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short stacked , dealt 99 UTG..K 10 calls...hits 10 on flop... ohhhhh well.

3rd FT of these 4.40s for me (but worst FT finish)




PokerStars Tournament #25473192, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $4.00/$0.40
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $720.00
Tournament started - 2006/05/27 - 17:48:44 (ET)

Dear johncoltrane,

You finished the tournament in 8th place.
A $18.72 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 77.24 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ino/3buyin.jpg

First time I've left a table three buyins up :)

Today I reached the 1000$ mark. Actually I probably have an extra 100$ lying around in neteller/pokerstars that should be in my roll, but I decided to start fresh at 500$ a few weeks ago and keep proper records of my bankroll.

Now I have the bankroll to play 50NL (although I cheated and started 50NL yesterday to get started with the Betfred bonus).

May was my first profitable month. +5.28 BB/100 at $10 NL on Ultimate Bet.

...i´m back from the red at my initial br...

atm constantly finishing in the money at $2.50+.25 and $5+.50 SNG (last night 7 in 10)

My 2nd ITM, 1st FT in 6 $4.40 attempts. My MTT ROI is not %500, woot, woot.

PokerStars Tournament #26397589, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $4.00/$0.40
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $720.00
Tournament started - 2006/06/13 - 14:41:33 (ET)

Dear swiggidy,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $216.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 218.47 tournament leader points in this tournament.

I got pretty lucky late (as focus waned). Check, last two hands...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t77698)
Button (t88672)
Hero (t103630)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Qhttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif.
1 fold, Hero raises to t15000, BB raises to t77498, Hero calls t62498.

Flop: (t155196) Ahttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 4http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...es/diamond.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)

Turn: (t155196) 5http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players)

River: (t155196) Khttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/heart.gif (2 players)

Final Pot: t155196

Results in white below:
BB has Jh Jd (one pair, jacks).
Hero has Qc Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t155196.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t88472)
Hero (t181528)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif.
Hero raises to t8000, BB calls t4000.

BB says, "gl"
swiggidy says, "U2"

Flop: (t12200) 8http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif, Thttp://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif, 6http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...iles/spade.gif (2 players)

swiggidy says, "I am the coin-flip master"

BB bets t12000, Hero raises to t173328, BB calls t68272 (All-In).

Turn: (t265800) 2http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t265800) 7http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...miles/club.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t265800

Results in white below:
BB has Th Kd (one pair, tens).
Hero has 2s 8s (two pair, eights and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins t265800.

Final Pot: t265800

Reached 25k today.

ty gg.

Hi,
I started playing NL about 2 week ago, and I really enjoy it. I started playing cash games about 3 or 4 days ago. Right now I have a bank roll of $20 down from $350. It's about what I expected, but I realize now the mistakes I was making were not what I thought. I finally understand what tilt is, and realize that even though I didn't think I was angry, I constantly gave up money after losing a few pots. Anyway, great site and I started playing 6 hand NL sit n go and have done fairly well today.
I've wone 1, 2nd once, lost 2. I've learning to leave tables after I'm up as well. I play on Party poker in the micro rooms, and now I leave a room whenever I am up, even if it is a negligable amount. It's really helping me learn when to quit.
Ok, I'm babbling so I'll stop writing in a moment. I know I have a lot to learn, I don't think that I have any skill (maybe a slight knack) for this game and I really need to practice and read to get better. I hav ADHD really bad so when I find something I am niterested I dive in as fast sa possible. I'm at the point in the freeroll tournaments where I usually finish at about the 50% mark of entrants, and I see that I really need to work on my patience. Now I'm done, I really like your site and look forward to learning much more about poker. I have one question if anyone can help me out. I'm sure it's been answereed but I'm lazy right now and want to get back to poker. Any reccommomendatons on sites that you can play for free with live people who actually care if they are playing well or not? I've read a few bad reviews of the free money play on party poker (the only site I use right now) and would like to find somewhere to practice against people. Excuse my Ramblings and thanks for this great site.

Playing freerolls isn't really a great benchmark to test your skill against. Don't get disheartened because you're busting out in them.

Playing with play money will get you nowhere. Noone takes it seriously. If your bankroll is that low, take it to Pokerstars or a different site where they have microstakes, as Party only has 25nl up after a while.

Read the Bankroll Management Thread and go from there. gl sir

Thenk you very much for the advice. I know my biggest problem is that I love jumping into anything I find interest in. I'm using self-control a lot better. Here's how I did today:

managed to finish around 200 out of about 8000 in a free roll (I understand what you mentioned about not using it as a benchmark)

tilted on a $10 10 seat SNG
finished 1,2, and 4th in 3 6 seat $6 SNG's

I'm sticking to the .02 and .05 tables from now on. There are a lot more people with at least mediocre ability in the higher stabkes tables. Oh yeah, I've only been playing in the begginner tables as well, still have a weeks to use them.

