IRBaboon's SNG Blog

Hi!

So this is my blog, i'll start with some background about my pokercareer. Well i started playing poker online like 1 year ago for fun at Everest Poker, they had nad still got those free money SNG's. You win like $0.10, but i didnt really care, I had fun. After that i started to play some freerolls and had some success there too but i lost the money pretty quick. The worst thing is that the beginning when i thought i was gonna win some money, i took like $100 bucks from my mom to play with, lost them within 5 days. I am really ashammed of it. But as you say, you learn from your mistakes.

Anyway, i deposited $20 bucks at a swedish poker site called Svenska Spel and within one day i was upp $80, which was pretty good for me. Played both NL and SNG. I Even won $800 bucks on tourney, this was and still is my biggest win. But the place around on me and i started the lost the $100 i had left after cashing out the rest.

Now my goal is to go from $50, which i have on two rooms, BestPoker and Noblepoker, to turn that money into $1500 within some months. On both sites that is . I will be playing $2.20 SNG's until i have like 20x buyins to $5.50 which is a comfortable level for me.

Well, thats all... not really.. i can right a whole book about my freaked out pokercareer :P. So i will be posting results on all my SNG's from now on and maybe post some hands even. But there is one problem, both these sites are not working with the trimmer, so we'll see.

IAMWeasel

Originally Posted by Irisheyes

IAMWeasel

you beat me to it.

IAMWeasel is too nice.

Anyways, had a good run last night, won around 50 bucks at BestPoker.

1st: $25($5,50)
2nd: 2x$15($5.50)
3rd: $10($5.50)

So i have $85 there now, should have more, but i the beginning i had a bad streak at the $2.20 turbos. The thing is that i play way over the buyin minium, but i still feel comfortable. Why i do that is because i tend to concentrate more since i really have to play good and i do relax alot when i play my A game . So basicaly i will continue play $5.50 's with not enough buyins

I haven't really played at Noble Poker yet, but im plus about $5 bucks which is good.

I will post some difficult hands and good ones to so you can comment my game, hopefully someone will read my blog, but i dont expect anyone too

Played another round at Bestpoker,

1st: $25($5.50)
2nd: $15($5.50)
7th: $0($5.50)

Total BR: $108

So, the first one i didnt really concentrate, had some friends over and they disturbed me. I went allin with AQ and got called by AK . The other two i played really good, was tight, played semi-good and good cards and won the pots. Even started to bluff a little since i had reads on the villians. Made one loosly call, there was a twopair on the board with K-high, and i thought i had such a good read on the villian(this is HU) that i didnt believe him having the cards, so when he went allin on the river i called him and got assraped .

Anyways, played one round at Noble Poker,

well played one SNG, med it to the money , but got busted on a bad bluff HU and was left with 1000 chips against 11000, so i lost it

2nd: $15($5.50)

Total BR: $65

Good luck to you sir, we needed someone running a SnG Operation. Be careful with the bankroll management, especially if you're playing turbos.

Originally Posted by HalvSame

Good luck to you sir, we needed someone running a SnG Operation. Be careful with the bankroll management, especially if you're playing turbos.

Yup, cant start loosing too much so i will keep an big eye on my BR, but as it goes now, i will continue in this way since its going really good. Are waiting for the bad streak

Hi! im back again :P didnt feel for blogging the latest weeks since i was in a bad losing streak, but im back up again and better then ever .... soo i back at my SNG mission to make $1500 on Bestpoker. Dropped the other one because of i would ahve my winnings taxed over there, aka at Noble Poker.

so BR at Bestpoker: $277

played a 2-table SNG $10+$1 and made it to the top 4. Was heads up with some fairly tight dude and he pushed me with AJ vs. AQ, and he won, hit the J on the river, bastard. Well i won $60 there. Should have been $80. Anyways i have jumped up to the $11 level now

Good job riding the variance out. I never made it to steadily beating the 11$'s.

