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4/12/2006
($10.59)
2 $50 NL tables 1 hour 30 minutes
4/13/2006
($109.25)
1 $50 NL table sucked out on in 2 huge pots 45 minutes
4/14/2006
$17.60
1 $50 NL table 45 minutes
4/14/2004
$3.34
3 $50 NL 2 hours. Holy crap. Down over $100 almost the whole session. Another horrible suckout on the river (4 outer beat my turned flush - all the money went in on the turn) cost me a $122 pot and then I certainly tilted away more money than I should have but won a $110 pot with flopped 2 pair when a flush draw and top pair (queen kicker lol) called my allin raise.
4/15/2006
($16.09)
3 $50 NL 1 hour 15 minutes. Bad luck but I survived to only lose a little bit. Won 1 big pot for $77 to make out with a small losing session.
4/17/2006
$3.75
4 .5/1 6 max to clear $100 bonus. 60% of the way there after 3.5 hours. I stink at 6 max.
4/18/2006
($49.83)
5 .5/1 6 max to clear bonus. Brutal. 4 sets against me when I had top pair or 2 pair in the first 20 minutes. 1st hand I flopped ace hi flush and lost on a rivered fullboat. I HATE 6 max so much when the ridiculous beats just seem to flow. It really gets me in a foul mood. 2.5 hours. Fun fun. Played horribly also for about 45 minutes. If not for that I probably would've only lost $20 or so. I took a 15 minute break (I usually don't and that's a huge mistake) and played much better.
4/18/2006
$100.00
Thank you bonus. Without them I'd be $360 poorer this year. I just can't shake the feeling that I've forgotten how to play. Going back to NL for a change of pace and probably cashing out the $500 I deposited for the bonus.
4/19/2006
$4,085.30
$31.86
20 minutes 4 .5/1 6 max just because I know I can play so much better than I have been on these tables. I should be able to kill them.

LOL just added it up since my last update. Down $29. Beautiful.

$50 NL and 'Stacked'

I beta tested the new poker game 'Stacked' yesterday while playing one $50 NL table on PP.

I felt kind of dumb for paying more attention to the game than the real poker but I did ok in the 45 minutes I played for real $ - winning $35.12.

The game looks great and plays well I'm just not sure of the concept. I logged on and played a 27 person MTT online and it felt something like playing live. When I made it to the final table (this is against real people - not the computer AI) the setup was pretty cool. It looked a lot like a WPT final table although there was no real prize for winning (as I found out later) other than a ring I got that my avatar will be able to wear from now on.

I just don't see how this game will really flourish as it just takes a very long time right now to play these live MTTs. It basically takes almost as long as a real live tournament. Anyway - I play in another one if my schedule allows but I certainly won't buy the game. I don't know why anyone would if they already play online.

$50 NL tables

That's what I've been doing a little bit of lately. Not much of anything right now really. I'm gonna 2 and 3 table at that level and see what happens.

4/8/2006
$20.69
2 sessions at the $50 NL tables on PP.
4/8/2006
$3,989.32
($2.64)
2 $1 45 person sngs and a tiny bit of NL action on Stars lol. Down to .60 there. I'll play a couple of FPP satellites when I get a chance.
4/9/2006
($52.25)
2 $20 heads up matches and 1 $13 6 person sng on BoDog.
4/9/2006
$4.74
1 $25 NL table 30 minutes
4/10/2006
$137.58
2 $50 NL tables 1 hour 10 minutes

Bankroll now $4,079.39. Haven't gained any traction so far in '06. I have given up on the 8 tabling idea limit idea. The suckouts were killing me and I just was calling down way too much with the worst of it again and again. Dabbling on the $50 NL tables on PP. It's been interesting so far - just playing ABC poker and letting the others make the mistakes for the most part. Here's 3 hands from tonight to demonstrate:

Table Table 96716 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: Whatever ( $54.80 )
Seat 6: Realdumb ( $43.85 )

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Whatever [ Th Jh ]
Realdumb raises [$2].
Firedude133 folds.
XP172 folds.
Whatever calls [$1.75].
jbecks folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Jc, 7h ]
Whatever bets [$2].
Realdumb raises [$5].
Whatever calls [$3].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
Whatever checks.
Realdumb bets [$10].
Whatever calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
Whatever checks.
Realdumb is all-In [$26.85]
Whatever calls [$26.85].
Whatever shows [ Th, Jh ] a full house, Jacks full of sevens. Realdumb doesn't show [ Ts, Ad ] two pairs, jacks and sevens. Whatever wins $86.70 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of sevens.

