Setzy's 2008: Supernova Elite Bound

*Last edited by Setzy on Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 7:41am; edited 6 times in total*

I've been keeping a rough tally of how I've been doing playing cards, but I figure it's best to put it down where I can come back and check out the progress...maybe come back later down and road and laugh at things I was doing or something.

Anyway let's get the basics down:

Current Balance: $624.60

Right now I'm about to work on the Welcome Bonus for Paradise...then I'm not really sure what other Bonus I want to do next (not eligible for anything on party, I need a new place..) Current trend has been down as of late, down about $150 this week actually, but leveled off in the last day or so. Pretty sure it's just that evil variance staring me in the face, but man is it an ugly beast.

In this thread I plan to keep a running track of my bankroll while also posting some hand histories from hands where I'm involved in larger sized pots for people to check out, critique, praise, etc. Advice and other suggestions are always welcome.

My goals are to continue to build a nice bankroll, and move up from 4-tabling 25NL like I'm currently doing, to a larger limit. To achieve this I will be bouncing around taking advantage of bonuses at different sites (advice where to go first is welcome) while playing winning poker. I will also purchase Poker Tracker in the near future, probably after I clear the Paradise Bonus.

Hey, pretty sweet day for me.

Placed second in Party's 12:45AM $1 NL tournament for a sweet $137.47. Ran pretty hot for the majority of the tournament, except one spot at the final table where I got down to 50k in chips (blinds were like 8-16k at this point)...bounced back and survived against everybody except the fella who had a monster chip lead (2.9 million vs my 300,000) and was pushing pretty much every other hand. Took almost 6 hours though, jesus!

Also earlier in the day won my single biggest pot playing NL25, over $70.

Current Balance: $777.69

This gets me to thinking about playing more tournaments...feeling kind of burned out on rings lately. Something to sleep on, anyhow.

Current balance: $805.03

Today I'm going to post a couple of hand histories, the last one of which was my final hand of the day...something that got me thinking about a hand in particular, a hand I'd been reading on here about.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Button ($42.38)
SB ($20.72)
BB ($17.92)
UTG ($31.50)
UTG+1 ($10.98)
UTG+2 ($37.25)
MP1 ($12.95)
Hero ($24.65)
MP3 ($10.81)
CO ($38.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A Club

, A

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, Button raises to $3.75, 2 folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to $7.5, Button calls $3.75.

Flop: ($15.60) 8 Diamond

, K

, 4

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

Turn: ($27.60) 5 Diamond

(2 players)
Button calls $11.15.

River: ($38.75) 5 Club

(2 players)

Final Pot: $38.75

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac Ah (two pair, aces and fives).
Button has Qd Qs (two pair, queens and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $38.75.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Button ($13.25)
SB ($23.24)
BB ($30.68)
Hero ($32.70)
UTG+1 ($21.30)
UTG+2 ($18.20)
MP1 ($10.54)
MP2 ($10.95)
MP3 ($24.65)
CO ($55.18)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q Heart

, Q

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero raises to $1, UTG+1 raises to $3, 6 folds, SB (poster) calls $2.90, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($9.25) 2 Club

, 6

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.5, UTG+1 raises to $6, SB folds, Hero calls $3.50.

Turn: ($21.25) 7 Diamond

(2 players)
Hero checks, Hero calls $12.30.

River: ($33.55) A Heart

(2 players)

Final Pot: $33.55

Results in white below:
Hero has Qh Qd (two pair, queens and sixes).
UTG+1 has Ad Ac (full house, aces full of sixes).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins $33.55.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

BB ($25.45)
UTG ($9.30)
UTG+1 ($21.61)
UTG+2 ($27.80)
MP1 ($21.90)
Hero ($26.50)
MP3 ($62.53)
CO ($23.30)
Button ($49.80)
SB ($31.44)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q Club

, Q

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
3 folds, MP1 raises to $0.5, Hero raises to $1.25, 1 fold, CO calls $1.25, 1 fold, SB (poster) calls $1.15, 1 fold, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($4.50) 8 Diamond

, 7

, T

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.25, CO raises to $6, SB folds, Hero calls $3.75.