My plan now is too read as much as I can, and practice implementing what I learn, before I go back to playing at higher stakes. I do enjoy playing the freerolls though, they are good for a laugh sometimes. Any reccommendations on free software to track my playing history? I read somewhere about a decent free program, just can't remember the name. What I found today is the freeroll tourney's help me learn patience, since they run for extended periods of time. I'm going to buy a book in the next few days as well.

so thanks again, and I'm happy to say my bankroll ($50 deposited yesterday) has gone up to 74 and has only dropped to 64 today. For me ths is better than usual. In no way do I think I understand this game well, and cannot wait to really start learning more.

another cash in the 4.40 180s- 2nd for 144$

Skreeter, you should be looking to play 10,000 plus hands at microlimits before moving up, and even then onlhy if your roll has grown sufficiently. I admire your attitude and your enthusaism, but you need to be absolutely sure you will have the vast reserves of patience and discipline poker unequivocally requires. Poker is played absolutely in the long term - a winnign hand or a winning session means NOTHING in the greater scheme of things.

Just now I played a couple of $25NL tables after nopt playing for 10 days. I lost $40, half of which was a hand where I had 88, hit middle set, managed to get all my oppo's money in by the river which gave him a set of queens and the pot. I patted myself on the back for my strong play and moved on to the next hand. If this doesn't make sense to you, you still have a lot to learn. If it does make sense to you, you still have a lot to learn. This is a game of experience - after 100,000 hands I consider myself a decent beginner.

Good luck with it all and remember, keep learning, listening, reading and experiencing and you might become a winning player. It may sounds patronising but it's god's honest truth.

Came out of my 270 bet initial downswing at limit 6-max!

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7056/upswing2fy.jpg

Yo everybody at Flopturnriver.

Had an exceptionally good day two days ago, so i thought i'd share.

I mostly play $5+1 sit n go's but i decided to enter a $2 buy in tournament at partypoker. Not only did i make my first final table appearance, but i CAME FIRST!!! $226 yeah!

I've been playing online for about a month now, and everything i've learnt has been from flopturnriver, and i feel like i'm getting there slowly.

keep up the good work guys, and i'll let you know if i achieve my next goal. I've got a bet with my girlfriend....if i turn $50 into $1000 in 30 days, she performs unspeakable acts on me!! so far it's 5 days, $50 is $369, and i'm feeling good!

Congratulations to all who have gone before, my achievement is pretty modest but I won my first sit and go last night, a $6 buy in on PP! Was nearly out twice but came storming back, I really enjoy the tournament format. Made up a bit for losing 2 buyins at my first attempt at ring play. Even though I had done some reading and thinking and know about starting hands and position, I play horribly post flop. I can protect my top pair from being drawn on or draw myself if the pot odds are favourable but second pair? 2 overs? I don't have a clue what to do haha and I'm hopeless at putting people on hands. This is $25nl on PP and I think it's too much for me at the moment, I guess trying another site with micro stakes would be better for me? Anyway thanks to everyone on this site who has offered their advice, it's helped me a lot!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by djbruxism

I've got a bet with my girlfriend....if i turn $50 into $1000 in 30 days, she performs unspeakable acts on me!! so far it's 5 days, $50 is $369, and i'm feeling good!

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Go and whore some casinos RIGHT NOW! Go to the House of cards subforum and read the stickies.

Oh, and post pictures please :D.

i finally get to post something in here.

i have bubbled the final table in several MTTs in the last week 11/380, 14/442, and i finally hit one.

5/1372.

THANKS FTR.

PokerStars Tournament #26603767, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
1372 players
Total Prize Pool: $32345.00
Tournament started - 2006/06/21 - 18:30:00 (ET)

Dear Bode-ist,

You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $1,714.29 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 284.94 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

ENVY

Thanks for the advice, I just can't help myself but jump into something I find interesting as fast as possible. I've calmed down a lot, and have a few books on the way. I find playing in the MTT tournaments, even the freerolls, really helps me learn patience. I managed to finish around 40th in a $1 tourney today on party poker. I'm not just dumping money into these sites like I did when I first started playing. I'll update when I start to actually learn something.

Hit 2k today. Even though I'm now officially rolled for 100NL, I'm gonna stay at 50NL as I only have booked 3000 hands there. I'm probably withdrawing some cash from the roll, as very much of it has been from bonuses/referrals and not from "real play". I believe that my roll will grow sufficiently from play alone before I feel ready to move up.