***** Hand History for Game 3941421772 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, April 10, 20:05:37 ET 2006
Table Table 96716 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: Whatever ( $100.40 )
Seat 2: XP1 ( $29.73 )
TeamORK posts small blind [$0.25].
Whatever posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Whatever [ Ah Ad ]
jbecks folds.
Firedude133 folds.
XP1 calls [$0.50].
TeamORK calls [$0.25].
Whatever raises [$1].
XP1 raises [$2.50].
TeamORK folds.
Whatever raises [$13.50].
XP1 is all-In [$26.73]
Whatever calls [$14.73].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 9c, 8c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
Whatever shows [ Ah, Ad ] a full house, Eights full of aces. XP1 doesn't show [ As, Kd ] three of a kind, eights. aChipnABeer wins $57.96 from the main pot with a full house, Eights full of aces.


***** Hand History for Game 3941334381 *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, April 10, 19:56:24 ET 2006
Table Unfettered (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 5: Cab_ ( $53 )
Seat 3: Whatever ( $80.05 )
JMS1953 posts small blind [$0.25].
Whatever posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Whatever [ Qh Jh ]
spiagia folds.
Cab_ raises [$2].
JMS1953 folds.
Whatever calls [$1.50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Qd, 2c ]
Whatever checks.
Cab_ bets [$3].
Whatever raises [$6].
Cab_ raises [$12]. (He had done this several times - very aggressive player)
Whatever calls [$9].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
Whatever checks.
Cab_ is all-In [$36]
Whatever calls [$36]. (This wasn't an easy call at all)
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
Whatever shows [ Qh, Jh ] a pair of queens.
Cab_ doesn't show [ Kc, 6d ] high card king.
Whatever wins $104.25 from the main pot with a pair of queens.

I had some good cards this session but mainly I had 4 or 5 opponents do some really dumb things.

Behold the power of sucky play

Or how another night of Tilt eats through $450.

3/30/2006
($57.21)
2 hours 8 tabling. I HATE poker when it's like this. Couldn't make a draw and they couldn't miss and I called down with 2nd or 3rd best pair WAY too much for fullring.

4/1/2006
$3,971.27
($456.96)
sigh. 6 hours. 2 hours 8 tabling .5/1 down $87 due to suckouts and my horrible play so I went to the 2/4 6 max. Huge mistake as I dropped another $350 there in 3.5 hours tilting and horrible play then I went to 3 $100 NL tables. I did great up about $160 in 20 minutes when the following hand happened:

***** Hand History for Game 3869687311 *****$100 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, April 01, 23:31:38 ET 2006
Table Table 98063 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Domrios ( $162.38 )
Seat 4: pokerfeen20 ( $272.65 )
Seat 5: PonteRoto ( $98.40 )
Seat 3: Whatever ( $162.93 )
Seat 6: BrandonBot ( $46.60 )
Seat 2: kansaisupra ( $96.50 )
Domrios posts small blind [$0.50].
kansaisupra posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **Dealt to Whatever [ 6h 6s ]

Whatever calls [$1].
pokerfeen20 folds.
PonteRoto folds.
BrandonBot folds.
Domrios calls [$0.50].
kansaisupra checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Jh, Ac ]
Domrios checks.
kansaisupra checks.
Whatever bets [$1].
Domrios calls [$1].
kansaisupra folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
Domrios checks.
Whatever bets [$5].
Domrios raises [$10].
Whatever raises [$55].
Domrios is all-In [$150.38]
Whatever calls [$100.38].
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
Whatever shows [ 6h, 6s ] a full house, Sixes full of aces.
Domrios shows [ 5s, Ad ] a full house, Aces full of fives.
Domrios wins $322.76 from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of fives.

Nice 4 outer to cap off my night nicely. I quit 3 hands later.

I always thought I ground out $4k last year in 8 months by being slightly less sucky than the competition. I'm starting to wonder if the general poker population has passed me by. I am now down for 2006 a good $500+. I think I'll stick to the multi-tabling this week for 10 hours and try to book some wins just so I can say I tried it for 2 weeks like I said I was going to. I think I'll drop a table and just do 7. I guess my $370 on PP will have to do. *sigh* tilting/horrible play really, really sucks (and so do I apparently).

Anyway, we'll see if I can control my emotions this week and fold more. - hey and I could've saved myself $300 if I had just stopped when I crossed the 100BB stop loss.