Turn: ($16.50) 8 Spade

(2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

River: ($16.50) 2 Diamond

(2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Final Pot: $16.50

Results in white below:
Hero has Qc Qh (two pair, queens and eights).
CO has Qs Ks (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $16.50.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Button ($30.52)
SB ($26.15)
BB ($16.70)
Hero ($31.20)
UTG+1 ($6.15)
MP1 ($39.99)
MP2 ($26.96)
MP3 ($9.57)
CO ($7.60)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A Spade

, K

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1, 3 folds, Button raises to $5.75, 2 folds, Hero calls $4.75, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($12.85) 5 Diamond

, 7

, 9

(2 players)
Hero bets $8, Button is all-in $24.77, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $44.22

For some reason I think the converter isn't picking up when somebody puts me all in or I go all in, but I think you can pretty much figure that part out. Now, what I wanted to talk about..the last hand.

As is apparent in so many of the larger losses that I have, I'm usually faced with a reraise preflop, versus a larger pocket pair. I think the next stage of my game is going to be recognizing a preflop RE-raise as a huge red flag, and laying AK-QQ-JJ type hands down. Comments?

Playing in another $1 MTT and just snagged a hand that helped quite a bit.....pretty funny.

***** Hand History for Game 3877549637 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:21644505 Level:6 Blinds(200/400) - Monday, April 03, 02:18:39 ET 2006
Table Regular(651662) Table #16 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Setzy ( $10530 )
Seat 10: Merchanimal ( $9161 )
Seat 8: kingdale111 ( $17119 )
Seat 7: bizopts ( $25038 )
Seat 6: SiouxTrail81 ( $18331 )
Seat 2: duvius ( $30501 )
Seat 3: ahdoo22 ( $9645 )
Seat 5: CAPD595 ( $18789 )
Seat 4: djenertia ( $6354 )
Seat 9: rikjaymesbch ( $9486 )
Trny:21644505 Level:6
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Setzy [ Ah As ]
duvius calls [400].
ahdoo22 calls [400].
djenertia folds.
CAPD595 folds.
SiouxTrail81 folds.
bizopts raises [9645].
kingdale111 folds.
rikjaymesbch folds.
Merchanimal folds.
Setzy is all-In [10130]
duvius is all-In [30101]
ahdoo22 is all-In [9245]
bizopts is all-In [15393]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, Jd, 6s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
bizopts shows [ 8c, 8h ] a pair of eights.
Setzy shows [ Ah, As ] a pair of aces.
duvius shows [ 9h, 9s ] a pair of nines.
ahdoo22 shows [ 2s, 2c ] a pair of twos.
duvius wins 5463 chips from side pot #3 with a pair of nines.
duvius wins 29016 chips from side pot #2 with a pair of nines.
Setzy wins 2655 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of aces.
Setzy wins 38780 chips from the main pot with a pair of aces.
Player ahdoo22 finished in 255 place
Player bizopts finished in 254 place

Here's hoping for another FT!

Current BR: $822.45

Bit of a down day today, finished about halfway in a $2 MTT, never could get anything going. No big deal...lost about a buyin's worth playing ring. Currently finishing the Paradise Welcome Bonus ($30 left). Going to set a short-term goal of $1k by the end of this month.

Actually I'm not including the $60 or so I have in Stars in my bankroll...but that's just sort of my micro tourney play money, so I'm not really counting it (unless I cash in something good, in which I'll add it to the rest!)

Cripes. Just got bit really bad on some ring games. Yeah I know, whine whine moan moan, but here's some hand histories....

