November ends with a bang - sort of

Well, I entered a 1500 FPP 9 person satellite to the $215 Stars Sunday tourney. As I played the 1500 FPP I also played a .10/.20 NL table and I played in the 2380 person $11 MTT on Party.

I quickly became chip leader on the FPP after a donk moved in on my AA then these back to back hands came up:

Seat 2: MK_Sniper (1115 in chips)
Seat 4: ps5555 (2035 in chips)
Seat 5: bethcox4444 (2205 in chips)
Seat 7: can_dollars (2065 in chips)
Seat 8: texanfellow (1275 in chips)
Seat 9: Whatever (4805 in chips)
texanfellow: posts small blind 25
Whatever: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Whatever [6c 6s]
2 limpers and the SB called and this
*** FLOP *** [Jc 6d Kc]
Beautiful.
MK bets 150 fold, fold, I call.
*** TURN *** [Jc 6d Kc] [7c]
I check and MK
MK_Sniper: bets 915 and is all-in
I quickly call to see the river card:
*** RIVER *** [Jc 6d Kc 7c] [Js]
MK_Sniper: shows [Ks Jd] (a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
Oh well.

Very next hand:
Seat 2: MK_Sniper (2330 in chips)
Seat 4: ps5555 (2035 in chips)
Seat 5: bethcox4444 (2155 in chips)
Seat 7: can_dollars (2065 in chips)
Seat 8: texanfellow (1225 in chips)
Seat 9: Whatever (3690 in chips)
Whatever: posts small blind 25
MK_Sniper: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Whatever [6h 6s]
bethcox4444: raises 200 to 250
Whatever: raises 3440 to 3690 and is all-in
MK_Sniper: folds
ps5555: folds
bethcox4444: calls 1905 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2c Qd 9h 4c] [Kh]

There's that river again. Whoops.

So instead of having 60% of the chips on the table with 4 left in it I was fighting for my life at around 1550 chips. I chopped away for awhile and caught a couple of good hands and even had a suck out with A10 catching a river flush against a pocket pair to move back into the chip lead with 3 left. I took out the small stack and was heads up with about a 2000 chip advantage. We went back and forth and I gained more chips when this hand came up:

(against Mr. AK himself)

Seat 5: bethcox4444 (4135 in chips)
Seat 9: Whatever (9365 in chips)

Whatever: posts small blind 75
bethcox4444: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Whatever [9s Ks]

Whatever: raises 150 to 300
bethcox4444: raises 450 to 750
Whatever: calls 450*** FLOP *** [Td 3h 7s]
bethcox4444: bets 1500
Whatever: raises 7115 to 8615 and is all-in
bethcox4444: calls 1885 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Td 3h 7s] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [Td 3h 7s Kh] [6h]
bethcox4444 said, "wata joke"
*** SHOW DOWN ***bethcox4444: shows [As 2s] (high card Ace)
Whatever: shows [9s Ks] (a pair of Kings)

A beautiful suckout. I unregistered and plan on playing 41 $5.25 heads up matches with my tournament dollars lol. 3-1 so far - good for $30.

I was an above average stack in the $11 MTT the whole tourney until going out in 324th (out of 2,380) with this stupid hand:
***** *****NL Texas Hold'em Level:9 Blinds (200/400) - Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Table Multi-Table(524700)
Table #14 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10
Seat 1: leppy0105 ( $5650 )
Seat 4: MRPROPOKER55 ( $8985 )
Seat 5: cwioo1 ( $5736 )
Seat 6: celo2 ( $19862 )
Seat 8: Whatever ( $6265 )
Seat 9: gbark ( $760 )
Seat 2: cfitz ( $9848 )
Seat 7: scarecrow11 ( $3294 )
Seat 10: toolrocks01 ( $8470 )
Seat 3: matetuer ( $9890 )

Level:9Blinds (200/400)
** Dealing down cards **Dealt to Whatever[ As Jd ]
MRPROPOKER55 folds
cwioo1 folds.
celo2 calls [400].
scarecrow11 folds.
Whatever is all-In [6265]
gbark folds.toolrocks01 folds.
leppy0105 folds.
cfitz folds.
matetuer folds.

I totally expected him to lay it down. He had been playing a lot of hands and could fold after raising.
celo2 calls [5865].
Oops.
He turns over KQo. Yay.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 4s, Kd ]
Oops.** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
Queen or Ace! Queen or Ace! Queen or Ace!** Dealing River ** [ 4d ]celo2 shows [ Qd, Ks ] two pairs, kings and fours.Whatever shows [ As, Jd ] a pair of fours.celo2 wins 13130 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and fours.Player Whatever finished in 324 place.

I could've probably cruised into the money but that's the way it goes in MTTs. One big mistake and you can be done when tangling with the big stack. I should've NEVER put my tournament life on the line with AJo against the very biggest stack at the table. Dumb move but I hadn't played in an MTT in a long time. I will remember next time what it's like to bust out with nothing to show after 2 1/2 hours of good poker.

I lost my $10 buy-in on the .1/.2 NL table after working it up to $20 but no worries. An excellent night of poker that only would've been better if I had cashed in the MTT.

All in all +$9 on the night but I have $194 tournament dollars left to be converted in $5.25 heads up matches. I should be able to get my account over $1,000 with these matches and get another check Fedexed and ready for the next bonus.

$4053.28 bankroll as November ends as my best month yet. Made almost $800 this month.

PokerStars bonus cleared

Transferred $600 out of Party Poker to prepare for the next bonus. Still leaves me with almost $600 to play 2/4 bad beat tables when the jackpot gets over 250k or so. I'll work on getting my PokerStars account over $1,000 with either .5/1 or 1/2 6 max, we'll see. I like cashing out over $1,000 since they FedEx the check at no charge when you cash out $1,000 or more.

11/29/2005
($11.00)
30 person sit n go (PartyPoker) limit out in 29th. Couldn't drag a pot to save my life. Oh well.

11/29/2005
$31.50
45 minutes 3 table 6 max .5/1 to clear bonus. Had it almost to 50 before dropping back to 20 then up to 31. Nothing too fancy or exciting - just good cards from the start. Getting better at taking pots away by raising the turn with overcards or weak draws.

11/29/2005
$120.00
PS Bonus

Bankroll $4,044.28 up $102.25 on the young week thanks to the bonus.

Here's what I've done monthly:

April $650.04
May $711.58
June $459.81
July $233.10
Aug $624.85
Sept $0.00
Oct $75.34
Nov $786.81

6 Max Hell

was where I spent 3 hours tonight. Ugh. Fought back again but wow, great practice in tilt control lol. Again and again I was putting in 4 and 5 bets with the best hand only to have a miracle hit for the lucky bingo players. Thaaaaaat's poker but it sure isn't any fun when it's like that. I was certainly overdue for a night like this. It's been awhile.


