with winning in mind - poker 2010

tldr - cliff notes = just don't tilt. No playing when drunk/hyper-caffeinated/tired etc

so, i thought i'd been running pretty bad outside of AIEV spots this month. A quick scan through HEM is quieting my moaning on that front.

i thought set over set was killing me. Turns out I'm only net -3buyins on flopped underset situations (i.e. counting the times i coolered someone else vs times they coolered me), although mine have mostly been middle set which makes folding them a lot harder...
I thought two card flush < two card flush was killing me. Turns out it's only net -4 buyins, and 2.2 of those were from one crazy 3b pot where there was irc consensus that my flush was huge against villain's range of nut flushes/sets/overpairs/two pair/random/lower flushes.

two things are killing my month.
1 = a tilt session at the beginning and another monster session i shouldn't have played about a week ago. (maybe 15 buyins? difficult to quantify, but... i can see the session tab, i know when i was playing on uber-tilt, etc)
2 = runbad in AIEV spots. (13 buyins)

Tilt is something i can control.
Runbad is something that long term averages out, so whatever.

So: May so far

i'm up about $750 in rakeback and another $75 in cashing an ironman tourney. I cleared $400 of an ironman bonus (maybe it's time to buy another). I'm $50 up on loloplo, and net 5 buyins up at the 50nl tables.

So, May is about 1/2 way through. A week ago I started playing less tables (mostly) and putting way more focus into my game. I'm feeling good about my game. I'm net up around $1525 even with huge tilt and reasonably solid runbad. What does this mean? it means that the outlook for the rest of the month is good. The runbad will average out, i just need to make sure i don't allow tilt to eat the results.

edit coupla days later: clearing another bonus, running neutral, grinding. +$2.2k in May to date.

and a hand history cos celebrating fish is way cooler than moaning

standard hero call vs my image ?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($52.30)
MP3 ($18.25)
CO ($73.75)
Button ($50)
SB ($120.05)
Hero (BB) ($50)
UTG ($52.85)
UTG+1 ($35.70)
MP1 ($50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, K
7 folds, SB calls $0.25, Hero bets $2.50, SB calls $2

Flop: ($5) 6, 5, 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, SB calls $5

Turn: ($15) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13, SB calls $13

River: ($41) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $29.50 (All-In), SB calls $29.50

Total pot: $100 | Rake: $3

Results:
SB had A, 7 (one pair, sixes).
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $97

oh, and check out my income sources
Imageshack - rakevsev.jpg

what means 'freerolling'?
loloplo i am a losing player and 11 buyins behind on AIEV, 5 in one session. Yet somehow i'm still loving it, maybe cos of the low stakes? Maybe cos of how much learning there it to do? Maybe it's cos i can see how much exponentially better i can easily become. Who knows really.

oh, and what gives with all the supernovas at 25 plo?!?

Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.25 BB (5 handed) -

Button ($12.50)
Hero (SB) ($39.15)
BB ($42.20)
UTG ($27)
MP ($18.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, Q, K, 10
UTG calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15, BB checks

Flop: ($0.75) 10, A, J (3 players)
Hero bets $0.50, 1 fold, UTG raises to $2.25, Hero raises to $7.50, UTG calls $5.25

Turn: ($15.75) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, UTG raises to $19.25 (All-In), Hero calls $4.25

River: ($54.25) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $54.25 | Rake: $2

Results:
Hero had 10, Q, K, 10 (full house, tens over Jacks).
UTG had K, 6, Q, 9 (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $52.25