Operation: $20k by 12/2010 => CLOSED

I have been playing only SNGs and MTTs (I actually build a nice BR through it ) since September 2006, but I decided that I needed to improve my post flop, so I'm going to put in at least 40k hands in cash games up to August.

After withdrawing some money, I have now a BR of $2k. I know I'm rolled for 50NL, but I never played cash games a lot and I do not fell comfortable, so I'll start with 25NL.

My intermediate goals are:
1 - Play 4K hands in 25NL and move to 50NL when winning at 25NL;
2 - Move to 100NL when rolled for it (i.e. 2.5k)
3 - Re-evaluate

I'll update the status every couple of days.
I'll be posting some HH in here and I would appreciate some help.

Thanks!

What do you think is a PT level for 25NL?
Is 15/7/2 good? or 15/10/2 is better?

I prefer the latter although I'm 6max, fuck knows about FR.

could play more hands, but 15 is ok.

raise more though.
and aggr fact should be higher.

Thanks for the help!
I'll try to increase my raise numbers to 10.

Here are a couple of hands from last night!

BTW: I'll post the status of my operation once per week. I don't want that it gets on my head if I post too often (as someone said around here lately ).

Hand 1: What a suck out!! I'm putting it here as to remind me how lucky I was to collect $31!

Texas Hold'em $0.15-$0.25 NL (real money), hand #443,718,379
Table Limerick, 6 Oct 2007 8:34 PM ET

Seat 1: baconsarny ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 2: jimbo_jimmy [ AH,JD ] ($28.70 in chips)
Seat 3: raven88 ($27.75 in chips)
Seat 4: WNP88 ($33.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Horatio300 ($14.35 in chips)
Seat 6: jabba7805 ($25.00 in chips)
Seat 7: luck22long ($04.00 in chips)
Seat 8: Timci ($24.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Fatfish72 ($26.40 in chips)
Seat 10: bv44 ($24.75 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
jabba7805 posts blind ($0.15), luck22long posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
Timci folds,
Fatfish72 folds,
bv44 folds,
baconsarny folds,
jimbo_jimmy bets $1,
raven88 calls $1,
WNP88 folds,
Horatio300 folds,
jabba7805 calls $0.85, luck22long bets $3.75 and is all-in,
jimbo_jimmy calls $3, ==> Was this a bad cal??
raven88 calls $3,
jabba7805 calls $3.

FLOP [board cards 3S,JC,4D ] (pot: $16)
jabba7805 checks,
jimbo_jimmy bets $7, ==> I have to bet here, even if I might be behind
raven88 folds,
jabba7805 calls $7.

TURN [board cards 3S,JC,4D,2D ] (pot: $30)
jabba7805 bets $10,
jimbo_jimmy bets $17.70 and is all-in, ==> I think here I should have folded, he was showing strenght all way long and I only had TPTK with possibly 7 good outs on the river.
jabba7805 calls $4 and is all-in.

RIVER [board cards 3S,JC,4D,2D,5C ]

SHOWDOWN
jimbo_jimmy shows [ AH,JD ]
jabba7805 shows [ JS,JH ]
luck22long shows [ QS,QH ]
jimbo_jimmy wins $60.20.

SUMMARY
Dealer: Horatio300
Pot: $61.70, (including rake: $1.50)
baconsarny loses $0
jimbo_jimmy bets $28.70, collects $60.20, net $31.50
raven88 loses $4
WNP88 loses $0
Horatio300 loses $0
jabba7805 loses $25
luck22long loses $4
Timci loses $0
Fatfish72 loses $0
bv44 loses $0


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Hand 2: Good or bad play?

Texas Hold'em $0.15-$0.25 NL (real money), hand #443,731,515
Table Cartagena, 6 Oct 2007 8:37 PM ET

Seat 1: EAGLVLER ($05.45 in chips)
Seat 2: hschultz2 ($35.45 in chips)
Seat 3: luck22long ($04.15 in chips)
Seat 4: anewparadigm ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 5: dr_ avictor ($15.00 in chips)
Seat 6: xtombe ($09.05 in chips)
Seat 7: jimbo_jimmy [ QH,KD ] ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Furbster69 x ($04.75 in chips)
Seat 9: caddie-11 ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 10: MJurreto ($13.95 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
EAGLVLER posts blind ($0.15), hschultz2 posts blind ($0.25), dr_ avictor posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
luck22long calls $0.25,
anewparadigm folds,
dr_ avictor checks,
xtombe folds,
jimbo_jimmy calls $0.25, Furbster69 x folds,
caddie-11 calls $0.25,
MJurreto folds,
EAGLVLER calls $0.10,
hschultz2 checks.

FLOP [board cards KC,8C,4C ] (pot: $1.50)
EAGLVLER bets $0.25,
hschultz2 folds,
luck22long folds,
dr_ avictor calls $0.25,
jimbo_jimmy calls $0.25,
caddie-11 calls $0.25.

TURN [board cards KC,8C,4C,10H ] (pot: $2.50)
EAGLVLER checks,
dr_ avictor checks,
jimbo_jimmy bets $1, ==> Was this spewing chips? With such passively played flop, I felt I might be good.
caddie-11 folds,
EAGLVLER calls $1,
dr_avictor folds.

RIVER [board cards KC,8C,4C,10H,3D ] (pot: $4.50)
EAGLVLER bets $3.95 and is all-in,
jimbo_jimmy calls $3.95. ==> Again, with such a passively played flop & turn, I felt I was good

SHOWDOWN
EAGLVLER shows [ AC,6C ]
jimbo_jimmy shows [ QH,KD ]
EAGLVLER wins $11.80.

SUMMARY
Dealer: MJurreto
Pot: $12.40, (including rake: $0.60)
EAGLVLER bets $05.45, collects $11.80, net $06.35
hschultz2 loses $0.25
luck22long loses $0.25
anewparadigm loses $0
dr_ avictor loses $0.50
xtombe loses $0
jimbo_jimmy loses $05.45
Furbster69 x loses $0
caddie-11 loses $0.50
MJurreto loses $0

Just a small update.
Things are not going very well. After 3k hands, I'm down 6 buy-ins (that's approximately -11 BB/100 I believe (some of it is variance, but not all). I guess that it will be hard moving to 50NL at 4k hands at this pace. Even if I have the BR for it, I want to at least have a small winning rate at 25NL.
BTW, I'll be posting some hands today as I need to work a lot on my game ... I have the feeling that I keep winning small pots and loosing big ones ...