Still, it feels really good to hit the 2k mark :D.

took my hourly rate above $1, haven´t been tilting for some weeks and worked on my ring game and postflop play, so that i´m able to play $10 NL without getting stacked all the time. and i caught my first royal flush :lol: :lol: :lol:
check it out:

(hält=call, erhöht=bets/raises, legt ab= folds)



Everest Poker — Details zur Runde
Runden-ID: 361654932
Tisch-ID: -14778246
Spielmodus: Realmoney
Turnier-Tisch: Olympus-5
Spieltyp: Hold'em
Blinds: 1.50/3.00
Einsatz: 3.00/3.00
Währung: USD
Startdatum: 2006-06-16 GMT
Startzeit: 23:54:34 GMT



Sitz-Ordnung:

jacounetfr ist an Platz 1 mit 119.50.
frbaba95 ist an Platz 2 mit 109.50.
XTR1000 ist an Platz 4 mit 197.00.
asg17011976 ist an Platz 5 mit 89.50.
viejozof ist an Platz 6 mit 84.50.

Blinds setzen:

Der Button ist an Platz 4.
asg17011976 setzt das Small Blind von 1.50.
viejozof setzt das Big Blind von 3.00.

Austeilung der Pocketkarten:

jacounetfr: -- --
frbaba95: -- --
XTR1000: Jh Qh
asg17011976: -- --
viejozof: -- --

Pre-Flop:
jacounetfr hält 3.00.
frbaba95 legt ab.
XTR1000 hält 3.00.
asg17011976 hält 1.50.
viejozof checkt.


Flop (10h Kc Kh):
asg17011976 checkt.
viejozof checkt.
jacounetfr erhöht 3.00.
XTR1000 hält 3.00.
asg17011976 legt ab.
viejozof legt ab.


Turn (10h Kc Kh Ah):
jacounetfr erhöht 18.00.
XTR1000 hält 18.00.


Fluss (10h Kc Kh Ah 2c):
jacounetfr erhöht 54.00.
XTR1000 erhöht 173.00.
jacounetfr hält 41.50.


Showdown:
XTR1000 zeigt Jh Qh.
XTR1000 hat 10h Jh Qh Kh Ah.:
jacounetfr zeigt 5h Kd.
jacounetfr hat 10h Kd Kc Kh Ah.: Drei gleiche Karten
jacounetfr ist entfernt.


Pot Zusammenfassung:
77.50 geht zurück an XTR1000 (ungehalten).
Gesamter Pot: 245.00
XTR1000 gewinnt 245.00.
Für diese Runde wurde kein Hausanteil einbehalten.

nice one man

Haha - I won a 5-man SNG on a TV table so not only am I on TV (maybe, some crappy cable channel at 5am) but I am on TV winning! Go me!

(p.s. I don't suppose any sites with TV tables actually let people know if/when their games might be broadcast, do they? I'm sure with global TV schedules they don't, but I'd love to hear how commentators rate my play :))

All those commentators are terrible. They give the worst advice ever on those programs.

What site was this on? Prima or Dream Poker or something?

50, 073 hands
4.78 BB/100

Spread over a few levels, but ~12,000 hands are at NL25 6-max for 7.49 BB/100, which is what I am playing almost exclusively now.
Doing well At Full Tilt after a rollercoaster ride at Stars.

http://www.poker-edge.com/whoami.php...oz0&site=Party

Apparently I need an elbow brace.

Irish, the sng I won was on Poker Syndicate (Boss network), though I did once before play $50NL on Prima which was a TV table (and 8-handed, oddly).

There's a chap who commentates on Poker Night Live with longish, curly greying hair - Mark someone? - who I saw the other night beating Dave "twatfish would be a better nickname" Ulliott in a 7-hour HU match, He seems pretty decent.

1st and 4th finishes at the 4.40 180 on stars...

My first ITM at a 5-table $5 tourney (10 tries)

PokerStars Tournament #27395315, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $225.00
Tournament started - 2006/07/01 - 23:27:49 (ET)

Dear swiggidy,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $69.76 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

ello all,

I've only been playing for three days (NL $25).

After 720 hands I'm running at 10.42 BB/Hour and am up two buyings (plus a bonus $20 from party and free PO2).

Time seems to be my limiting factor given I have a full time job and a girlfriend (you know what I mean).

Thanks again for all who contribute here at FTR.

Little post here

just got back to back wins on the $6+.50 45 person turbo, $77.50 a pop :) $155 total, most money ive made in a night not being on my knees ;)

3/405 in a $1 MTT on Prima

$44, my biggest cash yet.