($38.25)
3 1/2 6 max trying to clear bonus. 705p 1035p Unbelievably consistent bad beats (broken record) put me down 150 or 160 for 2+ hours and I was fighting tilt for at least 1/2 that time. The cards finally turned but I lost a good $300 on the river (usually large pots) and probably another $100 on tilt calling down with 3rd pair, ace hi etc.

$3903.78 and $-38.25 on the week. The PS $120 bonus will be cleared byThursday for sure. Very close.

.5/1 6 max screwing around

Waiting on my wife I loaded up 3 tables of .5/1 6 max because the last thing I wanted to do was lose $50 right before my end of the week (for my stats).

I immediately went down $30 and stayed that way until the last 30 minutes of the session. Sometimes poker really stinks. I seriously couldn't count the river beats I got. They seemed to be constant. Stayed with it and made a whopping $10.50 after playing from 7:00pm to 9:00. Crazy.

Best week ever - made $442.14. Very nice indeed.

Bankroll $3,942.03

PokerStars Bonus Clearing

Means 1/2 6 max and lots of swings.



530p 700p 3 1/2 6 max +$16.25 PS balance now $673.62. Plugged away to finish up for the session. Horrible luck throughout except for this interesting hand:

(EDIT: For some reason the hand converter is acting weird. I'll just cut and paste)


*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Whatever [Ad As]
RyanPCooper: folds
r gui: calls $1
olliegjw1: folds
Donkey 1: raises $1 to $2
Whatever: raises $1 to $3
Donkey 2: calls $2
r gui: calls $2
Donkey 1: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
Whatever: calls $1
Donkey 2: calls $1
r gui: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [2d 4d 8h]
Whatever: bets $1
Donkey 2: calls $1
r gui: calls $1
Donkey 1: raises $1 to $2
Whatever: raises $1 to $3
Donkey 2: calls $2
r gui: calls $2
Donkey 1: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
Whatever: calls $1
Donkey 2: calls $1
r gui: calls $1
*** TURN *** [2d 4d 8h] [4s]
Whatever: bets $2
Donkey 2: calls $2
r gui: folds
Donkey 1: raises $2 to $4
Whatever: raises $2 to $6
Donkey 2: calls $4
Donkey 1: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
Whatever: calls $2
Donkey 2: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [2d 4d 8h 4s] [Ts]
Whatever: bets $2
Donkey 2: calls $2
Donkey 1: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Whatever: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Donkey 2: mucks hand
Donkey 1: mucks hand
Whatever collected $61 from pot
olliegjw1 said, "whole lot of chasing going on"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62 Rake $1
Board [2d 4d 8h 4s Ts]
Seat 1: Donkey 2(big blind) mucked [6d 6h]
Seat 2: RyanPCooper folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: r gui folded on the Turn
Seat 4: olliegjw1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Donkey 1 (button) mucked [8c Qc]
Seat 6: Whatever(small blind) showed [Ad As] and won ($61) with two pair, Aces and Fours

Some pub poker and a 2/4 session

Played pub poker for the first time. There were about 90 entrants www.valleyclubpoker.com with the top 16 paying points. We started off with 1100 in chips and blinds at 10/20 . Blinds went up every 20 minutes and 2 hours and 10 minutes later they were at 500/1000! I played exactly 3 hands all night that I wasn't in the blinds for lol. Didn't play my 1st hand until at least 3 rounds in (I think the blinds were at 50/100)AK UTG raised 5X and took it down preflop, J10s raised 4X and took it down preflop with 2 limpers and 44 that I donked off about 500 chips with on a scary board. Finished in 18th place when someone went all in for 4500 chips and I was on the big blind (1000 chip BB) with my 1500 chips and looked down to see A7o. I called and he turned over K10 and flopped an OESD and turned a K. Game over unless a 10 fell and instead it was the ace which at least 1/2 of the people there thought gave me the win.

After that I came home and logged onto Party Poker since the bad beat jackpot was over $420,000 and played 40 minutes of 2/4.

+$108.75 40 minute session at 3 2/4 BB tables 1010p 1050p 85s calling $2 then $4 got the flush on the flop in a 4 way capped preflop pot. Probably cost myself by capping the flop but I wanted to get my $ in while it was good. As it turned out I had nothing to fear so reraising on turn MIGHT have been better, not sure. Other huge hand at this table was with 76o in SB called preflop raise of A3o and he hit trips on flop and i turned nut straight.

$3917.88 bankroll.

Running Very Good

2 sessions of .5/1 limit 6 max on party poker trying to clear the $100 bonus. Still running good. 7 straight good cash game sessions.


11/21/2005
$31.32
3 6 max .5/1 to clear bonus on pp 400p to 430p

11/21/2005
$75.42
3 6 max .5/1 to clear bonus on pp (need 59 more hands to clear the 700 raked hand requirement) 700p to 830p

11/21/05
$107.00 30 minutes of 3 2/4 bad beat tables. Wow.
$2.50 1 hand of .5/1 6 max to get clear my last hand of the 700 and the bonus. Got 58s and paired up 2nd pair with an ace on the board. Check, check, check so I bet the turn and took it down lol.
$100.00 BONUS from party poker. Wow. My alltime high bankroll just increased another $209.50 after 30 minutes of 'work'. My run of good play continues. Nice!

$3816.13 Closing in on $4k. Up $316.24 today lol. Nice start to the week. Proabably won't get to play a bunch more but I'll be trying to clear that pokerstars bonus on 1/2 6 max every chance I get.

11/21/05
($7.00)
1000p 1020p 1 $5.50 SNG out in 7th when 1010 ran up against AK and K on turn. & 2 O H/L .01/.02 PL cash tables.

Excellent week! I love poker again!

This was my best week without the benefit of a bonus bump.

11/14/2005
3 sngs $11 O H/L, $11 NL and $22 NL (2nd in $22, 3rd in $11 NL)

11/15/2005
($3.00)
3 sngs $6 O H/L $6 NL & $11 NL

11/16/2005
$59.76
3 .5/1 6 max 80 minutes on party poker trying to grind back up to $400 there.

11/16/2005
$22.00
$6 O H/L $6 NL (1st) $11 NL (3rd) kept hitting top set on O H/L and would get rivered. I guess I suck at Omaha High Low.

11/18/2005
$58.15
3 2/4 bad beat tables 530p 740p got down $200 on horrendous bad beats and tons of missed draws but fought my way back against the below average players of 2/4 badbeat tables on party. Whew. Good practice to control tilt. I would give myself a B on that this session. Deposited $400 on PP for their 25% up to $100 bonus. Need 700 hands in a week to clear. Usually clear it in 10 hours of multitabling.

