Operation Quicksand

Hey bode,

Hope your downswing is over by now. It took me nearly 2 months to get back to $3k such was the hole I was digging myself.

Are you back at $100nl?

Hey hey,

Just wanted to report my 5-buyin downswing at $100, just for solidarity Smile

What has happened to poker? Maybe FTR as a holistic philosophy has one enormous leak none of us are aware of...

gl man,

jeez i hope asia kicks in soon

i need all the luck i can get.

I put in my first real session in 12 days last night. 850 hands for +$40. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. I was up $120 or so in the middle of the session but dropped a buyin when a 60/6 villain caught 2 pair on the river.

i plan on putting in alot of hands the next 2 days, so hopefully im back over the $2k mark by saturday.

donkament night tonight. Starting with a $10+1 FO $15k guaranteed, the $3 R+A, $25+2 $18k guaranteed, and mixing in some $22 180 man sng's.

i feel a nice cash coming on tonight.

lol. this guy is a strait fish. Playing 90% of his hands, and playing them horribly.

PokerStars Game #10221172616: Tournament #51171046, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/06/01 - 19:27:01 (ET)
Table '51171046 218' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nala314 (2570 in chips)
Seat 2: schakal8000 (2010 in chips)
Seat 3: Wasek2 (3290 in chips)
Seat 4: JohnnyJonas (2700 in chips)
Seat 5: Bode-ist (2710 in chips)
Seat 6: sonaud (6385 in chips)
Seat 7: WilkinPoon (2905 in chips)
Seat 8: Mads27 (6050 in chips)
Seat 9: bigb814 (4510 in chips)
schakal8000: posts small blind 15
Wasek2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bode-ist [Kh Ac]
JohnnyJonas: folds
Bode-ist: raises 60 to 90
sonaud: folds
WilkinPoon: folds
Mads27: folds
bigb814: calls 90
nala314: folds
schakal8000: folds
Wasek2: folds
*** FLOP *** [9d 5c 3h]
Bode-ist: checks
bigb814: checks
*** TURN *** [9d 5c 3h] [5d]
Bode-ist: checks
bigb814: checks
*** RIVER *** [9d 5c 3h 5d] [As]
Bode-ist: bets 2620 and is all-in
bigb814: calls 2620
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bode-ist: shows [Kh Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
bigb814: shows [Ad Qs] (two pair, Aces and Fives - lower kicker)
Bode-ist collected 5465 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5465 | Rake 0
Board [9d 5c 3h 5d As]
Seat 1: nala314 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: schakal8000 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Wasek2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: JohnnyJonas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bode-ist showed [Kh Ac] and won (5465) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 6: sonaud folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: WilkinPoon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Mads27 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bigb814 showed [Ad Qs] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fives

leading up to this hand, i had 3-bet from the blinds twice before. Once with AQ against the button that didnt make it to showdown and once with JJ against a SB raise.

PokerStars Game #10221312468: Tournament #51171046, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/01 - 19:36:33 (ET)
Table '51171046 218' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: nala314 (2470 in chips)
Seat 2: schakal8000 (1650 in chips)
Seat 3: Wasek2 (3365 in chips)
Seat 4: FL-Hunter (3275 in chips)
Seat 5: Bode-ist (8485 in chips)
Seat 6: sonaud (6330 in chips)
Seat 7: WilkinPoon (2830 in chips)
Seat 8: Mads27 (6273 in chips)
Seat 9: bigb814 (1677 in chips)
FL-Hunter: posts small blind 25
Bode-ist: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bode-ist [Ah As]
sonaud: folds
WilkinPoon: raises 150 to 200
Mads27: folds
bigb814: folds
nala314: folds
schakal8000: folds
Wasek2: folds
FL-Hunter: folds
Bode-ist: raises 450 to 650
WilkinPoon: raises 2180 to 2830 and is all-in
Bode-ist: calls 2180
*** FLOP *** [6h 9h Qs]
*** TURN *** [6h 9h Qs] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9h Qs 7h] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bode-ist: shows [Ah As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
WilkinPoon: shows [Ac Qc] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
WilkinPoon is sitting out
Bode-ist collected 5685 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5685 | Rake 0
Board [6h 9h Qs 7h 7c]
Seat 1: nala314 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: schakal8000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Wasek2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: FL-Hunter (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Bode-ist (big blind) showed [Ah As] and won (5685) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 6: sonaud folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: WilkinPoon showed [Ac Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 8: Mads27 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bigb814 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

i forgot to update after my night of donkaments on friday. I busted out of the $3 R+A at the beginning of the second hour to another big stack (both of us had 20k stacks) when we both flopped straights with AKs and he rivered a flush. Played the $27.50 FO well and bubbled it, but i was happy because i played really well the entire time. Played 4 $22 180 mans and FT'ed one only to bust in 9th. Came into the FT with a little over an average stack. Raised AKs from UTG+1, c-bet the paired flop and had to fold when he pushed over. A few hands later i got it in vs a shorty with 99 vs his TT and didnt suck out. Very next hand i open pushed 99 again from UTG and got called by JJ. GG me.