Finished 3/108 in the $1 rebuy tournament later today for $35. That was my second third place finish today. :D
My roll went from $136 to $208 today.

On July 1, 2006 I got 2nd place out of 1800 in a MTT.
And one week before that was my first Final Table. I was out in 7th. Ironicly also in a field of 1800!
But... My first ITM was 4 months ago. Although I think that this was more luck then skill. Not to mention there were 36 payouts and my chip stack landed me in 35!!!. :wink:

Well, this isn't much, but I am currently on a 7 SNG ITM roll, with 3 straight 1st place finishes. I've finished ITM 8 out of the past 9 and 11 out of the past 14. I like it.

XTR1000 owns this thread becasue of his avatar.
That is all.

Oh yeah, i thought i post a graph of the perfect upswing.
gg doomswitch.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...001/bleh-4.jpg

Love your image cropping skill miffed! Nice graph, though :D.

:wall: :doh: :cut:

Me so bad with computers :(

I made it to the FT last night! $1 +0 Chip & Chair freezeout at Everest...


man, it feels so good after having a big losing streak in sng´s....

Playing pretty much the ttanaka game but mixing it up a little (I won a pot with 43o), I took down $861 at Foxwoods tonight in 1-2 nl.

woohooo !

Hi everyone at Flopturnriver. I just registered, but Ive been reading and learning as much as I can here for about half a year now. And two nights ago it all finaly paid off ! : )

I was invited to a 5000$ Freeroll Tourny and I thought Id play for the heck of it, not expecting to get very far. Especially because it started at 2 in the morning (over here in Germany at least). Well, I went to my first final table ever and in the end I played untill 6 AM and finished 2 / 1722 ...

#Game No : 4787205293
***** Hand History for Game 4787205293 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:26367609 Level:25 Blinds-Antes(75000/150000-4000) - Sunday, July 23, 00:03:13 ET 2006
Table $5K Tight Poker (775456) Table #1 (Real Money)
...
Player bestHand233 finished in 2 place and received $535
...

Sooo happy : )

Thanks to everyone here at Flopturnriver !

Okay, it's results-oriented, and there are 3 better hands out there, but still; it's not been a great week, so this felt goooood.

** Game ID 872853167 starting - 2006-07-26 09:07:56
** Lord Of The Rings [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Villain is CO $52.45
- BTN $34.25
- SB $17.50
- Hero is BB $47.75
- UTG $48.75 [Sitting out]
- UTG + 1 $8.23
- UTG +2 $46.75
- MP1 $7.35
- MP2 $54.94
- MP3 $50.75

** Dealing card to Anosmic: T:diamond: 9:diamond:
Pre-flop
5 folded, Villain called, BTN folded, SB called. Hero checked.

Flop: ($1.50) J:diamond:, 8:diamond:, 9:spade:
I hear you should get all your chips in for this position. Not sure how though :)
SB Checked, Hero bets $1.50, Villain calls, SB folds.

Turn: ($4.50) 8:spade:
Anosmic bet - $2.00 Underbetting the turn. Consistent problem. But gives him draw odds I suppose
vinvul called - $2.00


River:($8.50] 7:diamond:
Hero bets $2.00, Villain raises $6.00, Hero raises $14.00, Villain $48.45 and is all-in. Hero calls.

Final pot: $92

Villain mucked, so it's just a guess, either A-flush or boat, I'd wager.

you can't see mucked cards? What PR is this?

Congrats on getting paid off with a straight flush, thats always a good feeling. But man, you need to work on that turn and river betting.

Ah, felt great, was like my first tournament ever, played the FTR gauntlet tonight, figured if I was going start, might as well get a trial by fire.

Made it in 3rd spot out of 35 players. Was a great feeling!

PokerStars Tournament #28785666, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
35 players
Total Prize Pool: $350.00
Tournament started - 2006/07/26 - 22:00:00 (ET)

Dear Wedge7,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $56.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Broke the 3k bankroll mark today. Also I started dabbling in 100NL. I think I'm going to move up even though I have some very obvious flaws in my game.

Quote:

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This is weak and sad compared to most of you, but it's a milestone of sorts for me. Last night I doubled my initial $250 deposit to $519 through a combination of Bonus whoring and playing just slightly better than break-even poker... Only took me 3 months... baby steps, right?

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3 more months, and I've managed to double the BR again playing 25NL, pay myself back for my initial $250, PokerTracker and PokerAceHUD purchases. Playing with $1053 of other people's money is a good feeling :D Wish I had time to play more hands, though.