11/18/2005
$68.36
0800p 900p 3 6 max tables at 1/2 to clear bonus. Deposited $600 for their 20% up to $120 promotion.

11/19/2005
($36.82)
1 $11 O HL, 1 $6 NL & 1 $11 NL plus some .5/1 O H/L cash game action had me itching to go back to 2/4 bad beat tables.

11/19/2005
$117.80
3 2/4 BB tables 1215p 145p easy money today for a change. KK got beat by quad queens on a AAQQ board got some folks excited about jackpot for a second. Slow & steady progress as I was never down. Won $21 net on my first hand and went from there. Tables were fairly tight. 21% to 30% VP$IP (pokertracker). Very straightforward play. Would've been much better but my AQ on Q hi flop ran into a set and A10 2 pair got beat by a set as well. Played well.

11/19/2005
$9.05
1st place 18 person 1.75 sit n go NL those are always fun. Those guys have no idea what they're doing lol.

11/20/2005
($11.75)
9th place 1 $6.50 sng. Coming over the top of me every time I raised and blinds were getting up there so I took a stand and reraised all in with AQ only to be outgunned by KK. Whoops. Also $5.25 heads up lost with 106 versus 86 on a 866K board. My mistake, shouldn't have put all of my chips on the line with only trips.

$3,499.89 +$319.55 on the week. It's funny how much a week like this does for your confidence. I feel like I can play poker again after that 6 week layoff.

Ugh. Another one of 'those' weeks.

11/8/2005
$0.45
40 minutes 5 handed .1/.2 for fun oh well

11/8/2005
$22.75
3 1/2 6 max down 100 first 20 minutes then fought back up to +20 over the next 60 minutes. Crazy beats 1st half of session.

11/9/2005
$51.00
3 1/2 6 max 25 minutes

11/9/2005
($10.37)
2 $5.50 tourneys 1 mistaken PL H/L fun but went out in 5th and a NL out in 9th. Whoops also 4 handed .05/.10

11/9/2005
($83.97)
2 2/4 BB got up on one 107 and down on other 92 and then played badly after that. (Hello Tilt) Oh well.

11/10/2005
($100.00)
2 2/4 BB you name it and it happened to me tonight. Unbelievable bad beats AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN. Drives me craaaaaaaazy. I will play 6 max on PP until reaching $400 and then play the BadBeat tables again. I can't believe how often my AA or 2 pair ran into a set. It was stupid. Bad players sucked out again and again and again. Poker causes me to rage when it's like this and I'm only at 2/4. Lord help me at 5/10 and above (if I ever get there).

11/11/2005
$7.75
3 6 max .5/1 pp 5 minutes

11/10/2005
($2.36)
3 .1/.2 amazingly bad badbeats - even worse than at 2/4. Lost $5 pots on the river, etc. Fullboats or better needed to take down a pot it seemed.

11/11/2005
$12.50
3 6 max .5/1 pp 10 minutes

11/11/2005
($23.20)
3 6 max .5/1 90 minutes. I hate poker.

11/12/2005
($11.90)
$5 NL cash games for fun screwing around. I was not very impressive. Late night sessions like that it seems like I'm just blowing off steam at small stakes asking people to take my money.

$3,180.34 -$137.35. Another one of those losing weeks that really mess up my schedule to $5,000.

10/31/2005
$4.75
1 $5.25 hu match

10/31/2005
($6.25)
1 hu & 1 45 person MTT $11. Got rivered to lose. Was in 10th out of 27. Would've had chip lead without river.

10/31/2005
$38.75
2 hours 1/2 6 max. Played well. Need to do that more as it seemed fairly easy.

11/1/2005
($3.58)
2nd place in a 9 person $5.50 sng and 32nd place in a $3.30 579 person limit THEN lost it plus $3 at .5/1 6 max

11/2/2005
$67.25
45 minutes 3 table 6 max 1/2

11/2/2005
($6.70)
$1.20 45 person sng & 27 person $5.50 sng was in chip lead or near whole time in 5.50 and went out in 8th after being in chip lead with 8 to go on a semi bluff that the guy never should've called. Oh well. My mistake. Missed my 18 outs and was down to 1300 chips then 22 couldn't win the race. Felt like a real donkey blowing my chip lead like that.

11/2/2005
$3.25
60 minutes 5 table .1/.2 for fun and to practice the full ring chart.
http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/c/jccuneo/preflop.pdf Got sucked out on a ton or it would've been much better.

$3,317.69 +$97.47

10/24/2005
($71.25)
1 hour 3 tables 1/2 6 max horrible

10/25/2005
($5.25)
1 hu match should've been over in 7 minutes but AQ sucked out against AK after I had worked him down to 650 chips. Frustrating.

10/26/2005
($10.50)
3 1/2 6 max. Took the roughest beats for the first 40 minutes and then came back nicely from 80 down (or so) 80 minute session.

10/26/2005
$150.00
BONUS -without these I'd be dead in the water, no doubt.

10/27/2005
$80.00
30 minutes 6 max 1/2 3 ways

10/27/2005
$10.00
approx. 90 minutes .05/.10 and 1 $1.20 45 person MTT 1st place lol. Those are so much fun. The players are horrible.

10/30/2005
($107.76)
2.5 hours 3 tables .5/1 6-max up 20 then down 30 and then got tired/sick and kept playing after getting in from a football weekend. Big mistake. Live & learn.

10/30/2005
$14.37
30 minutes 3 .5/1 on party checking out 3 billionth hand promotion.


$3,220.22 +$59.61 Sigh.

For every Yen a Yang

Or is it Yin? I forget.

10/17/2005
$71.25
1 $5 hu and 1 2/4 BB 20 hands!

Book that winning session to get last week out of my mind. I firmly believe in that philosophy.

10/18/2005
$20.50
3 6 max .5/1to clear bonus 60 minutes

10/18/2005
$63.25
3 6 max .5/1to clear bonus 90 minutes

10/18/2005
($0.50)
2 hu matches

10/19/2005
$9.00
2 hours 2 tables 1/2 6 max and 3 tables .5/1 6 max for 30 minutes and $11 MTT

10/20/2005
$72.00
2.5 hours 3 tables 1/2 6 max


$3,160.61 +$235.50 - an excellent week.

Oh yea, Poker sucks. I had forgotten.

10/10/2005
($244.02)
3 2/4 bb. Wow. Came back and got pounded all night long by bad beats and just unlucky hands. Full ring games. I played 3 tables for about 2 hours and 2 tables for another 2 but never could get any momentum. About 28% VP$IP (pokertracker stats) with a mix of good and bad players.

10/11/2005
2 2/4 bb 45 minutes of the same stuff. Sigh

10/16/2005
$7.00
3 .5/1 6 max trying to clear bonus 45 minutes


$2,925.11 -$257.02. This week takes the cake for worst week money wise ever. Made me seriously wonder why I decided to start playing again.