Here are some hands from my bad session 2 days ago: $-67 in 1k hands.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($24.85)
Hero ($24.65)
UTG ($25.35)
UTG+1 ($32.22)
UTG+2 ($25)
MP1 ($23.95)
MP2 ($26.40)
MP3 ($5.40)
CO ($27.14)
Button ($32.01)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T, A.
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to $1, 6 folds, Hero calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.10) 4, 7, 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $2, Hero raises to $6, UTG+2 calls $4.

Turn: ($14.10) T (2 players)
Hero bets $7, UTG+2 raises to $15, Hero calls $8.

River: ($44.10) 3 (2 players)
Hero calls $24.40 (All-In), UTG+2 calls $2.65.

Final Pot: $71.15

villain was new to the table. Should I have checked raised more on the flop. Was my turn bet correct? From my bet on the turn I have to commit my stack, no?

results:

villain: Ts Td



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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($4.95)
Hero ($22.95)
BB ($25.70)
UTG ($8.65)
UTG+1 ($25)
MP1 ($12.45)
MP2 ($39.35)
MP3 ($22.45)
CO ($24.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q.
7 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50.

Flop: ($1.50) 4, 7, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BB raises to $4, Hero calls $2.

Turn: ($9.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $10, BB raises to $20, Hero calls $22.85 (All-In).

River: ($62.35) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $62.35

villain seemed to be aggressive. My image was tight-aggresive. Was my turn bet out of line? Can you get away from this hand after his min raise?

results:

villain: Ad Ah


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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($25.05)
UTG ($6.25)
UTG+1 ($4.65)
UTG+2 ($4.30)
MP1 ($23.30)
MP2 ($7.25)
MP3 ($25)
CO ($4.65)
Button ($24.50)
SB ($18.85)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, K.
7 folds, Button calls $0.25, SB raises to $1, Hero calls $0.75, Button calls $0.75.

Flop: ($3) 4, 9, Q (3 players)
SB bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, Button folds.

Turn: ($4.50) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $2, Hero raises to $6, SB calls $18.75 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: $31.25

My image was tight-aggressive. Opp was loose-aggressive. I was trying to represent trips on the flop, was this a bad play? How often would a loose-aggressive player 3 bet with a bluff or QJ?

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($23.80)
MP2 ($22.65)
MP3 ($24.75)
CO ($32.55)
Button ($9.19)
SB ($4.70)
BB ($21.40)
UTG ($26.25)
UTG+1 ($5.90)
UTG+2 ($5)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, A.
3 folds, Hero raises to $1, 5 folds, BB calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.10) T, 3, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.5, BB raises to $3, Hero calls $1.50.

Turn: ($8.10) Q (2 players)
BB bets $8.5, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $16.60

I have not seen Toppla play one flop since I entered the table. Do you think he has trips here based on the betting?

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 ($26.10)
MP3 ($38.30)
CO ($27)
Button ($5)
SB ($17.31)
Hero ($26.50)
UTG ($25.48)
UTG+1 ($5.10)
UTG+2 ($5.35)
MP1 ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
8 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($0.62) 8, 5, 4 (2 players)
SB bets $0.25, Hero raises to $0.75, SB calls $0.50.

Turn: ($2.12) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.

River: ($6.12) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $9.12

CharlierHarper was a trappy player. I should have raised pre-flop to avoid the difficult decision later on, but I wanted to trap him. The min raise on the turn really felt like the flush draw.
However, I suppose this is standard call?

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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($5)
Button ($26.97)
SB ($26.65)
BB ($45.62)
Hero ($24.35)
UTG+1 ($26.30)
MP1 ($15.40)
MP2 ($31.55)
MP3 ($13.15)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A. CO posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero raises to $1, 6 folds, SB calls $0.90, 1 fold.

Flop: ($2.50) A, 5, 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2.

Turn: ($6.50) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($6.50) Q (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero calls $3.

Final Pot: $12.50

Should I have bet on the turn? to make a flush draw pay?

results:

villain: Kh Kd

the turn play is bad in those last two hands

Thanks for the help!

I just had another loosing session
Was up one buy in, but then the following hands happened.
Overall, I think that I played well, a part from the below hands. At least I learned an important thing: table selection and what players you need to have left and right well it's common sense but I managed to put it in practise

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($45.45)
Button ($7.10)
SB ($72.65)
BB ($37.85)
Hero ($23.25)
MP ($28.95)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q.
Hero raises to $1, 3 folds, SB raises to $3.5, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7.25) T, A, 4 (2 players)
SB bets $4.5, Hero raises to $11, SB raises to $32.75, Hero calls $8.75 (All-In).

Turn: ($59.75) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($59.75) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $59.75

results:
villain: AK

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($22.35)
BB ($9.95)
UTG ($5)
UTG+1 ($47.45)
MP1 ($48.85)
MP2 ($30.15)
Hero ($12.65)
CO ($14.80)
Button ($26.30)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q, A.
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $1, 4 folds.

Flop: ($2.35) 8, J, 4 (2 players)
MP1 bets $1, Hero raises to $3, MP1 calls $2.

Turn: ($8.35) 9 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $8.65 (All-In), MP1 calls $8.65.

River: ($25.65) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $25.65


results:
villain: JJ


This was pure tilt!!! that followed the following hand:

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($22.60)
UTG ($10.20)
UTG+1 ($5)
MP1 ($47.45)
MP2 ($36.95)
MP3 ($30.15)
Hero ($25.15)
Button ($14.80)
SB ($26.40)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, Q.
UTG calls $0.25, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.5, 3 folds, UTG folds, MP2 calls $1.25.

Flop: ($3.60) 2, K, A (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $3, MP2 raises to $6, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($15.60) 9 (2 players)
MP2 bets $3, Hero calls $3.

River: ($21.60) T (2 players)
MP2 bets $2, Hero calls $2.

Final Pot: $25.60

For those that really wonder if cash or SNGs is better (I remember there was a discuss like this on the SNG section) I now have to give my vote to cash ... I've been actively playing cash only for 2 weeks, but as DA GOAT said it once, I felt no more joy playing SNGs. Cash has brought another dimension to poker.
Even if I am still losing in 25NL, I must say I'm really liking the experience for the moment!

As for my goals. I have done about 4.2k hands and I'm down about 4 buy-ins. As soon as I'll be even a slight winner at 25NL I'll move to 50NL.