Current BR: = $715.30

***** Hand History for Game 3898646225 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 06, 02:05:36 ET 2006
Table Uncle Ante (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: TBone509 ( $56.19 )
Seat 3: ImSerious222 ( $30.68 )
Seat 7: Setzy ( $25 )
Seat 10: searcyc2 ( $47.44 )
Seat 5: janie112 ( $19.76 )
Seat 8: AHDOC ( $26.35 )
Seat 6: jerrod2515 ( $35.41 )
Seat 1: pastorsteve ( $29.05 )
Seat 4: cg_aces ( $21.71 )
Seat 9: repoman85 ( $16.93 )
cg_aces posts small blind [$0.10].
janie112 is sitting out.
jerrod2515 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Setzy [ Ah Ad ]
Setzy raises [$2].
janie112 has left the table.
AHDOC calls [$2].
repoman85 folds.
searcyc2 calls [$2].
pastorsteve folds.
TBone509 calls [$2].
ImSerious222 folds.
cg_aces folds.
jerrod2515 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 4h, Jc ]
>You have options at Table 98296 Table!.
Setzy bets [$2.50].
AHDOC raises [$5].
>You have options at Soul Mates Table!.
searcyc2 calls [$5].
TBone509 folds.
Setzy calls [$2.50].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
>You have options at Just Hafta Table!.
Setzy bets [$7].
>You have options at Table 98296 Table!.
lemme22you has joined the table.
AHDOC raises [$18.59].
searcyc2 is all-In [$40.44]
Setzy is all-In [$11]
>You have options at Soul Mates Table!.
Setzy: i so lost
AHDOC is all-In [$0.76]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
AHDOC shows [ Js, Jh ] a full house, Jacks full of nines.
searcyc2 shows [ Ks, Kh ] two pairs, kings and nines.
Setzy doesn't show [ Ah, Ad ] two pairs, aces and nines.
searcyc2 wins $21.09 from side pot #2 with two pairs, kings and nines.
AHDOC wins $2.70 from side pot #1 with a full house, Jacks full of nines.
AHDOC wins $74.35 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of nines.

***** Hand History for Game 3898694560 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 06, 02:16:39 ET 2006
Table Just Hafta (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: seekyes ( $16.93 )
Seat 6: Setzy ( $35.60 )
Seat 7: Kantot_Mo ( $10.42 )
Seat 2: tkky83 ( $3.45 )
Seat 5: marshin32 ( $9.25 )
Seat 10: kaiwen980 ( $29.99 )
Seat 8: Analyz_This2 ( $70.32 )
Seat 9: DSN1968 ( $12.61 )
Seat 1: snake7782 ( $7.55 )
Seat 4: ih8sillyhos ( $18.10 )
Setzy posts small blind [$0.10].
Kantot_Mo posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Setzy [ 9h 9s ]
>You have options at Uncle Ante (No DP) Table!.
>You have options at Table 98296 Table!.
Analyz_This2 calls [$0.25].
DSN1968 folds.
kaiwen980 folds.
snake7782 folds.
tkky83 folds.
seekyes calls [$0.25].
ih8sillyhos calls [$0.25].
Setzy calls [$0.15].
Kantot_Mo raises [$1.25].
>You have options at Uncle Ante (No DP) Table!.
Analyz_This2 calls [$1.25].
seekyes calls [$1.25].
ih8sillyhos folds.
Setzy calls [$1.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 4c, 2h ]
Setzy checks.
Kantot_Mo checks.
Analyz_This2 checks.
seekyes checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
Setzy checks.
Kantot_Mo checks.
Analyz_This2 checks.
seekyes bets [$2].
Setzy calls [$2].
>You have options at Uncle Ante (No DP) Table!.
Kantot_Mo folds.
>You have options at Fine Print Table!.
Analyz_This2 calls [$2].
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
Setzy bets [$5].
Analyz_This2 folds.
>You have options at Fine Print Table!.
>You have options at Table 98296 Table!.
seekyes is all-In [$13.43]
Setzy: nice raise
>You have options at Fine Print Table!.
Setzy calls [$8.43].
Setzy shows [ 9h, 9s ] two pairs, tens and nines.
seekyes shows [ 5c, 6c ] a straight, two to six.
seekyes wins $37.16 from the main pot with a straight, two to six.