Monday 2 heads up before my 6 week break. I seriously don't remember why I stopped other than the start of Aggie football. I guess that took the place of poker for awhile. The first weekend in September I flew into Atlanta and drove up to Clemson with a buddy for the opening game. We played a couple of rounds of golf and had a blast. Clemson is a very cool little college town.


8/29/2005
$9.50
2 hu 45-19


$3,182.13 +$9.50 for the 'week'.

Last week for a while

I'm not sure what happened and why I took 6 weeks off but I know a good $1200 got sucked out of my bankroll for real life expenses. I'm gonna reflect my poker roll in hopes that someday real life will be able to pay back my poker roll. I won't hold my breath.

8/23/2005
$57.50
30 minutes 6 max .5/1 3 ways

8/23/2005
($81.50)
1.5 hours 6 max .5/1 party poker. The worst beats. Unbelievable. Typical: 66 flop set. Turn pairs the board with 99. river brings another 9 so KK takes down a HUGE FREAKING POT. Typical.

8/24/2005
$4.97
5 hands .01/.02 limit 4 ways and 1 heads up match 35-15

8/24/2005
$68.25
3 2/4 bb 40 minutes. Lost $93 pot by getting caught between 2 raisers on river.

8/25/2005
($0.50)
36-16

8/25/2005
$48.00
1 hour 3 tables 2/4 bb got down 80 then steadily made it back. Lost 30 or 40 when pp was messing up disconnecting me. My internet was fine. Weird. Next time restart pp when it first does that.

8/25/2005
$4.75
37-16

8/26/2005
$4.75
38-16

8/26/2005
$59.50
10 minutes of 3 tables of 2/4 bb. Cut it short to enjoy Friday night with the wife. Boy one table was so soft. $90 in 10 minutes.

8/26/2005
($5.25)
38-17 heads up. was in a hurry and that's always a no-no.

8/27/2005
($36.50)
3 2/4 bb 3 hours

8/27/2005
$13.75
5 heads up 41-19 - (1 was a 4 person match)

8/28/2005
$14.75
1 4 person heads up match. 43-19

$3,172.63 +$152.47

8/15/2005
$92.00
1 $5 heads up 22-6 & 3 6-max .5/1

8/16/2005
$9.50
2 $5 heads up 24-6

8/16/2005
($5.25)
1 $5 heads up 24-7

8/16/2005
$92.25
3 6-max .5/1 to clear bonus

8/17/2005
($5.75)
4 $5 heads up 26-9 (1 was a 4 man shootout. Blew a 2-1 chip lead. I am so pissed off because he just reraised me into oblivion. Oh to play that one over with the 2-1 lead. Just got way too careless) 2nd game he sucked out on river on what should've been last hand to get him to 1400 chips. Blinds were 50/100 & he took it from there.

8/17/2005
($5.25)
1 $5 heads up 26-10. lost to another horrible player. I had nut straight and he had quads. Sucked out on me a couple of times before that. Way overbetting like 90% do. - Sometimes it works I guess.

8/17/2005
$120.00
BONUS

8/17/2005
($93.50)
3 6-max .5/1 to clear bonus. Cleared bonus in first 10 minutes and then had some of the worst beats of my life. Had 99 then flop 889 against quad 8s. Beautiful. Sometimes poker brings a tear to me eye. I'm pretty certain if I'm feeling this much pain at .5/1 then 5/10 or higher will never happen for me. We'll see.

8/18/2005
$4.75
1 $5 heads up 27-10

8/18/2005
$17.25
3 6-max .5/1

8/19/2005
($10.50)
2 $5 heads up 27-12 VERY frustrating to get sucked out on and beaten by donks

8/19/2005
$4.75
1 $5 heads up 28-12

8/19/2005
$3.00
3 6-max .5/1 same exact thing happened as 2 nights ago. Flop top set and it turns into a fullboat and quads for another. At the same time my AA got cracked on the river by a gutshot on another table and then next hand I lose to another river beat in huge pot. $55 in 3 pots on bad beats. Ugh. Played great to come back and turn a winning session. Was down 20 and up 20 early. Those 3 hands ruined a good night.

8/19/2005
$9.50
2 heads up 30-12. I might never lose on Friday night lol.

8/20/2005
$4.75
1 heads up $5 31-12

8/20/2005
$28.75
3 hours 3 tables .5/1 6-max

8/20/2005
($5.25)
2 heads up 32-13 4 person match. 2nd match he sucked out preflop for his last 1500 chips A4o versus my Aks. Oh well.

8/21/2005
$4.25
3 heads up match over in 7 & 9 minutes & 20 that one I made a stupid mistake calling an all-in with A8 versus AQ I had him 2-1 at the time. 34-14 now heads up.

8/21/2005
($5.25)
1 heads up match 34-15

$3,020.16 +$260.00 for an excellent week indeed. Poker life is good.

8/8/2005
$4.75
2 hours 3 tables 6 max .5/1 to clear bonus crazy

8/9/2005
$38.75
330p 400p 3 6-max .5/1 to clear bonus

8/9/2005
($7.78)
was down 30 early came back up 15 and then went down 7 at end on zero flops for 10 minutes

8/10/2005
($18.00)
830a 900a 3 6-max got crunched 3 times in huge pots on very bad beats

8/10/2005
$100.00
Party Poker bonus. Yay.

8/10/2005
$9.50
1 heads up $10.5 12-5

8/10/2005
$14.00
720p 740p 3 tables 6-max .5/1 ps

8/10/2005
($10.25)
820p 910p 5 .5/1 to clear bonus. Ugh.

8/11/2005
$24.25
3 heads up matches. 1 $10 and 1 $5 4 person shootout. 15-5

8/11/2005
$8.50
2 heads up matches 1 $10 & 1 $20. 16-6

8/11/2005
($19.75)
5 .5/1 tables to clear bonus 2 hours

8/11/2005
$9.50
1 heads up $10 17-6 (13 minutes)

8/12/2005
$4.75
1 heads up $5 18-6

8/13/2005
$19.50
3 heads up matches. 1 4 person $5 and 1 2 person. 21-6

$2,760.16 +$177.72 with a $100 bonus included. Positive is good but what a grind this week was.

Heads up mania strikes

I started doing these $5.25 heads up matches on PokerStars in between deposits. They're fun because the players are so bad. The constantly bluff off their chips and severely over bet pots. If a match is not over in 10 minutes they get frustrated. Blind start at 10/20 for 10 minute levels and you start off with 1500 chips. They rarely get to 25/50. Too funny.