Guys,

What about these stats, do they look OK?



Thanks!

Quick update:
I'm still down about 5 buy-ins in 25NL. Yesterday, I had an awfull session at FullTilt (I lost about 3 buy-ins in 2h30). Boy, those games are full of aggressive guys! It seams that the c-bet there is the 2nd barrel on the turn!
Then I recover a bit at Stars.

So after about 5.5k hands I'm down about $-130. Taking in consideration that I'm now learning cash, I should take some buy-ins as the price to pay for the learning curve. So I'm not too unhappy. Let's see how things progress!

As my Operation goes, I want to recover those $130 before moving to 50NL (however, I might take a shot at 50NL before , if I fell confortable ).

Update:
After some 7k hands on 25NL I'm down about 4 buy-ins.

Then yesterday evening, I gave a shot at 50NL, where I posted some hands this morning. Initially, I played a big scared, but as the session went on I think I played quite OK (even losing 1 buy-in by calling with TPTK an all-in from a set, *runs and hides in shame*).
In total I played 600 hands in 50NL and I'm down 1/2 buy-in. For the moment I fell confortable there, so I'll stay until either I reach $2.5k or I go down to less then $1.8k. My current BR is $1920.

A pretty stupid hand:

EverestPoker Game #1716599900: Table Berlin-21 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 06:31:24 - 2007/06/25
Seat 1: Snb ($50.00)
Seat 2: NANEAU ($34.17)
Seat 3: SlapHapy ($47.45)
Seat 4: kev79 ($51.00)
Seat 5: jimmy44a ($50.85)
Seat 6: PappyJack ($22.55)
Seat 7: californien ($23.70)
Seat 8: JavoRamos ($52.00)
Seat 10: oeddeo ($108.90)
JavoRamos posts the small blind of $0.25
oeddeo posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Kc Kh]
NANEAU folds
SlapHapy folds
kev79 folds
jimmy44a raises to $2.00
PappyJack folds
californien folds
JavoRamos calls $1.75
oeddeo calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [7d Qd 3h]
JavoRamos checks
oeddeo checks
jimmy44a bets $5.00
JavoRamos calls $5.00
oeddeo folds
*** TURN *** [7d Qd 3h] [Ad]
JavoRamos checks
jimmy44a checks
*** RIVER *** [7d Qd 3h Ad] [8h]
JavoRamos bets $8.00
jimmy44a calls $8.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JavoRamos shows [Td Jd]
jimmy44a mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [7d Qd 3h Ad 8h]
JavoRamos collects $30.40

I have to believe more opps bets! If there A had not come on the turn, I think I could've called.

I did a very short session yesterday in 50NL. I recovered a bit in and I'm almost break even at 800 hands in 50NL. For most of you it's not a good thing, for me it is , at least for the moment that I'm learning cash.

This hand was good to recover a bit of money against a station

EverestPoker Game #1730162630: Table Berlin-30 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:15:08 - 2007/06/27
Seat 3: homer07 ($55.62)
Seat 4: jimmy44a ($73.90)
Seat 5: Mr_Tanou ($49.25)
Seat 6: SYSEKAS ($65.58)
Seat 7: ruliAA ($4.00)
Seat 9: beluba ($79.42)
Seat 10: richard2727 ($50.81)
ruliAA posts the small blind of $0.25
beluba posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[As Ah]
richard2727 calls $0.50
homer07 calls $0.50
jimmy44a raises to $2.50
SYSEKAS folds
ruliAA folds
beluba calls $2.00
richard2727 calls $2.00
homer07 calls $2.00
*** FLOP *** [5c 3c 2s]
beluba bets $0.50
richard2727 calls $0.50
homer07 raises to $1.50
jimmy44a raises to $8.00
beluba calls $7.50
richard2727 folds
homer07 calls $6.50
*** TURN *** [5c 3c 2s] [8d]
beluba bets $0.50
homer07 calls $0.50
jimmy44a raises to $15.00
beluba calls $14.50
homer07 folds
*** RIVER *** [5c 3c 2s 8d] [Qd]
beluba bets $0.50
jimmy44a calls $0.50 ==> Actually, I had put this guy on a draw since the flop, but I could not exclude a slow playing set on the river. I fell that only a set would call if I raise the river and I might even be check-raised as a bluff, so I just took the call
*** SHOW DOWN ***

beluba shows [6c Ac]
jimmy44a shows [As Ah]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [5c 3c 2s 8d Qd]
jimmy44a collects $63.25


I think I lost a bit of value from this hand:

EverestPoker Game #1729863812: Table Berlin-30 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:19:51 - 2007/06/27
Seat 1: PWilde ($48.90)
Seat 3: homer07 ($66.41)
Seat 4: jimmy44a ($64.60)
Seat 5: La_dent ($19.25)
Seat 6: SYSEKAS ($59.58)
Seat 7: olistar ($31.95)
Seat 9: beluba ($72.18)
Seat 10: richard2727 ($11.98)
PWilde posts the small blind of $0.25
homer07 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Ah As]
jimmy44a raises to $2.00
La_dent calls $2.00
SYSEKAS folds
olistar folds
beluba folds
richard2727 folds
PWilde raises to $3.50
homer07 folds
jimmy44a calls $1.50
La_dent calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [3s 8c 9c]
PWilde bets $4.25
jimmy44a raises to $8.50 ==>With villain's re-raise PF (I put him on JJ+ and maybe AK), if I call his bet, I'll definitevely will get another from him on the turn. However, I cannot give La_dent odds to chase the flush (with my min raise I still gave him average odds). I think a call here would have been a better play on a rainbow flop. On this flop, maybe I should have raised 3x villain's bet ...
La_dent folds
PWilde calls $4.25
*** TURN *** [3s 8c 9c] [5s]
PWilde checks
jimmy44a bets $10.00
PWilde folds
Uncalled bet of $10.00 returned to jimmy44a
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jimmy44a mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3s 8c 9c 5s ]
jimmy44a collects $26.60


Stupid hand: (I'm still learning )