***** Hand History for Game 3898701003 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 06, 02:18:11 ET 2006
Table Fine Print (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: fzilco ( $76.98 )
Seat 5: nikalous2006 ( $21.30 )
Seat 9: toddjames ( $39.21 )
Seat 4: Setzy ( $28.19 )
Seat 10: airball87 ( $27.87 )
Seat 8: curtizking ( $6.06 )
Seat 6: ragaboo3 ( $26.75 )
Seat 1: BEAGLEMAN44 ( $59.16 )
Seat 2: papichulo009 ( $17.84 )
Seat 7: kirra77 ( $5.77 )
airball87 posts small blind [$0.10].
BEAGLEMAN44 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Setzy [ Kh Ac ]
>You have options at Uncle Ante (No DP) Table!.
papichulo009 folds.
fzilco folds.
>You have options at Just Hafta Table!.
Setzy raises [$2].
nikalous2006 calls [$2].
ragaboo3 folds.
kirra77 folds.
toddjames calls [$2].
airball87 folds.
BEAGLEMAN44 calls [$1.75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, Ks, 3h ]
BEAGLEMAN44 checks.
>You have options at Table 98296 Table!.
Setzy bets [$2].
>You have options at Just Hafta Table!.
nikalous2006 folds.
toddjames calls [$2].
BEAGLEMAN44 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
>You have options at Uncle Ante (No DP) Table!.
Setzy bets [$3].
toddjames calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
Setzy bets [$5].
toddjames raises [$10].
Setzy calls [$5].
toddjames shows [ Th, Ah ] a straight, ten to ace.
Setzy doesn't show [ Kh, Ac ] a pair of kings.
toddjames wins $36.20 from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace.

I feel like the hand with the 9s I shoulda just chucked and been done with it...pretty sloppy playing there.

Whew. Down days hurt. Considering changing my game and getting out of ring, moving into tourneys. I think I'm going to postpone the bankroll short-term goal and take a few days off (which I haven't done since I've gotten into playing heavily) and think about what I want to do.

So I did take a day off, got my mind right, adjusted a thing or two with my game...and for the past two days I've been playing some pretty good ring NL Holdem.

Here's some more hand histories. This time I'm including a few that I folded out of that were winners... gonna comment afterwards on these.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (8 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Hero ($24.90)
CO ($28.80)
Button ($25.15)
SB ($17.77)
BB ($41.90)
UTG ($14.60)
UTG+1 ($23.80)
MP1 ($30.10)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A Club

, A

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
UTG calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, Button raises to $2.25, 2 folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to $10, Button calls $7.75.

Flop: ($20.60) Q Diamond

, K

, 8

(2 players) (GUY GOES ALL IN HERE FOR ABOUT $15, COME ON CONVERTER!!) I call.

Turn: ($20.60) 4 Club

(2 players)

River: ($20.60) Q Club

(2 players)

Final Pot: $20.60 --- (Enemy wins $0.25 from side pot #1 with two pairs, kings and queens.
Setzy [the Hero] wins $47.90 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and queens.)

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac Ah (two pair, aces and queens).
Button has Jh Kd (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $20.60.

Okay, this hand I really think I was making a -EV move...this guy repped a set all the way to the bank, calling a HUGE reraise, I put him on Qs 0r Ks, but it was just junk. I was new to the table at this time, and this was only a couple of hands in. I think my call was bad, but I got lucky.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Hero ($47.55)
MP3 ($9)
CO ($26.15)
Button ($14.77)
SB ($37.90)
BB ($31.10)
UTG ($12.85)
UTG+1 ($10)
MP1 ($30.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9 Heart

, 9

. SB posts a blind of $0.10. UTG+1 posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 (poster) checks, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.25) A Spade

, 9

, 4

(5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.5, CO calls $0.50, SB calls $0.50, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $0.50.

