn between Hollywood (for the Ongame donkeys) or Pokerheaven (which I heard is a fish tank). Anyone here played on Pokerheaven (Boss Media)? If yes, are the $100NL SH tables really that juicy?

Haha! I wanted to put in a good session but somehow I feel like stopping right now:

EverestPoker Game #1530453211: Table Dili-9 - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:17:23 - 2007/05/16
Seat 1: lehuit ($84.39)
Seat 2: mimmo5959 ($31.60)
Seat 3: bobfishman ($53.19)
Seat 4: austriaco ($98.50)
Seat 5: pokerstern64 ($158.02)
Seat 6: GordieHowe ($119.15)
pokerstern64 posts the small blind of $0.50
GordieHowe posts the big blind of $1.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to austriaco[Ac As]
lehuit folds
mimmo5959 calls $1.00
bobfishman folds
austriaco raises to $4.50
pokerstern64 folds
GordieHowe calls $3.50
mimmo5959 calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [6h 6d 5h]
GordieHowe bets $10.00
mimmo5959 folds
austriaco calls $10.00
*** TURN *** [6h 6d 5h] [8c]
GordieHowe checks
austriaco bets $20.00
GordieHowe calls $20.00
*** RIVER *** [6h 6d 5h 8c] [9h]
GordieHowe checks
austriaco checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GordieHowe shows [Jh Qh]
austriaco shows [Ac As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6h 6d 5h 8c 9h]
GordieHowe collects $71.00

EverestPoker Game #1530465007: Table Dili-9 - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:22:36 - 2007/05/16
Seat 1: lehuit ($79.89)
Seat 2: mimmo5959 ($18.35)
Seat 3: bobfishman ($52.09)
Seat 4: austriaco ($104.85)
Seat 5: pokerstern64 ($163.47)
Seat 6: GordieHowe ($157.15)
GordieHowe posts the small blind of $0.50
lehuit posts the big blind of $1.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to austriaco[Ks Ac]
mimmo5959 calls $1.00
bobfishman folds
austriaco raises to $4.50
pokerstern64 folds
GordieHowe folds
lehuit calls $3.50
mimmo5959 raises to $18.35 and is all-in
austriaco raises to $36.70
lehuit folds
Uncalled bet of $18.35 returned to austriaco
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mimmo5959 shows [As 9c]
austriaco shows [Ks Ac]
*** FLOP *** [8c 4c Ad]
*** TURN *** [8c 4c Ad] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [8c 4c Ad 9h] [3h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [8c 4c Ad 9h 3h]
mimmo5959 collects $39.65

EverestPoker Game #1530444194: Table Dili-6 - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:13:18 - 2007/05/16
Seat 1: Georges_98 ($20.85)
Seat 2: chakki ($78.62)
Seat 3: nico97420 ($202.20)
Seat 4: austriaco ($138.31)
Seat 5: misterix21 ($130.65)
Seat 6: Tomaz21 ($90.00)
nico97420 posts the small blind of $0.50
austriaco posts the big blind of $1.00
Georges_98 posts $1.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to austriaco[Ad Ac]
misterix21 folds
Tomaz21 raises to $4.50
Georges_98 calls $3.50
chakki calls $4.50
nico97420 calls $4.00
austriaco raises to $31.00
Tomaz21 folds
Georges_98 calls $16.35 and is all-in
chakki folds
nico97420 folds
Uncalled bet of $10.15 returned to austriaco
*** SHOW DOWN ***
austriaco shows [Ad Ac]
Georges_98 shows [Jh Kh]
*** FLOP *** [Ks 6d 7s]
*** TURN *** [Ks 6d 7s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 6d 7s Kd] [6s]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ks 6d 7s Kd 6s]
Georges_98 collects $52.45

Here I knew I was beat and still called (idiot):
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($133.05)
BB ($243.40)
Hero ($100)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7

, 7

.
Hero raises to $4, SB raises to $11, 1 fold, Hero calls $7.

Flop: ($23) 2

, T

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($23) 6

(2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12.

River: ($47) K

(2 players)
SB bets $12, Hero calls $12.

Final Pot: $71

Results in white below:
SB has Ad Kc (two pair, kings and tens).
Hero has 7s 7h (two pair, tens and sevens).
Outcome: SB wins $71.

Yesterday’s session showed a loss of -$170 after getting beaten by brutal suck-outs on the turn/river. Above samples I think show the sort of luck I am experiencing. I thought that the downswing is over but all that happens is consolidation. I think it’s about time that I run good again. I’m still up for the month thanks to good results at $50nl but $100nl continues to show a loss. I can beat this game so easily but I shall potter at $50nl until I my BR hits $3k again.

The Everest Bonus is finished. The site is full of weak players especially Frenchies who love to buy in short and get it in with any piece of the flop. Unfortunately the software is a bit slow but nonetheless I will be back at Everest thanks to the bad players.

I am whoring the PokerStars Bonus right now. I also got a 15% up to $100 reload Bonus offer from Party at 3x Party Points for the Bonus amount. Not quite sure how long that will take me. Then I’m pretty sure I will give Pokerheaven a go which has a nice RB+Bonus offer.

Yay! Just got an e-mail from Everest giving me $100 No Deposit required Bonus. I will definitely take advantage of this offer. So within a week I get an offer from PokerStars, Party & Everest! I’m spoilt for choice at the moment.

Everest ony gave me $50, ive only played about 1K hands there tho i guess. they reward volume i guess. at keast they give something EVERY month

Dammit! My AK was cracked by AJ. I think I played a flawless game though. Still my best MTT payout ever.

PokerStars Tournament #50457260, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
918 players
$2500.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $11680.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/18 - 02:10:00 (ET)

Dear Hero,

You finished the tournament in 6th place.
A $490.56 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 248.71 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html

Now I understand why some people call it Riverstars. In less than 700 hands a dominated hand became the winner after the river at least 5 times!? OMG it’s rigged Wink

He needs 2 outs? Let’s wait for the river, I’m sure one of them will fall.

It’s not a vent just a standard statistical anomaly incurring?

I have not been playing much and I kept the sessions really short. I felt like I was burning out after playing too many hours over the last 4 months.

Anyway, the BR is over $3k for the first time. Unfortunately I am still not a winner over 4k hands at $100NL. And I am pretty sure that PokerStars $100NL (when I’m playing) is pretty tough. A loose table there is 30% players to the flop. On Everest a loose table is <50%. As the wise coco_bill says, table selection is VERY important. So the PokerStars Bonus will be cleared closer to the expiration. First I will clear the Everest $100 no reload Bonus and then chuck some money on Pokerheaven.

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