EverestPoker Game #1729692042: Table Berlin-32 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:51:27 - 2007/06/27
Seat 1: jimmy44a ($47.15)
Seat 2: olistar ($47.30)
Seat 5: Mr_Tanou ($47.50)
Seat 6: chefano ($24.15)
Seat 7: henkkus ($87.05)
Seat 9: NoekieM ($57.05)
Seat 10: zeruela ($60.10)
NoekieM posts the small blind of $0.25
jimmy44a posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[2d 7s]
olistar calls $0.50
Mr_Tanou calls $0.50
chefano calls $0.50
henkkus folds
NoekieM folds
jimmy44a checks
*** FLOP *** [7h Ad 2c]
jimmy44a bets $2.00
olistar folds
Mr_Tanou folds
chefano calls $2.00
*** TURN *** [7h Ad 2c] [4c]
jimmy44a bets $3.50
chefano raises to $16.75 ==>This is a typical line for a set of 2 pairs, with 2 low pairs, I think I should have folded. Would this be too tight?
jimmy44a raises to $30.00
chefano calls $4.90 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $8.35 returned to jimmy44a
*** SHOW DOWN ***

jimmy44a shows [2d 7s]
chefano shows [7c Ac]
*** RIVER *** [7h Ad 2c 4c] [5c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [7h Ad 2c 4c 5c]
chefano collects $47.10

Another session yesterday:
Over 600 hands at 50NL 3-tabling, I was up $4,10 WOW !!!
Over 1400 hands 50NL I'm down $-6

I had a couple of nice hands, like this one:
EverestPoker Game #1735008385: Table Berlin-17 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:30:48 - 2007/06/28
Seat 1: Anniecc@ ($29.00)
Seat 2: LocoDelSur ($53.70)
Seat 3: RicardoSCP ($49.25)
Seat 4: El_Player ($32.20)
Seat 5: jimmy44a ($49.75)
Seat 7: Laed ($44.00)
Seat 9: whitehead12 ($35.87)
Seat 10: SYSEKAS ($57.50)
Anniecc@ posts the small blind of $0.25
LocoDelSur posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Td Jd]
RicardoSCP folds
El_Player folds
jimmy44a raises to $2.00
Laed calls $2.00
whitehead12 calls $2.00
SYSEKAS folds
Anniecc@ folds
LocoDelSur folds
*** FLOP *** [9d Qh Kd]
jimmy44a bets $4.00
Laed calls $4.00
whitehead12 folds
*** TURN *** [9d Qh Kd] [Tc]
jimmy44a bets $14.00
Laed calls $14.00
*** RIVER *** [9d Qh Kd Tc] [Ad]
jimmy44a bets $29.75 and is all-in
Laed calls $24.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $5.75 returned to jimmy44a

*** SHOW DOWN ***
jimmy44a shows [Td Jd]
Laed shows [Qc Qd]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9d Qh Kd Tc Ad]
jimmy44a collects $87.75


Was hoping the villain has trip 9s, KQ or a flush draw (without a Q), but the result was even better


And then this hand I think I lost some value on the river, as I didn't raise it ...
This is, I think, one of my bigest weakness = value betting the river with a good but hand, but the nuts ... as I'm afraid of the bluff raise.
EverestPoker Game #1734982194: Table Berlin-7 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:22:59 - 2007/06/28
Seat 1: hardy0815 ($122.50)
Seat 2: jimmy44a ($48.25)
Seat 3: BigSlick79 ($32.10)
Seat 4: Torius ($48.65)
Seat 5: Dalerion ($79.05)
Seat 7: smokyxx ($90.15)
Seat 8: Sergioxxx ($50.00)
Seat 9: Herr_Braun ($130.80)
Seat 10: juju8383 ($3.75)
Dalerion posts the small blind of $0.25
smokyxx posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Kc Jd]
Herr_Braun calls $0.50
juju8383 calls $0.50
hardy0815 folds
jimmy44a raises to $3.00
BigSlick79 folds
Torius folds
Dalerion folds
smokyxx calls $2.50
Herr_Braun calls $2.50
juju8383 raises to $3.75 and is all-in
jimmy44a calls $0.75
smokyxx calls $0.75
Herr_Braun calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Qh 8h 5c]
smokyxx checks
Herr_Braun checks
jimmy44a checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 8h 5c] [Td]
smokyxx bets $0.50
Herr_Braun calls $0.50
jimmy44a calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [Qh 8h 5c Td] [Ah]
smokyxx bets $0.50
Herr_Braun calls $0.50
jimmy44a calls $0.50

*** SHOW DOWN ***
smokyxx shows [Ac 9h]
Herr_Braun mucks
juju8383 mucks
jimmy44a shows [Kc Jd]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Qh 8h 5c Td Ah]
jimmy44a collects $14.50
jimmy44a collects $2.85



Here's another example of loosing value on the river:
Have to fix this leak!!!
EverestPoker Game #1735114484: Table Berlin-7 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:07:25 - 2007/06/29
Seat 1: magute25 ($92.90)
Seat 2: jimmy44a ($62.45)
Seat 3: el_diabalo ($9.10)
Seat 4: luanvach ($20.00)
Seat 6: Anniecc@ ($31.10)
Seat 7: @history ($50.00)
Seat 9: Herr_Braun ($106.30)
Seat 10: Davidos ($43.45)
magute25 posts the small blind of $0.25
jimmy44a posts the big blind of $0.50
@history posts $0.50
The button is in seat #10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Qc 2c]
el_diabalo calls $0.50
Anniecc@ folds
@history checks
Herr_Braun folds
Davidos folds
magute25 calls $0.25
jimmy44a checks
*** FLOP *** [2h 6s Qs]
magute25 bets $0.50
jimmy44a raises to $2.00
el_diabalo folds
@history calls $2.00
magute25 calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [2h 6s Qs] [8c]
magute25 bets $0.50
jimmy44a raises to $5.50
@history folds
magute25 calls $5.00
*** RIVER *** [2h 6s Qs 8c] [Td]
magute25 checks
jimmy44a checks

*** SHOW DOWN ***
magute25 shows [9h 5d]
jimmy44a shows [Qc 2c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2h 6s Qs 8c Td]
jimmy44a collects $18.05

Update:
What a day I had yesterday!
I played 800 hands more at 50NL I won $170! (Even if twice villain sucked out on me for about $20 each)
So, after 2.2k hands at 50NL, I'm up about $165. A bit confusing as after 7k hands at 25NL, I'm down $-125 ...
Maybe I'm playing better or just hit a good variance streak?? Let's wait and see.

BTW, thanks to DA GOAT's suggestion, I took a subscription at cardrunners (it cost me $250!) and indeed, I watched a couple of vids before my sessions and I think it gave me bit of confidence on my game!
BR now is at $1900 after the cardrunners subscription.