8/2/2005
$9.50
2 $5.25 heads up matches

8/2/2005
($5.25)
finally lost a heads up match. He limp raised and I went big and he went bigger. 3 small cards flopped and I went big and he went all in and I folded to leave myself with 980 chips. Oops. A2 versus AJ when an ace flopped sealed the deal later.

8/3/2005
($0.50)
2 $5.25 heads up matches. Now 6-2

8/3/2005
($5.25)
1 4 person heads up match. Ran into a good player but had no hands. Played a 30 minute match anyway. Lost to AA then KJ on consecutive hands.

8/3/2005
$13.75
11:30p 130a 5 tabling .5/1 to clear bonus. Up $40 in 30 minutes then slowly sunk back down to even over the next hour. Made 10 in the last 30 minutes to help a tiny bit. Poker can be frustrating. I remember now. Glad it's just .5/1.

8/4/2005
$2.91
3 tabling 6 max NL .01/.02 10 minutes for a change.

8/4/2005
$4.75
1 heads up now 7-3

8/5/2005
$1.00
3 tabling about 1 hour 15 minutes 2/4 BB up $50+ almost whole session until next to last hands as my wife came home lost 2 gutshots at the same time. Crazy.

8/7/2005
$4.25
6 heads up now 11-5

$2,582.44 +$25.16 on the week screwing around.

Hurricane Emily & more poker

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003200/
Yea, we were on Padre for our annual beach vacation when Cat 2 Emily came ashore 75 miles to our south. We lost power for 12 hours but other than that and rough seas that kept us out of the ocean a couple of days we were fine. We almost vacated but made an 11th hour decision to ride it out a block from the surf in our old rented beach house.

When I don't feel like playing cash games I waste some time with sit n gos. Some people play these exclusively but most successful online players grind it out in the cash games. Breaks are good because 'grinding it out' poker can drive you insane on your way to building a nest egg. Seriously.


7/26/2005
$22.00
3 $6 tourneys

7/27/2005
$13.00
2 $6 tourneys

7/28/2005
$7.00
2 $6 tourneys and then 1 2nd place in an $11 tourney. Almost took it down. Oh well.

7/28/2005
$0.63
$6 tourney on pp and +7.03 on ps since my last cashout there

7/29/2005
$14.25
3 $5.25 heads up matches

7/31/2005
$2,557.28
($11.00)
MTT private tourney went out with 17 outs

One session before a long break

Taking off to South Padre for our annual 7 day vacation with friends.

But first:


7/11/2005
($10.60)
2 $6 tourneys and made 1.40 playing 2 .5/1 6 max for 2 hours. Crazy.

$2,511.40 -$10.60 for the week. Crap-o-licious.

Trip to Indiana

for my brother's wedding and back in the saddle.

7/6/2005
$7.50
1 .5/1 6 max table 2:15 2:30p Wed

7/7/2005
$92.84
3 .5/1 6 max 9:10 10:50p Thur

7/8/2005
($19.51)
7:00 8:00p Fri 3 .5/1 6 max terrible beats but came back nicely after being down 55

7/9/2005
$20.19
3 .5/1 6 max 240p 400p Sat

7/9/2005
$100.00
BONUS

7/9/2005
$7.09
3 .5/1 6 max 830p 910p

7/10/2005
($10.29)
3 .5/1 6 max 4:30 4:50p game was perfect but very bad luck

$2,522.00 +197.82 with the $100 bonus. Grinding it out at .5/1 6 max.

Wow. 3 handed at 2/4 is a bad idea with a $2400 roll

At least it is for me.


6/20/2005
$62.50
3 2/4 bb 955p 1035p quick session. Didn't push a couple of hands that I should've or I would've made 12 or 16 more dollars at least.

6/23/2005
($280.50)
3 2/4 bb 1100p 1230a made a huge mistake in playing a short handed game when table was about to break. 3 handed I lost 160 bucks. Tough beats accounted for rest but playing 3 handed I was extremely unlucky. I obviously don't have the bankroll yet for 3 handed games. duh. Lesson learned.

6/26/2005
$116.75
3 2/4 bb 510p 810p was up 150 almost all of session then got up over 200 a couple of times. Last hour was horrible. My fullboat lost to ROYAL FLUSH then 3 hands later lost 76$ on river to 4 outer. Wow. Many badbeats on river but I played pretty well and did ok. Got a little unlucky to not make much more. Oh well. It's good to get back on the horse and ride that baby.


$2,324.18 -$101.25. Actually feels ok to be down only $101 on the week considering that $280 night.

The other side of variance

6/15/2005
$18.91
3 2/4 bb tables. 700p 100p Within 15 minutes I was down 120. No jopke. River beats. Fought back for 2 hours to get up and then went up 55 before settling down at 18. Was down 180 at one point 45 minutes in. Horror show for a while.

6/16/2005
$96.00
3 2/4 bb tables 640p 750p. Played well and made a big pot when someone pushed A hi straight on a paired board.

6/16/2005
$20.30
4 .1/.25 NL tables 1005p 1145p just screwing around. A little too stressful for my tastes.

6/17/2005
$125.72
3 2/4 bb tables 810p 1050p. Got up 110 in 3 minutes! Stayed there or a little above then drifted down and eventually went down 30 on some badbeats and worked it back up in the last hour or so. First hour ok, 2nd hour horrible, last 45 minutes excellent.


$2,425.43 +$260.93 on the week.

Worst downswing -sometimes the cards spit in your face

6/7/2005
($6.70)
130p 300p 5 .25/.5 lost $26 so I went over to the 1/2 NL and prompty lost 55 more with QQ on a 99A flop. Whoops. Kept playing and only lost 15 at NL. Good. Then played 30 minutes of 6 handed .5/1 and made 33 back to finish 7 down on the session. Whew.

6/7/2005
$79.30
700p 820p 5 .5/1. Played good and had great cards against some bad players.

6/7/2005
$10.87
815p 1015p played well - was up 30+ most of the time but took a couple of badbeats - AA got cracked by rivered straight in $15 pot.

6/7/2005
$33.00
represents activity from 5/15 to 5/30 between bonus clearing. Mostly .05/.10 30 minute sessions but a couple of .05/.10 NL sessions later

6/8/2005
($56.90)
645p 815p 4 .5/1 great tables and plenty o badbeats

6/8/2005
($48.08)
1000p 100a 4 .5/1 great tables and unbelievable badbeats. Was playing on tilt a little for first 45 minutes but corrected that to get back to only 8 down only to go on another run of terrible luck. Oh well, that's poker. Sometimes the bad players overwhelm you. I did get paid off with my great hands usually but it was too rare that I actually got hands.

6/9/2005
($25.00)
645p 745p 4 .5/1 amazing downswing. The worst luck. Flopped sets and trips on turn were just traps with one exception. (1 for 5) Flushes never came. Up against flopped A hi flushes AT THE SAME TIME on 2 tables. Crazy. Played well just can't beat the cards right now. Good time for our Dallas trip and a Nascar truck race for my 5 year-old boy.