DO POST during bad streaks, it will help you focus on the plays rather than results.

Originally Posted by HalvSame

Good job riding the variance out. I never made it to steadily beating the 11$'s.

Thx, well im struggling at the $11 SNG's, i always get myself to ITM, but im the shortstack and i never seem to be able to find the right spot to steal blinds or go allin, kinda gay. the last three $11's i finished 3rd, yippie i go for the $20 bucks everytime ! Will start to post some hands and stuff as soon i as i get PokerOffice to work. So br is currently at $300... kinda disappointing, should be atleast $370 by now, but i tend to get less good hands as i go up in level :P

Originally Posted by IRBaboon

Dropped the other one because of i would ahve my winnings taxed over there, aka at Noble Poker.

Hmmm. Nah, don't think so.

Or rather I've never paid any taxes on any of my winnings. Woot!


You seem to play goot for a southener. Gl with the op

Originally Posted by Anosmic

Originally Posted by IRBaboon

Dropped the other one because of i would ahve my winnings taxed over there, aka at Noble Poker.

Hmmm. Nah, don't think so.

Or rather I've never paid any taxes on any of my winnings. Woot!


You seem to play goot for a southener. Gl with the op

Anosmic, Noble Poker is outside EU, so all winnings that arent within the EU are taxed. Its like 30% of my winnings so i dropped it. Not worth fighting for some cash when i have to tax it. Anyways nice to see a fellow blueyellow-dude

A little update, just played a $11, had a very good run, were busting some loose morons, raise allin with A9o vs. my KK :P, well actually i can post the hands now

----- HAND 1 -----
Hand 269,320,872, Started at 2007-05-02 14:14 (GMT+2)
Table 'Phoenix': 100-100 No Limit HE (TournamentChips)
Seat 2: AMP99 (1 980 in chips)
Seat 3: NelsonMunz1 (3 930 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 4: Reisistuta (6 245 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO (1 300 in chips)
Seat 9: SpaceAce10 (1 545 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
Reisistuta : Post Blind (50)
HERO : Post Blind (100)
Dealt to HERO: Ac
Dealt to HERO: 8d
*** Pre-Flop *** :
SpaceAce10 : Fold
AMP99 : Fold
NelsonMunz1 : Fold
Reisistuta : Bet (150)
HERO : Call (100)
*** Flop *** : Jh 8s Ah
Reisistuta : Bet (100)
HERO : Raise (300)
Reisistuta : Call (200)
*** Turn *** : [ Jh 8s Ah ] Ad
Reisistuta : Check
HERO : Check
*** River *** : [ Jh 8s Ah Ad ] 8h
Reisistuta : Bet (200)
HERO : Raise (500)
Reisistuta : Call (300)
HERO : Show Cards
Reisistuta : Fold

Felt like i played this hand kinda weird, but it turned out pretty nice

----- HAND 2 -----
Hand 269,336,701, Started at 2007-05-02 14:19 (GMT+2)
Table 'Phoenix': 150-150 No Limit HE (TournamentChips)
Seat 2: AMP99 (1 680 in chips)
Seat 3: NelsonMunz1 (4 030 in chips)
Seat 4: Reisistuta (5 995 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 5: HERO (2 400 in chips)
Seat 9: SpaceAce10 (895 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
HERO : Post Blind (75)
SpaceAce10 : Post Blind (150)
Dealt to HERO: Kc
Dealt to HERO: Ks
*** Pre-Flop *** :
AMP99 : Fold
NelsonMunz1 : Bet (4 030)
NelsonMunz1 : All In (4 030)
Reisistuta : Fold
HERO : Call (2 325)
HERO : All In (2 400)
SpaceAce10 : Fold
*** Flop *** : Jd 5d 5c
*** Turn *** : [ Jd 5d 5c ] 10d
*** River *** : [ Jd 5d 5c 10d ] 4s