A couple of hands:

EverestPoker Game #1744863434: Table Berlin-6 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:29:08 - 2007/07/01
Seat 1: SYSEKAS ($130.45)
Seat 2: jimmy44a ($50.85)
Seat 3: Poker110.de ($50.30)
Seat 4: patriiiiiick ($45.00)
Seat 5: The_nice_one ($43.95)
Seat 6: porta27 ($40.25)
Seat 7: quakeguy ($47.83)
Seat 8: jos888 ($56.60)
Seat 9: Davidos ($46.17)
Seat 10: kannardos ($70.87)
quakeguy posts the small blind of $0.25
jos888 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Jc Ac]
Davidos folds
kannardos raises to $1.75
SYSEKAS folds
jimmy44a calls $1.75
Poker110.de folds
patriiiiiick calls $1.75
The_nice_one folds
porta27 folds
quakeguy calls $1.50
jos888 calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7d 2d]
quakeguy checks
jos888 checks
kannardos bets $8.75
jimmy44a raises to $20.00
patriiiiiick folds
quakeguy folds
jos888 folds
kannardos calls $11.25
*** TURN *** [Jh 7d 2d] [5s]
kannardos checks
jimmy44a bets $29.10 and is all-in
kannardos calls $29.10

*** SHOW DOWN ***
kannardos shows [Qc Ks]
jimmy44a shows [Jc Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7d 2d 5s] [8h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jh 7d 2d 5s 8h]
jimmy44a collects $103.95


I had a read on villain. He was overly aggressive and was raising very often PF. I felt with AJs I was ahead of villain PF and I was right . Plus he was c-betting every flop! I loved that turn call though


EverestPoker Game #1744710104: Table Berlin-0 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:45:29 - 2007/07/01
Seat 1: jimmy44a ($48.00)
Seat 2: Mrlee75 ($58.90)
Seat 3: SYSEKAS ($91.40)
Seat 4: Balu1812 ($19.30)
Seat 5: Enno49 ($50.00)
Seat 6: wunderbelle ($65.97)
Seat 7: megga20 ($98.85)
Seat 8: SteveBug ($16.70)
Seat 9: smokyxx ($54.70)
Seat 10: blubb39 ($5.85)
SYSEKAS posts the small blind of $0.25
Balu1812 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[As Ad]
Enno49 folds
wunderbelle calls $0.50
megga20 folds
SteveBug folds
smokyxx calls $0.50
blubb39 calls $0.50
jimmy44a raises to $3.00
Mrlee75 raises to $11.50
SYSEKAS folds
Balu1812 folds
wunderbelle folds
smokyxx folds
blubb39 folds
jimmy44a calls $8.50
*** FLOP *** [3d 4h Ac]
jimmy44a checks
Mrlee75 bets $14.25
jimmy44a raises to $36.50 and is all-in
Mrlee75 calls $22.25

*** SHOW DOWN ***
jimmy44a shows [As Ad]
Mrlee75 shows [Ks Kd]
*** TURN *** [3d 4h Ac] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [3d 4h Ac 9s] [8d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3d 4h Ac 9s 8d]
jimmy44a collects $95.25


I took a lot of time for my decision PF and on the flop and villain thought I had something like TT-QQ
Good call on the flop anyway



I don't think I played this one correctly ...

EverestPoker Game #1744776860: Table Berlin-11 - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:04:47 - 2007/07/01
Seat 1: luis29 ($55.88)
Seat 2: Zibinho ($54.90)
Seat 3: Nagyla ($52.00)
Seat 4: jimmy44a ($49.75)
Seat 5: jon99 ($17.20)
Seat 6: Rico_Balboa ($37.40)
Seat 7: Poker110.de ($40.25)
Seat 8: xDsTx ($10.20)
Seat 9: vloetip ($50.95)
Seat 10: patriiiiiick ($79.55)
Rico_Balboa posts the small blind of $0.25
Poker110.de posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jimmy44a[Qc Qd]
xDsTx folds
vloetip raises to $1.50
patriiiiiick folds
luis29 folds
Zibinho folds
Nagyla folds
jimmy44a raises to $5.00
jon99 folds
Rico_Balboa calls $4.75
Poker110.de folds
vloetip folds
*** FLOP *** [9d 4d 6d]
Rico_Balboa bets $6.00
jimmy44a raises to $17.00
Rico_Balboa raises to $32.40 and is all-in
jimmy44a calls $15.40

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rico_Balboa shows [Jd Jh]
jimmy44a shows [Qc Qd]
*** TURN *** [9d 4d 6d] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9d 4d 6d 6s] [Kd]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9d 4d 6d 6s Kd]
jimmy44a collects $73.80


I had been very active on this table, I had re-raised 2-3 times on the last 20 or so hands, so villain knew I didn't had the flush and I knew he didn't had either. However, he was maybe on a flush draw ... I'm not happy of the call anyway, as if he had a set I would have been in a very difficult position ...

I had another session on 50NL yesterday, but now on Poker Stars to clear the $150 bonus.
It was not a very positive session, I ended at around -$8.4 over 800 hands.

As far as my operation goes, I did a bit over 10k hands up to now and I'll not be able to reach 40k hands, even by end of August. That's not a big issue if I reach 40k only in September.

After reviewing my HH's from last night, I had a very big spew! Over 10k hands it's the first time I try a big bluff on the river and I thought I could make him fold the river with middle pair. Maybe a raise on the turn representing a set would have been much better ...
Leave and learn!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 ($7.10)
CO ($38.75)
Button ($18)
SB ($29.45)
BB ($73.20)
UTG ($57.70)
Hero ($52.05)
MP1 ($54.30)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q, Q.
1 fold, Hero raises to $2, 5 folds, BB calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.25) 6, 3, 8 (2 players)
BB bets $4.5, Hero calls $4.50.

Turn: ($13.25) A (2 players)
BB bets $8.5, Hero calls $8.50.

River: ($30.25) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $10.5, Hero raises to $30, BB calls $19.50.

Final Pot: $90.25

Results:

villain shows Ac 8d for 2 pairs

Update:
On the last 5 days, I played around 700 hands in 50NL more (I know it's not a lot but, I have a difficulty to find a bit of free time lately).
As for 50NL is concerned, I've played a total of 4.2k hands and I'm up $250 (which covers my Cardrunners subscription ). So 50NL is treating me very well

Current BR sits at $2000, next stop is $2500 for a first stab at 100NL.