Turn: ($3.25) 9 Spade

(4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.25, Hero raises to $2, CO calls $2, SB calls $2, UTG+1 calls $1.75.

River: ($11.25) 2 Heart

(4 players)

Final Pot: $11.25

Results in white below:
SB has 6s Ks (flush, ace high).
UTG+1 has Ah 8h (two pair, aces and nines).
Hero has 9h 9c (four of a kind, nines).
CO doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $36.60.

I think I played this hand well. Of course it IS the nuts, so it's pretty hard to not bet or raise or whatever, but I think the amount I raised was pretty good......I tried to keep both guys in the pot to build it as much as possible. I was reasonably sure somebody had a good flush (and was right), and was hoping for a sweet reraise, but he flat called. Later he said he did figure there was a boat out there.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

Hero ($69.55)
UTG+1 ($11.55)
MP1 ($28.75)
MP2 ($3.55)
MP3 ($27.95)
CO ($8.46)
Button ($38.50)
SB ($17)
BB ($28.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4 Club

, 4

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Button calls $0.25, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.75) 2 Spade

, 8

, 7

(7 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP1 bets $1.5, MP2 folds, CO calls $1.50, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, Hero folds.

Turn: ($4.75) 4 Spade

(2 players)
MP1 checks, CO checks.

River: ($4.75) 4 Heart

(2 players)
MP1 bets $2, CO calls $2.

Final Pot: $8.75

Results in white below:
MP1 has 7s Ah (two pair, sevens and fours).
CO has Kd 7d (two pair, sevens and fours).
Outcome: MP1 wins $8.75.

So I missed out on some more quads (same table!)...but he did make a nice flop bet, which pushed me out of the hand. I don't think I should have stayed in anyhow, but it sucks to see runner runner......not gonna let it affect my playing though!

Next up is something else like that, on a different table..

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR Hand History Converter

MP2 ($7.24)
MP3 ($32.70)
CO ($14.07)
Button ($6)
SB ($1.75)
BB ($47.80)
UTG ($23.50)
Hero ($24.65)
MP1 ($28.64)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q Club

, Q

. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
1 fold, Hero raises to $1, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, MP3 calls $1, CO calls $1, Button calls $1, 1 fold

Flop: ($10.85) 6 Heart

, A

, 3

(7 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets $2, CO folds, Hero folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls $2.25.

Turn: ($15.10) 9 Diamond

(3 players)

River: ($15.10) 6 Diamond

(3 players)

Final Pot: $15.10

Results in white below:
SB has 4s 4d (two pair, sixes and fours).
MP3 has 7h Th (one pair, sixes).
Button has 2h 3h (two pair, sixes and threes).
Outcome: SB wins $15.10.

Something isn't adding up right with the math there, but the jist of it is that there were something like 6 preflop callers of a $1 raise. Flop comes with a nasty ace and two hearts, a guy bets and somebody else either calls or raises, and I fold out of there. One of the guys in the pot is allin before the flop (he had $1.75 and reraised over my $1). The thing was, the two guys that stayed in after the flop (one bet and one called) were both on flush draws that missed, and the little allin guy with the pocket fours ended up taking the pot. I still don't think I should have called the $2 bet or whatever it was after the flop with such a dangerous board and only 1 card could really help me (q of hearts makes three to a flush, so that hurts)......it's like $10 I missed out on, and it does sort of make sense that I should stay in the hand being the INITIAL preflop raiser, but with so many freakin callers, the chances of having an ace...man, I just can't believe nobody had something better.