Nice ElKrem! I'm almost that far.
Started with $125 playing 10NL, BR is $225 now. I'm looking forward to play 25NL, maybe when I've got $300. :)

Two big things happened recently. First $100 pot.

Game #1628491679 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/08/03-21:02:35.8 (CST)
Table "Eleu (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: AWPer ($54.14 in chips)
Seat 2: yorib ($56.68 in chips)
Seat 3: Saucy152 ($7.23 in chips)
Seat 4: KOSAL ($49.11 in chips)
Seat 5: bdk313 ($13.65 in chips)
yorib : Post Small Blind ($0.10)
Saucy152: Post Big Blind ($0.25)
Dealt to yorib [ Qs ]
Dealt to yorib [ Qd ]
KOSAL : Call ($0.25)
bdk313 : Fold
AWPer : Raise ($0.70)
yorib : Raise ($2)
Saucy152: Fold
KOSAL : Fold
AWPer : Call ($1.40)
*** FLOP *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ]
yorib : Bet ($3)
AWPer : Raise ($7)
yorib : Call ($4)
*** TURN *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ] [ Jd ]
yorib : Check
AWPer : Bet ($12)
yorib : Call ($12)
*** RIVER *** : [ 5h 7h 4d Jd ] [ 6s ]
yorib : Bet ($15)
AWPer : Raise ($33.04)
yorib : Call ($18.04)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $106.78 | Rake: $2
Board: [ 5h 7h 4d Jd 6s ]
AWPer lost $54.14 (showed hand) [ Qh Ah ] (high card ace)
yorib bet $54.14, collected $106.78, net +$52.64 (showed hand) [ Qs Qd ] (a pair of queens)
Saucy152 lost $0.25 (folded)
KOSAL lost $0.25 (folded)
bdk313 didn't bet (folded)

Followed by the requisite "I can't beleive you made the call you idiot."
AWPer said, "ur so bad"
AWPer said, "rofl"
AWPer said, "so many hands had u beat"
AWPer said, "omfg"
AWPer said, "u donkey"
AWPer said, "rofl"

And I hit the $1000 br milestone (just counting Paradise, my primary site), and am comfortably above it.

This is all over the past 4 months starting at $5NL with free money (from instantbankroll) and minimal poker experience. However, I did read a lot of books, and tend to be more mathematically inclined. I'd like to especially thank FTR (beginners forum and short-hand).

Quote:

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Originally Posted by yorib

Two big things happened recently. First $100 pot.

Game #1628491679 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/08/03-21:02:35.8 (CST)
Table "Eleu (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: AWPer ($54.14 in chips)
Seat 2: yorib ($56.68 in chips)
Seat 3: Saucy152 ($7.23 in chips)
Seat 4: KOSAL ($49.11 in chips)
Seat 5: bdk313 ($13.65 in chips)
yorib : Post Small Blind ($0.10)
Saucy152: Post Big Blind ($0.25)
Dealt to yorib [ Qs ]
Dealt to yorib [ Qd ]
KOSAL : Call ($0.25)
bdk313 : Fold
AWPer : Raise ($0.70)
yorib : Raise ($2)
Saucy152: Fold
KOSAL : Fold
AWPer : Call ($1.40)
*** FLOP *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ]
yorib : Bet ($3)
AWPer : Raise ($7)
yorib : Call ($4)
*** TURN *** : [ 5h 7h 4d ] [ Jd ]
yorib : Check
AWPer : Bet ($12)
yorib : Call ($12)
*** RIVER *** : [ 5h 7h 4d Jd ] [ 6s ]
yorib : Bet ($15)
AWPer : Raise ($33.04)
yorib : Call ($18.04)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $106.78 | Rake: $2
Board: [ 5h 7h 4d Jd 6s ]
AWPer lost $54.14 (showed hand) [ Qh Ah ] (high card ace)
yorib bet $54.14, collected $106.78, net +$52.64 (showed hand) [ Qs Qd ] (a pair of queens)
Saucy152 lost $0.25 (folded)
KOSAL lost $0.25 (folded)
bdk313 didn't bet (folded)

Followed by the requisite "I can't beleive you made the call you idiot."
AWPer said, "ur so bad"
AWPer said, "rofl"
AWPer said, "so many hands had u beat"
AWPer said, "omfg"
AWPer said, "u donkey"
AWPer said, "rofl"

And I hit the $1000 br milestone (just counting Paradise, my primary site), and am comfortably above it.

This is all over the past 4 months starting at $5NL with free money (from instantbankroll) and minimal poker experience. However, I did read a lot of books, and tend to be more mathematically inclined. I'd like to especially thank FTR (beginners forum and short-hand).