6/9/2005
$150.00
BONUS comes at a good time to offset 129BB downswing (my worst)

6/9/2005
($21.00)
2 .5/1 got frustrated with the continuous badbeats of the last 2 days so I went to the 2/4 bb tables

6/9/2005
($37.73)
3 2/4 bb tables. Amazingly bad badbeats for 90 minutes with a rush of cards for 5 minutes and then a great rush at the end for 15 minutes to come back. Was down much more - probably 200ish. Probably bluffed a little too much and then the brutal badbeats took too much aggression out of me. I just knew I was beat on a scary board. It's mind numbing after awhile when your great hands get cracked again and again and again again.


$2,164.50 +$77.76. Pretty horrible short week considering that includes a $150 bonus.

Another week another $200

5/31/2005
($6.50)
0830a 900a 5 .5/1

5/31/2005
$10.40
230p 400p 3 .25/.50 then 4 .5/1 trying to clear bonus while playing 1200 person 5.50 turbo tourney (160th) crazy way to play a tourney - gotta get LUCKY. I was too timid near end trying to get to money (99 paid)

5/31/2005
($3.50)
645p 915p 5 .5/1 I got up 40 quickly and then cruised to up 75, up 60 for 1.5 hours and then crashed and burned at the hands of terrible 2 and 4 outter beats the last 30 minutes. Extremely frustrating session.

5/31/2005
($25.75)
1000p 1100p 5 .5/1 great hands got cracked on river several times. Probably too aggressive with good not great hands but I'm not sure. Glad to be done with today's poker - quite frustrating all day. Earlier tables were playing weaker. Later tables called down with ANYthing.

6/1/2005
($51.85)
800a 1000a 3 .5/1 1 .25/.5 and 1 1/2. Typical hand - AK get K on flop and I'm up against 2 sets. (1/2 table) beautiful. Too many river beats to count. Oh well.

6/1/2005
$73.75
630p 815p 5 .5/1 to clear bonus. Ah, much better!

6/1/2005
$26.50
1020p 1100p 5 .5/1 very nice again. Was timid on flopped fullhouse had JJ board JAA then K spooked me - monsters under the bed. Other guy bet on river and I only called- stupid me!
He only had Ace rag.

6/2/2005
$9.25
645p 815p 5 .5/1

6/2/2005
$120.00
BONUS

6/2/2005
$3.00
945p 1045p down 30 and up 19 only to finish up 3 after 2 straight tough beats to end the night. Played well just couldn't get anything much going.

6/2/2005
($0.03)
5 minutes of .05/.10 to test out new monitor driver. MUCH better!

6/5/2005
$28.25
645p 845p 5 .5/1 trying to get over $1,000 so pokerstars will fedex my check for no charge.

6/6/2005
$13.50
715p 1130p 5 .5/1 trying to get over $1,000. Got down 85 twice! Was going to stop at -100 or midnight but finally broke thru at about 11pm. Tightened up my play some and caught some good hands. People also started bluffing a little bit more as it got later. Another crazy session.


$2,086.74 +$197.02 for the week.

Hard drive crash and my first losing week

5/24/2005
($74.42)
630p 800p 4 .5/1 - HORRIBLE badbeats and cards then tried to bluff way too much

5/24/2005
$76.00
930p 1100p 4 1/2 tables - very, very encouraging. They fold MUCH more. Whew. a few bad beats but I hit 4 or 5 sets and most held up.

5/29/2005
($82.21)
this represents play from 5/24 till 5/29 (hd crash lost the exact data) this included a -255 night playing 1/2 and then 2/4 getting badbeat into the ground and then winning 83 at ps clearing the bonus on the 28th. It also includes a $100 bonus from pp given on the 27th)

5/30/2005
$5.75
845p 905p 5 .5/1 trying to clear bonus


$1,889.72 -$74.88 on the week. Ugly.

5/17 to 5/23

5/17/2005
$22.75
700p 745p 4 tables .5/1

5/17/2005
$1,692.46
$67.78
850p 1000p 4 tables .5/1 and then 2 tables as I entered more fish into my buddy list. Very calm night - no big deal.

5/18/2005
$42.75
730p 830p 4 tables .5/1 ho hum

5/18/2005
$34.74
950p 1100p 4 tables .5/1

5/19/2005
($3.00)
630p 710p 4 tables .5/1

5/19/2005
($43.51)
900p 1115p 4 tables .5/1 horrible card wise 3 sets got busted KK versus AA & flopped Khi flush to flopped Ahi flush and several other unlucky situations. That's poker.

5/20/2005
($1.62)
630p 830p 4 tables mostly well over 300 hands - crazy night to just lose 1 dollar lol

5/21/2005
$21.17
630a 730a 2 tables 80 hands hit a monster with KK versus AQ flop AKx river A. $26 pot heads up

5/21/2005
$56.99
1110a 1240p 4 tables very good run

5/21/2005
$15.50
415p 600p 4 tables to clear bonus and then 3 tables. Brutal session 3 straight river beats to start and then KK vs AA, JJ vs QQ, 99 vs JJ - CRAPPY! But I stayed patient and came out on top eventually.

5/21/2005
$100.00
BONUS

5/21/2005
($0.88)
1130p 1230a 2 tables while I did power point slides for church

5/22/2005
($20.00)
815p 915p 2 2/4 bb - awesome session to lose 20 with 5 horrible badbeats - A hi flush rivered by fullboat - runner runner flush beats my top pair top kicker and 3 other bad ones for biggish pots. Could've should've won 100+

5/23/2005
$23.50
645p 715p 4 .5/1 - fishes everywhere

5/23/2005
$46.50
745p 835p 4 .5/1 - ditto & no badbeats tonight I don't think


$1,964.60 + $362.67 for the week. Another solid showing as I grind away.

5/9/05 to 5/15/05

5/9/2005
$100.00 added to roll
DEPOSIT with PokerStars 600 deposit

5/9/2005
$102.65
2 $.5/1 was up around 25 and then 1 $1/2 6 handed was up $80 or so after 1.25 hours. Crazy soft table and I caught some great hands but they folded way too much.

5/9/2005
$30.00
1 $.5/1 6 handed 4 $.5/1 10 handed 45 minutes

5/9/2005
($3.84)
1 .5/1 party poker 10 hands

5/10/2005
$47.50
2 $.5/1 6 handed and 1 $.5/1 30 minutes

5/10/2005
$21.50
4 $.5/1 10 handed & 1 6 handed - up $35 on six handed again. Amazing. Busted out of TWO 10 handed games lol

5/10/2005
($12.75)
4 $.5/1 10 & 1 6 handed (1st losing session at this -35 or so)then 2 1/2 6 handed to make $12

5/11/2005
($4.50)
2 $.51 10 & 2 6 handed lost 17 at 10 and made 12.50 at 6 handed

5/11/2005
$59.50
2 $.5/1 10 & 2 6. +14 on 6 and +45 on 10. Took down a $26 pot when someone pushed with aces and I turned the nut straight. A few badbeats on 6 or it would've been better.