NelsonMunz1 had A9o


----- HAND 3 -----

Hand 269,347,013, Started at 2007-05-02 14:22 (GMT+2)
Table 'Phoenix': 150-150 No Limit HE (TournamentChips)
Seat 2: AMP99 (1 155 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 3: NelsonMunz1 (3 410 in chips)
Seat 4: Reisistuta (4 815 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO (4 725 in chips)
Seat 9: SpaceAce10 (895 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
NelsonMunz1 : Post Blind (75)
Reisistuta : Post Blind (150)
Dealt to HERO: As
Dealt to HERO: Kd
*** Pre-Flop *** :
HERO : Bet (500)
SpaceAce10 : Fold
AMP99 : Fold
NelsonMunz1 : Raise (3 335)
NelsonMunz1 : All In (3 410)
Reisistuta : Fold
HERO : Call (2 910)
*** Flop *** : 2c 9d Js
*** Turn *** : [ 2c 9d Js ] 7d
*** River *** : [ 2c 9d Js 7d ] 2h
NelsonMunz1 : Show Cards
HERO : Show Cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 6 970 | Rake: 0
Board: [ 2c 9d Js 7d 2h ]
NelsonMunz1 lost 3 410 Shows [ Ac Qd ] (a pair of twos)
HERO bet 3 410, collected 6 970, net 3 560 Shows [ As Kd ] (a pair of twos)

Nelson, has been very LAGGy, so i didnt place him on any pockets, Ace-raq i thought, and i was right.

----- HAND 4 -----

Hand 269,364,560, Started at 2007-05-02 14:28 (GMT+2)
Table 'Phoenix': 200-200 No Limit HE (TournamentChips)
Seat 2: AMP99 (1 785 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 4: Reisistuta (3 955 in chips)
Seat 5: HERO (9 260 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
Reisistuta : Post Blind (100)
HERO : Post Blind (200)
Dealt to HERO: 5h
Dealt to HERO: 6h
*** Pre-Flop *** :
AMP99 : Call (200)
Reisistuta : Fold
HERO : Check
*** Flop *** : 4d 2h Kh
HERO : Bet (400)
AMP99 : Call (400)
*** Turn *** : [ 4d 2h Kh ] Qh
HERO : Bet (2 000)
AMP99 : Call (1 185)
AMP99 : All In (1 185)
*** River *** : [ 4d 2h Kh Qh ] Ac
HERO : Show Cards
AMP99 : Show Cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 4 485 | Rake: 0
Board: [ 4d 2h Kh Qh Ac ]
AMP99 lost 1 785 Shows [ 5c 5s ] (a pair of fives)
HERO bet 2 600, collected 4 485, net 1 885 Shows [ 5h 6h ] (a flush, King high)

Had a feeling thats all :P

Update for today:

Just played another $11, which went really awesome. Never seen myself play like this, didnt make any misstakes at all, played the right cards at the right moments. One thing that suprised me that i slowly is learning to see weakness from players. I noticed that when i was on the big blind the dude next to me always raised, and sure i folded most of the times. But called his raise and then raise him, guess what he folded within 1 sec I won this session too, +$50. Its was a pretty fun session, got like pockets rockets like 3 times within 15 min, got paid lots from them. The worst, Bestpoker started to lag on me so i turned off the statistics for a sec, but i forgot to save this game, must say that this was my best "performance" ever

Once i get the handhistory from the support, i'll post it and i hope you can will review it from me soo the current stat of my br is

$373

D O W N S T R E A K

How come morons always wanna call me with any cards?
And why do they continue to win?

The fucking variance is killing my badly this time...

B R E A K

I have had it with the variance, quiting this shit for a month at least. Someone lock this topic. I have datamined everything in PO and in the situations that i have been like 80-85 % favorite to win i have lost it on the river. Talking about 30-40 SNG's. That's the truth, cya

you should not let a little bad streak make you quit.