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c/r all in on the turn if you dont think he ahs it

Congrats btw, 1k is laways the harest grand to make, but it also normally feels like the best :)

I have wanted to post anything in this circle but i've been sucking ass at all my tourneys lately - But today I finally pulled one off - won the $5 +50c 45 man SNG at FTP today - Good lord its been too long - Won $86 - I know it ain't squat, but i've had the worst luck (and bad play lol) - Even today with like the final table i got to the shortest stack and had to claw my way all the back - But then I wouldeither steal blinds or have hands - FINALLY!

my next win will be a real one though - like the 550 MTT i won in Oct - THAT was a nice one :)

Made an exception of my month off to play in the FTR Gauntlet tonight...

PokerStars Tournament #29186657, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
12 players
Total Prize Pool: $120.00
Tournament started - 2006/08/05 - 15:00:00 (ET)

Dear Anosmic,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $60.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

moved up to $200 for the second time in my career, played a few k hands and have done good. today i broke my one-day record, making 7 stacks = $1400 :shipit:

hmmm won 5 20+2 sngs (1oppl) for the first time in my life. Guess its worth it seen as everyone should know i suck at sngs.

I am doing well in cash games at 25NL and after my first month since my first deposit I am up to $436 from $250 thats a $186 profit in a month and I am very proud of it!!!!

First final table. It was a $3+$0.30 FO.
6th place
66 beat by AA

$173 in my second tourney since reading HOH 1&2 last week.
I may give up ring. LOL :)

I got a free $30 from Party and turned it into $150 in four days!!!
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...500PP_trim.jpg

At its peak the BB/100 hands was 114.69!!!

Well i made a big thread cuz i was excited.

But it needs to be poster here also

Took home just over $1400 in a 3 way chop in a $5 turbo MTT, 1527 entrants.

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I got a free $30 from Party and turned it into $150 in four days!!!
At its peak the BB/100 hands was 114.69!!!

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1) How do u get $30 free from Party?

2) congrats on the 30>>150 but watch out cuz u aint rolled properly for NL25... no offense just wud be sad if u lost all ur hard earned $150 just after winning it!

GL
'dick

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Originally Posted by Waterdick

1) How do u get $30 free from Party?

2) congrats on the 30>>150 but watch out cuz u aint rolled properly for NL25... no offense just wud be sad if u lost all ur hard earned $150 just after winning it!

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1) It must be because I haven't played on Party for at least 6 months.

2) No offence taken. I am well aware of bankroll management. As it was free money, I decided to mess around. I did well and it kept growing.
I have come to the decision to keep going until I lose a buyin.

I won my first SnG ($5.50). That's sad because I've played so many...but what a great first win, came back from 10-1 chip deficit at the start of heads up to take it home!

Just had a huge upswing in my Stars 11's. I had like a 8% ROI after 30 tournaments. In the last 9 tournaments, I've had 5 first places, 2 seconds, and 2 busts. Obv its a small sample size but in the last 2 days my bankroll went from $350 to 500 - not too shabby.

I've just started playing sit n go's like 3 weeks ago, and thanks to the guys on Ventrilo - I know a lot more about the complexities of tournemnt play.

My second ever:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ino/royal2.jpg

-Doing well at $2.50+.25 SNGs
-Started Multitabling (1 SNG + camping on 2 $2NL)
-Hit $250
-Made it the second time to the final table ($1 c&c freezeout)

I won two sit n gos today. Back to back.

http://static.flickr.com/92/214418619_5633230888.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/97/214418729_afe2514662.jpg

Not a huge accomplishment, but being a semi-novice I would say that I patted myself on the back a time or two when I won a 30 player Gauntlet tourney this season against the likes of ERockdog, IllesIrish, Warpe, Hartlin, givememyleg and other very good players.

I'm a micro Limit ring game player. Been dicking around for months but read some books, started a journal and found this site a couple weeks ago. Yesterday I played the worst session I've played in a while, -25BB in 1:10. I got up, mowed the lawn and tried again 2 hours later with my mistakes written on a paper next to me. Game broke up 3:17 later. I was +52BB. I think some of the old, bad information has gotten pushed out of my brain by the new, good info. Someday I'll be at a limit where if I win 52BB I can afford triple lattes for me and the wife :)

Thanks all.

Completed my first ever 1k hand session tonight, 3 tabling 6max took about 4 hrs to complete. It was interesting, I never had to rebuy or tack on at any of the tables yet I ended up 8bb down for the session. I am actually encouraged b/c I played so poorly and only lost .8bb/100 which is not totally terrible.