I love playing donkaments but i couldnt do it exclusively because it pisses me off too much to play good poker for 2-3 hours only to have 1 beat/bad play leave you with nothing to show.

donkaments again tonight. Playing the $3 R+A, the $27.50 deepstack, a $22 180 and a $10 180. already busted out of teh $22, and have a good stack in everything else.

$27.50 hand that just happened. I thought lucky devil could be on a complete steal, but 9To from one of the chip leaders?

PokerStars Game #10274975063: Tournament #51837515, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/06/04 - 21:31:30 (ET)
Table '51837515 42' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Zyberlmt (10273 in chips)
Seat 2: LuckyDevi1 (5513 in chips)
Seat 3: Telefonkiosk (3475 in chips)
Seat 4: iamafish77 (11138 in chips)
Seat 5: Bode-ist (6195 in chips)
Seat 6: jackoze99 (5283 in chips)
Seat 7: SHOO_SHINE (18254 in chips)
Seat 8: SavageMethod (5150 in chips)
Seat 9: RenMP (2130 in chips)
Zyberlmt: posts small blind 100
LuckyDevi1: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bode-ist [As Ad]
Telefonkiosk: folds
iamafish77: folds
Bode-ist: raises 400 to 600
jackoze99: calls 600
SHOO_SHINE: calls 600
SavageMethod: folds
RenMP: folds
Zyberlmt: folds
LuckyDevi1: raises 4913 to 5513 and is all-in
Bode-ist: raises 682 to 6195 and is all-in
jackoze99: folds
SHOO_SHINE: calls 5595
*** FLOP *** [3c Td 5h]
*** TURN *** [3c Td 5h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3c Td 5h 3d] [4c]
Bode-ist said, "omg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bode-ist: shows [As Ad] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
SHOO_SHINE: shows [9s Tc] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
Bode-ist collected 1364 from side pot
LuckyDevi1: shows [Ts 5c] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
Bode-ist collected 17239 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18603 Main pot 17239. Side pot 1364. | Rake 0
Board [3c Td 5h 3d 4c]
Seat 1: Zyberlmt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: LuckyDevi1 (big blind) showed [Ts 5c] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 3: Telefonkiosk folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: iamafish77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bode-ist showed [As Ad] and won (18603) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 6: jackoze99 folded before Flop
Seat 7: SHOO_SHINE showed [9s Tc] and lost with two pair, Tens and Threes
Seat 8: SavageMethod folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: RenMP (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

bubbled all 3. fucking donkaments.

heres my last 2 weeks in a glance.

9 days of donkaments, completely break even.
last friday: got my $150 stars Bonus and made 3 buyins at $50nl.
Saturday: took a shot at $100nl. Won 1 buyin over 1k hands.
Sunday: blew through 2.5 buyins in 400 hands, back to $50nl
Monday: +2 buyins, back down at $50nl of course.
Today: started at +1 buyin over 200 hands then tilted off that plus 3 more in the next 300 hands.

GG ME. I am playing like complete shit, and i have no self control. Pardon this rant but im pissed at myself.

Hey Bode,
I just checked out your OP thread for the first time. Nice progress since last year. You'd really been killing it before May. I especially like that you didn't censor out the embarrassing things like buying into the Sunday Mil. I think you are better for being honest with yourself and holding yourself accountable.
As far as poker goes, IMO you hit it right on the head in an ealier post. I have been in your position before. You need to go back to playing a little tighter and keeping yourself out of marginal situations. When you were grinding it up, you probably played better at a tigher VPIP/PFR. It is so much easier not to make those marginal decisions.
You may need to really and I mean REALLY re-dedicate yourself to being disciplined. When I cashed out most of my roll, I couldn't regain the discipline I had at 100NL while playing 25NL. My ego was just too big, and I thought I could outplay the guys at 25NL. I found out real quick that 25NL and 100NL are pretty similar and in a lot of situations you NEED the cards. Of course getting paid when you have the cards is where the real money is made. Your aggression level should get you paid plenty.
Finally, maybe your bout of recklessness/tiltiness stems from playing at a stake where losing 5 buy-ins has more meaning in everyday life and you can't shake it off as easy. If that is the case, I would combat that by playing more 50NL and building a bigger roll. Afterall you blew through there pretty quick. I would also only move up levels after earning enough in actual poker winnings to justify the move. I would use bonuses and Rakeback as padding and live poker bankroll etc. I am not suggesting you blow it, but don't use it as a gauge of when your bankroll is big enough to move up. Another tip is playing 50 GBP games if you can find them. Stakes look the same. I used to do that at Crypto as a warmup for the next stake.
I don't know much about you, but if you're like the rest of us. You might need to define your goals for the next year. You have made enough to get to 100NL where you first encounter numbers of decent players. Are you trying to make money or become a better poker player? The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, but they are very hard to accomplish at the same time. If you want to make money keep multi-tabling as much as possible(no shame in that either). If you are trying to expand your game, you might consider dropping down to 2-3 tables and putting more effort into hand reading, betting tells, etc. It takes a ton of discipline because you don't have as many AK's rolling by every hour and you get antsy to play crap or overplay your reads, but it will improve your overall game.
Those are just a few suggestion for your game from my trip to 100NL last year. Hope some of it helps.
Run well friend,

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