Small Update:
I've played some sessions from last week and my BR is up to $2050 (only $450 to go for first shots at 100NL)
For the next weeks I'm going to play only/also 6max, after having read Vi-Zer0Skill's blog, I think I have to do it to improve my post flop game. I'll post some results/hand next week.

During the past week I've played around 1000 hands of 6max 50NL for a profit of $100. I've played also a bit of FR 50NL to start clearing a new bonus for Everest.
BR is now $2170.

Since end of last year I had the following overall objectives money wise, at the time they were very ambicious and they still are, I have changed this blog/operation to reach objective 5 ):
1) $1000 by end December 2006 - Done! (I actually reached $1500 by December)
2) $2500 by end June 2007 - Done! (I actually reached $3000 by May)
3) $5000 by end June 2008
4) $10k by end June 2009
5) $20k by end December 2010
6) ???
Note: I had a deal with myself that everytime I will reach a milestone I would withdraw 25-30% as a compensation for the efforts, which I have done up to now.

Objectives 1 and 2 were reached playing MTTs and SNGs (including some Party Bonuses through 10NL cash games also).

I've now decided to move to cash games to reach objectives 3 to 5.
Currently, I'm playing 50NL, I plan to move to 100NL when I reach $3000 and taking some shots at it when I reach around $2500.
Over the next 1 and half weeks, I'll play on FR to clear an Everest bonus, then I'll try to play 6max for 2 weeks.

Slowly moving up my BR. It sits now at $2240.
Almost finished clearing Everest bonus. Had a huge session yesterday night (i.e. 1000 hands) where I finished BE. If it wasn't for a huge beat! (Opp got a 1 outer on the river on a 2 buy-in pot at 50NL) No biggie! The other 99 times I'll win the pots

As July is concerned, I'm quite happy as I ended up +$560 (including $100 bonus) for 10,500 hands at 50NL FR, which is: 4.38 BB/100 hands.
However, I ended up BE after 2,000 hands at 50NL 6-max, this was not very good though ... It was my first shots at 6-max though.

As for August, my goals for the first 3 weeks (I'll leave on holidays after ) are:
- Finish clearing Everest bonus and then move to 6-max only for 1-2 week;
- Move to Prima with rakeback for 50NL 6-max;
- Take a first shot at 100NL when BR is around $2400 (I think the shot at 100NL will be only FR initially as I'm much familliar with it);
- Try to make at the least the same as in July, even if I'll play 1 week less;

I think if you are comfortable with taking a shot here and there at 100NL you really should, it's just as fishy as 50NL on Everest. When I made the move, I decided to lighten up my 3bet requirments just a wee bit against some of the regs and it has done wonders so far.
P.S. Next time someone moves down stakes to say hello, you should acknowledge them.
Good luck.

Actually, I was sure I had already seen the nick "trashcona"! I just didn't knew it was from here
Did you said hello 2 days ago? I was 6-tabling so not much time to watch the chat ... ... Sorry!
So you moved down from 100NL or just that once?
BTW, at Everest the 100NL traffic seems low and players much tighter, at least from the pot size and % see flop, no?

It was a couple of days ago, I was just waiting for some more 100NL tables to open up and saw you there so dropped down to say hello. At that time of day(it would have been probably around midnight your time) the 100NL tables are pretty quite but if you're able to play earlier it's just as easy to find very fishy tables there. Even the tight regs are pretty easy to exploit, they tend to fold to much. Mix that in with the usual Everest fish and it makes for good times.

Tried my 1st session at 100NL yesterday night and it was not too good. Lost 1.5 buy-in in 600 hands. It's not a lot but it's enough for me to have to grind some more 50NL before giving another shot.
Anyway, for the next 2 weeks I'll play only 6max 50NL to improve my post flop play. I don't mind if I'll lose money, the goal is to improve my post flop game!

I've played around 2.7k hands of 6max at PRIMA and lost about 4 buy-in at 50NL. I think on most occasions I played quite well (had a couple of spews), but their software is so fast, plus you cannot see easily the HH after a hand, that I cannot get used to it (or maybe I'm just bad at 6-max!!). I created an account there for rakeback, but I don't know if it's worth playing there as the games are quite tight/aggressive (not as much as Stars). I still have huge problems playing those type games, I much more prefer the loose/passive.
So I've stopped 6-max now (at least at PRIMA) and I'll play a bit of my money making game (i.e. FR 50NL Everest), I've recovered already a bit of my loses yesterday and my BR is around $2060. Maybe I'll play a bit of 6-max at Pacific, the games are so soft that it might be better then rakeback and it might compensate the bad software ...

I agree on prima, once my bonus is cleared im gone. RB is the only profit i made from that site

Indeed, I grinded at 50NL and together with a nice Empire reload bonus, my BR is back at $2360.
Next stop: take it to about $2500 then give 100NL another try!

A small reflection on my experience at 50NL:
I really fell that the most money you'll win at this level is either through a donk with 50-100bb stack or, most often, through short stacks (i.e. 25-40bb) that would push very often on top of your c-bet and most of the time they have air/middle pair.

Awesome night I had yesterday!! I made around 6.5 buyins at 50NL.
My BR is around $2600. Ready for some shots at 100NL. Now I'll get some weeks of holidays and I'll be refreshed in September to tackle 100NL

I just played 2 50NL sessions for a total of 1800 and I had a 3 buy-in profit.
I actually, wanted to start taking some shots at 100NL, but after 3 weeks of holidays I did not felt confident. After reviewing these sessions, thank God I did not tried 100NL My play was from average to below average, even if I made a nice profit
On the next session I'm definetively going to play 100NL 2 or 3 tables with a 2 buy-in stop-loss limit. I normally play 4-6 tables.

My BR sits now at $2750

Good luck man. Keep posting!

Thanks for the comment man! (At least I see that someone reads this and it's not only for my own therapy that I'm posting this )

I've tried some of 100NL without too much success: downsing of 3.5 Buyin after 900 hands. Maybe variance/bad play/cannot get used to 100NL? Don't know. I'm just a bit annoyed with myself as the last 1/2 buy-in I lost in 100NL was due to bid of tilting, I should have stopped at 2 buy-in downswing as I mentioned in my last post.
I'm confortably beating 50NL (i.e. 4.5 BB/100 after 25k hands), so I'll have to continue trying it.

My BR is not $2550.
My next goal is to reach $3000 (hopefully with some TowerGaming bonus on their way ) then I'll try again 100NL. I'll move down to 50NL again if I lose more then 2 buy-ins. Continue on this process until I can win regurlaly at 100NL.