I did the new fish thing of putting $50 down at PP and playing the 25NL tables. Got shown a thing or two and the BR got as low as $6.

Since then I have been playing MTT Freerolls. My first one I finished 18 of 2000 and won $1.50. So I kept at it and finally finished 3rd of 2000 in another one a few days later. Very nice to get that extra $15 dollar buffer. Since then I have not been able to get that far.

Now I have discovered SnG. Playing the 5+1 and took first in my first SnG, 6th in my second and 2nd in my third bringing my BR back to $48. One more good SnG and I can retire from PP with a slight lead and move on over to Paradise or one of the other recommend sites with 5+.50 SnG.

Thanks for all the great advice on this site.

I'm new to this site and new to online HE. The best thing that has happened to me lately is that I found this site.

First I played play money games while reading through this site heeding to the advise, strategies, etc...

I soon improved and started playing real money (SB) NL games. I am slowly moving up but most importantly I am having FUN!

The most important things I've learned is to take bad beats as just part of the game. And to be patient when playing with overly (crazy) agressive players. They use to make me angry, now I look at their stacks and say to myself, "I have a better chance at those chips than anyone here."

Thanks to everyone here.
You have made me very happy :D

Just won my first NL SNG on my second try. SNG0003b @ Ultimate Bet. Single table 10 handed $1 +.10. I'm normally a limit player but I may have to try this more often. 50BB in one hour! I'm ready for the big time :lol:

7th out of 203rd in a $15 MMT...not great i know but it was the best iv ever done in a big prize tourny.

I had about 25k chips left, little below average of around 35k chips but not in huge trouble as the blinds were only 1k/2k no antes. Also, there were a few shorter stacks of around 10k or so I could move up in pay out fairly easy.

AA in the BB, yesss. MP of 30k chips raises 6k, I re-raise about half my stack to 15k planning to push any stack, MP pushed AI and I call. AA vs AKos

flop J 10 x o shittt
turn x no queen
river q ahhhhhh

109 bucks

I'd say that suck out cost me about 100 bucks in the long run eh? It was a very top heavy pay out with over 900 bucks going to first

Satellited the Sunday million without a rebuy. only had 408 FPP's

PokerStars Tournament #29829697, No Limit Hold'em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: 400 FPP
196 players
Total Prize Pool: $2044.00
Target Tournament #29396594 Buy-In: $130.00
15 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2006/08/19 - 16:25:00 (ET)

Dear trainer_jyms,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #29396594 and are automatically registered
for it.
See Tournament #29396594 Lobby for further details.

If you choose to unregister from this tournament your account will be credited
with $215.00 Tournament dollars. Tournament dollars can be used to buy into
any tournament.

edited 8-31 for continued hot streak...I broke even in June playing robot like 8tables of full ring...then here's my results since cutting to 1-2 juicy 5max (sometimes 1-2 full ring) tables and really focusing/adjusting starting July 1:

http://uwtutors.com/results2.gif

Running hot rules!!! It's like .01/.02 from last year! Thanks FTR. The threads in the beginner's digest helped a lot, especially on table selection and psychology... and of course all the donks handing me their stacks :D I finally feel not like a beginner...I'm a novice now :cool:

Two wins posted above..
Both were pokerstars, both 10 dollar entry - one 12 player and one 35 - I have never seen these games listed in the s'n go's.

Are these new?

Babydee2

I ran my $10 buy in up to over $110 at a 10NL 6-max table today.

+ 10 buy ins on one table not too bad...now i just need to learn how to do this at 200NL and im set.

I sat down at the $10NL tables where I normally play and played three hands.

First hand sees me limping 66 from the BB and catching two pair Qs and 6s on the flop. One caller comes with me to the river with trip Qs, but I make a boat on the river and take a $7.70 pot.

Second hand sees me calling a min raise from the SB with AQo and forcing a fold at the river with TPTK, taking a $10.50 pot.

Third hand got me comboys on the button. player in EP raises to 3x and I re-raise to 10x and collect two callers. the flop gives me a set and my re-raise to a minimum flop bet doesn't chase either of them away. Turn is a rag and I bet out, which puts them both all-in. They call and my set holds up giving me an $11.84 pot.

Just had a good morning.

I deposited $150 at Sun Poker to clear a bonus, waiting for another cashout before I can move more over.

Came away $96 up from the $1/2 tables, while clearing $10 in bonus and earning a few more dollars in rakeback.

I've once again broken the $1k BR mark, this time I feel like I'm more worth that than before (even if it mostly came from bonuses).

If I can keep playing good aggressive stuff on good tables I could be rolled for $2/4 before the end of the month.