I dunno what the hell is up with that hand history converter, but re-reading it, on the hand I had the quad 9s, I raised on the river to $10 and got 2 callers..the pot was $30something at the end, not $11.

Had a day off work and played poker for a long time today. Entered Party's 20k Guaranteed tournament as a little variety to spice up my day, ended up finishing a bit outside of the money. Never picked up a super hand, didn't get called once when I pushed my hands preflop to try and double up except for the time I got busted (3 way pot, table chip leader and some other dude and me, chip leader had k x, other dude had some paint trash and I had tens. Flop comes out with two kings, gg. Starting to really find my niche in ring now..losing less larger pots, getting my money in with the best hand, always getting a better understanding of the FLOW of the game and paying attention to raises, especially preflop when I have quality/semi-premium hands. AOK's post in the newbie section about raises is really informative. Anyhow, I'm trying to decide where to start another Bonus....

Current Bankroll: $980.47

Also, I've made a friend in Party, not gonna name names or anything, but his style is very very LAGG. And he's good, and just absolutely owns the TAGG and more passive-tight players out there. When I go to change styles (at a later date), this is what I want to learn.

Oh my.... *makes a sucking noise* Not converting this because I'm on a slow connection, so too bad :p

***** Hand History for Game 4002520419 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, April 16, 23:32:28 ET 2006
Table Table 98216 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Setzy ( $22.57 )
Seat 4: algonquinman ( $10.41 )
Seat 6: toucansam52 ( $19.40 )
Seat 9: katie777 ( $23.10 )
Seat 7: shaydbrayd ( $48.56 )
Seat 2: Gwtlyntb ( $5.45 )
Seat 10: Johnnyvan ( $24.09 )
Seat 3: markergo ( $23.23 )
Seat 8: jlau8199 ( $19 )
Seat 5: GrabURNuts ( $24.75 )
Johnnyvan posts small blind [$0.10].
Setzy posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Setzy [ Kd Kh ]
>You have options at Table 98325 Table!.
Gwtlyntb could not respond in time.(disconnected)
Gwtlyntb folds.
markergo folds.
algonquinman folds.
GrabURNuts folds.
toucansam52 raises [$1].
shaydbrayd calls [$1].
jlau8199 folds.
katie777 raises [$3.82].
Johnnyvan folds.
Setzy raises [$6.39].
toucansam52 folds.
shaydbrayd folds.
katie777 is all-In [$19.28]
Setzy: well, let's see what ya got, tell me the bad news
Setzy is all-In [$15.93]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 7s, Ks ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Setzy shows [ Kd, Kh ] a full house, Kings full of sevens.
katie777 shows [ As, Ad ] a flush, ace high.
katie777 wins $0.53 from side pot #1 with a flush, ace high.
Setzy wins $44.89 from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of sevens.

Man, what a hand. Told the guy sorry after that...

For some reason it wouldn't let me log in yesterday, and I really wanted to write out about an excellent session, and some other thoughts I was having. Was browsing FTR a bit on topics discussing the jump from 25 to 50 nl. Friends and neighbors, I think the day is arriving a bit quicker than I thought.

I've tweaked my game up some over the past few days, and yesterday I had the day off work and put in an exceptionally long session. After some good ring playing and finishing 2nd in a $6 SNG (man I need some work heads up, he was up by about 8x chips, but still...)

I decided for the first time in my short career to sit down at a few 50nl tables and see what all the hubbub was about. Hmm... blinds are a bit more and people have a lot more money than I'm used to, but other than that, nothing on the surface appeared different. In the few hands I played I didn't really notice anything different, except the one reraise I made preflop was folded to by the initial raiser. A bit more cognizant, perhaps? I ended up ahead for the 50nl session, closed the tables and went back to 25nl, my stomping ground..confident this game is in the palm of my hand.

I'm pretty much brimming with confidence at this point. Considering writing up my take on how to "beat" 25nl.

I still haven't purchased Poker Tracker... need to do that.