Some hands (wow, it's been a while I have not posted some ):

Hand 1: (AWESOME hand!! )

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #P4-50139402-814
Table Mbale, 19 Sep 2007 10:58 PM ET

Seat 1: Eippari ($70.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Tonttuliini ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 4: ville28 ($69.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Antonis2005 ($49.00 in chips)
Seat 6: HERO [ KH,QH ] ($107.55 in chips)
Seat 7: .underratedx ($40.25 in chips)
Seat 8: easthill ($25.50 in chips)
Seat 9: AWFulhouse ($10.85 in chips)
Seat 10: pROIam ($49.50 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
pROIam posts blind ($0.25), Eippari posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
Tonttuliini calls $0.50, ville28 calls $0.50, Antonis2005 folds, HERO calls $0.50, .underratedx folds, easthill calls $0.50, AWFulhouse folds, pROIam calls $0.25, Eippari checks.

FLOP [board cards KD,7C,KC ]
pROIam checks, Eippari checks, Tonttuliini checks, ville28 bets $2, HERO bets $6, easthill folds, pROIam folds, Eippari folds, Tonttuliini folds, ville28 calls $4.

TURN [board cards KD,7C,KC,10C ]
ville28 bets $3, HERO calls $3.

RIVER [board cards KD,7C,KC,10C,KS ]
ville28 bets $59.90 and is all-in, HERO calls $59.90.

SHOWDOWN
ville28 shows [ 7H,QC ] ==>LOL !!!!!!!!!! Thank you sir!
HERO shows [ KH,QH ]
HERO wins $139.30.

SUMMARY
Dealer: AWFulhouse
Pot: $140.80, (including rake: $1.50)
Eippari loses $0.50
Tonttuliini loses $0.50
ville28 loses $69.40
Antonis2005 loses $0
HERO bets $69.40, collects $139.30, net $69.90
.underratedx loses $0
easthill loses $0.50
AWFulhouse loses $0
pROIam loses $0.50


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Hand 2:

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #P4-50139409-771
Table Bottrop, 19 Sep 2007 10:26 PM ET

Seat 2: monster-9000 ($42.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Mika_s ($38.60 in chips)
Seat 5: sezwood ($23.30 in chips)
Seat 6: fry9111 ($53.95 in chips)
Seat 7: lord8080 ($49.55 in chips)
Seat 8: charlyrocks ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 9: H4nnibal ($65.00 in chips)
Seat 10: HERO [ KD,KS ] ($50.00 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Mika_s posts blind ($0.25), sezwood posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
fry9111 folds, lord8080 folds, charlyrocks folds, H4nnibal calls $0.50, HERO bets $2.50, monster-9000 folds, Mika_s folds, sezwood calls $2, H4nnibal folds.

FLOP [board cards KC,7D,QS ]
sezwood checks, HERO checks.

TURN [board cards KC,7D,QS,JS ]
sezwood bets $3, HERO bets $9, sezwood bets $17.80 and is all-in, HERO calls $11.80.

RIVER [board cards KC,7D,QS,JS,9C ]

SHOWDOWN
sezwood shows [ AS,10D ]
HERO shows [ KD,KS ]
sezwood wins $45.85.

SUMMARY
Dealer: monster-9000
Pot: $47.35, (including rake: $1.50)
monster-9000 loses $0
Mika_s loses $0.25
sezwood bets $23.30, collects $45.85, net $22.55
fry9111 loses $0
lord8080 loses $0
charlyrocks loses $0
H4nnibal loses $0.50
HERO loses $23.30


No reads on villain, he was there only for 10 hands or so. You can question my check on the flop, but against an average stack we win more then we loose on average, I think. Here I have to call the turn (I already saw this move from 2 pairs, TP or even air.


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Hand 3:

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #P4-50136352-814
Table Port Vila, 19 Sep 2007 10:30 PM ET

Seat 2: miljoonakala ($95.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Mano7 ($55.00 in chips)
Seat 5: x etavla ($11.65 in chips)
Seat 6: FalkoTobias ($22.40 in chips)
Seat 7: Silent Hero ($18.25 in chips)
Seat 9: HERO [ 8S,8D ] ($91.15 in chips)
Seat 10: go00777 ($10.45 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
HERO posts blind ($0.25), go00777 posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
miljoonakala folds, Mano7 folds, x etavla folds, FalkoTobias folds, Silent Hero folds, HERO bets $1.75, go00777 calls $1.50.

FLOP [board cards 3S,2C,KD ]
HERO bets $3, go00777 calls $3.

TURN [board cards 3S,2C,KD,10C ]
HERO bets $6, go00777 calls $5.45 and is all-in.

RIVER [board cards 3S,2C,KD,10C,7S ]

SHOWDOWN

HERO shows [ 8S,8D ]
go00777 shows [ KH,JS ]
HERO wins $0.55, go00777 wins $19.90
SUMMARY
Dealer: Silent Hero
Pot: $21.45, (including rake: $1)
miljoonakala loses $0
Mano7 loses $0
x etavla loses $0
FalkoTobias loses $0
Silent Hero loses $0
HERO bets $11, collects $0.55, net $-10.45
go00777 bets $10.45, collects $19.90, net $9.45


villain was 54/6/3 (30 hands). No specific reads.
Again from a shorty, he could have anything and my second pair win often here from this type of opp from the blinds.

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Hand 4:

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #P4-50169806-156
Table Tripolis, 19 Sep 2007 8:52 PM ET

Seat 1: M6364 ($34.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Beerbeer1 ($81.40 in chips)
Seat 3: HERO [ 9C,8D ] ($69.90 in chips)
Seat 4: labanapan ($38.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Adrianv ($49.00 in chips)
Seat 6: Stargasm ($52.15 in chips)
Seat 8: Suzy86x ($53.40 in chips)
Seat 9: black ghos ($23.30 in chips)
Seat 10: -CapeFear- ($24.45 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Adrianv posts blind ($0.25), Stargasm posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
Suzy86x folds, black ghos folds, -CapeFear- folds, M6364 folds, Beerbeer1 folds, HERO bets $2, labanapan folds, Adrianv calls $1.75, Stargasm folds.

FLOP [board cards 2C,QH,QD ]
Adrianv checks, HERO bets $3.25, Adrianv calls $3.25.

TURN [board cards 2C,QH,QD,JS ]
Adrianv checks, HERO checks.