After depositing $100 in May and playing 5NL and 10NL I finally broke the magic $500 BR last week and have moved up to 25NL. :D

What a slog it was!

First post by the way!

Anosmic you've moved to limit properly?? I thought it was just to clear the crappy Interpoker bonus! I feel somehow violated :(

I'm currently playing at my first ever final table! It's a $3.30 at Stars (as Limoni).

MTTs take more patience than I realized. 4 hours and counting is a long time to play reasonable, smart poker; I now have a lot more appreciation for the people who I know play in much harder games for much longer.

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Originally Posted by avocado

I'm currently playing at my first ever final table! It's a $3.30 at Stars (as Limoni).

MTTs take more patience than I realized. 4 hours and counting is a long time to play reasonable, smart poker; I now have a lot more appreciation for the people who I know play in much harder games for much longer.

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Congratulations!

Yes, MTTs take a lot of patience and endurance.

okay it's a small start but a good one for me. I have played on and off for about 2 years. I would deposit $50 on party poker and than run it up to $120 in no time, than hit a bad run of cards and piss it all away. Finally I found this site, read up on proper bank roll management and using the 19 hands doubled my $150 buy in (I know it's still a little underfunded, but's all I can mangae). Anywho, made my first withdrawl ( doubled up and took half for me and half to my BR). Finally feel like a winning poker player, and I still have a bankroll! I know it's small but it's a huge step for me.

i won my first tourney today, a $22/180 on stars for $1080

yay

Now your just rubbing it in Renton. LOL

yeehaw, i made the magic $500 last night, quad tabling 10NL! achieved my september BR-goal, even though i dropped to 220 10 days ago, playing 50NL at titan to get pt.

hopefully i´ll get 600 in the upcoming days to play 25NL

First post in this thread!

Two weeks ago I moved up to 50NL after being at 25NL for the past 8 or 9 months. I've been killing it so far after making 1k in the past 16 days. My roll is now over 4.7k.

Ok, it's small fry but I won my first MTT yesterday from a field of 158.

It was only a $0.60c tourney but it returned $25 and increased my roll enough so that I'm now playing $2 SNG's and am almost rolled for $3 tables.

As I said, it's small fry but I'm well happy.

Just made the $1000 profit mark.

All from SnG's at Ultimatebet.

1000 $1.10
373 $5.50

Will move up the the $11's soon.

Andy

Just had my first 100$ session ever, I ran very good, but I'm still very proud. I play 25 NL btw.

BR has tipped over $2k even before I get this months rakeback paid (waiting on about $130 there). So until variance swings back I'm a fully-rolled $100NL'r :)

Bankroll has now officially breached $10k. Who would have thought?

BR hit 1k.
playing now 25NL, 4 tables



(therefore i suck now at sng´s :oops: )

I am kinda new here, started playing poker 3 weeks ago. (Got some help from friends to teach me the basic strats, and i have been reading lots. :))

Today I tried my first $6 SnG at pokerstars and lo and behold, 1st place!

OK, only 25$ won but profit is profit. :)

Greetz,
C_S

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I am kinda new here, started playing poker 3 weeks ago. (Got some help from friends to teach me the basic strats, and i have been reading lots. :))

Today I tried my first $6 SnG at pokerstars and lo and behold, 1st place!

OK, only 25$ won but profit is profit. :)

Greetz,
C_S

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congrats! winning a tourney is a great feeling.

Thanks! (Due to the excitement I was wrong, I play on pokerparty not pokerstars :))

My best ever single table session, both in absolute terms and relative terms (up 5 buyins! Woo!). Shame I was in the red on my other 3 tables but I stll showed a healthy profit thanks to this one :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/303.jpg

not really a winning of money, but this for being true to myself. I started a text document/journal of what I am thinking and what my mistakes are as I make them. I do this in an attempt to plug some of my leaks, and since then I have been a much more profitable player. cause everytime I do something wrong or right I make a post, and it forces me to work through my leaks

-beck

Just won the 7.5k guarenteed Super stackd tourney (5000 starting chips) on bodog for $2000. Im going to Amsterdam next week and its now going to be an even more awesome trip :D.

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edited 8-31 for continued hot streak...I broke even in June playing robot like 8tables of full ring...then here's my results since cutting to 1-2 juicy 5max (sometimes 1-2 full ring) tables and really focusing/adjusting starting July 1:

http://uwtutors.com/results2.gif

Running hot rules!!! It's like .01/.02 from last year! Thanks FTR. The threads in the beginner's digest helped a lot, especially on table selection and psychology... and of course all the donks handing me their stacks :D I finally feel not like a beginner...I'm a novice now :cool:

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wow is this sick... gj man