5/11/2005
($7.75)
1 $1/2 6 handed on party poker. Immediately got way down on 2 terrible beats and fought back from 60 down to finish at hi for the night lol. 1005p 1150p ugh!

5/12/2005
($4.50)

5/13/2005
$49.00
4 hours 5 tables full ring .5/1 trying to clear bonus

5/14/2005
$75.00
900a 1000a 5 tables full ring cleared bonus $120 BONUS MINUS $100 deposit 5/9/05 taking back out of roll. Bankroll will now be PP + $1050 cashout. PokerStars won't count - will be for .05/10 5 tabling 30 minutes 2x a week and $5.50 tourneys.

5/14/2005
($53.87)
430p 630p 4 tables .5/1 PP - tables were tight and I had TERRIBLE cards/luck for the 1st hour. Haven't had much success on .5/1 at PP


5/16/2005
($78.61)
800p 1120p 4 tables .5/1 came out $25 ahead and 2 2/4 bb tables took two terrible 2 outer badbeats losing $100 pots to make sure I was a loser. Played ok just bad luck 3 or 4 times.

$1,601.93 +$326.08 for the week. Very good week even with the lousy ending.

Worst week yet

5/2/2005
$25.30
4 $1/2 905 1105p Monday and then 1 $2/4 bb. Got down 100 on the 1/2 tables and fought back to 35 down and then won 63 on 1 bb table in 30 hands.

5/3/2005
($65.92)
2 $1/2 330p 500p Tuesday badbeats horrible multiple times

5/3/2005
$18.50
1 $3/6 645p 700p Tuesday followed my fish there and watched and saw how bad 3 people were playing. Never got a chance to bust them but played well and finished up so all is well.

5/3/2005
$121.00
2 $2/4 bb 1010p 1150p killed one table for 184 and was down 30 on another. Had sat at 2 others and was up on both before getting badbeats. Played well. Had super long periods of no cards and then would rush for 3 big pots. Great fun. Raising with KQo preflop helped 3 times at least.

5/4/2005
$19.21
2 $.5/1 805a 905a for fun and to work on my game - played tight and well.

5/4/2005
$18.00
2 $.5/1 700p 750p trying to be more aggressive and thought it would be smart to try it out at lower levels. It's working beautifully.

5/4/2005
($57.01)
lost an amazing $50.01 on 3 .5/$1 tables. Too aggressive I think. Lost $8 on 1 $2/4 bb. Was down 60 before fighting my way back on that one.

5/5/2005
$5.00
3 $.5/$1 was up $20 early and then lost almost all back. VERY frustrating. AA got cracked twice - once for a $20 pot on the river. Ouch.

5/5/2005
$57.35
3 $.5/$1 1045p 1130p Thurs won an amazing $57 in 45 minutes.

5/6/2005
$133.00
1 $2/4 bb & 1 $.5/1 805p 905p .5/1 stayed for 10 hands - enough for my AA to get cracked by a guy cold called 2 bets preflop with 78o so I quit down 14.5 to concentrate on 2/4 table.

5/7/2005
($55.62)
3 $.5/1 won 4.38 on 1st table, 1.25 on 2nd and lost 61.25 on 3 river beats to a maniac that drove me CRAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZYYYY!

5/7/2005
$14.50
1 $.5/1 sitting by rangertx again to try and recoupe some of my losses. $34 pot when to a flush (I had straight)

5/7/2005
($45.50)
2 $2/4 bb 500p 615p had another maniac to deal with. Took the worst beating of cards I can remember on the other 2/4 table. Got down 180 before working back to up 20 total. I was constantly flopping 2 pair to get beat by sets, my sets losing to straights or flushes. It was quite amazing and then turned it around in like 4 minutes with an amazing rush of cards then took a terrible beat on a set of 4s losing to a 107o and 75o straight. Crazy session and quite stressful.

5/8/2005
($82.50)
2 $2/4 bb & 1 .5/1 table. Lost 23.75 on .5/1 and played 1 bb table for only 15 minutes. Lost $44 pot with AK against 65 sooted that flopped 2 pair. I got K on turn and reraised of course. Lost a $34 pot with 88 versus 99. *sigh* some days it's amazing the bad luck. it continues. K10s versus QQ. KQK comes on the turn. ouch again. $54 pot. and again $52 - set of 2s flopped versus set of K's flopped that didn't reraise until the river. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! get nut straight on turn with 2 callers and check and they check behind me! bet out and they both fold on river. wow! again. 2 pair on the turn got beat by a set on the flop. luckily for me a 2nd ace came on the river. so I got scared. Won 1 good pot in 2 hours with AA $70.50 net or it would've been much worse. That's poker, huh?

+$105.31 on the week. What a way to close. $1,275.85 bankroll now.

Last week of April

4/25/2005
$84.25
805p 905p Monday 2 $1/2 trying out gametime+ with pokertracker (excellent)

4/26/2005
$31.50
705p 805p Tuesday 2 $1/2

4/26/2005
($30.44)
3 $1/2 855p 1000p took several badbeats AA got cracked by Q10 2 pair got cracked by sets - top pair got cracked by a set etc. Did good being up 1.06 for the day. :)

4/27/2005
($58.44)
2 $1/2 1230p 230p terrible luck and not great playing but mostly terrible luck. Probably shouldn't play in the daytime - players aren't as loose.

4/27/2005
($55.75)
2 $1/2 715p 815p bad playing too aggressive? I dunno but not making hands and getting my butt kicked repeatedly is not fun. I'll try to tighten up a little more but stay aggressive after flop. Gonna take a little break and maybe not play again until Friday or Saturday.

4/27/2005
($6.00)
tried the mini step to blow off some steam. It was very fun but I was tired when playing in step 2 and went all-in with AK on 5th hand and got called by AA (3rd AA in 5 hands for the table)

4/27/2005
$52.00
1 $2/4 20 hands 1050p 1055p looked up fish autoandy and sat at his table and was rewarded with a set of 10s against his QQ and an AK that hit K.

4/28/2005
$26.25
1 $1/2 705 725p 18% table - never seen it so tight - only 1 fish sat down late. Played very well and picked up $26 in 3 good sized pots. Lost one big pot with AK to QQ. One guy folded 52 straight times!

4/28/2005
$44.75
1 $1/2 1015p 1040p just playing around with gametime+ sat down with 2 fish and the table was good - caught great cards and played fairly tight.