RIVER [board cards 2C,QH,QD,JS,10S ]
Adrianv checks, HERO bets $5, Adrianv bets $43.75 and is all-in, HERO folds.

SHOWDOWN
Adrianv wins $58.70.

SUMMARY
Dealer: labanapan
Pot: $59.75, (including rake: $1.05)
M6364 loses $0
Beerbeer1 loses $0
HERO loses $10.25
labanapan loses $0
Adrianv bets $49, collects $58.70, net $9.70
Stargasm loses $0.50
Suzy86x loses $0
black ghos loses $0
-CapeFear- loses $0

villain was 27/3/2.5. seemed solid and very aggressive on river (i.e. 7 AF on River).
I think here we have to fold. I think that rarely we'll see opp with air, but most often with 22/JJ/TT/QQ or even QJ/QT

Hi guys,

I would like to mention to everyone (well those that read this blog anyway ) that I am going to quit Poker online (I might play a bit live with some friends).
It has became something unberable (for me anyway). Playing from 23h-3h 3x per week (as I don't want to neglect my family if I play poker) and working on the next day is kind of difficult. Plus on the past week I had very bad results (i.e. lost about $400) it's not huge but when you make all the possible efforts to play poker here or there and then things get bad it's difficult to find the will to continue. I know that in poker variance plays a big part. I understand that I do not have the mental strenghness to cope with it with the sleeping hours I have!
I know I'm not the first one and definetively will not be the last one to quite online poker for these reasons. Those that are still playing poker don't forget to try and not overdo it or you'll be burned out also.

As a result I'm withdrawing all my money and I don't plan on playing soon. Maybe the poker bug will come back in some weeks/months but then it will be too late. I would possibly redeposit some money in the far away future, but I don't expect that to be very soon.

As I final statement I would like to thank FTR and it's amazing community. I never would have been able to win the money I won without this site and it's community!!!
Thanks a lot!!!

I would also like to thank taipan and DA GOAT in particular for all the help they gave me!

See you some other day maybe

Cheers!

your operation thread was really cool because you weren't afraid of overdoing it with the emoticons

But quitting poker for the reasons you stated is totally legitimate. If the desire to play poker returns to you, setting some time constraints might help to alleviate the burnout (which i can definitely relate to).

consider quitting your job or reducing your job workload.

I don't know what you do or how much you make, but it's something that should at least be given consideration.

ultimately, our resources of time and energy are finite. Between your family, friends, recreation, career and poker, sometimes something needs to be compromised. If after deliberation and considering all your options you decide poker is not for you, then that's of course perfectly legitimate. But you must follow your heart, and never be afraid to make the difficult decisions, and never succumb to peer pressure. Not to your wife, not to your boss, not to your friends on FTR. Follow your heart.

GL2U no matter what you do. FWIW, I did read your blog

Thanks for the comments guys!

Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill

your operation thread was really cool because you weren't afraid of overdoing it with the emoticons

But quitting poker for the reasons you stated is totally legitimate. If the desire to play poker returns to you, setting some time constraints might help to alleviate the burnout (which i can definitely relate to).

Yup, I think this would certainly has to be a solution if I ever came back ...

Originally Posted by salsa4ever

consider quitting your job or reducing your job workload.

I don't know what you do or how much you make, but it's something that should at least be given consideration.

ultimately, our resources of time and energy are finite. Between your family, friends, recreation, career and poker, sometimes something needs to be compromised. If after deliberation and considering all your options you decide poker is not for you, then that's of course perfectly legitimate. But you must follow your heart, and never be afraid to make the difficult decisions, and never succumb to peer pressure. Not to your wife, not to your boss, not to your friends on FTR. Follow your heart.

GL2U no matter what you do. FWIW, I did read your blog

Actually, I checked now and since I started cash games, I made $250 / month from June up to September this year, which is not great but is OK.
If I play about 2 hours x 3 times per week, that would be 6 hours of playing poker per week, I would be able to cope better (i.e. playing from 23h to 1h 3 times per week), but I know myself and within some months I'll be again playing from 23h-3h ...

As I would never quit my job for poker (unless if I'm making lots of money ), I think I'll just give it a long break.

Cheers!

PS: If the US market joins again soon, then I might come back sooner

Originally Posted by jimmy44

I would also like to thank taipan and DA GOAT in particular for all the help they gave me![/b]

Ah shit man that sucks. gl tho!! work blocked FTR over the last few weeks so i havent been very active at all here which is why i missed this post.

My post one month ago was a bit too premature!
Well, my break ended yesterday evening
The last two weeks I felt the poker bug coming and coming.

Resolutions:
1) I've decided to play no more then 6-8 hours / week and stop going to bed very late, which killed my will to play poker at all 1 month ago! This would be around 6k hands playing 50NL, not a lot, but at least I'll be playing poker!
2) If I move down from $2300 in BR playing 50NL I'll go back to SNGs as Cash is not made for me!
3) I'll move my poker goals further in the future, I don't want to pressure myself too much!

So yesterday I played around 600 hands for a loss of $-74 at Party.
BR now sits at $2520 (thank God I didn't cashout my BR with the Euro being so high ).
I decided to try it out a bit and I think I played OK after 1 month of break, if it wasn't for 2 bad beats hands I lost for a lot of $-60 I would have finished at $+46. If I would show you my PokerEV graph you would have a great laugh (i.e. show down win about $150 and actual win $0 ).

BTW, since yesterday I've been hesitating whether to play Stars (it seems that the new flux of players has brought new fish, no?? plus I have $275 bonus money there ...) or another site ... is Party really interesting at 50NL without bonus nor rakeback?

Unfortunately, I don't think I have the skills and nervs to play cash (at least for the moment).

Since my return to poker I lost $-313 playing 2100 hands at 50NL in PartyPoker and PokerStars. Initially I started to question whether or not I'm a losing player? Most of it is variance, have a look at the following graphs:





I don't want to bitch around and I know that as this is most variance I could get over it, but the thing is that I can't for the moment and I know that my game will be influenced by these loses. Therefore, I'm going back to my first love: SNGs and MTTs.

In restrospect I know I've learned a lot playing cash these last months and my post flop game has improved a great deal. Maybe one day, when I will be mentally stronger, I'll come back to cash, we'll see.

Therefore, there is no need to update this Blog anymore. Thank you again for all of those that read it!

Cheers!

gl in Sng's and MTT's man

Thanks bode! And gl to u 2 on your cash games!