Monday, September 19, 2011

Downswing, WIN, and Downswing

I played really poorly for a day, then went deep in the $60 Deepstack Freezeout, which I bought into with VIP points, so my 5th place finish for $280 was pure profit.  And then I played a few hands and got sucked out on in really bad spots, and proceeded to tilt off all the winnings again.  I moved down to 25NL and I'm going to grind that back out.

I've at least gotten better at moving down when my bankroll gets too low.  I need to stop playing @ 50NL when I get tilted - if I lose a bit to suckouts, I am just going to quit and come back later.  I've also restarted meditating, starting this morning.  Hopefully, I can get my head back in the right place to win again.  I'm glad I'm at least at a point where I'm not depositing all the time :).

Thursday, September 15, 2011

PLOLOL

Played a little 100NL to start the day yesterday, taking a shot.  Didn't go so well.  Lost 2.5 BIs pretty between a combo of playing bad and running into sets.  Probably still need to learn to calm down when I move up.  I'm really still trying to get comfortable with the level of aggression @ 50NL as well; everyone is such a 3bet monkey.

I also moved down and mass-tabled between 25NL and 50NL.  I don't know if this would be considered running bad, but here's a hand:

Merge - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

BB: $79.42
UTG: $36.98
BTN: $60.51
Hero (SB): $61.51

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 7h 6h
fold, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5.00, BB calls $4.50, BTN calls $3.50

Flop: ($15.00, 3 players) 7d Ah Qc
Hero bets $9.00, BB calls $9.00, fold

Turn: ($33.00, 2 players) 7s
Hero bets $17.00, BB calls $17.00

River: ($67.00, 2 players) 8d
Hero bets $30.51 and is all-in, BB calls $30.51

Hero shows 7h 6h (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (Pre 21%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
BB shows Qs Qh (Full House, Queens full of Sevens) (Pre 79%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
BB wins $126.02

The cold-caller is pretty nitty, but I don't really think he's folding AK/AQ on the river, but he might also 4bet AK/AA, so what's his range?  If it's just AQ/QQ, this is a clear shove, but I'm not even sure he cold-calls AQ either.  Does he only have QQ in this spot or am I being results oriented?

Played some HUPLO v this tardy station who was going back and forth with me in chat.  We eventually got pretty deep and he tried to run this bluff up against me:

Merge - $0.50 PL Hi (2 max) - Omaha - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

BB: $110.08
Hero (SB): $98.15

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 6h 7d As 8s
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, Hero calls $3.00

Flop: ($9.00, 2 players) 9h 7c 5h
BB checks, Hero bets $6.50, BB calls $6.50

Turn: ($22.00, 2 players) Js
BB checks, Hero bets $15.00, BB calls $15.00

River: ($52.00, 2 players) 3d
BB checks, Hero bets $28.00, BB raises to $84.08 and is all-in, Hero calls $44.15 and is all-in

BB shows Qs Jd Kh Qd (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 56%, Flop 8%, Turn 10%)
Hero shows 6h 7d As 8s (Straight, Nine High) (Pre 44%, Flop 92%, Turn 90%)
Hero wins $195.80

So I flop the nuts and bet, bet, bet, and he check/shoves the river.  I mean, he's repping 1 hand T8xx, and he never plays it this way (if he had a big hand on the flop or turn, he would've either pot out, or check/pot because he had done that a few times in spots where he turned a flush, for example).  He snap quit after that hand.

I also played some 6max PLO, but I need to stick to 25PLO because I'm definitely not rolled for 50.  Going to go back to playing 50NL today.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Back on the Horse...

Hello,

So this blog sat dormant for a while - in the meantime, I had tilted off my roll @ Stars, and got staked @ UB for a while, which went alright.  I was able to grind that stake up to playing 50NL, and I had cashed out some to my FTP account and had like $1k on UB.

Then Black Friday.

And I had nothing :(.

Right now, I've got $175 stuck @ FTP and $905 @ UB (1/2 of which is my backer's; plus like another $215ish I'm owed in rakeback, if I ever actually see any of that LOL).  In the meantime, I've been watching a done of DC videos which I had downloaded during a free trial I had there.  I've also moved over to Merge - I'm playing @ RPM Poker and it's been fun.  I depo'd like $300, which I've since withdrawn (no point in having money online if it's not secure AMIRITE?!) and I'm currently sitting on an $1,100 roll.  I did finally make it to 50NL and I've been taking shots at 100NL, which have gone alternately terrible, awesome, and terrible again (although I'm only down like 1.5BIs @ that stake).

There, unfortunately, aren't that many fish @ Merge so the games are pretty tough.  I'm planning on doing some villain study for some of the regs @ 50NL soon - I'll post some info about how I end up doing that later.

I'm also going for Overdrive Club this month - 100k hands gives you $1,500 bonus + waived withdrawal fees.

I've also got tourny tickets to the $215 High Roller and the Sunday 100k Guarantee.  I'll post how that goes.

Lastly, I'm also part of a study group now.  We discuss hands and such, give tips and advice, and comment on each other's play.

I'll try and update this blog more often.  I stopped after I went busto :).

NimhOfJoy, signing off