Well, I've been dabbling a bit.

2 days ago played a $2 MTT, finished 29 of 671. Not bad, but just outside of where the money starts getting pretty good. Busted on TT when blinds were like 25% of my stack, pushed, guy with about 4x my chips calls with AJ, flops a J, gg.

Played 2 $6 2-table MTTs yesterday. Finished 5th and 3rd, respectively. Starting to feel like my shorthanded game really sucks, but I think I'm learning better when to push, what to push with, and who to push against. Just takes a little experience..

Dabbled with some more $50 tables. They really aren't much different than $25, at least that I can tell so far. Still feel more comfortable playing $25 though. Payed twosev back at the beginning of the month, thanks man, appreciate it.

Started that thread about a bankroll race/competition...think I might go with having just a competition to see who can win the most via 25nl, instead of a bankroll race.

But all in all things are pretty good, had a pretty good week thus far after another downswing at the beginning of the month.

Up and down and up and down...kinda like a yo-yo. Tonight I finished on the upswing, but had been down for the most part recently. Finished the Party reload Bonus to help bring myself close to even for the week.

I've been having problems with sets bigger than my sets, and getting stacked by them. I've read that you're not "supposed" to worry about this, but I think if your whole stack is at stake, I think it's definitely something that can be thought about.

So much as I play, especially at Party 25NL, that postflop ANY sort of raise represents strength. Bluffs are too rare for me to justify calling raises without 2 pair or better. I've been raising more to try and maximize a little more value out of my better hands, but I don't think at this level it really gets noticed. I think people notice raises, especially preflop...and I think I'm finally getting the hang of trying to get more information via preflop raises. If they re-raise your raise, it isn't 67s. It's KK or better.

I don't think I'm leaving 25nl for a while....I feel so comfortable there.

I have nothing to add from the past few days, because I haven't been PLAYING the past few days! I've been on vacation, and now I'm back and after four days ready to hop back into it. It's very odd, because since I've started playing poker online that is the longest stretch I have gone without playing cards. I don't think there's any rust that's built on my game, but I think the vacation was definitely good for giving me a break..there were some points recently where I felt like I should take a few days off because of some downswings, but that's all said and done now, and I'm ready to get back on the poker wagon and keep building. Before I left I was on a pretty good upswing, and I'm hoping to ride that into next week.

Even though I'm on a positive run, I want to post something negative about the past.

About a week ago I decided to try out multi-tabling 50nl. Most sources I've read (and hell I read everything) say that it's not really much different from 25nl, just double the money. Well...I got about 10k hands in or so, and they were not pretty. The thing was, I lost on a couple of those "bad beats", and I hate using those words because I honestly don't think set over set is a true bad beat, but that's not the point...I felt it start to affect me, seriously. That's stupid sounding, I know, but I could drop a buyin at 25nl and not blink an eye, but when the same thing happened at 50, I was like oh wow, .....oh wow. And I felt it, the evil presence lingering on my back, creeping over my shoulder, fighting its way into every pore of my body. Yeah, tilt came flying out and hit me square in the face. It's AWFUL! But I learned something very positive from the whole situation...I'm not ready for the next step. Man that sounds so lame. But it's the definite truth. So I stepped down to 25nl, my home, and have been grinding well ever since.

Current Bankroll: $745.00

A new month's getting ready to start, and I would like to double my roll by the end of this month. I don't think I'm going to move up (or try again, anyway) to 50nl until I get to $2000. That seems way overrolled, doesn't it?

I am still fine tuning my game, but I think at this point it is very well refined.

If it helps, my BR is now well over $3k and I am only just dabbling in $50NL and $100NL, as I feel my game hasn't been solid enough up to this point to make a real and successful attempt at the higher limits.

Don't allow yourself to feel the pressure to move up when you're not *truly* ready for it, as it will just be another negative emotion waiting to wreck your game, and your enjoyment of the game, if it gets half a chance.

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