4/29/2005
$57.50
1 $1/2 9 person table. 715p 800p +57.50 Great action - table was at 37% VP$IP with 2 fish.

4/29/2005
($68.25)
2 $1/2 very tight - should've changed tables.

4/29/2005
$100.00
BONUS
Thank you PartyPoker

4/30/2005
$21.00
1 $2/4 bb. Tracked down a fish - table was an awesome 43%. No reason to play on anything else. Over the 55 minutes I was there there were no less than 5 fish - usually 3 at one time. KK got cracked or would've had a fantastic session. Not a lot of cards but played ok.

4/30/2005
($1.50)
1 $2/4 bb 836p 936p started off on tight $2/4 bb and had good cards with no flops and lost $64. Changed tables and found a 43% one that paid off $62.50 in 40 minutes. Lost a big pot there with AK - pushed way too much. That's a leak in my game right now no doubt. If you miss the flop it might be time to slow down a little if you're playing with loosish players - ya think? :)

5/1/2005
$10.25
1 $1/2 215 225p Sunday

5/1/2005
$7.50
1 $1/2 730p 825p Sunday

$1,170.54 bankroll now. Steady progress up $214.62 on the week. Talk about grinding it out.

2nd Week in April Results

4/18/2005
$11.50
Mon 1005p 1115p 2 $2/4 bb then 3 $2/4 after getting down 50ish. Came back and was $36 up with 2 hands to play on 1 table and took a monster beat - only QQ beats me and he had it. Very pleased with the session as I took some tough beats but still came out on top.

4/19/2005
$6.00
Tues 400p 530p 3 $2/4 bb got down 100 and came back strong at the end and quit. Out of time and I think it would've been tough mentally to get back down in the hole again.

4/19/2005
$163.75
Tues 805p 835p 3 $2/4 bb caught a straight on turn with 44 after flopping OE. Table went crazy reraising won 76.5 net.

4/20/2005
$78.50
Wed 805p 845p 3 $2/4 bb got a str flush on turn for $50

4/21/2005
($39.25)
Thurs 1000p 1100p 3 $2/4 bb - jackpot was hit earlier and tables were noticably calmer/tighter got AA 2 or 3 times and they folded to me everytime preflop. Crazy. Hit top set of J's and got inside straight rivered on me. No biggee just different.

4/22/2005
($67.50)
1110p 200a 3 $1/2 down around 50 or 60 then 3 $2/4 got down another 100 or so and then worked way back up to down 67 or so. Played one or two orbits of 3/6 and lost $1. :) Huge bad beat tonight was made straight on turn against a maniac and his 2 pair caught fullboat on river. Thought he was bluffing AGAIN so 3 bet him.

4/23/2005
$42.10
830a 930a 4/23/05 3 $2/4

4/23/2005
$50.90
605p 700p Sat 3 $1/2 took a crazy badbeat on river pot was $56!

4/24/2005
$0.00
230p 420p started off playing horribly and got down 60. Way too loose on tight tables then tables loosened up and I broke even. All while playing 3 $1/2

Total bankroll after the week $955.92. +$246 for the week - very nice!

My Start

I first played poker back in about 1989 with friends in a home game. We played once a week probably 6 months out of the year for 3 or 4 years.

I remember going to a casino in 93 or 94 in Lake Charles and having a blast. I think I only lost $20 playing poker and feeling like a winner.

I didn't really play more than a couple times a year after that until first getting online in August of 2003. Party Poker was where I played and pot limit hold em was my game of choice. My first hand online was AA (no lie) on a .50/1 limit table and it got cracked. Welcome to Party Poker.

I think I deposited $50 and cashed out $10 to $50 in profit probably 5 or 6 times before quitting for a few months. Sometime in '04 I opened up an account on PokerStars and played mostly .25/.50 NL before figuring out that limit was much more my style. I would usually book 5 or 6 straight small wins in NL before blowing through a buy-in or 2 on bad/unlucky plays.

In June PokerStars had their billion hand promotion. Basically if you were at the table that was dealt the 900,000th hand, the 910,000th hand, etc up to 1,000,000 then you got $500 cash. If you won the hand you got $1000 I think. This is when I learned that multitabling is the way to go. Before that experience I really thought it was impossible to keep track of more than 1 table and be profitable. I deposited $50 just for this promotion and ended up hitting the money on the 990,000th hand for $500. I cashed out $350 and left the rest on there to experiment with on the .05/.10 tables mutitabling 4 ways.

My record keeping started in June of '04 and it shows me cashing out $42 that month while building my 'bankroll' from $135 to $170.20. Wow. I was playing an average of 8 or 9 hours a week. In July I started playing .05/.10 limit with a passion and cranked out $35 a week for a couple of weeks.

In August I deposited $100 on Party Poker and made $181 that first week playing .5/1 limit. I cashed out $131 and kept on going. The second week I made $183 and cashed out $133. The 3rd week I played sitngos and 2/4 cash games & made $248 so I cashed out $198 and had an online bankroll of $303. I quickly crashed that into the ground playing 2/4 (this was before I knew about the 300BB rule) and quit again for a few months.

In April of '05 I sold a losing stock for $500 and decided to give the online poker thing a semi-serious shot playing 1/2 and 2/4 and multi tabling trying to grind out a profit each week and letting my bankroll grow. I guess I really didn't understand the 300BB rule yet because I dove right in with that $500 and did this:


4/11/2005
$602.75
500 dep + 2.75 + 100 bonus
4/11/2005
$93.87
Mon 730p 830p 2 tables 1/2 96 hands
4/12/2005
($33.50)
Tues 330p 430p 109 hands several bad beats
4/12/2005
$27.22
Tues 840p 940p 105 hands down 30 at least whole session until last 12 minutes. Wow.
4/13/2005
($65.09)
Wed 819a 919a 1 bad beat and lots of ugly cards -berry berry bad session
4/14/2005
$4.12
Thur 315p 406p 3 tables - 1 great 1 good and one down 40 playing badly
4/14/2005
$29.25
Thur 1045p 1145p 3 tables - got up $50 quick with flush but took 2 bad beats. Played very well. Fish woropay
4/16/2005
($15.56)
Sat 5p 615p bad beats were bad and I didn’t play so great after that
4/16/2005
$101.50
Sat 640p 730p 2 $2/4 badbeat tables - saw some amazingly bad/aggressive play
4/17/2005
($59.50)
Sun 4p 5p 2 $2/4 bb - played too loose
4/17/2005
$24.86
Sun 915p 1025p 2 $2/4 bb - was down 50 at one point & then stopped bluffing so much

Bankroll at $709.92. Not a bad week at all for playing above my means. More later...

I'll be putting my poker thoughts up here every now and then

No promises.

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